before bard devising combatants rely

Cloud Giant Smiling One Legacy

Monsters Volo's Guide to Monsters

(spell save DC 15, +7;{"diceNotation":"1d20+7","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Spellcasting"} to hit with spell attacks). The giant has the following bard spells prepared: Cantrips (at will): minor

): major image, tongues Keen Smell. The giant has advantage on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on smell.Multiattack. The giant makes two attacks with its morningstar. Morningstar. Melee Weapon Attack

Duergar Soulblade

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

disadvantage on attack rolls, as well as on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on sight.Soulblade. Melee Weapon Attack: +5;{"diceNotation":"1d20+5", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Soulblade"} to hit

invisible with it.Soulblades are duergar combatants whose mastery of psionics allows them to manifest blades of psychic energy to slice apart their foes. Duergar Duergar are dwarves of the deep

Adjudicating Reaction Timing

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

Adjudicating Reaction Timing Typical combatants rely on the opportunity attack and the Ready action for most of their reactions in a fight. Various spells and features give a creature more reaction

A Bard's Muse

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

A Bard’s Muse Naturally, every bard has a repertoire of songs and stories. Some bards are generalists who can draw from a wide range of topics for each performance, and who take pride in their

versatility. Others adopt a more personal approach to their art, driven by their attachment to a muse — a particular concept that inspires much of what those bards do in front of an audience. A bard who

Death Knight's Soul

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sleeping Dragon’s Wake

knight only serves creatures it chooses to obey. Fheralai Stormsworn appeased it by using a kidnapped bard to sing it songs from its homeland. If the bard stops singing against Emberlost’s will or is

lamps that burn with eerie green flames. These cast dim light throughout the vessel’s interior, imposing disadvantage on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on sight. Unholy Presence. The dreadnaught

Kuo-toa Archpriest

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

combatants, and lesser kuo-toa live in fear of them. Kuo-toa Gear. Many weapons of the kuo-toa are designed to capture rather than kill. Nets are common, though some carry pincer staffs (also called

slippery bodies and rely on their natural rubbery hides for protection. However, they like to wear jewelry made from scavenged bones, shells, pearls, gems, and carapace fragments. Kuo-toa Archpriest

Tavern Brawl

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist

young bard three tables over. Then all the noise is eclipsed by a shout: “Ya pig! Like killin’ me mates, does ya?” Then a seven-foot-tall half-orc is hit by a wild, swinging punch from a male human

before you can see if blood is drawn, a crowd of spectators clusters around the brawl. What do you do? The human combatants are five members of the Xanathar Guild (CE human bandits). The one with

Fast Friends

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

Fast Friends 3rd-level enchantment Casting Time: 1 action Range: 30 feet Components: V Duration: Concentration, up to 1 hour When you need to make sure something gets done, you can’t rely on vague

, consider the following allocation. Bard Spells 1st level: distort value 2nd level: gift of gab 3rd level: fast friends, motivational speech Cleric Spells 3rd level: fast friends, incite

Winter Encounter Chain

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist

stone to Agorn Fuoco, a bard who is attending a play in a nearby theater (encounter 6, “Theater”), before leading her pursuers on a merry chase through the snow-covered streets (encounter 3, “Street

(Perception) checks that rely on hearing or sight. The wind also extinguishes open fires smaller than a torch flame. Visibility is reduced to 60 feet. Snow on the ground creates difficult terrain in

Build Your Group

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

’ wealth and influence. Whose interest, then, does the Chronicle serve? All the more reason, loyal readers, to rely on the Voice of Breland for unbiased news you can use. Civilian. Some groups include

as a bard or sorcerer) can supplement natural Charisma with magical persuasion. A character with the charlatan background, proficiency in Deception, or proficiency with a Disguise kit might also fill

The Rank and File

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes

capabilities. Imps are used as spies and messengers rather than combatants, and they are the infernal agents most often encountered on the Material Plane. Lesser devils rarely command other devils, aside

personal attitude and situation. For instance, devils that fight in the Blood War rely on military regulations and their officers’ directions to dictate their actions. They obey orders without

Fighter

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

combatants enter a fight not knowing whether their boots have come untied. 6 You have a belt pouch specially made to release ball bearings or caltrops in the thick of the fight, forcing your

you’ll take that risk. If you had to choose between entering a battle without your favorite combat gear or without the party’s bard, Singy McLuteface can sit this one out. You and your equipment have

Deathlocks

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

devising tactics and carrying out plans. Powerful deathlocks recruit lesser creatures to help them carry out their missions, becoming the masterminds behind vast conspiracies and intrigues that culminate

Bonus +2 Sunlight Sensitivity. While in sunlight, the deathlock has disadvantage on attack rolls, as well as on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on sight. Unusual Nature. The deathlock doesn’t

Duergar

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

attack rolls, as well as on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on sight. Actions Multiattack. The duergar makes two Iron Fist attacks and two Stomping Foot attacks. After one of the attacks, the

rolls, as well as on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on sight. Actions Multiattack. The duergar makes two War Pick attacks. War Pick. Melee Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target

Combat

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice Compendium

, initiative is rolled as normal. Then, the first round of combat starts, and the unsurprised combatants act in initiative order. A surprised creature can’t move or take an action or a reaction until its

sides. What happens with surprise when a third group of combatants sneaks up, hidden from the melee, and ambushes? The surprise rule is relevant only when a combat is starting. Any ambushes during the

Military Force

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

lifestyle. You receive a small salary (as little as 1 sp per day) and food and housing on a military base. Or you receive 1 gp per day but rely on that money for room and board. With higher rank comes

-scarred officer who experienced horrors in combat. They rely on something to dull the pain of their memories or wounds, from a favorite writer’s prose to a distracting vice. 2 Taskmaster. This angry

Hirelings

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish

ignored as he attacks them. Garret Levistusson CN male tiefling bard/rogue The Cartophile’s first choice to join the characters’ expedition, Garret is an untrustworthy bon vivant and magpie. His mapmaking

her potions. Mary strikes an eerie, witch-like figure, surrounded always by swirling magical-mechanical trinkets of her own devising. She is often seen shuffling a deck of several things, and will try

Using Miniatures

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

Using Miniatures In combat, players can often rely on your descriptions to visualize where their characters are in relation to their surroundings and their enemies. Some complex battles, however, are

you regularly use miniatures, flanking gives combatants a simple way to gain advantage on attack rolls against a common enemy. A creature can’t flank an enemy that it can’t see. A creature also can’t

The Infernal Machine of Lum the Mad

Magic Items Infernal Machine Rebuild

make an Intelligence check or use divination magic to learn something about a creature, that knowledge comes with added trivia of the DM’s devising. 05 You emanate a weak magnetic aura

times. When you do, you must begin and end your teleportation in an area of shadow. While in direct sunlight, you have disadvantage on attack rolls as well as on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely

Mr. Dory's Warehouse

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

” section), and has counter-bribed the militia that Dory has paid off, so that they ignore calls for help from the warehouse. No patrol ever arrives, forcing Mr. Dory to rely solely on his own guards and

warehouse a risky place to have a fight. At the end of each round in which weapon damage or the movement of combatants might accidentally disturb a pile of crates, or if any effect deals damage in an area

Hive Ward

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

. The Dusters rely on corpse collectors—grim-faced laborers found primarily in the Hive—to deliver a steady stream of bodies to them for interment. Hive Ward Locations Presented here are some noteworthy

bloodstained amphitheater where spectators place bets and combatants test their mettle. The current heavyweight champion is a bloodthirsty cyclops named Akra. In addition to the typical variety of cheap

Gibbet Crossing Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk

the collapse proved too extensive for even the skilled tunnelers to safely excavate. The isolated svirfneblin began to rely on traders from Talhundereth to get mithral, even though this cut deeply

unless the attacker doesn’t rely on sight, as with blindsight, or can see through illusions, as with truesight. G13: Private Rooms Half a dozen rough chambers along an L-shaped passage remain mostly

N2. Blue Water Inn

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

only 7 hit points each and, at ages eleven and nine, are too young to be effective combatants. At any given time, another 1d4 wereravens (members of the Keepers of the Feather) are present at the inn

adventures or hear about how the characters plan to free Vallaki from the burgomaster’s madness. Rictavio. The lone guest of the Blue Water Inn at present is a colorfully dressed half-elf bard who goes

Giants

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

spellcaster. Its spellcasting ability is Charisma (spell save DC 15, +7 to hit with spell attacks). The giant has the following bard spells prepared: Cantrips (at will): minor illusion

, tongues Keen Smell. The giant has advantage on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on smell. Actions Multiattack. The giant makes two attacks with its morningstar. Morningstar. Melee Weapon

Areas of the Lair

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist

releases arena combatants from area X7. Ten human bandits and five bugbears (all members of the Xanathar Guild) guzzle ale and heckle combatants from the bleachers, while two goblins serve up salted rat

area’s prisoners. Cell Occupants Cell Prisoners A A male half-ogre named Groz, a minotaur named Umpok, and a female orog named Charworl B Kidnapped Waterdavians: Xia Shung (NG female Shou human bard

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