more some with openly about for for looks

7. Traders' Grotto

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss

deep gnome. If the characters approach him openly and present the sack to him, he muffles a gasp as he looks around, then quickly ushers the characters into the stall, admonishing them to talk

Meeting in the Mists

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

crossroads openly see each other coming down different paths toward the intersection. The number of paths that converge here equals the number of characters. First Meeting. Give the characters time to meet

bird skulls. This item has no magical properties or immediate use but might prove useful as the adventure proceeds. The Mists. The day’s drizzle has grown into a rainstorm, and anyone who looks back

The Dead Three

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus

reputation. At the same time, worship of Bhaal proves darkly popular in Baldur’s Gate. Few openly admit to worshiping the Lord of Murder, but there is an unspoken assumption that anyone who benefits

Behnie looks nothing like his name or monstrous reputation suggest, the Bloomridge kingpin being a tall, polished-looking gentleman in his early thirties. The name comes from his ferocious ego, wild

The Guild

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer

, with the most competent and cutthroat members rising to favored status. Some kingpins keep strictly to the shadows, but others operate more openly. Particularly in the Outer City, citizens often know

illusion magic. She appears to the world as she is: an unassuming woman of middling age and build. Her forgettable looks have proven her greatest asset as a thief, as her victims have trouble recognizing

The Dead Three

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer

reputation. At the same time, worship of Bhaal proves darkly popular in Baldur’s Gate. Few openly admit to worshiping the Lord of Murder, but there is an unspoken assumption that anyone who benefits

Behnie looks nothing like his name or monstrous reputation suggest, the Bloomridge kingpin being a tall, polished-looking gentleman in his early thirties. The name comes from his ferocious ego, wild

The Guild

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus

, with the most competent and cutthroat members rising to favored status. Some kingpins keep strictly to the shadows, but others operate more openly. Particularly in the Outer City, citizens often know

illusion magic. She appears to the world as she is: an unassuming woman of middling age and build. Her forgettable looks have proven her greatest asset as a thief, as her victims have trouble recognizing

Merchants' Ward

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation

brothers and sisters of Sune; those who score 10 or higher are offered friendly advice on how to improve their presentation; and those who score 9 or less are greeted with sad, sympathetic looks and

privately hired security agents patrolling it openly (guards) and undercover (spies). All of them work for the merchant prince Zhanthi, who has a monopoly on the jewelry trade in Port Nyanzaru.

Camp Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse

kebabs at their bonfire. These people are an Eternal Flame priest and three Eternal Flame guardians (see chapter 7 for both). The priest — a half-elf named Lytin — looks like a druid and tries to

openly. The fourth person is Sauruki, a Crushing Wave priest (see chapter 7) sent by the water cult to figure out what the fire cult is up to here. They’re suspicious about strangers, but Sauruki is

Factions

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons

genuinely looks forward to the whole world lying helpless under the claws of dragons, both because that’s where the world belongs, and because it will mean that his job at Castle Naerytar is finished. The

are fighting side by side, to betray the elf—but it’s not impossible. If it looks like the cult’s operation at the castle is doomed, Pharblex is the sort of creature who will switch sides to save his

Factions

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen

the lizardfolk’s tribal pride, such as by trying to teach them metallurgy. His effort has met with little success. Borngray is loyal to the cult and yearns for Tiamat’s return. He genuinely looks

, to betray the elf — but it’s not impossible. If it looks like the cult’s operation at the castle is doomed, Pharblex is the sort of creature who will switch sides to save his slimy skin. The timing

M3. Central Abbey

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish

attacked or its orders are openly defied, the bone devil orders the characters attacked at once. The Grand Master fights only if directly threatened, or if its bodyguards and monks appear to be losing the

during the commotion of a fight. If the characters are overwhelmed, the Grand Master looks to have them captured rather than killed, as the devil is ever in need of fresh servants. Captured characters

Temple of Paladine Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen

, and the Dragon Army’s invasion has newly angered the ancient creature. Unless a character openly displays a symbol of a god of nature—like Chislev, Habbakuk, or Zeboim—or is otherwise clearly a

housed the temple’s resident priest. A character who looks under the bed finds a rusty chest. Its rusted lock can’t be picked, but a creature can break open the lock with a successful DC 17 Strength

Keep Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse

warns the cultists in areas K2 and K3. If the characters openly approach the gate and call out, read the following text: Clattering sounds and muffled voices come from inside the gatehouse. Then a human

Crushing Wave cultists. If they think the characters are cultists, the commoners hurry past with their eyes averted. All other groups challenge the characters if the party looks like it might not belong

Cragmaw Castle Areas

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver

. The lowest check is the DC for the goblins’ Wisdom checks to notice the party. Developments If the goblins spot the characters (or if the characters approach openly), the goblins shoot arrows from

exterior light. The boxed text assumes that the characters have darkvision or a light source. This high, narrow hall looks as if it might have been part of a chapel or shrine at one time. Angelic

Outer City Gazetteer

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus

from the Hamhocks Slaughterhouse, openly admires a character’s left ear and offers to buy it for 15 gp. 6 A member of the Little Calimshan’s Right Pashas tries to sell characters some fresh-made

) Balduran Looks Out to Sea Shortly after Balduran disappeared for the final time, this statue appeared on the cliffs of Tumbledown. Twice the size of the actual man, the statue bears an uncanny

Encounter Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries

accompanying illustration, looks like a metal rod with a tip shaped like a bird’s head. The air elemental and the water elemental obey Zikran’s orders. Given a chance, Zikran brags about his plans to

restore the cloud giants’ keep to its original glory, turning it into a flying fortress that he can ride into battle. If a character is carrying Zikran’s Zephyrean Tome openly, Zikran offers the

Outer City Gazetteer

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer

, hooting. If asked what he’s doing, he grudgingly admits that something got loose from his stable. 5 A gaunt half-elf, Jaemus Exheltarion from the Hamhocks Slaughterhouse, openly admires a character’s

city residents, in the hopes of torturing or ransoming them Balduran Looks Out to Sea Shortly after Balduran disappeared for the final time, this statue appeared on the cliffs of Tumbledown. Twice

Cragmaw Castle Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk

the characters (or if the characters approach openly), the goblins shoot arrows through the arrow slits. However, they can’t fire directly at enemies who have reached or gone past the broken gate. The

assumes that the characters have darkvision or a light source. This high, narrow hall looks as if it might’ve been part of a chapel or shrine at one time. Angelic figures are sculpted along the

Red Larch Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse

of the Long Road, just south of the inn’s stable yard, stands what looks like a grand stone mansion. Two wide wooden doors painted with the symbols of many gods stand open day and night. Inside is a

and legs, she looks like an adventurer. She has idle dreams of traveling the North and slaying dragons, but she is far more interested in building a mercantile empire and outgrowing Red Larch someday

Hrakhamar

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation

the chamber is noisy, so the firenewts are surprised unless characters move around openly or otherwise draw attention to themselves. The central pit contains molten iron. The smaller pool contains

you breathe. You can, however, barely make out what looks like a lantern farther back in the smoke. These linked caverns are the lair of two smoke mephits. What the characters perceive as a dim

Lower Palace Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight

structure is mostly opaque except for its windows. Anyone who looks through a carriage window spots an ornate glass key resting on the seat inside. To reach the key, a character must smash a window or

hand and a shield on his other arm. He looks like he was thrown backward through the exploding wall before being frozen in place. The knight suspended in the air is Strongheart (see area P47), the

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