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Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
. If your character wears tattoos, what do they look like, and what do they represent? Tattoos d6 Tattoo 1 The wings of an eagle are spread wide across your upper back. 2 Etched on the backs of your
hands are the paws of a cave bear. 3 The symbols of your clan are displayed in viny patterns along your arms. 4 The antlers of an elk are inked across your back. 5 Images of your spirit animal are
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
flesh out your encounter in these ways, go right ahead and finish your creation. Otherwise, take a look at the following sections for some basic advice on adding flavor elements to the simple mechanics
details to an encounter area at random, look to the tables in appendix A of the Dungeon Master’s Guide to determine room and area features, potential hazards, obstacles, traps, and more. Random Events
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
Look Out Above Chief among the creatures drawn to the scent of death on the island is a monstrous peryton (see appendix C) known as Rasp. This creature has long hunted across the region, searching
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
sometimes brought to life by influences from the Feywild, which make them colorful and endlessly blooming, or by Shadowfell energy, which covers them with grotesque burls or makes them look lifeless
their quarry. Axe beaks live in varied environments. Colorfully plumed axe beaks race across tropical plains, while axe beaks with snowy feathers hunt the tundra.
Axe beaks are difficult to train, but
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
provided herein make it easy to link these stories into a wider Saltmarsh campaign. In addition to the adventures themselves, chapter 1, “Saltmarsh,” provides an in-depth look at the town, its various
town’s opportunities and hardships. The sea and its threats aren’t unique to Saltmarsh. To help launch explorations across the wild waves, appendix A, “Of Ships and the Sea,” presents a toolbox for ocean
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monstrous Compendium Volume One: Spelljammer Creatures
Yggdrasti Thought to be cast-off splinters of Yggdrasil, the World Tree, yggdrasti look like gigantic, dead trees covered with barnacles. They fly through Wildspace and the Astral Sea with their
across without provocation. By using a speak with plants spell or similar magic, someone might be able to convince an yggdrasti to break off its attack, but the monster’s innate hatred of other living
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
kenku hide as described above. Tables and chairs have been carelessly tossed across the floor. The corpses of a dozen men lie along the walls, their rapiers and daggers lying nearby. On the north side of
the area, stairs rise to an open level above. If the kenku aren’t hidden, add: Four short, avian creatures with long beaks and black feathers look over in surprise from where they stand in the middle
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
. A rickety door stands at its rear.
This wagon is the home of Uncle Longteeth, a night hag that trades in artisanal larvae across the Lower Planes. Uncle Longteeth is waiting for another delivery
the flasks, Varrel explains he needs the bottles to ensure Sincerity meets justice at her trial. He’ll look the other way if the characters take one iron flask, but if they try to take more, he calls
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
level to begin Storm King’s Thunder, and Triboar is their ideal starting point (see chapter 2). The trick is to get them from Phandalin to Triboar, which lies east along a trail that cuts across
tells the characters to look for Urlam at the office of the Triboar Travelers, a caravan company, in the heart of town.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
crime. A random killing might be just as mysterious, but it lacks that emotional connection. Also look for a connection between the victim and one or more of the adventurers. One surefire way to draw
other clues pointing in a different direction, or come across evidence that absolves the suspect. It’s better to populate your adventure with too many clues than too few. If the adventurers solve the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
pursuits than do other elves, and they view ancient elven history with a more critical eye. To the wood elves, the “great” elven kingdoms were responsible for many equally great mistakes. They look upon
elves don’t come across members of other races. Adventurers, diplomats, couriers, and those who pursue similar professions are the exceptions, traveling far outside their sylvan domains and meeting a wide
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
3. Cyclopes’ Pasture You emerge from the path into an area far larger than any open area you expected to encounter in the maze garden. This rectangular space must be ninety feet across, with its far
and gestures toward the party. He then looks downfield and heaves the boulder 100 feet, where it bounces and rolls another 20 feet. Both cyclopes then turn and look at the characters expectantly. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
the following scene: A scene of slaughter spills across the council chamber. Several guards wearing the colors of Kalaman soldiers lie tangled amid skeletal remains in tarnished Solamnic armor. The
bloody bodies of Kalaman’s council members slump in high-backed chairs and across the room’s large table. At a position of honor opposite the door, Governor Calof Miat’s body is transfixed to his chair
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
sharing with Euryale all the esoteric interests she had pursued as a child. The two were sisters in all but blood, for Euryale didn’t pressure Asteria to conform to her ways or to look her in the eye
across the planes, manifesting in varied forms throughout the cosmos. Katerina Ladon Euryale and Asteria have had many adventures across the multiverse
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
presented below as places where adventures can happen: Blackfair Manor. Typical of several manor houses and keeps scattered across the Plain of Greyhawk, Blackfair Manor was founded by a distinguished
cavalry commander. Its stable is the most famous source of fast, durable warhorses across the breadth of the Flanaess, drawing shrewd shoppers from Greyhawk and beyond. The manor house is surrounded
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
of wonders. Stand on the steps of the Grand Temple and look down upon the High Street and you’ll see fountains of light casting shadows across buildings that have stood for over ten thousand years
. Brilliant motes dance through the air—spectral messengers carrying words across the city. But the most remarkable feature of Pylas Talaear is the dead. If you know anything about Aerenal, you’ve surely
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
with human tracks, as well as a set of tracks that look like they belong to a pair of giant rodents. The reptilian (kobold) tracks fan out, leading to areas M2, M3, and M4. The rodent (giant rat
ground. Scattered across the floor are a few hammers, picks, and broken lanterns.
The miners were forced to leave this area in a hurry when the kobolds showed up and drove them out. Treasure. If
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
characters’ investigation. En route to the tavern, “Blood in the Streets” is a chance for characters to see the City Watch in action. If the characters decide to look around, “Searching the Dock Ward” gives
. The men who left shortly after Floon and Renaer haven’t returned to the tavern since, but they’re known to frequent a warehouse on Candle Lane. “Look for the snake symbol on the door,” says one of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Light of Xaryxis
.”
Topolah walks across the room and touches a wall, whereupon a tall opening appears in front of the telescope. “Would you care to have a look?”
The two autognomes (see Boo’s Astral Menagerie), Orwyck 5
sill) when the opening disappears is pushed out of the tower a split second before the window vanishes. Tour of the Tower Topolah gives the characters a quick look at each floor of her tower, showing
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragons of Stormwreck Isle
the expense of the people they’re supposed to protect. Recently you’ve had dreams of a shadow creeping across the sea like a shroud, swallowing an island in darkness. Though you dismissed the dreams at
other dockworkers look up to you. Someday, you’ll come into your own. You’ll be a hero. Personal Goal: Determine Your Destiny. In the remote cloister of Dragon’s Rest lives an old sage who is supposed to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
upright, and on it sit Alustriel and Tasha. Both are sipping potions and look dazed.
Alustriel and Tasha are in a state of shock, both because the Mordenkainen they were working with is actually the
Vecna, co-opting the lich-god’s ritual to begin their reign of terror across the multiverse. The Way Forward Alustriel and Tasha don’t know the exact location of Vecna’s ritual. The characters must
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
Narbondellyn The estates of the various drow houses are clustered beneath the plateau of Qu’ellarz’orl in an area called Narbondellyn, allowing the superiors of those drow to literally look down upon
wealth, power, and influence. Soaring stalagmite towers and great manors rise across the area, which is also home to luxury shops, pleasure houses, and discriminating merchants. A noble estate in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
to look as a two-headed, gray-skinned giant bursts through a gate, howling madly and lashing out left and right, littering the plaza with rock and stone debris. As he bellows, one of his swings
Guards of this. The importance of the Stonespeaker means that the Stone Guards will escort the party across the city to meet with him, though they don’t hide their displeasure at doing so. FLASHING
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
particular neighborhood. The Harborhands, for instance, can be found across the Lower City wherever a neighborhood touches the water, but would rarely try to flex its claim outside of the actual docks
Flaming Fist mercenaries (veterans) who don’t like the look of adventurers
9 1 ghost from Harborside Hospital
10 1d4 mimics posing as cargo
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
dons short wooden stilts and heavy robes to look taller and more imperious. The rest of the tribe hunts for food, plundering crops and livestock from nearby farms if the hunt goes poorly. Xvarts
as their own. In the face of his imminent destruction, Raxivort hatched a plan. Fleeing to the Material Plane, he wandered across a variety of worlds and spawned creatures that were his exact
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
Hydras What krakens are to the sea and dragons are to the sky, hydras are to the lands of Theros. Various hydras dwell at the fringes of civilization, from the bog-dwelling hydras known across the
Terrors. During their early years, hydras feed their rapid growth by terrorizing the land. When they grow large enough, they look for a territory to claim as their own. Often, they steal lairs from other
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
same world as Barovia, many Vistani look toward the future, learning from their traditions and from one another to better face whatever lies ahead. Vistani bands consist primarily of one or more
ways, particularly between domains. One might glimpse their fortune, but such things endlessly shift. Every soul makes their own fate. Views of Vistani Their travels across domains bring many Vistani
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
Reaching Svardborg Unless they have the means to get there by air, the characters must secure passage on a ship and travel across the Sea of Moving Ice to reach Svardborg (shown on maps 7.1 and map
5,000 gp in its present condition. (For rules on ship repair, see the “Owning a Ship” section in chapter 5 of the Dungeon Master’s Guide.) The longship’s bow is carved and painted to look like the head
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer Academy
mail, passing messages, asking requests for assistance via several sending stones, or handing out welcome packs to new recruits, her multiple arms make it all look easy. Sor’kur has white chitin
illusory explosions, requiring a successful DC 10 Constitution saving throw. Leap across levitating platforms over pools of electrified water, requiring a successful DC 10 Strength (Athletics) or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
Mount Waterdeep provides a useful landmark for general orientation. It stands stark across the skyline to the west, its far slopes dropping right into the sea. A spur of the mountain juts inland, and
traffic to hold. A traffic warden can often be heard blowing a whistle. When you hear it, look to the warden to see if you are being signaled. Failure to take care might result not only in accident but
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
Cartographer I’ve seen a million places, and I’ve mapped them all! — Cartographer’s boast Acquisitions Incorporated missions can lead across vast tracts of wilderness, into ancient ruins, deep
repaid to Head Office. Spyglass of Clairvoyance At rank 2, your Head Office-supplied spyglass becomes a common magic item. As an action, you can look through the spyglass of clairvoyance at a location
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
who’ve used all their spell slots. Local thieves pay them to look the other way when ordered to do so, which becomes important later in the episode. When the characters approach, Captain Truff steps
forward, tells them that the area is off-limits, and orders them to move along. When the characters get across the purpose of their presence (most easily by stating that Omin Dran sent them), Truff is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
attached to it by rusty hinges, stands against the west wall of this chamber. Trapped inside the cage are two shivering humans in cold weather clothing. They look fearfully at you.
Garagai built the
in Ten-Towns for 50 gp. Treasure. The remorhaz is long gone, but characters who explore its tunnel find a strange, frosted white residue smeared across a 5-foot section of wall—enough to fill a small
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
off the coast. Its base at sea level is ten feet across, and it tapers to a point forty feet above the water. Through the clear, gentle waves, you can see that it extends down into a coral reef that
for any creature that doesn’t have a swimming speed. Corpses. Characters can identify the corpses as those of two half-elves who look like siblings. Any character who uses an action to examine the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
the following when the characters reach this room: A long, oaken dining table spans this room, and an empty fireplace sits in one corner. Cobwebs stretch across the room’s large window. Floating above
party known as Fate’s Devout. Wielding divine magic, they traveled across the realm to carry out Istus’s will. They came to this keep because they heard it was holy to Istus, but Gremorly killed them. The