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Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
, works on astronomy, and star charts. When it comes to magical treasure, they seek items and spells that predict the future, create or manipulate light, or channel positive energy for healing and
pastime.
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A crystal dragon wyrmling has foreseen an untimely end for the bandit;bandits who raided the wyrmling’s lair and follows the bandits to keep them safe.
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A crystal dragon
Kenku
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
. Every kenku is born with a desire to take to the air, and those who learn spellcasting do so in hope of mastering spells that will allow them to fly. Rumors of magic items such as flying carpets, brooms
capable of flight, and similar objects provoke a great desire for the kenku to acquire the items for themselves.
Despite their lack of wings, kenku love dwelling in towers and other tall structures
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
spells and wield mundane gear. The magic items they find include common consumable items (potions and scrolls) and a very few uncommon permanent items. Their magic can have a big impact in a single
characters navigate dangerous terrain and explore haunted crypts, where they can expect to fight ruthless bandits, ferocious wolves, giant spiders, evil cultists, bloodthirsty ghouls, and hired thugs. If they face even a young dragon, they’re better off avoiding a fight.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
is littered with items abandoned by the former residents. The armed figures are twelve bandits working for Itzmin, who has been buying property in the area to control access to the mine. The bandits
won’t allow the characters to access the mine without their boss’s permission. If any characters ask questions or make trouble, the bandits point them to the carriage. If the characters approach the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
Thief You hone your skills in the larcenous arts. Burglars, bandits, cutpurses, and other criminals typically follow this archetype, but so do rogues who prefer to think of themselves as professional
using magic items you normally couldn’t employ. Fast Hands Starting at 3rd level, you can use the bonus action granted by your Cunning Action to make a Dexterity (Sleight of Hand) check, use your
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes of the Borderlands
bandits, who stole the horses and scared away the driver. Led by a local menace named Pral, these bandits frequently accost travelers along the trail (as happens in the “Bandit Ambush” encounter
). The character deduces the wagon was ambushed by bandits.
DC 13 Wisdom (Survival). The character discovers a striking bootprint left by Pral. The heel is mongrammed with the letter P.
DC 13 Wisdom
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
Thief You hone your skills in the larcenous arts. Burglars, bandits, cutpurses, and other criminals typically follow this archetype, but so do rogues who prefer to think of themselves as professional
using magic items you normally couldn’t employ. Fast Hands Starting at 3rd level, you can use the bonus action granted by your Cunning Action to make a Dexterity (Sleight of Hand) check, use your
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
great forge called the Forge of Spells, where magic items could be crafted. Times were good, and the nearby town of Phandalin prospered as well. But disaster struck when bandits swept through the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
bandits. Thri-kreen can often be found scavenging the ground beneath the pathways for items dropped from above. They then trade these items for panela—cones of brown sugar cooked in mills across Atagua
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
bandits were robbing folks on the forest’s edge a while back. I bet they’re still hiding in the woods somewhere.” [Partially true; the bandits are now dead. Their animated corpses are in area R7.] 2
Handbook that cost 100 GP or less. However, she has a limited stock of certain items: four vials of Alchemist’s Fire, one vial of Antitoxin, and four Potions of Healing. Sunny’s Generosity. Sunny is Friendly
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
go away, or order his bandits to open fire. If Holger admits the characters, he orders four bandits (two from area K2, two from area K3) to meet them at the gate and escort them inside. If fighting
breaks out here, characters standing in front of the gate are exposed to fire from the arrow slit in area K3 and the parapet on the wall. If the bandits in area K2 can’t line up shots at the intruders
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
, there are six intoxicated Vistani (CN male and female human bandits) lying unconscious in the tent. A drunk Vistana awakens only if the Vistana takes 5 damage or more and has at least 1 hit point
arrive. (Missing from the camp are twelve bandits. Each hour that passes, 1d4 of them return to camp with no news on Arabelle’s whereabouts.) If an alarm is sounded, nine Vistani bandits (NE male and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes of the Borderlands
Mallyn walks the trails outside the keep. If you meet her, say hello for me! She’s my niece.” (True)
“Whenever I order a cake, it gets seized by goblins, roadside bandits—you name it. I guess everybody
offers the following services:
Food and Drink. The tavern sells the items listed on the Drunken Dragon Handout. Give this handout to your players whenever they visit this location.
Drinks
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
discovery, thus making themselves vulnerable to bandits or brigands, they made camp to guard the treasure until their great king could travel here from their lair ten miles away, deep in the swamp. The
bullywugs dared make no move regarding the items they have found until he gives his decision on the matter. Bullywug King. The king, Gulpa’Gor, arrived the night before the party struck out into the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes of the Borderlands
: Secret Spoils A wooden chest sits on the floor of this chamber.
The chest was placed here by bandits who used this cave as a hideout until the minotaur arrived and slew them all. Treasure. The chest
contains 120 GP and one magic item; roll once on the Magic Items table in appendix A (rerolling duplicates) to determine the item. Wayne England
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
includes a first mate named Kalita (LE female Chultan human spy), fifteen Chultan bandits, three Chultan thugs, and a “sea witch” named Eye of the Deep (N female Calishite human druid).
Emerald Eye
The
crew of the Emerald Eye consists of a first mate named Voltan (CE male Calishite human berserker), twelve Calishite bandits, two Calishite thugs, and five Chultan tribal warriors.
Stirge
Captain
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
when looking for items or information. Suggested Characteristics Being a merchant involved having a head for numbers, a strong personality, the ability to make deals with hostile adversaries, a strong
sword arm to fight off bandits, and the intuition for knowing what people want and need. The art of business is the art of finding the best path to profit, and that path might be different with each
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
NPC Stat Blocks The Monster Manual contains stat blocks for common NPC archetypes such as bandits and guards, as well as tips for customizing them. Those tips include adding racial traits from the
Player’s Handbook, equipping NPCs with magic items, and swapping armor, weapons, and spells. If you want to take an NPC stat block and adapt it for a specific monster race, apply the ability modifiers
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
to leave the gnolls’ hunting grounds.
5 Because of the friendship between a bandit leader’s child and a blue dragon wyrmling, the wyrmling’s parents are considering allowing the bandits to move
the wyrmlings’ parents.
3 An ancient blue dragon is training an androsphinx as heir to the region the dragon rules and searching for magic items that will allow the sphinx to control the weather
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
before Sunset-Is-Nigh hatched. Kaynen is initially Hostile toward the characters, assuming they are bandits and commanding the characters not to touch his tree. If the characters respect Kaynen’s request
Green Rumors table, they can surmise that these zombies were formerly the bandits who were robbing folks on the forest’s edge. Mysterious Footprints. As a Search action, a character can search the camp
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
Echo Cave, but it was buried by the destruction that wracked the mines centuries ago. A pitched battle was fought here when bandits stormed the mines. The dead still lie where they fell. Six stirges
and larger bandits lie strewn about, still clad in scraps of armor. Three gray, hunched figures squat among the remains, pawing at the scraps and gnawing on the bones.
Three ghouls from the pack in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
. The satchel contains some valuable items (see “Treasure” below). Development. The bandits in area R2 notice if the characters make a lot of noise here. They burst into the room, gaining surprise if
the characters don’t know they’re coming. If the bandits fight in this area and two are defeated, the last bandit might reveal the secret door by fleeing in that direction. Treasure. The waterproof
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
when the characters show up to question him. If they confront him, Thunderhale takes umbrage and tries to pick a fight. Twelve members of the Moon Maiden crew (CN male Illuskan human bandits) stand
bandits) stand watch on deck while the ship is in port. Use the ship deck plan in appendix C of the Dungeon Master’s Guide to represent the Moon Maiden, if necessary. Treasure. Captain Thunderhale keeps a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
other. Grifters, bullies, and bandits serve as minions for Torch’s numerous criminal syndicates, seedy organizations preoccupied with robbing each other and destroying rival guilds. The gate-town is
. Equipment and lifestyle expenses in Torch are twice their normal cost. Lure of Avarice. Visible coinage, jewelry, and magic items in Torch entice nearby creatures with faint, unintelligible whispers
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
, farmhands, guides, or other unskilled laborers. For the most part, those who attend this fair are brutes, bandits, freeholders whose lands can no longer sustain them, or Uthgardt who wish to be among
, who steal goods, sell wares in the street (sometimes those they have just stolen), meet unscrupulous contacts to hand off coin, information, or purloined items, and engage in the occasional spell
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
ever closer to the carceral pit from whence he came. The Dump Items lost across the multiverse sometimes find their way to Curst’s dump, a sprawling junkyard managed by a crotchety green hag named
Adventures d4 Adventure Hook 1 Dolores (green hag) pays the characters to remove a group of bandits from her junkyard. 2 A disgraced githzerai uniter (see Morte’s Planar Parade) in the Traitor’s Gate pays
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
from which he and his gang mount a defense. If an alarm has not been raised, two bandits and a scout are here, stealing drinks from the store of brandy. If the smugglers have been alerted, Sanbalet (see
large boulder that serves as an anchor.
If the characters have avoided triggering either of the magic mouth spells, the two hobgoblin smugglers are standing guard here. There are no items of value in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
spilled contents of Bracus’s satchel, they find a book entitled Great Dwarven Halls, with a page turned down. It mentions the dwarves of Horn Enclave as being noted for their work of securing items of
bandits with it — a pair of guards held back from previous encounters, and who are now the last survivors of the Six’s forces. In battle, Szorrulax uses Mind Blast on as many characters as possible
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
Hardbuckler don’t have cause to use them very often, these weapons usually discourage the bandits, raiders, and occasional orc bands that would lay claim to Hardbuckler’s wealth. The town eschews the sort
specific sizes, with shelving and space in the cellars measured so that each container fits snugly and exactly. Hardbuckler has a well-paid wizard who provides magical security for stored items, for
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
that inhabit a remote valley, island, or cavern. 2 Explore the effects of a planar nexus on spellcasting, creatures, and magic items. 3 Delve into an ancient ruin to discover the nature of the plague
forces from an attacking dragon. 6 Suppress the activities of bandits and rebels within the giant’s territory.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
through the secret door as soon as the characters appear. Otherwise, if the smugglers have been alerted to the party’s presence, two bandits and a scout are here and ready to fight. Without a smuggler
variety of other items that, even in the dim light, shine with the warmth of pure gold. One of these objects looks like a human skull.
Book. Before the alchemist died, he was reading the book that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a1
variety of small items. The portion of the altar that serves as the throne’s back features a carving of a rearing dragon. A metallic key is held firmly in the dragon’s open jaws.
Creatures. Normally
items on the altar. Yusdrayl is also willing to sell the key for 50 gp. Development. If hostilities break out, reinforcements arrive in the manner described in area 19. If the characters return Calcryx
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
750 gp and weighing 50 pounds). Among the furnishings in their bedchamber is an alabaster chest containing 800 pp and 1d3 magic items, determined by rolling on Magic Item Table F in chapter 7 of the
over forcibly for a season or a few months at a time by bandits or Uthgardt, and a few overgrown remnants of the ancient elven kingdom of Rilithar. Whalebones Petty, warmongering kings rule over the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
associate of Gellan Primewater. He uses his magic to help a gang of smugglers based out of the nearby Tower of Zenopus in exchange for rare spell components and magic items. 7. Faithful Quartermasters
designs. Xendros sometimes has need for adventurers. She is particularly interested in tracking down an apparatus of Kwalish. If news of one reaches her, she offers magic items to those willing to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
gp gems and one or more random magic items (roll 1d4 times on Magic Item Table C in chapter 7 of the Dungeon Master’s Guide) Carrion Crawler The characters encounter a carrion crawler scouring
information. d6 Encounter 1–2 1d6 human bandits and 1 human bandit captain 3–4 2d4 goblins and 1 goblin boss 5–6 1d6 orcs and 1 orc Eye of Gruumsh There is a chance that the leader of the group has