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Curse of Strahd
attacks with its flailing and stomping roots. It can also use its roots to fling large rocks.
Hut Interior. The hut is a 15-foot-square, ramshackle wooden building with a gently sloping thatch roof. Its
anything that tries to remove the gem; a creature trying to remove the gem must make a DC 20 Dexterity saving throw. On a successful save, the creature claims the stone without getting bitten. On a
Ki-rin
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
): calm emotions, lesser restoration, silence
3rd level (3 slots): dispel magic, remove curse, sending
4th level (3 slots): banishment, freedom of movement, guardian of faith
5th level (3 slots): greater
idealized form. Such creatures are rarely aggressive toward others that aren't normally prey. Evil creatures can't tolerate the holy atmosphere within the same distance, and usually choose to live much
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and worse, so you know you can count on them in a fight.
— Brego Stoneheart, sea captain
Tritons guard the ocean depths, building small settlements beside deep trenches, portals to the
them.
Tritons also have a tendency to emerge from their isolation under the assumption that other folk will welcome them as respected allies and mentors. Again, distance drives much of this attitude
Magic Items
Keys from the Golden Vault
condemns anyone who tries to remove it from its gold-leaf frame.
Wealth of Information. The painting’s primary purpose is to observe and recall conversations. Over the past few decades
the painting knows and what it doesn’t.
While attuned to the painting, you can take an action to telepathically contact it over any distance, provided you and the painting are on the same plane
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
, roll on the table or choose a development you think might spur the character into action. Town in Chaos d20 Development
1–3 Building collapse
4–6 Enlarged duergar
7–9 Invisible
duergar
10–14 Malevolent townsfolk
15–16 Thieves
17–18 Trapped beast
19–20 Walking wounded
Building Collapse A damaged building collapses twenty feet away from you. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
and surrounded. The dragon is unlikely to enter the inn building, opting to use its breath weapon through the windows or attacking any characters or bystanders who step outside. Option 2: Attack on the
Road As the characters are traveling, the cultists can get ahead of them and lay an ambush. Alternatively, cultists might follow the party at a distance by day, then move closer when the characters
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
Shu they don’t intend to attack Rigus. Shu’s demand to remove the walking castle is nonnegotiable, though, and the distance he insists on is a day’s travel away. The Castellan can drop the characters
. Towers and siege engines bristle across these rising walls, and even from a distance, you can make out regimented patrols of armored figures. Simple structures and homes squeeze between the town’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
and surrounded. The dragon is unlikely to enter the inn building, opting to use its breath weapon through the windows or attacking any characters or bystanders who step outside. Option 2: Attack on the
Road As the characters are traveling, the cultists can get ahead of them and lay an ambush. Alternatively, cultists might follow the party at a distance by day, then move closer when the characters
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
trail, which skirts north of a sprawling vineyard before bending south toward a stately building. The fog takes on ghostly forms as it swirls between the neatly tended rows of grapevines. Here and
beckoning figure is one of nine wereravens (LG male and female humans) hiding in the grove north of the vineyard. If the characters ignore the cloaked figure and continue on to the winery, the wereravens keep their distance and wait to see what happens.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
can set it aflame. You’ll need to defend it until our force arrives to take over, but it shouldn’t be more than fifteen minutes behind you.”
The mill is about 500 feet from the keep. The distance is
) or Charisma (Performance) checks. If successful, a character realizes that the raiders are making a demonstration of starting a fire, but it’s for show. A few fires are burning around the building
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
detect the presence of undead. As the young remorhazes engage the characters in battle, Tekeli-li assumes its gnoll form and joins the fray, keeping its distance from the remorhazes. See the “Tekeli-li
rising from them.
Each pool is 15 feet deep. Submerged in the northern pool is a full-grown remorhaz coiled around a cluster of eight remorhaz eggs, which look like oversized snowballs from a distance
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
slits looking onto the exterior of the building. Characters who specialize in ranged attacks and magic can use the arrow slits to launch arrows, bolts, and spells at the drowned ones as they approach
tiles on the roof can be easily rigged to collapse. This tactic is especially useful if the victim falls some distance into an area where the characters have open space to make attacks (area 7, for
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
can set it aflame. You’ll need to defend it until our force arrives to take over, but it shouldn’t be more than fifteen minutes behind you.” The mill is about 500 feet from the keep. The distance is
Charisma (Performance) checks. If successful, a character realizes that the raiders are making a demonstration of starting a fire, but it’s for show. A few fires are burning around the building, but
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
8 Spouts of hellfire
9 Vrock philosophy
10 Zombie horde
Collapsed Building A quake rocks the city, and a building collapses in the distance. The characters hear cries for help
. Encounters in Elturel d10 Encounter
1 Collapsed building
2 Cry for help
3 Ghastly meal
4 Ghoul pack
5 Hateful patrol
6 Imp sales pitch
7 Narzugon cavalier
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Astral Adventurer’s Guide
established a presence on the Rock by taking over an unmarked, inconspicuous building near the Lesser Market. The place is occupied by a small staff of agents who act as an intermediary between the
. Typically, they are hired by an individual or a business whose welfare (financial or otherwise) is threatened by a monster that has defied less potent attempts to remove or subdue it. From time to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
tavern, the staff, layout of the building, and decor shouldn’t change much from one visit to the next. That said, changes can occur as a result of the characters’ actions or of actions they learn about
. When the adventurers kill a monster, it stays dead, unless someone raises it. When they remove treasure from a room, it doesn’t reappear the next time they enter — assuming it hasn’t been stolen from
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm Lord’s Wrath
set the scene: A wall of storms surges and howls in the distance. The sunny, mild weather gives way immediately to rain and hail, violent winds, and electrical discharges. Passing in and out of the
becomes stunned, a mark resembling three parallel lightning bolts appears on their head. It can only be removed by a remove curse spell, and its effects are noted later in this quest. Note that three
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
Intelligence (Arcana) check. If the check is successful, the character realizes the statues can animate. Gemstone Wing. If the characters don’t carefully remove the Murkmire Stone from its pedestal in area V13
pass cards to bypass the alarm (see “Bypassing Alarms”), and contend with the falling net trap just inside the doors while remaining a safe distance from the animated statues. Attic Skylight. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
by the door of this large building shows the faded image of a workhorse holding a flagon of ale. The building is sagging and dilapidated, but it is more intact than the ruins across the road.
Six
ash zombies (see the “Ash Zombies” sidebar) lurk in the shadows in this building, slumped against the walls or under the bar. When living creatures enter, the zombies groan and stir, slowly climbing to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver
door of this large building shows the faded image of a workhorse holding a flagon of ale. The building is sagging and dilapidated, but it is more intact than the ruins across the road.
Four ash zombies
(see the “Ash Zombies” sidebar) lurk in the shadows in this building, slumped against the walls or under the bar. When living creatures enter, the zombies groan and stir, slowly climbing to their
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
light of this revelation, Valetta angrily orders acolytes to remove Nim’s tools and unfinished inventions from the attic, while she forces Nim to look on. Nimblewright Detector. Characters who search
device comes within 500 feet of a nimblewright other than Nim, the umbrella begins to spin, whir, and click. The spinning, whirring, and clicking accelerates as the distance to the target lessens
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
building where the Speakers of Helm’s Hold meet. The Speakers are the duly elected representatives of the hold, numbering eight in all, plus the Chief Speaker. The current Chief Speaker is Amarandine
Wanderfoot, an older halfling matron who was an adventurer in her day. The Speakers work closely with the Holy Watcher to see to the proper governance of the hold. A short distance from the town hall
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
blood oath to protect its secret location. Any ship that sails within visual distance of the anchorage is attacked and chased, if necessary. The Brazen Pegasus (see “Harbor Ward") has a good chance to
where to look. An alert lookout spots the structures and docked ship inside the cave automatically if passing within a half-mile of shore. At a distance up to 2 miles, a successful DC 15 Wisdom
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Giants of the Star Forge
takes 42 (12d6) acid damage. 3: Iron Shelter This massive iron dwelling sports large doors, furniture, and fixtures. The building is divided into two chambers: a long bedchamber to the north and a
workshop to the south. A simple furnace—its light and heat humble compared to the Star Forge—fills one wall of the southern chamber. Heaped in a pile near the furnace are metal building materials, gigantic
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
energy. A guard’s madness can be cured with a dispel evil and good, greater restoration, or remove curse spell. Guards who are cured of their madness thank the characters and explain that they were
in the distance beyond the hazy border. Next Event. As this event approaches its end, the characters hear cackling laughter far off in the distance. This laughter gets closer and louder, heralding the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
give chase. After rolling initiative, each participant in the chase can take one action and move on its turn. Itzmin begins 120 feet ahead of the pursuers. Track the distance between Itzmin and the
participant drops out of the chase if its exhaustion reaches level 5, since its speed becomes 0. A creature can remove the levels of exhaustion it gained during the chase by finishing a short or long
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
leave an offering for the god with her priests before bathing. If Pharika deems an offering worthy, the waters rapidly cure diseases, heal wounds, and sometimes even remove magical curses. If the god
monster-infested island. A priest of Pharika, often a medusa, usually watches over the pool. The priest’s chambers are often in a building or a cave near the pools. Such places are part living
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
Barbarians in the Corporate World For every CEO building up or bringing down businesses, it’s a safe bet that there’s a barbarian standing behind them. Often literally, with a large weapon in hand, and
waiting for the order to go out and remove vital organs from another CEO. Corporate barbarians are the muscle behind the civil face of a franchise. It’s not that they enjoy losing their composure and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
trying to remove its eye gems, which are purely decorative and worthless), who damages the bridge, or who passes the shrine without making the proper obeisance to Ubtao. The required homage involves
effectively only 15 feet, while jumping from low to high is effectively 25 feet. Crumbling remains of the parapets shorten the distance by another 5 feet, but landing on one of those thin surfaces requires a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Light of Xaryxis
Moon Type Distance to Outer Edge of System Valt Spherical earth body (detached moon) 1,500 million miles (15 days’ travel) Fyreen Spherical earth body with one moon (Crios) 1,400 million miles (14
Menagerie) that abides no solicitors. Yort. This cold, swampy moon is strewn with the petrified skeletons of kindori (see Boo’s Astral Menagerie). Humanoid evacuees from Fyreen have taken to building
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
one-sided battle. Instead, the characters could witness the giants in an altercation from a distance, foreshadowing a conflict that will threaten all the smaller folk in the region. Or you could decide
inspiration to fit the encounter into the location you’re populating. If that context doesn’t make sense for the situation you’re building, consider using the context to inspire the creature’s general
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
carved wooden scimitar emblazoned with the inn’s name in red paint on both sides. An inn yard with stables and outbuildings lies behind the building. The Swinging Sword is welcoming and luxurious by the
and legs, she looks like an adventurer. She has idle dreams of traveling the North and slaying dragons, but she is far more interested in building a mercantile empire and outgrowing Red Larch someday
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Light of Xaryxis
panicked citizens before them, while the enormous vine in the distance stretches ever taller.
The friendly sailor, Elaina Sartell, is described later in the chapter. She flees at once, leaving the
the “Trouble at the Docks” encounter when they arrive. Hole Up. If the characters try to barricade themselves in a building or find somewhere else in the settlement to hide, the increasingly violent
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
building with a gently sloping thatch roof. Its furnishings have been bolted to the floor, since the hut lurches from side to side when it walks. Heart of the Hut. The gemstone that has given life to
sprouts wooden teeth, becoming a mouth that bites anything that tries to remove the gem; a creature trying to remove the gem must make a DC 20 Dexterity saving throw. On a successful save, the creature
Magic Items
Infernal Machine Rebuild
Lum. By experimenting with its many controls, he was able to achieve astounding and destructive magical effects in the building of his empire, and so the artifact came to be known as the Infernal
object on the same plane as you and have the compass point constantly in the direction of the named target. You gain no knowledge of the distance to the target.
A specialized clockwork compass floats