been bit defusing construct roles

Duergar Xarrorn

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

carries is invisible with it.Xarrorn are specialists who construct weapons using a mixture of alchemy and psionics. Duergar Duergar are dwarves of the deep reaches of the Underdark and other sunless

guard against the raids and plots of their neighbors. To this end, duergar warriors fulfill a variety of combat roles, often marrying their fury in battle with their psionic abilities or training

Half-Elf Legacy

Species Basic Rules (2014)

contrast, throw themselves into the thick of society, putting their charisma and social skills to great use in diplomatic roles or as swindlers. Half-Elf Names Half-elves use either human or elven

. EXCELLENT AMBASSADORS Many half-elves learn at an early age to get along with everyone, defusing hostility and finding common ground. As a race, they have elven grace without elven aloofness and

Satyr

Species Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

existence, most often to the Material Plane. There they seek to bring a bit of their home plane’s splendor to other worlds. Creating Your Character At 1st level, you choose whether your character is a

;s a list of the game’s creature types in alphabetical order: Aberration, Beast, Celestial, Construct, Dragon, Elemental, Fey, Fiend, Giant, Humanoid, Monstrosity, Ooze, Plant, Undead. These

Charlatan Legacy

Backgrounds Player’s Handbook (2014)

-colored liquid will surely cure that unseemly rash, this ointment — nothing more than a bit of fat with a sprinkle of silver dust — can restore youth and vigor, and there’s a bridge in the

Characteristics Charlatans are colorful characters who conceal their true selves behind the masks they construct. They reflect what people want to see, what they want to believe, and how they see the

Charlatan - Baldur's Gate

Backgrounds Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus

more than a bit of fat with a sprinkle of silver dust — can restore youth and vigor, and there’s a bridge in the city that just happens to be for sale. These marvels sound implausible, but

. Suggested Characteristics Charlatans are colorful characters who conceal their true selves behind the masks they construct. They reflect what people want to see, what they want to believe

Diplomats or Wanderers

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

, throw themselves into the thick of society, putting their charisma and social skills to great use in diplomatic roles or as swindlers. EXCELLENT AMBASSADORS Many half-elves learn at an early age to

get along with everyone, defusing hostility and finding common ground. As a race, they have elven grace without elven aloofness and human energy without human boorishness. They often make excellent

Diplomats or Wanderers

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

, throw themselves into the thick of society, putting their charisma and social skills to great use in diplomatic roles or as swindlers. EXCELLENT AMBASSADORS Many half-elves learn at an early age to

get along with everyone, defusing hostility and finding common ground. As a race, they have elven grace without elven aloofness and human energy without human boorishness. They often make excellent

Thrulls

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica

something useful. These creations become thrulls, obedient slaves that serve in a variety of menial roles: laborers, messengers, beasts of burden, and even fashion accessories for the elite. Whatever

tasks they perform, they wear faceplates forged from devalued coinage to conceal their ghastly features. Construct Nature. A thrull doesn’t require air, food, drink, or sleep.

Worker Robot

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

Worker Robot Worker robots are built for physical labor such as hauling cargo, construction, and maintenance, though some worker robots fill public-facing service roles. Antigravity technology and

Worker Robot Medium Construct, Typically Neutral Armor Class 13 (natural armor) Hit Points 75 (10d8 + 30) Speed 30 ft., climb 30 ft. STR 20 (+5) DEX 9 (−1) CON 16 (+3) INT 10 (+0

Spirit Statue Mascot

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos

of roles for numerous individuals, ranging from research colleagues to martial tacticians. Regardless, their appearance is so common around the Lorehold campus that they have become the college’s

mascots. Spirit Statue Mascot Medium Construct, Any Alignment Armor Class 14 (natural armor) Hit Points 26 (4d8 + 8) Speed 30 ft. STR 14 (+2) DEX 9 (−1) CON 15 (+2

Maintaining Order

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

bit of an advantage in this regard, in that the NPCs placed under their command are all well-trained faction operatives, not raw recruits or mercenaries. However, some of these seasoned personnel might

take on the roles of their faction allies as well as their regular characters. This can range from letting each player control the overall actions of the NPCs in a single faction, to creating multiple

Build Your Group

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

Build Your Group Newspapers employ a wide range of adventurers to bring news back to the home office. Consider some or all of these roles for the characters in your party: Voice of BRELAND

this role. Muscle. Sometimes sources need a bit of physical cajoling to share their stories. The Muscle has a knack for getting people to talk. Alternatively, when those in power lock away the truth

Plot Points

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

can spend a plot point to become the DM. That player’s character becomes an NPC, and play continues. It’s probably not a good idea to swap roles in the middle of combat, but it can happen if your group

table with a bit of material prepared or specific encounters in mind. A player who isn’t prepared or who doesn’t feel like DMing can choose to not spend a plot point that session. For this approach to

Flesh Golem

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual

exposed insides. 4 Parts serving unintended roles, like a body composed of dozens of hands. 5 Perfect features accented by beautiful stitching. 6 Visible mechanisms, bellows, and

engines. Bjorn Hurri Flesh Golem Medium Construct, Neutral AC 9 Initiative −1 (9) HP 127 (15d8 + 60) Speed 30 ft. Ability Score Mod Save Str 19 +4 +4 Dex 9 −1

Animated Coffin

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Adventure Atlas: The Mortuary

the City of Doors, animated coffins serve similar—albeit less industrial—roles. Natural ambushers and tireless sentries, animated coffins guard ancient necropolises, family crypts, and the lairs of

(detailed earlier in this supplement) Animated Coffin Large Construct, Unaligned Armor Class 16 (natural armor) Hit Points 60 (8d10 + 16) Speed 30 ft., climb 30 ft. STR 16 (+3) DEX 12

Clay Golem

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)

everything around it until it is destroyed or completely repaired. “The more rigid its physical form, the less likely the golem is to lose its sense of purpose. The clay ones can be a bit twitchy

.” — Words of warning in the MANUAL OF CLAY GOLEMS Clay Golem Large construct, unaligned Armor Class 14 (natural armor) Hit Points 133 (14d10 + 56) Speed 20 ft. STR 20 (+5) DEX 9

Plaintiff

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

. 6 My superiors are smarter and wiser than I am. I do what I’m told. 7 Never pass up the opportunity to make an easy bit of coin. That’s my motto. 8 I’m beginning to feel like the

of order! (Chaotic) 5 Humility. I’m just a small part of a larger whole. So is everyone else. (Neutral) 6 Responsibility. We all have our roles to play. I’ll hold up my end of the bargain

Charlatan

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

cure that unseemly rash, this ointment — nothing more than a bit of fat with a sprinkle of silver dust — can restore youth and vigor, and there’s a bridge in the city that just happens to be for sale

kind of document or the handwriting you are trying to copy. Suggested Characteristics Charlatans are colorful characters who conceal their true selves behind the masks they construct. They reflect what

D5. Chattering Heads

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

, and it’s a bit self-conscious about its replacement head: a hollow gourd that now sits askew on its shoulders. Eight copper coins are sealed inside the gourd, causing the head to rattle whenever

matter. Appendix D has additional roleplaying notes for Clapperclaw. Clapperclaw the Scarecrow Small Construct, Lawful Neutral Armor Class 12 (natural armor) Hit Points 14 (4d6) Speed 25 ft

Guild

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything

potential and try to push you to greatness? 5 Golem Guide. Your guild contact is the soul of a long-dead artisan preserved in a construct body. This golem is wise and knowledgeable, but it has

operates entirely within the law and how public its interests are also influences which of your skills it deems most valuable. The Guild Representative Roles table suggests positions you might fill in a

Detailed NPCs

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

Detailed NPCs For NPCs who play larger roles in your adventures, allow more time to flesh out their histories and personalities. As you’ll see, ten sentences can sum up the main elements of a

Irritable 10 Ponderous 11 Quiet 12 Suspicious Useful Knowledge In a sentence, describe one bit of knowledge the NPC possesses that might be of use to the player characters. The NPC might know something as

Super-Secret Basement

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

bit, he was simply called Screve. However, he had more than a few other names throughout his career as a slinger of magic, including Brutar the Bloody, Murst the Merciless, and That Wizard Who Fried

door’s five slots, the door automatically opens into this area and activates the creatures in the next room. 4. Mechachimera This chamber holds a construct chimera, Screve’s crowning achievement before he

Secret Basement

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

odd-looking construct with an even more oddly placed spigot at the base of its barrel-shaped body. A gnome dressed in garishly colorful clothes sits on a stool nearby, his eyes blank. Another gnome

construct was originally a servant of the lighthouse franchise.) Wizzy (NG male gnome mage) is also under Hoobur’s power, and acts as the archmage’s unwitting ally. In his current state, Wizzy can cast only

Wedding Itinerary

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

players to embrace the roles and enjoy the concept of momentarily placing their NPC’s secret goal as a top priority. Players might be more willing to take this on if you let them know that the scenario

shaping a massive mosaic. Not far from the dwarves is a large metallic construct with a terrifying number of appendages ending in blades and saws. It is thankfully unmoving. A female dwarf with sharp

Connected Creatures

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

+ 1) capering around a blasphemous idol 2 1 arcanaloth (attitude: 1d12) searching for a tempting bit of lost lore 3 2 chain devils (attitude: 1d6) suspending corpses on spiked chains 4

to understand their place in the cosmos Giant Construct Encounters Use the Giant Construct Encounters table to populate ancient giants’ ruins that have been sealed from the outside world for

Clockwork Dragon

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

damage, depending on their makers’ whims. Clockwork Dragon Medium construct, neutral Armor Class 16 (natural armor) Hit Points 22 (4d8 + 4) Speed 30 ft., fly 60 ft. STR 14 (+2

its lair to be devoured at leisure. Creatures that do struggle might be repeatedly dropped from a height to soften them up a bit. Family Ties. Deep crows live alone for an unknown length of years

Kobolds

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

tribe for several reasons. Because the kobolds’ deity remains imprisoned, most tribes lack individuals that can use divine magic, and so the scale sorcerers fill the roles of advisor and historian. In

, saving a bit of magic for itself in case it needs to flee or take advantage of a captor. Duty-Bound to a Dragon. In a kobold tribe associated with a dragon, typically one that resides in or near the

Tomb Locations

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

area T6, hoping to draw the characters to the false tomb and the other golems waiting there. Canopic Golem Large construct Armor Class 17 (natural armor) Hit Points 252 (24d10 + 120) Speed 30 ft

abjuration and evocation magic to a detect magic spell. Its first ward triggers when any creature that is not a construct or an undead moves within 20 feet of it, filling the area of the well to a height

Duergar

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

rage. Like many who dwell in the Underdark, duergar must constantly be on guard against the raids and plots of their neighbors. To this end, duergar warriors fulfill a variety of combat roles, often

damage. Left to Right: Duergar Soulblade, Warlord, and Xarrorn Duergar Xarrorn Xarrorn are specialists who construct weapons using a mixture of alchemy and psionics. Duergar Xarrorn Medium

The Fissure

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

assurances that the party won’t abandon her. A POWERFUL PET It might be fun to run Dabshabah as an NPC member of the party for a bit. However, any dragon — even a chaotic good wyrmling — can be tough to

business of being a dragon, could provide a bit of poignant narrative in your campaign. Much later on, if the characters are ever facing long odds in an important battle, Dabshabah might swoop down from the

Headquarters Features

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

is the franchisees’ responsibility). But over time, characters in an Acq Inc campaign are granted resources to help construct the headquarters of their dreams! Each franchise rank affords the

! Pirates killed the previous owners, and Head Office picked it up for an excellent price. Most of the holes in the hull are repaired, and the sails are only a little bit moldy. Even better, there’s a small

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