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Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
Trouble in Red Larch Red Larch is an excellent place for novice adventurers to begin their careers. Scenarios in this section provide 1st- through 3rd-level characters with the opportunity to learn
about Red Larch while dealing with local troubles. To unearth interesting rumors and find directions to potential adventure sites, the characters must explore Red Larch and interact with the citizens. Red Larch is described in chapter 2. See the “Trouble in Red Larch” entries for what the locals know.
Backgrounds
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
in my communication.
Ideals
d6
Ideal
1
Guild. My guild is all that really matters. (Any)
2
Change. All life is meant to progress toward perfection, and
My research builds on my parents’ work and takes it in interesting new directions.
2
If a serious problem confounds me, I can count on my mentor to provide clarity of thought.
3
A
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
Early Investigations Armed with a lead or two from their inquiries in Red Larch (and perhaps with clues from their personal calls to action), the characters can begin their search. Ask the players
following events in the adventure, employing scrying magic, or methodically searching the Sumber Hills. Some or all of the player characters might begin the adventure already in possession of useful
Backgrounds
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
to begin your career as a mere attendant, you can aspire to become a skilled mage or alchemist, a laboratory supervisor, or even a flamethrower-wielding scorchbringer tasked with defending Izzet
suspension.
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Great ideas are fine, but great results are what counts.
8
If you can guess what I’m about to do, that means I’ve run out of imagination.
Ideals
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Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
Frody Dartwild Read or paraphrase the following boxed text to begin the adventure: Froderic Dartwild, a famous bard born and raised in Toadhop, is all anyone in the hamlet can talk about. You’ve
stops stinking up the place, the sooner he can be laid to rest—again.
If the characters wish to help Frody and the people of Toadhop, they can get directions to the old Dartwild cabin and check it
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
cities and castles across the Plains of Solamnia, including Solanthus, Castle Brightblade, and Dargaard Keep. They ruled in accordance with the ideals of Vinas Solamnus, and they forged an alliance with
Istar that spread those ideals across the world. The people of Solamnia attributed their prosperity to the wise and just rulership of the knights. In the wake of the Cataclysm, faith in the knighthood
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a5
other surfaces. The characters arrive on floor 1. Map 5.12: The Phylactery Vault - Floor 1 & Floor 2 Map 5.13: The Phylactery Vault - Floor 3 & Floor 4 Begin by describing the area: The vast, four
the players understand the relative gravity of each floor. Adjacent Floors. The directions that lead to other floors in the vault are indicated on the map for floors 1 and 2. If the characters are on
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
are a trap, meant to weaken the intellect and disturb the nerves. Pay them no heed. 4 Begin only those tasks you will finish. Strike only that which you will kill. Githzerai Ideals d4 Ideal 1 Faith
a spice that makes life worth living. 4 Old age is a concept that I find fascinating. Maybe someday I too will be aged. Githyanki Ideals d4 Trait 1 Fidelity. Warriors are only as good as the vows
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
land. 6 I begin or end my day with small traditional rituals that are unfamiliar to those around me. Ideals d6 Ideal 1 Open. I have much to learn from the kindly folk I meet along my way. (Good
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
united in their dedication to their god and his ideals. A Purphoros campaign might begin with the adventurers being called together by a priest of Purphoros or a master smith to lend aid with an urgent
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
good. It attacks if threatened or if the characters begin searching the ruined mansion for treasure. If the ghost is reduced to 0 hit points, it re-forms after 24 hours. The characters receive
seek.” Characters who follow Ulrich’s directions end up at area U5. Cellar Buried under rubble inside the mansion is a stone staircase that leads down to an intact cellar. A single character can clear
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Meeting in the Mists Once the players are ready to begin, explain that they’ve each chosen to follow the message’s directions. Then read the following boxed text: Following the directions in the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
story, hoping to take the adventure in interesting new directions. The adventure allows for a fair amount of wandering. If you begin to think the party has wandered too far away from the main plot, you
sense of growing urgency and point characters in the right direction. Starting at 5th Level You can begin the adventure with 5th-level characters by skipping over chapter 1 and starting in one of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
once, Bookwyrm listens to what they have to say, then puts them in charge of the investigation, escorts them through the Emerald Door, and gives them directions to the tower. Along the way, the First
anything to endanger Candlekeep. Heading to the Barn Door It takes 5 minutes to walk from the Emerald Door to the Barn Door. As the characters begin to investigate the condemned tower, Bookwyrm meets
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
. For the cards to face the directions indicated in the statue’s instructions, some must be placed in the statue’s hands upside down. Wisdom (Insight) DC 10. The statue’s message explains the proper
the characters to defeat monsters or overcome a test of skill. Starting with a Full Hand. To make this puzzle easier and quicker, place all five cards on the table in front of the statue so the characters can begin interpreting the clues right away.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
presence begins to erode the barriers between their location and the Abyss. It can take a few years for weaker demons to warp their environment, while changes begin to occur around the location of a
world, and the region’s transformation grows more extreme. The odd but still mundane weather gives way to storms that drop burning embers, or winds that shriek in all directions, seizing living
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
out to a range of one mile. If her demands aren’t met immediately, Drufi uses the horn to signal the other frost giants, who advance to within 100 feet of the town and begin hurling rocks over the
their NPCs during the battle is up to them, but encourage the players to review their NPCs’ ideals, bonds, and flaws. For more information on how to use and run these NPCs, see the “Special NPCs
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragons of Stormwreck Isle
weapon. One of the kobolds pipes up with, “What’s your name?”
At that, all the kobolds begin barraging you with questions—“Where are you from?” “What’s that?” “Why are you here?” and more that are lost
Myla’s alchemical fire. The kobolds of Dragon’s Rest are lawful good, sharing Runara’s ideals of justice and compassion. Since they are sensitive to sunlight, they work at night and avoid moving about
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
nearby. All around you, people begin to shriek and scatter.
Okssort and Ildmane’s plan is to barge into town, dig up the Vonindod fragment, and haul it back to Ironslag (see chapter 8, “Forge of
players run their NPCs during the battle is up to them, but encourage the players to review their NPCs’ ideals, bonds, and flaws. For more information on how to use and run these NPCs, see the “Special
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
participant in the chase can take one action and move on its turn. The Ashen Heirs begin 120 feet ahead of the pursuers and 15 feet off the ground. Track the distance between the Ashen Heirs and the
can spend 15 minutes asking locals if they saw a flying carpet and make a DC 12 Charisma (Persuasion) check. On a success, they get vague directions that bring them to an abandoned temple (see the “Ashen Heir Hideout” section).
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
takes 250 days to gain mastery of a language, consider allowing characters to navigate basic social interactions—such as asking for directions or conveying peaceful intentions—after 7 days of training
privately worship ancestral gods—deities of their family’s tradition with whom they form deep, personal connections. Divergent faiths abound, and some that begin as charlatanry inexplicably gain the power
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
delegation from Mirabar, or that the delegation hasn’t arrived in the area yet if the adventurers begin with the local troubles. Map 2.1: Red LarchView Player Version 1. Allfaiths Shrine On the west side
. Characters who question Thorsk can get directions to Scarlet Moon Hall (see chapter 3). 6. Chansyrl Fine Harness The pungent smell of tanned and oiled leather fills this crowded workshop, and the walls
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
, paladins might not swear their oaths to ideals, but instead swear fealty to powerful sorcerers. To capture this story concept, you could build a new paladin spell list with spells meant to protect
begin, look at the existing options and see what class features they provide. It’s perfectly acceptable for two class options to have similar features, and it’s also fine to look at other classes for
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
appear in appendix D. How the players run their NPCs during the battle is up to them, but encourage the players to review their NPCs’ ideals, bonds, and flaws. All of these NPCs are familiar with
the characters deal with the threats inside the walls, townsfolk emerge from their longhouses and begin to scour the fields for stray threats. Characters who join the search find trails that lead back
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
rule like tyrants. Priests and Rites. Good-aligned giants who appreciate her ideals pray to Iallanis for peace, unity, and mercy. Her priests often officiate weddings among giants, even evil ones
keeper of secrets. Priests and Rites. Giants invoke Skoraeus’s name when they begin any work of art or craft, particularly stonework, and they often dedicate the final product to his glory. Stone giants
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
terms of “left” or “right” rather than cardinal directions. The contents of the areas between the mists are detailed below. P14a. A leather sack containing 102 gp lies against one wall of this
detect the stench of rotten flesh from the north. If the top chest is opened, it sprays poisoned darts in all directions. Each creature within 10 feet of the chest must make a DC 15 Dexterity saving
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
the bowls spread their leaves like wings and take flight in all directions like insects. There are fifty flying fruits in all. A character more than 20 feet off the ground—such as one climbing a palm
the hand-shaped impressions, the impressions begin to glow as the altars activate. From then on, any creature in the room can use a bonus action to say one of the following words to cause its
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
character moves any crates before spotting the trap, the three flasks tumble in different directions, exploding in a way that covers the entire room. Each creature in the room takes 2 (1d4) fire damage at
it attacks. Bones. When the mimic attacks, the bones spread across the floor begin to rattle and move, as if attempting to form into undead skeletons. A character who succeeds on a DC 15 Wisdom
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
fire in multiple directions on creatures within the gatehouse passageway. Each arrow slit is also fitted with an iron shutter, which can be closed and latched so that a creature within the gatehouse
as cultists, they can rest here for a time. If the characters don’t mimic the manner of the cult (levitating, meditating, or practicing breathing exercises), any cultists present begin to ask
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
flour and baskets of tubers are piled in the corners. Two gray-skinned dwarves use iron spoons to sip from a stewpot, then begin arguing.
Two duergar are busily preparing the hold’s next meal: tuber
the brazier’s inside rim. B27: Vestibule Woven carpets line this corridor, which has doors leading in all four directions. Two large statues of efreet warriors stand sentinel here, one at either end of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
those whom the harpies lured to destruction. When the harpies spot intruders, they begin to sing. Those who are affected by the harpies’ song are compelled to climb. The nests are 80 feet above the
desperate enough to make the trip back to Womford alone if the characters give him directions back to the surface. Treasure Each elemental prophet carries an elemental weapon (see chapter 7).
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
text to begin the answering ceremony: The curtains at the far end of the room part, and a red-robed human man enters the hall. He has broad, hunched shoulders, and his forearms are covered with starry
to the svirfneblin forge and exchange it for a set of books—the smiths will know which ones. Shalfey gives the party directions and promises to reward each character with a magic item from his treasury
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
-Besil, they begin mounting expeditions. However, the Cult of the Eternal Flame will not relinquish its lair without a fight. E5. Crumbling Barricades This partially collapsed chamber is L-shaped. The
Vanifer, and he promises an immense (and fictitious) reward if the characters bring him Tinderstrike. If the characters seem agreeable and competent, he provides them with directions to get them to area
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
cardinal directions, are four menhirs of solid gray stone that the Elk tribe’s shamans use to track the passage of time, the changing of the seasons, and the movement of the stars. Map 3.4: Flint Rock
Emerald Enclave. Its harvests are crucial to cities throughout the North, Waterdeep in particular. See chapter 2 for more information on this location. Suggested Encounter If the adventure didn’t begin
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a1
humanoid feet with claw-like nails. They begin in the center of the alcove, move west toward the pit, and then disappear into the pit. A character who enters the pit to follow the tracks must make another
direct the characters to head toward “Yusdrayl on her dragon throne,” giving them simple directions to area 21 and warning them to avoid rousing the ire of Yusdrayl’s elite guards. 17. Dragon Chow A






