daggers inherently are better

Snapping Turtle Bay

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

caves overlooking the bay. These simple creatures aren’t inherently hostile, but they are suspicious and wary around newcomers. Any show of malicious intent on the part of strangers is enough to shift

always need metal tools (shortswords make dandy daggers), and they’re delighted by whimsical magical trinkets. For generous inducements, cyclopes could even be hired to serve as bearers, guards, or guides

Life Off the Lakes

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

rowboats and single-masted skiffs that require careful handling to avoid capsizing. Larger, twin-masted cogs and keelboats with single decks handle the wind and waves better. These ships fly the flags

is used in lamps and small stoves around which townsfolk huddle for warmth. Ten-Towners buy their whale oil from whalers who live on the shores of the Sea of Moving Ice. Whaling is thus a lucrative (if inherently dangerous) business in Icewind Dale.

Weird Magic

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

ornate hand mirror, producing a cloud of glass shards that damages creatures like cloud of daggers (a 2nd-level spell). She might instead uncork a bottle of wasps that surround her and stitch up her

, a hag should be able to use weird magic only once or twice per encounter in her lair, or only once per encounter if she is elsewhere. A hag who is expecting a fight might be better prepared and able

Oath of Redemption

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything

undead, demons, devils, and other supernatural threats can be inherently evil. Against such foes, paladins who swear this oath bring the full wrath of their weapons and spells to bear. Yet the

decision, follow through with it knowing your path is just. Redemption. So you feel bad about having done something, and then you have to do something to feel better? Why don’t you just kill and eat

The Walking Statues

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

assume it to be a monument to Waterdeep’s Griffon Cavalry, but Waterdavians know better. The Sahuagin Humbled For years, the only visible walking statue of Waterdeep was known simply as “the walking

another in whispered tones about events in the city. If they are interrupted, their reaction reportedly varies from being helpful to engaging in murderous spell-slinging. Three Daggers Alley. This

Factions

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons

, spears, daggers, shields, and metal-tipped arrows have been turned over to them. The lizardfolk are much better armed at this point than they let on to either the bullywugs or the cultists. When the time

questions, again privately, but he is in a better position to force answers out of the characters. This assumes the characters are at Castle Naerytar posing as cultists or hiding among the lizardfolk

Factions

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen

, they endure — and stockpile weapons. Borngray has only a rough idea of how many lizardfolk are in the tribe all together, and he hasn’t kept close count over how many swords, spears, daggers, shields

, and metal-tipped arrows have been turned over to them. The lizardfolk are much better armed at this point than they let on to either the bullywugs or the cultists. When the time comes to move against

The Streets of Sharn

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War

to be a better fit for a particular district. The events on the tables are phrased so they can be read aloud or summarized to players. Lower Sharn Street Events d100 Event 01–02 A minotaur holding

–92 Two humans run into an alley, drawing daggers as they go. 93–94 Two drunken humans exit a tavern singing a Karrnathi battle hymn. Another human shouts at them to "shut up or get shut up." The

Fortress Level 3

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

wall has two rows of racks, one above the other, on which hang a number of warhammers and daggers. Below, on the floor, are three open coffers. The east wall is also racked, with many spears hanging

nails Fifty hooks and buckles Forty-eight warhammers Seventy daggers Eighty-four spears Seventy tridents Secret Door. The secret door in the south wall consists of a slab of stone hinged along its top

Lady's Ward

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

, lamenting, “May your luck be better than mine.” 2 A deluxe sedan chair carried by four veterans stops in front of the characters. A gloved Humanoid hand parts its privacy curtain, extending them an

interested parties. The dapper efreeti knows every weapon in the Sinker catalog and its price, from delicate jeweled daggers to massive siege weapons. Items small enough to display—or their replicas if too

Locations on the Fortress Level

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a1

collapsed, filling the southern section with rubble. The western wall is in much better shape than the other walls, and it holds a stone door with a rearing dragon carved in relief on it. The door has

corpse are several items: studded leather armor, five daggers, a longbow, a backpack (containing a water skin, one day’s rations, a bedroll, a tinderbox, and three torches), a quiver with six arrows, a

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