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harengon brigands, who stole its head, which the scarecrow describes as a most glorious stag skull. It desperately wants its head back, and it’s a bit self-conscious about its replacement head: a
hollow gourd that now sits askew on its shoulders. Eight copper coins are sealed inside the gourd, causing the head to rattle whenever Clapperclaw nods, turns, or shakes its head.
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Monsters
Mordenkainen's Fiendish Folio Volume 1
, their lack of cunning foiled her plans. Many tumbled into the sea and drowned, too simpleminded and impatient to learn how to swim. Others smashed caravans and crushed their defenders most effectively
deeply embedded magical compulsion to obedience.
Treasure Hungry. The hag had a particular love of silver, and was loath to allow even the smallest bit of that metal to slip through her grasp. Her
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
Q49. Beacon Tower Door The parapet narrows to a width of ten feet, ending before a sturdy wooden door set into the wall of the eastern tower. This door is barred from the inside. The phantom warriors
in the tower’s turrets (area Q52) make ranged attacks against characters who try to force their way into the tower. These spectral defenders have three-quarters cover behind the arrow slits.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hold Back The Dead
stronghold’s most effective defenders and decides to sabotage the siege weapon, then kill the characters. Read or paraphrase the following about an hour after their previous encounter (after the
realizes that this Corlie is an imposter; she is a bit too tall, and her voice a bit too low. If the characters allow, the false Corlie and squires move to the siege weapon and begin attacking it
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
defenders from here in the keep to defend it through the rest of the night, but that will take time. You’d do us a great service if you could get to the mill quickly and drive away the raiders before they
cultist and one guard per character — are hiding inside the mill, waiting for the characters to show up. The mill is a simple rectangular barn, about 40 feet long and 20 feet wide, with an attached
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
defenders from here in the keep to defend it through the rest of the night, but that will take time. You’d do us a great service if you could get to the mill quickly and drive away the raiders before they
cultist and one guard per character—are hiding inside the mill, waiting for the characters to show up. The mill is a simple rectangular barn, about 40 feet long and 20 feet wide, with an attached
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
castle is lit by torches regardless of the time of day. Doors inside the castle aren’t locked unless the text states otherwise. Castle Defenders The castle’s relatively small size makes it possible
than the castle’s courtyard. Thus, the battlements and parapets that top the outer walls appear 20 feet high from the outside and are 10 feet high on the inside. Icy stone steps at either end of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
repeat this pattern several times, perhaps breaching a spot here or there before the defenders push them back. Then they start trying different tactics. Smoke Screen Late in the day, the orcs start a
hope the defenders are unable to put the fires out and protect the perimeter from breaches. Relief Arrives At dawn, the orcs make a final push. It should seem like they might overwhelm the defenders in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
the wall, providing a rampart for defenders stationed on the wood-planked walkway. The wall’s hinged gates are 15 feet tall and can be barred from the inside with iron-banded wood beams. These gates are closed when it’s dark outside—which is to say more often than not.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
Assault Encounters Level 1 of the fortress teems with defenders. While most sahuagin are clustered as described in “The Defense,” a few locations prove central to the fortress’s security. 1. North
he survived, are now stationed here. If the party engages the sahuagin in combat here, the defenders’ numbers and central location on the level instantly raise the alert. Treasure. Amid mundane
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
sun or moon is. Defenders. The potential foes in this area are varied. The fire cultists pretend to be servants of the Circle of the Scarlet Moon. Among them, only Elizar has druid capabilities. Fires
are tall enough for humans to crouch in. Bedrolls and clothing are scattered on most tents’ floors. Most also have lanterns hanging inside or from the frame supporting the tent entrance. Treasure. Most of the visitors here carry 2d10 gp in mixed coinage and minor valuables.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
crush the defenders in a pincer attack. The Saltmarsh council explains that the characters’ role is to serve as a strike force, disrupting the sahuagin defenses and slaying as many foes as possible before
the main force engages the enemy. A cunning party should have the chance to take out numerous defenders, open the gate in area 1, and slay sahuagin leaders, possibly without ever raising an alert
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
created within or pass through a 20-foot-radius Sphere centered on a point you choose within range. Any creature or object entirely inside the Sphere has Immunity to Thunder damage, and creatures have
the Deafened condition while entirely inside it. Casting a spell that includes a Verbal component is impossible there. Silent Image Level 1 Illusion (Bard, Sorcerer, Wizard)
Casting Time: Action
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal
Kalka-Kylla Adventurers who get inside the halls of The Hidden Shrine of Tamoachan are likely to find a unique opportunity — the chance to communicate with a crustacean that can speak. If Kalka-Kylla
is coaxed out of its hiding place and not attacked, it might provide visitors with a bit or two of possibly useful information. Kalka-Kylla Large monstrosity, neutral
Armor Class 15 (natural armor
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
basic or special facility can have one or more closets, washrooms, or similar enclosures. The closets must be inside the facility and can’t increase the facility’s area in squares. These features are
), reduce by 2 the number of dice rolled to determine how many Bastion Defenders are lost in the attack.
Doors and Windows. Each facility comes with one or more doors and shuttered windows, placed
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
, and 4 feet high. Ceilings. Most ceilings are 12 feet high. Defenders. Jolliver Grimjaw is known as “Jolly” to his followers, as a shortening of his first name and an sarcastic comment on his demeanor
ground level and 10 feet above inside ground level. A crenellated parapet faces the outside. One bandit stands watch on each of the four wall sections, pacing back and forth.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
inside the castle’s walls and overran the defenders. Then came the Second Dragonspear War, more than a century ago, during which a strange cloak of mist settled over the castle, and the forces of
expressed a desire to seek shelter there. As I tell them at such times, it is better to seek shelter inside an opened tomb in these lands, and crawl in to huddle among the warrior dead within, than to seek
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
can’t be done until every bit of treasure inside it is removed. Only Strahd can open the two means of entry: a sealed adamantine door set into the base of the tower on the north side, and an adamantine
the ground floor inside the tower. If your card reading indicates an encounter with Strahd in this area, he is perched atop the tower.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
Melding Myconids share everything through melding. Rapport spores carry a tiny bit of all myconids to the other myconids in their circle, to be absorbed and reside within them, and creating a
become her followers on the Material Plane. Its mind completely lost inside the demon queen’s insidiously mad vision, Phylo became enthralled by the promise of plentiful soil and moisture, perpetual rot
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal
Leucrotta The leucrotta is every bit as horrible as its grotesque appearance would suggest: the body of a hyena perched atop the spindly legs of a deer and topped with the head of a giant badger. A
group of these creatures lurks inside a location in the Doomvault (Dead in Thay), where they use their talent for mimicry to call for help — enticing would-be prey to come to their rescue before
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
bit of special material to fuel his experiments and continue his work — a piece of the characters’ souls, extracted by his machinery. With a successful DC 15 Charisma (Persuasion) check made to
negotiate with Kwalish, the gnome asks only for a single bit of soul energy from any one character. If unsuccessful, he demands one bit of soul from each character in exchange for his aid or information. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
. Northern Smelter Smoke and Heat. Smoke fills this room, making the area lightly obscured. The temperature inside the room is a searing 120 degrees Fahrenheit.
Forge. Roaring flames fill a stone forge
out tremendous heat thanks to a fire elemental magically trapped inside it. Runes carved on the inside walls of the forge prevent the elemental from escaping or harming anyone outside the forge
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
these defenders are Mages from the city’s Guild of Wizardry, as well as Priests from local temples. The captain-general and constable of the City Watch are stationed at the Grand Citadel (see “City
the wall tops can be gained via lifts in each gatehouse. In addition, along the inside base of the outer wall are secret compartments at 300-foot intervals, each one containing a 30-foot-tall wooden
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
The Sealed Gate Once inside, the characters can explore Rigus. Any patrolling soldier can curtly direct the characters to the gate to Acheron. The path to the gate, which lies beneath Rigus’s hill
deadly attacks from the gate’s far side. Assaults from Acheron are common, but these attacks have been highly effective and have caught Rigus’s defenders off guard each time. Extra troops now defend the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver
“Cover” in the Basic Rules). DISGUISED CHARACTERS
Rather than storm Cragmaw Castle with weapons in hand, clever characters might try to talk their way inside. For example, they might don the scarlet
characters a chance to succeed.
It’s okay if the characters circumvent combat and talk their way past castle defenders. Both the Cragmaw tribe and the Redbrands work for the Black Spider, so the goblinoids
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
the city walls. We are the defenders of the wilderness and of the society that does not understand it. Most have forgotten that there is an ancient, natural order that existed long before our
, and it moves us to do our work. That is why we are never alone. Even in the midst of a noisy, crowded city we can feel the presence of the natural world inside us, fresh, strong, and alive. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Divine Contention
is soon breached, so it doesn’t matter whether the party faces their foes on the ramparts or inside the town: more undead are always coming! In the first round, the players face three ghasts per
. Mark one victory and advance to Event 2: “The Storm Breaks.” The party retreats. The undead spill into the town. Proceed to Event 5: “Streets of Rage.” Event 2. The Storm Breaks If the defenders hold
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
withdrew to nurse their wounds, leaving Goldenfields’ defenders to wonder when the next attack would come. The attack hasn’t changed the mood among the residents, who place great stock in the strength of
G8, inside the inn)
Lifferlas, awakened tree (starts at area G6, in the grove of trees)
Zi Liang, acolyte of Chauntea (starts at area G7)
Miros Xelbrin, innkeeper (starts at area G8, inside the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes of the Borderlands
Smelting Kalista recently received a cartload of battered and rusted weapons seized by the keep’s defenders. She asks the characters to help melt them down. The disarmament process takes 1 hour. To aid
toward the back of the shop is roped off and bears a hastily scrawled sign that reads, “WARNING! FIRE GHOST. STAY OUT!” Inside the storeroom, jumbled goods cram floor-to-ceiling shelves.
Shop Services
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
undead in his watery lair, they discover the damaged magical seal that once kept the portal inside the Pit of Hatred closed. Only by resealing the rift can they end its corruption for good. PLACING THE
Claw. In desperation, the defenders called upon the Traveler for divine aid that seemingly saved the fort. But in the end, the god’s fickle whim saw Syrgaul and his crew transformed, and ultimately
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
thought they were, and he leaves the meeting more than a little bit angry. Erlanthar stays and makes one more appeal to their sense of honor and duty. If the characters still turn him down, he reaches
into his tunic and pulls out a soft leather pouch, which he hands to one of the characters. Inside is a magnificent ruby worth 1,200 gp. He explains that if they take the mission, this ruby will be
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
forms the perimeter of a large hole, while east of the building is a larger wooden structure covered with creeping vines.
As you come a bit closer, the sound of voices suddenly emerges from the shack
the 2-foot-high wall into the hole, which is dark, but they don’t get an idea of how deep the hole is or what’s in it. If a character comes up to the stone wall and looks down inside the hole, this
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Fiendish Folio Volume 1
learn how to swim. Others smashed caravans and crushed their defenders most effectively, but looted cheap, bulky trade goods while leaving valuable smaller treasures behind. Frustrated by her servants
loath to allow even the smallest bit of that metal to slip through her grasp. Her spell gave the crab folk an insatiable love for silver. When they see it, all crab folk feel an irresistible urge to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
sit at their breakfast. “It’s a sliver of bone,” she whispers, “curled into a circle so you can swallow it in a mouthful of gruel without noticing. Once eaten, it slowly uncurls inside you, exposing
, she already knows, but she needed to find out what the characters know. She pumps them for every bit of information they’re willing to share while offering little in return except confirmation of what
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
a bit about everyone’s business. She wears a simple yellow dress and keeps her hair short. When Friendly, Aunt Dellie shares the following: “Past the farms of the Ribbon is a wild, unsettled land
a loose vest. When Friendly, Hurch shares the following: “Father sold a few pigs to a copper-haired witch named Nakari. She said she lived four miles inside the Rattle, but Father thought she was