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Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
feelings about them.
To members of other races, vedalken often seem cold, even emotionless. That assessment isn’t fair—they feel emotion every bit as intensely as other folk do, but they are
affiliation, they put their intelligence to use in crafting and improving things, whether those things are laws, procedures, or magical sciences.
Vedalken believe that the path toward the impossible
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lorwyn: First Light
boggarts under his care. Gobgot is a skilled alchemist in the peculiar manner of boggarts, since his concoctions often inspire a bit of disgust from visitors. Gobgot insists on greeting visitors in his hut
Warren. Reasons to Visit Adventurers might visit Mudbutton Warren for one of the following reasons. Alchemy. Auntie Gobgot is always in need of new and disgusting alchemical ingredients. He asks the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
, their psychology never changes and their wounds never heal. Consider the following reasons why a Darklord’s torment remains unignorable and central to a domain’s story: Deathless Returns. Those who
die in a domain return reincarnated, fated to repeat a version of their former lives. Endless Cycles. The Darklord shepherds another individual down a path of corruption in hopes of crafting a successor
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
characters’ goals through research, crafting, social encounters, and so forth. This lets the players direct behind-the-scenes activities even as the characters focus on the more rarefied pursuits of
might spend time currying favor with nobles as a means of expanding the franchise’s reputation. And what could be more fun (for you) than to have the staff engage in a bit of dangerous criminal activity
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
background. This requires everyone to step out of the game world a bit and suspend disbelief, but it might be the easiest solution. Act as if the character were absent, but don’t try to come up with any
is elsewhere while the rest of the party continues the adventure. Come up with in-game reasons for the character to temporarily leave the party and rejoin later, such as following up on a rumor or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
relinquish one or more eggs.
3 Consuming Treasure. By eating a significant portion of their own hoards, dragons cause themselves to lay clutches of eggs.
4 Magical Crafting. Mirroring the creative
to impose that responsibility on others.
9 Dragon Conclave. Five adult or older dragons of different kinds come together to create a clutch of eggs, with each giving up a bit of life energy as
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica
rather than their feelings about them. To members of other races, vedalken often seem cold, even emotionless. That assessment isn’t fair — they feel emotion every bit as intensely as other folk do, but
their guild affiliation, they put their intelligence to use in crafting and improving things, whether those things are laws, procedures, or magical sciences. Vedalken believe that the path toward the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
. Such mercenary negotiation lowers Bruenor’s opinion of the adventurers a bit, but he never loses his genial manner. If the characters are agreeable, the king tells them the next step is to bring the
various factions on board. One of the reasons he is looking to the adventurers to lead a new mission into the Underdark, apart from their experience, is that they can serve as brokers among all the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
are told throughout the city. Thankfully, you don’t believe a word of any of that.
So far, everyone at Head Office has treated you with kindness, and even a bit of deference. You were shown into
assistance before they leave Head Office. Or they might just wander around lost for a bit. Either way, Jim Darkmagic approaches the group with some words of … well, let’s call it wisdom. When it’s time for Jim
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Astral Adventurer’s Guide
beggars, and sneaky thieves. The Low City has a preponderance of taverns, inns, alehouses, shops, and crafting establishments and an equally staggering number of vacant buildings. Docks Most ships
groups. Since then, many of these neighborhoods came to overlap as they merged into the roiling expanse of the Low City, though the name and a bit of the character of each remains. Three of these
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Passage’s own King’s Star Inn, talking with two other unsavory-looking characters who could not be identified.
The first task in crafting a good recurring villain is ensuring that the villain survives
and evil. Even adventure villains are more often driven by human motives than by cosmic concepts of good and evil. People sometimes do evil things for good reasons. Exercise some caution when
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
the humanoids that live beneath them. Such tribute is only proper from their perspective, for two reasons. First, their presence in an area benefits everyone by driving away many evils, especially
weight of the stone above them and enable the giants to harness the heat of rivers of magma to power their forges. A fire giant’s prowess in the occupations of crafting determines its place in the ordning
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
square heads pressed against the floor. The west wall bears a cracked mosaic that depicts a dwarf smith at a forge, crafting dwarves out of black metal and diamonds. (In the south end of the wall is a
the dwarf’s age, his eyes are steady and bright. “I wasn’t expecting anyone,” he says plainly. “As you can see, the place is a mess. Perhaps you should come back later, after I’ve tidied up a bit
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
years ago, Hew was part of a dwarven expedition seeking to reopen Wyrmheart Mine. The expedition encountered Tinder the red dragon. Hew alone escaped, and only after the dragon bit off his left arm. Hew
covers up the scaly patches of skin that betray her true nature. Salida is skilled at crafting colorful insults and concocting believable lies to cover her true background. Her wit makes her an
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
tribe for several reasons. Because the kobolds’ deity remains imprisoned, most tribes lack individuals that can use divine magic, and so the scale sorcerers fill the roles of advisor and historian. In
, saving a bit of magic for itself in case it needs to flee or take advantage of a captor. Duty-Bound to a Dragon. In a kobold tribe associated with a dragon, typically one that resides in or near the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
whatever it takes to get strangers off their guard, then kill or capture them. The roof of the cave looms 60 feet above the water, on average (this varies a bit with the tide). It’s 50 feet above
to create a gap wide enough for a Small or Medium creature to slip through. Escape is risky for three reasons. First, pirates on watch atop the tower (area 6) keep an eye on the cage. Second, 1d4 + 1
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
originally catered to the wealthy elite by crafting the finest, most expensive wagons in the Dessarin Valley. The current owner, Tosker Wainwright (N male Illuskan human commoner), is more interested
fine weapons, armor, and other metalworks. Ghelryn is getting a bit long in the tooth for the daily grind of metalsmithing, so he’s looking for a skilled apprentice, but no one has met with his
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
. Firenewts moved in and put the forge to work crafting armor and weapons for themselves. A small group of albino dwarves lurks in the jungle nearby and keeps watch on the forge, but their numbers are too
makes a successful DC 13 Wisdom (Perception) check while examining (or smelting down) the statue of Imix recognizes an object hammered into its flames as having once been part of a key. It’s the only bit
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
+ 1) capering around a blasphemous idol
2 1 arcanaloth (attitude: 1d12) searching for a tempting bit of lost lore
3 2 chain devils (attitude: 1d6) suspending corpses on spiked chains
4
suggest Undead giants are interested in a location for mysterious reasons. Giant Necropolis Encounters d10 Encounter
1 1 young red shadow dragon (attitude: 1d4 + 1) seeking treasures steeped in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice Compendium
to wait to act in response to something, take the Ready action, which lets you take part of your turn later. For a variety of reasons, we didn’t include the option to delay your turn: Your turn
isn’t involved, as specified in the text of those attacks. For example, an unarmed strike counts as a melee weapon attack, even though the attacker’s body isn’t considered a weapon. Here’s a bit of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
temple’s intercession. For countless reasons, Baldurians are reluctant to trust the Watch, the Flaming Fist, or the Guild. When they find it necessary to seek aid from an influential organization, such
the effects of petrifying magic. When the magic was dispelled, it freed the heroes to walk the world once more but robbed the Wide of a bit of its charm. The merchants complained loudly, and a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer
petitioners seeking the temple’s intercession. For countless reasons, Baldurians are reluctant to trust the Watch, the Flaming Fist, or the Guild. When they find it necessary to seek aid from an
effects of petrifying magic. When the magic was dispelled, it freed the heroes to walk the world once more but robbed the Wide of a bit of its charm. The merchants complained loudly, and a replacement