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Monsters
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
can bend the multiverse to his whims if he tries hard enough. He’s really quite insane.
One of Smiler’s favorite antics is to use a hallucinatory terrain spell to create a little bit of
. Smiler escaped and tears around Avernus on a Devil's Ride, looking for adventurers willing to help him get revenge on the warlords who ganged up on him. Mad Maggie remains his only ally, though he refuses to join her gang.
Bludgeoning, Piercing, and Slashing from Nonmagical Attacks
Monsters
Quests from the Infinite Staircase
retains its name, alignment, and personality. The creature also inherits Nafas’s palace and all it contains.
If the creature refuses, Nafas gains a new body in 1d10;{"diceNotation":"1d10", "rollType
normally follow casting the Wish spell to produce an effect other than duplicating another spell.Multiattack. Nafas makes three Storm Shamshir attacks and uses Create Vortex.
Storm Shamshir. Melee
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
create using stone-shaping spells. The passage, which is free of monsters and hazards, ends at a secret door at the bottom of the Westrift in Menzoberranzan. The trip from Araj to the city takes twelve
days on foot, during which time Grin says very little. Any character who succeeds on a DC 15 Wisdom (Insight) check can tell that the drow mage is troubled by something, although he refuses to share his
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
Athreos as Campaign Villain Athreos sees his responsibilities as necessary, but doesn’t cherish them. Were there a more efficient way to maintain the cycle of life and death, or to create some sort
god’s potential objectives. Athreos’s Divine Schemes d4 Scheme
1 Athreos tires of his responsibilities but refuses to abandon them. Secretly, he has allowed the same spirit to be reborn
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
from a divine champion who needed it but refuses to return it.
4 Destroy a god’s weapon and channel the energy released to create a new magic item or work a miracle.
5 Reforge a god’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
lead the character to a distinctive mountain. There, the character can use the Star Forge (in this chapter) to create a sentient magic item if they gather the proper materials and defeat creatures from
giants who seek omens from the dream world. The patrol refuses to leave, and the giants and creatures from the Stone Giant Encounters table (see chapter 3) fight to keep the patrol here if necessary.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Roleplaying You don’t need to be a practiced thespian or comedian to create drama or humor through roleplaying. The key is to pay attention to the story elements and characterizations that make your
readily get involved in social interactions, you can create situations tailored for their characters. Perhaps the NPC in question is a family member or a contact of a particular adventurer and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
the “curse.”
4 Ettercaps captured a moonstone dragon wyrmling, who has so far avoided becoming dinner by teaching the ettercaps to create wild, impossible sculptures with their webs.
5 A
on the cusp of adulthood refuses to settle down and build a lair. To protect the local populace from the dragon’s chaotic activities, a minor deity sends a deva to temper the dragon’s mischievous
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
. Determine the fallout of the characters’ murderous deeds by rolling on the Murder Consequences table, or allow the players to create their own ominous stakes. Murder Consequences d6 Murder
victim was a member of a larger organization, such as the Guild. This organization refuses to let the killing go unanswered.
5 Somehow, your victim is still alive and knows what you did. Now
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
death. Though she is a capable leader in her own right, the burden of taking over from Nidalia is a heavy one. While she was alive, Nidalia taught Korvala the ritual to create gingwatzims. The other
effect, Korvala refuses to divulge information about the ritual. Personality Trait. “When I have a goal in mind, I will do everything to be sure it gets completed.” Ideal. “My pack should be able to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
to create a path all about the domain. Heavy claw markings have stripped the once-beautiful finish of the walls. Great black marks tell of the fires that have assailed the mansion. Not a pane nor a
, the local priest (area E5). She refuses to be taken to Vallaki or anywhere else while the burgomaster lies dead on the mansion floor.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer
by rolling on the Murder Consequences table, or allow the players to create their own ominous stakes. Murder Consequences d6 Murder Consequences 1 You’re not sure who, but someone saw the murder
refuses to let the killing go unanswered. 5 Somehow, your victim is still alive and knows what you did. Now you’ve got to figure out how to put them down a second time. 6 Your victim’s death ignited a social spark. Now you’re being sought by mobs seeking to bring new justice to Baldur’s Gate.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
you?” He does this while removing his wolf tooth necklace and offering to place it around a character’s neck. By doing so, he marks the character as his protégé. If the character refuses, Harkon
to bless the wearer’s performances. However, he doesn’t mention that it also curses the wearer with lycanthropy. The Darklord can create one new necklace every week. The Darklord’s Pack. Harkon
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
Creating Sentient Magic Items When you decide to make a magic item sentient, you create the item's persona in the same way you would create an NPC, with a few exceptions described here. Abilities A
to the exclusion of all other goals. The item demands to be given to someone else. If its wielder refuses to comply with the item's wishes, the item can do any or all of the following: Make it
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
. The creature also inherits Nafas’s palace and all it contains. If the creature refuses, Nafas gains a new body in 1d10 days, regaining all his hit points and appearing in a random safe location on the
. Nafas makes three Storm Shamshir attacks and uses Create Vortex.
Storm Shamshir. Melee Weapon Attack: +13 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 13 (2d6 + 6) slashing damage plus 14 (4d6) lightning
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
Chultan human gladiator). Taban refuses to pay anything until he’s beaten down to 20 or fewer hit points, whereupon he offers up a pouch containing ten 50 gp gemstones. Ashamed by his defeat and eager to
redeem himself, Taban offers to join the party as a follower, demanding no pay for the duration of the adventure. Create a Distraction at Fort Beluarian. Rokah (N male Chultan human spy) works for
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
, point out that the player’s behavior is spoiling the fun for others, and ask the player to tone it down. If the player refuses to change this behavior, ask the player to leave the group. Some problems
encourage your players to act boldly: Avoid Random Perils. Avoid traps and ambushes that feel random and have little importance to the rest of the adventure. Create Time Pressure. Set up a situation where
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
, point out that the player’s behavior is spoiling the fun for others, and ask the player to tone it down. If the player refuses to change this behavior, ask the player to leave the group. Some problems
encourage your players to act boldly: Avoid Random Perils. Avoid traps and ambushes that feel random and have little importance to the rest of the adventure. Create Time Pressure. Set up a situation where
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
routine of its life. Others are driven by wickedness or spite, as with a ghost that refuses to rest until every member of a certain family or organization is dead. The surest way to rid an area of a ghost
unfulfilled yearning emanate from places where ghostly hauntings occur. Strange sounds or unnatural silences create an unsettling atmosphere. Cold spots settle in rooms that have roaring fires. A choking stench
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes of the Borderlands
refuses.
Completing the Ritual. If the characters join the ritual—or observe it without drawing attention—the statue’s runes begin to glow with an eerie red light. After 10 minutes, the sky darkens
, the foliage parts to reveal a tranquil grove where a natural spring burbles. Rays of sunlight create a silvery glow about the crystal-clear pool.
This sacred spring is infused with primal magic
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
place of honor in the cult. The characters might try to trick the survivors into splitting their numbers. Ozymandius refuses to abandon the island, because doing so is deserving of a death sentence
in the eyes of his superiors. The rest of the residents can be persuaded to leave peacefully, however, especially if the characters create a ruse to make it appear that Ozymandius or the cult leaders
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
is iconic to many D&D settings. In your own world, you can replace Ostoria with another giant empire or adapt it to create your own origin story.
VONINHEIM, THE LOST CAPITAL
Voninheim (“Titan
rulers of the world. Giants, therefore, don’t pray to Annam, who refuses to hear them. Instead, they revere his divine children, as well as a host of other hero-deities and godly villains that are minor
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
worlds, or giants shared the worlds with dragons. In other myths, Annam worked with other gods to create worlds together. Diancastra’s Saga, told in part in the introduction to this book, describes
Annam gathering the shattered fragments of the First World (the original creation of Bahamut and Tiamat) and spreading them across the Material Plane to create countless worlds. Still other myths
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
will interfere. She refuses to take orders, and if the characters treat her badly, she tries to frighten them into leaving the outpost—but stops short of fighting them without provocation. Using the
message into Modron. Create Sensor. You create an invisible sensor in one of the following locations (your choice): the atrium (area S2), fountain court (area S3), merchants’ concourse (area S7), Astral
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
Wandering Emporium Businesses The characters are free to visit any establishment in the Wandering Emporium. You can create your own businesses and add them to those presented here. Infernal Rapture
disappointed and turns it down. She refuses even to touch one. From Here to Avernus Fhet’Ahla, an amnizu, provides imps as couriers as well as a variety of spellcasting services for transmitting
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
adventurers refuses to serve the boss anymore. Find them and convince them to return, or join forces with them to topple the giant. Financier Armed with tremendous wealth, a giant financier pursues personal
Assignments d6 Assignment 1 Help the giant re-create an ancient ritual that should reveal an omen or revelation from Annam. 2 Steal the research notes of some ancient sage (perhaps a dragon or a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
on the seawater, the abbey’s clerics create enough water for their drinking, cooking, washing, and gardening needs. The survivors have no boat and no means of building one. The island’s few stunted
the island. (If this occurs, you should provide only a rough map of the cellars without including the Winding Way.) Odium refuses to join the party in a fight against the other survivors. Bayleaf
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
dwarven fortress under Mount Hotenow (near Neverwinter). Only there can the spirits of Vlax’s kin persuade Vlax to join them in the afterlife. The warden refuses to make the journey, however, because
drawbridge can be lowered on one side to create an airship dock. An action is required to raise or lower the drawbridge. No guards are stationed here. If the guards in the prison watchtowers (area R9) see an
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
. Windfall acquired the seventh piece of the Rod of Seven Parts some time ago. She used it to create an image of Sardior, who she believes resembled a red dragon. Windfall hopes to find a way to use the rod
leave with the final piece of the rod. She explains that the Material Plane is partly her creation—and she refuses to let an overzealous archlich unmake it. The Dragon Queen then commands the characters
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
been acting paranoid of late and refuses to leave his quarters (area Z8). Talking with Ilren. Ilren appears as a boisterous giff—a bulky individual with a head similar to that of a hippopotamus—wearing
doubtful. Unknown to Daveras, Cirit is actually in the Lambent Zenith’s brig (area Z9).
Paranoid Leader. Figaro, the camp’s first leader, locked himself in his quarters and refuses to communicate
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
secretly believes he is the living incarnation of the derro god Diinkarazan — an avatar of murder offering bloody sacrifices to create a path of carnage through the Underdark for his people to follow
, and all of “Derendil’s” recollections and personality are an illusion created by the Demon Prince of Deception. The quaggoth refuses to believe the truth, and any incontrovertible evidence as to his
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
create natural footpaths above the abyss.
The chasm is 100 feet deep. The strong wind makes walking on the narrow ledges treacherous. Any creature doing so must succeed on a DC 10 Dexterity
spellcasters. Aerisi refuses to flee at this point, and trying to do so through the air portal with Windvane would be disastrous. When the characters defeat her, she vanishes in a scream of wind, but
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
monks (Medium Commoners) pay little heed to visitors as they prepare batches of fish stew. Characters who loot the kitchen can gather enough supplies to create two sets of Cook’s Utensils. M11: Guest
orders. The monks don’t know how to proceed, given that Ronnom refuses to leave, and they can’t force him to do so. Anish believes the characters’ arrival is a gift. After inquiring about the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Prisoner 13
), where the spirits of Vlax’s kin can persuade Vlax to join them in the afterlife. The warden refuses to make the journey, however, because she can’t bear to lose all contact with Vlax. The warden has
to create an airship dock. An action is required to raise or lower the drawbridge. No guards are stationed here. If the guards in the prison watchtowers (area R9) see an airship or an airborne threat
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
X6 without alerting the characters to his presence. This duergar is loyal to Grandolpha Muzgardt (see “The Muzgardt Conspiracy”) and hopes the characters will dispose of Xardorok, or at least create a
the characters threaten her, she laughs at their audacity and refuses to meet their demands. If the characters ask for her help, she shares the following information with them: She doesn’t know