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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
Giant Lizards The characters encounter 1d6 giant lizards sunning themselves on warm rocks. The lizards pose no threat unless they’re attacked, and they’re too set in their ways to be trained as pack animals.
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","rollAction":"Bite","rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage.A giant lizard can be ridden or used as a draft animal. Lizardfolk also keep them as pets, and subterranean giant lizards are used as mounts and pack animals by drow, duergar, and others.
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Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
later roaming the forest. They have no memory of the emerald dragon who charmed them for wandering too close to the dragon’s lair.
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lizard;giant lizards—to settle and thrive in the region.
Emerald dragons use the features of their lairs to confuse and imperil intruders. They dig additional tunnels that allow them to move
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Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
forest. They have no memory of the emerald dragon who charmed them for wandering too close to the dragon’s lair.
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awareness and subconsciously luring their favorite food—giant lizard;giant lizards—to settle and thrive in the region.
Emerald dragons use the features of their lairs to confuse and imperil
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found weeks later roaming the forest. They have no memory of the emerald dragon who charmed them for wandering too close to the dragon’s lair.
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Giant lizard;Giant lizards drawn to the lair
dragons’ preference for volcanic lairs often puts them in conflict with fire giant;fire giants. Despite their reluctance to reveal themselves to strangers, emerald dragons might approach experienced
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are found weeks later roaming the forest. They have no memory of the emerald dragon who charmed them for wandering too close to the dragon’s lair.
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Emerald dragons’ preference for volcanic lairs often puts them in conflict with fire giant;fire giants. Despite their reluctance to reveal themselves to strangers, emerald dragons might approach
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
1F. Stables The fittest, most ferocious of the giant lizards are housed here instead of in the open stockade (area 2), to protect them against the biting and clawing that goes on in the common
enclosure. These lizards are used as riding mounts by lizardfolk on long patrols. The stalls, originally built for horses, have been enlarged to accommodate the beasts (eight giant lizards). The normally
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
1F. Stables The fittest, most ferocious of the giant lizards are housed here instead of in the open stockade (area 2), to protect them against the biting and clawing that goes on in the common
enclosure. These lizards are used as riding mounts by lizardfolk on long patrols. The stalls, originally built for horses, have been enlarged to accommodate the beasts (eight giant lizards). The normally
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
2. Animal Stockade The lizardfolk keep their giant lizards penned here. The five-foot-high wall of the stockade is made from sturdy logs driven into the earth, spaced about six inches apart, and
castle battlements through ropes and pulleys—technology that never ceases to amaze the lizardfolk. There are 2d4 giant lizards in the pen at any given time. They are ill-tempered and attack anyone who
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
2. Animal Stockade The lizardfolk keep their giant lizards penned here. The five-foot-high wall of the stockade is made from sturdy logs driven into the earth, spaced about six inches apart, and
castle battlements through ropes and pulleys — technology that never ceases to amaze the lizardfolk. There are 2d4 giant lizards in the pen at any given time. They are ill-tempered and attack anyone
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its natural wonders.
Lizardfolk have colorful scales and exhibit a wide array of scale patterns. Their individual facial features are as varied as those of lizards.
Creating Your Character
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character’s creature type is.
Here’s a list of the game’s creature types in alphabetical order: Aberration, Beast, Celestial, Construct, Dragon, Elemental, Fey, Fiend, Giant, Humanoid
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
female drow elite warriors (named Akora and Danafay) are mounted on giant lizards near the center of the cavern.
The drow attack at the first sign of intruders. Their lizards are fitted with saddles
, reins, and stirrups, and have the Spider Climb trait (see the “Variant: Giant Lizard Traits” sidebar in appendix A of the Monster Manual). The drow take the lizards up the walls so they can get a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
2F. Stables Loft The loft above the stables is where the lizardfolk store bundles of cut reeds to use as bedding in the stalls of the giant lizards. Other than reeds and a few bats, nothing else is here.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
Giant Lizard A giant lizard can be ridden or used as a draft animal. Lizardfolk also keep them as pets, and subterranean giant lizards are used as mounts and pack animals by drow, duergar, and other
to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 6 (1d8 + 2) piercing damage.
VARIANT: GIANT LIZARD TRAITS
Some giant lizards have one or both of the following traits.
Hold Breath. The lizard can hold its
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
Swamp Encounters (Levels 1–4) d100 Encounter 01 1d4 poisonous snakes 02–05 3d6 rats 06–10 2d8 ravens 11–12 3d6 giant rats 13 1d10 + 5 tribal warriors 14–15 1d8 + 1 giant lizards 16–17 1 crocodile
swarm of poisonous snakes 76–77 A foul stench bubbling up from brackish waters 78–80 1d4 + 2 ogres 81–83 1 shambling mound 84–86 1 lizardfolk shaman with 1d6 giant lizards and 2d10 lizardfolk 87 1 troll
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
2F. Stables Loft The loft above the stables is where the lizardfolk store bundles of cut reeds to use as bedding in the stalls of the giant lizards. Other than reeds and a few bats, nothing else is here.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
mounted on giant lizards, the lizards travel at the pace of the rest of the party unless they move out ahead. As noted in chapter 2, a fast pace makes it harder for characters to spot ambushers or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation Supplement
the portico roof, depending on the time of day or night. Although the tiny lizards are harmless, a hostile giant lizard lurks amid the plants in the southeast corner of the portico. Characters who
flagstones. Scores of harmless lizards use the shaded areas of the portico as a den. East of the portico is a ten-foot-tall statue choked with vines. It has the head and torso of a woman and a twisting
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
– 1 bullywugs and 1d6 – 1 lizardfolk present in the outer ward. Lizardfolk are likely to be working (training their giant lizards), while bullywugs might be loafing or giving orders to the lizardfolk.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
, these animals help the kobolds with pest control and are occasionally used as food. Giant rats and similarly sized lizards are also used as pack animals and guardians. Some tribes train giant weasels to
capturing and taming smaller animals and beasts, particularly rats, dire rats, and reptilian creatures like lizards that thrive in a cave or underground environment. The kobolds corral these pets or allow
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
– 1 bullywugs and 1d6 – 1 lizardfolk present in the outer ward. Lizardfolk are likely to be working (training their giant lizards), while bullywugs might be loafing or giving orders to the lizardfolk.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
brutally stamp down anything that resembles theft or looting. Characters moving through the Bazaar have at least one encounter with a drow patrol consisting of two drow mounted on giant riding lizards (see
, which arrive in 1d4 rounds. These reinforcements consist of 3d4 drow on foot and 2d4 giant spiders that scuttle down from nearby rooftops.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
14. Rally Point S’slaar’s cavalry troops are gathered in this cavern, waiting for their master’s order to attack. Six troglodytes are mounted on six giant lizards. Rocks and small boulders are piled
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
district. Matron Mother Quenthel Baenre sends thirty dour drow elite warrior mounted on giant riding lizards (see the end of chapter 8 for statistics), with six gargoyles providing aerial support. They have orders to escort the party to House Baenre atop Qu’ellarz’orl.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
Giant lizards (2 per character) 6 Giant spiders (1 per character) 7–8 Lizardfolk (3 per 2 characters) 9 Quicksand 10 Shambling mound 11 Will-o’-wisps (3) 12 Yuan-ti hunting party (see below) Bullywugs
they prefer halflings, gnomes, and other small targets over creatures they can’t swallow. Giant Lizards. Giant lizards of the Mere of Dead Men have the Hold Breath trait. There is a 30 percent chance
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
Giant lizards (2 per character) 6 Giant spiders (1 per character) 7–8 Lizardfolk (3 per 2 characters) 9 Quicksand 10 Shambling mound 11 Will-o’-wisps (3) 12 Yuan-ti hunting party (see below
they prefer halflings, gnomes, and other small targets over creatures they can’t swallow. Giant Lizards. Giant lizards of the Mere of Dead Men have the Hold Breath trait. There is a 30 percent chance
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
dome.
The cavern is home to six giant lizards and hundreds of ordinary lizards, all of which are docile but skittish. The giant ones are trained to serve the svirfneblin as pack animals. A character
Old Lockford, Smoldertown, and Turbine Heights. L12: Security Center A large, rough-hewn cavern in the heart of the Overlook has a floor that rises toward the middle. Scores of lizards—a few of them big
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
Swamp Encounters (Levels 5–10) d100 Encounter 01 1 green hag 02–03 2d4 giant lizards or 2d4 giant poisonous snakes 04–05 2d8 winged kobolds 06–07 1d10 + 1 bullywugs with 1d8 + 1 giant frogs 08–09
1 druid 10 1d8 + 1 swarms of insects 11–13 1d12 ghouls 14–16 2d8 scouts 17–19 2d10 orcs 20–22 2d4 giant spiders 23–24 Tainted water that exposes creatures that move through it to sight rot (see
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
spiders 16–17 1 scout 18–20 2d4 giant poisonous snakes 21–25 Single-file tracks marching deeper into the desert 26–27 4d4 kobolds 28–29 1 jackalwere 30–31 3d6 tribal warriors 32–33 1d6 giant lizards 34–35 1
2d6 jackals 07 1d6 guards escorting a noble to the edge of the desert, all of them astride camels 08 1d6 cats 09 1 pseudodragon 10 1d4 poisonous snakes 11–13 2d4 stirges 14–15 1d6 + 2 giant wolf
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
. The mine has a cavern devoted to keeping the giant cave lizards the svirfneblin use as beasts of burden. The deep gnome Perigrog Scrapedust runs the mine with a fair but demanding hand. He believes
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation Supplement
— Blood hawks 16–20 — Cannibals 21–25 01–15 Chwinga 26–30 — Dimetrodons 31–35 — Dolphins — 16–30 Eblis 36–40 — Flail snail 41–45 — Flying snakes 46–50 31–40 Geonids 51–55 — Giant lizards 56–60
territory. If the encounter occurs at night, 3d6 geonids attempt to sneak into the party’s camp and steal food. Giant Lizards The characters encounter 1d6 giant lizards. During the day, the lizards are
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
psychic presence seeps into the land surrounding their lairs, expanding their awareness and subconsciously luring their favorite food—giant lizards—to settle and thrive in the region. Emerald dragons
slopes or into rivers. Thriving Wildlife. Giant lizards are attracted to the area within 6 miles of the lair and settle there in large numbers. If the dragon dies, the population of giant lizards near
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
enter the area. The quaggoths drop to the floor or crawl down the walls to attack intruders they don’t recognize. 12d. Giant Lizard Pen Monsters. Ten docile giant lizards are tethered to iron spikes
pounded into the cave floor. Five drow, one female and four males, watch over the lizards.
Fungi. The 20-foot-high walls are covered with ripplebark (see “Fungi”), which the drow feed to the giant
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
No encounter 15 12 human bandits 16 1 troll 17 4 orcs and 1 ogre 18 2 ogres 19 3 lizardfolk and 3 giant lizards 20 6 lizardfolk 21 8 giant frogs 22 12 bullywugs
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
encounter 15 12 human bandits 16 1 troll 17 4 orcs and 1 ogre 18 2 ogres 19 3 lizardfolk and 3 giant lizards 20 6 lizardfolk 21 8 giant frogs 22 12 bullywugs