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Quests from the Infinite Staircase
"} for every 24 hours that elapse. If the curse reduces the target’s hit point maximum to 0, the target dies and its body turns to dust. The curse lasts until removed by the Remove Curse spell or
, seeking forbidden rituals he hoped could teach him the secrets of everlasting life.
When the lands of Bakar dried up, the faithful stopped bringing offerings to Amun Sa’s tomb. The threat of
Monsters
Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
Awakening of the Scion. The cradle is a container for the scion of Skoraeus. When the cradle drops to 0 hit points, its body crumbles to dust. The scion instantly appears in the space the cradle
scion continues to pursue the art that ornamented its dreams, seeking to mold and shape stone into beautiful elegance. If it needs more raw materials, the scion can transform a living creature in its
Monsters
Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
necrotic, poison, and psychic damage. The object regains all its hit points at the end of every turn, but it turns to dust if reduced to 0 hit points or when the giant dies. If the rune is destroyed
Surtur’s name. Some forgecallers prefer to live and work in isolation, seeking the hottest fires in volcanoes’ hearts or the Elemental Plane of Fire to pursue their own crafts and studies
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
dust and volcanic ash, the jagged peaks conceal the lairs of demoted devils and remote camps of soldiers who deserted the infinite conflict on Acheron. Their names besmirched, the renegades prey on travelers seeking the pitiless homes the soldiers abandoned.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
Desolation Encounters d6 Encounter 1 Two bulettes with sandstone-textured carapaces burrow up from the dunes and attack. The bulettes focus on mounts and Small creatures in the party (if any), seeking
illusion for what it is. A creature that enters the oasis steps into a quicksand pit (see the Dungeon Master’s Guide). 3 A dust storm rises on the wind. The storm lasts 1 hour, during which time the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
send foes into a magical slumber. Only pixies can use their dust to its full potential, but these fey are constantly sought out by mages and monsters seeking to study or master their power.
Tiny
ability is Charisma (spell save DC 12). It can innately cast the following spells, requiring only its pixie dust as a component:
At will: druidcraft
1/day each: confusion, dancing lights, detect evil
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
small tables. The beauty of the decor is undone by thick dust and cobwebs. Standing in the center of the room is a decrepit skeleton clad in tattered robes.
Red pinpoints of light burn in the
the temple don’t threaten the characters as long as the lich is with them. The lich defends itself if attacked and turns to dust if it is reduced to 0 hit points. The lich assumes that the characters
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
tend to align with the faction’s character. Shops clustered around the Civic Festhall, for example, cater to the pleasure-seeking tendencies of the Society of Sensation—wine shops, concert halls, and
asterisk (*). Sigil Wards Ward Prominent Factions Clerks’ Ward Fated, Incanterium,* Society of Sensation Hive Ward Bleak Cabal, Hands of Havoc, Heralds of Dust Lady’s Ward Doomguard, Fraternity of
compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Legends of Greyhawk: Secrets of the Free City
adventure: Commoner Cultist Cultist Fanatic Dust Mephit Giant Spider Guard Guard Captain Knight Mage Magma Mephit Mud Mephit Myconid Sovereign Performer Maestro Priest Scout Spy Spy Master Steam Mephit
circumstances described in the text.
Key NPCs Name Role Stat Block Aeryk Gruff but kind soldier Guard Captain (Medium) Cleric Lena Lady Jolene, seeking legends Priest (Medium) Geld Curious cartographer
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
out, but he does know the Heralds of Dust, who run the Mortuary, don’t take kindly to “fleshies” poking around. He tells the characters to “shake a leg” and make their escape while they still can. If
the characters ask Morte to accompany them, the skull declines, mentioning that he’s waiting for someone else. He doesn’t elaborate further. The characters will have other questions. Seeking answers should drive them on.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
and gold dust over its food to heighten the experience of eating, devouring its wealth as mortals consume a precious spice. Lords of the Earth. A dao never assists a mortal unless the genie has
of Earth avoid the dao, which are always seeking more laborers to mine the mazeworks of their floating earth islands. Proud Overseers. Dao force those they enslave to work in dangerous subterranean
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
pyramid?” he thought. In his anger, Nafik turned to unholy grimoires, seeking forbidden rituals he hoped could teach him the secrets of everlasting life. When the lands of Bakar dried up, the faithful
, and its hit point maximum decreases by 10 (3d6) for every 24 hours that elapse. If the curse reduces the target’s hit point maximum to 0, the target dies and its body turns to dust. The curse lasts
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
Mausoleum: Spring This encounter begins when the characters come to the Garloth mausoleum seeking the Stone of Golorr. The double door to the mausoleum is open when they arrive. Earlier, Grinda
Guild members attack them in an attempt to retrieve the stone. Crypt Clue Characters who search the underground crypts can find a shiny steel key lying in the dust on the floor. One of the grave robbers
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Adventure Atlas: The Mortuary
encounter, characters seeking a missing body must find their quarry among the other dead, whether for themselves, another faction, or an interested party in Sigil. During the characters’ search, the
Heralds of Dust oppose the party’s interference. The factorylike assembly spans multiple floors; map 1.1 depicts a portion of it. When the characters arrive, read or paraphrase the following text
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
Mercykillers—if there’s no meaning, there can’t be order. Conversely, the Doomguard, Hands of Havoc, and Heralds of Dust all find enough common points with Bleakers to call them allies. Doomguard Who
entirely. Sinkers have strong allies in both the Bleak Cabal and the Heralds of Dust. Fated Who Take All They Can and More Factol: Duke Rowan Darkwood Headquarters: Hall of Records Aligned Plane: Ysgard
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
, these forgecallers oversee both forges and the community’s defense, often in Surtur’s name. Some forgecallers prefer to live and work in isolation, seeking the hottest fires in volcanoes’ hearts or the
regains all its hit points at the end of every turn, but it turns to dust if reduced to 0 hit points or when the giant dies. If the rune is destroyed, the giant can inscribe a fire rune on an object in its
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Giants of the Star Forge
, these forgecallers oversee both forges and the community’s defense, often in Surtur’s name. Some forgecallers prefer to live and work in isolation, seeking the hottest fires in volcanoes’ hearts or the
regains all its hit points at the end of every turn, but it turns to dust if reduced to 0 hit points or when the giant dies. If the rune is destroyed, the giant can inscribe a fire rune on an object in its
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
the elephant Ophelia addresses hundreds of gathered animals nightly. Characters seeking Ophelia find her here. Ophelia uses the elephant stat block, with the following changes: Ophelia is lawful good
spireward from Camp Greenbriar. Read or paraphrase the following description as the characters approach: An arid land of stark rock formations and rugged cliffs stretches ahead. Amid the dust, brush, and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
mistakes or counting down the days until they can exact vengeance on those who wronged them. Cracked, dried-up soil pervades the town and its rusted structures, rising as clouds of dust with every
ground with others seeking to clear their names or drown their sorrows. Adventures in Curst The Curst Adventures table offers suggestions for encounters and stories in the gate-town. Curst
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
maintains docks, ships, and fortified harbors on many of the islands in the Sea of Swords, and as such the city is always seeking magical and military support for these defenses. Where other cities
dust. Still, despite the city’s overall wealth, there are rich and (relatively) poor Mirabarrans. Not everyone shares in the coin the city’s sales bring in, and wage workers whose income is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
2 2d4 aarakocra (attitude: 1d10 + 2) flying in formation
3 1d4 air elementals (attitude: 1d8 + 2) kicking up dust and debris
4 1d4 Evil Air cultists (veterans; attitude: 1d8) riding
1 mud hulk* (attitude: 1d4 + 1) futilely trying to bury 1 dust hulk* (attitude: 1d12) in piles of muck
4 2 bulettes (attitude: 1d6 + 2) burrowing and breaching the surface in an intricate
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
, seeking inspiration for their art, to break a decades-long ennui, or out of simple curiosity. Some who go on these quests let themselves become lost in the dream. Other stone giants are banished to the
light a fire unless the location where the fire is lit is protected from the wind. Rain, snow, or blowing dust or sand (whichever is most appropriate) is constant within 1 mile of the lair. Rain causes
Magic Items
Infernal Machine Rebuild
fail a Charisma (Persuasion) check, the subject of the check becomes irrationally resentful of you, seeking to undermine you in ways determined by the DM.
75
You can cast the control weather
storm of rocks and dust to surround you in a 10-foot radius for 1 minute. Each creature hostile to you that enters the area must succeed on a DC 12 Constitution saving throw or take 1d6 bludgeoning
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
who searches the debris and succeeds on a DC 16 Intelligence (Investigation) check finds a rotting courier’s pack containing a spell scroll of scrying and three packets of dust of disappearance. Y3
the ruins after they complete their investigation, seeking only to enjoy her remaining days. Treasure. The bronze orb is the missing part of the throne in area Y3.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
miss were it not for the excavation sites and abandoned tents surrounding them.
The Sunward Fortress was once a hermitage for those seeking to commune with Sirrion’s greatest flame: the sun. The
through a gap in the ancient stone wall. It emerges into a chamber thick with dust and old air. Atop a low dais to the north stands an altar carved with candle sconces, a shallow basin, and stylized
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a3
Tloques or some other agent of Zotzilaha seeking retribution. The eleven face-glyphs at the foot of the block correspond to the numbers 0 through 10. The tomb is opened by pressing the glyphs that
the mask and the pendant are both removed, Tloques starts to awaken. Dust is stirred up into clouds and begins to gather on the bones as they knit back together. His wasted form then sits up and gazes
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
that it seemed a new day had dawned. Caught outside when this miracle appeared, the High Rider and his vampire spawn burned away to dust, and the other undead quailed in its illumination. In short order
means the beginning of a safe haven, with a need to set fewer guards at night. Many adventurers find good cause to visit Elturgard, whether pursuing personal goals or seeking sanctuary from the dangers
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
that the events of those times have mostly been undone, the famed Halruaan skyships and waterborne vessels have spread out from their home once again, seeking to establish trading routes and political
Imaskari. Aided by the mighty wizard Nezram, known as the World-Walker, the Mulhorandi overthrew the rulers of High Imaskar, who fled into the Plains of Purple Dust or to extraplanar safeholds. When
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
temple. Those seeking entrance must make signs like those described in E1. If the characters instead ask to speak with the temple’s leaders, one ogre leaves and returns with a razerblast from area E2
chapter 5 for both). E15. Ancient Armory When characters first discover either secret door into this unlit place, read the following text aloud: Dust and cobwebs fill this corridor. About halfway along
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
character reaches the bottom of the sinkhole, read: The sinkhole fissure ends at a level floor of worked stone. Dust, debris, rocks, and pieces of wood that once made up the walls and ceiling of the warehouse
above are spread across the floor. An underground passage is blocked to the south, but it continues into darkness to the north. Two pairs of human-sized boot prints, easily spotted in the dust, head
compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Legends of Greyhawk: Secrets of the Free City
monotonous, and she’s seeking a path that will shake things up. A Word of Warning. As the party begins to leave, Onella abruptly grabs one of the characters by the arm, her fingers digging painfully
on a DC 12 Wisdom (Perception) check notices disturbed dust around the door, indicating people have recently crawled through. Next Steps Entering this small door brings the characters into the winding warehouse sewer system. When they decide to explore the sewers, proceed to Part 3.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
Passage This hidden corridor has a secret door at each end of it. The floor of this darkened corridor is coated with a fine layer of black dust, and the air is stale and hot.
The duergar created this
presumes they have come seeking an audience with Jarazoun. The arcanaloth languidly informs the characters that the efreeti is too busy to meet with them. If the characters reveal their true purpose
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
Finestone This plain square building is always coated in a gray-white shroud of rock dust. It’s the business office of the busy Dornen quarry, run by Elak Dornen (male Tethyrian human noble). The office
local women seeking dresses for special occasions; she makes few garments for men. The bathhouse is a steadier business, since many of the older women of Red Larch visit the baths regularly to trade
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
to pursue the art that ornamented its dreams, seeking to mold and shape stone into beautiful elegance. If it needs more raw materials, the scion can transform a living creature in its palm into stone
scion of Skoraeus. When the cradle drops to 0 hit points, its body crumbles to dust. The scion instantly appears in the space the cradle occupied and uses the cradle’s initiative count.
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