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Acquisitions Incorporated
Wisdom (Perception) check and search your cartographer’s map case to find a map either related to your current mission or inspiring a new one. On a success, you find a map with a prominent
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The Ancient Sarcophagus of Gerald Smith
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A tree labeled “This tree”
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“The Last Resting Place of My Rich Brother that is Also a Bear Cave
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
the creature.
As servants of Lolth, chitines love spiders. They rear spiders and similar arachnids, such as cave fisher;cave fishers. Chitine colonies erect shrines to Lolth that serve as beacons
with duties related to that rank, and all are expected to sacrifice themselves to protect the colony’s choldriths. Every chitine has spinnerets and slowly produces webbing that is used to build
Tortle
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, defending their offspring, and sharing a lifetime of knowledge before they die. When the children are old enough to leave the compound, they pick up whatever weapons and tools their parents left behind and
related to a god and choose to worship that deity. In the Forgotten Realms, tortles are especially fond of Eldath, Gond, Lathander, Savras, Selûne, and Tymora. In the Greyhawk setting, they
Kobold
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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
use for healing magic, and a sorcerer can meet most of the tribe’s other magic-related needs. Kobold shamans are very rare; priests of Kurtulmak, when they reveal themselves, are easily recognized
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
here. These mates attack anyone they don’t recognize, defending their young in area 14b. Gnawed bones cover the den’s floor. 14b. Young Cave Bears Two cave bear cubs (use the black bear statistics
14. Cave Bear Den These caves smell like an animal den — not surprising, given that Qurrok keeps his cave bears here. 14a. Adult Cave Bears Two adult cave bears (use the polar bear statistics) rest
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver
10. Dark Pool Treasure is concealed in this water-filled cave. A still pool fills much of this cavern. The water is dark, revealing little of what might lie within. The shore of the pool consists of
out of the cave to the northeast.
The pool is 20 feet deep in the middle. The stream to the northeast is 3 feet deep, and the ceiling of the passage is 2 to 3 feet above the water. Characters can
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
a feeling or an attitude. As with personal totems, a barbarian’s tattoos might or might not be related to an animal spirit. Each tattoo a barbarian displays contributes to that individual’s identity
hands are the paws of a cave bear. 3 The symbols of your clan are displayed in viny patterns along your arms. 4 The antlers of an elk are inked across your back. 5 Images of your spirit animal are
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
overarching goal that can be fulfilled only by first completing a series of related quests. For example, you could create a villain who can’t be defeated until the characters explore nine dungeons in which the
lies beyond the realm of a known enemy and forces them to navigate hostile territory. The characters could be pilgrims in search of a holy site or members of a secret order dedicated to defending the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
about the former lizardfolk lair and the surrounding area, including but not limited to the following details: The lair is a three-level cave system inside a rocky island. Remarkably, the island seems
to have sunk into the surrounding sea, leaving only the top one-third visible from above the water. The main entrance is now a large cave that faces the seacoast. The lizardfolk made few changes to the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a4
either at the nearest village (about 5 miles from the mountain) or hidden in the Dead Gnoll’s Eye Socket, a small natural cave in the side of a hill about 2 miles from the Plume. There is really no
other shelter available. The villagers know about the cave and may have mentioned it. If the party leaves no guard, they will just have to trust the villagers not to steal their belongings. (Dishonest
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
for Najkir. Before they depart, Mirel gives them additional information that Devi just imparted to her via the Sending Stones: “Devi and the others found a monastery hidden in a sea cave on the south
side of the island,” Mirel says. “The monks there seem friendly, but the sea cave is also home to the bronze dragon that sank Devi’s ship. The monks apologized for the dragon, claiming it was only
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
) bludgeoning damage as the mouth clamps shut. The mouth similarly damages tools or weapons inserted into it without its permission. L2: Streaked Cave The walls and floor of this cavern are smeared with
blood, and the scent of iron hangs thick in the air.
Twenty stirges hang from the ceiling of this cave. Bright light or any noise louder than a whisper disturbs the stirges, causing them to attack. L3
Orc
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Luthic. He predicts that the war will end with Luthic the only deity standing, as the cave mother ascends to rule her warrior children.
Life in the Tribe
Orcs survive through savagery and force of
laden wagon or after heroically defending it from thieves gain great respect and advance higher in the tribe’s pecking order.
All Are Fighters
Most of the orcs that stay behind when the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Descent into the Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth
clamps shut. The mouth similarly damages tools or weapons inserted into it without its permission. L2: Slate Chamber Alternating blue and gray bands of slate and shale compose the walls of this cave
blade in Gnomish. Once the golem is destroyed, the sword can easily be freed from its chest. L3: Guano-Covered Cave The floor of this vaulted cave is covered in pungent piles of bat guano. Large leather
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
feel as if they’re being watched even when they aren’t. While defending its cavernous lair, the tyrant avails itself of its lair actions. Treasure. If the characters defeat the death tyrant, they can
9–10 1 nalfeshnee 11–12 2d4 vrocks Fungi This encounter occurs only while the characters are traveling; otherwise, treat it as “no encounter.” The party happens upon a cave overgrown with fungi
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes of the Borderlands
entrance extend into the cave.
A character who examines the symbols and succeeds on a DC 13 Intelligence (Arcana) check recognizes them as arcane runes designed to ward the cave against magical
research here. Books. The books in this room cover topics related to alchemy, geometry, and metallurgy. They are hard to parse, and none of them are valuable to the characters. Iron Tome. The open tome
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
Encounter Locations The following locations are keyed to the map of the Lykortha Expanse. Map 18.1: lykortha expanse View Player Version L1. Entrance Ahead, a darkened cave mouth beckons from
beneath the forest canopy. Growths of green, brown, and gray lichen cover the cave mouth, and a small stream flows deeper into the yawning darkness.
The character who has the highest passive Wisdom
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
, a ruined tower, or a menacing cave entrance that resembles a skull. Whether naturally or by manufactured means, the lair is well defended from intrusion. It might be reachable only by a steep
them to interact and bargain with creatures of both realms. Other popular choices are a place where the ambient energy augments certain kinds of magic, a site related to death such as a burial ground
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
Cave Locations The following locations are keyed to map 4.1. Mike Schley Map 4.1: Wave Echo Cave View Player Version W1: Cave Entrance The entrance tunnel leads into a large natural cavern supported
by a pillar of rock. In the western part of the cave, behind the pillar, are three bedrolls and a heap of ordinary supplies: sacks of flour, bags of salt, casks of salted meat, lanterns, flasks of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
. As servants of Lolth, chitines love spiders. They rear spiders and similar arachnids, such as cave fishers (also in this book). Chitine colonies erect shrines to Lolth that serve as beacons
duties related to that rank, and all are expected to sacrifice themselves to protect the colony’s choldriths. Every chitine has spinnerets and slowly produces webbing that is used to build floors, walls
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
goats, the soil being too thin and too poor for farming. They aren’t Uthgardt or related to them, but they might have some distant ties to the Northlanders, as they seem to be of Illuskan stock. They
family becoming immolated in its home, but most agree the culprit was a dracolich, of all things, residing in the ruin and defending the family’s wealth. The gods only know what led to the creation of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
of the Heralds of the Comet. But the hospital has come under attack—from bandits, disapproving aristocrats, or dangerous monsters—and the initiates seek help defending the place and its residents
expert on apocalyptic writings—a hierophant of the Heralds of the Comet. The hierophant shares research into related prophecies but remains guarded about the group’s beliefs. The hierophant might
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
find a map either related to your current mission or inspiring a new one. On a success, you find a map with a prominent landmark. The map has information on the natural terrain within one mile of the
labeled “This tree”
3 “The Last Resting Place of My Rich Brother that is Also a Bear Cave”
4 A range of peaks known as the Slightly Wobbly Spires
5 An ever-flowing, nonmagical spigot
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
rush to attack. Track Turntable. The mine track turntable can be controlled from a panel at its center, but it was damaged during the cave-in. A character who uses an action to operate the simple
the aurumvoraxes. Danger Signs. A large red X is painted next to one cave entrance, a warning from the mining crew formerly working here. Inside the cavern, three patches of green slime cling to the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
related concepts. Maat (pronounced mott) is the term giants use to describe ideas, behaviors, creatures, and objects that they consider good, holy, honorable, or desirable. Maug (pronounced mog) is the
etched in wood, ice, stone, or even earth, in the case of hill giants. These “tale carvings” relate legends or the stories of important events or meetings in the manner of highly sophisticated cave
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
mushrooms for food or watching over hatchlings, and they all understand that their actions contribute to the survival of the group. The tribe practices for the eventuality of defending the lair
being distantly related to dragons. A female can lay up to six eggs per year, and an egg matures for two to three months before it hatches. Kobolds don’t engage in funeral ceremonies; a dead kobold’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
alongside dwarf fighters from the Copperlocks clan. Travelers in need of shelter can rest on cots in the guard towers that surround the place, but only those with business related to the mine are
, the ruins have been largely forgotten. The exception is Keledek the Unspoken, the town wizard, who used magic to open the cellar door and found that the passages led to a hidden sea cave. He uses
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
characters the following questions: “Who are you, and what are your ideals?” (Ideals related to running a business or earning a fortune appear to please the clockwork creatures.) “Who do you serve?” (The
would prevent a great evil), they can share that Lottie lives in a cave near a destroyed town called Fortune, located amid hills to the east of the Greypeak Mountains, not far from the desert of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
two doses of antitoxin (100 gp). 22. Cave of the Giant Lizards If the party arrives here directly from the marsh, read: A cave entrance yawns thirty feet wide and fifteen feet high. The marshy ground
turns to mud near the cave,
and tracks from large creatures pass in and out. Inside
the cave, the floor consists of thick mud, and you find it impossible to move at normal speed.
The cave
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
solitary beholder lairs within a cave system or a ruined structure, either one of its own making or a place the creature took over after killing or driving off the beholder that gave it birth. A solitary
remains unabated. A death tyrant’s paranoia about its enemies tends to be related to how it fears it will be destroyed, and its plans take that fear into account. For example, a death tyrant who imagined
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
whirlwind rages, four flying swords animate from the debris scattered around the cave. The flying swords attack creatures outside the whirlwind. F4. Harpy Nest Characters spot the light in this chamber
and fissures on all sides. The ceiling is about a hundred feet high.
Three harpies nest on the highest ledges. These wicked creatures guard the cave for the Cult of the Howling Hatred. The bodies are
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
servants of Lolth, choldriths and chitines love spiders and spiderlike creatures. They rear spiders and similar arachnids, such as cave fishers. Chitine colonies erect shrines to Lolth that serve as
with duties related to that rank, and all chitines are expected to willingly sacrifice themselves to protect the choldriths. Every chitine has spinnerets and slowly produces webbing that is used to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
would rather not do or that they’re unable to perform, such as chasing kobolds out of a narrow cave or retrieving something from deep within a lake. (Stone giants are poor swimmers; they dislike
and as a warning system against intruders. They also don’t mind sharing their caves or warrens with cave bears, fire beetles, and other beasts that mean them no harm. They keep their other subterranean
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
Encounters
Cloud Giant Encounters Cloud giants and related creatures thrive where there is fantastic wealth to be earned, plundered, or swindled; where there are secrets to be uncovered; and where
from its tomb
8 2d4 cave bears (polar bears; attitude: 1d6 + 1) on patrol
9 1 stone giant of Evil Earth* (attitude: 1d6) arguing theology with 2 stone giants (attitude: 1d12)
10 2d6
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer Academy
expansive sea cave contains berths for oceangoing vessels, animal pens for livestock, a dry dock for ship repairs, and a blue-level restricted area for cargo storage. New recruits arriving at the Sea Dock are
there ever since.
Mister Blip is a walking encyclopedia of knowledge on all subjects related to spelljamming. Chances are if you have a question, he’s got a dozen different answers for it—and usually