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Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
egg is empty, but the inside of the shell is inscribed with a poem or an intricate illustration.
2
The gold shell encloses a candy egg.
3
The egg holds a small toy goose that makes a loud
’ property with their keen senses and loud voices. Not only are giant geese from fey stock significantly larger than ordinary geese, but they also have two magical properties that make them even more
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Eberron: Rising from the Last War
their muscles, wrapped around a framework of steel, darkwood, or stone. Armored plates form a protective outer shell and reinforce joints. Warforged share a common facial design, with a hinged jaw
how new they are to the world. The Warforged Quirks table contains example quirks.
Warforged Quirks
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You analyze — out loud — the potential threat posed by
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
The egg is empty, but the inside of the shell is inscribed with a poem or an intricate illustration. 2 The gold shell encloses a candy egg. 3 The egg holds a small toy goose that makes a loud honking
Giant Goose Giants keep geese as livestock for eggs and because geese make excellent sentries, protecting the giants’ property with their keen senses and loud voices. Not only are giant geese from
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
throughout the Well of Dragons, originating from area 8. Combined with the cult’s activity in and above the caverns, it creates a constant thrum of background noise transmitted through the stone. Sounds of
combat go unnoticed if a fight is over in 3 rounds or fewer, or if the combat is more than 200 feet away from creatures that might hear it. Especially loud noises, such as a thunderwave spell, are easily heard.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
. The sound of the Draakhorn constantly moans throughout the Well of Dragons, originating from area 8. Combined with the cult’s activity in and above the caverns, it creates a constant thrum of
background noise transmitted through the stone. Sounds of combat go unnoticed if a fight is over in 3 rounds or fewer, or if the combat is more than 200 feet away from creatures that might hear it. Especially loud noises, such as a thunderwave spell, are easily heard.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
foundry (area 34) is operational, and the racket from the weapon forges and the slowly revolving bucket chain echoes throughout the complex. The noise is so loud that activity in one area usually
remain here. 15 2 fire giants, 3 ogres The giants head to area 20 if the bucket chain stops moving, while the ogres remain here. Both the giants and the ogres investigate loud noises in area 14. 17 1
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
psychic damage. Neither door has a lock. A similar hall stretches northward. The statue at the end of the north hall depicts a male storm giant blowing a pink and blue conch shell. Giant-sized doors to
geyser of steam shoots up from a vent in the bottom of the shallow basin, sending out a loud hissing noise as it erupts. Any creature in the small, circular room when the geyser erupts is engulfed in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
egg is recovered. 12e. False Hoard Loud noises in this area alert the denizens of areas 12f and 13, who remain where they are but can’t be surprised. Illusion. A 20-foot-wide, 4-foot-high pile of
hoard are two male young red dragons named Blazutranc and Meteoranzym.
Tunnel. A wide tunnel strewn with cast-off red dragon scales breaks through the outer shell of the asteroid and forms a ledge
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
a hill less than a quarter mile away. Parts of its conical roof and outer shell have fallen inward, leaving a gaping hole above which four hawks circle.
If the characters approach within a few
has her back to the upstairs window that faces east, and can’t see anyone approaching from that direction. Her incessant singing is so loud that she can’t hear anything but the loudest noises outside
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
(see appendix D) is inside her hut unless she has been drawn forth by activity elsewhere. The squawks of the birds are music to her ears, but the noise makes it impossible for her to hear anyone
approaching. Only the howling of the skulls in area U2 or sounds of combat nearby are loud enough to be heard over the squawking. Inside each cage is a swarm of ravens that fiercely attacks Baba Lysaga and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Uni and the Hunt for the Lost Horn
this area, they hear three Bullywug Warriors approaching from area C3. Read or paraphrase the following: Slapping footsteps and gurgling voices emanate from a nearby path.
Loud, grumpy-sounding
demiplane’s curved outer shell. Scaly wings flex from the creature’s shoulders, and a single curved horn protrudes from the side of its head.
“Kelek, you fool!” says the fiendish figure. “You thought
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
patterns on the walls. Under the crystal window is a hulking crab (see appendix C) with colored nodules and hollow flutes of beautiful coral growing out of its shell. This creature is a living
instrument. When one of the nodules on its shell is tapped, the motion tickles the crab and causes it to exhale a burst of air through one of its coral pipes, producing a deep tone similar to that of a pipe
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
top of the walls or flies beyond them is expelled from the maze, taking 22 (5d8) force damage and reappearing with a loud pop in an unoccupied space near the wall carving. Finding a Key. Any character
sarcophagus is filled with salt, within which are buried ten opalescent bracelets (75 gp each) made from the shell of a flail snail (Unkh’s animal form; see appendix D) and a robe of scintillating
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
, padlocks, and keys lie discarded on the floor outside them. Inside each cell are fragments of the shell of a bluish-white egg that must’ve been as large as a halfling. Any character who examines these
eggshells and succeeds on a DC 13 Intelligence (Nature) check concludes that they are white dragon eggs that hatched about three years ago. Any loud noise here, which could be from the opening of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
abuts the River Sargauth. Its floor is covered with wet black pebbles that crunch underfoot. The sound of footsteps on the pebbles is loud enough to alert the grimlocks in area 10b. 10b. Grimlocks
-drow, because Halaster has tasked them solely with ridding the Sargauth Level of the dark elves. The hags keep their affiliation with Halaster a secret and pretend to be harmless shell collectors with
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
. The poisoned creature must shout loudly or otherwise make a loud noise at the start and end of its turn.
Purple. The poisoned creature feels a desperate need to soak itself in liquid or mud. It can’t
becomes a shell of its former self and can be restored to normalcy only by magic. Water Dependency. A grung that fails to immerse itself in water for at least 1 hour during a day suffers one level of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a6
. Empty Ice Cave If loud noise is made in the unoccupied chamber south of the guardroom, the ceiling of ice and icicles in this area partially collapses. A creature beneath the ceiling must make a DC 15
that is actually armor of vulnerability (DM’s choice) Strong vibrations here, such as from loud noise, can cause a cave-in like that described in area 3. 6. Provisions Various pieces of frozen meat, some
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
sharks.
A sahuagin champion prepares a squad of six sahuagin, six sahuagin coral smashers, four sahuagin deep divers, and four shell sharks for patrol and guard duty (see appendix C for all but the
ceremonial dagger with a bone handle.
A sahuagin and several armored sharks occupy this chamber.
A sahuagin priestess is tending to the armored plates of four shell sharks (see appendix C) in this
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
ship is all that remains of a Netherese skycoach, an airship that was used to ferry people to and from the floating city of Ythryn. Any loud disturbances in this cave cause the four flameskulls in area
: Little remains of this tower besides its outer shell. The interior walls are decorated with shifting geometric patterns. A human skeleton in a white robe lies on the uneven floor.
If Professor Skant
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
before entering it. A bronze torch glowing with a magical light lies next to the corpse of a bare-chested man with a shield in the shape of a crab shell and a broken shark-toothed sword. Several
floor. The first 40 feet of the climb require a DC 10 Strength (Athletics) checks, but after that, the DC is 15. Corpses. The bodies on the floor include a water cultist (the figure with the crab-shell
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
in an orderly manner.
Several sharks eye you hungrily as you enter.
Five shell sharks (see appendix C) swim above the racks in this room. They have not been fed in some time and attack the
don’t attempt to interact with the sahuagin. Otherwise, use the sahuagin’s passive Perception as normal to see if activity attracts their attention. If characters are spotted in the gallery, assume
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
winch.
A floor-to-ceiling iron cage in the middle of the room contains an elevator shaft with chains running up and down away from it. The chains are in constant motion, and you hear loud mechanical
mind master (see appendix C). If he hears suspicious activity outside his room, he shrinks to Tiny size and hides under the bed. The trunk is Durth’s longtime companion, an intelligent mimic that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
Torrents Locations P1. Waterfall Basin The waterfall here can be heard from quite a distance. A loud waterfall pours into this mossy cavern. Wet stairs hug the western wall, climbing higher than the
you want them to play. Development If the battle here is extremely loud, the cultists in area P16 know to prepare for danger. P15. Reflection Chamber A throne made of coral and seashells stands on
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
2,500 gp in total. C10. Kitchen From sunrise until an hour after sundown, this kitchen is a hive of activity: A half dozen chefs run to and fro, seasoning meat, mixing batter, and otherwise preparing
with the main kitchen during social functions. It is otherwise empty, and its doors are locked. Founders’ Day. The kitchen is bustling with activity as four chefs (human commoners) prepare an array
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
, casting flecks of light on the room’s surfaces.
Uncomfortably loud electronic music fills the room. Four synthetic humanoids in fashionable attire hover above the floor, bobbing to the steady
character comes within 30 feet of the android, it calls out to them for help. The android introduces itself as a bartending unit named Oakley. The android wears a bow tie and has a suave, shell-form
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
plaza, its four broken towers leaning inward. Faded pennants hang above the entrance, frozen stiff. A loud clatter resounds from within the hall.
This market hall once sold relics of arcane wonder
, its crystal roof marred by a web of cracks. Through the gaps in the building’s shell, and on the other side of the open entranceway, you see a strange landscape of miniaturized natural features
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
. Soon, they can justify heinous acts within the context of the cult: Human sacrifice isn’t an act of murder, but a freeing of the soul from the limitations of a physical shell; conjuring a whirlwind to
activity of the world in slow motion, and themselves at the calm center of the storm. Through meditation and mysticism they learn to summon powerful blasts of wind, catch missiles with ease, and fall
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
griffon. Given the time commitment necessary, this activity is most likely to occur after the adventure concludes or during a lengthy period of downtime (see the “Griffon Taming” sidebar below
. Behind it, a five-foot-diameter chute with carved footholds ascends to another cavern.
The chute leads to area S9. If goliaths are in that area, characters can hear loud cheers coming from there
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
15-foot-high shaft to a trapdoor that opens into area V2. V28. Secret Shrine This room is hidden behind secret doors (see “Dungeon Features”). The scraping noise either door makes when opened is loud
monitoring devil activity in Baldur’s Gate and Elturel for months.” “Sylvira is convinced that Thavius Kreeg struck a bargain with an archdevil, and that a copy of the contract he signed is hidden inside
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
B5 and B6 aren’t currently manned. However, any loud commotion around the gate might attract the attention of the cultists in those areas. If they notice intruders, they begin sniping with crossbows
activity outside, two duergar take light crossbows (+2 to hit, 1d8 piercing damage) and post themselves at the arrow slits. The other three prepare to defend the room’s only entrance. B6. Yarsha’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
. Characters who are able to communicate with the water elemental can learn the following from it: Cult Activity. Cultists who worship a god whose symbol is a hand and an eye recently moved into nearby
the marid enjoys the work. Cult Activity. Cruel cultists bully the Elementals in the next room and are keeping a prisoner nearby. The prisoner is a gnome whom Shanzezim hasn’t yet met. Pipe System. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
his time with the “dragon slayer” (the Vonindod in area 28), while her mother likes to oversee activity in the kitchen (area 31). It might occur to the characters that they could benefit from capturing
creature that ends its turn in the room takes 5 (1d10) fire damage, or 11 (2d10) fire damage if it’s wearing metal armor. A creature that comes into direct contact with the superheated shell of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
noisy activity that attracts the attention of the Redbrands in area R2. Cistern. This rectangular reservoir is clean and filled with cold, fresh water. It is 10 feet deep with a rim 2 feet higher than
.
Three human bandits, all members of the Redbrands, are resting in this room. If they hear noise in area R1 (including loud voices or barrels being rolled around), they prepare themselves for a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
an hour’s work by stripping planks off the other boats. Any sustained activity in this area attracts the attention of the giant octopus that lives in area C3. The monster can haul itself up onto the
the time. The extra bunks belong to the cultists working in area C22. Any loud fighting in this room alerts the cultists in area C22, who investigate soon after. C24. Bridge of Heroes A stone bridge
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a1
scimitar and a shield, as well as 23 sp and 4 gp in a belt pouch. 4. Tower Shell This circular area is cobbled with cracked granite, upon which sprawl the bodies of four goblins, apparently slain in
and spends much of his time nowadays in nightmare-ridden sleep in his bedroll. With the loss of his charge, Meepo’s status is in the gutter. He doesn’t react to anything short of loud noise or direct