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Curse of Strahd
his attention to building Castle Ravenloft, Rahadin saw to it that wizards and artisans were brought to Barovia. Years later, Strahd appointed Rahadin his castle chamberlain. Rahadin was pleased to do
never love her. Rahadin assumed that Patrina would suffer the same fate as those women who had come before her. He was proven wrong when Patrina's own people stoned her to death to keep Strahd from
Monsters
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
Celestial. If it hears words of Celestial spoken, the vampire must try to attack the source of those spoken words on its next turn. If these words come from multiple sources and from opposite directions, the
create a passage through the glacier unknowingly release the starving gnoll vampire from its icy sepulcher. For more information about Tekeli-li’s lair, the Caves of Hunger, see chapter 6.
Necrotic; Bludgeoning, Piercing, and Slashing from Nonmagical Attacks
Eladrin
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Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes
Everything dies eventually. Why bother building anything that is supposedly meant to last?
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Nothing matters to you, and you allow others to guide your actions.
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Your needs come first. In
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
squid, so these dragons have ample opportunity to complain bitterly about being wet after diving deep into the ocean in search of prey.
Topaz dragons often come into conflict with bronze dragons when
to ask for help getting home.
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A topaz dragon is building a tableau of desiccated creatures and has grown obsessed with catching one treasure hunter who escaped the dragon’s clutches
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
, their favorite food is giant squid, so these dragons have ample opportunity to complain bitterly about being wet after diving deep into the ocean in search of prey.
Topaz dragons often come into
, but the dragon is too proud to ask for help getting home.
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A topaz dragon is building a tableau of desiccated creatures and has grown obsessed with catching one treasure hunter who escaped the
Triton
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
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
remote even merfolk and sea elves rarely encounter them.
Haughty Nobles
As a result of their isolation and limited understanding of the Material Plane, tritons can come across as haughty and
Backgrounds
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
the moss-covered building where I took part in my first reclamation mission.
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I found something in the sewer that must never come to light.
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I am forever grateful to the reclaimer who
bother to couch my opinions in flattering words.
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I can’t help but pocket any trinket or coin I come across, no matter how worthless.
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I’m convinced that I’m better and
Kenku
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
at the burned-out building, a sudden cacophony erupted around us. Birds squawked, cats hissed, and dogs growled. Lidda hustled us back to the city’s safer avenues. Only when we were back within
kenku, constant attempts to mimic noises can come across as confusing or irritating rather than entertaining. You can just as easily describe the sounds your character makes and what they mean. Be clear
Backgrounds
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
basic knowledge of the structure of buildings, including the stuff behind the walls. You can also find blueprints of a specific building in order to learn the details of its construction. Such
Ideal
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Guild. My guild is all that really matters. (Any)
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Creativity. Half the world’s troubles come from stodgy thinking, stuck in the past. We need innovative
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
Arrival at the Bathhouse When the characters arrive at the bathhouse, read the following boxed text aloud to the players: The bathhouse is a one-story stuccoed building with stained-glass windows and
clay roof tiles. Ten-foot-tall walls enclose a large courtyard outside the southeast corner of the building. The closed wooden doors to the courtyard are engraved with images of smiling nymphs
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
release an overlord, but they help to sustain it. To release an overlord, the Lords of Dust must ensure that the Prophecy unfolds along a specific path. Often, following this path requires specific
devious that it is often impossible to discern a pattern to their actions until their plans have come to fruition and the connections have finally been made clear. (You could retroactively decide that what you intended as unconnected encounters were all part of the plan from the beginning!)
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm Lord’s Wrath
zombie per player character, and 1 wraith per every two characters (rounded down), excluding sidekicks. The zombies are the only ones attacking the building. The wraiths come out of the darkness after
Undead Attack This encounter occurs at night. As the characters approach the junction of the Triboar Trail and the High Road, set the scene: An oddly shaped building sits at the juncture of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
recovered and refined, it could produce a terrifying weapon. The Mourning was triggered by the release of an ancient demon overlord trapped since the dawn of time. This mighty fiend is lurking in the
Mournland and building its power, but soon it will be ready to act. As a DM, the question you need to ask is whether you want the mystery of the Mourning to be solved, and what the consequences would be
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon of Icespire Peak
, congratulate them on building their characters and begin the adventure with the next session. During character creation, your role as the DM is to let your players build the characters they want, and to help
them come up with explanations for how their characters came together to form an adventuring party. If you have only one player, work with that player to come up with their character’s backstory, then
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
elemental devices, with the ultimate goal of building a floating castle fortress. For some time, the djinni served the wizard. Hoping to earn his freedom, Gazre-Azam shared much of his knowledge, but the
wizard would not release him. When Gazre-Azam changed tactics and became less helpful, Zikran cast a complicated and near-permanent spell to keep Gazre-Azam from escaping. The djinni reveals that the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm Lord’s Wrath
Townmaster’s Hall This stone building has a wooden roof, a bell tower in the back, and an empty job board in the front. Harbin Wester, the townmaster and a wealthy banker, is polite if the characters
see him, although he seems to be worried and fretful — more so than usual. If the characters ask, he confides in them that the weather has been particularly fierce recently. Winds have come out of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
Chapter 1: Ten-Towns Like the famous drow Drizzt Do’Urden, many people who come to Ten-Towns are outcasts, fugitives, or pariahs in search of a place where they can be tolerated, if not accepted
. Some came here determined to make their fortunes. Others come for the solitude, or to escape notice and stay out of the reach of the law of the southern cities. Today, four hundred years after the
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
come into conflict with bronze dragons when their coastal territories overlap, and they can nurture an inexplicably intense hatred of these metallic dragons. They can also draw the ire of druids and
from the sea, but the dragon is too proud to ask for help getting home.
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A topaz dragon is building a tableau of desiccated creatures and has grown obsessed with catching one treasure hunter
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm Lord’s Wrath
and the party. Defeating one rot troll is a good start, but in order to peacefully release the prisoners, the lizardfolk insist that the characters defeat a total of three rot trolls. They can
accomplish this by hunting the remaining two trolls in the swamp, or they can wait until the trolls come to them, which doesn’t take more than 24 hours after killing the first.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Cities and Sites The Talenta Plains have been described as an ocean of grasslands. The nomadic halflings have little interest in building towns; most shelter in the Talenta Plains is temporary
. Halflings shun the ruins scattered across the Plains, believing them to be haunted by fiends. Gatherhold All the halfling tribes come to Gatherhold to trade, hold councils, and settle disputes. House
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
to run. Beyond that, a well-crafted encounter usually has a straightforward objective as well as some connection to the overarching story of your campaign, building on the encounters that precede it
while foreshadowing encounters yet to come. An encounter has one of three possible outcomes: the characters succeed, the characters partly succeed, or the characters fail. The encounter needs to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
the city of Yeonido come into view. Atop the walls, tall, colorful flags and ribbons flutter from poles. Traders, guards, and workers come and go through a grand gate, passing from the surrounding
great breath.
The fog emanating from within Yeonido encompasses the city, lightly obscuring every street and building, including the interiors. This fog is unnatural, which a character who succeeds
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
rogue who likes hand-to-hand combat, or a sharpshooter who picks off enemies from afar. Do you like fantasy fiction featuring dwarves or elves? Try building a character of one of those races. Do you
each choice you make. What’s important is that you come to the table with a character you’re excited to play. Throughout this chapter, we use the term character sheet to mean whatever you use to track
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
.
Topaz dragons often come into conflict with bronze dragons when their coastal territories overlap, and they can nurture an inexplicably intense hatred of these metallic dragons. They can also draw
injured and stranded far from the sea, but the dragon is too proud to ask for help getting home.
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A topaz dragon is building a tableau of desiccated creatures and has grown obsessed with catching
Backgrounds
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
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I helped create a krasis that I love like a pet and would carry with me everywhere … except it’s the size of a building, and it might eat me.
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In my laboratory, I
very different.
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I borrowed a lot of money from an Orzhov syndic to help finance my research.
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A Rakdos ringmaster has taken an interest in my research which, come to think of it, might
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
. If questioned about his motivations, he claims that Acererak took his family hostage, and will not release them until Moghadam completes his work. The truth is that the artificer has no family. He
temple dedicated to Moloch some distance away. Moghadam has lured away several of Thessalar’s expert sculptors to come work on the tomb, promising them great wealth that he has no intention of paying
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
rogue who likes hand-to-hand combat, or a sharpshooter who picks off enemies from afar. Do you like fantasy fiction featuring dwarves or elves? Try building a character of one of those races. Do you
each choice you make. What’s important is that you come to the table with a character you’re excited to play. Throughout this section, we use the term character sheet to mean whatever you use to track
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
Setting the Tone Callestan is a district shaped by poverty and neglect. People come to Callestan to engage in criminal activities: visiting dreamlily dens, buying or selling stolen goods, negotiating
happen in the upper towers. Daask might release a gorgon into the streets. The necromancers of the Emerald Claw could test a necrotic weapon or a new form of undead. A pack of wererats could take root
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
make it back to Nandar Keep, Daphne fled to the Dripping Caves with the other villagers—a decision she has come to regret. If she learns that Lady Nandar is dead, Daphne becomes inconsolable. Dealing
with Hark Characters can try to negotiate with Hark instead of attacking him. He agrees to release the remaining villagers if the characters do one of the following things (and leave the goblin lair in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
. Only a special escape route—a secret passage known only to a palace’s most trusted servants, for example—should come as a surprise to the cultists and Red Wizards. Frontal Assault Because clever ruses
. When they finally face off against the adventurers, the attackers fight to kill. If the characters try to stay inside and under cover, the dragons attack whatever building they hide in, setting it
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Gatekeepers The Gatekeepers are a druidic sect dedicated to protecting the natural world from unnatural forces. They battle aberrations and guard against extraplanar invasions and the release of
come, and to protect nature from those that would corrupt it. Thousands of years later, the daelkyr (see chapter 6) opened gates from the plane of Xoriat and unleashed hordes of mind flayers
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
either kill them as sacrifices or drive them out of the village. Othelstan can also call for reinforcements in the form of three dragonclaws, one of whom takes the time to release the two wyverns in the
his retinue arrive, suggesting that the characters rush to the stables, mount the wyverns, and take flight at once. The characters have a few rounds to reach the stables before Othelstan has the building surrounded and demands their surrender.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
village. Othelstan can also call for reinforcements in the form of three dragonclaws, one of whom takes the time to release the two wyverns in the stables (see area 3).
Last Recourse. If the castle flies
the stables, mount the wyverns, and take flight at once. The characters have a few rounds to reach the stables before Othelstan has the building surrounded and demands their surrender.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
the characters to leave the den unmolested but refuses to release the kidnapped children unless Zuleika is present to convince him otherwise (because she fears that the characters might kill her
development. If the characters were drawn into Barovia by the “Werewolves in the Mist” adventure hook, the werewolf attacks on the Sword Coast come to an end under Zuleika’s leadership. If she is also dead, a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Sharn Heights Adventures Adventures in Sharn heights are perfect for pulp action scenes. Narrow bridges, moving platforms, and great heights come together in a public place that's a perfect location
, who is working with the Boromar Clan or the Sharn Watch to take down key Daask operatives, is waiting on a bridge. 3 Break into a building connected to Sharn heights to steal something valuable. 4 Stop a crooked Sharn Watch official who is trying to reach a skycoach and flee the city to escape arrest.