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Princes of the Apocalypse
Earthen Defeat. When Marlos drops to 0 hit points, his body transforms into mud and collapses into a pool. Anything he is wearing or carrying is left behind.
Earth Passage. Marlos can move in
5 or more, the creature is instantly petrified. Otherwise, a creature that fails the save begins to turn to stone and is restrained. The restrained creature must repeat the saving throw at the end of
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aggression toward creatures that they could defeat in a fight and that can’t be dealt with in some other manner. They are aggressive toward prey they want to eat, creatures that want to harm them, and
pity. Born into the world lacking stout scales and sharp teeth, it’s a wonder they have managed to survive for so long. The typical human would barely make it through a day in the swamps.
Still
Magic Items
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
effect.
Donjon. You are instantly teleported to and confined within the prison of the Monastery of the Distressed Body (area M6). Everything you were wearing and carrying stays behind in the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
Escaping Defeat If the characters lose their battle against Juiblex, their best hope lies in Vizeran DeVir’s ritual. In the worst-case scenario where one or more heroes fall in the fight against the
(or its death throes) triggers a cave-in, allowing defeated characters to barely escape. Juiblex then turns its attention to feeding on Araumycos and is one of the demon lords drawn into battle by Vizeran’s ritual in chapter 17.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
a chilly welcome upon returning to Saltmarsh. The assault went on without them, but the allied forces took heavy losses, only barely managing to defeat the sahuagin. The characters are asked, politely
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
Ashlands. The Theriad recounts the brute’s defeat and the loss of his great axe, Goremaster. Viewing Thyrogog’s defeat as a divine sign, the warlord’s descendants retreated into the Ashlands. Burial
, a Ragegore minotaur seems to feel no pain and barely notices wounds that would kill a human. Some Ragegores have been known to fall dead immediately at the cessation of battle, their life sustained
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
grave at night is instantly transported to a similar dug-up grave in the Shadowfell. There’s nothing on the Shadowfell side of the crossing as grand as Chalet Brantifax, but the topography is similar
a curse prevents them from leaving the place. Characters who defeat these creatures are free to continue their exploration of the Shadowfell, having survived their first brush with death in this ghastly realm.
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
grass and barely discernible. Recently, a young displacer beast (or displacer beast kitten from The Wild Beyond the Witchlight) exploring the bell accidentally tipped it over and got caught inside
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
feast of meat, either raw or barely cooked, along with copious amounts of intoxicants, followed by ritual self-mutilation—scarring themselves to demonstrate their devotion to Mogis. (PETER MOHRBACHER
when groups rose to oppose him. After one such defeat, the warrior was so filled with wrath that he murdered his entire village in Mogis’s name. The god, delighted by this display, gifted the warrior
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
details. Last Glimpse of Vogler Evacuees flee the Dragon Army’s invasion of Vogler The characters escape Vogler on the last boat, a small fishing vessel barely large enough for the characters, Darrett
, she sent Jeyev to warn the villagers. Witness. If the characters already know about Becklin’s defeat, Jeyev was separated from the rest of Vogler’s defenders, knows specifics of her last battle, and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
reveals herself as the battle winds down, perhaps joining the fight against the kakkuus once the characters defeat the dangerous quavilithku. Talking with Vaeve Vaeve hopes the characters might help her
Camlash’s forces, and the lower entrance is guarded by spyder-fiends. Vaeve points out both entrances to the cliffside redoubt, two miles distant and barely visible through the blowing fog. If the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
bestow effects more relevant to this adventure, as follows: Donjon. You are instantly teleported to and confined within either the Tomb of Horrors (in area 7) or the Temple of Moloch (in area 10) as the DM
regards you as the temple’s new champion, sent by Moloch to reclaim its former glory. You must defeat or otherwise clear out Thessalar before you can claim the temple as yours. The Void. This black card
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
The characters might have a couple NPC companions around to help them defeat the drow (see “Bidding Farewell”), but if they need more assistance, consider the following options: Having pushed themselves
priestess’s back is turned. Ilvara instantly turns her attention to eliminating the traitor, distracting her and weakening the drow side if she succeeds. Wanting to deny Ilvara the triumph of recapturing the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
incapacitated or reduced to 0 hit points, a statue instantly teleports to its alcove, where it reverts to its inanimate form and regains all its hit points. It can’t reanimate again until all three
unconscious. The first time the adventurers defeat a particular animated archmage statue, they receive XP for it as with any creature defeated in combat. Subsequent victories against that statue don’t provide
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
man falls from a high bridge, striking the ground near them and dying instantly. He’s carrying a sealed bag of holding and the badge of an agent of the Argentum, a Thrane agency dedicated to the
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
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
. Otherwise, the thrones are empty, and the characters have nothing else to interact with. The apparitions refuse to speak in the characters’ presence, and they can’t be harmed or turned. Barely lifting
stalkers to carry on the fight. Each creature summoned in this manner appears in an unoccupied space of Reggaryarva’s choice within the circle of thrones. If the characters defeat the frost giant skeleton
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
neutral or unaligned, this card has no effect on you. Comet. If you single-handedly 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 effect. Donjon. You are instantly teleported to and confined within the prison of the Monastery of the Distressed
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
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
Demons Spawned in the Infinite Layers of the Abyss, demons are the embodiment of chaos and evil — engines of destruction barely contained in monstrous form. Possessing no compassion, empathy, or
energy of the most potent spells. When a lucky hero manages to drop a demon in combat, the fiend dissolves into foul ichor. It then instantly reforms in the Abyss, its mind and essence intact even as
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
creature with 75 hit points or fewer that eats a whole cheese-stuffed pepper must succeed on a DC 15 Constitution saving throw or instantly drop to 0 hit points and explode, leaving behind a mess plus
he’s hungry and parched, he also kindly begs them for some food and drink. If the Harpers are mentioned, Quill can barely hide his contempt. As long as Quill remains in Wisteria Vale, he is immune to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
71. Lair of the Sewn Sisters Green smoke billows out from a bronze cauldron in the middle of this twenty-foot-high vaulted hall. Barely visible through the haze are three rocking chairs, several work
. The cage’s prisoner is a degenerate clone of one of the player characters and is instantly recognizable as such. It was created from blood or strands of hair obtained by one of the hags while the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
.
“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
open, her face alight with excitement. She cries out, “The sword, the sword! I know where it is!”
As the dream ends, the characters and Lulu wake up in the ritual space. Lulu can barely contain her
Magic Items
Infernal Machine Rebuild
Machine of Lum the Mad. Yet with Lum’s eventual defeat, his great machine was destroyed.
The Infernal Machine is a delicate, intricate, bulky, and heavy device, weighing some 5,500 pounds. It can
cut an astral projection’s silvery cord—the user suffers a sudden burst of feedback from the machine that kills them instantly.
Any effect of the Infernal Machine that requires
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
spirit confuses them. If the characters defeat Gremorly and these helmed horrors have not yet been destroyed, they become allies to the characters and defend this room on their behalf. Treasure. If a
can destroy ghosts. Patrin tells the characters that if they defeat the phase spiders, they can get the book and use it to break Gremorly’s ritual, releasing the ghosts trapped in Harrowhall. 11
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
room’s eastern wall between shelves of cooking supplies. A stressed-looking human barely out of his youth, with blue skin and disheveled white hair, stirs a cauldron over a small fire. On either side of
half of this room is Difficult Terrain, as it is littered with furniture. Talking with Pierre. If the characters defeat his grick guards, Pierre is Friendly toward them and eager to talk. Pierre
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
weakness in any form. Therefore, she hates just about everybody, and barely tolerates the other Black Earth cultists. Hellenrae
Medium humanoid (human), lawful evil
Armor Class 16
Hit Points 78
, Terran
Challenge 8 (3,900 XP), or 12 (8,400 XP) with lair actions
Earthen Defeat. When Marlos drops to 0 hit points, his body transforms into mud and collapses into a pool. Anything he is wearing
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
. Despite their best efforts, the firenewts have been unable to force the door or defeat the locks. Locked Door. The door’s upper lock is embedded in an adamantine frame resembling a stylized form of
second fragment of gold, so thoroughly hammered that it’s barely recognizable. These keys once unlocked the door to the treasury (area 6) and are beyond repair; so little of them remains that not
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
to deal 20 psychic damage to Lord Drylund. This damage is enough to kill Lord Drylund instantly. From dawn until dusk, the flat-bottomed wooden boat is moored at the city docks. Dockworkers come and
characters threaten the ship or its passengers, she conjures one or more giant snakes with the aid of her robe of serpents and uses her spells to try to defeat them while being careful not to harm crew or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
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
Jomlus on subtle shifts in pronunciation for many weeks, believing his understanding to be just barely out of reach. Klaudel eventually died and was absorbed into the walls of the Briny Maze. Jomlus
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a2
burn brightly on either side of the door, illuminating the western half of the room. Another ledge is barely visible on the other side of the chasm.
The hall beyond the doors, and the great
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
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
, with shouting and cheering patrons clustered around it. Numbered rats scurry along their respective lanes. As the rats cross the finish line, cries of victory and groans of defeat erupt from the
9 pounds. A character who examines the display case and succeeds on a DC 18 Intelligence (Investigation) check spots a line of barely visible runes inscribed around the perimeter of each pane of glass
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
here as well, and one of them has cast the Arcane Lock spell on the south door to buy time. Confronting Piyarz. If the characters don’t attack instantly, Piyarz announces he’ll “generously” give them
library (see area H5 earlier in this adventure), he uses those to quickly calculate the star’s point of impact. Piyarz. Shalfey explains that Piyarz attempted a coup. Shalfey asks the adventurers to defeat
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
, taking 27 (5d10) radiant damage on a failed save or half as much damage on a successful one. A creature not in its true form has disadvantage on this save; if it fails its save, the creature instantly
scout the Three Moons Vault before the wardens’ attack on the castle. Valendar underestimated Teremini, assuming she was a powerless lackey of Lord Soth. Valendar believes the wardens’ defeat was his
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
creature that enters one of these 10-foot-square spaces is instantly teleported away, switching places with one of the wights in crypt 14. The wight materializes in the creature’s previous location and
, except for one thighbone. If the characters disturb Saint Markovia’s remains, add: A ghostly form appears above the dust, so faint that you can barely discern more than part of a face. From this
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
feet high—barely large enough to accommodate the two granite juggernauts (see appendix A) that trundle between the room’s pillars. The juggernauts attack any intruders they notice, but they won’t
keys: a platinum key shaped like a skeleton that unlocks the door to the crypt’s vault (area T27) and a plain iron key that unlocks the secret compartment in area T23. Characters who defeat Rerak find