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Eberron: Rising from the Last War
undertaking quests or making bargains with a dusk hag in exchange for its prophecies and visions of the future. But the information gained from a dusk hag often has a way of causing more pain than joy. Like
all hags, dusk hags enjoy causing strife to those who bargain with them, and find ways to twist and turn promises to their own advantage. The Dusk Hag Prophecies table provides examples of the sort of
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Golden eyes flashing, a human stretches out her hand and unleashes the dragonfire that burns in her veins. As an inferno rages around her foes, leathery wings spread from her back and she takes to
master it, or revel in its unpredictable nature? Is it a blessing or a curse? Did you seek it out, or did it find you? Did you have the option to refuse it, and do you wish you had? What do you intend
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
Lady can cause all the city’s portals to cease functioning. This grinds the city to a halt; food and drink can’t enter the city, sewage and refuse pool in the streets, and corpses stack in the Mortuary with no hope of being interred. This compels the factions to quickly resolve their conflicts.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
traditions have a troubling side: the disquieting ancestral spirits called gwishin that refuse to leave the world behind. When a citizen of Yeonido dies feeling wronged or knowing that they’ve harmed others
, 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
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
villager who ran away to escape the local cult.
2 Hunt down the monster blamed for causing a blight: a unicorn meant to serve as a sacrifice.
3 Discover why anyone entering the city on
“grandmother.”
6 Escape an estate after the residents adopt the party and refuse to let them leave.
7 Learn why the characters bear uncanny resemblances to the founders of an underground village.
8 Slay a dragon and, in so doing, prove a character is the prophesied chosen one.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
devote themselves expressly to protecting the innocent and spreading justice in the world, while others resolve to attain that goal by conquering those who stand defiant and bringing them under the rule of
law. Although no paladin in the world could be described as typical, a number of them are narrow-minded do-gooders who refuse to tolerate even the smallest deviation from their own outlook. Paladins
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
manipulation, Cardinna summoned the spirit of Darcalus Rex, the tyrannical wizard-king who ruled prior to Azalin. Cardinna’s magic worked, causing a mysterious entity to inhabit her order’s sacred pools
. Now she dedicates the Eternal Order’s resources to what she believes is a necessary evil: nurturing a reborn tyrant who tests her resolve as he demands ever greater magical reagents and sacrifices
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
generations. Rock gnomes in Faerûn have the racial traits of rock gnomes in the Player’s Handbook. LADIES OF THE GOLDEN HILLS
A curious bit of gnomish lore is that the pantheon counts not a single
female within its ranks. Legend has it that the mysterious Ladies of the Golden Hills went away together on some task in the most ancient days, and have not yet returned. The stories differ as to the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
her sons invite the characters to a private dinner at Wachterhaus. During the dinner, Lady Wachter determines whether the characters have the ability and the resolve to crush the baron. If the
characters refuse her invitation, or if they profess to be enemies of Strahd, Lady Wachter marks them as her enemies and sets out to destroy them without incriminating herself. Development Once she determines
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
might hear you!” hisses another.
Ebbin Fulchre and his three companions are unarmed commoners who refuse to enter the cabin, even on a dare. Morbid curiosity brought them here, but they’re nothing
,” he says.) The mandolin has a name: Golden Axe. Halfling Robbers. The grave robbers’ names were Mackerel and Trout. Frody’s waking spirit could hear the halflings talking to each other as they broke
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
laugh and orders the characters to leave at once. If the characters refuse, Sythian and Joster flee to area C15, where Sythian equips himself with Golden Axe and tries to escape out the window using the
MANDOLIN?
Golden Axe is in Sythian’s quarters (area C15). If you’re running this adventure for one or more players who have played through the adventure before, you might move the mandolin to a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes of the Borderlands
Quest: Shannik’s Chores Shannik hires the characters to complete a couple chores around the inner bailey. The characters can refuse his request, but Shannik asks with increasing insistence each time
lances.
During the exercise, Shannik asks the characters to disrupt the training by distracting the horses or their riders without causing injury to either. A character can do so by succeeding on one of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Moral Quandaries If you want to give the characters a crisis that no amount of spellcasting or swordplay can resolve, add a moral quandary to the adventure. A moral quandary is a problem of
other and refuse to work together even if the fate of the world hangs in the balance. The adventurers must choose the NPC that is most likely to help them accomplish their goal. Friend Quandary. An
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
statue refuse to budge, and no amount of force can pry them open. They’re also immune to damage from any source. A knock spell or similar magic opens the double door. The doors also swing open if a
again. Locked Double Door. The doors south of the statue are smeared with blood and refuse to budge. No amount of force can pry them open. They are also immune to damage from any source. A knock spell or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
recommend 300 XP per character for each situation the heroes resolve successfully. Ideally, the characters have the chance to complete eight or nine of these events. If you use the milestone experience
Humongous 7 The Golden Stag 8 Payback 9 No Room at the Inn 10 Roadside Hospitality 11 Spider Woods 12 Stranded
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
recommend 300 XP per character for each situation the heroes resolve successfully. Ideally, the characters have the chance to complete eight or nine of these events. If you use the milestone experience
Humongous 7 The Golden Stag 8 Payback 9 No Room at the Inn 10 Roadside Hospitality 11 Spider Woods 12 Stranded
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
, the ship’s crew suffers disadvantage on all quality checks. Enchantment Storms infused with enchantment magic disarm a creature’s sense of danger, enthralling mariners and causing them to speed into
danger. During the storm, any checks made to resolve hazards or manage the ship are made with disadvantage. Evocation These ferocious storms are wracked with thunderbolts, driving sheets of acid rain
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
barrels lie around and underneath them. Refuse covers the dried mud floor, in the middle of which are two 20-foot-diameter circular holes topped with crisscrossing wooden beams held in place by mud cement
inward. Piled around the wagon are bones and other refuse from Guh’s recent meals, as well as the treasures she has amassed (see “Treasure”). Guh weighs more than 20,000 pounds. She can’t move, so she
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
permitted to explore the rest of the train. If one or more characters refuse to get their tickets punched, the duodrone whistles (no action required), causing four tridrones to emerge from hidden compartments
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
memories. The stopper sports a golden knob, and any character who voluntarily touches the knob while Jebbek is holding the gourd loses the memory Jebbek wants to steal, as it is siphoned away and trapped in
is much obliged.” If one or more characters refuse to give up their cherished memories, the brigands threaten the characters with a beating. At this time, the characters can make a DC 13 Charisma
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
67. Hall of the Golden Mastodon A character who searches for traps in the tunnel approaching this room notices a block of stone lodged in the ceiling with a successful DC 20 Wisdom (Perception) check
. The block remains there until the room’s trap is activated. A life-size golden statue of a mastodon stands atop a one-foot-high stone cog at the center of this room. Jeweled tusks sweep from its
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
(“Axallian”), which Halaster changes every few days. The skulls are otherwise hostile and refuse to answer questions put to them. 6c. Giggles The earthen floor of this 20-foot-high cave is slightly concave
, causing the fog to pool to a depth of 4 feet. Whenever two or more creatures are inside the cave, the sound of an old man giggling can be heard everywhere in the area. No one outside the cave can hear the giggling, which ends as soon as the cave is no longer occupied by two or more creatures.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
bargains with a dusk hag in exchange for its prophecies and visions of the future. But the information gained from a dusk hag often has a way of causing more pain than joy. Like all hags, dusk hags
enjoy causing strife to those who bargain with them, and find ways to twist and turn promises to their own advantage. The Dusk Hag Prophecies table provides examples of the sort of dreams dusk hags might
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Light of Xaryxis
. “Where is your ring, dear sister?”
If she has entrusted her ring of shooting stars to the characters, Xedalli points in their direction, causing all eyes in the temple to fall upon them. If the
characters don’t have the ring or refuse to present it, Xedalli loses her claim to the throne. Xeleth laughs, after which Andavier declares, “Xeleth is the rightful heir!” Skip ahead to the “All Hail
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
, but due to strategic damage, now looks like a knight tumbling into massive jaws
5 The baby teeth of a Humanoid, preserved in amber furred with a golden fungus that smells like gingerbread
6
world of Krynn, Cyan Bloodbane used one of the Orbs of Dragonkind to poison the mind of the elf king Lorac, causing the land of Silvanesti to become swallowed up in Lorac’s nightmares. The green
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
battle-helm consists of a sturdy open-faced steel helmet, decorated with a golden circlet above the brow from which seven small gold spikes project upward. You gain the following benefits while
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
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
performs twice a week and the barbarian has a huge bar tab to resolve. This section explores three different starting points. Callestan is in Lower Dura. It’s a dangerous district riddled with crime and
you’re a folk hero, did you deal with a thug causing trouble in your favorite tavern—earning you the gratitude of the owner and the enmity of the villain? This is a collaborative process and the goal is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
target. In addition, spells, special abilities, and other effects can apply penalties or bonuses to your attack roll.
Resolve the attack. You make the attack roll. On a hit, you roll damage
roll when you attack using a weapon with which you have proficiency, as well as when you attack with a spell. Rolling 1 or 20 Sometimes fate blesses or curses a combatant, causing the novice to hit
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Giants of the Star Forge
awards the party a potion of flying. Stone Giant’s Resolve Each competitor must sit or stand atop a wooden post beneath a roaring waterfall. If a competitor’s body ceases to be in contact with the
Wisdom saving throw. On a failed save, the competitor flinches, causing the mud barrier to crack. If the barrier cracks, at the start of each of the competitor’s turns, the competitor must succeed on a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Adventure Atlas: The Mortuary
characters interrupt or otherwise ruin the tune, 1d4 irascible specters emerge from the walls and attack, causing the bards to flee. 10 Three skeleton farmers quietly tend to corpse-white grave
afterlife, wander aimlessly. The sorrowsworn ask the characters to guide them to the great beyond. If the characters refuse the sorrowsworn attack in panicked fury. †Monsters marked with a dagger
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
preparations for premeditated crimes. Phenax is worshiped openly in the necropoleis of Asphodel and Odunos, though the Returned who are loyal to Erebos’s agent, Tymaret, refuse to worship the god they’re
hunting (see chapter 3). Somber ceremonies are intoned to bless the golden funeral masks the Returned wear. (RYAN BARGER) MYTHS OF PHENAX
The tales told of Phenax’s deeds speak of his duplicity, cunning
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
golden goose chips in her bag of holding. The bag is also where she keeps the money she receives in trade. At any given time, the bag holds 1d10 × 100 gp. When the ship returns to port, Pow Ming pays
out the winners, collects all the golden goose chips, and gives the remaining spoils to Lord Drylund, who places them in a locked chest (in area 13). If Pow Ming suspects that a guest might be cheating
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
. The follower of a god serves as an agent of that god in the world. The agent seeks to further the ideals of that god and defeat its rivals. While some folk might refuse to honor the gods, none can
other for power. Some seek to preserve the world and usher in a golden age. Others strive toward evil ends, seeking to rule the world with an iron fist. Still others seek goals that range from the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
” section in chapter 3 can issue this challenge. Why a Challenge? Choose one of the following grudges as the reason for the challenge: Dangerous. The Rival accuses the characters of causing the dangerous
academic year. The students who challenged the characters arrive at midnight. If the characters refuse even in the face of the Rival’s coercion, the Rival leaves. The next day, the characters learn that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
ringing of the abbey bell (area S17). These mongrelfolk aren’t restrained, but they refuse to leave their rooms for fear of being killed by the golem or cast out of the abbey and forced to fend for
. First he’ll taste her sweet, sweet blood, And then he’ll have to kill her. They weep if their treasure is taken from them. Treasure. The golden statuette depicts Saint Markovia and is worth 250 gp