staying some adventure

Location and Timing

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

Location and Timing This attack can occur in any settlement the characters are staying in or passing through. Ideally, use a location where one or more characters have homes or family. After the

second cult attack, allow the characters to complete one or two chapters of the adventure before the cult makes this final attempt on their lives. Because this attack is an all-out assault, the characters should have full access to spells, healing, and other resources.

Location and Timing

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

Location and Timing This attack can occur in any settlement the characters are staying in or passing through. Ideally, use a location where one or more characters have homes or family. After the

second cult attack, allow the characters to complete one or two chapters of the adventure before the cult makes this final attempt on their lives. Because this attack is an all-out assault, the characters should have full access to spells, healing, and other resources.

Location and Timing

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

Location and Timing This attack can occur in any settlement the characters are staying in or passing through. Ideally, use a location where one or more characters have homes or family. After the

second cult attack, allow the characters to complete one or two chapters of the adventure before the cult makes this final attempt on their lives. Because this attack is an all-out assault, the characters should have full access to spells, healing, and other resources.

Location and Timing

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

Location and Timing This attack can occur in any settlement the characters are staying in or passing through. Ideally, use a location where one or more characters have homes or family. After the

second cult attack, allow the characters to complete one or two chapters of the adventure before the cult makes this final attempt on their lives. Because this attack is an all-out assault, the characters should have full access to spells, healing, and other resources.

Running for Multiple Players

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon of Icespire Peak

Running for Multiple Players If you have two or more players, the easiest way to start the adventure is to assume that the characters know each other and have some sort of history together, however

staying at the local inn. Questions to Ask Here are some questions you can ask the players as they create characters: Are any of the characters related to each other? What keeps the characters together as a party? What does each character like most about every other member of the adventuring party?

Running for Multiple Players

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon of Icespire Peak

Running for Multiple Players If you have two or more players, the easiest way to start the adventure is to assume that the characters know each other and have some sort of history together, however

staying at the local inn. Questions to Ask Here are some questions you can ask the players as they create characters: Are any of the characters related to each other? What keeps the characters together as a party? What does each character like most about every other member of the adventuring party?

Starting the Adventure

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

Starting the Adventure Castle Djaynai monitors the arrival of travelers to the fog-shrouded port of Djaynai The adventure begins with the characters arriving in the city of Djaynai. Whoever arranged

Castle Djaynai. Map 12.1 depicts the central portion of the city of Djaynai, near where the characters are staying. Anadoua, a friendly, well-dressed human woman, owns the inn and attends to the characters

Starting the Adventure

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

Starting the Adventure Castle Djaynai monitors the arrival of travelers to the fog-shrouded port of Djaynai The adventure begins with the characters arriving in the city of Djaynai. Whoever arranged

Castle Djaynai. Map 12.1 depicts the central portion of the city of Djaynai, near where the characters are staying. Anadoua, a friendly, well-dressed human woman, owns the inn and attends to the characters

Staying in Uskarn

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

Staying in Uskarn An extended stay in the village isn’t required to complete this adventure, but the characters are likely to visit — if only to secure passage to Firewatch Island by way of the small

for the adventure, the following details about prominent people and other background information might come in handy.

Frody Dartwild

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

Frody Dartwild Read or paraphrase the following boxed text to begin the adventure: Froderic Dartwild, a famous bard born and raised in Toadhop, is all anyone in the hamlet can talk about. You’ve

owns the cabin now is out of sorts, to say the least. The family that lives there—a father, a mother, and their three daughters—is staying with neighbors until this grave matter is resolved. The

Adventure Hooks

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd

Adventure Hooks In the event that begins the adventure, the fates of Strahd and the adventurers are entwined as the characters are invited or forced into his domain. Different ways to get the

adventurers to Barovia are described in the sections that follow. Use whichever one you favor. In “Plea for Help,” a colorfully dressed stranger approaches the characters while they are staying at a tavern

Cursed Villagers

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

night, and Rufina warns the characters against staying out after dark. Although no one in Milpazul knows it, the sickness stems from the youth Serapio, who has transformed into a tlacatecolo (detailed

at the end of this adventure) and hunts at night. A character who examines a villager with sereno and succeeds on a DC 14 Intelligence (Arcana) or Wisdom (Medicine) check determines that sereno is not

Adventure Hooks

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd

Adventure Hooks In the event that begins the adventure, the fates of Strahd and the adventurers are entwined as the characters are invited or forced into his domain. Different ways to get the

adventurers to Barovia are described in the sections that follow. Use whichever one you favor. In “Plea for Help,” a colorfully dressed stranger approaches the characters while they are staying at a tavern

Cursed Villagers

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

night, and Rufina warns the characters against staying out after dark. Although no one in Milpazul knows it, the sickness stems from the youth Serapio, who has transformed into a tlacatecolo (detailed

at the end of this adventure) and hunts at night. A character who examines a villager with sereno and succeeds on a DC 14 Intelligence (Arcana) or Wisdom (Medicine) check determines that sereno is not

Frody Dartwild

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

Frody Dartwild Read or paraphrase the following boxed text to begin the adventure: Froderic Dartwild, a famous bard born and raised in Toadhop, is all anyone in the hamlet can talk about. You’ve

owns the cabin now is out of sorts, to say the least. The family that lives there—a father, a mother, and their three daughters—is staying with neighbors until this grave matter is resolved. The

Story Overview

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

Story Overview Krenko is the boss of a notorious goblin mob, and he has made his fortune and built his reputation by mostly staying out of the guilds’ way. He has managed to cause no end of trouble

Guildpact gets involved, alarmed at the possibility of another goblin gang war that could threaten the tenuous peace between the guilds. During the adventure, the Shattergang Brothers catch wind of

Story Overview

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

Story Overview Krenko is the boss of a notorious goblin mob, and he has made his fortune and built his reputation by mostly staying out of the guilds’ way. He has managed to cause no end of trouble

Guildpact gets involved, alarmed at the possibility of another goblin gang war that could threaten the tenuous peace between the guilds. During the adventure, the Shattergang Brothers catch wind of

Starting the Adventure

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

Starting the Adventure The adventure takes place in the Firefly Cellar beneath the House of Rest. Characters might find themselves drawn to this location for one of two reasons. Perhaps the House of

, he pinches the bridge of his nose with a sigh and explains that the books are not for him but for the other guest, K’Tulah, who’s staying in one of the rooms below. He gives the characters directions

Starting the Adventure

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

Starting the Adventure The adventure takes place in the Firefly Cellar beneath the House of Rest. Characters might find themselves drawn to this location for one of two reasons. Perhaps the House of

, he pinches the bridge of his nose with a sigh and explains that the books are not for him but for the other guest, K’Tulah, who’s staying in one of the rooms below. He gives the characters directions

Leandro Sedhar

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

Leandro Sedhar Asking for Leandro around town leads the characters to the Giant’s Skull, a welcoming inn made of wood and adobe. Leandro has been staying here for the past few weeks. Leandro (chaotic

mountain range south of San Citlán, an industrial city-state that first appeared in the adventure anthology Journeys through the Radiant Citadel. If your campaign takes place elsewhere in the D&D multiverse, you can insert Oztocan into any mountainous location.

Lurking Danger

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

Lurking Danger A nest of meenlocks lives in the mine outside the village. Though most of the creatures returned to the Feywild once the village was empty, six meenlocks (see the end of the adventure

for their stat block) remained to prey on lost travelers. When the characters arrive in the village, these meenlocks become aware of their presence and stalk them from a distance, staying hidden in

Lurking Danger

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

Lurking Danger A nest of meenlocks lives in the mine outside the village. Though most of the creatures returned to the Feywild once the village was empty, six meenlocks (see the end of the adventure

for their stat block) remained to prey on lost travelers. When the characters arrive in the village, these meenlocks become aware of their presence and stalk them from a distance, staying hidden in

Leandro Sedhar

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

Leandro Sedhar Asking for Leandro around town leads the characters to the Giant’s Skull, a welcoming inn made of wood and adobe. Leandro has been staying here for the past few weeks. Leandro (chaotic

mountain range south of San Citlán, an industrial city-state that first appeared in the adventure anthology Journeys through the Radiant Citadel. If your campaign takes place elsewhere in the D&D multiverse, you can insert Oztocan into any mountainous location.

Mission to Red Larch

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

restaurant. As the characters soon discover, this is not a coincidence. The Princes of the Apocalypse adventure contains more information on Red Larch and the surrounding region. As with Phandalin

, this version of Red Larch is set about five years later than that earlier adventure. How the characters arrive in Red Larch is likely determined by what they suspect or have learned regarding the

Mission to Red Larch

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

restaurant. As the characters soon discover, this is not a coincidence. The Princes of the Apocalypse adventure contains more information on Red Larch and the surrounding region. As with Phandalin

, this version of Red Larch is set about five years later than that earlier adventure. How the characters arrive in Red Larch is likely determined by what they suspect or have learned regarding the

Additional Encounters

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

Additional Encounters The Rise of Tiamat is an open-framework adventure designed for higher-level characters. As such, not all your game sessions need to stick to the main track of the adventure