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Eberron: Forge of the Artificer
":"3d6", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Inquisitive Eye", "rollDamageType":"Psychic"} Psychic damage, and the target is marked. The inquisitive has Advantage on attack rolls against a target it
using Wisdom as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 13):
At Will : Guidance
1/Day Each: Detect Thoughts, See InvisibilitySpontaneous Barrier (Recharge 4–6);{"diceNotation":"1d6", "rollType
Monsters
Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse
Shadowy Form. While the darkweaver is in dim light or darkness, attack rolls against it are made with disadvantage unless the darkweaver has the incapacitated condition.
Spider Climb. The darkweaver
in sunlight. While in sunlight, it has disadvantage on attack rolls and ability checks.Multiattack. The darkweaver makes two Shadow Web attacks and one Bite attack. It can use Reel after any of these
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
. While in sunlight, the drow has disadvantage on attack rolls, as well as on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on sight.Multiattack. The drow makes two Demon Staff attacks or one Demon Staff attack
and using Charisma as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 20):
At will: command, dancing lights, detect magic, thaumaturgy
2/day each: banishment, blade barrier, cure wounds, hold person, plane
Drow Matron Mother
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Monsters
Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes
slots): blade barrier, harm
7th level (2 slots): divine word, plane shift
8th level (1 slot): holy aura
9th level (1 slot): gate
Sunlight Sensitivity. While in sunlight, the drow has disadvantage on
attack rolls, as well as on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on sight.Multiattack. The matron mother makes two demon staff attacks or three tentacle rod attacks.
Demon Staff. Melee Weapon Attack: +10
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
. While in sunlight, the drow has disadvantage on attack rolls, as well as on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on sight.Multiattack. The drow makes two Demon Staff attacks or one Demon Staff attack
and using Charisma as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 20):
At will: command, dancing lights, detect magic, thaumaturgy
2/day each: banishment, blade barrier, cure wounds, hold person, plane
Magic Items
Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
, electrum, and steel alloys whose edges constantly shimmer with a deep blue luminescence.
You gain a +3 bonus to attack and damage rolls made with this magic weapon. The shield spell provides no
defense against the axe, which passes through that spell’s barrier of magical force.
When you hit a fiend or an undead with the axe, cold blue flames erupt from its blade and deal an extra 2d6
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Locathah Rising
. Although you must worship a god of the sea to attune to this weapon, Wave happily accepts new converts. You gain a +3 bonus to attack and damage rolls made with this magic weapon. If you score a critical
initiative rolls. In addition, you and any of your companions within 30 feet of you can’t be surprised, except when incapacitated by something other than nonmagical sleep. The weapon magically awakens you
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
barrier to many characters but easily navigated by water-breathing creatures. Obstacles can affect more than one room. A chasm might run through several passages and chambers, or send cracks through
Obstacle 1 Antilife aura with a radius of 1d10 × 10 ft.; while in the aura, living creatures can’t regain hit points 2 Battering winds reduce speed by half, impose disadvantage on ranged attack rolls 3
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
capitulation of the minotaurs on the Maze Level. Once the minotaurs are subservient to House Freth, the drow will use them to clear out and secure the warrens. To this end, Drivvin is devising a ritual to
interest in an alliance, and Tendra and Maleen have come to the Maze Level on a secret mission. Beholden to Halaster Blackcloak, the Shadowdusks have been ordered to convince Drivvin Freth to accept an
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
can earn his release from the coffin along the way — by any means possible. Value to the Party. Originally native to an area near the Barrier Peaks, Ctenmiir has much experience with the initial route
. See appendix C for Garret’s stat block. Value to the Party. Garret can draw the maps requested by the Cartophile. He also knows several rumors (both true and false) regarding the Barrier Peaks, and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragons of Stormwreck Isle
Rose, but if the players come up with a strong argument (possibly supported with high rolls on Charisma checks), the harpy cooperates. These tactics are the most likely to convince the harpy to leave
to the Harpy The harpy is cruel and hungry for flesh, but it speaks Common and can be reasoned with. It’s not easy to convince the bloodthirsty monster to change its ways and leave the wreck of Compass
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
the veterans, whom the pilgrims consider warmongers, Mercy can be persuaded to negotiate if the characters act as intermediaries. If the characters explain the veterans’ financial need and convince
powered not by a Docent, but by a device called a graymatter engine that incorporated part of an artifact—perhaps that’s what you seek? The graymatter engine was said to generate a magical barrier
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
exploration of the mountains, building an ambulatory craft capable of crawling up and down mountainous slopes to travel farther into the Barrier Peaks, and other tasks of your devising. Completing any such
Barrier Peaks to Daoine Gloine. In addition, the journal provides plentiful evidence of Kwalish’s fascination with extradimensional spaces, and talks about his hope of one day establishing a secure
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
Barrier Peaks if left to their own devices. Immured Ones. These three unfortunate prisoners have been driven mad by their incarceration and abuse. If freed, each attacks the nearest target unless a
greataxe attack is replaced with a shackling chains attack, using the same modifiers but dealing bludgeoning damage. While in sunlight, an immured one has disadvantage on attack rolls, as well as on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on sight.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
— some lost city farther into the Barrier Peaks. The devil has seen Kwalish’s notes (found in the treasury, area M10), which confirm that the inventor was intent on seeking the legendary city of Daoine
(Perception) check identifies them as such. When the devil rolls a 20 on an attack roll with a claw, the target is decapitated. (At your option, the attack can instead deal an extra 6d8 slashing damage.) A
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
devising, or having NPCs conveniently turn out to be a source of some components. The Splintfig sisters from episode 2 are good candidates, as is Hoobur Gran’Shoop if the party stayed on good terms
, posing as last-minute wedding guests, or masquerading as others making a vault deposit. They might attempt to convince the guards that their appointment time was somehow overlooked, pay someone off
Magic Items
Infernal Machine Rebuild
known today. However, its true origins derive from a planar craft that crashed in the Barrier Peaks, for the Infernal Machine once functioned as this craft’s central command console.
Explorers who
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.
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You emanate a weak magnetic aura
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Morte’s Planar Parade
environment. A darkweaver’s captive might delay being consumed by sharing tales of its experiences, particularly great meals, with the monster. Some might even convince a darkweaver to release them if
darkness, attack rolls against it are made with disadvantage unless the darkweaver has the incapacitated condition.
Spider Climb. The darkweaver can climb difficult surfaces, including upside down on
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
several examples. Complications occur randomly. Each participant in the chase rolls a d20 at the end of its turn. Consult the appropriate table to determine whether a complication occurs. If it does
a failed check, the crowd counts as 10 feet of difficult terrain. 3 A large stained-glass window or similar barrier blocks your path. Make a DC 10 Strength saving throw to smash through the barrier
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
the Shadowfell in a place where the barrier between the planes is thin. Stepping into the Negative Plane is tantamount to suicide, since the plane sucks the life and soul from such audacious creatures
throw or take 14 (4d6) necrotic damage and grant the nightwalker advantage on attack rolls against it until the start of the creature’s next turn. Undead are immune to this aura.
Life Eater. A creature
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
, including their creators. Flesh golems appear in varied forms. Roll on or choose a result from the Flesh Golem Characteristics table to inspire a flesh golem’s features. The barrier between the mortal
golem takes Fire damage, it has Disadvantage on attack rolls and ability checks until the end of its next turn.
Berserk. Whenever the golem starts its turn Bloodied, roll 1d6. On a 6, the golem goes
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
sapphire set into the pommel. The axe head is forged from silver, electrum, and steel alloys whose edges constantly shimmer with a deep blue luminescence. You gain a +3 bonus to attack and damage rolls
made with this magic weapon. The shield spell provides no defense against the axe, which passes through that spell’s barrier of magical force. When you hit a fiend or an undead with the axe, cold blue
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Divine Contention
convince Sister Silvergranite that the characters mean no harm and are only here to protect the gnomes. GNOMENGARDE GRENADE Wondrous item, unique
This small metallic object is comprised of rune
) thunder damage and is stunned until the end of its next turn. On a successful save, it takes half as much thunder damage and is not stunned. The wielder rolls on the chart* for the wand of wonder three
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
puts the ruins on alert and activates the necromantic barrier described in area N2. A character who wants to sneak past the watchtower or climb its ladder undetected must succeed on a DC 13 Dexterity
. Supply Train The pulverized remains of a military supply train are heaped alongside the trail leading to the fortress.
The wreckage of a supply train forms a 5-foot-high, 25-foot-long barrier
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
Outside Combat As described in the Monster Manual, a beholder’s use of its eye rays in combat is random, governed by die rolls instead of by choice. This rule is an abstraction, designed to keep the
to the number of zombies a death tyrant can animate and control, it can pack its lair so full of undead that there is little space for anyone to walk, creating a shambling barrier of cadaverous
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
barrier, harm
7th level (2 slots): divine word, plane shift
8th level (1 slot): holy aura
9th level (1 slot): gate
Sunlight Sensitivity. While in sunlight, the drow has disadvantage on attack
rolls, as well as on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on sight.
Actions
Multiattack. The matron mother makes two demon staff attacks or three tentacle rod attacks.
Demon Staff. Melee Weapon
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
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Borderlands Quest: Goblin Trouble
weapon? Can you balance on a narrow ledge as you ascend a mountain? Can you convince a dragon not to eat you? You find the answer to these questions during the game by making a D20 Test!
These
number, the better the character is at that skill. If a character wants to use a skill that isn't on their character sheet, the player rolls a 20-sided die, adding an ability score modifier if the DM
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
. The characters can use this chance to escape, or they can help, albeit with disadvantage on attack rolls if they are shackled. The duergar are pragmatists and release characters who help them deal
detained. At least one character in the party must succeed on a DC 14 Charisma (Persuasion) check to convince duergar not to detain the party any longer, but characters who show the insignia have advantage
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
, the drow has disadvantage on attack rolls, as well as on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on sight.
Actions
Multiattack. The drow makes two Demon Staff attacks or one Demon Staff attack and
, blade barrier, cure wounds, hold person, plane shift, silence
1/day each: clairvoyance, darkness, detect thoughts, dispel magic, faerie fire, gate, levitate (self only), suggestion
Bonus Actions
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
creates a protective barrier around itself or the other creature. The barrier reduces the damage to the protected creature by 26 (4d10 + 4), to a minimum of 0, and then vanishes.
Conjurer Wizard
/Day). When the diviner or a creature it can see makes an attack roll, a saving throw, or an ability check, the diviner rolls a d20 and chooses whether to use that roll in place of the d20 rolled for the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
contain other treasures protected by magical wards, at your discretion. Development If the characters convince Krull to lead them to Arkhan, the tortle guides them safely to the Monument to Tiamat (see
target is a creature and Arkhan rolls a 20 on the attack roll, the creature takes an extra 9 (2d8) necrotic damage, and Arkhan regains an amount of hit points equal to the necrotic damage dealt
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
her allies? Are they food? Unless the characters convince Guh that they are more valuable alive than dead, she assumes the latter and orders her mates and minions to beat them to death so that she can
15 that deals 7 or more damage. Not only does this send Guh tumbling to the floor, but on her next turn she tries to stand up and instead rolls into the nearest pit, breaking through the wooden
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Uni and the Hunt for the Lost Horn
. A crystal barrier, its curved surface swirling with light and colors, forms a strange sky overhead.
A single path leads away from this area toward the clearing in area C2. Portal. The portal
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Development. As an Influence action (see appendix A), a character can convince King Gurgle to turn against Kelek with a lie or compelling argument and a successful DC 14 Charisma (Deception or Persuasion) check
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
pass phrase, which is “Fire is eternal!” Otherwise, visitors must convince the hobgoblins that they must talk to temple leaders. The hobgoblins attack if none of these things happens. If the characters
. If characters come from within the fire temple and act like they belong there, the guards pay them little mind. Characters who arrive escorted by hobgoblins must convince the guards to let them pass






