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Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
once it has begun.
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A crystal dragon intent on exploring a new world of the Material Plane has acquired a magic ship for the journey and now just needs a brave crew.
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A crystal dragon who
mountain in a local range, transforming it into a series of gleaming spires. Though visitors are rare, the dragon has built a roadway that ascends the mountain to encourage travel to and from the lair
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
leave the lair once it has begun.
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A crystal dragon intent on exploring a new world of the Material Plane has acquired a magic ship for the journey and now just needs a brave crew.
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A
has spent considerable time shaping the pinnacle of the tallest mountain in a local range, transforming it into a series of gleaming spires. Though visitors are rare, the dragon has built a roadway
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
, bugbears are ambush predators accustomed to long periods of inactivity broken by short bursts of murderous energy. Ferocious though they may be, bugbears aren’t built for extended periods of exertion
acts for bugbears. Garroting an unsuspecting creature and defeating foes in open battle are seen as acts of worship, in the same way that dwarves consider metalsmithing to be sacred to Moradin.
The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
Character Advancement If you want to use story-based level advancement, the characters receive experience points for achieving the following milestones rather than defeating monsters: Escape the Maze
compelling narrative. A year later, the Hickmans built on those same strengths when they introduced the world to the vampire Strahd von Zarovich in I6: Ravenloft.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
Javenesh Stoutclaw Neutral Good Owlin Second Year (Lorehold)
Javenesh is an imposing and powerfully built owlin who looks permanently scruffy despite his best efforts. Contributing to his
initially assume, Javenesh is a friendly sort. To make ends meet, he works at Bow’s End Tavern, managing servers and keeping the peace, relying on his rough appearance to dissuade those intent on making
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
Arriving at the Temple The Temple of the Restful Lily is built around a fey-enchanted hot spring in a large open grove in the High Forest. The woodland trail accessed through the portal created by
anyone tries to forcibly enter the abandoned shrine or the tower. If the characters are intent on starting this part of the adventure with combat, you might lead off with a challenging fight against the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
built into the book’s spine plays a metallic tune that implants a rhyme in the minds of those who hear it (see the accompanying handout). The mechanized scenes feature cutout figurines of members of a
hand. The son drowns in a river while washing clothes. The final scene—which doesn’t play out until the music box is repaired—shows the daughter defeating the shadow by crushing it under a millstone.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
deeds of other creatures to determine their true intent. You excel at defeating creatures that hide among and prey upon ordinary folk, and your mastery of lore and your keen deductions make you well
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
10. Kitchen A rack previously suspended from this kitchen’s ceiling has crashed, crushing a table and scattering rusted pots and cooking implements. A sizable iron stove is built into the north wall
wants to see the House of Lament destroyed, hoping that will free it from the chimney. It might aid the party in defeating the house’s other powerful spirits but grows agitated if ignored. Use the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
Indifferent and has cast Invisibility to observe them unseen and gauge their intent. Duban oversees the irrigation of the gardens and defends them from invaders. He opposes the characters unless he thinks
them capable of defeating Xabazhut and Ozzadraz. If the characters convince Duban of their strength, whether through combat or conversation, Duban enchants one of their weapons with a Charm of the Slayer
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
have peaceful intent (most likely because they saw through the dryad-hags’ ruse, or they simply want to assess Banrion’s nature themselves), they can approach unarmed and announcing themselves. With
its controls as “a magical machine of gems and silver,” but has not approached too closely for fear of the magic it radiates. As for who built the city, she cannot say, as it fell to ruin even before
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal
wizard Halaster built his tower at the foot of Mount Waterdeep and delved deep into tunnels first built by dwarves and drow in search of ever greater magical power. Halaster and his apprentices expanded
of the Forgotten Realms. Halaster eventually disappeared, as have all his apprentices, but the massive complex he built remains to this day. For untold years, the secrets of Undermountain remained
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
by farms, extensive pastureland, and a small village with a mill, taverns, a smithy, and a saddlery. Blackstone. See “Mining Towns” below. Blackwall Keep. One of two new keeps built to keep an eye on
Greyhawk. Travelers who follow the Selintan River westward from the city come to a stone bridge. From there, they must travel several miles northeast to reach the ruins of Castle Greyhawk. Built by
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
. They also can’t trust the moronic squidlings to accomplish such a delicate task. For these reasons, the gnome ceremorphs need help. They have built a device that can detect the presence of psi
threatened, the ceremorphs react with deadly intent; otherwise, they shun combat. Roleplaying the Gnome Squidlings The gnome squidlings have a blind hunger for brains that often overrides their common sense
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
18th-level spellcaster, by defeating the enhanced sphinx in combat, or through mechanisms found in Kwalish’s lab in Daoine Gloine (see area O7). Dock. Created by Kwalish, this structure is built so
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
gain no XP for defeating Ezzat unless they also destroy the lich’s phylactery (located in area 23). Ezzat has the forcecage spell prepared instead of plane shift, and he wears an amulet of proof against
appear intent on destroying Ezzat, the lich accuses them of being the unwitting tools of the Mad Mage. He uses all the magic at his disposal to get rid of them. See areas 16 and 17 for more information
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
and properly engaged, the clockwork creatures share the following information: The creatures state that they will harm only those who have come to the vault with the intent of misusing the orrery
(which they assume includes anyone trying to steal the component). However, they are not automatically friendly to those claiming other intent. The creatures were created to guard this vault and its
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
Traps The Obstacle Course is replete with mechanical and magical traps. Two recurring types are described below. Covered Pits Melairkyn dwarves built these pits, and Halaster keeps them in working
. The play-by-play can be silenced for good by destroying the source in area 30b or by defeating the death tyrant Netherskull. Improvise the play-by-play as you see fit. The commentary tends to be
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
magically enhanced demilich skull built into the lab’s instrumentation panels is used to channel a character’s soul energy once the bargain is struck. A character who has a portion of their soul
by a remove curse spell cast by an 18th-level spellcaster, by defeating Kwalish and reversing the process using his machines, or by completing a separate task for the inventor. Just a Bit of Trouble
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
, uniting them into a fighting force capable of defeating the giants who tyrannized them, and they threw the giants down, claiming the vale between the mountains for their descendants. Giants aplenty still
often come down out of the mountains. Castle Hartwick and Stagwick Between two branches of the Clear Whirl River lies a great island on which Hartkiller built his castle. Stagwick, on the east bank of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
outfitted it with a pier and a ramshackle fort built from scavenged planking, old barrels, deck grates, spars, and whatever else they could scrounge. It incorporates a warehouse where they stash their
captain overboard. The other captains are still adjusting to their ill-mannered new confederate, who seems intent on bullying his way toward declaring himself king of the pirates.
Elok wants to stop
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
shelter is seemingly built of scraps, and in the style of the tents used by the desert nomads of Calimshan, some two thousand miles to the south.
Maccath’s shelter is made from huge tapestries and
other lairs. Treasure If the party seems intent on fighting Arauthator, Maccath offers them a ring of resistance (cold) and two arrows of slaying (dragons) that she has crafted during her captivity
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
shelter is seemingly built of scraps, and in the style of the tents used by the desert nomads of Calimshan, some two thousand miles to the south.
Maccath’s shelter is made from huge tapestries and
his other lairs. Treasure If the party seems intent on fighting Arauthator, Maccath offers them a ring of resistance (cold) and two arrows of slaying (dragons) that she has crafted during her
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
town. Everything Emporium Built on a checkered pattern of glittering gold-and-violet tiles, the Everything Emporium is Tradegate’s main attraction. The emporium features extraordinary wares from every
planes for weeks at a time, intent on charting every square inch of the multiverse. He funds his explorations by selling maps to fellow wanderers and adventurers, as well as the occasional tourist
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
hired Newmy and paid her several lifetimes of wages up-front to keep their tomb clean shortly after the tomb was built—more years ago than Newmy can remember. When Newmy died, she returned as a ghost to
considers it her personal space and grumbles if anyone seems intent on disturbing it. B3: Lost Dolindars Two stone coffins in this room have been broken open, littering the floor with rubble and dust. A
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
accustomed to long periods of inactivity broken by short bursts of murderous energy. Ferocious though they may be, bugbears aren’t built for extended periods of exertion. One useful trick: if ye face bugbears
creature and defeating foes in open battle are seen as acts of worship, in the same way that dwarves consider metalsmithing to be sacred to Moradin. The bugbears recognize two other gods, both of which
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
: “First, you must prove yourself! When human warriors came to these lands, they fought our kind and stole our relics, burying them in the ground. The humans built altars to Uthgar, their god-king, atop
are many paths you can take. The more relics you deliver, the more paths you will have to choose from. Several evil giant lords stand ready to oppose you. You can ruin all of their plans by defeating
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
Outpost Locations The duergar outpost was not built with the intention of being aesthetically pleasing or welcoming to strangers. There is no interior lighting, since the duergar rely on darkvision
magic and are safe to handle. Defeating Nildar. If the characters capture Nildar and try to talk to him, he snarls and threatens the characters in Dwarvish: “My father is more powerful than any of you
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
branches looms out of the swamp. The floor of the hut is covered with humanoid teeth. 3 Visible from half a mile away, smoke rises from a shrine built on large stones and dedicated to Semuanya, god of the
bark of its trees. Long ago, elves from the Feywild crossed the planar boundaries to settle here. Today, several wood elf clans dwell in elegant, wooden structures built among the forest canopy. Not a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
houses built into its sides. Fog obscures the details, but you can see that these buildings feature elegantly carved woodwork and have decorative lanterns hanging from their sculpted eaves. Atop the hill
Velikovna, used to live here. Her brother, Kasimir Velikov, still does. The dusk elves reside in small homes built into the hillside and are mostly self-sufficient. They are skilled trackers, and many of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
minutes for someone else to attach or remove the elaborate harness, or 1d6 hours if an ogre attempts to do so unassisted. The contraption is built for ogres specifically. A dwarf or similarly built
captain then takes credit for defeating the monstrous horde that attacked Goldenfields. The abbot, being much more sensible, thanks the adventurers profusely and makes sure they’re cited for their
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
somber hall (see “Crypt Hauntings” in the “Crypt Features” section). Returning the hall to silence by defeating or driving off the creatures in the watery room at the end of the hall (area P5) puts the
books. The pages of each are filled with cramped writing. A simple sarcophagus is carved with the image of an older male dwarf holding a quill and a book.
To the east, a metal lever built into the wall
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
decisive, Dagult acts always for the good of his subjects and realm—and in doing so, has consistently built up his own power and wealth. Unfortunately for him, the Masked Lords of Waterdeep have recently
consolidate his strength, Dagult resents Laeral for taking his position. He avoids letting his feelings cloud his judgment, however, intent on showing that he is a more fitting leader by backing the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
grandfather oak upon which the pixies built their village is sickened by the hag’s presence. Ridding Thither of Granny Nightshade might be the only way to return the tree to good health. Development
. If the characters pass this way again after defeating the hag, they find the old tree’s branches covered in fresh green buds—a sign that the grandfather oak is healing. Jabberwock’s Trail The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
adventurers to some ruins in the eastern edges of the High Moor. I will forever regret accepting that commission, for not only did half the adventurers turn out to be greedy swine intent on plundering
Ss’thar’tiss’ssun, an ancient temple-city, lie in the northern fringes of the forest. At some point in the distant past, humans built a small settlement, once called Serpent’s Cowl, above these ruins