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                                                    Dungeon Masterâs Guide
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     Lions);Golden Lions (Rare). These gold statuettes of lions are always created in pairs. You can use one figurine or both simultaneously. Each can become a Lion for up to 1 hour. Once a lion has been used
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     ignore your orders, including a command to revert to figurine form. If you mount the nightmare while it is ignoring your orders, you and the nightmare are instantly transported to a random location on
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Monsters
                                                    Mythic Odysseys of Theros
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    , crown of madness, suggestion
Insatiable Greed. The abhorrent overlord can sense the presence of gold within 1,000 feet of itself. It can determine which location has the greatest amount of gold and
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     can sense the direction to that site. If the gold is being moved, it knows the direction of the movement. It can't locate gold if any thickness of clay or lead, even a thin sheet, blocks a direct path
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Monsters
                                                    Mythic Odysseys of Theros
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    Insatiable Greed. The eater of hope can sense the presence of gold within 1,000 feet of itself. It can determine which location has the greatest amount of gold and can sense the direction to that
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     site. If the gold is being moved, it knows the direction of the movement. It canât locate gold if any thickness of clay or lead, even a thin sheet, blocks a direct path between it and the gold
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     gold coins. They feed on tiny mites that infest a dragonâs scales and lair, and their painful bite can be a strong deterrent to would-be treasure thieves.
Hoard scarabs also produce a glittering
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     metallic dust from their wings that coats intruders who get too close to them. The magic of this dust allows the lairâs draconic owner to sense intrudersâ location as they move about the
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Monsters
                                                    Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     perfectly among piles of gold coins. They feed on tiny mites that infest a dragonâs scales and lair, and their painful bite can be a strong deterrent to would-be treasure thieves.
Hoard scarabs also
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     produce a glittering metallic dust from their wings that coats intruders who get too close to them. The magic of this dust allows the lairâs draconic owner to sense intrudersâ location as
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    Keys from the Golden Vault
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     condemns anyone who tries to remove it from its gold-leaf frame.
Wealth of Information. The paintingâs primary purpose is to observe and recall conversations. Over the past few decades
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     Portrait. While you are attuned to the painting, you can command it to guard its location against one or more creatures you identify as the paintingâs enemies. The painting performs this function
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    Quests from the Infinite Staircase
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    An ornate carving of a serpent adorned with a coursing river spirals down the length of this redand-gold staff. While youâre holding it, you can use an action to produce one of the following
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     location.
If you use a bonus action to speak the command word again, or if the snake is reduced to 0 hit points, the snake reverts to staff form in its current space.
Thunderclap. You point the
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Monsters
                                                    Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     out new defenses?
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Give me a storied helmet or scimitar over a pile of gold any day.
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No creature can outsmart my defensesâif they do, they obviously cheated.
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Any creature
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                    âs lair.
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Powerful infernal creatures have opened a portal in the middle of a city square. The key to closing the portal is a mythical holy weapon that happens to be the pride and joy of a
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Monsters
                                                    Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     over a pile of gold any day.
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No creature can outsmart my defensesâif they do, they obviously cheated.
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Any creature that can hold their own against me must teach me how&mdash
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     portal in the middle of a city square. The key to closing the portal is a mythical holy weapon that happens to be the pride and joy of a sapphire dragonâs hoard.
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A sapphire dragon
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Monsters
                                                    Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    , moonstone dragons are not particularly interested in gold or copper, but they love silver, platinum, and mithral. They also cherish treasures whose value canât be easily quantifiedâa song
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     sung from the heart, a lock of a loved oneâs hair, or a painting of a favorite place. A story of happy times fondly remembered is more precious to a moonstone dragon than a sack of gold
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     not particularly interested in gold or copper, but they love silver, platinum, and mithral. They also cherish treasures whose value canât be easily quantifiedâa song sung from the heart, a
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     lock of a loved oneâs hair, or a painting of a favorite place. A story of happy times fondly remembered is more precious to a moonstone dragon than a sack of gold.
Creating a Moonstone Dragon
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    .
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I secretly look forward to adventurers trying to infiltrate my lair. How else could I try out new defenses?
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Give me a storied helmet or scimitar over a pile of gold any day.
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No
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                    . The key to closing the portal is a mythical holy weapon that happens to be the pride and joy of a sapphire dragonâs hoard.
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A sapphire dragon threatens to sink a town into the Underdark
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Monsters
                                                    Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     adventurers trying to infiltrate my lair. How else could I try out new defenses?
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Give me a storied helmet or scimitar over a pile of gold any day.
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No creature can outsmart my defensesâif
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     flayer;mind flayers that usurped the dragonâs lair.
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Powerful infernal creatures have opened a portal in the middle of a city square. The key to closing the portal is a mythical holy
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Monsters
                                                    Mordenkainen's Fiendish Folio Volume 1
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    Iron Scent. The khargra can scent the location of ferrous metal within 30 feet of it.Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +3;{"diceNotation":"1d20+3","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Bite"} to hit, reach 5 ft
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     summoned into the world. Khargras can eat and digest most metals, though they prefer iron, copper, and tin above others. They find gold bland and mushy, akin to a flavorless gruel. Though khargras digest
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    Volo's Guide to Monsters
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     of the world beyond their home.
Barterers of Lore
Tabaxi treasure knowledge rather than material things. A chest filled with gold coins might be useful to buy food or a coil of rope, but itâs
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     instruments, tell stories, and offer exotic goods in trade for items that spark their interest. Tabaxi reluctantly accept gold, but they much prefer interesting objects or pieces of lore as payment.
These
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    , magistrates, merchants, and functionaries of all kinds.
Dwarves. âTheyâre stout folk, stalwart friends, and true to their word. Their greed for gold is their downfall, though.&rdquo
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     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
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                    Figurine of Wondrous Power
                                                    
    
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                                                     Lions (Rare). These gold statuettes of lions are always created in pairs. You can use one figurine or both simultaneously. Each can become a lion for up to 1 hour. Once a lion has been used, it can't
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     nightmare while it is ignoring your orders, you and the nightmare are instantly transported to a random location on the plane of Hades, where the nightmare reverts to figurine form.
Figurine of
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     pass by. When you approach, the boy cries, âThe gemstone mine is closed because of monsters! Speaker Masthew is offering fifty gold to anyone who clears it out!â
 If the characters express interest
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                    , Darmo tells them they can find the town speaker, Oarus Masthew, at the Blue Clam. The boy also has some information about the mine, including its location. He doesnât know much about the history or
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Prisoner 13
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     box, the lid pops open and a soothing voice says the following: âGreetings, operatives. We have discovered the location of a great dwarven treasure, but only a prisoner incarcerated within the prison
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                    . Return this information to the dwarf known as Varrin Axebreaker, who will brief you on the details of the mission. Good luck, operatives.â
 Closing the music box causes the golden key to vanish.
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    Part 3: The Ooze-Flooded City When Kwalish found it, the legendary lost city of Daoine Gloine was already an isolated mountain settlement. After he took over, the inventor set about closing off any
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     location where the city is said to be. Many of the passes, tunnels, and trails the characters follow are deliberately blocked off with rockslides and other unexplained disasters. The need to
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     box, the lid pops open and a soothing voice says the following: âGreetings, operatives. We have discovered the location of a great dwarven treasure, but only a prisoner incarcerated within the prison
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                    . Return this information to the dwarf known as Varrin Axebreaker, who will brief you on the details of the mission. Good luck, operatives.â
 Closing the music box causes the golden key to vanish.
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes of the Borderlands
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     for a good or service, collect Gold Pieces equal to its cost from that player. Quest. This section contains a quest unique to the location. Most take place in the keep, though some encourage the characters to venture beyond its walls. Each quest can be completed only once.
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                    Location Descriptions Each description of a keep location has the following sections: Features. This section details noteworthy features about the location. NPCs. Each keep location contains one or
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    Vault of Dragons Once the characters have the Stone of Golorr, they can use it to determine the location of the Vault of Dragons and the keys needed to enter it.  A gold dragon guards a pile of golden dragons.
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon of Icespire Peak
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    Shrine of Savras âShrine of Savrasâ is balanced for characters of 1st to 6th level. This location is not connected to any quest, though one of the entries in the Phandalin Tales table might lure
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     adventurers here. Characters might also visit the shrine after hearing of it from the wererats in the Mountainâs Toe Gold Mine.
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    Dying in the Vault If the characters die in the Vault of Dragons with the Stone of Golorr and the main villain doesnât know the vaultâs location, the secrets of the vault die with them. Though they
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     succumbed in the process, they succeeded in keeping the gold out of the villainâs clutches â a bittersweet victory, indeed.
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon of Icespire Peak
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    Location Overview The Mountainâs Toe Gold Mine, owned by a business consortium in Neverwinter, has been troubled by recent productivity problems. The owners have hired a no-nonsense overseer named
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     location. Good luck, operatives.â
 Closing the music box causes the golden key to vanish. A coach pulled by two black horses arrives not long after the key vanishes. The coach driver, a cheerful woman, invites the characters to climb aboard and delivers them safely to Adrisa if they accept the ride.
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richtenâs Guide to Ravenloft
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    The God-Brainâs Powers and Dominion The God-Brain is more akin to a physical location or massive object than a creature. Its droves of servants are more direct threats than the inscrutable Darklord
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                    . They then return to the God-Brain, bloated with cerebrospinal fluid to momentarily dull its suffering. Closing the Borders. When the God-Brain closes Bluetspurâs borders, the surface of the domain
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - 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
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     the townsfolk time to escape. Not all the townsfolk chose to flee, but those who did went to the shrine and brought much of the townâs gold with them. The barbarians eventually tracked the townsfolk
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    Upper Central Both gold and power flow down from Upper Central. The Council Hall is the seat of city government, while the Korranathâthe grand temple of Kol Korranâis the heart of Sharnâs financial
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     district and the location of House Kundarakâs largest bank⊠along with the legendary Kundarak Vaults. Upper Central houses the mansions and estates of powerful nobles, along with businesses that cater
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    Missing Components The missing components of the Infernal Machine at this location can be found in various laboratory chambers throughout the temple. Removing the components deactivates various
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     and of various colors. The missing components are disbursed as follows: Area 9. One component, speckled gold Area 14. One component, cloudy orange Area 15. Three components, all emerald green Area 16. One component, light purple Area 22. One component, hazy yellow
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     imitate a couatl mentor and is searching for a magical location worth guarding. 
   3  A gold dragon wyrmling is venerated by a tribe of lizardfolkâmuch to the consternation of the priest who used to rule
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                    Gold Dragon Adventures The Gold Dragon Adventure Hooks table offers suggestions for stories and adventures involving gold dragons. Gold Dragon Adventure Hooks    d8 Adventure Hook 
     1  When two
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    The Golden Goose The wooden coin given to the characters by Princess Serissa is fairly unremarkable and easy to produce. Itâs half again the size of a typical gold coin, and thereâs nothing magical
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                    , and bribe local guilds for information. A character must spend a certain amount of gold per day to cover expenses. After 1d4 + 1 days, the character can make an Intelligence (Investigation) check. On
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     location of the Stone of Golorr for a price. IF A VILLAIN GETS THE STONE
 If a main villain acquires the Stone of Golorr, it takes that villain 2d6 days to find the Vault of Dragons and its keys. During
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     recover the gold, which takes another 2d6 days. Once the gold is recovered, the villain moves forward with a master plan as detailed in the introduction. If the characters are still alive, they could oppose the villain by stealing the gold from the villainâs lair.
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    Cache of Dragons In Waterdeep, a gold coin is called a dragon. Before he was ousted from his position as the Open Lord of WaterÂdeep, Dagult Neverember embezzled half a million dragons and hid them
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     in a secret vault. As a security precaution, he arranged for all knowledge of the vaultâs location and defenses to be magically erased from his mind and the minds of his subordinates. The wizard who
                                                
                                            
                                        






