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Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
serves the Harpers as a paid informant, keeping that faction apprised of Xanathar's plans as well as he can. Thorvin uses the ruse of maintenance inspections to cover up secret meetings he holds with
Harper spies in Skullport and elsewhere.
Thorvin wears iron-rimmed spectacles and carries a large, heavy wrench that doubles as a club. He also carries mason's tools, smith's tools, and thieves' tools, and has proficiency with all three.Poison
backgrounds
Eberron: Forge of the Artificer
Ability Scores: Strength, Constitution, Intelligence
Feat: Mark of Warding
Skill Proficiencies: Arcana and Investigation
Tool Proficiencies: Thieves' Tools
Equipment: Choose A or B: (A) Thieves
leader among the clans of the Mror Holds. Though it has never held the crown, it has a reputation for professionalism, honor, and order. You might strive to uphold that reputation, you might place
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
makes a successful DC 12 Dexterity check using thieves’ tools, or a lockbox can be forced open with a successful DC 15 Strength (Athletics) check. During a performance, each lockbox holds 10d10 sp
who succeeds on a DC 15 Dexterity check using thieves’ tools, or the door can be forced open with a successful DC 13 Strength (Athletics) check. The ticket sellers and the stage manager have keys to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Forge of the Artificer
Proficiency: Thieves’ Tools
Equipment: Choose A or B: (A) Thieves’ Tools, Fine Clothes, 10 GP; or (B) 50 GP
As an heir of House Kundarak, you take great pride in your family and its work of safeguarding
the valuables of Khorvaire. Your house has always been a leader among the clans of the Mror Holds. Though it has never held the crown, it has a reputation for professionalism, honor, and order. You
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
leading into area 8. This chamber serves as the office and apartment of Andras, the temple’s torturer and rival of the warden. It holds a bed, a desk, and mundane gear. The desk contains notes on
tortured prisoners and any information they’ve revealed (including the fact that the recently captured thieves were sent by Moghadam). If he is not at work in area 9, Andras will be found here. Treasure A
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
21. Servants’ Quarters These modest rooms belonged to the Halvhrests’ servants. Each holds a bed, footlocker, writing desk, and chair. They’re identical except as noted below. Agatha’s Room. This
room is locked, and the only key is inside. A character using thieves’ tools can try to pick the lock, which requires 1 minute and a successful DC 14 Dexterity check. This room belonged to Agatha Kavenza
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
-covered table surrounded by four chairs. Two cabinets stand against the walls. The east cabinet sports a lock that can be picked with thieves’ tools and a successful DC 15 Dexterity check. It holds a heavy
crossbow, a light crossbow, a hand crossbow, and 20 bolts for each weapon. The north cabinet is unlocked and holds a small box containing a deck of playing cards and an assortment of wine glasses
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
gear is stowed in the armory (area J16). Ceilings Cabins, holds, and passageways have 8-foot-high ceilings with 6-foot-high doorways connecting them. Doors Unless otherwise noted, doors are made of wood
. A door’s lock can be picked by a character who makes a successful DC 15 Dexterity check using thieves’ tools, or a door can be forced open by a character who makes a successful DC 15 Strength
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
tower juts from the temple’s roof; one of its walls bears tall vents to catch the wind.
A padlock holds closed a gate in the temple’s 8-foot-tall fence, but it can be unlocked as an action with a
successful DC 12 Dexterity check using thieves’ tools or broken with a successful DC 18 Strength check. Characters who succeed on a DC 16 Wisdom (Perception) check also notice that the double door leading into the temple has a sliding peephole.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
. Thorvin uses the ruse of maintenance inspections to cover up secret meetings he holds with Harper spies in Skullport and elsewhere. Thorvin wears iron-rimmed spectacles and carries a large, heavy wrench
that doubles as a club. He also carries mason’s tools, smith’s tools, and thieves’ tools, and has proficiency with all three. Game Statistics Thorvin is a shield dwarf commoner, with these changes
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Astral Adventurer’s Guide
Underbarons Four underbarons, each one equivalent to the master of a thieves’ guild, compete among themselves for greater shares of influence and income in the city. Despite their status as lords of
Sandyfoot. This neutral good halfling, headquartered in a neighborhood known as the Burrows, holds sway over craftspeople. The Juggler. This chaotic good elf oversees a network of swindlers and minstrels
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Intro to Stormwreck Isle
Halfling Rogue You fell in with a thieves’ guild called the Gilded Gallows at an early age. The guild has prospered in recent years, and its influence is spreading across the Sword Coast. You
went cold in Neverwinter, but recently you’ve learned of a remote island cloister called Dragon’s Rest. The cloister holds a temple to the dragon god Bahamut, who is a patron of heroes and a champion of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
requires thieves’ tools and another successful DC 15 Dexterity check. Treasure The side table holds a small silver-framed mirror worth 10 gp. The small shrine to Lolth is carved of zurkhwood and bone
platform is covered with cushions and pillows to make a broad, divan-like bed. One side of the chamber contains a small table and two chairs, while the other holds a small shrine to Lolth, draped in white
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
thieves’ tools opens each lock. This shed’s central silo holds old silkball and Mage Tower equipment: bins of deflated silkballs, wooden dummy mascots, and dented field rakes. Treasure. In the main
members. A character using thieves’ tools can open either lock with a successful DC 25 Dexterity check. This shed’s central silo contains a jumble of obsolete equipment that belongs to the gymnastics
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
13. Chamber of Three Chests This treasury holds resources for the construction of the tomb, including precious metals and gemstones stored here for safekeeping. A number of bones from former
successful DC 14 Dexterity check using thieves’ tools. However, doing so triggers this area’s protective magic. Creatures Opening the gold chest causes the bones in the room to assemble into a giant
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
31. Gemsmith’s Cell The oak door leading to this area is locked, but can be opened with a successful DC 14 Dexterity check using thieves’ tools, or forced open with a successful DC 14 Strength check
. The chamber beyond holds the temple’s most valued prisoner, Seodra the gemsmith. This room contains a cot, a footlocker, a basin, and a worktable covered in various tools. The table is presently
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
can be worked to access hidden compartments, revealing 10d10 gp worth of loose coins, three uncut sapphires (50 gp each), and a map showing the route to a cache of stolen goods hidden near a thieves
guild in a city of your choice. One cache also holds a Three-Dragon Ante deck with one card enchanted to appear as whatever specific card its owner commands. This magic works only 25 percent of the time
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
riverbank holds a bright community of market stalls, colorful art, traders, peddlers, tinkers, and vendors of food and drink. On official holidays, people gather along the riverbank to tie ribbons on tree
. Although the site is rumored to be filled with treasures, only the most reckless thieves consider breaking in, for countless gwishin rage there each night, their screams echoing for miles.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
the planar portal in area 33, which in turn generates the Donjon Sphere’s fiery power core. Opening off one of the corridors is a circular chamber that holds a platform for the elevator in area 19. As
an action, a character with thieves’ tools can try to remove a control gem, doing so with a successful DC 17 Dexterity (Sleight of Hand) check. Alternatively, a character can remove a gem by force
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
23. Body Tanks If the characters have met Thessalar already, they recognize the bodies in the tank as the artificer. Adjust the following read-aloud text accordingly: This chamber holds a half-dozen
picked with a successful DC 18 Dexterity check using thieves’ tools, or it can be forced with a successful DC 18 Strength check. Manipulating Time Having a mechanical guide spend 1 or more charges in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
daily reports, along with orders to hold Wheelwatch at all costs, signed “Dragon Highmaster Kansaldi Fire-Eyes.” A desk drawer holds thieves’ tools confiscated from Elgo and 200 gp. Commander Vanse
Wheelwatch Locations The following locations are keyed to map 4.2. Map 4.2: wheelhouse outpost View Player Version W1: Courtyard The fort’s courtyard holds several small structures with wooden roofs
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
a successful DC 18 Dexterity check using thieves’ tools to open, or it can be forced open with a successful DC 22 Strength check. Treasure Uncut rubies and other gems are piled and sorted here
according to size—two hundred tiny stones (worth 10 gp each), one hundred small stones (25 gp each), twenty medium stones (100 gp each), and five large stones (200 gp each). A small cask holds cut and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
northeastern alcove of this cave holds Murgaxor’s old collection of brined and preserved lab specimens from his decades researching life and death. If any creature other than Murgaxor moves more than
, and they can disable it with a successful DC 17 Intelligence (Arcana) check or a successful DC 17 Dexterity check using thieves’ tools. Failing the check by 5 or more causes the sigil to detonate
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
draconians (see appendix B) stand guard here. One has the key to the prison cart. Prison Cart. A wooden cart with an iron cage built into it holds a wasteland dragonnel (see appendix B) that had been
on a DC 18 Dexterity check using thieves’ tools. If freed, the dragonnel is wary of the characters, avoiding them as it tries to escape to the street so it can fly away. It attacks any Dragon Army
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
11. Rezmir’s Chamber The door is always locked and Rezmir holds the key. A knock spell is the easiest way to get in, but a character can also unlock the door with a DC 25 Dexterity check made using
thieves’ tools. Alternatively, knocking and spinning a good yarn might work; cultists and servants come and go at all hours. A large rug covers the icy floor just inside the door of this 10-foot-high
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes of the Borderlands
, a bedroom, and a storage area.
Rain Barrel. A large barrel near the building holds clean water for washing dishes and clothes.
Apartments Services The apartments offer the following services
but not its contents. Picking the Lock (A character who has Thieves’ Tools). A character that can use Thieves’ Tools to pick the strongbox’s lock, doing so with a successful DC 15 Dexterity (Sleight of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
room is currently unoccupied, and its door is locked. In addition to a key he loans to guests, Alan has a master key that unlocks the door. Picking the lock requires thieves’ tools and a successful DC 10
also unlocks the door. Picking the lock requires thieves’ tools and a successful DC 10 Dexterity check. In addition to a bed, night table, and chest, this room contains a desk, a chair, several
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a6
) check, a character spots alterations to the hinges that are part of the trap mechanism. Thieves’ tools can be used to disable the trap, along with a successful DC 20 Dexterity check. The chest holds bags
. Beneath a loose stone in the floor is a hole that contains 1,250 gp, three 250 gp gems, two 100 gp gems, and a large earthenware jug that holds four potions of water breathing. 3. Cell Block In the outer
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
. (The real key is in area J5.) After the key is pulled out, a character can use thieves’ tools to try to pick the lock, doing so with a successful DC 20 Dexterity check. A knock spell or similar magic
holds four large wooden chests with iron fittings and built-in locks. Hanging from a hook in the middle of the ceiling is a one-foot-diameter iron ring with four one-foot-long iron keys and a single, one
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
11. Rezmir’s Chamber The door is always locked and Rezmir holds the key. A knock spell is the easiest way to get in, but a character can also unlock the door with a DC 25 Dexterity check made using
thieves’ tools. Alternatively, knocking and spinning a good yarn might work; cultists and servants come and go at all hours. A large rug covers the icy floor just inside the door of this 10-foot-high
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
sunfly pets are trained to come to him. The night hag flees using plane shift if reduced to 30 or fewer hit points. Uncle Longteeth’s wagon is filled with empty, filthy cages. It also holds a locked chest
, which a character can pick by succeeding on a DC 16 Dexterity check using thieves’ tools. Inside the chest are six bottles that function similarly to iron flasks, but they work only in the Outlands
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
is strewn with gnawed bones — the remains of dead dwarves and drow. A circular pit, nine feet deep, holds six captives — two drow and four shield dwarf commoners. These unfortunates were separated
sixteen javelins (all battered but usable), four casks of unspoiled wine worth 10 gp each, and a locked tribute chest. It takes a successful DC 15 Dexterity check using thieves’ tools to open the chest
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
the target of cunning thieves and fast-talking swindlers more than once, and she perceives betrayal as a humanoid trait. She fears what might happen if one or more factions turn against the metallic
similar magic used on the item confirms this story.) The item holds sentimental value to her — or it did until a thief stole it from her hoard. Returning the item to her with an apology improves
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
the target of cunning thieves and fast-talking swindlers more than once, and she perceives betrayal as a humanoid trait. She fears what might happen if one or more factions turn against the metallic
similar magic used on the item confirms this story.) The item holds sentimental value to her—or it did until a thief stole it from her hoard. Returning the item to her with an apology improves
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
would be glad to wrest control of the island away from the cult that holds it. Due to interference from the Thieves’ Guild, the scholars of North Isle have had little luck convincing the guilds to help