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Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
can choose to succeed instead.
Misty Escape. When she drops to 0 hit points outside her resting place, Keresta transforms into a cloud of mist (as in the Shapechanger trait) instead of falling
her resting place within 2 hours or be destroyed. Once in her resting place, she reverts to her vampire form. She is then paralyzed until she regains at least 1 hit point. After spending 1 hour in
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
, seeking to understand itself. (Any)
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Self-Improvement. I am a complex gem, and I constantly polish and refine my many facets to make the whole that much more perfect. (Any)
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Responsibility
an end to the restriction.
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An amethyst dragon recruits a group of adventurers to psychically trade bodies with adventurers from another world, so that each can carry out certain tasks before
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
, and I constantly polish and refine my many facets to make the whole that much more perfect. (Any)
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Responsibility. Having knowledge and power gives one a responsibility to those who have less
disables all teleportation within a thousand miles of their lair. Governments within that area seek emissaries who can negotiate an end to the restriction.
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An amethyst dragon recruits a group of
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
. (Any)
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Self-Improvement. I am a complex gem, and I constantly polish and refine my many facets to make the whole that much more perfect. (Any)
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Responsibility. Having knowledge and
restriction.
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An amethyst dragon recruits a group of adventurers to psychically trade bodies with adventurers from another world, so that each can carry out certain tasks before swapping back.
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Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
, seeking to understand itself. (Any)
3
Self-Improvement. I am a complex gem, and I constantly polish and refine my many facets to make the whole that much more perfect. (Any)
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negotiate an end to the restriction.
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An amethyst dragon recruits a group of adventurers to psychically trade bodies with adventurers from another world, so that each can carry out certain tasks
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
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Shiftless, Savage Layabouts
When they’re not in battle, bugbears spend much of their time resting or dozing. They don’t engage in crafting or agriculture to any great extent, or
individuals in a group typically number fewer than a dozen, consisting of siblings and their mates as well as a handful of offspring and an elder or two. A gang lives in and around a small enclosure
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
. Wisps of white smoke or steam rise from the peak, in contrast to the black wildfire smoke hanging over the valleys to the south.
The characters face one significant obstacle on their ascent up the
group check, succeeding as a group if at least half of them succeed on the check. Each character who fails the check—or every character, in the case of a failed group check—falls 60 feet.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
coming to their doorstep. North Market is one of the largest markets in Sharn, though in contrast to the Bazaar of Dura it mostly offers simple, everyday goods. Lower Northedge has a significant shifter
the Martyr is an infamous spot in North Market. It is dedicated to a crusading priest of the Silver Flame who uncovered a group of wererats in the early days of Sharn. Fathen was torn apart by the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a5
Resting The incursion into the Doomvault is intended to be a fast-paced assault in which the characters have little time for typical rests. A few areas of the dungeon offer access to special magic
characters can take normal rests outside the dungeon. Doing so has an effect on the alert level. Resting within the Doomvault is risky, because of random encounters and the rising alert level (see below
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
hanging in front of them. Resting on each shoulder are red-eyed ravens that scrutinize your group. Behind her, a hulking creature built of disparate fiendish parts trudges, moaning and hopping as it
walks.
Then both of the hag’s eyes focus keenly on your group, and on Lulu specifically. “My goodness!” the hag croaks, spittle dribbling from her mouth. “Where did you find such a treasure?”
The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
. Approaching the sound reveals a basilisk named Veldyskar resting in an intersection. No ordinary basilisk, Veldyskar has an Intelligence of 10 (+0) and speaks Common, Dwarvish, Giant, and Undercommon. A small
group of characters scouting can sneak up on Veldyskar with a successful DC 10 group Dexterity (Stealth) check. Any characters who observe the basilisk can note that it keeps its eyes downcast, as if
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a7
adventure, and if your group is a hack-and-slay gathering, they will be unhappy! Only high-level characters stand a chance of surviving, but every player who braves the tomb will have the experience
the intervening time resting and recovering until play again commences. Since there are no monsters to be randomly encountered within the tomb, the party might be able to encamp close to the entrance
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
battle. Elder Brain Resting Pool Usually centrally located, the lair’s resting pool is where the elder brain holds court in its brine pool, protected by a nearly impenetrable layer of a glass-like
study the organs to refine their experiments. Failed experiments from the transformation chamber eventually are brought here to be dissected so that their organs can be added to the library’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Adventure Themes A group of adventurers leaves the dark, rainy city, putting its mean streets behind them. They board a flame-ringed airship for a journey across the continent, but they’re attacked
. It goes on to describe adventures and encounters that can occur in transit — on airships, on lightning rails, and at resting spots along the way. Finally, this section discusses the role that creatures typically defined as “monsters” play in Khorvaire, and explores Eberron’s cosmology.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
Setessa’s Surroundings Beyond the city’s encircling trees, the territory of Setessa extends to cover about a third of the Nessian Wood and a wide swath of the open chaparral. In contrast to Meletis
lilacs growing along the riverbank and silver fish darting in startlingly clear water, it is abandoned by Setessa and favored by travelers as a resting point on the road before coming under the eaves of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
organization as you’ve defined it. Consider the motto of the Harpers: “Down with tyranny. Fairness and equality for all.” The Harpers have a straightforward message of freedom and prosperity. Contrast
that with the motto of a group of politically allied cities in the North calling themselves the Lords’ Alliance: “Threats to home must be terminated without prejudice. Superiority is our security
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
Dragon Hunters As the characters approach the foot of the skybridge, they find a group of five locals with horses resting and sharing a meal at the roadside. The five are well armed and look like
Paolo and his group listen intently to anything the characters share and ask them about the bakunawa, what it looked like, and how it behaved. A character who succeeds on a DC 12 Wisdom (Insight) check
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Locathah Rising
the players to introduce their characters and describe them to the group. Once they have completed their introductions, read or paraphrase the following boxed text: After swimming for half the day, you
see the “darkening” up ahead. It’s difficult to see anything clearly within its borders, though you can vaguely make out the outline of a mountain of sunken ships resting on the sea floor, grown over
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
. Kobolds tend to be more active at night than during daylight hours, but unlike in a human settlement, there is no time when most of the inhabitants are resting. Warrens are built so that sleeping
hold off a group of armed attackers and attribute the act either to idiocy or the creature’s ridiculously inflated idea of its prospects for success. The truth is that the lone kobold — persuaded
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver
Triboar Trail, where travelers have reported trouble with a band of orcs near Wyvern Tor. He offers 100 gp to any group that can take care of the problem. If the party pursues this quest, see “Wyvern
Tor” in Part 3. Quest: Finding Cragmaw Castle. After resting at the Stonehill Inn, Sildar Hallwinter establishes himself at the townmaster’s hall. As an agent of the Lords’ Alliance, his goal is to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
renegotiated, but in the intervening century, the dragon has fallen to shadow.
6 A group of shadar-kai (elves native to the Shadowfell) arrive at a city’s gates, seeking refuge. They are fleeing the
a shadow dragon wyrmling and teaches the dragon about the Shadowfell.
2 A group of wicked duergar has discovered that dragon eggs hatched in a certain part of the Underdark produce shadow dragon
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
plate armor wielding a glowing sword against a chimera. The word “SAFE” is written in chalk on the door leading to area 5, marking that chamber as a resting place used by the cultists. When the first
) check. Door Hazard The double doors leading to area 12 are plated in corroded copper engraved to depict a group of wizards peering over a pool of water. The oversized figure of a male wizard at the top of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
treasures and more ships resting on the ocean floor than sailing its surface. However characters contend with the depths and whatever they might seek, consider using the possibilities on the Underwater
westernmost of the great poleis of old, it became associated with sunset, and therefore, with Heliod. A magnificent shrine to the sun god rose within the polis, and its priests, a group known as the Triarchy
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
plate armor wielding a glowing sword against a chimera. The word “SAFE” is written in chalk on the door leading to area 5, marking that chamber as a resting place used by the cultists. When the first
Hazard The double doors leading to area 12 are plated in corroded copper engraved to depict a group of wizards peering over a pool of water. The oversized figure of a male wizard at the top of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm Lord’s Wrath
4. The Dying Second While the incredibly devout Gadrille the Reef-Reaver leads the group of cultists at the caves, Fheralai Stormsworn assigned a second-in-command to assist her — with special
to Talos, asking for a boon in payment for her years of devotion: curse Sovendahl for his cowardly caution. And Talos answered. The Sick Room When the characters encounter Sovendahl, he is resting in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
will take the party about 12 hours to travel from Saltmarsh to the ford over the Dunwater River (marked B on the map). This time does not account for resting but does allow for slow movement at times
close to the temporary lair of a band of bullywugs. Bullywug scouts patrol the area and, unless spotted, return to the larger group after identifying the adventurers to organize an ambush. Bullywug
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
group of Lolth-worshiping drow warriors were sent to kill a sapphire dragon wyrmling who has been making meals of their goddess’s holy spiders.
5 A sapphire dragon wyrmling is on the verge of
magical relic that attracts giant spiders, but the relic’s resting place has become a young sapphire dragon’s feeding ground.
5 A young sapphire dragon and a hobgoblin warlord have become
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
, hobgoblins, and bugbears to revolt against their illithid masters. Dungeon Factions A dungeon is sometimes dominated by a single group of intelligent humanoids, whether a tribe of orcs that have taken
throughout. The contrast between easy and hard encounters, as well as simple and complex encounters, encourages characters to vary their tactics and keeps the encounters from seeming too similar.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Flee, Mortals! Rule Primer
rogue is hidden and takes aim at a group of zombie minions (each with 6 hit points) with his light crossbow (which has a short range of 80 feet). He hits a zombie minion with his crossbow, dealing
creatures succeeding on their saving throw. By contrast, under this book’s minion rules, spellcasters still have a good reason to use high-level spells against minions.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
Random Encounters Twice each day that the party spends in the Labyrinth (whether traveling or resting), roll a d20 and consult the Labyrinth Encounters table to determine what, if anything, they
monodrone 19 2d6 quaggoths 20 1d4 shriekers Behir This long-bodied reptile is either prowling a tunnel or resting in a cave when the characters encounter it. The behir retreats if reduced to 80 or fewer
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
memories of his past, especially events tied to lost kin, great deeds, or monumental failures. When dwarves drink in a group, this effect spreads among them. The clan might joyfully sing of triumph as they
reminisce over the defeat of a dragon, or weep as they recall the death of a beloved elder.
In contrast to clan gatherings, dwarves who drink alone invariably become morose and sullen — when
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
group of persons will do their utmost to foil this leader because of it? Conversely, what is this leader’s greatest virtue, and who rises to the leader’s defense because of it? Who believes in this
people under this person’s power. What important fact didn’t they realize about this person or his or her reign, which will later come to light? Name one person or group that tries to fill the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Adventures and Encounters In contrast to the salvagers and treasure hunters who undertake most of the expeditions to the Mournland, some individuals enter the churning mist with good intentions in
opportunities that could lead a group of adventurers into the Mournland. Mournland Adventure Hooks d6 Adventure Hook 1 A Gatekeeper druid wants a rock sample from the Glass Plateau. 2 A magewright from
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
Dwarven Religion Our forebears instill within us the potential for everything that made them great. It is our responsibility to refine that gift into something wonderful.
— Vistra Frostbeard
The
Morndinsamman. Moradin is foremost among the dwarven pantheon, the epitome of everything dwarves strive to be. The rest of the group consists of those first dwarves who performed their labors so well
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
satisfying to create, with some favoring practicality and others more interested in artistic expression. In each group, there are those who prefer to practice the alchemical arts and those whose talents
visitors interact with their toys, while they scribble notes on how to refine their creations.
Celestial toys can do just about anything. Many of these objects have properties not unlike those of wondrous