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Monsters
Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn
)", "rollDamageType":"Acid"} or Necrotic;{"diceNotation":"5d12+6", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Corrosive Burst (Necrotic)", "rollDamageType":"Necrotic"} damage (Sammaster’s choice
clever wizard returns each time to steer the Cult of the Dragon into more desperate and sinister plots.Necrotic, PoisonAcid, Cold, Lightning
Monsters
Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn
"} or Necrotic;{"diceNotation":"8d12", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Corroding Breath (Necrotic)", "rollDamageType":"Necrotic"} damage (Sammaster’s choice). Success: Half damage.
Spellcasting
past, but the clever wizard returns each time to steer the Cult of the Dragon into more desperate and sinister plots.Acid, Necrotic, Poison
Magic Items
Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
your choice aboard it.
Transfer Attunement. You can use an action to touch a willing spellcaster. That creature attunes to the spelljamming helm immediately, and your attunement to it ends.
COST
;mercanes (both described in Boo’s Astral Menagerie), typically sell a spelljamming helm for substantially more than it cost to make. How much more depends on the market, but 7,500 gp would be a reasonable demand. A desperate buyer in a seller’s market might pay 10,000 gp or more.
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
environment to resemble such a place. The imitation is imperfect, but it’s good enough to fool greedy or desperate creatures. Once its prey enters the trap, it snatches the targets and teleports away to
succeed on a DC 16 Wisdom saving throw, or the target, along with whatever it is wearing and carrying, teleports to an unoccupied space of the balhannoth’s choice within 60 feet of it.
Vanish. The
Monsters
The Book of Many Things
Actions). The champion emits a magic wave in a 60-foot cone. Every spell of 5th level or lower ends on creatures and objects of the champion’s choice in that area.Jyn Corvis, a former adventurer
Grim Harrow, Jyn is desperate to destroy the deck and end her painful existence. If she could, she’d take the entire multiverse with her.
The Grim Champion of Desolation rides a malevolent
Backgrounds
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
.
Skill Proficiencies: Intimidation, Religion
Languages: Two of your choice
Equipment: An Orzhov insignia, a foot-long chain made of ten gold coins, vestments, a set of fine clothes, and
priests.
5
A Gruul druid hates me but would never dare to touch me.
6
I know an Izzet engineer who is desperate to pay off a debt accrued by a deceased relative.
7
Roll an additional
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
meddling in mortal affairs, and heroes sometimes call on their gods for aid in times of desperate need. Spells such as divination and commune give characters the opportunity to ask their gods for
most common means by which gods might make their wishes known. Two crucial principles should guide your use of divine involvement in your campaign: Don’t eliminate character choice. The gods can tell
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
White Dragon Mask has gone missing, stolen by a thief allied with the Zhentarim and now hidden from normal scrying magic. Varram is desperate to retrieve the mask before Severin discovers it is missing
Dragon Mask, and Leosin Erlanthar has recently learned that the dwarf Varram was seen in the trade settlement of Boareskyr Bridge, near the Serpent Hills. With the Harpers already spread far and wide on their intelligence-gathering missions, the adventurers are a perfect choice to pursue the wyrmspeaker.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
White Dragon Mask has gone missing, stolen by a thief allied with the Zhentarim and now hidden from normal scrying magic. Varram is desperate to retrieve the mask before Severin discovers it is missing
on their intelligence-gathering missions, the adventurers are a perfect choice to pursue the wyrmspeaker.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
ward (cantrip), expeditious retreat (1st level), spider climb (2nd level), gaseous form (3rd level) Levistus has no cult in the traditional sense. Instead, he offers favors to those who are desperate to
the form of the Path of Levistus trait. Path of Levistus. This creature magically teleports to a location of Levistus’s choice within 1 mile of its location. Using this ability also restores all of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
of their vessels. Both sides are desperate and offer rewards to the characters for their help. Far-Flung Invaders Creatures from another world appear in the circle during a stellar conjunction, then
choice. Waves of invaders appear throughout the night, unless the characters can activate the proper sequences of runes and star carvings to sever the invaders’ connection to the circle. Missing
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
could, taking their chances in the Mists, but they aren’t allowed that choice. The military has turned against the people, making them prisoners within their own country. With cudgel and pike, the
the soldiers claim—because time is short and the dead are coming. Falkovnia is a land besieged. Empty countryside surrounds ruined or crumbling cities. A few desperate pockets of civilization survive
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
holds weapons or bears wounds that don’t exist.
2 When I’m distracted, my shadow panics and tries to get other people’s attention, as if it’s desperate to escape me.
3 When it’s not being
Intelligence, Wisdom, or Charisma (your choice when you gain this Dark Gift). Shadow Strike. When you make a melee attack roll, you can increase your reach for that attack by 10 feet. Your shadow
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
Mark 1 Small, benign motes of elemental energy, like pebbles or water droplets, float around your head. 2 Your skin harmlessly feels blazing hot or freezing cold (your choice). 3 You have a faint
fresh water fell from above. 4 Your ears are used to the echo of empty caverns, and the bustling noises of the surface are distracting for you. 5 The idea of a space with no ceiling terrifies you. 6 You’re desperate to touch a cloud. You don’t know what it will feel like, but you hope it’s fluffy.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
compensation for raising his dead son (see “Something Old” above) or on pain of death. No one in Krezk can fashion such a gown, leaving the burgomaster with no choice but to look elsewhere. His wife
them, and these villagers are also lost. Unwilling to risk any more lives, Krezkov visits the abbey for the first time in his life and makes a desperate plea to the Abbot, who ignores the plea
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
drives her. More than any other member of the Grim Harrow, Jyn is desperate to destroy the deck and end her painful existence. If she could, she’d take the entire multiverse with her. The Grim
champion emits a magic wave in a 60-foot cone. Every spell of 5th level or lower ends on creatures and objects of the champion’s choice in that area.
Domenico Cava Jyn Corvis I remember my first
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Astral Adventurer’s Guide
hear what’s happening on and around the vessel as though you were standing in a location of your choice aboard it. Transfer Attunement. You can use an action to touch a willing spellcaster. That creature
more than it cost to make. How much more depends on the market, but 7,500 gp would be a reasonable demand. A desperate buyer in a seller’s market might pay 10,000 gp or more.
Wildspace Orrery
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
necessities. Furthermore, expenses cover the cost of maintaining your equipment so you can be ready when adventure next calls. At the start of each week or month (your choice), choose a lifestyle from the
lifestyle choice can have consequences. Maintaining a wealthy lifestyle might help you make contacts with the rich and powerful, though you run the risk of attracting thieves. Likewise, living frugally might
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
necessities. Furthermore, expenses cover the cost of maintaining your equipment so you can be ready when adventure next calls. At the start of each week or month (your choice), choose a lifestyle from the
lifestyle choice can have consequences. Maintaining a wealthy lifestyle might help you make contacts with the rich and powerful, though you run the risk of attracting thieves. Likewise, living frugally might
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
environment to resemble such a place. The imitation is imperfect, but it’s good enough to fool greedy or desperate creatures. Once its prey enters the trap, it snatches the targets and teleports away to
succeed on a DC 16 Wisdom saving throw, or the target, along with whatever it is wearing and carrying, teleports to an unoccupied space of the balhannoth’s choice within 60 feet of it. Vanish. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Palace of Bones and the gold-scaled Ping’On Tower loom. By day, the streets are largely empty, except for those few desperate residents of I’Cath who have yet to succumb to the domain’s dream. They
-changing city where food is scarce and jiangshi hunt the living. With twilight comes a terrible choice: endure the uncertain terrors of the waking world or succumb to endless servitude in sleep. I’CATHAN
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
); your choice of a vial of acid, a flask of alchemist’s fire, or a vial of antitoxin; and a hunting trap. Read the Opposition Also at rank 1, you can attempt to get a reading on one creature you can
see, trying to learn useful information about it. As a bonus action, make a DC 15 Wisdom (Insight) check. On a success, you learn three details of your choice about the creature. Once you use this
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
Mummy Lord Helge C. Balzer Those desperate to escape death sometimes make terrible bargains with wicked deities. Devoting their hearts to evil forces, these villains gain power over death and a
, possibly causing the attack to miss, and the mummy teleports up to 60 feet to an unoccupied space it can see. Each creature of its choice that it can see within 5 feet of its destination space has the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
6–8 Newes. The Halvhrests’ off-kilter family pet (an animal of your choice)
9–10 Victro Belview. The Halvhrests’ stoic, nearly 7-foot-tall butler
11–12 Loren Halvhrest. An affable
(Dranzorg) cackles as wicked soldiers brick a captive into a stone wall. A desperate knight (Mara) forces tired soldiers to march toward an ominous castle (Castle Laventz). A knight (Mara) howls her
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
good solution to the quandary — if the characters have no choice but to follow a course of action they abhor — some players might end up unhappy. The Morally Ambiguous Villains table offers some twists
aberrant dragonmarks in the desperate hope of preventing another War of the Mark. 2 The villain is suffering under a terrible curse, and their increasingly serious crimes are an effort to fight off the curse
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
creature of the archon’s choice within 30 feet of it must succeed on a DC 16 Constitution saving throw, or the creature takes 13 (3d8) radiant damage and is blinded until the start of the archon’s turn
they ride forth upon the mortal world, terrified mortals make offerings in a desperate attempt to appease them, but the ashen riders aren’t merciful, and they delight in reducing the paragons of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
—such as that created by the Darkness spell—in that area is dispelled. Additionally, each creature of your choice in that area must make a Constitution saving throw, taking Radiant damage equal to 2d10
illusion, the attack rolls have Advantage. Healing Illusion. When the illusion ends, you or a creature of your choice within 5 feet of it regains a number of Hit Points equal to your Cleric level. War
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
Locations” section). 4 A desperate commoner from a faction of your choice has an impending trial in the High Courts of Sigil (see the “Lady’s Ward Locations” section). Unable to secure an advocate
portal saboteur known as the Grixitt (neutral, human spy). Cellars. Mercykillers torment rebellious inmates in the Cellars, the Prison’s dark undercroft. Desperate scratches mar the dungeon’s blood
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
the forest. Rather than check for random encounters as normal, once per day have each character make their choice of a Wisdom (Perception) or Intelligence (Nature) check. If any character’s check
trees and great swarms of biting insects. None but the desperate venture into this place, making it the ideal hiding place for outlaws or raiders. Stinging Insects. The vast number of mosquitoes and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
damage. When the characters enter, Shalfey assumes the characters are Piyarz and his conspirators. Read or paraphrase the following text: “You leave me no choice, Piyarz!” shouts a desperate voice as you
earlier in this adventure) have advantage on this check. On a failed check, Shalfey condemns the character as an agent of Piyarz and orders them to step away from the door—or else. Desperate Measures
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
have already eaten their sled dogs. Now, Gunvald has decided that desperate times require desperate measures. He plans to kill four of the tribe’s eldest members and cook them to feed the rest of the
them a choice: help or leave. Either way, he doesn’t want to provoke Auril’s wrath. The party members don’t need to help the nomads tear down the camp or set up a new one, but they must accompany the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Divine Contention
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The players must choose what to do next: repel the cultists of Talos at the north gate, or stop the zombies from assaulting the quayside. Once the players have made their choice, Jack gives each
retreat. Go to Event 12: “Last Stand.” The characters abandon the townsfolk. Go to Event 13: “Ghost Tower.” Event 12. Last Stand The party makes a desperate stand to allow the defenders to escape. Read
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
the city’s more desperate credit risks, along with its outright thieves. Stolen treasures from innumerable heists reside in the Counting House’s vaults alongside legitimate deposits, protected by the
with no choice but to keep coming back. Jopalin personally watches over the customers and ensures that only those who seem vulnerable get the “special” tea, avoiding suspicion from any who might decide
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer
desperate credit risks, along with its outright thieves. Stolen treasures from innumerable heists reside in the Counting House’s vaults alongside legitimate deposits, protected by the bank’s walls
only that they deeply crave his tea above all others, and for those who do uncover the scam, it’s often too late, leaving them with no choice but to keep coming back. Jopalin personally watches over the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a6
. A character who tastes the wine must succeed on a DC 15 Constitution or Wisdom saving throw (drinker’s choice) to keep from becoming intoxicated. (One quart is enough to make a giant reel, while a
configured, it can transport up to one giant or six human-sized persons standing in each loop of the figure-8 to the glacial rift, if one of their number is holding the map. (Nosnra uses this method of escaping if he finds himself in desperate straits.)