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The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
Brave. Alagarthas has advantage on saving throws against being frightened.
Fey Ancestry. Alagarthas has advantage on saving throws against being charmed, and magic can’t put him to
creature can benefit from only one Leadership die at a time. This effect ends if Alagarthas is incapacitated.This prince made a bargain with Endelyn Moongrave and is paying the price. He longs to return to
Monsters
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
partly out of chardalyn that has been tainted by demonic magic. Battleaxes, flails, javelins, and spears are favored weapons, though other weapons are possible.
A character who claims one or more of
the effects of madness, the berserker loses its Chardalyn Madness trait but retains its chaotic evil alignment and other qualities. Further exposure to the demonic magic causes the berserker’s madness to return, however.
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
quartz that was once the abode of an ancient crystal dragon is found deserted, with no clue as to whether its master will return or whether some other creature has claimed it.
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Prismatic shards
dragon intent on exploring a new world of the Material Plane has acquired a magic ship for the journey and now just needs a brave crew.
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A crystal dragon who has guarded a mountain pass for
Monsters
Mordenkainen's Fiendish Folio Volume 1
have a fascination with tales and objects from the surface world, particularly plants and other natural items. They gather in the depths of the Underdark near routes used by merchants and other brave
travelers. They typically make a cautious approach to stronger creatures, speaking in halting, croaking Undercommon to offer their services in return for fresh food, metal weapons, and trinkets from
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
palace of ice and quartz that was once the abode of an ancient crystal dragon is found deserted, with no clue as to whether its master will return or whether some other creature has claimed it.
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A crystal dragon intent on exploring a new world of the Material Plane has acquired a magic ship for the journey and now just needs a brave crew.
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A crystal dragon who has guarded a
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Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
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A towering palace of ice and quartz that was once the abode of an ancient crystal dragon is found deserted, with no clue as to whether its master will return or whether some other creature has
once it has begun.
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A crystal dragon intent on exploring a new world of the Material Plane has acquired a magic ship for the journey and now just needs a brave crew.
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A crystal dragon who
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Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
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A towering palace of ice and quartz that was once the abode of an ancient crystal dragon is found deserted, with no clue as to whether its master will return or whether some other
leave the lair once it has begun.
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A crystal dragon intent on exploring a new world of the Material Plane has acquired a magic ship for the journey and now just needs a brave crew.
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
the world. For no matter how thick its walls, skilled its archers, or brave its knights, few settlements have ever withstood a full-scale onslaught of orcs.
Every soldier who lives through a fight
serve as a battering ram if a settlement dares to close its gates, blocking the way to the treasures and tasty food that lie within.
A heavily laden wagon that requires the strongest orcs to return it to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
Claiming the Sword When the characters return to the Bleeding Citadel from Lulu’s memory of Idyllglen, read the following boxed text to the players: You stand before the dais, atop which glows the
exists no longer.’ Which of you is brave enough to draw the blade and be gone forever?”
Any character who survived Lulu’s memory of Idyllglen can pull the Sword of Zariel from the dais. Characters
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
actions in life, the ghost of a long-dead pharaoh wanders the desert, day and night. Eons of torturous solitude have shown him the error of his ways, and he asks for brave mortals to free his soul and
end an ancient curse upon the land. Seek him out and heed his call.”
Nafas then teleports the characters to a door along the staircase that opens into a bleak desert. After the adventure, the characters can return to the staircase through the same portal.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
that hint at how to return Elturel to Faerûn. These visions trigger some of Lulu’s memories. She sees a path forward, but it involves the characters leaving the city to brave the terrible landscape of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon of Icespire Peak
, or both. By then, the characters should be 6th level. Give the players a chance to wrap up loose ends before declaring the adventure over. For example, the characters might need to return to Phandalin
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
in the Forsaken Deep create a perpetual necrotic storm on the ocean surface above. To stop it, the characters must brave creatures from the Elemental Water Encounters and Giant Necropolis Encounters
apparatus contained in the Thundering Observatory (in this chapter). A death giant reaper (see chapter 6) claims the deep with minions from the Death Giant Encounters table in chapter 3, but the giant
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Giants of the Star Forge
Conclusion Once the characters free Theldin and return the smith to his home, they’ve completed their quest and earned their reward. If the characters didn’t already coax such a promise from Evin at
doesn’t return home safely, Evin and other members of the city’s royalty build a funerary pyre to honor the smith and mourn his loss. Evin thanks the characters for their efforts but cannot give them
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
return to Kalaman with a letter from Raven informing Marshal Vendri of their victory. Any Dragon Army soldier taken captive during the mission makes one of the following claims: Futile Victory. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
noble named Niles Breakbone. His lieutenants are more likely to share useful information or offer aid, but only if the characters offer some form of assistance to Camp Vengeance in return. All members
of the Order of the Gauntlet are unflinchingly brave, but many of their expeditions fare poorly or meet with outright disaster when confronted by conditions that confound their training and contradict their mindset.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
this background, the table below gives you some options for the nature of the secret that prompted you to return to civilization. d4 Secret 1 You stumbled across a clandestine meeting outside town
your dreams, insisting that you tear down the standing stones just outside Saltmarsh. The elf claims that dark magic is behind the bountiful fishing in the region. 3 You have been plagued by visions
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
the Beden-Moon. The journey back to Djaynai is uneventful. How the adventure concludes depends on who the characters return the tomes to. If the characters bring the tomes to Atiba-Pa, he is overjoyed
, declaring the Blackmist Way and the Blackthrone Arts will be a boon to Djaynai’s people and help protect its shores. The People’s Stewards hold a solemn ceremony of honor in Castle Djaynai followed by
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
wants to return home to Neverlight Grove, pleading with the characters to take it there. It claims that its people will be grateful and offer the party shelter and aid, and describes its sovereign as
characters to go to Gracklstugh to acquire better equipment, and out of a desire to return to his people. He also intends to murder the characters one by one along the way, believing them to be divine
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
, including crystal orbs, bags of bones, and a large mithral basin. Ulthar lives on a lower level that he claims is “near the bottom of the library,” though such a distinction is meaningless given how
character’s taste and needs. Characters don’t need to make any check to find their guest rooms after exploring the library: they need only wish to return, and the next set of stairs they come to leads them to the appropriate level.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
local Jorasco enclave suddenly manifest strange abilities they never could before — and soon thereafter, a strange curse as well. 5 The Kundarak Bank needs brave adventurers to test their new wards by
trying to break into their vault. 6 A Lyrandar sky captain lost much of their crew in a recent attack by flying monsters, and hires hands to defend the ship on its return voyage. 7 A Medani bodyguard is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Divine Contention
incapacitated the undead here, but the life force of the adventurers brings them back. They immediately return to their mission: kill everything in the area and recover the Gnomengarde grenade for their master
attacks to allow the characters to escape from immediate danger.
Nine of the gnomes are guards, and the tenth is a priest. The priest, Favora Corehoarder, is a follower of Garl Glittergold, brave enough to put herself in danger to save others.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
dwarf who mistakes them for fishers looking for work. Any interaction with the dwarf is interrupted by a half-elf who claims that a monster living in Maer Dualdon has been attacking and sinking fishing
tongue. In return, the druid expects the plesiosaurus to attack fishing boats from Bremen, thus depriving the fishers of their livelihood and ultimately forcing the villagers to leave. The plesiosaurus
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
merely the temporary home for restless myconids that brave the Underdark as scouts, patrols, and pathfinders. Rasharoo. This circle leader is loyal to Basidia. Frequent trips outside the grove have
few escape plans ready, and has nutrient caches hidden along exit tunnels in case Basidia decides it is better to abandon the grove and return to a nomadic lifestyle. Characters can climb the eastern
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
her family and made a significant offering to the gods. In return, the gods created a stable plain where she built her new home. A group of guides and explorers called the Trail Keepers base their
constantly test new magic on the city’s walls, which are designed to protect against lava rivers and ash storms. They are always willing to reward those brave enough to help them try out their newest
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes of the Borderlands
beyond the keep. However, the map is sorely lacking in detail, and few are willing to brave the wilds to properly survey them—but you look like you’re made of sterner stuff.
“If you help me finish my
the Borderlands and the people under my charge, I humbly ask you to investigate these rumors and, if need be, quash this evil before it reaches the keep.”
Winvarle claims this quest is its own
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
Reciprocity. When a friend, an enemy, or a stranger offers you a gift, you are obliged to accept it and offer something of comparable value (be it a gift or a service) in return. Such reciprocation need not
in force, though the circumstances are different. The hags believe strongly in hospitality and reciprocity, but they have a self-centered view of ownership—each claims ownership of everything in her
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
and travel to the past, where they are tested in a conflict between Zariel and Yeenoghu.
Claiming the Sword
For characters of level 12
After their sojourn to Idyllglen, the adventurers return
to the Bleeding Citadel, where the Sword of Zariel waits for one who is worthy to claim it. Whoever claims the sword is changed forever.
Diagram 4.1: Chapter 4 Flowchart
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
claims that he keeps a watchful eye on all strangers, though he doesn’t mention the name of his employer. If the characters threaten him, he backs off and reports to Lady Wachter after he believes he’s
(see chapter 2, area L), the Vistani return Lady Wachter’s gold to Ernst and do nothing. Otherwise, a Vistana bandit watches the road east of Vallaki and reports back to camp if the characters are
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
isle, they can return to the mariners’ guild headquarters and collect the reward from Guildmaster Tabeth. PLACING THE ADVENTURE
Abbey Isle offers a perfect adventure site to place just offshore from a
. As a result, they have hired mercenaries to remove the threat on the Abbey Isle, located between North Isle and Fire Island. The cult could be followers of Alphaks, inspiring Thyatian privateers to set out from Terentias and brave Minrothad territory to wipe out the renegade cult.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
chapter 13—spot an unidentified celestial object drifting across the night sky with their telescope. The observatory calls for brave adventurers to use its teleportation device to investigate. Solar
Bastion Rescue. Hilarion, the angelic leader of the Solar Bastion (see chapter 10), recently sent a trio of knights to investigate the Donjon Sphere, but the knights failed to return. After learning that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
Neverlight Grove. If the characters have already been in Neverlight Grove and witnessed the horror of Zuggtmoy, they can discard this idea or brave a stealthy return to the corrupted myconid haven
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
narratives that span domains can prove challenging if every realm is a world unto itself. Individuals who willfully brave the Mists to travel between domains are especially useful in your broader
inquisitive individuals simply vanish, the Mists delivering them to deadly domains from which they never return. But others manage to band together, learning the ways of the Mists, how to travel through them
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
Levna Drakehorn Though a recent inductee into the Order of the Rose, Levna is a confident, experienced Solamnic knight. She is brave, decisive, and deadly with her two-handed sword. After a chance
encounter with agents of the Blue Dragon Army, Levna was left with a distinctive, branching scar. She claims it came from the breath of a blue dragon, but few of her fellow Knights of Solamnia believe
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
finish the military campaign he started long ago, letting him return to Avernus and take on the forces of Zariel. Further, he is open about his rivalry with Lynx. He claims that the retired rogue is
, his eyes are bloodshot, and his complexion is consistently ruddy as if from some combination of exercise, exertion, and bellowing at subordinates. Ursas proudly claims to be the very figure depicted in






