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Monsters
The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
wearing or carrying, and reappears 24 hours later in the same location or the nearest unoccupied space.
Uncanny Awareness. Endelyn canât be surprised.Multiattack. Endelyn makes two Puppeteer's Lash
called the Orrery of Tragedies clicks and turns day and night, giving Endelyn glimpses of her terrible fate.
Alignment. Neutral evil.
Personality Trait. âI have foreseen not only this moment but
Monsters
Van Richtenâs Guide to Ravenloft
a specific location their battlefield. This gives rise to stories of haunted battlegrounds, ruins, roads, river crossings and other strategic locations where a dullahan continues a terrifying
, like warhorse skeleton;warhorse skeletons or nightmare;nightmares.
Headless Hunts
Dullahans are known for seeking their lost heads, giving rise to regional legends of headless hunters and endless
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
remnant of celestial matter imbued with life-giving magic. The collision released a storm of chaotic energy and sent countless islands spinning away into the void. Within some of them, bits of the god&rsquo
failed save, the creature feels an intense urge to use its movement on each of its turns to enter the lair and to move toward the morkothâs location (the target doesnât realize itâs
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
Pit of Shummrath Here you find a sticky situation. Poor Shummrath isnât the fiend it used to be. â The Cartographer When the characters arrive at this location, read or paraphrase the following boxed
stream from the River Styx has spilled into his canyon and polluted the devilâs mind. Shummrath now only retains thirty seconds of memory and conveys a single thought repeatedly. Those who establish
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
giving a small group additional resources, as explained in the Dungeon Masterâs Guide. Each of the adventures can take place in any world you choose, as long as the location has the basic elements listed at the beginning of each adventure.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon of Icespire Peak
Location Overview Five miles south of Conyberry is a shrine dedicated to Savras, god of divination and fate. Many years ago, the shrineâs priest-seers foresaw a barbarian attack on Conyberry, giving
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
characters make themselves known to Mordenkainenâs simulacrum, he demands to know their reasons for visiting. The archmage doesnât know the location of the Bleeding Citadel, nor does he care to find it
. Even so, he claims that âbalance will be maintained in the universeâ by giving the characters directions to a lesser mage who also studies the workings of magic in Avernus â specifically, a âmage of no
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
specific starting point and endpoint. A good way to get around this restriction is to create an adventure with multiple possible endings. Location-based adventures also work well with this format. A
dungeon presents a natural limit on character options, while still giving the players choices. The adventure could be a quest to defeat a creature or recover an item, but the path to achieving that goal
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
begins, make photocopies of the six NPCs corresponding to the location youâve chosen. These NPCs are gathered in appendix D. Each NPC comes with a brief description, personality traits (a bond, an
, give one NPC to each player and put the extra NPCs aside. These leftover NPCs donât participate in the battle. After giving out the NPCs, read the following explanatory text to the players: In addition
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortuneâs Wheel
â long-term entrapment. Back to the Outlands Once the characters agree to aid R04M, theyâll need to find a way to reach Gzemnidâs Realm. R04M shares the location of the portal he originally used to
escape into Sigil. This portalâs location is up to you. Use this opportunity to return to a favorite site in the adventure or to help characters acclimate to their new powers. The R04Mâs Portal table
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
the reclaimed parts of Blingdenstone. Svirfneblin in the outskirts are more curt with strangers, and a few might even try to steal from them. Taskmasters at each location are now feeling themselves
the settlement. If left outside, Glabbagool might eventually find its way in through the wererat warrens, giving the characters insight into how the other oozes are getting in, or appearing in the nick of time to help the characters if they find themselves in peril.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
all the gods are usually honored in these forums with statues or other works of art. Agora Adventures An agora is the perfect location for adventures where roleplaying takes center stage. The
ringleader of a thievesâ guild who frequently targets people in the agora.
2 Protect a civil leader giving a speech.
3 Perform for an audience.
4 Humiliate someone giving a speech or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tashaâs Cauldron of Everything
name. Your destination in the other world is a safe location within 1 mile of where the magic item was created. Alternatively, you can cast the spell if one of the affected creatures was born on the
other world, which causes your destination to be a safe location within 1 mile of where that creature was born. The spell ends early on a creature if that creature takes any damage, and the creature
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon of Icespire Peak
location. ADVENTURE MAPS
Maps that appear in this book are for the DMâs eyes only. A map not only shows an adventure location in its entirety but also shows secret doors, hidden traps, and other
elements the players arenât meant to see â hence the need for secrecy.
When the characters arrive at a location marked on a map, you can either rely on a verbal description to give them a clear mental
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
give an initial focus to the campaignâsetting a tone and giving players an initial investment in the story. The player characters may be meeting in a tavernâbut itâs their favorite tavern. The bard
happen?â You Meet at a Tavern ⊠But Which Tavern? Where do you spend your off hours? As a group, once you settle on a location, each player can add one cosmetic detail about it. This could involve a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Adventure Atlas: The Mortuary
lead them to a deadly location in the Mortuary, such as a crematorium. 3 A poshly dressed Duster wight asks the characters to help them write a eulogy thatâs due in 10 minutes. 4 A friendly death dog
one of their own. 6 A sarcophagus-like animated coffin* conveys a haughty mummy lord to its tomb. Two mummies walk alongside the coffin. The mummy lord demands that passersby acknowledge its rule with a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
About the Tavern Elfsong Tavernâs location is marked on map 1.1, while map 1.2 shows its interior. From time to time, the disembodied voice of a female elf fills the tavern with a melancholy song
, giving the establishment its name. The ballad isnât loud enough to disrupt conversation, but most patrons stop speaking when the elfsong begins, then resume only after it ends. Many customers frequent
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
the axe lies, was hidden even from his own people, but I believe we can find it together!â Gargosh continues in detail, giving the adventurers a crash course on Besilmer history (see the âAncient
the location of the tomb, but he has not brought it with him out of caution for the diaryâs safety. He promises that they can see it next time. Gargosh agrees to meet them the next day at the same spot
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
in the âDeath House Hauntingsâ section. Haunted Doorways. The room on the other side of a haunted doorway is filled with magical darkness and silence, giving no hint of whatever is within. A creature
Haunted Zone d6 Location Emerged 1 The characters sit in the dining room (area D5), sated and covered with sticky crumbs, though thereâs no food in sight. 2 The characters stand in the storage room
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
foresight to destroy the circle prior to obtaining the stone, the simulacrum instead must travel to Yellowspire on foot, giving the characters ample time to get away before it arrives as long as they leave
becomes attuned to the Stone of Golorr, it reveals the location of the Vault of Dragons, under the Brandath family mausoleum in the City of the Dead, and the three keys needed to enter it. When the characters are ready to visit the mausoleum, proceed with encounter 4, âMausoleum.â
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
has foreseen her own demise during a solar eclipse. In the depths of her castle, a lightning-powered device called the Orrery of Tragedies clicks and turns day and night, giving Endelyn glimpses of her
hours later in the same location or the nearest unoccupied space.
Uncanny Awareness. Endelyn canât be surprised.
Actions
Multiattack. Endelyn makes two Puppeteerâs Lash attacks.
Puppeteerâs
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
hidden from the rest of the world until the end of time. Unfortunately for the wizards, even the will of a god couldnât prevent other evil creatures from learning the templeâs location. The wizards
the temple several times to learn new magic and to find a means of escaping his fate, but the Dark Powers have no intention of giving him up. These recent years have been difficult for Exethanter
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
getting closer!
A duergar is using its Invisibility trait to get close enough to the character to make an attack, but the snow betrays its presence, giving the character the chance to act first. When the
back into battle. Doppelganger. The doppelganger (which has smeared itself with someone elseâs blood) asks to be taken to a safe location out of the dragonâs sight. If a character obliges, the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
shapes match the keyholes of the skeleton gate in the lair of the Sewn Sisters (area 71). The Skeleton Keys table summarizes the location and shape of each key. Finding a Skeleton Key. Each of the first
five levels of the tomb has its own skeleton key. A skeleton key can be encountered in any of the locations marked with a skull symbol on the level map. You choose a skeleton keyâs location. You can
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
alights during a ceremony, such as a birth announcement or a coronation, everyone present understands that the creature is telling them great good could be in the offing. The ki-rin conveys its gifts and
makes its lair atop a forbidding mountain peak or in some other equally inaccessible location. Only those that have the tenacity to complete the daunting journey to a ki-rinâs lair can prove
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tashaâs Cauldron of Everything
. Perhaps itâs not as evil as conventional adventuring wisdom suggests? 3 Bound Fiend. This fiend is bound to a location, either in its true form or as a possessing spirit. Whether trapped in an unbreakable
the word of your patron runs the gamut from prosaic to otherworldly. Roll or pick from the Ancient Being Contact table to determine who or what conveys your patronâs will. Ancient Being Contact d6
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Light of Xaryxis
to make good on their promise to kill Big Momma. Before giving them the Wildspace orrery, Topolah explains how it works: âThis gizmo shows you where you are in relation to the planets, moons, and sun
attacks characters who loiter outside Topolahâs tower or on the dock. An hour after Big Momma is defeated, a cosmic storm engulfs Topolahâs tower. While marveling at the storm, Topolah conveys the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
Annam seeking wisdom. The divine oracle told them that a great upheaval would upset the balance of power in the world, giving all giants the opportunity to win the respect of their gods and bring
map for 100 gp that shows Parnastâs location. The village lies between the Graypeak Mountains and the Weathercote Forest, near the western edge of the desert of Anauroch. If they travel to Parnast
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
disinclination toward travel, the githzerai send groups away from Limbo on a regular basis to keep from giving ground in their battles against the githyanki and the mind flayers. Adamantine Citadels When
blot on the natural world. Life, the one thing that canât be spontaneously created from the stuff of Limbo, is driven away from the location in a wave of dread. Depending on the size of the citadel
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
we go!â If the creature performing this act is a Fey or has fey ancestry, its effort transports all creatures inside the fairy ring to a remote location on a Material Plane world of your choice. They
awaken spells on the 3d8 + 60 toadstools that form the ring, giving each of them the ability to speak Common. These awakened toadstools are mocking and rude toward visitors not accompanied by Granny
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
through an area watched over by drow scouts or spies, Ilvara will inevitably hear word of the charactersâ location. When this occurs, increase the pursuit level to 1 and begin tracking it again as the
have the characters cornered, giving them a chance to run. Likewise, a minor earthquake (caused by instability from the demonic incursion or a wild magic surge) might cause a cave-in, cutting off a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
hit. Whether in battle or negotiations, Kolâdaan is prone to striking heroic poses with his sparring sword and giving inspiring speeches in Troglodyte. 7b. Battleground The floor of this damp cavern is
troglodytes wonât divulge the secret doorâs location, and they spit insults at anyone who dares to open it. 7h. Blessed Laogzed This dank cave contains a 5-foot-tall, 8-foot-diameter mud sculpture of a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Masterâs Guide
settle a grudge. A sneaky character puts their skills to the test by leading the rest of the party to conduct a heist. A character learns the location of a magic item needed to save their hometown. A
Goals. Characters can change their goals whenever they please, but you can encourage them to do so by giving them significant victories roughly every 5 levels. When characters accomplish their goals
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
spots for traps, especially those that serve as alarms or restraints. The goal is to foil or delay intruders before they can reach a critical location, giving the dungeonâs denizens a chance to mount a
creator (in the adventure), the creatorâs purpose, and the location the trap protects. Traps have context in the world â they arenât created for no reason â and that context drives the trapâs nature
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
who talks about company business, this information is hard to come by. Thankfully, the characters are able to learn that Dran Enterprises employees often frequent a specific tavern in Luskan, giving
them a starting point for seeking the information they need. The characters can learn the name and location of the Fishbone tavern in any number of ways, including talking to other tavern owners