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Returning 31 results for 'scout something'.
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Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
’ heroism is remembered to this day; the villagers share all the following information if the characters ask about the council members. Armin Whisperwind. Armin (Medium Scout) left Redwood Watch to
investigate reports of the grove’s corruption a month ago. He never returned. The villagers worry something terrible befell him, saying the skilled elf tracker would never have abandoned Redwood Watch
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Domains of Delight: A Feywild Accessory
scout stat block, but change its size to Small) 2 Gloomy wood elf druid (use the druid stat block) 3 Flamboyant pixie 4 Happy-go-lucky satyr 5 Ultra-competitive sprite 6 Overly cautious treant sapling
they eat 5 On a secret quest that they can’t talk about, except to remind others that they’re “on a secret quest” 6 Afraid of something commonplace, such as heights, enclosed spaces, or bare hands and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
interaction features the adventurers talking to someone (or something) else. It might mean demanding that a captured scout reveal the secret entrance to the goblin lair, getting information from a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
Ambush at the Archway As the characters reach the archway entrance to the village, the character who has the highest passive Wisdom (Perception) score is the first to notice something is wrong
them shouts. “La Paloma pays for her crimes this day!” Without hesitation, they attack.
Seven bounty hunters (use the scout stat block) shoot from behind the waist-high wall, which grants them half
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
camouflage them in their favored habitats even when the landscape is draped in snow. Giant lynxes are crafty hunters, cooperating in small groups to trap prey and occasionally using a magical gift to scout
can be quite sure it’s looking at something that isn’t there. Or at a ghost.
—Diancastra
Giant Lynx Medium Fey, Typically Neutral
Armor Class 14
Hit Points 22 (4d8 + 4)
Speed 30 ft., climb 30
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm Lord’s Wrath
lizardfolk next to him to go off into the swamp, scout for enemies, and bring back something to cook. The eight humans inside the two cages include the four soldiers from Leilon, one of whom is Private
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
stirges 17–18 1d3 magma mephits 19–20 1d10 goblins 21–22 Orc graffiti on the walls, suggesting something rude about the mother of someone named Krusk 23–24 1 swarm of insects 25 1 deep gnome 26–28 1d8
40–41 2d4 grimlocks 42–43 1d4 + 3 swarms of bats 44 1 dwarf prospector (scout) looking for gold 45 1 carrion crawler or 1 gelatinous cube 46 1d8 darkmantles or 2d4 piercers 47 1 hell hound 48 1d3
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
. But however they first enter the town, the characters quickly confirm that the Six’s ritual is already underway. Something is seriously wrong in Red Larch. The Dran & Courtier inn can be seen at the
town’s constable Harburk (LG male human veteran), and an explorer from out of town named Silvana (CG female human scout). The three work with any characters who help defend the townsfolk. Guarding
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
is most concerned for her children. Bertram’s heir and oldest child, at twenty-three, Watson (a scout) is brave, honest, and forthright. He takes more after his mother than his father or grandfather
characters talk to him, he rails on about how much this crisis is costing him. He pushes the characters to do something about it rather than bothering an old halfling. Bertram inspects his crops, staying out
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
a chance that characters searching the area find something of interest or value. Roll a d20 and consult the table below to see what, if anything, they find. Ambusher Lair Discoveries d20 Discovery
There is a chance that the mad creature has something of interest or value in its possession. Roll a d20 and consult the table below to see what, if anything, it has. The creature doesn’t part with the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
Blingdenstone, paying adventurers to scout and keep an eye on the territory while they organized their people across the dwarven holds and surface-world cities that had received them. After a decade of
mystery, but it is known to have something to do with Ogrémoch, Prince of Evil Earth. A medusa named Neheedra serves Ogrémoch’s Bane and leads some of the elemental creatures that have become enslaved by
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
the chandelier appears to be Viari (met at the end of episode 2) — but he and the scout Tanas are actually two gibbering mouthers. Illusion magic cloaks their appearance, though anyone touching them or
fight is done, the characters hear noise from the kitchen. As the battle ends, you hear a muffled thumping sound, as if something is striking wood. The sound comes from the kitchen.
The characters
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
order to escape and survive. Prisoners of the Drow Buppido Talkative and cunning derro Prince Derendil Quaggoth who claims to be a cursed elf prince Eldeth Feldrun Shield dwarf scout from Gauntlgrym
real nature sends him into a murderous rage. Eldeth Feldrun A female shield dwarf scout from Gauntlgrym, Eldeth is high spirited and proud of both her heritage and her people’s achievement in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
, with the apples grown and picked here processed throughout the winter into juice, cider, and other products. Daran Edermath (NG male elf scout) established the orchard many years before. A former
something other than mining. On the other hand, characters who earn the miners’ good will can end up with numerous allies in Phandalin. Smithy This building contains an open area with a forge and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
-scarred officer who experienced horrors in combat. They rely on something to dull the pain of their memories or wounds, from a favorite writer’s prose to a distracting vice. 2 Taskmaster. This angry
, Sage, Soldier Scout Hermit, Outlander, Sailor, Soldier, Urchin Provocateur Acolyte, Charlatan, Criminal, Entertainer, Noble Spy Any Military Quests The wide-ranging work of a military unit calls for
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
and sellswords Jobal (NE male Chultan human scout) made a fortune as a wilderness guide when the party he was working for discovered a stunning cache of Chultan gold and jewels. Miraculously, only Jobal
arcane spellcaster among the merchant princes. He’s a long-time friend of Syndra Silvane, and he’s something of a dandy who’s easily seduced by smart women — or perhaps that’s only a carefully
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
(Insight) check intuits that something weighs heavily on Nargis’s mind, though the tavern keeper won’t say what (see “Nargis’s Confession” below). If asked about the attempt on Zenia’s life, Nargis
functions as a Shortsword attack without poison. The other two divas use the scout stat block and attack only with broken bottles that function the same as their Shortsword attack. As the divas are all
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
. At the chamber’s center, a thick, foul-smelling mist billows from a shallow pool of brackish liquid. Something large and scaly lies within. Beyond it stands a sculpted pillar and a broad stone table
out of existence with each slow breath. Yarana. Since contacting to the characters, Chimagua’s ally Yarana (scout) has been enthralled by the aboleths lurking beneath the water in area C7. When a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
for those people. They suggest speaking to Propha, the barkeep and owner, who always appears to be trying to remember something. The following official Acquisitions Incorporated beers are now available
were inclined to train them. Also sitting at the table is the elderly Tanas (NG female human scout), who has been watching over the youngsters and doing her best to keep them out of trouble. All three
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
through the secret door as soon as the characters appear. Otherwise, if the smugglers have been alerted to the party’s presence, two bandits and a scout are here and ready to fight. Without a smuggler
can see that it is damaged and bent, as if something has tried to push the door open from the other side. Treasure. The ten wooden footlockers are locked. One can be opened by a character who succeeds
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
minions (thugs; attitude for all: 1d4 + 1) demanding tribute
5 2d6 magmins (attitude: 1d6) searching for something sizable to burn
6 2d4 azers assembling pieces of a helmed horror
horror of a giant transformed into something much, much worse by the corruption of a demon lord.
—Bigby
Fiendish Incursion Encounters d10 Encounter
1 1d4 barlguras (attitude: 1d4
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
least one character has a passive Wisdom (Perception) score of 16 or higher, read: You see a dark figure crouched low and perfectly still, aiming a crossbow in your direction. If more than one scout
of one skeleton doesn’t prevent future encounters with the other. Strahd Zombies Not even the cloying fog can hide the stench of death that descends upon you. Something evil approaches, its footsteps
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
.” The smaller statue is actually a petrified adventurer named Gowl (NG male Chultan human scout). He came to Nangalore in search of riches and was turned to stone by Zalkoré while reaching for the urn
lazily through it, and waterbirds paddle on the surface. Their ripples obscure something on the bottom of the pool, so you can’t quite make it out, but the bottom appears to be blanketed in oddly shaped
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a2
origin.
Something scrapes and hisses in the dark, and you hear the soft padding of scaly feet on rock.
Characters who are being stealthy might catch the troglodytes unawares. If the characters are
opens on the hillside (see the “Orc Tunnel” subsection of “Scout the Area”). The troglodytes use the opening to raid and hunt on the surface. Creatures. In the northern part of the cavern, near the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
closed monastery doors. The plain doors are made of heavy timber with iron studs. A dusty footpath circles the building.
If the characters scout around the other sides of the building, add the
long-abandoned dwarven stronghold that exists below the Sacred Stone Monastery; He nurtures something called the Black Geode, and when all is ready, “the Evergrowing Mountain shall come and remake
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a2
of the master smith’s work. If the characters come to this part of the complex from the Black Lake (see the “Dark Mere” subsection of “Scout the Area”), they begin in area 38. Map 2.5: The Foundry
and there a remnant of something valuable can be salvaged from the trash. Roll a d10 the first time a character searches a given room; on a result of 10, the character uncovers a semiprecious stone
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
Bandits Dreadwood 4 Defeat a threat Cultists Dreadwood 5 Find a lost patrol Bullywugs Drowned Forest 6 Scout a dangerous area Undead Azure Sea 13. The Snapping Line This popular inn and tavern is built
little more than memorial stones laid for those who died at sea. Krag (NG male half-orc commoner) is the town gravedigger, as well as something of a town historian and local loremaster. He has
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
Camp Member. Daveras’s usual card partner, a halfling woman named Cirit, hasn’t shown up for their games lately. Camp members said Cirit left to scout the other wreck segments, but Daveras seems
party, a character makes the check with advantage. Z6: Lower Crew Quarters The bunks and hammocks here are empty, and the walls are covered with colorful pieces of wood, each with something written on
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
something of its contents, your imagination might be stretched! Reading the book conveys no special advantage to the characters, and most of the contents are too obscure for full comprehension. A
Sahuagin by Professor Gaxm (15 gp). This slim volume contains a detailed account of the nature of sahuagin. If players want their characters to read it and ask to know something of its contents, summarize
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
merchants. For some, it’s the reason they come to Red Larch. Chansyrl’s is a steady supplier for many a settlement up and down the Long Road. Key NPCs. Phaendra Chansyrl (female Tethyrian human scout
overblown. She then suggests that if the characters are looking for something to test their mettle, there is a legendary treasure that is said to be hidden in Tricklerock Cave, and provides directions
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
male Damaran human scout). Many years ago, an Uthgardt of the Red Tiger tribe bit off Quinn’s left ear, but Quinn prefers to talk about the part of the story where he cracked open the Uthgardt’s
forest critters) warn her of their presence. She decides on a whim to leave her lair and confront them. The characters hear something enormous approaching them through the dark woods and tangled