governs contest location

Intellect Devourer Legacy

Monsters Monster Manual (2014)

Detect Sentience. The intellect devourer can sense the presence and location of any creature within 300 feet of it that has an Intelligence of 3 or higher, regardless of interposing barriers, unless

Intelligence. Body Thief. The intellect devourer initiates an Intelligence contest with an incapacitated humanoid within 5 feet of it that isn’t protected by protection from evil and good. If it wins

Getting Started

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes of the Borderlands

they arrive at the keep, the characters must proceed to the outer gatehouse (detailed later in this chapter), which functions as a tutorial with helpful sidebars. You can skip this location for

subsequent visits to the keep unless the player characters want to return to it. After the characters visit the gatehouse or whenever they return to the keep, have the players choose a location shown on

Action Options

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)

) check. If it wins the contest, the smaller creature successfully moves into the target creature’s space and clings to its body. While in the target’s space, the smaller creature moves with the target and

smaller creature depends on the smaller creature’s location, and is left to your discretion. The larger creature can dislodge the smaller creature as an action—knocking it off, scraping it against a

Intellect Devourer

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)

can sense the presence and location of any creature within 300 feet of it that has an Intelligence of 3 or higher, regardless of interposing barriers, unless the creature is protected by a mind blank

regains at least one point of Intelligence. Body Thief. The intellect devourer initiates an Intelligence contest with an incapacitated humanoid within 5 feet of it that isn’t protected by protection from

Reception at Bow's End

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos

more about the Magister’s Masquerade. More information about Bow’s End Tavern and a map of the location appear in chapter 3. After the characters have settled into their lodgings, they find their

. The event concludes with a student getting ill (see “One Too Many?”)—foreshadowing events later in this adventure—and disgruntled students demanding the characters face them in a magical contest (see “The Challenge”). This challenge works best if it comes from a character’s Rival.

Courthouse: Summer

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist

their case while he asks questions. A character who tries to deceive Zastro must make a Charisma (Deception) check contested by the magister’s Wisdom (Insight) check. A character who loses this contest

If a character becomes attuned to the Stone of Golorr, it reveals the location of the Vault of Dragons, beneath an old tower in the Sea Ward, and the three keys needed to enter it. When the characters are ready to visit the location, proceed with encounter 7, “Old Tower.”

Cities and Sites

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War

bleak and storm-blasted location into a temperate island getaway. Aftermath of the Last War Aundair and Thrane were bitter rivals during the Last War. Thrane seized the ancient city of Thaliost

students from Khorvaire, Cyre, and Aundair worked together to win honor in the Trials of the Ninefold Path. Known to students simply as the Nine, this contest pits students of the eight traditions

The Village

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons

large iron pulley has been left suspended from a beam above the hole. No columns of smoke rise above the village to give away its location, since the Sea of Moving Ice features no wood or peat to burn

the iceberg, Barking Seal proposes a contest: the village’s champion against any warrior among the strangers. If the champion wins, the characters must hand over some of their fine steel weapons and

The Village

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat

a large iron pulley has been left suspended from a beam above the hole. No columns of smoke rise above the village to give away its location, since the Sea of Moving Ice features no wood or peat to

iceberg, Barking Seal proposes a contest: the village’s champion against any warrior among the strangers. If the champion wins, the characters must hand over some of their fine steel weapons and sail

Bathhouse Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus

Bathhouse Locations The following area descriptions are keyed to map 1.3. D1. Courtyard Describe this location to the players as follows: This L-shaped courtyard features a trimmed lawn and nicely

blades stand guard near the pools and attack trespassers on sight. If a fight breaks out here, the necromite of Myrkul in area D4 joins the fray in the second round of combat. Describe this location to

Predator Pools

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a5

of the globe while within 100 feet of it. Another creature that qualifies as a controller can gain control of a globe by winning a contest of Intelligence checks against the current controller. A

globe has half cover against effects that originate outside the globe. While inside a globe, a trapped creature can’t contest for control of the globe. Pools of Devotion A spirit naga oversees this

Far Realm Cysts

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a5

creature that qualifies as a controller can gain control of a globe by winning a contest of Intelligence checks against the current controller. A creature that touches a globe but isn’t its controller must

outside the globe. While inside a globe, a trapped creature can’t contest for control of the globe. Dungeon State. If the characters free the aboleth, it wanders the dungeon and attacks anyone it runs

Candlekeep

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide

any person with the ability to discover and absorb it all powerful beyond compare. The problem with doing that, of course, is the same as with secrets in any other location: one must know that a

the First Reader. Where the First Reader’s focus is maintaining the integrity of Candlekeep’s scholarship, and ever expanding its literary resources and base of knowledge, the Keeper governs the

Illithinoch Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk

goblins drank in a recent game of drink-or-dare. Rift in Reality. The rift leads into the Far Realm to a location called the Feeder Trenches. The Feeder Trenches are described in the “Far Realm Rifts

indifference for cowardice and have come to think that no one dares to contest their claim. They try to bully any intruders into leaving this room and attack if not met with immediate compliance. The mind

Locations A - D

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder

permanent settlements in Icewind Dale collectively known as Ten-Towns. See chapter 2 for more information on this location, and the “Icewind Dale” section in this chapter for more information on the other

the heroes a fortified tower. It would be erected on a large estate in the Silver Marches (exact location determined by you). The tower takes one hundred days to build, and the dwarf sovereigns vow to

Maelstrom Level 2

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder

) check. (Roll once for both giants.) If the character wins the contest, Tug and Cog exchange glassy-eyed looks, shrug, open the doors, and allow the characters to enter the throne room. If the giants

win the contest, they attack. They also attack characters who try to slip past them without a proper escort. Tug and Cog aren’t allowed to enter the throne room, nor do they leave their post to join

Necropolis Locations (Y1-Y9)

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

location on the arena floor roughly equidistant from the two teams. The ball is a simple ranged weapon with the finesse and thrown properties. Its range is 120 feet, and it deals 1d4 bludgeoning damage

team is on offense. Resolve a tie with a Strength (Athletics) contest. Step 2. To simulate the ball being passed around, every player makes a DC 15 Dexterity (Athletics) check. If the team on

Roleplaying a Giant

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters

the homes of families, cloud giants aren’t isolated. Every family or individual knows where its nearest neighbors are, even if the location is hundreds of miles away, and those neighbors know where

between frost giants over which is strongest is settled by a trial of strength. Such a contest typically involves wrestling but can also be a rock-throwing competition, a hunt, or one-on-one combat. To

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