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Curse of Strahd
them harm, he instead interrogated Ezmerelda’s mother and father on the whereabouts of his missing son. Satisfied with their answers, he spared their lives before departing with the information
. When she arrived there, she found some of van Richten’s belongings, but of the vampire hunter there was no sign. Although she is anxious to learn the whereabouts of her mentor, she is also eager
Species
Acquisitions Incorporated
The verdan owe their existence to chaos. Descended and transformed from a large clan of goblins and hobgoblins, those who became the verdan were simply living their lives, doing goblinoid things. But
of the goblins were places of terror to the new creatures those goblins became, and the verdan quickly fled to the surface and into the sunlight.
When they arrived in the new lands of the surface
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
hear cries for help. Read the following text: Two residents of Dragon’s Rest are running for their lives up the lower path, their fishing equipment discarded behind them. Blood and dirt stain their
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
. The Wide was too noisy and hectic for their liking. They arrived at Candlekeep five days ago and intend to stay for five more. Valor With broad shoulders and a permanent scowl on her face, Valor is an
presence sooner. Valor can share the following information: Thirteen days ago, she arrived at Candlekeep with The Dark Hunger, a series of nearly incomprehensible notes about Hadar, a powerful yet
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer Academy
intelligence to be of assistance. The cyclopean ogre is a simple-minded brute who found the meteorite and brought it here. The ogre serves a powerful beholder named Kurrzot who, fortunately, lives
much deeper in the mountain and doesn’t appear in this adventure. It doesn’t take the beholderkin long to realize that intruders have arrived. After a brief telepathic conference, the spectators use
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
on the lower level (see “Skalanthas the Dragon” below). Ronnom Daamos. Ronnom, a noble, arrived by ship six months ago with his three bodyguards, whom the monks know as the brothers Eko and Mok and a
. Skalanthas lives in the sea caves below the monastery and feeds on fish, goats, and sheep. In the past six months, Skalanthas has become increasingly territorial, threatening and sinking ships that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
how she feels about the characters’ behavior so far. She gives them a lot of credit for not killing any lizardfolk (if that’s the case), or she chastises them for taking the lives of lizardfolk
victim Killed hatchlings -10 per victim Taken treasure from lizardfolk -1 per gp of value unless returned Been apprehended trying to enter by sea (see area 49) -5 Killed no lizardfolk +15 Arrived accompanied by hatchlings +10
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
Welcoming Announcement Once all the characters have arrived and had a chance to mingle, Dean Tullus welcomes the attendees to the annual Magister’s Masquerade. Read the following text to begin this
wisdom once again, for history lives here at Strixhaven, and nothing is ever truly forgotten.
“Now, you’ve all been promised a starlit night, so one and all, come dance among the stars!”
With Dean
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Mara and her followers the hollow walls where they’d be buried alive. Mara’s troops pleaded for their lives. Wickedly, the warlord promised to spare them if they watched their leader’s entombment and
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->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
the village’s port and make it a prime location for trade with the world beyond. In another recent development, a band of dwarves — bearing a decree from the king himself — have arrived and begun to
region’s — prosperity. Naturally, not all of Saltmarsh’s residents feel the same way about the recent developments in and around their community, which is the key issue that affects their lives and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Stranger Things
thessalhydra’s tracks, or another skill that matches their actions. If the check succeeds, they have arrived at the troglodyte caves. Use the map to describe what the characters see. Let them pick in
its passive Perception (13). Failure means it wakes up and attacks. Area 10: Water Pool. A natural spring feeds a 10-foot-deep pool of clear, fresh water. In the pool lives a giant frog, which leaps out
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
their lives: the calassabrak, meaning “the flawed who aren’t to be trusted” in Dwarvish. They are shunned by other duergar, many eventually taking their lives rather than face an existence apart from
. The derro cultists plan to offer the entire city to their newly arrived master.
Many duergar NPCs the characters interact with are showing the first signs of infection. Though their madness has not
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
in the mountains, living peaceful and prosperous lives under beneficent storm giant rulers or toiling in poverty under fire giant tyrants. Most D&D worlds’ histories don’t include any particular
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
have spent most of their lives in the Feywild can experience their first other-life memory as early as the age of 200 years. Eladrin aren’t affected this way. Because of their link to the primal elves
ancient shrines and other glories created by the primal elves who first arrived in Faerie. These kinder eladrin take a special pleasure in introducing their realm to others. Eladrin cities represent
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
who lives in a crate at the corner of Net Street and Dock Street, by the wharf.” Finding a noble isn’t hard, but snatching one’s handkerchief without being detected requires a successful DC 12
drinks and scope out the tavern, attacking if they find Ott or leaving if they don’t. On the third night, a beholder zombie attacks. After the third attack, Ott disappears as mysteriously as he arrived
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
good side will help the party in the long term. In truth, he is attempting to deliver the adventurers to Zuggtmoy. Phylo goes on about how “the Great Seeder” who lives beyond the garden can answer any
in Neverlight Grove too long. It tells them another group of “softers” (the name myconids use for fleshy creatures) arrived not too many cycles ago and accepted Phylo’s offer. They were taken to the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragons of Stormwreck Isle
other dockworkers look up to you. Someday, you’ll come into your own. You’ll be a hero. Personal Goal: Determine Your Destiny. In the remote cloister of Dragon’s Rest lives an old sage who is supposed to
knowledge. Shortly after the letter arrived, you learned tragic news: your friend died under mysterious circumstances. Personal Goal: Discover Lost Knowledge. The letter spoke of an arcane
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
priest knows the following information, which she is happy to share: Mayastan arrived yesterday, intending to speak with the oracle Valin Sarnaster. The sage was taken to Valin’s sanctum and has not
Canopic Being to Candlekeep as evidence of what Valin had become—as Valin had already foreseen.) Valin lives in a secret sanctum, since she would otherwise be sought out by too many people seeking her
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
them harm, he instead interrogated Ezmerelda’s mother and father on the whereabouts of his missing son. Satisfied with their answers, he spared their lives before departing with the information they
to reach Strahd’s domain. She rode her wagon to Vallaki and learned about an old tower that seemed the sort of place van Richten would use as a base. When she arrived there, she found some of van
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
intruders on the iceberg is already known. If the party has maintained stealth since they arrived, they have a chance to surprise creatures in the ice caves. An Honorable Duel The Ice Hunters are determined
this check. Bonecarver is not willing to risk the lives of her tribesfolk in a battle against the dragon. However, she shows the characters the entrance to the ice caves from her hut and explains what
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
on the iceberg is already known. If the party has maintained stealth since they arrived, they have a chance to surprise creatures in the ice caves. An Honorable Duel The Ice Hunters are determined not
. Bonecarver is not willing to risk the lives of her tribesfolk in a battle against the dragon. However, she shows the characters the entrance to the ice caves from her hut and explains what she knows about the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
chapter 6) lives in this modestly furnished studio apartment. If the characters break into the 80-year-old’s apartment, Martisha flees, fighting for her life if she must. If the characters knock on
gives the characters the following information: Martisha has a half-ogre neighbor who lives in the other apartment on this floor. The half-ogre never bothered Martisha but does have loud guests from
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
born. Baravar Cloakshadow When gnomes arrived in the world, Baravar protected them by teaching them how to hide, use magic, and deceive their foes. She was once entrapped by the goblin god Khurgorbaeyag
power to heal any sickness, because he knows the medicinal and culinary uses of every creature and plant that lives underground. During the misadventures of the gnome pantheon, Segojan contributes to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
bandit) is a young wanderer who came to Phandalin expecting to secure a job mining in the nearby hills. Once they arrived, the dwarf found no mining work to be had, and the jobs they’ve taken to make ends
over him. POLITICS AND ADVENTURING
An Acquisitions Incorporated campaign works best when it’s running on many levels at once. One of those levels is the business aspects of the characters’ lives, with
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
Lantomir, learned about the expedition and decided to form her own. Not long after they arrived in Bryn Shander, the three wizards who had formed the initial expeditionary force parted company, each one
companions Dzaan, a human illusionist and Red Wizard of Thay who perished recently, but whose simulacrum lives on Nass Lantomir, a human diviner who died and now exists as a spellcasting ghost Vellynne
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
of the bullywugs, overrun the castle, and are poised to kill Borngray and Pharblex in battle—Pharblex judges that the ideal time to forsake old allies and court new ones has arrived. He offers just
humans, humanoids, yuan-ti, crocodiles, and just about every other creature that lives in the mere. The skulls hang from withered trees and from spikes driven into the ground. Both dragons’ lairs are
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
, overrun the castle, and are poised to kill Borngray and Pharblex in battle — Pharblex judges that the ideal time to forsake old allies and court new ones has arrived. He offers just about anything in
, humanoids, yuan-ti, crocodiles, and just about every other creature that lives in the mere. The skulls hang from withered trees and from spikes driven into the ground. Both dragons’ lairs are heavily guarded
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
performed by a powerful necromancer who lives here. Moira doesn’t know Gremorly’s name or that he is dead. She knows the keep holds other ghosts but knows nothing else about them. Moira asks the characters to
many rare tomes on necromancy, but most of the books were here when he arrived. The patches of webbing on the floor are difficult terrain. These webs burn up instantly when touched by flame, but flames
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
dwarf druid named Torimesh arrived home in the city after decades of adventuring abroad and purchased this small portion of the hillside. Too steep to build on, the area had long been an illegal junkyard
space he dedicated as a public park, arguing that the poor need to feel nature’s touch just as much as rich patriars with their manicured gardens. Torimesh himself lives in a tiny hut backed against
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer
, regularly renting out and conducting meetings in its vast central pool. Insight Park Forty years ago, an lawful neutral shield dwarf druid named Torimesh arrived home in the city after decades of
nature’s touch just as much as rich patriars with their manicured gardens. Torimesh himself lives in a tiny hut backed against the jutting outcropping still known as Dumper’s Rock. The main appeal of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
caravans of the season into the city. Many parents hide gifts for their offspring in their homes, telling the children that they were left by Old Carvas — a mythical peddler who arrived with the first
prayers in thanks for the lives they have under their gods. The Griffon Cavalry sets up an immense bonfire at the peak of Mount Waterdeep, honoring the fallen and the risen gods Myrkul, Cyric, Kelemvor
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
tomes that used to run in neat, orderly rows. When the cultists arrived here, they discovered the patch of brown mold that has taken up residence here. After unsuccessfully trying to burn it (which caused
been beaten.
Ignatia, a flamewrath (see chapter 7), lives here. She leads the warriors outside and serves as the watch commander for the hobgoblins guarding the south barricades (area E27). Prisoner
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
Casivus. Casivus has guarded this shrine since long before Lord Soth’s forces arrived, and it chafes at the evil doings of Teremini and her minions. The naga is initially indifferent to the
humans). A seventh veteran is resting in the tent to the north and rushes to help their allies when a fight breaks out. The veterans defend the keep with their lives, knowing that to do otherwise
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
, Daveras confides that he noticed Figaro’s odd paranoia started shortly after Ilren arrived. If Daveras is reunited with Ikasa (found in area Z12), he is elated and happily vouches for the characters when
characters to clear out the nest, allowing the characters to proceed further only if they agree. Wade Acuff A treant named Redbud lives in a lifeboat that crashed into the Lambent Zenith Z11: Grell Nest
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
that Scrivenscry is a cruel and wicked master. Neither Kingsport nor his master knows much about Ythryn, since they arrived only yesterday by using a spell scroll of plane shift. SCRIVENSCRY AND
life of enlightenment. The truth is that Kingsport was turned into Scrivenscry’s lackey, who lives in fear of his cruel, unpredictable master. The blind giant penguin hopes to be free of the arcanaloth