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throw or take 27 (5d10);{"diceNotation":"5d10","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Disorienting Futures","rollDamageType":"psychic"} psychic damage and have disadvantage on attack rolls until the start
. A visit from a pari is often a prophetic warning or portent of an event yet to come. Pari have pastel blue skin, wear robes and armor, and have two sets of wings with vivid red feathers sprouting from their back.Fire, Radiant; Bludgeoning, Piercing, and Slashing from Nonmagical Attacks
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Mordenkainen's Fiendish Folio Volume 1
suffers no effect.
Stunted Legs. The screaming devilkin has disadvantage on attack rolls and all attack rolls made against it gain advantage while the devilkin isn't flying.Barbed Tail. Melee weapon
of its faculties. When such an event occurs, the creature's scream echoes through the Feywild. If it echoes at just the right angle between a rocky outcropping in the dead of night, the scream gains
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Bastion Events Immediately after a character issues the Maintain order to their Bastion, the DM rolls once on the Bastion Events table to determine what event, if any, befalls the Bastion before the
next Bastion Turn. If an event occurs, the DM reads the event aloud to the player whose character controls that Bastion. (All the events are described in the sections following the table.) The event
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
Event 2: Ebder’s Outburst Ebder is seated at the table in area F2 when this event occurs. A shrill sound tears through the Firefly Cellar, overpowering all other noise. Though it rapidly rises to an
Shemshime’s rhyme, roll on the Shemshime’s Influence table to determine what happens. Add more of these rolls as you see fit, even during later events.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
current position, but warns them to keep away from it. Armed with this information, the characters gain a +1 bonus to their next two daytime event rolls. Scrags This event occurs only at night, and only
searching by day while Frostskimmr is on an ice floe doesn’t improve the odds of finding Oyaviggaton. Sea of Moving Ice Encounters d6 Encounter or Event 1 Giant octopuses 2 Merrow 3 Polar bear 4 Scrags* 5
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
current position, but warns them to keep away from it. Armed with this information, the characters gain a +1 bonus to their next two daytime event rolls. Scrags. This event occurs only at night, and only on
, Frostskimmr must be hauled onto an ice floe for repairs that take half a day. Roll normally for events during that time, but reroll any total of 7 or higher. Giant Octopuses. This event can occur by
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
mercenaries of the Ironclad Regiment at the base of the hill, arrayed as the forces of Istar once were. Although the event is only a reenactment, a tingle of excitement fills the field. Somewhere on the line
(Perception) check. The character who rolls the highest notices the sun glinting off the mercenaries’ spear tips and their half-ogre leader gesturing with a steel axe. Regardless of how the characters react to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
is rat-infested, which is why he didn’t buy it. Apply a −10 penalty on the next three rolls characters make on the Running a Business table (see “Tavern Keeping Expenses”). Event The Shard Shunners
putting it into action are summarized in the table below. Emmek’s Plans Element Description Event The wererats scope out the characters’ tavern in halfling forms and might try to get jobs there. Event
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
Exam event of the term, any character who aced that Exam has advantage on all attack rolls during this encounter. At the same time the characters are dealing with the owlbear, the other performers and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
a clean shaven face emerges from the kitchen with a tray of cinnamon rolls. “Good day,” he says as he places the pastries on a shelf. “How can I help you?”
Fill Flourforge (Medium Bandit) wears a
the event. However, a character who listens to Fill’s alibi and succeeds on a DC 15 Wisdom (Insight) check discerns that he’s withholding something. A character can pry more information from Fill by
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
sessions with a committed alienist might allow a character to remember a forgotten event. By the same token, though, time spent with a duplicitous alienist might leave a character vulnerable to suggestion
adventures. As the characters encounter evidence of Bluetspur’s mind flayers, consider giving individuals access to information they shouldn’t logically possess or granting them advantage on rolls related
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
complete. Free-Roaming Spirit. A random special facility in your Bastion becomes Haunted. If all the special facilities in the Bastion are already Haunted, the DM rolls again on the Bastion Hauntings
special facility, this Bastion Haunting has no effect. Living Dead. A group of mindless undead shamble from the Mists. The Attack Bastion event occurs, but roll 3d6 for that event rather than 6d6. Mist
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
monastery. If the engines are set to fail, all the prisoners will be desperate to escape the monastery before its fall. If freed in any event, they can steal a skiff and follow the marked trails out of the
greataxe attack is replaced with a shackling chains attack, using the same modifiers but dealing bludgeoning damage. While in sunlight, an immured one has disadvantage on attack rolls, as well as on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on sight.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
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
above the battlefield momentarily look like five hateful draconic heads. The character must succeed on a DC 16 Wisdom saving throw or have disadvantage on attack rolls and ability checks for 1 round
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
the attack, because the monster’s confusing gaze scrambles their memory of the event. Those who have fought and killed umber hulks recognize the signs. For other denizens of the Underdark, grisly
saving throw, the creature can’t take reactions until the start of its next turn and rolls a d8 to determine what it does during that turn. On a 1 to 4, the creature does nothing. On a 5 or 6, the creature
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
against the community’s best anglers, all competing to catch the largest fish. Characters who go to the wharf are invited to participate in this popular event and, if they accept, are lent fishing poles and
contest. Repeat these rolls for every 10 minutes a character participates in the fish catch. After 30 minutes, the contest ends and a winner is determined. Fish to Catch d20 Catch DC Fish 1–3
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
player’s answer—cinnamon rolls from a nearby baker, firework charges being prepared for a celebration, or anything else—becomes part of the village, and the player has added an important detail to the
characters must search a settlement and connect with locals to help find it. Shopping Episode. A friendly NPC asks the characters to help shop for someone’s birthday. Special Event Episode. The characters
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
removed until the disease is cured. Any event that causes the infected creature great stress — including entering combat, taking damage, experiencing fear, or having a nightmare — forces the creature
saving throw or become infected. One day after infection, the creature’s vision starts to become blurry. The creature takes a -1 penalty to attack rolls and ability checks that rely on sight. At the end of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
Rampaging Giant This encounter triggers possible side quests through which the characters can learn about the influence of Demogorgon in Gracklstugh. You can use this event any time during the
. The characters can use this chance to escape, or they can help, albeit with disadvantage on attack rolls if they are shackled. The duergar are pragmatists and release characters who help them deal
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
monk when the characters enter this area. In either event, the devil’s elder monk bodyguards (see below) are ordered to strike with their exotic weapons, executing the errant monk while the Grand
(Perception) check identifies them as such. When the devil rolls a 20 on an attack roll with a claw, the target is decapitated. (At your option, the attack can instead deal an extra 6d8 slashing damage.) A
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
bawdy entertainment and base comedy, not cutting-edge political commentary. Thus, we critics assumed that this dramatic work was a singular event, until a new play titled Fallen Angels exceeded our
playwright of the Diamond Theater responsible for these stirring stories? Her name is Luca Syara, but beyond that, she’s an enigma. There’s no such person on the rolls of the bardic colleges of Breland
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
exhaustion that can't be removed until the disease is cured. Any event that causes the infected creature great stress--including entering combat, taking damage, experiencing fear, or having a
on a DC 15 Constitution saving throw or become infected. One day after infection, the creature's vision starts to become blurry. The creature takes a −1 penalty to attack rolls and ability checks that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
). Mutate the goblins to make them lumpy and awkward. Each goblin has disadvantage on attack rolls until the end of its next turn. Fire a bolt of eldritch energy at a target the controlling creature
advantage or disadvantage (50 percent chance) on attack rolls until the end of its next turn.
2 Each character has advantage or disadvantage (50 percent chance) on attack rolls until the end of their
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer Academy
inspection, have each character make a Wisdom (Perception) check. Whoever rolls the highest notices a suspicious event. On a nearby dock, a hobgoblin academy officer supervising the unloading of a
the event. Give inspiration to any character who successfully completes the course. Sea Dock Security Level: Green (Visitor Rank) or Above, Blue (Sailor Rank) or Above for the Cargo Area This
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Fiendish Folio Volume 1
an event occurs, the creature’s scream echoes through the Feywild. If it echoes at just the right angle between a rocky outcropping in the dead of night, the scream gains intensity and volume until
creature suffers no effect.
Stunted Legs. The screaming devilkin has disadvantage on attack rolls and all attack rolls made against it gain advantage while the devilkin isn’t flying.
Actions
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Event Descriptions The events from the Bastion Events table are detailed here in alphabetical order. All Is Well Nothing significant happens. Roll on the following table, fleshing out the details as
maps of their Bastions (see “Bastion Map” earlier in this chapter).
Attack A hostile force attacks your Bastion but is defeated. Roll 6d6; for each die that rolls a 1, one Bastion Defender dies
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
group of hunters in the canyon roll a d20, adding 1 for each character or knight in the group. Any group that rolls a total of 18 or higher comes within 100 feet of the manticore. Any and all groups
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->Dungeon Master’s Guide
owner. 4 Ornament. The item honors a special event. Inset gemstones, gold or platinum inlays, and gold or silver filigree adorn its surface. 5 Prophecy. The item features in a prophecy: its bearer is
. The item warns you, granting a +2 bonus to your Initiative rolls if you don’t have the Incapacitated condition. 7–8 Harmonious. Attuning to this item takes only 1 minute. 9 Key. The item is used to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
Spellcasting Focus for your Sorcerer spells. Level 1: Innate Sorcery An event in your past left an indelible mark on you, infusing you with simmering magic. As a Bonus Action, you can unleash that
magic for 1 minute, during which you gain the following benefits: The spell save DC of your Sorcerer spells increases by 1. You have Advantage on the attack rolls of Sorcerer spells you cast. You can use
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
Spellcasting Focus for your Sorcerer spells. Level 1: Innate Sorcery An event in your past left an indelible mark on you, infusing you with simmering magic. As a Bonus Action, you can unleash that magic
for 1 minute, during which you gain the following benefits: The spell save DC of your Sorcerer spells increases by 1. You have Advantage on the attack rolls of Sorcerer spells you cast. You can use
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
holiday is named in honor of Lathander’s first prophet, Rhyester, a young blind boy who was cured of that blindness by the dawn’s light on this day more than seven centuries ago. That holy event occurred in
deception, attempting to cheat her in a deal, and buried her under a mountain of molten gold as punishment. A commemoration of that event, Leiruin is the day for guild members to pay their annual dues and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
ability check, attack roll, or saving throw it makes. The creature can wait until after it rolls the d20 before deciding to use the number, but it must decide before the DM says whether the roll succeeds
) Proficiency Bonus +5
Limited Spell Immunity. The golem automatically succeeds on saving throws against spells of 7th level or lower, and the attack rolls of such spells always miss it.
Unusual
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
from events, the characters can try to realize their primary goal of finding the final orrery component. The time of each event in the itinerary is known to all members of the caravan, so the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
rating of 10 (5,900 XP). It is blinded and deafened, giving it disadvantage on all its attack rolls, and it can’t use its Poison Breath. The golem was decapitated when Ythryn crashed into the Reghed
protagonists try to prove their worth, it is revealed that they’re all in fact dead, having perished alongside their father in the cataclysmic event that destroyed their kingdom. Cursed Play. Each script
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
event the town was breached. Although the militia put up a good fight against the orcs, the town couldn’t withstand the dragon’s attacks. The castle on the western shore has partially collapsed, the
the Fire Giants”). Characters can eavesdrop on this event about to unfold by hiding behind some rubble. They must each succeed on a DC 10 Dexterity (Stealth) check to go unnoticed. The Zhentarim force