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Chasing the Children

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm Lord’s Wrath

Chasing the Children During the town meeting, two servants of the Morninglord are tasked with keeping an eye on a group of about twenty children between the ages of four and twelve. These kids belong

finished stone building in the town. These children, some of them terrified and missing their parents, others mischievous and too young to understand consequences (much like adventurers), decide to run

Campaign Theme

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)

an abandoned building or tower. If you run horror adventures week after week, try using a villain who turns out to be ordinary, perhaps even silly. Comic relief is a great variation on almost any D&D campaign, though players usually provide it themselves.

Path Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen

building has fallen into the cavern. Inside the collapsed structure are strewn wooden heads and decaying hats. A stone golem hides under a pile of shattered wood and feathery hats. Demelin (see

room. On the north wall hangs a long stone slab that features a bas-relief depicting dragons bowing respectfully over a large dragon corpse. A dragon skull is mounted on the east wall. This room was

Ruins Locations

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

by the door of this large building shows the faded image of a workhorse holding a flagon of ale. The building is sagging and dilapidated, but it is more intact than the ruins across the road. Six

ash zombies (see the “Ash Zombies” sidebar) lurk in the shadows in this building, slumped against the walls or under the bar. When living creatures enter, the zombies groan and stir, slowly climbing to

Thundertree Areas

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver

door of this large building shows the faded image of a workhorse holding a flagon of ale. The building is sagging and dilapidated, but it is more intact than the ruins across the road. Four ash zombies

(see the “Ash Zombies” sidebar) lurk in the shadows in this building, slumped against the walls or under the bar. When living creatures enter, the zombies groan and stir, slowly climbing to their

Mintarn

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

with coin. Dagult Neverember invested heavily in the island, creating a ship-building company, combat-training facilities, and even lending his coin to the yearly tribute to Hoondarrh when other means

fell short. The White Sails company in which he invested grew to become Mintarn’s preminent supplier of mercenary ships and soldiers. Things only improved when Waterdeep wasted its navy chasing

The Streets of Sharn

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War

you and quickly move apart. 45–46 Three shifter children run by you, yelling and chasing each other with wooden swords. They duck into a boarded-up building. 47–48 "Stop her! She stole my necklace

turns changing their forms into the people who enter and exit the building. 65–66 A human woman shouts at a group of Cyran refugees, "Go home! Stop taking our jobs. Let the Mournland have you!" 67–68 A

Red Larch Locations

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

carved wooden scimitar emblazoned with the inn’s name in red paint on both sides. An inn yard with stables and outbuildings lies behind the building. The Swinging Sword is welcoming and luxurious by the

and legs, she looks like an adventurer. She has idle dreams of traveling the North and slaying dragons, but she is far more interested in building a mercantile empire and outgrowing Red Larch someday

Jahaka Anchorage

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

fewer prizes and incur more risk. The other captains see the disadvantages clearly, but Jaharwon is building a following among the rank-and-file pirates of all three crews. The Dragonfang’s crew

Laskilar (NE male Tethyrian human bandit captain wearing a cape of the mountebank) is a flamboyant, rakish pirate who’s grown tired of chasing merchant ships and hearing their captains whine and plead

Dhargun Ironworks

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated

. Jormun’s secret involves relief that his son has changed his ways. Though he has not confessed this to anyone, he hopes that Tannus can leave his days of battle behind and find love and peace with

guests carry weapons, for the safety of all attending. Character-Building Exercise If the characters use an alternative plan to gain access to Horn Enclave, they might not play out the NPCs’ secret

Lady's Ward

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

someone in the party. 8 Atop a low building, a githyanki warrior proselytizes furiously to the characters about Aoskar, the Keeper of Gateways, claiming to have seen the dead god alive and well on the

steal the weapons within. Heavy metal gates bar its few windows, and a relief of a menacing horned skull—the faction’s symbol—hangs over its main entrance within. Day and night, the Armory’s chimneys

Stone Giants

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

would rather not do or that they’re unable to perform, such as chasing kobolds out of a narrow cave or retrieving something from deep within a lake. (Stone giants are poor swimmers; they dislike

ways: as a pair of hands, one holding a chisel and the other a hammer, and as the largest statue or relief carving of a stone giant in a tribe’s caves. Typically, Skoraeus is depicted twice as tall as

N2. Blue Water Inn

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

N2. Blue Water Inn Gray smoke issues from the chimney of this large, two-story wooden building with a stone foundation and sagging tile roof, upon which several ravens have perched. A painted wooden

wooden clown masks, one displaying a mean scowl and the other a frightened expression A wooden top painted with images of scarecrows chasing children through the forest A stuffed (real) bat on puppet

Fort Beluarian

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

; their chief duty is rowing the boats back and forth. In case of danger, they can barricade themselves inside the stoutest log building or row out to sea until whatever threatens them loses interest

hammocks in the guard towers. The breeze atop the walls provides some cooling and relief from insects. 10. Inner Bailey This bastion is a fort within a fort. The bailey is 20 feet tall at the peak of

Tower of the Heavens Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase

hostel and the tower. A jetty lies just north of the outpost. When the characters arrive at the outpost, read or paraphrase the following text: A drab building of gray stone overlooks the steps

relief, and he slowly lowers his hands away from the tomes. Conversing with Shalfey. Whether or not Shalfey burned the Books of Prophecy, he is relieved the characters aren’t Piyarz and his minions

Locations R - U

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

Waterdhavians and adventurers remain — and in recent years have become homes to bandits and monsters. Those who excavate the Sumber Hills for building stone and gravel often talk of finding gemstones and rich

barn for treasure, chasing chickens and swine in the field, or dancing around 1d4 tied-up prisoners (commoners). The goblins have covered their captives’ heads with old buckets, flowerpots, and

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