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Mordenkainen's Fiendish Folio Volume 1
bound to their fey lord and unable to bargain away their souls. So rather than claim them, Fierna warped and twisted them before returning them to the Feywild, content that the corruption of the satyrs
Tortle
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The Tortle Package
point, a tortle feels an almost overwhelming urge to venture far away from home and see more of the world. It gathers up its possessions and heads into the wilderness, returning months or years later
dozen) in a fortified compound enclosed by stone walls that are easily defensible. If no such compound exists, they build one. The parents spend the remainder of their lives guarding the compound
Human
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single elf or dwarf might take on the responsibility of guarding a special location or a powerful secret, humans found sacred orders and institutions for such purposes. While dwarf clans and halfling
, humans champion causes rather than territories or groups.
Human Names and Ethnicities
Having so much more variety than other cultures, humans as a whole have no typical names. Some human parents
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
’ intrusion. This adventure isn’t a typical heist; rather, it’s a reverse heist. Instead of retrieving a valuable item, the characters are tasked with returning one to its proper place. An unearthed tomb holds the key to saving a
nearby town, as adventurers are about to discover
must break its curse by returning the shard to the ancient tomb it came from. But a dangerous crime syndicate controls the tomb and its riches, and the criminals won’t take kindly to the characters
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver
Returning War Band You can add a complication in the form of a hobgoblin war band returning home, just as the characters are preparing to leave. This war band consists of three hobgoblins led by
heads are trophies from the hobgoblins’ recent victory over an elf hunting party. Clever characters might try to reason with Targor by urging him to think of himself as Grol’s successor rather than
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
Character Advancement If you want to use story-based level advancement, the characters receive experience points for achieving the following milestones rather than defeating monsters: Obtaining the
. Returning the Books of Prophecy. The characters gain 1 level when they deliver the second set of Books of Prophecy to Shalfey. If you follow this method, the characters should reach 6th level by the adventure’s conclusion.
Druid
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of nature itself or from a nature deity. Many druids pursue a mystic spirituality of transcendent union with nature rather than devotion to a divine entity, while others serve gods of wild nature
; territory.
Druids are often found guarding sacred sites or watching over regions of unspoiled nature. But when a significant danger arises, threatening nature’s balance or the lands they protect
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation Supplement
overwhelming urge to venture far away from home and see more of the world. It gathers up its possessions and heads into the wilderness, returning months or years later with stories of its exploits and new
by stone walls that are easily defensible. If no such compound exists, they build one. The parents spend the remainder of their lives guarding the compound, defending their offspring, and sharing a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
heard up to a quarter mile away. Guarding the mouth of the canyon is a roc that the stone giants have tamed (see area 2). Characters who see the mouth of the canyon can also see the roc’s nest nearby
returning to its nest. If the characters approach on flying mounts, the roc attacks them only if they approach within 120 feet of its nest and it can see them. Characters above the canyon have the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
consort with fiends. Dwarf barbarians are famed and feared warriors among the fiercely proud clans that have reclaimed territories like Mithril Hall and Gautlgrym. Barbarians of most other races hail
from warmer southern lands, rather than the Savage North, although southern foundlings are sometimes adopted in the North and raised by tribes there.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
gingwatzims defend Korvala’s office. Were they guarding something else as well? Characters who choose this violent path might never uncover the pack’s motives, but they can find the real Mazfroth’s Mighty
Digressions and see the book safely back to Candlekeep, if they so desire. NIDALIA
The true leader of the Amberdune Pack, Nidalia is a lamia who delights in hoarding books rather than in corruption and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
immediate threat from raiders loose in the keep, since it’s more a probe that got out of hand rather than a full-scale assault. Escobert is most concerned about resealing the sally port, and he seeks out
appendix D), which are guarding the sally port’s 10-foot-by-20-foot ready room against exactly this type of counterattack. After characters seize the room, they discover that the door is heavily damaged. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
immediate threat from raiders loose in the keep, since it’s more a probe that got out of hand rather than a full-scale assault. Escobert is most concerned about resealing the sally port, and he seeks out
appendix D), which are guarding the sally port’s 10-foot-by-20-foot ready room against exactly this type of counterattack. After characters seize the room, they discover that the door is heavily damaged. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
to keep the living out of the realm of the dead and the dead from returning to the land of the living. Underworld Crossing Adventures Adventures in Underworld crossings usually involve the characters
risk of being eternally pursued by Athreos’s servants. Alternatively, it might be souls rather than riches that tempt adventurers to the Tartyx’s banks. A spirit who died without payment for Athreos
Orc
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
they are more interested in grabbing plunder and food rather than in wanton slaughter. The elderly, children, and any who seem weak or meek enough might escape death. If they leave the population more
or less intact, the orcs leave themselves the option of returning to raid the community over and over.
When orcs fight elves, all of that changes. The enmity between the two races cuts to the core
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
. Accustomed to inspiring fear, and having grown somewhat lazy in its guardian role, it is usually content to let foes flee from it rather than pursuing. Each time the characters finish a long rest in
as it roams, and feeding that power to the monster as restorative energy. Whenever the thessalhydra is taken to 0 hit points, it stays dead for 1 hour before returning to life with full hit points
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
the Dungeon Master’s Guide for the mirror’s statistics.) Rather than running combat with so many creatures, assume that only the invisible stalker and the troll attack the party initially. The other
, hoping that the characters survive and returning to thank them if they prevail. Tlad Xolbrys uses his magic to help the characters unless it looks like they’re near defeat, whereupon the drow turns
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
Deciphering the Mask Characters curious about the nature of Phenax’s Silence find no grand prize in the Court of Orestes. Rather than great wealth, the seer Orestes vaguely predicted the events that
would transpire here. As a result, his prophecy and the resulting legend of Phenax’s Silence foreshadowed the memories the god lost when returning from the Underworld and the first step to giving
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Stranger Things
same time as a returning hunting party of 8 troglodytes. They must defeat the hunting party before they can enter the caves. Area 1: Cave Entrance. A successful DC 15 Intelligence (Investigation) or
five troglodyte leaders sleep. The head trog is a fair and noble ruler (like a trog version of Sir Tristan). He’d rather talk than fight (unlike most trogs, he speaks Common). But if the group angers
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
solution is uncountable, they scramble in circles while screaming in existential terror for a few moments before calmly returning to their positions. Chalkboard The chalkboard is covered with equations
explaining, rather incomprehensibly, why the Great Modron March happens only once every 289 years. To anyone other than a modron, most of the equations are utter nonsense. A character who studies the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
Running Glitch Characters Use the guidance in this section when portraying the glitch that affects characters in this adventure. Incarnations Returning After dying, glitch characters return as one of
rather than having incarnations rejoin the party on their own. Incarnations have no memory of how they came to be wherever they’re found. If a character dies during combat, their next incarnation shouldn’t
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
a certain area before returning home. Annis hags live in mountains or hills. The terrain is easy for them to navigate because they are the most physically capable hags. Even with her hunched posture
, and most are stout or have a medium build rather than being thin or emaciated. Night hags enjoy corrupting the dreams of good people, compromising the ideals of their victims to get them to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
of them take readily to life in the outside world and don’t come back on schedule, returning to the burrow only after spending years or decades away as a member of an adventuring party. The Pull of
cautious, brings a sense of duty rather than a sense of humor to an adventuring group. With their grit and iron will, deep gnomes meet adversity with hammers, picks, and their dour, dry wit — or no wit at all — as their weapons of choice.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
to possess the material goods in a stronghold’s hoard, and would much rather snatch up living treasure. Using its powers of deception, a green dragon might try to entice dwarves it encounters to ally
workers and now seek to capture them rather than devour them. Giants don’t launch direct attacks on dwarven strongholds except under extraordinary circumstances. Their size is a great disadvantage in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
illuminated by six nightlight mushrooms (see “Fungi of the Underdark” in chapter 2). A tunnel in the south wall leads to a set of double stone doors. Guarding the fungi grove are four invisible
doesn’t placate Ghuldur or Krimgol. The characters can only appease Krimgol by finding his gem and returning it to him. If he and his pet xorn are defeated in combat, Ghuldur can be persuaded to call off
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
recognition of a human saving his life during the fight, the Forgemaster permitted the refugees to settle on the surface, rather than forcing them to depart once the battle was done. The partnership that grew
necessary for trade. Given that such trade is now a rare occurrence, most of the human realms see Sundabar as jealously guarding its wealth and cravenly hiding beneath the surface, while the rest of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer
folk who band together for mutual protection. Depending on the crew, this protection can range from taking someone’s side in a tavern brawl or guarding each other’s shops to price fixing or inter-crew
, is one of the most powerful in the city, thanks to the information it gathers from its clients. Some crews are simply neighborhood-based, their association based on territory rather than trade, such
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
azer is returning to the City of Brass after attending a smiths’ convention in Bytopia. Meldar shares a cabin (the one marked “c” on map 11.2) with Ignatius Inkblot and a monodrone valet known as Orb
speak to the deva guarding the Jail Car and convince the angel to revive the dead aasimar. The characters are free to keep the wand of magic missiles, since Ignatius doesn’t need it to make a case
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
folk who band together for mutual protection. Depending on the crew, this protection can range from taking someone’s side in a tavern brawl or guarding each other’s shops to price fixing or inter-crew
, is one of the most powerful in the city, thanks to the information it gathers from its clients. Some crews are simply neighborhood-based, their association based on territory rather than trade, such as
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
characters talk to him, he rails on about how much this crisis is costing him. He pushes the characters to do something about it rather than bothering an old halfling. Bertram inspects his crops, staying out
few days later, Watson noticed the brand on the cattle. Nettlebees took turns guarding the livestock by night. Slowly but surely, the brands continued to appear. Watson investigated the barrow and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer Academy
five-foot-high shelf overlooking the chamber is a massive, yellow-skinned ogre with one cyclopean eye. The ogre yawns and blinks slowly, appearing rather tired.
The cavern is depicted in the Spindle
character succeeds on the check, the spectators refuse to accept the characters’ proposal, although characters can make a different one. If one spectator ends up guarding the meteorite, the other
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
utmost to slay intruders or, at least, terrify them into fleeing her island and never returning. In addition to the powers given in her three stat blocks, she can use the lair actions described in
walrus as big as an elephant is having a grand old time rolling and sliding on the ice, paying you little heed.
The giant walrus (see appendix C), named Ukuma, is supposed to be guarding this room
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
basic physiology, the centaur bands are commonly associated with their own distinct traits. Lagonna band centaurs tend to be sleek and muscular, with powerful legs built for endurance rather than
strike out on their own. These renegades often feel like outsiders in their own band. They might be pacifists, wishing to learn about other people rather than fighting them. Or they might feel a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Fiendish Folio Volume 1
rather than claim them, Fierna warped and twisted them before returning them to the Feywild, content that the corruption of the satyrs would be adequate compensation for her failure. Bifurcated Souls
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
protection of its bodyguards rather than making any physical threats. If asked about Kwalish, the Grand Master gladly recounts how it took over the floating island and drove Kwalish to a second location
workings of the monastery through its boasting — specifically, the existence of the treasury and the brains in jars guarding its access. Doing so might encourage characters to escape in that direction