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Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
, sarcastic wit. He occasionally comes out of retirement at the request of Barnibus Blastwind, and he assists the mage in investigating unusual crimes in the city. Cromley helps Barnibus relate to the
common folk, and he is good at coaxing information out of them. Though Cromley was once a strict proponent of Watch regulations and dress codes, he has grown a bit lax in both matters now that he's officially retired.
Monsters
Acquisitions Incorporated
doesn't struggle, the deep crow takes it back to its lair to be devoured at leisure. Creatures that do struggle might be repeatedly dropped from a height to soften them up a bit.
Family Ties. Deep crows
establish lairs of their own.
Unknown and Inscrutable. The mindset of these intelligent yet alien creatures is a mystery, but some who have encountered them relate that they are quick to hold a grudge. For
Species
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Memories table to inspire its details.
Lost Memories
d6
Memory
1
You recall a physically painful moment. What mark or scar on your body does it relate to?
2
A memory brings
perfectly preserved remains.
Lamordia. You awoke amid the bizarre experiments of an amoral scientist. They consider you their finest creation or have a task for you to fulfill.
Mordent. You emerged from the mysterious device known as the Apparatus, your body a lifeless shell and your past a mystery.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
assists the mage in investigating unusual crimes in the city. Cromley helps Barnibus relate to the common folk, and he is good at coaxing information out of them. Though Cromley was once a strict
proponent of Watch regulations and dress codes, he has grown a bit lax in both matters now that he’s officially retired. Game Statistics Saeth Cromley is an Illuskan human veteran, with these changes: Saeth is lawful good. He has a Charisma of 14 and Intimidation +4. He speaks Common.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
this part of the wall of fog, that person might relate an ancient legend about it. According to the mountain folk of Barovia, there was always a wall of mist near Yester Hill, even before the deadly
futures, and with proper preparation, a seeker could go on a vision quest within it. Some students of the arcane contend that the Dark Powers took a bit of that fog and twisted it to create the mists of Barovia, and that perhaps Strahd’s domain is just a dark memory in the Whispering Wall.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
. Each denizen of this realm can relate a story of a terrifying haunting that they or someone they know experienced personally. The House on Gryphon Hill is the most famous haunted house in Mordent, known
nature of the soul. MORDENTISH CHARACTERS
Characters from Mordent are typically earnest and practical. Humans are the domain’s primary residents. Locals have varied hair colors and a range of skin tones
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Astral Adventurer’s Guide
Ship Quirks Roll on the Ship Quirks table if you want to add a bit of “personality” to a ship. Ship Quirks d10 Quirk 1 A chatty but harmless spirit haunts the cargo hold. 2 The excessive
rendering of a mysterious star chart that pulsates occasionally with scintillating colors. 7 The ship’s air envelope has a salty, briny smell. 8 Bulkheads throughout the ship have lines of poetry scrawled
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
found themselves unable to leave. The sculptors seek assistance to escape the tomb, and provide whatever information they know in exchange for aid. They can relate how the rest of the sculptors (in
contains a small, unpainted miniature figure representing each character. Each figure is a tiny clockwork device. If painted and kept on hand, the figures secretly animate to help the characters with
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
place. Relate to the players any information appropriate to the polis and its culture from chapter 3. Additionally, while they make preparations, the characters hear one of the tales from the Polis
and dammed the Khystonos River. Now villagers downstream suffer as their fields and herds lack the water they need to survive. (Partially true)
2 The Akroans have invented a new device of war
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
Mind Crystal Wondrous Item, Rarity Varies These gemstones contain a crystallized bit of spellcasting magic. Different types of mind crystals exist, each with a different single-use effect. When you
for this casting. Subtle (Common). You cast the spell without any somatic or verbal components for this casting. Isabel Gibney Mind crystals come in many shapes and colors, with varying magical effects
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
, or noteworthy other races’ accomplishments might be, there is an inherent superiority to all things elven. This attitude colors sun elves’ relations with other elves, whom they see as diluted or
, thanks to the race’s many accomplished wizards, sages, and crafters. Not every sun elf is a skilled practitioner of the Art, but each one has at least a bit of inherent magic. Many sun elves mix magic
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
the gnome Tatina Rookledust is under attack by ten goblins and—standing well back from the chaos—their hobgoblin leader. The goblinoids wear dark armor with a spiral symbol—the same colors and symbol
character. Clockwork Chaos d6 Device Effect 1–2 No devices threaten the character. 3 A contraption that looks like a big set of teeth tries to bite the character (+3 to hit, 1d6 bludgeoning damage on
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
black sphere holds the demon in place, and appears to be slowly draining away its essence.
The balor Tarnhem is bound here by the magic of Acererak, who has fashioned a device from a sphere of
(area 14), and then set the controls in area 5 to release him. To convince them to do so, the fiend promises anything within his power. As a show of good faith, he can relate how to safely open the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
with them, these hunters can relate how the camp dissolved within hours after the discovery of the captured half-elf’s escape. Crates carried from the cave were loaded onto wagons or animals and hauled
(Perception) check after the first hour. A successful roll means the character realizes that while quite a bit of material has been left behind, it’s all trash: cracked pottery, rusty knives, soiled
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
with them, these hunters can relate how the camp dissolved within hours after the discovery of the captured half-elf’s escape. Crates carried from the cave were loaded onto wagons or animals and hauled
(Perception) check after the first hour. A successful roll means the character realizes that while quite a bit of material has been left behind, it’s all trash: cracked pottery, rusty knives, soiled
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
, although she doesn’t know it. If captured, she can relate that a short, cloaked humanoid came to her in Neverwinter Wood two days ago, hiring her to bring her pack of jackals to Phandalin and search
impossible to understand her. Oddly, that something is a complex clockwork device, which Gildha stuck in her mouth to keep out of enemy hands during the attack. If the device is removed, the characters
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
stage is an intricate wooden device operated by four unarmed goblins (neutral noncombatants) in theater masks. Mounted to the rig are a dozen shuttered cylinders, each one with a continual flame spell
cast inside it. The flames come in different colors, but they give off no heat. The goblins can swivel these cylinders to focus the lights on different parts of the stage, and they use the shutters
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a7
3. Entrance to the Tomb of Horrors Even a bit of light entering through a crawl space or provided by a torch will reveal that an unusual tunnel lies ahead. If the characters clear the passage near
the center of the cliff face, read: Bright, brilliant colors are to be seen everywhere, the stones and pigments undimmed by the passage of decades. The floor of the corridor is a colorful mosaic of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
The Knight as Narrative Device The Dungeon Master’s Guide details how the nonplayer character summoned by the Knight card of a Deck of Many Things appears. But as discussed in chapter 2, the cards of
soon meet—and who could become a loyal ally. When the Knight card is used as a narrative device in this way, the ally it brings isn’t magically summoned or compelled to obey the characters; the deck
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
describe the NPC’s most distinctive physical features. You can start with the basics—skin, hair, and eye colors, as well as the NPC’s species. The NPC Appearance table can also help you identify one or two
things that stand out about the character’s appearance. NPC Appearance 1d12 Feature 1 Distinctive jewelry 2 Flamboyant, outlandish, formal, or ragged clothes 3 Uses an elegant mobility device
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
. The feeling of freedom that comes from this change is liberating, but the specter of death forever after colors the mind flayer’s actions. An undead mind flayer is hated and hunted by other
made of stone. Every jar is made for an individual, inscribed with Qualith and artwork that relate the mind flayer’s accomplishments. Often a mind flayer’s funerary brain jar is created long before
compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
well? Then consider rolling on the Acquisitions Incorporated Trinkets table instead of the table in chapter 5 of the Player’s Handbook, to gain a unique trinket at character creation with a bit of
can’t be cleaned
55 A used (and thus nonmagical) noble knife from the Noble Knife
56 A quill that rotates through all the colors of the rainbow
57 A twenty-sided die that only rolls
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
Collect the materials necessary to create a revolutionary oracular device.
12 Protect an oracle who must deliver bad news to a worshiper who is both influential and unpredictable.
Oracular
strikes the rod, magical iron plates in the floor temporarily glow in the colors of the rainbow. Oracles use this display to predict the future. Another section contains living areas for priests and oracles
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
of the city, this means not merely the ability to carry a weapon, but the right to retain up to seventy equipped soldiers. These soldiers always wear a house’s colors and the house’s “arms of grace
” — a heraldic device often borne on a shield, worn as a cloak pin, or affixed to a helmet. Others throughout the city, even foreign dignitaries, are permitted to retain only up to sixteen armed
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Piercings 3 Flamboyant or outlandish clothes 4 Formal, clean clothes 5 Ragged, dirty clothes 6 Pronounced scar 7 Missing teeth 8 Missing fingers 9 Unusual eye color (or two different colors) 10
Irritable 10 Ponderous 11 Quiet 12 Suspicious Useful Knowledge In a sentence, describe one bit of knowledge the NPC possesses that might be of use to the player characters. The NPC might know something as
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
further test, she allowed Severin a scrap of knowledge regarding the existence of the five dragon masks. Severin took that bit of information and did what few others could have accomplished
colors to recruit more dragons to the cause, and plan cult missions that advance Severin’s plots. In addition to Severin, the Red Wyrmspeaker, the members of the inner circle are: Galvan (male human
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
further test, she allowed Severin a scrap of knowledge regarding the existence of the five dragon masks. Severin took that bit of information and did what few others could have accomplished
colors to recruit more dragons to the cause, and plan cult missions that advance Severin’s plots. In addition to Severin, the Red Wyrmspeaker, the members of the inner circle are: Galvan (male human
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
further test, she allowed Severin a scrap of knowledge regarding the existence of the five dragon masks. Severin took that bit of information and did what few others could have accomplished, searching
only at the request of Severin or a draconic ally. The members of the inner circle each have an affinity for a particular color of chromatic dragon. They treat with dragons of those colors to recruit
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
its lair to be devoured at leisure. Creatures that do struggle might be repeatedly dropped from a height to soften them up a bit.
Family Ties. Deep crows live alone for an unknown length of years
Inscrutable. The mindset of these intelligent yet alien creatures is a mystery, but some who have encountered them relate that they are quick to hold a grudge. For years. Of even greater importance, they can
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
assurances that the party won’t abandon her. A POWERFUL PET
It might be fun to run Dabshabah as an NPC member of the party for a bit. However, any dragon — even a chaotic good wyrmling — can be tough to
business of being a dragon, could provide a bit of poignant narrative in your campaign. Much later on, if the characters are ever facing long odds in an important battle, Dabshabah might swoop down from the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
fastened on the north wall inside area 2, on the east side of the gate. Under normal circumstances, it takes 3 rounds to raise or lower the gate, but an emergency device allows the raised gate to be
gate, but an emergency device can drop the raised gate in a split second (not audible in any of the occupied areas on this level). The gate (AC 18, 50 hit points, damage threshold 14) can be forced
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
reflecting pool dances with the twilight colors of the sky above. Luminous butterflies flit above vivid flower beds that stand to the left and right of the pool.
Just outside the gatehouse stands a
Garden for only two days, not the two years that have already passed on the island of Sybarate. Juliana and Orlando gladly relate their tragic tale of forbidden love with sincerity—if a touch
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
and sleek.
Scrying Sphere. The silver sphere is a scrying device that allows Teremini to remotely communicate with Lord Soth, who has a similar sphere in his home, Dargaard Keep. A creature that
characters must shine different colors of moonlight onto the lunariums’ crystals in a specific combination. This combination depends on the current phases and positions of Krynn’s moons. Teremini has
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a6
as they enter. The tapestries displayed between the torches are rendered in bloody colors and show victorious fire giants. The door guard is hidden in the alcove (area 1A). 1A. Alcove The tapestry
skull which is Snurre’s own device, flanked by fire giants with clubs over their shoulders. The northern one of these inlaid giant-images conceals a secret door hidden in the wall; a cresset to the left
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
vault marked “X.” This vault is further detailed in the “Orrery Vault” section below. Discovering which vault holds the component is an important bit of business that the characters must accomplish at
the vault, carefully examining everything with the help of a glass jeweler’s eye (a magic device that functions as a gem of seeing). When he’s convinced that all is well, Ironbeard asks the couple to