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Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn
rival and an equal. The Zlan Liches table gives a brief description of each component.
Zlan Liches
Name
History
Argent Black
Emerged from the Negative Plane, fed on hate and
direct action when an oblique or hidden action will suffice. Its plans always contain fallbacks and contingencies. One of these contingencies—one the other liches who constitute its new form failed
Monsters
The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
pumpkin, cook and eat dinner, move a pile of stones, or tie a dozen knots in a length of rope.Brigganocks are frantic, mouse-sized creatures that live in mines. Whenever a mortal makes a nonmagical wish
wish stones, discarding the ones that contain wishes of ill intent and keeping those that hold good wishes. Brigganocks refine wish stones into gems and use them to decorate their architecture
Tortle
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The Tortle Package
dozen) in a fortified compound enclosed by stone walls that are easily defensible. If no such compound exists, they build one. The parents spend the remainder of their lives guarding the compound
put to use when building forts to contain their offspring.
Although they spend a considerable portion of their lives in isolation, tortles are social creatures that like to form meaningful
Backgrounds
Tomb of Annihilation
century old.
Suggested Characteristics
Few archaeologists can resist the lure of an unexplored ruin or dungeon, particularly if such a site is the source of legends or is rumored to contain
disappeared on an expedition some time ago.
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I have a friendly rival. Only one of us can be the best, and I aim to prove it’s me.
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I won’t sell an art object or other treasure that
Monsters
Storm King's Thunder
contain numerous caves, two of them large enough for Klauth to shelter in. He keeps his legendary hoard in tunnels beneath one cavern, which can be entered only by lifting or pushing aside a massive slab of
might rival him in power, in a fighting style marked by sudden attacks and just as sudden disappearances.
Klauth spends many waking hours scrying Faerûn with his spells, and he probably knows more
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Morte’s Planar Parade
the hounds to Fiends participating in the Blood War. 2 After being ambushed by a rival, a night hag merchant offers a reward to characters who help her recover her lost inventory: several dozen stray
larvae (see the Dungeon Master’s Guide). 3 A hero requests the characters’ help in gaining the aid of a legendary steed called a nic’epona, a nightmare influenced by one of the Upper Planes. 4 Rival
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
gone. Set between the carvings are a dozen alcoves recognizable as funerary niches, though these contain only splinters of bone. At the far end of the chamber, a stone door hangs ajar. Marks on the door and frame indicate that it was recently forced.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
gone. Set between the carvings are a dozen alcoves recognizable as funerary niches, though these contain only splinters of bone. At the far end of the chamber, a stone door hangs ajar. Marks on the door and frame indicate that it was recently forced.
Yuan-ti Pureblood
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
keen intellect and magic to discover the secrets of making steel. Its military shattered rival tribes and developed advanced tactics for fighting in forests and open plains.
The civilization grew into a
you’re roleplaying a yuan-ti, the following tables contain possible inspiration. They suggest characteristics that a yuan-ti might possess.
Yuan-ti Personality Traits
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Personality
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
dozen servants (use the cultist stat block). During the raid, both agents attempt to attune to the Infernal Machine. You can decide which one is successful or allow chance to decide (see “Complications
their rival. (The machine has all its normal functions except its wish ability, which will require additional programming.) If confronted by the characters, the agent turns the Infernal Machine against
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
Triboar The town of Triboar stands where the Long Road meets the Evermoor Way, a well-used caravan road that runs east to the city of Yartar. Triboar is the chief rival to Yartar, and the two
excellent wine she makes. Darathra enacts and modifies local laws (known as “The Lord’s Decree”), which are then enforced by “The Twelve,” a dozen mounted veterans drawn from the militia to serve in a tenday
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
-foot-wide passageway sloping downward. The chamber is empty except for a dozen baskets woven from leather strips and walrus ribs, stacked in the north corner. These contain frozen fish and a few skin-wrapped bundles of rotting shark meat that the Ice Hunters consider a delicacy.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
28. Hospital and Armory Drow in the service of House Auvryndar come here to equip themselves for battle and to have their wounds treated. 28a. Hospital This chamber contains two dozen wooden cots in
. Crates stacked in the middle of the room contain sixty shortswords, one hundred hand crossbows, and thousands of bolts for the hand crossbows.
Tunnel Entrance. A gash in the north wall forms the entrance to a tunnel network (see area 24b).
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
-foot-wide passageway sloping downward. The chamber is empty except for a dozen baskets woven from leather strips and walrus ribs, stacked in the north corner. These contain frozen fish and a few skin-wrapped bundles of rotting shark meat that the Ice Hunters consider a delicacy.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
22. Potion Brewery Odor. This chamber reeks of chemical admixtures.
Furnishings. Arranged in the northern half of the room are a dozen fat stone cauldrons and cupboards full of ingredients in jars
ignites the gas to heat the cauldron. The cupboards contain nearly five hundred jars of ingredients used to brew common and uncommon magic potions, as well as other alchemical concoctions. Each jar is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Wilderness Features No wilderness map is complete without a few settlements, strongholds, ruins, and other sites worthy of discovery. A dozen such locations scattered over an area roughly 50 miles
across is a good start. Monster Lairs A wilderness area approximately 50 miles across can support roughly a half-dozen monster lairs, but probably no more than one apex predator such as a dragon. If you
Orc
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
rival orcs first and foremost as competitors for food and victims.
On some occasions, though, tribes that have a common concern band together. The result is an orc horde — a sea of slavering
return from a raid.
The gaze of the One Eye brings madness to many an orc.
— Elminster
Roleplaying an Orc
When you’re roleplaying an orc, the following tables contain possible
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Forge of the Artificer
only from the floors above) contains the vaults of the Dezina Museum of Antiquities, whose public areas fill several of Dalannan’s middle floors. These vaults contain hundreds, if not thousands, of
nevertheless finds time to publish more papers on giant-made pottery than any other scholar, past or present. If you use rival explorers in your campaign who are connected to Morgrave University, they work
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
spore drifted into this cave from area 8. Its spores contain memory fragments of the dead beholder that birthed it. A creature that inhales the spores inherits a random memory, determined by rolling on
rival to dust with a Disintegration Ray. 41–60 The beholder examines a tower-sized stalagmite with a large crystal atop it (see level 20, area 14). 61–80 The beholder is swallowed by a purple worm and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
. Many performers moonlight as assassins, spies, and thieves, given their talents and resources, and as such many amphitheaters contain hidden shrines to Phenax. Amphitheater Adventures Adventures in
a criminal cabal from a rival gang’s assault.
4 Take the place of a group of performers on stage to impress an audience member.
5 Assassinate an audience member during a performance
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
down a well, an echo of that wish becomes lodged in a stone buried deep in the earth of the Feywild. Brigganocks seek out these wish stones, discarding the ones that contain wishes of ill intent and
, move a pile of stones, or tie a dozen knots in a length of rope.
Bonus Actions
Move Soul Light. The brigganock moves its soul light up to 30 feet in any direction to an unoccupied space it can see. At the end of the current turn, the light returns to the brigganock.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
stone stretch from west to east. Around each table sit a dozen cast-iron chairs sculpted with web and spider motifs.
Smashed Cabinet. Against the north wall, near the double door to area 5b, is a pile
DC 15 Dexterity check. Smashing the lock or any other part of the chest renders it nonmagical. The chest has compartments that contain five flasks of alchemist’s fire, plus the following material
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
you. South of the ruin, an untamed garden runs rampant, surrounded by broken walls that are no longer able to contain it. East of the ruin, someone has erected a crude wooden fence, forming a circular
wooden beams, and a floor submerged under 3 inches of stagnant water. The cellar contains two dozen empty, rotted casks from the Wizard of Wines winery. Each cask is labeled Champagne du le Stomp
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
left here by Halaster are hungry and attack anything that enters this room.
Sarcophagi. A dozen elven sarcophagi arranged about this dusty room have been reduced to rubble.
Carvings. Time and
, dusty books are crammed into niches in the south wall. Similar niches in the other walls contain tall, alabaster funerary urns covered with dust and cobwebs (seventeen in all).
Treasure. The alabaster
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
the ten-foot-high vaulted ceiling of this dry cellar, the walls of which are lined by a dozen barrels on wooden braces. Half the barrels have brass spigots tapped into them. The room also contains two
in the crate’s sides. These devils burst forth and attack intruders on sight. The other crates in the middle of the cellar contain dried meat, loaves of bread, wheels of cheese, and other assorted
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
see a dozen men and women gathered around a crackling bonfire. The folk are in good spirits. A few of them sing and dance around the fire while others find happiness in their flasks and wineskins. Three
barrel-topped wagons are parked at odd angles. Tied to a nearby tree, grazing, are half a dozen draft horses wearing bright coats with bangles and tassels. The men and women are Vistani. They have no
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Divine Contention
with nails, and cleaning supplies. B4. Kitchen The kitchen is in use most hours of the day, as halfling cook Tombil Breen prepares food for over a dozen residents. A large cooking pot of stew bubbles
away over the hearth. B5. Servant’s Quarters These cozy quarters contain beds for the tower’s two servants, halfling cook Tombil Breen and his brother Tug. The adjoining storage closet houses a small
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
The Wink and Kiss The Wink and Kiss is a large tavern staffed by a dozen dancers, servers, and cooks (all commoners) protected by two human thugs who serve as bouncers. Nareen Dhest and her group are
that she can take them to where the orb is, or send someone to fetch it. Rival Seller When the characters conclude dealing with Nareen, matters take a new turn. Haliyra Ravenfast (female Illuskan human
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
contain only one fire elemental at a time. 2. Harpoon Gun A spring-loaded harpoon gun, fashioned from burnished bronze with iron fittings, is bolted to the forward upper deck. It has a 90-degree arc of
dozen bolts. For ballista rules, see the “Siege Equipment” section in chapter 8 of the Dungeon Master’s Guide. 4. Propeller Hatch A wooden door behind the furnace (area 1) on the upper deck pushes open
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
obelisk to the west, north, and east. They contain a dozen goblin beds made of bundled rugs and torn fabric. (The beds have nothing of value.)
A detect magic spell reveals a faint aura of divination
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
after failing to assassinate a house rival. Fraz-Urb’luu’s gem has afflicted her with a form of indefinite madness (see “Madness” in chapter 8 of the Dungeon Master’s Guide). She is convinced that
Zhentarim warehouse contains a dozen iron storage sheds filled with neatly sorted merchandise. Two more sheds serve as quarters for Ghazrim DuLoc (a human noble) and his guards. Ten human thugs (minus any
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
merchant trying to get the upper hand on a rival, either through damage of goods, intimidation of workers, or theft of patrons and customers. To curb and control rowdiness, the Waterbaron employs the
its walls stand multiple crossbow contraptions, each able to fire a dozen bolts at once. When brought to bear against a force on the riverbank, the Shields loose two volleys against their enemies
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
, the Xanathar is able to efficiently supervise and direct the efforts of many creatures at the same time. It holds sway over a dozen specialized lieutenants. Each lieutenant is responsible for operating
a human megalomaniac rises to power in an evil organization, that individual is always at risk of being killed or replaced by a power-hungry rival. When such a group is led by a beholder rather than
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
wooden cage in which squawk a dozen irritable waterfowl.
The open barrels contain apples, pears, mixed nuts, and the carcass of a giant constrictor snake pickled in brine. The wicker basket holds
possible. Treasure. The chests are unlocked and contain personal effects. A thorough search turns up the following items: 100 sp, a dagger in a bone scabbard, a wooden mallet, a crude reed flute, and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
form once the shadows are dealt with. H12. Curse of Hunger This twenty-foot-high cavern tapers to a dead end. A dozen human skeletons sheathed in frost lie on the uneven floor, but their skulls
conflicting personality trait: “I like to give orders and expect to be obeyed.” This flaw lasts until the attunement ends. H16. Ice Cave Although this cave is empty, it might contain a psychic haunting (see