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Monsters
Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes
well-traveled roads and paths, snatching people who come along. A balhannoth that has been captured and exploited by drow might lair in caves near Underdark passages and guard the ways in and out of a
in the area reshapes to assume the appearance of a location sought by one intelligent creature whose mind the balhannoth has read (see Regional Effects below). The transformation affects nonliving
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
in starlight. They read these signs as omens, giving them glimpses of what is to come, and they eagerly examine the potential futures of any creatures who come to them in peace.
Crystal dragons&rsquo
and hunters.
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A young crystal dragon has adopted a group of kobold;kobolds and is trying to teach them the value of a good practical joke.
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A young crystal dragon has captured a pack of
Species
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
emotions captured in the Feywild in the form of seasons—affinities that affect the eladrin’s mood and appearance. An eladrin’s season can change, though some remain in one season
to increase. You can follow those suggestions or ignore them, but you can’t raise any of your scores above 20.
Languages
Your character can speak, read, and write Common and one other language
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
the site, read the following: The Moon Glade is a secluded clearing, roughly eighty feet in diameter, with half that space taken up by the pool of water at its center. Huge ancient trees around the
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Inscribed Stones. Anyone able to read Druidic can read the writing on the stones, all of which makes reference to divination and magic. The stones of the pool were brought here by visiting druids using
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
Arriving on Krynn When the party steps through the Sigil portal and arrives on Krynn, they arrive through a doorway in a massive tree. Read the following: The rising sun limns the rolling hills
-orange buds still flowering. The doorway through which you’ve just emerged is a deep, dark furrow in the tree’s bark.
The fourth piece of the Rod of Seven Parts points to another tree on a nearby
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver
,” he snarls. “Here’s a whole pack of little puppies. What do you want, puppies? Come here to bark at us?”
If the Redbrands confront the characters in the street, read: As you head back into the street
Confrontation If the characters confront the Redbrands at the Sleeping Giant, read: The Sleeping Giant is a ramshackle taproom at the east end of town. Four human ruffians linger on the covered porch
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
exploration of the peylon tree at area P1. When they arrive at the tree, read or paraphrase the following: This tree is hundreds of feet tall. The tree’s leafless branches and bark are pale and soft-looking
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
Redwood Grove Locations The following locations are keyed to Map: Redwood Grove. R1: Looming Redwood A redwood looms above, its lowest branches impossibly high up and its bark weeping darkened sap
. Sickly grasses and wilting wildflowers surround the wide trunk.
R2: Sickly Redwood The bark of this once-regal redwood is sloughing off in sheets, like a snake’s shed skin. Impossibly tall branches
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
Ashen Heir Hideout The Ashen Heir hideout is a crumbling, one-story temple located in the Old City. Captured Ashen Heir agents or Laleh Ghorbani might direct the characters to the location. Read the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
ground. “Well, well,” he says. “Here’s a whole pack of little puppies. What do you want here, puppies? Come down here to bark at us?”
If the Redbrands confront the characters in the street, read: As
locations in the town. If the characters confront the Redbrands at the Sleeping Giant, read: The Sleeping Giant is a ramshackle taproom at the east end of town. Several disheveled, surly humans linger
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
Draakhorn is being used by the cult to summon chromatic dragons to their cause. As the characters are arriving in Waterdeep, read or paraphrase the following. A sudden shift in the wind brings with it a
who have noticed. The city around you goes unnaturally quiet suddenly. No dogs bark, no birds squawk. Even the street vendors have gone silent.
The silence lasts only a moment before the normal
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
Draakhorn is being used by the cult to summon chromatic dragons to their cause. As the characters are arriving in Waterdeep, read or paraphrase the following. A sudden shift in the wind brings with it a
who have noticed. The city around you goes unnaturally quiet suddenly. No dogs bark, no birds squawk. Even the street vendors have gone silent.
The silence lasts only a moment before the normal
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Divine Contention
rounds, he grabs hold of the stone and tries to remove it by force. Read the following boxed text aloud when this occurs: Gallio screams from the top of the astral spire. A shockwave washes through the
triggers a magical backlash that disables the planar beacon and frees any creatures trapped in its spell. Back on the Material Plane, any captured monsters break free from their cells and rampage through
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sleeping Dragon’s Wake
she learns that intruders are present, she moves to intercept them. Read the following boxed text aloud if the characters encounter her: A towering female half-orc steps into view. Her muscles are like
drops Fheralai to fewer than half her maximum hit points or she feels outmatched, she tries to abandon the vessel and flee to safety. Don’t worry if Fheralai dies or is captured here, as her cultists use divine intervention to bring her back later in the campaign!
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sleeping Dragon’s Wake
Viantha Found When the characters find Viantha, read the following boxed text aloud to set the scene: A strange, mystical chanting in a dry, crackling voice and a rank smell come from a small
specter for every member of the party, not including sidekicks. Viantha and the specters fight until captured or destroyed. Roleplaying Viantha. If the characters restrain Viantha with chains or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
reality of Oerth, where Vecna has captured and imprisoned his archrival, Kas the Betrayer. Read the following to describe the scene: Your feet sink into the mucky basin of a sprawling wasteland. The
the castle, read the following: Aside from a few antechambers, this once-impressive castle has been reduced to scorched rubble. Two hulking, bipedal creatures covered in spikes and smeared with blood stalk the castle’s bailey.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
Barn Visit Read or paraphrase the following if the characters choose to meet with Adrisa Carimorte: Rain begins to fall as your coach pulls up beside an open barn surrounded by fields of dead corn. A
everyone is in the loft, read or paraphrase the following: In the middle of the loft, tied to a wooden chair, is a scrawny human man with patchy facial hair. He is sweating profusely and chewing nervously
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
Bears and Bows Constable Harburk (Red Larch, area 11) has heard rumors of a bandit lair south of town. If the characters investigate this lead, read the following: In a brush-choked dell a short
boar in a stout iron cage, bound for a noble in Waterdeep. They ate the beast, but then captured a black bear. The bandits broke the cage’s lock, so they have it spiked shut with an iron piton. Starved
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm Lord’s Wrath
Marsh, Unmellow On the marsh islands with the pagan ruins, fishers and soldiers captured by the cultists are unconscious, meant to be used as sacrifices for the water creatures that the tiefling
, including sidekicks. When the creatures arrive, set the scene using the following read-aloud text: The watery marshland bubbles and roils. Lightning flashes in the sky, revealing several humanoid forms
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes of the Borderlands
9: Tavern Dubbed the Drunken Dragon, this tavern caters to residents and visitors alike and hosts a nightly drinking game.
When the characters arrive at the tavern, read the following boxed text
Drink Cost
Stiff
Ale 1 GP
Honey Mead 1 GP
Wine 1 GP
Dry
Bark Tea 1 GP
Cider 1 GP
Food Food Cost
Bottomless Soup 1 GP
Cheese and Fruit
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
their excitement around them. The urge to introduce themselves and strike up a friendship is almost overwhelming; only a pixie’s fear of being captured or attacked stays its hand. Those who wander
that sparkle like moonlight on a pond. Some dress in acorns, leaves, bark, and the pelts of tiny woodland beasts. They take great pride in their regalia and beam with joy when they are complimented on
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
been actively seeking capable mercenaries in Gracklstugh and taking any opportunity to press them into service. If an agent of the order intervened in the characters’ arrest (see “Getting Captured
too. The dragon speaks Dwarvish to its servants as the characters approach. Read the following: As the duergar priests lead you to a building carved from the stone just outside a huge cave entrance, the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
sections of the tree crackle and glow with ancient embers, though Gorewood grows faster than any fire can destroy it. Wet, sticky tar seeps from Gorewood’s bark, fueling the tree’s eon-spanning burn
behemoths with freakish powers emerge from Whitemarsh. Most such beings flee Xulregg or are captured and sacrificed to Aurnozci, though a few have been allowed to live and serve the Caged Worm as honored guardians.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
castle. They’ve captured Zaythir and are now working to discover how to operate the castle. The Fiends’ goals are up to you; they could be seeking to claim the castle and sell it as a war machine, or
they might be working for Shemeshka through intermediaries seeking to track R04M. When the characters come within sight of the walking castle, read the following description: Amid a grove of strange
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
adventure to further detail the city. Read or paraphrase the following when you’re ready to begin: The city of Sagorpur is teeming with onlookers enjoying the Shankha Trials. The final event of this great
her fans—is about to perform. Her name passes through the crowd with a buzz of excitement. The characters have a clear view of her performance. Read the following description for those who watch
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
Bel’s Forge An ousted archduke sulking in a volcano, eager to reclaim his stolen throne. — The Cartographer When the characters arrive at this location, read or paraphrase the following boxed text to
Bel if they have a letter of introduction (available from the dao Ralzala), or if they’re captured or killed by Bel’s forces. Bel delights in raising his enemies from the dead to interrogate them
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
the sea elves they learn were captured in the “C: Blue Phoenix Shrine” section. Alternatively, if the characters are defeated by Dragon Army soldiers, they’re brought here as prisoners. Approaching the
Camp When the characters approach Camp Carrionclay, read the following: Ahead, the smells of rotting fish and burning flesh hang thick in the air. A fortified camp sits atop cliffs jutting from the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Confronting Garra When the characters peer into the foremost cabin of the first-class car, read or paraphrase the following: An eight-foot-tall muscular woman with a tusked, protruding jaw lounges on
shoots at them with his bow; if Garra falls, the sprite flees. Rot’s mind has been warped by Niho Koi’s magic, and he can’t provide any useful information to the characters if captured. If Garra feels
Magic Items
The Book of Many Things
the transformation early. When you revert to your normal form, you return to the same state you were in when you initially transformed.
Book. You gain the ability to speak, read, and write 1d6 + 2
additional cards to keep, returning the other to the deck. The magic of the card you keep takes effect immediately thereafter.
Tree. Your skin immediately becomes rough, like tree bark. Your base AC now
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
(area L2) or Pincushion (area L9) are left here for a while before the hag shows up. When Granny Nightshade arrives, read: The door creaks open, and a little old woman totters forward. She wears a
grimy, old-fashioned shawl, and her skin looks like gnarled bark. A large iron key extends from her back, ticking rhythmically as it rotates.
“Sit down, children,” she says in a voice reminiscent of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
, where Bloppblippodd awaits them. Describe the scene to the players as given in that area, then read the following boxed text; if none of the characters speak Undercommon, the exchange is gibberish to
or both factions of the kuo-toa, but instead found himself captured for his trouble. He’s willing to cooperate with the characters to save his own skin, and will even return the favor given the opportunity (see chapter 4, “Gracklstugh”).
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
Uncle Longteeth’s Wagon If the characters head a mile spireward out of town or follow Sincerity’s sunflies, they find Uncle Longteeth’s wagon. Read or paraphrase the following when they arrive: An
: Freed Captives. The missing individuals are freed and identify her as having imprisoned them. Captive Accomplice. Uncle Longteeth is captured and handed over to Excelsior’s guards. Compelling Story
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
L1. Stele Forest Towering over you is a gate with two carved stone columns and a gabled roof made from bark tiles. Above the gateway hangs a wooden plaque painted with a white lotus on a black circle
approach, read: “Very few people would dare to come here,” says a voice from above. Perched twenty feet above you is a man balanced with his legs braced between two of the larger stone columns. He has
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
others have yet to board a boat. The remaining boats have enough space for them and the characters. Before the characters head to their boats, read the following text: “Hold the boat!” a voice rasps from
, Mayor Raven, Jeyev, and a few other locals. Read or paraphrase the following as the characters leave Vogler behind: Vogler is in flames. Amid the columns of smoke rising from the village, invaders
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
Entering the Village As the characters progress into the village, read the following: In the distance, a slender figure tends to the wounded villagers, who respond with heartfelt gratitude. As the
Rufina or the other villagers: Paloma is seen as a hero by the poor. Her band raids the estates and caravans of corrupt landowners and shares the captured wealth with folk who need it. She initially