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Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
Suave Defense. While Amrik is wearing light or no armor and wielding no shield, his AC includes his Charisma modifier.Multiattack. Amrik makes three dagger attacks.
Dagger. Melee or Ranged Weapon
-foot-radius sphere. The area within the cloud is heavily obscured. A strong wind disperses the cloud, which otherwise remains until the end of Amrik’s next turn.Second son of Duke Thalamra
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
remains of up to nine Humanoids. These remains have total cover against attacks and other effects outside the corpse flower. If the corpse flower dies, the corpses within it can be pulled free.
Spider
necromancer or the remains of powerful Undead creatures. Unless it is uprooted and burned while it is still a seedling, the corpse flower grows to enormous size over several weeks, then tears itself free
Flail Snail
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Monsters
Volo's Guide to Monsters
more on a single turn, one of its tentacles dies. If even one tentacle remains, the snail regrows all dead ones within 1d4;{"diceNotation":"1d4","rollType":"roll","rollAction":"Flail Tentacles"} days. If
when this power is activated must succeed on a DC 15 Wisdom saving throw or be stunned until the light ends.
Shell Defense. The flail snail withdraws into its shell, gaining a +4 bonus to AC until it emerges. It can emerge from its shell as a bonus action on its turn.Fire, Poison
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
mouths of Grolantor are set loose is during a war, during a raid against an enemy settlement, or in a last-ditch defense of Grolantor’s faithful. When a mouth of Grolantor has slaughtered and eaten
their fill of enemies, they pass out amid the gory remains of their victims, making them easy to recapture.
Monsters
Mordenkainen's Fiendish Folio Volume 1
Needle Defense. Each time a creature makes a melee attack against a needle lord, it takes 2 piercing damage. A creature can choose to make an attack with disadvantage to avoid this damage.Multiattack
by needle lords—hulking plant creatures that hail from fey domains wracked by wanton violence. When a needle lord enters a worldly forest, it spreads seed pods wherever it roams. A pod remains
Githzerai Anarch
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Monsters
Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes
, telekinesis
1/day each: globe of invulnerability, plane shift, teleportation circle, wall of force
Psychic Defense. While the anarch is wearing no armor and wielding no shield, its AC includes its Wisdom
spell (as a 9th-level spell) using the unformed substance of Limbo instead of shadow material. If used in Limbo, the object remains until the anarch’s concentration is broken, regardless of its
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If the githzerai fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.
Psychic Defense. While the githzerai is wearing no armor and wielding no shield, its AC
creation spell (as a 9th-level spell) using the unformed substance of Limbo instead of shadow material. If used in Limbo, the object remains until the anarch’s concentration is broken, regardless
Backgrounds
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
finally know peace. (Any)
Bonds
d6
Bond
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I would give my life in the defense of the small enclave where I first encountered Mat’Selesnya.
2
I love beasts and
public argument with an Izzet chemister, and neither of us is allowed back into that restaurant.
7
I paid off my debt to the Orzhov Syndicate, but my good friend was not so lucky and remains
Monsters
Mordenkainen's Fiendish Folio Volume 1
of druids (possibly in service to Malar or Talos) who cultivated the first of these creatures. However, it remains unknown whether their intent was to create a benign means of breaking down monstrous
continue their horrid life cycle.
An Unnatural Plague. Whole settlements along the frontier have been wiped out by plagues of assassin bugs. Without a quickly organized defense, even a single bug can
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
victories.
2
A sapphire dragon is bound by an ancient pact to advise a monarchy on matters of defense—until someone bests the dragon’s security measures.
3
A sapphire dragon
caverns and complex tunnel systems. As they grow older, they continually renovate their lairs, using their tunneling abilities and command over stone.
Sapphire dragons eventually create dizzying
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
critical factor, of course; the best ones make the best music, and some bards are continually on the lookout for an improvement. Perhaps just as important, though, is the instrument’s own entertainment
Magic Items
Storm King's Thunder
creature can’t be touched or moved from the throne. Touching a Ruling Scepter to the force field dispels the field, though the creature remains paralyzed until it is separated from the throne.
Any
breaking at least five Ruling Scepters of Shanatar simultaneously on it. This fact has never been recorded or sung of among the dwarves or any bards or storytellers, and it can’t be discovered
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
? Ah, then what manner of music they would bring to this world!
— Fletcher Danairia, master bard
Bards bring levity during grave times; they impart wisdom to offset ignorance; and they make the
ridiculous seem sublime. Bards are preservers of ancient history, their songs and tales perpetuating the memory of great events down through time — knowledge so important that it is memorized and passed
Aarakocra
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Elemental Evil Player's Companion
have historical ties to the Wind Dukes of Aaqa. Exceptional individuals honor that connection and might seek out the missing pieces of the Rod of Seven Parts, the remains of an artifact fashioned by
pieces across the multiverse. Recovering the pieces means gaining honor and esteem in the eyes of the vaati who forged it and could possibly restore a powerful weapon for defense against the agents of
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
ancient pact to advise a monarchy on matters of defense—until someone bests the dragon’s security measures.
3
A sapphire dragon seeks adventurers to lead into battle against the mind
older, they continually renovate their lairs, using their tunneling abilities and command over stone.
Sapphire dragons eventually create dizzying honeycombs of hidden passages, deceptively thin walls
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
bards and philosophers to partake in “the Great Dialogue” in the dragon’s mountaintop lair. But only the dragon knows that the Great Dialogue has no end, and no one can leave the lair
quartz crystals remains, but new crystals form at a normal rate.Cold, RadiantChange Shape. The dragon magically transforms into any creature that is Medium or Small, while retaining its game
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
the greatest bards and philosophers to partake in “the Great Dialogue” in the dragon’s mountaintop lair. But only the dragon knows that the Great Dialogue has no end, and no one can
increased Hit Die recovery ends immediately. The existing abundance of quartz crystals remains, but new crystals form at a normal rate.Cold, RadiantChange Shape. The dragon magically transforms into
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
the bards, each of which is named after one of the colleges. See chapter 7 of the Dungeon Master’s Guide for the game statistics of these magic instruments. Long ago, bards who sought the rank of
tradition fell when the colleges went into decline, but some bards dream of restoring it. College of Fochlucan The original College of Fochlucan once stood on the northeastern edge of Silverymoon. Many years
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
Bard Subclasses A Bard subclass is a specialization that grants you features at certain Bard levels, as specified in the subclass. Bards form loose associations, which they call colleges, to preserve
Harmony with the Cosmos Bards of the College of Dance know that the Words of Creation can’t be contained within speech or song; the words are uttered by the movements of celestial bodies and flow
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
elementals Wondrous item No Bracers of defense Wondrous item Yes Brazier of commanding fire elementals Wondrous item No Cape of the mountebank Wondrous item No Censer of controlling air elementals Wondrous
teleportation Wondrous item Yes Horn of blasting Wondrous item No Horn of Valhalla (silver or brass) Wondrous item No Instrument of the bards (Canaith mandolin) Wondrous item Yes (bard) Instrument of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
Bladesinging When faced with the endless onslaught of magical possibilities, many wizards suffer identity crises. Some overcome, some break, and some become sword-bards.
Tasha
Bladesingers master
, a bladesinger uses a series of intricate, elegant maneuvers that fend off harm and allow the bladesinger to channel magic into devastating attacks and a cunning defense. Many who have observed a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
Corpse Flower A corpse flower can sprout atop the grave of an evil necromancer or the remains of powerful undead. Unless it is uprooted and burned while it is still a seedling, the corpse flower
grows to enormous size over several weeks, then tears itself free of the earth and begins scavenging humanoid corpses from battlefields and graveyards. Using its fibrous tentacles, it stuffs the remains
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
defense against it. Unless immune to the river’s effects, a creature that drinks from the Styx or enters the river is targeted by a feeblemind spell (save DC 20). A creature must repeat the saving
creature fails its saving throw and remains under the spell’s effect for 30 consecutive days, the effect becomes permanent (no save) and the creature loses all its memories, becoming a near-mindless
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
realize they enjoy hunting together.
5
A tempestuous marid continually floods the carefully dried-out lair of a topaz dragon.
6
A sahuagin baron attempts to gain the support of other sahuagin
returns to normal levels over the course of 1d10;{"diceNotation":"1d10", "rollType":"roll", "rollAction":"Days"} days. The existing abundance of crystals and topazes remains, but new ones form at a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
faith, making them proficient with the quarterstaff and nothing else. You could give them a benefit to make up for the loss of proficiencies—something like the monk’s Unarmored Defense class feature, but
firmly in the world by associating the class with a particular race or culture. For example, you might decide that bards, sorcerers, warlocks, and wizards represent the magical traditions of four
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
rays from its eyes and dreadful spells called up from the dark recesses of its memory. Dark spellcasters fashion flameskulls from the remains of dead wizards. When the ritual is complete, green flames
carries out its tasks properly. Wreathed in Flame. The fire wreathing a flameskull burns continually, giving off bright light that the creature controls. It uses those flames as a weapon, focusing them to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
Corpse Flower A corpse flower can sprout atop the grave of an evil necromancer or the remains of powerful Undead creatures. Unless it is uprooted and burned while it is still a seedling, the corpse
remains into its body to sustain and repair itself. The plant has a malevolent bent and despises the living. With or without corpses nested in its body, a corpse flower exudes a stench of decay that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
War Room Level 17 Bastion Facility Prerequisite: Fighting Style feature or Unarmored Defense feature
Space: Vast
Hirelings: 2+ (see below)
Order: Recruit
The War Room is where you plan
remains until it is destroyed or you command it to disband. You can’t issue this Recruit order again until your current army disbands or is destroyed.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
, enveloping and devouring their victims. While it feeds, a cloaker uses its swift, whiplike tail for defense, although it rarely takes a stand against dangerous foes or groups of creatures. As an added
defense, cloakers can create illusory duplicates of themselves. Haunting Moan. Cloakers’ thoughts are alien to other life-forms, and they communicate with one another through subsonic moans inaudible to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
1. Fungal Wilds The myconids cultivate this stretch of wilderness as their first line of defense, creating a living palisade. Fungal creatures and wild Underdark beasts form a rich ecosystem here
hunters don’t kill their prey, but merely track down creatures that have died near the grove. The hunters bring the remains of such creatures back to be reanimated by their sovereigns, until they are
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
caverns. Perceiving the threat the drow represented to all the peoples of the Underdark, the deep gnomes abandoned their isolation when they came to the defense of the dwarves of Mithral Hall, defeating
rebuild their city. The ultimate success of their efforts, however, hangs by a slender thread. Most of the ruined city is a dangerous place and remains closed off, with tunnels and chambers barricaded
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
bards find a home in Silverquill, putting the power of their voices to use with Silverquill magic. Wizards (especially those who study the Schools of Illusion and Enchantment) are common in
way to succeed. 4 I’ve mastered the art of using humor as a defense, and I always have a charming joke ready. 5 I always wait before speaking, analyzing the situation for whichever angle is most
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
skilled artistry remains apparent. The living monkeys chatter and shriek continually, and the gorge echoes with the sound of their cries. Occasionally, the echoes from up and down the gorge overlap
skeleton lying at the statue’s feet is all that remains of a human explorer killed by the golem. It has long since been picked clean. Bridge Gap Part of the bridge has fallen away, leaving a 20-foot
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
with a thought. Githzerai Anarch
Medium Humanoid (Gith), Any Alignment
Armor Class 20 (Psychic Defense)
Hit Points 144 (17d8 + 68)
Speed 30 ft., fly 40 ft. (hover)
STR
16 (+3)
DEX
.
Psychic Defense. While the githzerai is wearing no armor and wielding no shield, its AC includes its Wisdom modifier.
Actions
Multiattack. The githzerai makes three Unarmed Strike attacks.
Unarmed
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Light of Xaryxis
come to drive a stake through my heart, you’ll have to return it first.”
After making introductions, the vampirate captain confesses that his flagship and its crew are all that remains of his fleet
words, Gargenhale tells any belligerent or opportunistic characters that his crew has already died once—and they won’t hesitate to do so again in defense of their ship. In conversation, Gargenhale is






