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Volo's Guide to Monsters
invasion and oppression. Although individually they are timid and shy away from conflict, kobolds are dangerous if cornered, vicious when defending their eggs, and notorious for the dangerous
, designed to collapse under the weight of any creature heavier than a kobold. On occasion, the route through a kobold lair runs along a ledge that borders a cavern or a crevasse, and the kobolds might
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hold Back The Dead
Second Wave Unable to breach the wall the characters are defending, the enemies use a Decrepit Mangonel (see the statistics at the end of this section) to assault the position. Read or paraphrase the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
outnumbered. Rather than joining the Kalaman forces in their advance, the characters find themselves defending a retreat. The adventure unfolds in one of two ways: With Mass Combat. If you’re using
, continue with the following section. WARRIORS OF KRYNN: SCENARIO 4
The characters reach the battlefield as the conflict turns against Kalaman’s forces. Read the introduction to scenario 4 in Dragonlance
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
shells. Ultimately, he seems most concerned with whether a mortal has prepared for death, keeping payment ready out of respect and as a personal memento mori. Those whose bodies are burned, buried, or
borders, boundaries, and that which is “neither.” Those who undertake journeys, especially dangerous ones, often drop a coin into a fountain or a body of water in apotropaic acknowledgment of the River
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
Ephara is almost by necessity an urban campaign, and likely one that primarily or entirely takes place within a single city. Ephara is concerned with the establishment, development, and protection of
campaigns less focused on combat and more on social encounters and intrigue. Lastly, a campaign focused on defending a city could present a range of threats, from external foes—like wild creatures or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
hate how much people think they matter in a world that was old before their kind even learned the idea of names.
3 The more the merrier as far as I’m concerned: more to control, more to torture
in peace.
Green Dragon Ideals d6 Ideal
1 Isolation. Territories can be properly established only when all parties respect the borders of their neighbors. (Lawful)
2 Control. All
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
Beginning the Adventure Read the following boxed text to the players to kick off the adventure: A fungal plague is ravaging the Sword Coast, spreading quickly from one settlement to the next
phylacteries, but Xanthoria discovered a way to house her soul in a living sprite named Thunderwing. Though initially concerned with ways to end the unnatural life of the undead, Xanthoria’s research took a dark turn, as chronicled in her journal, titled Xanthoria.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
Approaching the Caer When the characters first approach the castle, read: A sturdy, stone castle devoid of warmth and ostentation squats atop the cliffs overlooking the town and the frozen harbor
for one cult member to sound the alarm simply by yelling. If an alarm is raised, the following cult members are tasked with defending the castle: Twelve cultists of various races and genders, who
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
render and describe, to write and to read, and to pass on information. In legend, Deneir is often portrayed as being a scribe in service to Oghma, and he is sometimes thought of as Oghma’s right hand
concerned with religious hierarchy and protocol. This behavior is supported by the fact that Deneir’s blessings of divine magic are more often bestowed on those who lose themselves in written works
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica
Starting the Adventure Once the players are ready to begin, read or paraphrase the following introductory text: Life in the Tenth District is never dull. A hub of constant activity, it always offers
have had a chance to get to know one another, read: Light rain begins to patter on the cobblestones as the sun sets behind the spires and towers of the city. You see a male vedalken in well-tailored
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Walls alone holds more Cyran refugees than Karrnath has allowed across its borders. If you read the Sharn Inquisitive or the Korranberg Chronicle, you’ve heard the endless litany of how difficult life
survived the Mourning did so because they were beyond the borders of their nation. And why is that? Because they were soldiers.
The Sharn Inquisitive talks about starving children and ailing
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
the tree has been destroyed know enough not to attempt the ritual. Strahd observes the proceedings, defending the druids if they are attacked and retreating if outmatched. Development If the characters
are present when the druids complete the ritual, read: A thirty-foot-tall plant creature bursts out of the statue, sending twigs and earth flying. The creature resembles a dead treant with green
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer Academy
Right into the Action When everyone is ready to begin, roll for initiative. Then read or paraphrase the following aloud: You stand on the deck of your spelljamming ship, Moonraider, even as
repel the reavers. The characters know and trust each other. Moonraider is their ship, and they are bound to defend it! “Forecastle Map” shows the layout of the area that the characters are defending. They are the only sailors still alive in this section of the ship. Forecastle Map
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
D14. Toadstool Patch Your heart suddenly feels cold, filling you with a sense of loneliness that borders on despair. A haunting, melancholy tune played on a flute reaches out to you from somewhere
within a field of oversized toadstools.
If the characters follow the music to its source, read: A slender elf with pale blue skin and black hair sits curled in the shadow of a gray, six-foot-tall
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
Centaur “I hear centaurs make excellent mounts!”
— Batley Summerfoot, a halfling adventurer who never read HOOVES OF FURY,
by Irvil Grayborn of Sundown
Reclusive wanderers and omen-readers of
the wild, centaurs avoid conflict but fight fiercely when pressed. They roam the vast wilderness, keeping far from borders, laws, and the company of other creatures. Wilderness Nomads. Centaur tribes
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
, soon after they’re in position or their plan is in motion, they realize they’re no longer alone. Read or paraphrase the following text: Twilight covers the land as the moon fills the sky. The
talked out of apprehending them. During combat, the knights attempt to shove characters off the platform whenever possible. Fighting the Silent Roar If the characters are defending the Pedestal of Judgment
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
Special NPCs In this chapter, each player runs not only a player character but also an NPC who has ties to the settlement that the characters are defending. Once you’ve determined where the adventure
, give one NPC to each player and put the extra NPCs aside. These leftover NPCs don’t participate in the battle. After giving out the NPCs, read the following explanatory text to the players: In addition
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
The Final Steps of Courage As the characters pass the final bend of Flames Everlasting, read the following description of the skybridge’s end: The skybridge descends onto a sizable island overgrown
random intervals. The soldiers are used to defending against spirits, but in recent weeks they’ve spotted flashes of blue lightning near Bathalang Puno, Pangil ng Buwan’s storied lair. If the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
Lazy Bat, where they meet an agent who serves the Margrave of the March of Bissel. Read or paraphrase to begin the adventure: An unassuming human sits across from you at a corner table in the Lazy
appendix A). The margrave is most concerned with ensuring his rivals don’t get the treasure, but the lantern is of special interest. Iggwilv’s Verse The scroll provided by Bannik contains a map of the Yatil
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Locathah Rising
the players to introduce their characters and describe them to the group. Once they have completed their introductions, read or paraphrase the following boxed text: After swimming for half the day, you
see the “darkening” up ahead. It’s difficult to see anything clearly within its borders, though you can vaguely make out the outline of a mountain of sunken ships resting on the sea floor, grown over
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
are divided into three types of duty and armed appropriately for the task before them: Alamon. Rugged forces of wanderers patrol Akros’s borders, defending against invasion or attack by monsters that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
Life in Akharin Sangar Despite the rumors outside its borders, Akharin Sangar is markedly hospitable. By long-standing custom, every Sangarian is a potential host and must be prepared to entertain
for knowledge permeates Akharin Sangar. Its many independent schools are free to teach broad curricula that beget a well-read populace, although the long list of censored works constrains opportunities
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
-dressed, wealthy human merchant (Medium, Neutral Good Noble). Read or paraphrase the following aloud to begin the adventure: You arrive at the Smiling Fish to find Mirel Astafar ensconced in a booth, a
defending its territory. I’ve told Devi that a rescue party is on the way, and she’s anxious to meet you.“
I’ve entrusted a chest of gold coins to Captain Orso of the Wavemount. If the dragon threatens
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
the revenant. If the characters approach it, it says, “Go away.” If they don’t leave immediately, read: The creature’s grip on the greatsword tightens. “If you have come to destroy me, know this: I
perished defending this land from evil over four centuries ago, and because of my failure, I am forever doomed. If you destroy this body, my spirit will find a new corpse to inhabit, and I will hunt you
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
father’s never-give-in mentality. Perd is concerned for the safety of the children and privately wonders if staying was a mistake. Perd’s wife, Marka (female Tethyrian human scout) worries about
defending the weak and meting out justice to the Iceshield tribe. He has been trying to bring retribution to the orcs for their depredations, and he just arrived with news that a large orc war band
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
act kills the imp and causes its body to disintegrate before the message can be read. The lord of Dis measures everything in terms of the knowledge it contains and the secrets that can be gleaned
best, with no guarantee that any correspondence truly reaches him. The Greatest Game Dispater’s trade in souls is concerned mainly with the acquisition of secrets. His imps scour the Material Plane in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
Satyrs in Distress Once the characters have entered the book, read: You’re on the fringe of a meadow that borders a forest. Tall trees of several varieties stretch before you as far as the eye can
within 20 feet of the forest’s edge, three satyrs come into view. When this happens, read: Three bipedal creatures that combine the features of men and goats laugh drunkenly as they stumble from the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
of the stairs, read: Crumbling balconies overlook a pool of lava filling this triangular chamber, above which is suspended an enormous crystal cylinder held in place by three adamantine struts
alcoves for treasure. Nervous Obo’laka is concerned that the bones in the northern alcoves might rise up and attack. Shrewd Papazotl suspects that the atropal might be vulnerable to radiant damage and that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
that the monks themselves do not fear death. Most of the order’s members are either scholars who share mutual fascination with death and dying or clergy who worship one of the deities concerned with
dwell, and they travel the countryside gathering information for isolated groves and fastnesses. They don’t ever seek to provoke violence, but are quite deadly when defending themselves, their charges, and their holy sites.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
Council Meeting When the group arrives at the council chamber, the guard escorts the characters inside and explains who they are. After this, read the following: Eight serious-looking people sit
character can silence Lord Bakaris. After the characters explain the current situation of those who escaped Vogler, read the following: Governor Miat frowns. “This is all dire news. My heart goes out to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Light of Xaryxis
characters enter the temple, read: Pushing your way into the temple through the crowd of onlookers, you see an elf priest presiding over the figure of the late emperor, whose body floats in an azure
Emperor Xeleth!” section. Defending Xedalli If the characters show that they have Xedalli’s ring, they are entitled to defend the princess’s claim to the throne. Prince Xeleth is irritated and tries to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
drink. Arrival at Telemy Hill Telemy Hill is skirted in mist. When the characters pass through the mist and see the hill for the first time, read: You are greeted by the scent of sweet-smelling fruit
characters find Jingle Jangle’s den: a cave with an entryway shaped like a keyhole. Obtaining the Silver Key If one or more characters enter Jingle Jangle’s den on the hilltop, read: Worn stone steps
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
focus has largely been within the grasslands’ borders, he cautiously explores engaging in trade with the human poleis Ironmanes One collection of leonin prides, the Ironmanes, doesn’t recognize the
the grasslands for countless generations. They know the way of Oreskos’s beasts and seasons better than any. Both mystical and knowledgeable, the Sun Guides read the messages in plant growth and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
the characters open their door, they see Malaina in a panic. She shouts for the characters to come downstairs. Read or paraphrase the following: The sanctum looks like it was hit by a tornado: there
Alustriel and Tasha are concerned, since Kas is just as evil as Vecna. Because Kas took such pains to manipulate the characters into finding the Rod of Seven Parts, Alustriel realizes the awful truth and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
acting strangely. Read or paraphrase the following: As part of the crowd begins another verse of the Awakening Song, four people wearing the garb of farm folk wander into their midst. Rather than singing
opens it, and nearby characters hear her curse in concerned shock. Aunt Dellie hands the crumpled parchment to any character who asks about it. It bears a charcoal sketch of a child struggling to swim