Search Results
All Results
Characters
Compendium
Spells
Items
Monsters
Vehicles
Forums
Returning 35 results for 'defeat inside are brief'.
Other Suggestions:
defeat inspire are bring
defeat invite are bring
detect inside are bring
defeat inspire are brink
deflect inspire are brief
Magic Items
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
;s control.
An orb is an etched crystal globe about 10 inches in diameter. When used, it grows to about 20 inches in diameter, and mist swirls inside it.
While attuned to an orb, you can take a
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
working behind the scenes, or they might be champions of their master’s cause, out to defeat villainy wherever it is found.
When viewed from the outside, a ki-rin’s lair is indistinguishable
from a natural site, and the entrance is difficult for visitors to find and reach. Inside, the lair is a serene and comfortable place, its ambiance a mix between palace and temple. If the ki-rin has
Spells
Xanathar's Guide to Everything
This spell snatches the soul of a humanoid as it dies and traps it inside the tiny cage you use for the material component. A stolen soul remains inside the cage until the spell ends or until you
destroy the cage, which ends the spell. While you have a soul inside the cage, you can exploit it in any of the ways described below. You can use a trapped soul up to six times. Once you exploit a soul
Orb of Dragonkind
Legacy
This doesn't reflect the latest rules and lore.
Learn More
Magic Items
Basic Rules (2014)
(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
globe about 10 inches in diameter. When used, it grows to about 20 inches in diameter, and mist swirls inside it.
While attuned to an orb, you can use an action to peer into the orb’s depths and
Deck of Many Things
Legacy
This doesn't reflect the latest rules and lore.
Learn More
Magic Items
Basic Rules (2014)
-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
Challenge -- (0 XP)
Incorporeal Movement. The avatar can move through other creatures and objects as if they were difficult terrain. It takes 5 (1d10) force damage if it ends its turn inside an object
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
Auril’s Wrath The Frostmaiden likes to preserve beauty by freezing it. If the characters failed to defeat Auril in chapter 5, she takes umbrage with anyone who unseals and plunders the necropolis of
Ythryn. After the party has spent one day inside the city, Auril pays Ythryn a visit. Please review the information about the Frostmaiden in appendix C before running encounters with her.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Uni and the Hunt for the Lost Horn
that Kelek has stolen Uni’s horn and fled through a portal, intent on using the horn to fuel a ritual. Inside the Crystal Ball. The characters follow Kelek into a demiplane inside Venger’s Crystal Ball
. Regardless of whether the characters defeat Kelek, the demiplane begins to close, forcing the characters to escape. The characters can return Uni’s horn to the unicorn to reverse Kelek’s magic.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a5
journey, Syranna uses sending to call the characters back to the gatehouse and brief them on their final task. Syranna interacts with the party as follows: Syranna’s image appears before you and speaks
room is called the Phylactery Vault because it houses the phylacteries of many of Szass Tam’s high-ranking lich servants.
“You must enter the vault, defeat its guardians, and disrupt the magic there
compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Netheril’s Fall: Tales of Terror, Treasure, and Time Travel
City Sections Conch is built around the river, which flows eastward from the Columns of the Sky mountains. It is surrounded by heavy fortifications and divided into three main sections. Brief
dangerous scaffolding. Inside, laborers have little air and light. Riverside. Most Low Netherese families live and work on the river to fish and move goods. Haphazard docks jut into the water, and seedy pubs and warehouses line the banks.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Scions of Elemental Evil
Conclusion Once the characters defeat Ulsedra Vox, any cultists remaining inside the temple flee when told their leader is gone. The characters can easily leave the building. On the temple’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
somewhere near her lair. The characters discover that the rod piece is inside a casino called the Red Belvedere. They must infiltrate a members-only section and either defeat a champion of Tiamat or convince the champion to surrender the rod piece.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
direct confrontation with the Cassalanters will likely result in defeat for the characters, or — if the characters and the Cassalanters both escape with their lives — their arrest for assaulting nobility
characters reduce Ammalia to 30 hit points or fewer and Victoro is with her, he banishes her to safety for a few brief moments while he continues fighting. If either Victoro or Ammalia is reduced to 30 hit
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
The Tower After making their way through the dangers of the hedge maze, the adventurers can enter Xonthal’s Tower. Once inside, they learn that Iskander’s fellow cultists have discovered his treason
and are trying to kill him. The characters must figure out the tower’s magical teleportation system, then defeat both the cultists and some of Xonthal’s original defenses to rescue Iskander and claim
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
in need of rescue. If the characters defeat the sea hags and search the area, roll three times on the Treasure Drops table to determine what, if anything, they find. Whatever treasure the hags have is stowed inside a rotted wooden chest.
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
was a temple complex dedicated to the dwarven god Dumathoin, the Keeper of Secrets under the Mountain. Hidden inside is the tomb of Melair, king of the Melairkyn dwarves. Before running this level
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
The Tower After making their way through the dangers of the hedge maze, the adventurers can enter Xonthal’s Tower. Once inside, they learn that Iskander’s fellow cultists have discovered his treason
and are trying to kill him. The characters must figure out the tower’s magical teleportation system, then defeat both the cultists and some of Xonthal’s original defenses to rescue Iskander and claim
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
Stowing Away Characters can stow away inside the flying fortress while it’s moored at the Stygian Dock, provided they sneak aboard without being detected. When the flying fortress is repaired and
hundreds of devils — too many for characters to defeat without an army behind them. Deck patrols are bolstered by erinyes using truesight to search for ethereal and invisible enemies, making it unlikely
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
) Duration: 8 hours This spell snatches the soul of a humanoid as it dies and traps it inside the tiny cage you use for the material component. A stolen soul remains inside the cage until the spell ends or
until you destroy the cage, which ends the spell. While you have a soul inside the cage, you can exploit it in any of the ways described below. You can use a trapped soul up to six times. Once you
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
cultists use each room. The teleporter on this level is located inside a circular chamber with a closed door. The door and the walls of the room are made of thin, unpolished steel. The door swings
outward if a simple latch is turned. When the characters arrive, one cult fanatic and four cultists are searching the floor for Iskander. The cultists quickly realize they can’t defeat the adventurers
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
A Brief Distraction While the characters wait to learn more about Murgaxor, they discover some of their fellow students engaged in a game at Firejolt Café (see map 3.2 in chapter 3) on the central
smiling and gesturing outside Firejolt Café.
A familiar face jogs up to you, waving and smiling in relief. “It’s so good to see you! Things have been dire around here lately, but some friends are inside
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
ultimately wake the collective spirits and sinister forces lurking in the manor, trapping the characters inside the house. Escape requires the party to defeat an ageless evil. If they don’t, they’ll become another group of lost spirits imprisoned within the House of Lament.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
cultists use each room. The teleporter on this level is located inside a circular chamber with a closed door. The door and the walls of the room are made of thin, unpolished steel. The door swings
outward if a simple latch is turned. When the characters arrive, one cult fanatic and four cultists are searching the floor for Iskander. The cultists quickly realize they can’t defeat the adventurers
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
reputations, and professional behavior. This code, called Tempus’s Honor, has the purpose of making conflicts brief, decisive, and as safe as possible for those not directly involved. The rules in the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
horde soon begins overwhelming defenses nearby. Once the characters defeat a few zombies, roll 1d6 and consult the Zombie Siege Encounters table. The event rolled unfolds within sight of one of the
down the characters’ resources with brief zombie attacks. If the characters feel completely overwhelmed, Talon priests with potions of healing might appear, or an officer can enlist characters to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
traipsed about inside it and comes looking for revenge. Able to fly as easily as it drifts through the Endless Void, the Nematode slips through the planes until it soars above Phandalin. The Nematode
Nematode writhing 500 feet above the town like a malevolent cloud. The creature is far too large to defeat by conventional attacks or spells, so the characters must once again explore the Nematode from
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
silver dragon named Nezzarum. Nezzarum was exploring the temple as a possible lair when Xia and her cultists showed up. Using a secret door in the base of the statue, Nezzarum crawled inside the statue
. 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->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
a paper on Rezmir’s desk in area 3L or from Dralmorrer Borngray if he faces defeat with no escape. When the command word is spoken, everyone and everything inside the gate’s circumference is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
Battle for Blingdenstone Once the characters see how overwhelming the opposition is inside the Pudding Court, they have little choice but to retreat and report their findings to the Diggermattocks
defeat this threat if the settlement stands divided. That means counting the Goldwhisker wererats as allies and recognizing their right to rejoin the community. Give the characters a chance to ask
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
and defeat the creatures inside. If they do so, they can claim the Demon Grinder for themselves. The Demon Grinder is driven by the warlord Raggadragga, a wereboar with 120 hit points. He leads the
Knucklebone. If the characters defeat the Goreguts Gang, they can take possession of the Demon Grinder, which burns through its remaining fuel in 6 hours. Treasure. Raggadragga carries three soul coins that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
style that mirrors your outlook on life, or is something else inside you unleashed when weapons are drawn? Signature Styles d6 Style 1 Elegant. You move with precise grace and total control, never
soars. You are happiest when you have a foe in front of you and a weapon in hand. 6 Sinister. You scowl and sneer while fighting, and you enjoy mocking your foes as you defeat them.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
sufficient magnitude to destroy Pandemonium and unravel the multiverse. Vecna, with his consciousness preserved inside a magical singularity, can then reknit the multiverse exactly as he wants, sealing
never known defeat, and all who oppose him live in torment. By the time this adventure begins, the lich has gathered a hoard of secrets and is nearly ready to begin the Ritual of Remaking. Only the characters can stop Vecna’s evil plan.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
a paper on Rezmir’s desk in area 3L or from Dralmorrer Borngray if he faces defeat with no escape. When the command word is spoken, everyone and everything inside the gate’s circumference is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
Encounter with Iymrith This encounter takes place after the adventurers return to area 6 from area 11, having delivered one or more giant relics and chosen a giant lord to defeat. Iymrith appears as
dragon form and enters the temple through the giant doors (area 4). If the characters have an airship outside, she ignores it and makes her way inside, expecting to run into trouble. If the airship’s
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
should be a priority. Until its master sends it on another rampage, it lurks inside the forge where it was created (see chapter 3). Characters who help rebuild Ten-Towns might be asked to take up the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a3
small step up in the stone floor. Inside the alcove, the floor is elevated an additional two feet.
Hinged Floor. A character who examines the base of the 2-foot step along the edge of the raised floor
immediately in front of the step up. The floor inside the alcove sinks 10 feet. At the same time, the 15-foot slab of floor north of the alcove (as shown on the map) rises up, pivoting along its south edge






