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the responsibility to earn a place in the tribe or die trying.
Driven Competitors
Every day brings a new challenge to a goliath. Food, water, and shelter are rare in the uppermost mountain reaches. A
individual skill. They have a compulsion to keep score, counting their deeds and tallying their accomplishments to compare to others. Goliaths love to win, but they see defeat as a prod to improve their
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
adventurers are allies who face challenges and fantastical situations together. Each character brings distinctive capabilities, which ideally complement those of the other characters. Venture Forth
. Your character’s group explores locations and events presented by the DM. You can respond to them in any way you can imagine, guided by the rules in this book. Although the DM controls all the monsters
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
party. These adventurers are allies who face challenges and fantastical situations together. Each character brings distinctive capabilities, which ideally complement those of the other characters
. Venture Forth. Your character’s group explores locations and events presented by the DM. You can respond to them in any way you can imagine, guided by the rules in this book. Although the DM controls all
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
Adept, Observant, Savage Attacker You regard the duel as a proud tradition, a test of skill and wits that brings honor to those who can defeat an enemy while respecting the art. Your search for
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
Driven Competitors Every day brings a new challenge to a goliath. Food, water, and shelter are rare in the uppermost mountain reaches. A single mistake can bring doom to an entire tribe, while an
tallying their accomplishments to compare to others. Goliaths love to win, but they see defeat as a prod to improve their skills. This dedication to competition has a dark side. Goliaths are ferocious
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
Development Another tunnel on the opposite side of the cavern heads off in a different direction than where Yeenoghu led his pack. Characters who defeat the remaining gnolls can continue on their way
, which the characters can remove from its corpse. The massive heart is the size of a small trunk and weighs nearly one hundred pounds. Any characters close to it while it is being transported imagine
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
The Three Pillars of Adventure Adventurers can try to do anything their players can imagine, but it can be helpful to talk about their activities in three broad categories: exploration, social
characters and other creatures swinging weapons, casting spells, maneuvering for position, and so on—all in an effort to defeat their opponents, whether that means killing every enemy, taking captives, or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
love hearing stories and songs and sharing them with others to bring comfort and calm.
8 I have no patience for people who imagine their lives are the least bit important.
Brass Dragon Ideals
-Determination. All creatures have the right to make their own decisions about their lives and ultimate destinies. (Chaotic)
5 Compassion. Sharing each other’s pain and loss brings us all closer to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
’ promoters. Every workweek spent pit fighting brings a 10 percent chance of a complication, examples of which are on the Pit Fighting Complications table. Pit Fighting Complications d6 Complication 1
An opponent swears to take revenge on you.* 2 A crime boss approaches you and offers to pay you to intentionally lose a few matches.* 3 You defeat a popular local champion, drawing the crowd’s ire. 4
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
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Intro to Stormwreck Isle
Run the Encounter Let the players take the lead! They can try anything they can imagine. Encourage the players to tell you their ideas. Ask them to let you know what they are thinking, and then run
to defeat it in 1–2 rounds.
Merrow Extortionist Large Monstrosity, Typically Chaotic Evil
Armor Class 13 (natural armor)
Hit Points 30 (4d10 + 8)
Speed 10 ft., swim 40 ft.
STR
16 (+3
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
Reckless Hate When the characters defeat a second elemental temple, the offended cult strikes back. Through divinations, spy reports, or visions bestowed by the Elder Elemental Eye, the cultists
cultists’ path brings them close to wherever the characters happen to be staying. For example, if the characters are camped out near one of the Haunted Keeps, they spot the group as it exits the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
, appearing to one side or the other. If he is seen riding a white mare (Veiros), then the army will succeed. If he rides a black stallion (Deiros), then defeat is certain. Most often he appears to be riding
companions. Mortals shouldn’t fear war but should see it as a natural force, the storm that civilization brings about by its very existence.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
discipline to improve the body. The next step brings light into the world, using courage and compassion to banish the darkness in the people around you. Mediate disputes. Extinguish hatred by guiding
light. Violence is never the answer, and the only way to defeat evil is to redeem it. Lightbringers seek to inspire those who live in fear and enlighten those whose evil is driven by ignorance. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
customs unique to their cultures and preserve the memories of the departed. Beyond the mortal world, the River Guide opposes any who disrupt the cycle of life and death, behavior that occasionally brings
return it to its place guarding the Underworld.
5 Reconsecrate a grand but neglected mausoleum, putting the unquiet spirits there to rest.
6 Defeat an agent of a god who seeks to free a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
attack her castle without provocation or are caught trying to sneak into her home, Sansuri brings her castle’s defenses to bear and tries to crush them, capturing those who surrender. If the characters
spell on herself, retreats to her tower (areas 31–area 33), and leaves the castle’s other denizens to fend for themselves. If her defeat seems inevitable, Sansuri bargains for her life and, under such
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
, the characters discover the members of the “C” Team fallen in combat and must fight the horrid Far Realm creature that slew them. Doing so brings those NPC heroes back to life. Once the Keymaster has
been subsequently bested, the characters can open a final door leading to a dark series of dimensional caverns — and the lair of an ancient deep crow. That terrible creature is sure to defeat the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
, and end the adventure once the characters defeat Nezznar. (The “What’s Next?” section at the end of chapter 4 provides more information if you’re using this option.) There’s no need for the heroes to
brings the characters to Wave Echo Cave. That lost underground complex is overrun with undead and strange monsters. The Spider and his loyal followers are exploring the mines and searching for the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
golden ring set with a garnet and holds it aloft, saying, “A prize for the one who brings me the beast’s head!”
Merosska asks the characters to join four of his knights in the manticore hunt. He offers
the spire (area S11). The aarakocra in area V8 come to the characters’ aid in that event. If the characters defeat their attackers, surviving knights flee on hippogriffs and giant vultures. They lead
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
becomes the prevailing trait that defines the era, the characteristic for which it is remembered. Name the person (or people) whose death, defeat, or loss opened the door for this leader to take power
. This might be a military defeat, the overthrow of old ideas, a cultural rebirth, or something else. Who died, lost, or was defeated? What weren’t they willing to compromise? Was the new leader complicit
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
proves more difficult to defeat. Every clan is aware that there are plenty of unprincipled creatures in the world that would love to steal its cherished works or even obliterate the dwarves and take
neighbors brings unpredictability and change, things dwarves prefer to avoid.
Circumstances cease to be normal when a clan faces an external threat. When word gets out that one of their own is in danger
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
fight against each other under the watchful eyes of retired knights, but occasionally a knight brings a particularly horrific monster—typically a powerful evil Undead or Aberration—to the fortress so
knights can work together to learn how to defeat it. Library Tower Across the Solar Bastion from the Dome of the Sun, the graceful spire of the Library Tower rises higher than the Towers of Day. Inside
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
. A few translations include the following:
"The Spider Queen blesses House Auvryndar! The battle to break House Freth’s hold on the passages below brings victory after victory. We have seized key
positions formerly held by our enemy. The defeat of House Freth is inevitable. Praise Lolth!” "Gelgos Argonrae and Jevan Kron’tayne are to be commended for the capture of a House Freth spy. Rewards
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
gauntlet.
The githyanki warriors follow orders without question and have no authority to negotiate; that task falls to the knights in area 7c. A fight here brings reinforcements from areas 7b and 7c. Arch
containing it. Yaveklar is not convinced that her forces are strong enough to defeat the neothelid and still maintain a foothold on this level. If the characters can communicate with the knights, they can
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
its own realm.” Bond. “We serve Janya by defining the future instead of dwelling on the past.” Flaw. “Cross me and you’ll regret it more than you can imagine.” Caught in the Middle Both Zisatta and
two civilizations. Diplomacy. If the characters don’t want to publicly align themselves with either faction, a character brings the debate to an end civilly by succeeding on a DC 16 Charisma (Deception
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
reminisce over the defeat of a dragon, or weep as they recall the death of a beloved elder.
In contrast to clan gatherings, dwarves who drink alone invariably become morose and sullen — when
brings dwarves some relief from captivity. Fire giants are more likely than other giants to enslave dwarves expressly for their talents. Many tribes of hill giants have discovered the value of dwarves as
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
convinced her that she has an important destiny to fulfill, and that the gods will reward her if she brings about the return of Ostoria. Serissa When King Hekaton disappears, Princess Serissa finds herself
thrust into power. Unable to find her father and fearing that he might be dead, Serissa can imagine her political influence evaporating quickly. Several giant lords previously under her father’s thumb
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
interesting aspect of an undead villain is that this past injury might have occurred centuries ago, inspiring revenge against the descendants of those that harmed it. Imagine a vampire imprisoned by the
, or a friend or relative hoping to find the knight’s murderer. This NPC brings the vampire’s crimes to the characters’ attention. Looking over the Adventure Climax table, you might decide to have the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
to defeat a much larger foe. The elders know that the world outside is dangerous and that their kin must understand how to deal with those dangers. Stories about Arvoreen are told in such a way that
youngsters are inspired to act out his epic battles. In this way, the halflings get practical experience in executing measures that are designed to help the halflings defeat kobolds and goblin raiders
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
, including Xardorok if he’s present, use Enlarge before joining the fight. If defeat seems likely, Xardorok retreats to area X22 and uses the elevator to make his way toward area X8, where he hopes
fight. The remaining duergar hurl javelins at foes from atop the towers, growing to Large size and switching to their war picks if forced into melee combat. A fight here brings reinforcements from area
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
-Seeing Orb brings the characters to this location. The portal is not affected by the wards against teleportation magic that fill the tomb. Stepping through the portal brings you into the center of a
, saying that she has already seen their defeat written in their past and future. As you like, she can share key details from your campaign’s past to indicate that she has been watching the characters—and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Domains of Delight: A Feywild Accessory
oversized elf heads with fangs, or any other horrific form you can imagine. Personality If you haven’t already settled on a personality for your archfey, you can determine it randomly by rolling on the
magic item that can be used to defeat a powerful monster. As the DM, you decide whether such a gift is warranted. To randomly determine what kind of gift your archfey might bestow on a character, roll on
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
her the leader of the Lords’ Alliance. Laeral Silverhand brings centuries of leadership experience and an impressive reputation to the negotiations. A consummate diplomat, she can wield words that
present at the Council of Waterdeep as the alliance’s nominal representative for Daggerford. That small settlement can contribute little to the effort to defeat the Cult of the Dragon, however, and in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
her the leader of the Lords’ Alliance. Laeral Silverhand brings centuries of leadership experience and an impressive reputation to the negotiations. A consummate diplomat, she can wield words that
present at the Council of Waterdeep as the alliance’s nominal representative for Daggerford. That small settlement can contribute little to the effort to defeat the Cult of the Dragon, however, and in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
her the leader of the Lords’ Alliance. Laeral Silverhand brings centuries of leadership experience and an impressive reputation to the negotiations. A consummate diplomat, she can wield words that
present at the Council of Waterdeep as the alliance’s nominal representative for Daggerford. That small settlement can contribute little to the effort to defeat the Cult of the Dragon, however, and in