descends impact are band

Fensir Skirmisher

Monsters Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

can transform even a pinch of mud or gravel into a boulder suitable for hurling, and the thrown stone grows in flight to knock its target flat on impact. Fensirs Long ago, a band of frost giants

Draw In the Players

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide

, see “Respect for the Players” in chapter 1 for advice about harming the people and places characters love.) If the adventure situation doesn’t have an obvious impact on the characters or the people or

familiar trope. The mysterious figure who presents adventurers with a quest on behalf of the king might be the king in disguise. The wizard in the tower might be a projected illusion created by a band of

Karametra as Campaign Villain

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros

impact the mortal world and snare adventurers in divine affairs. Karametra’s Divine Schemes d4 Scheme 1 Karametra’s statues have covered their faces as if in despair, and nothing will grow. No

many must die before balance is restored? 3 Karametra’s civilizing influence infringes on the territory and freedom of other nature gods, and so Nylea and Pharika band together to reduce her

Khyber

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War

aberrations, fiends, and all manner of monsters. Any time someone descends below the surface of the world, they enter Khyber. But the underworld takes two very different forms. First is the natural realm

world; the portals to the worlds within defy natural law. These connections impact the world in a number of ways. Dark forces can rise anywhere in the world, bursting out of a previously unknown portal

Rejecting the Ordning

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

same crafting skill. These efforts rarely have any lasting impact, but some have managed to upset the ordning at a local level for a few centuries. Because their sense of the ordning relies on physical

inspired by these ideas, illustrating how giants’ attitudes toward the ordning can impact characters and the lives of Humanoids who live near them. Rejecting the Ordning d8 Adventure Hook 1 A giant

Using Survivors

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

survivors are designed to engage with terrifying circumstances, but their triumph over such threats is not assured. Players’ decisions will certainly impact the survivors’ fates, but if it seems like doom

group of Sneaks might all be detectives while a band of Disciples might face a terror unleashed upon a monastery. You can also allow players to choose their own survivors, as any survivor might fill a

Fensirs

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

Fensirs Arash Radkia Two fensirs bring an offering of food to a hungry devourer that has outgrown her hut Long ago, a band of frost giants led trolls in a campaign to win Annam’s favor by conquering

hurling, and the thrown stone grows in flight to knock its target flat on impact. Fensir Skirmisher Large Giant, Any Alignment Armor Class 15 (chain shirt) Hit Points 94 (9d10 + 45) Speed 30 ft

Karkolohk Locations (K1-K7)

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

, a band of goblins dug it out and hauled it back to Karkolohk. Unfortunately for them, the guardian could not be reactivated. After some thought, Chief Yarb-Gnock decided to dangle it from this

off and falls prone on the ground near the slope. On a failed save, the creature falls 150 feet onto icy rocks with goblin bones scattered among them, taking 52 (15d6) bludgeoning damage from the impact.

Cragmaw Hideout Locations

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

who leads this goblin band, had orders to waylay Gundren. Sildar heard from the goblins that “the Spider” sent word that the dwarf was to be brought to him. Sildar doesn’t know who or what the Spider

Cragmaw band that waylaid Sildar. The goblin gave Sildar a bad feeling, but the Cragmaws didn’t seem to know the creature. The goblin whispered “you’re not what Ruxithid wants” to Sildar before leaving the

Example Complex Traps

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

threat) The court jester devised a deadly trap to foil anyone who sought to steal his magic fool’s cap. The jester’s tomb is located at the end of a 10-foot-wide, 150-foot-long hallway that descends

, take maximum damage from the impact. Dynamic Element. The longer it rolls, the more lethal the sphere becomes. Speed Kills. After its turn, the sphere gains speed, represented by its damage increasing

The Mountain Door

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a2

chambers that protect the entrance to their realm. The place is still well fortified, even to this day. This former dwarven strongpoint is now occupied by a band of orc raiders, led by a fierce ogre who

east end of the bridge drops into the crevasse and slams into the cliff wall on the west side. Any characters on the bridge take 7 (2d6) bludgeoning damage from the impact with the wall and must make

Adventure Models

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

other and against nearby Humanoids. Eliminating the giant will return the volatile situation to an uneasy status quo. 6 A frost giant leads a mixed band of weaker giants in a campaign of bloodlust to

kind who is coordinating the weaker giants’ activities. Clash of Titans Sometimes giants are background elements to an adventure that has more to do with the impact of the giants’ actions on the

Keep Locations

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

, traveler near W.” The abbreviations stand for towns in the area, Beliard and Womford. One of these reports details caravan traffic in Red Larch. It makes note of the arrival of “a band of troublemakers

. Secret Door. A secret door behind Grimjaw’s seat can be found with a successful DC 10 Wisdom (Perception) check. The door hides a spiral staircase that descends to area K22. Audience with Grimjaw Jolliver

Monastery Locations

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

middle of this room descends to area M21 in the mines below the monastery. Four large columns of natural rock dominate this shrine. A wide set of steps descends into darkness in the center of the room

stairs descend ten feet to a landing, turn, and continue to descend beyond your sight. Several large buckets are stacked unevenly on the landing. To the north, a staircase descends ten feet to a door

Areas of the Air Temple

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

cultists stop playing. Frustrated with the mediocre initiates, Windharrow asks if the characters are skilled musicians and if they would like to audition for the band. If a bard character or a character

proves his or her ability to Windharrow, he recruits the characters into the band and offers them the initiates’ robes and flutes. Windharrow doesn’t tell the characters what happens to minstrels who

Areas of the Water Temple

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

-gnawed carcasses heaped beside the brazier attest to an indifferent effort to cook them over the coals. There are two doors: one north and one south. This is the den of a band of lizardfolk who

. Reinforcements. If the bugbears are defeated, they are replaced within a day by the trolls from area C12. C19. Cavern Lakeshore This natural cavern widens and descends toward a pebble-covered lakeshore

The Glitterhame

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a2

toward an underground river far below. The Glitterhame is now home to a band of troglodytes, dangerous reptilian creatures that haunt underground places. The troglodytes and Great Ulfe’s tribe

off to the north and the south, and a flight of carved stone stairs descends from the western ledge to a path that meanders through the center of the chamber toward a small iron door in the eastern

Redbrand Hideout Locations

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

character who descends into the fissure. The chest contains 160 sp, 120 gp, five malachite gems worth 12 gp each, a potion of healing, a potion of climbing, and a potion of growth. The chest also

demanding he join their band, but the terrified Droop just wants to go home. When combat breaks out, Droop hides and avoids the fight. Droop knows the general layout of the Redbrands’ hideout, as well as the

Fortress Level 2

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh

300 gp and twenty leather harnesses with silver buckles (10 gp each). Each of the battling lobsters is adorned with a silver and pearl band (25 gp). 30. Champion’s Quarters This is a spartan room. A

chanting only if they are attacked. They know the ritual must be maintained, or their lives are forfeit. If the characters cause any of the three priestesses to stop chanting, the Maw of Sekolah descends

Lair Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh

into one side of the shaft. It descends to a tunnel, 10 feet wide by 10 feet high, that leads to another identical vertical shaft that ascends into area 34. The tunnel and the shafts have neither light

of plate armor it once belonged to. Beneath the breastplate, buried in mud, is a longsword. These items were the property of a member of a band of inexperienced adventurers who tried to penetrate the

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