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Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
campaign south. In his absence, he left a powerful contingent of the Red Dragon Army under Kansaldi’s command and ordered her to claim the Kalaman region in the Dragon Queen’s name. Kansaldi
pursues these orders with a fanatic’s zeal. For her, there is no possibility of defeat—there is only the Dragon Queen’s will.FireDragon Queen’s Favor. Kansaldi or one creature she
Yeenoghu
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Out of the Abyss
covered in matted fur and taut, leathery hide, his face like a grinning predator’s skull. Patchwork armor made of discarded shields and breastplates is lashed onto his body with heavy chains
, causing them to have advantage on melee weapon attack rolls and causing attack rolls to have advantage against them.
Regional Effects
The region containing Yeenoghu’s lair is warped by his
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
Chapter 11: Eve of Ruin Kieran Yanner Vecna is nearly done weaving his Ritual of Remaking.
The heroes are the multiverse’s only hope To defeat Vecna and save the multiverse, the characters must
reach the Cave of Shattered Reflection in Pandesmos and disrupt Vecna’s ritual. Before that, the characters must navigate the demiplanes Vecna has already created and find a way to access the lich-god’s ritual chamber.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
had risen again, becoming an evil god of secrets and magic on Oerth. Vecna’s defeat of Kas grates on the warlord’s ego. Kas aches to annihilate Vecna. Meanwhile, Vecna has been building his power, though the lich yearns to finally destroy his former lieutenant.
Kas and Vecna Lily Abdullina A young Kas and Vecna muse about the destruction of Oerth Hundreds of years ago, Vecna and Kas were close associates. They were driven men who shared similar evil
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
facing the might of one of the multiverse’s most powerful good-aligned spellcasters, so the warlord devised a plot to trick Alustriel into helping him defeat Vecna. With the help of spies, Kas learned
lack sabotages the Wish spell exactly as the warlord hoped, allowing him to suggest an alternate course of action: reassemble the artifact called the Rod of Seven Parts and use it to defeat Vecna instead
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
have released Kas from his domain to torment their onetime prisoner Vecna. Inevitably, when Kas fails to defeat his ancient rival, the Mists return him to his domain to rage for another era.
Tovag Darklord: Kas the Bloody Handed
Hallmarks: Undead military dictatorship
Notorious across the planes, the vampire Kas was once the champion of the lich Vecna. Wielding the mighty sword that
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
working behind the scenes, or they might be champions of their master’s cause, out to defeat villainy wherever it is found.
When viewed from the outside, a ki-rin’s lair is indistinguishable
1 minute later in unoccupied spaces of the ki-rin’s choice on the floor of the lair.
Regional Effects
A ki-rin’s Celestial nature transforms the region around its lair. Any of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
eventually defeat Kas, they learn where Vecna weaves his ritual and can proceed to chapter 11. The Characters Defeat Kas. If the characters defeat Kas, allow them to decide how to proceed. They might still
the archmages’ Wish spell. As a consequence, the spell shunts the characters to Alustriel’s sanctum. Suspecting that the characters are somehow linked to Vecna, Kas urges them to retrieve the pieces
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
The Ritual of Remaking Vecna’s Ritual of Remaking involves gathering powerful secrets, extracting energy from them, and interweaving this energy with the lich’s essence and magic. After Vecna and his
sufficient magnitude to destroy Pandemonium and unravel the multiverse. Vecna, with his consciousness preserved inside a magical singularity, can then reknit the multiverse exactly as he wants, sealing
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
Toward Web’s Edge Irina Nordsol Alustriel’s Chime of Exile might help the characters defeat Vecna After stepping through the portal, the characters emerge deep in the Underdark in Faerûn. The rod
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
, shields leap from the walls to protect him (see “Flying Shields” below). During waking hours, Ras Nsi returns here only if he’s in danger. If the characters defeat Ras Nsi and question him, he reveals the
12. Ras Nsi’s Lair Shadows dance over this opulent bedchamber. Cushions lie in one corner, and decorative shields line the walls. Treasures are heaped around the room: gold and silver coins; a gilded
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
Failure If the characters fail to defeat Anthradusk, the blue dragon completes his ritual, and several Ancient Blue Dragons appear at Anthradusk’s side. Under their resurrector’s command, the dragons
terrorize and subjugate the region. The exact details of what happens are up to you, but your players should understand that the cost of failure is high indeed! LEROY STEINMANN
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
Conclusion Luke Eidenschink If the characters defeat Xabazhut before the dragon’s fire consumes the region, the wildfires dwindle, and the valley begins to heal. But at what cost? Ultimately, the
characters’ actions determine the fate of the region. If the dragon is slain, will the gardens be destroyed? Will nature’s balance be upset? Will Ginder Nanik and other merchants seek to capitalize on
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
political dynamics in each region or realm, and use what they uncover to help the weak, the poor, and the oppressed from behind the scenes. Harpers act openly only as a last resort. Artus Cimber, a
to locate Artus are futile, as the Ring of Winter shields itself and its wearer against divination spells and scrying sensors.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
Conclusion After the characters defeat or placate Izel, the remaining salamanders and fire snakes in the region return to the Plane of Fire. Without offerings being made to awaken the region’s other
. Back in Etizalan, Ameyali is eager to hear the characters’ story. So long as the volcanic threats to the region have ended, she rewards the characters with 250 gp each regardless of whether her town’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
—often by hurling a region or entire world back in time before the calamity occurred. One of these ancient Weaver obelisks appears in Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden. No one knows anything about
the Weavers because the evil wizard Vecna stole the secrets of the obelisks and used them to erase the knowledge of the Weavers from existence. The lore of how to create the artifacts then seeped
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
before marching on the Cave of Shattered Reflection and confronting Vecna. The characters need to travel northwest from Pandesmos Outlook to reach Carapace Ridge. There are several ways the characters
battle coming from the northwest. Interrogating Demons If the characters defeat and interrogate the demons in this area, they learn that a powerful vampire made haste recently toward the northwest. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
didn’t ask for more information. Now, Alustriel expects to imminently be occupied helping Mordenkainen and Tasha locate Vecna. Alustriel can’t leave the sanctum, so she asks the characters to find her
Alustriel, Tasha, or Vecna, or anything about recently being in Sigil. By the time the characters return to the sanctum, it’s too late to stop Kas. Proceed to the “Kas Reveals Himself” section. Fighting Kas
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
named Miska the Wolf-Spider. Together, the two can defeat Vecna. Kas is attuned to the crown throughout this adventure. Crown of Lies Wondrous Item, Artifact (Requires Attunement) After betraying and
nearly destroying the lich Vecna, the warrior Kas found himself trapped in the Shadowfell, imprisoned in a Domain of Dread called Tovag. There, he languished as a vampire. In time, the Dark Powers of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
Stranded This is an ideal event for the Fields of the Dead region, if one occurs there, but it can be used anywhere. The caravan sees a fight happening ahead. A freight wagon is stranded on the road
, recognizable because they adorn themselves with wolf furs, paint worg heads onto their shields, and incorporate other wolf parts and icons in their armor and clothing. First the hobgoblins must be
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
aberrations and other extraplanar threats. Even in defeat, the daelkyr sowed seeds of madness in the Marches. Followers of the Cults of the Dragon Below remain scattered across the region. Some of these
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
Stranded This is an ideal event for the Fields of the Dead region, if one occurs there, but it can be used anywhere. The caravan sees a fight happening ahead. A freight wagon is stranded on the road
, recognizable because they adorn themselves with wolf furs, paint worg heads onto their shields, and incorporate other wolf parts and icons in their armor and clothing. First the hobgoblins must be
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
Background According to legend, Acererak was a tiefling fathered by a balor named Tarnhem. In his youth, he studied spellcasting under Vecna, and has since become an archmage of surpassing evil
. While researching the means to achieve lichdom, Acererak built a number of dungeons and tombs, including his famed Tomb of Horrors. Those dungeons were created partly as a means to draw out and defeat
Goblin
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
cruel in victory, goblins are fawning and servile in defeat, just as in their own society lower castes must scrape before those of greater status and as goblin tribes bow before other goblinoids
Painted or stained hands
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Bugs kept in a bag for snacking
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War cry tattooed on chest
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Shields made from ankheg chitin
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Bracelet made of pieces of goblins turned to
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Basic Rules (2014)
.
Similarly, a druid uses such woods to make other objects, such as weapons and shields. Yew is associated with death and rebirth, so weapon handles for scimitars or sickles might be fashioned from it
. Ash is associated with life and oak with strength. These woods make excellent hafts or whole weapons, such as clubs or quarterstaffs, as well as shields. Alder is associated with air, and it might be
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
Evil, for now. Over the next few months, the region returns to its tranquil state. It’s still a frontier, but monster predations and banditry decline. The weather returns to normal, even if the people
disperse within a tenday of the cults’ defeat. Bereft of leadership and reeling from the events, the cultists decide the Dessarin Valley isn’t the place for them. Some go to nearby cities, especially
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
, after which she means to erase from existence all those whom she once loved. At this grim juncture, the characters’ only hope is to defeat Zariel or to bend the knee in fealty. Killing Zariel frees
to tear the adventurers limb from limb. Clever adventurers can subvert the pit fiend’s betrayal by ensuring Zariel’s capture, banishment, or some other nonlethal defeat. In that event, though
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
lengths of oak or yew or sprigs of mistletoe.
Similarly, a druid uses such woods to make other objects, such as weapons and shields. Yew is associated with death and rebirth, so weapon handles for
scimitars or sickles might be fashioned from it. Ash is associated with life and oak with strength. These woods make excellent hafts or whole weapons, such as clubs or quarterstaffs, as well as shields
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
shields. Alder is associated with air, and it might be used for thrown weapons, such as darts or javelins.
Druids from regions that lack the plants described here have chosen other plants to take on similar uses. For instance, a druid of a desert region might value the yucca tree and cactus plants.
, incorporating lengths of oak or yew or sprigs of mistletoe.
Similarly, a druid uses such woods to make other objects, such as weapons and shields. Yew is associated with death and rebirth, so weapon
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
is to amass the power they need to defeat a powerful enemy that threatens the world. Their goal in the second example is to defend something they care about by destroying whatever threatens it. The
and using it to defeat a cosmic threat. Example 2: Agents of X You can also build a campaign around the idea that the adventurers are agents of something larger than themselves — a kingdom or secret
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
deprive her followers of their god-granted spells and their will to fight. With the Frostmaiden’s defeat, normal seasonal weather returns to Icewind Dale. The sun again rises above the horizon, and as
, since they represent a threat to Zhentarim control of the region; without a power base of his own, however, Naerth can do little to stop them. The end of winter signals a resurgence of life in Icewind Dale
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
century of life, adult dragons are mighty beings, akin to characters in the third tier of play (levels 11 to 16). An adult dragon’s influence can extend across a whole region or continent. Most adult
typically hunts the area around one lair for a month or more, then moves on to another lair. The dragon’s magical connection to a lair can transform the surrounding region, as represented by regional
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
inspired and equipped two human heroes, Kynaios and Tiro, to overthrow the archon Agnomakhos. Divergent tales describe their history following the defeat of the tyrant. Some claim that they warred with each
other for control over the region and that only their eventual death paved the way for the peace that allowed the new polis of Meletis to flourish. The truth is that they ruled Meletis peacefully
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon of Icespire Peak
Ending the Adventure ROCK GNOME RECLUSE The adventure can end in one of several ways. Ideally, it concludes with the defeat of Cryovain the white dragon, the completion of all the Phandalin quests
introductory product called the D&D Starter Set contains an adventure titled Lost Mine of Phandelver, which takes place in the same region as this adventure and is designed for characters of 1st
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
adventure to represent a hidden stronghold of Iuz tucked away in the Dreadwood. Perhaps Iuz is seeking to extend his reach into this region and orders the wizards in his service to establish a base here
prowess and recruits them to lead an expedition to defeat giants that are despoiling realms in the western mountains. If the characters succeed, they become trusted allies of the crown. The Tomb of Horrors