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Curse of Strahd
in search of new actors, he began regaling locals with tales of distant lands.
Monster Hunter. The half-elf ringmaster is, in fact, a legendary human vampire hunter named Rudolph van Richten. Van
stolen away by Vistani and sold to a vampire named Baron Metus to be used as a companion. By the time van Richten found his son, it was too late: the baron had already transformed Erasmus into a vampire
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
intent on destroying the homes of all intelligent creatures in the dragon’s territory, and desperate locals seek to find out what’s behind the dragon’s wrath.
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drive the giant away.
2
An adult topaz dragon and an adult bronze dragon are finding their centuries-old enmity turning into a more romantic passion.
3
A djinni hopes to convince a topaz
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
fog, which the locals call “the breath of the dead.” Mordentshire’s businesses largely cater to local laborers, with a few remarkable exceptions. Saulbridge Sanitarium provides a refuge for the ill
while also secretly hosting a cell of the Ulmist Inquisition (see “Other Groups” later in this chapter). There’s also the herbalist shop of the scholar Rudolph van Richten. When van Richten is away
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
psychologically changed. The locals shrug off these dangers, repeating the local aphorism and spa slogan: “Never wait to wash away the old you.”
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
cottages surrounding a market square, a meeting hall, and an inn. Farms and fishing shacks cluster around the village, shying away from the shadows of the surrounding woods and mountains. Those who
Mother’s Minders and other locals engaging in unsettling behavior.
The villagers are curious about strangers, and eventually someone invites the outsiders to the Fisher’s Rest for a free meal and to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
(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
. Bakunawa are sacred in the region, though dragon hunters pursue rumors of them, hoping to sell their body parts for gold or as sacred relics. Characters who help the locals are thanked, but the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
there is no escaping the vampire. In fact, the villagers are so terrified of Strahd and his wolves that they never venture away from the village. Within their walls, they grow trees that provide ample
the outside world is wine. The burgomaster, Dmitri Krezkov, comes from a noble family and regularly has wine delivered from the nearby winery, the Wizard of Wines (chapter 12), to keep the locals
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
to Bryn Shander, and local trade is suffering for it, eating away at the locals’ sense of humor and goodwill. Still, there is no safer place in Icewind Dale to spend coin or spend the night. The walls
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
ship captain offers to take the characters away from Darkon, but only after they deliver a trunk full of alchemical supplies to Madame Eris at her family estate.
4 Merchants hire the party as
investigations into fields such as necrolinguistics and temporal archaeozoology.
6 Murders plague the wealthy families of Redleaf Lake. Locals seek aid from the characters, unaware the bitter dowager Damita Adler exacts a generations-old revenge from her dilapidated home.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
lumberjacks gathered in simple buildings amid a forested landscape. Locals are hardworking and polite, acknowledging you with a smile or a nod as you make your way through the village.
As you round a
protective of her guardian, Fill Flourforge, Briochebane misinterpreted his complaints about the candy store luring away customers as meaning Edith had threatened Fill. Briochebane meant to scare Edith
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm Lord’s Wrath
wizard filled the tower’s library with his research and built an impressive menagerie of monsters. One summer, Thalivar stopped visiting the town for supplies. The locals who entered his tower to
, which have driven away his military work crew. Gallio is unaware that Thalivar’s spirit haunts the tower and possesses him each night to carry on its research!
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
trickle. The meager stream ends at a muddy chamber in the cave, depositing what little magic it still contains there. Locals know of the Cave of Echoes, and many believe a specific chamber has
need, as it did with Juliana and Orlando when it whisked them away to the garden. Few venture beyond this chamber, wary of dangers that lurk deeper within the cave.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
locals, for reasons unknown. (The Spider wants to keep potential competition away from the Phandelver mine.) The Spider sent bugbears to reinforce the Redbrands and provide extra muscle (see area R9
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
hills in spirit form, frightening away monsters. Horses are bred and trained here, rich Waterdhavians maintain secluded estates in the hills, and farmland is plentiful. Stands of dark duskwood and spruce
often painted bright colors by high-spirited locals. Children are allowed to hurl stones at birds perched on the statue, to keep it free of droppings. The children often climb it themselves and cling
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
mysterious and terrifying figure known far and wide as “the Dark Lady.” Locals warn everyone to stay well away from the ruins. The truth of the tale is that the “Dark Lady” is a female adult black shadow
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
Harpells. It is likely this spirit of experimentation that caused the Harpells to found their town so far away from other settlements. Young wizards with oddly sized or shaped limbs, strange hair color
, or shifting forms are fairly common sights in Longsaddle, not surprising to locals though they might give visitors pause. Given the Harpells’ reputation as powerful wizards, and the sheer number of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
Chapter 1: Saltmarsh Saltmarsh is a nondescript fishing village tucked away on the southern coast of the Kingdom of Keoland. For several generations, Keoland was a formidable military power. Its
to support their growing realm, and Saltmarsh suffered heavily. The memories of those times loom heavily over the area, and the locals’ hatred of the Sea Princes runs deep. In time, Keoland’s victories
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
? Sincerity claims not to know. Maybe he’s trying to steal away her babies? Who is Uncle Longteeth? She claims not to know. Varrel and Rolm don’t allow the characters to harm Sincerity or use magic on
ask to go to Sincerity’s home, Varrel directs them to a tower of comfortable apartments. He won’t go with them, as a lantern archon calls him away for some official errand. The characters can decide
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
Benevolent locals There is no clear match for this world-spanning organization in Krynn. Instead of an established faction, treat the various Harper contacts in the adventure as friendly NPCs who are willing
truly do search for evidence of the gods, many are more concerned with establishing and controlling local rule, and do not shy away from using coercion and threats to get their way.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
competition, the season’s inaugural fish catch, where fishers try to catch the biggest fish during a set period. Darrett and other friendly locals encourage the characters to participate. Characters
can also carouse in the village circle, volunteer to perform on the festival stage, or socialize with locals. Any villager from the “Vogler Gazetteer” section might interact with the characters at the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
that can’t be removed until it finishes a long rest away from the Godstrand. Creatures that reach level 5 exhaustion are eventually found by heavenly denizens and removed from the tower. This effect
to Mount Celestia. Two towering, bear-headed sentinels in heavy armor guard the gate. Other locals linger nearby, meditating on the gate.
The gate’s guards are warden archons (see Morte’s Planar
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
encounter plays out: Koran acts as the “good” wolf while his brother plays the “bad” wolf. This act has worked before on the dim-witted locals; the wolves assume the characters will be fooled just as
longer. It’s only a matter of time before Garagai skins and eats them.” The wolves then bolt away, heading toward the lodge and leaving tracks that the characters can follow, if they choose not to accompany the wolves.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
from Sincerity and rudely tells visitors to go away. He attacks if his wagon is broken into or if he’s presented with evidence that he’s involved with Sincerity’s crimes—such as the fact that her
. A character presents multiple compelling circumstances—like locals noticing colored lights that could belong to Sincerity’s sunflies and her sunflies flying to Uncle Longteeth’s wagon—and succeeds on
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
and again—by its own will or that of Strahd. Locals give the building a wide berth for fear of antagonizing the evil spirits believed to haunt it. The wealthy family that built the house practiced the
like moths to a flame, they pledged their devotion for a promise of immortality, but Strahd turned them away, deeming the cult and its leaders unworthy of his attention. The cultists withdrew to Death
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
good-natured visitors of all walks. As the characters explore the village, play up its quaint charms and hospitable locals.
Vogler should begin to feel like a home away from home for the characters
weak ale. The Fishbowl’s proprietor is the elderly Elthar (neutral good, human commoner), whom most locals call Uncle. High Hill High Hill stands a mile north of Vogler. Centuries ago, Solamnic and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
veteran) is loudly trying to pick a fight with three local commoners, who are clearly no match for the lout. If the characters intervene, the grateful locals become a reliable source of information
Forbidden City gives birth to a terrible new god! The snake-men know! They know!” Then he stumbles away into the crowd. Passersby tell the adventurers to ignore the beggar, and that his predictions are
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
. Locals are accustomed to his spectral form and his stock introduction: “Let not this harried visage diminish you, gentlesirs and beautiful ladies, for I am but your friendly host. What fine art have we
faith. Her betrayal eats away at the jealous count. He murders his brother on his wedding day and pursues the bride, who hurls herself off the castle battlements in despair. The count is cursed by the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
mob meant to drive away invisible duergar patrols. Derro make active Wisdom (Perception) checks contested by the characters’ Dexterity (Stealth) checks if a ward is activated. Characters using detect
looking for the Whorlstone Tunnels’ entrance. Any attempt to question the locals without an effective means of disguise or manipulation, such as enchantment or illusion magic, is doomed to fail, as the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
from Red Larch in seven days, and the town of Phandalin is six days away on foot. Red Larch is also the hometown of Omin Dran and the location of the Dran family business — the Dran & Courtier inn and
buildings, attacking with surprise if not seen. Corralled Townsfolk Twenty locals have been gathered by Six operatives in a fenced-in yard behind Ironhead Arms, a shop selling new and used weapons and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
the world. At their worst, the loyalists see the people of Saltmarsh as a barrier to growth. The locals are little more than allies of the Sea Princes, traitors who for too long have evaded the crown’s
the royal army of Keoland, where he earned a name driving the wild things of the Dreadwood away from the settled lands. Eliander suffered a tremendous injury to his leg in a battle against an owlbear
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
, Mayor Raven, Jeyev, and a few other locals. Read or paraphrase the following as the characters leave Vogler behind: Vogler is in flames. Amid the columns of smoke rising from the village, invaders
loot what remains. The villagers traveling with you don’t look away, watching until their home is nothing more than a red-black smear along the river’s edge. The evacuation boats carry all that remains
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
Sythian Skalderang, who lived many miles away, learned of the famous bard’s untimely death. Sythian had inherited his parents’ estate and debts, but a mysterious poison killed off the family’s olive orchard
disturbed the grave of a famous bard named Froderic Dartwild and that Frody’s corpse is “none too happy about it.” Locals ask the characters to speak with Frody, who is holed up in a cabin on the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
Amanisha and the Riverine’s Shankha. The wall of water descended and flowed around us, seeking Amanisha as she tried to help others to safety. It seized her and the trophy, then pulled them both away!”
The
find and return Amanisha. If the characters balk, other judges—influential locals and senators of the city—add to the reward, increasing it to 500 gp each in treasures and trade goods, as well as 20
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
daughter whom she keeps locked away. The burgomaster doesn’t confront Fiona or her offspring because he is afraid of Lady Wachter, whose family has old ties to Strahd. Purple flashes of light have been
wizard, locals recommend that they use the fishing boats on the south shore to cross the lake, because it’s shorter and a lot less dangerous than walking around the lake.) There’s a Vistani camp in the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
locals seek to find out what’s behind the dragon’s wrath.
Connected Creatures Topaz dragons rarely tolerate any company but their own, and they are usually indifferent at best even toward their own
to drive the giant away.
2 An adult topaz dragon and an adult bronze dragon are finding their centuries-old enmity turning into a more romantic passion.
3 A djinni hopes to convince a topaz