cement waking reason

Kobold Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

undetected and don’t give their targets reason to harm them. For example, a group of city kobolds might sneak into a cobbler’s house at night to loot it of knives, leather bits, nails, and

, giving each individual and every generation a reason to feel pride and self-respect. The kobolds prefer to run away than fight, to live off the scraps of others, and they are often dominated by larger

Encounter 4: Mausoleum

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist

Dead. They spend the night here, then disperse and return to the waking city at dawn — for a reason no one knows. Sir Ambrose Everdawn (LG male human Tethyrian knight), an aging servant of Kelemvor (god

Orcs of the Shadow Marches

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War

continue to live in the Shadow Marches, and centuries of battles between them have diminished both sides. Humans settled in the Shadow Marches long ago, and the first half-orcs helped to cement the bond

, consider what circumstances brought you into the wider world. The Leaving the Shadow Marches table offers some inspiration. Leaving the Shadow Marches d8 Reason for Leaving 1 You’re associated with

I'Cath

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

favor of new designs. Within the dream, the people don’t sleep, eat, or need to attend to any other concerns. They know only their work and the glory of Tsien Chiang. In the waking world, the truth of

of the way of their work, but prey upon any waking souls who cross their paths. Any whom the Mists carry to I’Cath or who wake from Tsien Chiang’s dream find themselves in a gray, haunted, ever

Nocturnal Raiders

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes

, while at other times they slip into a village, knock out their targets with poison, and spirit their captives away without even waking the neighborhood dogs. Sometimes a raid uses both tactics; one

ground for good reason — beyond the light lies unmapped enemy territory where everything they meet is likely to be hostile. In special circumstances, such as if one of the raiders’ captives is a

Stone Giants

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

waking. For one reason or another, about three quarters of a tribe’s members are awake at any given time. When outside their settlements, stone giants travel almost exclusively in darkness or — when

giant’s waking hours are taken up with meeting its responsibilities, whether that is a low-ranking pursuit or an artistic one. A tribe’s chieftain or another leader such as a shaman determines when the

Lyn Armaal, Level 1

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder

to stay hidden. Three ballistae face arrow slits in the outer wall, and two iron grates cover 10-foot-square holes in the floor. The grates are held in place with stone and cement. A Small character

delayed for some reason, Cressaro (see area 14) meets her there. See the “Lady of Masks” section earlier in this chapter for more information on how Sansuri interacts with unexpected guests. Countess

Lyn Armaal, Level 3

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder

his bedroom at odd hours and spends much of his waking time in the greenhouse (area 28). When he isn’t tending to his plants, he sometimes looks after Sansuri’s two children in his room. Some of their

his sister. He doesn’t like making enemies, so he tries to reason with adventurers who cross his path. If all they want is Sansuri’s conch of teleportation, he will divulge that Sansuri keeps the

Roleplaying a Giant

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

living in a cottage carved from a single, enormous gourd. Beyond that, the cloud giants’ generosity in times of want helps to cement their reputation as friends of humankind — a reputation that serves

more by Surtur’s well-crafted gifts than by the trophy heads Thrym laid at his feet. For this reason, frost giants bear more ill will toward Annam than most other giants do. Unlike his brothers

Maelstrom Level 2

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder

with them so that they can return to Maelstrom safely. If the characters no longer have their conch for some reason, Serissa furnishes them with another one (taken from one of her guests). If the

Korolnor Scepter from around Serissa’s neck. On her next turn, she teleports away. If she is unable to cast her teleport spell for some reason, she flees through the circular pool in the floor and swims

Lower Palace Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight

has no reason to trust the characters, refuses to emerge from his hiding place. A character can earn the butler’s trust and coax him out by reciting Demitasse’s rhyme (see area P19) and then sharing a

. Characters can move quietly about the room without waking it. Loud noises cause it to awaken, as do attacks made against it and any attempts to use or disturb the cauldron. Crafty characters who

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