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Candlekeep Mysteries
see.Well over 1,500 years ago, the silver dragon Miirym broke into Candlekeep, intent on adding its riches to her hoard. She devoured scholars and destroyed a score of irreplaceable books before she was
the books and scrolls kept in her subterranean domain. The Sentinel Wyrm can be summoned by the Keeper of Tomes and called upon to defend Candlekeep from invaders who would plunder or destroy it. In her
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldurâs Gate Gazetteer
rare tomes. Adventurers looking for work sometimes linger nearby, waiting to hire on to missions intent on recovering lost books of magic.
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
rare tomes. Adventurers looking for work sometimes linger nearby, waiting to hire on to missions intent on recovering lost books of magic.
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
with the intent to cause harm. Assault, murder, and fraud will all land you in hot water. Other crimes walk the edge of legality. Both gambling and prostitution are legal in Sharn, but these
industries are heavily taxed and regulated; the most profitable games are found in the shady halls that operate off the books. Likewise, smuggled goods include strictly illegal thingsâillicit drugs, mystical
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
17. Lichâs Study Ezzat the lich spends much of his time in this dusty, cobweb-filled room, poring over books that claim to shed light on Halasterâs mastery of Undermountain. The lichâs neutral evil
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Books. The room is cluttered with stacks of books, most of them caked with dust (see âBooksâ below).
Desk and Chair. A path between the books leads from the door to an old desk and chair by the
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
, a drow priestess of Lolth named Neheedra Duskryn stayed behind. Neheedra was obsessed with collecting spell gems for their power and beauty, intent on making herself the regal and powerful master of
. Unfortunately, the magical pacts she struck eventually transformed the vain priestess into a medusa. Enraged by her fate, Neheedra turned her servants to stone and descended into madness. Over decades
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
stand guard in this chamber. If the characters made any obvious noise as they descended the stairs (including talking), these guardians try to hide along the walls adjacent to the stairs, behind the
. South Doors. This double door is unlocked. B2. Arcane Study Bundles of papers, diagrams, scrolls, and books lie scattered on a desk and across the floor of this room, which is lit by two glowing crystal
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
villagers had fled, four pale-skinned giants descended from the sky, uprooted the nightstone in the village square, and took it back to their castle. The cloud castle left soon thereafter, drifting
of books on philosophy, nature, and poetry. While the contents of this room held great sentimental value to the Nandars, thereâs nothing particularly valuable to be found here. 14d. Upstairs Hall This
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
cavaliers and samurai existed in the real world, our inspirations for both fighter archetypes are taken from popular culture (folk tales, movies, and comic books), not from history. Our intent is to capture
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
over a silver dragon wyrmling in the name of its masterâa lich hoping to corrupt the dragon when the dragon is older.
5 A silver dragon wyrmling besieges a pack of pseudoÂdragons, intent on
books of philosophy arguing with each otherâs works.
3 An adult red dragon killed a group of adventurers that an adult silver dragon had befriended, and the silver dragon now seeks revenge.
4
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
much as he could. Heâs a quiet but popular fixture in the keep, and the Avowed are always saying hello to him and recommending new books for him to read. He is currently reading Storm Kingâs Thunder
some years ago.
You can use Little One to introduce your player characters to rare books such as the ones described in this adventure anthology. Little One doesnât mind sharing whatever book he is
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
has long since been turned over to storage for items the family has no use for but doesnât want to throw out. This dusty chamber is crammed with stacks of old books, barrels of broken tools and
descended deep to the Haven of the Red Quill. The guardians almost finished us before the door was opened. Gods, how I wish âŠâ The characters are welcome to take or copy any of the documents, but Taresson
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
from a sturdy frame of whale ribs.
Books and scrolls are stacked neatly on tables and reading stands made of hide and whalebone. The only furnishings in the shelter not made from these natural
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
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
books: Hymns to the Dawn, a volume of chants to the Morninglord, and The Blade of Truth: The Uses of Logic in the War Against Diabolist Heresies, as Fought by the Ulmist Inquisition, a strange book that
that the gods will tell him how to save Doru without destroying him. If the characters seem intent on slaying Doru, Donavich does his best to stop them. If Doru dies, Donavich falls to the floor and
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
suspended from a sturdy frame of whale ribs.
Books and scrolls are stacked neatly on tables and reading stands made of hide and whalebone. The only furnishings in the shelter not made from these natural
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
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
include a soft bed, a rug, a bookshelf, and a large, compartmentalized chest containing folded clothing and ordinary personal effects. 21. Library Like most wizards, Sansuri has acquired books covering a
bronze lantern hanging above the table has a continual flame spell cast within it. Treasure Among Sansuriâs collection of books are four historical texts chronicling the rise and fall of Ostoria (worth 500
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
roughly triangular room are filled with floor-to-ceiling bookshelves. Hundreds of books and scrolls were thrown free of their resting places when the city crashed and now cover the floor. Time and bitter
cold have not been kind to them.
Most of the books and scrolls that litter the floor have been ruined by centuries of disuse, but adventurers who search the remains unearth two survivors: a scroll
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Scions of Elemental Evil
) check to discern that the guardian is animate. Guardianâs Challenge. When a character comes within 5 feet of the statue, the guardian animates and says: âOblivion is nigh! State your intent or leave
characters pass if a character expresses loyalty to Elemental Evil, the intent to join the cults, or any similar sentiment. The guardian does nothing if the characters donât answer, but if a character
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Nest of the Eldritch Eye
Hallwinter but also what it has witnessed while haunting these catacombs. The ghost can share the following information with the characters: Catacomb Invaders. A small group of Humanoids descended into the
finds a hidden compartment in one of the shelved books. Inside is a Spell Scroll of Protection from Evil and Good. N6: Tomb of the Knight A stone, gold-painted sarcophagus rests in the center of this
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
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
is always closed, to keep Knuckles from raiding the pantry. 6C. Boscoâs Bunk Boscoâs private room contains a hammock, a locked sea chest stuffed with clothes and trinkets, a few musty books, and a pile
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
sudden appearance of giants â and not just hill giants but also stone, frost, fire, and cloud giants. Naxene is convinced that now is not the time for half-measures. She has read books about the ancient
uses to scry on everyone and everything. Based on what Chazlauth knows about green dragons, and Old Gnawbone in particular, he doesnât think the dragon will harm the characters if they seem intent on
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
time (see âNintraâs Endâ below). If the characters do not speak with Zyrian for some reason, spending an hour searching the books of the library turns up references to the ritual that created The
circle to express in writing their intent to free Nintraâwhereupon the Princess of the Shadow Glass appears in the circle and the fight begins. Fighting Nintra. Nintra screams in ecstasy when she is
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
intent, the bosuns welcome them to the Lambent Zenith and call for Ilren, who stepped in as the campâs interim leader when the shipâs first mate fell ill. The githyanki explain that they havenât heard
the deskâs drawers. Z13: Study Books and scrolls concerning arcane subjects pack the bookshelves here. Pressed against the wall is a redwood desk, atop which are clean sheets of parchment and two
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
floor. The shelves are crammed with books, scrolls, and folios. Four robed cultists stand near the south shelves instructing two ghouls to tidy up the books.
A stone coffin rests against the north
the jumble of books the cultists brought to this tomb. The library belongs to Ayren Griffynstone, a human Neverwinter historian. The room hasnât fared well in the graveyardâs upheavals, and the uneven
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a6
dwarves chained to the floor and forced to labor making weapons. Four of them are dwarf commoners intent only on escaping if they are released, but the fifth is a veteran who volunteers to stay with the
corridor holds piles of skins, five cots, several stools, two tables, and several chests and sacks containing personal gear (including several huge, thin books on mining techniques written in Giant
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
you?â Shatterkeel hears out those who claim to bring news or gifts, and he might be persuaded to let them go if they seem intent on attacking one of the other cults. If drawn into an explanation of
tomes written in Dethek (the Dwarvish script). These are the missing books of Bruldenthar, the sage from Mirabar. The sage is held in the mines below the Sacred Stone Monastery. C27. Priestsâ Quarters