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Monsters
Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
Enigmatic Mind. The archaic’s mind can’t be read, creatures can communicate telepathically with the archaic only if it allows, and magic can’t determine whether the archaic is lying
to warp the fabric of the world around them. Sages who seek out archaics for their knowledge receive confusing and often contradictory answers to questions. If a supplicant successfully unwinds the
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
kenku make an easy living serving as messengers, spies, and lookouts for thieves’ guilds, bandits, and other criminal cartels. A network of kenku can relay a bird call or similar noise across the
kenku, constant attempts to mimic noises can come across as confusing or irritating rather than entertaining. You can just as easily describe the sounds your character makes and what they mean. Be clear
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
. Destroying the Dragon When the dragon drops to 0 hit points, read: The dragon makes a horrific grinding noise as it begins to shudder and crumble to pieces. As its great bulk crashes into the snow
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
sneak it into the Scriptoria Collections, they told it to ambush the characters. Read or paraphrase the following: A groan echoes throughout the quiet room, like metal grinding upon metal. You spot
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
. Destroying the Dragon When the dragon drops to 0 hit points, read: The dragon makes a horrific grinding noise as it begins to shudder and crumble to pieces. As its great bulk crashes into the snow
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
sneak it into the Scriptoria Collections, they told it to ambush the characters. Read or paraphrase the following: A groan echoes throughout the quiet room, like metal grinding upon metal. You spot
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
deal that sounds too good to be true or is confusing, they’re likely to pause negotiations while they ask smarter devils for their opinions on the deal. The following ability checks can be made
read Infernal can make an Intelligence (Investigation) check opposed by the devil’s Charisma (Deception) check. If the character’s check result is higher than the devil’s, the character detects the extra clauses in the fine print and can have them removed before the contract is signed.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
through the tunnel safely. Rotating Tunnel Read the following text to players the first time their characters are caught in a rotating tunnel: With a loud grinding noise, this section of crawlway begins
to rotate, instantly cutting off the exits ahead and behind. You can feel the passage sink about five feet as it turns. After a few seconds, it comes to a stop and the grinding abates.
When tunnel
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
passes the halfway point of the room, the sound of grinding stone announces the statues turning their cowled heads to follow the characters’ movements. The characters must not look into the darkness in the
actions or reactions, can’t understand what other creatures say, can’t read, and speaks only in gibberish. You control the creature’s movement, which is erratic.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
Obelisk An unknown man with unknown purpose. Assist him at your peril, lest he drag you into madness. — The Cartographer When the characters arrive at this location, read or paraphrase the following
ate him). If the characters approach, the “wizard” greets them eagerly and is keen to divulge details of his studies, but his conversation often trails off on confusing tangents. The following
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
Obelisk An unknown man with unknown purpose. Assist him at your peril, lest he drag you into madness. — The Cartographer When the characters arrive at this location, read or paraphrase the following
ate him). If the characters approach, the “wizard” greets them eagerly and is keen to divulge details of his studies, but his conversation often trails off on confusing tangents. The following
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
deal that sounds too good to be true or is confusing, they’re likely to pause negotiations while they ask smarter devils for their opinions on the deal. The following ability checks can be made
read Infernal can make an Intelligence (Investigation) check opposed by the devil’s Charisma (Deception) check. If the character’s check result is higher than the devil’s, the character detects the extra clauses in the fine print and can have them removed before the contract is signed.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
passes the halfway point of the room, the sound of grinding stone announces the statues turning their cowled heads to follow the characters’ movements. The characters must not look into the darkness in the
actions or reactions, can’t understand what other creatures say, can’t read, and speaks only in gibberish. You control the creature’s movement, which is erratic.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
through the tunnel safely. Rotating Tunnel Read the following text to players the first time their characters are caught in a rotating tunnel: With a loud grinding noise, this section of crawlway begins
to rotate, instantly cutting off the exits ahead and behind. You can feel the passage sink about five feet as it turns. After a few seconds, it comes to a stop and the grinding abates.
When tunnel
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
Decision As the characters begin their ascent, read: From high above comes a loud grinding noise as large sheets of ice break off the fortress walls and tumble down the mountainside. Suddenly, great
compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Grim Hollow: Player’s Guide
additional components based on the setting’s theme, campaign’s story, or player creativity: A hag’s promise potion. An elixir with an intentionally confusing name brewed by hags. A strand of hair from
will cause it to tick backwards. A black pearl or a pearl touched by death. A pearl touched by a drowning person or part of a weapon used in a murder. A book that has never been read. A manuscript
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
Decision As the characters begin their ascent, read: From high above comes a loud grinding noise as large sheets of ice break off the fortress walls and tumble down the mountainside. Suddenly, great
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm Lord’s Wrath
who stayed behind to observe is being attacked by the three suits of armor. (The characters might remember the armor from the Wayside Inn on their previous visit.) Use the following read-aloud text to
no targets to attack in melee within the storm. Aftermath. If the characters defeat the myrmidons and Emmalou is still alive, the salty and experienced survivor of many battles can relay the following
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm Lord’s Wrath
who stayed behind to observe is being attacked by the three suits of armor. (The characters might remember the armor from the Wayside Inn on their previous visit.) Use the following read-aloud text to
no targets to attack in melee within the storm. Aftermath. If the characters defeat the myrmidons and Emmalou is still alive, the salty and experienced survivor of many battles can relay the following
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
Mound Entrance When the characters move to the barrow entrance, read the following: Tall monoliths line the earthen corridor that connects the barrow’s entrance to the burial chamber far within. Motes
, read the following: A crude fieldstone arch forms the entrance to the burial chamber. In three branching alcoves are three scorched altars — one of a tiger, another of an elk, and another of a bear. In
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
Mound Entrance When the characters move to the barrow entrance, read the following: Tall monoliths line the earthen corridor that connects the barrow’s entrance to the burial chamber far within. Motes
, read the following: A crude fieldstone arch forms the entrance to the burial chamber. In three branching alcoves are three scorched altars — one of a tiger, another of an elk, and another of a bear. In
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Fiendish Folio Volume 1
magic button to bring things back to the way they should be, this person you love so much restored to who they really are rather than what cancer is grinding them down into. It’s easy to give in to
thus worthy of cautious respect, if not fear.
Read on and learn that perhaps the derision leveled at these fiends reflects only the fear and trepidation of those who would mock them. And perhaps if
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Fiendish Folio Volume 1
magic button to bring things back to the way they should be, this person you love so much restored to who they really are rather than what cancer is grinding them down into. It’s easy to give in to
thus worthy of cautious respect, if not fear.
Read on and learn that perhaps the derision leveled at these fiends reflects only the fear and trepidation of those who would mock them. And perhaps if
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
the Statues When the party approaches the statues, read the following. As you approach the statues, you hear the sudden sound of grinding stone. The colossal figures turn their massive heads, their
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
the Statues When the party approaches the statues, read the following. As you approach the statues, you hear the sudden sound of grinding stone. The colossal figures turn their massive heads, their
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
of food and water has forced one group to abandon their refuge. Spotted by devils, these citizens are about to come under attack, and the characters are their only hope of survival. Read the following
silvered. Harkina can relay the following information regarding the current situation in the city: Many of Elturel’s citizens died when the city was drawn to this terrible place. Still more have died in the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
Need a Lift? The dragon cultists’ airship flies from Klauthen Vale to the Eye of the All-Father, arriving just as the characters emerge from the giant temple. Read or paraphrase the following text to
, expect the cultists to relay the following message to the characters when the two groups first meet. “We come to you on behalf of Klauth, the Great Dragon of the North! Klauth offers you this vessel
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
, you gain the ability to converse with beasts and many fey. You learn to speak, read, and write Sylvan. In addition, beasts can understand your speech, and you gain the ability to decipher their noises
and motions. Most beasts lack the intelligence to convey or understand sophisticated concepts, but a friendly beast could relay what it has seen or heard in the recent past. This ability doesn’t grant
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
of food and water has forced one group to abandon their refuge. Spotted by devils, these citizens are about to come under attack, and the characters are their only hope of survival. Read the following
silvered. Harkina can relay the following information regarding the current situation in the city: Many of Elturel’s citizens died when the city was drawn to this terrible place. Still more have died in the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
, you gain the ability to converse with beasts and many fey. You learn to speak, read, and write Sylvan. In addition, beasts can understand your speech, and you gain the ability to decipher their noises
and motions. Most beasts lack the intelligence to convey or understand sophisticated concepts, but a friendly beast could relay what it has seen or heard in the recent past. This ability doesn’t grant
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Light of Xaryxis
When Elves Attack The characters have time to take a short rest before trouble catches up to them and Captain Sartell presses them into service. At the end of the characters’ short rest, read: The
that attempt succeeds or fails, the star moth beats a hasty retreat. The star priest, Altura, remains aboard the Dark Star and uses a sending spell to relay what has happened to Helix, an astral elf on
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
the fabric of the world around them. Sages who seek out archaics for their knowledge receive confusing and often contradictory answers to questions. If a supplicant successfully unwinds the tangle
mind can’t be read, creatures can communicate telepathically with the archaic only if it allows, and magic can’t determine whether the archaic is lying.
Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If the archaic
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
the fabric of the world around them. Sages who seek out archaics for their knowledge receive confusing and often contradictory answers to questions. If a supplicant successfully unwinds the tangle
mind can’t be read, creatures can communicate telepathically with the archaic only if it allows, and magic can’t determine whether the archaic is lying.
Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If the archaic
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Light of Xaryxis
When Elves Attack The characters have time to take a short rest before trouble catches up to them and Captain Sartell presses them into service. At the end of the characters’ short rest, read: The
that attempt succeeds or fails, the star moth beats a hasty retreat. The star priest, Altura, remains aboard the Dark Star and uses a sending spell to relay what has happened to Helix, an astral elf on
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
Need a Lift? The dragon cultists’ airship flies from Klauthen Vale to the Eye of the All-Father, arriving just as the characters emerge from the giant temple. Read or paraphrase the following text to
, expect the cultists to relay the following message to the characters when the two groups first meet. “We come to you on behalf of Klauth, the Great Dragon of the North! Klauth offers you this vessel