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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
Valor’s Call and the League of Malevolence The heroes of Valor’s Call become distressed if they learn that Zybilna and Iggwilv are one and the same. They know Iggwilv only by her reputation as a
villain, but they have allied with Zybilna against the League of Malevolence. That alliance persists, at least until the league is destroyed and its surviving members taken into custody. Zybilna offers to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
allowing others to follow them into the palace: Zybilna’s dragon (the jabberwock) haunts the palace. Only the bravest and hardiest adventurers stand a chance of surviving an encounter with it. There are
. Two members of Valor’s Call are noteworthy exceptions. If Elkhorn and Molliver are with the party, they insist on accompanying the characters into the palace to make sure the other members of Valor’s Call are all right.
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
into their minds and emits a telepathic call for help. The map leads to a mind flayer who wants to put the God-Brain out of its misery.
7 A farmer hires the characters to protect his family
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Arcana Unleashed
Renown Rewards Characters gain renown with the Crucible Keepers by surviving natural disasters or by completing Crucible Keeper missions. As their Renown Scores increase, characters gain access to
Caldera Arcadium. 50+ You can call for an Efreeti to aid you with a single task; the DM determines whether the efreeti can grant a Wish. Once you use this reward, you can’t do so again until your Renown Score increases.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Arcana Unleashed
Renown Rewards Characters gain renown with the Crucible Keepers by surviving natural disasters or by completing Crucible Keeper missions. As their Renown Scores increase, characters gain access to
Caldera Arcadium. 50+ You can call for an Efreeti to aid you with a single task; the DM determines whether the efreeti can grant a Wish. Once you use this reward, you can’t do so again until your Renown Score increases.
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older and more respectable.
Most kobold tribes avoid eating what they call “talking meat” — intelligent creatures — because such behavior prompts retaliation. The fear of
becomes an adult, or add additional word-syllables after important events such as completing its first hunt, laying its first egg, or surviving its first battle. The Kobold Names table presents kobold names
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
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
. The overseers of the Pulstein Mine call for aid, believing that strange creatures are causing the quakes to steal the “marrowstone” they’re mining.
10 Scholars at Ludendorf University learn of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
Octopus Attack The octopus’s attack shakes and tilts the ship so violently that moving around the ship becomes difficult. Any surviving monsters panic and seek to escape the ship, attacking the
check, a character falls prone in the space where the climb began. Rescue Once the characters reach area 1 and call for help, the sailors in the rowboat try to rescue them. It takes 10 rounds for the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
meet with Coal first and see if what she says adds up. Germaine is worried that, with her status as a Watch sergeant, her presence will call undue attention and endanger Coal. Germaine can give the
the family is interested in Coal’s information (though Germaine also points out that the characters really are Coal’s best shot at surviving this ordeal, what with Coal being caught between the two
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a6
even for characters of the recommended level. Further, adventurers who call too much attention to themselves are likely to be doomed. It takes only one or two extra giants in an encounter to turn a
survival of the individuals, of course, as well as opportunity for them to act. Some provision for the movement of surviving giants is given in the latter scenarios, but you will have to modify these
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
characters can refuse Vizeran at any time, at which point the archmage tells them to leave his home and wishes them good luck surviving in a world dominated by the demon lords. He says he will find
in. A few drops of blood or ichor from a demon lord, to connect with the demons the ritual will call. Gromph Baenre’s grimoires and notes on his ritual, to assist in better understanding the power
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
Monk Some call the unseen energy flowing through all things “ki.” I call it the invisible hand of the marketplace. Now let’s negotiate your surrender.
THE BUSINESS OF APPLIED KI
Ki is a magical
mind, confuse your enemies, and relieve that strain on your lower back. Subtle Stances d8 Stance
1 Incontinent Elder — Standing straight, knees together (excellent for surviving those long
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
continue to pursue his horrid, apocalyptic vision of a world transformed into a barren, empty ruin, with only the decaying corpses of the last few surviving gnolls left to mark its passing. As creatures
vicious realm of endless fighting. When the last battle ends, Yeenoghu will enter the world, slay its last surviving champion, and preside over a wasteland of rotting corpses. To Yeenoghu, pure destruction
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
defeated temples; one such leader is Haayon the Punisher. Haayon is a cloud giant who hopes to become the next leader of the air cult. Late to answer the call of Elemental Evil, he recently arrived in
the Dessarin Valley to discover the cult broken. The cloud giant believes the air cultists were defeated because they were weak, so he imposes a brutal regime of self-denial and atonement on surviving
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
devoured or whether it’s still trapped in the Soulmonger. How many souls must the atropal devour to become a god? It could be thousands or millions. Ultimately it’s the DM’s call, but the default
surviving member of a doomed expedition, a guide who has lived in Chult for years, a lone explorer seeking glory or treasure, or someone racing against time to save a loved one affected by the death
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
drawbridge is lowered, they ride to the square and call out for Kella Darkhope. If the characters raised the drawbridge, the Zhents call out for someone to lower it. If she’s still alive, Kella tries to let
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
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
an orb of dragonkind—but the artifact’s magic unexpectedly warped Silvanesti into a nightmarish land. The surviving elves of Silvanesti now find themselves a people without a homeland. Most journeyed
inhabit the oceans surrounding Ansalon. Dargonesti, also known as deep elves, call the vast oceans home. Their cousins, Dimernesti, are often called shoal elves. Although Dimernesti live closer to land
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
Message. A surviving hermit named Aaron spotted the characters approaching the island and ran here to ring the bell and call for aid. Unfortunately for him, the ringing bell attracted Rasp back to the
still secure, but the hermits deemed this area uninhabitable due to the damage. The pile of rubble in the southwest corner conceals a secret compartment in part of the surviving wall, just south of the
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
): entangle, speak with animals 2nd level (3 slots): flaming sphere, moonbeam, spike growth 3rd level (3 slots): call lightning, plant growth 4th level (3 slots): dominate beast, grasping vine 5th level
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
time spent fighting and surviving in the Abyss. Such elevations are rare, however, for most demons are destroyed before they attain significant power. The greatest of those that do survive make up the
demons.
A mortal who learns a demon’s true name can use powerful summoning magic to call the demon from the Abyss and exercise some measure of control over it. However, most demons brought to the Material Plane in this manner do everything in their power to wreak havoc or sow discord and strife.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
chance. Whether a deity is good, evil, or neutral is immaterial. All gods other than Maglubiyet and his servants are false and must be destroyed.
Call to War: Formation of the Host When the three
carried into battle like a standard and used to rally troops.
Life in a Slave State When a host conquers a settlement or a community, the surviving victims quickly learn to adapt to life under goblinoid
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
itself and the nearby hamlets and farms that look to it for protection and guidance, some twelve hundred people call the area home. Lady Morwen is the sister of the previous duke, Maldwyn Daggerford
Moor. Phalorm lasted barely a century before repeated orc and goblin attacks overcame it.
Kingdom of Man. When Phalorm fell, the surviving humans of the kingdom established the Kingdom of Man
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
,” both in chapter 2). The Against the Giants table offers suggestions for adventure hooks you can use to build an adventure following this theme. On the world I call home, three linked mountain ranges
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
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
and maybe even making allies. Talking with the Drow. Unless the characters speak Elvish or Undercommon, the drow call their leaders in area T15 to translate. Whether they talk or fight, their leaders
Henlifel (see area T15) lead this group. The brothers have come to try to convince their father, Ontharyx, to return home. Their father said he received a psychic call, and they worry he has joined a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Divine Contention
. The surviving defenders rally around them to hold the docks. Mark one victory and advance to Event 6: “Rolling Thunder.” The party retreats or Valdi dies. The defenders crumble and the zombies advance
each round, ask each player to roll a d20, and then roll a d20 for the dragon. Whoever gets the lowest result is targeted by the effect of a call lightning spell. The dragon attacks any enemy forces
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
warns the cultists in areas K2 and K3. If the characters openly approach the gate and call out, read the following text: Clattering sounds and muffled voices come from inside the gatehouse. Then a human
commands. If a fight breaks out here, Drosnin defends the chapel to the death. Once she falls, any surviving reavers retreat to area K14 or K16 to raise the alarm. K16. Great Hall The great hall becomes a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a2
a successful DC 15 Wisdom (Perception) check, a character notices the slits. Developments. If they are attacked or confronted by more than one character, Wark and Thark call out a warning that’s
orcs aren’t particularly vigilant, but they do start shooting if the sentries in area 1 call for help. The orcs are armed with longbows instead of javelins: +3 to hit (range 150/600 ft.); 5 (1d8 + 1
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
(area P51). Since then, she has been surviving on rations, but her supplies are running low. She doesn’t know how to get to the tomb’s next level. Hazem Ameen Uma, a valiant warrior who headed Amun Sa’s
call, fends off a horde of ghasts P48: Priest Catacombs A giant block of black stone lined with twelve upright sarcophagi sits in the center of this huge room. The faces that were carved into the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
leader of Valor’s Call. It’s obvious to anyone who can see him that the knight will plunge into the vortex if the time-freezing effect on him is ended. Storm Vortex. The vortex that churns below the
with anything it was wearing or carrying. Any creature that falls into the vortex has little chance of surviving. If someone throws one end of a rope into its space, the creature can grab hold of it
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a1
treacherous, crumbled masonry, which reaches to an unknown depth. To the west looms the surviving structure of what must be the Sunless Citadel. A tower stands on the west side of the courtyard.
The
(Medium [6 feet long], 16 hit points, +5 to hit, challenge rating 1/4 [50 XP]) that the goblins call Guthash (Bloated One). The giant rats that hunt in the Sunless Citadel all descend from her. These
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
their leader. If reduced to fewer than 50 hit points, the water elemental retreats to the basin’s bottom with any surviving water weirds. The water elemental enjoys conversation but speaks Aquan only
neutral evil mage and four neutral evil cult fanatics occupy this room. The mage, a sneering, human bully named Oxtu, insists the cult fanatics call him by his formal title of “Teeth of Vecna.” In turn
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
characters decide to call in the favor, Dral contacts his employers, and High Captain Horix Zoar does everything in his power to give the characters what they want, provided it’s within his power and isn’t
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