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lair to be taken care of by doting fey.
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I look down upon any being who resorts to violence to solve a problem.
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Conversing with others is often difficult because I’m so easily distr
in even the simplest things if you look hard enough. (Good)
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Inspiration. Great are history’s artists and creators. But greater still are those who inspire them. (Any)
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, sophistication, and manners, they make up in valor. And I must admit, their best smiths produce art that approaches elven quality.”
Halflings. “Halflings are people of simple pleasures, and
. “All that haste, their ambition and drive to accomplish something before their brief lives pass away—human endeavors seem so futile sometimes. But then you look at what they have
Backgrounds
Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
As a sell-sword who fought battles for coin, you’re well acquainted with risking life and limb for a chance at a share of treasure. Now, you look forward to fighting foes and reaping even
enemies is blind and unreasoning.
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I obey the law, even if the law causes misery.
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I’d rather eat my armor than admit when I’m wrong.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
. “Dwarves are dull, clumsy oafs. But what they lack in humor, sophistication, and manners, they make up in valor. And I must admit, their best smiths produce art that approaches elven quality.”
Halflings
seem when the need arises.”
Humans. “All that haste, their ambition and drive to accomplish something before their brief lives pass away—human endeavors seem so futile sometimes. But then you look at
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
. “Dwarves are dull, clumsy oafs. But what they lack in humor, sophistication, and manners, they make up in valor. And I must admit, their best smiths produce art that approaches elven quality.”
Halflings
seem when the need arises.”
Humans. “All that haste, their ambition and drive to accomplish something before their brief lives pass away—human endeavors seem so futile sometimes. But then you look at
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
, stops to ask the characters if they’ve seen a particular door on the staircase. 29–35 1d4 + 1 bearded devils look for a door that leads behind enemy lines of the Blood War, the eternal conflict
between demons and devils. 36–42 A stubborn dwarf commoner bumps into the characters. He’s been wandering the staircase for decades but won’t admit he’s lost. 43–49 A masked deva loyal to Selûne offers to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
appear entirely ignorant, and I look forward to adding whatever small knowledge you might possess to my collection.”
Creature. Originally wounded in an encounter that nearly destroyed Kwalish’s
attempt a DC 15 Intelligence check to answer the question, with advantage on the check (and look for further options in appendix B). Each time the enhanced sphinx successfully answers a question, it
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
of travelers to wait for 6d10 minutes for no clear reason.
3 The guards refuse to admit anyone with animals, unusual weapons, or obvious magic items.
4 The guards don’t let anyone through
gate” service.
8 The guards wave travelers through without a second look.
Flaming Fist Reactions d8 Reaction
1 The guards demand that everyone drop to the ground, bludgeoning
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer
to wait for 6d10 minutes for no clear reason. 3 The guards refuse to admit anyone with animals, unusual weapons, or obvious magic items. 4 The guards don’t let anyone through the gate. Those wishing
through without a second look. Flaming Fist Reactions d8 Reaction 1 The guards demand that everyone drop to the ground, bludgeoning those who don’t comply immediately. After searching everyone
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
metal, lined with huge orreries that track and align with the planes and the Ring of Siberys. Planar Observatory Features Map 4.2 shows what a planar observatory might look like. These immense
roofs, or domes that open with the aid of great mechanisms to allow an unobstructed view of the night sky, since the movements of Eberron’s moons are thought to correspond to the shifting
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
conversations that were overheard (see “Witch and Light’s Wagon” above and “Catching Kettlesteam” below), Witch and Light admit they’re not the carnival’s original owners and took over management through
mention the Hourglass Coven. Meeting’s End To end the meeting, Mister Witch takes a quick look at his Witchlight watch, then nods to Burly to escort the characters from the wagon. If the carnival’s mood
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
roleplaying convinces Kedjou to admit he dislikes Simbon. He believes that if Simbon wins the empress’s favor and is named heir, it will be because of Anisa’s wealth, not because Simbon deserves the
succeeding on a DC 14 Charisma (Persuasion) check, a character can encourage Simbon to take his role as someone the people look up to more seriously. Doing so earns the characters Simbon’s respect and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
fault. At first, locals appear perfectly benign—smiling, hospitable folk in immaculate attire who look after their fold—but their veils of compassion slowly betray their obsessive natures. Townsfolk
. Wracked by contempt, they smother what makes them truly unique, like gardeners pruning unsightly branches from their own personalities. CoupleOfKooks “Would you look at that. It’s time to cut the grass
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
characters in its investigation. If they agree to help, the mind flayer asks them to look for clues and question suspects. (In the meantime, the mind flayer quietly casts detect thoughts, focusing on every
what look like ancient treasure maps. A similar map, stolen by Ethlynn while Quintus was visiting the privy, is stuffed in her spidersilk handbag. (Ethlynn insists Quintus gave the map to her, which he
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
ceiling, and when you look up, you see a distorted view of the room you left behind.
Characters standing near the wall carving can see characters trapped in the maze but can’t hear them. Similarly
there are no mechanisms within it to pick or disarm. The sarcophagus is impervious to damage and spells. The crystal sarcophagus changes color every 6 seconds, shifting through the following repeating
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
Keep Locations K1. Front Gate The keep’s main entrance features a two-story gatehouse attached to a round tower. Arrow slits look out onto the ground outside the gate. The gate itself is a double
gate raises or lowers the gate bars. Another controls the portcullis. Three holes in the floor, each about a foot square, look down on the passage below.
This area serves as a barracks and a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
. He can cast the prestidigitation cantrip at will and uses it to make his dirt-stained garments look clean. Sladis Vadir has always felt a strange attraction to the Underdark, but the demonic incursion
of monsters, but the Zhents have installed trip wires and pressure plates at irregular intervals. These are triggering mechanisms for collapsing roofs, poison darts, and rolling spheres (see “Sample
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
disrepair. A character who inspects the lift and succeeds on a DC 10 Intelligence (Investigation) check uncovers the lift’s broken mechanisms as well as its former power source: a dull and cracked shard
1st level or higher. The mechanisms in turn can be repaired with a successful DC 16 Intelligence (Arcana) check; if the character has proficiency with tinker’s tools, this check is made with advantage
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
spots. Cracks and crevices are common, but are too small to admit anything but insects and other tiny vermin. Automatic Doors. A number of doors in the super-secret basement are activated by placing
Screve’s attempts to create monodrones to serve him. These twelve replica modrons look exactly like their true modron counterparts and use the monodrone stat block, with the changes noted in “Replica
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
Conservatory Schedule table). Chandeliers. Simple rope-and-pulley mechanisms allow the chandeliers to be raised or lowered from the mezzanine (area C6). Paintings. The painting above the mantelpiece
. Trapped Secret Door. A secret door disguised to look like a section of wood-paneled wall is hidden behind the suit of armor. A character can detect the secret door by searching the wall and succeeding
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
with a successful DC 10 Wisdom (Perception) check. If the wire is tripped, a spring-loaded greataxe disguised to look like part of the southern statue snaps across the hallway and makes an attack against
doors spaced fifteen feet apart along the north and south walls. Many of the doors are secured from this side with hasp-and-pin mechanisms.
The four westernmost cells (furnished on the map) serve as
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
ignorance of any matter, so they might give a purposefully unclear or misleading answer rather than admit they don’t know the right one. Omens When the lynx-constellation paces restlessly in the night
look for signs in the stars, in the patterns of flocks of birds in flight, in the shapes of clouds, in the organs of sacrificed animals, in the sounds of thunder, in the designs left by waves on sand
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
30 feet to a second floor that is even with the keep’s battlements. This upper room is filled with levers and pulleys that control the drawbridge and portcullis mechanisms. A creature can use an
with a couch, chairs, and cabinets. Two helmed horrors—one in the southeast corner and one in the southwest— stand guard in the throne room. While motionless, they look like ordinary suits of armor, but
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
mechanical constructs, all in various stages of completion. Components and parts are scattered across the tables and the floor. Skittering around in the debris are three creatures that look like oversized
mechanisms are inaccessible; what’s needed here is a delicate touch and a keen ear. See the “Variant: Skills with Different Abilities” section in the Player’s Handbook for guidance on how one makes a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
to sit level on the sloping track, but they look odd on level ground. A heavy draw rope and harness are hooked to the back of each cart so that a trained dinosaur could pull the heavy load up the
passes through the tunnel mouth has a 50 percent chance to trip it and trigger two mechanisms. The first mechanism is a spring-loaded wooden contraption resembling a claw that swings out from the wall of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
in areas D3 and D4 refuse to confront the dragon. Share the Ritual. If the characters admit they’re after the ritual tattooed on Elakdras’s body, Ralvald offers a solution. Ralvald doesn’t want the
this room like glittering curtains. A path of broken icicles on the ground winds from one exit to the other. A life-size statue of a frost giant woman bearing a look of surprise stands near the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
in the Blacklake District known as the Stable Quiver. She’s a shapeshifter, so I can’t say for sure what she’ll look like when you locate her. You can suss her out with the passphrase “That’s a big
if subdued and tied up. Development. If the characters question the defeated bandits, the criminals admit to working for Moguhl from time to time, but they can provide no other actionable information
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
Kasdu’ul is trapped at the bottom of the pool, 30 feet below the surface. An unbreakable stone cage etched with glowing runes confines the genie to the pool. Characters who look into the pool and succeed on
characters overcome the Antipathy effect and approach the cage, the genie drowsily asks them to destroy it. Destroying the Cage. The cage is immune to all damage and has no locks or opening mechanisms. It can
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Descent into the Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth
stone cage etched with glowing runes confines the genie to the pool. Characters who look into the pool and succeed on a DC 15 Wisdom (Perception) check notice the cage’s faint, glimmering light in the
to destroy it. Destroying the Cage. The cage is immune to all damage and has no locks or opening mechanisms. It can be destroyed in the following ways: A creature native to the Plane of Earth—such as
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
mechanisms and cleverer magic. In addition to defending the city, the Seatower also serves as the local prison of Baldur’s Gate. Three levels of dungeons extend beneath it, the lower two below sea level
keep suspicion away from him, and he has to admit it’s a better deal than paying protection money himself. Water Queen’s House The oldest temple in Baldur’s Gate, the Water Queen’s House clings to its
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
building.
Nobody inside the monastery pays much attention to people skulking around outside, although characters who make a commotion might attract the attention of cultists whose windows look out in the
. Refectory Four old wooden tables with bench seats stand in the middle of this room, and shelves full of plain clay crockery and wooden platters line the walls. To the west, two windows look out into the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
been plagued recently by aberrant monsters such as cloakers, though the survivors don’t know why. Ralph Horsley Ilren If asked for specifics, Lysan and Zastra share a look before directing the
characters press the issue, the githyanki pull them aside and admit that the camp’s interim leader, Ilren, and the Lambent Zenith’s first mate, Figaro, would have more information. However, Figaro has
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
— and if they’re up for even more of a roleplaying and improvisational challenge — Gwendolyn and Tannus look to one another and whisper, “Whippoorwill.” They laughingly explain that a whippoorwill flew
handles the scene, Rala might not admit to having already been in the wedding vault (and likely has the belt of dwarvenkind hidden upon her person). It takes a number of successful ability checks
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer
secret doors leading to its vaults hidden by clever mechanisms and cleverer magic. Mike Schley The Seatower of Balduran In addition to defending the city, the Seatower also serves as the local
, and he has to admit it’s a better deal than paying protection money himself. Water Queen’s House The oldest temple in Baldur’s Gate, the Water Queen’s House clings to its enormous pier like a monster of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
wall, its top carved to look like pages of an open book. Engraved on the book’s pages is a name: Ayren Griffynstone.
Four chaotic evil cult fanatics are supervising two ghouls trying to reorganize
, Lord Nasher Alagondar, as he claims. Indrina assumes Lord Neverember wants to silence her for what she’s discovered. If the characters admit to working for Lord Neverember, Indrina doesn’t reveal