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Monstrous Compendium Vol. 1: Spelljammer Creatures
Far Realm Parasite. Inside the lich’s torso dwells a wormlike parasite that contains the lich’s soul. When the lich dies, it implodes into the parasite, which then vanishes into the Far
. That parasite bestows undeath upon the spellcaster and causes strange tentacles to sprout from the body. The parasite’s mouth is visible on the lich’s torso, and the parasite guards the
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
hoard contains that conflict’s most significant artifacts.
2
I am constantly aware of a call from beyond this world. I must prepare to answer that call by amassing powerful arms and armor
their army in battle centuries ago.
3
An ancient sapphire dragon guards the phylactery of a lich who helped the dragon establish a lair centuries before becoming Undead.
4
Lolth the Spider
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Inquisitiveness. Even the smallest village contains myriad stories of love, loss, triumph, and betrayal. There is always more to learn about people. (Any)
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Espionage. Once I get paid for the
surrounding an adult emerald dragon;adult emerald dragon's lair.
8
An adult emerald dragon spies on the adult red dragon who killed the emerald dragon’s mate, looking for weaknesses
Deck of Illusions
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Magic Items
Basic Rules (2014)
This box contains a set of parchment cards. A full deck has 34 cards. A deck found as treasure is usually missing 1d20 − 1 cards.
The magic of the deck functions only if cards are drawn at
disappears, and that card can't be used again.
Playing Card
Illusion
Ace of hearts
Red dragon
King of hearts
Knight and four guards
Queen of hearts
Succubus or incubus
Jack
Species
Eberron: Rising from the Last War
how new they are to the world. The Warforged Quirks table contains example quirks.
Warforged Quirks
d8
Quirk
1
You analyze — out loud — the potential threat posed by
.
7
You are obsessed with your appearance and constantly polish and buff yourself.
8
War is the only thing that makes sense to you, and you’re always looking for a fight
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
; the wagon contains their food and their mundane belongings A friendly merchant transporting 2d4 pigs worth 3 gp each; any other persons present are Zhentarim guards (N male and female humans of
transporting 3d6 ten-gallon kegs of dwarven ale worth 5 gp each Friendly, dirt-poor musicians looking for a tavern or an inn; the wagon holds their instruments, food, and traveling gear Hostile bandits (NE male
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
Fight! Most of the other prisoners aren’t looking for trouble, and even killers such as Buppido are careful to bide their time. Still, both Derendil and Ront have quick tempers, and Sarith the drow
fighters while others keep their distance or even try to break up the brawl. Any violent conflict draws the attention of the drow guards, who initially order any prisoners to stand down from a fight
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
on checks made to ram the gate. Eight deep gnomes guard the gate. One of them carries a spell gem (see appendix B) that contains a see invisibility spell and uses it to scan for invisible creatures
when the party arrives. Arriving characters are questioned to determine their intentions. The guards are thorough but not threatening; as long as the characters seem benign, they are granted entry. Four
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
phase spiders and the other guards. He then offers to lead the characters to Xarann in area 17d. If pressed for details, Sornnozz claims that Xarann is looking for ways to weaken House Auvryndar’s hold over Muiral’s Gauntlet, and he thinks a band of adventurers might be the answer to Xarann’s prayers.
13. Vestibule Webs. A 10-foot-thick mass of sticky webs conceals the 30-foot-high ceiling. Three phase spiders lurk in the lightly obscured area amid the webs.
Guards. Four male drow stand guard in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
they might be guilty.
Watch Reactions d8 Reaction
1 The guards immediately arrest the poorest looking person involved and lock them in jail for 24 hours before letting them go.
2
the guards behave when they arrive. Gate Interactions d8 Interaction
1 The guards thoroughly search packs and vehicles, questioning everything and everyone.
2 The guards force a line
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
7. Crypt Raiders This 12-foot-high cave contains six duergar, three males and three females, who have come up from level 21 to loot the shrine of Laduguer (area 6c). The male duergar are Klom
of them wear mean-looking iron bucket helms with visors. Having slipped past the Stonecloaks and the gargoyles in areas 8 and 9, these duergar have just started a short rest to recharge their
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
prison has stockpiled enough necessities to continue operations for six months. R14. Privy This room contains a dozen wooden waste buckets. Once per day, usually in the morning, guards order prisoners
held shut by an arcane lock spell (see “Prison Features”). This hatch leads to the tower’s flat rooftop, which is lined with battlements. Three Lords’ Alliance guards (veterans) in cold weather
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer
looking person involved and lock them in jail for 24 hours before letting them go. 2 The guards break up the situation, dispersing everyone without making any arrests. 3 The guards confiscate all weapons
the guards behave when they arrive. Gate Interactions d8 Interaction 1 The guards thoroughly search packs and vehicles, questioning everything and everyone. 2 The guards force a line of travelers
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
provide comfort for off-duty guards.
The room includes a table and chairs for eating, a couch and several chairs for lounging, and a privy. A trunk on the east wall contains a dozen spare guard
that unlocks this door. T3: Gem Room This room contains open crates of gems sorted by color and type. Most are neatly faceted, though a few remain uncut.
Guards. This room is part of the guard rotation
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
To the Nightsea However the characters spend the night, the same guards who took them to Castle Djaynai the previous morning come to Anadoua’s Rest House at dawn to escort them to the docks to board
the Beden-Moon. If the characters didn’t stay at the inn, the guards find them on the street and hasten them to the ship. Read or paraphrase the following description as the characters reach the docks
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
, revealing a sullen mountain burg surrounded by a wooden palisade. Thick fog presses up against this wall, as though looking for a way inside, hoping to catch the town aslumber.
The dirt road ends at
palisade twelve feet off the ground, enabling guards to peer over the wall there. Map 5.1: Vallaki (Area N)View Player Version
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
of Tyr, god of justice. H6. Downstairs Waiting Room Nobles scheduled to testify in court and those waiting to visit prisoners are held here. The room contains the following features: Two guards are
Areas of the Courthouse The following locations are keyed to map 4.6. View Player Version H1. Upstairs Waiting Room This room has the following features: Two guards stand outside the doors to the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
Peril in the Fog Soon after the characters arrive at the gate, three hostile gargoyles swoop down to menace the people nearby. The gargoyles all resemble the same fierce-looking woman with a mouth
full of fangs, claw-like nails, and feathered wings. Two guards cover the retreat of panicked locals as the gargoyles attack traders’ wagons or anything that threatens them. The gargoyles fight until
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
Food Hunters A male hill giant is looking for food, stuffing anything that looks even remotely edible into a big sack that he drags behind him. Lagging a few hundred feet behind the giant are 1d4
group DC 10 Dexterity (Stealth) check. The ogres and bugbears carry no treasure. The hill giant’s sack contains 1d4 mundane items, determined by rolling on the Items in a Giant’s Bag table in the introduction.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
characters enter this chamber from area 9, then Mondath is here when they arrive. Guards in area 12 hear whatever happens in this chamber and respond dutifully. The chamber contains a writing desk and stool
11. Frulam Mondath’s Chamber Frulam Mondath (see appendix D) moved into this simple but comfortable chamber when the camp was abandoned. If no fight has occurred with the guards in area 12 and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
. The guards in area 10b notice any light or noise here and quickly investigate. The room has the following features: Table and Benches. A 25-foot-long stone dining table is in the middle of the room
, flanked by two equally long stone benches.
Hutch. A stone hutch against the west wall contains assorted iron plates and flatware.
10b. Den This room is largely empty, having been stripped of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
in town hear the screams of the young men as the tiger escapes. The tiger flees the stockyard without harming the Wachters and begins to prowl the streets, looking for an escape. Reports of a tiger
of the damage. If he is still alive, Izek Strazni gathers six town guards and hunts down the beast with the intention of killing it. Meanwhile, Rictavio does his best to lure the beast back to his
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
this chamber from area 9, then Mondath is here when they arrive. Guards in area 12 hear whatever happens in this chamber and respond dutifully. The chamber contains a writing desk and stool, several
11. Frulam Mondath’s Chamber Frulam Mondath (see appendix D) moved into this comfortable chamber when the camp was abandoned. If no fight has occurred with the guards in area 12 and characters enter
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes of the Borderlands
:
Targets and practice dummies dot this courtyard, which contains a large stable and poles with hanging rings. Cavalry soldiers train atop horseback while guards watch the area from the walls and towers
Features The inner bailey has the following features:
Cavalry Stable. The bailey contains a stable with thirty horses. These war-trained horses serve as mounts for the keep’s cavalry.
Guard
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
vertical shaft. A stone staircase spirals around the shaft, with landings leading to chambers on the upper levels: Level 1 has a broad antechamber and audience hall.
Level 2 contains kitchens, storage
, and currently disused servants’ quarters.
Level 3 houses guest bedchambers and a torture chamber for “special guests.”
Level 4 contains Vizeran’s library and laboratory.
Level 5 contains the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
passage, and the slave pen. The lower chamber of the tower is occupied by two drow and one drow elite warrior on guard duty. It contains a zurkhwood table and three chairs, a smaller side table, and
spider-silk webbing set with hooks for hanging equipment. As at the watch posts, guard duty here is a dull affair, and the guards are usually distracted enough (talking or passing the time with dice games
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
way for a group of sorry-looking men and women carrying a ten-foot-diameter wicker ball. The burgomaster and his smiling wife, who holds a sad bouquet of wilting flowers, follow the procession on
the townsfolk.
The laugh comes from Lars Kjurls (LG male human guard), a member of the town militia. The other guards are aghast at Lars’s ill-timed outburst. The burgomaster immediately has Lars
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
gate guarded by eight lawful neutral knights. These guards are under orders not to admit “slates”—slang for nonmilitary folk who wear slate-gray badges. A character who demands to see the guards
’ superior is directed to Major Kalar, who has a command tent nearby. Meeting Major Kalar If the characters follow the guards’ directions, they arrive at a field covered in simple command tents. It takes 15
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
Returning to Kalaman As the characters near the gates of Kalaman, read the following text: A crowd mills at the gate ahead, dozens of commoners murmuring and excitedly looking past the closed
; it was tarnished in a way the Knights of Solamnia from old stories would surely have avoided. When the characters identify themselves, the guards raise the gate’s portcullis and admit them into the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
imposing female gray dwarf. She is fully armored and bears an insignia you have not seen on any other duergar. She is flanked by two Stone Guards who remain bythe door.
“I am Captain Errde
a heartbeat as the cheapest manual labor. However, I’ve learned to make much better use of adventurers like you.”
Search for Droki. Errde explains that her guards have been tracking the movements of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Quirks Warforged often display an odd personality trait or two, given how new they are to the world. The Warforged Quirks table contains example quirks. Warforged Quirks d8 Quirk 1 You analyze
are obsessed with your appearance and constantly polish and buff yourself. 8 War is the only thing that makes sense to you, and you’re always looking for a fight.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
shirt but having no effect on his tight pantaloons and shiny boots. He’s depicted looking marvelous in fantastical realms alongside his rugged and ready adventuring companions. Alkazaar’s Appendix is
barely half an inch thick but otherwise has the dimensions of its companion. When it is opened, a few grains of sand fall from between its crisp, dry pages. It contains the story of the lost golem as
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
11. Crickets and Bats Any bright light in this broad cavern alerts the demons on watch in area 17 and the drow guards in areas 18a through 18d. The cave contains the following: Fog. The floor here is
into this area to feed the bats. Expecting to be fed, the bats start to shriek and flap about the cave when the characters arrive, alerting the drow guards in areas 12a, 12b, and 18a.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
. Built on an island of solidified clouds, Skyway holds the estates of the wealthiest people in Khorvaire—nobles whose feet need never touch the ground. Skyway contains a host of aristocratic boutiques
each month, and the guest list at the Tain Gala defines the social order in the city. If you need to mingle with celebrities, find a way to wrangle an invitation to the Tain Gala. And if you’re looking to pull off a heist on some of the richest people in Eberron, Skyway is the place to start.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
are set aside as guard barracks. The east building contains six bunk beds (twelve beds in all) and a dozen footlockers containing worthless personal effects. The west building was similarly furnished
, but a falling rock destroyed half the building’s contents. Characters searching the damaged gatehouse find the bodies of three human guards who died when the roof fell on them.