Questions tagged [princes-of-the-apocalypse]
For questions about the adventure Princes of the Apocalypse (2015) published by Wizards of the Coast. Please keep your question's title spoiler-free and use spoiler blocks in the body.
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What kind of elemental do these weapons refer to in Princes of the Apocalypse? [duplicate]
In Princes of the Apocalypse,
You can cast dominate monster (save DC 17) on a fire elemental. Once you have done so, Tinderstrike can't be used this way again until the next dawn.
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In Princes of the Apocalypse, is this monster “supposed to” kill a player character?
In Princes of the Apocalypse Ch. 6,
has plenty of time and warning to prepare for his encounter with the party, along with the spells to do so:
He is also in possession of a powerful magic item,
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Does reducing the Purple Worm's HP to 184 really reduce its challenge rating to 13?
On page 113 of Princes of the Apocalypse, the text reads in part:
As the tremor ends, a young purple worm with 184 hit points (challenge rating 13) burrows [...]
No other changes to the Purple Worm'...
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What does "Summoned creature has maximum hit points" actually mean?
I'm running Princes of the Apocalypse for my group, and they're about to encounter their first elemental prince, Yan-C-Bin (p. 220). I see that he has the following ability:
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Where does the water weird from a Weird Tank go when it emerges?
I'm trying to figure out how the water weird from a weird tank emerges from the tank and how it should be represented on a standard grid.
The description of the weird tank magic item (Princes of the ...
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Can you break this curse from Princes of the Apocalypse by being reduced to 0 hp?
In Princes of the Apocalypse, a player got hit with Ghaunadaur’s curse... The rules for the curse state (Temple of the Elder Elemental Eye, room F19; PotA, p. 121):
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Where is the Storm Boomerang located in the books?
I have seen references to a Storm Boomerang on D&D Beyond and a couple of other places, saying it's in Princes of the Apocalypse. I have the book, but cannot find it anywhere. Can someone give me ...
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Where can the players sell the Griffon Eggs in Princes of the Apocalypse?
I've been playing Princes of the Apocalypse lately, and... (spoiler about the adventure)
Where can the players sell it? It doesn't seem like Red Larch has anywhere with the infrastructure to incubate ...
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Player characters used a Devastation Orb of Water underground
The player characters got their hands on a Devastation Orb of Water. They decided that they wanted to use it against
which is underground.
If they do use it underground, would the rain appear ...
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How do I reward successful insight checks without giving away too much information?
I am currently running Princes of the Apocalypse for a small group, with a few of my own embellishments and alterations to characters.
All the while, the players were not fully trusting of this. They ...
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Where do you go when a Portal closes from the other side?
What would happen to the PCs who
Which plane do they end up on?
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How are you supposed to gate Princes of the Apocalypse?
I recognize that this may be a subjective question, but since its dealing with a published book I'm curious if there are things that I missed within the published material itself.
I'm running PotA ...
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Where is Rotharr Hatherhand?
In the campaign Princes of the Apocalypse, on p.156 the group encounters
Since my group hadn't encountered this person, they asked who he was and where they could find him. I cannot find this guy in ...
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Are there deliberate bridges between Princes of the Apocalypse, Out of the Abyss, and Curse of Strahd?
I have a party of 4 level 3 adventurers from a currently running D&D 5e campaign (Forgotten Realms but very sandboxy homebrew pirate adventures - they are all pirates or related professions e.g. ...
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How to scale down Princes of the Apocalypse for a 3-adventurer party?
I recently just finished DMing Lost Mines of Phandelver with a 3 player party and it went great. Just removed a couple of enemies here and there and it was smooth.
I ordered PotA and have started ...
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