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Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
course of its turn. It can choose to leave part of its body visible, such as its tail, its head, or its grinning mouth. Any equipment the cat wears or carries is invisible with it.Grinning cats are
them their name.
Grinning cats often dwell in or near giants’ enclaves. They spend much of their time invisible, lounging on tree branches until prey—or a potential conversation partner
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
retreated to their homes while several bounty hunter guards have set an ambush for anyone coming down the road, crouching low and hiding behind the wall near the archway. A character who is looking for
of the bounty hunters who dies or is captured during the fight carries a wanted poster depicting a stern old woman with the name “Paloma” below the portrait and offering a 500 gp reward for her capture.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
apprentice of Jakarion, the dead wizard in area X17. After the flameskulls there incinerated his master, the wounded Vilnius retreated here. He eats vermin to survive. The amber golem has been
—guard the temple. Barbaric mountain folk use the temple for shelter. Treasure Vilnius carries his spellbook, which contains all the spells he has prepared. He also has a gold amulet shaped like an upside
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
wide, toothy smiles that give them their name. Grinning cats often dwell in or near giants’ enclaves. They spend much of their time invisible, lounging on tree branches until prey—or a potential
over the course of its turn. It can choose to leave part of its body visible, such as its tail, its head, or its grinning mouth. Any equipment the cat wears or carries is invisible with it.
Bonus
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
as a potion of healing. 3 A gold candelabrum (worth 150 gp) with three branches, each one holding an unlit candle. 4 A purple silk handkerchief with white ruffled edges (worth 1 gp). On future
likely arouse the characters’ suspicion. Treasure. One Vistani thug carries a pouch that holds 2d8 small gemstones (50 gp each). Wights The air grows much colder, and you can hear the march of footsteps
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
svirfneblin carries a pouch that contains 1d4 50 gp gems. In addition to species of edible fungi, the svirfneblin grove contains the following exotic fungi (as described in the “Fungi of the Underdark
activate them. Most of the svirfneblin have retreated to their residential niches. Gabble Dripskillet is the only one at floor level, and she’s prepared to negotiate with whoever or whatever breaks
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver
round after the spiders attack. If the doppelganger from area 18 retreated to this area, it assumes the guise of Nundro Rockseeker so that Nezznar can use the “dwarf” as leverage to force the party’s
that point is up to you. Treasure Nezznar carries a potion of healing and a spider staff. In addition, the drow carries an iron key with a head shaped like an anvil. This key unlocks the door to area 20
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
carries a horn that it can blow (as an action) to summon reinforcements. The first wave of reinforcements arrives in 1d4 + 4 rounds and consists of another 2d4 drow elite warriors. The second wave
lair in the cap of a giant mushroom, fluttering out to attack when they detect light or motion within 20 feet of their roost. Violet Fungi These fungi extrude their branches and attack when the characters pass between them.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
searching for a route to the surface. Treasure. Each dwarf carries 1d10 pounds of food, 1d4 gallons of water (stored in canteens), and 1d6 gems worth 10 gp each. Ettins These ettins used to be orogs
party, heading in the same direction and filling the entire tunnel. The party must either stay ahead of the worm or turn and fight it. If they stay ahead of the worm, the tunnel branches after 1d6
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Uni and the Hunt for the Lost Horn
frees Uni. Sprites. Willowbrush and Knock perch on high branches to keep out of melee. The Sprites target the puffball mushrooms with their arrows, hoping the exploding fungi will poison nearby bullywugs
inside the demiplane to which the portal leads. Treasure. Each bullywug wears paste jewelry worth 5 GP and carries a pouch containing 4 GP. These coins bear the embossed face of the bullywugs’ monarch
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes of the Borderlands
must succeed on one of the following ability checks: DC 15 Strength (Athletics). The character scales the gorge to safety. DC 15 Dexterity (Acrobatics). The character leaps across the branches
Chaos”). On a failed check, the hobgoblins spot the eavesdropping character and start combat.
Treasure. Each hobgoblin carries a leather pouch that contains 4 GP.
Stacey Allan & William Doyle
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
and spell components, Sladis carries a blood-caked flint knife that he uses to cut up his victims, as well as a Heward’s handy haversack stuffed full of severed limbs and eviscerated organs — the
possesses a satchel made from carrion crawler hide, inside which are ten pounds of edible fungi. She also carries a full waterskin and three torchstalks (see “Fungi of the Underdark” in chapter 2), one of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
with their branches. Characters who stray from the path are met by 1d6 additional awakened trees. These trees don’t attack but join in coaxing the characters up the hill. At the top of the hill, the
the dimness. She wears a coat lined with metal keys and carries a flail that has padlocks for heads. She manages a faint smile and says, “How might Jingle Jangle unlock a bit of happiness in your lives
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
carries with it the risk of drawing Granny Nightshade’s attention. Each resting character must roll a d20. On a roll of 1, the character suffers horrible dreams that leave them marked by the forest
branches looms out of the swamp. The floor of the hut is covered with humanoid teeth. 3 Visible from half a mile away, smoke rises from a shrine built on large stones and dedicated to Semuanya, god of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
Flame Tongue sword of their choice; this process takes 1d4 days. The giant doesn’t know the location of the Lost Caverns but suspects other local inhabitants might. Gnome Vale A small track branches off
, homespun clothing and carries no weapons, though he wears an invisible Ring of Mind Shielding to protect his thoughts. Occasionally the hermit sits on a flat rock near the road, contemplating the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
and regroup in the menagerie (area G21), where they can call on the creatures there to aid them. Each hag carries an iron key that opens all the pens in the menagerie (area G21). If the adventurers
through a shattered chamber open to the outside. A waterfall pours through the collapsed ceiling and into the misty bog. Butterflies flit through the branches of trees draped in moss and vines, and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
Organization 1 Standing Army. A standing army serves as the highly disciplined and structured guardian of a province or an entire nation. Strict tiers of command ensure coordination between branches of the
kindly officer is hesitant to send you into danger and constantly reminds you to be careful. 4 Bitter Soldier. Your commander carries deep grudges against your force’s enemies. They leap at any
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
floats 1 foot above water level and is stationary until a creature touches it, whereupon it envelops the creature and carries it to area P20 via the northeast tunnel (passing though areas P12, area
trip, the creature inside the globe can swim out of it as an action. The globe carries only the one creature and bursts upon reaching its destination. A globe is immune to damage, though dust of dryness
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
here and built the barricade. Treasure. The largest bugbear carries a pouch containing 15 cp, 13 ep, two agates worth 10 gp each, and a potion of healing. W12: Smelter Cavern A blast furnace and a
myself. A pity it must end this way.”
Nezznar the Spider is accompanied by two bugbears who defend their leader to the death. If the doppelganger from area W18 retreated to this area, it assumes the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
Giants”) cuts a swath through the icy crust over the shallow bay as it approaches and slowly grinds to a dead stop. The ship carries twenty frost giants. Twelve of them leap over the sides, walking
hovel north of town. Treasure Each giant carries a sack containing 1d4 mundane items (roll on the Items in a Giant’s Bag table in the introduction). Aboard the greatship is an unlocked wooden chest, its
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
emblazoned with Vrakir’s symbol—a crown encircling the branches of a tree wreathed in flame—as well his motto, atka ignari (Ignan for “all shall burn”). Two erinyes are stationed on the rooftops of the
black against the sky’s ruddy glow.
The erinyes stationed here carries a rope of entanglement, which it uses to ensnare any prisoner who tries to escape. Gruk-Gruk. Tossed carelessly on the floor of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a5
, with a wight and a deathlock wight (see appendix B) overseeing them. Eight work to the east, stacking butchered pigs along the wall. To the west, four more work at a sluice that carries offal to the
carries a key to each of the cages in a ring on her belt. White Gates. Area 22 is bordered by three white gates. One connects to the Swine Run, another to the Dark Gardens, and a third to the Temples
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
githyanki are initially indifferent toward the characters and know nothing of the ship’s history. One of them carries a violet key card. If the characters speak with the githyanki, the knight steps forward
of the diary, the worker noted their doubts about the loyalty of the ship’s machines. The skeleton also carries a violet key card. S42: Medical Storage (Yellow) The shelves of this storage room are
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
to alert Guildmaster Dusk in area G26. Master Key. Jaymont carries a master key that unlocks all doors in the guildhouse complex. G4: Cartwright’s Workshop Three carts occupy this room. Pegs and hooks
stablemaster, Laris Drot (neutral, human commoner), who is a stout woman in her fifties. Laris carries two keys on her person: one unlocks the door to this room, and the other unlocks the doors to area G7. A
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
the Market Ward. Bank of Abbathor Inc. Dedicated to the dwarven god of greed, the Bank of Abbathor is one of the largest financial institutions in the multiverse, with branches in several of the
topped with bioluminescent blight, and a deceptively simple chocolate tart that carries the sweet taste of revenge. The owner frequently hires adventurers to track down rare ingredients to delight and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes’ Feast: Saving the Children’s Menu
them, she first stokes the fire, then reaches into the pot of boiling water and plucks out the rubber cap. She snaps it onto a clear jar filled with frothy, fresh cow’s milk. Cooing softly, she carries
hang in bunches from the highest branches. A Detect Magic spell reveals the trees carry a faint aura of enchantment magic. A character investigating the greenhouse who succeeds on a DC 17 Intelligence
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
chunks of rough moonstone worth 25 gp each, three carnelians worth 50 gp each, and a cracked amethyst worth 100 gp. Keltar carries two more carnelians and hides a folded scroll of investiture of stone (see
10 (3d6) bludgeoning damage. Corpse. The corpse belongs to a Black Earth guard killed by one of his fellow cultists. The guard carries nothing of value. Secret Passage. The “secret” entrance to area G5
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
Kaltivar the frost giant carries a sack containing 2d6 × 100 gp, 1d4 mundane items (determined by rolling on the Items in a Giant’s Bag table in the introduction), and one magic item, determined by
branches southward from the inn. Characters who follow the dirt road discover the razed ruins of a farming village on the north shore of the Delimbiyr River. Only some rickety wooden docks remain to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
oak leaves here are a key to the teleportation sundial in the maze (area G21). Treasure. Fluttering in the branches of Sonna’s tree is a Cloak of Elvenkind. Yvra’s tree has the set’s matching Boots of
, carries a set of panpipes and leads their carousing. Xanim and his kin (Kren, Vella, Zamuel, and Liss) are incorrigible gossips. They gleefully greet any newcomers and urge them to join the revelry
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
staff from doing the same. He carries a key for the storage closets in the cellar (area P18) but doesn’t recall anything important being stored in them. P4: Ballroom A jaunty waltz draws you into this
with cooking tasks. The dour dryad head chef, Anisetta, lords over the kitchen and barks out orders. Anisetta also carries a key for the storage closets in the cellar (area P18) but doesn’t recall
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
from the Howling Hatred cultists. Prepared for battle, he carries a potion of gaseous form and a potion of healing. Six Crushing Wave reavers serve as his personal guards. Morbeoth has experimented
, then sweep in from behind to eliminate the adventurers and claim a great victory for the Crushing Wave cult. Morbeoth carries the key to the gate in area C20. Treasure A small iron chest in Morbeoth’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
, he refers to them as “Memories of Vecna,” their rank. Oxtu likes to describe violent methods of coercing secrets from people, and the cult fanatics hang on his words. Oxtu carries keys that unlock all
them to try to open the lock, doing so with a successful DC 18 Dexterity (Sleight of Hand) check. Each of the cult’s four mages (in areas C14, area C16, and area C26) carries a key to it. Once the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a2
. Secret Doors. The passage to the south branches in a Y shape. The southwest branch connects to area 5, and the southeast one leads to a secret door cleverly constructed to blend into the natural rock
orcs in area 11. If the orcs here fall, Yarrack attempts to join Great Ulfe’s forces in area 12. The orog carries a potion of healing and drinks it if his current hit points drop to one-fourth his hit
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
This long hallway rises steadily toward area P32. Bright light shines from the hallway’s southern end. Water of Athis. An aqueduct carries the water of Athis (see the “Pyramid Features” section) from
(6d6) piercing damage on a failed save or half as much damage on a successful one. As an action, character can safely pick a fruit from the tree by gently twisting it off the branches with a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
injured wizards retreated here to rest, but the maze entrapped them. All five died while being absorbed. B5: Tumor Garden Several fleshy lumps in the floor rise like stalagmites to heights of two or
death cries and the ruptured wall. Though Varakkta was reluctant to leave her valued greatsword behind, she elected for discretion and retreated to rejoin her followers. Greatsword. The greatsword is






