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Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
have documentation, established acquaintances, and disguises that allow you to assume that persona and fit into the secondary guild.
Whenever you choose, you can drop this identity and blend into the
Traits
d8
Personality Trait
1
I’m good at hiding my true thoughts and feelings.
2
When I’m in doubt about revealing something, I assume it’s a secret, and I
Backgrounds
Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
use by the faction’s operatives), haven keepers, and message drop minders, to name a few. At the core of every faction are those who don’t merely fulfill a small function for that
proliferation of secret societies and conspiracies in those lands. If your background is as an agent for one of the main factions of the North and Sword Coast, here are some possibilities.
The Harpers
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
41. Drop to Level 10 Hole in Floor. Carved into the floor is a smooth, 10-foot-square stone shaft. (The shaft descends 10 feet before opening in the ceiling of area 3b on level 10, directly above the
huge altar there.)
Alcoves. Six dark alcoves line the walls. (At the back of one is a secret door that opens into a closet, which has another secret door that leads to area 40.)
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
23. Observation Room This unoccupied room has four 2-foot-long, 6-inch-wide window slits that reveal starry space beyond. The githyanki observe incoming vessels from here. A secret trapdoor in the
floor opens into the ceiling of area 24. From here, it’s a 30-foot drop to the floor of that chamber. The trapdoor is a 3-foot-square stone slab that can be lifted with a singular or combined Strength of 15 or higher.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
another 10-foot drop to the floor of area X33a. The shaft has abundant handholds and can be climbed without an ability check, but characters must still drop the last 10 feet to reach the floor below
. If the characters make a lot of noise, the three flameskulls in area X33a float up the shaft and attack them. The flameskulls also attack anyone they can hear attempting to descend the shaft. A secret door in the south wall opens into area X7.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
climb it brings forth a loud, long “GONG.” That sound causes five giant spiders to drop from their webs and attack. The spiders attack only if they are attacked or if the bell is sounded. Most of the
belfry is filled with giant spider webs (see “Dungeon Hazards” in chapter 5, “Adventure Environments,” of the Dungeon Master’s Guide). Characters who blunder into them risk becoming stuck. At the west end of the north wall, behind thick webs, is a secret door that opens into area K41.
compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Legends of Greyhawk
-foot drop to the ground from an open window. Windows. Window sashes can be opened as an object interaction. Adjusting the Encounter
If the party locates the spy quickly, consider keeping the quasit
: The spy has 18 Hit Points.
More Challenging: Add a Quasit.
Development If the party hasn’t found the secret note, make sure they do. It’s either in the spy’s pocket or in the spy’s inn room. If the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
. Additionally, you gain the following traits. Defy Death. You have advantage on death saving throws. Hard to Kill. When you are reduced to 0 hit points but not killed outright, you can drop to 1 hit point
while a kraken ravaged Meletis, and I’m destined to destroy that kraken.
6 I’m destined to uncover the secret of the gods’ power.
For champions like the Setessan leader Anthousa, heroism and destiny are inescapable forces
(Howard Lyon)
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
Secret of Saltmarsh, Bloody Bjorn serves as the first mate aboard Sea Ghost. Pirate First Mate
Medium humanoid (any race), any alignment
Armor Class 16 (chain mail)
Hit Points 26 (4d8 + 8
used with two hands. If the target is a creature, the first mate can choose to deal no damage with the attack to disarm the target. The target must succeed on a DC 14 Strength saving throw or drop one item it is holding on the ground.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
the NPC’s loyalty score accordingly. Tracking Loyalty Keep track of an NPC’s loyalty score in secret so that the players won’t know for sure whether an NPC party member is loyal or disloyal (even if
endangered by other party members for purely selfish reasons. An NPC whose loyalty score drops to 0 is no longer loyal to the party and might part ways with them. A loyalty score can never drop below 0
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
about his past adventuring missions, downplaying Simbon’s own combat experience. Kirina’s Secret During the expedition, Prince Kirina seeks opportunities to look heroic and undermine his rival, Prince
before Kirina does. Alternatively, a character who sees Kirina drop the paper and recover it can steal the page from Kirina with a successful DC 14 Dexterity (Sleight of Hand) check. If asked about the
Magic Items
Infernal Machine Rebuild
, you have 1 extra luck point.
Those around you perceive you as dishonest, even when you are completely truthful. You automatically fail Charisma checks.
21
If you drop to 0 hit points, a phantom
toward you.
25
You can cast the raise dead spell once, requiring no material components.
If you drop to 0 hit points, you automatically suffer 1 failed death saving throw.
26
Each time you
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
strange sense of unease. The feeling is akin to the drop in air pressure before the approach of a deadly storm, or faint tremors felt from a landslide or earthquake far away. You’re not the only ones
Silmerhelve learned this from her family’s secret benefactor, an ancient bronze dragon named Nymmurh. She knows a little more about the Draakhorn, but she waits to reveal it until she attends the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica
to face, instead receiving assignments and sending reports by way of secret message drops and codes. Goals of the Dimir House Dimir is all about secrets and misinformation, even where its own members
are concerned. Any given Dimir agent knows of no more than a handful of alleyway contacts and dossier drop spots. One agent knows another only by a code name, or receives communications only at a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
attacked her former benefactors, burning villages, pressing citizens into service, and impaling anyone with a drop of noble blood. Over years of work, Drakov forged a bloody empire. But while sacking
moon, she faces an unconquerable foe, never revealing a secret only she knows: that each zombie bears the face of an innocent her soldiers once put to the sword. Miro Petrov Custodian’s Hall rises over the few remaining wards of Lekar that haven’t fallen to the zombie hordes
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
strange sense of unease. The feeling is akin to the drop in air pressure before the approach of a deadly storm, or faint tremors felt from a landslide or earthquake far away. You’re not the only ones
Silmerhelve learned this from her family’s secret benefactor, an ancient bronze dragon named Nymmurh. She knows a little more about the Draakhorn, but she waits to reveal it until she attends the first
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Loyalty Score in secret so that the players won’t know for sure whether an NPC party member is loyal or disloyal. An NPC’s Loyalty Score increases by 1d4 if other party members help the NPC achieve a
Loyalty Score by 2d4 if the NPC is abused, misled, or endangered by other party members for purely selfish reasons. A Loyalty Score can never drop below 0. Meaning of Loyalty. An NPC with a Loyalty Score
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
chasme on the rooftop (area C18) creeps down the exterior wall to attack characters on this balcony. It’s a 30-foot drop from the balcony to the ground. C13: Hallway Standing in an alcove at the north
. Trapped Secret Door. A secret door disguised to look like a section of wood-paneled wall is hidden behind the suit of armor. A character can detect the secret door by searching the wall and succeeding
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
the tomb stands an opaque crystal sarcophagus that is constantly changing color. Minotaur murals adorn the walls on the lower level of the tomb.
The walls of the tomb are lined with secret doors that
maze, the configuration of which matches that of the carving. The first time this happens, all the secret doors slide open as the minotaur bones knit together, forming ten minotaur skeletons that emerge
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
in his former lair near Bloodstone Pass, Tamarand currently resides in the Vaasan wilderness and keeps his exact location a closely guarded secret.
Gallery. A passageway running left from the grand
Hall. Armored doors within the sleeping chamber lead to the dragon’s treasury hall, which features an 80-foot sheer drop into a viewing gallery. Hoard and Vault. A chamber on the right side of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
alert, then shoots a crossbow bolt into the ground near the character’s feet as a final warning. Drop Box. The staircase in front of the double door to area G10 has a loose plank near the top. This plank
conceals a drop box where visitors stash black-market goods, fenced items, and guild tributes. Any character who lifts the plank sees a dusty satchel in the drop box. The satchel contains 25 sp and a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
grim fortresses to wage war against their neighbors, ogres and trolls plunder farmsteads for food, and monstrous spiders drop from web-shrouded trees. Adventures can also take place in cities, towns
them into the great hall, lined with pillars, where the fire giant king holds court. If they leave by the secret door to the southeast, you check the map and follow the secret tunnel as it winds to the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
The Caverns The passages and caverns beyond the secret door in the south wall of room 21 all decline perceptibly toward the sea. The passage that runs north of areas 25 and area 26 and the interior
found on the stairs leading from the secret door and in places where narrow passages were widened. It is likely that the characters have dealt with members of Sanbalet’s gang before entering the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
of the people of Bakar. The Tears of Athis arrived at the pyramid two days ago. They seek to restore the River Athis. Amun Sa built his tomb at the river’s source, so it stands to reason the secret
that I would not be cheated of my place in the great beyond. I would build a tomb to end all tombs—one that none could ever despoil.”
Secret Door. The statue of Amun Sa conceals a secret door that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
several deer are mounted on the walls.
A mimic disguised as a stuffed deer head has attached itself to a blank wooden plaque mounted on a secret door in the south wall. Markos trained the mimic to
guard the secret door, which leads to a hidden room (described below). The mimic attacks if a character comes within 5 feet of it. Hidden Room. The wooden plaque behind the mimic is a lever of sorts
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a2
. The orcs in area 4 continue to fire at characters in areas 1 and 2. One orc from area 4 moves through the secret door leading to area 3, intending to close and bar the double doors leading to area 2
roping themselves to a stable attachment point before crossing. Secret Doors. Two secret doors on the north and south walls lead to areas 4 and 4a. The doors are well made, each requiring a successful
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
Areas of the Villa The following areas correspond to the labels on map 6.1. The villa connects to the temple of Asmodeus through a secret door in area C28. If the occupants or features of a location
on a DC 14 Charisma (Intimidation or Persuasion) check. If Esvele decides to help the characters, she fights alongside them and discovers treasure and secret doors automatically. C3. Library This is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
energy of the most potent spells. When a lucky hero manages to drop a demon in combat, the fiend dissolves into foul ichor. It then instantly reforms in the Abyss, its mind and essence intact even as
its hatred is inflamed. The only way to truly destroy a demon is to seek it in the Abyss and kill it there. Protected Essence. A powerful demon can take steps to safeguard its life essence, using secret
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
ceiling is encircled by a narrow ledge. Steel spears pin four humanoid skeletons to the left wall, and a chest sits on the far end of the room.
This room contains a brutal spear trap. Secret Door. A
secret door atop this room’s 30-foot-high ledge leads to an observation dome on the third floor of the pyramid (area P53a). Spear Trap. Ninety of the one hundred holes in the south wall contain a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
, but this shouldn’t be immediately obvious. Drop hints about your villain’s awful secrets before revealing them fully. Gothic Horror Villains Though thoroughly wicked, villains in gothic horror tales act
reserved or unassuming until they reveal their true nature. Any intriguing figure with a dark secret can serve as a gothic horror villain. Villain Identities Gothic villains are most effective when
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
use to populate the giants’ enclaves presented in chapter 4. Chapter 4 discusses the places where giants dwell: the remote enclaves and secret hideaways where they cling to the remnants of their ancient
glory. Maps are a centerpiece of the chapter, presenting a range of sites steeped in giants’ supernatural power that you can drop into any campaign. Chapter 5 details the treasures characters might
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
object above the cone and drop it onto an opponent inside the cone; gravity finishes the job, even though the cone negates the beholder’s telekinetic control. The ability to temporarily suspend
remember or be able to speak of things it was compelled to forget or keep secret. Because the cone suppresses ongoing magical effects, the beholder might create a secure area in its lair behind a permanent
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
to another and begin a specific event. If an NPC has a secret, it activates during the appropriate event. Take the player of an NPC aside and inform them of their secret goal, and explain that the
importance of the goal to the body they inhabit means that they are compelled to try to accomplish this goal. Players can share their secret goal with other individual players once they learn it, as long
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a2
a catch that causes the axe-wielding hands of the two closest statues to drop. Any creature within 5 feet of a door when it is opened is subjected to two melee attacks: +5 to hit; 9 (2d8) slashing
and remain here, they reset the trap within a day after it has been triggered. Secret Stairwell. The secret door behind the east statue is well hidden, requiring a successful DC 18 Wisdom (Perception
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
your bones will carpet my tomb. Only I am beyond Death’s reach. Only I know the secret to true immortality!”
— Epitaph of a demilich
The immortality granted to a lich lasts only as long as it feeds
howl must succeed on a DC 15 Constitution saving throw or drop to 0 hit points. On a successful save, the creature is frightened until the end of its next turn.
Life Drain. The demilich targets up