crushing received guardian to have rejection

Guardian Portrait

Monsters Curse of Strahd

is indistinguishable from a normal painting.Animated objects are crafted with potent magic to follow the commands of their creators. When not commanded, they follow the last order they received to the

becomes inanimate and is too damaged to be of much use or value to anyone. A guardian portrait looks like a finely rendered and beautifully framed work of art, usually depicting someone important in a

Baba Lysaga

Monsters Curse of Strahd

received several disturbing reports, Queen Ravenovia was forced to banish the midwife from the kingdom. Lysaga never saw Strahd again, but she has succeeded in staying alive to witness the triumphs of

that Strahd would never accept her as his true mother, nor could she bear his rejection. As a result, she has never confronted him. She would rather exist in perpetual denial, whiling away the days

Monsters

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse

Challenge Rating Monster Challenge Howling Hatred initiate 1/8 Crushing Wave reaver 1/2 Sacred Stone monk 1/2 Feathergale knight 1 Crushing Wave priest 2 Black Earth guard 2 Eternal Flame guardian 2

Appendix C: Score Sheet

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Descent into the Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth

crushing ceiling trap +1 Recovered the treasure +1 L5: Grotto Attacked the pechs −1 Improved the pechs’ mood +2 Refused to douse any bright lights −1 L6: Fungal Cavern Disturbed the crickets −1 L7

or drink −1 Defeated Kashem the dao +2 Saw through Kashem’s illusions before she attacked +1 L18: Black-Water Lake Gathered all the garnets on the island +1 Received an insult from Iggwilv +1 Used

Have A Great Fall

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron

automatically… keeping you from crushing an innocent passerby in your fall. Of course, there are many things that could happen during a lengthy fall. It’s always up to the DM to decide if you have a

that was drawn to the city. This cushions your fall… but now you’re on top of an air elemental. 9 A guardian angel manifests and catches you. Is this sheer luck due to Sharn’s proximity to Syrania

Mausoleum: Winter

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

, sheltering it as best they can with their leafless boughs. Guardian Treant The largest tree growing in front of the entrance is a treant. It awakens when one or more creatures approach the entrance and

Uld, crushing him.) Guarding his remains are six crawling claws made from the hands of murderers who were sentenced to death by Uld. These undead hands spring out and attack when the lid is lifted or

Baba Lysaga

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd

attachment to the baby Strahd did not go unnoticed. After she received several disturbing reports, Queen Ravenovia was forced to banish the midwife from the kingdom. Lysaga never saw Strahd again, but she

. In the filth-ridden depths of her heart, Lysaga knows that Strahd would never accept her as his true mother, nor could she bear his rejection. As a result, she has never confronted him. She would

Animated Objects

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd

Animated Objects Animated objects are crafted with potent magic to follow the commands of their creators. When not commanded, they follow the last order they received to the best of their ability

] Guardian Portrait A guardian portrait looks like a finely rendered and beautifully framed work of art, usually depicting someone important in a realistic manner. The picture and its frame are bound

Other Villains

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse

, he was owed better than he received. When he didn’t receive the accolades, he began to see everyone in his way as the problem, trying to keep him down, and he vowed to do whatever it took to turn the

his shield guardian. He stole the amulet that controls the shield guardian from a sorcerer some years back. Drannin Splithelm Medium humanoid (shield dwarf), neutral evil Armor Class 18 (plate

Princes of the Apocalypse

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

pull himself together and fulfill his obligations. Homesteads in Peril Herivin Dardragon, the halfling proprietor of the Harvest Inn in the town of Westbridge, has received reports that ogres and hill

(see chapter 9, “Castle of the Cloud Giants”) might encounter a team of air cultists with a devastation orb in their possession. The Cult of the Crushing Wave might help Chief Guh and her hill giants

Copper Dragon Adventures

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

galeb duhr acts as the guardian of an adult copper dragon’s hoard. 4 An adult copper dragon regularly visits the treants of the nearby forest to help protect their woods from encroachment

attempts to slay him, and he eventually became mentor and ally to an adventuring company she named in his honor. The dragon provided the adventurers with a safe haven and received a share in their hauls

Mortuary Encounters

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

never received one in life. Merle lies in the casket but occasionally sits up to hear his own eulogies. The Dusters ask the characters if they’d like to say anything on behalf of the deceased. 6 A lost

Mortuary toward his orrery (detailed later in this supplement). 2 Two guardian nagas slither up to the party. The nagas are collecting stories about those who have passed. 3 A death tyrant, eager to build

Torrents Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse

crawls up to the landing and joins the battle. P6. Yngukulub the Devourer An aboleth named Yngukulub the Devourer has allied itself with Gar Shatterkeel and the Cult of the Crushing Wave. Deranged kuo-toa

was defeated in the Temple of the Crushing Wave, the aboleth guards the water portal in area P20. Otherwise, it is here. The slimy water that fills this cave flows through a hole in the east wall

Evil Students

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

pleasure in abusing and manipulating others with her magic. She is accompanied at all times by her shield guardian bodyguard (she wears its amulet), as well as a grell valet that carries her spellbook

to the hype. They have no friends at the academy, and they’re unhappy with the quality of the instruction they’ve received. Now they want to leave, but the headmaster has instructed them to remain

Palace Garden Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight

know better than to enter the palace without an invitation. Badger Minstrels. Each of these four badgers received one of Skabatha Nightshade’s awaken spells, which granted it an Intelligence of 10 and

two forms: one made of silver needles, the other of golden roses.” “To transform the crown of needles into its gold form, it must be placed on the brow of the correct iron guardian. Which of us, Envy

Side Quests

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

the dye works (area 23). He recently bought some dancing monkey fruit on the black market and used them to make and sell dye. Shortly thereafter, he received an iron token from the Ytepka Society — a

view of interference. Seek Wisdom at Orolunga. Eshek (NG male Chultan human acolyte of Savras) stumbles up to the characters in the street and whispers, “Speak to the wise guardian of Orolunga, east of

Fane Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse

roll if its target is prone. Prisoners. Three captives are chained to the walls. Two are fire cultists, while the third is a riverboat crewman captured a few days ago by Crushing Wave river bandits. The

are stone stairs leading up into a passage of dwarven stonework to the north and cave mouths to the northwest and southwest. This cavern is the center of the Crushing Wave cult’s presence in the

The Doom Raiders

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

, revivify, spirit guardians, water walk 4th level (3 slots): banishment, freedom of movement, guardian of faith, stoneskin 5th level (1 slot): flame strike, mass cure wounds, hold monster Actions

type. The City Watch has received reports of a figure who haunts the rooftops of Waterdeep — a hulking shadow that glares from its perch, rains down death in the form of long black arrows, and slinks

Crypt of the Talhund Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk

they would fall apart with a touch. Each sarcophagus holds a dwarf crypt guardian whose spirit was corrupted by the mind flayers’ magic. When a sarcophagus is disturbed or a living creature attempts

and area P7, but not further. Each sarcophagus contains the brittle bones of a dwarf. As the mind flayers never bypassed the clay golem guardian and these sarcophagi are farthest from the obelisk

Ascendant Factions

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands

toward truth like a friendly guide—a guardian and shepherd of priests who fall from their previous devotions. Terrance reveres an entity known as the Greater Unknown, which he believes is the source of

bristles at the Dusters’ fatalistic dismissal of life, and the Society of Sensation viscerally opposes their rejection of passion. Mercykillers Who Bring Justice to the Deserving Factol: Alisohn Nilesia

Mr. Dory's Warehouse

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

, and with the head of a humanoid female. Dory keeps the golem in this chamber as a guardian, concealed under the water. If Dory is aware of the characters’ approach, he casts invisibility on himself

task, and bring the candidate to the temple, where we shall appraise its worth. Dory received this note from one the Whisperer’s minions in response to Jarme’s arrest. It tasks Dory with finding more

Areas of the Fire Temple

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse

symbol of fire; show it to the players. Each furnished cell to the north houses an Eternal Flame guardian, and each of the furnished cells to the south houses a flamewrath (see chapter 7 for both

. Unless the characters have somehow set the temple on high alert, Ignatia is questioning a Crushing Wave reaver who was caught sneaking close to Eternal Flame cult territory. The reaver, Orgaal, is

Tomb Locations

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

the dais is a sun blade placed there by Valin. It came into her possession years before, after she had received two visions about it—one in which she used the weapon to slay a great enemy, and one in

mummy lord with these changes: She has the clairvoyance, dimension door, and scrying spells prepared instead of animate dead, guardian of faith, and insect plague. While her heart remains in

Talhundereth Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk

room is currently inhabited by a Humanoid mutate named Falfark and an encephalon gemmule (see appendix A for both stat blocks) that Falfark treats as a guardian. Falfark is a member of the Cult of the

Henlifel (see area T15) lead this group. The brothers have come to try to convince their father, Ontharyx, to return home. Their father said he received a psychic call, and they worry he has joined a

Lower City Gazetteer

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer

, Lupin has received parcels containing pieces of the shattered shield, each bearing a tiny constellation upon it. Lupin is convinced it’s a map, but to where, and whether that destination is terrestrial

. Along with a spectrum of ne’er-do-wells, her crew also contains several actual druids who keep the facility running and control the crew’s several guardian beasts, including a number of sweet-smelling

Lower City Gazetteer

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

, Lupin has received parcels containing pieces of the shattered shield, each bearing a tiny constellation upon it. Lupin is convinced it’s a map, but to where, and whether that destination is terrestrial

facility running and control the crew’s several guardian beasts, including a number of sweet-smelling shambling mounds that live in the tanks, churning them as part of the purification process

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