bards blowing diffusing chain rolling

Amulet of the Black Skull

Magic Items Tomb of Annihilation

This amulet is carved from obsidian and shaped like a screaming humanoid skull, with ruby eyes and emeralds for teeth. It hangs from an iron chain necklace. The amulet has 6 charges and regains 1d6

as soon as you arrive at the destination, and is determined randomly by rolling percentile dice and consulting the Black Skull Transformation table. Black Skull Transformation d100

Dimir Operative

Backgrounds Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica

guildless masses of the city. Consider why you’re embedded in the secondary guild. Create a story with your DM, inspired by rolling on the following table or choosing a reason that suits you

. Dimir Contacts d8 Contact 1 I know a Dimir courier who relays messages to me from someone higher up the chain of command. 2 I get orders from a shapeshifter I recognize only

Travel to the Barrow

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon of Icespire Peak

Travel to the Barrow The barrow is roughly 40 miles northwest of Phandalin, amid the rolling hills and grasslands between the High Road and Neverwinter Wood. Since the characters can travel roughly

24 miles in a day, they should expect to take one long rest in the wilderness before arriving at the barrow on the second day of their trek. A cold wind blowing in from the coast assails them for most of the trip, bringing occasional rain.

Watchtower Features

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus

tower is staffed by an amnizu commander, a chain devil subcommander, ten bearded devils (each one with a hell hound on the end of a short chain), and two spined devils (see “Watchtower Locations” for how

these devils are deployed). Bugles. Each devil on watch duty is issued an iron bugle. Blowing the bugle is a bonus action that blasts a hideous drone audible within 300 feet. Exterior Grounds. The

College of Lore

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)

College of Lore Bards of the College of Lore know something about most things, collecting bits of knowledge from sources as diverse as scholarly tomes and peasant tales. Whether singing folk ballads

in taverns or elaborate compositions in royal courts, these bards use their gifts to hold audiences spellbound. When the applause dies down, the audience members might find themselves questioning

College of Lore

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)

College of Lore Bards of the College of Lore know something about most things, collecting bits of knowledge from sources as diverse as scholarly tomes and peasant tales. Whether singing folk ballads

in taverns or elaborate compositions in royal courts, these bards use their gifts to hold audiences spellbound. When the applause dies down, the audience members might find themselves questioning

Bard

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

Bard Bards are gifted poets, storytellers, and entertainers who travel far and wide, commonly found performing in taverns or in the company of jolly bands of adventurers, rough-and-tumble mercenaries

, or wealthy patrons. Bard Medium humanoid (any race), any alignment Armor Class 15 (chain shirt) Hit Points 44 (8d8 + 8) Speed 30 ft. STR 11(+0) DEX 14(+2) CON 12(+1

Bard

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh

Bard Bards are gifted poets, storytellers, and entertainers who travel far and wide, but are commonly found in taverns or in the company of jolly bands of adventurers, rough-and-tumble mercenaries

, and wealthy patrons. Bard Medium humanoid (any race), any alignment Armor Class 15 (chain shirt) Hit Points 44 (8d8 + 8) Speed 30 ft. STR 11 (+0) DEX 14 (+2) CON 12 (+1

Major Items, Rare

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

shackles Wondrous item No Dragon slayer Weapon No Elven chain Armor No Figurine of wondrous power (bronze griffon) Wondrous item No Figurine of wondrous power (ebony fly) Wondrous item No Figurine of

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

Bard Subclasses

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

Bard: College of Spirits

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

Bard: College of Spirits Bards of the College of Spirits seek tales with inherent power—be they legends, histories, or fictions—and bring their subjects to life. Using occult trappings, these bards

target of the tale’s effect. Once you do so, you can’t bestow the tale’s effect again until you roll it again. You can retain only one of these tales in mind at a time, and rolling on the Spirit

Bard

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

Bard Bards are gifted poets, storytellers, and entertainers who travel far and wide. They’re commonly found in taverns or in the company of jolly bands of adventurers, rough-and-tumble mercenaries

Performance Types d10 Performance Type 1 Poetry 2 Singing 3 Bagpipe 4 Flute 5 Dancing 6 Drum 7 Lute 8 Puppetry 9 Mime 10 Acting Bard Medium Humanoid, Any Alignment Armor Class 15 (chain shirt) Hit

Vault Keys

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

Vault Keys At the end of an encounter chain, a character who is attuned to the Stone of Golorr can learn the location of the Vault of Dragons and what three keys are needed to open its doors. The

artifact also reveals that an adult gold dragon named Aurinax guards the vault. The three keys needed to open the vault are chosen by you or determined randomly by rolling on the Vault Keys table

Creating a Portal

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands

Creating a Portal You can create portals quickly by choosing or rolling on the Planar Portals table. First, decide whether the portal’s destination resides in Sigil or on another plane. Then, roll on

infirmary, tattered paper fan 10–12 Sewer pipe Infinite Well The Abyss Celestial blood, demon ichor 13–15 Cell door Prison Carceri Broken key, length of chain 16–18 Open grave Dead Nations Hades

Amulet of the Black Skull

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation

hangs from an iron chain necklace. The amulet has 6 charges and regains 1d6 charges daily at dawn. While wearing the amulet, you can use an action to expend 1 of its charges to transport yourself and

transformed in transit. The transformation takes effect as soon as you arrive at the destination, and is determined randomly by rolling percentile dice and consulting the Black Skull Transformation table

Ironslag: Upper Level

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder

rattling of chains all around them. 12. Dressing Mill Eight orcs work here under the watch of a fire giant. The bucket chain moves from north to south through this room, the iron buckets dangling a few feet

must pass through them to hit its target. The northern and eastern gantries are unlit. The ceiling is 40 feet above the gantries, the floor 50 feet below. The rattling of the bucket chain fills the

Random Encounters

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a5

3rd-level spell scroll, either of dispel magic or remove curse. Dread Warriors. A dread warrior carries no gold, but some of them have weapons or armor, determined by rolling on the following table. 2d4 Item 2–6 None 7 +1 weapon (usually a battleaxe or a javelin) 8 +1 chain mail

Random Encounters Random encounters help determine if characters meet other creatures moving through the Doomvault. Consider rolling for an encounter in these circumstances: The party enters a zone

Big Top

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight

highlight performers. Spectators watch the acts from rows of tiered wooden seats encircling the ring. You can randomly determine an act by rolling on the Big Top Acts table, or you can create new acts using

. Costumes and Accessories d8 Costume or Accessory 1 Wire headband fitted with a sparkling paper unicorn horn 2 Waistcoat with a chain of one hundred silk handkerchiefs tied together in one of its pockets

6. Svirfneblin Enclave

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

hidden compartment. Finding it requires a successful DC 19 Wisdom (Perception) check. The compartment contains 1d4 magic items (determined by rolling on Magic Item Table C in chapter 7 of the Dungeon

Master’s Guide). Gabble keeps a crystal coffer in her niche. The coffer is worth 100 gp, and it contains a black sapphire pendant on a silver chain worth 5,000 gp. She offers the pendant as a reward to the party for saving her enclave.

Lyn Armaal, Levels 5-6

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder

takes a Medium or Small character 1 minute to chug one down. Five spell scrolls (animate objects, chain lightning, dominate monster, legend lore, and phantasmal killer). Each scroll is written on a 12

like trees with blowing leaves made of thinly pressed gold and platinum (worth 2,500 gp and weighing 500 pounds). The full-sized Leomund’s secret chest is worth 5,000 gp. Its smaller replica is worth 50

14. Chapel of Evil

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a7

wall is a large white pottery urn stoppered with a brass and wood plug. Sprawled on the floor near the west wall is human skeleton in black chain mail that is badly rusted and damaged. The skeleton’s

check fails by 5 or more, the trap goes off explosively, blowing the lid open. Treasure. The back pair of pews have 4,000 sp each hidden therein, the next pair have 3,000 ep each, and the pair closest

Search for the Sled

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

, reducing visibility to twenty feet. Kelvin’s Cairn vanishes from view as the blowing snow and howling wind engulf you. Ask the players what their characters do during the blizzard, which lasts for 2d4

are two roaring polar bears that don’t look happy. These goblins were rolling across the tundra when their advance scout, a trained hawk, spotted the abandoned sled. The one-eared goblin boss, Izobai

Example of Play

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

advice about rolling and tracking Initiative. Jared: Mirabella, you’re first. What do you do? Maeve: How many of these walking bundles of kindling can I get in a 15-foot Cone? 4 Jared

? Maeve: My work here is done. (She mimes blowing smoke away from her fingertips.) 6 Asking for the spell’s damage allows the DM to roll a saving throw for each monster and mark off the right

Timed Events

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight

before it touches the ground, doing so with a successful DC 10 Dexterity check. Any creature that catches a seed before it touches the ground receives a gift, determined by rolling a d8 and consulting

the Welcome Gifts table. A creature that receives one of these gifts can’t gain another one for 24 hours. Dandelion Seeds. A character can make a wish while blowing their dandelion’s seeds into the

1. Jarl's Lodge

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder

of the lodge has a pitched roof. A wide triangular opening in the west wall allows wind and snow to enter. Near this opening, hanging from a chain bolted to a rafter, is a 20-foot-tall wooden cage that

of chain Four chests, each one holding 3d6 × 100 cp, 3d6 × 100 sp, and 3d6 × 100 gp A chest containing a dead, frozen shield dwarf (female) clad in adamantine plate armor, clutching a warhammer and

Brimstone Hold Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault

climb the outer walls but is otherwise indifferent to the goings-on in the yards below. B9: Harbor Towers Two mighty towers flank the entrance to the fortress’s harbor. A great steel chain stretches

schedule. Each tower contains a large winch for raising and lowering the chain that controls access to the harbor. The chain is effective only if both sides are raised, and it takes 3 actions to

Manor Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries

ballroom’s stage is filled with set pieces, props, and costumes. Treasure. Among the many other instruments stored here is Quill’s instrument of the bards (Cli lyre), which is kept in an ornate wooden case

. M7. Library Large wooden doors open to reveal a cozy library lit by warm candlelight. Two walls of shelves stretch to the ceiling, with a rolling ladder to help reach the higher books. In the center of

Wyrmheart Mine

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation

grease to get it rolling again. The old brake looks solid, but each time it’s used, it has a 10 percent chance to fail utterly. This risk is recognized by someone who inspects the brake and makes a

, which serves as the kobolds’ egg nursery. These kobolds protect their eggs with flinty resolve. The mossy niches in the walls contain a total of thirty eggs. 6C. Rolling Stone Trap A tripwire

Encounters in the Villa

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

years ago.) Corpses. Lying about the room are the bodies of eight guards wearing bloody and tattered House Gralhund livery over their chain shirts, as well as two dead Zhents in black leather armor. All

chain shirts and the livery of House Gralhund. G10. Den and Trophy Room Lord Gralhund’s den has the heads of various beasts mounted on the walls and gleaming suits of armor standing at attention in the

Barn Door Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries

the shelves, each section of which has a rolling ladder anchored to a ceiling rail. Three custodians are working here, sweeping the floors: a human, a gnome, and a half-elf. After Kandlekeep

, their contents protected behind wood-and-glass doors. A rolling ladder attached to a ceiling rail allows access to the highest shelves. An oak table is bolted to the floor, flanked by two high chairs

City Celebrations

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

. Although some of the dancing is wanton and performed for show, large-scale ring dances in the street for all ages are also popular. All the dancing ends at dusk, after which bards and minstrels perform at

, on his statue in the City of the Dead, and atop the altars of the House of Wonder. Bards perform songs in honor of the wizard all over the city. The Open Lord visits taverns and inns throughout

Grimskalle Locations (G8-G14)

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

zircon gemstones (750 gp) An electrum chain with a bloodstone pendant (250 gp) A wooden sea chest covered with bird droppings and sealed with a heavy padlock that a character using thieves’ tools can pick

walrus as big as an elephant is having a grand old time rolling and sliding on the ice, paying you little heed. The giant walrus (see appendix C), named Ukuma, is supposed to be guarding this room

Black Cabin Locations

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

corners by stiff winds blowing through broken windows. The walls and furniture are scorched black, including a table with the charred remains of a book on it. Next to the table, on the floor amid

through the charred bones and ashes finds an amulet of health that Macreadus used as a holy symbol. It shows no signs of damage, hinting at its magical nature. The amulet’s pendant and chain are made of

Ironslag: Lower Level

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder

behind the bed. An iron chandelier hangs from the ceiling over the center of the room, near the foot of the bed. A chain connected to the chandelier is snagged on an iron hook mounted to the east

. Cinderhild wears a fire opal pendant on a gold chain around her neck (worth 2,500 gp and weighing 25 pounds) and has a 2-foot-long golden pin (worth 250 gp and weighing 5 pounds) hidden in her hair

Locations on the Upper Level

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a6

, and other clothing hanging on pegs. A thick chain (for the chief’s cave bear) is set into one wall. An old shield and some of the chief’s well-used weapons lie on the floor near one of the corners. 9

. Seven hill giants, including the sergeant from area 25 (who has AC 16 from chain mail and 115 hit points), six hill giant servants (use the ogre statistics), and eight ogres are scattered around the room

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