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The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
This ornate pocket watch is fastened to the end of a gold chain. It glows with a faint golden light when opened, and it makes a soft ticking noise that can be heard only by the creature holding it
. The face of the watch shows a miniature painting of the Witchlight Carnival ringed by a tiny henge, orbited at night by a mote of light small enough to slip through the eye of a needle. This light
Magic Items
Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
A badge of the Watch is given only to those who have earned the trust of the Open Lord of Waterdeep. The badge, signifying the rank of captain in Waterdeep’s City Watch, bears the emblem of
Backgrounds
Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
service to your hometown was to help police its populace, protecting the citizenry from lawbreakers and malefactors of every stripe.
You might have been part of the City Watch of Waterdeep, the baton
experience in enforcing the law, and dealing with lawbreakers, gives you a feel for local laws and criminals. You can easily find the local outpost of the watch or a similar organization, and just as
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
City Watch The first soldiers you see in service to the city will be the members of the City Guard who patrol the roads leading to Waterdeep, watch the walls, guard civic structures, and protect
magisters. Waterdeep’s streets, however, are policed by an altogether different force: the City Watch. The similarity of their names often confuses newcomers, so I offer this handy mnemonic: “The Guard
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
City Watch The first soldiers you see in service to the city will be the members of the City Guard who patrol the roads leading to Waterdeep, watch the walls, guard civic structures, and protect
magisters. Waterdeep’s streets, however, are policed by an altogether different force: the City Watch. The similarity of their names often confuses newcomers, so I offer this handy mnemonic: “The Guard
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
The Watch Ten veterans of the Watch, a military organization that protects the citizens of the Upper City, patrol the Wide. Though their job consists mostly of watching out for pickpockets and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
City Watch The City Watch is Waterdeep’s police force, charged with keeping the peace and apprehending criminals. City Watch patrols are usually four to twelve persons strong. A patrol expecting
trouble might also have reinforcement in the form of a priest (on loan from one of the local temples) or a mage (from the Watchful Order of Magists and Protectors). Members of the City Watch Ranks in the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Sharn Watch A common viewpoint among the citizens of Sharn is that in the upper wards, the Sharn Watch works for the wealthy; in the middle wards, it works for the Boromar Clan; and in the lower
wards, it doesn’t work at all. This assessment is close enough to the truth. There’s an important undercurrent in the situation, however. Although most officers of the Watch take bribes, that doesn’t mean
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
The Watch Ten veterans of the Watch, a military organization that protects the citizens of the Upper City, patrol the Wide. Though their job consists mostly of watching out for pickpockets and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
City Watch The City Watch is Waterdeep’s police force, charged with keeping the peace and apprehending criminals. City Watch patrols are usually four to twelve persons strong. A patrol expecting
trouble might also have reinforcement in the form of a priest (on loan from one of the local temples) or a mage (from the Watchful Order of Magists and Protectors). Members of the City Watch Ranks in the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
Redwood Watch Redwood Watch is a village of about a hundred people who work primarily as hunters, trappers, lumberers, and artisans. Most are elves descended from the grove’s six original families
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
City Watch You have served the community where you grew up, standing as its first line of defense against crime. You aren’t a soldier, directing your gaze outward at possible enemies. Instead, your
service to your hometown was to help police its populace, protecting the citizenry from lawbreakers and malefactors of every stripe. You might have been part of the City Watch of Waterdeep, the baton
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
City Watch You have served the community where you grew up, standing as its first line of defense against crime. You aren’t a soldier, directing your gaze outward at possible enemies. Instead, your
service to your hometown was to help police its populace, protecting the citizenry from lawbreakers and malefactors of every stripe. You might have been part of the City Watch of Waterdeep, the baton
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Watch Station Sharn Watch stations are located throughout the city. The largest are the garrison posts like Daggerwatch and Sword Point; smaller stations in various places are used to hold criminals
, dispatch patrols, and take care of day-to-day business. A typical Sharn Watch station has two well-guarded entrances. One is connected to a main vestibule, where an officer in a security room with a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Watch Station Sharn Watch stations are located throughout the city. The largest are the garrison posts like Daggerwatch and Sword Point; smaller stations in various places are used to hold criminals
, dispatch patrols, and take care of day-to-day business. A typical Sharn Watch station has two well-guarded entrances. One is connected to a main vestibule, where an officer in a security room with a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Sharn Watch A common viewpoint among the citizens of Sharn is that in the upper wards, the Sharn Watch works for the wealthy; in the middle wards, it works for the Boromar Clan; and in the lower
wards, it doesn’t work at all. This assessment is close enough to the truth. There’s an important undercurrent in the situation, however. Although most officers of the Watch take bribes, that doesn’t mean
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
Redwood Watch Redwood Watch is a village of about a hundred people who work primarily as hunters, trappers, lumberers, and artisans. Most are elves descended from the grove’s six original families
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
The Sharn Watch The Sharn Watch is responsible for enforcing the laws of the city. The sentinels of the watch patrol the streets of Sharn, to all outward appearances vigilant for signs of unrest. In
truth, the Sharn Watch is riddled with corruption, from the commanding officers down to the lowliest patrollers. Dedicated guards who truly want to protect the innocent do exist. But bribery
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Sharn Watch Guards The Sharn Watch has a modest presence in Terminus. Its guards defend wealthy visitors and the holdings of House Orien. If combat breaks out in the streets or if a bystander calls
for the Sharn Watch, roll a d20 on initiative count 0 during each round the disturbance occurs. On a result of 18 or higher, 1d4 Sharn Watch guards arrive and attempt to arrest anyone involved in a crime.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Sharn Watch Divisions The discussion above primarily concerns the rank and file of the Sharn Watch, the guards who walk the streets day in and day out and the officers who supervise them. The Watch
among the best soldiers of the Watch and are devoted to their city. Many of them, however, place the safety of the city ahead of strict adherence to the law, and complaints are raised against them from
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
The Watch Arrives
Saeth Cromley and Barnibus Blastwind
Twenty minutes after the explosion, a City Watch sergeant named Saeth Cromley (see appendix B) escorts a member of the Watchful Order of
confounding equation,” replies Barnibus with a frown. “Trust in the Watch,” Cromley adds dismissively. Characters who seem truthful and honest can press Barnibus for further information by making a DC 15
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
11. Watch Post This area is guarded by thralls of the Ssethian Scourges against possible attack from the Blacktongues. 11a. Flooded Cave This 20-foot-high cavern is flooded with muddy water to a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
The Sharn Watch The Sharn Watch is responsible for enforcing the laws of the city. The sentinels of the watch patrol the streets of Sharn, to all outward appearances vigilant for signs of unrest. In
truth, the Sharn Watch is riddled with corruption, from the commanding officers down to the lowliest patrollers. Dedicated guards who truly want to protect the innocent do exist. But bribery
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Sharn Watch Guards The Sharn Watch has a modest presence in Terminus. Its guards defend wealthy visitors and the holdings of House Orien. If combat breaks out in the streets or if a bystander calls
for the Sharn Watch, roll a d20 on initiative count 0 during each round the disturbance occurs. On a result of 18 or higher, 1d4 Sharn Watch guards arrive and attempt to arrest anyone involved in a crime.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
13. Northern Watch Post This small alcove just past and below the quaggoth den has the same features as the watch post at area 1. Two drow are stationed here on watch, typically hating that duty for its proximity to the quaggoth den, the slave pen, and the pool.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
1. Southern Watch Post Near the southern passage from the cavern is an alcove used as a watch post. Two drow are stationed here at all times, keeping watch over the passage and noting the approach of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
5. Watch Room The guards here are companions of the force resting in area 4. They are on active duty, watching the stairs down into area 1. Creatures If the four lizardfolk stationed here spot
intruders, two of them travel through the secret tunnel to alert the guards in area 4 and join their hunt. The other two remain here to watch for additional foes descending the stairs, but head out in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Sharn Watch Villains Corrupt or extremist members of the Sharn Watch are villains of a special sort: legitimate authority figures who have access to the city’s law-enforcement resources. The
. Examples of Sharn Watch villains appear on the Sharn Watch Villains table. Sharn Watch Villains d6 Villain 1 A dwarf arrests random halflings on the streets in the lower wards and allows Daask
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
11. Watch Post This area is guarded by thralls of the Ssethian Scourges against possible attack from the Blacktongues. 11a. Flooded Cave This 20-foot-high cavern is flooded with muddy water to a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Watch Your Step! As befits the City of Towers, Sharn is also a city of bridges and balconies. These thoroughfares and outcroppings can be extremely narrow or comfortably wide. Although most of them
possibilities.
The
Sharn Inquisitive
Watch for Falling Drunks
Just this week a Brelish woman in Middle Central was squashed to death when a drunk Cyran man fell on her from the upper wards. He
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
D19. Watch Tower A wood plank path leads up to this location from the nearby dwellings (areas D16 and D17). A ten-foot-high, raised wooden platform stands atop a mound of mossy earth and mud. Two
bullywugs laze at their guard post atop the platform, occasionally peering through a long spyglass mounted on a swivel.
A frayed clothesline attached to one corner of the watch tower is festooned with
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
6. Undertakers’ Watch Post Several members of the Undertakers gang dwell here in their vampire disguises. If the bandit keeping an eye on area 1 through the secret door retreats here with news of the
elsewhere, four human bandits sleep in their bedrolls. A doppelganger sits on another bedroll, keeping watch.
Treasure. Each bandit carries 1d6 gp in a pouch. The doppelganger has no interest in treasure and carries nothing of value.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
5. Watch Room The guards here are companions of the force resting in area 4. They are on active duty, watching the stairs down into area 1. Creatures If the four lizardfolk stationed here spot
intruders, two of them travel through the secret tunnel to alert the guards in area 4 and join their hunt. The other two remain here to watch for additional foes descending the stairs, but head out in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
Q2. Watch Posts Two goblins are stationed here, one in area Q2a and one in Q2b. Allies of the Xanathar Guild, they came here from Undermountain. The goblins rely on darkvision to see and are supposed
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Sharn Watch Villains Corrupt or extremist members of the Sharn Watch are villains of a special sort: legitimate authority figures who have access to the city’s law-enforcement resources. The
. Examples of Sharn Watch villains appear on the Sharn Watch Villains table. Sharn Watch Villains d6 Villain 1 A dwarf arrests random halflings on the streets in the lower wards and allows Daask