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Monsters
Curse of Strahd
their creator's madness. Pidlwick II knew that it had no purpose as long as Pidlwick remained in Castle Ravenloft, so it pushed Pidlwick down a long flight of stairs, killing him. Everyone else
, instead assuming that the guests had died in their sleep.
But Strahd was not fooled. He came to realize fairly quickly that the clockwork effigy had begun to display a murderous nature. Rather than have
Species
One Grung Above
THIS IS NONCORE D&D MATERIAL
These game mechanics are usable in your campaign if your DM allows them but not refined by final game design and editing.
Grungs are aggressive froglike
lethargic and compliant. A creature afflicted in this way over a long period of time becomes a shell of its former self and can be restored to normalcy only by magic.
Species
Acquisitions Incorporated
little interest in what people say about it.
Ongoing Mutations
Because the verdan have not dwelled long in the world, they are still discovering new things about themselves. Chief among these
other verdan who have traveled to different parts of the world, they drop everything to spend as long as possible sharing stories and observations from their respective travels. However, their
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
spend as long as possible sharing stories and observations from their respective travels. However, their inexperience in the world and their racial amnesia sometimes lends the verdan a kind of
innocence that works against them. Some are credulous and easily fooled by hucksters, but most verdan have an intuition bred by empathy that helps them eventually sort out those who are sincere from those who are not.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
Way of the Long Death Monks of the Way of the Long Death are obsessed with the meaning and mechanics of dying. They capture creatures and prepare elaborate experiments to capture, record, and
required) to have 1 hit point instead. Touch of the Long Death Starting at 17th level, your touch can channel the energy of death into a creature. As an action, you touch one creature within 5 feet of you
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
patrolling the laboratory section (areas 1 to 23). On a 3–4, it patrols the temple section (areas 24 to 39). There are no fixed mechanics for encounters with the thessalhydra, but feel free to have
. Accustomed to inspiring fear, and having grown somewhat lazy in its guardian role, it is usually content to let foes flee from it rather than pursuing. Each time the characters finish a long rest in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
(History) check recognizes the symbol. Lost Caverns. The Lost Caverns were once the lair of an archmage named Iggwilv. The archmage is long gone, but her treasure remains. Most who set out to find the
Mountains and a scrap of parchment scribed with the following verse: The horn of Iggwilv
Pierces the heart—
Look over your shoulders
Before you start.
How many sorrowed,
Fooled again
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
feet high (11 feet above the dais and ledges). The chains dangling from the ceiling are 8 feet long; the cultists would shackle prisoners to the chains, dangle them above the altar, cut them open with
(Insight) check. To count as a sacrifice, a creature must die on the altar. The apparitions don’t care what kind of creature is sacrificed, and they aren’t fooled by illusions. If the characters make
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
knew that it had no purpose as long as Pidlwick remained in Castle Ravenloft, so it pushed Pidlwick down a long flight of stairs, killing him. Everyone else thought it was an accident. In the days that
in their sleep. But Strahd was not fooled. He came to realize fairly quickly that the clockwork effigy had begun to display a murderous nature. Rather than have Pidlwick II destroyed, Strahd kept the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
. Furniture, whether by its arrangement or removal, can suggest a specific location. Props can even represent game mechanics, such as tracking hit points with crimson flat glass marbles in clear goblets
-game items are kept away from the play space. Perhaps phones and tablets are permitted as long as they are silenced and used away from the table. Additionally, not everyone is comfortable being
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
of Netherskull’s life, death, and undeath. Kavil knows that anyone who reads this drivel won’t be fooled, but he’s hoping the deluge of words will impress Halaster while simultaneously discouraging
compartment is hidden atop the hexagonal plinth. Finding it requires a successful DC 15 Wisdom (Perception) check. It contains a 6-inch-long key carved from a dragon’s finger bone, shaped like an H. This key, which is identical to the one in area 19, unlocks the doors to area 39c.
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
ground can go a long way toward spicing up an encounter. Consider setting your encounter in an area that would provide challenges even if a fight were not taking place there. What potential perils or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
? Does replacing the feature affect how long the party can continue adventuring in a day? Does the feature consume resources provided elsewhere in the class? Does the feature work all the time, or is it
regained after a short rest, a long rest, or some other length of time? Armed with answers to these questions, you can start designing new features that replace the ones you are removing. It’s fine if
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
can be fooled very easily with some skillful roleplaying or appropriate ability checks. Zurb knows (and absolutely shouldn’t share but does) that employees of Dran Enterprises drink at the Fishbone
. One wall holds a small, smoky fireplace, while a long bar of dark-stained wood stands along the opposite wall. Standing behind the bar under oval plaques set with yellowing fish skeletons is a heavyset
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
potions of longevity. Spite hides the true measure of his magical talent by pretending to know only cantrips and 1st-level spells. This ruse has fooled the other students and most of his instructors, but
cuts a deal with the adventurers: if they distract the arcanaloth and the night hag long enough for him to steal the spellbook, Spite will show them the stairs leading down to level 10 (see area 44
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
feeding them. Their laziness and dullness would long ago have spelled their end if not for their formidable size and strength. Primitive. Hill giants dwell in hills and mountain valleys across the world
attempt to enter.
In conversation, hill giants are blunt and direct, and they have little concept of deception. A hill giant might be fooled into running from another giant if a number of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
-image. Groak tolerates adventurers as long as they entertain him, generally agree with everything he says, and are willing to aid him in his quest to realize his divine destiny to become Nangnang’s
, which she hid from the king. She plans to paint an image of Nangnang of such quality that Groak will be fooled into thinking it’s the real goddess. Krr’ook hopes that one of the adventurers will have the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
below). A character can take the Influence action and make a DC 12 Charisma (Deception) check to try to fool the bugbears into thinking the character is a guest of Uncle Nibblecheek. Bugbears fooled
Hallway Peppermint-flecked tiles checker the floor of this long hallway, which has been generously sprinkled with flour.
A pressure plate spans the width of the hall near its midpoint, as denoted on the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
of uniforms here. A8: Cirque Maladomini Cirque Maladomini performs here for the enjoyment of all. Hour-long performances occur here once every four hours. Each show presents a mix of tiefling
doodads. A potion of animal friendship can be found here as well. A13: Employee Lounge Employee-Only Area This room is sixty feet long by fifty feet wide. A long table surrounded by ten chairs takes up
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
(Deception) check contested by the guards’ Wisdom (Insight) checks; if all the characters succeed, the guards are fooled and allow them to pass. If combat erupts here, two earth elementals burst up
their fabled treasure!” As the ghost intones these words, four specters of dead drow killed here long ago in a cave collapse materialize and attack the living. Roleplaying Reulek. Earth cultists found
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Descent into the Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth
crickets for the trolls to feed on. The trolls are ornery, having long gone without the taste of humanoid flesh—their favorite delicacy. The trolls attack anyone they notice, fantasizing aloud in Giant
-pearl teeth (worth 50 gp), a quiver with twenty silvered arrows, and a Potion of Healing (greater). L9: Bat Corridor The sandy floor of this long, wide corridor is strewn with piles of bat guano. Small
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
(areas L7 and L8) to ensure the mushrooms grow and attract cave crickets for the trolls to feed on. The trolls are ornery, having long gone without the taste of humanoid flesh—their favorite delicacy. The
-pearl teeth (worth 50 gp), a quiver with twenty silvered arrows, and a Potion of Healing (greater). L10: Bat Corridor The sandy floor of this long, wide corridor is strewn with piles of bat guano
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
symbol is painted on the southern wall — a shape like an X with the bottom limbs linked by a horizontal line.
Long ago this chamber served as the harbormaster’s post, but the Crushing Wave cult
walkway.
These two rooms were once granaries for the dwarven citadel, but any food stored here rotted away long ago. The silo spaces are each 30 feet deep. Other than the possibility of a nasty
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
of long-dead diners. This level of the ship contains three dining rooms. S4a: Southeast Dining Room. A long-shattered skylight in the ceiling of this room is open to the Barrier Peaks. The room
humanoid in fashionable attire is sprawled on the floor outside a posh-looking lounge. A two-foot-long metal pipe protrudes from its head. It turns to you and speaks in an upbeat tone.
“Hello there