secrets some adventurer

Witchkite

Monsters Monstrous Compendium Vol. 4: Eldraine Creatures

forbidden and dangerous magical secrets. The arcane nature of a witchkite’s hoard seeps into the dragon’s core, granting it spellcasting abilities and twisting its fiery breath into malevolent

the mostly forgotten adventurer Osval Dragons of Eldraine The dragons of Eldraine, are much like those of other D&D worlds. You can use any dragon stat block for a dragon of Eldraine. On

Young Deep Dragon Legacy

monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

. Deep dragons often hoard secrets, delighting in knowledge of far-off lands. Many seek out new insights and tricks that they can use against other denizens of the Underdark, preferring social

deep dragon refuses to leave the cave where the dragon’s best friend—an adventurer who won the dragon’s respect and affection—lingers as a ghost. Poison, Psychic

Anthropologist

Backgrounds Tomb of Annihilation

; Cultural Chameleon Before becoming an adventurer, you spent much of your adult life away from your homeland, living among people different from your kin. You came to understand these foreign cultures

desensitized to violence. 5 I would risk life and limb to discover a new culture or unravel the secrets of a dead one. 6 When I arrive at a new settlement for the first time, I must learn all its

Archaeologist

Backgrounds Tomb of Annihilation

, and a pouch containing 25 gp Dust Digger Prior to becoming an adventurer, you spent most of your young life crawling around in the dust, pilfering relics of questionable value from crypts

1 Ever since I was a child, I’ve heard stories about a lost city. I aim to find it, learn its secrets, and earn my place in the history books. 2 I want to find my mentor, who

Types of Reporting

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

. Journalistic Focus d10 Reporting 1 Investigation. Your job is to uncover the secrets that governments, dragonmarked houses, and other powerful people don’t want the public to know. 2 Muckraking. You look

for scandalous and titillating secrets that famous people would rather hide. 3 Local News. You care about the local community and report on local events and government. 4 International Affairs. You

3. Watchful Statues

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

sudden thought when they enter this area: “Some secrets are not meant for mortal minds to know. Look away from the darkness in which such knowledge hides.” Statue Trap When the first adventurer

the character is held by the dark gaze within the stony cowl for 1 round. During this time, the statue whispers impossible secrets to the character, which carry both benefit and burden. A character who

3. Watchful Statues

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat

sudden thought when they enter this area: “Some secrets are not meant for mortal minds to know. Look away from the darkness in which such knowledge hides.” Statue Trap When the first adventurer

the character is held by the dark gaze within the stony cowl for 1 round. During this time, the statue whispers impossible secrets to the character, which carry both benefit and burden. The character

Shard Solitaire Lore

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault

jewels into a bag of holding, creating an explosive portal to the Astral Plane. One of the jewels absorbed some of the portal’s volatile energy to become the shard solitaire. (See “Secrets of the Shard

Solitaire” at the end of the adventure for what really happened.) Previous Owners. When she was an adventurer many years ago, Zorhanna stole the shard solitaire from a trio of night hags known as the

Urchin

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron

trust anyone or anything… except the few friends you’ve made over the years. You’d do anything for your friends—even become an adventurer. 2 As an orphan, you were recruited by a gang of thieves

place, but there’s a lot of wonders in these towers… and you’re happy to share those secrets with your friends. 4 You’re a refugee. You were put in the camp in High Walls, but no walls can hold

Warehouse Secrets

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh

Warehouse Secrets Grotten Longflint (NE female gnome spy) describes herself as an adventurer, but her current trade is burglar and pickpocket. She is understandably circumspect about her business

Kuo-toa

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual

Kuo-toa Fishlike Fanatics of the Deep Habitat: Coastal, Underdark; Treasure: Relics Eric Belisle An adventurer stumbles on a kuo-toa archpriest and servants of its strange gods Kuo-toa have slimy

themselves to dominance, often kidnapping people to learn their secrets or making dubious sacrifices to bizarre gods. To facilitate such plots, kuo-toa try to capture creatures alive using nets or strange

Playing with Class

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated

, who wants to play a typical adventurer? And who wants to merely succeed? Franchisees of Acquisitions Incorporated want to thrive. They want to dominate. They want to pillage lairs and loot the treasure

that makes all their dreams come true. Whether it’s unlocking the secrets of the multiverse, living in the soft and supple lap of luxury, holding sway over hordes of adoring followers, or maybe even

House Tarkanan Campaign Themes

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

, this confrontation could begin with a number of small attacks against the adventurer or their friends. Over time, these actions could escalate. In addition, you could build a story around Thora

Tarkanan’s quest to discover the secrets of aberrant dragonmarks. Long ago, Halas Tarkanan and the Lady of the Plague possessed marks so powerful that they could destroy cities. Can Thora find a way to

Eberron Sourcebooks

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron

insight into the setting. The other books are largely tied to specific subjects. If you want to run a campaign in the mysterious lands of Xen’drik, Secrets of Xen’drik and City of Stormreach have a

with a host of spells, feats, prestige classes, and other game material. Eberron Player’s Guide (4E): This book presents Eberron from the point of view of the adventurer exploring it. This includes

Acquisition as a Holy Chore

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated

Incorporated characters to be aware of. Mask is the god of acquisition, after all, and governs the secrets that any successful Acq Inc franchise will be dealing in. Whether personal, professional, or business

-related, secrets are an important component of gaining leverage over others. Moreover, your successful franchise will eventually have many secrets of its own that you desperately need to keep quiet

Magical Effects

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

your heart. Step 2. Summon a flame in your palm. Step 3. Speak a secret about yourself aloud. (The secrets in appendix B might come into play here and in step 4.) Step 4. Compel another to share a

ritual was designed to test visitors’ magical aptitude but can be performed without casting spells. For example, an adventurer could light a handful of lamp oil to “summon a flame” (taking 1 fire damage

Cities and Sites

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

of Noldrunhold? The Realm Below No one knows the extent or depth of the ancient dwarven empire deep beneath the Ironroot Mountains. Great wealth and arcane secrets remain hidden in these halls, along

with endless hordes of aberrations. As a Mror adventurer, you could help your family reclaim lands from the Realm Below, or you could lead your allies into the deep in search of wealth and glory.

Witchkite

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monstrous Compendium Volume Four

Witchkite “I heard there’s an especially fearsome witch around here. Or was it a particularly cruel dragon? The tales were very confu—” —Last words of the mostly forgotten adventurer Osval While

many dragons of Eldraine hoard wealth and material goods, witchkites prefer hoarding forbidden and dangerous magical secrets. The arcane nature of a witchkite’s hoard seeps into the dragon’s core

Build Your Group

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

be a character with plenty of training and experience in the dangerous life of an adventurer. Sometimes called tomb raiders or grave robbers, such characters know that groundbreaking work requires

armed with combat-oriented spells that supplement the knowledge-focused capabilities of the Scholar, preparing them to face those who guard the world’s greatest secrets. Morgrave University

Lost Things

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

each character has lost. Lost Things d8 Thing 1 Ability to keep secrets 2 Ability to smile 3 Artistic creativity 4 Cherished doll or stuffed animal 5 Handwriting 6 Sense of direction 7 Sense of

they lost. The magic item otherwise functions normally. Ability to Keep Secrets. The character is unable to keep a secret. The hag who claimed this prize has since used it to create a wand of secrets

Audience with the High Priest

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

guards stand alert. Within, open tomes and scrolls lie spread across several tables, and Kedjou makes no effort to hide any of his notes, haughtily assuming no adventurer riffraff will understand it

, Kedjou flounders, then suggests it could be nothing more than overgrown rats. Summoning Secrets During the conversation with Kedjou, characters who have proficiency in the Arcana or Religion skill catch

The Giant Lords

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder

grants immortality to its wearer, was last seen in the possession of a human adventurer (and former Harper) named Artus Cimber. Guided by magical runes of tracking, Storvald plans to find the ring and

embarked on expeditions to map the present-day Sword Coast in search of long-lost Ostorian treasures and battlegrounds. Like archaeologists, they seek to uncover secrets of the past and retrieve

Platinum Room Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel

the head and appendages of a monstrous bovine breathes noxious gas at an adventurer. 2 An adventurer slowly reaches toward a lurid green sculpture of a yawning, fiendish face. 3 A bag-like monster

that looks like an executioner’s hood wraps around an adventurer’s head. The adventurer struggles as they begin to suffocate. 4 An adventurer runs, holding an armful of jeweled sculptures that resemble

Adventure Models

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

scholars and treasure hunters mount expeditions to plunder the ruins and unearth the secrets of the giants. On other worlds, the ruins of ancient giants’ civilizations might not be as numerous or well

adventurer passing into a world of giants. In Norse myth, giants inhabit the realm of Jotunheim, where brave gods and heroes occasionally venture on dangerous quests. Manuel Castanon Three brave

The Greyhawk Setting

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

competing interests or priorities while they pursue the same goals. Adventurer organizations are also a great source of special rewards beyond Experience Points and treasure. Increased standing in

, those touched by the gods, creatures born with supernatural power, and individuals who study the secrets of the multiverse. Histories and fireside tales are filled with the exploits of those who

Outer City Gazetteer

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer

patients have been endangered, but Mother Aramina is cautiously looking for more permanent security solutions. Danthelon’s Dancing Axe This two-story shop sells everything an adventurer might need, from

weapons and armor to rowboats and mobile monster cages. Presiding over the crammed shelves is Entharl Danthelon, a neutral good male shield dwarf commoner who claims to have been an adventurer once

The Cellar

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh

actual quality. Corpse. The remains are those of an adventurer who set out to explore the house several weeks ago. The smugglers slew the heavily armored intruder and left the remains in place to scare

. Thin wisps of beard float from its bony jaw. It raises a finger, tracing arcane symbols in the air. In a hoarse voice, it speaks: “Secrets found and lost then found again. Your paltry minds cannot

Outer City Gazetteer

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

looking for more permanent security solutions. Danthelon’s Dancing Axe This two-story shop sells everything an adventurer might need, from weapons and armor to rowboats and mobile monster cages

. Presiding over the crammed shelves is Entharl Danthelon, a neutral good male shield dwarf commoner who claims to have been an adventurer once himself, as evidenced by the magical flying axe that guards his

Locations in Triboar

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder

husband in the attic of the Six Windows rooming house. Urlam believes that Nemyth (see area T16) has a secret, and he wants to know what it is. In truth, Nemyth has no secrets, and Urlam’s belief stems

), is a retired adventurer who bought the inn from the Phorndyl family a little over ten years ago, after her wife (a wizard) vanished in the Underdark on an expedition. She much prefers retirement and

Redbrand Hideout Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk

columns and watches them, attempting to use its Weird Insight to discern the intruders’ secrets. Ssarnak communicates via telepathy. If detected, it prefers to negotiate and will betray the Redbrands

adventurer named Urmon, it describes the history of the lost mine of Phandelver and the Forge of Spells. (Share the information in the first and second paragraph of the beginning of chapter 1 if you

Lambent Zenith Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin

, Ilren claims to come from a similar background: the giff is an adventurer with heroic dreams who became stranded on this wreck when his skiff crashed into Havock. Ilren claims that nothing of his skiff

traverse. Regardless of the characters’ reaction to this revelation, learning it counts as a secret for the purposes of the Power of Secrets rules in this book’s introduction. Ward Rune. The ward rune is

Web's Edge Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin

cyclops fears a terrible fate for the miners. Regardless of the characters’ reaction to this revelation, learning it counts for the purposes of the Power of Secrets rules in this book’s introduction. The

. The body was once an elf named Fernil Orellian, an adventurer and priest of Corellon Larethian. A cloaker in the Underdark injured Fernil and killed his companions. An agent of Lolth came upon

Vault Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault

. Disguised as a vault guard, an adventurer sets his sights on the precious Ruby Diadem of Erlynn Blessedore T14: Strong Room This room contains four large metal cabinets. Guards don’t patrol this unlocked

secrets of longevity, but difficult to decipher.” This oversized tome is full of esoteric, archaic text that would require extensive research to decipher. A character who spends 12 weeks studying it

Red Larch Locations

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

a spy for the Cult of the Howling Hatred. Iraun is entirely passive; he just reports what his normal duties show him. Kaylessa’s Tale. Kaylessa is friendly to any adventurer who seems likely to tarry

and legs, she looks like an adventurer. She has idle dreams of traveling the North and slaying dragons, but she is far more interested in building a mercantile empire and outgrowing Red Larch someday

Tool Descriptions

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything

might seem too humble for an adventurer, a good pair of boots will see a character across rugged wilderness and through deadly dungeons. Components. Cobbler’s tools consist of a hammer, an awl, a knife, a

. Footwear holds a surprising number of secrets. You can learn where someone has recently visited by examining the wear and the dirt that has accumulated on their shoes. Your experience in repairing

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