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Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
and creates a magical gust of wind around the target, who must succeed on a DC 18 Strength saving throw or be moved up to 20 feet in any horizontal direction the giant chooses.
Thunderbolt (Costs 2
further use of these elemental weapons, or when the giant dies, the weapons disappear.
A storm giant quintessent can revert to their true giant form temporarily and can maintain that form long enough
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
exit from the castle. If the characters enter from either direction, read: Overhead, in the vaulted entry foyer, four statues of dragons glare down, their eyes flickering in the torchlight. If anyone
fly up to their perches and revert to stone. In their stone forms, they are impervious to weapon damage. The dragons never leave the room.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
they search for a secret door, detailing how they tap on a wall or twist a torch sconce to find its trigger. That could be enough to convince the DM that they find the secret door without having to
character’s special abilities. A downside is that no DM is completely neutral. A DM might come to favor certain players or approaches, or even work against good ideas if they send the game in a direction
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
, various townsfolk can point in the direction the verbeeg went after stealing the casks. As the characters make their way to the edge of the forest, read: A figure in cold weather clothing lurches out of
straight home to alert the town. The characters can’t convince Fef to return to the bodies, but they can follow his tracks through the snow easily enough. The fox (see appendix C) in Fef’s trap is rattled
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
—rather, it presents an opportunity to take the game in a new direction. Consider these possibilities. A Fresh Start Everyone makes new characters, and the campaign starts anew. This might be the most
characters must convince the council to return them to life. Escape from the Underworld The dead characters wake up in Hades (see chapter 6) and must find a way to escape the grim underworld and return
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
used to adjust a localized time field surrounding the tower in either direction. Forward and Back. The red component allows the time field to be adjusted toward the future. If the check to do so is
resounding crash. The blue component allows the time field to be adjusted toward the past. If the check to do so is successful, the tower begins to revert back to its original condition. If this process is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm Lord’s Wrath
tribe has rested, to leave the cooked human here, and take the traveling village in a different direction to keep the tribe safe from the rot trolls. This could give the party some information on a
peaceful resolution. If the party approaches peacefully and succeeds on some DC 15 Charisma (Persuasion) checks, they might convince the lizardfolk to release the prisoners if the party defeat the rot trolls for them.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monstrous Compendium Volume One: Spelljammer Creatures
Greyspace. The miners wanted us to eliminate them. Our warlock, who was fluent in Deep Speech, managed to convince the bulbous creatures to relocate peacefully. They insisted we take them to a small
Float. The goon balloon moves up to 20 feet vertically in one direction without provoking opportunity attacks. If it ends this movement suspended in the air, it hovers in place. It can’t be knocked prone while airborne.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sleeping Dragon’s Wake
children. No amount of persuasion or intimidation can convince the terrified families to open their doors or speak to the characters. Fishing Supply Hut Nets, hooks, chains, rope, and other fishing
. Marciano sent word to Leilon for help after the first attack, but more raids followed. There was one attack each day at a different time from a different direction. With every attack the shark people
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
has her back to the upstairs window that faces east, and can’t see anyone approaching from that direction. Her incessant singing is so loud that she can’t hear anything but the loudest noises outside
clockwise direction and forming landings at various points. Situated next to each landing is a 9-foot-tall arrow slit that tapers to a width of 5 inches. Much of the tower floor and the staircase is
Magic Items
Infernal Machine Rebuild
object on the same plane as you and have the compass point constantly in the direction of the named target. You gain no knowledge of the distance to the target.
A specialized clockwork compass floats
(your choice).
The cure wounds spell restores no hit points for you.
13
You have an innate sense of direction. You automatically succeed on ability checks made to avoid becoming lost.
Whenever
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
can revert to their true giant form temporarily and can maintain that form long enough for the giant to communicate with a mortal, carry out a short task, or defend their home against aggressors
gust of wind around the target, who must succeed on a DC 18 Strength saving throw or be moved up to 20 feet in any horizontal direction the giant chooses.
Thunderbolt (Costs 2 Actions). The giant
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
be required to convince a friendly creature to take that risk. An indifferent creature might help or hinder the party, depending on what the creature sees as most beneficial. A creature’s indifference
and violence. The adventurers need to succeed on one or more challenging Charisma checks to convince a hostile creature to do anything on their behalf. That said, a hostile creature might be so ill
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
promptly arranges a meeting with the brigganocks to sort out their differences. Similarly, if the characters convince the brigganocks that the korreds don’t work for Endelyn, the brigganocks agree to
Granite, Myzelda of Slate, Yanna of Basalt, Noll of Obsidian, and Malo of Marble. The korreds of Yon despise Endelyn Moongrave, whom they commonly refer to as Bitter End. If the characters convince
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Light of Xaryxis
like that of a wounded animal. He then puffs out his chest, raises an eyebrow in her direction, and adds the following: “Do my lifeless eyes deceive me? Topolah, my darling, what a surprise! If you’ve
the Second Wind, Krux refuses to bend his knee to a vampirate, but a character can convince the giff to swallow his pride and yield to Gargenhale’s authority by succeeding on a DC 16 Charisma
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
) check. Contrary to its claim, the sibriex doesn’t plan to help the characters. A character can, with a successful DC 17 Charisma (Deception or Persuasion) check, convince the sibriex to share one
.
Challenge 18 (20,000 XP)
Contamination. This sibriex emits an aura of corruption 30 feet in every direction. Plants that aren’t creatures wither in the aura, and the ground in it is difficult terrain for
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
direction, they end up on the other side of the forest approaching Wisteria Vale, as if they had walked in a giant loop. Characters who succeed on a DC 13 Intelligence (Arcana) check recognize that this is
all the villagers have been invited. Like their neighbors, Josephus and Henrietta have reservations about Quill’s strange houseguest. Without any need for a check, the characters can convince
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
their revels to look in the voice’s direction, while others relocate their festivities. One of these locals approaches you—a satyr in an airy gown, whose eyes glow with tangerine light.
This is
the characters convince Kopoha to leave the Yearning Timbers, they need someplace to take her; otherwise, she returns to arguing with Manalath. Kopoha’s Bad Day Kopoha recently endured a crushing
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
different combatants to maneuver. The giant moves in the characters’ direction and lashes out. Two duergar guards and two duergar xarrorn (see appendix C) respond to the giant’s roaring, racing in to join
detained. At least one character in the party must succeed on a DC 14 Charisma (Persuasion) check to convince duergar not to detain the party any longer, but characters who show the insignia have advantage
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Light of Xaryxis
. “Where is your ring, dear sister?”
If she has entrusted her ring of shooting stars to the characters, Xedalli points in their direction, causing all eyes in the temple to fall upon them. If the
Xeleth. If the characters fail to convince the crowd of Xedalli’s innocence, Xedalli resorts to challenging her brother to a trial by combat. If the characters turn the crowd’s opinion against the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
provides advantage to any characters’ ability checks made to interact with the monastery’s Grand Master. Secret Agendas. Steal the highest-valued object from the party without getting caught; convince
the modron as “Doohickey”, “Contraption”, “Thingamabob”, and so on. Value to the Party. Gearbox’s unique programming allows the modron to function as an orb of direction and an orb of time (see
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver
over to the edge of the upper level. “Truce, or this human dies!” he shouts. Yeemik wants to oust Klarg and become the new boss. If the adventurers agree to parley, Yeemik tries to convince them to
characters ask an NPC party member for advice or direction, remember that NPCs make mistakes too. An NPC won’t deliberately put himself or herself in harm’s way unless there’s a good reason to do so. An NPC
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
Seven Snakes are close enough to protect her. If the party includes one or more characters with strong ties to the Black Network, Kella tries to convince them to help secure the village as a Zhentarim
to the Dripping Caves to locate and retrieve the missing villagers. If they’re not sure where the villagers went, Kella Darkhope or the guards in the keep can point them in the right direction
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
pay little attention to anyone heading in that direction. Visitors heading east must make the handsign of the fire cult (one hand in a fist, thumb up, with the other hand over the fist) or state the
pass phrase, which is “Fire is eternal!” Otherwise, visitors must convince the hobgoblins that they must talk to temple leaders. The hobgoblins attack if none of these things happens. If the characters
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
who is capable of incredible feats. Yet these heroes also display shortcomings, such as hesitance or selfishness. Only the chief gnome deity, Garl Glittergold, can convince the others to set aside
send an omen to nudge a group of gnomes in a certain direction, or even manifest an avatar in the middle of a gnome burrow. When Garl makes one of these rare appearances, it is to resolve a dispute that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
characters in the direction of Loomlurch if that’s where they aim to go. Doomed Dryad A hostile dryad and seven awakened shrubs emerge from the undergrowth and surround the characters. Any character
chapter 2) is enough to convince her that she should be nicer to travelers passing through the forest, which is the closest thing she has to a home now that her beloved tree is gone. Deprived of her tree
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
least one character has a passive Wisdom (Perception) score of 16 or higher, read: You see a dark figure crouched low and perfectly still, aiming a crossbow in your direction. If more than one scout
aren’t out to kill them, they lower their weapons and request help in finding their missing person. If the characters decline, the scouts point them in the direction of the nearest settlement and depart
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
a magic missile spell. Given where the body fell, the direction Quintus was walking when he died, and where the wounds on the body are located, a character can deduce, with a successful DC 16
speak to the deva guarding the Jail Car and convince the angel to revive the dead aasimar. The characters are free to keep the wand of magic missiles, since Ignatius doesn’t need it to make a case
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
Neverwinter.”
If the characters can’t convince Squid to talk to them, they can chat with others in the tavern. With the right motivation, another NPC can point the group in the right direction
particularly convincing about their ignorance, Moguhl and her bandits attack in hopes that a good beating can convince them to tell what they know. Moguhl uses the wererat stat block and wields a +1 shortsword
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
, but characters can convince them to stand down with a successful DC 15 Charisma (Persuasion) check. Characters who mention Shalfey have advantage on this check. If hostilities are defused, Captain
can easily convince Mainwaring to give them the benefit of the doubt, and she agrees to overlook the characters’ activities as they seek answers in the tower. If combat breaks out in this room, the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
seated, the doll is more than seven feet tall. It grasps a menacing-looking lollipop, and a single cyclopic eye peers out of the doll’s face. It gazes in your direction.
“Sowwy,” booms the one-eyed
Wugga ignore the hag’s instructions. To convince the doll to stand aside, the characters must bring it three different candies from elsewhere in the cottage. Bubba Wugga gladly tells the characters its
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
Serissa’s trust, the characters might try to convince her that Mirran and Nym are complicit in the assassination of their mother and the abduction of their father. Without evidence or a confession from
one or both evil sisters, a character must make a DC 15 Charisma (Persuasion) check to convince Serissa that one or both of her sisters should be placed under house arrest pending a full investigation
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
, its elemental weapons disappear. Forsaken Form. A storm giant quintessent can revert to its true giant form on a whim. The change is temporary but can be maintained long enough for the giant to
around it. The target must succeed on a DC 18 Strength saving throw or be pushed up to 20 feet in any horizontal direction the giant chooses.
Thunderbolt (2 Actions). The giant hurls a thunderbolt at a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
understand the message (which is in Deep Speech) but know the direction it’s coming from. They offer the characters 250 gp to investigate the source of the signal and silence it, if only so they can get
return to Skytower Shelter and convince Arn, chieftain of the Akannathi clan, to put aside grievances and unite the goliaths of Skytower Shelter and Wyrmdoom Crag toward a common purpose: bringing an
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
a tout. 2 A stiff-necked Fated tax collector (noble), flanked by two guards, smugly informs the characters they must each pay a “promenade toll” of 1 sp to proceed in their current direction. 3 Out of
bureaucratic entanglements. More often, a bribe can accomplish as much in half the time, and hefty sums can convince a Taker to lose or even alter a document in the Hall of Records. Vaults. Valuable tomes are