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Pidlwick II

Monsters Curse of Strahd

sneak out of the closet in the middle of the night, smother the guest with a pillow, and then retreat back to the closet. The castle staff never considered that the effigy might be responsible

. Pidlwick II is basically an oversized toy—a 4-foot-tall mechanism stuffed with gears, springs, and other components expertly fitted together to impart a semblance of life to it. Its skin is made of stitched

Gith Legacy

Species Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes

by revenge and convinced that they deserved to take whatever they wanted from the worlds they traveled. Ranging out from the titanic city of Tu’narath on the Astral Plane, they send raiders out

to plunder the Material Plane and other worlds, bringing treasures and slaves back to their ageless realm. At the same time, they hunt down and kill mind flayers whenever possible, as recompense for

Recap

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

Recap Start each game session after the first with a recap of what happened in the previous session. A recap helps players get back into the story. It also provides important information to players

have specific information you need to impart or if you want the recap to be concise and focused on what’s relevant. Player Recap. Let the players provide the recap if you want to gauge what they think

Recap

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules

Recap Start each game session after the first with a recap of what happened in the previous session. A recap helps players get back into the story. It also provides important information to players

have specific information you need to impart or if you want the recap to be concise and focused on what’s relevant. Player Recap. Let the players provide the recap if you want to gauge what they think

Chapter 4: Gith and Their Endless War

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

paths. The githyanki were motivated by revenge and convinced that they deserved to take whatever they wanted from the worlds they traveled. Ranging out from the titanic city of Tu’narath on the Astral

Plane, they send raiders out to plunder the Material Plane and other worlds, bringing treasures and slaves back to their ageless realm. At the same time, they hunt down and kill mind flayers whenever

Champions of Rock Throwing

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters

Champions of Rock Throwing Giants have a well-deserved reputation as living siege engines — all of them can hurl boulders with accuracy across great distances. Rock throwing — for battle, hunting

, and sport — is a tradition that goes back to the ancient times of the giants. Other races developed the sling, the spear-thrower, or the bow to artificially improve the strength and accuracy of their

Strahd's Vistani Servants

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd

Strahd back to health but also delivered him safely home. As a reward for their generosity, Strahd declared that all Vistani had the right to come and go from his land as they please, and this privilege

master, Strahd’s Vistani pretend to be helpful, but the information they impart is misleading at best and often deceptive. They readily tell adventurers that they have a potion that protects them from the

Abyssal Throne Gate

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish

creature might have knowledge to impart, a debt to repay, or a grudge to have righted. You could even have creatures from the two gates know of each another — and, as with the monastery’s sphinx and brains

. A follow-up successful DC 15 Intelligence (Religion) check can then trigger ritual magic that reverses the flood of ooze and sends it back to the Slime Pits. However, if this check is failed by 5 or

Confrontation

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver

,” he snarls. “Here’s a whole pack of little puppies. What do you want, puppies? Come here to bark at us?” If the Redbrands confront the characters in the street, read: As you head back into the street

who are captured or charmed by the characters can impart useful information. (See the “What the Redbrands Know” sidebar below.) Townmaster Harbin Wester won’t want to keep Redbrand prisoners until he

Doppelganger

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

form allows it to blend into almost any group or community, but its transformation doesn’t impart languages, mannerisms, memory, or personality. Doppelgangers often follow or capture creatures they

into a Small or Medium humanoid it has seen, or back into its true form. Its statistics, other than its size, are the same in each form. Any equipment it is wearing or carrying isn’t transformed. It

Pidlwick II

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd

of the night, smother the guest with a pillow, and then retreat back to the closet. The castle staff never considered that the effigy might be responsible, instead assuming that the guests had died

4-foot-tall mechanism stuffed with gears, springs, and other components expertly fitted together to impart a semblance of life to it. Its skin is made of stitched leather pulled taut over an

Fellow Prisoners

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss

and rending their flesh with sharp claws and teeth. He comes back to himself only after battle, or when someone reinforces his “true identity” to snap him out of it. Derendil laments that he is

duergar. Eldeth wants to get back home, but she is also defiant and self sacrificing — and therefore among the most likely prisoners to perish before getting the opportunity. If that happens, Eldeth

Ironslag: Yakfolk Village

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

feet in width and has no railing, climbs in a straight line, passing above the sealed adamantine doors of the forge (area 28) and never once doubling back on itself until it reaches the outer walls of

mostly, with a few orc and dwarf bones). The staircase resumes on the opposite side of the ledge, climbing another 150 feet to area 2. In the back of its lair, the chimera has a nest of bones, bits of

Illithinoch Locations

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

seconds to impart its psychic images. Once a crystal imparts its psychic scene, it must recharge on a shelf for 24 hours before it can do so again. A character who examines the crystals and succeeds on

results. There are 40 crystals in this room, though many of the older crystals impart the same scenes. Crystal Images d20 Image 1 A mind flayer holding a disembodied head chants over a large pool

Giant Patrons

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

archetypal giant financier is a cloud giant who constantly seeks to improve their standing in the ordning by amassing more wealth. The financier might back treasure-hunting expeditions into ancient ruins

with their eager students. The archetypal giant tutor is a stone giant who is convinced the surface world—the world of dreams—has important wisdom to impart, just as the gods sometimes speak through

Ziggurat Locations, Tiers 1–3

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

worship Madarua or Usamigaras, Artha tells the characters to turn back or suffer Gorm’s thunderous wrath. If the characters attack the guardians or refuse to heed their warnings, the guardians produce

), Kanadius can impart the following information: Cynidicean Factions. There are three other groups in the ziggurat: the Mages of Usamigaras, the Warriors of Madarua, and the Cult of Zargon. Kanadius doesn’t

Lair Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves

easily could be mistaken for treasure. If the kobolds’ attitude shifts to Friendly, the kobolds impart the following information in conversation with the characters: Nakari. The copper dragon, Nakari

copper dragon scales. Toward the back of the cave lie three small piles of treasure. Someone has carved a word in Draconic into the floor next to each pile. Nakari keeps her shed scales here. Breakaway

Roleplaying a Giant

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters

them well, even though it’s not entirely deserved. Ordning of Extravagance A cloud giant’s position within the ordning doesn’t depend on talent or skill. It depends on wealth. The more treasure a

between families can go on for generations, with fortunes and estates (and the position in the ordning that goes with them) passing back and forth repeatedly. What a parent loses, a child hopes someday

Neverdeath Catacomb Locations

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

a former occupant. The back of this coffin hides a panel with a latch that causes the wall behind it to swing aside. A character who searches the coffin or wall and succeeds on a DC 18 Intelligence

slide it through the grate with a successful DC 18 Dexterity (Sleight of Hand) check. If this check fails by 5 or more, the harp falls back into the pit. A cultist of Vecna tried to lever the harp

Tower of the Heavens Locations

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

answering ceremony is complete, then escort them back to the hostel. T4: Questioner’s Hall Four smoldering braziers dimly illuminate this somber hall. Dusty red curtains line the walls. The ceiling is

guards escort the questioners back to the hostel, ending the ceremony. Treasure. Lurg wears a gold chain belt worth 30 gp and carries the key to his desk (see area T14). T5: Mimic Door A stone door set

Halls of the Upper Priesthood

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

the tomb. What Uma Knows. In addition to the history of Bakar (detailed in this adventure’s background), Uma can impart the following information: Amun Sa’s Ghost. Twelve days ago, Uma traveled to the

until the gem is put back or the statue is destroyed. The statue has Armor Class 17, 50 hit points, and immunity to poison and psychic damage. The noise attracts nearby creatures. Roll on the Random

Locations on the Grove Level

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a1

the elixir exposes the drinker to the same disease that the diseased rat might impart with its bite, except the initial saving throw DC is 15. Northeast Chamber. Extra weapon stores include five

battered scimitars, six shortbows, and forty arrows. Southeast Chamber. The room stands empty, and the caved-in back wall leads to a natural rift in the earth (see area 44). 48. Garden Galleries The two

Far Realm Cysts

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a5

succeed on a DC 15 Strength saving throw or be drawn into the globe and unable to pass back through its boundary. As an action, a trapped creature can free itself with a successful DC 15 Intelligence

don’t impart their properties or powers. Ledges. Each rough ledge is 10 feet high and easy to scale. Stalagmites. These 10-foot-diameter spires of rock rise 20 feet above the floor. Black Gate. A black

The Foundry

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

the south. Suddenly a harsh voice calls from the shadows of the pillars, “Go back the way you came! This is the only warning you’ll get!” The cavern was formerly Durgeddin’s throne room, banquet

can impart the following bits of information: The wizard lives below this area. He wants to use Idalla for a study on prolonging life. (False.) The wizard told Idalla a bit of the history of

The Seldarine

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

life force — and in return, they revert back to their free, formless nature for a time. After this mystical communion, many elves have a deeper understanding of their origin and a firmer grasp of

light from the full moon falls on them while they are sleeping, and this silver light of Sehanine can influence their dreams and impart messages to them. Offerings to Sehanine are mostly made from silver

Spaceship Locations, Level 1

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

. Bare counters line the walls, and a few metallic trays are scattered about. Along one wall are several metal boxes, each of which has a tinted-glass door and a dial. Toward the back of the room, a

inquiries. It doesn’t impart information about the ship or its history, commenting that it’s unauthorized to answer such questions. Treasure. Two healer’s kits are mounted on the walls of this room. The

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