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A LIEN ISLAND INHABITANTS

d6 Inhabitants

1d6 berserkers and SdlO tribal warriors

2-3 1 d6 cult fanatics and Sdl 0 cultists

4 ld6 lizardfolk shamans and SdlO lizardfolk

S 1d6 bullywug croakers (see appendix C) and SdlO

bullywugs

6 ld8 locathah hunters (see appendix C) and 3d10

locathah (see appendix C)

ALIEN INHABITANT REACTIONS

d6 Reaction

2

3

4

s

6

The inhabitants try to force the characters to serve

their leader.

The inhabitants demand the characters give t heir

leader an item worth lOdlO x 100 gp.

The inhabitants wish to devour the characters.

Some inhabitants are planning to rise up against

their leader and ask the characters for help.

The inhabitants see the characters as no more than

insects and refuse to interact with them unless

forced.

The inhabitants see the characters as gods and can

be convinced to worship them.

ALIEN ISLAND STORY HOOKS

d4 Story Hook

2

3

4

CURSED

The leader has a spell scroll of true resurrection

among its belongings.

The island contains a piece of a tablet with instruc-

tions on how to open a portal to the Far Realm.

The island's leader knows how to end a planar dis-

ease infecting a humanoid settlement.

A mage with information the characters need hides

among the ranks of the inhabitants, learning t heir

ways.

Cursed islands are steeped in dark magic from a

ritual cast by necromancers. hag covens, evil spell-

casters. foul deities, or worse. The island might still

hold some hint as to why it was cursed. or all trace of

those who brought down the affliction might have been

scoured away.

ISLAN D CURSES

d6 Curse

2

When a creature dies on the island, its spirit rises

as a specter 1 d4 hours after death. The specter is

obsessed with killing its former fr iends.

Creatures that aren't inhabitants of the island must

succeed on a Constitution saving throw at the end

of each hour they spend on the island. If they fail,

they gain one level of exhaustion. The DC for this

check equals 10 + the number of hours spent on

the island.

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d6

3

4

s

6

Curse

Each day at dawn, the island conjures 2dl0 magma

mephits, which a re hostile toward creatures that

aren't inhabitants of the island.

When a creature that isn't an inhabitant of the is-

land completes a long rest there, it must succeed

on a DC 15 Wisdom saving throw or be blinded for

8 hours.

Creatures must succeed on a DC 10 Constitution

saving throw at the end of each hour they spend

on the is land. If they fail, they gain a 1-inch scar in

a random place on their body. Only a remove curse

spell or s imilar magic removes the scar.

When a creature that isn't an inhabitant of the is-

land completes a long rest there, it must succeed

on a DC 15 Wisdom saving throw or gain a random

form of long-term madness (see "Madness" in

chapter 8, "Running the Game," of the Dungeon

Master's Guide).

CURSED ISLAND INHABITANTS

d6 Inhabitants

2

3

4

s

6

Sd 10 specters

lOdlO zombies

A coven of 3 sea hags and 1 d4 flameskulls

1 medusa and 3d10 skeletons

1 vampire a nd 2d6 vampire spawn

1 demilich and 2dl0 wraiths

CURSED ISLAND STORY HOOKS

d4 Story Hook

2

3

The is land contains rare spell components the

characters need.

Pirates buried treasure worth Sd6 x 1.000 gp on

the island.

A keelboat carrying 1d6 commoners crashed on the

island. The commoners are struggling to survive.

4 The ghost of a character's loved one is trapped on

the island.

HOSTILE

Hostile islands contain creatures that want to harm the

characters. These c reatures fill their islands with traps

and attack outsiders out of hunger, boredom, or fear.

HOSTILE ISLAND LEADER

d6 Leader

Cloud giant

2 Hill giant

3 Oni

4

5

6

Spirit naga

Werewolf

A chromatic dragon of the DM's choice