bad blade diffusing charged realized

Unspeakable Horror (Loathsome Limbs)

Monsters Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

"} bludgeoning damage. Bone Blade. The horror’s limb ends in a blade made of bone, which deals slashing damage instead of bludgeoning damage. In addition, it scores a critical hit on a roll of 19 or 20 and

-realized imaginings of the Dark Powers and the remnants of ruined domains. While such nightmares typically manifest as nothing more than impressions, whispers, or vaporous visions amid the fog, mysterious

Unspeakable Horror (Oozing Organs)

Monsters Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 21 (3d10 + 5);{"diceNotation":"3d10+5","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Limbs","rollDamageType":"bludgeoning"} bludgeoning damage. Bone Blade. The horror’s limb ends

in a blade made of bone, which deals slashing damage instead of bludgeoning damage. In addition, it scores a critical hit on a roll of 19 or 20 and rolls the damage dice of a crit three times

Unspeakable Horror (Aberrant Armor)

Monsters Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

. Hit: 21 (3d10 + 5);{"diceNotation":"3d10+5","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Limbs","rollDamageType":"bludgeoning"} bludgeoning damage. Bone Blade. The horror’s limb ends in a blade made of

more, the target is also blinded until the end of its next turn.Untold, half-formed evils lurk amid the Mists, the yet-to-be-realized imaginings of the Dark Powers and the remnants of ruined domains

Unspeakable Horror (Malleable Mass)

Monsters Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

","rollDamageType":"bludgeoning"} bludgeoning damage. Bone Blade. The horror’s limb ends in a blade made of bone, which deals slashing damage instead of bludgeoning damage. In addition, it scores

evils lurk amid the Mists, the yet-to-be-realized imaginings of the Dark Powers and the remnants of ruined domains. While such nightmares typically manifest as nothing more than impressions, whispers, or

Unspeakable Horror

Monsters Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

target. Hit: 21 (3d10 + 5);{"diceNotation":"3d10+5","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Limbs","rollDamageType":"bludgeoning"} bludgeoning damage. Bone Blade. The horror’s limb ends in a blade

by 5 or more, the target is also blinded until the end of its next turn.Untold, half-formed evils lurk amid the Mists, the yet-to-be-realized imaginings of the Dark Powers and the remnants of ruined

Archduke Zariel of Avernus

Monsters Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus

appearance), detect evil and good, fireball, invisibility (self only), wall of fire 3/day each: blade barrier, dispel evil and good, finger of death Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If Zariel fails a saving

a DC 26 Wisdom saving throw or take 22 (4d10);{"diceNotation":"4d10","rollType":"damage","rollDamageType":"fire"} fire damage. Teleport. Zariel uses her Teleport action.Once a mighty angel charged

Drow Matron Mother

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

and using Charisma as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 20): At will: command, dancing lights, detect magic, thaumaturgy 2/day each: banishment, blade barrier, cure wounds, hold person, plane

Spell (Costs 2 Actions). The drow uses Spellcasting.Among drow followers of Lolth, each noble house is led by a matron mother, an influential priestess of Lolth charged with carrying out the god

Zariel

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

evil and good, fireball, invisibility (self only), major image, wall of fire 3/day each: blade barrier, dispel evil and good, finger of death Teleport. Zariel teleports, along with any equipment

", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Immolating Gaze", "rollDamageType":"fire"} fire damage.Once a mighty angel charged with watching the tides of the Blood War, Zariel succumbed to the corrupting influence

Monks

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide

Monks The fat man straightened his black-and-gold vest, lowered his round head, and charged. Danica waited until he was right in front of her, and to the onlookers it appeared as if the woman would

wrist stopped him dead in his tracks, and before he even realized what was happening, Danica kicked the back of both his knees, dropping him to a kneel. — R.A. Salvatore, Canticle Some of the

Adventures in Akharin Sangar

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel

personal favors for the genie. 3 Before their execution, a coven of night hags prophesy that an angel-killing blade is hidden in an unholy subterranean temple. The characters are charged with finding the

blade. 4 A planetar reveals itself to the characters and declares Atash a false emissary of the Sunweaver. 5 Possessed by a shadow demon, a high-ranking member of the Brightguard calls for the

The Grand Master

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish

deal an extra 6d8 slashing damage instead. You might also have the shards be from a polymorph blade, a blade of the medusa, or some other type of weapon. Another option is to allow decapitated

bad for it in combat, it might choose to do so in order to escape (if you wish to preserve the Grand Master as a future villain), or to summon an ally (if the fight against it proves too easy).

12. Burket's Guard Post

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a4

Snarla finds herself in a bad situation, she changes into werewolf form and attacks with desperate savagery, giving her advantage on all her attack rolls. If she is captured alive and made to talk, she

will tell the party only that she is charged with keeping the kelpies and other denizens of the dungeon fed. There are strange gaps in her memory concerning her employer or any section of the dungeon

Droaam

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War

whole creature and still be hungry. If you’re bad, she’ll come in the night and carry you away. She’ll make a lantern of your skull and torment you until the end of time. And she’s the least

grow larger and more organized every day, and the rest of Khorvaire is uneasy with the potential power of a fully realized Droaam. The monsters that inhabit Droaam retain their racial subcultures. Most worship the Dark Six, but other religious traditions flourish as well.

Bad Time to Be a Zhent

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist

Bad Time to Be a Zhent Within days after the events that local broadsheets dub the “Gralhund Villa Bloodbath,” the City Watch cracks down on the Black Network. Even members of the Zhentarim who have

Zhentarim members, she threatens that if she’s arrested and charged with a crime, she will reveal their affiliation and bring them down with her. Hiding Istrid. If the characters decide to let Istrid hide

The Zhentarim

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss

knows that demons at large in the world are bad for business. The organization thus views the possible presence of the demon lords in the Underdark with the same concern as any other external threat

Resources: Zhentarim thugs Graceful and elegant as a blade, Davra Jassur ostensibly recruits promising new talent for the Zhentarim. But she also deals with internal problems, ensuring those problems

Unspeakable Horrors

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

Unspeakable Horrors Untold, half-formed evils lurk amid the Mists, the yet-to-be-realized imaginings of the Dark Powers and the remnants of ruined domains. While such nightmares typically manifest as

deafened until the end of its next turn. If the saving throw fails by 5 or more, the target is also blinded until the end of its next turn. Limbs d4 Attack 1 Bone Blade. The horror’s limb

Drow Matron Mother

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes

Drow Matron Mother At the head of each drow noble house sits a matron mother, an influential priestess of Lolth charged with carrying out the god’s will while also advancing the interests of the

, spirit guardians 4th level (3 slots): banishment, death ward, freedom of movement, guardian of faith 5th level (3 slots): contagion, flame strike, geas, mass cure wounds 6th level (2 slots): blade

Ziggurat Locations, Tier 4

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase

burial chambers of King Alendria and Queen Zanobis. The annex contains several obstacles designed to deter tomb robbers and other would-be plunderers. Blade Traps. Three swinging blades are hidden in the

ceiling above the squares marked on the map. A successful DC 14 Wisdom (Perception) check reveals scrape marks and old bloodstains on the floor beneath each blade. As an action, a character can

Narration in Combat

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide

damage is a bad wound for the enemy, say: “You swing wildly, and the knight brings his shield up just a second too late. Your blade catches him along the jaw, drawing a deep gash. He recoils, bleeding

Evermeet

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide

realized their folly. For thousands of years, no elf dared set foot on Evermeet. But eventually Corellon must have forgiven his wayward children, for the oldest elves began to feel the call to the west

along? I felt a little bad about taking advantage of the elf’s blindness and forcing him to leave behind some of his baggage, but it was the opportunity of a lifetime! I overheard it said by the

Zariel

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes

Zariel Zariel rules Avernus, the first layer of the Nine Hells. Once a mighty angel charged with watching the tides of the Blood War, she succumbed to the plane’s corrupting influence and fell from

self (can become Medium when changing her appearance), detect evil and good, fireball, invisibility (self only), wall of fire 3/day each: blade barrier, dispel evil and good, finger of death

Zariel

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse

Zariel Once a mighty angel charged with watching the tides of the Blood War, Zariel succumbed to the corrupting influence of the Nine Hells and fell from grace. Asmodeus admired Zariel’s passion for

), detect evil and good, fireball, invisibility (self only), major image, wall of fire 3/day each: blade barrier, dispel evil and good, finger of death Teleport. Zariel teleports, along with any

Drow Matron Mother

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse

Drow Matron Mother Among drow followers of Lolth, each noble house is led by a matron mother, an influential priestess of Lolth charged with carrying out the god’s will while also advancing the

, blade barrier, cure wounds, hold person, plane shift, silence 1/day each: clairvoyance, darkness, detect thoughts, dispel magic, faerie fire, gate, levitate (self only), suggestion Bonus Actions

Welcome to the City of Blades

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss

can be shackled and shipped beyond the Darklake District. Resisting arrest is a truly bad idea; every duergar around is reinforcement. If the characters get arrested, you can interrupt their transfer

foreign mercenaries). Possible offers of employment in the Blade Bazaar can also be turned into timely rescues for the adventurers. Otherwise, they end up in Overlake Hold, interrogated by Errde Blackskull.

Example Complex Traps

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything

, imposing disadvantage on the blades’ attacks against the creature while it isn’t incapacitated. Attack. A creature in the area can ready an attack to strike at one of the blades as it goes by. The blade

gains advantage on its attack against the creature. The creature then attacks. Each blade has AC 15 and 15 hit points. Destroying a blade reduces the Whirling Blades attack bonus by 2. Dexterity check

Necropolis Locations (Y1-Y9)

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

. Chain Lightning Stadium The air around this amphitheater is charged with static. Cracked steps descend to the stadium floor, where a tiny glittering object rests on a pedestal of black stone. Three

attack roll against AC 15. If this attack hits, the ball becomes electrically charged as it passes between the tines. Repeat step 1 to determine which team gets custody of the electrically charged

Guild

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything

serve the guild’s interests well, it promises to take care of you. Guilds hate to waste valuable assets, after all—that’s just bad business. Types of Guild The guild structure covers a swath of business

. A competitor has humiliated the guild one too many times, and it’s time for that to stop. Your group is charged with ensuring the rival never besmirches the guild’s reputation again. Can you trick

The Afterlife

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide

finish work that was left undone. Souls that are unclaimed by the servants of the gods are judged by Kelemvor, who decides the fate of each one. Some are charged with serving as guides for other lost

secrets N Death, Knowledge Mountain silhouette with a central gemstone Gorm Gulthyn, god of vigilance LG War Bronze half-mask Haela Brightaxe, goddess of war-luck CG War Upright sword whose blade is

Howling Hatred Cultists

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse

is from appendix B): Cantrips (at will): blade ward, gust,* light, prestidigitation, shocking grasp 1st level (4 slots): feather fall, shield, witch bolt 2nd level (3 slots): dust devil,* gust

): blade ward, gust,* light, prestidigitation 1st level (4 slots): feather fall, jump, thunderwave 2nd level (2 slots): gust of wind Unarmored Defense. While the hurricane is wearing no armor and

A Long History (in Brief)

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist

all who sought to lay hands on him, Raurlor struck at the mage with his own sword. Ahghairon then rose into the air, just out of reach, and used his magic to transmute Raurlor’s blade into a hissing

events — was built as a temple to Ao. But his worship fell from favor when all prayers to him went unanswered, and folk realized they had no idea what he stood for or who he was. You can visit the

N3. Burgomaster's Mansion

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd

). In addition to his weapons, Izek carries an iron ring of keys that unlock the stocks in the town square (area N8). If the characters get on his bad side, the baron accuses them of being “spies of the

in the past week: the butler and the baroness’s lady-in-waiting. The baron has charged Izek with finding out what happened to them, but investigation isn’t Izek’s forte. Searches have been organized

Briny Maze Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk

they risk a bad performance taking on malevolent life. A character who succeeds on a DC 13 Charisma (Performance) check causes any existing shadows to wink out and new shadows to replace them and

and Deep Speech in addition to Gith. All three githyanki are on an extended expedition to hunt mind flayers. A tenuous trail of clues brought them to the Briny Maze, and they charged into the maze

Spire of Iriolarthas (Y19i-Y19hq)

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

Strength check. A living blade of disaster is a powerful, annihilating spell given a will of its own. Y19k. Dome The following boxed text assumes that the characters arrive by moving up the shaft from

-radius dome of translucent ice encloses the area around the shaft from which you emerge. At the far end of the hall, two blade-shaped patches of pitch darkness hover in the air to either side of a

The Foundry

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a2

rushes from west to east through the center of the room, crossed by two stone bridges. On the other side of the stream, three bald, gray dwarves work at a roaring forge, beating a white-hot blade into

shape on an old anvil. Creatures. Two duergar smiths are forging a blade at the forge in the center of the south wall. The work is overseen by Snurrevin, a duergar with the following changes, which

Lottie's Palace

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated

realized how dangerous the orrery was, Lottie scattered its pieces and left the message in Horn Enclave that brought the characters here. She is aware that the orrery’s components have been coming together

terrible powers to learn how to use the orrery components to open a portal to the Far Realm. The commercial interests of these liches means that all understand how destroying the world is bad for business

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