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Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
extradimensional chamber are expelled, appearing as close to the living spell's previous location as possible. Each expelled creature appears in a randomly determined unoccupied space, along with whatever it is
pull that creature into itself, then deposits the victim in an extradimensional chamber.
Areas of wild magic and sites that have been ravaged by powerful eldritch forces can give rise to spell effects
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
, taking a group of mind flayers with it, and moves to another location to form a new colony. After the death of the ulitharid’s body, a special process transforms its brain into a new elder brain for
staff; when the ulitharid is ready to give up its life, it attaches the staff to the back of its head, and the staff cracks open its skull, enabling its brain to be extracted. The brain and the staff
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
great thinkers, and spur adventurers to heroic deeds. They sometimes give guidance to those in need or request help from adventurers to encourage them to greatness.
As a rule, moonstone dragons are
of an arcanaloth seeking a powerful Feywild artifact.
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An adult moonstone dragon attempts to help a beholder worried that its dreams will soon give birth to a rival beholder.
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Members of
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
artists and poets, encourage great thinkers, and spur adventurers to heroic deeds. They sometimes give guidance to those in need or request help from adventurers to encourage them to greatness.
As a rule
dragon.
Moonstone Dragon Lairs
Often, a moonstone dragon’s lair is not a single location, but rather a collection of personally significant places spread out across multiple planes of
Backgrounds
Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
to adapt to zero gravity. Being weightless doesn’t give you disadvantage on any of your melee attack rolls (see “Weightlessness” below).
WEIGHTLESSNESS
In any location where
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Species
Basic Rules (2014)
single elf or dwarf might take on the responsibility of guarding a special location or a powerful secret, humans found sacred orders and institutions for such purposes. While dwarf clans and halfling
give their children names from other languages, such as Dwarvish or Elvish (pronounced more or less correctly), but most parents give names that are linked to their region’s culture or to the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
Id Ascendant Stories about a comet crashing in the mountains (see “Tall Tales in Ten-Towns”) or a quest concerning a telepathic message (see “Distress Signal”) might bring adventurers to this
location, as might a character who has the Escaped Prisoner secret (see appendix B). Otherworldy creatures issue forth from a crashed illithid nautiloid
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
either location. Also review the “Goliaths” entry in appendix C, in particular the “Spine of the World Goliaths” section. There is also a list of goliath names you can draw from, as needed. Characters
Skytower Shelter might return home for some reason, perhaps to seek help with matters concerning Icewind Dale. All goliaths who dwell in Skytower Shelter are members of the Akannathi clan. In addition to
Backgrounds
Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
provided. The following section, discussing possible homelands, includes some suggested reasons that are appropriate for each location.
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Reason
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Reason
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Emissary
4
Pilgrim
Characteristics
d6
Personality Trait
1
I have different assumptions from those around me concerning personal space, blithely invading others’ space in innocence, or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
Research Forewarned is forearmed. The research downtime activity allows a character to delve into lore concerning a monster, a location, a magic item, or some other particular topic. Resources
, the password needed to enter a sealed dungeon level, the spells commonly prepared by an order of wizards, and so on. As DM, you are the final arbiter concerning exactly what a character learns. For a
Spells
Xanathar's Guide to Everything
required by you) that you issue while in the area. If you don’t give them commands and no intruders are present, the grove guardians do nothing. The grove guardians can’t leave the warded
within the warded area:
A constant gust of wind in two locations of your choice
Spike growth in one location of your choice
Wind wall in two locations of your choice
To a creature immune to this effect, the winds are a fragrant, gentle breeze, and the area of spike growth is harmless.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
the adventure, that’s fine. But plot hooks and NPC interactions at each location give you lots of opportunity to inspire or compel the characters to travel to the second location, either after or in conjunction with exploring the first location.
Locations Depending on which agent they ally themselves with, the characters will initially travel to either the Tomb of Horrors or the Temple of Moloch. If you want to focus on only one location in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Starting Location Begin your campaign in a location you can detail, such as a village, a neighborhood in a larger city, an outpost, or a roadside tavern. Be prepared to give players enough
adventuring party If you’re using a published campaign setting, pick any location in that setting and develop it as you like. A published setting or adventure might give you all the details you need. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
knowledge and power the book represents are dangerous in anyone’s hands — especially Vizeran DeVir’s, given what the characters know of him. However, the drow archmage doesn’t give up the grimoire
tie up loose ends concerning the grimoire, you can have it banished into the Abyss along with the demon lords. It might be reclaimed by Lolth or lost somewhere within the infinite depths of that plane, at least until it resurfaces again.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
rolls against it. If you are hidden--both unseen and unheard--when you make an attack, you give away your location when the attack hits or misses.
disadvantage on the attack roll. This is true whether you're guessing the target's location or you're targeting a creature you can hear but not see. If the target isn't in the location you targeted
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragons of Stormwreck Isle
the characters arrive at a location marked on a map, describe it to give them a clear mental picture of the location. You can also draw what they see on paper, copying what’s on your map while
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica
the Rakdos as sane. The Cult of Rakdos bears the name of the demon lord who founded it. As laid out in the Guildpact, the guild was intended to fill roles concerning entertainment, mining, and manual
labor. Some argue that any effort to give a demonic cult a respectable role in society was doomed to failure, but the cult remains part of Ravnica’s social fabric nevertheless. The Guildpact prohibits
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes of the Borderlands
Shop Services The Trader Handout lists items available for sale. Give this handout to the players whenever they visit this location. Sturdy Armors and Shields Armor Cost
Breastplate 400
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
Red Yeti”). The NPC who tells the tale is willing to guide the characters to the spire’s location for no less than 20 gp. After doing so, the guide wishes the party luck before heading back to Ten
-Towns. Before the characters face the challenges of the spire, review the information about Dzaan in the “Arcane Brotherhood” section of appendix C. The details concerning Dzaan’s simulacrum and bodyguard are especially pertinent, given what the characters are about to discover.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Domains of Delight: A Feywild Accessory
, Giant, Humanoid, or Plant. Change the creature’s type to Fey, make its Intelligence at least 10 (+0), and give it two languages if doesn’t speak any languages. Also give the creature one or both of
the following traits: Fey Rebirth. If the archfey dies in its Domain of Delight, it revives with all its hit points 1d4 days later in a safe location in that domain.
Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If the archfey fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
The Wreck If the characters decide to seek out the sunken Tammeraut, they must first find out where the rift is located. The charts in Archais’s journal give the exact location in nautical
coordinates. Alternatively, a character who succeeds on a DC 20 Intelligence (History) check discerns the likely spot where the ship sunk. Virgil also knows the location of the Pit of Hatred, having accompanied
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
about the characters and their accomplishments. At various times in the adventure, you will be advised to jot down information on the Story Tracker, as events that happen in earlier chapters can give
Story Tracker might remind you of the effect. Unicorn Horn A lost unicorn horn plays an important part in the adventure. Its location is determined randomly by rolling on the Unicorn Horn’s Location
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
) haunts this room and telekinetically hurls broken furnishings at intruders so as not to give away its location. Treasure A search of the room yields a wooden scroll tube containing an intact spell scroll of wall of fire.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
, Goldenfields, or Triboar by having a representative of that faction give them a quest. With the growing threat of giants in the North, the quest might be as straightforward as protecting the location against a possible giant attack.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
Facing Xanathar Roll percentile dice to determine the beholder’s location when the characters arrive, and consult the Xanathar’s Location table. Xanathar’s Location d100 Location 01–50 Xanathar is
offer. This process continues until the characters comply or none are left. Those who agree to the beholder’s terms are permitted to leave with their lives. If the characters give Xanathar the stone, it
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
begins, make photocopies of the six NPCs corresponding to the location you’ve chosen. These NPCs are gathered in appendix D. Each NPC comes with a brief description, personality traits (a bond, an
ideal, and a flaw), and a stat block. When the giant attack begins, give one NPC to each player and tell the player where the NPC is at the start of the encounter, as noted in the encounter description
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
when you want to give information to the players, particularly if they retreat from the Skull Dunes and return to the lighthouse. The major can offer suggestions and occasional helpful hints. These
hints should not be given on demand, and the major might not have advice on every subject. The major’s suggestions concerning the tactical situation on the island depend on how much information the party
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
game; if the encounter occurs at night, they are camped. Use the information in the “Uthgardt” section to choose an appropriate tribe based on the location where the encounter takes place. If these
Uthgardt belong to the Gray Wolf tribe, use the werewolf statistics for the chieftain and the berserkers, and give the chieftain 90 hit points. Also give the Gray Wolf chieftain 1d4 wolves as animal
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
creature you can hear but not see. If the target isn’t in the location you targeted, you miss.
When a creature can’t see you, you have Advantage on attack rolls against it.
If you are hidden when you make an attack roll, you give away your location when the attack hits or misses.
Attackers and Targets
When you make an attack roll against a target you can’t see, you have Disadvantage on the roll. This is true whether you’re guessing the target’s location or targeting a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
creature you can hear but not see. If the target isn’t in the location you targeted, you miss.
When a creature can’t see you, you have Advantage on attack rolls against it.
If you are hidden when you make an attack roll, you give away your location when the attack hits or misses.
Attackers and Targets
When you make an attack roll against a target you can’t see, you have Disadvantage on the roll. This is true whether you’re guessing the target’s location or targeting a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
Puzzle Elements Text that appears in a box like this is meant to be read aloud or paraphrased for the players when their characters first arrive in a location with a puzzle or when otherwise noted
section suggests hints that characters might use their skills to reveal. Provide one or more of the hints if the characters get stuck. If a character has proficiency in a hint’s associated skill, give them
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
path, and give it a new name if necessary. For example, the goblin village of Yellyark doesn’t have to be in the location marked on your map. You can place it anywhere you want, or create another goblin
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
Using Enclaves Each of the locations in this chapter is a blank slate; you can decide who lives there, what they want, and how they interact with visitors. Each location includes a selection of
adventure hooks that might attract characters to the enclave or give them a reason to draw on its magic. The adventure hooks also suggest specific creatures or encounter tables appearing in the “Encounters
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
the roads, including trade routes leading beyond the village and roads that connect outlying farms to the village center. Note the location of the village center. If the adventurers visit specific
be important: the lord’s keep, significant temples, and the like. For cities, add internal walls and think about the personality of each ward. Give the wards names reflecting their personalities
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
located somewhere inside a casino called the Red Belvedere in Avernus. The Wizards Three warn the characters that finding this location might be difficult since the Nine Hells are impossible to map and
the Fiends in the casino’s highest ranks to enter the exclusive Ruby Sanctum, then fight Tiamat’s champion—or convince Tiamat to give up the final rod piece.