defeated improve are been

Summer Is Coming

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

temperatures improve, flora and fauna begin to recover. Depending on how they fared against the chardalyn dragon in chapter 4, the people of Ten-Towns can look forward to warmer times once more

’ affairs. The characters can help Ten-Towners rebuild their settlements in the wake of the chardalyn dragon’s rampage and the floods. If the dragon has not yet been defeated, finding and destroying it

Orc Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

wereboars and ettins, both creatures that can markedly improve a tribe’s murderous efficiency. For a promise of sufficient food and loot, a troll might accompany a tribe temporarily. A group of

; their loyalty by turning them into slaves. If a tribe is defeated and driven from its lair, the survivors might come under the sway of a strong but dimwitted creature, such as a hill giant or an ogre

Devil Customization Tables

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes

, but I obey them. 3 Ambition. The need to improve my station drives my every action. 4 Conquest. I am equal to the sum of the foes I have defeated in combat. 5 Cunning. Those who can see an advantage

Simple Traps

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

defeated in a variety of ways by using ability checks or magic. This entry in a trap’s description gives the means for counteracting the trap. It also specifies what happens, if anything, on a failed attempt

to disable it. MAKING TRAPS MEANINGFUL If you want to improve the chance that the characters will come up against the traps you’ve set for them in an encounter or an adventure, it can be tempting

Bugbear Lair Locations

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

. Skulls are piled in the northwest corner. Among the trophies are a number of empty mounts equal to the characters in the party—a grim omen of what could happen if they’re defeated in this cave. Treasure

action, a character can try to shake the goblins’ loyalty and make one of the following checks (with Advantage if the party already defeated the bugbear). Consider these examples: DC 10 Charisma

The Ordning

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

protective of that high status and angling to get even higher 2 High Hoping to improve but not doing much to pursue an increase in status 3 High Unconcerned with maintaining that status 4 Medium On the

rise 5 Medium Contented 6 Medium In a state of decline 7 Low Despairing after years of steady decline 8 Low Desperate to improve 9 Low Resigned to that status 10 Outcast Shunned by giant society

Shunned Cave Locations

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

in both parties’ interests not to fight. On a successful check, the cultists’ attitudes improve to Indifferent. Otherwise, the cultists fight. Treasure. Footlockers under four of the beds contain the

cultists’ belongings. Each contains 5 GP, a few worthless personal effects, and a Cultist's Robe (see appendix A), which the characters can also take from cultists defeated here. G7: Crypt Damp

Attacking the Citadel

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Light of Xaryxis

of a ship loyal to Xedalli can, with a successful DC 15 Charisma (Persuasion) check, improve the attitude of that crew, changing it from hostile to indifferent, by claiming to be acting on Xedalli’s

one ship and its crew, in addition to any ships and crews defeated by the characters. Keep track of how many ships are left in the battle at the start of each round. Here There Be Dragons Seven young

Adventure Synopsis

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

. Even the Zhentarim are interested in trying to improve their relations with Mirabar by helping to solve the mystery. Whether the characters set out to search for the missing delegation or choose to

the four winds. Their stronghold is destroyed and their leaders are dead; Elemental Evil is defeated in this world for now.

Entémoch's Boon

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss

Entémoch’s Boon; if the check fails, the characters waste a day of exploration searching for it. Finding Entémoch’s Boon allows the characters to make a check to improve the attitude of the deep

petrified cave vermin. Unless they leave the cavern immediately, the characters are accosted by a mated pair of basilisks that call Entémoch’s Boon home. Once the basilisks are defeated, characters can

Life in the Tribe

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters

ability in any form. As such, they might accept other creatures into their ranks from time to time. Orcs have been known to associate with wereboars and ettins, both creatures that can markedly improve

sentinels or shock troops. Orcs are sometimes attracted to the service of frost giants or fire giants, who then “reward” their loyalty by turning them into slaves. If a tribe is defeated and driven from

Ruins Locations

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

Neverwinter named Palien, who supposedly defeated several monsters in Neverwinter Wood when Thundertree was first founded. A character who studies the statue recognizes the depiction with a successful

) lurk in this building. Former members of the garrison, they still wear the remnants of rusted mail and soldiers’ surcoats. These scraps of armor don’t improve their Armor Class. The zombies animate

Thundertree Areas

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver

wooden statue of a warrior clutching a spear and shield. The leaning statue is ten feet tall, including the base. It depicts an old hero of Neverwinter named Palien, who supposedly defeated several

zombies (see the “Ash Zombies” sidebar) lurk within this building. Former members of the garrison, they still wear the remnants of rusted mail and soldiers’ surcoats. These scraps of armor do not improve

Chromatic Dragons

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

magical might. Frost giants challenge white dragons to prove their own strength and improve their status in their clans, and their cracked bones litter many a white dragon’s lair. However, a white dragon

defeated by a frost giant often becomes its servant, accepting the mastery of a superior creature in exchange for asserting its own domination over the other creatures that serve or oppose the giant

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