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When Not to Shake It Up

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)

repetition and dearth of meaningful stakes. Some D&D campaigns fall into the same trap, stringing world-spanning disasters together one after another with little impact on the characters or the world. Thus

, tribes, fiefs, duchies, provinces, and so forth as you like. Every significant event shakes someone’s world, after all, no matter how small that world might be. Let unexpected and terrible events

Azorius Senate

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica

out of place: her cape spilled elegantly from her officer’s armor, her sword shone like a decorative piece one would hang above a mantel, and her three-sided medals displayed her district-spanning rank

Campaign Overview

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

Campaign Overview Tyranny of Dragons tells an epic story spanning two adventures, Hoard of the Dragon Queen and The Rise of Tiamat—the two tales contained within this collection. Both adventures are

Faerûn’s western shore—the Sword Coast. A thin strip of civilization stretches down this coast, where widely spaced cities are arranged like beads on a string. Roads loosely connect the cities that

Introduction

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

thrilling tales, Hoard of the Dragon Queen and The Rise of Tiamat, combining them into a single campaign-spanning Dungeons & Dragons adventure. This adventure is designed for a party of four to six

—yet they need not do so alone. Groups like the Harpers, the Lord’s Alliance, and even the wicked Zhentarim might be rallied to oppose the Cult of the Dragon, but only if clever souls convince them to

13. Grand Vestibule

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage

in the east wall stand 18 feet high, a carving of a mighty waterfall spanning their surfaces. Mithral inlays make the carved falls look like they are running with molten metal. Curtain. A 40-foot

pillar is carved to look like a scowling dwarf with bulging muscles that supports the column’s upper third on its broad shoulders. Blue sapphires glitter in the dwarves’ eyes. Double Door. The doors

Chapter 14: The Labyrinth

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

against the demon lords along the way. Long ago, the Labyrinth was much like any other part of the Underdark, consisting largely of natural caverns connected by tunnels and underground rivers. The

staircases along their walls, or weathered bridges spanning their gaps. Characters in the Labyrinth can easily become lost. Traveling through this area follows the rules under “Navigating” in chapter 2, but

Xulregg

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things

sections of the tree crackle and glow with ancient embers, though Gorewood grows faster than any fire can destroy it. Wet, sticky tar seeps from Gorewood’s bark, fueling the tree’s eon-spanning burn

itself, called the Firehive, resembles a gargantuan wasp nest with an open top. Aurnozci’s power causes the Firehive to throb like a beating heart, and the nest’s surface is hot to the touch. Halfway up

Beyond the City Walls

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide

from bandits. Gorge of the Selintan. Soaring cliffs flank the Selintan River for nearly ten miles. Spanning this gorge, 800 feet above the river, is a stone arch bridge sculpted to look like an

gemstones and rare fungi in exchange for help repelling monsters from the Underdark. Marsh Keep. Like Blackwall Keep, Marsh Keep is newly built and watches over the Mistmarsh. The Dwarfwalk road leads east

Patron Benefits

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War

position to help you through status, influence, or magic. Information. The most precious reward most immortals can give is a tidbit of their ages-spanning knowledge. Immortal beings often know secrets

course of centuries). For example, take a prophetic snippet like the one mentioned in the book’s introduction: “If the Bear King is slain by a sorrowful assassin in the Shadow of the Mourning, the

Aristocrat

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything

Aristocrat There’s a Bandit Kingdoms saying that I’m forgetting—something like “those who rub against money are closest when the collectors come.” I don’t remember the specifics, but it seems

the head of a family with world-spanning business holdings. 3 Nomadic Princeling. Nothing is more appealing to this princeling than treasure. Their sprawling merchant caravan trails behind their

Halflings

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes

multiverse. One such hypothesis cites a legend that speaks of a document containing ancient elven writings — a series of essays spanning centuries. Among the many arcane and mundane topics addressed in

looks like a plucked chicken, know that Charmalaine is near — and heed her warning. Put a frog under your cap to bring good luck, but not for too long, or it’s bad luck for a fortnight. If you step on a

Observatory Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragons of Stormwreck Isle

kobolds know the effigies have some part to play in Sparkrender’s plans. Energy Bridge Anchors. A pair of dragon statues like the ones in area D1 stands on the west side of the rotunda, and another

glass dome, making iridescent colors shimmer across the crumbled marble walls. Gilded lines and jeweled inlays form a detailed star map spanning the dusty floor. Four alabaster statues of scholars stand

Stone Giants

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters

balance it upright, the writing can be read as the cylinder goes around. The message wraps around the pillar like the threads of a screw, but in two alternating spirals. The first is read from top to

giants encountered on the fringes of their territory look and behave like primitives. First, personal adornment has little value in the ordning of stone giants, so their clothing tends to be simple

Torrents Locations

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

dead-ends in a long cavern where only the distant sound of the falls echoes off the walls. Nets divide the cavern, spanning the distance between pairs of stalagmites jutting above the water. Seven

, ending in open, rusty manacles. Three fish-like humanoids with jagged teeth stand around the altar. One wears a headdress of kelp and seashells, and it holds aloft a trident with tines shaped like

Lower City Gazetteer

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

into the mud like a cylindrical stone taproot. Here are the building’s legendary vaults, where the city’s patriars and merchants from across the world store items too valuable to be trusted to lesser

weep. Felogyr’s Fireworks This four-story stone structure constantly streams smoke of unusual colors from various vents and chimneys. From the elaborate showroom spanning the bottom two floors

Outer City Gazetteer

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

. Little Calimshan is built like a traditional Calishite city in miniature, with its interior divided into multiple drudachs (neighborhoods). Each drudach is walled off and inhabited by a particular

people from across the city can buy and sell secrets with Guild agents and each other, speaking through the barriers so as to maintain anonymity. Also popular are schools like the Lamp of Learning and the

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