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Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
corpse. Ever since, other spectral clients have sought you out to help them find rest.
4
You revealed that the monsters terrorizing your home were illusions created by a cruel mage. The magic-user
escaped, but you’ve continued to uncover magical hoaxes.
5
You were wrongfully accused and convicted of a crime. You managed to escape and seek to help others avoid the experience you
Backgrounds
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
fervent desire to share the joy you have experienced with Ravnica. Along with the rest of the conclave, you are committed to resisting the ambitions of the other guilds — with military force if
member of the Selesnya Conclave, you can count on your guild mates to provide shelter and aid. You and your companions can find a place to hide or rest in any Selesnya enclave in the city, unless you have
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
Running This Chapter This chapter can be divided into two parts: the investigations around Phandalin and the hunt for Ruxithid. The goblins left four distinct crime scenes that the characters can
investigate in any order. Each crime scene has at least one witness and one potential combat encounter. From these crime scenes, the characters should gather enough clues to point them toward Ruxithid
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
and evil, but tinged with elven sensibilities. When someone takes the life of another, for instance, the elves have a unique way of delivering justice. Like most civilized beings, elves consider
murder a serious crime, but their reasoning concerning punishment is their own. Mortal creatures, such as humans, condemn murder and those who commit it because it snuffs out a life. Where a mortal’s life
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
crime scenes, find the culprits, and put a stop to the incidents. This task eventually leads the characters to the goblins’ base far underground in an old duergar mining post called Zorzula’s Rest
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
commander, but he’ll serve as Vendri’s envoy, delivering her orders to them—and if needed, he can advocate for the characters with Vendri and Kalaman’s leaders. He was given lodgings on the third
from this experience and hopes it’ll one day help him become a true Knight of Solamnia. After this, the characters have the rest of the day to do as they please. They’ll receive their first mission in the morning.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
Attack on the Great Library After delivering The Book of Inner Alchemy to the characters, an embarrassed member of the Avowed informs them that critical pages from the tome are missing. “My apologies
section of the stacks that has been ransacked. Countless literary treasures are strewn across the floor. The covered bodies of two Avowed acolytes still rest on the floor.
For the return of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
tunnel leads eastward to a mountainous outcropping near Zorzula’s Rest, though the mining outpost itself isn’t visible from the exit of the tunnel. At your discretion, the characters could enter Zorzula’s Rest from this point, though they should investigate additional crime scenes first.
Barthen’s clerks. The goblins fled with the shard, jumping into the well and caving in a tunnel so they couldn’t be followed to Zorzula’s Rest. This escape, however, not only dammed the underground river
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
talking to Sylgar, its pet fish, in area X19. 51–75 Xanathar is delivering a rambling sermon to minions in the audience chamber (area X18). 76–90 Xanathar is watching a fight in the Pit of Blood and
tries to subjugate the rest. In exchange for their lives, the survivors must agree to help the beholder find the Stone of Golorr. If they refuse, the beholder destroys another character and repeats the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
Catching the Train Embedded in Glitch’s body is an amulet of the planes that turns to dust (along with the rest of the quadrone) if Glitch is reduced to 0 hit points. Glitch uses this built-in amulet
to cast plane shift, delivering itself and the characters to a field in the Outlands (see the Dungeon Master’s Guide for more information about this plane of existence). There they must wait for the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
that only some members actually write stories while the rest aid the reporters. Choose an option or roll on the Journalistic Focus table to determine what sort of reporting you specialize in
report on the activities of national governments and their relationships. 5 Crime. You work with police and inquisitives—or do some inquisitive work yourselves—to report on criminal activity. 6
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
crime can result in a brief period of incarceration until the magister has time to render judgment. In the meantime, characters can try to speak to Fenerus. The characters can try to infiltrate the
courthouse using mundane disguises or magic. Impersonating an official or using magic to influence one is a crime (see the Code Legal handout in appendix C), so they must be stealthy or skilled at
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
tail bristle with spines, and it can fling its tail spines as ranged weapons. The spines burst into flame on impact. When not delivering messages or gathering intelligence, spined devils serve in the
has twelve tail spines. Used spines regrow by the time the devil finishes a long rest.
Magic Resistance. The devil has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects.
Actions
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
containing a demilich’s lair is twisted by its presence, creating the following effects:
Enervating Domain. Whenever a creature other than the demilich or one of its allies finishes a Long Rest within 1
mile of the lair, the creature must succeed on a DC 20 Constitution saving throw or have its Hit Point maximum reduced by 1d4. This reduction lasts until the creature finishes a Long Rest outside that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragons of Stormwreck Isle
Individual Quests As described on the character sheets, the characters have their own reasons for visiting Dragon’s Rest. The Cleric The cleric was led here by a recurring dream involving the shadow
Dragon’s Rest in the hope that Runara can help the character understand the sense of destiny that weighs on their shoulders. If the character talks to Runara about this on first arriving at the cloister
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Light of Xaryxis
galleon Moondancer. She is unflappable—an island of calm in a sea of chaos. Traevus and His Gang Captain Sartell identifies the red-haired man as a local crime lord named Traevus—a neutral evil veteran. The
mob, and the rest leap into the water and swim toward the two longships as they set sail. Once the thugs are defeated, the Moondancer takes aboard the rest of the citizens gathered at the docks—sixty souls in all—before shoving off. See chapter 2 for more information about the Moondancer and its crew.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
missing corpse. Ever since, other spectral clients have sought you out to help them find rest.
4 You revealed that the monsters terrorizing your home were illusions created by a cruel mage. The
magic-user escaped, but you’ve continued to uncover magical hoaxes.
5 You were wrongfully accused and convicted of a crime. You managed to escape and seek to help others avoid the experience you
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
The Goblins’ Story The goblins at the heart of this chapter’s adventure are part of an enclave whose ancestors have inhabited an abandoned duergar mining outpost called Zorzula’s Rest for generations
mind flayers eventually left, but the goblins remained, sequestered from the rest of the world until recently when the mind flayer fanatics called on them. Some of these goblins’ descendants possess
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
Traxigor’s Tower Once the griffons land, characters are free to dismount and descend the stairs into Traxigor’s tower. After delivering the party safely to the tower, the griffons take a short rest
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
Traveling to Firewatch Island A small keelboat makes the three-mile journey south from Uskarn to Firewatch Island at first light each day, delivering supplies and bringing passengers back and forth
to have two floors. A bell tower rises an additional two stories above the rest of the building, and a low stone wall surrounds part of the complex.
If the characters approach the pier that serves the hermitage, see area 1 for more information.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
fragment is magical but no longer glows. It comes to rest 1d4 × 10 feet from the base of the stalagmite. Ezzat’s pseudodragon companion, Ipses, gathers up Runestone fragments as it hunts for food
more intelligence and personality. These fragments might also have other magical properties, at your discretion. Delivering a Runestone fragment to Jalester Silvermane in Waterdeep completes a quest (see “Retrieve a Runestone Fragment”).
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
the Sharn Watch maintains a significant presence. The rest of Lower Dura, in stark contrast, has been left to rot. Ignored by the Watch, it is the domain of gangs and crime lords. The inhabitants of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
perch. This caused the entire arch to collapse atop the shrine, damaging it. Crime Scene When the characters investigate this crime scene, read the following: Once a striking cairn of colorful rocks
the axe as duergar in origin. Gwyn Oresong recognizes the runes’ origin immediately, and the axe is a clue that can help her lead the characters to Zorzula’s Rest. Mike Schley Map 5.3: Phandalin
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
least one crime scene, read or paraphrase the following: A cheery voice calls out to you, and you see a dwarven woman clad in blue robes waving to your group. Her forearms are marked with numerous
goblin outpost’s name, Zorzula’s Rest. (This clue can be found either by talking with Ander at Barthen’s Well or by examining the graffiti in the Sleeping Giant.) Goblins’ Purpose. The goblins are
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer
to the Upper City, while the Flaming Fist oversees the rest. Guards assigned to Baldur’s Gate and Black Dragon Gate stay at sharp attention and seldom accept bribes. Those assigned to the smaller and
ostensibly keeps the patriars safe. Closing off the Upper City pushes street crime into poorer neighborhoods, or out of the city altogether. In the Upper City, patriars can walk down alleys with
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
land is ruled by Pharaoh Ankhtepot, the immortal intermediary between the mortals and the gods. The pharaoh rules from his pyramid, Pharaoh’s Rest, in the City of the Dead. The people worship a
for removing the heart, draining the body of blood, and wrapping the remains in linen. These methods preserve the body so the pharaoh might call it to service. It is a crime to burn the dead. Akirrans
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
to the Upper City, while the Flaming Fist oversees the rest. Guards assigned to Baldur’s Gate and Black Dragon Gate stay at sharp attention and seldom accept bribes. Those assigned to the smaller and
ostensibly keeps the patriars safe. Closing off the Upper City pushes street crime into poorer neighborhoods, or out of the city altogether. In the Upper City, patriars can walk down alleys with
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
Villain
1 A charismatic crime boss (bandit captain) unites local gangs in a bid to seize control of the polis.
2 A Returned palamnite (see chapter 6) wreaks havoc across the countryside in
16 Phoenix MToF
Followers of Phenax have little respect for the rest of the pantheon
(EVYN FONG)
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
support the party (especially if the characters played through Hoard of the Dragon Queen). However, the rest of the order is not yet convinced. In particular, the order does not tolerate evil, and if the
that demonstrate heroism and divine providence—uniting the metallic dragons to fight Tiamat’s brood, for example. Slaying a wyrmspeaker will also serve the party well, while capturing and delivering
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
capabilities. Consultant. Sometimes skilled individuals end up working alongside inquisitives for a time. Such Consultants might work for a newspaper, study an esoteric field, or write crime fiction for a living
. This character is usually similar to an Investigator, but typically has an unusual background or expert knowledge. The relationship between a Consultant and the rest of the party can be a source of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
thanks for dealing with the bounty hunters, Rufina invites the characters to the tavern for refreshments and rest, and happily helps acquaint the characters with the area. Rufina Formerly a human, Rufina
ran afoul of the law years ago when she was falsely accused of a crime. Paloma and her band were recently attacked by someone or something on the road. Most of the band were killed, but Paloma’s body wasn’t found.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
building’s integrity. Now, the Miner’s Exchange leans precariously, and members of the guild are desperate to repair it. Crime Scene When the characters investigate this crime scene, read the following
evening, a group of goblins attacked the Miner’s Exchange. Halia was the only one at the trading post at the time, as the rest of the guild members were drinking at the Sleeping Giant. Stolen Stone
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
support the party (especially if the characters played through Hoard of the Dragon Queen). However, the rest of the order is not yet convinced. In particular, the order does not tolerate evil, and if the
that demonstrate heroism and divine providence—uniting the metallic dragons to fight Tiamat’s brood, for example. Slaying a wyrmspeaker will also serve the party well, while capturing and delivering
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
. If the characters are interested in hearing what Hruna has to say, she presents the quest: “We’re the survivors of a group of dwarves tasked with delivering a sled of iron ingots to Bryn Shander. A
yeti surprised us and killed a member of our group. The rest of us fled as the yeti tore Oobok limb from limb. Now we need someone to go back and get the sled for us. As payment, we offer each of you a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
the benefit of the archdevil who struck the deal. Sample tasks include delivering a soul coin to one of the archdevil’s minions, refusing to help someone the character is fated to meet in the future
. On a failed saving throw, a creature suffers one level of exhaustion. Pervasive Evil Evil pervades the Nine Hells, and visitors to this plane feel its influence. At the end of each long rest taken