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Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
Oztocan. Rilago’s redemption and the characters’ heroism have strengthened the protective wards around Xeluan, rendering the giant impervious to further harm. No longer able to mine oztocanite from the
giant, the Onyx Scar terminates its mining operation. Xeluan’s Heart Is Not Mended. If the characters fail to mend Xeluan’s heart, the earthquakes worsen, forcing citizens of Oztocan to evacuate the town.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
Adventure Background Long ago, a giant named Xeluan was attacked by his ruthless kin and left to die. After a group of heroes found him and nursed him back to health, the grateful giant pledged his
mountainside, creating a refuge for the heroes and their people. The giant harnessed earth magic to create a protective ward around the settlement, but the devastation proved unstoppable. As the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
Audience with the Stonespeaker If the adventurers helped stop the rampaging giant in the Darklake District (and especially if they didn’t kill him), Hgraam is expecting them by the entrance to the
Cairngorm Caverns. Though the stone giant is short on pleasantries, he gives the characters what information he can in response to their questions, including ways to return to the “dreamlands,” as the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
hundred feet before impacting on a lower bridge. Though this alone might seem like small comfort, it’s also true that the major bridges in the upper and middle wards are enchanted with feather fall
possibilities.
The
Sharn Inquisitive
Watch for Falling Drunks
Just this week a Brelish woman in Middle Central was squashed to death when a drunk Cyran man fell on her from the upper wards. He
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
Yarek released the devil, it immediately murdered him. To fulfill its agreement with the mage, the devil must now kill Skrianna. Wards placed on these chambers prevent the devil from leaving, however
, and the greater wards placed on Undermountain by Halaster prevent it from getting away by plane shifting. Before he died, Yarek used a sending spell to warn the headmaster about the escaped devil
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
you’re traveling between wards, add 30 minutes for each ward you pass through. Dura and Tavick’s Landing are especially large; double the time to move through one of these quarters. So traveling from
Lower Menthis to Upper Central involves passing through three wards (Lower Menthis to Lower Central, then ascending two levels) and can take up to 90 minutes. If you want to add a little color to your
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
than a hundred feet before hitting a lower bridge. While this may seem like small comfort, the major bridges in the upper and middle wards are enchanted with feather fall enchantments that trigger
still stranded on the edge of a tower or bridge.
5 You fall past a hippogriff—make a Dexterity (Acrobatics) check (DC 15) to catch its leg!
6 A giant owl catches you… and threatens to drop
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
successful DC 14 Dexterity check using thieves’ tools. However, doing so triggers this area’s protective magic. Creatures Opening the gold chest causes the bones in the room to assemble into a giant
chest has four potions of greater healing, a potion of flying, and a potion of poison. The silver chest contains spell scrolls of guards and wards, summon lesser demons (see appendix C), and
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; their loyalty by turning them into slaves.
If a tribe is defeated and driven from its lair, the survivors might come under the sway of a strong but dimwitted creature, such as a hill giant or an ogre
times and uttering “Gruumsh” wards off bad magic.
Symbolic Communication
Orcs have a written language adapted from that of the dwarves, but they aren’t a literate culture and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Giants of the Star Forge
of the road is a broad-shouldered giant with dusky skin and flaming red hair. She wears intimidating armor made of jagged lava rock and wields a searing scepter.
“None shall pass,” the giant intones
. At these words, two serpentine creatures of living flame slither to join her side.
Brimskarda’s most trusted companion, her sister Zohelm, guards the path to the Star Forge. Zohelm is a fire giant
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
wards, middle wards, upper wards, and Skyway. You can choose results from the tables, or randomly determine what happens, and you can modify results as you please, tailoring the details of an event
Dhakaan for sale! Recovered from the ruins below!" 16–18 A man dressed in the livery of House Vadalis descends a tower wall mounted on the back of a giant spider. He shouts, "Need a ride? No faster way
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
idealists, and one of them appears to be an owl. All of them are well known in their home wards, and any of them could have use for a team of adventurers. The Sharn Councilors table describes a few of
Landing. Whispered rumors suggest that the changeling has ties to the mysterious Tyrants. Some insist that Kilk is actually an identity shared by a group of changelings. 9 Hruitt (owl) is a giant owl
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
giant gods about magic, wards, banes, hidden treasures, and the secrets of the earth. Skoraeus gave the secret of smelting to Surtur. Skoraeus showed Thrym how to carve runes on his old weapons to
. Young stone giants practice tirelessly, hoping to prove themselves worthy of assisting the tribe’s best carvers. A stone giant master carver might devote years to finding the best stone before
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
gp each and weighing 50 pounds each) and a one-of-a-kind book of original plays written in Dethek, the Dwarvish script, with Common translations, by a legendary and long-deceased cloud giant poet
storm, Leomund’s secret chest, Mordenkainen’s faithful hound, stoneskin
5th level: Bigby’s hand, cloudkill, geas, wall of force
6th level: globe of invulnerability, guards and wards, true seeing
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
. Skoraeus Despite being the fifth of Annam’s sons, Skoraeus (called “Stonebones” by his stone giant followers) is depicted as the wisest among them, particularly knowledgeable about magic, wards, hidden
giant society. The head of the pantheon is the All-Father, but most giants view him as a remote, disinterested, or deeply disappointed father who has little role to play in giant life any more. The other
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
Random Encounters Use the Ruin Encounters table for characters traveling the slopes of the hill or its surroundings. Ruin Encounters 1d12 Encounter 1 Animals—such as a brown bear, giant owl, or
Spiders from the Feygrove are on the prowl; they include 2d4 giant spiders plus either 1d3 phase spiders or 1 ruin spider (see chapter 21). 11 A lone githyanki warrior hunts for tonight’s meal. 12 A
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
. The temple, built of glittering limestone, nestles amid the massive trunks. Strong magical wards protect the temple, since Karametra herself sits here when she visits her beloved polis. All manner of
while yet. Abora Market The Abora Market is a giant, open-air market just inside the main eastern gate of Setessa. Every day it is thronged with citizens buying and selling food, crafts, and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
power does—the power to influence, administer, and evade the rule of law. Despite its luxuries and breathtaking vistas, the Lady’s Ward is quieter than other wards, its solemn streets frequented by
smattering of smaller buildings that support their cycle of enforcement, adjudication, and punishment. Residents of other wards rarely visit the Lady’s Ward without official business. Fortunes are won and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
, irksome satyrs, and territorial centaurs. Owlbears also prowl the Far Forest in alarming numbers, while the darkest depths are home to frightful ettercaps and their giant spider pets. Fell Pass Between
it goes and can’t be coaxed into veering off course unless they are magically charmed. Suggested Encounter Three days after the characters arrive in Fireshear, a frost giant greatship with white dragon
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
eleven pieces of black jasper worth 10 gp each. In the pockets of a cloak hanging in one of the wardrobes are a potion of frost giant strength and ten +2 sling bullets. Third Floor As you step from the
as they try in vain to cross through.
Creatures. Two hell hounds are presently held within magical wards in this area. Hoobur summoned these fiends but has yet to assign them a task, so he keeps them
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
several rounds later. Crag Cats. The crag cats hide in the snow and attempt to surprise the party. Frost Giants. If a lone giant is encountered, it has a winter wolf companion. The frost giants are
characters ask them about giant sightings, there is a 25 percent chance that the scouts have come across frost giant tracks in the past twelve hours, in which case they can steer the characters toward them
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
. Portals to trade cities across the planes lie scattered throughout its districts and the innumerable businesses among them. The Market Ward was once two wards, the other being the Guildhall Ward
from an alchemical shop. 6 A tiny copper soldier fashioned by a pentadrone toymaker marches up to the party, salutes them, and then stops functioning. 7 A hill giant stumbles toward the characters
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
Hive Ward Neglected by the dabus and the generosity of other wards, the Hive Ward has fallen into disrepair. Its buildings are lopsided hodgepodges of architectural styles and materials, their floors
cranium rats. Damp rags and swollen planks cover broken windows, blotting what little light ekes through the ward’s perpetual fog. Of all the wards in Sigil, the Hive Ward has the least oversight
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
cross a ward. If you’re traveling between wards, add 30 minutes for each ward you pass through. Dura and Tavick’s Landing are especially large; double the time it takes to move through one of them. For
instance, traveling from Lower Menthis to Upper Central involves passing through three wards (taking a bridge from Lower Menthis to Lower Central, then ascending two levels) and can take 90 minutes or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
following vision. The smell of blood fills your nostrils as you wander a maze of Underdark tunnels, moving with purpose as your giant hooves crush stones underfoot. Faerzress light reveals that your shadow is
out by the powerful wards of Gravenhollow echoes in your mind as the vision is suddenly torn away to darkness.
This vision offers a glimpse of Lolth’s plan to drive her rivals out of the Abyss and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
shoot skyward like a missile. Or a franchise’s headquarters might be contained within a giant statue, which over time gains the power to move farther and faster. A castle or other stationary structure
, availability of maps, or other conditions. Giant Stone Statue. A 100-foot-tall stone statue has stairs and rooms carved within its interior. When a character sits at the helm located in a room within the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
, and steeples leaning at odd angles surround a huge citadel.
At the foot of the causeway, a giant statue lies prone and motionless, its surfaces gleaming with rime.
The city’s dominating feature
tomb tapper looks like a faceless, misshapen giant. It turned to stone when it died, leaving behind its big sledgehammer. Y2. Wizard Spires Several crooked spires branch off the enclave’s perimeter wall
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
named. Though it stands on all four legs, its back is fully twenty feet off the ground, making it a mount fit for a storm giant. Although it has shown itself to be capable of flight, with the granite
guard standing at ease. The pose it assumed led to its naming, and it is viewed with respect by the citizens of the southerly wards. The Hawk Man This statue looks like a winged, hawk-headed being
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
weather doesn’t bother him. When the characters arrive, Aerix is cowering in the chieftain’s tent while six giant vultures feast on the corpses of his mother (the chieftain) and father (the camp’s shaman
characters attack Isarr, any giant vultures circling overhead join the fight as Isarr’s allies. To pass the Test of Preservation, the party members must keep Aerix alive so that his family’s bloodline
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
Mortuary, which used to reside in the ward, have been bitten off by the neighboring Lady’s and Hive Wards, respectively. Still, the Lower Ward remains a necessary industrial powerhouse in the City of
furnaces and ringing anvils makes conversation difficult. Fiery-mouthed furnaces the size of barns yawn in every direction, and crucibles large enough to hold a fire giant brim with molten metal. Map
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
DC 18 Wisdom (Perception) check. Beneath the loose flagstone is a 3-foot-deep, 4-foot-wide cubbyhole that holds three rotted crates (empty), several empty glass vials, a potion of giant strength
the library and scriptorium of the Haven of the Red Quill. It has been kept in pristine condition even over nine hundred years by the same magic that wards the door. The panels set into the ceiling
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
guards and wards spell (save DC 13) for the next 24 hours. 11–15 A mundane part of one random character’s surroundings—perhaps a tree bole or a stuffed animal head—animates for 1 minute and whispers a
insect swarm or a Small or larger insect, such as a giant centipede or giant spider, in the region. A creature begins a short or long rest. An Infested City Infested Effects d100 Effects 01–05
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
tactile, and creatures unable to breathe underwater suffocate while in this chamber. A hostile giant shark swims beneath the characters. The shark is part of the mirage, though it can harm characters who
T27: Crypt Vault The door to the crypt vault is locked and protected by magical wards. It can be unlocked only with the platinum skeleton key in Rerak’s possession. A creature that attempts to open
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
the ground by giant claws or buried up to its neck in the sand while the dragon’s thirst for small talk is slaked. A brass dragon is trusting of creatures that appear to enjoy conversation as much as it
. Master Hoarders. A gold dragon keeps its hoard in a well-guarded vault deep within its lair. Magical wards placed on the vault make it all but impossible to remove any treasures without the dragon