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Golgari Agent

Backgrounds Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica

animate dead, plant growth 4th giant insect, grasping vine 5th cloudkill, insect plague Golgari magic is often accompanied by a sickly green glow and a rotting

. 2 I like to remind people of their inevitable demise. 3 Sometimes I give voice to the whispers of the rot, which I hear but no one else does. 4 I do my best to discourage anyone from

Old Tower

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

, leaving Moog with no one to abuse on a daily basis. Moog is singing a mournful tune, which is amplified by the acoustics of the tower. Moog sits on the upper level of the tower (area 2), her calves and

has her back to the upstairs window that faces east, and can’t see anyone approaching from that direction. Her incessant singing is so loud that she can’t hear anything but the loudest noises outside

Reaching the Bottom

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

. Coming from one direction are several voices joined in a marching song. The singing grows louder as six bipedal rabbits wearing clothing emerge from the fog. Two of them tug at the reins of a giant

snail, and the others carry clubs and slings. The singing harefolk are six harengon brigands (see appendix C) who delight in thievery but avoid killing. Their marching song is dedicated to their

Random Encounters

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase

or Queen Zanobis. They follow the character, singing songs of praise and defending them from peril. 8 A number of commoners equal to the number of characters appear, wearing masks eerily similar to

the characters’ faces. These Cynidiceans mimic the characters as best they can for 10 minutes, even if it costs the Cynidiceans their lives. 9 1d4 guardians of Gorm (see appendix B) try to escort the

Voice in the Dark

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss

unexpected presence in the darkness. The remnants of a rockfall have opened up a small vaulted cavern along the passageway. Apart from the occasional glowing insect scuttling along the walls, the cavern is

can be convinced to tell her story with a successful DC 12 Charisma (Persuasion) check. If the characters attack Hanne, she fights to the best of her ability. If the adventurers are friendly toward her, Hanne is willing to travel with them for safety.

Market Ward

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation

, the Red Bazaar deals in everyday needs: locally produced meat, vegetables, tropical fruit, tej, light tropical clothing, insect repellent, rain catchers, and other household goods. The buyers and

), bloody animal combats, and spectacular circuses. The best gladiators become celebrities and earn fortunes. Statues of the arena’s greatest champions line the tops of the Grand Coliseum’s walls

Smuggler

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

often. You can roll on the following table to determine your claim or choose one that best fits your character. d6 Accomplishment 1 Spirit of the Whale. You smuggled stolen dwarven spirits in the

cart filled with stolen art through the middle of a battlefield while singing sea shanties to confuse the combatants. 3 The Recruit. You enlisted in another nation’s navy for the purpose of smuggling

The Streets of Sharn

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

calls for the crowd to place their bets. 31–34 Three harpies fly through the streets singing a jolly drinking song. Each carries a bucket around her neck, and passersby occasionally drop coins in one. 35

rats in a merry dance. 77–80 Four orcs jab at an ochre jelly with long staffs, trying to herd the ooze into the sewers. 81–82 Several Cyran refugees are gathered in a circle, singing a haunting song. 83

Trostani

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica

Selesnyan ideal: order, life, and harmony. In the midst of increasing tensions on Ravnica, the three personalities have recently been at odds over how best to navigate the conclave through such

animals, giant insect, moonbeam, plant growth, spike growth, suggestion 1/day each: conjure fey, mass cure wounds Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If Trostani fails a saving throw, she can choose to

Lost Spire Locations (P1-P8)

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

insect-like person. A character who examines this object and succeeds on a DC 20 Intelligence (Nature) check can identify it as coming from a thri-kreen. Tunnels Up and Down. Rough-hewn tunnels in the

plucked the best ones. Characters who thoroughly examine the remaining ones can find a couple of interest that are salvageable: Ajamar’s Guide to the Phantastic. This breezy, lighthearted treatise on

Leonin of Oreskos

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros

make decisions for most prides, these leaders rising from among the oldest or best-respected women of the pride. Generally, leonin communities avoid outsiders, particularly armed groups of soldiers and

fantastic celebration ensues, involving dancing, feasting, singing, public professions of deep feelings, and trading oaths. Traditionally, the speaker reigns for a single year. As the leonin have

Merchant Princes

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation

the city. Kwayothé Deals in fruit, wine, ale, tej, oil, perfume, and insect repellent Kwayothé (NE female Chultan human priest wearing a ring of fire resistance) is calm and contemplative in a way

own tej and insect repellent. For more information on these special items, see “Buying a Special Item." Wakanga O’tamu Deals in magic and lore Wakanga O’tamu (LN male Chultan human mage) is the only

Orolunga

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation

best source of information in Chult. However, she’s not easy to reach. A massive brick and stone ziggurat rises from the jungle. Two staircases angle up and across the front face, one from the right

the plastered walls, and singing birds flit from plant to plant. An immense snake with iridescent scales rests on a heap of cushions opposite the doorway. It rises slowly to a height of 5 feet

Sinister Sunbeams

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild

are not to be trusted, and characters (not to mention players) are often wise to be suspicious even at the best of times. You can adjust the encounters with the dryad-hags according to the players

the scene, playing the part of a helpful dryad. Read or paraphrase the following: You hear the sound of a singing voice approaching, heralding the arrival of an elderly dryad bearing the features of

Detailed NPCs

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)

Mannerisms d20 Mannerism 1 Prone to singing, whistling, or humming quietly 2 Speaks in rhyme or some other peculiar way 3 Particularly low or high voice 4 Speaks in an unusually formal manner 5

banal as the best inn in town or as important as a clue needed to solve a murder. Ideal In a sentence, describe one ideal that the NPC holds dear and which governs his or her greater actions. Player

Cobblehook Cove Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves

: Singing echoes from the chamber ahead. Cruel lyrics undermine the song’s celebratory tone. Seven members of the Corsairs of varied species and sizes sit on barrels in this area’s center. They

include four Pirates, two Mages, and one Assassin. Characters who hear the carousing realize the pirates are singing about the death and mayhem the Corsairs caused in Respite this morning. Elemental Gem

Lair Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves

cave appears to hold nine boulders, but three are Galeb Duhr that are singing while rolled up. Their song is quiet but deep and resonant, causing vibrations in the floor. If the galeb duhr notice the

characters, they lift their heads and begin singing more loudly, shaking the ground and making bits of gravel fall from the ceiling as they try to entertain their unexpected audience. When the characters

City Celebrations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist

doorsteps, and the like), it is an occasion of much drinking, singing, and dancing in Waterdeep. The wealthy host elaborate masked balls, while poorer folk don costumes of their own make and travel door

, Oberon, and Hyrsam, the Prince of Fools. Those inclined to remain sullen in the face of such frivolity had best stay home, for celebrants do their utmost to evoke a smile from those they meet. Ches 21

Giantkind Encounters

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

to reassemble a small stone building it accidentally demolished 6 1d4 otyughs (attitude: 1d10) in a waste pit where hill giants dispose of feast remnants 7 1 hill giant singing

crawler (attitude: 1d4 + 1) 4 2d4 goliath giant-kin* (attitude: 1d10) practicing throwing rocks 5 1 stone giant arguing with 1 minotaur (attitude for both: 1d12) about the best path for a maze

Gnome Gods

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes

these embarrassments, he declared an oath to bring death to all gnomes. To keep his nemesis from doing him harm, Garl tricked Kurtulmak into chasing him into a maze of caves by singing mocking songs

benevolent meddling in the affairs of mortal gnomes. Segojan Earthcaller The gnomes know Segojan Earthcaller as a kind, modest hero. He is said to be the best cook among the gnome gods and to have the

Threshold Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen

inset with glowing crystal bands run along the north side of this room. Between the columns stand two still, insect-like constructs. Sporadically, lightning arcs between a column and one of the

drone fulfills this order to the best of its ability, and will attack until its target leaves the room or is dead. T6: City Overview In the middle of this room stands a three-foot-tall, circular metal

Locations on the Second Level

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a6

then slip away—but until then she will help the characters to the best of her ability (both to better her own chances of staying alive in this awful place and to win their trust). During this time she

-foot radius (simulate this by making players uneasy in whatever way you find best). The wall to the west is a mural showing giants bowing before a black cairn, offering sacrifices and giving gifts. The

Locations on the Upper Level

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a6

. Arms Room The chief’s best personal armor, shields, and weapons are stored in a chamber that can be accessed only by going through the dining room (area 10). There are also four huge fur capes among

sorts of meat, cheese, bread, and drinking containers. Singing, talking, laughing, shouting, arguing, wrestling, joking, and the like are going on, so the place is a veritable din of noise. To the

Lesser Cavern Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Descent into the Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth

watch the best way.” Treasure. Each of the faces contains a different gem worth 200 gp: amber, amethyst, blue aquamarine, garnet, peridot, and pink tourmaline. A creature that tries to retrieve a gem from

of the cave. Two hideous giants squat near a circle of hefty stones enclosing a crackling fire. Above the roaring flames, a charred giant insect rotates slowly on a spit. Two fomorians inhabit

Lesser Caverns Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase

, however, responds, “I watch the best way.” Treasure. Each of the faces contains a different gem worth 200 gp: amber, amethyst, blue aquamarine, garnet, peridot, and pink tourmaline. A creature that

insect rotates slowly on a spit. Two fomorians inhabit this cave. The beds, fire pit, and utensils are all sized for Huge creatures. The fomorians are cruel, violent, and bored. When the giants

Tomb Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries

command me.” Ideal. “I yearn to see the best of all possible futures, so that I can help those futures come to pass.” Bond. “I faithfully serve Valin Sarnaster, the living embodiment of the divine will

mummy lord with these changes: She has the clairvoyance, dimension door, and scrying spells prepared instead of animate dead, guardian of faith, and insect plague. While her heart remains in

Locations R - U

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

can remember. Luskanite raiders have plundered and razed the island’s settlements more than once, but the natives keep rebuilding their villages and their ships while singing songs of bloody

mound a haunted place best avoided. In truth, the Blue Bears prowl the High Forest and the eastern Delimbiyr Vale, doing their best to remain hidden. Their members visit Stone Stand infrequently, and

Maelstrom Level 2

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

, Mirran and Nym. Mirran is singing, while Nym provides instrumental accompaniment by tapping on the crab’s shell with a pair of whalebone mallets. Mirran and Nym have the statistics of a storm giant, with

. Dealing with Uthor Uthor cares deeply for Serissa and does his best not to anger, frighten, or undermine her. He advises her not to trust small folk, but otherwise doesn’t interfere in her negotiations

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