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The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
save DC 14):
At will: light, mage hand, prestidigitation
1/day each: dominate beast, fly, mirror image, webArcane Defense (3/Day). When he is hit by an attack, Kelek protects himself with an invisible
Special Equipment. Kelek wears bracers of defense and carries a staff of striking with 10 charges. The staff regains 1d6 + 4;{"diceNotation":"1d6+4","rollType":"roll","rollAction":"Regain expended
Monsters
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
Special Equipment. Vellynne wears bracers of defense and carries a wand of magic missiles (see “Actions” below).
Spellcasting. Vellynne is an 8th-level spellcaster. Her spellcasting
of a beast.
Spellbook. Vellynne’s spellbook has black leather covers around pages of ragged parchment, all wrapped in a crimson sash. The necromancer’s personal sigil is written in goat
Species
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
Sea elves fell in love with the wild beauty of the ocean in the earliest days of the multiverse. While other elves traveled from realm to realm, sea elves navigated the currents and explored the
what your 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
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice Compendium
druid/ barbarian who transforms into a beast form that has natural armor can use either the beast’s natural armor or Unarmored Defense (you aren’t considered to be wearing armor when you use natural
Defense (Barbarian): 10 + your Dexterity modifier + your Constitution modifier. Unarmored Defense (Monk): 10 + your Dexterity modifier + your Wisdom modifier. Draconic Resilience (Sorcerer): 13 + your
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
Sea Elf Sea elves fell in love with the wild beauty of the ocean in the earliest days of the multiverse. While other elves traveled from realm to realm, the sea elves navigated the deepest currents
any beast that has an innate swimming speed. Languages. You can speak, read, and write Aquan. SAHUAGIN: DANGER FROM THE DEPTHS
The sea elves face as many perils in their watery world as other elves
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
respect all beings who risk their lives in defense of something greater than themselves.
2 My payment is a matter of principle. Requiring even a small fee for my service allows those I help to
underling to be punished or an enemy to be vanquished. (Evil)
Bronze Dragon Spellcasting Age Spell Save DC Spells Known
Young 14 beast sense, detect thoughts, speak with animals
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
Ranger Subclasses A Ranger subclass is a specialization that grants you features at certain Ranger levels, as specified in the subclass. This section presents the Beast Master, Fey Wanderer, Gloom
Stalker, and Hunter subclasses. Beast Master Bond with a Primal Beast A Beast Master forms a mystical bond with a special animal, drawing on primal magic and a deep connection to the natural world
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
Giant Snail These large mollusks retreat into their hardy shells when threatened, and they’re particularly susceptible to being injured by contact with salt. Giant Snail
Large Beast, Unaligned
.
Shell Defense. The snail withdraws into its shell, gaining a +4 bonus to its AC until it emerges. It can emerge from its shell as a bonus action on its turn.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
):
At will: light, mage hand, prestidigitation
1/day each: dominate beast, fly, mirror image, web
Reactions
Arcane Defense (3/Day). When he is hit by an attack, Kelek protects himself with an
Kelek uses Arcane Defense to bolster his low Armor Class whenever possible, and his challenge rating is a reflection of the likelihood that he will use Fiery Explosion as often as he can. If one or more
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
an Acquisitions Incorporated campaign. Beast Master Any Beast Master understands that a beast companion is far more diligent, friendly, and reliable than most people. This might be doubly true in an
. Even in an urban setting, a beast companion makes a solid ally, serving as a guard or a scout when you’re skulking around places you shouldn’t be. Gloom Stalker Gloom Stalkers are often best known for
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
Beast of Grakenok When Grakenok comes into sight, read or paraphrase the description below. If Sytri or Tol reached Grakenok before the characters, they are already engaged in battle. With its
town’s few bariaur defenders, smashing fishing boats and cottages in its rampage.
The bariaurs of Grakenok have put up a heroic defense of their home. They’ve been suffering whirlwyrm attacks for days
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
Warrior A Warrior sidekick grows in martial prowess as it fights by your side. It might be a soldier, a town guard, a battle-trained beast, or any other creature honed for combat. A sidekick gains
Defense 11th +4 Indomitable (1 use) 12th +4 Ability Score Improvement 13th +5 — 14th +5 Ability Score Improvement 15th +5 Extra Attack (2 extra) 16th +5 Ability Score Improvement 17th +6 — 18th +6
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
beast retreats to a safe distance. If it’s cornered and doesn’t like its chances of survival, it bargains or pleads for its life. An awakened beast knows its territory well and can point characters to
her meal. As long as the characters keep their distance, the White Wyrm ignores them. Awakened Beast The frost druids of Icewind Dale use awaken spells to imbue native beasts with an Intelligence
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
champion of another god (most likely Karametra, Heliod, or Ephara).
A Nylea Campaign A campaign in which the player characters are champions of Nylea will feature great feats of heroism in defense of
Wood, which is their main concern. Hailed as heroes even though their defense of the polis was a secondary goal, they continue to enjoy Nylea’s favor as they confront greater threats. Perhaps they will
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
.
4 Find a magically stolen vessel sequestered high in the mountains and return it to the ocean.
5 Capture a great beast of the land and bring it to the shore as an offering for a kraken
defense. Some citizens might hail them as heroes, while others are suspicious of them—particularly when one of the disasters they foretell seems likely to be Thassa’s doing. They might get caught up in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Divine Contention
. Mark one victory and advance to Event 2: “The Storm Breaks.” The party retreats. The undead spill into the town. Proceed to Event 5: “Streets of Rage.” Event 2. The Storm Breaks If the defenders hold
docks! The party holds the line. Mark one victory and advance to Event 6: “Rolling Thunder.” The party retreats. The cultists of Talos surge into the town. Go to Event 5: “Streets of Rage.” Event 4
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
thwart his insights or their defense of the status quo and sends his agents to enlighten them. The campaign might end with the adventurers unraveling a troublesome prophecy, proving themselves of
of mortal knowledge inconsistent and slow. He empowers a champion to grant vast knowledge to any person or beast she touches. The advent of sagacious cattle, wolves, and children greatly disrupts (and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
locals don’t recollect the fog and beast attacks that Wan-Ha’s gwishin uses to impede their work, they’re aware that accidents, vandalism, and missing workers delay construction. When the characters
into fog if defeated. They also vanish, along with the fog, 5 minutes after the fog appears. Before the last tiger vanishes, it retreats, heading toward the forest north of the construction site and a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
threaten the children incur the wrath of Little Oak, which uproots itself and thunders to their defense. If the treant or one of its animated trees reduces a character to 0 hit points with a melee
you?” as it fights to the death. The oni has a pet displacer beast kitten (see the accompanying stat block) named Star, which it abandons if its curse is ended. Characters who aided Dirlagraun in the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
that resist the town’s volatile nature—nothing remains for long. Most homes and businesses are owned by githzerai, sculpted from currents of instability into ordered redoubts: towers of latticed
belly of a massive, mechanical beast. Githzerai Embassy The githzerai embassy is an island of order amid a sea of chaos. The adamantine citadel floats above Xaos, held aloft by collective thought and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
monodrone 19 2d6 quaggoths 20 1d4 shriekers Behir This long-bodied reptile is either prowling a tunnel or resting in a cave when the characters encounter it. The behir retreats if reduced to 80 or fewer
afflicted with madness, Kurr can’t bring himself to kill any living creature except in self-defense. If the characters spare his life, Kurr can act as a guide, for he has explored a great deal of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
god favors towers and hanging gardens that lift the verdant natural world up toward Nyx in her honor. In the Nessian Wood, Setessans build watchtowers that serve the dual purpose of military defense
watchtower, eager to devour the animals within.
6 A druid of Nylea, angered by the construction of a watchtower in the forest, attracts a mythic beast to the area to destroy the structure.
7
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
area 31. Halfway up the spiral staircase is a secret door that opens into area 23. Rough-hewn stairs in the south wall descend to area 7. Development If Nym retreats to this chamber, she raises the
into the north wall opens into area 13. Development The storm giants sleeping in area 12 awaken and respond to any loud disturbance here. If Serissa retreats here, she raises the portcullis, and she
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice & Errata
various game features distinguish between the armor you don and a Shield you wield. Take a look at the Monk’s Unarmored Defense feature and compare it to the Barbarian’s version. In the Monk’s version
, you must both forgo wearing armor and forgo wielding a Shield if you want to benefit from the feature, whereas a Barbarian must only forgo wearing armor. Does Unarmored Defense work with a spell like
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice Compendium
. You can’t move farther than 30 feet away from the caster of compelled duel by any means, including teleportation. Is the damage dealt by a beast from conjure animals considered magical? The stat
can disintegrate you. What happens if a druid using Wild Shape is reduced to 0 hit points by disintegrate ? Does the druid simply leave beast form? The druid leaves beast form. As usual, any leftover
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
chapter 4, NPCs speaking to the characters might assume the trouble in the mine is related to these toughs and their bullying.
Levels 5–10. You might use the adventure “Horns of the Beast” from chapter
, overwhelming its defenses and moving toward Furyondy. The characters might have adventures to muster forces in surrounding lands and bring them to Furyondy’s defense or hinder Iuz’s advance.
Levels
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
. Familiar. Avarice’s familiar throughout the adventure is a squawking raven named Skelm. It uses the raven stat block in the Monster Manual but is a fiend instead of a beast. Spellbook. Avarice’s
frozen remains. It uses the weasel stat block in the Monster Manual but is a fey instead of a beast. If Zelennor is reduced to 0 hit points, Nass’s ghost is unable to cast the find familiar spell in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
first time on a turn takes 40 (9d8) lightning damage. When the barrier appears, read: The shimmering head and shoulders of a woman blink into existence above the arena floor. Electrical currents course
offense gets more successes than the team on defense, one player on offense can try either to hurl the ball between the metal tines of an electrified mast, hoping to impart an electrical charge to the ball
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
Perception 10
Languages Common
Challenge 3 (700 XP)
Bonded Mount. The knight is magically bound to a beast with an innate swimming speed trained to serve as its mount. While mounted on this beast
, the knight gains the beast’s senses and ability to breathe underwater. The bonded mount obeys the knight’s commands. If its mount dies, the knight can train a new beast to serve as its bonded mount
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
, or the severed heads of enemy leaders — a particularly holy gift. Hobgoblins operating on their own will remain in their forts, content to deal with internal politics of rank and matters of defense
on each head that direct the beast by controlling the view of its blinkered eyes. Former slaves, often soldiers who once fought against the host, who now fight alongside the host to gain better
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
, their wings wrapped tightly around their bodies. If the characters try to climb the tower, the bats attack. The bats otherwise fight only in self-defense or at Wyllow’s command. At the base of the tower
’ stone branches serve as the balcony’s railings.
Archdruid and Friends. Wyllow is here, attended by Crissann, her displacer beast companion, and Halastree, her awakened tree usher. Wyllow wears a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
hearing what the “small folk” have to say. Watching the visitors are two storm giants wearing helms. If Mirran and Nym are attacked, these royal guards rush to the princesses’ defense and cover their
nowhere else to go, Mirran retreats to her quarters (area 30), refusing to abandon the stronghold she believes is rightfully hers, while Nym retreats to area 6 and wisely tries to flee Maelstrom on the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
tremorsense 10 ft., passive Perception 14
Languages Common
Challenge 1/2 (100 XP)
Unarmored Defense. While the monk is wearing no armor and wielding no shield, its AC includes its Wisdom modifier
until the end of Hellenrae’s next turn.
Unarmored Defense. While Hellenrae is wearing no armor and wielding no shield, her AC includes her Wisdom modifier.
Unarmored Movement. While Hellenrae is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
completely submerged. It has no trouble pursuing prey that plunges over the waterfall to the east. Reinforcements. The kuo-toa in area P5 come to the aboleth’s defense if they aren’t already dead. Treasure
skeletons droop from the rigging or lay in tangled piles, and seaweed hangs from the gunwales. The rain renders the entire area lightly obscured, and strong currents on either side of the wreckage pull
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
block of ice. Although the beast is positioned within the icy block as though rearing up to strike, severe wounds indicate that it died before being frozen.
This dead remorhaz is one of Challidax’s
until the characters approach the beast, a Neutral Frost Giant named Heldalf sits on a stool behind the Mammoth, combing out the pack animal’s tangled fur. Heldalf is Indifferent to the characters and