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Curse of Strahd
was a little girl, her family kidnapped van Richten’s teenage son, Erasmus, and delivered him into the clutches of a vampire. Even today, years later, she can still hear Erasmus’s pleas
family had done to van Richten, ran away from home. After many harrowing adventures, she tracked down van Richten two years later. Thinking she was a Vistana assassin, he put a sword to her throat and
Monsters
Domains of Delight: A Feywild Accessory
Fey Rebirth. If Yarnspinner dies in his Domain of Delight, he revives with all his hit points 1d4;{"diceNotation":"1d4","rollType":"roll","rollAction":"Fey Rebirth (Days)"} days later in a safe
Delight called Prismeer. Yarnspinner only recently arrived in Thither and is unaware that he is intruding upon another archfey’s territory (see The Wild Beyond the Witchlight for more information about Prismeer and its archfey ruler).
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
cultists. The place stood abandoned until a few weeks ago, when Nezzarum the silver dragon discovered it and started exploring it as a potential lair. By sheer coincidence, Xia and her followers arrived days later to reclaim the temple in Orcus’s name.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
was suspicious of Mordenkainen since he arrived in the sanctum, but she said nothing to Alustriel, Tasha, or the characters. The characters can learn this secret in the “Malaina’s Mistrust” section later in this chapter.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
Book of the Raven Book of the Raven An Adventure for 3rd—level Characters
Written by Christopher Perkins
Edited by Kim Mohan The Book of the Raven arrived at Candlekeep, fittingly enough, by way
years later and hid a treasure map inside it. The treasure map is a prop around which you can create your own adventure, if you choose not to run the adventure described here.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragons of Stormwreck Isle
Zombie Resurgence If the adventurers did not fight the zombies when they first arrived on the island, the zombies cause trouble later. After the characters have spent some time at the cloister, they
“Shipwreck” below). More Zombies If the characters defeated the zombies when they first arrived on the island, you can use this encounter at any point during the adventure to add a little extra combat
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
chapter, a loyal grimlock servant of Qunbraxel (an ally of the mind flayer fanatics that’s described later in this adventure) traveled to Zorzula’s Rest to retrieve the shards before the adventurers
arrived to confront the goblins. In this chapter, the characters might prevent the mind flayers from acquiring the other three fragments. The fanatics can proceed with the fragments they have, but the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
ranks of the cult thinned as members began to lose interest in the debacle. Then Strahd von Zarovich arrived. The cultists regarded Strahd as a messiah sent to them by the Dark Powers. Drawn to Strahd
his playthings. A black carriage arrived at Death House soon thereafter, and from out of its black heart stepped the vampire himself. The cultists tried to impress Strahd. In response, he slaughtered
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
d6 Mission 1 Heroic Stand. You knew if you took one step back from the line, all would be lost. When relief arrived days later, you had not budged. 2 Telling Blow. The enemy general never knew what
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
The Bag of Devouring When Ylagan arrived almost a year ago, the modrons accepted his leadership and set about repurposing the outpost to serve the dragon’s needs. Ylagan, meanwhile, scoured the lands
entrance. A day later, the bag was empty! Ylagan accused the modrons of stealing his treasure and destroyed several of them in a rage. He then used rubble to seal off the tunnel leading to his hoard
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
to attack them while he takes potshots at the characters with his crossbow. Two rounds later, eight more bandits leap down from the Kraken’s Folly (area D1) and join the fray. These hooligans were paid
Stone? Grinda admits that she has done business with the Xanathar Guild in the past. Her orders were to protect the stone until Noska arrived to claim it, but she changed her mind and decided to keep
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
arrived a day before the characters, and that she claims to be a performer who knew Ispin. Characters who approach Leedara find her politely aloof and evasive about how she knew Ispin—yet she expresses
sings a heartbreakingly beautiful Silvanesti song in Elvish. Soon after, Leedara leaves the reception, retiring to her room in the inn. Leedara has a role to play later in the adventure (see chapters 4
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
understand Common. A many-legged reptile stretches out as if it has been sitting for a long while, avoiding your eyes as it looks to the rocky floor at your feet. “About time you lot arrived! Come! The
. Veldyskar is committed to the protection of the library and its librarians. If trouble arises, his philosophy is to petrify first and ask questions later. Initially, this presented a problem for the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragons of Stormwreck Isle
Rest). Runara explains that she heard the sounds of combat and arrived just in time to prevent the zombies from dragging the characters into the sea. Avoiding the Zombies. If the characters decide not
to fight the zombies, they easily escape from the slow, shambling monsters. The zombies don’t follow them up the path toward Dragon’s Rest. The characters will have another opportunity to deal with the zombies later (see “Cloister Quests” later in this chapter).
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
within the shattered remains of a fluid-filled tube deep in Citadel Subterrene. They have no idea how they arrived there.
2 A cavern the characters were exploring seamlessly abuts with Bluetspur
the Apparatus (see “Mordent” later in this chapter). All it needs is a relic called the Rod of Rastinon, which it wants the characters to retrieve for it.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
, Castle Laventz, as his own. Months later, the relentless knight Mara Silvra received word of her father’s defeat. Calling in debts and intimidating mercenaries, Mara forged a small army during her grueling
and her own traitorous followers. Soon after, local nobles received invitations to come to Castle Laventz and celebrate Mara’s victory. When each aristocrat arrived, though, they discovered they were
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
Kaylan is a devious vampire who arrived in Avernus after dodging a group of vampire hunters on the Material Plane. When Windfall refurbished the Red Belvedere, the tiefling employed Kaylan to design the
later in this chapter for more information about this option. Lars Grant-west Rezran “Snake Eyes” Agrodro, Khai Kiroth, and Nyssa Otellion Nyssa Otellion Master of the Cerulean Hall A stoic and haughty
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
against one another. The wizards were dead and gone by the time an evil archmage named Exethanter arrived at the temple. He breached the temple’s wards, spoke to a vestige trapped in amber, and
with them. When Strahd later murdered his brother Sergei, that pact was sealed with blood. Strahd transformed into a vampire, and the Dark Powers turned his land into a prison. Strahd has returned to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
conflict, the survivors fled, leaving the temple abandoned. Hundreds of years later, monastic knights chose the hill for their order’s home and began building a defensive structure atop the site. A
Undead arrived at the abbey and began slaughtering everyone in their path. Havarr and the other knights of the abbey were killed, along with most of the invaders, and the deck was scattered. Centuries
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
they used to be star performers in the Witchlight Carnival. Gleam wants to free her sister and find a way back to the carnival—perhaps with the help of the Fey Beacons (see “Fey Beacons” later in the
, Gleam suggests they strike up an alliance with the korreds. See “Lockbury Henge” later in the chapter for how they might accomplish that.) An elf prince named Alagarthas made a bargain with Endelyn and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
. When Ezmerelda was a little girl, her family kidnapped van Richten’s teenage son, Erasmus, and delivered him into the clutches of a vampire. Even today, years later, she can still hear Erasmus’s
Richten, ran away from home. After many harrowing adventures, she tracked down van Richten two years later. Thinking she was a Vistana assassin, he put a sword to her throat and threatened to spill her
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
party’s stay in the city. Holding it for later use gives characters a chance to notice the little things wrong among the duergar, while using it right away can help characters avoid being enslaved if they
downplaying nor exalting the characters’ actions. The characters can speak to the newly arrived giant while the duergar confer. The giant introduces himself as Dorhun, apprentice to Stonespeaker Hgraam. He
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
into the lowest levels of the city where the foundries were located. When Vanifer arrived with her cult, she used her connection with Imix, the Prince of Evil Fire, to settle the magma and form the
or starts its turn there. The drops ignite exposed flammable objects. The rain ends at the end of a round 2d4 rounds later. Smoke Cloud. A cloud of smoke kicks up, filling an area 40 feet in diameter
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
mound’s altars, upsetting the spirit of the chieftain. A few days before the characters arrived, Wiggan and Bertram set the barrow ablaze to lend credence to their fire witch ruse. When the characters go to
exit to the barrow. He finishes making an opening near the top about 2 minutes later, and he leaps into the sunlight. The opening is big enough for the massive chieftain, so it’s big enough for the characters.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
have arrived, Verity asks the last to enter to close the door. To begin this scene, read the following text: The back room in the Brine Widow is well appointed, with a polished wood table, paintings
are caught trying to steal from the casino, security guards attempt to apprehend them. Captured characters are taken to the holding cells (area A17). Quentin visits them an hour later. If the characters
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
arrived on most worlds later, and other peoples are generally considered by these ancient folk to be younger in terms of the history of these worlds. Considering the relationships among these ancients
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
rest to rot. A handful of warriors of the Order of the Gauntlet escaped the undead onslaught against Camp Righteous by retreating up the River Soshenstar toward the Aldani Basin. Three days later, they
absence of effective leadership from Breakbone. Commander Breakbone has two immediate problems. If characters arrived by boat, he needs them to carry messages and seven sick soldiers downriver to Port
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
of Torm with darkvision out to a range of 60 feet) is a representative of the Order of the Gauntlet and newly arrived in Port Nyanzaru. She needs to deliver herself plus a packet of dispatches from
Mbala. She can direct you to that which you seek.” Then he collapses, unconscious. When he awakens moments later, Eshek has no memory of the last 12 hours aside from a driving need to find people
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
effort (see “Resisting the Rhyme”). After a few minutes, Ebder begins humming the melody as well, though he is unaware of it at first. Moments later, the hatch in the ceiling of the upper floor (area
following information: “When I first arrived at Candlekeep, the Avowed were concerned about a ‘singing malaise.’ A book merchant had been afflicted with it and was put in isolation after several Avowed began
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
. These are the tracks of Paolo Maykapal and his dragon hunters, who arrived ahead of the characters and who are also searching for the bakunawa. Facing the Dragon Hunters If the characters follow the
veterans; see “The Dragon Hunters” earlier in this adventure) arrive 3 rounds later. If the characters took an indirect path but didn’t interact with the dragon hunters, the dragon hunters are already
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
secret personal mission on his own behalf. Or he might have accidentally set them on fire when they arrived at Acquisitions Incorporated Head Office. Whatever the case, he needs the players’ group to
unavailable, and concedes that they don’t have to take the job. He points out that the characters are welcome to leave Acq Inc and never come back. But Omin might want to have words with them later about the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
, and fear not—your heroes have arrived!
“I, Knight Caradoc, bring word that the Knights of Solamnia are, at this very moment, en route with all manner of pomp and mustache wax and whatever else they
characters are all distracted or otherwise don’t have her in their line of sight, Leedara vanishes. If the characters later search for her in Kalaman, they don’t find her. Path Below Beyond the broken door
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
answering any questions the characters have about Lord Soth, she vanishes. During the conversation with Leedara, if the characters attack or disbelieve her, the ghost vanishes, then reappears later to
answers about the above information. S9: Tenadria’s Tomb The doorway to this tomb opens to area S6, as its statue was moved before the characters arrived. A long, gray marble slab lies in the middle of this
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
location.) Modron Caretakers. The githyanki abandoned the outpost years ago but left modrons behind to maintain it. Draconic Newcomer. A dragon with brass scales arrived at the outpost almost one year
of Many Fashions that’s neatly folded +1 Spear Stone of Controlling Earth Elementals Keliphron. Once found, Keliphron behaves like any other Bag of Devouring. Objects the bag consumes and later spits out are ejected into the Far Realm and lost.
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
Bedtime Rhyme” later in this book for details). The Hearth From outside, the Hearth appears to be a modest tavern of sturdy construction, with warm light emanating from a pair of small windows on
welcome newly arrived seekers. The Keeper uses runners to help seekers secure lodgings at the House of Rest and places to study in the Pillars of Pedagogy. Keepers of the Emerald Door politely dispel any