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Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
channel and control their magic. This apparatus is a collection of leather straps, flexible tubing, glass cylinders, and plates, bracers, and fittings made from a magic-infused metal alloy called mizzium
slot to cast the spell as normal, but before resolving it you must make an Intelligence (Arcana) check. The DC is 10 + twice the level of the spell slot you expend to cast the spell.
On a successful
Monsters
Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse
Carceri’s waiting chains.
Demodands
Demodands, also called gehreleths, are Fiends from the Tarterian Depths of Carceri. Cast into the prison plane long ago for forgotten transgressions
Monsters
Curse of Strahd
Richten’s tale is a sad one. A scholar and doctor from a land called Darkon, he married his childhood sweetheart, Ingrid, and together they had a son, Erasmus. When he was fourteen, Erasmus was
hunting evil monsters.
The Waiting Game. Van Richten isn’t a young man anymore. He knows his road is coming to an end, but his work isn't done. He has come to Barovia to kill Strahd von Zarovich
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
14. Rally Point S’slaar’s cavalry troops are gathered in this cavern, waiting for their master’s order to attack. Six troglodytes are mounted on six giant lizards. Rocks and small boulders are piled
succeed on a DC 10 Wisdom (Perception) check to find it. Development When the order comes to attack, S’slaar’s cavalry bursts through the hidden passageway on the south wall of the cave (see “Resolving the Standoff”).
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
14. Rally Point S’slaar’s cavalry troops are gathered in this cavern, waiting for their master’s order to attack. Six troglodytes are mounted on six giant lizards. Rocks and small boulders are piled
succeed on a DC 10 Wisdom (Perception) check to find it. Development When the order comes to attack, S’slaar’s cavalry bursts through the hidden passageway on the south wall of the cave (see “Resolving the Standoff”).
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
to the next. There’s no hard-and-fast rule about how long to spend on each character’s activity, but make sure no one is waiting for their turn for too long. You can build tension in an exploration
something during exploration, you decide whether that action requires an ability check to determine success (as described in the earlier “Resolving Outcomes” section). Certain situations might call
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
to the next. There’s no hard-and-fast rule about how long to spend on each character’s activity, but make sure no one is waiting for their turn for too long. You can build tension in an exploration
something during exploration, you decide whether that action requires an ability check to determine success (as described in the earlier “Resolving Outcomes” section). Certain situations might call
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
Scavenger Crew The Mad Mage captured a spacefaring pirate ship called the Scavenger, stole the magic device that propels it, and left the derelict vessel and its crew to rot in the Caverns of Ooze
-filled caverns around the ship. Now the illithid waits for new humanoid brains to deliver themselves into its waiting tentacles.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
Scavenger Crew The Mad Mage captured a spacefaring pirate ship called the Scavenger, stole the magic device that propels it, and left the derelict vessel and its crew to rot in the Caverns of Ooze
-filled caverns around the ship. Now the illithid waits for new humanoid brains to deliver themselves into its waiting tentacles.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
Scarlet Moon Hall Elizar Dryflagon, a fire cultist who was once a druid, has sent word throughout the Dessarin Valley that an obscure (and fictitious) druid circle called the Circle of the Scarlet
Moon knows the Rite of the Wicker Giant, a ritual that can restore nature’s balance in the troubled region. Several groups have set up camps on the slopes below Scarlet Moon Hall, waiting for Elizar to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
23. Hook Horror Larder Ambush. A hook horror clings to a 15-foot high ledge, waiting to ambush any who enter. The ledge is set into the western wall, between the two tunnel entrances.
Bones. Lying
).
Fungi. Patches of barrelstalk, ripplebark, timmask, and tongue of madness grow near the water that pools against the eastern wall.
Treasure Amid the bones is a common wondrous item called a pipe of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Descent into the Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth
of the Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth—the former lair of the archmage Iggwilv, the so-called Witch Queen.
Guided by a series of hard-won clues, your trek through the Yatil Mountains halts at a yawning
cleft in the mountainside. Stalactites and stalagmites growing at the entrance give the cave mouth the impression of fangs waiting to snap together. The opening is forty feet wide, twenty feet high, and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
Scarlet Moon Hall Elizar Dryflagon, a fire cultist who was once a druid, has sent word throughout the Dessarin Valley that an obscure (and fictitious) druid circle called the Circle of the Scarlet
Moon knows the Rite of the Wicker Giant, a ritual that can restore nature’s balance in the troubled region. Several groups have set up camps on the slopes below Scarlet Moon Hall, waiting for Elizar to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Descent into the Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth
of the Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth—the former lair of the archmage Iggwilv, the so-called Witch Queen.
Guided by a series of hard-won clues, your trek through the Yatil Mountains halts at a yawning
cleft in the mountainside. Stalactites and stalagmites growing at the entrance give the cave mouth the impression of fangs waiting to snap together. The opening is forty feet wide, twenty feet high, and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
23. Hook Horror Larder Ambush. A hook horror clings to a 15-foot high ledge, waiting to ambush any who enter. The ledge is set into the western wall, between the two tunnel entrances.
Bones. Lying
).
Fungi. Patches of barrelstalk, ripplebark, timmask, and tongue of madness grow near the water that pools against the eastern wall.
Treasure Amid the bones is a common wondrous item called a pipe of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
The Companion Zariel never forgot her betrayers — those who ran from the battlefield. She kept a close eye on Elturel, waiting for the day when she could enact her revenge. That day came in 1444 DR
offered him a deal, which Thavius readily accepted. In the sky over Elturel, a radiant sphere called the Companion appeared, blazing like a second sun. Powered by a planetar imprisoned within it, the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
The Companion Zariel never forgot her betrayers — those who ran from the battlefield. She kept a close eye on Elturel, waiting for the day when she could enact her revenge. That day came in 1444 DR
offered him a deal, which Thavius readily accepted. In the sky over Elturel, a radiant sphere called the Companion appeared, blazing like a second sun. Powered by a planetar imprisoned within it, the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
from a pinhole atop a nodule called the Crystal Dome, which is described below. Whenever the characters arrive on a nodule, roll twice on the Endless Void Nodules table to randomly determine two other
single nodule is in view at the time. The nodules drift over the course of several hours. Each time the characters take a long rest, reroll the nodules within view. If the characters are waiting for a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
from a pinhole atop a nodule called the Crystal Dome, which is described below. Whenever the characters arrive on a nodule, roll twice on the Endless Void Nodules table to randomly determine two other
single nodule is in view at the time. The nodules drift over the course of several hours. Each time the characters take a long rest, reroll the nodules within view. If the characters are waiting for a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
inn. When they do, read the following text: Just as the spell said, your contact — a hard-looking woman — is waiting at a back table in the inn. After pleasantries are exchanged, she unfurls a map of
the Dessarin Valley.
“A powerful shadow dragon called the Dark Lady lairs underneath Rundreth Manor, right here.” She points to a spot on the map. “One of our agents saw robed cultists leaving the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
waiting for them alone, and is pleased to see them. She’s even more pleased if the characters rescued Sergeant Teeshe. Truff asks the characters to sign an affidavit confirming that they’ve completely
to take any treasure the party pulled out of the tunnels. The group consists of a thug called Stork leading three bandits. Stork believes she has the advantage over the party members, who are probably
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer Academy
garbage cans, you geared up, ate a hasty breakfast, and were immediately commanded to the deck of a hammerhead ship called the Flighty Foundling. As soon as you board the ship, it rises into the air
. The good news is that an empty tyrant ship drifts above Toril, waiting for you to crew it, though you’ll need to install a spelljamming helm on the Command Deck to make the ship fly. Traveling aboard
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
waiting for them alone, and is pleased to see them. She’s even more pleased if the characters rescued Sergeant Teeshe. Truff asks the characters to sign an affidavit confirming that they’ve completely
to take any treasure the party pulled out of the tunnels. The group consists of a thug called Stork leading three bandits. Stork believes she has the advantage over the party members, who are probably
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer Academy
garbage cans, you geared up, ate a hasty breakfast, and were immediately commanded to the deck of a hammerhead ship called the Flighty Foundling. As soon as you board the ship, it rises into the air
. The good news is that an empty tyrant ship drifts above Toril, waiting for you to crew it, though you’ll need to install a spelljamming helm on the Command Deck to make the ship fly. Traveling aboard
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
inn. When they do, read the following text: Just as the spell said, your contact — a hard-looking woman — is waiting at a back table in the inn. After pleasantries are exchanged, she unfurls a map of
the Dessarin Valley.
“A powerful shadow dragon called the Dark Lady lairs underneath Rundreth Manor, right here.” She points to a spot on the map. “One of our agents saw robed cultists leaving the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
conflict and haven’t noticed you yet.
The reptilian humanoids are troglodytes that worship a lesser god called Laogzed — a reptilian horror that dwells in the Abyss. Although Laogzed isn’t a demon lord
random encounters) to the distance they must travel before they reach the purple worm nursery. If the characters simply watch the standoff unfold, see “Resolving the Standoff” later in this section
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
resolve those actions.
Sometimes, resolving a task is easy. If an adventurer wants to walk across a room and open a door, the DM might just say that the door opens and describe what lies beyond. But
mighty dragon. In certain situations, particularly combat, the action is more structured and the players (and DM) do take turns choosing and resolving actions. But most of the time, play is fluid and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
conflict and haven’t noticed you yet.
The reptilian humanoids are troglodytes that worship a lesser god called Laogzed — a reptilian horror that dwells in the Abyss. Although Laogzed isn’t a demon lord
random encounters) to the distance they must travel before they reach the purple worm nursery. If the characters simply watch the standoff unfold, see “Resolving the Standoff” later in this section
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
the corpses and dust. Occasionally, Returned who’ve grown tired of their half-lives congregate here, waiting for a final death to claim them. Some tales claim that treasures lie amid the crypts, but
, there was one witness to his escape, an unremarkable soul called Tymaret. Sharing what he’d seen with the god of the dead, Tymaret received a cursed blessing from Erebos: he would be restored to the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
the corpses and dust. Occasionally, Returned who’ve grown tired of their half-lives congregate here, waiting for a final death to claim them. Some tales claim that treasures lie amid the crypts, but
, there was one witness to his escape, an unremarkable soul called Tymaret. Sharing what he’d seen with the god of the dead, Tymaret received a cursed blessing from Erebos: he would be restored to the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
resolve those actions.
Sometimes, resolving a task is easy. If an adventurer wants to walk across a room and open a door, the DM might just say that the door opens and describe what lies beyond. But
mighty dragon. In certain situations, particularly combat, the action is more structured and the players (and DM) do take turns choosing and resolving actions. But most of the time, play is fluid and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
after that event. The truth of the place now called Warlock’s Crypt is something different altogether. All of the structures visible here, from the now-shattered outbuildings to the central towers
demesne of the lich-king Larloch himself, who has also been called the Shadow King. Threats and Defenses I warn you: do not come to this place. And if you must, do not tarry, for its defenders are
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
after that event. The truth of the place now called Warlock’s Crypt is something different altogether. All of the structures visible here, from the now-shattered outbuildings to the central towers
demesne of the lich-king Larloch himself, who has also been called the Shadow King. Threats and Defenses I warn you: do not come to this place. And if you must, do not tarry, for its defenders are
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
family — his mother, who is gravely ill and lives in abject poverty. A Waiting Coach Waiting at the edge of the neighborhood is the hire-coach that bore Agorn Fuoco through the blizzard to Mistshore. Two
Mistshore. Amath lives in an old tower in the Castle Ward called Yellowspire. Zhents in the Wind As the characters leave the Fuoco residence, with or without Agorn as their prisoner, they are surrounded
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
family — his mother, who is gravely ill and lives in abject poverty. A Waiting Coach Waiting at the edge of the neighborhood is the hire-coach that bore Agorn Fuoco through the blizzard to Mistshore. Two
Mistshore. Amath lives in an old tower in the Castle Ward called Yellowspire. Zhents in the Wind As the characters leave the Fuoco residence, with or without Agorn as their prisoner, they are surrounded