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all others. Over time, such a resident nymph often becomes connected with their aquatic home through sightings and stories, becoming a guardian of the place and, in effect, a manifestation of its
belief, and certainly numerous reports tell of charmed nymphs leading lost seafarers home. Yet, if tales of naiad-led galleys appearing amid the headwaters of mountain rivers are true, only the nymphs
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
passages leading to the surface world have recently brought back the terrifying news of the demon lords’ incursion into the Underdark. Word has spread quickly through their network, and the finest mages in
Roaringhorn
Lawful neutral male human wizard
Ideals: Freedom, opportunity, civilization
Personality: Proud, self-assured, fickle, spendthrift
Potential Resources: Shield guardian
Lord
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
4. Kitchen and Pantry The kitchen (area 4A) is tidy, with dishware, cookware, and utensils neatly placed on shelves. A worktable has a cutting board and rolling pin atop it. A stone, dome-shaped oven
stands near the east wall, its bent iron stovepipe connecting to a hole in the ceiling. Behind the stove and to the left is a thin door leading to a well-stocked pantry (area 4B). All the food in the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
Tower. They come running in wolf form, hoping to trap prey on the island by cutting off access to the causeway. Leading the hunt is Kiril Stoyanovich, a werewolf with 90 hit points. Accompanying him are
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
War A hobgoblin army marches toward the city, leading elephants and giants to batter down the stronghold’s walls and ramparts. Dragons wheel above an invading horde, scattering enemies as the raging
larger army by holding a strategic location until reinforcements arrive, killing enemy scouts before they can report, or cutting off supply lines. Information gathering and diplomatic missions can
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
patrolling the hallway outside (area X8), and Vilnius won’t leave this room until he knows the golem has been destroyed. Vilnius is a greedy, treacherous coward. He curses his dead master for leading them
-down V hidden under his robes. Of exquisite design, the amulet is worth 1,000 gp. It is the control amulet for the shield guardian in area X35. Although he can tell that the amulet is magical, he
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
guardian
11 1d6 entertainers (commoners)
12 1 gladiator leading an ox, which is hauling a prison wagon that contains a medusa wearing a burlap hood over her head and shackles on her wrists
Beyond Baldur’s Gate Use the following tables to determine who or what the characters might encounter on the roads leading to and from Baldur’s Gate. Use these tables as often as desired. Encounters
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer
hire (thugs) 8 1d6 religious pilgrims (acolytes) 9 1d6 Guild agents (bandits) 10 1 archmage accompanied by a shield guardian 11 1d6 entertainers (commoners) 12 1 gladiator leading an ox, which is
Beyond Baldur’s Gate Use the following tables to determine who or what the characters might encounter on the roads leading to and from Baldur’s Gate. Use these tables as often as desired. Encounters
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
15: Metallurgy Lab The doors leading into the northeast and southwest ends of this chamber are both red. Michele Giorgi Some of the creatures imprisoned
in the Donjon Sphere aren’t
content to
remain there
Alien minerals and samples of rare ores line the shelves of this metallurgist’s laboratory. An advanced detention drone (use the shield guardian stat block) stands in the room’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
farther down into a well-lit room shaped like a cylinder tipped on its side.
The helmed figure is a tomb guardian: a flesh golem clad in plate armor (AC 17). Its task is to pull the lever when it sees
adventurers enter area 38C. The tomb guardian fights only in self-defense and has orders from Withers to not leave the control room. If it goes berserk, it ignores these orders. Window. The window in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
atop the cliffs to the west. Each watchtower stands 20 feet tall and has a rickety wooden ladder leading to the top, where a thick column of smoke issues from a brazier that is kept lit at all times
has a wooden ladder leading up to it. A character who wants to approach the gate undetected must succeed on a DC 9 Dexterity (Stealth) check. If multiple party members are attempting the same thing
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
as a swirling pool of magma in the heart of a volcano (leading to the Plane of Fire) or a maelstrom in the depths of the ocean (leading to the Plane of Water). Passing through a planar portal can be
located on a mountain peak. Second, portals often have guardians charged with ensuring that certain creatures don’t pass through. A portal’s guardian is typically a powerful magical creature, such as a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
spell duels.
Undead Guardian. Floating in the middle of the room, 15 feet above the floor, is a man’s withered left hand and forearm, severed at the elbow.
Responding to the alarm spell, the
. The clone challenged Halaster to a spell duel and lost more than just the contest. Halaster turned the limb into a guardian that attacks all intruders until the Mad Mage or a creature that looks like
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
commoners leading 1d4 mules or 1d4 ponies 10 1 pseudodragon 11 1 spy 12–13 1d8 + 1 acolytes 14 1d6 + 6 flying snakes 15 3d6 kobolds 16 2d4 giant centipedes 17 1d8 + 1 skeletons 18–19 1d6 + 2 swarms of
bandit captain with 3d6 bandits 87 1d4 + 1 cult fanatics 88 1 knight or 1 veteran 89 1 water weird 90 1 wight 91 1 mage 92 1 shield guardian 93 1 gladiator 94 1 revenant 95 2d4 gargoyles 96 1d4 doppelgangers 97 1 oni 98 1 invisible stalker 99 1d8 + 1 phase spiders 00 1 assassin
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
of a previous expedition, after they discovered a secret door that they couldn’t get open. The secret door was reduced to rubble, creating a gap in the wall leading to area P13. Dzaan’s simulacrum (see
cross the tundra without fear of freezing to death. guardian amulet Amulet. The object on the table is the amulet for a shield guardian. Dzaan retrieved it from area P15 and brought it here for
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
open pits.
This area is noisy with the sounds of hammering and stone cutting coming from the west (areas 8 and 10). If the umber hulks are digging, a rumbling can also be heard to the east. But even
first four pits are each 10 feet deep and empty except for refuse. The pit leading to area 7 is 30 feet deep and contains a ladder. Characters who watch this area long enough see the muralists
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
. Tinny music emanates from the southern doorway (leading to area 7c).
7b. Living Quarters Pet. A giant badger playfully chews on a stuffed toy in the middle of the room. Furnishings. The dingy
playing a tinny tune.
Guardian. Rex, a shield guardian painted with gold stars and crescent moons, stands next to the table.
Loose Pages. The floor is strewn with sheets of parchment bearing
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
, sheltering it as best they can with their leafless boughs. Guardian Treant The largest tree growing in front of the entrance is a treant. It awakens when one or more creatures approach the entrance and
enter unmolested, and says to Renaer in passing, “Your mother was a lovely person.” Glyph of Warding A glyph of warding spell has been cast on the first step leading down to the underground level
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Scions of Elemental Evil
fiendish face grins devilishly in the opening leading to the nave.
The statue guards the temple’s nave (area T3) and uses the game statistics of a Stone Golem, except it speaks and understands Common
. While the characters keep their distance, the guardian doesn’t move. If a creature hasn’t observed the guardian moving or acting, that creature must succeed at a DC 15 Intelligence (Investigation
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
of battle as they traverse the hall leading to this 10-foot-high room, which has partially collapsed and contains the following: Light. The room is lit by a single lantern resting in the middle of the
’ bickering, Rex struck off on his own. He was searching this room for loot when the mezzoloth and the nothics came in behind him, cutting off his escape. If the characters come to his rescue, Rex expresses
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
. Should the characters free the Bedroll from the ice and search it, within they find a control amulet for a Shield Guardian. The guardian it controls is in the south alcove of the trophy cave (area D16
). A character who takes a Study action and makes a successful DC 16 Intelligence (Arcana) check knows basic information about this guardian: It follows the orders of whoever wears its amulet. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
might exhibit traditions and technologies unheard of in other domains. The specifics of each domain’s technological advancements are left to you. If you wish domains to feature cutting-edge weird
. Her holy symbol is a sprig of belladonna atop a silver kite shield. Beyond that, her disparate sects of worshipers view her differently—and contradictorily. For some, Ezra is a goodly guardian, while
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
skin shed by the spirit snake Chimagua. The stone table bears two empty stone candle holders. Tainted Mist. The same tainted mist from area A3 fills this chamber and the tunnel leading back to the
discovers a segment of the stone wall behind the altar easily shifts aside, revealing a passage leading to area C4. Characters who have the Stonecunning trait have advantage on this check. This door is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Plane with a very similar location on the Material Plane, such as the heart of a volcano (leading to the Plane of Fire) or the depths of the ocean (to the Plane of Water). Passing through a planar
destination, “undesirable people” might include evil characters, good characters, cowards, thieves, anyone wearing a robe, or any mortal creature. A portal’s guardian is typically a powerful magical creature
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
lock spell). The topmost level is the crypt itself, which contains a stone sarcophagus watched over by a shield guardian that is trained to lift the lid whenever someone speaks the name Myrna aloud. The
sarcophagus contains a stone staircase leading down to a magically lit room. The circle is on the floor of this chamber, which also includes a small study alcove and a cot for its attending mage, a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
traffic, starts leading caravans away from safe water sources and stranding them in the desert.
Connected Creatures Brass dragons seek out the company of other creatures that can carry on an
lair, and they harass the dragon whenever they can.
5 A guardian naga charged with protecting an ancient artifact has decided that the artifact—as well as the naga—would be safer in an adult brass
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
organized. A shelf holds a row of pots and pans. On one side of the fireplace, a cutting board and knife rest on a counter. Clean plates and utensils sit on a matching counter on the other side.
The
Candlekeep. (Korvala keeps these books along with three others in area A6.) Trapdoor. A trapdoor leading down into the hidden vault (area A6) is concealed beneath the bed. A5. Storage Room Except for
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
they would fall apart with a touch.
Each sarcophagus holds a dwarf crypt guardian whose spirit was corrupted by the mind flayers’ magic. When a sarcophagus is disturbed or a living creature attempts
and area P7, but not further. Each sarcophagus contains the brittle bones of a dwarf. As the mind flayers never bypassed the clay golem guardian and these sarcophagi are farthest from the obelisk
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
guardian of Onyari’s gardens. The treant endured both the city’s fall and the Cataclysm here. Recently, invaders have been trying to fell Duskwalker’s trees for wood. The treant has killed—and will
high, and tall windows admit any light from outside. Hidden Pits. The nave’s floor has buckled, creating pits leading to the shattered crypts below. Only creatures that come within 5 feet of a pit and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
cuts a deal with the adventurers: if they distract the arcanaloth and the night hag long enough for him to steal the spellbook, Spite will show them the stairs leading down to level 10 (see area 44
pleasure in abusing and manipulating others with her magic. She is accompanied at all times by her shield guardian bodyguard (she wears its amulet), as well as a grell valet that carries her spellbook
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
has no magnetic north. 4 Delver. While underground, you always know the item’s depth below the surface and the direction to the nearest staircase, ramp, or other path leading upward. 5–6 Guardian
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
successful check, the character recognizes that the statue is a guardian common to Silvanesti burial sites and that the silver coins represent souls shining as stars in the night sky. The character also knows
the south, rubble blocks a staircase leading down, while to the north, another staircase climbs to the level above. Dismal gray-green light shines from flickering wall sconces, eerily illuminating
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
fragile and sharp stalactite cluster at a narrow point leading into the next cavern. If the characters lure the creature under the cluster, they might be able to think of some way to drop the sharp rocks on
-wide walkway skirts the pool, leading to a passageway on the other side.
Cesspool. Untold numbers of sewer pipes from the city empty their waste here. The first 10 feet of the cesspool are only 3 feet
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
you who can see or hear you gains a bonus to Initiative equal to the number rolled. Level 14: Leading Evasion When you are subjected to an effect that allows you to make a Dexterity saving throw to
they can expose corruption, unravel lies, and poke fun at self-important figures of authority. Level 3: Bonus Proficiencies You gain proficiency with three skills of your choice. Level 3: Cutting Words
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
together by cutting-edge magical scholarship, the enclave’s residents are hungry for secrets, reagents, and subjects. 3 Secret Monastery. Ageless secrets remain the focus of contemplation and rigorous
Cryptogeography. You search for proof of a hidden land or that the world isn’t structured as commonly assumed. 5 Restorative Antiquarianism. You track clues leading to plundered artifacts and then restore them to