conflicts reclusive guide to have respective

Graz'zt Legacy

Monsters Out of the Abyss

frequent conflicts and coupling, mirroring the behavior that occurs during their mating seasons. If a humanoid spends at least 1 hour within 1 mile of the lair, that creature must succeed on a DC 23

Master’s Guide for more on madness. Madness of Graz’zt d100 Flaw (lasts until cured) 01–20 “There is nothing in the world more important than me and my

Gate-Towns

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands

dramatically influenced by the realms they border. The towns and their inhabitants vary wildly from each other, mirroring many of the extreme characteristics of their respective planes of influence

. Details on the planes can be found in the Dungeon Master’s Guide. The following sections present each of the gate-towns in alphabetical order.

Healthy Competition

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild

enhanced medusa for Lynx, or the brains in iron for Sir Ursas (see below for more information on both). Each expedition also has its own mechanical guide. You might use the members of the rival expedition

obstacles along the way, possibly inspiring the characters to do the same. Using the power of a mechanical guide might allow for the creation of particularly devious traps that can be set across space and

Doors and Landings

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

Doors and Landings Endless doors along the staircase connect it to destinations throughout the multiverse. These doors function as planar portals (see the Dungeon Master’s Guide) and are typically

and their respective doors. The doors and their landings are altered by planar magic, taking on characteristics of their destinations. Red light seeps from the seams of a gloomy, jet-black door to the

Goliath

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

them in strength, they might consider you worthy of an alliance. — Tordek, A Guide to the Peaks At the highest mountain peaks — far above the slopes where trees grow and where the air is thin and

the frigid winds howl — dwell the reclusive goliaths. Few folk can claim to have seen a goliath, and fewer still can claim friendship with one. Goliaths wander a bleak realm of rock, wind, and cold

Chapter 3: Creating Adventures

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)

, traps, puzzles, and conflicts. When you design an adventure, you call the shots. You do things exactly the way you want to. Fundamentally, adventures are stories. An adventure shares many of the

interaction, and combat into a unified whole that meets the needs of your players and your campaign. But it’s more than that. The basic elements of good storytelling should guide you throughout this process, so your players experience the adventure as a story and not a disjointed series of encounters.

Pronunciation Guide

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

Pronunciation Guide The Pronunciations table highlights notable people, deities, and locations, along with how to pronounce their names. The “Introduced” column notes where in the book you can find

GRASH-ah ME-ghan Dwarf matron of a reclusive clan Chapter 5 Ishvern ish-VERN Sea elf leader of a group of Dimernesti elves Chapter 5 Ispin Greenshield ISS-pin GREEN-shield Deceased storytelling human

The Darkening

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Locathah Rising

launched an assault on the sea elf city of Myth Nantar! Outrageous! During these conflicts, each of you have assisted the Turmish in driving these foul undead creatures away, and in this endeavor you

strangeness remains unknown. The Turmish and Thayans are too busy with their conflicts to notice, and so it is up to you brave heroes to travel into the darkening and discover what evil has come to reside so

Adulthood

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

experience. Elder elves look for signs of this change in young elves and try to guide them through it. Most elven cultures mark the Drawing of the Veil with a ceremony of pride or celebration, as a way of

of elven life that others are most familiar with because it’s the age when elves move outside their reclusive communities and interact with the larger world. They strive to have a permanent effect on

Credits

compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual

the Coast, the dragon ampersand, Eberron, Greyhawk, Spelljammer, Player’s Handbook, Monster Manual, Dungeon Master’s Guide, all other Wizards of the Coast product names, their respective logos, and The

Credits

compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin

, Dungeon Master’s Guide, all other Wizards of the Coast product names, their respective logos, and The World’s Greatest Roleplaying Game are trademarks of Wizards of the Coast in the USA and other

The Wilds

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monstrous Compendium Volume Four

said to hoard precious magic items, tomes, and other secrets in lochs, ponds, and wishing wells across Eldraine. Fauns. Prior to the Phyrexian invasion, fauns (use the satyr stat block) were reclusive

bridges in hope of feasting on travelers, and guide travelers across the chasm in exchange for a modest toll. Giants. Giants are the rare creatures equally at home in the realm or the wilds. In

What Is Planescape?

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands

What Is Planescape? Planescape is the D&D multiverse and so much more. Beyond the Great Wheel cosmology (detailed in the Dungeon Master’s Guide), Planescape focuses on reality-bending adventures and

philosophies against one another and highlight subjective views. Situations might encourage characters to reexamine their beliefs in the face of plane-spanning philosophies, conflicts, and revelations

Where to Start?

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Domains of Delight: A Feywild Accessory

blissfully unaware of the party’s intrusion or show no interest in the characters. A shy or reclusive archfey might not want to be disturbed at all. How and when the archfey crosses paths with the

trickster who likes to confound and frustrate visitors to their domain and who surrounds themself with sly creatures such as boggles, pixies, foxes, magpies, and crows. 7 Reclusive. The archfey prefers to

3. Main Cavern

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

retreated to their respective enclaves with their goods and livestock. A stream runs nearby, crossed by two stone bridges leading to the drow and Zhentarim enclaves. The stream is 5 feet deep and fed by the

. If the characters delay his departure, he gets angry at them and claims to be an expert Underdark guide, promising to lead them wherever they wish to go. If they accept his offer, he leads them to

Creating a Rival

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything

Creating a Rival In essence, a rival is a somewhat specialized NPC. You can use chapter 4 of the Dungeon Master’s Guide to build a new NPC for this purpose, or pick one from your current cast of

the others might be neutral or good; conflicts with those rivals might be social or political, rather than manifesting as direct attacks. The best rivals have a connection with their adversaries on a

Church of the Silver Flame

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

the light. Inspire and guide others to virtuous behavior; force is a last resort. Listen to the Voice of the Flame; beware the deceiving whispers of the Shadow in the Flame. Every Thrane child knows

some claim that these stories are fabrications and that Jaela is merely a figurehead for High Cardinal Krozen. The reclusive Krozen is a brilliant strategist and ruthless leader. Many believe that

People of Akros

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

niece, Taranika, acts as regent, attempting to guide the polis through what is sure to be a difficult transition. As if the situation weren’t complicated enough, rumors have it that Anax isn’t dead. He

, the flamespeakers are reclusive priests of Purphoros who revere nature spirits and who inhabit fiery rifts in the mountains. The ancient practice is viewed as primitive but powerful, and Akroans of any

Index of Stat Blocks — Monsters and NPCs

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica

Dungeons & Dragons campaign to explore. A vast, sprawling city that covers the whole of the known world, Ravnica teems with intrigue and adventure, driven by the conflicts among the ten powerful guilds that

adventures in Ravnica, expanding on the material in the Dungeon Master’s Guide with hundreds of seeds that can grow into full-fledged adventures in the fertile ground of a DM’s imagination. This

Seven Things to Know

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

peace. The conflicts, the anger, and the pain of the long war remain, however, and the new nations seek every advantage as they prepare for the next war to break out on the continent. Dragonmarked

-war world. D&D with a Twist. Every race, monster, spell, and magic item in the Player’s Handbook, Dungeon Master’s Guide, and Monster Manual has a place somewhere in Eberron, but it might not be the

Type

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)

magical, such as wyverns and pseudodragons. Elementals are creatures native to the elemental planes. Some creatures of this type are little more than animate masses of their respective elements

Guide. Tags A monster might have one or more tags appended to its type, in parentheses. For example, an orc has the humanoid (orc) type. The parenthetical tags provide additional categorization for

Goliaths

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

Goliaths At the highest mountain peaks—far above the slopes where trees grow, where the air is thin and the frigid winds howl—dwell the reclusive goliaths. Few other folk can truthfully claim to have

across, for the weather and the geography of Icewind Dale can be brutal. They know the safest routes across the tundra, and they can help guide travelers through the Sea of Moving Ice and across its

Excelsior

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands

of how close to them they dwell. CoupleOfKooks “O Lightbringer, Shine down on us so that we might see our flaws. Chase away the darkness, And free us from its jaws. Guide our swords until that

storm cloud fortress that belongs to Tygrant, a reclusive empyrean banished from Mount Celestia for his pride. Zephyr Stables, a floating pegasus ranch run by Cassandra Caeneus (lawful good, human

Rigus

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands

death brings, others refuse to rest, joining a shadowy cabal of Undead warriors. Reborn as ghosts, liches, and mummy lords, they guide the Crown Generals from beyond the grave. The most feared and

the countless lives sacrificed in conflicts across the multiverse. The memorial consists of upright sepulchres and tall, granite steles engraved with the names of fallen heroes. History is written by

Bardic Colleges

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

the bards, each of which is named after one of the colleges. See chapter 7 of the Dungeon Master’s Guide for the game statistics of these magic instruments. Long ago, bards who sought the rank of

allies of the Harpers but remain neutral in most conflicts, dedicated to preserving knowledge above all else. The College of the Herald is less concerned with musical performance (although it contains

Factions in the North

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

their respective lords. Key representatives of the Lords’ Alliance include the canny Lord Dagult Neverember of Neverwinter, the resplendent Lady Laeral Silverhand of Waterdeep, the grave Lord Taern

more information on the calendar of the Forgotten Realms, see “The Calendar of Harptos” sidebar in chapter 1 of the Dungeon Master’s Guide. This adventure isn’t set at a specific time but is assumed

Baldur's Gate

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

Baldur’s Gate, security is enforced and order maintained by the Flaming Fist mercenary company, a supposedly neutral force which is free to fight in external conflicts, so long as it doesn’t side against

learned to do so can usually hire a young Baldurian to guide them through the streets. The Lower City was long ago walled in to benefit from the protection of the city, but the divide between the two

Feywild Features

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Domains of Delight: A Feywild Accessory

court enjoys a tenuous peace with the unearthly ruler of the Gloaming Court, the Queen of Air and Darkness, who allows her kin to dabble in magic forbidden by the Seelie Court. Conflicts between the Fey

entering or leaving the domain without a key, a guide, a password, the answer to a riddle, the archfey’s consent, or magic.

Forge Level (X16-X26)

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

remains in contact with the throne for 1 hour gains a random form of indefinite madness (see “Madness” in the Dungeon Master’s Guide). If this madness isn’t cured within 24 hours, it becomes permanent

in battle with Xardorok and appear to be winning, these duergar help by attacking the other duergar on their respective platforms; if Xardorok appears to be winning, these duergar stay out of the

Fortune's Wheel Locations

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

1 Worm 1d3 wriggling, indifferent, Tiny larvae (see the Dungeon Master’s Guide) Dimensional shackles 2 Tooth 1d4 + 1 teeth from various animals and strangers Spell scroll of polymorph 3 Ring Gold

-deity with a petty portfolio, such as dust mites, scheduling conflicts, gazebos, or three-toed sloths. Celestials and Fiends acknowledge the participant’s godly status, but with no followers to boast

Locations E - H

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

that the characters can give the letter of recommendation to Dral in exchange for one favor from the Zoars (see the “Marks of Prestige” section in chapter 7 of the Dungeon Master’s Guide). When the

Master’s Guide. Flint Rock The spirit mound of the Elk tribe (see the “Uthgardt” section earlier in this chapter) is situated in the midst of the Evermoors atop a gnarly knob of flinty stone that’s

Locations R - U

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

Master’s Guide). Secomber This town of farmers, fishers, brewers, and stonecutters is perched on three hills located near the confluence of the Unicorn Run and the Delimbiyr River. Beneath these hills

member of the Lords’ Alliance, however. For more information on Silverymoon, see the Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide. Silverymoon Pass A road traverses the hills northeast of Silverymoon, providing

Areas of the Fire Temple

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse

from area E11, those creatures take up arms on their respective sides. The salamanders and azers attack the efreeti until he retreats, then turn on each other. Survivors might be influenced to

it to double in size), they decided to avoid the place. The brown mold (see chapter 5, “Adventure Environments,” in the Dungeon Master’s Guide) fills the 20-foot-square section in the southeast

Fortress Level 2

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh

Master’s Guide). 36. High Priestess’s Quarters The floor and walls of this room are tiled in gray, the ceiling in white. In the center of the room stands a white stone table, the top surface covered in

sahuagin champions and the sahuagin complainant leave through the main entrance in the south and travel to their respective posts. Development. Combat in the throne room attracts the attention of a

Wedding Itinerary

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

again until it moves 0 feet on one of its turns. She has the iconic hoardsperson feature (see “Iconic Faction Features” in appendix B). (More information on the tabaxi can be found in Volo’s Guide

characters to explore their NPCs’ personalities and backstories as things get heated. By focusing on the humor of potential conflicts, you can avoid having the guards rush in as a first response. The

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