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Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
into a vast necropolis populated solely by Undead creatures under his command.
Orcus rewards those who spread death in his name by granting them a small portion of his power. The least of these
of Death. This creature emanates a deathly aura that extends 30 feet in every direction from its space while it isn’t incapacitated. The aura is blocked by total cover. While in the aura, the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
For the Golden Vault If the characters are working for the Golden Vault, the organization’s representative is waiting with Mayor Broadfoot to confirm the automatons were shut down. Once the
representative confirms the characters’ success, the organization rewards them with a rare magic item of their choice (subject to your approval) as payment. The item is delivered to the characters the next day. This reward is in addition to the treasures promised by Mayor Broadfoot.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
Piyarz’s Shadow Shalfey’s messengers were followed by an assassin named Sion—a shadowy mage molded by darkness. With them dead, Sion stalks the characters instead, waiting for the cover of night to strike.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
Back to Promise If Lady Dre came with the characters, she and the horses have extracted her wagon from the sinkhole and are waiting for the characters. When the characters return to Promise, Aunt
characters defeated the soul shaker, she relates that the enchanted farmers in town have regained awareness. Aunt Dellie rewards the characters with her promised payment and offers them free passage on her boat whenever they please.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
can answer his questions. Leaving the keep through the front gate is out of the question—too many raiders watch it. Other options are waiting for a cloud to cover the moon before climbing down ropes
cave at the camp. Rewards If characters capture a prisoner, award each of them 25 XP. To collect that award, the prisoner must be brought to the governor. Interrogating the prisoner independently and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
can answer his questions. Leaving the keep through the front gate is out of the question—too many raiders watch it. Other options are waiting for a cloud to cover the moon before climbing down ropes
the camp. Rewards If characters capture a prisoner, award each of them 25 XP. To collect that award, the prisoner must be brought to the governor. Interrogating the prisoner independently and bringing
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
complete his quest, Volo rewards them handsomely. Yet a much greater prize lies hidden somewhere in the City of Splendors, waiting to be claimed. Waterdeep: Dragon Heist is a Dungeons & Dragons
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to be invincible. They see the principles that define them and their deities at work every day in the world around them — nature rewards the strong and mercilessly eliminates the weak and the
chief can plan where to send raiders next.
The territory that orc war parties cover can extend for many miles around the lair, and any encampment or settlement of elves, dwarves, or humans in that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
cold and rain, waiting for battle while hunger gnaws at their bellies? Many wish to reap the rewards of a good harvest, but few care to remove the stones and till the fields for planting.
“The Lords
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon of Icespire Peak
. They focus on Korboz and Gnerkli to the exclusion of all else, promising magical rewards in exchange for aid (see “Gnome-Made Magic Items”). The workshop is cluttered with half-completed gnomish
on the pedestal is a spellbook that the rock gnomes of Gnomengarde share. Its cover describes its title as Magick of Gnomengarde (in Common and Gnomish), and it contains the wizard spells burning hands, detect magic, identify, mage armor, magic missile, shield, and sleep.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
one wagon. The wagon starts to burn, and the attackers flee back toward their camp. Anyone pursuing them is led up over a ridge, straight into an ambush of the massed bandits waiting below the crest
. They use the light of the burning wagon to target individuals. The bandits prefer to harry the caravan from cover and mount an attack once the defenders are weakened. None of the bandits is willing to die. They retreat so they can attack the caravan again later.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
, not loyalty. He’s waiting for his companion, Sylvia, to return (see area 31). If threatened, Flyndol commands the giant rats to cover his escape. If escape is impossible, he surrenders but won’t
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver
outside ground level, 4 feet above the interior floor level, 8 inches wide, and 4 feet high. A creature on one side of an arrow slit gains three-quarters cover against attacks from the other side (see
“Cover” in the Basic Rules). DISGUISED CHARACTERS
Rather than storm Cragmaw Castle with weapons in hand, clever characters might try to talk their way inside. For example, they might don the scarlet
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
cultist and one guard per character—are hiding inside the mill, waiting for the characters to show up. The mill is a simple rectangular barn, about 40 feet long and 20 feet wide, with an attached
hoist bags of flour up and down through large openings in the loft floor. The ambushers are waiting in the loft for heroes to enter the mill. When the heroes are inside, the guards launch a volley of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
cultist and one guard per character — are hiding inside the mill, waiting for the characters to show up. The mill is a simple rectangular barn, about 40 feet long and 20 feet wide, with an attached
that hoist bags of flour up and down through large openings in the loft floor. The ambushers are waiting in the loft for heroes to enter the mill. When the heroes are inside, the guards launch a volley
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
Exiting the Fissure With Sergeant Teeshe saved (or with her body in tow and a convenient cover story), the characters can make their way back to the sinkhole. If they left any dangers behind them on
waiting for them alone, and is pleased to see them. She’s even more pleased if the characters rescued Sergeant Teeshe. Truff asks the characters to sign an affidavit confirming that they’ve completely
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Forgotten Realms: Heroes of Faerûn
a priest of Asmodeus fails to sway a potential worshiper with rewards in this life, the priest tempts them with promises about the afterlife instead. Many individuals fear their souls will languish
for centuries in the Fugue Plane after death, awaiting Kelemvor’s judgment. Asmodeus’s priests promise such individuals that a devil will comfort their waiting soul or whisk them off to the Nine Hells
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
, waiting for their foes to near, then trap their victims within their massive bodies. Those inside a revenant might be battered by animate furnishings or more unsettling manifestations of the revenant’s
damage.
Invitation. Charisma Saving Throw: DC 17, each creature in a 60-foot Cone. Failure: The target is teleported inside the revenant’s space and swallowed. A swallowed creature has Total Cover
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
. Since then, the beholder has made it known that it’s interested in certain “curiosities,” and it rewards anyone who brings it more modrons or hints about the existence or location of the Maze Engine
failed check, slaves either attack the characters or hide from them, waiting for Karazikar to deal with them. The Vast Oblivium: General Features The characters encounter the following features in the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
Rage of Demons Once the dark heart talisman is placed and the characters signal Vizeran, there’s no turning back. The waiting is the hard part. Time seems to drag as you remain alert, weapons drawn
encouragement, telling them, “I bet you can do this.” Each character gains inspiration and a blessing of wound closure (see “Other Rewards” in chapter 7 of the Dungeon Master’s Guide). Jimjar disappears
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
raiders hear the noise and find cover; they wait for the characters to exit the tunnel, then gain a surprise round. The raiders’ group consists of two cultists and six kobolds. If any cultists are still
. Rewards Award standard XP for defeated foes. Aside from that, the chief reward for this mission is the tunnel itself. As long as it remains secret, characters can use it to enter and exit the keep
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
raiders hear the noise and find cover; they wait for the characters to exit the tunnel, then gain a surprise round. The raiders’ group consists of two cultists and six kobolds. If any cultists are still
. Rewards Award standard XP for defeated foes. Aside from that, the chief reward for this mission is the tunnel itself. As long as it remains secret, characters can use it to enter and exit the keep
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
into melee. Because they are positioned in the rocks above the characters, the cultists have three-quarters cover against attacks from below. To reach the foes, characters must scramble up the rocks
the raid on Greenest was to collect treasure for dragons. Rezmir outranks the other leaders. Rewards Award standard XP for defeated foes. The cultists have no treasure, but their Cult of the Dragon outfits and weapons could be invaluable when characters try to get into the raiders’ camp.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
them into melee. Because they are positioned in the rocks above the characters, the cultists have three-quarters cover against attacks from below (+5 bonus to AC). To reach the foes, characters must
Cyanwrath), and that the raid on Greenest was to collect treasure for dragons. Rezmir outranks the other leaders. Rewards Award standard XP for defeated foes. The cultists have no treasure, but their
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
Rewards Volo is drinking alone in the Yawning Portal while anxiously awaiting news of Floon’s fate. He springs up and runs to embrace the characters and his friend as soon as he sees them. A Good
want to pay it and they have befriended Renaer Neverember, he makes sure that Volo has a pouch of coins to cover the expense. Fine Friends Volo, Floon, and Renaer all express their gratitude through
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
dawn the next morning. They are also provided with 50 gp each to cover expenses on the trip. If the characters turn down this mission, Frume makes some remarks about how they aren’t the people he
waiting for them in the hands of a Harper agent in Waterdeep. That night, Frume sees that the characters are all equipped with new clothing and gear, and even new weapons if they want. He suggests that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
at dawn the next morning. They are also provided with 50 gp each to cover expenses on the trip. If the characters turn down this mission, Frume makes some remarks about how they aren’t the people he
waiting for them in the hands of a Harper agent in Waterdeep. That night, Frume sees that the characters are all equipped with new clothing and gear, and even new weapons if they want. He suggests that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
; “Three… two… one… start!” At this point, the characters and prawns should roll initiative. Bean Preparation. Massive bundles of green tree beans cover both preparation tables. Participants must chop or
the prepared beans to the woks. Prawn Preparation. The large tank contains four 8-foot-long jagged koi prawns (use the giant sea horse stat block). Participants must slay one of the prawns. Waiting sous
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
they receive a chance to earn their freedom by serving the Stone Guard. After waiting a long while in a dungeon cell carved out of impressively thick stone, you are taken to a dark office and met by an
out of Gracklstugh if they do as she asks. Search for Corruption. Errde’s suspicions of conspiracy have her looking for signs of corruption creeping among the people of Gracklstugh. She rewards the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
reinforce conventions of a certain genre. When Do You Award Inspiration? Consider the timing of your inspiration rewards. Some DMs like to award inspiration in response to an action. Other DMs like to
encourage specific actions by offering inspiration while a player is considering options. Both approaches have their strengths and weaknesses. Waiting until after an action preserves the flow of play, but
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
stepping on a pit cover causes it to swing open and falls in unless it succeeds on a DC 15 Dexterity saving throw. Each pit is 10 feet deep and has a patch of green slime (see chapter 5 of the Dungeon
.
The mosaic shows Moa (a jaculi) fighting Wongo (a su-monster). If a character peels the moss aside, they uncover the following message written in Old Omuan: “Death rewards a thief deceived. Truth
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
Soluun Xibrindas (see appendix B). If any of these drow are dead or otherwise indisposed, replace them with drow elite warriors. The drow used the cover of the fog to come ashore in one of the
appendix B). The Open Lord is waiting for them in an alley in the Dock Ward, under the cloak of an invisibility spell. She remains invisible for the entire meeting. Harper spies in Luskan recently
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
fictional reality of the game and in terms of the rules of the game. This means that when an enemy with a Crossbow takes the Ready action to cover the area in front of a door, the players should have a
.” Ready “Your foe seems to be waiting for something, ready to act.” You can combine those narrative descriptions with game rules: “Dispensing with attacks, your foe hurries across the room, taking the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
is stolen (see “Stolen Goods” below). Roleplaying Nezzarum. Nezzarum has been waiting here in the hope that adventurers would come and defeat Xia and her cult, knowing that he isn’t strong enough to
.) 4 “Bring four nice rugs to cover my cold stone floor!” (Characters can buy the rugs in town for 5 GP each.) 5 “Bring me two more pots of silver paint!” (Characters can buy the paint in town for 2 SP
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
stand beyond the wall with open sacks, waiting to catch whatever food the goblins and bugbears toss over the wall. Meanwhile, the remaining six ogres and thirty goblins lurk in the darkness outside the
wall, while the ogres position themselves 300 feet away from their targets. The wearer of a goblin hucker launches its payload in a high arc, so it can hit targets behind cover. Loading the sling is an