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studies other criminal syndicates and their methods of getting rich. He considers protection rackets, smuggling, and arson to be low-hanging fruit, with extortion, kidnapping, and murder for hire being
of law enforcement or adventurous do-gooders. The sting of the guild’s flight from its first home is still fresh in Delour’s mind.
Indeed, Delour never forgets a slight. He is obsessed
Magic Items
Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
Ages ago, the serene god Rao created a tool to shield his fledgling faithful against the evils of the Lower Planes. Yet, as eons passed, mortals developed their own methods of dealing with
;s name in Iggwilv’s voice, doing so until the gate calls on every fiend ever banished by the Crook of Rao. If the fiend still exists, it is drawn through the gate. This process takes eighteen
Lizardfolk
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
plans, or cultivating other methods to progress beyond their simple existence as hunters and gatherers.
Hapless Soft Ones
At their core, lizardfolk view other humanoids with an indifference verging on
pity. Born into the world lacking stout scales and sharp teeth, it’s a wonder they have managed to survive for so long. The typical human would barely make it through a day in the swamps.
Still
Tabaxi
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replaced with a new obsession. Objects remain intriguing only as long as they still hold secrets.
A tabaxi rogue could happily spend months plotting to steal a strange gem from a noble, only to trade it
wanderers keep to civilized realms, preferring to bargain instead of pursuing more dangerous methods of sating their curiosity. However, they aren’t above a little discreet theft to get their claws
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
, they still receive the map — it was given over to the town council by the individuals who defeated the smugglers.) The party can choose between two methods of traveling to the lair.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Lord of Blades NPCs The Lord of Blades highlights the issues surrounding the creation of the warforged. He and his followers are ready antagonists, employing deadly methods in pursuit of their aims
, but their ire isn’t born from evil. The Lord of Blades’ greatest desire is to ensure that his people have a future, but his methods are colored by his anger at the injustices the warforged have
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
in lightning and with multiple sets of wings. As smoke begins to rise from Kalapang, the creature dives toward the town.
The characters are still a mile from Kalapang when Pangil ng Buwan—a bakunawa
(see the end of this adventure)—attacks. The attack is swift; the creature strafes the town, vanishes among the buildings for an instant, then soars away to the northwest. No matter what methods the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
are humanoids with an angelic spark in their souls, which grants them supernatural power. Firbolgs are forest guardians who prefer peaceful methods to protect their homes but take up arms they must
. Goliaths are hulking wanderers who dwell at the highest mountain reaches. Kenku are cursed bird folk, who still pay the price for an ancient betrayal. Dwelling in human cities, they have a sinister
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Recovery. Both the mind flayers of Bluetspur and the Mists surrounding the domain employ methods similar to the modify memory spell to obscure victims’ memories of their abduction, replacing them with
practitioners of alienism or psychiatry. Inexperienced practitioners of these disciplines merge scientific treatments, spiritualism, magic, and hokum, yet still obtain results. A session or series of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
history that are still secret. In this case, you can use one of these methods to deliver that information: Aside to Player. Pull the player into another room, or have the other players leave the room
Yuan-ti Pureblood
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many methods for capturing enemies, such as poisoning, knocking out an opponent instead of making a killing blow, throwing nets, using magic such as suggestion, or restraining them in the coils of a
giant snake.
To force their compliance, enemies might be brainwashed, charmed, tortured, or transformed into broodguards. Those that prove intractable still have their uses, either as sacrifices to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a4
last horizontal impetus, bouncing off the walls (if it strikes them) like a billiard ball, until it slides into a razor-pit. It is impossible for a creature even to stand still on the surface, for the
other methods. Ingenuity is required. Super-Tetanus. A creature that contracts the disease of super-tetanus is wracked with pain as its heart races and its muscles spasm hard enough to break its bones
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
Escaping Tyrant’s Spiral If X01 is reactivated, the modron wants to escape Tyrant’s Spiral, but it doesn’t know about the portals in the nearby areas. Characters might use the methods here to help
Spiral, still functions. However, like the portal to Hopeless, it is difficult to reach. Additionally, unleashing thousands of modrons on Sigil is dangerous. Should this happen, the Lady of Pain
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
Finding the Sphere The Donjon Sphere is too small to be observed from any planet’s surface without a telescope or magical aid, but clues to the sphere’s whereabouts can still be found among the stars
sphere’s location but can try again the next day, reducing the DC of the check by 1 for each consecutive attempt. Other methods of finding the sphere are detailed in the “Adventure Hooks” section below. Once
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
his laboratory equipment and rendered into various bodily components that now make their way through the glass piping in perpetuity. His mind, however, can still communicate through various means
— clockwork ants forming signals and signs, messages drawn by mechanical hands, consultation with the trapped mind flayer, and so on. As best he can, Kwalish tries to instruct characters in the methods that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
dwarves discover new methods and techniques. Although he espouses greed and treachery, he is also the standard bearer for revision and innovation. His guidance is especially critical when a clan faces an
other party in the arrangement, the dwarves’ idea of “inferior” means that a product they consider substandard is still far superior to any such item that outsiders might create. The dwarves might laugh
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
methods, devised a way to blend copper and arsenic into a crude form of bronze, but the forging method was dangerous and often yielded defective results.
To reward the smith who took the first steps
conquered the wilds and founded great civilizations. Bronze is still the most used metal on Theros—and will remain so, at least until Purphoros decides that more than a few are ready for the secret
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
of experience and science-driven deductive methods. As a young detective in Darkon, Alanik revealed his father’s criminal empire and oversaw its destruction. His success launched his career as a
and make deductive leaps. Despite his experience with the paranormal, he relies on his husband Arthur to keep him out of true supernatural peril. Still, the detectives manage to find trouble wherever
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
records all lore relevant to its operation, including tracking the economic, technical, and arcane methods by which the franchise can be improved. A loremonger records the deeds and history of the franchise
important lore gained during the characters’ travels, and reporting on competitors’ goals and methods. Noteworthy Loremongers: Mabannok Kovri Essential Functions: Record names, dates, and vital
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
1 explains what each ability means. Generate Your Scores Determine your ability scores by using one of the following three methods. Your DM might prefer you to use a particular one. Standard Array
on where to assign scores for your character’s class. The table puts the highest scores in a class’s main abilities. If you used a different method to generate the scores, you may still use this
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
, mortals developed their own methods of dealing with existential threats, and the crook was largely forgotten. In recent ages, though, the Crook of Rao was rediscovered and leveraged against the rising
initiative count 20, audibly speaks a fiend’s name in Iggwilv’s voice, doing so until the gate calls on every fiend ever banished by the Crook of Rao. If the fiend still exists, it is drawn through the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
opponents than kill them. They use many methods for capturing enemies, such as poisoning, knocking out an opponent instead of making a killing blow, throwing nets, using magic such as suggestion, or
restraining them in the coils of a giant snake. To force their compliance, enemies might be brainwashed, charmed, tortured, or transformed into broodguards. Those that prove intractable still have their
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
. “Playing the Game” explains what each ability means. Generate Your Scores Determine your ability scores by using one of the following three methods. Your DM might prefer you to use a particular one. Standard
suggestions on where to assign scores for your character’s class. The table puts the highest scores in a class’s main abilities. If you used a different method to generate the scores, you may still use
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
from three nothics floating in the pools. Naruv’s strange preservative methods slowly drain the nothics to add taste to the flowing sludge. The purple fluid is tasteless and harmless. It’s merely a base
substance which Naruv flavors with creatures dumped into the vats. The purple sludge flowing from the vats is her latest culinary offering. Two nothics are dead, but the third nothic is still alive
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
enjoy making people miserable. Night hags, as fey turned fiends, use aspects of both methods — corrupting a mortal’s dreams until the creature commits enough evil acts that she can claim its soul. As
no guarantee that the deal will turn out as expected for both parties. By offering a proposal that seems, or actually is, fair, chances are that the hag is pursuing a hidden agenda. She still wants to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
it A Necklace of Adaptation bearing the inscription “My breath is yours, Kevetta—take it” A book titled Out of the Endless Prison, outlining methods of escaping the prison-plane of Carceri, worth 500
them again. In the Coffin. Kevetta’s coffin still bears her name, but not her body. Instead, the coffin’s bottom is a roiling swirl of silvery-purple energy. Eldon confirms what the characters might
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
Sorcerer does so with Advantage. If the doppelganger rolls well, it might still act before the Sorcerer’s spell goes off, reflecting the monster’s ability to anticipate the spell. Using Initiative Scores
, decrease that score by 5. Tracking Initiative The following sections describe different methods for keeping track of who goes when in combat. Hidden List You can track Initiative on a list your
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
(including common attack methods or tactics), financial information, lair location, allies or foes, romantic entanglements, sense of humor, or favorite songs. Alchemist’s Insight At rank 2, you can use an
. You still remember how to get the taste just right.
2 You were once the head dishwasher in a famous wizard’s college.
3 One of your parents was a healer in a small outpost, and they
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
Clockworks Gnomes’ tinkering with magic and mechanical devices has produced many failed Constructs but also has resulted in genuine advances, such as clockworks. The methods used to craft clockworks
altogether. Yet some are downright functional. That said, I still won’t entrust my well-being to a whirling kettle.
—Mordenkainen
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
. Expanding the guild’s activities beyond thievery was Delour’s idea. He studies other criminal syndicates and their methods of getting rich. He considers protection rackets, smuggling, and arson to be
the Moonstalkers become, the more likely they are to attract the attention of law enforcement or adventurous do-gooders. The sting of the guild’s flight from its first home is still fresh in Delour’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
poking into the characters’ business, judging their actions and methods while doing even worse things in the shadows. 4 A powerful figure in a dragonmarked house is using the house’s resources for
the Inspired, for example, they still need to learn the secrets of the Inspired and their quori masters in order to figure out how to deal with this threat. Sometimes the mystery is enough to make
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
you. 3 Former Law Enforcement. Your contact used to be (or maybe still is) a member of local law enforcement. They have sharp insight into the law’s workings in your area and a healthy dose of paranoia
security systems to circumvent. 6 Topple the Powerful. Your syndicate is criminal and your methods illegal, but your goals are righteous. You help people who are powerless against exploitation by the powerful.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
if they spare him. If Fossus is still alive, Chossos calls off the gorgon. Chossos then attempts to lure the characters closer before resuming his assault once they’ve dropped their guards. Treasure
, Kashem still pursues her original charge to destroy all who enter. When the characters arrive, Kashem floats silently above the chamber, waiting for a prime opportunity to strike. If the characters consume
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Descent into the Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth
a mote of her power to Kashem in exchange for the dao’s services. Long after the archmage’s departure, Kashem still pursues her original charge to destroy all who enter. When the characters arrive
cave, uttering one of the following reproofs: “Fools! This is a dead end. Flee while you still can!” “You were witless to enter at all, so you should probably just stay here.” (Peals of hideous
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
castles that still drift across the sky. No one can build those majestic structures any longer. The methods of their construction were lost (along with much other knowledge) when Ostoria fell. Some
instead wear exquisite masks made of precious materials adorned with gemstones. Each noble has a collection of these masks that it wears to conceal its face but still reflect its current mood; an