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Equipment
The double-bladed scimitar is the signature weapon of Valenar elves. A haft of fine wood supports a long, curving blade on either end. Forged with techniques honed over centuries, these blades are
one. A Valenar blade in the hands of a non-elf is generally assumed to have been stolen or looted from a fallen foe, and a Valenar elf might feel entitled to demand its return or challenge the bearer
Staff of the Python
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Magic Items
Basic Rules (2014)
initiative count. By using a bonus action to speak the command word again, you return the staff to its normal form in a space formerly occupied by the snake.
On your turn, you can mentally command the
snake if it is within 60 feet of you and you aren't incapacitated. You decide what action the snake takes and where it moves during its next turn, or you can issue it a general command, such as to
Astral Projection
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Spells
Basic Rules (2014)
statistics and possessions. The principal difference is the addition of a silvery cord that extends from between your shoulder blades and trails behind you, fading to invisibility after 1 foot. This
enter a new plane or return to the plane you were on when casting this spell, your body and possessions are transported along the silver cord, allowing you to re-enter your body as you enter the new
Monsters
Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
of their psionic abilities, goblin psi commanders wield blades of pure psychic energy. They can throw barriers of mental force while toppling foes with a single, mind-splitting burst.
Psionic
with other Aberrations, which help them transform in return for their service as shock troops. Regardless, the result is the same: a goblin with unnatural and barely contained psychic power.
Psionic
Firbolg
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Species
Volo's Guide to Monsters
’ presence is marked by an absence of animals and a strange quiet, as if the forest wishes to avoid attracting attention to itself. The faster travelers decide to move on, the better.
If these
destroyed, might not have a choice in the matter. Most adventuring firbolgs fall into this latter category.
Outcast firbolgs can never return home. They committed some unforgivable deed, usually
Monsters
Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
causes mighty storms or fierce maelstroms. A scion’s slumber is filled with dreams ranging from inspiring visions of Annam’s return to melancholy prophecies of inevitable decline, from
from harm it might cause.
If the scion is threatened, it unleashes elemental might like few other forces in the multiverse can muster: blades of lightning, boulder-sized hailstones, and a storm of
Backgrounds
Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
looking for someone worthy.
3
I owe my guild a great debt for forging me into the person I am today.
4
I pursue wealth to secure someone’s love.
5
One day I will return to my
I’ll do anything to get my hands on something rare or priceless.
2
I’m quick to assume that someone is trying to cheat me.
3
No one must ever learn that I once stole money
Monsters
Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
is filled with dreams ranging from inspiring visions of Annam’s return to melancholy prophecies of inevitable decline, from joyful glimpses of an idyllic past to horrific nightmares of torment
elemental might like few other forces in the multiverse can muster: blades of lightning, boulder-sized hailstones, and a storm of churning elements.
Regional Effects
The region surrounding a scion
Backgrounds
Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
for someone worthy.
3
I owe my guild a great debt for forging me into the person I am today.
4
I pursue wealth to secure someone’s love.
5
One day I will return to my guild
’ll do anything to get my hands on something rare or priceless.
2
I’m quick to assume that someone is trying to cheat me.
3
No one must ever learn that I once stole money from guild
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
when the current fight is over, or subsequent waves will move through it freely. Alternatively, you might decide that a door is too damaged to be repaired. Wave 1 Six drowned blades rush to assault
drowned blades and two drowned ascetics assault the hermitage. The drowned blades arrive at the door that leads into area 11 and attempt to enter. The drowned ascetics enter through any previously opened
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
15. Wind Tunnel Carved birds soar across the walls of this corridor. Blocking the passage near its northern end is a large adamantine propeller with five sharp blades.
With a successful DC 15
from the floor, the blades take a full minute to slow to a stop. While the propeller is spinning up or slowing down, a creature can leap through a gap between two blades with a successful DC 20
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
Concluding the Quest After finding and slaying Sephek, the characters can return to Hlin and collect their 100 gp reward. If they don’t have evidence to prove that Sephek is dead, Hlin is willing to
take them at their word. If the ice-dagger murders stop, she’ll know her trust was not misplaced. Failure to stop Sephek allows him to continue slaying Ten-Towners who cheat Auril the Frostmaiden
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
Conclusion Once Golden Axe is safely in their possession, the characters must decide whether to keep it for themselves (in which case the adventure ends here) or return it to its rightful owner (see “Buried Again” below).
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
negotiate for his release if the characters capture him. He suggests that it would be most unwise to oppose a duke of Baldur’s Gate without leverage. If the characters decide to attack Vanthampur Villa
-level characters). Four fists of Bane, three night blades, and two necromites of Myrkul try to capture one or more city residents, in the hopes of torturing or ransoming them.
Murder Squad (for 4th
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Light of Xaryxis
Xaryxis Is Spared If Xaryxis was not destroyed, the characters return home to find their world on the brink of annihilation. As the planet begins to fracture, the characters might decide to help evacuate and resettle survivors on the other worlds of their system.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
guides, they can decide which agent they want to initially return to. (Even if the characters have done secret deals with both agents, they should choose one to be their initial contact upon their
return to their original time.) If the characters somehow manage to return to their original time at any other location, a courier arrives at that location shortly thereafter, delivering an urgent
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
, examples of which are on the Gambling Complications table. Gambling Complications d6 Complication 1 You are accused of cheating. You decide whether you actually did cheat or were framed.* 2 The town
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
Planning the Heist The rest of the adventure revolves around the theft of Golden Axe from Skalderang Conservatory. Whether the characters return the mandolin to its proper owner, keep it for
themselves, or do something else with it is for them to decide. In addition to providing a sandcastle model of Skalderang Conservatory, Mackerel and Trout furnish the characters with the following information, which is framed as boxed text that you can read or paraphrase to the players.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
Return to Phandalin When the characters return to Phandalin after their victory, read or paraphrase the following: The corruption wracking the town of Phandalin is gone. The buildings have returned
—doubly so if they’ve managed to return the kidnapped townspeople. Many people in Phandalin want to learn the story of the characters’ victory over the mind flayers, but perhaps none so much as Gwyn Oresong
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
a hag, in disguise. Ruin A fortune teller warned that you’re destined to cause great destruction, which you’re trying to avoid. Sage You use a divinatory card spread to decide which spells to prepare
each day. Skull You seek a way to cheat death. Star Your spells and magical abilities take on the appearance of playing cards. Sun Agents of the Solar Bastion (see chapter 10) once saved your life
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
blades’ attack bonus increases by 2, and their damage increases by 3 (1d6). These benefits apply until the blades hit a target, after which the values return to normal. Rune’s Defense. Tampering with the
Example Complex Traps The following complex traps can be used to challenge characters or to inspire your own creations. Path of Blades Complex trap (level 1–4, dangerous threat) Hidden within a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
Zyrian’s Legacy Nintra’s demise frees Zyrian from his pledge to guard against her return, but his ghost lingers in the world long enough to thank the characters before fading away. The characters
might decide to seal the site away or take it over as a home base or stronghold. If the latter occurs, news of a group of powerful adventurers setting up shop in the ruins of Delimbiyran travels quickly
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
Mayastan Sadaar Word of Mayastan Sadaar’s death hits the scholars of Candlekeep hard. At your discretion, the characters can return the scholar’s body to Candlekeep so that she can be returned to
life (perhaps with the characters performing the rites). Alternatively, you might decide that the nature of Valin’s ritual prevents Mayastan from being restored to life even with a resurrection spell
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
The door in the east wall of this otherwise empty room bears the inscription “DOLINDAR” above “NO WORLD TO RETURN.” Every letter of each word is set into the wall on a separate tile.
The door is
WORLD O in TO N in NO E in RETURN If the five words sink into the wall in the wrong order, or if the wrong letters are used to push them in, all five words reset with a wave of painful loneliness
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
stop the wildfires, but must decide whether to slay the dragon or return it to slumber using a potent sleeping concoction. Forbidden Vale. The group journeys to the Forbidden Vale, facing wildfires and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
, deflecting opponents’ blades while elegantly moving into position to score hits in return. A bladesinger wields a weapon one-handed, leaving the other free for spellcasting or to manipulate a wand
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
affect Phandalin, and it might wash over other small population pockets in the region. The exact parameters of the ritual are up to you. If you decide that the characters are too easily vanquishing
this adventure’s challenges, you could decide that the fanatics’ ritual is nearly complete, urging the characters to press ahead without resting and resupplying. If this adventure’s threats have
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
is ready to fulfill his plans, and the combined forces of the Sword Coast must strike now if the cult is to be stopped. Tiamat’s Return At the Well of Dragons, a battle unfolds that will decide the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
to return to normal. When the grippli prisoners realize that the characters have persevered, they waste no time getting the news to the village and the trading post. The refugees return home, and
within a tenday the frogfolk have repaired any damage to the crab pens and are back in business. The benevolent yuan-ti, once they recover from their wounds, might decide to continue digging out the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
outsiders from the Plains and to maintain the ancient traditions. The halflings must decide whether the tribes will choose the path of peace or return to war.
it’s possible to return to the previous ways. More foreigners visit the Plains than at any time in the past. Settlers and merchants cross the Plains as they make their way to Q’barra, and they clash
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
a herd of moose. But today the local tavern is abuzz with news about a series of recent killings. Before the murders, the only question on everyone’s mind was, “Will summer ever return to Icewind
is studying the characters closely, trying to decide if they’re worth her time. Ultimately, she takes the chance and draws them into conversation, asking them to help her take down her only suspect: a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes’ Feast: Saving the Children’s Menu
now. Indeed, a grateful tear runs down her cheek. She speaks with them freely in Giant and gladly tells her story. She has resolved to return home and reclaim control from Invido. But first, she must
pantomime her thanks and her plan to head into the mountains to hide temporarily. If Ignis doesn’t survive, but her children do, the characters must decide how to protect Flauma and Calor. In any case
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
is ready to fulfill his plans, and the combined forces of the Sword Coast must strike now if the cult is to be stopped. Tiamat’s Return At the Well of Dragons, a battle unfolds that will decide the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
Blue Slaad Almost as numerous as red slaadi, blue slaadi are muscular brutes with vicious blades extending from the backs of their claws. These claws carry a magical curse called chaos phage, which
. Constitution Saving Throw: DC 15. Failure: The target is cursed. The cursed target can’t regain Hit Points, and its Hit Point maximum decreases by 10 (3d6) after every 24 hours and doesn’t return to normal
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
extends from between your shoulder blades and trails behind you, fading to invisibility after 1 foot. This cord is your tether to your material body. As long as the tether remains intact, you can find
travel through the Astral Plane and can pass through portals there leading to any other plane. If you enter a new plane or return to the plane you were on when casting this spell, your body and