certain wandering rush

Outdoor Patrol

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen

Outdoor Patrol If the party lingers outside the lodge or explores the woods nearby, it finds company. Those with a passive Wisdom (Perception) score of 12 or higher are not surprised by the rush of a

group of two trolls and three ambush drakes (see appendix D for Statistics) that has been wandering the area. The combat alerts Talis that she has company. The trolls serve as the lodge’s bouncers, and anyone who is not expected is eaten.

Outdoor Patrol

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons

Outdoor Patrol If the party lingers outside the lodge or explores the woods nearby, it finds company. Those with a passive Wisdom (Perception) score of 12 or higher are not surprised by the rush of a

group of two trolls and three ambush drakes (see appendix D for statistics) that has been wandering the area. The combat alerts Talis that she has company. The trolls serve as the lodge’s bouncers, and anyone who is not expected is eaten.

Anywhere is Everywhere

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus

the characters are in a rush to get somewhere, an imp could appear out of nowhere and, for the price of a soul coin or other valuable item, show them a shortcut that halves the distance the characters

must travel to reach their destination. The Wandering Emporium (see "The Wandering Emporium") can show up almost anywhere in the Nine Hells, at any time. If the players don’t know where to go or what

The Siren Sea

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros

The Siren Sea Callaphe gazed on the coastline, certain her destiny called her here, where the mist-shrouded rocks sang, promising glories undreamed of. —The Callapheia The vast Siren Sea

range from deadly reefs and wandering islands to predatory beasts and devastating krakens (see chapter 6). Ever-changing, the Siren Sea is a realm of impossible sights and constant danger, the setting of legendary odysseys and the crucible of heroes.

Creating a Ranger

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)

Creating a Ranger As you create your ranger character, consider the nature of the training that gave you your particular capabilities. Did you train with a single mentor, wandering the wilds together

a magical connection to nature through the necessity of surviving in the wilds. What’s the source of your particular hatred of a certain kind of enemy? Did a monster kill someone you loved or destroy

Movement in the Wastes

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen

free to skim over days of travel to reach new locations or return to already-visited ones. The Dragon Army also faces the challenges of the wasteland, so the characters don’t need to rush to prevent their enemies from fulfilling their plots by a certain time.

Dran Enterprises

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated

Dran (Omin Dran’s sister, claimed by the creature known as the Wandering Crypt), Dran Enterprises has a well-established goal of wanting to take over Acquisitions Incorporated at any cost, even as the

the false Auspicia, Dran Enterprises was taken over by Omin’s other sister, Portentia, who had operated in the shadows of the organization for some time beforehand. Certain personal secrets no doubt

Clerics

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide

priest of any kind. That cleric might be a contemplative hermit, a wandering prophet, or simply a devout peasant. Religious orders often try to recruit such clerics and bring them into the fold, but

homebodies who serve a particular community of the faithful, but adventuring clerics tend to have a certain crusading zeal to do their deity’s work in the wider world. This work may include ministering to far-flung communities, as well as seeking out and defeating threats to the civilized world.

Phandalin Miner's Exchange

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver

exchange also serves as an unofficial records office, registering claims to various streams and excavations around the area. There isn’t any real gold rush in Phandalin, but enough wealth is hidden in the

Redbrand leader dead. Joining the Zhentarim If the party disposes of the Redbrand leader, Halia Thornton approaches certain members of the group to urge them to join the Zhentarim. She speaks with

Wandering Monsters

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage

Wandering Monsters Monsters wander this level in search of food or treasure. These creatures include carrion crawlers, ghouls, giant spiders, goblins, grells, gricks, oozes of all kinds, stirges, and

continues to make bite attacks against that character on subsequent rounds as it feeds. The carrion crawlers are too stupid and hungry to flee in the face of certain death. Goblin Skull-Hunters Pibble

The Maze

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons

The Maze The hedge maze surrounding the central tower is an astounding work of magical construction. In certain regards, it’s even more impressive than the tower because of the powerful ways it

manipulates space. A gently curving path leads into the maze from the edge of the village. The villagers built a low fence across the entrance to keep young children and animals from wandering in. Fear of

The Maze

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat

The Maze The hedge maze surrounding the central tower is an astounding work of magical construction. In certain regards, it’s even more impressive than the tower because of the powerful ways it

manipulates space. A gently curving path leads into the maze from the edge of the village. The villagers built a low fence across the entrance to keep young children and animals from wandering in. Fear of

Creating a Ranger

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)

Creating a Ranger As you create your ranger character, consider the nature of the training that gave you your particular capabilities. Did you train with a single mentor, wandering the wilds together

a magical connection to nature through the necessity of surviving in the wilds. What’s the source of your particular hatred of a certain kind of enemy? Did a monster kill someone you loved or destroy

Clean-Up Crew

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated

it to be used five times. During the third round, two more hobgoblins rush to join the attack from a nearby room. One of those hobgoblins carries and will use two spell scrolls (see “Treasure” below

missing tiefling from the Fellowship of the Golden Mongoose. They have no connection to the Dran Enterprises insignia scribed among the manor ruins. They can’t say for certain that Dran Enterprises didn’t have some involvement with the incident, but if so, it had nothing to do with them.

Meeting in the Mists

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

this for certain, but they’ve just glimpsed a wereraven (see chapter 5). They have no way of stopping the mysterious creature. Again, ask the characters how they react. Those who approach the

moment, only to walk out of the haze a few steps from where they entered. Even if the whole party enters the fog, they soon reemerge back at the crossroads. Alternatively, you might use the Wandering

Inhabitants

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss

. Since then, the beholder has made it known that it’s interested in certain “curiosities,” and it rewards anyone who brings it more modrons or hints about the existence or location of the Maze Engine

the beholder. Some were captured while wandering too far from their Underdark settlements, while others were purchased in the slave bazaars of Menzoberranzan. The youngest slaves were born in the Vast

Adventure Start

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a4

villagers will have to weigh their fear of White Plume Mountain against their certain belief that the party will never be seen again.) The cave is easily barricaded to keep out unintelligent wandering

the rush of air slows down, stops for a couple of seconds, and then comes back out in a great blast of steam. This steam is not hot enough to scald anyone who keeps low and avoids the crevice, but it

Chapter 3: Balance

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things

wandering monsters to inspiring whole adventures. But The Deck of Many Things card set and other card decks provide an alternative way to get random results. How is drawing from a deck of cards

. You can ensure certain outcomes by stacking the deck with cards placed in a specific order. If you have duplicates of your cards, you can use multiple copies to make a given card more likely to be

B: Elven Encampment

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen

the Dragon Army, Zhelsuel scoffs at their eagerness to rush to their deaths. Zhelsuel ultimately demands the characters leave and not return. He commands the expedition, specifically Dalamar, to focus

headed north. He doesn’t know their destination, but he suspects they’re not just wandering. He suggests that perhaps the Dragon Army, the elves, and the characters have similar interests in this

I'Cath

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

rush through their days, scavenging what they can in hopes of enduring the coming night. Every twilight, Tsien Chiang climbs the spirit-infested Ping’On Tower and tolls the Nightingale Bell. This

jiangshi and the hungry ghosts? Did you find or lose something during your wandering? Do you bear a mark or scar from the experience?

Gnoll Tactics

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

numerous they rush forward in waves. The creatures will crawl over their own dead to climb a castle’s walls and kill all within it. A commonly held belief is that a fortress besieged by gnolls needs

to spawn more gnolls. In this manner, gnolls replenish their ranks before wandering off in ragged bands to continue their rampage. Kill from a Distance Almost every gnoll carries a bow scavenged from

Lulu the Hollyphant

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus

months until she came upon a traveling market called the Wandering Emporium. A rakshasa named Mahadi tricked her into thinking he was her friend, only to splash her with a tiny bit of water from the

Zariel’s sword. He hates it as much as he hates her. We fought him once, but I don’t remember where.” 4 “I wandered Avernus for a while, then hid in a place called the Wandering Emporium. I made a

Elder Evil Blessings

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

Elder Evil Blessings Through generations of study and grim practice, the disciples of certain Elder Evils have mastered the ability to bestow supernatural gifts on minions they select for the

plane or world, or held in check somehow by wandering stars, imprisoned in the vastness of the night sky. The names given to these terrible entities include such strange descriptions as Ityak-Ortheel

Adventure Synopsis

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

story, hoping to take the adventure in interesting new directions. The adventure allows for a fair amount of wandering. If you begin to think the party has wandered too far away from the main plot, you

King’s Thunder. Character Advancement Rather than have you track experience points, this adventure assumes that the characters gain levels by accomplishing certain goals. At the end of each chapter is a

Fey Wanderer

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything

Fey Wanderer Do you think a kilt is a vital part of the fey wandering aesthetic? And if not, why are you so wrong?. Tasha A fey mystique surrounds you, thanks to the boon of an archfey, the

this class. Human Fey Wanderer Fey Wanderer Magic 3rd-level Fey Wanderer feature You learn an additional spell when you reach certain levels in this class, as shown in the Fey Wanderer Spells table

People of Akros

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros

to have transformed into a pillar of fire and vanished into the wind, but until her death is certain, the lektoi are reluctant to name a new monarch. Anax and Cymede have no children, so the king’s

Akroan military. Stratians The Akroan military is formed of wandering bands of warriors (drawn from the lektoi families) known as stratians. Outside the walls of the Kolophon, the stratians camp in the

Pursuit Level

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss

the encounter is bypassed or avoided entirely. Increase the pursuit level by 1 for each day the adventurers travel at a slow pace. Certain terrain encounters increase or decrease the pursuit level. See

another encounter or event offering a distraction. For example, a wandering stone giant, a purple worm, or a pack of savage gnolls whipped into a frenzy by Yeenoghu might show up just as the drow

Biblioplex Locations (B1-B9)

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos

Biblioplex Locations (B1-B9) The following locations are keyed to map 3.1. All descriptions assume the characters are wandering the Biblioplex during the day. At night, the library is locked and

Dexterity check using thieves’ tools opens the lock (DC 35 while the arcane lock is in effect). Only the Biblioplex’s reference librarians and certain faculty members know the arcane lock’s password

Dendradis

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel

character rush to alert the authorities, who send four ferrumach rilmani (see Morte’s Planar Parade) to evict the trespasser with as little violence as possible. Questioning Rilmani. Ascetelis suggests the

opens into the Desert of Rust (see the following section). The characters can’t be certain these are R04M’s tracks—particularly if they’re not sure what type of modron R04M is—but it’s the best lead they find.

Rock Gnomes

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

blazed the trail for that journey. Alchemists Rock gnome alchemists explore the nature of minerals and chemicals, curious to see what happens when they mix certain substances with other compounds or

-dwelling gnomes can fall prey to this sort of obsession as they pursue their projects, and in such cases it’s much safer for them to stay in their homes, since a gnome wandering the streets deep in thought is liable to walk into a moat or be run over by a wagon.

Mine Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

long tails and beady eyes. They rush to attack as soon as you notice them. The two giant rats are aggressive, giving chase if the characters run away. Underground River. Thermal vents keep this

poking a giant rat with their javelins to make sure it’s dead. The kobolds screech loudly as they notice you. Two Icewind kobolds (see appendix C) named Grek and Smol rush to attack when the characters

Druid Subclasses

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook

Druid Subclasses A Druid subclass is a specialization that grants you features at certain Druid levels, as specified in the subclass. Druids form loose associations, which they call circles. This

against those who despoil nature. Others seek mystical unity with nature by attuning themselves to the ebb and flow of the tides, following the rush of currents and waves and listening to the

Ziggurat Locations, Tier 4

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase

zombies that rush to consume entrants. B36: Slime Fountain This malodorous chamber is dominated by a polluted fountain sculpted into a five-foot-tall ziggurat. A spout atop the fountain dribbles yellow

down to area B45 on the tier below. Wandering Spirit. If the characters have not yet encountered King Alendria’s spirit in area B29, the ghost appears to them here instead. Secret Door. The wall

Gods of the Orcs

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

their emotions and instincts rather than out of reason and logic. Only certain charismatic orcs, those who have been directly touched by the will and might of Gruumsh, have the capacity to control the

been picked for the special purpose of spreading his virulent message among the enemy. At night, or during a heavy fog, these infected orcs rush toward an enemy’s encampment, often through a hail of

Exploring the Cemetery

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus

characters investigate the cemetery, they observe dozens of skeletons and zombies moving about the grounds. These undead, wandering aimlessly and without direction, pose no threat to the characters on

encounter Gideon in area G5. Map 2.5: Grand Cemetery Chapel View Player Version Just as the characters are about to face off against the fiends, a cacophony erupts from below, and six creatures rush

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