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Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
. You might have such a connection, but dread what would happen if others in your insular community found out.
Darkon. The Kargat, this shattered domain’s secret police, supposedly know the secret
Build” section offers suggestions on which scores to increase. You’re free to follow those suggestions or to ignore them. Whichever scores you decide to increase, none of the scores can be
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Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
your adventuring career, you can decide whether to tell your companions about your inheritance right away. Rather than attracting attention to yourself, you might want to keep your inheritance a secret
trinket
4
An article of clothing
5
A piece of jewelry
6
An arcane book or formulary
7
A written story, song, poem, or secret
8
A tattoo or other body marking
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Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
, Leomund's secret chest
5th
geas
Your magic tends to manifest as swirling shadows, brilliant light, or sometimes the momentary appearance of shadowy spirit forms. Your spells might
; wealth.
Flaws
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Flaw
1
I hold a scandalous secret that could ruin my family forever — but could also earn me the favor of the Ghost Council.
2
I’m
Firbolg
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
own laws.
Firbolgs use their magic to keep their presence in a forest secret. This approach allows them to avoid the politics and struggles of elves, humans, and orcs. Such events concern the
’ presence is marked by an absence of animals and a strange quiet, as if the forest wishes to avoid attracting attention to itself. The faster travelers decide to move on, the better.
If these
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
Muralist Mutiny As written, the sculptors in the Tomb of Horrors are eager to escape but the muralists are loyal to Moghadam. However, you might decide that the muralists have their own reasons to
flee servitude, and have secured a set of claws of the umber hulk (see appendix C) to do so. They might also look for the characters’ help to escape, using the claws to dig a secret tunnel beneath their chambers in area 9—and potentially intersecting with the umber hulks’ excavations.
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Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
blueprints might provide knowledge of entry points, structural weaknesses, or secret spaces. Your access to such information isn’t unlimited. If obtaining or using the information gets you in trouble
me with conflicted feelings.
5
I helped a minor Gruul chieftain acquire an Izzet weapon.
6
Roll an additional Izzet contact; you can decide if the contact is an ally or a rival.
7
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Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
unable to distinguish between the letter and the spirit of the law.
2
I seem like a harsh judge to others, but I judge myself most harshly of all.
3
I have a secret, illegal vice.
4
I
complimented me on my work.
Non-Azorius Contacts
d10
Contact
1
Roll an additional Azorius contact; you can decide if the contact is an ally or a rival.
2
The person who
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
moving a lever, and the DM describes what, if anything, happens. For example, a character might decide to pull a lever, which might, in turn, raise a portcullis, cause a room to flood with water, or
open a secret door in a nearby wall. If the lever is rusted in position, though, a character might need to force it. In such a situation, the DM might call for a Strength check to see whether the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
moving a lever, and the DM describes what, if anything, happens. For example, a character might decide to pull a lever, which might, in turn, raise a portcullis, cause a room to flood with water, or
open a secret door in a nearby wall. If the lever is rusted in position, though, a character might need to force it. In such a situation, the DM might call for a Strength check to see whether the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
guides, they can decide which agent they want to initially return to. (Even if the characters have done secret deals with both agents, they should choose one to be their initial contact upon their
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
, you decide which side of the door the bar is on. Unlocked doors can also be stuck, at your discretion. See chapter 5, "Adventure Environments" for information on doors and portcullises.
Door Type
d20 Door Type 1–10 Wooden 11–12 Wooden, barred or locked 13 Stone 14 Stone, barred or locked 15 Iron 16 Iron, barred or locked 17 Portcullis 18 Portcullis, locked in place 19 Secret door 20 Secret
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
, reveal a vital secret, or end a destructive conflict. When the other gods send their champions to circumvent divine agreements, Kruphix often calls upon his champions to set things right. The Kruphix’s
it, and then destroy it.
2 Capture a former follower of Kruphix who used secret knowledge for personal gain and deliver them to Kruphix’s temple for judgment.
3 Suppress all knowledge of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
Secret Doors Normal doors (including double doors) are made of thick, sturdy wood fitted with iron hinges and handles, and protected against moisture by magic. Secret doors are fashioned of the same
material as the surface in which they’re set (usually stone) and require a successful DC 20 Wisdom (Perception) check to locate, unless noted otherwise. When they are closed, most doors and secret doors
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
conditions are met. When you begin your adventuring career, you can decide whether to tell your companions about your inheritance right away. Rather than attracting attention to yourself, you might
want to keep your inheritance a secret until you learn more about what it means to you and what it can do for you. Inheritance d8 Object or Item 1 A document such as a map, a letter, or a journal
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
of this secret is up to you to decide, and learning more about it might color future adventures of your own design. Secrets of Phenax d6 Result
1 As a mortal, Phenax was destined to free the
, sharing disjointed half-memories and dreamy opinions about its surroundings. On a success, the eidolon reveals a snippet of the cipher’s meaning. What the eidolon reveals is a worthy secret … and one
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
fears that the other Kings of Coin might seek revenge. At your discretion, Samira might have her guards spirit Kala away to a secret location, or she might ask the characters to take her to a safe
place outside Zinda, like the Radiant Citadel. Either way, Samira will decide how to punish Kala and the Kings of Coin for their crimes. Whatever the outcome, Samira pays the characters the amount agreed
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
the Underdark, he expects the adventurers to plant it in Menzoberranzan. Having learned from Vizeran’s apprentice Grin Ousstyl of the archmage’s secret goal to see the city destroyed, the characters
might decide to place the dark heart talisman elsewhere, determining the battlefield for their confrontation with the demon lords (see “Let This Be Their Battlefield”).
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
2. Main Gate The main gate of Blingdenstone is a door made of steel and mithral, inlaid with a secret magic-resistant alloy and plated with adamantine. The gate has AC 23, 60 hit points, a damage
fleeing the drow, the guards decide that Chief Dorbo Diggermattock should hear their tale. The armed escort that brings the characters into the settlement leads them to an audience with the chief in area 14.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes of the Borderlands
of the action during play, describing locations and creatures that the adventurers face with read-aloud text. The players decide what their characters do as they navigate hazards and choose what to
, making sure the rules serve the group’s fun. Tutorials in each adventure teach you some of those rules, but you’ll want to reference the D&D Beyond Basic Rules to better understand them. Keep It Secret
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
skill. When that skill is used for an ability check, it is usually used with Dexterity. Under certain circumstances, you can decide a character’s proficiency in a skill can be applied to a different
ability check. For example, you might decide that a character forced to swim from an island to the mainland must succeed on a Constitution check (as opposed to a Strength check) because of the distance
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
languages can add an element of mystery to inscriptions and tomes that characters encounter. You might invent additional secret languages, besides Druidic and thieves’ cant, that allow members of certain
organizations or political affiliations to communicate. You could even decide that each alignment has its own language, which might be more of an argot used primarily to discuss philosophical concepts
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
time. A character who’s busy taking the Search action to look for a secret door can’t simultaneously take the Help action to assist another character who’s taking the Study action to find important
something during exploration, you decide whether that action requires an ability check to determine success (as described in the earlier “Resolving Outcomes” section). Certain situations might call
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
effect of a different sort of successful check. For example, a character proficient with mason’s tools makes a successful Wisdom (Perception) check to find a secret door in a stone wall. Not only does
the character notice the door’s presence, but you decide that the tool proficiency entitles the character to an automatic success on an Intelligence (Investigation) check to determine how to open the door.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
according to its own laws. Firbolgs use their magic to keep their presence in a forest secret. This approach allows them to avoid the politics and struggles of elves, humans, and orcs. Such events concern the
firbolgs’ presence is marked by an absence of animals and a strange quiet, as if the forest wishes to avoid attracting attention to itself. The faster travelers decide to move on, the better. If these
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
decide how to handle the super-secret basement. If you have a sense that the characters will return to the lighthouse at some point to take on Hoobur, you can leave the areas beyond this one to be
Secret Basement The original builder of the lighthouse was a kindly old wizard who enjoyed the romantic idea of living rustic by the sea in his final years. He wanted a laboratory inaccessible to the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
them into the great hall, lined with pillars, where the fire giant king holds court. If they leave by the secret door to the southeast, you check the map and follow the secret tunnel as it winds to the
that book also includes tables listing the creatures commonly found within each type of terrain. Using that information, you can decide which creatures inhabit an adventure location within a
compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Legends of Greyhawk
Revealing the Spy After meeting all the suspects, the party should decide how to find the spy. This is intended to be open-ended. Let any reasonable plan the players devise work, but introduce a
about the secret letter, or the party can leave it somewhere to be swiped. Challenge. Noticing when the spy takes the letter. The spy is crafty enough to use other NPCs as distractions while making a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
activated, each character possesses one of the NPCs in the caravan. However, each NPC has a secret goal that remains dormant until the goal is triggered during a specific scene. When the secret is triggered
, the DM tells the player the secret and informs them that their character is compelled to fulfill that secret goal. For maximum entertainment value, wait until the triggering scene to tell the players
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
sentries play a dice game, or it might be a pair of iron golems backed up by spellcasters hiding in balconies overhead. When you design a guard post, decide how many guards are on duty, note their
Passive Perception scores, and decide what they do when they notice intruders (see “Monster Behavior” in chapter 4). Some will rush headlong into a fight, while others will negotiate, sound an alarm, or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
all that snow.
If a character has the Ring Hunter secret (see appendix B), the signet ring that the character seeks might be in Ol’ Bitey’s gullet, though Scramsax won’t let anyone even handle the
fish unless he’s well compensated, and unless the deed can be done without ruining his trophy. (The ring, if you decide it’s here, is stuck in the fish’s throat and can be retrieved without surgery.)
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragons of Stormwreck Isle
. OTHER SHIPWRECKS
This chapter assumes the characters heed Runara’s advice and search Compass Rose for clues to the recent shipwrecks. If the characters decide to explore other recent wrecks, you can
stat block from appendix B), ghouls, or other dangers aboard. These adventures are yours to create, but only the wreck of Compass Rose holds the secret to freeing Dragon’s Rest from the zombie attacks.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
–30 2d8 secret operatives of the city guard (use the spy stat block) have been watching one or both agents, and show up to attempt to stop the fight.
31–45 Lum is threatened by cultists of one
–00 Both Lynx and Sir Ursas decide that events have grown too heated and escape into the city. High bounties are set for their capture.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
different way to get past the guard or try the check again against another guard at a different gate. But you might decide that the initial failure makes those checks more difficult to pull off
interpreting what things mean. The character might spot that one section of a wall is clean and dusty compared to the others, but he or she wouldn’t necessarily make the deduction that a secret door is there
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver
you with curiosity.
This modest inn has six rooms for rent (Sildar Hallwinter takes one). If the characters decide to stay here, see “Food, Drink, and Lodging” in the Basic Rules for pricing. (The
, daughter, and son have gone missing too.” (Unknown to Trilena and the other townsfolk, the Redbrands took Thel’s wife and children to their secret hideout.) Pip, Toblen’s young son: “Qelline
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
to another and begin a specific event. If an NPC has a secret, it activates during the appropriate event. Take the player of an NPC aside and inform them of their secret goal, and explain that the
importance of the goal to the body they inhabit means that they are compelled to try to accomplish this goal. Players can share their secret goal with other individual players once they learn it, as long