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Goliath Legacy

Species Elemental Evil Player's Companion

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

little chance of survival, especially an older or weaker one. Goliaths have little pity for adults who can’t take care of themselves, though a sick or injured individual is treated, as a result of

High Deck

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd

Represents Artifact The importance of some physical object that must be obtained, protected, or destroyed at all costs Beast Great rage or passion; something bestial or malevolent hiding in plain sight

or lurking just below the surface Broken One Defeat, failure, and despair; the loss of something or someone important, without which one feels incomplete Darklord A single, powerful individual of an

Cult Retaliation

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse

temple complexes. A temple is overcome when its prophet is defeated or the monsters in its shrine are eliminated. After the characters defeat the first prophet, run “Dire Tidings” when they return to

to the center of town, opened the box, took out an orb, and then ran for the hills, leaving the orb behind. The disaster happened scant minutes later. Many townspeople were injured, and the survivors are tending to the wounded in makeshift shelters.

Knights' Quest

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse

attack, using its action every round to make three Tail Spike attacks. If there are no characters present, assume that one knight is injured and the manticore’s hit points are reduced by 8 at the end

of each round of battle. A knight that is injured leaves the hunt. When no more knights remain, the knights are out of the hunt. If the manticore has nothing to attack, the battle ends and it flies off

That Trunk Has Teeth!

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos

the mimic. If the characters defeat the mimic, Professor Sharpbeak arrives on the scene shortly after the group dispatches it. She carries a bag of potions of healing, which she administers to any

injured or unconscious characters. A guidance counselor at Strixhaven, Professor Sharpbeak was overseeing the orientation activities, but the mass of fleeing students prevented her from responding to

Feygrove

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things

garb of a bestial cult summon demons and slay other minotaur priests in a horrific bloodbath. 3 Monks and knights travel to the hill and construct the abbey at its summit. 4 Knights defeat a hobgoblin

Fighting the Lizards

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm Lord’s Wrath

addresses the fifty or so of his fellows, and they scatter, performing the tasks of setting up camp. A larger, bestial-looking lizardfolk moves closer to the leader, as if waiting for directions

peaceful resolution. If the party approaches peacefully and succeeds on some DC 15 Charisma (Persuasion) checks, they might convince the lizardfolk to release the prisoners if the party defeat the rot trolls for them.

A Quick Sharn Story

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron

exactly like one of the player characters. 4 A former comrade in arms shows up. She’s badly injured, and her enemies are right behind her. 5 A gargoyle courier delivers a mysterious

magical weapon. 4 Defeat a rival. 5 Open a planar portal. 6 Summon fiends or undead. 7 Overthrow a peer or superior. 8 Cause a riot in the Cogs. 9 Start a war

General Features

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh

face of defeat and find reinforcements, they might instead press the attack. As an optional rule to reflect this ferocity, a sahuagin that comes within 30 feet of a hostile creature that doesn’t have

all hostile creatures, the situation resets, and another saving throw is called for whenever it again comes within 30 feet of an injured enemy. Decorative Tiles The walls and floors of rooms

Shadow Magic

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything

still breathe to survive). 3 You barely bleed, even when badly injured. 4 Your heart beats once per minute. This event sometimes surprises you. 5 You have trouble remembering that living creatures and

, you can see through the darkness created by the spell. Strength of the Grave Starting at 1st level, your existence in a twilight state between life and death makes you difficult to defeat. When damage

Gnoll Lair Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes of the Borderlands

natural cavern is a stone double door that is partly open. Bestial, high-pitched laughter echoes within. The gnolls rigged the door with a makeshift alarm. Door Alarm. This simple alarm consists of

this chamber draws the attention of the gnolls in area J4, which quickly join the fray. If the characters defeat all but one gnoll, the last of them surrenders. As an Influence action, a character can

If the Characters Decline

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin

on stealing the rod and using the portal to travel to Pandesmos. If the characters defeat Kas, he reveals the location of Vecna’s ritual: the Cave of Shattered Reflection in Pandesmos on the plane of

Tasha are likely injured in the fight and therefore disinclined to join the characters in their pursuit of Vecna. However, Alustriel and Tasha urge the characters to take the Rod of Seven Parts to aid

Bandit Plans

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Borderlands Quest: Goblin Trouble

bowl to the goblins for 50 GP, there were only three goblins, but there may be more now. Giving Clues when Roleplaying Dilly the bandit was injured by the giant wolf spiders. The players may have

succeeds on a DC 15 Wisdom (Insight) check realizes that the pair may seem sincere now, but they are less than trustworthy. Treasure. If the characters fight and defeat the two bandits, they find 60 GP

Lulu's Dream Quest

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus

to the second dream: A flame-encircled battlefield appears on a barren hellscape. At the center of the circle, Lulu and the angel lie unconscious and prone, horribly injured. You see yourselves

. “The devils!” hisses the hag’s disembodied voice. “You must defeat those devils!” The characters must defend Lulu and Zariel from the six spined devils. At this point, the characters and the

The Mountain Door

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a2

, the path opens onto a wide ledge and then doubles back sharply into the mountainside. Two bestial humanoids in hide armor stand watch on the ledge. They appear inattentive and bored. Creatures

area 2 without alerting the archers. If the characters defeat these orcs but withdraw from the dungeon before overcoming the rest of them, the archers are replaced by orcs from area 14 and reinforced

Camp Righteous

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation

trying to work up the courage to tackle the shrine’s traps. The arrival of adventurers is a great boon from Yokka’s point of view. If they defeat the shrine’s traps, he can simply take its treasure from

Crocodile. None of the traps in the shrine will be triggered by two characters who are imitating Man and Crocodile, with one riding on the other’s shoulders. Those characters can still be injured by a trap

Areas of the Earth Temple

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse

curious about any racket. The duergar use crossbows (see area B5) while the cultists in B7 come to aid the forces here. Development If the characters defeat the guards here and depart the temple, Marlos

and her guards are on the verge of defeat, she turns on her own guards and finishes them off so she can try to strike a deal with the characters. Yarsha tells the party that Miraj is the earth prophet

Briny Maze Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk

injured wizards retreated here to rest, but the maze entrapped them. All five died while being absorbed. B5: Tumor Garden Several fleshy lumps in the floor rise like stalagmites to heights of two or

defeat. She hopes someone else—perhaps the characters—might eliminate this problem for them. Wall Rip. The flumphs created the rip in the wall to enter the Briny Maze. It’s barely large enough for a

Spaceship Locations, Level 1

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase

. At the start of the third round of combat, a combat robot appears in the eastern hallway, sirens blaring. If the cloaker is still alive, the robot quickly moves to slay it. If the characters defeat

), with whom they compete for resources and territory. These vegepygmies also raise and train thornies—bestial, quadrupedal predators of lower intelligence created by the same mold that spawned the

Chromatic Dragons

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)

finishing off its enemies. A black dragon strikes at its weakest enemies first, ensuring a quick and brutal victory, which bolsters its ego as it terrifies its remaining foes. On the verge of defeat

Vengeful. White dragons lack the cunning and tactics of most other dragons. However, their bestial nature makes them the best hunters among all dragonkind, singularly focused on surviving and slaughtering

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