beat both diffusing cautious raise

Kobold Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

a perfect world, the creatures would be left alone to dig their tunnels and raise the next generation of kobolds, all the while seeking the magic that will free their imprisoned god (see the &ldquo

provoke retaliatory attacks from the creatures they steal from. It’s better to be cautious and overlooked than to be considered dangerous and a threat. In a couple of situations, kobolds might

Yakfolk Neighbors

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

their visitors sleep, the yakfolk beat them unconscious, strip them of their gear and weapons, and consign them to a life of menial labor. Deprived of food and warmth, prisoners rarely survive more

to area 8. 8 Chief Kartha-Kaya, 2 yakfolk priests If intruders are detected, one yakfolk strikes the gong to raise the alarm throughout the village while the others confront the interlopers. Yakfolk

Introduction

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Fiendish Folio Volume 1

Introduction It’s fitting that a gaming fundraiser is named Extra Life. In our games, there’s always a raise dead spell, a secret power-up that delivers a 1UP mushroom, or something else to keep the

thus worthy of cautious respect, if not fear. Read on and learn that perhaps the derision leveled at these fiends reflects only the fear and trepidation of those who would mock them. And perhaps if

Matriculating from the Schools of Magic

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

franchise sees the lighter side of your magical craft. Clearly, the labor-to-paid-benefits ratio of undead interns can’t be beat, but you need to be cognizant of the potential public-relations

nightmare of franchise-branded zombies running amok. Still, if things get bad, there’s nothing like a general marketing campaign reminding local folk that necromancy means raise dead. Even if you can’t cast

Encounter Pace and Tension

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

opportunity to make the characters’ situation more complex and urgent, with more significant consequences. Successive encounters raise the tension in an adventure naturally, as characters spend their

few small rooms with only one door, where the characters can bar the door and reasonably expect to spend an hour or even a night resting in safety. On the flip side, cautious characters might try to

Zones and Denizens

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

sounding the gong. As all the other adult yakfolk converge on the chief’s hut, Kartha-Kaya and his wives attack conscious party members. The goals of the yakfolk are to beat the characters unconscious

foundry, where ogres on the gantries (area 18) use long, hooked poles to tip the buckets, causing the ore to fall into the smelters below (area 34). Enormous bellows raise the temperature inside the

Fey Contracts

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Domains of Delight: A Feywild Accessory

indebted to look to the killer to make good on the creature’s unfulfilled debts. Fey are understandably cautious when collecting debts from a person who is prone to violence. They usually make their

both in the Feywild. Fey Desires for Greater Contracts d8 What the Fey Wants 1 One of your fingers 2 To take the next child born in your family and raise the child in the Feywild 3 The completion

Locations in Saltmarsh

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

. Since then, thousands of crabs have taken up residence in the crumbling remains. Crabbers from Saltmarsh are cautious about the cove, as more than one overeager fisher has disappeared into the clacking

willing to trade cleric spells of up to 5th level, including raise dead, in return for recovery of the remains he seeks. 27. Saltmarsh Cemetery The town’s cemetery is well-kept, but many of its graves are

Roleplaying a Giant

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters

over their neighbors. Fire giants raise and train hell hounds as war dogs, and they sometimes persuade human wizards (free or enslaved) to harness fire elementals as guardians for their strongholds

beaten into submission more than they’re trained. When a frost giant commands a beast to attack, it’s less a command than an acknowledgment to the creature that the giant won’t beat it for satisfying

Lair Locations

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

smaller creatures might beat them. Thin Ice. The icy patch across the room is a thin crust over the frozen river that flows to Ralvald’s retreat (area D5; see “Lair Features”). A creature with a Passive

they could do more than raise their weapons. Their restless spirits linger here as five Ghosts. The spirits are Chaotic Neutral. They emerge from their frozen corpses if the pillars entombing them are

Ironslag: Lower Level

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

table scraps. If the goblins are attacked, they flee west through the hallway and beat on the doors to area 31 until they are let inside. If the western tunnel is blocked off, they make their stand

cobwebs. The chains used to raise and lower the chandeliers are fastened to iron hooks mounted on the walls. Set into the north wall is a fireplace, and arranged about the room are basalt tables

Greater Caverns Locations

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

worth 50 gp each, and a sealed scroll tube with a Spell Scroll of Raise Dead. Adrián Ibarra Lugo A spirit of hunger emerges from a wall of calcified corpses to devour the souls of the living G3: Great

room made of brass, copper, and steel. The walls are composed of interlocking gears, metal plates, and whirring machinery that rotate, shift, and tick to a synchronized beat. The center of a wall

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