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Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn
A wizard named Damara created this orb while devising a way to become a dragon. Aided by a mysterious magician (actually an aspect of Tiamat in disguise), Damara eventually created an Artifact that
the start of its next turn. A creature that succeeds on this save is immune to the aura’s effects for 24 hours.
Flight. You have a Fly Speed of 60 feet and can hover.
Random Properties. The
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
Fist attacks against one random creature within reach. If no creatures are within reach, the giant flies into a rage and gains advantage on all attack rolls until the end of its next turn.
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against one random creature within reach. If no other creatures are within reach, its eyes glaze over and it is stunned until the start of its next turn.
8–10: The giant makes one Bite attack and
Species
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
that there are as many kenku origin stories as there are kenku. Some of them paint their genesis as a curse, being a flightless bird people doomed to mimic other people’s creations. Other kenku
the Random Height and Weight table in the Player’s Handbook, and choose the row in the table that best represents the build you imagine for your character.
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
), Five Timber (Timber), Jade Shoe (Jade), Left-Handed Hummingbird (Bird), Seven Thundercloud (Thunder), Skirt of Snakes (Snake), Smoking Mirror (Smoke)
Tabaxi Clans: Bright Cliffs, Distant Rain
with, you speak quickly and never pause and others can’t understand you.
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You are a font of random trivia from the lore and stories you have discovered.
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You can’t help but pocket interesting objects you come across.
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Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
characteristic if none of the suggestions below fit your character.
Fey Characteristics
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Characteristic
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Your wings are like those of a bird.
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You have shimmering, multicolored
randomly, consult the Random Height and Weight table in the Player’s Handbook, and choose the row in the table that best represents the build you imagine for your character.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
. On its turn, it flies toward one party member at random and makes a melee weapon attack (+0 to hit) against that character. On a hit, the bird deals 2 (1d3) piercing damage as it slams into the
humanoid shape perching on the rooftop. It extends an arm, releasing a tiny metal sparrow into the sky. The bird does a few loops in the air, then veers right toward you. The creature atop the temple
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
toward the bridge is a creature of unearthly size — a bird so monstrous that its wings blot out the sky. The roc attacks a random creature on the bridge, snatching up a horse or a mule, if one is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
sinking. Virgil knows the location of the Tammeraut and can guide the characters there. Based on the attack tonight, the gull correctly deduces that Tammeraut’s crew is active once more and must be
, Virgil is indebted to them for avenging his former master. The bird follows the group and does what it can to help. It can warn of danger, carry notes or messages, and so forth. Use the stat block for a hawk, but increase its Intelligence to 9.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Random Tricks Tricks are quirkier and less deadly than traps. Some are effects left behind by the dungeon’s creators, while others might be manifestations of the strange magical energy suffusing the
dungeon.
The following tables allow you to generate random tricks. Roll first to determine an object that the trick is placed on, then roll to determine the nature of the trick. Some tricks are
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
device, choose one of the following options: Clockwork Toy. This toy is a clockwork animal, monster, or person, such as a frog, mouse, bird, dragon, or soldier. When placed on the ground, the toy moves 5
feet across the ground on each of your turns in a random direction. It makes noises as appropriate to the creature it represents. Fire Starter. The device produces a miniature flame, which you can use
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
, choose one of the following options: Clockwork Toy. This toy is a clockwork animal, monster, or person, such as a frog, mouse, bird, dragon, or soldier. When placed on the ground, the toy moves 5
feet across the ground on each of your turns in a random direction. It makes noises as appropriate to the creature it represents. Fire Starter. The device produces a miniature flame, which you can use
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
in the world. A mouth of Grolantor is revered as a holy embodiment of Grolantor’s aching hunger. Unlike a typical sluggish hill giant, a mouth of Grolantor is thin as a whippet, alert like a bird, and
action for that turn:
1–3: The giant makes three Fist attacks against one random creature within reach. If no creatures are within reach, the giant flies into a rage and gains advantage on all attack
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
laboratory experiments). The bird claims their name is ‘Hector.’
36–45 A small barrel holds a live boggle, bound, gagged, and marinating in their own excreted oil. This is the former partner of the
items of specialized adventuring gear, and short pieces of fiction.
66–70 An empty sack is an uncommon magic item that spits out a random mundane object once per day. Select these items from the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
to determine what random trinkets the characters find in certain locations on the spaceship. None of the trinkets requires an energy cell. Spaceship Trinkets d100 Trinket 01–02 Disembodied robot
glass terrarium with an empty cocoon 87–88 Dongle that never plugs in correctly on the first try 89–90 Holster fashioned from an unknown reptile’s hide 91–92 Severed bundle of important-looking wires 93
Magic Items
Infernal Machine Rebuild
malfunction returns to 10 percent.
Random Properties. There are far more possible combinations for the Infernal Machine’s controls than can ever be known or matrixed—especially as the controls
shift position and reset themselves over time. At the end of each long rest of the user attuned to it, the Infernal Machine generates 1d4 + 1 random beneficial properties and 1d4 + 1 detrimental
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
Random Encounters in Hither Use random encounters to bring the swamp to life or to present the characters with more opportunities to interact with the setting. You can also use random encounters to
convey information that the players might have missed earlier in the story. A random encounter occurs whenever you want one to. To determine what the characters find, roll a d8 and consult the Random
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
paper, twisted pieces of metal, and bird droppings. Other furnishings include a rocking chair, a trellis table, and the charred remains of a bookshelf, all shrouded in thick cobwebs. Arrow slits line
thorough search of the room yields a random treasure, determined by rolling a d4 and consulting the Old Tower Treasure table. Old Tower Treasure d4 Treasure 1 A charred wand of magic missiles (each
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
Feathers “Birds of a feather? How about feathers of a bird? Step right up and guess how many feathers festoon this fiendish fowl!”
A participant gets three tries to guess the number of feathers on one of a
group of caged cockatrices. Someone who succeeds on a DC 18 Intelligence check guesses correctly and earns one roll on the Carnival Prizes table, or two rolls if the successful check occurs on the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica
recombination, has multiple workshops that seem to appear and disappear at random. The Laboratory of Mimeography studies means of duplication. The Laboratory of Continuism emphasizes the study of temporal
unrestrained enthusiasm for their endeavors. They epitomize the recklessness of Izzet mages, and some participate as subjects in hazardous experiments—even ones of their own devising. More often
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
Random Encounters Dangers abound in the land of Barovia. Check for a random encounter after every 30 minutes that the adventurers spend on the roads or in the wilderness (don’t check if they have
already had two random encounters outdoors in the past 12 hours): If the characters are on a road, an encounter occurs on a roll of 18 or higher on a d20. If the characters are in the wilderness, an
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation Supplement
Random Encounters Roll a d20 three times per day of game time, checking for encounters each morning, afternoon, and evening or night. A random encounter occurs on a roll of 18 or higher. Roll a d100
. Let the players narrate their way through avoiding easy encounters, or increase the difficulty of easy encounters to keep them exciting. Random encounters aren’t tailored to characters of a particular
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
spends in the Maze of Mists, roll a d6. On a roll of 1, an encounter occurs. To determine what the characters encounter, roll on the Random Maze of Mists Encounters table, rerolling duplicates. Random
characters don’t answer correctly, she will eat them. The characters need to accept or decline the offer before knowing the riddle. Sphinx’s Riddle. Senenura’s riddle is as follows: “Too much, and you wither
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
franchise by determining whether foes should live or die, prognosticating correctly (or at least authoritatively), keeping the rest of the party attuned to the importance of karma, and making the right
can add the d10 to an attack roll, ability check, or saving throw. If it’s not clear who administered the killing blow, you grant this benefit to a random creature involved in the fight. Once you use
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
zircon gemstones (750 gp) An electrum chain with a bloodstone pendant (250 gp) A wooden sea chest covered with bird droppings and sealed with a heavy padlock that a character using thieves’ tools can pick
frost giant with an icy beard.
The frost giant entombed in the block of ice is Queen Vassavicken. Characters who succeed on a DC 15 Intelligence (Religion) guess correctly that the visage looking
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
. If you want your campaign to move at a quick pace, run only these encounters. In doing so, you don’t have to worry about random encounters and setting up details of the journey such as who keeps
watch when the characters camp. If you prefer to emphasize the dangerous nature of the adventuring life for lower-level characters, random encounters can be used to create additional tension along the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
escorted the characters here, the Grand Master makes an example of that servitor for allowing weapons to be brought into its holy presence. Otherwise, the Grand Master is making an example of a random
are taken to the cells in area M6, where you can create escape scenarios for them of your own devising. Death of the Grand Master. If the Grand Master is slain, the bone devil is revealed to be an
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
stone archway leading to a dark tunnel. To the left of the statue is a crude animal pen with a small, panicked bird running around inside it. There are no other signs of life.
When the Order of the
) has gotten itself trapped inside the enclosure. If characters leave it alone or set it loose, it causes no problems. If they attack or harass the bird, its squawks attract five adult axe beaks, which
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
giant, a mouth of Grolantor is thin as a whippet, alert like a bird, and constantly twitching around the edges. A mouth of Grolantor is kept perpetually imprisoned or shackled; if it breaks free, it’s
. Roll a d10 at the start of each of the giant’s turns to determine its action for that turn:
1–3. The giant makes three attacks with its fists against one random target within its reach. If no
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
closely align the omen with and roll either a d6 or a d8 to get an omen associated with that god, or you can roll a d100 to get an omen from any of the god’s omen tables at random. Omens of Athreos d6
dramatically, then repairs itself.
4 32 A four-winged bird circles overhead.
5 33 The sun or moon appears to have four glowing wings.
6 34 Water or wind sounds like cheering
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
Lady of Pain and other figures who seek to oust gods from Sigil pay the winner no attention. Feather. The participant wins a Quaal’s feather token (bird). Flask. The participant wins a flask of holy
a property deed to a modest home in a gate-town of your choosing. Key. The participant wins a random portal key. Letter. The participant wins a letter of recommendation (see the Dungeon Master’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
cabinets are covered with creepers, bird droppings, and the bones of small animals. Stools collapse if any weight is put on them. There’s no information and nothing of use here. 2. Supply Shed This
living in the mine believe (correctly) that this upper level is haunted by dwarven spirits. The kobolds avoid the upper level of the mine except when they must exit or enter. They use the wooden bridge
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
escape the dungeon. If a participant chooses correctly, they double their entry bet. If they bet wrong, they lose the chips they bet. Knol places the chips bet in a plain-looking lockbox. Anything
every 24 hours. The detect magic spell reveals that the mosaic sheds an aura of abjuration magic. Prisoners. Shemeshka tries to dissuade the characters from freeing random imprisoned creatures, many of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
the middle of the room, three bird-headed creatures torment a group of shackled prisoners.
This room contains three kenku and five bound and shackled human commoners. One kenku tortures the
questions. Random Encounters. Check for a random encounter when the characters enter one of the apartments and every 10 minutes that they remain. Roll a d20 on the following table. d20 Encounter 1–2 2d4
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
damage the character. Read or paraphrase the following to describe the vision: As if through the eyes of a soaring bird, you see a titanic stone statue standing amid a circle of glowing sigils. A dozen
, near area L16. When the characters are within range, the scouts fire their crossbows at a random character. Any creature atop the overhang has half cover from creatures in the tunnel below. L16
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
tables below to randomly generate an event to inspire your imagination. The attempt to justify a random result can reveal unforeseen possibilities. To get started, select a world-shaking event category
ideas. Extinction or Depletion d8 Lost Resource 1 A kind of animal (insect, bird, fish, livestock) 2 Habitable land 3 Magic or magic-users (all magic, or specific kinds or schools of magic) 4 A