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Call for Aid
 Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
Call for Aid Delaan Winterhound comes to the adventurers during the Council of Waterdeep or while they are returning to the city after completing another chapter. He speaks of the draconic incursions
Call for Aid
 Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
Call for Aid Delaan Winterhound comes to the adventurers during the Council of Waterdeep or while they are returning to the city after completing another chapter. He speaks of the draconic incursions
Foresworn
 Monsters Monstrous Compendium Vol. 2: Dragonlance Creatures
weaponry, a foresworn maintains the martial prowess it had in life and can call on magic and its fallen brethren for aid. Like revenant;revenants, foresworn fixate on a singular purpose, and they
Nonmagical AttacksPhantasmic Battalion (Recharge 5–6);{"diceNotation":"1d6", "rollType":"recharge", "rollAction":"Phantasmic Battalion"}. The foresworn summons a battalion of ghostly soldiers to its aid
Sewer King
 Monsters Monstrous Compendium Vol. 4: Eldraine Creatures
condition until the start of the sewer king’s next turn. Summon Swarm (1/Day). The sewer king chitters and summons a swarm of rats to its aid. The swarm appears in an unoccupied space within 30 feet of
overthrow surface dwellers. Rancid saliva drips from a sewer king’s maw, and swarms of vermin skitter at the monstrous rat’s beck and call. “‘The human world will fall,&rsquo
Donaar Blit'zen
 Monsters Acquisitions Incorporated
with spell attacks). He has the following paladin spells prepared: 1st level (4 slots): command, compelled duel, cure wounds, wrathful smite 2nd level (2 slots): aid, branding smite, lesser restoration
once like. As such, Donaar has learned that no amount of bravado and compensation is too much — provided he leaves no openings for strangers to call him on it. By the same token, strangers quickly
Euryale
 Monsters The Book of Many Things
cultivated around her home. However, should Asteria call for her aid, Euryale would venture across the multiverse without hesitation, battling tooth and nail to protect her sister. Euryale has the
Deck of Many More Things
 Magic Items The Book of Many Things
of 22. Temple. A deity or entity of similar power becomes bound to aid you. At any point in time between drawing the card and when you die, you can use your action to call on this entity for divine
by casting the Resurrection spell on you. Once the entity has answered your call for divine intervention or resurrected you, the entity is no longer bound to aid you. Tomb. At any time you choose
Teeth of Dahlver-Nar
 Magic Items Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
levels of exhaustion. 20 Dahlver-Nar’s Tooth (dusty human molar) 1 priest As an action you can call on a divine force to come to your aid. Describe the assistance you seek, and the DM
Firbolg Legacy This doesn't reflect the latest rules and lore. Learn More
 Species Volo's Guide to Monsters
offering food and other supplies to aid their departure. If those who insist on remaining respect nature, take only what they need, and live in harmony with the wood, firbolgs explore the possibility
call home. Orphaned firbolgs are those whose clans or homelands have been destroyed. They become crusaders for nature, seeking to avenge their loss and prevent the further destruction of the natural
Aarakocra Legacy This doesn't reflect the latest rules and lore. Learn More
 Species Elemental Evil Player's Companion
, a mission of vengeance, or a catastrophe typically lies at the heart of the aarakocra adventurer’s chosen path. Two other circumstances might call an aarakocra to adventure. First, aarakocra
on that plane might leave their colonies to lend aid to other humanoids committed to fighting earth cults and thwarting their efforts. Aarakocra Names As with much of their speech, aarakocra names
Divine Intervention
 Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
Divine Intervention Beginning at 10th level, you can call on your deity to intervene on your behalf when your need is great. Imploring your deity’s aid requires you to use your action. Describe the
cleric spell or cleric domain spell would be appropriate. If your deity intervenes, you can’t use this feature again for 7 days. Otherwise, you can use it again after you finish a long rest. At 20th level, your call for intervention succeeds automatically, no roll required.
Divine Intervention
 Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
Divine Intervention Beginning at 10th level, you can call on your deity to intervene on your behalf when your need is great. Imploring your deity’s aid requires you to use your action. Describe the
cleric spell or cleric domain spell would be appropriate. If your deity intervenes, you can’t use this feature again for 7 days. Otherwise, you can use it again after you finish a long rest. At 20th level, your call for intervention succeeds automatically, no roll required.
Orc Legacy This doesn't reflect the latest rules and lore. Learn More
 Species Volo's Guide to Monsters
hatred of the civilized races of the world and their need to satisfy the demands of their deities, the orcs know that if they fight well and bring glory to their tribe, Gruumsh will call them home to
. It is also not unheard of for an exceptionally strong and charismatic evil human to lead stray orcs that no longer have a tribe to call their own. When Tribes Team Up An orc tribe typically has no
Magical Study
 Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
facet of existence—magical or otherwise—applying magic to whatever they study. At Strixhaven, historians call the spirits of the dead to aid their lessons about the past, and arcano-biologists use
Divine Intervention
 Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Divine Intervention In some campaigns, gods are fond of meddling in mortal affairs, and heroes sometimes call on the gods for aid beyond what divine magic ordinarily provides. The gods sometimes also
Gifts” in this chapter) to help a character in need. Emissaries. A god might send a Celestial, a Fiend, or some other kind of emissary to aid a character with information, guidance, or combat
Tornado
 Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Divine Contention
Tornado When the party nears the galleon, the cultists call upon Talos to ravage the intruders with a tornado. Before the twister appears, high winds savage the party: if traveling by ship, the
(other actions taken to aid the escape may grant advantage at your discretion). On a failure of two consecutive sailing checks the ship is swept up by the tornado and destroyed: all creatures onboard take 44 (8d10) bludgeoning damage and are tossed into the sea.
High Forest
 Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
trees that is an important meeting-place for the Emerald Enclave. Foes of the enclave have to fight to reach it, but members can readily find aid, healing, and advice in the grove. Reason to Visit
. Shadowtop Cathedral is a key base for the Emerald Enclave. Also, characters from the Tree Ghost Uthgardt tribe call the High Forest home.
Random Encounters
 Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Divine Contention
characters to disciplinegroup of deserters hiding out in a nearby barn. 6 Townsfolk call for the characters’ aid as the shrine of Tymora goes up in flames. 7 A cart carrying medical supplies
sinks into the mud, dragging its oxen down with it. 8 Lightning ignites the roof of a nearby house. Locals are hiding out in the cellar but going to their aid could betray their position. 9 A
Divine Assistance
 Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
meddling in mortal affairs, and heroes sometimes call on their gods for aid in times of desperate need. Spells such as divination and commune give characters the opportunity to ask their gods for
Sharn Watch Villains
 Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
protections these villains enjoy often call for drastic measures to stop them, which the characters might be labeled as criminals themselves and might have to go underground to avoid arrest or harassment
her superiors but making it look like they died in the line of duty. 5 An elf in the lower wards comes to the aid of only those who pay a monthly protection fee. 6 A Blackened Book mage confiscates magic items from others to auction off to criminals.
Reeva
 Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
destruction. Reeva is a cunning plotter, strategist, and manipulator. She applies these talents to her magic, entreating fiends for aid and using them to hasten the day when no one will underestimate her
again. Many of Arijani’s allies don’t trust Reeva. Behind her back, they mockingly call her charismatic Arijani’s opposite, or “Inajira.” Arijani and Reeva Vasavadan conspire in a courtyard of the Cerulean Citadel
Monstrous Tactics
 Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
the Help action to aid each other, they can grapple or shove their enemies, and so on. Some monsters use these options to maximize their advantages in battle; others use them to sow fear among their
known for a tactic they call “feasting”: they grapple their enemies and then make unarmed attacks to bite their faces. These attacks aren’t terribly dangerous (a hobgoblin’s unarmed strike deals only
Foresworn
 Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monstrous Compendium Volume Two
life and can call on magic and its fallen brethren for aid. Like revenants, foresworn fixate on a singular purpose, and they refuse to abandon their undead state until the duty they had in life is
each: command, detect evil and good 1/day: wall of force Bonus Actions Phantasmic Battalion (Recharge 5–6). The foresworn summons a battalion of ghostly soldiers to its aid. The ghostly soldiers
Adventures in Mordent
 Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
family call for aid. 5 The citizens of the village of Crawford spread tales of a gigantic raven. Sheriff Perkins hires the characters to hunt down the creature, which is actually a wereraven
party’s aid in preventing their second death. 2 A noble seeks help as an undead ancestor tries to prevent the noble’s marriage to an “unsuitable” partner. 3 The spirits of two lovers whose
Beginning the Adventure
 Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
land into a dominion of everlasting ice. He developed a spell of primal cold and tattooed the ritual on his body. Then he sought to ally with the white dragon Challidax—whom the giants call Shivering
Death—and win the wyrm’s aid in conquering the region. Elakdras never emerged from Shivering Death’s lair.“ But Challidax is known to turn her foes into frozen trophies. Elakdras’s body—and his ritual
Mission Gone Wrong?
 Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
consternation, decide to consider the characters’ actions an honest — if uncivilized — mistake. They agree to accept the town’s help in the looming conflict. Then they call upon the council to again enlist
the aid of the adventurers. The alliance has a need for a team to pull off a mission that could give the allies the upper hand even before full-scale war breaks out, and the adventurers have proven
Pharika's Champions
 Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
aid they provide, Pharika’s servants are likely viewed with suspicion. In obtaining rare ingredients or defending researchers, the characters might come into conflict with those who can’t see the
bigger picture—often followers of Heliod or Ephara. Undermining these faiths might be the best means of preserving Pharika’s favorite wildernesses and laboratories. Ultimately, Pharika might call upon
Gale's Eye Tower Magic
 Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
creature can also cast call lightning at will (spell save DC 17), targeting any point the creature can see under the perpetual storm regardless of range. Summoned Aid. As an action, a creature in the
Adjudicating Areas of Effect
 Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Adjudicating Areas of Effect Many spells and other game features create areas of effect, such as the cone and the sphere. If you’re not using miniatures or another visual aid, it can sometimes be
difficult to determine who’s in an area of effect and who isn’t. The easiest way to address such uncertainty is to go with your gut and make a call. If you would like more guidance, consider using the
Gale's Eye Tower Adventures
 Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
, flying it across the countryside and assaulting servants of the cults of Elemental Evil. They have recruited creatures from the Elemental Air Encounters table in chapter 3 to aid their campaign. The
, and she is using its power to drive other beings from her domain. Towns in the area desperately call for help as endless storms assail them and an onslaught of creatures from the Elemental Air
Adventures in Lamordia
 Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
. The overseers of the Pulstein Mine call for aid, believing that strange creatures are causing the quakes to steal the “marrowstone” they’re mining. 10 Scholars at Ludendorf University learn of the
made entirely of doppelgangers or beholders. His patrons enlist the party to aid his research. 3 A murderous, jaundiced whale is hunting Ludendorf’s ships. The superstitious Captain Furschter of
Falls Clearing
 Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
. Dukha explains this is where he met the riverine Tinjhorna. He moors the boat amid the islands opposite the falls so the group can attempt to call upon the riverine—and to keep it safe in case the spirit
the characters’ lack of diplomacy and does not aid them in future battles. However, if he doesn’t have to, he appreciates the characters’ respect for the creatures of the forest and aids the party in
Sewer King
 Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monstrous Compendium Volume Four
rat’s beck and call. LORD SKITTER OF EDGEWALL Lord Skitter is a sewer king who lives deep in the ancient dwarven ruins beneath the town of Edgewall, situated in the lands between the realm and the
chitters and summons a swarm of rats to its aid. The swarm appears in an unoccupied space within 30 feet of the sewer king that the sewer king can see. It acts as the sewer king’s ally, obeys the sewer
Infinite Staircase Encounters
 Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
in dusk to confront the characters. 57–63 Inky tendrils writhe from a fleshy door to the Far Realm. Two githyanki warriors struggle to hold the door shut. They call out to the party for aid. 64–70 A
Planetar
 Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
Planetar Planetars act as the weapons of the gods they serve, presenting a tangible representation of their deities’ might. A planetar can call down rain to relieve a drought, or can loose an insect
white-feathered wings. They tower over most humanoids, brandishing immense swords with grace. Sometimes sent to aid powerful mortals on important tasks for good, planetars are especially fond of missions