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Returning 35 results for 'before both dead crime resolve'.
Monsters
Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn
Blood-Soaked Resolve. While Bloodied, the cultist has Advantage on saving throws.Multiattack. The cultist makes three Cursed Blade attacks. It can replace one of these attacks with a use of
adventurers Bane, Bhaal, and Myrkul seized divinity but were slain for their hubris. All three have been reborn and are now known as the Dead Three. Each of the Dead Three has inspired wicked cults that
Backgrounds
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
Proficiencies: Arcana, History
Languages: Two of your choice
Equipment: A bottle of black ink, a quill, a small knife, a letter from a dead colleague posing a question you have not yet been able to
craft dangerous magical wares without batting an eyelash. Whenever a noteworthy crime or mysterious happening occurs in the city, you immediately have a list of 1d4 suspects who, if they aren’t
Backgrounds
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
successfully prevented a murder, and the would-be perpetrator wants me dead.
5
One of my parents was prominent in the guild, and I resent constantly being compared to that standard.
6
I’ve
was traumatized by witnessing a crime as a child.
5
I’m incapable of deception.
6
I wish I had joined the Boros, but I fear they’d never accept me.
Contacts
The Azorius
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
allow anyone in or out without permission from a superior officer. Another six guards, including a sergeant with 18 hit points, make their way to the crime scene and watch over the dead bodies until the
After the Blast The characters have a few minutes to examine the crime scene before the City Guard arrives and cordons off Trollskull Alley, posting six guards at each entrance. The guards don’t
Backgrounds
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
command, illusory script
2nd
enthrall, ray of enfeeblement, zone of truth
3rd
bestow curse, speak with dead, spirit guardians
4th
blight, death ward
activities in crime, banking, or debt collection could tie you to members of other guilds.
Roll twice on the Orzhov Contacts table (for an ally and a rival) and once on the Non-Orzhov Contacts table
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
The Crime Scene In the wake of the explosion, people emerge from their houses and shops to survey the devastation. The fireball didn’t set any buildings ablaze, but it left eleven people dead: One
playing a flute and a fiddle, and two male halflings who were dancing The characters have only a few minutes to search the crime scene before members of the City Guard arrive. After that, they aren’t
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Forge of the Artificer
Sharn’s main geographical quarters, including Skyway, Cliffside, the Cogs, and the City of the Dead. (See Eberron: Rising from the Last War for more details.) Every neighborhood has its own flavor of
crime. This section offers suggestions for mysteries, intrigue, and adventure across Sharn’s wards. It also includes brief descriptions of inquisitive agencies connected to House Tharashk’s Finders Guild. Kuno Something is always happening in the shadows of the City of Towers
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
rules and Urban Chase Complications table in chapter 8 of the Dungeon Master’s Guide to resolve the scene. The chase ends when the characters catch up to Coal or after three rounds, when a Daask hit
alley. If the characters rush to help her, they find the warforged unconscious on the ground, but stable, surrounded by the Daask criminals. If the characters resolve the chase by catching up to Coal
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
Magists and Protectors named Barnibus Blastwind (see appendix B) to the crime scene. Barnibus quietly takes charge of the investigation at that point, while Sergeant Cromley directs a force of twenty
the gnome isn’t among the dead. The gnome and his pursuers were moving toward the tavern in Trollskull Alley (which Barnibus will soon come to realize is the characters’ property). Neither the gnome
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
for removing the heart, draining the body of blood, and wrapping the remains in linen. These methods preserve the body so the pharaoh might call it to service. It is a crime to burn the dead. Akirrans
land is ruled by Pharaoh Ankhtepot, the immortal intermediary between the mortals and the gods. The pharaoh rules from his pyramid, Pharaoh’s Rest, in the City of the Dead. The people worship a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
, and immunity to bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing damage from nonmagical weapons that aren’t made of adamantine. Destroying the arch all but dooms the project, since Zox lacks the resolve to start
dotted with the remains of broken machines.
Corpses. Two ogres clad in iron armor lie dead among the metal detritus, their flesh pierced by dozens of metal crossbow bolts.
The ogres served the hobgoblins until they were shot dead by Zox’s arbalests a few days ago.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
towers, wealthy barons from the dragonmarked houses make shady deals with crime bosses, each of them making profits by exploiting both the ordinary folk and the well-heeled upper crust alike
City d6 Adventure Seed 1 A homicidal changeling has killed two members of different dragonmarked houses, and doesn’t plan to stop until one heir from each of the dragonmarked houses is dead. 2 A
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
performs twice a week and the barbarian has a huge bar tab to resolve. This section explores three different starting points. Callestan is in Lower Dura. It’s a dangerous district riddled with crime and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
danger. During the storm, any checks made to resolve hazards or manage the ship are made with disadvantage. Evocation These ferocious storms are wracked with thunderbolts, driving sheets of acid rain
of long-dead mariners stir in their watery graves. During the storm, 1d4 specters, 2d4 ghouls, and 4d6 zombies emerge from the waves to attack the ship. Transmutation These violently unpredictable
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
. Consider the following example. The characters find the dead body of an unidentified halfling adventurer. A search of the body yields a cameo necklace containing the portrait of another halfling. A character
cameo to this halfling? This halfling could be tied to a bigger plot or have information that could help the characters resolve some conflict. Suddenly, a minor trinket foreshadows bigger events to come
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragons of Stormwreck Isle
Dragon’s Rest seeking rest and new resolve. Runara welcomes the character and encourages them to talk to Tarak and Varnoth, who both know about escaping lives of corruption and violence. She also
killed by another assassin. Tarak escaped, but no treasure was involved. If the rogue asks him about it, he explains he has left the life of crime—and suggests perhaps it’s time for the rogue to do the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
heads out of nearby cabins. “No one move a muscle!” warns the mind flayer. “This whole car just became a crime scene.”
This car contains three cozy passenger cabins and two privies (one at each end of
the car). Quintus Malvesh, an aasimar cartographer, lies dead in the aisle (in the square marked X on map 11.2), and a detective is already on the case. Illithid Detective The detective is a lawful
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
. If you choose to live at a higher lifestyle, you reduce the price of the lifestyle by 2 gp during that time period. Crime d8 Crime 1 Murder 2 Theft 3 Burglary 4 Assault 5 Smuggling 6 Kidnapping 7
Extortion 8 Counterfeiting Punishment d12 Punishment 1–3 You did not commit the crime and were exonerated after being accused. 4–6 You committed the crime or helped do so, but nonetheless the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
suicide 9 Torn apart by an animal or a natural disaster 10 Consumed by a monster 11 Executed for a crime or tortured to death 12 Bizarre event, such as being hit by a meteorite, struck down by an
Friendly 11–12 Indifferent Status 3d6 Status 3 Dead (roll on the Cause of Death table) 4–5 Missing or unknown 6–8 Alive, but doing poorly due to injury, financial trouble, or relationship difficulties 9–12 Alive and well 13–15 Alive and quite successful 16–17 Alive and infamous 18 Alive and famous
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
paradise. The streets are bright and clean. The universities and libraries are the finest in Khorvaire. Everyone seems happy and helpful, and crime is all but unheard of. But Zil society is filled with
spies and assassins. Most agents of the Trust simply pass information through dead drops; some estimate that a third of the nation works for the Trust in this capacity. When the Trust identifies a threat
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
chapter 1. The House Tarkanan Assignments table provides hooks for adventurers who are working with the organization, and the discussion of crime syndicates in chapter 1 includes additional ideas
Adventure Hook 1 House Tarkanan disturbed the dead during an expedition to Old Sharn, causing undead to terrorize the city above. 2 House Tarkanan declares war on the dragonmarked houses in Sharn
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
are bright and clean, the universities and libraries are the finest in Khorvaire, everyone seems happy and helpful, and crime is all but unheard of. But Zil society teems with layers of intrigue and
agents of the Trust simply pass information through dead drops; some estimate that a third of the nation works for the Trust in this capacity. When the Trust identifies a threat, it acts preemptively
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
War. How to Keep Villains Alive WRITE of PASSAGE
Back from the dead?
It was too good to be true.
A year ago, the nefarious Alais ir’Rannan was presumed dead when she fell from an airship into
adventurers kill their nemesis, they might next encounter the villain raised from the dead or as an undead. It’s conceivable that dying could make a villain more powerful and more angry at the meddling
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer
city’s middle ground. Rampant crime, class grudges, foreign threats, and economic pressures leave many Baldurians feeling trapped within their own homes. Flaming Fist patrols react to threats with
gates. Here crime and poverty are contrasted by wonders from afar and the riches of cultures across Faerûn. The mix of wanderers and refugees remains in constant flux, with communities forming and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
city’s middle ground. Rampant crime, class grudges, foreign threats, and economic pressures leave many Baldurians feeling trapped within their own homes. Flaming Fist patrols react to threats with
armed citizens on the streets. Whether the Lower City is actually safer after the formation of crews remains an open question. In the Outer City, all the world washes against the city’s gates. Here crime
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
cloaked man take something from the body of a dead gnome, then start limping away. He was badly burned and casting glances over his shoulder, like he was afraid someone might be following him. He was
. Characters who withhold the necklace, and knowledge of it, from the City Watch are guilty of a crime in Waterdeep. Hampering justice by concealing evidence can result in a fine of up to 200 gp and hard labor for up to a tenday.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
stolen pages, the Keeper of Tomes is offering 8,000 gp or the equivalent in transcribed magical knowledge from the Candlekeep archives. Scene of the Crime The following clues point the characters in the
Avowed acolytes slain during the attack were killed using martial arts. Their bruises and broken bones are evidence of powerful unarmed strikes. Speak with dead spells cast on the slain acolytes yield
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
N8. Town Square The shops and homes that enclose the town square are decorated with limp, tattered garlands and painted wooden boxes filled with tiny, dead flowers. At the north end of the square
meant to encourage ridicule. Freeing one or more prisoners without the baron’s consent is a crime. If the characters are witnessed doing so, Izek rallies the town guards (twenty-four in all) and orders
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
of the dead against the people of Khorvaire…
In the city of Sharn, a brilliant team of spies pull off an impossible scheme — breaking into the impenetrable vaults of House Kundarak. But instead of
entire nation, leaving terrible scars behind. Crime and corruption lurk in the great cities of Khorvaire. Hidden dragons shape the course of history. Sinister fiends influence the dreams of the unwary
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver
Goblin Ambush Read the following boxed text to start the encounter: You’ve been on the Triboar Trail for about half a day. As you come around a bend, you spot two dead horses sprawled about fifty
Hallwinter. They’ve been dead about a day, and it’s clear that arrows killed the horses. When the characters inspect the scene closer, read the following: The saddlebags have been looted. Nearby lies an empty
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
say that dead-gray mists rose in the capital city of Metrol and spread from there. Within the space of one day, the nation of Cyre had been engulfed in a wall of mist, and anything caught within the
wall of dead-gray mist surrounds the remnants of Cyre. Beyond the mists lies a land twisted by magic, a wound that will not heal. The blasted land is strangely transformed. In some places, the ground
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
disaster 6 Utterly destroy a bloodline or clan 5 Passion (d4) 1 Prolong the life of a loved one 2 Prove worthy of another person’s love 3 Raise or restore a dead loved one 4 Destroy rivals for another
10 Lying or perjury 11 Magical mayhem (d8) 1 Hauntings 2 Illusions 3 Infernal bargains 4 Mind control 5 Petrification 6 Raising or animating the dead 7 Summoning monsters 8 Weather control 12 Murder
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
routine of its life. Others are driven by wickedness or spite, as with a ghost that refuses to rest until every member of a certain family or organization is dead. The surest way to rid an area of a ghost
is to resolve its unfinished business. A ghost can be destroyed more easily by invoking a weakness tied to its former life. The ghost of a person tortured to death might be killed again by the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
powerful adventurers. Their deaths and souls are my nourishment.”
Flaw. “I underestimate the resolve of my enemies.”
Acererak
Medium undead, neutral evil
Armor Class 21 (natural armor)
Hit Points
will): arcane lock, knock
3rd level (at will): animate dead, counterspell
4th level (3 slots): blight, ice storm, phantasmal killer
5th level (3 slots): cloudkill, hold monster, wall of force
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
raised from the dead while the curse lasts. A monster hunts the victim relentlessly. Even if the monster dies, it rises again or a new one takes its place 24 hours later. Resolution Sometimes a curse can
pronouncement, or it may be left to those who suffer the curse to make amends on their own. Research and divination can offer clues or even reveal the exact steps needed to resolve the curse. While more