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Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
into the eyes of the stunned onlookers. She smiled behind her spirit veil, counting the blades arrayed against her.
“But forty will.”
Elven culture began on the distant continent of Xen
particular rival who channels the same ancestor, or one who channels a rival of your ancestor?
It’s also important to think about why you are traveling with a group of player characters
Species
Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
into the eyes of the stunned onlookers. She smiled behind her spirit veil, counting the blades arrayed against her.
“But forty will.”
Elven culture began on the distant continent of Xen
particular rival who channels the same ancestor, or one who channels a rival of your ancestor?
It’s also important to think about why you are traveling with a group of player characters
Backgrounds
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
vast, sprawling rubblebelts of broken terrain that civilized folk have long abandoned. You can find a suitable place for you and your allies to hide or rest in these areas. In addition, you can find
encounters with members of other guilds are more often violent than friendly, but occasional bonds do form.
Roll twice on the Gruul Contacts table (for an ally and a rival) and once on the Non-Gruul
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
. This student should be a character’s Friend, Rival, or Beloved. The student looks at the characters with trepidation before giving the character they know best a hug, a pat on the shoulder, or another
tearfully wish you luck. Everyone knows what’s at stake, and they’re all counting on you.
In addition to the characters’ Friends, Rivals, and Beloveds, this gathering includes faculty members such as
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
; of course the clan of duergar moving into its territory is because a rival is trying to oust it, of course the gang of adventurers in its lair were sent to kill it by a cowardly rival, and so on
offered a role in the beholder’s retinue once its will is broken. A beholder might consider a group of skilled adventurers to be a valuable prize and use its abilities to capture them all for this
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
are in the camp, not counting Leosin. During the day, they are put to work under guard by four dragonclaws (see appendix D). At night, they are shackled to a post in their hut to prevent escape. The
shackles are secured by a single chain and lock that can be opened with a key carried by one of the guards or with thieves’ tools and a successful DC 10 Dexterity check. The chain can be broken with a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
stored in a decorative box whose empty spaces indicate the number of pieces missing. Hoard Linking Items d10 Linking Items
1 The broken pieces of an artifact (such as the Rod of Seven Parts
Regalia—an orb, a crown, a scepter, and so forth—belonging to a recently deposed monarch
8 Pieces of a full suit of armor that once belonged to an ancient hero
9 A set of teeth from a rival
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
area 1. Currently, only eight prisoners are in the camp, not counting Leosin. During the day, they are put to work under guard by four dragonclaws (see appendix D). At night, they are shackled to a
Dexterity check. The chain can be broken with a successful DC 20 Strength check. Five of the prisoners are from Greenest, and the other three are from earlier raids against hamlets and small farming villages
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
old battle between rival fisherfolk that left the waters bloody. Ten-Towns thrives on fishing and trade, both endeavors reliant on the knucklehead trout of Icewind Dale’s lakes. Without these fish, the
dead, including some who were responsible for the safety of Ten-Towns, Icewind Dale, and beyond. A Reghed camp is made up of a large ring of hide tents, able to be broken down and transported as the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer
Leylenna to reveal the elaborate necromantic masterpiece — an evolution of both art and life — that she’s been slowly patching together for months in her basement. Counting House This thick-walled fortress
of commerce has been a center of trade in Baldur’s Gate for centuries, acting as the primary location for banking and currency exchange. As much a bunker as a bank, the Counting House squats on the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
, grinning with the satisfaction that he dealt the fatal blow to his hated rival. 3. Hekaton in Chains Two Kraken Society cultists stand watch on the decks fore and aft of King Hekaton, who lies on his
and unconscious while bound in this manner. Four chains bind him. The chains are secured to the hull and must be broken to release the giant from his stasis or free him from the ship’s hold. Striking
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
force Leylenna to reveal the elaborate necromantic masterpiece — an evolution of both art and life — that she’s been slowly patching together for months in her basement. Counting House This thick
-walled fortress of commerce has been a center of trade in Baldur’s Gate for centuries, acting as the primary location for banking and currency exchange. As much a bunker as a bank, the Counting House
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
Zaythir’s study. The nycaloth Thlaarsh the Gore Drinker is here, seeking ways to make the castle move. Thlaarsh attacks rival trespassers and fights to the death, but it tries to capture spellcasters, hoping
to make them pilot the castle. Treasure. The desk holds Zaythir’s notes on the Outlands, which are written in Gith, as well as calligrapher's supplies. On the desk is a broken mimir (see Sigil and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
broken magic weapon that only a renowned fire giant smith can repair. 3 The characters find a giant-crafted sword—a magical masterpiece; when word of their find gets out, the artisan’s descendants come
underground encounter feuding stone giants who accuse each other of destroying their artwork; the characters can end the feud by finding the actual vandal (perhaps a third giant, a group of duergar, or an unwitting umber hulk). 6 A stone giant tries to manipulate characters into killing a fierce rival.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
ice to enter the city. As the characters approach the end of the causeway, read: Green and purple lights cast an otherworldly glow upon the frost draping the silent city. Clawing spires, broken domes
overhead. Narrow windows pierce its walls, gargoyles cling to its eaves, and a doorway at the tower’s base gapes open.
Two of the outer spires have broken off. One crashed in Icewind Dale (see
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
tracts undermining the gods’ divinity litter the broken streets near the Shattered Temple. Defiers sometimes seed these tracts with details of scandals to discredit clerics and other worshipers. The
shadow demon that directs his wererat minions through wispy messages scrawled on passage walls. The King of the Rats spends his lonely hours obsessively counting the treasure the rats sift from the Ditch
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
buildings gape wide open, walls turned to rubble. Motes of dust float in the air, and in the silent gloom something scratches at the stones.
An umber hulk lairs here among the broken buildings. The air
broken throughout the long main room, and three gigantic casks line the wall behind what was once a beautiful oak bar. Behind the casks are doors for loading and unloading the casks.
The air cult
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
priest of Boldrei wheels a cart of bread loaves through the city, giving food to the homeless. 11–15 A goblin pushing a cart of rusty weapons and broken clay pots calls out, "Real artifacts of ancient
along and stop trying to steal their business. (If the characters belong to the Deathsgate Guild or the Clifftop Adventurer's Guild, these could be members of the rival guild.) 04–06 Outside a House
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
before entering it. A bronze torch glowing with a magical light lies next to the corpse of a bare-chested man with a shield in the shape of a crab shell and a broken shark-toothed sword. Several
shield and broken sword), two lizardfolk, an ogre, and a male halfling in the robes of a cleric of Sune, and a female half-elf fighter in battered plate armor. Treasure The harpies have collected loot
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
. Treasure The hobgoblin captain has a small, polished oak box containing three potions of fire resistance and a potion of greater healing. E11. Cellblock This long passage is broken at regular intervals by
salamanders have a twenty-five percent chance each round of turning on the azers during a fight. Each unfurnished cell south of the hall (not counting the easternmost cell, which is empty) contains two azers
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
use the resulting two tables to create either a cooperative or rival relationship between the indicated giants.
Giantkind Encounters d8 Encounter Table
1 Cloud Giant Encounters
2
) watch and cheer
2 1 hill giant avalancher* (attitude: 1d8 + 2) searching exasperatedly for a giant goose that stole from the giant’s bag
3 2 hill giants (attitude: 1d10) trading broken
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
other legions when a host forms. The warlords of rival legions don’t seek to depose the leader of the host unless the fortunes of war create the opportunity. Each legion records all the insults directed
are thrown down, ruined, or marred. Mosaics are broken apart. Stained glass is shattered. Flags and pennants are soaked in blood. Statues are put in chains. Altars become chopping blocks where
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
basin of water, with a grinning gargoyle perched on a pedestal jutting out from the wall. Stone doors exit to the north and the south.
Two nothics occupy the room, hiding behind the broken columns
crumbling and crooked, and the heaps of uncured pelts and hides strewn across the floor form a crude, foul-smelling carpet. Gnawed bones and broken crockery are scattered about, along with a few odd pieces of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
empty estate owned by the mercantile Szarr family, with only a few family crypts near the cliffs. When a business rival murdered the entire family in their beds, no one was eager to move into their former
sometimes go terribly awry, with monsters breaking loose or a broken piece of equipment sending a performer plummeting into the crowd, only adds to the excitement, and patriars and common folk alike
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer
professional mourners. Long ago, the graveyard was an empty estate owned by the mercantile Szarr family, with only a few family crypts near the cliffs. When a business rival murdered the entire
. The fact that these performances sometimes go terribly awry, with monsters breaking loose or a broken piece of equipment sending a performer plummeting into the crowd, only adds to the excitement
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
(see appendix C) sits at the table, counting small stacks of gold coins. Treasure. There are 276 gp stacked on the table and on adjacent unoccupied benches. The coffers contain another 400 gp in loose
few broken bits of pottery lie scattered on the floor. A table stands in the center, with a small bench to either side. Seaweed beds sway in the northeast and southeast corners. Two coffers, their
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
the room. The beholder zombie is all that remains of a beholder that arose from the Underdark to challenge Xanathar’s supremacy. After defeating its rival, Xanathar had the corpse animated and
, next to a large wooden cage containing a rust monster. Along the walls are piles of broken and rusted helmets, shields, and weapons. Hanging from hooks on the back wall are three mannequins made of






