both before devious counting return

Tabaxi Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

stories, artifacts, and lore. Those who survive this period of wanderlust return home in their elder years to share news of the outside world. In this manner, the tabaxi remain isolated but never ignorant

mull over the stories and rumors they collected like a miser counting coins. Although material wealth holds little attraction for the tabaxi, they have an insatiable desire to find and inspect ancient

Healthy Competition

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild

obstacles along the way, possibly inspiring the characters to do the same. Using the power of a mechanical guide might allow for the creation of particularly devious traps that can be set across space and

missing components, whether they steal them out from under the characters or take them directly in combat. Any stolen components will be delivered to their respective agents before the characters return from the past.

Street Chase: Winter

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist

Stone? If she is caught, Vevette surrenders. She’s counting on the law to protect her from serious harm, and she knows she has done nothing to warrant arrest. Vevette no longer has the Stone of Golorr

characters return to the theater, Remallia Haventree (see appendix B) waves them over and tells them that she saw two people exit the theater shortly after they did and then depart together in a hire

This Is Surreal, Isn't It?

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

This Is Surreal, Isn’t It? If the characters return to campus before heading to the Ruins of Caerdoon, a fellow student approaches them before they leave the campus and embark on their next journey

tearfully wish you luck. Everyone knows what’s at stake, and they’re all counting on you. In addition to the characters’ Friends, Rivals, and Beloveds, this gathering includes faculty members such as

The Demonweb Connection

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

wants something from it, typically a means of improving one’s status or gaining leverage against enemies. A demon that answers the call wants something in return: an opportunity to spread carnage, to

curry Lolth’s favor, or to accomplish something more devious. As long as both sides get what they want, these arrangements conclude without further incident. Every so often, a demon summoning goes badly

Theft in Baldur's Gate

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer

less so. Now a priceless treasure of the city, the spyglass of Balduran himself, is yours. 2 With the help of an inside man, you purloined money from the Counting House, the most secure bank in Baldur’s

anyone else. 5 What you stole belonged to someone other than your intended mark. Now a deadly organization such as the Guild is after you. 6 You were caught! The owner demands their property’s return, threatening death or worse, but it’s already been taken from you.

D6. His Royal Majesty Gullop XIX

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

treats visitors as honored guests in accordance with the rule of hospitality (see “Rules of Conduct” earlier in the chapter), but he expects a measure of kindness in return. If a fight breaks out

, Gullop XIX flees to area D11 and makes his final stand there, counting on the bullywug knights to cover his escape. As the king flees, Snoodle and the unarmed bullywugs jump into the lake and swim to

Theft in Baldur's Gate

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus

crypts less so. Now a priceless treasure of the city, the spyglass of Balduran himself, is yours. 2 With the help of an inside man, you purloined money from the Counting House, the most secure bank

deadly organization such as the Guild is after you. 6 You were caught! The owner demands their property’s return, threatening death or worse, but it’s already been taken from you.

Getting the Quest

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

a herd of moose. But today the local tavern is abuzz with news about a series of recent killings. Before the murders, the only question on everyone’s mind was, “Will summer ever return to Icewind

and Sephek found out they were cheating, so he killed them. Maybe, just maybe, Sephek is doing the Frostmaiden’s work. “I followed Torg’s for a tenday as it moved from town to town. Quite the devious

12. Drow Battle

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage

house’s wrath. If the characters side with the house that wins, the leader of the victorious drow parleys with them to find out what they expect in return (see below). If the characters end up on the

escapes, Spirreth tries to hide and rest in area 13. The hezrou has 72 hit points remaining at the end of the fight, and Shindreer has cast none of her spells. She uses her healing magic to return the

Battle Tactics

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters

, requiring opponents to create light at a distance in order to return fire with any accuracy. Even intruders who don’t need light to see have to contend with the beholder’s superior senses — the monster can

vanquish invaders without directly confronting them. Devious and hidden traps are liable to be lurking around every corner, and might be blatantly obvious in some places, yet no less lethal. In similar

4. Bats and Prisoners

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

fluttering bats. At the start of each of the bats’ turns, roll a d6. On a roll of 1–5, the bats remain agitated. On a roll of 6, the bats return to the lower cavern and are no longer agitated. The

), the owner and proprietor of the Nightstone Inn, speaks on behalf of the villagers. Morak is an optimist, and he’s counting on Lady Velrosa Nandar coming to the rescue. When he lays eyes on the

Southern Isles

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide

materials such as various types of woods and metals, trading unusual gems and strange gold coins in return. Of their inventions, folks have seen little, but the few glimpses attained have fueled much

these islands, and I doubt anyone’s going to start now. For one thing, it’s a fool’s errand: tribes split up or are destroyed at such a rapid pace that by the time you finished counting, you’d have to

Character Hooks

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation

Player’s Handbook Your family owes a favor to a merchant named Syndra Silvane. She’s calling in the favor and asking for help. The family is counting on you to fulfill its promise, and you’ve heard rumors

that Syndra is planning an expedition. Outlander Player’s Handbook When you were young, you fled your homeland of Chult by stowing away aboard a ship. Now you’re anxious to return home. A local

Enemies All Around

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

with it in return for the promise of great wealth. Dwarves who have been touched by Abbathor might succumb to this temptation — only to find themselves imprisoned in the dragon’s lair, sentenced to a

by creatures it can catch in the open, including the travelers that enter and exit the place. On occasion, this state of (relatively) peaceful coexistence is shattered when a devious rival dragon with

Roleplaying Bel

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus

says, “A pity. All those poor people in Elturel were counting on you.” He then offers to teleport them out of his fortress, so they can be on their way. Gracious host that Bel is, he won’t attack the

Bel’s terms, an imp named Balakros is waiting for them when they return to the surface. Bel instructs the imp to help the characters reach the sibriex. The imp has performed this task before and knows

Reaching Lyn Armaal

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

this excursion remain with the mounts, protecting them while waiting for the characters to return. Metallic Dragons Characters who befriended a metallic dragon earlier in the adventure might be able to

place of one Medium character. The dragon can be further bribed into joining the assault on Lyn Armaal, though it expects to receive as its reward the castle itself and all the treasure in it (not counting the conch of teleportation that the characters need to continue their mission).

Curst

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands

mistakes or counting down the days until they can exact vengeance on those who wronged them. Cracked, dried-up soil pervades the town and its rusted structures, rising as clouds of dust with every

. However, those who commit crimes within Curst risk a fate called Second Exile, in which the offender is bound and thrown into the gate, never to return. Second Exile is typically reserved for gruesome

Lower City Gazetteer

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer

Leylenna to reveal the elaborate necromantic masterpiece — an evolution of both art and life — that she’s been slowly patching together for months in her basement. Counting House This thick-walled fortress

of commerce has been a center of trade in Baldur’s Gate for centuries, acting as the primary location for banking and currency exchange. As much a bunker as a bank, the Counting House squats on the

Lower City Gazetteer

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus

force Leylenna to reveal the elaborate necromantic masterpiece — an evolution of both art and life — that she’s been slowly patching together for months in her basement. Counting House This thick

-walled fortress of commerce has been a center of trade in Baldur’s Gate for centuries, acting as the primary location for banking and currency exchange. As much a bunker as a bank, the Counting House

Werewolves in the Mist

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd

stationed members of the order at various inns and homesteads east of Daggerford, so that locals need not fear the night. Now they’re counting on you to find the werewolves’ lair in the Misty Forest

return to Barovia through some kind of ancient portal. (This is a deduction on Eravien’s part, based on the werewolf prisoner’s vague description of how the pack gets to and from Barovia.) Eravien believes

Abyssal Prisons

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a5

attuned to this zone. He is willing to share the key’s attunement in return for a taste of fresh blood. Any character who agrees to this bargain suffers the effects of Issem’s bite attack. Development

that person. If the elemental sees the rift in area 7, it uses the rift to leave the Doomvault and return to the Elemental Plane of Fire. White Gate. A white gate is located east of this area at the

The Dark Seldarine

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

picked clean of flesh by the giant spiders that lurk in the web-draped stalactites overhead. In return for victims and adoration, Lolth grants signs of her favor, such as great success during a slave

Kiaransalee was driven mad by returning from death as a god so many times, but her followers aren’t discouraged by this assessment. Despite her madness, her actions are guided by a deep and devious

Redbrand Hideout Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk

gang was then going to kill his family, but Mirna promised that wealthy relatives in Neverwinter would pay a substantial sum for her and her children’s safe return. The Redbrands have kept the Dendrars

the place. Her family had an herb and alchemy shop, inside which is an emerald necklace in a case hidden beneath a section of storage shelves. She never dared return to retrieve it. The shop was in

Lair Locations

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

lizardfolk commoners (see appendix C) fight only if they are cornered. Otherwise, they escape to the nearest barracks (area 9), whose occupants return to the kitchen in the shortest possible time. If the

they are cornered. Otherwise, they escape to the nearest barracks (area 29), whose occupants return to the banquet hall in the shortest possible time. The cupboards contain extra mugs, platters, bowls

Areas of the Air Temple

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

air cult suffers at least one loss each week to the umber hulk, which is devious enough to cover its tunnels. Treasure Searching through the ruined villa uncovers 92 gp, a miniature electrum anvil

must then perform a single task for the one who summoned him. Once that task is complete, Ahtayir is free to return to his estate on the Elemental Plane of Air and can’t be summoned again in this

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