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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
The Underdark Do you know what it is to be a slave? To feel the crack of a whip, the venom of a drow priestess’s snake-headed lash, the weight of a burden you can’t possibly lift after so much toil
captive to describe the horrors lurking below the surface. What follows are portions of the tale told by Oshgir, a half-orc warrior who was captured by a duergar raiding party, sold to a Zhentarim agent
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal
Sir Braford While traveling in the vicinity of the Sunless Citadel, Sir Braford and his companions were captured by goblins. The young paladin of Pelor has been corrupted by the sinister Gulthias
Common
Challenge 1/2 (100 XP)
Barkskin. Sir Braford’s AC can’t be lower than 16.
Special Equipment. Sir Braford wields Shatterspike, a magic longsword that grants a +1 bonus to attack and damage
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
prepared before being captured.) Moreover, spellcasting isn’t possible inside the slave pen because of its magical wards (see area 11). Slipping out of manacles requires a successful DC 20 Dexterity
manacles can’t attempt checks of that kind again until he or she finishes a long rest. A character can still use the Help action to aid another character, however.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Morte’s Planar Parade
Nonaton Modron When modrons act against the will of Primus, nonatons are charged with bringing those rogue units into line. These inspectors also interrogate captured trespassers of Mechanus
can’t they take a joke, they’ll blame you for disrupting the lawful working of the multiverse then try to measure how much your powdered bones weigh. ”
–Morte
Nonaton Modron Large Construct
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation Supplement
it. The ghost is all that remains of Siburrath, a male merfolk who was captured and tortured by the ***** Queen’s captain over a century ago. Siburrath’s ghost can’t leave the cage unless it possesses
someone, and it can’t rest until its torturer is slain. The ghost tries to possess the first character to come within 5 feet of it, with the intent of using the host to find and kill its torturer. If
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
clan’s gold, leaving only a pittance. The Axebreaker dwarves discovered her almost immediately. They rounded up her agents, who either fought to the death or were executed. They captured Korda and
End. There, Clan Axebreaker was hopeful Korda would eventually break and reveal the location of the stolen wealth. This played right into Korda’s hands, since she had made copious enemies who can’t
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
reality of Oerth, where Vecna has captured and imprisoned his archrival, Kas the Betrayer. Read the following to describe the scene: Your feet sink into the mucky basin of a sprawling wasteland. The
toward the sun can they reach the castle, which is a trek that takes 1 hour on foot. If the players can’t figure out how to reach the castle, have the characters make a DC 15 Intelligence (Arcana
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
Yeenoghu’s Lair Yeenoghu’s lair in the Abyss is called the Death Dells, its barren hills and ravines serving as one great hunting ground, where he pursues captured mortals in a cruel game. Yeenoghu’s
(losing initiative ties), Yeenoghu can take a lair action to cause one of the following effects; he can’t use the same effect two rounds in a row. Yeenoghu causes an iron spike — 5 feet tall and 1 inch in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
Yeenoghu’s Lair Yeenoghu’s lair in the Abyss is called the Death Dells, its barren hills and ravines serving as one great hunting ground, where he pursues captured mortals in a cruel game. Yeenoghu’s
(losing initiative ties), Yeenoghu can take a lair action to cause one of the following effects; he can’t use the same effect two rounds in a row: Yeenoghu causes an iron spike — 5 feet tall and 1 inch in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Prisoner 13
clan’s gold, leaving only a pittance. The Axebreaker dwarves discovered her almost immediately. They rounded up her agents, who either fought to the death or were executed. They captured Korda and
End. There, Clan Axebreaker was hopeful Korda would eventually break and reveal the location of the stolen wealth. This played right into Korda’s hands, since she had made copious enemies who can’t
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
8. Office of the Torturer Characters approaching this area from the north can see activity through the open doorway to area 9, but can’t make out any details until they advance beyond the corridor
tortured prisoners and any information they’ve revealed (including the fact that the recently captured thieves were sent by Moghadam). If he is not at work in area 9, Andras will be found here. Treasure A
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
offerings delivered into his hands. Prince Derendil, the delusional quaggoth, can’t offer any useful directions, but he gladly accompanies the party, eager to go to the surface world. Eldeth Feldrun is
unfamiliar with this region of the Underdark and can’t navigate, but she has a +5 bonus on Wisdom (Survival) checks and can help out in that regard. Jimjar can guide the party to Blingdenstone from
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
the market outside.
The ambient music is a permanent magical effect that can’t be heard outside the workshop. If the characters enter quietly, add: Three young children are gathered around a wooden
worktable. The eldest, a drow boy, prances on the tabletop with a bar of soap in one hand, while a halfling girl and a human girl giggle at his audacity.
Granny Nightshade makes captured children
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
Chapter 15: Werewolf Den West of Lake Baratok is a cave complex that the werewolves of Barovia use as a den. Characters who interrogate captured werewolves can learn the den’s location. Most of the
tactics didn’t sit well with the pack’s older members, and they certainly didn’t please Emil’s mate, Zuleika Toranescu. She knows she can’t slay Kiril on her own, and after what happened to Emil, the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
has made it to the surface world. Lost and confused, the wyrmling has been captured by a group of cruel adventurers.
3 A deep dragon wyrmling whimsically rules over a worshipful group of
awaken spell.
Young Deep Dragon Connections d6 Connected Creatures
1 A young deep dragon has captured a number of kuo-toa and has decided to try them out as servants instead of eating them
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
recognizes the characters as the group tasked with putting an end to the crimes. Though she admits she can’t help fight vandals, Gwyn offers to assist the party. She asks the characters to bring any
. (This clue can be found either by examining the axe found at the Shrine of Luck or by successfully interrogating a captured goblin.) Fragments of a Location. The characters have a fragment of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
Copper Acid Gold Fire Green Acid Red Fire Silver Cold White Cold Screaming Sails Woven from the energy of captured wraiths and bound with the spirit of a banshee, these sails groan mournfully when
must succeed on a DC 14 Wisdom saving throw, or the creature takes 4d6 psychic damage and is then frightened for 1 minute. Once this ability has been used, it can’t be used again until 2d6 hours have
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Flee, Mortals! Rule Primer
caregiver who is charmed can still command their companion, but they can’t command the companion to attack a creature who charmed them. Incapacitated or Absent Caregiver If a companion’s caregiver is
cases where a caregiver and their companion are physically separated, such as when a companion is captured, the GM might wish to take control of the companion to keep the player in suspense about the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
Storvald that help would come to him after he staged a series of raids on coastal communities. He sent ships to attack sites along the Sword Coast, and during a raid on Port Llast, the giants captured a
Cimber’s drop of blood in a rune magic ritual to turn a giant diamond into a blod stone (see appendix B). Unfortunately for the jarl, the item can’t find Artus Cimber specifically; instead, it
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
absorb life through its tentacles, allowing it to drain the vitality out of any creature it touches. Warped by Chaos. When the daelkyr emerged from Xoriat to conquer Khorvaire, they captured and
dolgaunt instead takes no damage if it succeeds on the saving throw, and only half damage if it fails. It can’t use this trait if it’s incapacitated.
Unarmored Defense. While the dolgaunt is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
Nylea’s Champions Nylea is one of the more active of the gods in the mortal realm, but she can’t be everywhere at once. Her heroes are her eyes, ears, and arrows on Theros, defending her interests
anywhere and anytime she can’t. The Nylea’s Quests table suggests a few adventures the god’s champions might involve themselves in. Nylea’s Quests d6 Adventure Goal
1 Free a hydra that has
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
initiates who can’t handle the rigors of training, spies who meddle in his affairs, and lost travelers who accidentally discover his temple. The white-robed figures are two Immortal Lotus monks (see
captured, the monks remain tight-lipped and won’t divulge information willingly. A suggestion spell or similar magic, however, can force them to share information about the temple’s location
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
, with lore both worldly and esoteric filling books, scrolls, tablets, or stranger archives—such as magical crystals that hold captured memories or the voices of those long dead. You can use this lair
of the following lair actions; the medusa can’t take the same lair action two rounds in a row: Petrifying Wave. Up to three creatures the medusa can see within the lair are partially turned to stone
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
shoots at them with his bow; if Garra falls, the sprite flees. Rot’s mind has been warped by Niho Koi’s magic, and he can’t provide any useful information to the characters if captured. If Garra feels
books, and three paper schemas in scroll tubes. Each book and schema is written in a magically coded language that can’t be read by the comprehend languages spell. Finding a way to read these documents
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes of the Borderlands
cave in search of a stolen family tapestry, but the goblins captured her. Vinx is Indifferent toward the characters and has the Restrained condition while bound. Vinx assures the characters that she’s
a capable explorer who can hold her own in a fight, but some quests can’t be completed alone. If they help her recover the tapestry, she promises a hefty reward. The barrels are mostly filled with
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
uncharacteristically violent villagers, hoping the three will come to their senses. The Fourth Infection Once the fight ends, the townspeople restrain any surviving members of the trio so they can’t do more
beneath the Sleeping Giant and determining they need to venture into it. Here are some ways to keep the characters on track:
Captured Goblins. When the goblins fled with the kidnap victims, some
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
against being charmed, and magic can’t put her to sleep. She can cast the dancing lights cantrip at will. She owns a hat of disguise, which she uses to appear as a female drow while in the company of
drow mage named Velgor Zolond. They are joined by a prisoner in manacles — an unarmed and unarmored male human knight of the Order of the Gauntlet named Aljanor Keenblade. Sir Aljanor was captured
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
fascinated by any thing of beauty — an object, creature, scene, or event — that might be experienced only once, but which can be captured in an elf’s memory and revisited during trance for the rest of their
can appear cold and emotionless in the face of tragedy. They do feel the same pain that others feel, and they do mourn their losses. But they also understand, in a way that other creatures can’t, that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
springs to mind, use a captured member of the Order of the Gauntlet named Zalder Faelrond (LG male Tethyrian human knight of Torm, with no armor or weapons). Zalder’s story is that he was kidnapped by
the chapel walls are eight nothics — former disciples of Acererak who lost their minds trying to learn their master’s arcane secrets. The nothics are restrained by the shackles and can’t make melee
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
sometimes dispatched when a powerful devotee of Lolth needs some creature or object captured and brought back alive and intact. Only under the rarest of circumstances is a retriever handed over or sold
Immunities charmed, exhaustion, frightened, paralyzed, poisoned
Senses blindsight 30 ft., darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 15
Languages understands Abyssal, Elvish, and Undercommon but can’t
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
scale walls and battlements, and they perch on tower tops and other high vantages to keep an eye on the surrounding area. When girallons can’t climb, they stalk the forest floor, lurk in narrow ravines or
captured when young and carefully trained could end up in a seemingly unlikely place, such as guarding the entrance to a city’s thieves’ guild. Those who would keep a girallon must always be wary, however
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
cauldron’s property has been used, the cauldron can’t be activated again until the next dawn. Captured witches will trade information in exchange for their lives and freedom, and can be forced to divulge the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
. A balhannoth that has been captured and exploited by drow might lair in caves near Underdark passages and guard the ways in and out of a drow enclave. Lair Actions When fighting inside its lair, a
balhannoth can use lair actions. On initiative count 20 (losing initiative ties), a balhannoth can take one lair action to cause one of the following effects; the balhannoth can’t use the same lair
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
Fellow Prisoners The characters are held with ten other prisoners, captured during various raids and likewise awaiting transportation to Menzoberranzan. Some can expect to be sold as slaves, while
victims and arranging their organs. Although mad, Buppido is cunning and capable of hiding his true nature to serve his own ends. Because he believes he is a god, he is convinced that he can’t be killed
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver
modifier: +6. Check to see who, if anyone, is surprised. The party can’t surprise the goblins, but the goblins might surprise some or all of the characters. Make a Dexterity (Stealth) check for the
than the goblins’ check total is surprised and therefore can’t do anything on his or her first turn in the combat (see “Surprise” in the Basic Rules). Use the initiative rules in the Basic Rules to