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Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
superseding event. Suddenly directionless and unable to return to your homeland, you have lingered, adrift, in this wretched city.
Feature: Discovery
The quiet seclusion of your extended
contemplative sort of seclusion that allows room for study and prayer. If you want to play a rugged wilderness recluse who lives off the land while shunning the company of other people, look at the outlander
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
forth his hand.
Ireena Kolyana’s questioning eyes suddenly open with recognition and knowledge. Forgotten memories rush back to her. “Sergei!” she cries, springing to him with the grace of a doe
. They embrace.
Ireena turns to you and says, “I am Ireena Kolyana, but in my past I was Sergei’s beloved Tatyana. Through these many centuries we have played out the tragedy of our lives. Now, with
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
lives in a manor on the edge of the village, but he hasn’t left it recently because he has a very important guest: a beholder that suddenly appeared in Wisteria Vale. To allay the villagers’ justifiable
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
is sent to the asylum, the shop owner who suddenly strikes down his faithful clerk — these are the crimes that lead to panic and wild rumors. Some commoners claim that something about the city itself
inside it (see "Shield of the Hidden Lord"). Were the shield to be taken from the city, the murder rate might drop suddenly. It’s unclear whether the rise of Bhaal’s faith in Baldur’s Gate stems from
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
on anyone who kills it outright.
3 A mage who lives in a secluded grove has been using a magic item to transform interlopers into boars. She claims that Nylea gave her this item.
4 A druid
might turn any natural creature—from the rarest of exotic creatures to suddenly-bloodthirsty livestock—against those who offend her. Nylea’s Monsters Challenge Creature Source
1/2 Scout MM
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
Rewarded You were living a difficult life before your destiny suddenly changed through a miraculous turn of good fortune. Perhaps a benevolent deity gave you precisely what you most desired. You
left the daily miseries of your old life behind in favor of a life of adventure and excitement. Your old debts have been paid, responsibilities you thought inescapable are behind you, or you suddenly
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer
is sent to the asylum, the shop owner who suddenly strikes down his faithful clerk — these are the crimes that lead to panic and wild rumors. Some commoners claim that something about the city itself
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus) and has a pit fiend trapped inside it (see "Shield of the Hidden Lord"). Were the shield to be taken from the city, the murder rate might drop suddenly. It’s unclear
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
faerzress rises around them, whispering to them in unintelligible sounds. The derro cackle and dance, their hands glowing with a power that isn’t theirs. The vision shifts, and suddenly gray dwarves
stare down at the red-hot metal on their anvils. The constant rhythm of their hammering falters. Suddenly, brother turns against brother as minds turn inward upon themselves. Sparks fly and a city
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
a more direct meaning beyond simply “weal” or “woe.” You can use omens to nudge the characters to an adventure location, to lead them to an oracle who lives far from the polis, or to hint at the true
identity of a villain. Nylea might cause a flock of birds to suddenly rush eastward, inviting her champion to follow in that direction, or an animal might snarl whenever the villain’s name is spoken
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
tables. A mug is lifted as if to an unseen mouth. A chair shifts like someone’s leaning back in it. But there’s no one there.
Suddenly, the ceiling begins to rise away from you. Then you notice that
bargaining session of your lives.” The goblin walks haughtily toward the stairs. “I am Splugoth the Returned. Surely you know who I am?”
Splugoth can’t conceal being pleased if the characters know that he
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
Hallowhand was a famous “lone cat” thief of Waterdeep in the 1200s DR, who disappeared suddenly and is thought to have come to a violent end. She once robbed a wizard and wrote this on his wall with a
, I am nothing. If I take lives but count not the cost, I am nothing. If I steal in the night and see not the faces of the devastated come the next morning, I am nothing. If I make decrees like a ruler
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes of the Borderlands
wafts from its chimney. The hut’s wooden door is shut.
A hermit named Xanthe lives here. Banished months ago from the keep, Xanthe is initially Hostile toward the characters, who she believes have
, and the statue suddenly splits in two with a loud crack. Moments later, a wicked, disembodied laugh echoes throughout the forest. The cultists then disband.
Stacey Allan & William Doyle Map
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
. If the characters approach the church doors, add: The heavy wooden doors of the church are covered with claw marks and scarred by fire. The village priest, Donavich, lives here. Other Barovians shun
the chapel is strewn with debris, and you hear a soft voice from within reciting a prayer. Suddenly, the prayer is blotted out by an inhuman scream that rises up from beneath the wooden floor.
The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
the nobility. Amphailans are by their nature suspicious of and quiet around folk who openly display wealth or status, having learned early in their lives that nobles are folk who like to throw their
rebellious nobles are careful not to tread too heavily on Ammakyl turf in Amphail, as a house that does so might swiftly find its favorite foods suddenly difficult to procure for a revel or some other event where the family’s status is at risk.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
the shifting sea to all sides is the color of bruised flesh, roiling beneath a clear sky filled with unfamiliar constellations. Suddenly the door to the ship’s main cabin explodes out in a pulse of
suddenly, and you are standing in a hot and humid warehouse filled with crates stacked to the ceiling. Windows high up on the walls let in light and reveal what look like tropical trees outside. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
kneel before you and offer to serve you if you spare their lives.
If the characters agree to accept the devils’ terms, the devils take the sky and fly away, returning to help the characters in the next
ornately carved tripod.
Lulu awakens and looks peacefully around her. Seeing the spyglass, she approaches it, pressing one eye against the eyepiece. Lulu then steps back suddenly, eyes wide, mouth
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
battling demons in the fields when they suddenly felt an overwhelming desire to consume humanoid flesh. These guards are eager to return to the battle in the fields, disappearing as they pass through the
and says, “Yeenoghu slaughtered those I swore to protect. I can stop him and others like him. I might have to give up all I stand for, but I could stem the tide of chaos and save many lives from the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Divine Contention
that the enemy has breached the town square and the defenders are in dire need of aid. As you prepare to respond, you hear war drums beating from just outside town. Suddenly a bolt of lightning blasts a
the invaders, while on the other, fleeing townsfolk clog the thoroughfare leading out of town. Screams of panic suddenly echo through the crowd. Looking up, you see a huge green dragon swoop out of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
Roslof. He lives on a giant pumpkin farm, sharing his rustic farmhouse space with rodents and pixies. His adventuring days are behind him, and he looks quite old and frail. Nevertheless, he is
assumes the form of a statuesque woman with long white hair and a small tattoo shaped like a chicken’s foot below one eye. Each character who hears Madryck’s description of Zybilna suddenly recalls a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
frustrated the goblins in the rear guard. The other townspeople and goblins had gone ahead. According to the miners, flying tentacle-monsters suddenly attacked, killing several goblins. (These are the
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The hook-shaped stalactites and the stalagmites are as hard and resilient as other rock formations. A cloaker mutate (see appendix A) lives in this room, leaving only to hunt. This cloaker mutate
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a2
the south.
Suddenly a harsh voice calls from the shadows of the pillars, “Go back the way you came! This is the only warning you’ll get!”
The cavern was formerly Durgeddin’s throne room, banquet
cursed magic. A dragon lives in a large lake cavern deep below. The subterranean river flows from the lake through other parts of the complex below the Glitterhame. It’s fed from a lake on the surface. If
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
more walking statues suddenly appeared in the city, wandering to wreak havoc even as the Sahuagin Humbled remained motionless. The authorities and citizens of Waterdeep succeeded in stopping three of
just a cane). He lives in the small shop, whose many levels, staircases, and landings fill the hollowed-out interior of the head, and which is crammed with oddments sold to Thort by adventurers and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
, and exquisite pottery. A mosaic spans the walls, depicting the lives of the monarchs who rest here.
Everything in this tomb is a sham. The sarcophagi are wood painted to look like solid gold, and
characters enter, read: The chill of death pervades this royal tomb. Its walls depict scenes of the last great king of Cynidicea. An elegant sarcophagus rests in the center of the room.
Suddenly, a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
. Priests of Labelas smile with compassion when these wide-eyed elves show up at their temples, suddenly full of contrition and offerings for Labelas, still shaken from the vision of their Remembrance and
the black void of the mirror, they see the faces of their former selves and scenes from their past lives — a glimpse into the grand tapestry of the each soul’s existence as Labelas begins to weave yet
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
Landro. Suddenly, Chandry cries out with joy and sprints toward the colossus. When the ghost comes within arm’s reach of Landro, it blinks out of existence. Chandry then reappears at the bottom of the
Landro’s throat. Above, a tangle of metal dangles like a mechanical uvula.
If she still lives, Glaive has set a trap here for the characters. She tore out the weapons system from area L27 and moved it
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sleeping Dragon’s Wake
sticks out of the cave floor. When an intruder crosses the bridge, the wood woad pulls the lever. As an action, a creature that can reach the lever can pull it, causing the bridge to suddenly part in
characters steal the dragon’s treasure while she still lives, she begins hunting them as soon as she is able to do so.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Draconic Prophecy. Most other creatures are merely pawns in the dragons’ centuries-long schemes, their needs and lives relevant only insofar as they intersect with the Prophecy. The Draconic Prophecy
part of a lauth whose goal is worth aiding.
6 A dragon asks the characters to help figure out why mysterious arcane markings have suddenly appeared on the dragon’s scales. Solving this puzzle might
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer
nature’s touch just as much as rich patriars with their manicured gardens. Torimesh himself lives in a tiny hut backed against the jutting outcropping still known as Dumper’s Rock. The main appeal of
moonflower supply. The paranoid Jopalin himself lives in a lavish and heavily booby-trapped loft above the café. Low Lantern This old, three-masted ship rocks gently in the water alongside Stormshore Street
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
space he dedicated as a public park, arguing that the poor need to feel nature’s touch just as much as rich patriars with their manicured gardens. Torimesh himself lives in a tiny hut backed against
several dozen filthy cots, collecting Jopalin’s fees and dispensing his moonflower supply. The paranoid Jopalin himself lives in a lavish and heavily booby-trapped loft above the café. Low Lantern This
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
place. The tiny nation of Sossal trades with its neighbors, but shares little of itself with the wider world. The Dalelands. The humans who call the Dalelands home want nothing more than lives
dragonborn claimed as its territory part of what had been the vanished nation of Unther. Then Unther suddenly returned to Faerûn a few years ago and promptly went to war against Tymanther. The realm has
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a2
black robe looks up from her work, her face twisted in an expression of rage.
Creatures. Burdug the shaman, an orc Eye of Gruumsh, has commandeered a chamber as her private domain. She lives here with
: Suddenly, you feel a small click from the floor beneath your feet. The statue’s bearded face slides open, like an oversized nutcracker, and greenish gas billows forth.
Poison Gas Trap. A pressure plate
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
). She lives north of town, in a mostly underground hovel on a ridge that overlooks the sea. Locals know that Dasharra raises griffons, trains them as mounts, and teaches people how to ride them. The
past few weeks helping farmers and other locals flee the vale. She doesn’t know why the normally reclusive giants are suddenly out to destroy everything. If the characters ask Silixia where the stone
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
his rescuers until he’s clear of Bavlorna’s cottage, at which point he thanks the characters and bids them adieu. Then, suddenly remembering the rule of reciprocity (see “Rules of Conduct” earlier in
has a magic mirror (in area B1) that can transport creatures to the Witchlight Carnival, and they trade this information in exchange for their lives. Each of them has overheard Bavlorna speak the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
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One time Diancastra and I were exploring deep underground, and suddenly an eye opened in the wall of the cave and a rumbling voice said, “Auntie D, is that you?” I nearly... well, let’s just say I
their lives to find rich veins of ore in a scion’s volcano, or misguided fire cultists offer sacrifices meant to appease or awaken the volcano, and the awakened cradle defies all their expectations
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
part with the item. Solitary Shapeshifters. At some point in their long lives, metallic dragons gain the magical ability to assume the forms of humanoids and beasts. When a dragon learns how to
within 1 mile of the dragon’s lair are prone to fits of giggling. Even serious matters suddenly seem amusing. If the dragon dies, the magic carvings fade over the course of 1d10 days. The other effects end