Search Results
All Results
Characters
Compendium
Spells
Items
Monsters
Vehicles
Forums
Returning 35 results for 'grave cause looking'.
Other Suggestions:
game cause lacking
grace caste looking
game cause lurking
gave caste looking
game close looking
Magic Items
Storm King's Thunder
This blue pennant is crafted from silk and is five feet long and whips about as if buffeted by a wind. The vind (wind) rune appears on its surface, looking almost like a cloud. The pennant has the
another means of staying aloft.
Comforting Wind. You can’t suffocate.
Wind’s Grasp. As a reaction when you fall, you can cause yourself to take no damage from the fall. Once you use this
Monsters
Storm King's Thunder
’s as supple as a cat. His body is covered in old, wicked-looking scars where scales have been torn away and never grown back. He brutally attacks other dragons, seeking to slay any wyrm that
lair action to cause one of the following effects; the dragon can’t use the same effect two rounds in a row:
Magma erupts from a point on the ground the dragon can see within 120 feet of it
Species
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
physical state that their minds are ill equipped to deal with. Their memories of events before this interruption are often vague or absent. Occasionally, the most unexpected experiences might cause
resurrected, but something went wrong.
2
Stitches bind your body’s mismatched pieces, and your memories come from multiple different lives.
3
After clawing free from your grave, you realized
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes’ Feast: Saving the Children’s Menu
a sign by the gate. Once inside the gate, the characters are greeted by happy piglets and a few hungry goats looking for treats. Chickens cluck and scratch around the grounds, and a tough old barnyard
Detect Magic spell reveals that a faint aura of enchantment magic emanates from the seeds. Arthur’s Grave West of the house is a small graveyard with three simple graves. The graves lack headstones or any
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
demands won’t be refused. Most heroes in a Theros campaign, and all clerics, are assumed to devote themselves to a god’s cause, acting as that god’s champion. All the characters in a party might serve
Athreos, god of passage LE Death, Grave* Crescent moon
Ephara, god of the polis LN Knowledge, Light Urn pouring water
Erebos, god of the dead NE Death, Trickery Serene face
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
, the characters discover that Emerald Claw agents are looking for the same thing and seem to have access to information the adventurers lack. 8 A large force of Emerald Claw knights offers the
characters a choice: join the order, or submit themselves to death and an eternity of servitude from beyond the grave.
Orc
Legacy
This doesn't reflect the latest rules and lore.
Learn More
Species
Volo's Guide to Monsters
represents both life and the grave. It is her worshipers that raise young orcs to be warriors, and then, at the end of their lives, take them to Yurtrus and Shargaas to be carried into death and the
authority and cause the tribe to collapse into chaos, with the survivors scattering either to join new tribes or to strike out on their own. At the other extreme, warriors that return home with a heavily
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Dura, but if you’re looking for top-quality goods or services, there’s no finer—or more expensive—source to be found. If you maintain no better than a poor lifestyle, many people in Upper Central will
assume you’re a servant or vagrant; this could cause you to have disadvantage on Charisma checks involving residents.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
Sundered Chains As close to a place of pilgrimage as you’ll find in this accursed place. A beacon to those seeking the missing link or looking for a way out. — The Cartographer When the characters
masonry. The chains are similar to the ones that bind Elturel. Characters who examine a chain can tell that some intense, supernatural force caused one or more of its links to sunder. Although the cause
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
otherwise be lost to the grave. How did you discover this grim power? Did you sleep in a graveyard and awaken to your new abilities? Or did you cultivate them in a temple or thieves’ guild dedicated
. Wails from the Grave 3rd-level Phantom feature As you nudge someone closer to the grave, you can channel the power of death to harm someone else as well. Immediately after you deal your Sneak Attack
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
king of Gauntlgrym awaits them. His previously friendly manner has turned grave. “I’ve told the allies ye met tonight what ye told me,” he says. “I invited them here to learn what is happening, to share
support our cause and your mission. From all I’ve seen and heard, there’s no one better to do what needs be done.
“So, what say ye?”
Paraphrase Bruenor’s speech as needed to handle interjections by
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
elemental cultists looking for potential bases. By leaving their shredded corpses on the road for all to see, she hopes to make it clear to the cultists that they should leave Rundreth Manor alone
. Reason to Visit. A side trek in chapter 6 takes place at Rundreth Manor, and the characters have a chance to confront the Dark Lady and perhaps find common cause against the cults.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
determines who can become a member of this prestigious group, and he is always looking for courageous heroes willing to devote themselves to a good cause. Only good-aligned characters can join Valor’s Call
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
local insistently tries to get the frailest-looking character to flee with them. 3 An elder has fallen down. They’re bruised and separated from their family. A character must succeed on a DC 16 Wisdom
cause the local to stop searching and move to safety by replacing the lost silver pieces or succeeding on a DC 14 Charisma (Intimidation or Persuasion) check. 5 Drifting debris smashes into characters
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
your purposes. 3 You never enter a room without looking to see what’s hanging from the ceiling. 4 Your most prized possession is a dead worm that you keep inside a potion vial. 5 When you want people to
leave you alone, you start talking to yourself. That usually does the trick. 6 Your fashion sense and grooming, or more accurately lack thereof, sometimes cause others to assume you are a beggar.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Domains of Delight: A Feywild Accessory
nosy and hungry for gossip. Animated trees use their branches to pick through backpacks when travelers aren’t looking; pixies spy on strangers; and birds eavesdrop on conversations, repeating what
. 8 Poisonous. Almost every plant here has spines or thorns that cause anything from itchy welts to damage or out-of-body experiences. Other sources of poison might be present as well (for example
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Domains of Delight: A Feywild Accessory
domain’s archfey has fallen into a magical slumber. Others are looking for someone they can trust to find a way to awaken the archfey. 5 The vegetation is sick in part of the domain, and the contagion is
spreading. The domain’s archfey needs help finding the cause of the sickness. 6 Part of the domain overlaps the domain of another archfey, and the Fey living in that region are tired of answering to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice & Errata
Waterdeep to shift attention away from the Tyranny of Dragons story by dropping reports of giant sightings near the temple-farm of Goldenfields. The Emerald Enclave is looking for adventurers to help
convince him to aid their cause. The characters might also want to confront him after meeting the ghost of his dead son, Eigeron, in chapter 4, “The Chosen Path.” The shattering of the ordning has the following effects on Blagothkus:
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Divine Contention
delivering terrible news: Dumathoin’s Gulch was attacked earlier that day by terrible creatures that stank of death. They might have been looking for the grenade, but Bindlemint didn’t hang around to
or skinned; they were just slaughtered brutally and without cause. Characters who succeed on DC 15 Wisdom (Perception) or Intelligence (Nature) check notice a single chipmunk watching the party from a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Mourning will eventually be solved. Either someone will learn how to control the power that caused the Mournland, or the precise cause will be determined and people will be able to tell if it still poses
realize that it has a secret magical compartment until enemy spies come looking for whatever is inside it. Or a dying spy presses an amulet into the hand of one of the adventurers, saying, “The fate of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
from the caravan. Instead, they head for the north side of the city before looking for a place to spend the night. Everyone who the characters know to be associated with the cult gathers at the same
; chromatic half-dragons are almost never seen, and they tend to cause alarm when they are. If the rumor is true, then the half-dragon was traveling with a strong escort of mounted guards, headed north
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
from the caravan. Instead, they head for the north side of the city before looking for a place to spend the night. Everyone who the characters know to be associated with the cult gathers at the same
incident; chromatic half-dragons are almost never seen, and they tend to cause alarm when they are. If the rumor is true, then the half-dragon was traveling with a strong escort of mounted guards, headed
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
fright when it speaks to her.) The mirror’s unique illusion magic reacts and responds to the creature looking into it. Though it is not sentient and cannot answer complex questions, the mirror offers
encouragement and advice on grooming and self-confidence. As it does so, the illusion shows the creature looking into the mirror, but changing and grooming its skin, hair, makeup, and clothing as
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
“frame” the identity of the dead for Athreos, and with at least one coin, so a soul might pay Athreos to ferry them to the Underworld. Some people are laid to rest with large amounts of grave goods
Underworld. During the River Guide’s ages of toil, he has inspired a number of legends.
The Athrean Obols. Some claim that Athreos doesn’t collect coins out of greed but because he’s looking for five
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes of the Borderlands
Quest: Bank Job At the service counter, Quink asks the characters if they’re adventurers looking for work. If they say yes, she leans in close and speaks to them in hushed tones. Read the following
a burglar trying to enter, intervene and convince the criminal to leave at once. Remember, I’m paying for discretion. If you try to give the thief a trouncing, it will no doubt cause a scene. I want
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Adventure Atlas: The Mortuary
and deafened conditions scrabbles along the ground, looking for its head. The zombie attacks any creature it detects. 2 1d4 will-o’-wisps offer to guide the characters to their destination but might
characters interrupt or otherwise ruin the tune, 1d4 irascible specters emerge from the walls and attack, causing the bards to flee. 10 Three skeleton farmers quietly tend to corpse-white grave
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
that they contact Urlam Stockspool in Triboar. Urlam is always looking for adventurers to help further the Black Network’s cause, and Halia vouches that “his rewards for good service are lavish.” She
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
appears on its surface, looking almost like a cloud. The pennant has the following properties, which work only while it’s on your person. Wind Step. As an action, you fly up to 20 feet. If you don’t land
at the end of this flight, you fall unless you have another means of staying aloft. Comforting Wind. You can’t suffocate. Wind’s Grasp. As a reaction when you fall, you can cause yourself to take no
Magic Items
Infernal Machine Rebuild
preventing it from restoring itself if it is attacked. Alternatively, other combinations of controls might cause the Infernal Machine to teleport its most critical components to some hiding place deep in space
in front of you, and points toward you. The DM determines whether a creature currently looking for you is drawn to your location. Additionally, when a creature attacks you for the first time during
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
. Then the illusion vanishes, revealing the mosaics’ actual state. 3. Viewing Room Grave niches and alcoves holding funerary urns line the walls of this chamber. The ceiling in the northern part of the
walls divide these catacombs, many lined with grave niches holding roughly humanoid shapes wrapped in tattered linen. More than one of these grim parcels floats freely in the stagnant water.
These
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
vast open grave. In that horrific landscape, vile magical effects linger, and monsters mutate into even more foul and horrible creatures. Magical effects continue to rain upon the land as storms that
prefer not to dwell on such things? If you’re religious, did the shocking tragedy of the Mourning cause you to question your faith, or did it reinforce it? If you’re an artificer or a wizard, are you
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
Spies” sidebar). Daytime Random Encounters in Barovia d12 + d8 Encounter 2 3d6 Barovian commoners 3 1d6 Barovian scouts 4 Hunting trap 5 Grave 6 False trail 7 1d4 + 1 Vistani bandits 8 Skeletal
form 17 1 druid with 2d6 twig blights 18 2d4 needle blights 19 1d6 scarecrows 20 1 revenant Nighttime Random Encounters in Barovia d12 + d8 Encounter 2 1 ghost 3 Hunting trap 4 Grave 5 Trinket 6
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
Rictavio offered Yan a ride in his carnival wagon. The two traveled together for several days, but their time together was tense. When it was clear that Rictavio was looking for a road to Barovia, Yan
conversations it has while under the effect of speak with dead. Rictavio has cast speak with dead on the head twice to ask questions about the Vistani of Barovia. Yan believes that the half-elf plans to cause
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
aristocrat exploiting citizens while scheming for power is probably Lawful Evil. Neutral Evil (NE). Neutral Evil is the alignment of those who are untroubled by the harm they cause as they pursue their
are savage predators, for example, but they aren’t evil; they are unaligned.
Alignment and Personality Alignment can shape a character’s personality, goals, and core beliefs. Looking at the two
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
sleepwalking, during which he would wander about the chalet looking for his lost hound. The servants mistook his sleepwalking for temporary delirium brought on by insomnia, and they assumed he was awake at the
thereafter. The baron’s spirit is too weak to manifest physically or cause any harm. The rough brick walls of the well shaft can be climbed with a successful DC 11 Strength (Athletics) check. The






