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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
. The drow party consists of Ilvara (drow priestess of Lolth), the drow elite warriors Jorlan and Shoor, and the junior priestess Asha Vandree (use the priest stat block in the Monster Manual, but add
the Fey Ancestry, Innate Spellcasting, and Sunlight Sensitivity features of the drow stat block). The hunting party also includes four drow warriors who serve as forward scouts. If any of the drow
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver
players. This read-aloud text is offset in boxes. Boxed text is most commonly used to describe rooms or present bits of scripted dialogue. Stat Block. Any monster or NPC that is likely to be involved
in combat requires game statistics so that the DM can run it effectively. These statistics are presented in a format called a statistics block, or stat block. You’ll find the stat blocks needed for
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
Bandits A marauding gang of bandits confronts the party. The gang consists of a bandit captain and 3d6 + 2 bandits, all wearing cloaks and mounted on riding horses. There is a 25 percent chance that
safe journey before departing peacefully. Sea. If this encounter occurs at sea, the characters encounter a pirate captain (use the bandit captain stat block) and twenty pirates (use the bandit stat
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
occupant eventually fade from view and don’t reappear. Whirlwyrm Spotted A giant splash reveals another whirlwyrm (use the giant crocodile stat block) swimming near the characters. If sailing characters
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
the course of a campaign. For example, characters on their very first adventure might face a villain who uses the stat block of a Mage Apprentice, only to have that villain escape and return many
adventures later to haunt them as a Mage. Still later, the same villain might reappear as an Archmage. Of course, the trick here is making sure that the villain survives from one adventure to the next, or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon of Icespire Peak
statistics are presented in a format called a stat block. You’ll find the stat blocks needed for this adventure in the “Creatures” section.
Tenday. In the Forgotten Realms, a week is ten days long and called a tenday. Each month consists of three tendays — thirty days total.
describe locations or present bits of scripted dialogue.
Stat Block. Any monster or NPC that is likely to be involved in combat requires game statistics so that the DM can run it effectively. These
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
Fane Features The fane consists mostly of caverns, some improved by magical manipulation of the rock. The northeast portion includes chambers built by the dwarves of Besilmer, so it resembles the
oily to the touch, cordon off areas of the fane. They block vision and mute sound. Objects pass through unimpeded, but living creatures doing so feel psychic resistance and nausea from pushing through
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
where they perch on the outer walls. The cult of Malar would gather to worship here. The building’s stone doors are fitted with locks, though they are unlocked at present. The building consists of one
middle of the tabernacle is a block of bloodstained white marble (see “Altar” below).
Dead Cultist. Lying near the altar is an inanimate human skeleton clad in tattered hide armor. Next to it are two
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
noted in the text. Prison Guards. The prison has a garrison of 75 guards (use the veteran stat block) who work eight-hour shifts. Two-thirds of the garrison is off duty and resting in area R19 at any
present—are stored in area R22. Each inmate wears a uniform that consists of a hoodless robe without pockets, leather slippers without laces, and cloth undergarments. While outside their cells, they wear manacles on their wrists and ankles.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
. Ellywick Tumblestrum As the night progresses, Tumblestrum can reappear to provide hints about what the group needs to do; she can even guide the characters to Prismeer if all of their plans fall
through (see “Tumblestrum’s Intervention” in the “Timed Events” section later in the chapter). If she is threatened, she disappears in a flashy yet harmless pyrotechnic display. No stat block for
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
Mystery Mine Propelled by magic, mine carts laden with fairgoers trundle into an opening carved like a dragon’s mouth. The carts reappear moments later on the far side of the attraction, with the
same individual standing outside it. He uses the mage stat block, with the following changes: Zephixo (chaotic good) speaks Common, Dwarvish, Gnomish, and Sylvan. He has darkvision out to a range of 60
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
to take her bath. During this time, the cursed spirits of the dryads arise to destroy Red Ruth’s lair as punishment for her crimes. This force consists of two dryad spirits (use the banshee stat
block) and a walking, undead tree (use the treant stat block, except the tree is undead and has resistance to necrotic damage). If the characters defeat the undead, Red Ruth fulfills her end of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
. Prison Guards. The prison has a garrison of 75 guards (use the veteran stat block) who work eight-hour shifts. Two-thirds of the garrison is off duty and resting in area R19 at any given time. While on
prisoners on an equal footing. Prison personnel commit these numbers to memory, and the records of all prisoners—past and present—are stored in area R22. Each inmate wears a uniform that consists of a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Prisoner 13
. Prison Guards. The prison has a garrison of 75 guards (use the veteran stat block) who work eight-hour shifts. Two-thirds of the garrison is off duty and resting in area R19 at any given time. While on
prisoners on an equal footing. Prison personnel commit these numbers to memory, and the records of all prisoners—past and present—are stored in area R22. Each inmate wears a uniform that consists of a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
wherever else they wish, sometimes building them in the shadow of the outer wall but most often scattering them about, seemingly at random. A den typically consists of a hole and a crawlspace big enough
for recording “withdrawals” and reporting on inventory to the camp’s leaders. The Block Maglubiyet’s holy symbol is a headsman’s axe, and the block is where it is blessed by feeding it the lifeblood
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
damage. The priest’s speed also increases by 10 feet. 4 Blazing. The priest’s flesh sloughs off, and its skeleton crumbles away, leaving only its skull. It uses the flameskull stat block, but it retains
priest can see within 30 feet of itself. The creature has the size and silhouette of its original body, but it otherwise uses the stat block of a shadow.
The shadow obeys the priest’s mental commands
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
. The remainder of the crew consists of six sailors (N male and female bandits of various ethnicities). Characters might assume that Ortimay’s chief business is smuggling — and they’d be correct
ballistae that can launch heavy bolts or canisters of alchemist’s fire. Its garrison consists of a noble (the castellan), four veterans (officers), and forty guards loyal to the merchant princes. 16
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
gemstones to glitter invitingly.
Map 5.2 includes an inset map that shows the tavern’s interior, which consists of a cellar and a taproom. Cellar. The cellar contains crates of worthless supplies
. Tixie Tockworth. Unless she was defeated elsewhere, Tixie Tockworth (see her description and stat block at the end of the adventure) sits on the barstool farthest from the entrance, cradling an
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes of the Borderlands
gatehouse, read the following boxed text aloud:
This gatehouse consists of a broad stone archway framed by a squat building constructed along the keep’s inner wall. Battlements line its flat roof, atop
Stat Block: Guard Captain
This captain is strong, stern, and just.
Perfect Posture. Andrella is as strict with her posture as she is with the law.
Role Model. Many of the keep’s young people
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
her most powerful servants. The attacking drow force consists of the following: Ilvara, drow priestess of Lolth, armed with a tentacle rod in addition to the usual equipment Asha, junior drow
priestess (use the priest stat block in the Monster Manual, but give Asha the Fey Ancestry, Innate Spellcasting, and Sunlight Sensitivity features of a typical drow) Shoor and Jorlan, drow elite warriors
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lorwyn: First Light
adventure consists of these encounters. Unleashed Animated Objects. A few days before the expo, the Aeghith’s staff discovered that pranksters had sneaked into a storage closet and animated some of the
Animated Armor stat block to represent the custodial cart. If the characters confront the animated objects, they fight the characters. A few minutes after the objects’ destructive rampage begins, the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Netheril’s Fall: Tales of Terror, Treasure, and Time Travel
and confronting the killer before finding a way home. Encounters MIKE SCHLEY Map: Conch AlleywaysView Player Version The adventure consists of the following encounters and uses Map: Conch Alleyways
Invisible Stalker under the Swampclaw leader’s command. Yorg has sped into another nearby alley just a block away (alley B on the map) to chase down the gnome’s siblings. The gnomes ran afoul of the gang
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm Lord’s Wrath
run this encounter. As the characters load the wagons, storm clouds descend and block the sun. Argus Skeel (male vampire spawn) and two ghouls, plus one ghoul per character, including sidekicks
recover and regroup. Encourage tactical thinking. If one of the sides of the battle consists of savage monsters or mindless undead, give clues that they attack the nearest enemy rather than thinking
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
salve. The merchant prince Kwayothé controls the sale of both. Neither kind of repellent protects against giant insects or the vile swarms of insects described in appendix A of the Monster Manual. A block
traditional weapon of Chultan warriors. A yklwa consists of a 3-foot wooden shaft with a steel or stone blade up to 18 inches long. It costs 1 gp, and it deals 1d8 piercing damage on a hit. Although it has
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
T3. Cage Trap If the party continues east along the tunnel past area T2, they walk into a trap. Read the following text only if a character examines the ceiling: The ceiling consists of square stone
, followed by a cage dropped on the party. Roll initiative at that point. Grund’s uses his second turn to block the eastern edge of the passage with a third cage and to drop another cage on characters
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
The Drow The garrison at Velkynvelve consists of twelve drow, five drow elite warriors, a junior drow priestess named Asha (use the priest stat block in the Monster Manual, but add the Fey Ancestry
, Innate Spellcasting, and Sunlight Sensitivity features of the drow stat block), and the outpost’s commander, a senior drow priestess of Lolth named Ilvara. The drow have the assistance of a pack of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver
the characters catch up to him, Iarno quaffs the potion of invisibility in the satchel and flees the hideout. At your discretion, he could reappear later in the adventure. Roleplaying Iarno A former
himself. He then casts offensive spells at enemies he can see. Iarno’s stat block contains a list of the spells he has prepared. Iarno uses the shield power of his staff for added protection. If he is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
Courthouse: Summer After obtaining the Stone of Golorr, the characters are arrested by the City Watch soon after they emerge from the sewers. Under Arrest The arresting force consists of twelve
and two veterans) down upon the characters, whom “Hyustus” accuses of beating the cell block guards to death. These reinforcements have no reason to believe that Captain Staget isn’t who he appears to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
this area is damp and soft at best. Staying dry is difficult to impossible. The dozen or so grippli warriors (see the end of the adventure for their stat block) remaining in the village are there
grippli live in each home, which consists of a single medium to large room, lit with simple fish oil lamps. Grippli don’t sleep in the water, but in soft hammocks suspended over it. Their personal effects
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
characters 13–17 Friendly 18–20 Hostile Mephit Gang A mephit gang consists of 1d4 dust mephits and 1d4 mud mephits. If encountered in Inner Blingdenstone or Rockblight, they are insane and attack
. They’re always hostile and attack the party if they can’t flee. Use the wererat stat block in the Monster Manual with a few modifications: svirfneblin wererats are Small and have the following additional
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes of the Borderlands
consists of Gold Pieces (GP), magic items, or both.
Whenever a player character finds gold, give that player Gold Pieces equal to the listed value, which is tracked on their character sheet. For
wyrmling’s stat block) prompts another type of D20 Test: a saving throw. Saving throws—also called saves—are named for the ability modifiers they use; in this case, characters use Dexterity to dodge an
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
Svardborg until her mate is freed (see “The Krigvind” section later in this chapter). 4F. Altar This 9-foot-tall block of ice has dwarf skulls and bones within it, and its top is covered with frozen
below the water’s surface. 4H. Frozen Hoard A great mound of ice covers the hoard of Cryovain and Isendraug. The ice is transparent enough to see that the bulk of the hoard consists of copper and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
, a creature in the Hall of Illusions can pass through it and reappear in front of the mirror or in the nearest unoccupied space. Once the portal closes, it can’t be reopened except by touching the
faulty well is a 10-foot-high gelatinous cylinder (use the gelatinous cube stat block) that’s blocking the normal flow of water. The creature’s presence has also contaminated the water above it
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
zero. The cloud doesn’t block sound, however.
Defenses. The castle’s crenellated battlements are 10 feet tall and 5 feet wide. Arrow slits are 10 feet tall, 10 feet above the floor, and 5 feet wide
terrain.
Telescopes. Bolted to the battlements are several telescopes that the cloud giants use to spy on the lands below. Each telescope weighs 750 pounds and consists of a 20-foot-long bronze body
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
of equal value). Armed with that information, the characters can travel to the town by the most expeditious route. Torrga Icevein and Her Caravan The Torg’s caravan consists of three heavily laden
. The box contains 92 gp, 76 sp, 125 cp, and seven gemstones worth 10 gp each. Sephek Kaltro Sephek Kaltro (see the accompanying stat block) is a well-built man in his thirties. He has an olive