duplicates insights are best

Young Deep Dragon Legacy

monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

. Deep dragons often hoard secrets, delighting in knowledge of far-off lands. Many seek out new insights and tricks that they can use against other denizens of the Underdark, preferring social

deep dragon refuses to leave the cave where the dragon’s best friend—an adventurer who won the dragon’s respect and affection—lingers as a ghost. Poison, Psychic

Jander Sunstar

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

.” Flaw. “My insights and pain carry more weight than those of younger, more naive beings.” Adventures with Jander Sunstar Jander Sunstar is a vampire and one of Ravenloft’s foremost experts on vampirism

destroying another vampire: one of his duplicates. Jander asks the characters to help him save a monster hunter who opposes an overly powerful foe. Within the villain’s lair, the characters discover the hunter is Jander’s daughter, Savra, who neither requests nor requires aid.

Interesting Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron

, it’s not something she offers as a standard service. The Drunken Dragon is a legendary watering hole. While the service is slow and the food is modest at best, it has the widest selection of beverages

addition to the speaking stone, this outpost specializes in translating exotic texts and providing legal services to adventurers in trouble with the law. Josilian Tarli d’Sivis is one of the best

Bugbear Lair Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes of the Borderlands

with each other. Two Bugbear Warriors squabble about how best to infiltrate the keep. One asserts that a stealthy approach would be best, while the other insists on a direct assault aided by a local

. Scattered among the furs on the floor are 25 GP and one magic item; roll once on the Magic Items table in appendix A (rerolling duplicates) to determine the item. H6: Boss’s Chamber A heap of thick animal

Klothys's Influence

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros

, granting them understanding of cosmic truths and insights into how the future should unfold. Klothys withdrew to the Underworld ages ago to keep watch over the imprisoned titans and ensure they couldn’t

escape and destroy the order she had established. Due to this undertaking, she is also the god of secrets best kept quiet and powers best untouched. Klothys’s Goals Once content to oversee and preserve

Introduction

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Fiendish Folio Volume 1

business is my own, and when I deem you worthy of hearing my insights you shall be the first to know. Yet, I do see some wisdom in opening part of my archive. The Balance is forever in peril from the

creatures that many folk consider risible at best and dangerous only in passing. Perhaps the truths contained herein shall dispel such ignorant notions. Any creature of power can upset the Balance and is

Arrival at the Fort

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus

social encounter like this one is to imagine a scale from 1 to 10, with 1 representing the worst possible outcome and 10 the best. The characters start at 5, and as they progress through the scene

, and dangerous world of Mad Maggie and the Knucklebones. Let the characters’ decisions, insights, knowledge, roleplaying, successes, and failures move the slider up or down the scale as you see fit.

Treasure

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters

. Manipulating a container or other item without knowing what’s inside or what it does (or without knowing the proper password or technique) is likely to be very dangerous. At best, whatever was held in a

out insulting parodies of their duplicates’ recent actions. 8 An oval-shaped disc made of an unknown metal. If it is tossed in the air, it flies in circles around the tosser for a minute, tiny lights

B: Elven Encampment

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen

. He drives his subordinates to catalog every foot of the Northern Wastes in search of the barest scrap of Silvanesti magic. Personality Trait. “I know what’s best for my people, and I lead with logic

best interest of Silvanesti first.” Meeting Zhelsuel Zhelsuel confronts Dalamar and the characters when they arrive. He wants nothing to do with outsiders and sees them as an obstacle to the elves

NPCs as Party Members

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide

to complain humorously about the characters’ terrible choices and bad planning. You can occasionally use this NPC to suggest legitimate courses of action or share insights. Dutiful Assistant. A dutiful

the party’s best interests. The disloyal NPC either leaves the party (attacking characters who attempt to intervene) or works in secret to bring about the party’s downfall. Crew Loyalty and Mutiny

Character Advancement

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes of the Borderlands

amenities. Rumors “The food at the tavern is the best in the Borderlands!” (Doubtful) “My inn is the only place visitors to the keep can stay overnight.” (False) Bandit Ambush A

by Pral’s band. If the characters defeat Pral and his band, they find a sack that contains 20 GP and one magic item; roll once on the Magic Items table in appendix A (rerolling duplicates) to determine

Designing Simple Traps

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything

of danger posed by the trap. A spell is a great foundation to use as the design of a trap, whether the trap duplicates the spell (a mirror that casts charm person on whoever looks into it) or uses its

starting point for most simple traps that deal damage. For traps with more complex effects, your best starting point is to use the Spell Equivalent by Level table to find the best match for your trap’s

Monastery Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse

(most quite obscure), and philosophical treatises on self-denial and nihilism as the response to a flawed and illogical world. Marlos’s Testament. Characters who wade through the banal “insights” and

attack her at once, she realizes at once that this is no longer a practice session and tries her best to kill or incapacitate as many of her foes as possible. Her battered Sacred Stone monks join in as

Upper Palace Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight

with each hag using her plane shift spell to flee Prismeer. The hags also use this spell to escape if the characters attack them. Otherwise, the hags do what they do best: deceive and bargain. They

appears, and the creature disappears after 1 hour. See the conjure fey spell description for the creature’s behavior. These conjured Fey are magically created duplicates of creatures whose life essence

Neverdeath Catacomb Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin

. At the far end of the secret passage is another secret door easily spotted and opened from inside the tunnel. Treasure. The collection of sinister books, many of which are duplicates, includes a few

victim. For his future attempts, Jerot has chosen townspeople from Neverwinter whom he believes have particularly meaningful secrets. Their secrets are the cultists’ best offerings to Vecna. A character

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