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Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn
, ending the effect on itself on a success. After 1 minute, it succeeds automatically. Failure or Success: The dragon can’t take this action again until the start of its next turn.The strange
dragon lairs beyond treasure hunting; they might contain the only surviving copies of forgotten lore, fungal ingredients for cures or plagues, or maps to lost Underdark locales.Deep Dragon Lairs
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out of sight on a high tree branch in the form of a leopard, a human peers out of the jungle at the strange construction of a temple of Evil Elemental Air, keeping a close eye on the cultists&rsquo
nature, coming face to face with a giant eagle or dire wolf and surviving the experience. Maybe your character was born during an epic storm or a volcanic eruption, which was interpreted as a sign that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Oselo Darklord Chakuna’s home village, Oselo appears prosperous and relaxed, and the people are friendly to traders and visitors. Nothing strange occurs during the day. But at night, everything
outsiders, granting them protection from the Trial of Hearts. Once adopted into the village, individuals must prove themselves by undertaking initiation ceremonies focused around surviving in the forest for a week with no tools.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
only surviving creature in the wreck is a cunning displacer beast.
4 The characters find a strange but adorable creature trapped within an abandoned alien installation. The being is a lovable
, trapping them in caves overrun with vampiric mind flayers (see chapter 5).
3 A strange message leads characters to a silvery vessel full of alien mysteries wrecked on Bluetspur’s surface. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
, miles-deep network of caverns, caves, and underground waterways called the Underdark is home to many strange creatures and even stranger societies. No one is quite sure the extent of this massive
ecosystem, except to say that it reaches at least the breadth of the continent, and that most creatures are fully capable of surviving their entire lives within it, provided they can find enough food
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer Academy
strange features, waving cruel weapons, and unleashing blasts of magic.
Captain Sardax lies on the deck nearby, her body ruined by shrapnel. “Hold the top deck!” she snarls with her dying breath. “Grant
disorient Moonraider’s crew, hoping to make it easier to seize the ship. The characters know Captain Sardax and understand that her death leaves it up to them and the other surviving crew members to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
domain’s strange science. In the latter case, Lamordia’s sinister steampunk veneer offers a perfect setting for a grotesque flavor of gothic horror, focusing on lives enslaved to machines, the worth of flesh
daughter and sole surviving heir, Varissa Schaller, wants to avenge her brother’s murder and begs the party to help destroy her father.
7 Prospectors seeking rare gas pockets discover numerous
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Viktal and the Tithe Those who come to Tepest inevitably arrive near the domain’s lone surviving settlement, Viktal. There, they find welcoming people, warm food and beds, and an unsettling sense
that the daily life and traditions of the villagers conceal horrible secrets. What starts as glimpses of strange behaviors or rustic decorations culminates in learning the village’s secrets firsthand
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
Adventure Synopsis The adventure begins when the characters arrive in the town of Red Larch, a small settlement on the western side of the Dessarin Valley. Strange rumors and ominous signs have the
investigate another lead, they soon find clues that lead them to the Haunted Keeps in the Sumber Hills. All of these are now occupied by strange new sects masquerading as harmless societies or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
the ocean’s depths might seek the means of surviving underwater—whether such takes the form of magic items or devices crafted by ingenious inventors. Alternatively, drowning might only be a concern of
those who aren’t favored by the gods, and heroes might find themselves welcomed into the deep by Thassa herself. The riches of the deep are also vast, with the peoples of the sea hoarding strange
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
meenlocks spontaneously manifested within the bedrock of the mountain. Their strange, twisting lair affixed itself to the tunnels of the mine like a leech. The creatures spent days psychically tormenting the
attention to the village. The lingering fear and trauma of the surviving miners called like a beacon to the meenlocks, who exploited the impaired mental states of the villagers and influenced their dreams
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
Spirit. If the characters try to convince Young-Gi that something strange is happening in the city, he’s not surprised. He doesn’t recall the fog, but he’s seen Won-Ha’s gwishin several times at the royal
park called the Park of the Elders, specifically late at night near the statue to his sister Young-Soo. Since Won-Ha had no surviving family members, he finds it conceivable that her gwishin could
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
seem to stretch forever into the depths. The storms that move across the sea sometimes create temporary portals to the Material Plane and draw ships into the Plane of Water. Surviving vessels from
. One of the few actual islands on the plane is the Isle of Dread. The island is connected to the Material Plane by means of a regular storm that sweeps over the island. Travelers who know the strange
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
magic and spellcasting ability, and to her these benefits offset the inconvenience and bickering that goes with living and working with other hags. If a member of a coven is killed and the surviving
on rare magic to the hag’s daughter. THE RULE OF THREE
They say that things come in threes. Good things. Bad things. Strange things. Hags and purveyors of witchcraft embrace the Rule of Three, as it
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
disappeared in the area. 11 Slay a dragon or some other challenging monster. 12 Discover the nature and origin of a strange location or phenomenon. 13 Pursue fleeing foes taking refuge in the dungeon. 14
surviving in the dungeon for a certain amount of time. 18 Parley with a villain in the dungeon. 19 Hide from a threat outside the dungeon. 20 Roll twice, ignoring results of 20. Wilderness Goals d20
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
perished, and the surviving orcs were forced to flee. Gurrash and several orcs escape out of the forest, make their way south, and stumble upon Nightstone. Knowing that the elves aren’t far behind
. Strange Bedfellows. If the characters came to terms with the Black Network in the previous event and the Seven Snakes are still around when the orcs arrive, the Zhents help the party defend Nightstone
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
earth cult at the monastery and again for surviving an encounter with Renwick, the lich in area M16 of the monastery.
Strange Map An ancient map has come into the character’s possession, showing the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
Against the Giants d8 Adventure Hook 1 Adventurers find a village completely deserted, with tracks leading to a hill giant steading. Can they rescue the surviving villagers and livestock before the hill
, revealing huge structures at its bottom. 2 A sinkhole releases strange monsters into the surface world, and characters who investigate discover a ruined stronghold in its depths. 3 An eccentric aristocrat
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
mushrooms, molds, and other fungi that she spawns. As the name suggests, the Slime Pits is a bubbling morass of fetid sludge. The landscape is covered in vast expanses of caustic slimes, and strange
the last surviving gnolls tear one another apart for the right to feast upon the dead. Yeenoghu rules a layer of ravines and badlands known as the Death Dells. Here, creatures must hunt to survive
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Uni and the Hunt for the Lost Horn
. A crystal barrier, its curved surface swirling with light and colors, forms a strange sky overhead.
A single path leads away from this area toward the clearing in area C2. Portal. The portal
surviving Worgs, which howl in terror as they fall. Vanishing Demiplane. It takes 1 minute for Venger’s demiplane to vanish, and creatures still inside the demiplane can use the portal in area C1 to escape
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
frescoes of elves traveling through space aboard sleek wooden vessels with giant crystalline wings, visiting strange worlds and battling orcs and dragons in space.
6i. Arch Gate to Level 3 Dust and
change from day to night or night to day, or bring the effects of a new season upon Wyllowwood. If the characters change the time of day or the season, all the surviving werebats except Vool (see area 17
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
intruding fragment bears a strange inscription on one side.
By training the magic telescope on distant stars, Ythryn’s astronomers could summon alien creatures from those stars to be questioned
infected by the slaad’s chaos phage, ordered her surviving apprentices to seal her inside the tower with the monster. In the years, decades, and centuries since, she has managed to keep the blue slaad
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
avoid that room. Library. The adjacent library is filled with books. Yanthdel can read the languages the books are written in, but the other drow can’t. Strange Pets. The drow want to force their way
survived the long years of abandonment.
The drow explorers perused the surviving books in this library but found nothing of use. Most of the surviving books describe Dumathoin’s faith, gem cutting
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a2
they enter. If he loses at least half his hit points, he tries to escape (using invisibility if possible). If his escape succeeds, he soon afterward rounds up a war party of surviving troglodytes from
with a faint phosphorescence. The ceiling is almost fifty feet overhead, and bright flecks and gleaming stone formations are visible in the distance. Patches of strange fungi dot the floor, including
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
and don strange masks. Entrance to the Underground City. If you’re playing the expanded adventure (see the “Extending the Adventure” section), a plainly visible trapdoor in the northwest corner of
masks with tentacled chins, oversee them.
Some surviving Cynidiceans gamble the fortunes of their lost kingdom in this secluded room. Twelve masked commoners play games here, supervised by four
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
immediately awaken two sahuagin hatchling swarms (see appendix C) from the eggs around them. The swarms attack the characters, while the priestesses try to flee, returning promptly with any surviving sahuagin
inset with dark stones that reflect the chamber’s dim blue light.
If the characters look into the chamber without interrupting the ritual taking place, read: Glowing symbols and strange designs are
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
information on this location. Fallen Lands Countless ruins dot this rugged, barren land, where ancient cities once stood and great battles once raged. Strange witchlights float around the ruins at night
mounted atop her griffon. If six or more frost giants fall in battle, the rest retreat to their ship. Left alone, the surviving frost giants (including those that didn’t participate in the initial