being before devised consult reason

Ideal Minions

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters

create new things, they have a talent for learning and memorizing details. Thus, ambitious kenku can excel as superb spies and scouts. A kenku who learns of clever schemes and plans devised by other

. For this reason, many kenku make an easy living serving as messengers, spies, and lookouts for thieves’ guilds, bandits, and other criminal cartels. A network of kenku can relay a bird call or similar

Kenku Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

a talent for learning and memorizing details. Thus, ambitious kenku can excel as superb spies and scouts. A kenku who learns of clever schemes and plans devised by other creatures can put them to use

. The kenku lack the talent to improvise or alter a plan, but a wise Master sets multiple plans in motion at once, confident that underlings can follow orders to the letter. For this reason, many

Elysium

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide

contentment seep into the bones and souls of those who enter Elysium. The longer a visitor remains on the plane, the less reason they find to ever leave. An adventure in Elysium can challenge

-millennium task of forestalling a prophesied disaster, characters might consult with the valorous knight who accomplished the deed a thousand years ago.

The Assault

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh

allied forces have devised a simple but effective plan. They begin with an attack by Saltmarsh’s militia against the entrance (area 1). Once the sahuagin commit troops to the defense of the gate, the

reserves, or otherwise planning the fortress’s defense. Areas 1, area 5, and area 19 have particular encounters associated with them (see “Assault Encounters”). For every other area, consult the following

Fierna and Belial

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes

admire one another in equal measure and are in constant competition. Every time Belial outthinks Fierna, she talks her way out of whatever trap he has devised. Fierna stages insurrections against

who are desperate to attain positions of power and status entreat her, as do those who — for whatever reason — need to be loved, feared, or respected. Fierna takes a direct interest in the soul trade

Anatomy of a War Band

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters

touched by Yeenoghu and turns into a flind itself. The death or disappearance of a flind for any other reason causes a war band to descend into brutal infighting. Sometimes a new leader emerges from

simple declaration of Yeenoghu’s power was devised by a small cult to the demon lord discovered deep in the forest. A group of woodcutters, facing starvation, turned to cannibalism to survive and

Sibriex

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes

creature fails a saving throw against the sibriex’s Warp Creature effect, you can roll percentile dice and consult the Flesh Warping table to determine an additional effect, which vanishes when Warp

transformed permanently. No creature embodies the chaotic nature of the Abyss so well as the sibriex. Although the realm of the demons is already a place of infinite horrors, sibriexes for some reason make

Encounters (F-H)

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

disposition. Roll a d4 and consult the Frost Druid Friends table to determine each creature, or just roll once and assume all the creatures are the same kind of beast or plant. (It’s okay if multiples of the

, where they hope to gang up on the characters after luring them there. Running the Encounter. The gnolls are forced to range far and wide in search of food. Their hunger overrides their reason, such that

Designing Simple Traps

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything

and damage values as shown below. Purpose Before diving into the details of your trap, think about its reason for being. Why would someone build such a trap? What is its purpose? Consider the trap’s

creator (in the adventure), the creator’s purpose, and the location the trap protects. Traps have context in the world — they aren’t created for no reason — and that context drives the trap’s nature

Encounter Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries

filled with colorful covers and attractive shades of parchment. Bookshelf. Characters who examine the contents of the bookshelf find that there’s no rhyme or reason to the organization of the books

a DC 15 Intelligence (Investigation) check to search the area can find clues to Zikran’s whereabouts. If the characters have Zikran’s Zephyrean Tome and use it to consult with Gazre-Azam, the djinni

Example Complex Traps

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything

threat) The court jester devised a deadly trap to foil anyone who sought to steal his magic fool’s cap. The jester’s tomb is located at the end of a 10-foot-wide, 150-foot-long hallway that descends

(Initiative 10). Air and gas boils from the trap. Roll a d6, and consult the following table. Tempest Effects d6 Effect 1 Hallucinatory gas scrambles the mind and senses. All Intelligence and

Elturgard

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide

and flags of its two groups of guardians, the Hellriders and the Companions. It might be fairly said that the only reason Elturgard can exist as a nation is because of these knights, for it faces

Elturgard each day, the first High Observer brought together a cadre of paladins and devised the Creed Resolute. This series of oaths and maxims outlines, among other things, that those who swear by it

World-Shaking Events

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)

revolutionaries. One of the rebellion’s prominent leaders — in some respects the face of the revolution — was driven by a personal reason for his or her part in events. Describe this person and state the

true reason he or she led the rebellion. What problem existed before the revolution that persists in spite of it? 6. Extinction or Depletion Something that once existed in the campaign world is gone

Keep Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse

random encounter occurs. To determine the encounter, roll a d6 and consult the following table: d6 Encounter 1 1d3 commoners (see area K17) 2 1d4 bandits (see area K8) 3 1d3 Crushing Wave reavers

cult and annoys him, he has the characters thrown out of Rivergard. If the party seems unaware of the cult but offers a good reason to remain in Rivergard, Grimjaw permits the characters to stay only

Roleplaying a Giant

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters

horse isn’t a person. That said, it’s not unheard of for a fire giant to “consult with” a slave physician when it falls ill, or with a slave engineer right before beginning a difficult stage of tunnel

more by Surtur’s well-crafted gifts than by the trophy heads Thrym laid at his feet. For this reason, frost giants bear more ill will toward Annam than most other giants do. Unlike his brothers

Locations on the Second Level

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a6

golden eye swims into view in the stone’s writhing center. For each creature that sees the eye, roll a d12 and consult the following table. The creature is affected as if by a symbol spell of the

any reason—in fact, they will gladly take up arms to fight intruders if given the chance. 17. Thrall Pen Ten unarmed gnolls dwell here. They will behave in all respects like their kin in area 16.

Fortress Level 2

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh

is attacked. If the characters observe the interaction for 10 minutes, they witness the baron rise and issue an angry judgment before turning to consult with the priestess on other matters. The two

for good reason. A character who searches around the throne discovers a single gold drop earring worth 30 gp on the floor between the throne and the north wall. The earring belongs to the baroness, who

Lair Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh

strategy of forging an alliance against the sahuagin was devised. He arranged for the purchase of the weapons the Sea Ghost has been transporting (as related in The Sinister Secret of Saltmarsh). His

reason for being in the lair (which is to negotiate an alliance) only if the characters are traveling with friendly lizardfolk, or if a character makes a successful DC 14 Charisma (Persuasion) check. If

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