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Returning 35 results for 'prisoner table'.
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Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn
flavor in Calimshan or other areas where they are common. Roll or choose a result from the Nimblewright Tasks table as inspiration for what a nimblewright guard or nimblewright hulk might be doing in
assassination.
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Seeking a thief that has stolen one of the nimblewright’s cogs.
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Working to put out a fire before it spreads.
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Detaining a prisoner who claims innocence.
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Monsters
Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn
or other areas where they are common. Roll or choose a result from the Nimblewright Tasks table as inspiration for what a nimblewright guard or nimblewright hulk might be doing in a busy public place
Seeking a thief that has stolen one of the nimblewright’s cogs.
4
Working to put out a fire before it spreads.
5
Detaining a prisoner who claims innocence.
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Hauling mundane goods, but it is lost.
Poison, Psychic
Monsters
Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn
whirling pirouettes.
Nimblewrights can serve as interesting background flavor in Calimshan or other areas where they are common. Roll or choose a result from the Nimblewright Tasks table as inspiration for
spreads.
5
Detaining a prisoner who claims innocence.
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Hauling mundane goods, but it is lost.
Poison, Psychic
classes
Basic Rules (2014)
? Perhaps you were a prisoner of war, brought in chains to another land and only now able to win your freedom. Or you might have been cast out from your people because of a crime you committed, a taboo you
, followed by Constitution. Second, choose the outlander background.
The Barbarian Table
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Rages
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+2
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
long metal table fills the center of this meeting room. Skeletal remains of three escaped prisoners are slumped on the table. The remains rise as three skeletons that attack anyone who enters the room
tattered oilcloth lies in one corner of this room. When uncovered, the orb shines light as if affected by the Continual Flame spell. 22d: Prisoner’s Remains Skeletal remains of an escaped prisoner lie in a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
, beneath rows of hanging chains.
A limp, leather-clad figure is curled against the wall beneath the chains. Another figure lies strapped to a table, showing no sign of injury but surrounded by a group
of monks that appear to be preparing for some horrid ceremony. Hanging on the walls around the table are a number of grotesque leather masks.
The leather masks that hang around the room are the
Magic Items
The Book of Many Things
whichever cards they desire. Alternatively, roll on the Deck of Many More Things table below to randomly determine what cards are drawn.
Deck of Many More Things
d100
Card
01
Aberration
Pit
40
Plant
41
Priest
42
Prisoner
43
Puzzle*
44
Ring
45
Rogue*
46
Ruin*
47
Sage*
48
Shield
49
Ship
50
Skull*
51
Staff
52
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
cells as you see fit. Numbers are assigned in the order in which the prisoners arrive and are never reused. The longest-serving prisoner currently incarcerated at Revel’s End is Prisoner 6, and the
newest one is Prisoner 299. Characters who want to speak with Vaelish Gant must arrange a meeting with Prisoner 237 (see “Prisoner 237: Vaelish Gant”). To add detail to some of the inmates, roll on the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
table describes some tasks that could bring characters to such a place. Dhakaani Fort Adventures d10 Adventure Goal 1 Steal an ancient magic weapon from the fort’s commander. 2 Bring a treaty
taken prisoner and held in the fort’s dungeons. 5 Steal the fort commander’s notes on troop movements in the surrounding areas. 6 Lead a strike force against the fort to drive out or destroy the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
to tailor your domain to its central prisoner. Step 3: Create Adventures. What adventures will the characters have in this domain? Turn to the genres chosen in step 1, and consult their “Adventure
Hooks” and “Adventure Settings” sections to inspire your adventures. Step 4: Choose Monsters. The genres later in this chapter each include a table suggesting a plethora of monsters that suit the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
Innocent Prisoner Valder (neutral, human Mercykiller bloodhound; see Morte’s Planar Parade) is an ex-Mercykiller in hiding from his former faction. Decades ago, he disobeyed the Mercykillers by
simply furnished with a few chairs, a table, a kitchenette, and a bench cluttered with metal scraps and tools. A curtained-off area holds a single bed. After Valder hurries everyone inside and bars the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
proprietor was a Tethyrian human named Darthag Ulgar. He escaped the giant attack but didn’t survive long as a prisoner of the goblins (see the “Dripping Caves” section for details). A goblin named Jilk
post can find anything on the Adventuring Gear table in chapter 5 of the Player’s Handbook that is worth 10 gp or less. Roll a d4 to determine how many of each available item can be found.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Nemesis During the Last War, you had a run-in with a particularly dangerous foe, one who still haunts your nightmares. One day you’ll have your revenge. Consult the Nemesis table to determine the
. 2 Camp Commandant. As prisoners of war, you were captured and subjected to brutal conditions in a prisoner camp. The commandant delighted in your pain. 3 Inept Commander. Your friends would still be
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
, a githyanki knight with 140 hit points, stands at a 5-foot-diameter round table in the center of the room, poring over reports written in Gith that document recent clashes with the mind flayers on
small, shiny, black metal chest next to it (see “Treasure” below). Mounted on other walls are thirteen stuffed mind flayer heads.
Secret Trapdoor. A secret trapdoor in the floor under the table opens
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
Heist Adventures table. For example, the characters should be 2nd level before undertaking “The Stygian Gambit.” Heist Adventures Adventure Level Description The Murkmire Malevolence 1 Retrieve a
warped by the Far Realm. Prisoner 13 4 Obtain the key to a vault from a spymaster imprisoned in Revel’s End. Tockworth’s Clockworks 5 Liberate a svirfneblin town besieged by clockwork automatons
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
smells within the domain should hint at the Darklord’s past villainy or serve as a means for the Dark Powers to torment the domain’s central prisoner. Choose or randomly generate at least three questions
from the Domain Elements table to answer. If you generate the same question again, use the question one above or below the entry instead. Don’t be afraid to combine details in unexpected ways—the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Framing Events You can base an entire adventure on a framing event or use such an event to grab the players’ interest. The Framing Events table presents several ideas, or you can use it to inspire
festival 59–60 Midwinter festival 61–62 Migration of monsters 63–64 Monarch’s ball 65–66 New moon 67–68 New year 69–70 Pardoning of a prisoner 71–72 Planar conjunction 73–74 Planetary alignment 75–76
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Prisoner 13
corner tower. Characters can speak quietly with a prisoner without being noticed from the tower. R12: Meeting Room This room holds a large, rectangular table with a single chair on one long side and
travel all the way up or down the scaffold. R3: Guard Rooms This room contains a table with four chairs, and a cabinet holding whetstones and other simple supplies for repairing armor and weapons
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
corner tower. Characters can speak quietly with a prisoner without being noticed from the tower. R12: Meeting Room This room holds a large, rectangular table with a single chair on one long side and
travel all the way up or down the scaffold. R3: Guard Rooms This room contains a table with four chairs, and a cabinet holding whetstones and other simple supplies for repairing armor and weapons
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
Random Encounters Red Dragon Army forces threaten the characters and the lands surrounding Kalaman throughout the adventure. Roll on the Dragon Army Encounters table whenever characters might run
draconians* and 1 Dragon Army officer* 51–55 2d4 Dragon Army soldiers* with 2d4 mastiffs hunting an escaped prisoner 56–60 1d6 kapak draconians* disguised as travelers 61–65 1 priest of Takhisis
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
one trapped creature at random to accommodate the new prisoner. The Prisoners of the Mirror table lists the mirror’s current prisoners and summarizes how they react if set free or spoken to. Otherwise
against them. Prisoners of the Mirror Cell Prisoner Notes Reaction if Released 1 A’tan (CN male Chultan human commoner) Omuan merchant trapped shortly after the fall of Omu; driven insane by his
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
. An ancient wooden table surrounded by matching benches stands at the room’s center, near an ornate spiral staircase that climbs through the ceiling above. To the north are statues of githzerai
scholars and an alcove with a table covered in candles. To the south, in another alcove, stands a crystal sarcophagus.
The library holds the collected writings of Iedcaru’s scholars. The majority focus on
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
comrade and work out the details with the player on the spot. The Personal Impact table provides ideas for plot hooks that could directly involve a player character in a scenario. Personal Impact d6
characters served with the villain during the war, and the villain betrayed them or their nation. 4 The villain was the cruel commander of a camp where one of the characters was held as a prisoner of war
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
. The chamber beyond holds the temple’s most valued prisoner, Seodra the gemsmith. This room contains a cot, a footlocker, a basin, and a worktable covered in various tools. The table is presently
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Prisoner 13
sight of a guard Conversing with a prisoner about anything other than prison business (such as giving them instructions for tasks) For suspicion to increase, prison staff members must witness the
) check against a DC set by the current suspicion level (see the Suspicion table), the suspicious activity goes unnoticed. Use your discretion to decide if any given activity is subtle enough to be
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
magic spell. When a creature passes between the pillars, roll a d12 and consult the following table to determine what happens: d12 Effect 1–2 The creature must make a DC 12 Constitution saving throw
and becomes a +1 weapon. 24b. Dead Mage Bones. Moldy bones have been swept into a deep alcove in the south wall.
Dead Prisoner. Hanging from rusty manacles on the back wall of an alcove to the east
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
sight of a guard Conversing with a prisoner about anything other than prison business (such as giving them instructions for tasks) For suspicion to increase, prison staff members must witness the
) check against a DC set by the current suspicion level (see the Suspicion table), the suspicious activity goes unnoticed. Use your discretion to decide if any given activity is subtle enough to be
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
1. Office of the Artificer This entrance opens up to a large stone chamber. At the far end, an intense-looking man stands behind a large stone table covered in a dense layer of plans, drawings, and
prisoner exchange, taking Nolzur and some of the sculptors working the tomb to exchange for the gemsmith. The distance between the Tomb of Horrors and the Temple of Moloch is left to your determination, as
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
Mortlock or Amrik as a prisoner. Treasure. The vases, rug, and tapestries are valuable art objects, though they don’t go well together. Each of the sixteen vases weighs 2 pounds and is worth 25 gp. The rug
weighs 50 pounds and is worth 250 gp. Each of the two tapestries weighs 5 pounds and is worth 75 gp. V4. Servants’ Quarters This undecorated room contains four single beds and a dining table for the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
. The Mystical Island Environments table suggests some possibilities for the sorts of unusual islands that might be floating in the Siren Sea. Island Environments d10 Environment
1 Frozen
to desperate castaways, from monstrous predators to the last beings of their kind, might make their home in a hidden island sanctuary. The Island Inhabitants table offers just a few suggestions for
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver
adventures, like the prisoner in the goblin lair or the innkeeper in town. Who should be the DM for your gaming group? Whoever wants to be! The person who has the most drive to pull a group together and
attention. Make sure you look around the table occasionally to see if the game is going well. If everyone seems to be having fun, relax and keep going. If the fun is waning, it might be time for a break, or you can try to liven things up.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
Persuasion) check. The giant carries a 2-foot-long iron key that unlocks the iron trunk in area 16B. 13. Overseer’s Office The room to the south of the dressing mill contains a basalt table, a barrel of
detected inside the forge, three ogres stand around the northernmost table, where two fire giants are locked in an arm-wrestling contest. The ogres are cheering on the giants and paying close attention
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
orders. When the characters first visit, five wererats sit at a table, playing a game of cards. One hopeful initiate accompanies them: a human bandit who has yet to prove her mettle. 3: Jail In addition
prisoner from a rival thieves’ guild (use the spy stat block) is locked in one cell; Kathra Bitterwind visits occasionally to interrogate the prisoner. 4: Audience Hall A carpeted dais stands at the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
confronted by the Vistani seer Madam Eva, who told them Strahd had died, only to become a prisoner in his own land, tormented by the death of his beloved Tatyana and the murder of his brother Sergei. After
animate. To determine where the revenant’s new body rises, roll a d20 and consult the following table.
d20 Corpse Location 1–4 Village of Barovia cemetery (ch. 3, area E6) 5–11 Church graveyard in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
large wood table, bolted firmly to the deck, with a thick top crisscrossed with score marks. The table has a large drawer.
Hanging from hooks set into the hull above the table are two iron frying
. 7. Lizardfolk Quarters A distinct odor about this room reminds you of a marsh or a swamp — not fetid, not oppressive, but certainly noticeable.
In the center of the area is a wood table, bolted to