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Acquisitions Incorporated
When you need to make sure something gets done, you can’t rely on vague promises, sworn oaths, or binding contracts of employment. When you cast this spell, choose one humanoid within range
undertakes to perform any services or activities you ask of it in a friendly manner, to the best of its ability.
You can set the creature new tasks when a previous task is completed, or if you decide to end
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Your family is working on a new form of elemental binding, but they need a lot of Khyber dragonshards. 2 You have an anonymous contact who sends you missions via the sending spell. When you do as you’re
code. 6 You know the location of a wanted war criminal, and you’ve been trying to decide whether to turn them in or try to get something in exchange for your silence. 7 You’ve been selling false
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
devious that it is often impossible to discern a pattern to their actions until their plans have come to fruition and the connections have finally been made clear. (You could retroactively decide that what you intended as unconnected encounters were all part of the plan from the beginning!)
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
promises, sworn oaths, or binding contracts of employment. When you cast this spell, choose one humanoid within range that can see and hear you, and that can understand you. The creature must succeed on
the best of its ability. You can set the creature new tasks when a previous task is completed, or if you decide to end its current task. If the service or activity might cause harm to the creature, or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
freed. The yochlol was sent by Lolth to “assist” Gromph with his ritual, knowing that it wouldn’t work as intended. When Gromph lost control of the ritual, he fled the city, but not before trapping the
rituals for summoning and binding powerful demons. It’s open to a chapter that talks about the summoning of Demogorgon. The various arcane components and ritual items in the workroom are worth 1,000 gp
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Light of Xaryxis
Doomspace, where the coalition they had intended to join turns out to be a bunch of quarreling factions. They must find a way to unite the factions before attacking the Xaryxian Empire. Part 4: Saviors of
discover the true cost of saving their world and must decide the fate of Xaryxis and the Xaryxian Empire before making the long voyage home. Planetary destruction is a major theme of this adventure, and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
character in Theros begins with one supernatural gift chosen from those in this section. Work with the DM to decide where your character’s gift came from. Is it tied to the god you serve? Was it the
character’s gift. These supernatural gifts are intended for starting characters, but some might be bestowed by gods as rewards for remarkable deeds. HEROIC FEATS
If your campaign uses the optional feat
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
. Flourishing Giants You might set your campaign in a world where giants still rule over smaller peoples—as Annam intended, the giants might say. This world could be the ancient past of a setting such as
giants ruling the world as Annam intended, perhaps the All-Father hasn’t turned his back on his children. He might be a much more active deity here, and giants might be more engaged in his worship
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
collected the necessary resources, you can decide which ability checks might come into play as they create their improvised equipment — and to determine how well that equipment works. Use the following
the intended piece of improvised equipment is clearly impossible, you should allow such equipment to work as intended, even if not perfectly. For added drama, allow the characters to get most of the way
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
Eberron. For example, if you wanted to use Gruumsh in Eberron, you could re-imagine him as one of the demon overlords of the first age. You could decide that he’s the classic Gruumsh, who has recently
sourcebook that’s come before it, this book is intended to be a source of inspiration: use what inspires you, but always feel empowered to change the world to better suit the story you want to tell
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
. Include the settlement’s name, decide how big it is, add a dash of flavor (“The smell of the local tanneries never lifts from this town”), and let the adventurers get on with their business. The history
settlements aren’t merely rest stops but locations where adventures unfold. In a settlement that doubles as an adventure location, detail the intended adventure areas, such as towers and warehouses
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
carts that comprise most lightning rail trains. Operation. The vessel’s pilot, a House Orien dragonmarked heir, stands at the helm, high atop the crew cart, beneath the elemental binding struts. The
the train. When conductor stone lines split, as they do at various hubs along the way, the pilot selects the intended route and directs the elemental down the correct line. The crew of a train includes
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
books for several scholars at the same time, Ramilir guesses that he must have accidentally taken The Scrivener’s Tale instead of a book intended for another scholar, then placed the unrecognized tome in
, because it is warded against divination magic as a side effect of the scrivener’s binding ritual. Legend lore returns the following: “Where once was a dream of kinship and valor, disparate kin under three
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
source of the disappearances, stop them, and rescue anyone she could. As it happened, she was the last villager taken by the meenlocks. If the characters decide to explore the house, see “Mayor
inscriptions notice that the headstones near the cairns bear the same death date, which is also the date of the mine collapse. The cairns were intended to be temporary, but with so many stones needing to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
to its intended destination. Caught at Last! When it is finally found, the nimblewright (see appendix B) is wearing a stolen cloak and hiding under a pile of uncollected garbage in an alley. Exactly
that memory loss. You can award inspiration to that character as a way to acknowledge the player’s good roleplaying.
As chapter 4 unfolds, you decide when it’s time for the characters to have a chance
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice & Errata
your AC is normally 16 and you have Half Cover, your AC is 18, and Barkskin’s effect isn’t relevant. Is the Chill Touch spell intended as a way of foiling Regeneration? Chill Touch does, indeed, stop
Illusion is meant to be like a stool or a rock, not an atmospheric effect. Does Planar Binding summon the creature to be bound, or is that done separately? Planar Binding doesn’t summon a creature
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
occasionally feed on the energy of the living to survive. Korvala has created eight gingwatzims so far, six disguised as books and two more to guard her office. Korvala never intended her gingwatzims to
well as a small portion of the money it has obtained. Zan, a jackalwere in hybrid form, is looking through the bookshelves to decide which books should be sold at the market the following day (see
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
. After that, the beneficiary suddenly experiences the opposite of the intended effect of the ritual, which transforms the creature into the dark reflection of its initial desire. For example, those
character created by the hags is destroyed. If a character keeps their painting for a year or renounces the bargain, you can decide what effect the curse brings about. A cursed character also gains the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
the counter. The Clue. The legible parts of the graffiti read, “Zorz ws here.” This is intended to say, “Zorzula was here,” and the goblins left the graffiti in reference to Zorzula’s Rest. The graffiti
encounter. Mike Schley Map 5.4: Rooftop Stash View Player Version If a character follows the trail of coins to the roof, or when the characters decide to finish their investigation at the Sleeping Giant
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice Compendium
cumulative. If you have temporary hit points and receive more of them, you don’t add them together, unless a game feature says you can. You decide which temporary hit points to keep. As an example
one? “The next time” in the spell description indicates that the extra damage applies only once, the first time you hit a creature after you finish casting the spell. Is the chill touch spell intended
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
to determine the best place to dig or support the structure, or Wisdom (Perception) checks to notice dangerous areas threatening to collapse further. You might also decide that magic or other
follow the voice, they find a male human under attack by two bulezaus that slipped past the devils and climbed the infernal binding posts to Elturel. If the characters save the man, he introduces
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
level ranges: 1–4, 5–10, 11–16, and 17–20. The level you choose for a trap gives you a starting point for determining its potency. To further delineate the trap’s strength, decide whether it is a
Deadly 1–4 Cantrip 1st 2nd 5–10 1st 3rd 6th 11–16 3rd 6th 9th 17–20 6th 9th 9th + 5th Triggers A trigger is the circumstance that needs to take place to activate the trap. Decide what causes the trap
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a5
) fire damage. Creatures. An efreeti is bound to the smoke at the center of the room. It can’t leave this area or use its powers against anyone outside the room. Binding Smoke. The smoke tendrils form
the saving throw. If it isn’t charmed, the efreeti orders anyone present to grant it freedom and attacks if its demand isn’t met. The efreeti has no means to break the binding smoke. It knows, however
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
Dwarvish. Previous explorers have taken everything of value from this room. The painted red mark is intended to indicate a safe exit door, although the characters might interpret it differently. G2
survived, however, as did the magic that binds her here. She can leave this area for only 1 minute at a time before the binding magic compels her to return. Vakketar used to demonstrate the efficacy
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer
the shield’s only magic, and that it did exactly what she intended it to do: draw in business. Still, it appears that there’s more to the shield’s story, for recently both Aurayaun and the shield
customers and ensures that only those who seem vulnerable get the “special” tea, avoiding suspicion from any who might decide to fight back if the truth were to come out. Jopalin also runs a more
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
SHIP! OR IS IT … ?
If the characters make a deal with Belle Mare and succeed in taking the Tortured Tortle, how they benefit is up to you. Before you decide to allow the Tortured Tortle and its crew
” on it records adventures the order has undertaken. It also notes intended headquarters renovations that are constantly behind schedule, given how much time the franchise members spend away from the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
damage a creature. (You can decide whether to allow Tannus to fight to protect himself or others, but should encourage the player running him to think about creative nonattack ways to influence the fight
ally and resource.
TWO DRY CLOAKS
Two Dry Cloaks’s wands pulse with magical light, though only two of them have actual useful properties. The first is a wand of binding that glows purple. The second
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
the shield’s only magic, and that it did exactly what she intended it to do: draw in business. Still, it appears that there’s more to the shield’s story, for recently both Aurayaun and the shield
with no choice but to keep coming back. Jopalin personally watches over the customers and ensures that only those who seem vulnerable get the “special” tea, avoiding suspicion from any who might decide
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a5
, circumventing security, then the tunnel ends halfway between the origin point and the possible exit point. In any case, the caster knows why the spell didn’t work as intended. Further, an incorporeal
Thay only if you decide she does so. Entry Points. Choose a starting location for the party from among the seven entry points in the Doomvault. Black gates in the following areas have entry points
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
courtyard is empty, containing neither tree nor well. Its southern wall is the southern wall of Candlekeep itself, with a number of fieldstone-wrought buildings intended for visitors’ use built along it
. Copied Lore. The copying and binding of a work of nonmagical lore in Candlekeep’s library is generally performed at a cost of 100 gp or so (though quite large books are always more). This
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a5
moves, any creature within 10 feet of its path must succeed on a DC 12 Dexterity saving throw or be knocked prone. The dragon turtle can’t harm or break the binding chains. The characters can open
. The necromancy magic in this pool is intended not to keep it clean but to kill intruders. Any creature that makes an attack dealing radiant damage in this area must succeed on a DC 15 Wisdom saving
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
of which use the mummy stat block but are lawful neutral. The scholar mummies are wrapped in funeral robes set with purple-glowing runes of oath-binding, recognized as such by any character who has
the collection, you can decide what it might be worth, but the characters should earn at least 50,000 gp for the lot (see also “A Little Light Reading” below). Such a reward might take the form of one
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
Hrakhamar Nearby volcanic eruptions forced the dwarves to abandon Hrakhamar (map 2.9). They always intended to reoccupy and reactivate the forge when it was deemed safe, but that day never came
, gagged, and tossed here until the firenewts decide how to inflict the most intense and longest-lasting pain on them. Most prisoners are dead within a tenday, but they wish for the end much sooner
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
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
frightening the locals. Though the wagon eventually arrives at the intended destination, the intervening stop-off points are unknown — and quite possibly perilous. ACQUISITIONS INCORPORATED IS MAGIC
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
. A pouf of wild black hair sprouts from the end of one of the blankets.
Katerina Ladon Sarcelle Malinosh The cultists repurposed this crypt into a cell for one of their intended ritual victims
Waterclock Guild and can’t leave the crypts belonging to that organization, even though Shanzezim believes the Waterclock Guild has been defunct for years. Not quite ready to test the binding to make






