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it was a person at first, but then I saw its head. Next, its arm. I knew I had to run.”
—Werthil,Kender Adventurer
Moonlight guardians are gleaming bipedal statues made of silver and
into its blows. It can also unleash searing blasts of lunar energy that can expose shapeshifters by forcing them into their true forms.Poison, RadiantBludgeoning, Piercing, and Slashing from Nonmagical Attacks
Classes
Xanathar's Guide to Everything
Bards of the College of Swords are called blades, and they entertain through daring feats of weapon prowess. Blades perform stunts such as sword swallowing, knife throwing and juggling, and mock
have often run into trouble that makes maintaining their secret activities impossible. A blade caught stealing or engaging in vigilante justice is too great a liability for most troupes. With their
Classes
Xanathar's Guide to Everything
Bards of the College of Swords are called blades, and they entertain through daring feats of weapon prowess. Blades perform stunts such as sword swallowing, knife throwing and juggling, and mock
have often run into trouble that makes maintaining their secret activities impossible. A blade caught stealing or engaging in vigilante justice is too great a liability for most troupes. With their
Kobold
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Species
Volo's Guide to Monsters
other useful items, but if they are at risk of discovery, they run away rather than attack anyone in the house. By fleeing before they can be seen or identified, they avoid getting into a situation
, giving each individual and every generation a reason to feel pride and self-respect. The kobolds prefer to run away than fight, to live off the scraps of others, and they are often dominated by larger
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
Running for One Character You can run this adventure for a single character of level 7. Ideally, that character should have proficiency in at least two of the following skills: Acrobatics Athletics
Investigation Medicine Perception Religion The solo character gains the Blessing of the Lone Champion (see the introduction) to compensate for the lack of companions.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
Running for One Character You can run this adventure for a single character of level 12. A Bard is a good choice, given the role that music and storytelling play in the adventure. Ideally, the
character should have proficiency in at least two of the following skills: Deception Intimidation Perception Performance Persuasion Stealth The solo character gains the Blessing of the Lone Champion (see the introduction) to compensate for the lack of companions.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
countryside visit as little as possible. A cold wind blows in constantly from the sea, frequently escalating into howling storms. When the winds die down, they’re replaced by a shroud of bone-chilling
, his shop is run by local mystery enthusiast Beatrice Polk or by twin sisters Gennifer and Laurie Weathermay-Foxgrove (see “Travelers in the Mist” for information on van Richten and the Weathermay-Foxgroves).
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
Running for One Character You can run this adventure for a single character of level 3. Ideally, that character should have proficiency in at least two of the following skills: Athletics Deception
History Insight Perception Persuasion Sleight of Hand Stealth The solo character gains the Blessing of the Lone Champion (see the introduction) to compensate for the lack of companions. Key NPCs
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
better part of an hour, then head back toward Targos with their catch.
14 A cold wind blows across the lake for the next hour. The lake’s normally still waters become choppy. Until the wind abates
fish and can use its reaction to make an opportunity attack against it or try to grapple the fish as it dives back into the water.
16–20 The awakened plesiosaurus makes its presence known. Run the “Clever Beast” encounter.
Adventurers encounter the monster of Maer Dualdon
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Astarion's Book of Hungers
him back to his palace for punishment. Hook. Astarion (Medium Vampire Spawn) invites the characters to Rat’s Run to socialize. Astarion then notices several disguised members of Cazador’s “family
) with the characters, Astarion recognizes two Vampire Wardens from Cazador’s palace. The wardens are blocking the public exit to Rat’s Run. Certain that someone from the palace wants to kidnap him
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
College of Swords Bards of the College of Swords are called blades, and they entertain through daring feats of weapon prowess. Blades perform stunts such as sword swallowing, knife throwing and
entertainers have often run into trouble that makes maintaining their secret activities impossible. A blade caught stealing or engaging in vigilante justice is too great a liability for most troupes
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
between the past and the future. This night, we are one community, knowing no boundaries of role, college, or time.”
The hall bursts into applause.
“But be warned!” the statue of Kollema
for you even now.”
The hall falls into silence as the voice of Kollema fades, followed by muttering and the jarringly jaunty notes of the band playing anew. Questions about Kollema’s pronouncement run
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Intro to Stormwreck Isle
Run the Encounter Let the players take the lead! They can try anything they can imagine. Encourage the players to tell you their ideas. Ask them to let you know what they are thinking, and then run
asks for by 100 gp. If the players ask about the Scaled Queen, the merrow says that she is a huge, two-headed merrow who carries the special blessing of the Prince of Demons, Demogorgon.
Attack the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
physical difference? Do you carry a curse or blessing? How do you feel about your differences?
Do you perform? Have you devised a way to profit from your circumstances? Are you proud of your performances
? Do you have a show mentor or partner? Or do you earn your way in the Carnival as a laborer, as a vendor, or in another role?
How did you join the Carnival? Did you run away to join? Were you an outcast who found a home with the Carnival? Did Isolde or a trouper save you from danger?
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
. Once a character chooses a college at the start of second year, they receive a set of college robes, a knit hat, a scarf, a tunic, and gloves free of charge. (This set normally costs 5 gp.) In
effect. The magic also prompts painted squirrels to run up and down the mural’s roots, and painted birds to chirp among the leaves. Up to ten students are typically present here during the day
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
layer of vast bogs and quicksand. Cathrys The stench of decay hangs over fetid jungles and scarlet plains. Minethys Stinging sand blows in unending storms, hiding the ruins of the ancient city
passions and poisons, and of realm-shattering betrayals. Hatreds run like a deep, slow-moving river, and there’s no telling what the flood of treachery will consume next. It is said that prisoners can
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
moonlight guardian’s body is infused with magical moonlight that the creature can channel into its blows. It can also unleash searing blasts of lunar energy that can expose shapeshifters by forcing them into
their true forms. “Thought it was a person at first,but then I saw its head. Next, its arm.I knew I had to run.”
—Werthil,
kender adventurer
Moonlight Guardian Medium Construct, Unaligned
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
wind almost always blows here, and it isn’t uncommon to smell salt in the air even dozens of leagues inland. Though this land is uncivilized, it isn’t barren. Even if many monsters hide in the tall
few walled enclosures that contain several such dwellings can occasionally be found a short distance away from the roads and rivers that run through or near the Fields. The folk of this land are kind
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
Girscamen is charted, it’s Zisatta, who commands Janya’s security force. He offers to escort the characters to the Cerulean Lyceum, Janya’s great bardic college, where Zisatta and the other members of the
as Nightsea chil-liren, the people of Janya look similar to the humans of Djaynai, but their brown skin is often tinged shades of gray, and eel-like fins run along their arms and legs. Nightsea chil
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
Iroas’s Champions Iroas’s champions are his generals, through whom he can deliver death blows to his enemies. On a daily basis, Iroas serves the causes of justice and honor. The weak are to be
, and he proudly bestows his blessing on them. Every subsequent engagement only enhances the characters’ reputation as skilled, steadfast warriors without peer. Their actions inevitably lead to a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
status, and they typically don’t set impossible goals — a lesser demon, for instance, might simply run amok when unleashed into the world, its only desire to spread chaos, but a marilith or other
powerful demon usually has an intent that goes beyond merely causing carnage, and a plan to achieve it. DEMONIC AMULETS: BLESSING AND CURSE
Some demon lords have a way of cheating death, but this great
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
Senses passive Perception 10
Languages Common
Challenge 5 (1,800 XP)
Indomitable (3/Day). Gunvald can reroll a saving throw he fails. He must use the new roll.
Menacing Blows (1/Turn
Blows.
Javelin. Melee or Ranged Weapon Attack: +8 to hit, range 30/120 ft., one target. Hit: 8 (1d6 + 5) piercing damage, plus 6 (1d12) piercing damage if Gunvald uses Menacing Blows.
Tribe of the Elk
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
caused the supply run to go awry. If the characters inquire how the crates came to be lost, Minexes guesses that the ruin grinders used to haul the supplies malfunctioned. If the characters are amenable
student’s college (see chapter 7). Students in Detention d10 Student (College) Offense 1 Quentillius A. Melentor III (Prismari) Released pest mascots in Widdershins Hall 2 Rosie Wuzfeddlims (Lorehold
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
characters land the same number of spheres in the bucket, have those characters repeat the check during a tiebreaker round. Continue to run tiebreaker rounds until one character wins. Encourage a
belongs to Javenesh Stoutclaw (see the “Fellow Students” section), a second-year Lorehold College student and the tavern’s assistant manager. Javenesh doesn’t need the bag and is entertained by watching
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
by a brief upturn in violence. Sun’s Blessing (15 Therendor) The festival of Dol Arrah is a day of peace and a time when enemies are urged to find a peaceful resolution to their conflicts. It’s one
500 gp and the blessing of Balinor. The motif of the Hunt can vary; in some years, multiple beasts are released, and the hunter who catches the most of them is the victor. In any case, it often turns
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
an individual choice. Camaraderie and esprit de corps run high within the order, and an individual member will risk anything to save a fellow member or to complete an important mission. The Order of
divine guidance, for it is only with the blessing of Torm and the other gods that Tiamat can be defeated. Just as good deeds must be performed in the light for all to see, evil must be shunned and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
Hulgaz in your campaign. You can run the following encounters to introduce Hulgaz to the party. These encounters are designed to occur in the order presented over the course of several game sessions, as
asks in return is for the character to accept an infernal blessing from her. If the character rejects her offer, Hulgaz “tsks” in disappointment, then summons two succubi to attack the party before
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
party) who brings down the beast wins a purse of 500 gp and the blessing of Balinor. The Hunt can vary; some years multiple beasts are released and the hunter who catches the most of them is marked as
) is an aerial race that takes place around Dura Quarter. See the sidebar for more information. Sun’s Blessing (15 Therendor). The festival of Dol Arrah, this is a day of peace and a time for enemies
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
an individual choice. Camaraderie and esprit de corps run high within the order, and an individual member will risk anything to save a fellow member or to complete an important mission. The Order of
divine guidance, for it is only with the blessing of Torm and the other gods that Tiamat can be defeated. Just as good deeds must be performed in the light for all to see, evil must be shunned and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
blows over their differences. Kobolds choose mates primarily for convenience. Their lack of emotional bonding means they have no concept of marriage or permanent family relationships. Their eggs are
instinctively attack the gnomes. Kobolds in battle with gnomes are much less likely to run away because their hatred overrules their sense of self-preservation. A kobold’s cautious nature doesn’t mean it
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
an individual choice. Camaraderie and esprit de corps run high within the order, and an individual member will risk anything to save a fellow member or to complete an important mission. The Order of
divine guidance, for it is only with the blessing of Torm and the other gods that Tiamat can be defeated. Just as good deeds must be performed in the light for all to see, evil must be shunned and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
guardian.
6 Consult with a hermit who lives in the temple.
7 Stop cultists from performing a destructive ritual in the temple.
8 Restore the temple to receive the patron deity’s blessing
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->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
presented as a divine blessing. Changing Spell Lists Modifying a class’s spell list usually has little effect on a character’s power but can change the flavor of a class significantly. In your world
. You could break that down still further: bards of the College of Lore could be high elves, and bards of the College of War could be wood elves. Gnomes discovered the school of illusion, so all wizards
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
specifically. Burney is under the effect of a permanent mind blank spell, and cannot be detected by magical or mundane means unless she wishes it. In exchange for this blessing, Burney can take no direct
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
they come under attack, the goblins take cover behind the sled and retaliate with ranged attacks. On the goblins’ first turn in combat, one of them blows a horn to alert Izobai, who climbs to the roof
released it, but all other creatures on the battlefield are fair game. It would sooner eat a goblin than anything else, given how badly the goblins have treated the bears. The goblins run away from a