beast bridge diffusing contingent reality

Phantasmal Force Legacy

Spells Player’s Handbook (2014)

were real. The target rationalizes any illogical outcomes from interacting with the phantasm. For example, a target attempting to walk across a phantasmal bridge that spans a chasm falls once it

steps onto the bridge. If the target survives the fall, it still believes that the bridge exists and comes up with some other explanation for its fall - it was pushed, it slipped, or a strong wind might

Demogorgon

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

":"necrotic"} necrotic damage. Cast a Spell (Costs 2 Actions). Demogorgon uses Spellcasting.Prince of Demons, the Sibilant Beast, and Master of the Spiraling Depths, Demogorgon is the embodiment of

long to delirium. As a result, all followers of the Prince of Demons break with reality sooner or later.Demogorgon’s Lair Demogorgon makes his lair in a palace called Abysm, found on a layer

Avarice

Monsters Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

fantasizes about rising to fame and prominence in record time and hopes that plundering the lost Netherese city of Ythryn will turn her fantasies into reality. The tiefling has the secret support of the

the Monster Manual but is a fiend instead of a beast. Spellbook. Avarice’s spellbook has white leather covers and vellum pages. The tiefling’s personal sigil is burned into the front cover

Deck of Many More Things

Magic Items The Book of Many Things

02 Balance* 03 Beast 04 Book 05 Bridge 06 Campfire 07 Cavern 08 Celestial 09 Comet* 10 Construct 11 Corpse 12 Crossroads 13

feet. Beast. You immediately transform into a random Beast with a CR of 5 or lower. Your game statistics—including your ability scores, hit points, and possible actions—are replaced by the

Boareskyr Bridge

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons

collection of tents, wagons, and caravans providing food, fresh mounts, and other services to travelers. A contingent of paladins from the theocracy of Elturgard maintains watch over the bridge in a newly

Boareskyr Bridge Boareskyr Bridge bears the name of a now-vanished realm north and east of the Trade Way. The bridge spans the Winding Water and is a major landmark. Constructed of black granite, it

Boareskyr Bridge

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat

collection of tents, wagons, and caravans providing food, fresh mounts, and other services to travelers. A contingent of paladins from the theocracy of Elturgard maintains watch over the bridge in a newly

Boareskyr Bridge Boareskyr Bridge bears the name of a now-vanished realm north and east of the Trade Way. The bridge spans the Winding Water and is a major landmark. Constructed of black granite, it

Adventure Background

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

dragon’s vanquishers had also perished in the battle. Thinking the lair would be easy to plunder, Vrakir set off with a contingent of warriors to claim its riches. When he arrived, however, Vrakir

learned the truth: the adventurers who had supposedly slain Drendarylix were cultists who had arrived to worship the wicked beast. Worse, the cult was conducting a ritual to turn Drendarylix into a

What the Prisoners Know

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

from the hanging guard tower across the rope bridge, visible through the locked gate. The cell has some sort of antimagic effect on it (see area 11 for details). Jorlan the drow warrior suffered

Shoor carries it, as another sign of their change in status. It might be a matter of days or tendays before a contingent from Menzoberranzan arrives to take prisoners back to the drow city. Additionally

Phantasmal Force

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

outcomes from interacting with the phantasm. For example, a target attempting to walk across a phantasmal bridge that spans a chasm falls once it steps onto the bridge. If the target survives the fall

, it still believes that the bridge exists and comes up with some other explanation for its fall—it was pushed, it slipped, or a strong wind might have knocked it off. An affected target is so

School of Illusion

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

dissipates. Once you use this feature, you can’t use it again until you finish a short or long rest. Illusory Reality By 14th level, you have learned the secret of weaving shadow magic into your

illusions to give them a semi-reality. When you cast an illusion spell of 1st level or higher, you can choose one inanimate, nonmagical object that is part of the illusion and make that object real. You can

Tree Cottage of the Three Mothers

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild

goodly ways. (In reality, the hags wish to capture the unicorn and force her to become their servant and mount.) Bridle of Capturing To help the characters in this task, the three mothers have

crowns also intensify the hags’ illusion of themselves as dryads and Olitor as a satyr, make the unicorn Banrion appear to be a fiendish, haggard beast, and make the fey in the unicorn’s care appear as

Inhabitants

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

ruling over its domain. Long ago, the beholder heard rumors of an arcane device known as the Maze Engine, capable of shifting the gears of reality. During the last Great Modron March, Karazikar

different points. From any bridge, a character can climb or drop 10 feet to reach a bridge leading to a tunnel on an adjacent level. Chasm. The chasm of Karazikar’s Maw extends some five hundred feet below

The Great Old One

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

The Great Old One Your patron is a mysterious entity whose nature is utterly foreign to the fabric of reality. It might come from the Far Realm, the space beyond reality, or it could be one of the

whispers, Tasha’s hideous laughter 2nd detect thoughts, phantasmal force 3rd clairvoyance, sending 4th dominate beast, Evard’s black tentacles 5th dominate person, telekinesis Awakened Mind Starting

Keranos as Campaign Villain

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros

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

unique physical laws and strange truths. Some of the inhabitants escape the isle and begin infecting the rest of Theros with their alternate reality.

Kobold Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

crawl to make progress. In places where a tunnel opens into a chasm and continues on the other side, the kobolds might connect the two passages with a rope bridge or some other rickety structure

roles that protect and sustain the tribe. The strongest kobolds are trained to be hunters and warriors, the most clever are crafters and strategists, the toughest are miners and beast-wranglers, and so

Legion of Azrok

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage

this strange lack of courage in their great warlord? Has age finally taken its toll? In reality, a band of duergar thieves posing as merchants recently stole Azrok’s dagger of blindsight and fled

Skullport. (Characters who make discreet inquiries in Skullport can learn that a large contingent of duergar from Clan Ironeye resupplied in Skullport and drank ale at a local tavern called the Black

Old City

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

cleaner and less crowded than those near street level. A narrow wooden bridge connects the upper levels above the press and noise of the street. 2. Executioner’s Run The road through the Old City splits

will survive, which will die, how far runners will get before a beast brings them down, and how many kills each animal will rack up. A handful of Chultans have become celebrities by surviving

Debriefing

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer Academy

history and mission of Spelljammer Academy (see the accompanying sidebar). Any character with spellcasting talent qualifies to join the Spelljammers, the contingent of those able to pilot a spelljamming

collectively as “the Bridge.” While most of its candidates are from Toril, the academy occasionally recruits from outside Realmspace (the Wildspace system that is home to the planet Toril) to bring

Undersigil

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel

cake. Forced into Undersigil when their faction didn’t quite take, the Cakers aggressively knead nonbelievers into members of their cake-based contingent. Mike Schley Map 2.1: Caker Tea Party View

. A successful DC 16 Intelligence (Arcana) check reveals the wings have black blood; they don’t belong to a bat or any other Beast. Creatures other than Constructs, Fiends, or Undead that partake of the

Forest Shrine

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros

. 8 Recruit the help of the shrine’s druids to defeat a group of poachers. 9 Acquire a beast companion from the shrine. 10 Defend the shrine from a group of harpies. Forest Shrine

convinces the shrine’s druids to cast the spell on other boars to strike back at a contingent of hunting nobles. 6 A cult fanatic of Erebos infiltrates the shrine in disguise and plans to kill all its plant life.

Wizard

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

, tapping directly into the Weave to reshape reality or burn it to the ground has an eventual effect on the mind, and your sleep is often haunted by a recurring nightmare whose indelible images you cannot

Impler Rickys, a gnome transmuter who lived under a bridge and worked for candied beets and honey peanuts. 4 Dame Melna Rothburntonberryville, a 238-year-old elf croquet player and evoker, and

The Infernal Machine of Lum the Mad

Magic Items Infernal Machine Rebuild

, conjure fey Wish. The Infernal Machine has the ability to bend the nature of reality, with the proper combination of controls recreating the effect of a wish spell (including all side effects). Due to

random Huge beast appears next to you (chosen by the DM) as if with the conjure animals spell. You have a telepathic link to this beast, such that you can give it commands even if it can’t hear

Deck of Many More Things

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things

larson, ivan shavrin Cards from the Deck of Many More Things Deck of Many More Things d100 Card 01 Aberration 02 Balance* 03 Beast 04 Book 05 Bridge 06 Campfire 07 Cavern 08 Celestial 09 Comet

Things as depicted in the Dungeon Master’s Guide Aberration. You gain telepathy within a range of 90 feet. Beast. You immediately transform into a random Beast with a CR of 5 or lower. Your game

Haskasori Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves

crystal (see “Haskasori features”) and then killed as the basilisks ate parts of their Petrified prey. Loud noise here alerts the Basilisks in area H3, which come to investigate. H2: Bridge This bridge

spans a chasm that falls away into darkness. At the bridge’s far end loom the gates of Haskasori—massive stone doors engraved with dragon-like figures. The chasm floor lies 150 feet below the bridge

Putting the Planes Together

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)

Valhalla, Vanaheim, Alfheim, and other regions), Midgard (the Material Plane), and Niflheim (the underworld). The Bifrost, the rainbow bridge, is a unique transitive plane that connects Asgard and

eternal city, or by four cities that each represent a different aspect of reality. The Celtic cosmology has an otherworld, called Tír na nÓg, and the cosmologies of some religions inspired by Asian

Warforged Colossus

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

colossus could direct itself but at diminished power. A colossus also carried a sizable contingent of elite troops, who could ride in safety within the colossus while it crushed through enemy lines or

upon a reality the world isn’t ready to face: an operational colossus (see the stat block in chapter 6). Entering a Colossus Map 4.8 shows a fallen colossus. The mostly hollow interior of a colossus

Vault Locations

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

. A third contains harmless mammals, including jerboas, chinchillas, and a capybara. The last two cages each hold one displacer beast. The giant lizards, flying snakes, and displacer beasts are

the Concordant Express. T10: Pit A ten-foot-wide pit with spikes at the bottom divides this room from east to west. A sturdy-looking stone bridge spans the pit. The room is dimly lit by a flickering

Tour of the Planes

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

patterns, and identical cattle graze in unison. 4 A contingent of modrons is methodically deconstructing and reorganizing the zone, heedless of their effect on the other inhabitants. Dal Quor, the Region

reality. New arrivals are subject to forced conscription when encountered (whether by angel, demon, or devil), if they aren’t summarily dispatched. Amid the constant strife, windstorms of blades scour

Darkhold

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

seems unthinkable, but the reality is that life is sedate here. Certainly, the soldiers in the castle aren’t to be trifled with, but they hardly ever engage in the acts of petty cruelty that one

expects from warriors serving a local lord. Those who misunderstand the Zhentarim often do so because they imagine them to be cackling villains in the vein of the Zhents of yore. In reality, they are

Xaos

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

Xaos Gate Destination: Ever-Changing Chaos of Limbo Primary Citizens: Githzerai Ruler: Varies Chaos reigns supreme in Xaos, a gate-town tethered to the ever-turbulent plane of Limbo, where reality is

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

Demogorgon

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

Demogorgon Prince of Demons, the Sibilant Beast, and Master of the Spiraling Depths, Demogorgon is the embodiment of chaos, confusion, and destruction, seeking to corrupt all that is good and

who confront them. Similarly, the spiraling Y sign of Demogorgon’s cult drives those who contemplate it for too long to delirium. As a result, all followers of the Prince of Demons break with reality

Locations R - U

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

large contingent of its City Guard here, using a nearby barracks as the base for outriders who infrequently patrol the road north as far as Amphail and south to Waterdeep. Yondral Horn (N male shield

cold, crystal-clear lake known as Lake Glorfindar. Few but the dwarves know of this place. Travelers of good will are welcome, and the stargazing is excellent. Stone Bridge A gigantic stone archway

Locations in Saltmarsh

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

that is the place for everything that isn’t fish, salt, or nautical wares, this market stretches among a dozen stalls down to the bridge. A few goats, eggs, cloth, marsh plants, and pots are available

, as well as the occasional mule or ox for hauling carts. 10. Sharkfin Bridge This single large bridge spans the river, with shops and homes along its length. The bridge predates the village and is

Arcane Brotherhood

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

record time and hopes that plundering the lost Netherese city of Ythryn will turn her fantasies into reality. The tiefling has the secret support of the archdevil Levistus, having traded her soul years

. 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

Locations I - L

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

magical side effect: river trout attempting to swim under the bridge are propelled over it instead, which is why locals refer to it as the Flying Fish Bridge. People crossing the bridge are occasionally

struck by these fish, which deal no damage. Whenever a fish hits a traveler and flops onto the bridge, it’s a local custom (and considered good luck) to toss the fish back into the river. Once a home

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