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, 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
wonders? (Chaotic)
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Beauty. There is beauty to be found in even the simplest things if you look hard enough. (Good)
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Inspiration. Great are history’s artists and creators. But
Monsters
Storm King's Thunder
contain numerous caves, two of them large enough for Klauth to shelter in. He keeps his legendary hoard in tunnels beneath one cavern, which can be entered only by lifting or pushing aside a massive slab of
volcanic gases wash over a dragon as it sleeps.
With its hoard well protected deep within the lair, a red dragon spends as much of its time outside the mountain as in it. For a red dragon, the great
Species
Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
unforgettable appearance, giff are noticed wherever they go. Giff put their great size to use in all sorts of ways, from lifting heavy loads and tying tight knots to opening stuck doors and seeing over
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
righteous. The kingpriest and his servants created a great flying island. He named this aerial city Onyari, the City Without Sin, claiming it would be a place where he and his worthiest (and wealthiest
sacred site where, for millennia, dragons of Krynn had gone to die. The kingpriest harnessed the magical resonance of the dragons buried there, lifting the city into the sky.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
great workmanship.
Attached to the east wall are two torch sconces. The southernmost one holds a torch with an intricate metal base. The other is empty. A skeleton in broken plate armor lies against
secret doors. The secret door to the west is set into the back wall of the fireplace (area K37) and can be pulled open from within this room by lifting a simple locking mechanism (which is connected to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
giant lifting a rock above its head A frost giant chopping down a great pine A cloud giant flying among birds in the sky A flying storm giant hurling lightning bolts at a ship A stone giant climbing a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer Academy
Finding the Meteorite Characters who search the shore for the meteorite don’t find it, but it doesn’t take them long to find where the meteorite crashed: In the dim light of the distant sun, you see
a blemish on the face of the Spindle where something must’ve struck it at great speed, shattering the rock and leaving a huge indentation. Whatever struck the mountainside tumbled down toward the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Astral Adventurer’s Guide
and unforgettable appearance, giff are noticed wherever they go. Giff put their great size to use in all sorts of ways, from lifting heavy loads and tying tight knots to opening stuck doors and seeing
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
crashed long ago but still exists, buried under the Reghed Glacier on the eastern edge of Icewind Dale. This frozen necropolis holds the remnants of some of the most powerful spellcasters in the history
Kessel found an artifact suffused with demonic magic called Crenshinibon (better known as the Crystal Shard) and used it to erect a great black tower in Icewind Dale. When this tower was destroyed
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
magic or simply unable to control it.
Without great magic to keep them aloft, the remaining flying cities of Netheril crashed to the ground, and many arcanists who survived were driven mad. Once magic
centuries, but the Netherese who mastered the power of the Nether Scrolls became a ruling class, living on great flying cities or taking refuge in remote, subterranean lairs.
Despite their great
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
tyrannosaurus flat. THE HARD CLOUD
The Hard Cloud is Acquisitions Incorporated’s company flagship, and as such, bears special note. The great battle balloon bristles with armaments, including a
below. In the center of the deck, directly below the balloon, sits a large magic furnace, whose formidable lifting power is rumored to involve trapped elementals. The airship’s captain controls the arcane
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Borderlands Quest: Goblin Trouble
. Nonplayer characters (also known as NPCs) are a great tool for you to help the characters understand the game and the story, and to work information into the story smoothly.
Allow Alternatives. D&D is
lifting a light object doesn’t require heroic effort, so no d20 roll is necessary.
When the action is somewhere between easy and impossible, trying to do it could lead to success or failure. That’s when
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
Starting the Adventure Once the players are ready to begin, explain to them that their characters are among a group of travelers on the road headed into one of Theros’s great poleis. They don’t need
arrows in the back. He remained astride his mount despite his wounds, but Varyas expired moments before his horse crashed in front of the characters. His pursuers don’t know that, though. These
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
Candlekeep The great keep never fails to take my breath away: it stands on a volcanic crag a hundred or so feet from the coastline, a flat-topped spur of rough stone out in the midst of the surging
out on the peninsula where Candlekeep stands. The Great Library Candlekeep is the largest repository of lore and writings in all the Realms (although my scholarly kin in Evereska don’t like being
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
dark, icicle-festooned roof of the great ice cavern beyond.
Silver light emanates from a three-foot-diameter glass orb situated atop a two-foot-high cylindrical stone plinth in the center of a thirty
rating of 10 (5,900 XP). It is blinded and deafened, giving it disadvantage on all its attack rolls, and it can’t use its Poison Breath. The golem was decapitated when Ythryn crashed into the Reghed
Magic Items
Infernal Machine Rebuild
known today. However, its true origins derive from a planar craft that crashed in the Barrier Peaks, for the Infernal Machine once functioned as this craft’s central command console.
Explorers who
Machine of Lum the Mad. Yet with Lum’s eventual defeat, his great machine was destroyed.
The Infernal Machine is a delicate, intricate, bulky, and heavy device, weighing some 5,500 pounds. It can
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
the obelisk’s base to its middle.
Before Ythryn crashed, Iriolarthas relied on this obelisk as a precautionary measure in case Ythryn experienced a catastrophe. It was one of a few rare Netherese
Spire of Iriolarthas. To reach it, a character must first perform the Rite of the Arcane Octad (see "Rite of the Arcane Octad") to lower the force field. Beneath the great spire, a luminous fifty
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
in this chapter. Compile limits into a list that can be shared with the group. Limits aren’t negotiable, and everyone in the group needs to respect them. The start of a campaign is a great time to have
arms in an X or raising a palm in a “stop” gesture), a code word or phrase, touching or lifting a designated object, or anything else your group agrees on. Players should also feel safe to say “stop
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
campaign is a great time to have this discussion, but further discussion is warranted each time a new player joins the group or when the campaign has a shift in story or tone. Someone might cross a
gesture (such as crossing the arms in an X or raising a palm in a “stop” gesture), a code word or phrase, touching or lifting a designated object, or anything else your group agrees on. Players should
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
great numbers. Settlements that stand on the edge of the Evermoors face constant threats from these and other monsters. Floating a mile above the Evermoors is Lyn Armaal, Countess Sansuri’s cloud
information on this location. Fallen Lands Countless ruins dot this rugged, barren land, where ancient cities once stood and great battles once raged. Strange witchlights float around the ruins at night
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
ingots of refined adamantine from the forge, and the dwarves will lead them to the location of a crashed “flying boat” from some far-off land (see “Wreck of the Star Goddess"). The dwarves offer to stand
gantries and the rail cart trestles. Great chains span the rift in two places, allowing ore to be hoisted across in buckets. There’s no danger of falling if characters cross the magma on one of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
Ten-Towns is composed mostly of humans and dwarves, with the humans outnumbering the dwarves roughly twenty to one. In times of great peril, the leaders of Ten-Towns, known as town speakers, meet at
Bryn Shander to discuss solutions to their problems. If one of the smaller settlements comes under attack by a threat too great to overcome, its inhabitants are trained to flee to Bryn Shander and take
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
District Description Location Highest Towers The seat of city government, this district is also where airships arrive and depart. Upper Central Korranath Named for the great temple of Kol Korran
oldest temple district, Fallen was abandoned after a floating tower crashed into the district during the Last War. Now it’s a collection of wretched ruins. Lower Dura Gate of Gold A squalid slum
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
overhead. Narrow windows pierce its walls, gargoyles cling to its eaves, and a doorway at the tower’s base gapes open.
Two of the outer spires have broken off. One crashed in Icewind Dale (see
called Chain Lightning was played in this stadium. This event, which pitted mortals against each other in an electrified arena, enjoyed great popularity. An ornate trophy cup sits on a pedestal at one end
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
hearts of all who knew ye.” Lifting a sarcophagus lid requires a successful DC 20 Strength check. Treasure The dry-rotted remains of a smaller coffin sits within each sarcophagus. The gold and silver
salamanders to make armaments here while fire cultists strand guard.
This chamber is the heart of the fire cult’s domain, the great foundry where they forge weapons and armor. Noise here drowns out any
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
up or down as an action from the first floors of the adjoining towers. Lifting the bars from within the central yard of area B2 requires a successful DC 15 Strength (Athletics) check, while bursting
climb the outer walls but is otherwise indifferent to the goings-on in the yards below. B9: Harbor Towers Two mighty towers flank the entrance to the fortress’s harbor. A great steel chain stretches
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
port. Three years ago the mission launched, but the Marshal never made it to the first stop. Harpies serenaded the travelers, luring the vessel shoreward until it crashed into the rocks near Saltmarsh
while searching the room finds a set of gilded navigator’s tools (100 gp) amid a great deal of ruined paper and deteriorated clothing. M6. Passenger Quarters The furniture in the passenger quarters is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
Dale on the Sword Coast). The brotherhood’s leadership consists of five renowned archmages who handpick the other members, favoring wizards of great accomplishment. Every year, scores of wizards from
sabotage one another. The Arcane Brotherhood sent three of its members to investigate rumors of a lost Netherese enclave that crashed in Icewind Dale nearly two thousand years ago. A fourth wizard, Nass
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
wights (one per coffin), minus any that have been teleported away (see “Teleport Traps” at the start of this section). Lifting a coffin’s lid requires an action and a successful DC 15 Strength check
great deal about the black arts, was nearly a match for Strahd’s powers. She felt a great bond with him and asked to solemnize that bond in a dark marriage. Drawn to her knowledge and power, Strahd
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
Maelstrom Level 2 14. Great Hall Music fills this hall when the characters first arrive. The room is split into two levels; a 15-foot-high raised ledge hugs the walls to the north and east, and
too big to be picked using thieves’ tools. A Small character can squeeze inside the locking mechanism and pick the lock with a successful DC 16 Dexterity check. Lifting the heavy lid requires a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
the hearts in jars are fueling something called “powered armor,” and of Kwalish’s attempts to fuel the advanced technologies of the crashed planar craft with sources other than energy cells
trade for needed materials, and creatures in the market might know or remember him.) 3 An ornate diadem worn by a great lady of court A grand ball is attended by numerous glass armatures engaged in a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
harm. They recently found an artifact — half of a giant-sized vase — in the High Moor, and they’re widening their search for other evidence of a cloud giant castle that crashed in this area thousands
was once part of the High Forest, but over centuries, loggers working the woodlands on either side of the Evermoor Way have carved a great wound through the terrain. Bare hillsides littered with stumps