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Orcsplitter

Magic Items Princes of the Apocalypse

rare occasions it uses a limited form of telepathy to bring to the wielder’s mind a couplet or stanza of ancient Dwarvish verse. Personality. Orcsplitter is grim, taciturn, and inflexible. It

defend dwarves and to serve as a symbol of dwarven resolve. It hates the traditional foes of dwarves — giants, goblins, and, most of all, orcs — and silently urges its possessor to meet such creatures in battle.

5. Catching a Chill

compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->One-Shot Wonders: Holiday Adventure Pack

5. Catching a Chill Level 11 - 12 Adventure. Spooky. Confrontation. Castle. Rafa Teruel A supernatural storm of ice abruptly halts all Winterfest preparations. No hearth will burn, no candle

will light. High above the town, wails echo from the spiteful ghosts of Sifter Castle. The townsfolk turn to the party for help, can they bring warmth back and save Winterfest?

Ghost Stories

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

Ghost Stories Ghost stories number among the more psychologically elaborate genres of horror. Only through revealing tales of tragedy and past wrongs can heroes truly bring peace to forces that share

closure, lingering in a place until they bring about the completion of the work they hoped to accomplish in life. In addition, consider the following genre tropes when creating your haunted domain: All

Dragonmarked Houses

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

Khorvaire and beyond. Those interests often bring them into conflict with local rulers and national governments. Unified Galifar had the strength and influence to impose its will on the collected

seeks to mediate disputes and encourage cooperation between the houses. Adventurers could be caught up in the rivalries and schemes of the houses, or they could work with the Twelve in an effort to resolve these feuds.

Yeonido Gazetteer

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel

, they return as one of these spirits. It’s up to the spirit’s family to resolve the injustice and bring peace to the gwishin, allowing it to move onward. If a gwishin is allowed to endure, it grows

Encounters

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

situation, ask the players what their characters want to do. Note what the players say, and identify how to resolve their actions. Ask them for more information if you need it. Sometimes the players

characters don’t need to take turns, but you need to give each player a chance to tell you what their character is doing so you can decide how to resolve everyone’s actions. In combat, everyone takes

Encounters

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules

Once you’re done describing the situation, ask the players what their characters want to do. Note what the players say, and identify how to resolve their actions. Ask them for more information if you

bookshelf. Outside combat, the characters don’t need to take turns, but you need to give each player a chance to tell you what their character is doing so you can decide how to resolve everyone’s

Breaking the Archetypes

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

Those elves really know how to bring the hurt from a distance, don’t they? Fortunately for the arrow-slinging world, they were willing to share their arcane archery knowledge with friends, and now every

, providing a boon to your franchise’s standing in the community. Any franchise could do worse than having you as its public face — especially when your sense of quiet resolve is needed to quietly resolve some unexpected business disaster.

Neighbors, Rivals, and Allies

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus

, the city can count on the other members of the Lords’ Alliance to come to its defense. This arrangement infuriates Amn, which is not prepared to test the alliance’s resolve. To the east, the nations of

question, selling them at a high markup. Travelers seeking a specific book also hire mercenaries or adventurers to venture into dungeons or ruins and bring back the prize. If information can’t be

Neighbors, Rivals, and Allies

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer

, the city can count on the other members of the Lords’ Alliance to come to its defense. This arrangement infuriates Amn, which is not prepared to test the alliance’s resolve. To the east, the nations of

question, selling them at a high markup. Travelers seeking a specific book also hire mercenaries or adventurers to venture into dungeons or ruins and bring back the prize. If information can’t be

Cities and Sites

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

Kaius II was newly seated on the steel throne and lacked the resolve to bring the dwarf lords to heel. Now we see the harvest we have sown, and it is horrifying. Without the firm hand of Karrnath to

Relics of Besilmer

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

telepathy to bring to the wielder’s mind a couplet or stanza of ancient Dwarvish verse. Personality. Orcsplitter is grim, taciturn, and inflexible. It knows little more than the desire to face orcs in battle

and serve a courageous, just wielder. It disdains cowards and any form of duplicity, deception, or disloyalty. The weapon’s purpose is to defend dwarves and to serve as a symbol of dwarven resolve

Small Stalls

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight

Prizes table, or twice if the successful check occurs on the first attempt. Gnome Poetry Contest “Sound the chime, it’s time to rhyme! You bring the poem! We’ll bring the gno-em!” Gnome Poetry

by the goblin; two goblins working together make one check with advantage. Resolve a tie by rerolling. A victorious participant earns one roll on the Carnival Prizes table. Guess the Number of

Creating a Rival

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything

you resolve one or more workweeks of downtime, pick one of the ways a rival’s plans might be advanced and introduce it into play. Think about how a rival might operate in order to bring specific

methods the rival can bring to bear against the characters. Goals. An effective rival has a clear reason for interfering with the characters’ lives. Think about what the rival wants, how and why the

Cleric

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

screaming “Shut up!” at anyone who makes noise 4 Sleep another hour; your deity says it’s fine 5 Burning incense and lighting a candle on a makeshift altar while you recite your vows 6

Faith Every cleric has a uniquely personal connection to their deity. You are no exception, though you like to think you bring your own special flair to the relationship, and vice versa. Relationship

Fortune-Telling

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things

nothing you can do to stop it.” Fool “Someone who seems helpless will call for your aid. Do not trust them.” Key “A dream will bring answers to the questions you seek.” Knight “Someone will offer you

Oddlewin foresaw. Here are some suggestions for fortune outcomes: Comet. If the character keep a candle, torch, lantern, or other flame or source of light in their vicinity as often as possible, that light

When Clans Collapse

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes

individuals in a clan to fall prey to occasional bickering and infighting. Abbathor’s influence affects some dwarves more than others, and even those with the strongest resolve can be tempted to

weaker than it was before the unrest occurred, and thus it’s an easier target for outside enemies. If selfishness and greed were not enough to bring the clan to utter destruction, the horde of orcs

Mutual Respect

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

behavior is interfering with everyone else’s enjoyment, everyone has a stake in helping to resolve the issue. Setting Expectations Before you assemble a group around a game table, pitch the

make sure everyone’s comfortable with how the game is developing, updating the group’s limits as needed. Shifting Limits. Encourage players to bring any additional limits to you, privately or in the

Mutual Respect

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules

behavior is interfering with everyone else’s enjoyment, everyone has a stake in helping to resolve the issue. Setting Expectations Before you assemble a group around a game table, pitch the

the group every few sessions to make sure everyone’s comfortable with how the game is developing, updating the group’s limits as needed. Shifting Limits. Encourage players to bring any additional

Bard: College of Spirits

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

Bard: College of Spirits Bards of the College of Spirits seek tales with inherent power—be they legends, histories, or fictions—and bring their subjects to life. Using occult trappings, these bards

you in channeling spirits, be they historical figures or fictional archetypes. You can use the following objects as a spellcasting focus for your bard spells: a candle, crystal ball, skull, spirit board

Silverquill Scholars

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos

battle or strike at their foes with searing radiance. These Silverquill teachers seek to inspire greatness in all that they do, pushing their students to look for the good in all things and bring that into

and debilitating inky shadow. Whether weaving their magic through spoken incantations and scathing insults or through shadows, these teachers break down the resolve of their foes. The professors strive

Platinum Mine

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries

pillars of moss-covered stone support the twenty-foot-high ceiling, and waist-high stone slabs dot the cavern. The meenlocks bring their victims here to be tormented and transformed. The stone slabs

has a passive Wisdom (Perception) score of 18 or higher spots a candle-like object attached to each pillar, partially hidden beneath the moss. A character who closely examines a pillar spots the

City Celebrations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist

folk sip warmed ciders and broths (often laced with herbs for health and to bring on visions) and stay inside. They tell tales of what interested them or was important in the year just done, and discuss

gourds or pumpkins carved with faces. Each pumpkin represents a person donning a mask, while the light inside represents the truth of the soul. For as long as the candle remains lit, lies told and

Battlefield Events

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Divine Contention

. Use your judgement to resolve any plans that the players devise and award them appropriately (see “Narrative Combat”). If the gate is demolished, the players must hold the line alongside the defenders

relentless rhythm on their war drums. With each crescendo, a bolt of lightning slams into the town below! Six wereboar drummers perform a magical ritual to bring down lightning. Once per round, while at

Gate of Illumination Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel

the ages receiving blessings from the gods. A stone double door stands at the far end of the room, while stairs rise to the west and another hall opens to the east. People who bring their offerings to

altar is consecrated to the gods of fire and nature. A candle-sized flame burns in a bowl-sized depression upon its surface. The flame is magical and relights after 10 seconds if extinguished. Gate. A

Gnome Gods

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes

send an omen to nudge a group of gnomes in a certain direction, or even manifest an avatar in the middle of a gnome burrow. When Garl makes one of these rare appearances, it is to resolve a dispute that

these embarrassments, he declared an oath to bring death to all gnomes. To keep his nemesis from doing him harm, Garl tricked Kurtulmak into chasing him into a maze of caves by singing mocking songs

Upper Palace Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight

next to a jar of black ink. Magic causes each candle to float 1d4 + 3 feet above the floor. Casting dispel magic on a candle or removing a candle from the library automatically ends the levitation

“Fall of the Witch Queen” earlier in the chapter). He planned to bring the members of the League of Malevolence to justice, but he underestimated their tenacity and resourcefulness. He is grateful to

Outer City Gazetteer

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer

extol the virtues of meditation and whatever calm faiths visitors might bring with them. Few seek the church’s services on their own. Rather, most who come to dwell at the church either have a room

fellow Calishite in the Outer City. There they used what little wealth they’d been able to bring with them to construct a new home — a traditional Calishite settlement that would be precisely as friendly

Outer City Gazetteer

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus

visitors might bring with them. Few seek the church’s services on their own. Rather, most who come to dwell at the church either have a room rented for them by concerned family or receive a somewhat

wealth they’d been able to bring with them to construct a new home — a traditional Calishite settlement that would be precisely as friendly to Baldur’s Gate as the Baldurians had been to them. Though

Lady's Ward

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

-reaching schemes. Dragon Bar. Like moths to a candle, risk takers gravitate to the buzzing marquee of Fortune’s Wheel. The polished revolving door of this recently renovated building opens into the

Primus to bring order to dealings between planar folk. Inside, the Kolyarut, an engine of absolute order, ratifies contracts on sheets of solid gold, leaving their enforcement to the inexorable

Palace of Spires Locations

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

the demiplane. If the characters didn’t bring extra leaves with them when they entered, they must find the reusable keys carried by the current occupants of the palace (see areas P6 and P7) to leave

couple. They’re fiercely protective of the pair. Breaking the Enchantment. If the characters break the fountain’s enchantment on Argus and Hamish, the two are grateful but ultimately resolve to remain

Locations on the Fortress Level

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a1

has disturbed the keg. Treasure. Within the keg are five tiny sapphires (worth 10 gp each) used to bring about the magic that bound the mephits. 15. Dragon Cell Crudely executed symbols and glyphs

bench along the south wall are pieces of nearly useless cutlery and rusting skinning knives. The kobolds bring food for their tribe up from the Underdark and store it in a nearby chamber. The rotting

Areas of the Water Temple

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

above water level. Its “stars” are small patches of luminescent lichen. Each patch is an inch in diameter and one-tenth as bright as a candle. If removed, a lichen’s glow persists for 1d3 days. The

you?” Shatterkeel hears out those who claim to bring news or gifts, and he might be persuaded to let them go if they seem intent on attacking one of the other cults. If drawn into an explanation of

Delphi Mansion Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault

save for two small, bare tables standing against the west wall and an ornate rug in front of the window. Resting next to the rug is a wooden candlestick holding the melted stump of a red candle. A long

might be a way to bring her and her friends back from the dead. Treasure. Four small crates rest in the northwest corner. One contains a set of gold-plated cups and plates worth 200 gp total. Another

Areas of the Villa

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist

, he has Willifort bring his guests glasses of fine brandy and pipes filled with pipeweed. Portraits. The portraits on the walls depict several generations of Cassalanters. The ones on the easels, more

accidentally offended one another. They have changed into dueling garb and are fighting with rapiers to resolve their differences while onlookers drink wine and cheer them on. C25a. Garden Balcony This

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