contained release gaining to her risk

Prisoner 237

Monsters Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

release, and that the Lords' Alliance would acquiesce to the brotherhood's demands rather than risk an all-out attack on Revel's End. But by now, Gant has been incarcerated long enough to reasonably

Fractine

Monsters Monstrous Compendium Vol. 1: Spelljammer Creatures

. A fractine can also imprison a creature inside a demiplane contained within its two-dimensional form, the prisoner’s distorted reflection visible in the fractine’s glassy surface

, and the fractine can’t be harmed from within the demiplane. The fractine can imprison only one creature at a time and can release that creature as a bonus action. If the fractine is reduced

Speak with Plants Legacy

Spells Basic Rules (2014)

the spell’s area within the past day, gaining information about creatures that have passed, weather, and other circumstances. You can also turn difficult terrain caused by plant growth (such as

ability to influence it. This spell can cause the plants created by the entangle spell to release a restrained creature.

Myconid March

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

the impending nuptials. That behavior alone is alarming enough. However, under the demon queen’s influence, the myconids and other fungi release clouds of spores as they move through the tunnels of

procession a wide berth. Characters making their way toward Araumycos can avoid much of the risk by following Basidia’s advice and staying away from the myconid march. If not, they run the risk of falling under Zuggtmoy’s sway (see “Random Encounters” in this chapter).

Beginning the Adventure

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

, gooey, fungal growths before losing their autonomy, acting like zombies. They also release spores that infect other beasts and humanoids. Eventually, the plague reduces all infected creatures and

book by that name contained in the library-fortress of Candlekeep. With luck, the book holds information that might help you end the saprophytic plague before it wipes out every village, town, and

Speak with Plants

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)

animation, giving them the ability to communicate with you and follow your simple commands. You can question plants about events in the spell’s area within the past day, gaining information about

creature is in the area, you can communicate with it as if you shared a common language, but you gain no magical ability to influence it. This spell can cause the plants created by the entangle spell to release a restrained creature.

Speak with Plants

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

animation, giving them the ability to communicate with you and follow your simple commands. You can question plants about events in the spell’s area within the past day, gaining information about

creature is in the area, you can communicate with it as if you shared a common language, but you gain no magical ability to influence it. This spell can cause the plants created by the entangle spell to release a restrained creature.

8. Fungi Cavern

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver

8. Fungi Cavern This cave has hindered Nezznar’s explorations. The drow suspects that the mine’s magic workshops are close by, but he’s reluctant to risk dealing with the monsters here. Dense carpets

or a light source. Poison Gas. Whenever a creature attempts to cross the cavern, the carpets of fungi that cover most of the floor release poisonous gas into the air. Each creature in the cavern must

Forsaken Deep Adventures

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

tables (see chapter 3), retrieve the giants’ remains from the deep, and inter them in the Ashen Grotto (in this chapter). Distant Thunder The lightning archives hold the key to gaining control of the

apparatus contained in the Thundering Observatory (in this chapter). A death giant reaper (see chapter 6) claims the deep with minions from the Death Giant Encounters table in chapter 3, but the giant

Grisha's Greeting

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

. Filthriddens is contained within a cave roughly 100 feet long and 60 feet wide. The characters enter from a natural tunnel along one of the shorter walls, with another tunnel exiting on the opposite side

cultists who have died and risen as undead are kept. If battle erupts, the cultists open the door and release six ghouls. The ghouls ignore the cultists as long as there are other creatures to feed on.

By Land

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

when the mist inhibits visibility. As long as the characters move at this rate, the route is easily followed — there is no risk of straying in a wrong direction. From the ford, the characters can see in

Transients. The bullywugs are a roving band but they have set up a defensive camp here because they have happened upon a considerable treasure. Rather than risk traveling through the swamp with their

Introduction

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Fiendish Folio Volume 1

support. Every dollar is one step closer to the next level. Game on! Mike Mearls November, 2019 ON FIENDS AND FOLIOS Since a treacherous, former servant of mine thought it wise to release my collected

creatures that many folk consider risible at best and dangerous only in passing. Perhaps the truths contained herein shall dispel such ignorant notions. Any creature of power can upset the Balance and is

Delerium Fragment Legacy

Equipment

acid, cold, fire, and lightning damage; as well as slashing and piercing damage from magical weapons. Vulnerable to bludgeoning damage from magical weapons. Unless contained within an antimagic field

, delerium shatters and crumbles into worthless ash when reduced to zero hit points. However, delerium geodes release a random arcane anomaly (see Dungeons of Drakkenheim) when destroyed. Delerium

Delerium Chip Legacy

Equipment

acid, cold, fire, and lightning damage; as well as slashing and piercing damage from magical weapons. Vulnerable to bludgeoning damage from magical weapons. Unless contained within an antimagic field

, delerium shatters and crumbles into worthless ash when reduced to zero hit points. However, delerium geodes release a random arcane anomaly (see Dungeons of Drakkenheim) when destroyed. Delerium

Delerium Geode Legacy

Equipment

acid, cold, fire, and lightning damage; as well as slashing and piercing damage from magical weapons. Vulnerable to bludgeoning damage from magical weapons. Unless contained within an antimagic field

, delerium shatters and crumbles into worthless ash when reduced to zero hit points. However, delerium geodes release a random arcane anomaly (see Dungeons of Drakkenheim) when destroyed. Delerium

Delerium Massive Cluster Legacy

Equipment

acid, cold, fire, and lightning damage; as well as slashing and piercing damage from magical weapons. Vulnerable to bludgeoning damage from magical weapons. Unless contained within an antimagic field

, delerium shatters and crumbles into worthless ash when reduced to zero hit points. However, delerium geodes release a random arcane anomaly (see Dungeons of Drakkenheim) when destroyed. Delerium

Renown in Kalakeri

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

opportunities? Benefits of Renown. Whether the characters back Ramya or Arijani and Reeva, or seek to play both sides, those who advance in their standing with a faction advance in that side’s esteem, gaining

instead try to gain influence with Ramya or with Arijani and Reeva to curb the villains’ atrocities and mitigate the wickedness in Kalakeri. Such actions put the characters at risk, but if they don’t

Chapter 1: Welcome to the Realms

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

believe that any stalwarts willing to risk their lives on behalf of complete strangers should be lauded and rewarded. But such adventurers, if they become successful, amass wealth and personal status

, heedless or unknowing of the danger, unlock a ruin or a tomb and release an ancient evil into the world? Most of the people who populate the continent have little or no knowledge of lands outside Faerûn

Zariel's War

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus

Zariel’s War By bringing Elturel to Avernus and potentially gaining a choke hold on Baldur’s Gate, Zariel aims to capture as many evil mortals as she can, turn them into devils, and swell the ranks

— to fight face-to-face against the demon hordes in the Blood War. But the burden is a heavy one, and if given the chance, Zariel could be convinced to set it aside, release Elturel, and return to the

Dragon's Roost

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

searching and a successful DC 18 Wisdom (Perception) check. Flying creatures can spot the staircase more easily, gaining advantage on the check. Climbing the steps requires no checks, but it takes 1

hour to clear a path and scramble over the largest chunks of rubble. Climbers risk encountering hostile creatures as they traverse the staircase, and if Mekkalath takes to the air, he’s likely to spot

Worshiping Klothys

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

young world of Theros was the godlike race of titans, born from the same swirling chaos as the world itself. Before any order could be imposed on the world, the titans had to be contained. Kruphix and

civilized coasts lies a strand of Klothys’s hair that she purposefully plucked. Knotted in on itself, the strand appears as a seething ball of dense smoke. Any who touch the strand risk having it invade

Delerium Crystal Legacy

Equipment

acid, cold, fire, and lightning damage; as well as slashing and piercing damage from magical weapons. Vulnerable to bludgeoning damage from magical weapons. Unless contained within an antimagic field

, delerium shatters and crumbles into worthless ash when reduced to zero hit points. However, delerium geodes release a random arcane anomaly (see Dungeons of Drakkenheim) when destroyed. Delerium

Delerium Shard Legacy

Equipment

acid, cold, fire, and lightning damage; as well as slashing and piercing damage from magical weapons. Vulnerable to bludgeoning damage from magical weapons. Unless contained within an antimagic field

, delerium shatters and crumbles into worthless ash when reduced to zero hit points. However, delerium geodes release a random arcane anomaly (see Dungeons of Drakkenheim) when destroyed. Delerium

Demons

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

. Though demons yearn to sow chaos on the Material Plane, they show no gratitude when brought there, raging against their prisons and demanding release. Those who would risk summoning a demon might do

Demons Spawned in the Infinite Layers of the Abyss, demons are the embodiment of chaos and evil — engines of destruction barely contained in monstrous form. Possessing no compassion, empathy, or

Fractine

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monstrous Compendium Volume One: Spelljammer Creatures

damage as it passes through them. A fractine can also imprison a creature inside a demiplane contained within its two-dimensional form, the prisoner’s distorted reflection visible in the fractine’s

imprisoned. No other creature can enter the demiplane, and the fractine can’t be harmed from within the demiplane. The fractine can imprison only one creature at a time and can release that creature as

M10. Treasury

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish

, Intimidation, or Persuasion) check, the brain warns them of the risks of tampering with the journal (see below). It then negotiates for the characters’ aid, claiming that only it can safely release

research into finding Daoine Gloine even after setting up his initial laboratory on the floating island. Using the notes and maps contained in the journal, the characters can find a route through the

Prisoner 237: Vaelish Gant

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

his release, and that the Lords’ Alliance would acquiesce to the brotherhood’s demands rather than risk an all-out attack on Revel’s End. But by now, Gant has been incarcerated long enough to

Acquisition as a Holy Chore

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

cognizant of not wanting to throw away potential customers that way, how much risk of going down that path could there be? Jergal Death is a serious business. Literally. Jergal is a lesser deity who

-related, secrets are an important component of gaining leverage over others. Moreover, your successful franchise will eventually have many secrets of its own that you desperately need to keep quiet

Fighter

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

combatants enter a fight not knowing whether their boots have come untied. 6 You have a belt pouch specially made to release ball bearings or caltrops in the thick of the fight, forcing your

you’ll take that risk. If you had to choose between entering a battle without your favorite combat gear or without the party’s bard, Singy McLuteface can sit this one out. You and your equipment have

Courthouse: Autumn

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

Lord of Waterdeep to secure Fenerus’s release. Mirt has personally lost coin to the Blood Hawk Posse, so helping Fenerus squirm out of jail stings him deeply. A character who has at least 4 renown in

to any request for a private meeting with Fenerus, on the grounds that he’s a shady, unrepentant person and a flight risk. The conditions under which she will permit a meeting are as follows: A

Sample Traps

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)

of the area is filled with rubble and becomes difficult terrain. Falling Net Mechanical trap This trap uses a trip wire to release a net suspended from the ceiling. The trip wire is 3 inches off the

pounds of weight is placed on the pressure plate, causing the statue to release a 30-foot cone of fire. Each creature in the fire must make a DC 13 Dexterity saving throw, taking 22 (4d10) fire damage

Neogi

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

hatchlings begin their lives under the control of adult neogi. They must learn about their society and earn a place in it, and each one starts its training by gaining mastery over a young umber hulk

betters — and it must defer to those of higher station or risk harsh punishment. Outside the obligations of a servant to its master, neogi are willing to engage in any activity that profits them, and

29. King Melair's Lost Tomb

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

detect magic spell, but it vanishes if targeted by a successful dispel magic spell (DC 16). It also ceases to exist while contained in the area of an antimagic field spell. It otherwise looks and feels

reveal the way to King Melair’s true tomb. It promises (truthfully) to do so in exchange for its release from captivity. If the glabrezu is released, it casts dispel magic on the wall behind the tapestry

Neogi

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse

adult neogi. They must learn about their society and earn a place in it, and each one starts its training by gaining mastery over an umber hulk. Neogi Hatchling Tiny Aberration, Typically Lawful Evil

identity of the individual’s leader. By these signs, neogi can identify each others’ place in the hierarchy—and they must defer to those of higher station or risk harsh punishment. Neogi Small Aberration

Mortuary Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Adventure Atlas: The Mortuary

overtake the Heralds of Dust exorcist (see the appendix) tasked with guarding this vault. If the characters don’t intervene, the Undead might destabilize the vault’s magic and release other creatures

contained in the crypts (detailed below). Containment Crypts. Eight cylindrical glass crypts span the height of the vault. A permanent magic circle spell (save DC 15) in each tube prevents the

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