desert invent are broken

Setting

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

of Kled. The buried city does not have to change much at all; a 5,000-year old dwarven stronghold forgotten beneath the desert sands might easily date back to the Green Age, a time when the world of

-Besil lies. Rivergard Keep is admittedly a little problematic in a desert world, but the solution is simple: It lies on the dusty banks of a river long dried up. The Crushing Wave cultists occupying

Ghost of Amun Sa

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase

dune. At first, he seems to shimmer in the heat and desert haze, but as he walks closer, it becomes apparent that he’s a ghost. This is the ghost of Amun Sa, former pharaoh of Bakar. He walks in a

from my tomb: my magic staff and the star-gem of Mo-Pelar. Only then will the curse be lifted, freeing my soul and healing this broken land. “Many have tried, and none have succeeded. If you undo my

Iymrith's Lair

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder

Iymrith’s Lair The Doom of the Desert has claimed an enormous, abandoned amphitheater in the desert as her lair (shown on map 12.1). Beneath the amphitheater lie chambers where the blue dragon sleeps

and hides her treasure. When the characters approach Iymrith’s lair for the first time, read or paraphrase the following boxed text aloud to the players. Your long journey ends here, in the desert. A

Optional Encounter

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries

, sensing your presence. The tiny creatures are desert-dwelling chwingas (see their stat block at the end of the adventure) that live in tiny caves built up on the shell of a giant dragon tortoise. If

bind Ogruhl can be broken with a successful dispel magic spell (DC 19). If commanded to do so, the golem uses its sapphire heart to cast dispel magic with a flash of blue light. If the players don’t

False Tomb

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase

the desert heat. Each also holds a torch. Two siblings, Atfez and Pachi (neutral good, human bandit captains), stand guard outside the pyramid’s entrance, keeping watch for creatures that might

Atfez and Pachi notice the characters, they’re surprised to see other people in the desert, especially at night. Atfez, the more assertive sibling, interrogates the characters about their presence

3. Serpents of the Sands

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder

3. Serpents of the Sands Two rows of sandstone pillars support the ceiling of this vast chamber. Before Iymrith claimed it as her own, this room was once a secret temple belonging to a sect of desert

Dendar the Night Serpent). Standing around the edge of the hole are three yuan-ti purebloods wearing desert robes and six yuan-ti malisons. Two of the malisons are type 1 (human body with a snake head

Kuo-toa

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)

days when the two races first met. “They invent their own gods… the very definition of insanity.” — Sabal Mizzrym of Menzoberranzan God Makers. Kuo-toa worship gods of their own creation, but if

claws, and an articulated shell covering her shoulders. Blibdoolpoolp was likely invented by a kuo-toa that improved on a broken human statue by adding the limbs and head of a crustacean. In sudden

Doomspace in a Nutshell

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Light of Xaryxis

multicolored gas. An intense, flickering light emanates from the moon’s core, creating a sort of celestial beacon. Lesk. The largest of the nine moons of En is a dark desert. Here, clans of ssurran (see

have tried to harvest the crystal, only to find that it can’t be chipped or broken by any magic or force known to them.

Feywild Features

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Domains of Delight: A Feywild Accessory

came to be is a mystery. Perhaps some Fey felt a deeper affinity with the natural world and chose to emulate it, while other Fey began to control nature, using magic to invent new ways of living

meadow or walking across a desert in the Feywild is often no different than doing the same on the Material Plane, but sometimes the Feywild needs to feel otherworldly. Playing with something as simple as

Locations A - D

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder

is now a desert. Northernmost Anauroch is a cold land of frost-rimed rock and the black glacier known as the High Ice. Farther south lies the waterless Plain of Standing Stones, where winds scour

jagged rocks amid a sea of gravel. Anauroch’s most southerly part is the Sword — a hot, sandy desert. Use the Desert Monsters table in appendix B of the Dungeon Master’s Guide to inspire encounter ideas

The Present Age

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide

, returned from a nearly two-thousand-year-long excursion in the Shadowfell, to hover above the Anauroch desert. The shadow-touched nobles of the city almost immediately began hunting for ancient Netherese

the waters rose to the east in early 1486, the tide turned against the orcs in the North, and by the end of the year their armies were broken and scattered. Also during that year, the elves of Myth

Gnome Gods

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes

Trickery Gold nugget Gelf Darkhearth CN Frustration, destruction War Broken anvil Nebelun CG Invention, luck Forge,* Knowledge, Trickery Bellows and lizard tail Rill

lizardfolk god splashed in his favorite pool? Who else would use Thor’s hammer to pound a nail and thus be inspired to invent the lightning rod? Garl never needs to persuade Nebelun to join an excursion

World-Shaking Events

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)

10 Divine judgment Some of the disasters on the table might not make immediate sense in the context of your campaign world. A flood in the desert? A volcanic eruption on grassy plains? If you

name (or invent) a group that opposes it, fomenting revolution. Then let the following points help you flesh out the conflict: Name three things the rebels want or hope to achieve. The rebels achieve a

Halls of the Upper Priesthood

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase

This long corridor has a wooden door at each end. Ancient, rotting black drapes hang loosely over the entrances to four small rooms on each side of the hall. The cells contain only dirt and broken cots

desert with a group of adventurers on a quest for a magic amulet. To their surprise, Uma and her companions were approached by the spirit of Amun Sa. They heeded his plea and entered this pyramid

Chromatic Dragons

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)

desert sands. As the dragon ages, its scales become thicker and harder, and its hide hums and crackles with static electricity. These effects intensify when the dragon is angry or about to attack

of hours or even days, attacking from a distance with volleys of lightning, then flying well out of harm’s reach as it waits to attack again. Desert Predators. Though they sometimes eat cacti and

Locations V - Z

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder

greenery on the edge of the Anauroch desert. Woodcutters from Parnast warn adventurers not to enter too deeply into Weathercote Forest, as ancient elven magic has a way of making people disappear forever

following changes: Orok is chaotic neutral. He doesn’t have darkvision. He speaks Bothii (the Uthgardt language) and broken Common. He lacks the kobold’s Sunlight Sensitivity feature (but retains the pack

Locations E - H

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder

(Athletics) check. The altar can be broken in half to get at the ground underneath; it has AC 17, 100 hit points, a damage threshold of 10, and immunity to poison and psychic damage. Uthgar’s early followers

dire wolves 3 1 giant boar 4 1 giant elk Graypeak Mountains An intermittent range of mountains running north and south separates Delimbiyr Vale from the Fallen Lands and the desert of Anauroch. The

Neverdeath Catacomb Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin

the west and south. Its metal double door bears a rusty broken chain and a padlock that hangs off the door. The well-oiled door opens noiselessly. The crypt interior is dusty, with numerous tracks

beyond it. If the characters are determined to explore the other Waterclock Guild chambers, you can invent water-themed or clockwork-based denizens and traps for them to encounter. Treasure. The clock

Locations M - P

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder

. Skulls, bones, rusted armor, and broken weapons are all that remain of those killed by orc axes and the dragon’s icy breath. Suggested Encounter Eight Zhentarim thugs (LE male and female humans of

chased out of the northern Anauroch desert by Iymrith and her brood (see the “Anauroch” section). Neverwinter Once known as the Jewel of the North, the city of Neverwinter was badly damaged when nearby

Locations R - U

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder

Luruar, this region of the North is hemmed in by the Ice Spires to the north, the Rauvin River to the south, the Frost Hills to the west, and the desert of Anauroch to the east. Mineral-rich mountain

Grandfather Tree. This branch grew into a towering oak tree, which today is surrounded by a raised inner ring of cairns and a broken outer ring of mounds with more cairns atop them. Beneath these

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