before back defusing changed refuge

Adult Bronze Dragon Legacy

Monsters Basic Rules (2014)

failed save, the creature is pushed 60 feet away from the dragon. Change Shape. The dragon magically polymorphs into a humanoid or beast that has a challenge rating no higher than its own, or back into

parts of the lair. If the dragon dies, changed weather reverts to normal, as described in the spell, and the other effects fade in 1d10;{"diceNotation":"1d10","rollType":"roll"} days.Lightning

Ancient Silver Dragon Legacy

Monsters Basic Rules (2014)

of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success. Change Shape. The dragon magically polymorphs into a humanoid or beast that has a challenge rating no higher than its own, or back into its

, forming structures and other objects as it wishes. If the dragon dies, changed weather reverts to normal, as described in the spell, and the other effects fade in 1d10;{"diceNotation":"1d10","rollType":"roll"} days.Cold

Ancient Bronze Dragon Legacy

Monsters Basic Rules (2014)

failed save, the creature is pushed 60 feet away from the dragon. Change Shape. The dragon magically polymorphs into a humanoid or beast that has a challenge rating no higher than its own, or back

parts of the lair. If the dragon dies, changed weather reverts to normal, as described in the spell, and the other effects fade in 1d10;{"diceNotation":"1d10","rollType":"roll"} days.Lightning

Adult Silver Dragon Legacy

Monsters Basic Rules (2014)

turns, ending the effect on itself on a success. Change Shape. The dragon magically polymorphs into a humanoid or beast that has a challenge rating no higher than its own, or back into its true form

structures and other objects as it wishes. If the dragon dies, changed weather reverts to normal, as described in the spell, and the other effects fade in 1d10;{"diceNotation":"1d10","rollType":"roll"} days.Cold

Half-Elf Legacy

Species Basic Rules (2014)

Flint squinted into the setting sun. He thought he saw the figure of a man striding up the path. Standing, Flint drew back into the shadow of a tall pine to see better. The man’s walk was

. 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

Baba Lysaga

Monsters Curse of Strahd

Shapechanger. Baba Lysaga can use an action to polymorph into a swarm of insects (flies), or back into her true form. While in swarm form, she has a walking speed of 5 feet and a flying speed of 30

consider the wereravens a serious threat, but Lysaga has chosen to make them the bane of her existence. After much searching and scrying, she discovered a wereraven refuge at the Wizard of Wines

Madam Eva

Monsters Curse of Strahd

castle like the back of her hand, and she was present for the wedding of Sergei and Tatyana. After Strahd went mad and murdered his brother, she fled the castle and took refuge with the Vistani. Later

The Gardener

Monsters Quests from the Infinite Staircase

carrying, to an unoccupied space they can see within 15 feet. A creature reduced to 0 hit points by the psychic damage has the unconscious condition and is stable instead of dying. Spell Refuge. When

back into the ground, freeing all creatures grappled by it, when the Gardener uses this lair action again or when the Gardener dies. Regional Effects The Eternal Garden has the following features

Stalagma Steelshadow

Monsters Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage

each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success. Change Shape. The dragon magically polymorphs into a humanoid or beast that has a challenge rating no higher than its own, or back into

. If the dragon dies, changed weather reverts to normal, as described in the spell, and the other effects fade in 1d10;{"diceNotation":"1d10","rollType":"roll"} days.Cold

Reborn

Species Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

sensations or visions of the past to come rushing back. Rather than sleeping, reborn regularly sit and dwell on the past, hoping for some revelation of what came before. Most of the time, these are dark

of Dread (detailed in chapter 3): Har’Akir. You died and endured the burial rites of this desert realm, yet somehow a soul—yours or another’s—has taken refuge in your

Umbraxakar

Monsters Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage

creature is pushed 60 feet away from the dragon. Change Shape. The dragon magically polymorphs into a humanoid or beast that has a challenge rating no higher than its own, or back into its true form. It

. If the dragon dies, changed weather reverts to normal, as described in the spell, and the other effects fade in 1d10;{"diceNotation":"1d10","rollType":"roll"} days.LightningNecrotic

Verdan

Species Acquisitions Incorporated

then passing through the shadow of That-Which-Endures changed them forever. Now the newest race to call Faerûn home, the verdan do their best to find their way in an unfamiliar world

. Reality is a descent into chaos punctuated by brief flashes of order, whence we arose and so imagine it to be the norm rather than a distant outlier. That-Which-Endures held entropy back for a mere instant

Gruul Anarch

Backgrounds Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica

) Feature: Rubblebelt Refuge You are intimately familiar with areas of the city that most people shun: ruined neighborhoods where wurms rampaged, overgrown parks that no hand has tended in decades, and the

Personality Trait 1 Unlike people, the beasts of the wild are friends who won’t stab me in the back. 2 Go ahead and insult me — I dare you. 3 I scorn those who can

Lhammaruntosz

Monsters Sleeping Dragon’s Wake

rating no higher than her own, or back into her true form. She reverts to her true form if she dies. Any equipment she is wearing or carrying is absorbed or borne by the new form (Lhammaruntosz's choice

. If the dragon dies, changed weather reverts to normal, as described in the spell, and the other effects fade in 1d10;{"diceNotation":"1d10","rollType":"roll"} days.Lightning

Adventure Background

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

Adventure Background Long ago, a giant named Xeluan was attacked by his ruthless kin and left to die. After a group of heroes found him and nursed him back to health, the grateful giant pledged his

mountainside, creating a refuge for the heroes and their people. The giant harnessed earth magic to create a protective ward around the settlement, but the devastation proved unstoppable. As the

Chapter 3

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Astarion's Book of Hungers

Chapter 3 Adventures with Astarion CLINT CEARLEY The manager of Rat’s Run, Lief Cloudswell, makes it known that the tavern is a refuge for sailors and scoundrels alike Astarion has frequented

inebriated patrons and luring victims into darkened alleys. He’d drag these unfortunate souls back to Cazador’s palace, where the vampire master would feast on the victims’ blood. This chapter provides

K87. Guardians

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd

K87. Guardians The following text assumes that the characters are approaching from area K84. If they approach this area from area K88, references to descending stairs should be changed to ascending

area K84). A creature of lawful good alignment that moves west to east through the curtain can do so without difficulty, but creatures of other alignments that do so are teleported back to the top of

New Race: Verdan

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

goblinoid things. But then passing through the shadow of That-Which-Endures changed them forever. Now the newest race to call Faerûn home, the verdan do their best to find their way in an unfamiliar world

. Reality is a descent into chaos punctuated by brief flashes of order, whence we arose and so imagine it to be the norm rather than a distant outlier. That-Which-Endures held entropy back for a mere instant, and the Verdan emerged. I’m sorry, was that the question? — K’thriss Drow’b

The Missing Delegation

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse

The Missing Delegation For months now, the cults of Elemental Evil have been establishing themselves in the Dessarin Valley without attracting much attention. Two tendays ago, that changed when an

the Sumber Hills, bound for Summit Hall. Earth cultists attacked the group a few miles from Summit Hall. The cultists took prisoners back to the Sacred Stone Monastery, paying water cultists for the

Adventure Summary

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

Caerwyn and Porphura’s garden, where two new lovers, Juliana and Orlando, have fled to escape their feuding families. Only one path leads into the hidden refuge: a cave with a mystical reputation. After

families are no longer enemies. When they all arrive back on the Material Plane, they might discover they’ve been gone longer than they realized, thanks to the divergent flow of time within the garden.

Past and Present

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Astral Adventurer’s Guide

Past and Present The Rock traces its roots back to roughly 170 years ago, when the eponymous Captain Bral established a pirate refuge here. The asteroid became a haven for thieves and cutthroats, and

interest in trying to take over sole leadership of the city. Eventually, the merchants and tavernkeepers who made their livings on the Rock became as numerous as the pirates and brigands who sought refuge

9. Quarters of the Kraken Priests

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Locathah Rising

discovering they were both intended for execution and summary transformation into undead warriors in the dreaded Thayan army. On their way out of Thay, they were forced to take refuge on a broken-down

fin that protrudes from the middle of her back. Whymsee is a shorter woman with broad shoulders. Her legs have been replaced with tentacles, and her upper torso is covered in some kind of tough

4. Deeper Mines

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

4. Deeper Mines Driven out of the Underdark by rampaging demons, two fomorians have taken refuge in this depleted mithral mine. The duergar are spying on the fomorians to determine whether they

to the invisible duergar. 4b. Something Wicked Two fomorians dumped here by Halaster rest at the back of this 20-foot-high cave. These hideously misshapen giants are new to Undermountain and believe

Duergar Calassabrak

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

Duergar Calassabrak A duergar prince named Valtagar Steelshadow traveled to Undermountain to plunder its mines and use the wealth to buy his way back into the court of his older brother, King Horgar

and his duergar followers were forced back into the Underdark by the planetar’s sudden arrival and subsequent bloody crusade. Weeks after retreating, they returned to discover that the mines were much

Yuan-ti Pureblood Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

’ serpent gods into their religions. These victories sent a constant influx of food, ore, and slaves back to the home cities. The wealth of the empire allowed the ruling elite plenty of time to

have changed over time. Some yuan-ti add more sibilants to their birth names to create an exaggerated hissing sound, based on one’s personal preference and whether an individual’s anatomy

Arcane Origin

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

particular cause. Does your character know the source of your magical power? Does it tie back to some distant relative, a cosmic event, or blind chance? If your sorcerer doesn’t know where their power

. Its magic changed you. 4 Your birth was prophesied in an ancient text, and you are foretold to use your power for terrible ends. 5 You are the product of generations of careful, selective breeding. 6 You were made in a vat by an alchemist.

Back in Vogler

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen

Back in Vogler After returning to Vogler, Mayor Raven, Cudgel, and Becklin ask the characters to join them at the Brass Crab as Darrett and other villagers tend to the wounded. The Kingfisher

Festival’s levity is abandoned as worried locals seek refuge or mill about the village circle, uncertain how to help. The Brass Crab’s owner, Yalme, had prepared the tavern’s common room for a night of

Filthriddens

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

settlement from time to time, dragging off screaming prisoners to meet a grisly fate. The recent arrival of the demon lords changed things. A group of minotaurs was on its way to raid Filthriddens when

human slave of the drow. Yeenoghu’s intercession saved him from the minotaurs. Yeenoghu and his pack moved on, but Grisha took the head of a slain minotaur and brought it back to Filthriddens. The skull

Erebos's Villains

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

priest of Erebos terrorizes a village, convinced that a particular Returned has taken refuge there. Erebos’s Monsters Erebos has legions of fallen monsters, heroes, and villains that he can send back

entire family, then publicly turns to Erebos in hopes of being reunited with loved ones in the Underworld. 3 An acolyte convinces Erebos to bring her murdered daughter back to life, but the

The Mists

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd

with little choice but to seek refuge in the house. The mists stop short of entering the house but engulf anyone outside (see chapter 2, “The Lands of Barovia,” for information on the mists’ effect

of the house are summarized here. The house has four stories (including the attic), with two balconies on the third floor—one facing the front of the house, the other facing the back. The house has

Gazre-Azam's Predicament

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

wizard would not release him. When Gazre-Azam changed tactics and became less helpful, Zikran cast a complicated and near-permanent spell to keep Gazre-Azam from escaping. The djinni reveals that the

leave Candlekeep with it, on the condition that the book is returned to them once the djinni is freed. (The Avowed are in no rush to get the book back.)

The Long Road

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse

-rings, nails, sheaths, finished leatherwork, and food and drinkables. However, last month the barges came late, orders were short changed, and the prices for what little did arrive went up steeply. The

Zhentarim believes intrigue in Yartar is to blame: someone wants to harm the Black Network’s profits. Zhentarim agents first suspected the Harpers, but trusted spies recently reported back that an

Gnomengarde Roster

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

-square rug in the throne room (area G14), but it has since moved elsewhere and changed its appearance. If pressed, the rock gnomes help the characters find the mimic by poking objects with nonmagical wands

to see if they fight back. The gnomes aren’t adventurers, however, and they flee at the first sign of danger (real or imagined). The mimic completely devours and dissolves its victims, leaving no

Alterations to Magic

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

etherealness spell, is the exception to this rule. A creature that enters the Border Ethereal from Undermountain is pulled back into the dungeon upon leaving that plane. Magic that summons creatures or

; consequently, he wants one side or the other (or both) eliminated. Goal 2: Destroy Ezzat. An irksome lich named Ezzat has taken refuge on level 20, and Halaster wants adventurers to destroy the lich and its

7. Mad Wizard's Retreat

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

7. Mad Wizard’s Retreat A human wizard, the lone survivor of an expedition to the Underdark, has taken refuge in this 30-foot-high cave. The cave contains the following: Light. Phosphorescent moss

wearing tattered gray robes over black pants sits on a 2-foot-tall toadstool. Her long black hair is tied back with a swatch of gray cloth that matches her robe. A quasit in toad form sits on her knee

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