before both dominated crawling really

Events in Gauntlgrym

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss

Events in Gauntlgrym This chapter is dominated by negotiation, social activity, and diplomacy — first directed at the characters, then directed by them. The adventurers must first hear what King

. Take note of your players’ preferences. If they’re not much for long periods of conversation with NPCs, you might want to move things along a little more quickly. On the other hand, you can really

Orc Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

who serve Yurtrus and Shargaas. Some are sent forth into the cities dominated by humans, on dark missions. Beware them. — Elminster Search, Destroy, Repeat When a tribe is on the move, orc

dwarfhold, the orcs will butcher any dwarf that stands against them, but it’s really all about the property—they would be just as happy if all the dwarves ran away. Strength Respects

Ambushed Thri-Kreen

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel

of the Holroro river: A wide stretch of tombstone-sized termite mounds is dominated by a tall mound with an unusually flat top. Giant anteaters mill around the mounds but pay little attention to

for it. Characters who investigate the 18-foot-tall mound find it crawling with termites but also discover a sizable crack in one side. This supernaturally dark gap is wide enough for a Large

Gardens of Decay Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things

landscape of the Glass Arboretum. One side of the tower holds the tower’s entrance. The other seven sides are dominated by luminescent, stained-glass windows. These windows depict colorful, ever

Scarlet Mire are caused by the glut of decaying bodies beneath the marsh’s surface. Crawling claws skitter through the marsh, grasping at any who pass through. Scarlet Mire is also inhabited by roving

Children of the All-Father

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters

through brute force. Beginning of the End All told, the empire of Ostoria dominated the world for four millennia before its decline began in a genocidal struggle against the dragons that came to be

really knows any longer what set off the war. But once battle began, the long-standing peace between giants and dragons crumbled everywhere. Foes tore at each others’ throats in all parts of Ostoria. There

Life in the Tribe

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters

stands against them, but it’s really all about the property — they would be just as happy if all the dwarves ran away. Strength Respects Strength Orcs appreciate physical prowess and formidable combat

a tribe’s murderous efficiency. For a promise of sufficient food and loot, a troll might accompany a tribe temporarily. A group of orcs can be dominated by evil creatures of immense power, and they

Ironslag: Yakfolk Village

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder

reach area 9 by climbing through the openings in the frame of the water wheel and crawling along its iron axle. This is a dangerous act, and getting from one side to the other requires a successful

60-foot-diameter hut with a beaded curtain entrance in the northeast wall, facing an outdoor campfire. The interior of the hut is one large chamber dominated by a shallow, 10-foot-diameter, circular

N4. Wachterhaus

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd

promises to be good this time, really she does.” A closet at the south end of the hallway holds blankets and linens. N4m. Brothers’ Rooms This bedroom contains nothing out of the ordinary: a neatly

double doors to this room are locked. Lady Wachter and her servants carry keys. This room is crawling with cats. Bookshelves hug the walls, but most of the shelves are bare. Other furnishings include a

Thundertree Areas

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver

continues south a short distance past the ruin before ending in an overgrown field. The thicket east of this ruin is crawling with eight twig blights. Any disturbance in the ruined farmhouse (for

dragon (whose name he doesn’t know). If the characters express a similar desire, Favric suggests an alliance. He really plans to offer the characters to the dragon as part of his tribute, and if a fight

The Fissure

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated

. Ten of the feet in the room are stomping feet, the lesser known and smellier cousins to the crawling claw. A stomping foot uses the crawling claw stat block with these changes: Its speed is 30 feet

this mess — and a magical mystery that kicks off the rest of the adventure. When the characters enter this area, read: This crumbling chamber is dominated by an altar against the far wall, above

Gibbet Crossing Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk

lumbered from the enclave and into a roper ambush. The ropers killed and ate Zoklork’s rockmate, including the amethysts in the rockmate’s gut. Revenge. Zoklork is angry at the ropers and really wants

of tough silk over metal frames. Against the west wall stands a metal cabinet adorned with symbols of coins crawling on spider legs. When the mind flayers attacked, the drow denizens moved the large

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