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Orc Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

serve as a battering ram if a settlement dares to close its gates, blocking the way to the treasures and tasty food that lie within. A heavily laden wagon that requires the strongest orcs to return it to

everywhere in the world around them, and the priests of a tribe are entrusted with the responsibility of identifying these signs and omens — both good and bad — and deciding how the tribe should

Mood of the Town

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

, and dock workers rush to load and unload goods before the boats return. The daily energy and bustle carries over into rowdy nights. The fishers chug ale and swap stories, each seeking to outdo the

d20 Result 1–6 Poor Catch. The townsfolk are frustrated and prone to bickering; everyone is in a bad mood. 7–12 Bountiful Catch. Music and merriment echo through town as everyone celebrates. 13–20

Waking Nightmares

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos

as they try to escape Kollema Hall; use one or more of the college apprentice stat blocks in chapter 7 to represent them. Any characters in the infirmary are among the first people the delirious

students rush onto the second floor and seek to escape, attacking anyone who comes close, while yelling things like “Stay back, monster!” and “Help, they’re trying to kill me!” The resulting scene descends

Goblin Ambush

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver

feet ahead of you, blocking the path. Each has several black-feathered arrows sticking out of it. The woods press close to the trail here, with a steep embankment and dense thickets on either side. If

determine who acts first, second, third, and so on. Keep track of everyone’s initiative count on a piece of paper. When the time comes for the goblins to act, two of them rush forward and make melee

Seagrow Caves Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragons of Stormwreck Isle

this cave, but they rush to attack any creature that enters it. This cave is the source of the blight spreading through the myconid colony. As the characters explore the cave, they can easily

Elemental Plane of Fire—another dimension of reality that is the cosmic source of fiery energy. The Plane of Fire is the origin of both the orange crystal blocking the vent (which is actually an egg case

Welcome to the City of Blades

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss

placed to be phosphorescent mushrooms. The lights are proper lamps flanking two massive stone gates blocking the tunnel. Before you get a chance to examine the intricate carvings on the gates

can be shackled and shipped beyond the Darklake District. Resisting arrest is a truly bad idea; every duergar around is reinforcement. If the characters get arrested, you can interrupt their transfer

Stage 1: The Dran & Courtier?

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

blocking it out of the way. Characters attempting to hold the door become suddenly distracted, unable to remember why they were doing so. Characters who refuse to enter the inn feel oddly compelled to move

Blit’zen’s room smells like a college dorm, has exercise equipment in one corner, three boxes of delicious snacks bearing the Big Daddy Donaar’s Yum Yum Hut brand, an autographed pin-up scroll of a band named Sixty Wrong Sausages, and a wall calendar where every month bears his likeness.

Example Complex Traps

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

, a successful DC 20 Strength (Athletics) check is needed to push the door open. Each check requires an action. Disable the Statues. A statue can be disabled by blocking the flow of gas from its mouth

. Heavily damaging a statue is a bad idea, for doing so leaves the gas vents open. Reducing a statue to 0 hit points (AC 17; 20 hp; resistance to fire, piercing, and slashing damage; immune to poison

Halfling Gods and Myths

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

on a nugget of gold, that’s Yondalla turning bad luck into good. Arvoreen From time to time, halflings must fight to defend their friends or their village. In those moments, the tales of Arvoreen come

Stickwhackers. Halflings rush an intruder in waves, swatting the enemy with sticks on all sides. Fiddle and Crack. A halfling fiddler lures the monster into a trap, usually a net or a pit, followed by

Elven Tomb Locations

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

most sensible, although its Intelligence score of 6 means that it can make bad choices. Sahnar speaks Common and Elvish. The mummy knows how the moon dial functions (see area E5) but knows nothing about

pushed aside. Inside the sarcophagus is the withered corpse of an elf in tattered robes. As the sarcophagus is opened, the rush of air disturbs the cadaver’s robes, which have mostly crumbled to dust

Cottage Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight

faulty well is a 10-foot-high gelatinous cylinder (use the gelatinous cube stat block) that’s blocking the normal flow of water. The creature’s presence has also contaminated the water above it

comes from a shadowed corner above the door at the top of the stairs. This outdoor stairway connects area B1 on the first floor with area B13 on the second floor, but the steps are in bad shape. A

Locations M - P

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

about the dark halls of the keep like a bad smell. The keep had a small garrison once, but only Amrath remains. The keep is nestled among old pine trees on a hilltop overlooking the sleepy village. The

appendix C) of the Sky Pony tribe emerge from the northwest edge of the woods, having been drawn here by sounds of combat. They rush forward and attack. Treasure The cultists’ stone breastplates are treated

Red Larch Locations

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

bandits). They are the stone-masked folk who have been watching over the quarry by night, and the so-called Bringers of Woe who appear in area T7 of the Tomb of Moving Stones (they rush down to the

resale. His true talent is a keen eye for ordinary weapons and armor that can stand up to hard use and bad weather. Ask him which of his battleaxes is best, and Ironhead offers an honest (and accurate

Wedding Itinerary

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

Zardak appears to notice something odd about one of the characters or the body they inhabit, but this ends up just being his bad eyesight. Fifteen minutes after they arrive, the two take their leave

characters to explore their NPCs’ personalities and backstories as things get heated. By focusing on the humor of potential conflicts, you can avoid having the guards rush in as a first response. The

Locations on the Fortress Level

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a1

characters don’t learn the password, and all other kobolds are hostile toward the party. Development. If combat occurs in this chamber, the kobolds in the nearby area 16 are alerted, and they rush out to meet

rats, and in the meantime the rodents have chewed away the fastenings of the barrier. One round after someone opens the door, the rats knock the barrier over and rush out, attacking as a swarm of rats

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