consisting recluse grinding to have returned

Darklords

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

Darklords Central to each domain is a Darklord, the seed from which a thorny thicket blooms. The villain might be a nation’s leader, a prominent citizen, a notorious monster, a mysterious recluse, or

concept of how long they’ve lived, how many times they’ve died, or why they returned to life. Should a Darklord fall, the temporary defeat lasts until they’re restored by the Dark Powers. In their

Gods and Adventures

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

stone giant recluse asks adventurers to help stop a hill giant who has gathered a band of other giants and is plundering nearby giant steadings in Grolantor’s name. 4 A fire giant priest of Hiatea

priest of Skoraeus has not returned from a pilgrimage to the Underdark. The giants suspect the priest has been captured by mind flayers. 9 Adventurers are shipwrecked in a mighty storm and rescued by

Hermit

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

returned to the world, I enjoy its delights a little too much. 2 I harbor bloodthirsty thoughts that my isolation and meditation failed to quell. 3 I am dogmatic in my thoughts and philosophy. 4 I let my

background assumes a contemplative sort of seclusion that allows room for study and prayer. If you want to play a rugged wilderness recluse who lives off the land while shunning the company of other

Miner's Exchange

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk

: You hear the snapping of wood beams and grinding of stone as you near the Miner’s Exchange, quickly followed by panicked shouts. The structure slants precariously as miners clamber around the

clearing about an hour’s walk from Phandalin. The uninjured goblins returned to Zorzula’s Rest with the shard in tow, while the others stayed at the camp to patch themselves up. Mike Schley Map 5.2: Goblin

Qu'ellarz'orl

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

the eight great drow houses gather and meet. Each noble estate in Qu’ellarz’orl maintains its own militia, consisting of several hundred highly disciplined drow warriors and drow elite warriors, with

that the adventurers’ drow jailers or pursuers from Velkynvelve (chapter 1) managed to survive to this point in the campaign, and that they have returned to Menzoberranzan in the wake of Demogorgon’s

Areas of the Air Temple

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

, you hear the grinding of enormous gears hidden deep below the stone floor. Two Howling Hatred priests (see chapter 7) supervise as five commoners slowly turn the westernmost wheel (see “Stone

, several figures in feathered attire play a shrill, discordant tune on flutes made of bone. The figures gathered by the fountain are the Windwyrds, a musical group consisting of Aerisi Kalinoth’s

Darkhold

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

by the Shadovar of returned Netheril, or were in flight. The vaunted Black Network was shredded. Cells of Zhentarim agents were cut loose, and without connections or direction, they dissolved or were

occupation in a relatively flat and defensible valley called Darkhold Vale. Darkhold Vale contains a small settlement of the same name, consisting mostly of shepherds who tend their flocks in the high

Encounters in the Villa

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

carry no treasure. G9. Parlor Urstul Floxin was confined here when he returned to the villa, but shortly thereafter he killed his guards and escaped. The room is furnished for comfort and contains dainty

remaining) are fighting off an attacking force of Zhents consisting of three thugs (each with 20 hit points remaining). The Zhents are trying to get to area G16, but the guards are blocking them. If the

Locations I - L

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

in an endless tumult, like winter grinding its teeth in anticipation of its next freezing assault. Between these formidable obstacles lies windswept tundra dotted with settlements and the occasional

consisting of two stone giants. The adventurers can also keep their distance and leave the giants alone. Treasure Each stone giant carries a sack containing 1d6 × 100 gp in mixed coinage, 1d6 100 gp

House of Cards Locations

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

-foot-deep pit filled with grinding, blood-stained gears. The walls are metal cards devoid of grip. Like the Sun and Moon rooms (areas 4 and area 5), this chamber is an elaborate trap. See the Balance

take it. When the mask is placed on the face of the soulless character, the character’s soul is returned and the House of Cards collapses (see “Conclusion” below). Kai Carpenter A porcelain mask floats within the void at the heart of the House of Cards

Supernatural Regions

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

wisp is put in a container, a creature holding the receptacle can cast the resurrection spell once, requiring no components and causing the wisp to vanish. Any creature returned to life in this way

Intense buzzing or grinding noises fill the region for the next 24 hours. With the exception of truly cacophonous sounds, creatures can only hear speech and noises that originate within 10 feet of them. 06

Tomb Locations

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

returned or until the statue is destroyed. Multiple statues can be active at once. Treasure. A thorough search of the shelves’ contents takes 10 minutes and yields the following items: Spell Scroll of

east wall. T22: Vortex Bridge A dull roar fills this hexagonal chamber. A bridge consisting of engraved, colored limestone tiles stretches between two ledges. A pitch-black vortex of energy churns

Areas of the Lair

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

pulverize creatures that it petrifies, turning them into a fine powder that can be used to make plaster. The pulverizer consists mainly of a tall stone bin with grinding gears at the bottom, and a chute where

incoherent, self-aggrandizing speech to a group of sycophantic underlings consisting of ten human bandits and two duergar who have never seen Xanathar’s true form. These minions clutch tankards of Wyrmwizz

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