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Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse
claim. On the rare occasions that shators find themselves on the Material Plane, they manipulate mortal leaders and philosophers, using them as mouthpieces to spread poisoned words and tempt souls toward
, these bitter, wicked creatures have appointed themselves the jailers of the plane. Demodands viciously defend the few known portals that lead out of Carceri and ruthlessly torment other creatures trapped
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
, Martira Bay, or Nevuchar Springs. They soon make an ally among those who oppose the villains rising to replace Azalin: Alcio Metus, Darcalus Rex, or Talisveri Eris. The characters help defend their
power. The characters work to save Darkon while undermining their wicked patron. Levels 16–18. The characters’ adventures take them to Castle Avernus, where they must either claim a remnant of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
proves my excellence and sets me apart.” Ideal. “Once I’ve crushed my opposition, I will claim my realm, ruling not as a conqueror but as royalty.” Bond. “All who live in my domain are my troops, and they
exist to further my will. Those who deny me are traitors bound for execution.” Flaw. “I and all I command will know death before we show weakness in defeat.” Vladeska Drakov and her Talons struggle to defend Lekar from endless zombie hordes
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
against the wall can become a miniature storm of fangs and claws as it desperately tries to defend its life. Likewise, kinship to their own tribe can prompt kobolds to battle another kobold tribe for
neighboring tribes that want exclusive claim to a flock of mountain goats might skirmish with each other every few days. Eventually the leader of one warring tribe realizes it is losing due to attrition and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Light of Xaryxis
, but Princess Xedalli stands accused of treason. Are there any who would defend her claim?”
Prince Xeleth is a chaotic evil astral elf aristocrat with a ring of shooting stars. Princess Xedalli is a
Emperor Xeleth!” section. Defending Xedalli If the characters show that they have Xedalli’s ring, they are entitled to defend the princess’s claim to the throne. Prince Xeleth is irritated and tries to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
. Though they’re not violent by nature, lava children fiercely defend territory they claim as their own. Many intruders have been fooled by a lava child’s smile, believing themselves welcome when in
defend itself and forage on its own. Lava children eat meat, bones, paper, plants, and just about anything else not made of metal or stone. Cooked meat is their favorite. Lava Child
Medium humanoid
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
is one reason, his supporters claim, that the king abdicated in favor of his ancestor Gandalug Battlehammer: to protect the people from his personal enemies. Some of Bruenor’s detractors claim it was
, he returned from the dead almost as though he had been summoned to rally the dwarves to defend themselves and punish their enemies. Some say he delayed receiving the rewards of Moradin’s own
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
countryside or asked to defend the last holdout of civilization against a relentless horde. The zombies could serve as direct threats or motivate others to monstrous deeds, with the ends supposedly
to lay claim to Falkovnia—perhaps a forgotten human culture or relentless giants. Falkovnia is one of the few domains where the characters and the land’s Darklord theoretically represent the same
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
broken by narrow stretches of arable plains. It is a nearly impassable landscape, save for a few roads hewn through passes. Residents claim that only a fool would attempt to invade the heartlands of Akros
maintain order and defend the Kolophon) are quartered within the citadel’s imposing walls, and the monarch’s palace is built atop it. Temples of Iroas, Heliod, and Keranos also adorn the top of the citadel
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
claim to level 17 of the dungeon, and began fortifying it against attacks from the githyanki and others. The dungeon’s proximity to Waterdeep guaranteed the mind flayers a limitless supply of brains to
. Extremiton is also gathering thralls of every race to help defend the colony if the neothelid is destroyed or fails in its task. City of the Mind Extremiton can sense intelligent creatures within 2 miles of it
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
the soldiers claim—because time is short and the dead are coming. Falkovnia is a land besieged. Empty countryside surrounds ruined or crumbling cities. A few desperate pockets of civilization survive
densest populations of the living. That’s currently the Falkovnian capital of Lekar, where unfit and underfed conscripts defend crumbling walls alongside General Drakov and her crimson-armored elite
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer Academy
characters to claim the meteorite under their watch. If combat erupts, the spectators defend the meteorite, the gazers scatter and flee in terror, and the cyclopean ogre wearily defends itself and its lair.
meteorite.” Alternatively, the characters can claim that neither spectator should guard the meteorite, since it clearly belongs to the ogre, or that the ogre should choose the guardian. Whichever
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
initial attack. This time, they fight to the death to claim the fragment for their lord and master, Duke Zalto. The adventurers need not feel obliged to stay and defend the town from this second attack
, leaving the adventurers and a handful of determined townsfolk to defend the town. Give each player one of the following NPCs to play during this encounter: Darathra Shendrel, Lord Protector of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
tongues capable of speech, and saplings weaned on the reservoir eventually uproot as wooden guardians that defend the town. Creatures that submerge themselves in the pond emerge in the untamed wilds of the
problems from a bird’s eye view. The birds of Faunel can’t afford to go to war by themselves. Until the jungle is one again, they must weather the storm. Razortooth Rock Ebonclaw and his streak claim
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
.
Volcano Temple Adventures d10 Adventure Goal
1 Acquire an item that wasn’t up to Purphoros’s standards before it’s cast into the lava.
2 Defend the temple from fiery zombies
Villains Villains in a volcano temple are out to claim the place’s treasures or harness the mountain’s destructive power. Examples of such villains appear on the Volcano Temple Villains table. Volcano
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
both leaders to discover which has the worthier claim.
8 A bronze dragon fears that a remote library-fortress is no longer the best place to safeguard an infamous tome called the Antitheorem
each defend half of an artifact called the Sundered Crown.
2 A young bronze dragon and a medusa have been enemies for so long that they’ve developed mutual respect, communicating by way of a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
choose a different battleground, warning them that Bregan D’aerthe will oppose any effort to visit further destruction upon the city. If the characters claim to be looking for a safe way into Sorcere
the adventurers are committed to driving the demon lords back to the Abyss, Jarlaxle keeps his Bregan D’aerthe forces on the sidelines, ready to defend Menzoberranzan. XP Awards If the party gains the support of Jarlaxle Baenre, award each character 1,500 XP.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
the orders of diabolical generals as they defend infernal realms, invade Material Plane worlds, and clash against demons in planes-spanning conflicts. Left to their own devices, bearded devils
behirs can’t chase down, they blast with breaths of powerful lightning.
Legends claim the first behirs were magically created by storm giants during an ancient, multiversal conflict between giants
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
the oldest settlements the Northlanders claim, and from there, all manner of northern kingdoms and legends have sprung. The Northlander Isles are scoured by strong winds and powerful waves, and also
only real commodity of worth these isles have — which means that anyone thinking to simply sail up and pluck ivory from the shores of the Whalebones is sorely underestimating how furiously its inhabitants defend their property.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Church of the Silver Flame The Silver Flame is force of light that holds fiends at bay. Those who seek to defend the innocent from evil can draw on the power of the Flame. Every mortal soul can find
some claim that these stories are fabrications and that Jaela is merely a figurehead for High Cardinal Krozen. The reclusive Krozen is a brilliant strategist and ruthless leader. Many believe that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
first orders the girallons to attack. As needed, he then uses his Charm action to force a character or Pentival to defend him. Due to his fanatic devotion, Phenex does not use his Etherealness action
both). If Tarnhem is freed, he comes here directly to recover these weapons, and is the only creature that can do so. Anyone else attempting to claim them automatically triggers a lightning bolt or a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
civilization. Black Raven Tribe The Black Ravens claim the icy foothills west of Mirabar, as well as the Ice Lakes and the land west to the Frozenfar. They like to prey on caravans that travel the
occasionally to defend their territory, which includes the surrounding mountains, the Fell Pass, the Frost Hills, the Lurkwood, and the northern reaches of the Silver Marches. The Great Worms also venture into
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
earth elementals to help defend Blingdenstone. They also use their magic to aid in various engineering tasks, such as widening burrows, closing off tunnels, or establishing spell gem emplacements and
granted the Pudding King the power to summon and command oozes, then ordered him to return to Blingdenstone and claim it as part of the Faceless Lord’s new domain. The Pudding King slipped back into
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
, and the few creatures that claim to have been inside the structure describe it as a hostile realm of mathematical impossibilities, a clockwork house of horrors. Some residents speculate the Cube is
Planar Parade), recruits the characters to defend the embassy from an approaching githyanki warship. 3 A merciless githyanki knight arrives in Xaos on the back of a young red dragon. He asks the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
carried me from the inferno, so shall I rise from death to defend my riches.
Scratches on the floor beneath the stone cog indicate that it can rotate, yet no amount of pressure budges it. Any search of
, though it takes a character 30 hours to claim it all. Multiple characters working together can shorten the time proportionately. Fifty gemstones (100 gp each) can also be pried loose from the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
it desperately tries to defend its life. Likewise, kinship to their own tribe can prompt kobolds to battle another kobold tribe for resources or territory. Such conflicts aren’t common, because two
tribes will always prefer to expand in different directions if they come into contact, but they do happen. For example, two neighboring tribes that want exclusive claim to a flock of mountain goats might
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
burial chamber. Four skeletal guards with rusty swords surround the distinguished skeleton.
This burial chamber belongs to King Alendria’s honor guard, who defend his kingdom even in death. If the
skeletons instead kneel, each pledging a silent vow to defend the characters for the next 1d4 hours or until the skeletons earn their second death (whichever comes sooner). After these vows are fulfilled
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
. Defense of the Upper City is handled by the Watch, the official constabulary of the city’s elite. Their duty is to defend the patriars and enforce their laws, and little else. For the rest of
in any meaningful way — at least not publicly — but try (at least nominally) to curb its influence where and how they can. I lost count of how many gangs claim territory in the Lower and Outer City
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
attacks began, allowing Targos time to prepare. The local militia swells with furious residents eager to defend their town, and siege weapons are brought to bear. Unfortunately, many of the town’s prepared
. The dragon and the duergar claim 200 lives each hour, leaving the devastated town with a population of 300 when all is said and done. Roughly half of these survivors are Bryn Shander natives; the rest
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Uni and the Hunt for the Lost Horn
approach the tent hear the following exchange in Common: “What a terrible way to treat anyone, let alone a king,” croaks a voice. “I demand my tithe! If your master takes much longer, I’ll claim that
, “Pathetic worms! The horn is mine, and none shall stand in the way of my destiny! Beasts, destroy them!”
The four wolflike creatures are Worgs who defend Kelek, a human Mage, as he reads lines of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
inspire your Darklord’s objectives: Change society Claim a new role Continue a tradition Correct a tragic event Defend the status quo Enforce order Escape their prison Find a missing person Maintain
make it clear that the characters now have the Darklord’s full attention. No Remains. Darklords don’t usually leave corpses. When a Darklord is defeated, the Mists claim their body, or the corpse
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
Monster Manual. Morty, a hell hound, belongs to Auntie Greenbones and is her loyal pet. The fiend never leaves her side and fights to the death to defend her. Vile Sazha hates Morty almost as much as
recruit the characters to destroy Cyrena, the naiad who is bound to the baths (area T5), claiming that a “capricious elemental spirit” has been attacking guests and trying to claim the bathhouse as its
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a2
claimed one of the largest caverns as a common room and food storage area. They defend it against all intruders. Characters coming from area 16 might not be able to see everything at first. Floundering
. The females tend the colony’s eggs and raise hatchlings in the southwest cave. Six troglodytes defend the hatchery and fight to the death to defend their young. The chamber also contains two dozen
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
Beluarian is to buy a “charter of exploration.” Baldur’s Gate lays claim to everything east of the Mistcliff and north of Kitcher’s Inlet, and now that Mezro is picked clean, it’s trying to extend its
claim south to Refuge Bay. No one (including the merchant princes of Port Nyanzaru) has the force in Chult to dispute this claim. So within its territory, the Flaming Fist does as it pleases, including
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
anchor outside the harbor up to a mile away, ready to defend the anchorage. The third ship is always at sea, usually prowling for victims. You can randomly determine which ships are where. The captain of
Jahaka Anchorage, the pirates claim it’s a trading post or an exploratory base established by the Flaming Fist or a merchant consortium, and they’ll put up a convincing front to that effect. They’ll do