before bringing diffusing cautious raising

Kobold Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

provoke retaliatory attacks from the creatures they steal from. It’s better to be cautious and overlooked than to be considered dangerous and a threat. In a couple of situations, kobolds might

’s mother is. This practice and the communal raising of the hatchlings mean that the tribe operates like a group of cousins. Because they lay eggs, and the eggs don’t require much tending

Tazmikella

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons

cautious. If the party contains any character with a personal reputation for shady dealings (particularly a rogue or bard), she is unfriendly. Concession. Pick one magic item owned by a member of the

impressing the dragons—for example, bringing all five dragons up to an attitude of friendly—or if they roleplayed the encounter well, the council dragons might grant one or more characters with a token

Tazmikella

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat

cautious. If the party contains any character with a personal reputation for shady dealings (particularly a rogue or bard), she is unfriendly. Concession. Pick one magic item owned by a member of the

impressing the dragons — for example, bringing all five dragons up to an attitude of friendly — or if they roleplayed the encounter well, the council dragons might grant one or more characters with a

Gracklstugh

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

Gracklstugh If the characters visited Gracklstugh previously, the duergar response to their return is dictated by the gray dwarves’ prior experience with the characters. The duergar are cautious — if

that the drow of Menzoberranzan are behind the demonic incursion. Tales range from the drow raising a mighty army of demons to a summoning spell gone terribly wrong. A demonic rampage is said to have

Adventure Background

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm Lord’s Wrath

death Myrkul, and his followers are raising an army of undead to lay siege to the city of Neverwinter. The spirit of the dead black dragon Chardansearavitriol, also known as Ebondeath, aids Ularan

temple to their god, in which case a temple of some other power might replace the Shrine of Lathander, bringing a new NPC to town to oversee it.

11. Drow Outpost

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

nonthreatening manner, the guards are cautious but willing to summon their leaders to speak on their behalf. If greeted with hostility, the drow elite warrior sounds the alarm with a single whistle, bringing

Black Dragon Adventures

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

water elementals to the task of bringing food to the dragon’s lair. 7 A bullywug community seeks help to defeat an adult black dragon who has been feasting on the bullywugs’ domesticated giant

a corrupted planetar will soon fall to earth like a meteor in the fens outside a great city’s walls. 2 An illithid community has spent nearly a millennium raising and preparing a black dragon

Champions and Quests

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

general rule of raising it by 1 every session. Upon completing a quest bestowed by the god, the character might earn a blessing (such as those described in this chapter) as well as a piety score

to refuse the quest. The god might intervene to steer the champion toward the quest: Thassa could cause a storm to blow the character’s ship off course, for example, bringing the champion to where

Inside the Clans

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica

all are cautious when entering areas with elevated ruins. The home ground of the Slizt clan is the Husk, an area at the center of a vast rubblebelt featuring many large, ancient structures that have

as common as meals. The Bolrac clan specializes in bringing down massive structures using mauls and battering rams. The only thing the Bolrac love more than destroying something smaller than them is

Life and Outlook

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

placed in a common tribal hatchery with no effort to keep track of who each one’s mother is. This practice and the communal raising of the hatchlings mean that the tribe operates like a group of cousins

instinctively attack the gnomes. Kobolds in battle with gnomes are much less likely to run away because their hatred overrules their sense of self-preservation. A kobold’s cautious nature doesn’t mean it

Gods of the Orcs

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

of battle and bringing a measure of strategy to the assault. Blades of Ilneval are fearsome opponents, seeming to have an uncanny sense of when to move and when to strike, able to exploit the

than a force capable of great destruction. Far from the den’s war hearth, within the protective depths of the caves, the followers of Luthic tend the orc brood, raising them to be strong and cruel like

Eileanar Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Netheril’s Fall: Tales of Terror, Treasure, and Time Travel

reasons: Karsus. Adventurers might ask Karsus to cast impossible spells or bestow supernatural gifts, request that he intervene in some matter of law in the city, or seek to stop him from bringing down

resources or governing tribunals. Adventurers looking to sway the city’s legal authority might approach Derathar, but they would do well to be cautious of her famously short temper and long memory

Reghed Nomads

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

nearly fifty years old—ancient by tribal standards. He has led the Elk Tribe for over half his life, and age has made him cautious. He has seen other kings and queens rise and fall, has made war with

members don’t think it will survive much longer under its current leadership. To swell its ranks, chieftains have resorted to bringing outsiders into the fold, including outcasts from Ten-Towns

Locations V - Z

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

scholarly and cautious cloud giant named Count Nimbolo. His wife, Countess Mulara, is distrusting of “small folk” and doesn’t allow the characters to move about her home unescorted. Although these giants

Huckers” section in chapter 2). The hobgoblins form a phalanx in the front of the group, with the frost giant behind them and the unruly mob of ogres and goblins bringing up the rear. Even without the

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