burdens both diffusing clearly receives

Supernatural Hooks

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

suggestions. Supernatural Hooks 1d6 Hook 1 The characters all have a vivid dream that foreshadows elements of the adventure. 2 While preparing spells, one character receives a quest from a god or

that portend the adventure situation. 5 Animals or animated objects speak clearly to direct the adventurers toward the situation. 6 Someone who died returns as a ghost and haunts the characters. The ghost prompts the characters to investigate the cause of the ghost’s death and put it to rest.

Bearded Devil (Barbazu)

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)

clearly show its fiendish nature. These devils take their names from the snakelike growths that adorn their chins, which they use to lash and poison enemies, weakening them with their virulent venom

with a successful DC 12 Wisdom (Medicine) check. The wound also closes if the target receives magical healing.

Draegloth

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

graceful and quiet like a drow. Its face is clearly demonic, with bestial features, glowing red eyes, an elongated doglike snout, and a mouth full of sharp teeth. Blessing on the House. The ritual to

part in the welfare of its house, a draegloth can’t rise above the status of a favored slave or a consort to a priestess. Before a draegloth is given any duties, it receives instruction in accepting

Lorehold Deans' Wing Locations

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

discovers a map of the Deans’ Wing. This map clearly marks that there is a hidden space behind a wall of the Deans’ Records Room (area L9). L5. Restricted Records Room The doors to these rooms are

of books, papers, and knick-knacks. Every shelf and one of the room’s three chairs have similar burdens. Dean Tullus’s office is messy and unoccupied. Characters who search her desk find little more

Mutiny

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Light of Xaryxis

ago.” The unconscious prisoner is an astral elf aristocrat (see Boo’s Astral Menagerie) named Xedalli. She has 0 hit points and is stable. If the unconscious elf receives any amount of magical healing

, she regains consciousness but remains groggy and unable to think clearly or take actions until she is aboard the characters’ ship or otherwise safe.

Market Ward

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

hacking cough, offers the party free samples of her famous mystery meat pies. 4 Clearly troubled, a human commoner in the Free League asks the party which faction, if any, they believe is right about the

their burdens. Visitors must surrender their weapons before entering the gymnasium, and spellcasting is allowed only in sanctioned areas. Sigil’s factions regard the Great Gymnasium as neutral ground

Stage 1: The Dran & Courtier?

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

above the common room provides additional light from its tall candles. Hanging over the fireplace is a portrait of three children, two female and one male. The male is clearly a young Omin Dran. Next

to the fireplace is an unoccupied raised stage where a bard might strike up a tune. The bar is to your left, where a half-elf in a heavy leather duster receives a drink from a tall female elf wearing a

Fort Beluarian

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

receives a cut of the pirate’s profits, some of which goes toward paying bonuses to her garrison to keep the soldiers happy. Although she’s a villain of sorts, Liara Portyr has no reason to be an enemy to

) whenever they visit Fort Beluarian, and each character receives one potion or scroll chosen from the ones available in the stores (see area 10G). Strangers in a Strange Land. Flaming Fist scouts have

N2. Blue Water Inn

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

. Urwin Martikov, who prepares most of the meals, is found here throughout the day. He occasionally receives help from his two boys, but they are easily distracted. A cupboard against the east wall

each guest receives a key. Urwin and Danika carry spare keys. The footlockers are empty and are for the use of guests. N2n. Private Guest Room Rictavio has a key to this room, which is locked at all

Candlekeep

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

part ranks to allow the seeker inside to the Court of Air. Visitors are instructed to cross that area and stand before the Emerald Door, where another monk receives them, offers them food, bath, and

tall towers that rise up above the northern court wall are interconnected by covered walkways. Many of these are roofed, but not walled, and monks — some of them under quite prodigious burdens of books

Lair Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves

were clearly made by giants, though which type is unclear. Wyvern Roost. Four Wyverns dwell on an icy ledge 80 feet above the lair entrance. The ledge blends in from below but is easily noticed from

crystal sheds Dim Light in a 15-foot radius. A creature that touches the crystal receives a surge of positive energy and regains 70 Hit Points. The crystal grants this healing three times each day

Area Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Nest of the Eldritch Eye

tunnel is a secret door to area N6. From this side, the door is clearly visible and pulls open easily. N9: Sewerage Chamber A foul stench rises from the murky sewage that fills most of this large chamber

determining which charm their character receives: the Charm of the Creeping Hand if the die roll is an odd number or the Charm of the Eldritch Eye if the die roll is an even number. While in possession of

Random Encounters

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

belongs to a Barovian man, woman, or child who was clearly torn to pieces by dire wolves. If the party is accompanied by Barovian scouts (see above), the scouts recognize the corpse as the person they

Horngaard, the leader of the Order of the Silver Dragon, to help them. The revenant would like nothing more than to kill Strahd, but it will not venture to Castle Ravenloft unless it receives orders

Portal Encounters

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

warehouse duty. Her job mostly involves running from one row of crates to another, filling orders for customers and grouping them for retrieval by other Dran Enterprises employees. She receives her

pretend that the crew never saw the party. He allows the characters access to the exit portal, which is located in his chamber. While passing through the captain’s chamber, the characters can clearly

Fane Locations

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

tomb is also the center of a hallow spell, which extends to the doors of the room. Any good-aligned humanoid who heeds the tomb’s carving receives the effect of a 5th-level aid spell. A creature can

Battle This room smells of blood and death. The debris of several recent battles is scattered throughout this rough-hewn chamber. A dozen dead warriors, clearly of the earth and water cults, lie amid

Briny Maze Locations

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

(Perception) check realizes that the goo didn’t come from the intellect snare but seeped from the wall beyond it. The first person to touch the goo receives a psychic flash of the layout of the occipital

and don’t appear to be allied with Ilvaash or corrupted by the Far Realm, Lowarnizel and Gossa are cautiously welcoming. Lowarnizel does most of the talking and is clearly in charge. The two demand to

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