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Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
DC 20) and is restrained until this grapple ends. The aspect can have only one creature grappled this way at a time.
Tail. Melee Weapon Attack: +19;{"diceNotation":"1d20+19", "rollType":"to hit
;some say by choice. But others claim that she is imprisoned there to punish her for the evils she perpetrated when the gods sought to colonize the First World with their followers.
Mortals who hunger
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
character for punishment. Don’t Make It Personal. Don’t punish a character for a player’s behavior or some personal grudge. That’s probably the quickest way to undermine your players’ trust in you as DM
Death Must Be Fair The best way to avoid hard feelings connected to the death of a beloved character is to make sure the players know you’re being fair. Keep these principles in mind: Don’t Cheat in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
Into the Demonweb Pits Ambitious adventurers might decide to take the fight to Lolth, seeking to punish her for what she unleashed on the Material Plane and to undo whatever her scheme might have
gained her. Vizeran will be inclined to help them find a way to reach the Demonweb (Lolth’s layer of the Abyss), since the drow archmage hates the Demon Queen of Spiders and her subjugation of his race
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
place outside Zinda, like the Radiant Citadel. Either way, Samira will decide how to punish Kala and the Kings of Coin for their crimes. Whatever the outcome, Samira pays the characters the amount agreed
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
fighting threats such as Elemental Evil, but they hate slaveholders and do everything they can to punish those who enslave others. The elemental cults take captives and force them to work on their mad
projects, so the Free get involved to stop this practice and punish the perpetrators for their crimes. The Emerald Enclave Druid circles Athasian druids see themselves as guardians of the land and enemies
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica
powerful, so their voices do carry some weight. Blood witches strive both to protect the cult from external interference and to punish those who bring harm to the guild. They claim grandiose titles, such
as Tormentor of the Wojek, as a way of mocking their intended victims. Blood Witch
Medium humanoid (any race), chaotic evil
Armor Class 12 (15 with mage armor)
Hit Points 78 (12d8 + 24)
Speed
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver
to move on, strangers. Give us your stuff, and be on your way.”
Continue the insults and baiting as long as you like. The Redbrands attack in a round or two if the characters don’t. Neither side is
ruffians, most members of the town are grateful. One exception is the townmaster, who fears Redbrand retaliation. Harbin doesn’t punish the characters but warns them not to cause trouble. Awarding Experience
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
— can have their contract chiseled onto a sheet of gold that is placed in the chest of a marut. From that moment until the contract is fulfilled, the marut is bound to enforce its terms and to punish
teleported to a teleportation circle in the Hall of Concordance in Sigil. A target fails automatically if it is incapacitated. If either target is teleported in this way, the marut teleports with it to the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
events that have occurred over the past two years. They can’t prove it, but they want to punish the characters anyway. Love Polygon. The Rival blames a character for a relationship disappointment
is a dumping ground for magical experiments and dangerous spell reagents. It’s empty at night and out of the way, so the duel isn’t likely to be discovered or disturbed. In the characters don’t want
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
eluded her attempts to capture and punish them. The emperor accepts her answer as the truth of the matter. Unless the characters come up with a compelling way to convince the emperor that Secretary Wei is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
champion can expect a reward for doing so. As long as the champion is actively pursuing the quest and upholding the god’s ideals along the way, you can increase the character’s piety score, using the
complete a quest for a different god. As long as undertaking the quest isn’t a matter of urgency, gods usually don’t punish champions who procrastinate. But if a champion willfully ignores a god’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
choice. But others claim that she is imprisoned there to punish her for the evils she perpetrated when the gods sought to colonize the First World with their followers. Mortals who hunger for power and
grappled this way at a time.
Tail. Melee Weapon Attack: +19 to hit, reach 15 ft., one target. Hit: 23 (2d12 + 10) bludgeoning damage. If the target is a creature, it must succeed on a DC 27
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
plenty, the local humans know well that the elves protect them and punish trespassers who poach in the forest. Even barbarians know better than to hunt here, as they don’t wish to draw Melandrach’s
artifice. Supposedly only those who are worthy, without malice in their hearts, may reach it, while others (as the tales have it) “shall not find their way there.” Such tale-tellers must be few and far
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
, or else they’re just not doing their part. Fire Prophet Through all-consuming ambition and a desire to punish all who ever thwarted her dreams, the tiefling Vanifer has risen to leadership of the
with only her cunning intelligence. In her youth, she learned to dance for coin and slowly worked her way up from the wine sinks of the laborers’ districts to the elegant chambers of the city’s nobles
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
broke out when one angel, Zariel, pushed her way to the front and demanded to be heard. As the scuffle turned into a battle, Asmodeus looked on with a smirk. In the end, Primus declined to issue a
definitive judgment. He rebuked the angels for their descent into infighting, but didn’t punish Asmodeus for his evil ways. He did, however, order Asmodeus to forever carry a mighty artifact, the Ruby Rod
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
that falls to the floor. “Binky!” shrieks the caged goblin.
Endelyn uses the lightning-powered arcane device in this room to punish those who irritate her. The device has 3 charges and regains all
. Endelyn’s poor treatment of her notwithstanding, Vig wants to please the hag. The goblin enjoys working at Motherhorn, though she dislikes Stagefright, the goblin master of ceremonies. Vig knows her way
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
Reality. Friends, enemies, and loved ones might appear in the test, along with all manner of hazards and puzzles. The applicant has no way of knowing which challenges are illusory and which are real. In
are duty-bound to report and oppose such renegades. Some order members hunt renegades, seeking to punish or slay those who’ve defied the Mages of High Sorcery.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
same way he came from Annam’s, and many trolls venerate him. Some ogres and giants also worship Vaprak, particularly giants who despair of ever rising in the ordning. Demon Lords Service to a demon lord
Elemental Planes. The nameless horror called the Elder Elemental Eye perverts natural elements, limiting them to their most destructive aspects in a way that appeals to giants who are disposed toward evil
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
Adbar and Sundabar — swearing him fealty. Others fear that he will punish those settlements that didn’t contribute warriors to the cause to retake Gauntlgrym, but those folk don’t know the returned
Canticle of Gauntlgrym is now something of an anthem for the reclaimed city. It is often sung on the road by dwarven travelers on their way to make a life in Bruenor’s halls.
Silver halls and mithral doors
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
horrors unleashed on the world in Helm’s Hold, he found his own order at fault. The Order of the Gauntlet doesn’t punish the criminal before the crime is committed. When evil arises, members of the order
settlement: a handful of streets that encircle a central marketplace, with sturdy stone-and-timber embankment walls all the way around. In the center of town sits the Heartward, a large marketplace with
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
. A giant hyena attacks a mastiff near the statue of Zariel (area I2). A hezrou pounds on the door to the temple of Lathander (area I3), trying to force its way inside. Have the players roll
character kills a guard, Lulu’s mind attempts to punish the character. That character must succeed on a DC 15 Wisdom saving throw or gain 1 level of exhaustion as Lulu’s mind saps the character’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Domains of Delight: A Feywild Accessory
(requiring you to choose a new one for yourself) Breaking a Contract The Feywild can punish a creature for breaking a fey contract, but the creature must be on the plane to be affected. The penalty
. Superstitious folk who notice think you’re a vampire. 8 You are constantly surrounded by a small cloud of annoying but harmless flies. One way to end a curse on yourself is to get bitten by a faerie dragon of a particular color
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
from the dangers of their daily lives. When drow do dream, whether in trance or in sleep, they look for signs from Lolth or others of the Dark Seldarine. That drow do not experience trance the way
other elves do lends credence to the idea that their souls do not reincarnate. Did Corellon forever bar the souls of dark elves from Arvandor and change them in some fundamental way? Or does Lolth
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
when it is broken, usually when someone walks through it A doorknob that activates a trap when it is turned the wrong way A door or chest that triggers a trap when it is opened A trigger usually needs to
defense or a counterattack. A treasure chest, a door leading to a vault, or any other obstacle or container that bars the way to a valuable treasure is the ideal location for a slaying trap. In such
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
old order after its fall from power. Does anyone from the former power group remain in power during the next regime? If the old order remains in power, describe one way that its leaders punish the
. On the smallest scale, these are local gang bosses, pirate captains, and brigands. A leader in art or culture is a virtuoso whose work reflects the spirit of the age and changes the way people think
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
, most recently in 2017’s Tales from the Yawning Portal.) The premise of these adventures is simple: “giants have been raiding civilized lands,” so adventurers are assembled “to punish the miscreant
giants.” The adventurers fight their way up the ordning until their final confrontation with the fire giant king—and the revelation that the giants are merely pawns in the schemes of some sinister drow
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
ago, Feenia was caught stealing theater props, but Endelyn Moongrave promised not to punish her as long as Feenia agreed to fly the hag’s kite. Feenia did so and is now unable to let go of the cursed
from the string while the kite is in the air, and the string can’t be cut. The kite, its string, and the bows turn to ashes if the kite is reduced to 0 hit points. The safest way to free Feenia from
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
Howling Hatred Cultists Most air cultists are idealists lured to the cult by lofty notions such as detachment from material possessions, bodily addictions, and physical desires. Some find their way
Hatred cult as sacrifices. The priests also uphold the doctrine of their prophet, Aerisi Kalinoth, and harshly punish any initiate who strays from the path. Most other air cultists hate the priests
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
. Roleplaying Arn. Arn has no patience for attempts at diplomacy and meets aggression with aggression. If the characters don’t have one or more Skytower goliaths among them, the only way they can get past Arn is
Stormcrow Akannathi (a blind noncombatant). Each of them has private quarters off the main cave, where they keep their bedrolls. If the characters fought their way to this cave by killing other goliaths
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
around to give it commands. Treasure. The blue sphere is an Ioun stone (insight) that belongs to Iggwilv. Any other creature that attunes to the Ioun stone is cursed. While cursed in this way, the
roses to Iggwilv, but only Iggwilv and Iggrik (the quasit in area P51) know that the curse can be ended in this way. The black roses can be harvested from the rose garden (area P7). P34. Hall of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
once provided an exit from the garden, the fey crossing is now one-way, allowing exit only with a special key (see the “Returning to the Garden” section of this adventure’s conclusion for more on exiting
the central oak. The barkburrs attack any creature that comes within 20 feet of the tree. The Gardener doesn’t punish creatures that defend themselves against the barkburrs, knowing more barkburrs
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
contains no furniture, but clusters of what look like large fish eggs float against the walls, five or six feet above the floor.
The eggs are unhatched sahuagin. Disturbing the eggs in any way, including
decided to keep it as a memento of his triumph — not only over the lizardfolk, but over their very way of life. He had his warriors remove it to the banquet hall and place it so that it faced him as he
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
aberrant zealot, just like Duoro. They both hunt down the characters and punish them for their intrusion. Pool. The pool is empty except for a thin scrim of mold, as the infected elder brain hasn’t
up to ten creatures at a time. The elder brain can let those creatures telepathically hear each other while connected in this way.
Actions
Multiattack. The elder brain makes two Tentacle attacks
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
over hidden sinkholes to punish and eliminate would-be thieves. A Blue Dragon’s Lair Blue dragons make their lairs in barren places, using their lightning breath and their burrowing ability to carve out
, carrying an acrid whiff of the creature’s poison breath. The moss-covered trees grow close together except where winding pathways trace their way like a maze into the heart of the forest. The light that