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The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
within 10 feet of Bavlorna uses at least 10 feet of movement to run in place counterclockwise, Bavlorna is overcome by a fit of sneezing and can’t cast spells until the end of her next turn. In
moment, is all that matters.”
Bond. “I’m safe in my cottage. Why should I leave it when I can make others come to me?"
Flaw. “Watching someone run widdershins makes me sneeze
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
holds clues to the mystery. They give the characters another book to use as a means of entrance, which gets them in … barely. The Avowed at the front gates are initially doubtful about the quality or
desirability of the work. After enough debate to make the players nervous, they accept the book. Characters gain entrance to the Court of Air, where they are assigned rooms at the House of Rest, a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Domains of Delight: A Feywild Accessory
conformity. The two groups are not opposites morally or ethically; good and evil Fey can be found in both. Seelie and Unseelie Fey gather in courts. The Seelie court is called the Summer Court, and the
Unseelie court is called the Gloaming Court. Both courts stretch to the far corners of the Feywild, so their representatives can be encountered almost anywhere on this plane of existence. The Summer Court
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
characters’ progress. If the check is 14 or higher, or if any character with a passive Wisdom (Perception) score of 14 studies the fey after they’ve been spotted, the fey appear mean and grubby. The fey run off if they are noticed, shouting with barely disguised menace to “enjoy our sunny woods.”
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
ball, the spy in the royal court makes contact with his employer. Political intrigue, espionage, sabotage, and similar cloak-and-dagger activities can provide the basis for an exciting D&D campaign. In
combat, and the party might go for several sessions without seeing a monster. Again, make sure your players know ahead of time that you want to run this kind of campaign. Otherwise, a player might
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
Meeting Xoese-Addae A figure with kelp-colored hair and stingray-colored skin approaches the characters, introducing himself as Xoese-Addae, an emissary of the High Court of Janya. Xoese-Addae is
High Court are attending a gala. If the characters want to explore Janya, Xoese-Addae can guide the characters around the city before taking them to the Cerulean Lyceum. Use the “Djaynai and Janya
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
street and on balcony walkways that run the length of blocks and are sometimes layered five stories high. Shop signs appear to leap out from buildings, whose sides are plastered with advertisements all
candles. Magic users should be wary in the Court of the White Bull. Long ago, this plaza was a grazing area for livestock, including an albino calf that was born here. The calf’s owner built the White
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
owe their existence — and their plight — to the Queen of Air and Darkness, the dread ruler of the Gloaming Court. Once a race of lazy and egotistical fey, the creatures that would become the
curse gave quicklings their amazing speed but also accelerated their passage through life — no quickling lives longer than fifteen years. They race themselves to death, and scheme as fast as they run
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
Getting the Quest The town sits quietly at the foot of Kelvin’s Cairn. A few bundled-up people shuffle between snow-battered houses, keeping their heads down, barely bothering to give you a look as
dragon in humanoid form. If the characters ask about the missing lantern, he offers to take them to the local inn so they can talk to the Shorard sisters, who run the establishment. He seems less
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
ancient room with scrying pools filled with blood that has barely a trace of dust. A sturdy iron door protects the temple’s vault. Map 4.8: Abandoned Temple View Player Version Abandoned Temple
Villains Monsters who plot alone and criminals on the run or who engage in taboo behavior are often found in abandoned temples. Examples of such villains appear on the Abandoned Temple Villains table
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
Darkness, the dread ruler of the Gloaming Court. Once a species of lazy and egotistical Fey, quicklings’ predecessors were late in answering the queen’s summons one time too many. To hasten their pace
. Quicklings have a capricious nature that goes well with their energy level: they think as fast as they run, and they are always up to something. They spend most of their time perpetrating acts of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
sylvan creatures of all types lived among the trees. Even today the High Forest has barely known the tread and touch of humans, and old growth dominates its flora. Elven communities in the forest are
the centaurs who make the High Forest their home, claiming the plateaus near the head of the Unicorn Run. For decades, the centaurs have been growing in number, enough so that they may soon divide
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Yourself
When you’re preparing an adventure to run for your friends, you don’t need to write hundreds of pages describing each location in exhaustive detail. You can run a game with no more written
leads them into the great hall, lined with pillars, where the fire giant king holds court. If they leave by the secret door to the southeast, you check the map and follow the secret tunnel as it winds
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
several deadly run-ins with the Cult of the Dragon and recognize the cultists from their attire. If they spot one or more uniformed cultists on the deck of the airship or in the crow’s nest, they attack
ship. Young Silver Dragon Dalanyrr, a female silver dragon barely twenty years old, is flitting among the clouds when she spots the airship. Her curiosity piqued, she tries to land on deck and speak
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
veteran), a hulking man whose face is almost hidden by a heavy beard streaked with gray. Other than shouting orders at the crew and conversing in low tones with Captain Ortimay, Ruddell barely speaks
many vessels that come here wind up needing hull repairs — especially those that had run-ins with typhoons, pirates, or Aremag the dragon turtle (see “Bay of Chult”). It’s easy work for dinosaurs to drag ships out of the water into the drydock so holes can be patched and barnacles scraped off.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes of the Borderlands
and barely fulfilling its duties. The mephit is Indifferent but defends itself in combat. If the mephit sees the characters enter the cave, it peers at them through the arrow slit and whistles like a
.
Two Kuo-Toa Marauders scrawl rupestrian gibberish on the walls of this run-down barrack. The Hostile kuo-toa fight the characters on sight, hoping to capture them alive and hold them in the prison
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Radiant Citadel
gradually cease to function. Unless a suitable replacement for that Speaker is elected and approved by the Dawn Incarnates within thirty days, plants in the Radiant Citadel stop growing, wells run dry, and
citizens of the city. More frequently, she’s legislating in the council or negotiating in a secret corner of the Court of Whispers, trading for information or sending spies on missions.
She has a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
Cavalier The archetypal Cavalier excels at mounted combat. Usually born among the nobility and raised at court, a Cavalier is equally at home leading a cavalry charge or exchanging repartee at a
. Ferocious Charger Starting at 15th level, you can run down your foes, whether you’re mounted or not. If you move at least 10 feet in a straight line right before attacking a creature and you hit it
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
gradually cease to function. Unless a suitable replacement for that Speaker is elected and approved by the Dawn Incarnates within thirty days, plants in the Radiant Citadel stop growing, wells run dry, and
citizens of the city. More frequently, she’s legislating in the council or negotiating in a secret corner of the Court of Whispers, trading for information or sending spies on missions.
She has a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
Eladrin and the Feywild The Feywild exists separate from but parallel to the Material Plane. It’s a realm of nature run amok, and most of its inhabitants are sylvan or fey creatures. In these
when they are reincarnated. They believe that an eladrin who excels in life throughout a series of incarnations can eventually come back as a member of the Seelie or Unseelie court or, in extreme cases
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
portal at the top of a cloudy staircase Court of a cloud giant duke on the Elemental Plane of Air 87–90 Rough-hewn tunnel with a mining cart outside Excavation site on the Elemental Plane of Earth 91–94
Blisteringly hot brass door Efreeti-run shop in the City of Brass on the Elemental Plane of Fire 95–98 Fossilized shark jaws preceded by coral steps Hut on the back of a dragon turtle on the Elemental
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
weapons, unmarked crates, and shelves of bric-a-brac. The grimy windows barely allow a view of the city beyond.
Machil’s notes and journals are packed haphazardly into three boxes in this storeroom
be free of her. But it is too late for me.” (Machil wrote the letter when he knew he was being pursued by agents of the Gloaming Court but was killed before he could send it.) A piece of parchment is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
Ziggurat Locations, Tier 4 The fourth tier of the ziggurat holds the tombs of King Alendria, Queen Zanobis, and various members of their court. The following locations are keyed to map 2.2. Mike
Schley Map 2.2: Buried Ziggurat, Tier 4 View Player Version B27: Jester’s Burial Room The walls of this burial chamber sport colorful murals of a human court jester entertaining her king and queen. A
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
compassionate leader, but shows clear signs of stress as the characters talk to her. Kara’s Fears. If asked about Viallis, Kara says that the noble keeps to himself and that she barely knows him. Her manner is
agreed-upon signal of a window being opened in Faerl’s house, they go there immediately, ready for trouble. Use the guidelines in the “Street Fight” section earlier to run the encounter if the cultists
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
residents of Avernus. Firesnake Forge This establishment is run by three salamanders named Rassh, Skids, and Slagg. The salamanders owe Mahadi a debt for taking them in and secreting them away after a
Burney so desires, she can instantly transport herself to the court of Bahamut via a powerful blessing akin to the plane shift spell. Barber Pricing. Burney charges 1 gp for each service involving
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
magic here D3. Lonely Crate At the far end of a broken bridge is a mound of earth barely large enough for one person to stand on. A dented metal crate is partially embedded in the mound.
One of the
halved, and Dexterity saving throws made to resist the effect are made with advantage. If the characters find other creative ways of dealing with the problem that make sense, run with it.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
examples. A kingdom run by thieves’ guilds would also fall into this category. Magocracy. The governing body is composed of spellcasters who rule directly as oligarchs or feudal lords, or participate in a
Realms, scholarly monks preside over the fortress-library of Candlekeep, overseen by a master of lore called the Keeper. Militocracy. Military leaders run the nation under martial law, using the army
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
tower and the staircases suspended above it. P13. Court of Storms The double door on the stone balcony between this area and area P22 is sealed with a lion crown lock (see “Crown Locks” earlier in the
part of the Court of Storms (area P13) and leads to one of the turrets of the central tower (area P48g on the upper level). P14b. The spiral staircase ascends 30 feet to area P14f. To the northwest
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
, they plead with the characters to represent them in court. 5 When the coast is clear, a shady-looking Doomguard rot blade (see Morte’s Planar Parade) opens their long overcoat in front of the characters
judges, lawyers, and legislators, the Fraternity of Order abides by the letter of the law—and exploits it to further their interests. Dispassionate and impartial, Guvners run the city courts, ruling on
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
71. Lair of the Sewn Sisters Green smoke billows out from a bronze cauldron in the middle of this twenty-foot-high vaulted hall. Barely visible through the haze are three rocking chairs, several work
: a straw doll with rusty pins sticking into its body, a faceless child molded from clay, and a stuffed monkey with the lower body of a unicycle. The straw doll says, “You need to run away! The Sewn
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
run the Happy Cow tavern. The Alliance officially has no preference, but I find Lady Anteos trustworthy enough to be an alternative to carrying large sums on the road. It’s easier to part with a small
Moor. Phalorm lasted barely a century before repeated orc and goblin attacks overcame it.
Kingdom of Man. When Phalorm fell, the surviving humans of the kingdom established the Kingdom of Man
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
who crosses paths with the characters while they’re in Waterdeep, making sure they have information they need and don’t run afoul of the law. The City Watch The three members of the City Watch
pack and squints at its barely legible writing. “So which one of you is Ozgood the Ugly? I need you to sign before you go in. Nothing but paperwork and signatures since the newest Masked Lords got
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
the characters release them, the dogs run back to the nearest town to seek shelter. Under the sled are two small crates. One is empty, and it appears that the dogs broke into it and ate the provisions
avalanche is 200 feet wide, 100 feet long, and 30 feet deep. To run this event, first determine the marching order of the party and how far apart the characters are. Assume that the rearmost party member
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
frustration manifest as a visible fog, which clears only when the githyanki ready for war.
The Streets of Tu’narath Tu’narath is a jumble of crooked streets that run between buildings and other structures
labyrinth. Guarded by two red dragons, Vlaakith sits upon her Throne of Bones and holds court over her supplicants. Glathk District. A muddy field that extends as far as the eye can see is the githyanki
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
area’s rustic standards. Each room boasts a hearth, warm draperies and tapestries, and running water (provided by rooftop cisterns). Now run by the Irkell family from Waterdeep, the inn has become a
). Key NPCs. The Helm is run by the jovial but grasping Garlen Harlathurl (male Tethyrian human commoner). He is a cynic bitter from failed Waterdhavian mercantile ventures, but he has turned out to be