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Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Scions of Elemental Evil
evil to destroy the world. Scions of Elemental Evil is part of a yearlong celebration of Dungeons & Dragons and its 50th anniversary. This adventure uses the 2024 Player’s Handbook, along with the
different set of adventurers who recently tumbled into the D&D multiverse. Each player can choose one of these characters or provide a character of their own.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
, the ritual can be performed in any location in the Underdark imbued with faerzress. Vizeran has kept this information from the adventurers only because he sees the ritual as his chance to destroy
Menzoberranzan and take his revenge on the drow who cast him out. A player character spellcaster might be able to reproduce Vizeran’s work to create and perform the ritual, setting up the scenario in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm Lord’s Wrath
Quest Goals To complete the Foul Weather at Wayside quest (see “Leilon Quests”), the adventurers must defeat the cultists of Talos at the Wayside Inn, destroy the shrine of Talos before it is fully
at the Wayside Inn previously, the ritual being performed by the cultists could incorporate movement that harkens back to that dance. Although it’s a small detail that a typical player might overlook, if even just one of your players gets chills or a laugh because of the echo, it’s worth the effort.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
Replacing Dead Characters If a character dies in the Tomb of the Nine Gods and you need a hook to introduce a new party member, choose from the suggestions below or work with the character’s player
clone has gear scavenged from dead adventurers. The new character is the sole survivor of a doomed adventuring company that breached the tomb in order to find and destroy the Soulmonger.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
construction evident even in the broken remains of the building, the place carries the unmistakable air of anguish and torment. Map 4.7: Demon Ruin View Player Version Demon Ruin Adventures The Demon
is, by all accounts, an enemy of the characters’ adversary. 2 Escort an innocent who is prophesied to destroy the Lord of Dust to the ruin, and there confront the fiend. 3 Carry an artifact to the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn
sustain a realm-wide curse; or invade with an army of undead, fiends, or other monsters. The player characters must destroy the Artifact, break the curse, or otherwise prevent the villain from enacting
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
Cult Reprisals The cults of Elemental Evil don’t wait passively for a band of heroes to systematically eliminate each cult’s surface outpost. Even if the characters destroy one of the Haunted Keep
of danger and impels them to respond. You have four reprisals to choose from: “Tremors,” “Skyriders,” “Reaver Ambush,” and “Fiery Fangs.” Let player interest and your own sense of pacing dictate
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
remain active even after the outer door is breached. Map 4.9: Library Vault View Player Version Library Vault Adventures The Library Vault Adventures table outlines some possibilities for adventure
involving one of these locations. Library Vault Adventures d6 Adventure Goal 1 Destroy a scroll containing an incantation that allows even non-spellcasters to animate the dead. 2 Steal the journal of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
Defeat a titan-spawned monster that has escaped the Underworld.
2 Destroy an undead creature terrorizing a small community.
3 Punish a powerful mortal for their hubris.
4 Reestablish
to execute a grand plan or be prepared for an imminent event. A campaign structured around the player characters as champions of Klothys might cast them as anarchists, prophets, or vigilantes
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
execution, the characters set the trap that Vizeran springs with his ritual — and hope whichever demon lord survives is weakened enough for them to destroy it. Allied Forces Vizeran is needed to
2d6 hit points at the end of each of his or her turns, provided the character has at least 1 hit point remaining. Tactical Losses. Once each round, when a player character would be hit by an attack, a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
Upper-Level Locations The following locations are keyed to map 6.4. Dyson Logos Map 6.4: Three Moons Vault - Upper Level View Player Version U1: White Lunarium White moonlight glows around this
characters, the deathwolf attacks viciously and stops at nothing to destroy its opponents. U3: Black Lunarium Two desiccated, undead creatures, each holding a bell jar containing a black rose, stand guard
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
Interacting with Objects Interacting with objects is often simple to resolve. The player tells the DM that their character is doing something, such as moving a lever or opening a door, and the DM
rules glossary. Breaking Objects As an action, you can automatically break or otherwise destroy a fragile, nonmagical object, such as a glass container or a piece of paper. If you try to damage something more resilient, the DM might use the rules on breaking objects in the rules glossary.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
Interacting with Objects Interacting with objects is often simple to resolve. The player tells the DM that their character is doing something, such as moving a lever or opening a door, and the DM
Rules Glossary. Breaking Objects As an action, you can automatically break or otherwise destroy a fragile, nonmagical object, such as a glass container or a piece of paper. If you try to damage something more resilient, the DM might use the rules on breaking objects in the Rules Glossary.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
Theros, drawing in multiple gods and threatening the idea of civilization itself. Player characters who are champions of other gods could find themselves marked for death by hunters who have a grudge
the polis of Meletis expands, clearing new land for houses and crops, Nylea decides to punish the polis and destroy it if necessary. Animated trees topple the walls, and Nyxborn beasts invade the city
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragons of Stormwreck Isle
the words of the captain’s journal and destroy the talisman while aboard the ship. This also breaks the curse—the characters still feel something like a sigh in the air, fog rises up to engulf the wreck
dream. Read this text to the cleric’s player: In your dream, you are once again on the deck of the ship that brought you here, and you see Stormwreck Isle shrouded in darkness, just as it was in your
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
Vecna’s Grasp Locations These locations are keyed to map 11.1. Dyson Logos Map 11.1: Vecna’s Grasp View Player Version E1: Kaleidoscopic Cavern Characters who use the magic of Vecna’s Link to
tunnels (areas E2a–E2c) and destroy the demiplanes connected to them. E2: Unreality Tunnels Each of the three tunnels in Vecna’s Grasp connects to a different demiplanar unreality. A tunnel’s walls
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
. Some are charged with defending sacred glades and preserving the natural balance. At times, however, all members of the order are called together to combat foes great enough to disrupt or destroy
team of three shield dwarf scouts to accompany them, along with a giant lizard mount for each enclave scout and each player character. The scouts are named Brim Coppervein, Thargus Forkbeard, and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
Lords’ Alliance. If Manshoon is the main villain, he promised not to destroy Yalah’s family if she allowed her villa to be used as a staging area for his secret plots. Believing that Urstul Floxin is
). Urstul’s plans — unbeknownst to him — are dashed when Lady Gralhund orders her nimblewright to take the Stone of Golorr elsewhere. Amid the chaos, the nimblewright flees the estate. View Player Version
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
for the player to continue playing that character, you can have the player create a new character. A replacement character should be the same level as the rest of the party. Chult attracts
adventurers from all over the world, and the activation of the Soulmonger draws even more adventurers than usual to its untamed wilderness. The player characters are among the earliest to arrive, but
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
Xen’drik In Xen’drik, you could... Seek to destroy ancient mystical weapons before they fall into the hands of villains. Battle savage giants in the ruins of their ancient cities. Match wits with
items are constantly being introduced in new sourcebooks and online content. One option is for a DM to limit access to some or all of this new material. If a player wants to use a spell from
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
servants of the Lords of Dust, or even accidentally. The Planar Observatory Adventures table presents some possibilities. Map 4.2: Planar Observatory View Player Version Planar Observatory Adventures
destructive manifest zones. 4 An observatory has been taken over by demonic cultists, and the characters must reclaim the facility or destroy it before the cult makes use of it. 5 A dragonmarked
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
here. Several ancient trees form a canopy, and their trunks are sculpted to look like great heroes. Map 4.6: Arbor Watchtower View Player Version Watchtower Villains Villains at a watchtower usually
want to take over, destroy, steal from, or infiltrate the place, or they already occupy it and use the defensible position to crush their enemies. Examples of such villains appear on the Watchtower
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Divine Contention
quickly overrun and subsequently abandoned and has remained that way for more than a century. The first action the soldiery of Neverwinter took in Leilon was to destroy the planar beacon inside the
outside as told by notices on the job board at the fishery.
When the adventurers are ready to inspect the job board, proceed to the “Fishery” section.
Map 2: Leilon Town View Player Version
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
dragons to utterly destroy the giant nations, and the continent of Xen’drik remains ravaged by the epic spells unleashed in this battle. In Khorvaire, the empire of the goblins was brought down by a
determine the path of the Prophecy, and player characters may be pawns in this great game. As one of the heroes of the age, you surely have a role in the Draconic Prophecy. Will you be a tool of one of these ancient forces, or will you master the game and determine your own destiny?
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
buried amid the shrine’s sacrifices.
6 Destroy the shrine.
7 Negotiate with a group of Mogis’s followers.
8 Convince a young aristocrat who was seduced into joining a cult of Mogis
out-of-the-way canyon wall. Signs of a bloody battle and the stains of countless sacrifices lie before it. Map 4.10: Canyon Shrine View Player Version Canyon Shrine Villains Most of the residents in a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a5
goals: (1) Destroy the Red Wizards’ monstrous creations and experiments to end the threat to Faerûn. (2) Gain access to the Phylactery Vault deep beneath the dungeon. (3) Destroy the phylacteries within
dead or within the Doomvault. Once the characters are finished talking, Syranna teleports in a map of the dungeon for the party (give the players map 5.2) and a glyph key attuned to the zone you chose as an entry point. She wishes the party well. Map 5.2: Player Map
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
occur in such a place. Graveyard Temple Adventures d10 Adventure Goal
1 Rob a grave or the temple’s vault.
2 Protect a grave or the temple’s vault from robbery.
3 Destroy a
Reunite a Returned sentry (see chapter 6) and their ghostblade eidolon (see chapter 6).
7 Destroy giant spiders infesting a tomb.
8 Acquire death records for a family from a temple full
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
threats. Map 4.11: Forest Shrine View Player Version Forest Shrine Villains Villains in a forest shrine are likely either trying to destroy nature or using the power of the natural world to harm others
. Examples of such figures appear on the Forest Shrine Villains table. Forest Shrine Villains d6 Villain
1 A group of dryads, enraged by seeing a section of forest burned, plots to destroy the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
Xulregg The Abyssal layer of Xulregg is a sweltering forest of massive trees, rotting undergrowth, and boiling marshes. Mike Schley Map 20.1: Xulregg View Player Version Locations in Xulregg The
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
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
Lightning is a game in which two teams of six players compete against each other. To win, a team must eliminate the other team’s players by hitting them with a 3-inch-diameter iron ball. A player struck by
on a hit.
To simulate a game of Chain Lightning, follow these steps:
Step 1. Every player makes a Dexterity (Athletics) check. The individual with the highest roll gets the ball, and that person’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
, took the sword and plunged it into a rock. I called on every ounce of goodness in my heart to raise a shield around it — a fortress against evil.”
3 “The demon lord Yeenoghu wants to destroy
an NPC, see if one of the players wants to run the hollyphant as a secondary character. Provide the consenting player with a copy of Lulu’s stat block, noting that Lulu has presently lost her Innate
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
Exploration Example This scene finds the player characters investigating a mysterious and potentially dangerous location. They're moving through the environment and interacting with things they find
around the dungeon the way they do in combat. But the DM frequently checks in to make sure it’s clear where everyone is and what they’re doing.
Teamwork Matters. The player characters are working
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
character of giant size stands in the amphitheater and loudly challenges Iymrith, the dragon’s ego gets the better of her, and she responds to the challenge by crawling out of her lair to destroy her
from 10 feet to 40 feet. They are difficult terrain for Large and smaller creatures.
Map 12.1: Iymrith’s Lair View Player Version
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
gave her nimblewright a map showing where to take the Stone of Golorr, but she forgot to tell it to destroy the map once the stone was delivered. Characters who search the nimblewright’s remains find
erase all knowledge of itself from that character’s mind (see the item’s description in appendix A). Any player whose character is forced to forget about the stone carries the burden of roleplaying
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
ground floor contains a museum displaying heroic artifacts and accounts of epic deeds, all of which are guarded by the ghosts of heroes interred in the crypt. Map 4.4: Sun Temple View Player Version
champion of Heliod, seeks to destroy all sun temples in the hopes of bringing about everlasting night.
4 A corrupt oracle (see chapter 6) of Heliod sells counterfeit heroic artifacts to those he can’t