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Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
The Dessarin Road If the party follows the trail south from Beliard toward Summit Hall and Womford, they come across the spot where the delegation from Mirabar was attacked. No one else found it
regular basis. You find nothing else until you are about fifteen miles south of Beliard, when you spot a cloud of ravens and vultures circling a mile or so west of the trail.
If the characters
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
. The faint smell of death hangs in the air, and several vultures circle overhead.
If Larmon is with the party, he explains that he grazes his sheep in a nearby vale, and he passed by this spot less
he doesn’t know of anyone else out this way. The hills are mostly uninhabited. Grave Occupants. If the characters excavate the graves, they find one male dwarf dressed in artisan robes (a smith from
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
areas Q16 and Q53), read the following text when the characters cross the cemetery for the first time: You suddenly feel like someone or something is watching you. Looking up, you spot a well-dressed
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
air from rows of golden whistles. As you watch, a goblin dressed as a ladybug toddles up to you, rattling a tin cup.
The calliope can be heard throughout the carnival and is magically linked to the
its place,
Besides a smile upon my face.
Marigold (chaotic good), the goblin dressed as a ladybug, collects the proffered buttons in a tin cup and delivers them to Ernest. Marigold is sprightly and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
. Characters might detect the ambush, with the odds depending on what they know and how they approach the area. If stragglers described the likely ambush spot to characters, it can be recognized from 200 yards
away with a successful DC 10 Wisdom (Perception) check. If stragglers mentioned the rearguard but didn’t describe the spot, it is recognized as a good spot for an ambush from 100 yards away with a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
its collar and sleeves.
These three zombies are dressed to entertain the Lord of Lance Rock by acting out grotesque comedies. They have orders to playact for a few moments when they spot intruders
traverse. Three zombies lurch about the area. One is costumed like a bear, another is dressed as a lady in a frilly dress and thick makeup, and the last is costumed as a jester with jingling bells on
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
, trouble arrives on their doorstep. If the characters make camp outside of town, this encounter occurs when the characters spot the cultist group traveling to a settlement they intend to attack. The
cultists’ path brings them close to wherever the characters happen to be staying. For example, if the characters are camped out near one of the Haunted Keeps, they spot the group as it exits the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
might detect the ambush, with the odds depending on what they know and how they approach the area. If stragglers described the likely ambush spot to characters, it can be recognized from 200 yards
away with a successful DC 10 Wisdom (Perception) check. If stragglers mentioned the rearguard but didn’t describe the spot, it is recognized as a good spot for an ambush from 100 yards away with a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
Guards table to help you roleplay each guard. Former Guards d6 Ex-Guard 1 Turolga Flathelm (neutral dwarf), a gruff woman who has a soft spot for stray cats 2 Ballidyr Josephon (neutral human), a
pompous man who refers to himself in the third person 3 Jeniana Damaritz (lawful neutral human), an aloof woman who talks to only the most well-dressed of the characters 4 Pelten Kiwaris (chaotic
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
. The moaning is only the wind. Characters who examine the ceiling can, with a successful DC 20 Wisdom (Perception) check, spot pulleys and a rope that run the full length of the corridor along the
. Flight of the Vampire Hidden in a compartment above the western set of double doors is a dressed wooden mannequin that looks exactly like Strahd. It wears a black cloak, its fangs are bared, and its
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
blue eyes, dressed in traveler’s garb. She is seated behind a large wooden table with empty chairs across from her. Two big human mercenaries in armor lean against the walls close by. She studies you
assassin), another Hand of Yartar, has already sold the orb to the Kraken Society. She has a good hiding spot in the alley behind the tavern that gives her a view through the small, dirty panes of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
, including valuable advice on routes to Blingdenstone (see chapter 6) and the Wormwrithings (see chapter 12). Droki Attentive characters can spot a curious figure darting between the stalls and shops of the
Blade Bazaar. Every time they roam the market, they have a 20 percent chance to see a derro dressed in rags styled as an imitation of a fancy jacket, wearing a wide-brimmed hat with two tentacles
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
) check to spot it. Each secret door has an arcane lock spell cast on it. Speaking the proper password within 5 feet of a secret door opens it. Opening a secret door by any means other than the
overlooking a vast, water-filled cavern. The elf is dressed in the finest attire and is dipping his bare feet in the murky water. “Care to join me?” he asks with a wry smile.
The figure dipping his feet in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Adventure Atlas: The Mortuary
lead them to a deadly location in the Mortuary, such as a crematorium. 3 A poshly dressed Duster wight asks the characters to help them write a eulogy that’s due in 10 minutes. 4 A friendly death dog
testament to continue their exploration. If a character doesn’t have a will, the testator offers to write one for them on the spot in exchange for 10 gp each. 5 A githyanki knight and four pallbearers
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
successful DC 10 Intelligence (Investigation) check discovers that the doll was once a colorfully dressed Vistani effigy. Stitched into its tattered pants is a slogan: “Is No Fun, Is No Blinsky
!” Rictavio isn’t ready to unleash the tiger on the Vistani just yet. He feeds it by dropping wolf steaks down a 1-foot-square hatch in the wagon’s roof. A character who climbs atop the wagon can spot the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragons of Stormwreck Isle
of kobolds. These small, reptilian folk eye you curiously while a couple of humans watch from a distance. All the cloister’s residents are dressed in simple clothes, and no one carries a visible
into view, descending gracefully from the upper part of the cloister. She’s an elderly human woman with weathered brown skin, white hair in tight braids, and kindly hazel eyes, dressed in a simple white
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a2
spray, and a weird array of colorful minerals and strange lichens lend an unearthly beauty to this spot. A fast-moving stream runs south from the pool at the base of the falls, and a nearby natural
passage heads in the same direction. A set of narrow stairs cut into the rock wind up to the north, and two old wooden doors stand in a wall of dressed stone to the east.
The stream flowing from area
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
Gavilanes” on them. Characters looking through the drawings spot two things of note: One sketch depicts an elegantly dressed tiefling, whom the characters recognize as Itzmin if they met him outside
glyph of warding holding a passwall spell is inscribed on the floor in front of the door. Characters can spot the glyph with a successful DC 15 Intelligence (Investigation) check. If someone opens the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Divine Contention
spot another figure glaring at the dragon: a half-orc female dressed in boars’ skins who clutches a giant hammer in her hands.
Characters who played Sleeping Dragon’s Wake recognize the figure as
. From beyond, you hear the roaring of barbarians.
The anchorites of Talos are using a battering ram to demolish the burning gate. Each time they spot a defender on the wall, the barbarians hurl
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
Intelligence (Investigation) check can spot the bottle, its label bearing the image of a jauntily dressed unicorn. The contents are drinkable, and a character who makes a successful DC 10 Intelligence
door to assist the skeletons. When the alchemist enters the scene, read: A hunched corpse wearing a pointed hat and dressed in a robe embroidered with mystic symbols crosses through the hidden door
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
curse, but a character who succeeds on a DC 11 Intelligence (Arcana or Religion) check can go through the motions to calm Incindorita and inspire the crew. Spot the Rocks. Captain Nuxoll needs someone
Hand) check. On a failed check, the captain and crew members spot and prevent the theft, and each character takes 3 (1d6) bludgeoning damage from the beating they endure as they escape through the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
more pounds of weight. A character searching the hall for traps can spot the covered pit with a successful DC 15 Wisdom (Perception) check. A successful check also reveals narrow ledges on the north
Sword Coast). The stone lid of each sarcophagus is carved to depict the person entombed within: two human men and one human woman, all dressed like nobles. If opened, the tombs contain mostly moldering
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
adventures or hear about how the characters plan to free Vallaki from the burgomaster’s madness. Rictavio. The lone guest of the Blue Water Inn at present is a colorfully dressed half-elf bard who goes
ability check is required to spot the secret door, because light in the room beyond slips through the door’s cracks. Treasure. Inside the locked chest are 140 ep, 70 pp, two elixirs of health, three
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
Wisdom (Perception) check to spot the submerged crabs, which climb their nets to attack any creatures that pass within reach. Once combat starts, all the crabs attack. Nets. Each net draped across
tunnels connect this cave to areas P12 and area P18. Characters swimming underwater spot them automatically. Secret Passage. A one-way secret door blocks access to a submerged tunnel that ends at another
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
. Treasure. A closet-sized vault on the second floor is hidden behind a secret door that requires a successful DC 15 Wisdom (Perception) check to spot. The vault contains an empty Heward’s handy haversack
receives a bonus of 25 gp if all caravan goods arrive at the destination. Urlam Stockspool (N male Illuskan human spy), a shrewd, immaculately dressed businessman, runs the caravan company and is a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
“Teeth of Vecna.” They each carry a key to the prisoner cells (areas C5, area C11, area C18, and area C20). The mages are quick to fight if they spot intruders, since they don’t want the cult exposed
poisoned condition. She is dressed like the other cult members and doesn’t attack anyone dressed like cultists. Made an Example. Raina Kairls was caught planning to betray the cult to Neverwinter’s guards
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
on its skin. Any inspection of the body, which is dressed in filthy rags, reveals that it is not a Cragmaw goblin. The characters can’t learn anything further now, but this is the body of a psionic
Intelligence (Nature) check to spot the violet fungi before moving within their reach. Characters can safely avoid the fungi by staying close to the southern and eastern walls. The green-glowing fungi are
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
Wisdom (Perception) check spot the devil. The devil attacks when a creature approaches it, tries to move past it toward the Talons door, or tries to open the Fates door; the devil uses its Animate
human man dressed in rich robes sits in an overstuffed chair, reading a book.
The reader is Avalion, a glabrezu in human shape. He greets the characters amiably and offers the hospitality of his study
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a2
, dusty blue tiles, and the walls are dressed with polished marble. Large doors of iron-bound oak exit to the northwest and northeast.
Three cast bronze statues, almost ten feet tall, stand by the west
) check to spot. If the characters detected the faint trail that leads there, a successful DC 10 Wisdom (Perception) check locates the door. Beyond is a flight of stone stairs that leads upward. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer
are coming.” 9 Several cackling, half-dressed gnomes are covered in body paint and drive a wheeled contraption down the street. The device is a mobile piece of art crafted at Whitkeep Hostel and
and laborers, the Gravemakers guard the dead — and Tumbledown — from threats. With so much death concentrated in one spot, undead are a constant problem. Skeletons and revenants regularly claw
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
whirlwind rages, four flying swords animate from the debris scattered around the cave. The flying swords attack creatures outside the whirlwind. F4. Harpy Nest Characters spot the light in this chamber
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
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a2
. Two orcs stand guard along the northern edge of the ledge, though they aren’t paying as much attention to their duties as they should. The characters (or their advance scout) can spot them from as far
mouth of this small cave. A door locked with an iron padlock secures the room. Inside, you see two filthy prisoners dressed in tattered rags, crowding close to the door. “Thank Yondalla!” one cries
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
. In this case, they find two monks dressed in dun-colored robes waiting impassively in the hall. The monks ask what they want and the conversation proceeds in much the same way. Once the characters pass
wearing a Sacred Stone robe and mask, or anyone escorted by individuals dressed in such a manner. The symbol on the north door is the symbol of elemental earth. M9. Shrine of Stone The stairway in the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
, she points toward the sky and whispers, “The stars aren’t right. The dark times are coming.”
9 Several cackling, half-dressed gnomes are covered in body paint and drive a wheeled contraption down
Tumbledown — from threats. With so much death concentrated in one spot, undead are a constant problem. Skeletons and revenants regularly claw spontaneously out of their graves, while ghouls and ghasts burrow
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
characters make their way through the tunnels, they might encounter these cultists. A typical encounter consists of two lawful evil human cultists dressed in black robes, each carrying a censer and wearing
doesn’t reach the ends of this corridor, creating pools of darkness there. Two lawful evil human cult fanatics guard the tunnel, one at each end. Characters with darkvision or their own light sources spot