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Returning 35 results for 'alert'.
Feats
Player’s Handbook
Origin Feat
You gain the following benefits.
Initiative Proficiency. When you roll Initiative, you can add your Proficiency Bonus to the roll.
Initiative Swap. Immediately after you roll Initiative
Alert
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Feats
Player’s Handbook (2014)
Always on the lookout for danger, you gain the following benefits:
You gain a +5 bonus to initiative.
You can't be surprise;surprised while you are conscious.
Other creatures don’t gain
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
Alert Always on the lookout for danger, you gain the following benefits: You gain a +5 bonus to initiative. You can’t be surprised while you are conscious. Other creatures don’t gain advantage on attack rolls against you as a result of being unseen by you.
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
Alert Origin Feat You gain the following benefits. Initiative Proficiency. When you roll Initiative, you can add your Proficiency Bonus to the roll. Initiative Swap. Immediately after you roll
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
Alert Origin Feat You gain the following benefits. Initiative Proficiency. When you roll Initiative, you can add your Proficiency Bonus to the roll. Initiative Swap. Immediately after you roll
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
Wheelwatch Alert The Dragon Army troops occupying Wheelwatch Outpost are on the lookout for danger. Use the following details to guide when the Dragon Army soldiers go on alert and how that affects
activity, they attempt to sound an alarm horn 1 round later on their turn. Once an alarm horn is sounded, the fort goes on alert. Alert If a threat is detected, the eight Dragon Army soldiers (see
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
High Alert When a matter of concern is brought to her attention, the warden (see area R21) decides whether to place the prison on high alert. Circumstances that warrant taking such action include a
, “maristo,” the warden—and only the warden—can place the prison on high alert (or speak it again to end the high alert), with the following effects: High-Alert Signals. For 1 minute, a warning horn blares
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Prisoner 13
High Alert When a matter of concern is brought to her attention, the warden (see area R21) decides whether to place the prison on high alert. Circumstances that warrant taking such action include a
, “maristo,” the warden—and only the warden—can place the prison on high alert (or speak it again to end the high alert), with the following effects: High-Alert Signals. For 1 minute, a warning horn blares
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
High Alert When a matter of concern is brought to her attention, the warden (see area R21) decides whether to place the prison on high alert. Circumstances that warrant taking such action include a
prisoner revolt, an escape, the approach of an unfamiliar ship, a dragon sighting, or an attack. By speaking the command word “maristo,” the warden—and only the warden—can put the prison on high alert
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
High Alert If a situation arises that puts the guildhouse on high alert, a task force assembles to deal with the threat. This force is summarized in the Guild Task Force table. Subtract any
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice & Errata
Alert (p. 165) The third benefit now reads, “Other creatures don’t gain advantage on attack rolls against you as a result of being unseen by you.”
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer Academy
Part 3: Intruder Alert!While fulfilling the orders given to them by Boatswain Tarto, the characters meet Mirt the Merciless and discover that someone has sent the head of Spelljammer Academy a most deadly gift.
Monsters
Stranger Things: Welcome to the Hellfire Club
shrieker dies.Shrill Mushroom
If exposed to light or otherwise disturbed, mushroomlike shriekers emit a high-pitched noise that gives them their name. This wailing might alert other creatures or attract predators.
Backgrounds
Eberron: Forge of the Artificer
Ability Scores: Constitution, Intelligence, Charisma
Feat: Alert
Skill Proficiencies: Insight and Investigation
Tool Proficiencies: Thieves' Tools
Equipment: Choose A or B: (A) Thieves' Tools
Backgrounds
Forgotten Realms: Heroes of Faerûn
Ability Scores: Strength, Dexterity, Constitution Feat: Alert Skill Proficiencies: Animal Handling and Athletics Tool Proficiency: Woodcarver's Tools Equipment: Choose A or B: (A) Woodcarver's Tools
Monsters
Mythic Odysseys of Theros
been used as nimble scouts, always on alert for danger.
The first anvilwroughts were created by the god of the forge, Purphoros. He gave the secret of breathing life into these metal creatures to his
Dungeon Delver
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Feats
Player’s Handbook (2014)
Alert to the hidden traps and secret doors found in many dungeons, you gain the following benefits:
You have advantage on Wisdom (Perception) and Intelligence (Investigation) checks made to detect
Monsters
Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
Alert. The giant can’t be surprise;surprised, and it has advantage on initiative rolls.
Amphibious. The giant can breathe air and water.
Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If the giant fails a
Wildhunt
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Species
Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Wildhunt shifters are sharp and insightful. Many are constantly alert, ever wary for possible threats. Others focus on their intuition, searching within. Wildhunt shifters are excellent hunters, and they also tend to become the spiritual leaders of shifter communities.
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
always alert for signs of their presence and organize hunting parties to exterminate any of these murderous worms they learn of.
Monsters
The Book of Many Things
19) know of rifflers and their obsession with Deck of Many Things;Decks of Many Things, and these organizations stay alert for signs of these Fey creatures, since that usually means a deck is nearby.Necrotic, Radiant
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
of Grolantor is revered as a holy embodiment of Grolantor’s aching hunger. Unlike a typical sluggish hill giant, a mouth of Grolantor is thin as a whippet, alert like a bird, and constantly
Backgrounds
The Book of Many Things
containing 13 gp
Feature: Still Standing
You have weathered ruinous misfortune, and you possess hidden reserves others don’t expect. You gain the Alert, Skilled, or Tough feat (your choice). Your
seizing the tiniest scrap of hope, choose Alert. If you’ve redoubled your efforts to reclaim what was once yours, choose Skilled. If you’ve stoically persevered through your misfortune, select Tough.
backgrounds
Eberron: Forge of the Artificer
pursue that power as an artist or performer, always alert for secrets even as you regale the world with story, song, acrobatics, or art. Or you might foster ties to the secretive espionage arm of your house: the Serpentine Table.
Classes
Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
subversive. Be ever alert for their corruption.
Loyalty. Never accept gifts or favors from fiends or those who truck with them. Stay true to your order, your comrades, and your duty.
Discipline. You
Classes
Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
subversive. Be ever alert for their corruption.
Loyalty. Never accept gifts or favors from fiends or those who truck with them. Stay true to your order, your comrades, and your duty.
Discipline. You
Human
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Species
Basic Rules (2014)
, striving to leave a lasting legacy. Individually and as a group, humans are adaptable opportunists, and they stay alert to changing political and social dynamics.
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Monsters
Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
, however, Halaster is alert and attentive to the activities and preparations of all beings near him. He never willingly enters combat without first casting mage armor and mind blank on himself.As the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
assistance from members outside their own group. Any fights or suspicious activities in the hold are reported to the efreeti Jarazoun, who places the defenders on high alert. Even if Vrakir is at the hold
, the defenders bring their reports to Jarazoun first, allowing him to deal with any trouble himself rather than risk Vrakir’s ire. While on high alert, the hold’s inhabitants can’t be surprised, and
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a5
characters can take normal rests outside the dungeon. Doing so has an effect on the alert level. Resting within the Doomvault is risky, because of random encounters and the rising alert level (see below
). Alert Level The Doomvault is an active complex. As effects of the characters’ assault grow more widespread or easily detected, the alert level of the dungeon’s inhabitants rises. This level starts at 0
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
the main force engages the enemy. A cunning party should have the chance to take out numerous defenders, open the gate in area 1, and slay sahuagin leaders, possibly without ever raising an alert
alert 25 The Defense By the time the party returns to the fortress, the sahuagin have reinforced their numbers. Every area of level 1 now holds sahuagin defenders preparing for battle, acting as
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice & Errata
Encounters North of Waterdeep (p. 40) In the second paragraph, “are at high readiness” is now “are being alert.”
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
the tower. If the tower goes on alert (as indicated in some of the encounter descriptions), all characters have disadvantage when making their group Dexterity (Stealth) checks. Sorcere Encounters d20
alert if it isn’t already. Giant Spider This giant spider crawls along the walls or ceiling. It ignores the characters unless they take hostile action against it, in which case it attacks. Invisible
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
Outrider Fighting Style: Archery Maneuvers: Ambush,* Distracting Strike, Goading Attack, Precision Attack, Quick Toss* Feats: Alert, Crossbow Expert, Mounted Combatant, Observant, Sharpshooter You
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
Skirmisher Fighting Style: Archery, Thrown Weapon Fighting* Maneuvers: Ambush,* Bait and Switch,* Distracting Strike, Quick Toss* Feats: Alert, Dual Wielder, Mobile, Skulker You thrive amid the chaos






