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Life on the Road

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

caravan along the way, and others leave according to the dictates of business and fortune. Some travelers ride horses, some walk beside the wagons, and some pay the merchants to ride aboard their wagons

merchants hauling northbound freight. They don’t bunch up during the day or camp together at night. As far as anyone else knows, their only connection is that they’re part of this caravan. Rezmir and eight

Life on the Road

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

caravan along the way, and others leave according to the dictates of business and fortune. Some travelers ride horses, some walk beside the wagons, and some pay the merchants to ride aboard their wagons

merchants hauling northbound freight. They don’t bunch up during the day or camp together at night. As far as anyone else knows, their only connection is that they’re part of this caravan. Rezmir and eight

Domain Overview

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

similar to settings that appear in your Darklord’s past, or take inspiration from the Settings tables in the “Genres of Horror” section later in this chapter. Combine Locations and Visceral Details

creations of the Dark Powers and the domain is the only reality they know, but what logical and psychological leaps might an outsider need to make to sleep at night?

Waterdeep

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

Waterdeep The City of Splendors is a bustling city on the Sword Coast. A rider from Red Larch can reach Waterdeep in seven days, three if he or she changes horses often and dares to ride by night

The Wards of Waterdeep

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist

ride to an adjacent ward. Each ward has its own history, legends, and traditions based around who lived there in the past, famous or infamous events, and the uncanny things that continue to occur

beneath the alley under cover of night. He was discovered, and some say that as many as eighty bodies were subsequently pulled up from holes under the alley’s wide flagstones. Though this happened over a

Detailed NPCs

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

you like, you can roll 1d6 to determine which table to choose a name from, then roll 1d12 to get a name. You can also alter or combine names, pull from a book of names, or use a name inspired by a movie

and lowest ability scores, and combine them to inspire a persona. For example, if you find the adventurers unexpectedly arguing with a Lawful Neutral guard, you might create a cooperative but laconic

Noteworthy Sites

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel

fragrance of essential oils, and performances of hypnotic music, which combine to create a warm welcome for invited guests. To deter intruders, the castle is lined with magical traps that polymorph

victims into the saltwater salamanders (use the lizard stat block) common among Djaynai’s mangroves. Ancestors’ Danse House Home to the spiritual faction known as the Night Revelers, the Ancestors’ Danse

Gondola Swans

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

jetty extends ahead, at the end of which a waiting swan preens its feathers. Riding a gondola costs 1 ticket punch. Each ride is an hour long; it starts and ends at the jetty, and the gondola follows

since. Palasha was very upset.” Feathereen enjoys late-night debates with the bugbear Burly (see “Staff Area” later in the chapter). “He has a profound mind and is simply wasted guarding the staff

3. The Stable

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

takes damage or the rider dismounts. The castle is easily spotted, day or night, out to a range of five miles. The wyverns are faster than the castle in flight, and they can catch up to it

. Developments The characters can try to equip the wyverns with harnesses and ride them as aerial mounts; see the “Wyvern Riding and Castle Catching” sidebar for details. If they steal one or both wyverns from

3. The Stable

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

damage or the rider dismounts. The castle is easily spotted, day or night, out to a range of five miles. The wyverns are faster than the castle in flight, and they can catch up to it

. Developments The characters can try to equip the wyverns with harnesses and ride them as aerial mounts; see the “Wyvern Riding and Castle Catching” sidebar for details. If they steal one or both wyverns from

Action!

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

you begin an adventure with a bang, you catch the characters up in the action right away, grabbing their interest and sending them off on a wild ride. The Story Kickoff table offers some action

-packed ways to get things moving. Story Kickoff d6 Event 1 On a quiet night, the tavern door bursts open and a group of soldiers calls for one of the party members by name. 2 An explosion rocks a

Getting About

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist

you to use the roads, the following are facts you need to know. Traffic and Travel Waterdeep is a city of broad boulevards that thrum with traffic. All day and well into the night, a bewildering melee

(typically 2 to 4 nibs). You can choose to ride inside or ascend the spiral stairway at the rear to ride atop the vehicle. Most drays run on the main north–south boulevards, but some circle the Market

Life in Djaynai and Janya

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel

, workers, and potential Stewards. The anarchic spiritual group called the Night Revelers poses a challenge to the Stewards’ authority, arguing that Djaynai must abandon all government to truly be free

, reserving family names for close loved ones. In both realms, those family names combine Djaynaian words focused on nature, such as Pineshadow or Misthare. The following are common public names: Feminine

Getting to the Island

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

Getting to the Island The characters can reach Auril’s island in any of the following ways: Hitch a ride on Angajuk, the awakened sperm whale (see “Angajuk’s Bell”). Travel to Revel’s End (see

she’s with the party, she proposes that they spend a night in the town of Bremen and set out to Angajuk’s pier in the morning. Angajuk can travel up to 25 miles a day but takes a leisurely, meandering

17. The Boiling Bubble

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a4

), goggles of night, and a stone of good luck (luckstone). Development. A character who grabs Wave while the protective skin is collapsing can save the lives of those nearby by using the trident as a cube

rocky ride. Characters could also survive the boiling lake with a combination of immunity to fire damage and the ability to breathe water.

Elturgard

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide

Hellriders made some gains by day, in darkness the vampire and its minions inflicted cruel losses. Each night the good people of Elturel prayed to the gods that dawn might come more swiftly. Then, on a

particularly disastrous night when all seemed lost, dawn did come. A warm golden light suffused the city and surrounding lands, cast down from a golden orb that hung unwavering in the sky, so bright

The Knucklebones Gang

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

Feywild, courtesy of powerful fey with whom she has struck bargains. For this reason, the night hag has no concern for the well-being of her redcap and madcap minions. See appendix D for more information

Ride, the bigger one a Tormentor. The wheels of the Devil’s Ride are missing. The Tormentor is missing its harpoon flinger, and its armor plating is corroded as though eaten by acid, reducing the

Banderhobb

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

temporarily serves its creator as a thug, a thief, and a kidnapper. Birthed by Hags. In the earliest days of the world, a coven of night hags devised a ritual that led to the creation of the first

found in a tome devoted to debased wizardry. Silent and Deadly. When the ritual to create a banderhobb is complete, flesh, spirit, and shadow combine to produce a creature as big as an ogre. The newly

Bedlam

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands

gatekeeper, Bedlam’s distant ruler. Day and night, shrieking winds erupt from six arched pores at the tower’s base—the blastgates—which render conversation impossible in the town’s lowest district. Bedlam’s

(see Monsters of the Multiverse) who ride icy clouds spun from the town’s unstable winds. Their leader, Dust Devil (chaotic evil, air genasi bandit captain), derives sick satisfaction from tormenting

Knights' Quest

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

). Visibility Vision is limited to 100 feet within the canyon because of the fog and night sky. The manticore, hippogriffs, and giant vultures know the canyon well enough to avoid running into the

cliffs. Hunting the Manticore The knights ride giant vultures and stay together as a group. Characters can join the knights’ group, form their own group, or split up into multiple groups. A character

Zhentarim

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist

Zhentarim The Doom Raiders try to contact evil-aligned or morally ambiguous characters. A flying snake with a parchment tied about its body visits one character in the dead of night. The message

in the Dock Ward — three dead so far, each one decapitated by a blade in the dead of night. Look into it, will you? Methinks the City Watch could use a little help.” Characters who spend three

One for All: The Stronghold

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

composed recounting of deeds, events, and important persons. Dwarves combine their runes into patterns, present pictorial histories in seemingly unconnected murals and images, and otherwise leave their

a thief’s wildest dreams. In one chamber, gold foil lines the ceiling of an immense hall, carefully worked with diamonds that mimic the stars at night. In another, jewels are used to form wondrous

Random Encounters

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

explanations that appear after the tables. Early Travels Day Night Encounter 2 — Aarakocra scouts* — 2 1d4 + 1 jackalweres 3 — Knights of Samular* 4 3 Pilgrims* — 4 1d2 owlbears 5 5 Elk tribe hunters

Encounter 2–3 Aarakocra scouts* 4–5 Air cult skyriders* 6–9 River pirates* 10–14 Keelboat* 15–16 1d4 merrow 17–18 2d4 ghouls 19–20 1 water elemental Later Travels Day Night Encounter 2 — Aarakocra

Tale of Tragedy and Terror

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

merchants who came to the village for a week or two, sold and traded their wares, then left again. The nearest civilized settlement was three days’ ride on horseback down the mountainside. The inhabitants

wake of the catastrophe, another horror plagued the village as people began to disappear, starting with the survivors—not all at once, however. One or two would vanish in a single night, then a

Satyrs in Distress

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

within 20 feet of the forest’s edge, three satyrs come into view. When this happens, read: Three bipedal creatures that combine the features of men and goats laugh drunkenly as they stumble from the

there appears to be no storm brewing. At night, in places where the canopy of trees thins to provide a clear enough view, occasional bolts of red lightning can be seen in the distance. Strange

Finding Nim's Creation

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist

aren’t welcome there.) To gain Bonesnapper’s trust, a character must succeed on a DC 16 Wisdom (Animal Handling) check. The griffon won’t allow any character who fails the check to ride it. Nim’s errant

chapter 7) has at least one nimblewright aboard. The docks are bustling and chaotic during the day, except in winter. At night, darkness provides sufficient cover for characters to approach the

Hags

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

annis hag, nothing is sweeter than turning a vibrant community into a place paralyzed with terror, where folk never venture out at night, strangers are met with suspicion and anger, and parents warn

flesh. A bheur carries a twisted gray wooden staff, which she can ride like a flying broom and augments her magical powers. Cold Hearts. Bheur hags are attracted to selfish actions justified by deadly

Maglubiyet's Will Be Done

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

, occasionally breaking off small garrisons (often of one type of goblinoid) to guard territory that needs to be held. A host usually marches at night, with outriders, who carry messenger ravens, traveling ahead

goblins and worg-riding hobgoblins also make up a significant portion of the force. Hobgoblins might ride horses or other mounts they could obtain, such as hippogriffs, axe beaks, or giant vultures

Sports and Games

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

events. The Race of Eight Winds occurs once a year. Other events take place on a daily, weekly, or monthly schedule. For instance, shifters hold informal hrazhak competitions every night in Lower

matches take place in one of Sharn’s two aerial arenas, in Cornerstone and Hareth’s Folly. Skyblades jousters typically ride hippogriffs and carry blunted lances that deal nonlethal damage. Informal

Vistani

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

now are full-fledged members of Vistani culture (see the “Vistani Characters” sidebar for details). As they travel, members of a Vistani band walk, ride on horseback, and drive ledge wagons, stopping

at night to set up camp. Vistani bands occasionally camp near welcoming communities to trade and resupply, but rarely stay more than a week—though this can be complicated if a Darklord closes a

Market Ward

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands

token of apology, the manticore gifts the party a voucher for one free spa treatment at the Flame Pits (see the “Market Ward Locations” section). 3 Wheeze Whistletooth, a night hag with a persistent

scandalous merchandise typically finds its way to the Gatehouse Night Market (see the “Hive Ward” section), the bazaar has anything a traveler could want, so long as they can find it in the open

Warforged Colossus

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

colossus could direct itself but at diminished power. A colossus also carried a sizable contingent of elite troops, who could ride in safety within the colossus while it crushed through enemy lines or

comfort a low priority, only minimal crew quarters are provided, and the inside has no kitchen or dining areas. Normal operating procedure called for the crew to exit the colossus at night and camp

Topolah's Tower

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Light of Xaryxis

,” he says, “ready the jolly!” If the Second Wind was lost in the previous chapter, characters can ride the kindori to the dock. Otherwise, Krux is concerned about the poor state of Topolah’s dock

texts and more bird nests. “Here are my living quarters,” says Topolah, “where I read my books and take my meals. My autognomes have no shortage of recipes. Today’s repast is a deep-fried night scavver

Adventure Models

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

adventure hooks that you can use instead, or combine with the ones here, as inspiration strikes you. Delve into the Past d6 Adventure Hook 1 During a long drought, the water level of a lake lowers

storm giants tend flocks of sheep the size of horses, delving deep into the Underdark where stone giants ride mammoths across vast subterranean plains, washing up on an uncharted island whose giant

Hive Ward

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands

a rotten body into the back of a wooden wagon. “If ye need a ride to the Mortuary, there’s room in the back!” he laughs. 7 A thieving musteval guardinal (see Morte’s Planar Parade) snatches a bag

. Gatehouse Night Market Honest shoppers stick to the Market Ward, where prices are firm and goods can easily be traced back to their sources. Customers interested in less reputable wares, however

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