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Astarion's Book of Hungers
Legendary Resistance (3/Day, or 4/Day in Lair). If the vampire fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.
Misty Escape. If the vampire drops to 0 Hit Points outside its resting place
Action Uses: 3 (4 in Lair). Immediately after another creature’s turn, the vampire can expend a use to take one of the following actions. The vampire regains all expended uses at the start of each
Monsters
Quests from the Infinite Staircase
Feywild and worlds of the Material Plane until two dear friends created a wondrous garden and asked the Gardener to tend to it. The Gardener agreed to the request, then pulled the garden from the Material
avoids killing even those who threaten the garden, preferring to entangle them in vines and pacify them with tranquilizing breaths of flowery mist.The Gardener's Lair
The Gardener’s lair is the
Monsters
The Book of Many Things
and Material Plane have to offer. Curious Fey asked to join her caravan, and before long, she had a menagerie of merchants accompanying her on her travels. Pazrodine came to view these Fey merchants as
refuge, she greets them and happily answers their questions about the market. The dragon has a soothing voice and demeanor.Lair Actions
The entire Seelie Market is Pazrodine’s lair. Pazrodine&rsquo
Goblin
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Beast Masters and Slave Drivers
Goblins know they are a weak, unsophisticated race that can be easily dominated by bigger, smarter, more organized, more ferocious, or more magical creatures. Their god
— for goblins, life is short.
Goblins seek to trap and enslave any creatures they encounter, but they flee from opposition that seems too daunting. For miles around their lair, they employ pit
Kobold
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, the kobolds are usually put to work enlarging their masters’ living area and protecting vital areas of the lair with traps and other defenses.
Some human communities hire kobolds to dig their
, designed to collapse under the weight of any creature heavier than a kobold. On occasion, the route through a kobold lair runs along a ledge that borders a cavern or a crevasse, and the kobolds might
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
abuse and torment. The gnoll now sees himself as a loyal and willing servant of the brutes, and he is eager to lead gnolls and anyone else to his minotaur masters. Gash is a gnoll with the following
, he pantomimes helpful gestures and beckons them to follow him. “Powerful masters,” the gnoll whines. “You honor us by your presence. Seek you passage through the maze? The Spiral of the Great Horned
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver
the weak, the poor, and the oppressed. Sister Garaele regularly reports to her superiors on events in and around Phandalin. Quest: The Banshee’s Bargain. Recently, Garaele’s superiors asked her to
undertake a delicate mission. They wanted her to persuade a banshee named Agatha to answer a question about a spellbook. Garaele sought out Agatha in her lair, but the creature did not appear for her
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
time, they see one of Halaster’s scrying eyes floating in the middle of the cavern (see “Halaster’s Lair”). It studies the characters for a minute or two before disappearing.
Blood. The floor is
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The engravings on the altar, written in Gith, tell the story of how the githyanki freed themselves from the yoke of their illithid masters, shattered the mind flayer empires across the multiverse
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
are asked to track the raiders to their lair and prevent any further raids. 2 After a devastating storm, a lost giant child wanders into a settlement, looking for help getting home. 3 A giant begs
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
practice, many of a schemer dragon’s goals might be the same as a monstrous dragon’s: acquiring food, securing a lair, and adding to a hoard. But other plots might revolve around acquiring minions
the basis for an adventure when they intersect with the characters’ lives. Most directly, the characters might be asked to aid the dragon’s schemes or to oppose them. The Cross Purposes table
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
elf who was being held prisoner aboard the smugglers’ ship when the adventurers made their assault. Now fearful that the lizardfolk planned to assault Saltmarsh, the town council asked the
adventurers to seek out the lizardfolk lair and deal with the threat. The adventurers journeyed to the lair, but they discovered that there was no threat to Saltmarsh — at least not from the lizardfolk. In fact
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
was close. Carp thinks the bandits have a secret lair under the old manor house. He also saw some strange goblins with “glowing hands” duck into the tunnel. Carp can take the characters to the tunnel
if asked, or he can give them directions to the location. The cave leads to area R8 in the Redbrands’ hideout. Finding Cragmaw Castle Qelline is a longtime friend of a druid named Reidoth. If Qelline
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Levels 11-16: Masters of the Realm By 11th level, characters are shining examples of courage and determination — true paragons in the world, set well apart from the masses. At this tier, adventurers
hungry purple worms. They might encounter and even defeat a powerful adult dragon that has established a lair and a significant presence in the world. At this tier, adventurers make their mark on the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Heroes of the Dragon Sorcerers whose magic comes from a draconic origin, rangers with a drake companion, and monks who learn the ways of dragon masters are not the only adventurers whose skills
connection to nature gives me a strange link to a dragon whose presence alters the fabric of nature around the dragon’s lair. (Druid, ranger)
9 I recently discovered that a person I loved and trusted was
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
sail between the stars? Next ye will spin tales of a talking hippopotamus that walks on two legs and carries a bow. I asked ye to research facts about other worlds, not spend a week in an opium den
mobile lair. A colony that uses a nautiloid in this way is much more aggressive than other colonies, since it can effectively carry out hit-and-run attacks and can vacate an area that has been depleted
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
Banrion’s Lair The rocky plateau beyond the chasm holds the crumbled shell of an ancient castle. Banrion the unicorn makes her home here, along with a number of goodly fey who shelter in a network of
across the chasm.) In this way, the characters discover the tower’s controls if they have not already. If asked, Banrion knows only that the clock tower was once part of an ancient city. She describes
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
, and the oppressed. Sister Garaele regularly reports to her superiors on events in and around Phandalin. Olga Drebas Harpers Pin Sister Garaele’s Bargain Recently, Garaele’s superiors asked her to
quest, see “Conyberry and Agatha’s Lair” in chapter 3. Joining the Harpers
If the party helps Sister Garaele and learns from Agatha the fate of Bowgentle’s spellbook, Garaele privately approaches
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
so, asking for a tribute or sacrifice equal to its loss of food. Monstrous Relationships. Manticores serve wicked masters that treat them well and provide regular prey. A manticore might provide aerial
support for an orc horde or a hobgoblin army. Another could serve as a hunting companion for a hill giant chief, or guard the entrance to a lamia’s lair. The manticores’ greatest territorial rivals
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
against the conqueror. Adventurers are asked to make sure no alliance is made. 5 A dozen people arrive in a small town after escaping from captivity in a giant steading. Their fierce habits disrupt the
peace in the town while they look for heroes who can help free the remaining captives. 6 A metallic dragon asks adventurers to help reclaim the dragon’s lair, which has been occupied by giants. In my
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
(supernatural gifts explicitly connected to a dragon’s power). Chapter 3 presents tips, advice, and tables to help Dungeon Masters build encounters, adventures, and whole campaigns around dragons
. Chapter 4 discusses dragon lairs and hoards, examining what a lair means to a dragon and exploring the correlation between a dragon’s magical might and the value of the dragon’s hoard. It also provides
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
information from Dalakhar’s corpse if the right questions are asked: Dalakhar stole an artifact called the Stone of Golorr from the lair of a beholder known as Xanathar, in a dungeon deep below the city
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
heavier than a kobold. On occasion, the route through a kobold lair runs along a ledge that borders a cavern or a crevasse, and the kobolds might erect a railing or a wall that prevents them from
admit that the little reptilians do respectable tunnel work using simple tools. If a band of kobolds is enslaved by more powerful creatures, the kobolds are usually put to work enlarging their masters
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
that has just established a lair. Levels 5–10 Adventure Situations 1d20 Situation 1 A group of cultists has summoned a demon to wreak havoc in the city. 2 A rebel lures monsters to the cause with
establishing a lair, a young dragon is trying to earn the fear and respect of other creatures living nearby. 10 The approach of a lone giant alarms the people of a town, but the giant is simply
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
giants. Chapter 2 offers advice and tables to help Dungeon Masters use giants in play. It covers roleplaying tips, an overview of the hierarchical structure of the ordning and giants’ religion, and
ideas about giants’ organizations and societies. Chapter 3 presents tools to help Dungeon Masters build encounters, adventures, and whole campaigns around giants. The chapter includes tables you can
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes of the Borderlands
Nothic Lair Locations The following locations are keyed to map C. Marc Moureau Map C: Nothic Lair (DM’s Version) View Without Tokens View Player Version C1: Entrance The symbols etched into the
and indecipherable formulas. Eye for an Eye. The nothic wants to research in peace, which it can’t do as long as the carrion crawler threatens its lair. If the characters don’t fight the nothic, it
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
, each unicorn telepathically shares with its rider three secrets about Prismeer or the Hourglass Coven during this ride. These secrets can be imparted in response to questions asked by the character, or
rider: The character learns which hag has the lost thing they’re looking for (Bavlorna Blightstraw, Skabatha Nightshade, or Endelyn Moongrave). The character is told that Bavlorna’s lair is a rambling
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
in the City of Spiders, the drow aren’t so extravagant that they do away with every captive they take. At the same time, they are masters of punishment — it is fear of pain, not fear of death, that
with surprising ease. THE CAVERN OF MENZOBERRANZAN
Menzoberranzan fills a large vault that was formerly a lair of giant spiders and beholders. The vault is known by its dwarven name, Araurilcaurak
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
grapples the thri-kreen and carries its panicking prey 20 feet into the air. The griffon tries to fly away, moving at half speed as it carries the thri-kreen back to its lair.
If rescued, the thri
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Characters who can communicate with the anteaters find them to be lazy, well-fed beasts. If asked about the tall termite mound, the anteaters explain that they live in that mound but the eating’s better
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
shouts, “Tell your dark masters they can break my body, but never my spirit!” He then tries to escape. Under normal circumstances, a greater restoration spell cast on the Mad Mage would restore his wits
archmage from his madness, he invites them to his “mansion.” He leads them up the mountain to an invisible doorway that serves as the entrance to his extradimensional lair, created using the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
daelkyr. The daelkyr are masters of flesh-shaping, and they altered existing life forms—often beyond recognition—to create soldiers for their wars against the peoples of Khorvaire. When a character
. Mind Flayers The illithids of Eberron are the creations of the daelkyr Dyrrn the Corruptor. Most mind flayers on Eberron dwell in Khyber with their daelkyr masters, commanding cities of dolgaunts and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
queen A kraken’s cave or bronze dragon’s cavernous lair, filled with ancient treasures A sunken temple of Sekolah, evil god of the sahuagin The Planes of Existence The Abyss. The Nine Hells. The City of
Brass. Such faraway places beckon high-level adventurers to their doorsteps, defying the brave and the foolhardy to overthrow their evil masters and unlock their hidden mysteries. Many powerful, weird
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
different prices to buy or sell every time they are asked about the same items, and insist that the characters dealing with them are the ones changing their terms. A duergar merchant suddenly turns
him with the characters. If a character asks about him in the Ghohlbrorn’s Lair, a successful DC 12 Charisma (Persuasion) check yields up the name “Droki,” and identifies the wily derro as a courier and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
includes silver dragons, which lair in the same territories as whites. White dragons can speak as all dragons can, but they rarely talk unless moved to do so. Lone Masters. White dragons avoid all other
these creatures, humanoids are animals, fit to serve as prey or beasts of burden, and wholly unworthy of respect. Dangerous Lairs. A dragon’s lair serves as the seat of its power and a vault for its
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
and servile in defeat, just as in their own society lower castes must scrape before those of greater status and as goblin tribes bow before other goblinoids. Beast Masters and Slave Drivers Goblins
to trap and enslave any creatures they encounter, but they flee from opposition that seems too daunting. For miles around their lair, they employ pit traps, snares, and nets to catch the unwary, and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
was long ago abandoned by the order of monks that built it. Since then, various outlaw gangs and monsters have claimed it as a lair. Burle Burle is a fortified outpost that is always on guard for
smugglers who operate in the Saltmarsh area. Gellen Primewater relies on this drop point to conduct much of his business. Lizardfolk Lair This location is featured in Danger at Dunwater. Use the