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Curse of Strahd
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
witches, Lysaga recently uncovered a potential threat to Strahd: a secret society of wereravens called the Keepers of the Feather, a group that uses ordinary ravens as their spies.
Strahd doesn’t
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
with a beholder that has moved into the dragon’s domain.
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Xorn serve as lookouts and spies for an adult amethyst dragon who rewards them with gems.
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To repay a favor long owed to a
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Upper Caves. The dragon most often sleeps in the largest upper chamber of the lair. The dragon’s hoard is divided between that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
the Pub’s bartender to gather information from spies who are aware of all important events happening within 10 miles of your Bastion over the next 7 days. During that time, these spies can divulge the
network’s ability to locate. If the spies learn the target’s location, they also learn where that creature has been for the previous 7 days. Pub Special. The Pub has one magical beverage on tap, chosen from
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
with that of snakes, producing a caste-based society of hybrids in which the most snakelike are the leaders and the most humanlike are spies and agents in foreign lands.
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overindulge in food and wine, and I am impaired and lethargic for days afterward.
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I worship a forbidden god.
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I secretly believe things would be better if I was in charge.
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If I could get
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
surrounding an adult emerald dragon;adult emerald dragon's lair.
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An adult emerald dragon spies on the adult red dragon who killed the emerald dragon’s mate, looking for weaknesses
":"roll", "rollAction":"Days"} days. Rocks immediately stop moving of their own accord. The existing abundance of crystals and emeralds remains, but new ones form at a normal rate.Fire, PsychicChange
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
have either observed the characters for a few days or have been briefed about their targets by other spies. Option 1: Attack at an Inn If the characters are staying at an inn, the cultists might opt
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
the pier ring with the merry laughter and the songs of laborers. Year round, Zinda’s plazas and parlors are full of academics, merchants, and pilgrims. But for ten days in the summer, the March of
regularly hires mercenaries and spies to investigate her rivals’ secrets. The Bloodletters laborers’ union opposes the leadership of the aristocracy at every turn. And beneath it all, the dire secret on which Zinda’s prosperity was built waits to be exposed.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
Waterdeep The City of Splendors is a bustling city on the Sword Coast. A rider from Red Larch can reach Waterdeep in seven days, three if he or she changes horses often and dares to ride by night
. Others warn that it represents a huge army of potential enemies for those who aren’t careful — and everyone agrees that its busy streets are full of spies. Waterdhavian noble families and guilds hold
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
a thriving city. Many of the traders who came to Targos in those days hailed from Luskan, so the Luskan Arms was built to look like an inn that might be found in the City of Sails. As a result, much
because it reminds him of home and is a great place to meet visitors. Caged in his room are three flying snakes that he uses to deliver messages to his spies.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
have either observed the characters for a few days or have been briefed about their targets by other spies. Option 1: Attack at an Inn If the characters are staying at an inn, the cultists might opt
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
ten arrows for each one to keep the creatures from scaling the walls. Spread Far and Wide Gnolls never set up permanent camps, though they might linger for a few days at the site of a particularly great
, the gnolls move through the wilderness with as much stealth as they can marshal. They never leave survivors in any group they set upon, and will pursue a fleeing enemy for days to prevent it from
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
Harpers The Harpers approach good-aligned characters who show promise as spies. One such character receives the following message, written on a paper bird (see appendix A): “Renaer tells us you are a
Harpers by making a DC 13 Charisma (Persuasion) check. If the check succeeds, the horse recalls giving a ride to a sun elf and his half-orc bodyguard two days ago; she picked them up at an intersection
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
Assassin You focus your training on the grim art of death. Those who adhere to this archetype are diverse: hired killers, spies, bounty hunters, and even specially anointed priests trained to
create false identities for yourself. You must spend seven days and 25 gp to establish the history, profession, and affiliations for an identity. You can’t establish an identity that belongs to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
also a prime location for pickpockets and spies. Most days, wealthy petitioners are turned away and must seek other means to solve their problems. Inner Butterfly Court The north side of the city is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
. Characters who have a passive Wisdom (Perception) score of 18 or higher see fleeting glimpses of the drow spies over a period of several days and can, with a successful DC 15 Wisdom (Insight) check
, ascertain that these spies are paying particular attention to the activities of the drow party members. Jarlaxle Baenre If the party reports the drow to the City Watch, Jarlaxle ends the surveillance and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Light of Xaryxis
Astral Menagerie), a soldier who believes his glory days are behind him. Krux has spent the last few years working as a mercenary on and around the Rock of Bral, but lately the giff has been spending more
astral elf ships visited the Rock of Bral a few days before launching the attack on your world. The elves gave fair warning to various captains on the Rock, urging them to steer clear of your world lest
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
and learning the latest news and gossip. The crowds attract less savory folk, like spies and thieves. Priests of Ephara often bless agoras because they are so central to civilized life in Theros, but
feast. On holy days, priests invite people to wash their feet in the fountain and receive blessings from the gods. Map 4.2: Agora View Player Version Agora Villains An agora villain could be almost
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
Zhents coin and allows them to use the family’s noble villa as a refuge. In exchange, the house reaps all the benefits that the Black Network offers, including intelligence that its spies have gathered. So
Zhentarim. He spends his days watching mercenaries train, paying bills, and ranting about the cost of doing business in the city. Although he is human, Orond was born with a tiefling’s tail. The tail was
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
who among them are Yarb-Gnock’s loyal spies. Mistrust has infected every nook and cranny of Karkolohk. Spellix Romwod was beginning to think that the time had come to abandon his goblin kin and seek
refuge in Ten-Towns when, two days ago, his fortunes improved suddenly. Goblins out scavenging in a wagon stumbled across a curious object in the tundra—a metallic, egg-shaped crate. (This object was
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Radiant Citadel
gradually cease to function. Unless a suitable replacement for that Speaker is elected and approved by the Dawn Incarnates within thirty days, plants in the Radiant Citadel stop growing, wells run dry, and
lighting ceases to function. Similarly, a Speaker cannot leave the Radiant Citadel for more than thirty days before the city’s basic utilities begin to fail. Speakers for the Ancestors are often
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
gradually cease to function. Unless a suitable replacement for that Speaker is elected and approved by the Dawn Incarnates within thirty days, plants in the Radiant Citadel stop growing, wells run dry, and
lighting ceases to function. Similarly, a Speaker cannot leave the Radiant Citadel for more than thirty days before the city’s basic utilities begin to fail. Speakers for the Ancestors are often
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
are justly concerned, and some have important roles to play in events yet to unfold. The Harpers The Harpers are spellcasters and spies who covertly oppose the abuse of power, magical or otherwise
Zhentarim are free to profit as they see fit, either by helping or hindering the giants. The Black Network has spies and operatives in every major northern settlement, and it doesn’t wish to see its
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Domains of Delight: A Feywild Accessory
them. Because the distance between locations is not fixed and dilations in time are commonplace, a journey that took one hour yesterday might take three days tomorrow. Feywild natives are accustomed
. Both Fey courts have spies who dig up dirt, sow seeds of dissent, and cause mischief. Captured spies are either ransomed or made examples of in various humiliating, nonlethal ways. Much of the gossip
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
great white moon, also called the Mistress) and Celene (a smaller blue moon, also called the Handmaiden). Greyspace’s sun orbits Oerth, rather than the other way around. The sun takes 360 days to
travel once around Oerth. Luna waxes and wanes in fixed cycles of 28 days each, upon which the months are based, while Celene follows a path that has full moons only four times each year, coinciding with
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
rather exist in perpetual denial, whiling away the days, months, and years practicing fell magic and looking for ways to help her “son.” Raven Bane. Baba Lysaga has allies in Castle Ravenloft—a coven of
as their spies. Strahd doesn’t consider the wereravens a serious threat, but Lysaga has chosen to make them the bane of her existence. After much searching and scrying, she discovered a wereraven
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
went. If you choose to skip over a few days of travel (as described under “Summarizing Travel” later in this chapter), the pursuit level doesn’t change during that time. Catching Up When the pursuit
through an area watched over by drow scouts or spies, Ilvara will inevitably hear word of the characters’ location. When this occurs, increase the pursuit level to 1 and begin tracking it again as the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Domains of Delight: A Feywild Accessory
queen’s court will not meddle in the affairs of the archfey or their domain. Archfey that do not pledge allegiance to one court or the other can find their domains overrun with Seelie or Unseelie spies
true friendship or grave need. 2 Covetous. The archfey hoards things they consider valuable and uses spies to find more of what they covet. The archfey never leaves their lair for fear that their hoard
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
Charm. While you have Clay No-Face in your possession, you don’t need to eat, drink, or breathe. These benefits last for 30 days while the doll is in your possession, after which the charm vanishes
from you. Joho’s Charm. While you have Joho in your possession, it grants you the benefit of a helm of comprehending languages. This benefit lasts for 7 days while the doll is in your possession, after
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
capacity to deal with threats, welcoming exorcists, abjurers, and spies, as well as paladins and clerics of Helm. I’ve even heard that assassins bear the order’s symbol — Helm’s eye upon a golden gauntlet
several rows of stalls radiating out from its central feature, an old gallows that doesn’t see much use these days. The market is so named for the shrine to Sune that once stood along its edge. That shrine
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
trade a magic item in its possession for the equivalent of 30 days of rations (to determine the item, roll once on Magic Item Table C in chapter 7 of the Dungeon Master’s Guide) 9–10 A trap door near
like to send intellect devourers into the Dark Dominion in search of hosts, using them as spies to keep an eye on the drow city. These intellect devourers creep up behind the party and use their
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
Castle Ravenloft, so I hope it’s beyond Strahd’s spies. And I have heard that Vallaki is well defended, with a wooden palisade and iron gates.”
Russell: “As if such defenses would stop a vampire
.”
Jared: “Indeed. But if moving her there can keep him away from her for even a few days, we have time for the second part of our task.”
Russell: “A part where you help us?”
Jared: “Yes, when I help you face the vampire!”
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
her domain unbidden almost never go unnoticed, for Arasta can sense the slightest vibration along her web hair, and her children act as spies on her behalf. Lair Actions. On initiative count 20
supernatural link to her. The webs remain, but they dissolve within 1d10 days. Arasta
Huge monstrosity, neutral evil
Armor Class 19 (natural armor)
Hit Points 300 (24d12 + 144)
Speed 40 ft
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
proxies, omens, and idols. Ancient Being Perks With the ancient being as your group’s patron, you gain the following perks. Azalin, the lich, spies on Castle Ravenloft Equipment. Your patron’s network
ascertain if the ancient being’s network can successfully locate a desired item. The DC for this check is 10 in a city, 15 in a town, and 20 in a village. If the check fails, 1d8 days must pass before
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
kitchen, killing rats and eating whatever Gabourey drops on the floor. Slobberchops has no loyalty to the Vanthampur family, and detests Thurstwell and his imp spies. The tressym befriends any character who
alerted to intruders, Thurstwell has locked the puzzle box in the iron chest and tucked the key into his robe pocket. Thurstwell commands several imp spies who enter and leave his room through the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
the Free League occupy a wide spectrum of roles in Sigil, but they tend toward autonomous ventures, acting as merchants, mercenaries, and even spies for other factions. Indeps keep to themselves and
-scrubbing mephits. Abrasive as a wiry brush, the eagle-eyed githzerai spends her days berating patrons who fail to observe the bathhouse’s strict “no running” policy or warning those who get too close to