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Goliath Legacy

Species Elemental Evil Player's Companion

away in the night to seek the cold will of fate. In some ways, the goliath drive to outdo themselves feeds into the grim inevitability of their decline and death. A goliath would much rather die in

the one tasked with doing it. A goliath’s nickname is a description that can change on the whim of a chieftain or tribal elder. It refers to a notable deed, either a success or failure

Heralds of Dust Roles

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Adventure Atlas: The Mortuary

Heralds of Dust Roles Eulogists, gravediggers, and morticians, the Heralds of Dust serve Sigil in all things related to death. The faction attracts the grief stricken, the undead, and those with a

appendix for more on exorcists. Extractors. Whereas the corpse collectors scoop up any old body lying around the Hive Ward, extractors are tasked with retrieving and safeguarding the bodies of

Fall of Onyari

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

, the gold dragon Karavarix refused to hold back. He led a contingent of metallic dragons to the soaring city, intent on forcing it to land. The god Paladine tasked the Knight of Solamnia Zanas Sarlamir

Karavarix. The resulting battle between the dragons and Onyari’s people ended in Sarlamir’s death and the city’s ruin. The flying city fell apart across the Northern Wastes, its bulk ultimately crashing

The City of the Dead

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

wealthiest citizens of Sharn. Common folk are cremated after death, but members of the Sixty Families and others with sufficient wealth have their remains interred in the tombs and tunnels of this necropolis

Tower is an outpost of the Church of the Silver Flame, staffed by a single hermit tasked to watch for supernatural threats. Though the City of the Dead is largely peaceful, stories circulate about dark

Running the Adventure

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Nest of the Eldritch Eye

man is found clutching a withered eyeball, the characters are tasked with uncovering the cause of the man’s death. This leads the characters to investigate the city’s old catacombs and confront

Dead Man's Message

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Nest of the Eldritch Eye

the city. If the characters question Kevori (neutral good, human scout), she shares the following information: Investigators for Hire. Kevori and her brother were tasked by Lord Neverember to

Neverember of these developments. She implores the characters to avenge her brother’s death, but she also reminds the characters that Lord Neverember values information and will pay more for capturing cultists alive.

What If Everyone Dies?

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

and has them raised from the dead, putting the adventurers in the debt of their rescuer. What if the adventurers wake up decades after their death, returned to life by a Resurrection spell cast by

someone who believed they had an important role to play in this future era? Rescue Mission The players create new, temporary characters who are tasked with retrieving the bodies of the fallen heroes, so

Dragon Armies Regroup

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

Dragon Armies have returned to the Taman Busuk region, tasked with preparing to invade Solamnia. The White Dragon Army has ventured south to conquer Icereach, where its white dragons can fight

of their forces, but their patrols scour the countryside for resistance to subdue and goods to plunder. We’ve heard rumors that these monsters are called “draconians.” Even in death, these reptilian

Odunos

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

, Tymaret the Murder King, a servant of Erebos tasked with returning Phenax to the Underworld. Knowing that Phenax could disguise himself as anyone, Tymaret slaughters all living souls, just to be thorough

the corpses and dust. Occasionally, Returned who’ve grown tired of their half-lives congregate here, waiting for a final death to claim them. Some tales claim that treasures lie amid the crypts, but

T12: Ghastly Work

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

T12: Ghastly Work Jodie Muir npc with zombies The stench of death fills this pillared hall. Two ten-foot ladders lean against the west wall. A rotting figure in a crimson robe clings to each ladder

fiend. The woman is Xia, a Ghast Gravecaller. Accompanying her are four Ghouls. Xia has tasked four Zombies in crimson Robes to paint fluffy white clouds and silver dragons on the wall, in accordance

Crawling Claw

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)

murderer is bound to its severed hand, haunting and animating it. If a dead murderer’s spirit already manifests as another undead creature, if the murderer is raised from death, or if the spirit has

claw can’t be tasked with finding and killing a particular person, because its limited senses and intelligence prevent it from tracking and picking out specific individuals. However, a command to kill

Knights: A Breed Apart

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

silver cord — a strike against such an enemy has a chance of severing the silver cord, causing instant death. Knights and their silver swords are inseparable, and a knight will fight to the death to

raids on the Material Plane or other realms. The best duty of all for a dragon is being tasked to guard a githyanki crèche on the Material Plane, a posting that could last for years. Not only does it

I: Camp Carrionclay

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

Zirrok or a successful DC 20 Dexterity check using thieves’ tools. The chest holds a bronze dragon egg, which will soon be claimed by an envoy of the evil cleric Belephaion (see “Wings of Death”). If

the characters give the egg to Nezrah (see “Heart’s Hollow Quests”), she rewards them. Treasure. The desk holds two potions of greater healing and a pouch containing 300 gp. Wings of Death The

Missions

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

Army. Ambushing the Enemy The characters are tasked with investigating a farmstead eighteen miles east of the city, after fleeing residents report the farm was overrun by soldiers. When the

come on a camp of five baaz draconians led by a bozak draconian (see appendix B for both stat blocks). The draconians fight to the death. Treasure. The draconians have stolen 120 gp, food equivalent to

The Rank and File

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

question, and take part in drills when off duty to ensure that they act to the exact parameters of their instructions. Some other devils, particularly those of higher ranks and those tasked with

death can immediately step into the vacant role, as long as the devil is aware of the rules of succession and positions itself as next in line. Devils look at mortals as sheep, just as demons do

Mortuary Basement Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel

the characters walk as the living do, they stink of death. A Gulthias tree (see the “Blights” entry in the Monster Manual), surrounded by brambles, rises above the thicket. It bears a single, bone

throughout the chamber, and dusty scrolls line pigeonholes along the walls. The records room is the lair of Thaeziagnuz, a demilich poet tasked with eulogizing Sigil’s dead. Thaeziagnuz can speak

Above the Ashen Spires

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fated Flight of the Recluse

clouds surrounding the airship. Antonio José Manzanedo Electric Death Though Kreffik doesn’t know it, there is a spy aboard the Recluse. One of the two remaining crew members is a devotee of

has been tasked with stopping the delivery of Kreffik’s cargo to Korth. The Recluse itself is the dragon’s primary focus; the ship’s cargo is destroyed if the ship is. If the characters find the

14. Obelisk

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

shelf above the cavern’s entrance, a spectator tasked with guarding this area sees the characters as soon as they walk 15 feet into the cavern. The spectator screeches an alarm and attacks, killing

when the obelisk is complete. Pliinki shouts crass obscenities at the characters in a raspy voice while commanding the spectator to dispose of them. Both she and the spectator fight to the death

14. Psipod Nexus I

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage

resembling clipboards are inspecting the capsules, nine of which contain unconscious humanoids. The mind flayers are tasked with ensuring that the equipment in this room is functioning properly

. Damage, Death, and Healing. Creatures can be hurt, healed, and killed in the simulation just as they can be in the real world, and a character reduced to 0 hit points makes death saving throws as normal

Luskan

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide

, but once undertaken it is until death. To join a Ship, a Luskar must be of fighting age (fourteen or so, for humans), and possess at least one sword or axe, one spear, and three of the sturdy, bossed

shields the Northlanders prefer. Each Ship accepts new candidates from time to time to fill vacancies caused by death, but as a rule, the Ships don’t expand their ranks by taking on a large number of

Mortuary Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Adventure Atlas: The Mortuary

overtake the Heralds of Dust exorcist (see the appendix) tasked with guarding this vault. If the characters don’t intervene, the Undead might destabilize the vault’s magic and release other creatures

the mysteries of True Death From his orrery of souls, Factol Skall scours the multiverse for secrets about True Death, the annihilation sublime. In this encounter, the characters must aid Skall in

N9. Vistani Camp

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

them are away from camp when the characters arrive, helping the Vistani search for Arabelle. Strahd has tasked the Vistani with keeping an eye on the dusk elves, and the dusk elves know they aren’t

all the female dusk elves put to death around four centuries ago as a punishment for Patrina’s murder. Thus, the remaining elves can’t procreate. A broken people, they are aware of the vampire’s

Areas of the Air Temple

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse

will before final initiation into the cult. If the characters attack, the priests order the commoners to fight to the death. A commoner can be frightened into surrendering with a successful DC 15

power of the horn, the summoned djinni was obligated to complete a single service or task. Torhild tasked the djinni with the daunting task of keeping the palace quarter in good repair – a task he has

Greater Caverns Locations

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

free the one prisoned here, For a fate worse than death is Sure to come to fools who Violate this sacred place. The doors are unlocked but immensely heavy. When the characters enter a vestibule

chain, filling the room with its light. The woman on the dais is Drelnza (see appendix B), the vampire daughter of Iggwilv. Tasked with guarding the Witch Queen’s treasures, Drelnza slumbers in this

Locations E - H

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

a living creature like any plant, Grandfather Tree isn’t self-aware and can neither move nor take actions. Creatures tasked with protecting the tree gain the effect of a bless spell while they are

present proof of Wormblod’s death as an offering to the altar, see “Development.” If anyone damages the altar, the couatl emerges and tries to frighten them off, attacking only as a last resort. Ancient

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