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Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
—wanders by. While trading riddles or witticisms, a cat often decides to reveal its grin, its tail, or sometimes its whole head to confuse or intimidate the creature it’s talking to.
A
grinning cat is slain, 2d12;{"diceNotation":"2d12", "rollType":"roll", "rollAction":"Whiskers"} of its whiskers can be retrieved for this purpose.Fade Back. The grinning cat becomes visible or makes part of
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
a bridge on a major trade road, terrifying travelers.
3
After an unwise attack from a whaling ship, a dragon turtle pursued the ship back to harbor and now attacks any ship that tries to leave
, including deep-sea trenches or underwater volcanoes.
Dragon turtles are largely unconcerned with the design of their lairs and seldom work to improve them. A dragon turtle’s primary concern when
Orc
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
raid just as another group returns, laden with severed heads, sacks of loot, and armfuls of food. Warriors also serve as scouts, bringing back detailed reports about the surrounding area so that the
haul as much food and booty as possible back to the tribe’s den, every tribe has a sturdy war wagon. Since orcs are poor crafters, most of their wagons are stolen from human or dwarven
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
discrete parts or might be divided up to improve the adventure’s pacing, these advancements are organized in the following, optional order: Chapter 11: Death to the Wyrmspeakers (Varram) Chapter 10
: The Sea of Moving Ice Chapter 13: The Cult Strikes Back (First Attack) Chapter 12: Death to the Wyrmspeakers (Neronvain) Chapter 13: The Cult Strikes Back (Second Attack) Chapter 15: Xonthal’s Tower
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
go back without performing some act of contrition. Your DM decides whether your new god will accept you as a champion and what you might have to do to prove your commitment. When you change gods, you
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
need to show ordinary merchants that the Long Road is still safe. Later on, the alliance decides that it’s time for the legendary weapon of King Torhild Flametongue, long buried in the Halls of the
Hunting Axe, to be brought back into the light of day. The Order of the Gauntlet is worried about the Iceshield orc raids. They also want to make sure the hidden shrine in the Vale of Dancing Waters
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
sinkhole. Lady Dre decides to stay and figure out a way to get the wagon unstuck—she has rope in the back that might prove helpful. She insists the characters go on ahead. Proclaimer Ward stays to help Lady Dre if they’re both with the party.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
while a second examines an esoteric symbol engraved on a wall and a third keeps watch for monsters. The players don’t need to take turns, but the DM listens to every player and decides how to resolve
might be locked, the floor might hide a deadly trap, or some other circumstance might make it challenging for an adventurer to complete a task. In those cases, the DM decides what happens, often
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
the 1,000 gp diamond he promised them. XP Awards The characters gain 50 XP each if they successfully report back to Sark, whether they defeat the medusa or not. Upon earning this award, the
characters can make a group Charisma (Persuasion) check to improve the gnomes’ attitude (see “Changing Svirfneblin Attitudes”).
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
Conclusion Once the characters finish exploring, where they go next is up to them. Xoese-Addae is eager to take them back to Janya or can be convinced to escort them to the surface where they left
the Beden-Moon. The journey back to Djaynai is uneventful. How the adventure concludes depends on who the characters return the tomes to. If the characters bring the tomes to Atiba-Pa, he is overjoyed
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Light of Xaryxis
giff, reporting on his activities and contacts. When word of the recent altercation between the characters and the astral elves gets back to Hastain, the reigar decides to punish the characters for
wizard the reigar knows by reputation, Hastain decides to put an end to the characters’ meddling: Closing in from behind is a gigantic, bioluminescent, jellyfish-like creature with a flamboyantly
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
Drow Renegades Drow society is, paradoxically, extremely open-ended and extremely oppressive. All drow have a chance, at least theoretically, to improve their station in life, and movement does occur
them. Survival for a solitary drow underground is nearly impossible. The main routes through the Underdark are dotted with drow guard posts, and the back ways are prowled by ropers, mind flayers
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica
adventuring career warrant it, you can abandon membership in one guild and join a different one. Once you leave a guild, you can rarely go back. Your DM decides what requirements you must meet to join a new
, your renown score with that guild increases by 2. Chapter 4 includes information for the DM about missions appropriate for your guild. Other tasks that don’t involve adventuring can also improve your
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
, and sport — is a tradition that goes back to the ancient times of the giants. Other races developed the sling, the spear-thrower, or the bow to artificially improve the strength and accuracy of their
far as it can. The giant who was challenged then goes to where the stone landed and hurls it back at the challenger. A challenger who is stronger wins, because the return throw will fall short, but a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
the polis of Meletis expands, clearing new land for houses and crops, Nylea decides to punish the polis and destroy it if necessary. Animated trees topple the walls, and Nyxborn beasts invade the city
.
2 Nylea refuses to turn winter into spring unless Karametra agrees to abolish agriculture and yield all cropland back to the forest.
3 When tensions between Akros and Setessa peak, Nylea
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hold Back The Dead
stronghold’s most effective defenders and decides to sabotage the siege weapon, then kill the characters. Read or paraphrase the following about an hour after their previous encounter (after the
back away while we work.”
“Corlie” is actually a Doppelganger, and the three human squires (Medium, Neutral Evil Scouts) are loyal to the Red Wizards. Characters suspicious of this unexpected change
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
few escape plans ready, and has nutrient caches hidden along exit tunnels in case Basidia decides it is better to abandon the grove and return to a nomadic lifestyle. Characters can climb the eastern
adventurers’ best hope of finding a way back to the surface. Rasharoo knows many promising paths, but since myconids have no interest in the sunlit world, it has never followed them all the way there
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
traveling by ship. Draw a Map A ship’s captain often undertakes this activity, producing a map of the ship’s progress and helps the crew get back on course if they get lost. No ability check is required
crew’s time to grant extended breaks, provide instruction, and generally improve the quality of life on the ship. Once every 24 hours, if the crew’s quality score is 3 or lower, the first mate can
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
haunting the catacombs. There was a crazy svirfneblin back in the first days of reclamation who disappeared. Some of the scouts claim to have seen him, skulking around the unrecovered areas of the
Foaming Mug. If they do, they gain advantage on their next group Charisma check made to improve the deep gnomes’ attitude.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
, and they intend to keep it. Ghald waits and watches to see if the adventurers can be scared away. When he decides conflict is likely, he attacks without warning. This act forces the others to join the
battle. Unferth hangs back and uses his spells to support his allies. If the characters accepted Nareen’s offer to guide them here, and she is uninjured from Haliyra’s attack, she and one of her
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
supporting characters, breathing life into them. And as a referee, the DM interprets the rules and decides when to abide by them and when to change them. Inventing, writing, storytelling, improvising, acting
to slaughter the adventurers but to create a campaign world that revolves around their actions and decisions, and to keep your players coming back for more! If you’re lucky, the events of your campaign will echo in the memories of your players long after the final game session is concluded.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
characters give it back. If the mission isn’t ruined by how they conduct themselves prior to this first audience, the queen allows the characters to circulate through the lair for a brief time to give
all the occupants a chance to pass their own judgment. Beyond this point, the only ways the characters can improve their score hereafter are by succeeding on Charisma checks (see “Goodwill Tour” below
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
Mantlemorn decides to stay in Elturel and help Ravengard protect the city, fighting back tears as she bids farewell to the characters.
threatened to devour the woman, she plunged the sword into the ground while the winged elephant made a trumpet sound with its trunk. The demon was hurled back as an alabaster palace rose up around the sword
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
treasure chest while a second examines a mysterious symbol engraved on a wall and a third keeps watch for monsters. Outside combat, the DM ensures that every character has a chance to act and decides how to
game back to step 1. This pattern holds during every game session (each time you sit down to play D&D), whether the adventurers are talking to a noble, exploring a ruin, or fighting a dragon. In
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
treasure chest while a second examines a mysterious symbol engraved on a wall and a third keeps watch for monsters. Outside combat, the DM ensures that every character has a chance to act and decides how to
game back to step 1. This pattern holds during every game session (each time you sit down to play D&D), whether the adventurers are talking to a noble, exploring a ruin, or fighting a dragon. In
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
zodiac phenomenon might sweep over an entire planet once in a generation, or it might occur monthly in a remote village. The DM decides when and where zodiac phenomena occur as well as their impact
creature it sees in the region. 3 Sage. Emotions are muted in the region, but minds open to new ideas. Creatures in the region have advantage on Charisma checks made to improve the attitude of other
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
easily defeat twice their number of commoners, but with the defenses available to the ranchers, the odds improve considerably. The ranchers don’t have to defeat the orcs outright. They just have to
repeat this pattern several times, perhaps breaching a spot here or there before the defenders push them back. Then they start trying different tactics. Smoke Screen Late in the day, the orcs start a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
help finding a new home. One, however, is eager to improve upon its form and the forms of its fellows.
2 Medical student Emil Bollenbach strives to craft revolutionary flesh golems, such as ones
well-preserved bog mummies dating back to Lamordia’s ancient druidic peoples. They seek help when the mummies vanish and undead animals begin terrorizing their camp.
8 Baron von Aubrecker writes to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
demon ichor in rituals and to improve the performance of infernal war machines (as described in appendix B). When a creature comes in direct contact with demon ichor in Avernus, it must make a DC 10
feet.
21–25 The target’s eyes become beacons, filling a 15-foot cone with dim light when they are open.
26–30 A pair of wings, either feathered or leathery, sprout from the target’s back
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
around you all draw weapons and retreat as you see a guard stumble back, then rise up in the air. A strange shimmer around him reveals the surface of the gelatinous cube that has engulfed him.
Two
managed to rescue Mev, or made a sincere effort to do so, award each of them 50 XP, and allow the characters to make a group Charisma check to improve the deep gnomes’ attitude (see “Changing Svirfneblin Attitudes”).
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
the smart thing to do, both because it negates a damaging fight and because if the rearguard is wiped out, leaders in the cult will wonder why it never reported back. The best result for the
stop any small party of intruders coming up the trail, or harass and delay a larger group while sending word to the camp that trouble approaches. The veteran decides that he has enough of an advantage
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
dragged them back to their caves in the mountains to be eaten. Spellix, whom the goblins overlooked, followed them and devised a cunning plan to free his companions. Using materials scavenged from the
adopted the name given to him by the goblins and spent the next several months engineering ways to improve their standard of living. Long after the other members of the caravan had been eaten, Yarb-Gnock
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
conversation partner—wanders by. While trading riddles or witticisms, a cat often decides to reveal its grin, its tail, or sometimes its whole head to confuse or intimidate the creature it’s talking to. A
Actions
Fade Back. The grinning cat becomes visible or makes part of its body visible. Any equipment the cat wears or carries on a visible part of its body also becomes visible.
Grinning Step. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
protective of that high status and angling to get even higher 2 High Hoping to improve but not doing much to pursue an increase in status 3 High Unconcerned with maintaining that status 4 Medium On the
rise 5 Medium Contented 6 Medium In a state of decline 7 Low Despairing after years of steady decline 8 Low Desperate to improve 9 Low Resigned to that status 10 Outcast Shunned by giant society
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
fact, that would be the smart thing to do, both because it negates a damaging fight and because if the rearguard is wiped out, leaders in the cult will wonder why it never reported back. The best
stop any small party of intruders coming up the trail, or harass and delay a larger group while sending word to the camp that trouble approaches. The veteran decides that he has enough of an