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Eberron: Rising from the Last War
the blink of an eye.
House Orien
Leader: Kwanti d’Orien
Headquarters: Journey’s Home (Passage, Aundair)
The House of Passage manages land transportation. The lightning rail is the house
Orien’s problems don’t end with the Mournland, though. The expanding role of Lyrandar airships threatens the house’s business. Baron Kwanti would like to be able to offer more
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
visibly in the gem-like spines that run in a ridge from the crown of the head to the tip of the tail. These spines hover above a living topaz dragon’s back, dancing and shifting with the dragon
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It takes true artistry to maintain a warm, desert-like dwelling under the water.
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I soothe myself to sleep by imagining the perfect insults for bronze dragons; while I wait to meet one, I
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
killed defending their charge from assassins, but manages to force the attackers to drop a clue to the identity of their employer. 8 The characters are hired to protect a crucial shipment aboard an
Orien lightning rail. 9 At a carnival run by House Phiarlan, customers begin acting strangely. They all hum the same song, which spreads like a virus as more people hear it. 10 A Sivis translator has
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
“Zariel’s Flying Fortress”). If so, read the following boxed text to your players: A gigantic basalt citadel shaped like a sword blade is moored at the dock. The flying fortress thrums as screaming souls from
the dock hold flying fortresses in place. A horned devil named Bazelsteen manages the dock for Zariel but yearns for the freedom to carry out its mechanical experiments. To earn its aid, visitors
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
House Orien Leader: Kwanti d’Orien Headquarters: Journey’s Home (Passage, Aundair) The House of Passage manages land transportation. The lightning rail is the house’s most dramatic tool, but Orien
expanding role of Lyrandar airships threatens the house’s business. Baron Kwanti would like to be able to offer more instantaneous transportation, but long-distance teleportation is a service only the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
. A character who manages to catch the body finds that it’s an ages-old, rag-clad elf skeleton. 3 A misshapen arch is covered in drooping, metallic, blade-like decorations. The arch was once a portal to
turns hostile if the characters antagonize him. During battle, any creature affected by the giant’s Curse of the Evil Eye action gains amphibian-like features. If the giant is slain, his body rapidly
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
mask. The rider barely manages to stay in the saddle, his body bristling with cruel black arrows.
Blind with panic, the horse plows on, threatening to trample travelers in its path. Before it can
, though, the beast’s legs give way. Both mount and rider topple, crashing into the dust with a piercing whinny and a sound like snapping branches.
Give the characters a moment to react, encouraging
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
characters find Jingle Jangle’s den: a cave with an entryway shaped like a keyhole. Obtaining the Silver Key If one or more characters enter Jingle Jangle’s den on the hilltop, read: Worn stone steps
lead down into what feels like a cellar. It’s chilly in here, and you detect a subtle scent of iron in the air. From a distant spot within the chamber, sputtering candles illuminate a multitude of keys
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
magic items, spellbooks, gear, and the like. Additionally, you can consult with the faculty of your academy as the experts in various fields. Training. Because you’re associated with the academy, you
esteemed experts, deans, or the academy as a whole. In any of these cases, a specific contact manages your relationship to the academy. Roll or pick from the Academy Contact table to determine who
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
placed four potions of poison in a small silk-lined coffer. The potions look, smell, and taste like potions of mind reading. Awaiting delivery near the God Catcher is Esvele Rosznar, the Black Viper (see
family now. Reward: Each Zhentarim character gains 2 renown. 5th “Skeemo Weirdbottle has betrayed us! The little worm has been feeding information to our enemies. He must be eliminated. Make it look like
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
recognizable as a myconid, it looks like a fungal larva slithering along the ground. Mold and lichen grow in hypnotic patterns along its ringed stalk, and it puffs clouds of spores from a slit resembling a
growing around them.
One voice calls out loudly in Undercommon — a female drow fighting to speak. “Please … for your gods of light . . . kill me!” She manages to stir within her living grave, raising
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
fitted with two tentacle-like things that bob up and down in time with his brisk pace. He keeps muttering a repetitive series of phrases to himself at different volumes, failing to notice you. “Droki is
in his Dexterity (Stealth) checks, as he knows the Whorlstone Tunnels well. If he loses the characters, he resumes his errands as if nothing had happened. If Droki manages to escape, characters can
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Khorvaire; some are treated with pity, others with suspicion or anger. And fear of the Mourning hangs like a shadow across Khorvaire. Could it happen again? Is this how the world ends? The Mournland A
and what the consequences would be. Right now, fear of the Mourning holds war at bay. If it’s confirmed that the Mourning is no longer a threat—or if one nation manages to harness its power—war could begin again.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
grant you access to perks of their position, like access to diplomatic receptions or use of the royal guards. Expenses. Your patron reimburses you for extraordinary expenses incurred as part of your work
sovereign. Roll or pick from the Sovereign Contact table to determine who manages the relationship between you and the throne, if not the sovereign directly. Sovereign Contact d6 Contact 1 Intimate
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
and commanding the new settlement’s defenses. Like most svirfneblin, Dorbo is serious and aggressive when dealing with outsiders; for all of that, however, he is also a loving and caring husband and a
husband’s efforts are well supported and efficient. She oversees the trade efforts and caravans to Mithral Hall, Gauntlgrym, and Mantol-Derith. She manages and helps to maintain Blingdenstone’s magical
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a2
enters the middle chamber, attacking with surprise. What appeared to be a wet patch on the floor suddenly twists like a snake and lunges toward you!
31. Empty Storeroom The southern door in area 28 is
water breathing and a potion of invisibility. 33. Roper’s Cavern The rock stairs climb steeply, turn north, and then descend toward the east into a cavern very much like the one you just left, but
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
from his people. Although Derendil behaves like the highborn prince he believes himself to be, he responds to stress — and particularly threats — like a quaggoth: violently tearing foes limb from limb
potentially mad at worst. Jimjar is always true to his word, and he manages to keep exact track of his debits and credits in his head, paying up on his bets (or demanding payment) as soon as possible
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
manages not to fall off the bridge. The bridge is 40 feet above the floor of the surrounding cavern (area G10). Two galeb duhrs guard the bridge — one at each end. They look like ordinary boulders until
statuette of an imp with onyx eyes worth 180 gp, and a ring of swimming. G4. Bewildering Crystals This cave is a forest of glowing crystals, which grow like foliage on slender stone columns that make it
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
, inlaid with white marble, is the word “Ask” in Common.
The ceiling in this oracular chamber is 80 feet high and smooth like the walls and floor. Loud Echoes. Sounds in this area echo loudly. Noises
so again for 1 year and 1 day. C3: Haunted Cavern The floor of this cavern is ridged like sand at the bottom of a stream. It’s dotted with slender stalagmites and littered with broken stalactites from
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
been made with those ancestors’ spirits, but she manages her relationship with them carefully, lest she fall too far under their dark influence. She also claims past tutelage by Thingizzard, a witch
her potions. Mary strikes an eerie, witch-like figure, surrounded always by swirling magical-mechanical trinkets of her own devising. She is often seen shuffling a deck of several things, and will try
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
the two dragons like it that way. If the characters explore the Mere, use the Swamp Monsters table in appendix B of the Dungeon Master’s Guide to inspire encounter ideas. Mines of Mirabar The rugged
other places in the North, Mirabar pays well and cares for the workers. Mirabar Mirabar is the richest city of the North by far. It sits atop a knoll on the north side of the Mirar River like an
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
, pale-eyed description. Forgetful Owner. Prophetess “Propha” Dran, the proprietor of the Dran & Courtier, manages the bar ably, pouring drinks and bringing out platters of food (no charge). She appears
Blit’zen’s room smells like a college dorm, has exercise equipment in one corner, three boxes of delicious snacks bearing the Big Daddy Donaar’s Yum Yum Hut brand, an autographed pin-up scroll of a band named Sixty Wrong Sausages, and a wall calendar where every month bears his likeness.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
Sword Coast). The stone lid of each sarcophagus is carved to depict the person entombed within: two human men and one human woman, all dressed like nobles. If opened, the tombs contain mostly moldering
distance to the south. You can make out several passages that open off the larger cavern, and what looks like a deep pit or crevasse in the floor.
This room contains two secret doors, one leading to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
to work for the franchise, think through the potential ramifications, and how you could use them later in your campaign. Like other deals, this one has potential benefits and possible drawbacks. Even
the lighthouse (see “Franchise Downtime” at the end of this episode). But if the trap wasn’t triggered, you might also decide that a character who slips from the catwalk and manages to hang on to the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
hear the dwarf and bugbears fighting in the stables with a successful DC 15 Wisdom (Perception) check, and the Weevil manages to kill a couple of bugbears before he’s dragged off in a sack. Treasure
retreats to the hearth if he sees any magic. Like most Uthgardt, he is fearful of magic and distrustful of spellcasters. Orok is drawn to rough-looking wilderness types, such as barbarians and rangers. If
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
musical talent but manages to entertain locals nonetheless with his stories of faraway places. Twice each day, at dawn and again at dusk, he leaves the inn with a couple of apples and a cooked wolf
different label: Red Dragon Crush. The double doors that lead outside can be barred shut from within. N2e. Kitchen This room looks like the kitchen of someone who loves to cook. It has piles of pots
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a5
prisms must make a DC 13 Wisdom saving throw at the start each of his or her turns. The first time each character fails the save, a wraith that looks like a shadowy duplicate of that character erupts
gold coffer wrought to look like a sleeping dragon with violet garnet eyes (worth 1,000 gp). The coffer holds 200 pp and a dark, smooth river rock (a loadstone; see appendix A). True Name Box. If
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
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
manages to hang on. The characters must then succeed on a DC 12 group Dexterity (Stealth) check to prevent the commotion from drawing the attention of those below. If at least half the characters succeed