binding before diffusing castle reasons

Dhampir

Species Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

. Their reasons are often deeply personal. Some seek danger, imagining monsters as personifications of their own hungers. Others pursue revenge against whatever turned them into a dhampir. And still

restraint. In any case, temptation haunts dhampirs, and circumstances conspire to give them endless reasons to indulge. While many dhampirs thirst for blood, your character might otherwise gain

Black Swords

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

lap if the characters decide to visit the Caer. Here are a couple reasons why the characters might go there: Looking for a good night’s rest in Caer-Dineval, the characters are directed to the castle

by Roark or some other NPC. A sad story told by Cora Mulphoon, the proprietor of the Buried Treasures inn in Bremen (see "Buried Treasures"), might spur the characters into searching the castle for

Skyreach Castle

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons

Skyreach Castle Eons ago, cloud giants built this flying fortress to take their ancient battle against dragonkind into the skies. The spirit of a giant enables it to fly—this ancient bond dates back

to the days when giants and dragons fought great wars. The binding kept dragons from taking these castles for their own, and the bond still holds centuries later. The cult has struck a bargain with

Skyreach Castle

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen

Skyreach Castle Eons ago, cloud giants built this flying fortress to take their ancient battle against dragonkind into the skies. The spirit of a giant enables it to fly — this ancient bond dates

back to the days when giants and dragons fought great wars. The binding kept dragons from taking these castles for their own, and the bond still holds centuries later. The cult has struck a bargain with

Dealing with Wealth

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things

ensuring your characters develop strong personal reasons to continue to adventure, even if they begin their adventuring careers in the pursuit of wealth. Perhaps they want revenge on a despicable

campaign. If an item still proves to be too powerful, you don’t have to provide access to it again. Spread the Wealth Wealth can transform people’s lives; you just have to give the characters good reasons

1. Create a Home Base

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

the village where they grew up or a city that attracted them from points beyond. Or perhaps they begin the campaign in the dungeons of an evil baron’s castle where they’ve been locked up for various

reasons (legitimate or otherwise), throwing them into the midst of the adventure. For each of these steps, give the locations only as much detail as they need. You don’t need to identify every

Hartsvale

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

scions are all very tall and strong, most standing seven feet in height. The king of Hartsvale sits on the Alabaster Throne in Castle Hartwick, and the many earls of the vale’s duchies owe their

one of the few goats of coin that refused to be daunted by the fens around Castle Hartwick), I’ve found these lands to be still frontier-like, similar to some of the wilder portions of the North

The Yawning Portal

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

The Yawning Portal Amid the bustle of Waterdeep, within the Castle Ward where barristers, nobles, and emissaries battle with word and contract, stands an inn not quite like any other. Before there

was a Castle Ward or even what could be recognized as an ancestor of the City of Splendors, there was a dungeon, and in that dungeon begins the tale of the Yawning Portal. In ages past, the mighty

E5. Church

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd

E5. Church Atop a slight rise, against the roots of the pillar stone that supports Castle Ravenloft, stands a gray, sagging edifice of stone and wood. This church has obviously weathered the assaults

the church for reasons that will quickly become obvious. The following areas correspond to labels on the map of the church below. Map 3.2: ChurchView Player Version E5a. Hall The doors open to reveal

Documancer

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated

Proficiency: In addition to the proficiencies noted below, you can add your proficiency bonus to an ability check to organize lore, analyze official or arcane documents, or convey a legally binding

technically nonbinding, and you’re desperate to see if it’s true. For reasons. 2 All businesses have their ups and downs, but there’s always money to be made from “processing fees.” 3 You have

Ancient Being

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything

purpose. Types of Ancient Beings From brooding dragons to unfathomable voices whispering from the dark, ancient beings guide and empower mortals for inscrutable reasons. The relationship your group has

circle of binding sigils or sealed as a spirit within a gigantic statue, the fiend’s influence drives your group. 4 Guardian Celestial. An angel or another powerful celestial takes an interest in a

Unwelcome Party

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus

. Harkina has heard from other survivors that this side of Elturel (formerly the eastern part of the city) is the worse off. The High Hall — the great castle that is home to Elturel’s leaders — is where she

the city appeared in the sky. The demons are trying to climb the binding posts or fly to the city, but the devils constantly push them back. The devils are also trying to figure out how to best use

Sea Ward

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist

architectural designs for the gates show this to be false, however, and they can be viewed in the Map House — the guildhall of the Surveyors’, Map-, and Chart-makers’ Guild in the Castle Ward. Must-see

figures important to the city’s history. I hesitate to mention a last location in the Sea Ward, and I will not reveal where to find it, for reasons that will soon become apparent. There is a house in

Locations V - Z

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder

sometimes called the Ghostwood for two reasons. First, its proximity to the Ice Mountains leaves it constantly shrouded in cold mists. Second, undead are known to haunt the Vordrorn Forest, particularly

, see the Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide. Suggested Encounter Shortly after the characters arrive in Waterdeep, a cloud giant castle emerges from the clouds overhead and looms above the city, its

After the Fall

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

collecting such essences from remnants of dead gods and mortals that were strewn throughout the Shadowfell. From these metaphysical fragments she formed her new home, a twisted castle that the shadar-kai

reasons why folk would subject themselves to this dangerous experience are numerous, including: To free themselves from a dark and terrible past. It is said that the Raven Queen can make you confront

Tu'narath

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

disaster. A trail of debris, some of the stones larger than a castle, extends from the corpse’s lower end. The city of Tu’narath is built on and in the corpse’s upper body, with a central district in the

time, instead of killing everyone they encounter on a raid, they bring captives back to Tu’narath for various reasons. The githyanki treat prisoners with the same detachment and disdain they show for

High Fae

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monstrous Compendium Volume Four

vex other creatures. Their reasons for deception vary, ranging from harmless pranks to malicious infiltration. When a high fae impostor takes on the identity of another creature, the impostor magically

fae kindguards are in direct service to Talion, the Kindly Lord. Nine times nine have these high fae sworn a binding oath to protect the Kindly Lord, each time pricking their hand on a hawthorn branch

Candlekeep

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

of these panels are emblazoned with the castle-and-flame sigil of Candlekeep in their upper reaches. One of the two gates stands open far enough to admit visitors during the day, with the other kept

. Copied Lore. The copying and binding of a work of nonmagical lore in Candlekeep’s library is generally performed at a cost of 100 gp or so (though quite large books are always more). This

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