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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Astral Adventurer’s Guide
Travel between Systems A creature or ship that wants to travel from one Wildspace system to another must cross the Astral Sea unless it has some other magical means of traveling from one world in the
multiverse to another. Wildspace systems aren’t fixed in certain locations in the multiverse. Because they’re constantly in motion, like corks bobbing in water, no reliable devices exist to help plot
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
Dead Gods Luca Bancone An astral dreadnought consumes a dead god in Vecna’s new reality When the characters cross the threshold in area E2c, they appear in an unreality where Vecna has usurped the
contaminate the dreadnought and induce its certain death. Arekanz is suffering the effects of the curse. It is so wracked with pain that it doesn’t defend itself except to use its Donjon Visit legendary
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the Lake of Steam out along the trade routes to cross the world, yuan-ti poisons and potent liquors are covertly sold. Beware! Some of the latter slowly and subtly bring imbibers under the sway of
royal family could poison a meal and declare it “safe” after taking a bite.
There are legends of certain yuan-ti infiltrating human cities and forming deadly covert societies that sell
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver
slowly to bring Phandalin under her control, and can become a valuable patron to the characters if they don’t cross her. Halia doesn’t know the location of Cragmaw Castle, but she has heard that the
Redbrand leader dead. Joining the Zhentarim If the party disposes of the Redbrand leader, Halia Thornton approaches certain members of the group to urge them to join the Zhentarim. She speaks with
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Stranger Things
tracked. The lair is a cave where the Material Plane and the Upside Down touch. A special plant grows there — a plant whose flowers bloom in both worlds. These flowers can be used to cross between
worlds if you perform a certain ritual. A key component of this ritual is blood from a monstrosity (a type of creature). The thessalhydra is a monstrosity, so it can use its own blood to open a gateway
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
Gareth): I examine the gargoyles. I have a feeling they’re not just statues!
Maeve (as Mirabella): I want to see how sturdy the drawbridge is. Do I think we can cross it, or is it going to collapse
drawbridge?
The adventure continues from there, relying on the DM’s descriptions to set the scenes. Later in the chapter, other examples of play focus on certain aspects of D&D play: social
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
, spanned by bridges made of gut and zurkhwood that are anchored to metal rings in the rock walls of the tunnel entrances. The tunnels are staggered so that the bridges cross over each other at
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
the player characters. Here are some ways to keep the party feeling like heroes, even when the cast of characters grows. Sometimes our paths cross with others’ in the most fortuitous ways, bringing us
tag along for only a session or two, or limit the encounters they appear in. Maybe the ally helps the characters in only a certain region or part of town and then leaves to attend to other duties
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rrakkma
intervals on iron bars that cross the room in a grid, eight feet above the ground. The bodies hang lifelessly from leather straps that are tied down to the grid with elaborate knots. The floors here
star spawn seer to investigate the complex beyond the portal and make certain the ritual to charge the Gith Capacitor was not interrupted. Playing the Pillars COMBAT
The star spawn manglers take
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
walls and paint them with bright, colorful murals. Other artisans are covering the floor in an elaborate mosaic featuring a distinct winding path of red tiles, some of which cross over a series of
. Certain of the frescoes show the rooms of some building: a library filled with many books and scrolls, a torture chamber, a wizard’s workroom. Chairs, windows, boxes, bales, doors, chests, birds, bats
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
expressions to help show a character’s emotions. Scowl, smile, grin, snarl, pout, cross your eyes — do whatever it takes to make the character or monster memorable to the players. When you combine facial
the NPC in question is a family member or a contact of a particular adventurer and talks only to that character. An NPC of a certain race or class might listen only to characters he or she feels a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
cross or traverse some feature that obscures their trail, such as a subterranean river. Decrease the pursuit level by 1 if the party splits into two or more groups. Each group becomes a separate party
the encounter is bypassed or avoided entirely. Increase the pursuit level by 1 for each day the adventurers travel at a slow pace. Certain terrain encounters increase or decrease the pursuit level. See
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
samurai cross the road? … Now you say “Why?” … Okay, here’s the joke part: I kensei. Get it? What? Why aren’t you laughing? The joke is solid gold, and my delivery was perfect. Maybe you didn’t get it
of certain weapons. This path also includes instruction in the deft strokes of calligraphy or painting. You gain the following benefits. Kensei Weapons. Choose two types of weapons to be your kensei
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
influence in nations as distant as Calimshan and Cormyr. Be assured that any slighting of a noble will not be forgotten or easily forgiven. If you’re not certain whether someone is a noble, address the
, comportment, love — these things are practiced with an art and a zest in the city uncommon elsewhere. Visit a festhall or festival and see for yourself! And don’t miss the cross-dressing performers who
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Shadowfell to establish a cross-planar arms trade.
5 A hundred years ago, a savvy ruler bargained with a dragon to ensure the safety of the populace. The treaty is about to expire and must be
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->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
the fright of seeing his dead wife that caused him to capsize the boat and drown. Either way, Rinaldo is certain that the man’s treasure lies at the bottom of the lake, waiting for some intrepid
light from several candles illuminates a circle of uncomfortable-looking guests sitting cross-legged on the floor.
Rinaldo pushes back the sleeves of his robe, raises his hands, closes his eyes, and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
eventually cross paths with another friendly giant: a frost giant adventurer named Harshnag. These events are described in chapter 3. In chapter 4, Harshnag leads the characters to a temple under the Spine
King’s Thunder. Character Advancement Rather than have you track experience points, this adventure assumes that the characters gain levels by accomplishing certain goals. At the end of each chapter is a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
haven’t spent a lot of time with certain other members of the group. One way to alleviate such discomfort is to encourage the players to share their limits privately with you and allow you to present
this discussion, it might not be the only time limits are addressed. Someone might cross a line and need to be reminded of a limit, or someone might not think to include some of their limits in the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
, enslavement, and violence toward children and animals. Limits can also apply to certain creatures, such as spiders, snakes, rats, and demons. It’s also important to discuss limits around what harm might
befall characters, including mind-control magic, helplessness, and death. That said, D&D is a game that has in-world conflicts and mayhem. Certain core elements of the game are difficult to ignore. For
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
toward children and animals. Limits can also apply to certain creatures, such as spiders, snakes, rats, and demons. It’s also important to discuss limits around what harm might befall characters
, including mind-control magic, helplessness, and death. That said, D&D is a game that has in-world conflicts and mayhem. Certain core elements of the game are difficult to ignore. For example, taking damage
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
the whereabouts of one. The Lost Giant Relics table summarizes which relics are buried where, and which enemy the characters can choose to defeat if a certain relic is offered up as tribute to the
with chapter 5, “Den of the Hill Giants.” Thane Kayalithica
“Travel southeast, o’er lands high and low. Cross the great forest to the gray peaks, and search for Deadstone Cleft, canyon of the stone
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
to deactivate the disks if anyone other than the Grand Master attempts to cross them. They also reveal the existence of the antimagic field surrounding the treasury (see area M10 for more information
characters negotiate poorly, or if any brains are destroyed, certain disks deactivate — and reaching the treasury becomes a greater challenge. In order to persuade the brains to keep all the floating
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a4
villagers will have to weigh their fear of White Plume Mountain against their certain belief that the party will never be seen again.) The cave is easily barricaded to keep out unintelligent wandering
the mountain, but none of them are large enough to allow entry. Map 4.1 depicts a cross-section of the mountain, showing the lava pool and the shaft of the geyser. The numbers refer to key areas inside
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
in order that Fzoul destroy a dangerous lich mattered little. Khelben and Laeral Silverhand, his wife, left the Harpers then, taking with them certain agents and folding them into to a different
Moonstars worked in concert at times with the Harpers, they also worked at cross purposes, and the Moonstars membership included many whom the Harpers considered too evil, such as a vampire. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
optional; hero points change the balance of the game and give player characters an opportunity to turn certain failure into success. It’s a way to make heroes feel largely than life, but it’s not a good
some other benefit. The rogue needs to cross a room full of enemies and wants to swing on the chandelier? As the DM, I’d let them make a simple Dexterity (Acrobatics) check to avoid opportunity
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
Thay (where her phylactery is safely stored), to deliver reports to Szass Tam and pick up new instructions. Characters who explore the Heart of Ubtao are certain to meet Valindra. She’s considered the
possibility that adventurers might cross her path, and she won’t necessarily be hostile toward them. Her mission is to seize the Soulmonger by any means; if adventurers can help her achieve that, she’ll
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
magic of the portal network prevents a creature from gaining access to the headquarters on board The Maverick without a certain amount of experience traversing the network. As such, the first three
.
Out of sight of the ship’s crew, the characters face no immediate threats but are nonetheless in a difficult predicament. The most obvious resolution is to try to cross the rigging in stages — first
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
are told of it at the gates, and turned away kindly if they have no such gift. Heralds; priests of the gods Oghma, Gond, Deneir, and Milil; certain archmages; and others acknowledged as “friends of
part ranks to allow the seeker inside to the Court of Air. Visitors are instructed to cross that area and stand before the Emerald Door, where another monk receives them, offers them food, bath, and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
Tekeli-li is hiding in area H6, the gnoll vampire (see appendix C) passes through the tower wall in mist form, assumes its Large hyena form, and attacks the characters as they cross the cave or get
was the original god of magic. She is said to have created the Weave, which enables spellcasting. A Netherese mage named Karsus sought to steal Mystryl’s godly power. To prevent certain doom from
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
faction. Their diverse character, motivations, and obligations ensure that they are not in agreement about the current threat facing Faerûn. Moreover, the standing of certain delegates changes from one
them, and he assures those present that his loyalties—to Daggerford, to Cormyr, to the Lords’ Alliance, and to all good folk—are not at cross-purposes. This forthright approach nevertheless causes an
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
faction. Their diverse character, motivations, and obligations ensure that they are not in agreement about the current threat facing Faerûn. Moreover, the standing of certain delegates changes from one
them, and he assures those present that his loyalties—to Daggerford, to Cormyr, to the Lords’ Alliance, and to all good folk—are not at cross-purposes. This forthright approach nevertheless causes an
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
faction. Their diverse character, motivations, and obligations ensure that they are not in agreement about the current threat facing Faerûn. Moreover, the standing of certain delegates changes from one
them, and he assures those present that his loyalties—to Daggerford, to Cormyr, to the Lords’ Alliance, and to all good folk—are not at cross-purposes. This forthright approach nevertheless causes an
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
tugging on the suspension rope. The bucket is large enough to hold one Medium creature or two Small creatures. It takes 1 round for the bucket to cross the gap between the platforms. Dealing 5 acid, fire
end of the severed rope with a successful DC 15 Dexterity saving throw, thus averting certain death. M11. Kobold Tunnels Lurking in this dusty tunnel are three skittish kobolds. One of them carries a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
more people into the castle. Searching the corpses uncovers 750 gp, 50 pp, and a jeweled ring worth 250 gp. Crossing the Moat. The characters can use the drawbridge to cross the moat. They can instead
moth-eaten blanket and a side table. Levitating a few inches off the bed is a cross-legged ghost wearing light robes, seemingly meditating. The ghost’s eyes snap open. “We have visitors,” the ghost
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
discretion, such features might generate additional income or lower the costs of certain franchise tasks. Draconic Ship. This once-innocuous seagoing vessel has been detailed to appear as a brass
reveals a secret level of dungeons heretofore unknown. Franchise members can decide on what features are involved in the expansion, including new windows, doors, and furniture. Adding certain types of






