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Deep Crow

Monsters Acquisitions Incorporated

., one target. Hit: 12 (2d6 + 5);{"diceNotation":"2d6+5","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Claw","rollDamageType":"slashing"} slashing damage.The only warning you'll get is that fearsome, far-off caw

establish lairs of their own. Unknown and Inscrutable. The mindset of these intelligent yet alien creatures is a mystery, but some who have encountered them relate that they are quick to hold a grudge. For

Juiblex Legacy

Monsters Out of the Abyss

red eyes floating and shifting within it. It can rise up like a 20-foot hill, lashing out with dripping pseudopods to drag victims into its bulk. Those consumed by Juiblex are obliterated. Only the

refuse to part with any of my possessions.” 41–60 “I’ll do everything I can to get others to eat and drink beyond their normal limits.” 61–80 “I

Tortle Legacy

Species The Tortle Package

wilderness in which to hunt, catch fish, and get by. With each passing year, a tortle hones its survival skills. It forms friendships with its neighbors while also respecting their privacy. At some

Yondalla relate to tortles most of all. Tortles believe that night and day watch over them and other creatures. The moon is the eye of night that watches over them in darkness, and the sun is the

Yuan-ti Pureblood Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

can transform an individual into a more powerful type. The cost and time required to perform the ritual is prohibitive, and as a result most yuan-ti never get the opportunity to undergo such a

’ feelings if doing so could adversely affect the yuan-ti’s plans, but they understand humanoid psychology well enough to know that they can get away with this casual disregard for life

Fruit Stalls

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

to visitors and tugging at their clothing to get their attention. The vendors explain that while a piece of fruit might look ordinary, it has wondrous and (mostly) beneficial properties. When a

table. A creature affected by a fey fruit can’t be affected by fey fruit again for 24 hours. If a fey fruit isn’t consumed within 24 hours of its purchase, its magic expires and it rots. The

Sid Squid

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel

can share the gossip on the What Sid Squid Knows table. What Sid Squid Knows Renown Gossip 0 Sid changes the subject to relate a story from their adventuring days. 1 Sid explains that a few vendors

like to see the Xungoon and Tyenmo families fight. If the two get along, it could strain other vendors who have ongoing deals with both families. 2 Sid overheard Kasem talking about buying a family

Gate to Carceri

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

currently in the gate-town, though, so even attempting to get his permission to leave is impossible. The farastu demodands (see Morte’s Planar Parade) who serve as the baron’s guards stiffly relate this to

outright force. Characters who ask how to gain permission to leave the gate-town are dismissively referred to the burgomaster’s estate to get permission from the burgomaster. Baron Villigus isn’t

Kobold Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

. A kobold’s cautious nature doesn’t mean it can’t get angry. The blood of dragons flows in its veins, and like a raging drake, a kobold that is pushed too far or has its back

at the actions or deeds of other races. They aren’t forgiving of other races, and they enjoy nursing their hatred until they get a chance to wreak revenge on a creature or a race that has wronged

The Farmers' Story

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel

. The farmers can also relate details from the adventure’s background or about Cradlelace Lake if asked. Although the farmers can’t reward the characters with much in the way of wealth, they gift the

soon as it is detected. If Proclaimer Ward is with the party, the Proclaimer stays with the farmers to help them either get back on their feet or join Uncle Polder’s community.

Next Steps

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel

Kirina, you’ll come to the Goldwarren with me. Prince Simbon, go find out what could be waiting for us in the mine. These adventurers will go with you. Let’s get this done.” Uzoma tasks Simbon and the

already suspect aurumvoraxes, Kedjou can relate more about their history and how they were once removed from the region. To the Academy Prince Simbon escorts the characters to Anisa Academy, a ten-minute

Keeping Combat Moving

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

, here are a few techniques you can use to get things moving again or bring the encounter to a speedy close. Don’t Repeat Game States When characters do something to change the tactical situation, don’t

anywhere at all). A sapient monster might parley with the characters in an effort to get out of the situation alive. Suddenly a combat encounter turns into a social interaction as the monster and

Preparation Time

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

story unfolds. Step 2. Identify the encounters you want to run, then figure out how likely it is each encounter will get played, categorizing each one as “definite,” “possible,” or “unlikely.” Step 3

player, or alter an existing encounter to relate to the goals and motivations of that player’s character. Over the course of several sessions, do this for all your players and their characters.

Into the Wilds

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

place. Relate to the players any information appropriate to the polis and its culture from chapter 3. Additionally, while they make preparations, the characters hear one of the tales from the Polis

encounters occur along the way—probably on the first and second days of the trip. The journey should also provide the characters with ample time to get to know one another. Encourage each player to

Adventure Hooks

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a1

Adventure Hooks Adventurers can find the Sunless Citadel within a remote and lonely ravine. The characters can be drawn to the dungeon for any of the following reasons. Relate the information below

to the players as necessary to get them interested in journeying to the dungeon site. Going for Glory. You are eager to make a name for yourself. The legend of the Sunless Citadel is well known locally

Preparation Time

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules

story unfolds. Step 2. Identify the encounters you want to run, then figure out how likely it is each encounter will get played, categorizing each one as “definite,” “possible,” or “unlikely.” Step 3

each “unlikely” encounter. Step 9. Create a new encounter designed to appeal specifically to one player, or alter an existing encounter to relate to the goals and motivations of that player’s character. Over the course of several sessions, do this for all your players and their characters.

Around the Outlands

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

be able to relate the details about the last Great Modron March, which R04M was following. The characters might seek other sources for information about the last Great Modron March, but the event was

to travel. Travel in the Outlands The Outlands is infinite in size and changes constantly. This makes the distances between locations and the time it takes to get from place to place variable. How

Mysterious Manifestations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel

gives way moments after they leave. The mill’s workers can only watch as the building is consumed by flames. After the characters escape, another strange event occurs. Read the following description

can see you, but I can’t get through!” The figure is Yarana, an Ataguan warrior lost to time. She stands on the far side of an unstable planar rift between the Material Plane and the Ghost Orchid

Roleplaying a Yuan-ti

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

than among other creatures, including my own kind. 4 I sometimes become consumed by philosophy. 5 I believe I am superior to others of my caste. 6 I am driven by wanderlust and want to explore lands

I frequently overindulge in food and wine, and I am impaired and lethargic for days afterward. 4 I worship a forbidden god. 5 I secretly believe things would be better if I was in charge. 6 If I could get away with it, I would gladly kill and eat a superior yuan-ti.

Polvarth Plateau

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries

them home. The satyrs, who keep their wine reserves hidden nearby, quickly scamper off to get drunk and be merry, leaving the characters alone with the treant. Feynor apologizes for the satyrs

and offers it to them. The vial contains a potion of giant strength (hill), and the treant says as much. The potion vanishes when the characters leave the demiplane if it is not consumed before then. Dewlight

Getting to the Lair

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

Getting to the Lair Very few members of the Xanathar Guild have access to the beholder’s secret lair. If the characters want to get there, the following factions know where it is and can help them

safest route to the beholder’s lair is a secret staircase in the sewers of the Castle Ward. Any character who belongs to this faction can get this information from Jarlaxle or another source. If the party

12. Dynamo

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

10-foot-deep troughs to the south and east, and forced westward and northward along troughs that lead to areas 12d and 12e, respectively. 12d. West Water Collector The ceiling in this chamber forms a

flayers dispose of creatures they feed on. Eventually, the corpses sink and get swept downriver. 12f. Dining Experience The stone door to this room is soundproof, airtight, and sealed with a Qualith

Mind Flayer Magic

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

made of stone. Every jar is made for an individual, inscribed with Qualith and artwork that relate the mind flayer’s accomplishments. Often a mind flayer’s funerary brain jar is created long before

eternal fate is governed by the gods. Instead, when a mind flayer’s brain is returned to the elder brain to be consumed, the creature’s intelligence lives on. Only if an illithid’s brain isn’t retrieved

Reproduction

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

dies, one or more eggs form in the dragon’s decomposing body. These eggs might grow like fungus as the body rots away, they could appear among the ashes after the body is consumed by fire, or they might

result of divine intervention. 7 Spontaneous Formation. Dragon eggs arise naturally in certain regions, often in underground veins of metal ore or gems for metallic and gem dragons, respectively, or

Death Curse

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation

is less ideal for players who are inexperienced or get anxious at the thought of losing their characters. You must choose to run the adventure as a meat grinder from the very beginning. In this mode

trapped inside the Soulmonger. The soul remains there until it is consumed by the atropal or the Soulmonger is destroyed. Once a soul becomes trapped in the Soulmonger, it’s only a matter of time

The Day's Catch

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

then casting bloody chum into the waters of the Darklake, where it is consumed by … something. Baiting the Hook The archpriest of the Sea Mother tells the characters he wants to use them as bait. The

get closer to the archpriest of the Deep Father — except the adventurers will not be helpless prisoners, but infiltrators. Ploopploopeen wants the characters to disrupt the upstart faction’s rituals

1. The Vault of Chicomoztoc

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a3

1. The Vault of Chicomoztoc (Chee-koh-MOZ-tok, the place of seven caves) The poisonous gas is present here, affecting fire and breathing. Relate the following information to the characters gradually

about a fire committing suicide with their daggers. Two smaller figures are ringed by the four—the modest “Pimply One” is being consumed by the fire, while the braggart “Lord of Snails” cowers in

Cackling Chasm Locations

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

to eat when there’s food to be had. Most of the bones have been broken to enable the gnolls to get to the marrow inside them. Past feasts include elk, reindeer, moose, foxes, wolves, and humanoids

chamber. The gnolls often take food supplies from slaughtered travelers headed to and from Ten-Towns. These supplies are brought here to be consumed. All that remains are the containers used to

Lyn Armaal, Levels 5-6

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

healing). Each potion is contained in a 1-foot-tall crystal flask that weighs 15 pounds while full, or 5 pounds when empty. A giant potion must be consumed in its entirety to gain its effect, and it

get what they want. If the characters defeat Sansuri in combat but keep her alive, she agrees to summon the chest and give up its contents in exchange for her life. If the characters kill Sansuri

Blob of Annihilation

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

. And then there’s the blob of annihilation. If you see it, run. And if you can’t get away from it, just hope you dissolve fast. —Vi, Artificer of Eberron The blob of annihilation is a coagulation

Annihilation Contents 1d10 The Blob Contains... 1 An Amulet of the Planes. 2 An Artifact of the DM’s choice. 3 The corpses of two gods who were entangled in battle when the blob consumed them. 4 A Cubic

Running Combat

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules

You can get to the action of combat more quickly by using Initiative scores instead of rolling. You might decide to use Initiative scores just for characters, just for monsters, or for both. Initiative

A, B, and C, respectively. To track the ogres’ Hit Points, you can sort them by letter, then subtract damage from their Hit Points as they take it. Your records might look something like this after a

Hag's Hovel

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries

the 2-foot-high wall into the hole, which is dark, but they don’t get an idea of how deep the hole is or what’s in it. If a character comes up to the stone wall and looks down inside the hole, this

). As figments of the demiplane, these potions vanish when the characters leave if they’re not consumed before then. H3. Hag’s Menagerie Tucked in a clearing is a ramshackle structure 15 feet wide and

Giantkind Encounters

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

storm giant themes. Storm giants usually remain solitary, but they can get tangled in events that relate to prophecies and omens. These encounters might happen anywhere, at any time, and can be a sign on

Multiverse. Roll a d10 if you don’t have that book. *See chapter 6. Storm Giant Encounters The Storm Giant Encounters table includes storm giants as well as creatures that relate to or resonate with

Tresendar Manor

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

individual components mysteriously fail until they are all installed in the orrery housing once more. The Ruins When the characters reach the top of the hill and get a closer look at the ruins of

, although she doesn’t know it. If captured, she can relate that a short, cloaked humanoid came to her in Neverwinter Wood two days ago, hiring her to bring her pack of jackals to Phandalin and search

Clockwork Dragon

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

) fire damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one. [Tooltip Not Found] Deep Crow The only warning you’ll get is that fearsome, far-off caw, echoing from the darkness like

. Unknown and Inscrutable. The mindset of these intelligent yet alien creatures is a mystery, but some who have encountered them relate that they are quick to hold a grudge. For years. Of even greater

Lodge Locations

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

1.8. L1. Exterior The characters approach the lodge from the east and have three entrances to choose from. These entrances lead to areas L2, L3, and L4, respectively. If the winter wolves are present

the ends of her long braids. She is ready to do whatever it takes to get back to her mother in Dougan’s Hole. Of the two siblings, she is the more proactive. Finn has a piebald face flanked by small

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