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Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
. The book contains the spells Avarice has prepared plus the following additional spells: burning hands, cone of cold, find familiar, ice storm, lightning bolt, rope trick, thunderwave, tongues, wall of fire, and wall of force.Cold, Fire
monsters
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Vanishing Trick (3/Day). Flizzlebin has the Invisible condition for 10 minutes. This effect
into dungeons to test their skills. The so-called “Vanishing Gnome’s” favorite game involves hiding within dangerous dungeons and rewarding those who find him with priceless treasures.
Backgrounds
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
basic knowledge of the structure of buildings, including the stuff behind the walls. You can also find blueprints of a specific building in order to learn the details of its construction. Such
Spells
Cantrip
produce flame, shocking grasp
1st
chaos bolt, create or destroy water, unseen servant
2nd
heat metal, rope trick
3rd
call lightning,
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
One useful trick: if ye face bugbears who have severed heads on spikes as trophies, cast a spell to make the heads speak. After that, ye can cozen the bugbears into doing almost anything.
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a bugbear gang with a special boon. A gang that gains the favor of Hruggek and Grankhul in this way might find that the head will emit a shout when an enemy gets too close (in the fashion of an alarm
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
Sea Hags The characters encounter three sea hags that comprise a coven. Their favorite trick is to pull a damaged or abandoned canoe onto a riverbank and pretend to be stranded or wounded explorers
in need of rescue. If the characters defeat the sea hags and search the area, roll three times on the Treasure Drops table to determine what, if anything, they find. Whatever treasure the hags have is stowed inside a rotted wooden chest.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Method
1 Find or restore Azalin and return him to Darkon.
2 Present the Dark Powers a worthy new Darklord.
3 Bestow a symbol of rule upon a new Darklord.
4 Free Darkon from the
Shadowfell.
5 Merge Darkon with another domain.
6 Trick another Darklord into entering Darkon.
Means to Save Darkon d6 Implement
1 Pieces of Azalin’s shattered crown
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
introduction. Chapter 1 describes the Witchlight Carnival. Hidden somewhere in the carnival is a fey crossing to the domain of Prismeer, but the trick to opening this portal is known only to the carnival’s
several appendices wherein you’ll find rules for new magic items, stat blocks for new creatures, and other goodies. At the end of the book is a Story Tracker you can use to keep track of story developments as they occur. Advice on how to use the Story Tracker appears later in this introduction.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
a dungeon and receives a mystifying vision that leads to the next quest. The party might find a cryptic map or relic that, once its meaning or purpose is determined, points to a new destination
. Perhaps an NPC warns the characters of impending danger or implores them for help. The trick is to not distract the characters from the adventure at hand. Designing an effective hook for a future adventure
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
facing the might of one of the multiverse’s most powerful good-aligned spellcasters, so the warlord devised a plot to trick Alustriel into helping him defeat Vecna. With the help of spies, Kas learned
characters wish to find it and use it against the warlord, you might place the artifact somewhere in this adventure for them to find. See the Dungeon Master’s Guide for more information about the Sword of Kas.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
rare to gather a table of players who all enjoy the same aspects of the game. The trick is to find a balance so everyone can get some enjoyment out of each game session, even if certain encounters don’t
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
serves as a patron. Once in a while, it can be interesting for the characters’ patron to betray them. Pulling that trick more than once in a campaign, though, is likely to make the players unwilling to
the characters want to impress or need a favor from asks them to deal with the adventure situation. 3 When the characters arrive in a new city, they find a job board where someone has posted in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
or prey? Gothic horror shatters the lies we trick ourselves into believing and shows that we, not some distant entity, are and ever shall be the architects of our doom. The quest for perfection leads
courageous. Find ways for adventures to test characters’ beliefs and morality. Gothic villains are unrepentantly evil, but this shouldn’t be immediately obvious. Drop hints about your villain’s awful secrets
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
, and it doesn’t leave a scar as described in area B1. If the characters are still in the Briny Maze at this point, they must find another way home. A plane shift spell would do the trick, as would any other plane-hopping magic.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
Autumn Encounter Chain Deception and misdirection are Jarlaxle’s forte, and he likes to trick his rivals into working for him. He steers the characters toward the Stone of Golorr and lets them think
they’re always one step ahead. Drow player characters who are members of Bregan D’aerthe might find their loyalty to the party put to the test. Summary The characters visit the residence of Fenerus
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer Academy
autognome parts and tinker’s tools. To find the right parts, a character must spend 10 minutes searching through debris on the Hollow Deck and succeed on a DC 15 Intelligence (Arcana) check. Once the
, latched but not locked, that contains five pearls (100 gp each) and a case that contains a spell scroll of rope trick.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
languages, detect magic, feather fall, find familiar, mage armor, magic missile, shield, unseen servant 25 gp Arcane lock, continual flame, darkvision, invisibility, magic weapon, misty step, rope trick
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
reason and deduction to arrive at a conclusion about something under examination. Investigation applies when characters are trying to figure out how a thing works—how to open a trick door, how to get
allows a character to find a secret door or something that betrays its presence, such as thin seams marking the edges of the door. If the secret door is locked, a successful Intelligence
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
capable of delivering letters through the Mists. Most non-Keepers who learn of this consider it a trick, or fear what it means to receive messages from beyond the Mists, encouraging the Keepers to offer
, which is secretly run by wereravens. They must not open the package and must get it out of Barovia swiftly.
6 A character glimpses a raven-like figure. When they investigate, they find only the mysterious talisman that it left behind.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
conversation is aggravating. An adventure in Pandemonium can be a way to explore what happens to characters on their worst day, when everything goes wrong and the howling wind won’t let up. The trick is to
a unique magical property: anything yelled from the top of the crag is said to find the ears of its intended recipient—carried on a shrieking, frigid wind—no matter where in the multiverse that person
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
level to begin Storm King’s Thunder, and Triboar is their ideal starting point (see chapter 2). The trick is to get them from Phandalin to Triboar, which lies east along a trail that cuts across
, upgrade their gear, sell their loot, and find new adventures. If those aren’t reasons enough, here are a few hooks tied to NPCs in Phandalin that you can use to direct the characters toward Triboar
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
created by rope trick) are subject to the same restrictions as magic cast in the tomb. Modified Spells Spells Effect Antimagic field This spell does not prevent the spirits of trickster gods from
Sewn Sisters. Find traps This spell fails if cast in the tomb. Gate Any creature in the tomb that steps through the gate created by this spell appears in area 57. Passwall This spell does not allow
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
Find Familiar
Fog Cloud
Grease
Identify
Illusory Script
Jump
Longstrider
Mage Armor
Magic Missile
Protection from Evil and Good
Shield
Silent Image
Sleep
Thunderwave
Unseen
Hold Person
Invisibility
Knock
Levitate
Locate Object
Magic Mouth
Magic Weapon
Mirror Image
Misty Step
Nystul’s Magic Aura
Ray of Enfeeblement
Rope Trick
Scorching Ray
See
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
using the dream spell as a weapon to terrorize their foes. It’s possible for an entire adventure to take place in a dream. The trick with a dream adventure is ensuring that it feels meaningful, even
first goal is to find a way to break out of the mundane dreamscape and enter the wider plane. The second challenge in crafting a dream adventure is how to bring all the characters in a party together in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
to allow the characters to trick the sphinx with a logical conundrum, perhaps along the lines of asking: How can we cross to the monastery without paying the toll? The answer to the question is to
advanced intellect and a unique perspective on the world. She might strike a deal with the characters if they agree to find the brains and bring her one, allowing them to summon the ferry without paying her
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
pulled open with a successful DC 30 Strength (Athletics) check. A knock spell or similar magic also does the trick. Below the trapdoor is a 30-foot-deep shaft containing a wooden ladder. Characters who
descend the ladder find themselves at one end of a 20-foot-wide stone passageway that gradually slopes down 100 feet before ending at the entrance to the Vault of Dragons. Wishes the Faerie Dragon
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
chapter as a standalone adventure, the bayou creatures’ aggressive presence is a result of the mage hunters’ activity in the area, not Murgaxor’s magic. Characters can find traces of the mage hunters
and a successful DC 14 Strength (Athletics) or Dexterity (Sleight of Hand) check, though you may allow other types of ability checks. For example, a character who tries to trick a mascot into
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
their own reasons to stray from the truth at times, and thus, they also find small ways to seek Phenax’s favor as they go about their daily lives. Formal services to Phenax are conducted at night
dryad suggested a blindfolded test of marksmanship, the hunters agreed. Once blinded, Phenax positioned the hunters to shoot one another. In the moment they fired, though, Nylea noticed Phenax’s trick
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
or paraphrase the following: “Looking to make some coin, eh? So am I. I’ve got a little trick planned that’ll cinch the race in my favor, winning me a thousand talons at least. You want in? I’ll give
skills before leaving to find another group to toy with. The characters must find another way to gain Uvashar’s favor or ingratiate themselves to another pit master. Stables The racetrack’s stables are
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
on acquiring the Sword of Zariel or helping Zariel find redemption, as Gargauth is quick to point out should the characters consult with him. There are other ways to free Elturel, but only if the
Avernus. They might stoke the rage of a horrific demon called Crokek’toeck and trick it into gnawing through Elturel’s chains. They might come to terms with an evil dragonborn paladin named Arkhan the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Borderlands Quest: Goblin Trouble
her. If they do this, she might be more inclined not to trick the characters and run away with the bowl later.
Attack or Talk? Vonnet and Dilly do not attack unless the characters attack them. As soon
succeeds on a DC 15 Wisdom (Insight) check realizes that the pair may seem sincere now, but they are less than trustworthy. Treasure. If the characters fight and defeat the two bandits, they find 60 GP
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
Rath’s escape. His fly spell and disappearing trick mean that an escape is very likely. Developments If the characters speak to Rath Modar or his associate, Azbara Jos, they find that the Red Wizard
reveal the depths of the connections between the Red Wizards (at least those friendly to Rath Modar) and the cult. The characters also find other letters from Thay revealing that clearly some Red
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
check to do so. As in a movie, the trapped creature is always more than 5 feet from the edge of the quicksand, so rescuers can’t just grab the character; they must find a vine, a rope, or a pole and
, he spends 1 round urging the characters to flee, then does so himself. Unless someone follows him immediately, it will take an hour to find him again. Will-o’-Wisps. If this encounter occurs before
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
check to do so. As in a movie, the trapped creature is always more than 5 feet from the edge of the quicksand, so rescuers can’t just grab the character; they must find a vine, a rope, or a pole and
spends 1 round urging the characters to flee, then does so himself. Unless someone follows him immediately, it will take an hour to find him again. Will-o’-Wisps. If this encounter occurs before
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Church of the Silver Flame The Silver Flame is force of light that holds fiends at bay. Those who seek to defend the innocent from evil can draw on the power of the Flame. Every mortal soul can find
, combining her spirit with the light of the Silver Flame to bind the demon once more. Now Tira serves as the Voice of the Flame, helping others find the light. Anyone who seeks to protect the innocent
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
fly spell and disappearing trick mean that an escape is very likely. Developments Characters who speak to Rath Modar or Azbara Jos find that the Red Wizard reputation for arrogance is true: the pair
between the Red Wizards (at least those friendly to Rath Modar) and the cult. The characters also find other letters from Thay revealing that clearly some Red Wizards are not nearly as keen on the