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Player’s Handbook
sender if it knows you, and can answer in a like manner immediately. The spell enables targets to understand the meaning of your message.
You can send the message across any distance and even to other
planes of existence, but if the target is on a different plane than you, there is a 5 percent chance that the message doesn’t arrive. You know if the delivery fails.
Upon receiving your message
Magic Items
Eberron: Rising from the Last War
from a Siberys dragonshard and inscribed with arcane symbols that uniquely identify it. If you’re a gnome with the Mark of Scribing, you can touch the stone and use an action to cast the
Sivis message station, a gnome is always on duty by the speaking stone, listening for messages that might come in and transcribing them for delivery to their intended recipients.
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
Amphibious. The hydroloth can breathe air and water.
Magic Resistance. The hydroloth has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects.
Secure Memory. The hydroloth is immune
on attack rolls.Multiattack. The hydroloth makes two Bite or Claw attacks. It can replace one attack with a use of Spellcasting.
Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +9;{"diceNotation":"1d20+9","rollType":"to
Monsters
Locathah Rising
Amphibious. Gar can breathe air and water.
Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If Gar fails a saving throw, he can choose to succeed instead.
Spellcasting. Gar is a 13th-level spellcaster. His
*Circle spells don’t count against spells prepared.
Water Walk. Gar can stand and move on liquid surfaces as if they were solid ground.
Watery Fall. When Gar drops to 0 hit points, his body
Monsters
Mythic Odysseys of Theros
addition, Arasta’s children immediately swarm over her body to protect her, granting her 100 temporary hit points.
Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If Arasta fails a saving throw, she can choose to
succeed instead.
Magic Resistance. Arasta has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects.
Spider Climb. Arasta can climb difficult surfaces, including upside down on ceilings
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
copper pieces. A direct delivery within a city could run up to 5 sp. Sending a large or unusual package—or a rushed delivery—costs considerably more. Should you need to send a message more quickly
speaking stone network is the backbone of communication, but if it’s not fast enough, there is one more option. A Sivis enclave might have a heir who can perform sending, which can send a message instantly
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
Wine Delivery After restoring the Martikovs to their rightful positions, the characters might ask them to deliver wine to the Blue Water Inn (chapter 5, area N2), the Vistani in the camp outside
cellar and sets them on the wagon while Elvir Martikov secures the horses. Adrian and Elvir make the delivery themselves, but they welcome the party’s escort. If the characters don’t volunteer for
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
Delayed Delivery While visiting a town along the coast near Firewatch Island, the party received a seemingly easy mission: to deliver a message to a town farther down the coast. Doing so takes the
investigate. The contents of the message and the NPC who gave them the mission can be designed to fit your campaign.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
Q20. South Alcove A red velvet curtain hangs in front of an alcove in the southeast corner of this hall. It ripples ever so slightly. One of the narrow windows in the back of the alcove has a broken
with a neatly trimmed mustache and beard (Lord Argynvost). The illusion is too strong to be disbelieved, but it can be dispelled if the bust is broken or covered up again.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
instantly, the Sivis enclave in Dragon Towers (Middle Central) can perform sending for 200 gp. House Tharashk has brought a new innovation to message delivery in Sharn: gargoyles. Tharashk has licensed a
Communicate Need to get a message to someone? If you’re not in a hurry, the Orien post has boxes across the city; you can mail a letter for 1 cp. Hiring a courier generally costs between 5 cp to 5 gp
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
someone instantly, the Sivis enclave in the Dragon Towers district (Middle Central) can perform a sending spell for 200 gp. House Tharashk has brought an innovation to message delivery in Sharn: the
Communication Services Need to get a message to someone? If you’re not in a hurry, the Orien post has boxes throughout the city; you can mail a letter for 1 cp. Hiring a courier generally costs
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
Special Delivery Whichever agent the characters are working for, their mechanical guide is programmed to teleport them back to the agent’s manor. If the characters somehow obtained both mechanical
guides, they can decide which agent they want to initially return to. (Even if the characters have done secret deals with both agents, they should choose one to be their initial contact upon their
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
Leaving Mantol-Derith If Ghazrim DuLoc dies, characters can remove the ring from his dead hand and use it to find their way to Gravenhollow. If the characters deduce that Kinyel’s gem is responsible
happen upon the beholder’s remains, he uses a flint knife to remove the intact eyestalks, then tucks them in his bag for safe delivery to Xazaz the Eyemonger (see “Follow-Up Encounters”).
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
Avernus as part of your campaign. FINDERS KEEPERS
If the characters plan on keeping the missing Infernal Machine components for themselves, for delivery to another patron (such as Kwalish), or
simply to keep them out of the hands of the agents, both Lynx and Sir Ursas launch separate attacks to recover them. These attacks can either be spaced out to avoid overwhelming the characters, or you can have both agents attack at the same time and largely concentrate on each other.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
one speaking stone, which is carved from a Siberys dragonshard and inscribed with arcane symbols that uniquely identify it. If you’re a gnome with the Mark of Scribing, you can touch the stone and use
they were the target. In a Sivis message station, a gnome is always on duty by the speaking stone, listening for messages that might come in and transcribing them for delivery to their intended recipients.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
different plane than you, there is a 5 percent chance that the message doesn’t arrive. You know if the delivery fails. Upon receiving your message, a creature can block your ability to reach it again
fewer to a creature you have met or a creature described to you by someone who has met it. The target hears the message in its mind, recognizes you as the sender if it knows you, and can answer in a like
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
different plane than you, there is a 5 percent chance that the message doesn’t arrive. You know if the delivery fails. Upon receiving your message, a creature can block your ability to reach it again
fewer to a creature you have met or a creature described to you by someone who has met it. The target hears the message in its mind, recognizes you as the sender if it knows you, and can answer in a like
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
characters can shadow him or chase him down, but both the Darklake District and the derro territories provide him with abundant places to hide and paths down which he can lose pursuers, and he knows
them all. Inside the Whorlstone Tunnels, however, the derro is distracted by ever-present threats, giving the party the best chance to catch him. The characters can fight Droki by the tunnels’ entrance
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
20: Isolation Chambers Each of these metal chambers has a blue door. A slot for food delivery near the base of each door can be opened from the hall without a key card. 20a: Dead Naga The desiccated
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
, the whistled tune of a well-known nursery rhyme issuing from its lipless mouth, and the unnatural heat that forms ripples in the air around it. These details don’t need to rely on grotesque
here: Don’t dictate a character’s actions in response to what they see. But you can touch on the feelings that the creature provokes, leaving it up to the players to describe how they respond to those
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer Academy
as long as they’re wearing the gold security helmets. Once the delivery has been made, the characters can retire for lunch. Shipping Crate. The wooden shipping crate is about two feet on a side and
Reporting to Tarto Once all orientation tasks are complete, the characters can report back to Boatswain Tarto. One character of the players’ choosing must deliver a spoken report of their orientation
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
from sunup to sundown. Barthen’s doesn’t stock weapons or armor, but characters can purchase other adventuring gear here, except for items that cost more than 25 gp. Characters who ask for weapons or
unload wagons, and who wait on customers when Elmina isn’t around. Delivery If the characters began play with the “Meet Me in Phandalin” adventure hook, their orders are to deliver the wagon of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes of the Borderlands
Quest: Dangerous Stowaway As the characters browse Oleira’s wares, she offers them each 1 GP to unload a wagon while her sons are off watching soldiers train elsewhere in the keep. The delivery is
up its driver. Oozes usually lurk in dark places like caves or dungeons, but they go wherever they can sate their voracious appetites. Ooze Surprise If the characters agree, the guards at the outer
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
Conclusion After dealing with the threats at Silent Sound lighthouse, the characters attain 4th level! They can take stock of whatever treasure they salvaged from the lighthouse and what information
they learned within, then figure out their next move. If the characters didn’t find the rotor of return when exploring the lighthouse, Wizzy can reveal where the relic is hidden if he survived. He is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Stranger Things
close to Sir Tristan’s castle (they can see the towers above the tree line). Prints in the dirt make it clear that the thessalhydra has come this way often, and the tracks lead into a nearby cave
(Perception) check to notice it. Once found, it can be used freely. Area 4. A tribe of ten troglodytes live here. When the thessalhydra moved in, the trogs began to worship it as a god. Now they protect it
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Adventure Atlas: The Mortuary
Entering the Mortuary The Heralds of Dust and their invited guests can freely enter the Mortuary, as can members of the Bleak Cabal and the Doomguard—two factions in Sigil the Dusters consider allies
. Other visitors are questioned at the front gate, an impressive double door of copper-sheathed ironwood guarded by four guards and two mages in the Heralds of Dust. Creatures can enter the Mortuary
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
gp. These letters must include a destination where another Keeper can receive them, then either hold or deliver the correspondence—with delivery costs an additional 1 gp. Letters take at least one day
, but their words are understandable. DM Option: Domain Languages. If you want to highlight the differences between domains, you can do away with Common and decide that the inhabitants of each domain
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
glowing ripples, tracing them along a small river called the Tinjhorna. Near a series of waterfalls, Tinjhorna the riverine warned Dukha to stay away, accusing mortal folk of unleashing tainted magic upon
his waters. Dukha can share any of the details in the “Riverine” section at the end of this adventure. Dukha suggests taking the characters to that same series of waterfalls on the Tinjhorna River in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
grasslands and foothills. You can simply declare that the party makes the uneventful journey, or you can offer some reason why they would want to visit Triboar. The town is a good place for them to resupply
, upgrade their gear, sell their loot, and find new adventures. If those aren’t reasons enough, here are a few hooks tied to NPCs in Phandalin that you can use to direct the characters toward Triboar
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer
more secluded gates, however, can be less attentive, particularly when distracted by jingling coins. Anyone entering the city must pay a nominal entry toll of 5 cp. While this is a small sum, it
from morning till night, while peddlers, delivery carriers, and servants move in equally swift streams through the inner gates. Toll collectors work quickly but methodically to inspect incoming and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Locathah Rising
, Common
Challenge 15 (13,000 XP)
Amphibious. Gar can breathe air and water.
Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If Gar fails a saving throw, he can choose to succeed instead.
Spellcasting. Gar is a
count against spells prepared.
Water Walk. Gar can stand and move on liquid surfaces as if they were solid ground.
Watery Fall. When Gar drops to 0 hit points, his body collapses into a pool of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
more secluded gates, however, can be less attentive, particularly when distracted by jingling coins. Anyone entering the city must pay a nominal entry toll of 5 cp. While this is a small sum, it
from morning till night, while peddlers, delivery carriers, and servants move in equally swift streams through the inner gates. Toll collectors work quickly but methodically to inspect incoming and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
ongoing immersive play.
5 Akriel Lukas hires the party to “borrow” her father’s violin so she can accurately model her own violin, Sundered Heart, from it.
6 A scholar named Radaga seeks the
party to deliver a cart of meekulbrau—a local berry wine that soothes the throat and improves vocal performances. A band of thieves hijacked the last two deliveries, and the brewer wants to make sure this latest delivery reaches its buyer, Harkon Lukas.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
. A rickety door stands at its rear.
This wagon is the home of Uncle Longteeth, a night hag that trades in artisanal larvae across the Lower Planes. Uncle Longteeth is waiting for another delivery
, which a character can pick by succeeding on a DC 16 Dexterity check using thieves’ tools. Inside the chest are six bottles that function similarly to iron flasks, but they work only in the Outlands
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
fall like rain.
The pit fiend is Bel (see “Roleplaying Bel” below). Only he can control his Large flying throne, which has a flying speed of 15 feet and can hover. F2. Fire Giant Blacksmiths Four fire
giants despise Bel but are bound by magic to do as he demands. The chains that bind them can’t be broken or unlocked except by Bel. F3. Weapons Rack These racks contain weapons awaiting delivery to the