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Dungeon Master’s Guide
five Orbs of Dragonkind to help defeat the dragons. One orb was taken to each of the five towers, and there they were used to speed the war toward a victorious end. The wizards used the orbs to lure
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(or Dragon Orbs) to help them defeat the dragons. One orb was taken to each of the five wizard towers, and there they were used to speed the war toward a victorious end. The wizards used the orbs to
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Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
defeat the next hostile monster or group of monsters you encounter, you have advantage on ability checks made using one skill of your choice for the duration of the adventure. Otherwise, this card has no
drops to 0 hit points, whereupon it disappears. If anyone tries to help you, the helper summons its own avatar of death. A creature slain by an avatar of death can’t be restored to life.
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Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
service to your hometown was to help police its populace, protecting the citizenry from lawbreakers and malefactors of every stripe.
You might have been part of the City Watch of Waterdeep, the baton
choiceEquipment: A uniform in the style of your unit and indicative of your rank, a horn with which to summon help, a set of manacles, and a pouch containing 10 gp
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-handedly defeat the next hostile monster or group of monsters you encounter, you gain experience points enough to gain one level. Otherwise, this card has no effect.
Donjon. You disappear and become
you, warning all others that you must win the battle alone. The avatar fights until you die or it drops to 0 hit points, whereupon it disappears. If anyone tries to help you, the helper summons its
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Adjusting Difficulty Many of the same techniques that help keep combat moving can also be useful in situations where a combat encounter is either harder or easier than you anticipated and you want to
adjust it. Monsters might initiate negotiations when they’re winning, allowing overmatched characters a chance to surrender or retreat. One of the monsters might switch sides and help the characters
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
Level 17: Seadeeps Seadeeps is designed for four 14th-level characters, and adventurers who defeat the monsters on this level should gain enough XP to advance to 15th level. Before running this
level, consider reviewing the “Gith” and “Mind Flayer” entries in the Monster Manual, as well as the “Ulitharid” entry in appendix A. They will help you roleplay the monsters on this level and bring their conflict in Seadeeps to life.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
Level 6: Lost Level The Lost Level is designed for four 9th-level characters, and characters who defeat the monsters on this level should gain enough XP to advance halfway to 10th level. This level
, review the “Duergar” entry in the Monster Manual. That information will help you run and roleplay the duergar NPCs found throughout the Lost Level.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
Level 15: Obstacle Course The Obstacle Course is designed for four 13th-level characters, and adventurers who defeat the monsters on this level should gain enough XP to advance to 14th level. Before
running this level of Undermountain, review the description of the death tyrant in the “Beholders” entry in the Monster Manual, as that information will help you roleplay the death tyrant that claims the Obstacle Course as its lair.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
Toward Web’s Edge Irina Nordsol Alustriel’s Chime of Exile might help the characters defeat Vecna After stepping through the portal, the characters emerge deep in the Underdark in Faerûn. The rod
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
vendetta with a personal rival. Are you seeking to defeat them in battle or in business?
5 You’re searching for a legendary dwarven artifact, removed from the Mror Holds centuries ago by a
Karrnathi noble.
6 You want to assemble a band of champions who can help you explore the ancient ruins beneath your ancestral home.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
planet Toril (one of many that form the asteroid cluster known as the Tears of Selûne). Together, the Crystal Labyrinth and Stardock are designed for four 14th-level characters. Those who defeat the
information that will help you roleplay githyanki effectively. Additional information about githyanki society can be found in Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes, although that resource is not required to run the Crystal Labyrinth.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
cathedral is underway. The characters can enter the fray, defeat the perpetrators, and help bring temporary stability to the situation. After defeating the devils, the characters learn from the survivors
that Grand Duke Ravengard was at the High Hall, but left recently. He took a contingent of soldiers with him to the city’s cemetery, hoping that an ancient relic found there might help save the city.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
, Martira Bay, or Nevuchar Springs. They soon make an ally among those who oppose the villains rising to replace Azalin: Alcio Metus, Darcalus Rex, or Talisveri Eris. The characters help defend their
allies and learn of these villains’ methods. Levels 4–15. The characters confront the region’s villain. Rather than fighting the characters, the villain entreats the group to help them establish control
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
horseback is imprisoned and sentenced to death.
4 Help a cult summon a fiend to combat an impending greater evil.
5 Defeat a violent hag who’s protected by everyone in town and called
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
defeat him. The characters are called on to help track the villain to his lair and stop his wicked ritual before he siphons the life energy from everyone on campus. A Standalone Adventure If you’re
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm Lord’s Wrath
they will not hurt the party and will honor the contract that was agreed upon. Allow the Mutiny Without the characters’ help, neither captain can defeat the mutineers. If the adventurers do nothing
the sailors might just be DC 10, or it might even succeed automatically. Fight The adventurers are much more powerful than the sailors, even though they are outnumbered. If the characters defeat at least half the sailors, or Castisha and a quarter of the sailors, the mutiny ceases immediately.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
facing the might of one of the multiverse’s most powerful good-aligned spellcasters, so the warlord devised a plot to trick Alustriel into helping him defeat Vecna. With the help of spies, Kas learned
lack sabotages the Wish spell exactly as the warlord hoped, allowing him to suggest an alternate course of action: reassemble the artifact called the Rod of Seven Parts and use it to defeat Vecna instead
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
and Setessa. Thousands will die unless the scheme is put to rest.
4 Mogis agrees to ally with three other gods against their rivals if they help him defeat Iroas. Mogis’s brother does the same. Soon the entire pantheon divides along faction lines and prepare for the final war.
assault on Akros, hoping to draw Iroas into battle and defeat him once and for all.
2 Mogis bargains with Pharika, convincing her to create elixirs that will turn his followers into invincible
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
deprive her followers of their god-granted spells and their will to fight. With the Frostmaiden’s defeat, normal seasonal weather returns to Icewind Dale. The sun again rises above the horizon, and as
’ affairs. The characters can help Ten-Towners rebuild their settlements in the wake of the chardalyn dragon’s rampage and the floods. If the dragon has not yet been defeated, finding and destroying it
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
demands that they accompany it to the Vault of Dragons and help it defeat the vault’s draconic guardian. Not fully trusting the characters to keep their part of the bargain, Xanathar brings along its
tries to subjugate the rest. In exchange for their lives, the survivors must agree to help the beholder find the Stone of Golorr. If they refuse, the beholder destroys another character and repeats the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
. The dragon is using trickery to prevent the cult from doing anything too terrible and to draw possible allies to the temple to help him defeat the cult leader. Even as he sends the cult leader on
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
appropriate roleplaying or a DC 16 Charisma (Persuasion) check, Banrion accepts that the characters mean her no harm. If the hags are still at large, she beseeches the characters to help her defeat
tiny tunnels within the ruins. Having long been hunted by the hags and their evil servants, these fey—including sprites, pixies, and good boggles and satyrs—are too weak and terrified to help in any
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
can help them defeat Dranzorg. Eternal Rivals. Dranzorg focuses his attacks on the character wearing Mara’s armor. If a character wearing Mara’s armor is reduced to fewer than half their hit points
the investigators suggests reaching out to her spirit for help. Whether characters use the spirit board or another method to contact Mara, her furious spirit appears and demands the characters aid her
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
see the outcome of the Seadeeps conflict but stand ready to assist should the githyanki need help. The leader of this githzerai band, Yrlakka, is a member of the Sha’sal Khou, a faction of renegade
githyanki and githzerai who seek to reunify the gith races. By helping the githyanki defeat a common foe, Yrlakka hopes to demonstrate the merits of a single unified gith race — not only to the evil
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
god should never guarantee success or victory, nor should a god’s interference portend immediate defeat. Gods can act to change the balance of an encounter or offer an avenue of escape, but they count
Gifts” in this chapter) to help a character in need. Emissaries. A god might send a Celestial, a Fiend, or some other kind of emissary to aid a character with information, guidance, or combat
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
closest translation of their name in Common. They are often found poring over ancient texts detailing battles, seeking to better understand the tactical decisions that result in victory and defeat. Rampart
Bond Boon: Rampart’s commanding presence rubs off, and when you’re trying to avoid campus security, your fellow students always help you lie low.
Bond Bane: Library books you need inexplicably go missing at key times, especially those about history. As a result, you can’t pull all-nighters.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Light of Xaryxis
coalition to defeat the Xaryxian Empire doesn’t exist—but that a mercane arms merchant named Vocath might be the key to creating one. If the characters want to form a coalition, they must first persuade
gain Vocath’s help, the characters must perform in a gladiatorial arena for his amusement and thereby earn the mercane’s respect.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
The Xorlarrin Alliance Duke Zalto’s alliance with House Xorlarrin is built on his firm promise that, once he climbs to the top of the ordning, he will use his forge and his newfound might to help
, the characters might encounter them in the fire giant fortress. Unless the characters defeat Duke Zalto or otherwise prevent the iron flask from falling into his possession, he traps Maegera in the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
50 percent chance that a passing duergar patrol (see above) hears the ruckus and arrives on the scene at the end of the third round of combat. If the remorhaz is still around, the duergar help defeat
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
retired from adventuring after their heroic effort to defeat a cult of Orcus that had established a temple in the nearby mountains. The tavern is now run by their heir and decorated with trophies of their
adventures.
Your visit to this local attraction takes a somber turn when the aasimar innkeeper, Oriann Solaris, asks you for help. Oriann is a silver-haired, golden-eyed aasimar with a serious
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
characters defeat the monster, earning the enmity of both the villagers and Mother Lorinda. Level 3–5. Fey creatures or druids who have been victims of Lorinda aid the characters; they reveal that she is
into chaos as fey from Mount Arak run wild. The characters might become involved in a power struggle between the good and evil fey of Arak. Lorinda’s return might drive the fey back—but the Darklord will help only if someone becomes her new child.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Dragon Spellcasting table to help select spells for a spellcasting dragon. Bronze Dragon Personality Traits d8 Trait
1 The weakest creatures sometimes display the greatest courage. I
respect all beings who risk their lives in defense of something greater than themselves.
2 My payment is a matter of principle. Requiring even a small fee for my service allows those I help to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
survivors of the first encounter) and six Winged Kobolds (all Neutral) approach the wagon. These kobolds humbly ask the adventurers to help them. They promise to return the goods they stole from Nondy
begging the adventurers to help them (as in “Kobold Supplicants” above). Dragon’s Lair. Use the Volcanic Caves map in Appendix B for the dragon’s lair, but close off passages to keep the lair small
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer Academy
to 0 hit points, and a follow-up swing with a greatsword is enough to decapitate him. If the characters defeat the githyanki before Miken can be killed, Miken crumples to the ground and weeps like a
baby. He neither helps nor harms the characters. Never Fear, Wizpop Is Here! If the characters are in danger of being defeated by the githyanki, help comes from an unlikely source. The dormitory near