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Speak with Dead

Spells Player’s Handbook

it knew in life, including the languages it knew. Answers are usually brief, cryptic, or repetitive, and the corpse is under no compulsion to offer a truthful answer if you are antagonistic toward it

or it recognizes you as an enemy. This spell doesn’t return the creature’s soul to its body, only its animating spirit. Thus, the corpse can’t learn new information, doesn’t comprehend anything that has happened since it died, and can’t speculate about future events.

Speak with Dead Legacy

Spells Basic Rules (2014)

the languages it knew. Answers are usually brief, cryptic, or repetitive, and the corpse is under no compulsion to offer a truthful answer if you are hostile to it or it recognizes you as an enemy

. This spell doesn't return the creature's soul to its body, only its animating spirit. Thus, the corpse can't learn new information, doesn't comprehend anything that has happened since it died, and can't speculate about future events.

Fraz-Urb'luu Legacy

Monsters Out of the Abyss

creatures within 1 mile of the lair frequently see hallucinations of long-dead friends and comrades that vanish after only a brief glimpse. Roads and paths within 6 miles of the lair twist and turn back on

elaborate fantasies that have no bearing on reality. When I return my focus to the world, I have a hard time remembering that it was just a daydream.” 61–80 “I convince myself that

Bugbear Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

. Shiftless, Savage Layabouts When they’re not in battle, bugbears spend much of their time resting or dozing. They don’t engage in crafting or agriculture to any great extent, or

crafting simple tools and hunting and gathering food, and gangs sometimes come together peacefully to exchange members and goods between them. Malevolent Worship of Malign Gods Bugbears worship two

Elf Legacy

Species Basic Rules (2014)

magic allow them to support themselves without the need for clearing and plowing land. They are talented artisans, crafting finely worked clothes and art objects. Their contact with outsiders is

. “All that haste, their ambition and drive to accomplish something before their brief lives pass away—human endeavors seem so futile sometimes. But then you look at what they have

Nafas

Monsters Quests from the Infinite Staircase

this role, Nafas sends adventurers to distant worlds to fulfill the wishes of creatures beyond his reach. Adventurers who return to Nafas successful receive gifts as rewards. As a noble genie, Nafas

long-departed comrades. These mirages don’t hold up to physical inspection and vanish after a brief interaction. Safe Descents. Within 3 miles of the lair, winds buoy creatures that fall

27. Workshop and Storage

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild

27. Workshop and Storage This area holds a large kiln, which is constantly lit and used for the crafting of statues, homunculi, and other objects for the temple. Tools, chunks of stone, and lumps of

clay wrapped in cloth are scattered about. Manipulating Time Having a mechanical guide spend 1 charge in this area causes the homunculus in area 15 to return here (its place of origin).

Using the Golden Vault

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Prisoner 13

. Return this information to the dwarf known as Varrin Axebreaker, who will brief you on the details of the mission. Good luck, operatives.” Closing the music box causes the golden key to vanish.

Part 3: Homecoming

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer Academy

Part 3: Homecoming Ten days after their encounter near the asteroid, the characters return to Toril: Shortly after Saerthe parks the tyrant ship in orbit around Toril, the hammerhead ship Flighty

island of Nimbral, Tarto tells you to get some rest while she and Saerthe brief the senior staff. Tarto orders you to stay away from Miken and report for maintenance work in the morning. The characters

Using the Golden Vault

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault

. Return this information to the dwarf known as Varrin Axebreaker, who will brief you on the details of the mission. Good luck, operatives.” Closing the music box causes the golden key to vanish.

Endless Torment

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

die in a domain return reincarnated, fated to repeat a version of their former lives. Endless Cycles. The Darklord shepherds another individual down a path of corruption in hopes of crafting a successor

reminders of the Darklord’s inadequacies. When symbolism is too subtle, the literal specters from the Darklord’s past return to haunt them. Unpleasant Hope. The Darklord’s desire—commonly their bond—is

Speak with Dead

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules

languages it knew. Answers are usually brief, cryptic, or repetitive, and the corpse is under no compulsion to offer a truthful answer if you are antagonistic toward it or it recognizes you as an enemy. This

spell doesn’t return the creature’s soul to its body, only its animating spirit. Thus, the corpse can’t learn new information, doesn’t comprehend anything that has happened since it died, and can’t speculate about future events.

26. Workshop

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild

26. Workshop The temple’s sculptors labor in this workshop, which is filled with tables and benches covered in tools and raw materials for the crafting and repair of statuary. Creatures The five

area 11 of chapter 3. Even incomplete, it is worth 500 gp. Manipulating Time Having a mechanical guide spend 1 charge in this area causes the sculptors to leave and return to their dormitory (area 33).

Living Quarters

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

with workshops where he engages in crafting. Guest Quarters The guest quarters appear bare until a visitor chooses a room. The next time that room is entered, it is fully furnished according to the

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.

A Typical Evening

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal

combination of a few drinks and the crowd’s encouragement induces some folk to pay for a brief trip down into Undermountain. Most folk pay in advance for a ride down and immediately back up, though a few

ambitious souls might launch impromptu expeditions into the dungeon. Few such ill-prepared parties ever return. Groups seeking to enter Undermountain for a specific reason generally come to the tavern

Speak with Dead

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook

languages it knew. Answers are usually brief, cryptic, or repetitive, and the corpse is under no compulsion to offer a truthful answer if you are antagonistic toward it or it recognizes you as an enemy. This

spell doesn’t return the creature’s soul to its body, only its animating spirit. Thus, the corpse can’t learn new information, doesn’t comprehend anything that has happened since it died, and can’t speculate about future events.

Gond

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide

. Anyone who is crafting something might say a prayer to Gond to guide the work, but folk know that Gond smiles most brightly upon new inventions that others find useful. Priests of Gond wander the

crafting professions: they are smiths and engineers, architects and weavers, leatherworkers and jewelers. Even so, this faith has a well-earned reputation as a haven for crackpot inventors and visionaries

Speak with Dead

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)

last 10 days. Until the spell ends, you can ask the corpse up to five questions. The corpse knows only what it knew in life, including the languages it knew. Answers are usually brief, cryptic, or

repetitive, and the corpse is under no compulsion to offer a truthful answer if you are hostile to it or it recognizes you as an enemy. This spell doesn’t return the creature’s soul to its body, only its

Speak with Dead

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)

last 10 days. Until the spell ends, you can ask the corpse up to five questions. The corpse knows only what it knew in life, including the languages it knew. Answers are usually brief, cryptic, or

repetitive, and the corpse is under no compulsion to offer a truthful answer if you are hostile to it or it recognizes you as an enemy. This spell doesn’t return the creature’s soul to its body, only its

Hill Giant

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual

usually find their needs met by nature’s bounty. What the wilderness doesn’t provide, hill giants make, crafting clothes, tools, and weapons from rocks, wood, and hides. When they encounter strangers, hill

lives of raiding or serve other giants in return for protection. Hill Giant Huge Giant, Chaotic Evil AC 13 Initiative +2 (12) HP 105 (10d12 + 40) Speed 40 ft. Ability Score Mod Save

Appendix D: Magic Items

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish

Appendix D: Magic Items The unique magical-mechanical crafting techniques seen in the Monastery of the Distressed Body and the lost city of Daoine Gloine are the basis of a number of unique magic

. Some of these items might be experiments that Kwalish is working on, which can be made available to the characters if they return to the Barrier Peaks. Alternatively, if you’d like to make full use of

The Spy's Letter

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse

evening after they return to Red Larch, he arranges to serve them poisoned ale. This has the same effect as a potion of poison, but the characters have advantage on their saving throws because Justran has

to dilute the poison among several flagons. (The dilution also makes the poison unlikely to be lethal; Justran is better at making ale than he is at making poison.) A brief investigation reveals that

Franchise Tasks as Narrative

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

business practice activity. With treasure aboard, the ship is ready for the characters’ eventual return. Ongoing Story Rather than treating franchise tasks as isolated episodes, the DM can weave the story of

practice, schmoozing, team building. Other downtime activities can be found in the following books: Player’s Handbook (chapter 8): Crafting, practicing a profession, recuperating, research

Arkhan the Cruel

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus

with his queen and report on his ongoing battle of wills to master the Hand of Vecna, which came into his possession during a brief excursion to the world of Exandria. If the characters approach

Tiamat into his weapon attacks. If a fight turns against him, he uses the teleport power of the Hand of Vecna to return to his tower with as many allies as possible. Should one or more of his comrades

Starting the Adventure

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

and of the anguish carried by Nisha and all those Manivarshi who will never return to their ancestral home. As the dance ends, a tumultuous cheer rises from the crowd. A character who succeeds on a

eyes. After brief deliberations, the trial judges produce a great conch shell trophy, the Riverine’s Shankha. A judge bows, then beckons Nisha forward. Amid cheering and fanfare, she accepts the trophy and takes her place as the newest champion of the Shankha Trials. Amanisha Manivarshi

Meeting the Queen

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh

rises steeply. If the characters have accumulated any treasure while in the lair, either from victims or from unoccupied areas, the queen demands its return. She doesn’t hold a grudge as long as the

characters give it back. If the mission isn’t ruined by how they conduct themselves prior to this first audience, the queen allows the characters to circulate through the lair for a brief time to give

7. Evil Oracle

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation

turn in the pool takes 5 (1d10) psychic damage. Any creature that gazes into the pool for more than a few seconds receives a brief, nightmarish vision. In this vision, the creature is being swallowed

or return to civilization. Tahvo, a ten-year-old boy (LG male Chultan human noncombatant with AC 10 and 2 hit points), wears a flower garland and prays constantly to Tymora. Sev, a yuan-ti

Reaching Svardborg

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

tailwind, the return trip is shorter, with the griffons able to cover roughly 80 miles a day. Dasharra expects characters to provide their own cold weather survival gear, supplies, and rations. When the

remains with the griffons while the characters explore the frost giant fortress, and the characters can count on her to stick around for the return trip. Characters can secure flying mounts of a

Purpose

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)

notes on new places you invent. Local Color A settlement might serve as a place where the characters stop to rest and to buy supplies. A settlement of this sort needs no more than a brief description

of the inn where the characters spend the night, the mannerisms of the shopkeeper they buy supplies from — you can add this level of detail, but you don’t have to. If the characters return to the same

Gods of the Yuan-ti

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

worshipers of Dendar are led by nightmare speakers, malison warlocks that honor their deity through acts of terror and receive magical power in return. Rather than killing enemies, these followers of

grants spells to his clergy in response to their invocations. Rousing him for advice or direct intervention is possible, but requires many ritual murders to be performed in his name, and his return

Dendradis

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel

?” This is Ascetelis, a cuprilach rilmani (see Morte’s Planar Parade). In her hand is a scroll bearing the name of each character along with a brief and unflattering but accurate description. The

have deemed the modron R04M a threat to multiversal balance. She hopes to find the modron and return it to Dendradis so her leaders can determine what to do with it. She’s also been given the characters

Deathly Interludes

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros

be quite sudden—or to give them a way to continue engaging in the quest while their companions attempt to bring them back to life. These interludes can be played as brief scenes where the player of

have stained their soul with dark acts might return to life after suffering what feels like years of torture in Tizerus’s Mire of Punishment. In either case, the character might even gain some helpful

4. Myconid Colony

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage

-foot radius and dim light for an additional 10 feet. When not melding with its subjects, the myconid sovereign — named Floot — spends its time cultivating exotic mushrooms and crafting potions

in return, but if the characters are of a mind to reciprocate, the sovereign urges them to destroy any “rock demons” (gargoyles) they encounter, for the good of the myconid colony. Treasure. Floot

B: Elven Encampment

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen

charmingly banters with the characters, trying to learn more about why they’re in the region. He offers little in return but is eager to hear about recent events in Kalaman. Expedition Members The elven

(Persuasion) check convinces him to converse, though most of Zhelsuel’s responses are cutting and brief: Zhelsuel shares any of the information from the “Silvanesti’s Exiles” or “Zhelsuel” sections. If

Adventure in Red Larch

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse

sinkhole in town. The sinkhole opens up shortly after the characters return to Red Larch from Lance Rock or other explorations in the area; see the adventure in chapter 6 for more details. Elemental Cult

notes to or arranging brief conversations with cult messengers passing through town. Most of these messengers are human bandits from the local gangs of cult marauders, dressed in unmarked garments

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