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. A girallon that’s 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
forests and jungles, seem to attract girallons. They see a city’s buildings as a superior sort of forest whose uppermost “branches” can safely support them. The creatures can easily
Monsters
Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
the life of Lady Gondafrey, a native Waterdavian who served in the City Watch. After identifying Duhlark Kolat as a suspect in several local disappearances, she darkened his doorstep in 1379 DR, the
Year of the Lost Keep. Annoyed by this invasion of his privacy and not in his right mind, Duhlark captured Lady Gondafrey, used a spell to meld her form with that of a gargoyle, and imprisoned her.
If
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’s lair.
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Powerful infernal creatures have opened a portal in the middle of a city square. The key to closing the portal is a mythical holy weapon that happens to be the pride and joy of a
;gelatinous cubes and ochre jelly;ochre jellies.
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A band of minotaur;minotaurs in service to Baphomet has captured a sapphire dragon wyrmling to learn from the wyrmling’s strategies
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Unfamiliar drow adventurers have been prowling a city’s streets at night and have been overheard talking about the dragon they
cause of the hostility.
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A deep dragon wants someone to manufacture a scenario that will get the dragon out of an old commitment to protect a city.
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Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
the path to Baldur’s Gate fully understanding the complex social morass that awaits. You enter the city an outsider, and it’s likely that—no matter how long you spend in the city&mdash
, survived weather more extreme than any city-dweller could comprehend, and enjoyed the solitude of being the only thinking creature for miles in any direction. The wilds are in your blood, whether you were a
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Adventure Hook
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Unfamiliar drow adventurers have been prowling a city’s streets at night and have been overheard talking about the dragon
true cause of the hostility.
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A deep dragon wants someone to manufacture a scenario that will get the dragon out of an old commitment to protect a city.
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Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
is an excellent deterrent for other criminals. (Evil)
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I am beholden to an Azorius arrester who captured the criminal who killed my parents, saving me from
the entire city, your place in the Azorius can easily bring you into contact with members of other guilds, for good or ill.
Roll twice on the Azorius Contacts table (for an ally and a rival) and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
Chapter 6: City of Lost Names Upon finding the City of Lost Names, the characters must infiltrate the ruin as it teems with enemy forces. There, the characters learn the Dragon Army seeks to make the
a vast ruin the characters can explore as they please while dodging the occupying Dragon Army forces. Here, the Dragon Army’s plan in the Northern Wastes comes into view: to reactivate the City of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
forms is destroyed or until she leaves the spire. Any of Avarice’s minions still patrolling the city are swiftly captured and dragged before the Frostmaiden. Auril murders each captive in turn and
), six snow golems (see appendix C), and a pack of six winter wolves. After sending her skeletons, golems, and wolves into the city in small groups to kill interlopers on sight, Auril shuts down the force
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
Rogue Both the Mastermind and the Swashbuckler are perfectly at home in the city of Sharn. In addition, the ranks of the dragonmarked houses are filled with scheming, adventurous entrepreneurs best
captured by the Mastermind’s abilities. While the Mastermind lacks a specific ability in investigation, pairing it with the right skill selections and ability scores (a high Wisdom is a must) yields a good model for an inquisitive.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
Ashen Heir Hideout The Ashen Heir hideout is a crumbling, one-story temple located in the Old City. Captured Ashen Heir agents or Laleh Ghorbani might direct the characters to the location. Read the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
Rise of the Tomb After Acererak murdered Omu’s gods, he enslaved the Omuans and forced them to carve a grand tomb under one of the cliffs surrounding the city. The archlich devised brutal trials for
each burial chamber, and sprinkled riddles and illusions throughout to deceive intruders. When the building work was done, he fed the captured Omuans into the death trap to test its efficacy. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
on the path to Baldur’s Gate fully understanding the complex social morass that awaits. You enter the city an outsider, and it’s likely that — no matter how long you spend in the city — you’ll leave an
outsider, if you leave at all. Baldur’s Gate Feature: Immigrant Experience Even after your short time in Baldur’s Gate, you’ve learned the city holds more walls and gates than those the Watch and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
’ Alliance, the Order of the Gauntlet, the City Watch, or the Watchful Order of Magists and Protectors triggers a far-reaching effort to oust him from the city. Such proof can be obtained from any of
Manshoon’s lieutenants, who can be captured and turned over for interrogation. These lieutenants include Sidra Romeir (area K2), Manafret Cherryport (area K3), Urstul Floxin (area E5), Vevette
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer
on the path to Baldur’s Gate fully understanding the complex social morass that awaits. You enter the city an outsider, and it’s likely that — no matter how long you spend in the city — you’ll leave an
outsider, if you leave at all. Baldur’s Gate Feature: Immigrant Experience Even after your short time in Baldur’s Gate, you’ve learned the city holds more walls and gates than those the Watch and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
Starting the Adventure A devastating wave from the Iravati River crashes upon the Riverine Temple in Sagorpur The adventure begins as the characters are in the city of Sagorpur for the end of the
competition called the Shankha Trials. Use the “Character Hooks” section to determine why the characters find themselves in the city, and the “Shankhabhumi Gazetteer” section at the end of this
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
period called the Passage of Vultures, raiders assailed the nation and kidnapped its people. Many of those captured escaped into the ocean to found a new aquatic realm called Janya. These escapees
Blackthrone Arts, sinister forces near the undersea city of Janya have roused the spirits defending this lost wisdom. Now these wayward souls travel far to find aid in their homeland, hoping to prevent their people’s ancient wisdom from being turned to wicked ends.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
to the puzzle box. Captured villains can also lead characters to the puzzle box or the shield, as needed. Once these items are found, Falaster strongly urges the characters to deliver them to Sylvira
the Outer City, and suggests making a brief stop there so he can equip himself with weapons before continuing the journey to Candlekeep.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
and is able to communicate with them telepathically. Using this ability judiciously, the ulitharid has learned a great deal about the city above and its inhabitants. Waterdeep has, in a way, captured
. Extremiton is also gathering thralls of every race to help defend the colony if the neothelid is destroyed or fails in its task. City of the Mind Extremiton can sense intelligent creatures within 2 miles of it
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
aiming to raid Djaynai and its neighbors. During the Passage of Vultures, countless captured Djaynaians leaped from the ships of the marauders, like raindrops falling into the sea. “Freedom now!” they
-liren, gifted with the ability to live in the deep. Over centuries, they became the civilization known as Janya. Modern Janya is a majestic, deep-sea city protected by magical wards that resemble an
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
merchant company based in the city of Yartar, over a hundred miles to the east. They ship finished goods to Phandalin and other small settlements throughout the region, but this outpost has been hit
hard by banditry. The most recent Lionshield caravan due in Phandalin never arrived. (It was attacked and its cargo captured by the Cragmaw goblins.) The owner of the Phandalin post is a human woman
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
, Ilvara is obsessed enough to cast raise dead to restore them to life (assuming the character’s soul is willing to return). Captured characters are disarmed, their hands bound with spider-silk rope, and
before Ilvara has the opportunity to torture them or sell them into slavery in the City of Spiders. If they escape her clutches again, the drow priestess continues her pursuit until she is dead or the party leaves the Underdark (see chapter 7).
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver
merchant company based in the city of Yartar, over a hundred miles to the east. They ship finished goods to Phandalin and other small settlements throughout the region, but this outpost has been hard hit by
banditry. The most recent Lionshield caravan due in Phandalin never arrived. (It was attacked and its cargo captured by the Cragmaw goblins.) The master of the Phandalin post is a sharp-tongued human
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
Unwelcome Party The characters’ first encounter in Elturel is a gruesome one. A number of innocent residents of the city have been in hiding to avoid the devils patrolling their streets, but a lack
monsters with glaives and snakelike beards. The fiends are laughing darkly.
Three bearded devils named Blass, Nodd, and Thunn have infiltrated the city and are looking to wreak havoc. Harkina Hunt and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
captured by the Sharn Watch. House Tarkanan Adventure Hooks The House Tarkanan Adventure Hooks table presents ideas for adventures themed around House Tarkanan. House Tarkanan Adventure Hooks d4
Adventure Hook 1 House Tarkanan disturbed the dead during an expedition to Old Sharn, causing undead to terrorize the city above. 2 House Tarkanan declares war on the dragonmarked houses in Sharn
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
you have a chance to get into the camp and look around again, that would be the ideal way to spot anything that’s changed.
“I don’t recommend letting yourselves get captured,” he adds with a wry smile
apiece. He’s willing to haggle; this mission is important, and no one else is available who Leosin believes can handle it. If the characters accept, he tells them to find him at the city of Elturel
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
alliance with the drow of House Xorlarrin: he promises to help them destroy their enemies if the drow help him steal Maegera, the fire primordial trapped within the underground dwarven city of Gauntlgrym
of the Silver Marches. Duke Zalto and his fire giants unlocked and reclaimed the forge several months ago. Since then, the giants have captured prisoners and put them to work in the forges. The dwarves
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
Steelshadow V, the Deepking of Gracklstugh (see the adventure Out of the Abyss for more information on this subterranean duergar city). Valtagar’s problems began years earlier, when he led a hunting
expedition into a region of the Underdark patrolled by the drow houses of Menzoberranzan. Valtagar was captured by drow scouts, and Horgar was forced to pay a king’s ransom in coin and slaves to free
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
Triboar The town of Triboar stands where the Long Road meets the Evermoor Way, a well-used caravan road that runs east to the city of Yartar. Triboar is the chief rival to Yartar, and the two
, two important merchants from Waterdeep, Kharloss and Jarlee, are overdue. (Gervor is currently a prisoner in area B14 of the Temple of the Black Earth, while the two Waterdhavians were captured by fire
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
find evidence that the villain was working for someone else. A captured NPC reveals the location of someone or something that might interest the characters. The characters are heading to a local tavern
when they spot a wanted poster or a missing person poster (complete with the promise of a sizable reward). Members of the local militia or city watch put out the word that a crime has been committed
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
you have a chance to get into the camp and look around again, that would be the ideal way to spot anything that’s changed.
“I don’t recommend letting yourselves get captured,” he adds with a wry smile
apiece. He’s willing to haggle; this mission is important, and no one else is capable of handling it. If the characters accept, Leosin tells them to find him at the city of Elturel afterward, both to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
entertainment in the dark elves’ subterranean cities. The adventurers have all had the misfortune of falling to such a fate. Captured by the drow, they are prisoners at one of the dark elves’ outposts
, awaiting transportation to Menzoberranzan, the City of Spiders. Whether they came into the Underdark seeking knowledge or fortune, or were just in the wrong place at the wrong time, they were ripe prey
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
“Getting Captured” below). The first time the characters are allowed inside the city or turned away from a gate, a secret door on the wall opens, revealing Gorglak, a duergar Stone Guard (see appendix C
Welcome to the City of Blades Entering the city is the first major hurdle the characters must surmount in Gracklstugh. Unless they heed Buppido’s advice to arrive by way of the Darklake (or come up
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
, but hasn’t connected the vague horrors of his sleep with the very real horror occurring in the shadowy, mist-drenched alleys of his home. Seven days ago, Jarme was captured by a nighttime patrol
with a bloody knife in his hands. The confused fisher professed his innocence, but his dreams became suddenly clear. In his mind, he saw ravenous, tentacled creatures devouring the Styes and the city
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
will get the dragon out of an old commitment to protect a city.
Connected Creatures Deep dragons appreciate the company of other dragons. Although they view most other species as inferior to
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