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Volo's Guide to Monsters
of purebloods and slaves are thrown at opposing forces in the hope of allowing the malisons and abominations time to escape.
Survival First
Yuan-ti are likely to retreat or flee from conflict if
odds aren’t in their favor. A short retreat might be just the thing to reach a better tactical position, find allies, or to allow the yuan-ti the opportunity to study their opponents and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
Retreat from Steel Springs When the characters complete the thirty-mile trip to Steel Springs, read the following text: As the brook called the Inkwater comes into view, smoke rises over the tree
javelins at the retreating Kalaman soldiers. The Dragon Army soldiers shift their attention to the characters if attacked. The Kalaman soldiers continue their retreat south instead of engaging. They move
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Divine Contention
retreat. Go to Event 12: “Last Stand.” The characters abandon the townsfolk. Go to Event 13: “Ghost Tower.” Event 12. Last Stand The party makes a desperate stand to allow the defenders to escape. Read
Battlefield Events The following events correspond to boxes marked on the Battle Flowchart. Event 1. Dawn of the Dead The battle begins when Ularan Mortus orders his ghoulish army to attack the south
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
artifact, or proximity to a portal to an elemental plane. But whatever its origin, it is obvious to the characters that they must maneuver the battle balloon through the storm, and retreat is not an
characters can be filled by crew members, who have a +3 bonus to any ability checks made in this section. Riding out the storm takes place as three distinct events that play out over a few minutes. Event
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
cellar and caverns beneath the house (as indicated in the area descriptions). Smugglers on Alert. In the likely event that the characters betray their presence (likely by triggering one of the magic
mouth spells in areas 4 and area 10), the smugglers become aware of the party before encountering them. Sanbalet and three of his gang (a hobgoblin, a bandit, and a scout) immediately retreat to areas
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
terrain. Fray. The 15-foot-wide area marked by the design at the edge of the map represents dozens of Dragon Army troops trying to retreat. This area and the battlefield beyond the map are difficult
Events table. The encounter ends when both Kansaldi and Ignia are defeated. Clash of Fallen Flames Events d8 Event 1–3 Fragments of flying citadel rain down. Each creature must succeed on a DC 15
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
Special Events in Nightstone The following special events can occur while the characters are in Nightstone. Ideally, the characters are 2nd level before either event occurs. Seven Snakes This event
Zhents or come to terms with them, allow the characters to take a long rest, if they wish, before continuing with the “Ear Seekers” event. Treasure. Xolkin wears a gold ring (worth 25 gp) emblazoned
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
courtier.
“Welcome to Feathergale Spire, retreat of the Feathergale Society. I am Thurl Merosska, the lord commander.”
Thurl Merosska offers the hospitality of the tower, inviting the characters
the spire (area S11). The aarakocra in area V8 come to the characters’ aid in that event. If the characters defeat their attackers, surviving knights flee on hippogriffs and giant vultures. They lead
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
Battle in the Skies! Immediately after the last “Riders on the Storm” event ends, the characters come under attack by an airship controlled by the Six. If anyone needs healing, you could let the
20 damage, the chaos of the storm has distracted the characters and crew. In that event, all creatures on the characters’ battle balloon are surprised by the airship sent by the Six to engage the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
bridge. With nowhere to hide, the people in the village lowered the drawbridge and fled north. In the event of an attack, the villagers are supposed to retreat to the keep; with the bridge out, that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
fruitful alliance lasted less than the lifetime of a dwarf, for the emperor of the elves — what they call a “coronal” — commanded that all leave in the Retreat, that great exodus of elves from Faerûn to
Cynosure to see sculptures and paintings of all the major participants and events in the Time of Troubles. Entrance is free to the public on any day when no event (such as a meeting of guilds, a noble’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
to kill the creature in the pit or enslave it. If the aboleths have been alerted to the approaching characters (including if the glyph in area L1 was set off), they retreat to opposite corners of
the death if it comes to that. This is not the lair of these creatures, so they can’t use lair actions or regional effects. In the event that the characters could use some help in a battle, one of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
overhead, naming the event beyond. These placards and their portals are as follows: Dungeonland. A swirling, misty portal leads to area P2. Supertemporal Arena. A magenta portal leads to area P3a
Contest. If a character bets on the loser, the character can’t place another bet until 24 hours later, after Shemeshka’s agents have found another improbable event to witness using temporal hyper speed
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
avalanche is 200 feet wide, 100 feet long, and 30 feet deep. To run this event, first determine the marching order of the party and how far apart the characters are. Assume that the rearmost party member
, which contains the following wizard spells: alter self, cloud of daggers, comprehend languages, detect magic, expeditious retreat, scorching ray, shield, suggestion, and Tenser’s floating disk.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
(Arcana) check. A successful check ends the ritual and saves the world. If the battle goes poorly for the characters, they can end it at any point by … well, dying. Alternatively, they can retreat and
allow Faerûn to be taken over by Far Realm horrors, with either event leaving the fate of the world — and more important, the franchise’s future — to be determined by you.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
Giant. They relate the same information as Heldalf, but add that they wish Ralvald would give up his impossible quest to defeat Challidax. D5: Ralvald’s Retreat A wide river crosses this cavern
. Petrification. Aerstigga followed Enstavva here and turned her to stone using the Wand of Wonder. Given the opportunity, Enstavva rejoins Ralvald, either in his retreat (area D5) or by leaving the lair
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
throne.
Gar Shatterkeel uses this chamber as his personal retreat, where he reflects on the future of his cult. The water here radiates divination magic under the scrutiny of a detect magic spell. Once
young Gar Shatterkeel into brutal indenture. The other is the same Calishite pirate vessel that attacked the Tethyrian merchant galley, an event that caused Gar to be cast adrift and lose his arm to a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
unusual amounts of undead in the neighborhood. In the event that the outer wall is breached and the main enclosure overrun, the garrison would retreat to this redoubt for its final defense. 10A
the number of the watch: once at the start of the first watch, twice at the start of the second watch, and so forth. On what the garrison calls “the wake-ups,” it rings once. In the event of a camp
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
ceiling cast a lurid purple glow over everything. Issuing from a tunnel that descends toward the east is the loud, constant sound of stone grinding against stone.
If the nothics in area G15 retreat
implode in a grinding display, showering the area with pulverized rock and crystal. Ogrémoch is forced back to his home plane when this event happens, serving the cult. Cultists other than Marlos cower and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
or spells at any enemies in view. Development If the characters attack the Temple of Black Earth and retreat, the cultists reinforce this area. They block the front gate with an iron portcullis
of the worktables holds a small hoard of 220 gp, nine strange black crystals worth 50 gp each, and a potion of water breathing. B9. Broken Hall Some long-ago, a seismic event devastated this great
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
challenges the characters, demanding in Draconic that they retreat. The other guards join him immediately. Development. If a fight breaks out, one of the guards tries to run back to the barracks (area 3
example, the guards in area 32 have beaten a fighting retreat here), twolizardfolk commoners (see appendix C) reside here, playing a game at the table. These lizardfolk try to avoid a fight, preferring to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
across ice or wading through frigid waist-deep water toward the docks, eager to raid and pillage. The remaining eight frost giants remain aboard the ship. As townsfolk retreat to the mines or flee across
mounted atop her griffon. If six or more frost giants fall in battle, the rest retreat to their ship. Left alone, the surviving frost giants (including those that didn’t participate in the initial
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
retreat to the throne room (area 15). The visiting giants join the battle on the side of the storm giants to avoid incurring the royal family’s wrath. A 40-foot-wide hall leading south ends at a guarded
from their pens, attacking any creatures other than storm giants that cross their path. The storm giants keep the sharks for defense, releasing them into the sinkhole in the event of a major attack