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The Book of Many Things
with advantage.Sometimes deeply devout people, usually either Humanoids or medusas, dedicate themselves to a cause and are transformed by a deity or magic into hierophant medusas—beings with
filling books, scrolls, tablets, or stranger archives—such as magical crystals that hold captured memories or the voices of those long dead. You can use this lair and the lair actions described for
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
Character Advancement If you want to use story-based level advancement, the characters receive experience points for achieving the following milestones rather than defeating monsters: Obtaining the
. Returning the Books of Prophecy. The characters gain 1 level when they deliver the second set of Books of Prophecy to Shalfey. If you follow this method, the characters should reach 6th level by the adventure’s conclusion.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
shifts them when students approach, creating space to stand single-file between them. These books are mostly introductory texts, and first-year students are often directed here by their instructors. In
each of these areas, two cogwork archivists (see chapter 7) busily shelve returned or misfiled books. Characters who browse these shelves unaided stumble on what they need with a successful DC 15 Wisdom
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes of the Borderlands
This gruff scribe prefers the company of books over people.
Bookworm. Dwern has read more books than anyone else in the keep.
Curmudgeonly. Dwern is ill-tempered toward younger people—which, to
him, are most people.
Rumors
“The guild house’s library boasts a modest but impressive collection of books on history and magic.” (True)
“There’s an ancient statue somewhere in the forests north
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
make predictions based on rainfall, wind, thunder, and other weather measurements. In some communities, oracles actively strive to be struck by lightning, risking their lives to receive mighty messages
from their god. Oracular Conflux Adventures The player characters could come to an oracular shrine for the same reason that most other people do: to receive a prediction about the future. They also
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
private box during the opera’s intermission, he describes the Harpers and offers membership to eligible characters. Characters who accept receive a silver pin of a harp within a crescent moon, along
the appearances of Davil Starsong and Yagra Stonefist. Reward: Each Harper character gains 1 renown. 3rd “Uza Solizeph is an old woman who sells books out of a narrow three-story building on Sorn
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
. The aboveground section is overgrown with vines and includes the ruins of the main sanctuary, which contains mostly rubble except for a cracked altar and a headless statue. A library of rotting books
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
seeking love might fixate on a young beauty. A child might become an object of fascination for a vampire obsessed with youth and potential. Others surround themselves with art, books, or sinister items
site, where it must rest by day. If a vampire didn’t receive a formal burial, it must lie beneath a foot of earth at the place of its transition to undeath. A vampire can move its place of burial by
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
merchants. Books and literacy are also common throughout the land, and the work of scribes, cartographers, musicians, and storytellers is well regarded. The people of Meletis believe themselves to be the
of magic can’t earn the title without such a sign of divine approval. One mage might receive the gift of a spear from Heliod, another could receive a clockwork owl from Ephara, and still another might
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Audience chamber, used to receive guests 3 Banquet room for important celebrations 4 Barracks where the lair’s defenders are quartered 5 Bedroom, for use by leaders 6 Chapel where the lair’s
–67 Guardroom to protect or watch over the portal 68–72 Kitchen 73–77 Laboratory for conducting experiments relating to the portal and creatures that emerge from it 78–80 Library holding books about
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
helpful instructions for where to find any public location or collection in the Biblioplex. B5. Student Store This small shop is stocked with books, equipment, and gear useful as academic supplies. The
. 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
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
Inner Circles Various special quests in chapter 2 can lead adventurers to Moongleam Tower in the city of Everlund. If the characters receive none of these quests, you can still use this encounter by
training to infiltrate the Arcane Brotherhood. Stairs lead from the attic down to a study, where Sandyse surrounds herself with lit candles and piles of open books. Waterdeep Circle The Waterdeep
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
much as he could. He’s a quiet but popular fixture in the keep, and the Avowed are always saying hello to him and recommending new books for him to read. He is currently reading Storm King’s Thunder
some years ago.
You can use Little One to introduce your player characters to rare books such as the ones described in this adventure anthology. Little One doesn’t mind sharing whatever book he is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
and permanently laying them to rest. 2 Devout Scholars. This federation prizes knowledge and texts pertaining to their god. They collect rare holy books and record the life stories of miracle-working
your group as the adventuring arm of the organization, or perhaps a legion of paladins who call on your group’s finesse where swords and shields fail. You might receive orders directly from the immortal
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
spells that continuously sweep the floors. If the characters ascend to the topmost chamber of the tower, read: Glowing orbs are set into the walls of this thirty-foot-diameter circular chamber. Four giant
at the base of the structure stands slightly ajar.
Shelves line the walls of this labyrinthine library, which is crammed with books on every conceivable subject. Arcanaloth Book Hunter. Soon after
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
. Once repaired, the lift continuously moves between the bunks and the mining tunnels, with a 1-minute stop at each location. Z5: Latrines The reek of waste wafts from these latrines. The walls here
touching it and expending a spell slot of 1st level or higher. Once recharged, the buckets continuously move between the forge and the mining tunnels’ storage chamber (area Z18). A character attempting to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
include a soft bed, a rug, a bookshelf, and a large, compartmentalized chest containing folded clothing and ordinary personal effects. 21. Library Like most wizards, Sansuri has acquired books covering a
bronze lantern hanging above the table has a continual flame spell cast within it. Treasure Among Sansuri’s collection of books are four historical texts chronicling the rise and fall of Ostoria (worth 500
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Light of Xaryxis
away the shark-like creatures.
The woman is Topolah, a chaotic good mage. She is elated to receive visitors, especially since one of them is her old friend Krux. After welcoming Krux and his
texts and more bird nests.
“Here are my living quarters,” says Topolah, “where I read my books and take my meals. My autognomes have no shortage of recipes. Today’s repast is a deep-fried night scavver
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
, the characters receive a reward. Characters who decline to serve the Flaming Fist are welcome to continue about their business, but anything they wish to buy in Fort Beluarian costs five times the
-wide alarm, the bell is rung continuously for at least a half-minute. The tolling can be heard from 2 miles away by creatures in the open, or 1 mile by creatures in the jungle. 10G. Stores Reserves of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
something to turn the Black Network against them, the characters receive an anonymous bundle from the Zhentarim the next time they visit Bargewright Inn, Everlund, Mirabar, Silverymoon, Neverwinter
sudden appearance of giants — and not just hill giants but also stone, frost, fire, and cloud giants. Naxene is convinced that now is not the time for half-measures. She has read books about the ancient
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
truth Tholtz can only receive telepathic messages from the kraken, and such messages are rare and tend to give him nosebleeds. Tholtz’s first mate is Rool (NE male half-orc assassin), a vicious
Daggerdark’s cabin is a mess. Nautical books and navigational charts are strewn across the floor, as are quills, loose sheets of blank parchment, empty wine bottles, and spilled jars of ink. Most of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
Reidoth makes camp when she visits Thundertree. Reidoth is an elderly human woman with long, white hair who doesn’t use two words when one word will do. Though she doesn’t receive many visitors, she is
total. U9: Herbalist’s Shop This ruined shop is cluttered with sagging storage shelves and broken furniture. Shards of glass and pieces of pottery glint in the weeds and rubble next to rotted books
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
benefit, a creature cannot receive it again for 24 hours. P27. Armory The door to this room is sealed with a hart crown lock (see “Crown Locks” earlier in the chapter). The room contains glass cabinets
fill the tall shelves of this grand library. Rolling ladders anchored to rails above the topmost shelves allow easy access to the higher books.
Appearing from behind a bookshelf is an elderly
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
sees the nothic as proof of his importance. Trophies. The Emberhorn minotaurs take trophies by hewing the hands from their smaller defeated foes. To dedicate the victory to Imix, the minotaurs roast
the ogre skeleton.
This room houses three Emberhorn minotaurs waiting to receive the “blessing of Imix” (the ability to breathe clouds of burning embers). The ogre was a minion of the earth cult
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
staunch souls are nowhere to be seen for fear of the Ditch Beast, a vicious monster that supposedly stalks the area. Seat of the Rat King. Wererats frequent the Ditch, where they receive the orders from
, customers are greeted by a wondrous sight—the walls, ceilings, and floors are made of books. Shoppers tread across the spines of volumes underfoot as they peruse titles above and below. With no shelves
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
to disarm the trap. Failing this check triggers the trap. Treasure. The chest contains three blank books with black leather covers (worth 25 gp each) and three Spell Scrolls (Bless, Protection from
. Standing next to the altar is a large fiend wielding a gruesome crimson spear.
The cultists chant: “She is slain, she is risen. Come to us, Lord Strahd. Receive our gift!” The water here is 2 feet
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
Fifteen straw mattresses are placed around the room, each with a small wooden chest at its foot. A long table is in the center of the room, with benches to each side.
Four lizardfolk warriors receive
alliance, united for the purpose of driving the sahuagin back into the deeps.
39. Minister’s Sleeping Quarters A single bed is set against the east wall. A small wooden bookcase containing five books
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
sarcophagus that was opened and looted long ago. Treasure. The necromites in area D10 hid three spellbooks beneath the dust and humanoid bones in the sarcophagus, having stolen the books from murder victims
is leaderless and vulnerable.” “The Dead Three cultists receive regular payments from my brother, Amrik, who runs his own moneylending business out of a tavern called the Low Lantern. My mother doesn’t