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Mordenkainen's Fiendish Folio Volume 1
"} piercing damage.Deep within the Ethereal Plane are the demiplanes, miniatures worlds built by powerful archmages and other mighty entities to serve as a private domain. Each demiplane is a designed realm
, built for a specific purpose. Some are fortresses, designed to keep wanderers from the material world away. Others are far more sinister, dark realms where evil dreams take root and become ghastly
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a7
Legend of the Tomb Somewhere under a lost and lonely hill of grim and foreboding aspect lies a labyrinthine crypt. It is filled with terrible traps and not a few strange and ferocious monsters to
status among D&D players and is generally regarded as one of the greatest adventures of all time.
In the words of its creator, “This is a thinking person’s adventure.” It was designed not for player
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Running Exploration Traversing a wilderness, searching a dungeon, circumventing an obstacle, finding a hidden object, investigating a strange occurrence, deciphering clues, solving puzzles, and
all sorts of unusual environments
Maps designed for use with miniatures (see “Miniatures” in this chapter) tend to be player facing, revealing nothing that would spoil the adventure.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Fiendish Folio Volume 1
Xill Deep within the Ethereal Plane are the demiplanes, miniature worlds built by powerful archmages and other mighty entities to serve as a private domain. Each demiplane is a designed realm, built
for a specific purpose. Some are fortresses, designed to keep wanderers from the material world away. Others are far more sinister, dark realms where evil dreams take root and become ghastly realities
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
, but nothing happens. The Rod Piece and Its Guardian The sixth piece of the rod can be found in area T27. The piece is guarded by Rerak, an empowered simulacrum of Acererak designed to harvest souls
, intermingled with the magic of the rod piece, causes strange mirages to appear throughout the complex. These mirages are described where they’re encountered (see areas T9, area T13, area T21, and area T24).
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
wandered in a delirium before coming upon two odd, birdlike humanoids dressed in patchwork armor and standing next to a strange infernal vehicle. The bird creatures were equipped with odd weapons and tools
the kenku took her to a junkyard called Fort Knucklebone, where they built and repaired infernal vehicles designed to move quickly across the blasted wastelands of Avernus. Lulu doesn’t remember who ran
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
of place, both attracting curious stares and expressing plenty of curiosity of their own about the strange ways of Khorvaire’s cities and towns. As you make a Talenta halfling character, give some
concept of “facts.” To you, everything is a story, and truth is in how you tell it. 7 You are annoyed by buildings and tools designed without consideration for small people. 8 You seek vengeance for a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
potential for combat, while “Nature Spirits” presents a fun quest without the danger. The quests in this chapter are designed to get the characters exploring Ten-Towns and the nearby wilderness, while
Maer Dualdon. Strange that none of the other towns on that lake have been harangued by the monster.
2 In Bryn Shander, some dwarves will pay good money to anyone who can find a lost shipment for
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
disappeared in the area. 11 Slay a dragon or some other challenging monster. 12 Discover the nature and origin of a strange location or phenomenon. 13 Pursue fleeing foes taking refuge in the dungeon. 14
of strange occurrences in a haunted house or other location. 11 Interfere with the operation of a business. 12 Rescue a character, monster, or object from a natural or unnatural disaster. 2. Identify
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
being identified as a temple, while the huge chamber next door serves as storage. It can be fun to try to make sense of such strange design ideas, but make changes as you see fit. You can set aside a
important treasures, accessible only by locked or secret door (75 percent chance of being trapped) 12–14 Room containing a puzzle that must be solved to bypass a trap or monster 15–19 Trap designed to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
Locations in Wisteria Vale In an attempt to make the demiplane as comforting and familiar as possible for Quill, the Harpers designed it to resemble his hometown, down to the buildings, the villagers
all the villagers have been invited. Like their neighbors, Josephus and Henrietta have reservations about Quill’s strange houseguest. Without any need for a check, the characters can convince
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes of the Borderlands
entrance extend into the cave.
A character who examines the symbols and succeeds on a DC 13 Intelligence (Arcana) check recognizes them as arcane runes designed to ward the cave against magical
Carrion Crawler clings to the hall’s ceiling. It is Hostile toward all other creatures and fights them on sight. C5: Wizard’s Laboratory Luca Bancone Esoteric apparatuses and strange reagents line
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
, Fierna and Belial rule in strange tandem. They are variously thought of by mortals as mother and son, daughter and father, wife and husband, or ruler and consort, but none of those terms can capture
devils that are in line for promotion or demotion. At the culmination of the process, the candidates are made vulnerable to the fires of Phlegethos through a special ritual designed for this purpose
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
dwarf “coat racks” are moving slightly. Both are designed to serve as attendants and use the duodrone stat block. Without professors to control them, the coat racks attack the characters either when
“Captain Dapplewing’s Kitchen.” C9. Curio Room Cabinets full of curiosities line the northern wall of this room. The strange items on display here include a stuffed pheasant, a sextant dressed as a doll
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
Harpells. It is likely this spirit of experimentation that caused the Harpells to found their town so far away from other settlements. Young wizards with oddly sized or shaped limbs, strange hair color
illusion, or the odd, galloping horse of lightning speeding by. Several businesses designed to attract travelers stand in Longsaddle, if for no other reason than travel along the well-named Long Road can
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
Adventure Hooks This adventure is designed for 3rd-level characters, but see the “Starting the Adventure” section for more options. When the players create characters, encourage each of them to
earth cult at the monastery and again for surviving an encounter with Renwick, the lich in area M16 of the monastery.
Strange Map An ancient map has come into the character’s possession, showing the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Borderlands Quest: Goblin Trouble
trigger the trap, since the character did not hesitate. If a player says they are carefully studying the door for anything strange, you can allow them to make the appropriate check to find clues to
the characters who succeeded on the saving throw take 2 Bludgeoning damage.
Secret Door The secret door into the final goblin lair area on the eastern cavern wall leading into the room is designed
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
three Brelish soldiers who were transformed by the strange magic of the Day of Mourning. Use the fomorian stat block for each soldier, except they are Large instead of Huge. The cowardly soldiers make
characters tell Chandry about the fallen soldiers in area L2, the ghost is put to rest and doesn’t reappear. L13: Dragonshard Pool Linda Lithen A strange pool found inside Landro has
magical effects on
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
. Ballista. This weapon is inoperable since the crash. N2. Cargo Hold Attached to the walls in this chamber are three sets of chains and manacles designed to hold large creatures. A staircase rises to the
upward and half swings down to form a ramp. Each sphere is a cryogenic stasis pod designed to keep a gnome ceremorph or a gnome squidling alive and healthy on a long voyage. The pods are
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
becomes a labyrinthine maze designed to prevent attackers or visitors from gaining access to the queen. Vlaakith’s throne room, a gargantuan hall supported by obsidian pillars, sits at the center of the
one has ever successfully mapped out the strange passages and tunnels, and a variety of scavengers, astral predators, and other creatures lair here, some of them likely dating from the time before the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
enhance an audience’s enjoyment of a performance, provided the disguise is properly designed to evoke the desired reaction. Persuasion. Folk tend to trust a person in uniform. If you disguise yourself
Activity DC Cover injuries or distinguishing marks 10 Spot a disguise being used by someone else 15 Copy a humanoid’s appearance 20 Forgery Kit A forgery kit is designed to duplicate documents and to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
below: Step 1: Identify the Item. Any creature or spirit that studies the runes on the device’s rings and succeeds on a DC 18 Intelligence (Arcana) check ascertains that the device was designed to
herself, if she’s still alive and roaming Icewind Dale.
The werebear doesn’t know the history of the Black Cabin or anything about the strange goings-on there. However, it likes to keep an eye on the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
filled with a pink, quivering gelatinous mass (the brain pool in area X15). Two other mind flayers are nearby, but their features are unclear. A strange, jagged portal appears behind the trio and then
arms lashes a hand-tentacle across the face of a shriveled mind flayer with a single, staring eye, drawing blood. Several strange pods line the walls (area X12). A mental message rings out, “You will
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
, and strange Underdark fare. Lurking next to her is a small mechanical dragon made of a shiny black substance.
Hunched over a hot stove in the west side of the room are three duergar cooks. At the
pseudodragon was a gift from Xardorok, designed to win Grandolpha’s affection. Given time, Grandolpha thinks she can turn most of the Sunblight duergar against Xardorok. Several of them have already
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
to the northeast connects to area P1. P3b: Supertemporal Arena All manner of strange immortals fill rows of seating inside a gigantic glass viewing sphere floating amid swirling energy. An
). Treasure. A character who searches the room finds curios worth 15,000 gp, a dagger of venom, a suit of demon armor, and an instrument of the bards (Anstruth harp), all designed with vulpine shapes
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
inset with dark stones that reflect the chamber’s dim blue light.
If the characters look into the chamber without interrupting the ritual taking place, read: Glowing symbols and strange designs are
priestesses are a strange bunch, in the average warrior’s opinion, and conduct some very noisy ceremonies in their temple — this must just be another one. It is a different matter, of course, if a patrol sees
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Descent into the Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth
flap-like ears, another protruding tusks, and a third drooping wattles—all are strange and doleful.
Adrián Ibarra Lugo A ghastly visage outside the entry
caverns portends the dangers within Each
a minotaur thief who fell prey to the trap in this cave. The two leather sacks beside it are illusions designed to lure greedy intruders to their doom. A character who inspects the sacks and succeeds
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
drooping wattles—all are strange and doleful.
The carved faces are magical. They are immune to all damage and speak a few programmed messages. When a creature approaches one of the tunnels, the face
designed to lure greedy intruders to their doom. A character who inspects the sacks and succeeds on a DC 18 Intelligence (Investigation) check or who makes physical contact with one of them discerns their
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
giants. If the characters stay at the Calling Horns Inn for a night, they and Tamalin are awakened in the wee hours by a strange racket. Two trolls are trying to claw their way into the inn’s stable to
dwarven enclave except patrols and honored guests. Cleverly hidden traps await those who storm the halls uninvited, and beneath the citadel is an expansive network of tunnels and caverns designed to confuse