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Player’s Handbook (2014)
in your proficiency with a certain kind of artisan’s tools), as well as the principles of trade and good business practices. The question now is whether you abandon your trade for adventure, or
you if a good case can be made for your innocence or the crime is justifiable. You can also gain access to powerful political figures through the guild, if you are a member in good standing. Such
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Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
birdfolk. Only when they roost on a branch or walk across the ground is their Humanoid nature clear. Standing upright, aarakocra are typically about 5 feet tall, and they have long, narrow legs that
violent end on an adventure. Members of some races, such as dwarves and elves, can live for centuries. If typical members of a race can live longer than a century, that fact is mentioned in the race
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Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
artisan’s tools), as well as the principles of trade and good business practices. The question now is whether you abandon your trade for adventure, or take on the extra effort to weave
innocence or the crime is justifiable. You can also gain access to powerful political figures through the guild, if you are a member in good standing. Such connections might require the donation of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
Unexplained Powers Sorcerers are rare in the world, and it’s unusual to find a sorcerer who is not involved in the adventuring life in some way. People with magical power seething in their veins
obscure or quixotic motivations driving them to adventure. Some seek a greater understanding of the magical force that infuses them, or the answer to the mystery of its origin. Others hope to find a way to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
Unexplained Powers Sorcerers are rare in the world, and it’s unusual to find a sorcerer who is not involved in the adventuring life in some way. People with magical power seething in their veins
obscure or quixotic motivations driving them to adventure. Some seek a greater understanding of the magical force that infuses them, or the answer to the mystery of its origin. Others hope to find a way to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Variety Series Some groups don’t want a long campaign with sweeping plotlines; they prefer short, unconnected adventures. With that style of game, different players might take turns as DM for one to three sessions at a time, with each adventure standing as a self-contained story.
Aarakocra
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Elemental Evil Player's Companion
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Beak and Feather
From below, aarakocra look much like large birds. Only when they descend to roost on a branch or walk across the ground does their humanoid appearance reveal itself. Standing
, a mission of vengeance, or a catastrophe typically lies at the heart of the aarakocra adventurer’s chosen path.
Two other circumstances might call an aarakocra to adventure. First, aarakocra
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Giants of the Star Forge
of the Star Forge” draws on the ideas, maps, stat blocks, and other details in the pages of that book, standing as an example of how to put all those pieces together. You can use Glory of the Giants to
help inspire alterations or expansions to this adventure, and of course to help you create your own adventures and even whole campaigns with giants in prominent roles.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
magic turns against the characters, forcing them to doubt abilities they previously took for granted. Here, no adventure site is too fantastical. Anything explainable as “an evil wizard did it” fits
Hazlan Adventures table suggests other adventures that might unfold here. Hazlan Adventures d10 Adventure
1 Hazlik’s apprentice Eleni charmed the ancient albino purple worm Gravedrinker, using
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
A Beautiful Mine The characters can pick up this quest if they start the adventure in Termalaine or shortly after they arrive in town. As they trudge through the streets, they see a young boy
standing on a box, yelling about various local happenings, including the recent evacuation of workers from a nearby mine that has been overrun by kobolds. A reward of 50 gp is offered to anyone who can rid
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
finally come. With the help of a tiefling scout named Mettle (see the Gala Guests table earlier in the adventure), the hags have been able to spy on the gala. Disguised as three elf nobles from the Feywild
present stolen invitations to the winter wolves standing guard outside, then waltz into Paliset Hall, cackling with delight at how well their plan is unfolding.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Renown Renown is an optional rule you can use to track characters’ standing, individually or as a party, within a particular group, such as a faction, an organization, or a community. A character’s
with another, based on the character’s interaction with each group. You can use renown over the course of an entire campaign or within a single adventure. At a campaign scale, you might set up factions
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
following events in the adventure, employing scrying magic, or methodically searching the Sumber Hills. Some or all of the player characters might begin the adventure already in possession of useful
information because of the adventure hooks in chapter 1. Key clues from these hooks include the following: Best Served Cold: The character hears from tavern patrons in Red Larch that a band of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
the characters visit Bel’s forge later in the adventure (see “Bel’s Forge”), they find it under siege from Shummrath’s hastily mustered forces. The attackers are quickly overwhelmed, forcing
. Rigorath the cambion tells them that Ubbalux must swear fealty to Mephistopheles to escape the standing stones. If Ubbalux does as Rigorath suggests, swearing its undying fealty to Mephistopheles, the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Giants of the Star Forge
Adventure Background For pious giants, position in the ordning is everything. Brimskarda, a legendary fire giant smith, is discovering what it means to fall in the ordning’s ranks. Various missteps
in recent years have imperiled her lofty station. To resecure her standing in the ordning and prove that she is still the greatest smith among giants, Brimskarda has reclaimed the legendary Star Forge
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
More Monastery The original Expedition to the Barrier Peaks mapped out six levels of the adventure’s crashed ship: “a large exploration-colonization expedition of human origin.” This adventure
focuses on only a cursory exploration of a similarly crashed planar craft, but you can easily expand the adventure by allowing characters to discover portals in the monastery that lead to lower levels of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
transitioning from another published adventure to this one. Nightstone is a fortified settlement located a few miles south of the Ardeep Forest, in the untamed hills between Waterdeep and Daggerford. A
lonely wooden signpost, standing where the trail to Nightstone meets the High Road, points the way to the settlement. Nightstone’s closest neighbors are the elves of the Ardeep Forest. Hunters from
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
A Call for Heroes When the adventure begins, the characters know the general history of Redwood Watch and its plight involving missing villagers. As soon as the characters enter the village, council
members Selenar Woodwise and Gwenhumara Goldmoss approach them to provide more information about Redwood Watch’s call for heroes. Read or paraphrase the following: Standing before you are two wood
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
magical gate to Castle Naerytar sits between a pair of moss-covered standing stones visible from all the front rooms of the lodge. Three other portals near the lodge stand between similar stones, and
, and one leads to the desert of Mulhorand, near a blue dragon’s lair. These additional portals should not be a major part of the adventure, but they can introduce cultist nonplayer characters coming
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
magical gate to Castle Naerytar sits between a pair of moss-covered standing stones visible from all the front rooms of the lodge. Three other portals near the lodge stand between similar stones, and the
, and one leads to the desert of Mulhorand, near a blue dragon lair. These additional portals should not be a major part of the adventure, but they can introduce cultist nonplayer characters coming to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
sealing an alliance. The characters begin the adventure with 0 points. That score is adjusted every time they interact with lizardfolk, but the results only become apparent when the characters meet the
irrevocably hostile if the characters’ total number of points drops to 0 or lower even after the queen offers them chances at diplomacy and ways to improve their standing. If this happens, after the lizardfolk give them a second chance, the characters’ mission ends in failure.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rrakkma
Section 1. Call to Action The characters begin the adventure standing about one-hundred feet from a gate to Pandemonium. They’re underground, two days travel and far beneath the Sha’sal Khou redoubt
CHASE!
The initial purpose here is to set the scene and put the adventurers directly into the action. There is no point to creating an extra decision point at the beginning of the adventure when we know they’re going.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
serve as a giant steading, and you can use the tables in chapter 3 to help you populate the site. The Steadings table suggests adventure hooks you might use to bring characters to such a place
. Steadings d6 Adventure Hook 1 A young giant looks for adventurers’ help turning the rest of the steading, including the young giant’s family, away from the worship of a demon lord. 2 The only possible
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
Thornwell’s Offer If the characters are less likely to get involved in the adventure out of altruism, they can be approached by a mysterious, handsome, well-groomed human female dressed in black-and
. Thornwell has wanted to be rid of Dory ever since she came to believe that her fellow councillor was responsible for the death of one of her allies. But she doesn’t want to jeopardize her standing on
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
in this chapter. Even so, completing more than the required number of quests can improve their standing in Ten-Towns (see “Reputation in Ten-Towns” below), and they still collect the other rewards for
. They also learn about new adventure opportunities outside Ten-Towns, as described in chapter 2. The Frostmaiden’s aurora sweeps across the night sky over Easthaven
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
Rival Vendors Dyn Singh Night Market vendors Lamai Tyenmo and Kusa Xungoon inherited a long-standing rivalry between their families, but they want to move past it. Circumstances and family grudges
conspire to exacerbate their enmity. In the course of the adventure, the characters are drawn into their conflict. Lamai Tyenmo Lamai Tyenmo (lawful good, gnome commoner) has dark, wild hair and a wide
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
suspicion. Those who play the factions against one another might earn the favor of both—but for how long? Using the renown system from the Dungeon Master’s Guide, track the characters’ standing with
Kalakeri’s two factions. Every character begins with 0 renown score with each faction. Characters gain or lose points as they act against or in the service of either faction. As they do so, their standing
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
restoring the city to its former state. If the undead medusa guarding area O4 is overcome, the crown and scepter recovered from the monastery can be used to open the temple gate, as noted in the adventure
characters attempting to activate or reverse the abyssal gate, you can also require that the character wearing the crown and holding the scepter must be in physical contact with the standing arch — making it impossible to activate the gate from inside the apparatus of Kwalish or any similar protective device.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
starting the adventure in Easthaven or have just arrived, they are present during Dzaan’s fiery execution. They’re too late to save Dzaan, but they might encounter a magical copy of him again in
various towns strive to obtain it. With no end to winter in sight, the cauldron might be the last thing standing between one town’s survival and another’s extinction. Easthaven residents bask in the warmth of an evil wizard being burned at the stake
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
of the adventure). Dean Tullus spread the curse to several students during the recent reception, and Murgaxor is now testing his magic’s power. The one remaining opponent reacts as follows: “What… what
are you doing?” your opponent stammers, panicking as their friends sprawl across the floor. “Cut it out, cheaters! You can’t do this!”
The last opponent standing blames the characters for what has
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
manipulate the fallen clock tower back to its standing position. This seals off her plateau defensively, denying it to the hags in case she falls. (If she survives, the unicorn remains able to teleport
her time. Who’s Who
In D&D canon, Lum the Mad discovered an artifact of unknown origin (reimagined in this adventure as technology from a crashed planar craft) and used it to conquer large
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
along a mostly regular grid, making it easy for characters to find their way among standing statues and funerary niches. If the characters come here following rumors of ghosts, it’s only a matter of
chapters of the adventure, or they should be kept busy with other commitments and quests before returning to the surface world. These quests could come either from the deep gnomes or from earlier chapters
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
The True Threat The people of Saltmarsh, and of course the characters, are unaware of the true situation as the adventure gets under way. The lizardfolk are not preparing for war against Saltmarsh
underwater. Ambassadors from the koalinth, the locathah, and the merfolk are present in the lizardfolk lair. The sea elves were not invited to join the alliance because of long-standing disputes
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
the edge of a swamp, but it could be located in any kind of terrain. A circle of standing stones serves to focus the magic of the area toward the seal itself, and the stones also serve as a place of
, or the characters might need to find one in order to consult with the guardians there. The Gatekeeper Seal Adventures table presents some possibilities. Gatekeeper Seal Adventures d4 Adventure Goal
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
kind, connected by silver wires to other tables holding stoic-looking lizardfolk. More silver wires connect the tables to a complex control panel standing between them.
The experiment underway in
adventure, as long as they can access fresh water every 4 hours. Control Panel The control panel is covered with dials, switches, and buttons—including a cloudy orange button recognizable as one of the