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Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
promote elven causes or involve destroying orcs, gnolls, and the like. Prospective employers must leave written word (in Elvish) near Evereska, and the Silent Rain sends a representative if interested. The
never leave a friend behind.
3
My honor is my life.
4
I’ll never forget the crushing defeat my company suffered or the enemies who dealt it.
5
Those who fight beside me are those
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Folk Horror Plots Folk horror stories often involve outsiders or an unwitting new member of the community discovering a unsettling practices. Folk Horror Plots d8 Plot
1 Recover a missing
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->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
Quests table suggests a few adventures the god’s champions might involve themselves in. Keranos’s Quests d6 Adventure Goal
1 Help a genius artist who had their inspiration physically stolen
Find a long-lost artifact that bestows oracular visions upon the user.
5 Defeat the champion of another god in a battle of wits (perhaps Phenax, Mogis, or Klothys).
6 Find and restore a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
table suggests a few adventures the god’s champions might involve themselves in. Iroas’s Quests d6 Adventure Goal
1 Defeat Returned bandits who are terrorizing the polis.
2 Defend a
contest of strength or dexterity to prove Iroas’s superiority over the other gods.
6 Defeat a champion of another god (most likely Mogis, Phenax, or Pharika).
(JASON CHAN) An Iroas Campaign A
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
You defeat a noble’s servant, drawing the wrath of the noble’s house.* 5 You are accused of cheating. Whether the allegation is true or not, your reputation is tarnished.* 6 You accidentally deliver a near-fatal wound to a foe. *Might involve a rival
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->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
rites among the Felhide minotaurs involve devouring those who fell in battle, to remove their shame from memory and fuel the survivors’ revenge. Should another scavenger reach a fallen Felhide before the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
involve themselves in. Heliod’s Quests d6 Adventure Goal
1 Bring a shard of sunlight to a place of unending darkness.
2 Establish law and order in a place of anarchy and lawlessness
who has fled from a polis into the wilderness.
5 Triumph in a contest of strength or charisma to prove Heliod’s superiority over the other gods.
6 Defeat a champion of another god (most
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
characters accuse Vizeran of having ulterior motives, the drow smiles thinly and agrees. Still, he insists his goal is the same as the characters’ own, and he doesn’t ask them to involve themselves in his
, saying, “The walls here literally have ears, and echoes linger forever.” Only his home is secure enough to serve as the place from which to plan the demon lords’ defeat.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
tell what those implications might be—and stumbling upon hints of an immortal’s broader agenda might prove frightening. Your tasks could involve fulfilling prophecies in deliberate ways, preventing
out another part of your patron’s plan. 5 Plant a magical seed in a remote location to ensure it grows into a mighty tree and bears fruit that will give power to future heroes. 6 Defeat a dragon-blooded
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
. Phenax’s servants have a tendency to show up at the most inconvenient times and places. The Phenax’s Quests table suggests a few adventures the god’s champions might involve themselves in. Phenax’s
local government or temple.
6 Defeat a champion of another god (most likely Heliod, Erebos, or Iroas).
A Phenax Campaign Phenax fits easily into the role of primary campaign villain. He also
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
-take of the players describing what they want their characters to do, and the Dungeon Master telling the players what happens as a result. On a large scale, that might involve the characters spending a
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->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
reinforce the natural order that sustains Theros. The Klothys’s Quests table suggests a few adventures the god’s champions might involve themselves in. Klothys’s Quests d6 Adventure Goal
1
Defeat a titan-spawned monster that has escaped the Underworld.
2 Destroy an undead creature terrorizing a small community.
3 Punish a powerful mortal for their hubris.
4 Reestablish
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
its own ends. An encounter aimed at making peace might involve only social interaction, perhaps with the threat of combat if negotiations go poorly. It could also begin as a combat encounter, with the
detected, a combat encounter or social interaction might result. Stop a Ritual The plots of evil cult leaders, malevolent spellcasters, and Fiends often involve rituals that must be foiled. In a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
him into conflict with other deities—particularly Erebos and Heliod, but also occasionally Phenax and Pharika. The Athreos’s Quests table suggests a few adventures the god’s champions might involve
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->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
suggests a few adventures the god’s champions might involve themselves in. Mogis’s Quests d6 Adventure Goal
1 Foment a war between rival poleis.
2 Bring about anarchy and lawlessness in
Triumph in a contest of strength or endurance to prove Mogis’s superiority over other gods.
6 Defeat a champion of another god (most likely Iroas, Heliod, or Ephara).
A Mogis Campaign A campaign
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
table suggests a few adventures the god’s champions might involve themselves in. Purphoros’s Quests d6 Adventure Goal
1 Clear out a monster-infested mine and help procure precious iron ore
glory to Purphoros.
6 Defeat a champion of another god (most likely Heliod, Kruphix, Phenax, or Mogis).
A Purphoros Campaign A campaign structured around champions of Purphoros can feature the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
Ephara’s Quests table suggests a few adventures the god’s champions might involve themselves in. Ephara’s Quests d6 Adventure Goal
1 Oust the corrupt leader of a town or a city.
2 Reclaim a
criminal who is causing devastating damage to a city, such as by arson.
6 Defeat a champion of an opposed deity, most likely Phenax or Nylea.
An Ephara Campaign A campaign centered around
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
triumph or defeat? If you’re a spy, are you a prized agent or did you disavow your organization after they pushed you too far? Don’t think of your character as a set of numbers: even at 1st level, you’re
involve time: the alarm’s been triggered, and you only have 6 rounds before security arrives. Such things can even be incidental. Did you start a fight in an alley behind a bar? Now you notice the drunk ogre sleeping in the shadows. If she wakes up, this could get ugly.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
Quests table suggests a few adventures the god’s champions might involve themselves in. Kruphix’s Quests d6 Adventure Goal
1 Seize a powerful magic item from those who would misuse it, study
gods, whether by mediating, forcing a truce, or siding with the weaker group to defeat the stronger one.
A Kruphix Campaign A campaign structured around champions of Kruphix can embrace moral
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
anywhere and anytime she can’t. The Nylea’s Quests table suggests a few adventures the god’s champions might involve themselves in. Nylea’s Quests d6 Adventure Goal
1 Free a hydra that has
Find and punish an unknown perpetrator who killed a unicorn, cut off its horn, and left its body to rot, and retrieve the horn.
5 Hunt a dangerous creature for a sacred feast.
6 Defeat a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica
Orzhov Syndicate or the Azorius Senate. Loxodons believe that the members of a group have a responsibility to look out for each other. Once they have joined a guild or bonded with other individuals in any
. Thanks to your sensitive trunk, you have advantage on Wisdom (Perception), Wisdom (Survival), and Intelligence (Investigation) checks that involve smell. Languages. You can speak, read, and write
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
child has secretly hidden and raised a red dragon wyrmling from an egg. The wyrmling is bonded to the child, but dangerous to anyone else.
5 A bound fire elemental serves as the guardian of an
master can defeat the consort in single combat and claim a place at Tiamat’s side.
4 A balor demon hopes an ancient red dragon’s dragonsight can help the demon coordinate a multidimensional play for power in the Abyss.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
. Chief among those causes is the defeat of the servants of the archdevil Bel. An eccentric dilettante, Lynx has had her thick horns intricately carved and inlaid with sigils and figures in silver
her former skills and intellect, and bonded to an equally special flesh golem that she wears as a costumed skin. (If you are playing through Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus, this setup was one of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
language. 3 I fawn over others to make my betrayal more unexpected. 4 I crush those I can defeat, and lie in wait to weaken and overwhelm those I must respect. 5 I will do anything to survive. Anything. 6
. 10 Huge Feet. The demon suffers disadvantage on Stealth, Athletics, and Acrobatics checks when they involve moving its feet. 11 Translucent Skin. The demon’s skin is slimy and translucent. It has
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
events and possible dangers. Even a hag living in a remote, isolated location is aware of goings-on that involve her neighboring hags, whether through magical communication, personal visits, or
purpose, such as to defeat a champion of good, to serve as oracles for the delivery of baleful prophecies, or to corrupt a pristine wilderness. In such a case, because the coven strives to bend its magic
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes of the Borderlands
on a role. You still need to describe things that can’t reasonably be acted out.
An active approach to roleplaying Haldryck in the “Game Trail” encounter might involve you pretending to hide behind
it.
In the “Bandit Ambush” encounter, a descriptive approach to roleplaying Pral, a smarmy bandit captain, might involve you describing his flashy smile or confident swagger. You might tell the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
elves. They stand watch over the fringes of elven domains, keeping a keen eye out for trespassers and using magic-infused arrows to defeat monsters and invaders before they can reach elven settlements
Arcane Shot options to that arrow. You decide to use the option when the arrow hits a creature, unless the option doesn’t involve an attack roll. You have two uses of this ability, and you regain all
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
senses and can ride the bulette while it burrows. The bonded bulette obeys the burrowshark’s commands. If its mount dies, the burrowshark can train a new bulette to serve as its bonded mount, a process
, 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->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->Storm King's Thunder
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
reef that serves as home for Lord Drylund’s pet octopus. The octopus has bonded with its owner and can survive outside of water for 30 minutes. Beneath the aquarium, built into the table, is a shelf
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
Giant. They relate the same information as Heldalf, but add that they wish Ralvald would give up his impossible quest to defeat Challidax. D5: Ralvald’s Retreat A wide river crosses this cavern
Rage” below). Once engaged in combat, Challidax is ruthless; she doesn’t care if she harms Aerstigga in her attempts to defeat the characters. If Challidax is reduced to fewer than 100 Hit Points, she
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
of the world and can communicate with other creatures. In extremely rare cases, groups of these creatures band together, creating colonies. These bonded mimics cooperate to create larger objects than
are willing to bargain. Mimic colonies have learned that adventurers they can’t defeat can be bought off with information about nearby creatures or locations, hidden treasure (which the colony
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
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
any game for a cost of 3 tokens (available from the cashier). You can use any combination of checks and roleplaying you like to represent a character’s attempts to gamble, but each game should involve
then fades. Wreaking Havoc. Talking to Lottie and not getting killed is the major point of this area. But characters who defeat the behir can remove the panels to access the clockwork machinery here
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
serve as bonded mounts for two Dark Tide knights (see chapter 7) who live in the hut on the island. One knight is standing guard on the island when the characters first arrive; the other one is resting
he refuses to abandon his grim mission. When the characters defeat him, he turns to inky water and courses away. Drown remains where he fell. Encounter with Olhydra Gar Shatterkeel stands on the island