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Backgrounds
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
abundant connections among the Simic. The guild members live in watery sinkholes called zonots, and their isolation shelters them from much contact with outsiders. Nonetheless, a fair number of Simic
members are former members of other guilds.
Roll twice on the Simic Contacts table (for an ally and a rival) and once on the Non-Simic Contacts table.
Simic Contacts
d8
Contact
1
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
Madryck’s Reward If you used the “Warlock’s Quest” adventure hook, the characters might want to contact their employer, Madryck Roslof, and let him know that Zybilna is well. If she is asked, Zybilna
life. Madryck upholds his end of the agreement by giving them the key and the directions to his buried hoard (see “Madryck’s Treasure” in the introduction).
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Species
Volo's Guide to Monsters
resources or territory. Such conflicts aren’t common, because two tribes will always prefer to expand in different directions if they come into contact, but they do happen.
For example, two
at the actions or deeds of other races. They aren’t forgiving of other races, and they enjoy nursing their hatred until they get a chance to wreak revenge on a creature or a race that has wronged
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
The Zhentarim Agents of the Zhentarim have winged snake companions that serve as messengers. Members of the Zhentarim use these creatures to deliver messages on scrolls and stay in contact with one
possessed in life.
No race is immune from being transformed into a dread warrior. Once set upon a task, these undead will do nothing—will not pause or turn aside—until they’ve fulfilled their orders.
Dread warriors make up the terrifying undead army of the Red Wizards.
Dread Warrior
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
Young Race, Old Roots In the distant past, half-elves were scarce because humans and elves came into contact only infrequently. The ancient elven kingdoms of Cormanthyr and Myth Drannor had
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
trunk during orientation, seen belched out by the frogs before the Firejolt Café race, or spotted on the cauldrons in Bow’s End Tavern. If she hasn’t already entered the scene, Professor Totsky arrives
surge of wild magic is an equally likely explanation in her mind. In any case, this corruption must have caused objects treated with the eldritch balm and creatures that came into contact with it to take
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
Eberron and the wider multiverse, Tu’narath can lie between Eberron and the planes that lie beyond; an incursion by the githyanki could be the first sign of contact with the outer multiverse. On the
other hand, it’s just as easy to say that the gith of Eberron are tied to the setting and have no traffic with the broader multiverse. The gith are a race enslaved by the mind flayers, who overthrew these
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
Attitude and Race Each ship’s crew and passengers have an attitude that guides how they interact with the characters. Friendly ships seek to trade or share news, neutral ones attack if they feel
threatened and otherwise try to avoid contact, and hostile ones seek to attack and seize the characters’ ship. First, roll or choose an attitude on the Ship Attitude table, then roll on the appropriate
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Sports and Games The
Sharn Inquisitive
The Race of Eight Winds Begins!
Banners are flying across Dura today, and the streets are full of color. Walk through Oldkeep wearing brown and red, and
think our city’s gone mad. And in some ways it has, but it’s a madness that reaches its peak every summer with the Race of Eight Winds. Long ago, King Galifar used Dura as a proving ground for aerial
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
Warlock of the Great Old One Warlock of the Great Old One
Medium humanoid (any race), any alignment
Armor Class 12 (15 with mage armor)
Hit Points 91 (14d8 + 28)
Speed 30 ft.
STR
9(–1
(3 5th-level slots): armor of Agathys, arms of Hadar, crown of madness, clairvoyance, contact other plane, detect thoughts, dimension door, dissonant whispers, dominate beast, telekinesis, vampiric
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
guard at the center of the bridge, scanning in all directions.
Each bridge is guarded by an infernal force tasked with cutting off any assistance between the east and west sides of the city. Each
prayers to Torm to activate the runes for 1 minute. While the runes are active, any fiend or undead creature that starts its turn in contact with the bridge takes 22 (4d10) radiant damage. When this effect ends, the runes cannot be activated again for 1 hour.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
the characters to seek out Mephistopheles and return with an answer to his puzzle. The barlgura then gives them directions to a magic mirror (the Mirror of Mephistar) that can be used to gaze into
Cania and contact the archdevil. If the characters win over Mephistopheles, Ubbalux promises to guide them to someone who can help them find the Bleeding Citadel.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
. Master Sage Medium humanoid (any race)
Armor Class 10 (13 with mage armor)
Hit Points 54 (12d8)
Speed 30 ft.
STR
8 (-1)
DEX
10 (+0)
CON
10 (+0)
INT
20 (+5
1/day each: banishment, contact other plane, Drawmij’s instant summons, legend lore, locate creature, planar binding, polymorph, protection from evil and good, scrying, sending, true seeing
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
personnel and resources as needed. Every fortress is designed to be self-sufficient, even though no two of them are ever out of psychic contact. Shra’kt’lor Shra’kt’lor is a fortress city that houses the
largest concentration of githzerai. It serves as both the capital of the civilization and the headquarters of the githzerai military forces. The greatest generals, spellcasters, and zerths of the race
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
Race to Destruction After the characters despoil the third shrine in the Temple of Elemental Evil, the remaining cult sends a powerful force with a devastation orb from the Fane of the Eye (see
contact the most prominent or recognizable character in the party. Your sleep is troubled this night. Half-remembered figments and warnings seem to hover in your mind. Then a shadowy figure strides into
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
and nearly dead outside it only a few days ago. Ahn-Jun can offer directions to all of these locations. While Ahn-Jun’s job prevents them from traveling with the characters, the characters can
contact the magistrate by speaking with the guards at the Seat of Dragons, the city’s center of government.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica
suggested characteristics (personality traits, ideals, bonds, and flaws). Each guild entry also provides personal contacts; suggestions for your alignment, race, and class; and a list of spells that you can
once on the table of contacts from other guilds. That contact could be either an ally or a rival, or you might instead gain a third contact from your own guild. THE GUILDLESS
The guilds might be
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
contact her, Alustriel tells the characters. When she left, Malaina told Alustriel that she was going to a shop called Velgar’s Vittles in Sigil’s Market Ward. The Wizards Three were busy, so Alustriel
wife before the group leaves to confront the archlich. Alustriel provides directions to Velgar’s Vittles. In reality, Malaina was suspicious of Mordenkainen, but she didn’t want to make accusations
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
warns them about the demonic magic suffusing the crystal and urges them not to come in direct contact with any of the fragments. Characters who are determined to find the stolen chardalyn fragments can
, he knows several rumors that might steer the characters in new directions (see “The Wet Trout”). Once the characters are 4th level, the adventure steers them toward the duergar fortress in chapter 3, where the stolen chardalyn fragments can be found (see area X26).
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
tribes will always prefer to expand in different directions if they come into contact, but they do happen. For example, two neighboring tribes that want exclusive claim to a flock of mountain goats might
races, and they enjoy nursing their hatred until they get a chance to wreak revenge on a creature or a race that has wronged them. URDS: WINGED KOBOLDS
Winged kobolds, known as urds, hatch seemingly
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
embedded in the walls. After a moment, the walls themselves seem to disappear, providing a perfect aerial view in all directions, as if there were no castle and no cloudstuff around. More than a dozen
specified cardinal direction. Touching two runes simultaneously can move the castle in other directions; for example, touching the north and east runes at the same time moves the castle northeast
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
embedded in the walls. After a moment, the walls themselves seem to disappear, providing a perfect aerial view in all directions, as if there were no castle and no cloudstuff around. More than a dozen
specified cardinal direction. Touching two runes simultaneously can move the castle in other directions; for example, touching the north and east runes at the same time moves the castle northeast
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
turning over the Stone of Golorr to his Luskanite contact. Now, he plans to use the stone to escape imprisonment and wipe his criminal record clean. If the characters can get close enough to speak with
— a tower warded against all forms of magic. If he is freed, he offers to lead the characters to the tower or provides directions so they can find it on his own. Next Encounter If the characters learn where Fenerus hid the stone and go after it, proceed with encounter 7, “Old Tower.”
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
existence and attack from unexpected directions until they overcome their prey or are forced to retreat.
Phase spiders are more intelligent than mundane spiders, but most are cowards. They usually flee
, without needing to make an ability check.
Web Walker. The spider ignores movement restrictions caused by webs, and the spider knows the location of any other creature in contact with the same web
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
glory to their race. The oracle told Blagothkus outright that he could never impress the gods enough to earn their favor, then urged Eigeron to step out from beneath his father’s “dark shadow.” Blagothkus
of a cloud giant. He wants to know why the characters have come and tries to be helpful. He knows how the oracle works and can explain what the characters must say to contact it (see “Words of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
the NPC in question is a family member or a contact of a particular adventurer and talks only to that character. An NPC of a certain race or class might listen only to characters he or she feels a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
the specifics of how a disease works aren’t bound by a common set of rules. Diseases can affect any creature, and a given illness might or might not pass from one race or kind of creature to another
which are sometimes transmitted by creatures that dwell in those areas, such as rats and otyughs. When a humanoid creature is bitten by a creature that carries the disease, or when it comes into contact
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
also sees itself as a savior of the mind flayer race and a living memorial that preserves the memories of the mind flayers’ prey. By its twisted logic, humanoids whose brains are devoured by the colony
obedience were broken, or perhaps the colony was destroyed while it was away. In such a case, the mind flayer becomes free-willed for as long as it avoids contact with an elder brain. A renegade
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
happened to Zybilna, with whom he has lost contact. If you like, you can replace Madryck Roslof with a different NPC who better suits your campaign. Whether Madryck or someone else gives the quest, the
inspiration—the source of my power.
“I have been unable to contact Zybilna for the better part of a year, and I fear something terrible has happened. My adventuring days are over, but Zybilna has
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
directions, run the “Old Tower” encounter in chapter 3. The apparition can’t be harmed and provides no other assistance. It vanishes forever once it has imparted its information, waving goodbye as it fades
conflict between dragons and giants, and she urges the characters to seek out a powerful good dragon, convince it to contact other good dragons, and use them to combat the giants. Naxene is confident
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica
represents a typical member of the rank and file, though weaponry and armor can vary.
Soldier
Medium humanoid (any race), any alignment
Armor Class 18 (chain mail, shield)
Hit Points 16 (3d8
vedalken are lawmages.
Lawmage
Medium humanoid (any race), lawful neutral
Armor Class 15 (breastplate)
Hit Points 84 (13d8 + 26)
Speed 30 ft.
STR
13(+1)
DEX
12(+1)
CON
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 5 (1d4 + 3) piercing damage plus 3 (1d6) lightning damage.
Lightning Flare (Recharges after a Short or Long Rest). Each creature in contact with the ground within 15
, and the target is grappled (escape DC 12). While grappled in this way, a creature’s speed isn’t reduced, but it can move only in directions that bring it closer to the clockwork. A creature takes 5
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
— or rather, an alternate version of Waterdeep created by Extremiton.
Through extensive telepathic contact with Waterdavians, the ulitharid has created a realistic simulation of Waterdeep that is
convince Extremiton to let them back into the real world.
Unconscious Humanoids Eight of the humanoids in the psipods are commoners of mixed race, alignment, and ethnicity. Their names are Daundarak
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
. Characters who question Thorsk can get directions to Scarlet Moon Hall (see chapter 3). 6. Chansyrl Fine Harness The pungent smell of tanned and oiled leather fills this crowded workshop, and the walls
grizzled dwarf prospector who warned them away from Lance Rock “because there’s plague there.” Maegla has no idea what they’re talking about, but the children can provide directions to the ravine the dwarf
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
seemingly made of seaweed. Portal 6: River Barge Crossing This encounter brings the characters into direct contact with the operatives of the Six who are also traversing the portal network. Map 4.3 shows
human scouts among the Six operatives, two stay behind and fire arrows at the party, while the other two scouts and a human cult fanatic race toward the barges. The intention of the Six operatives is to