before barrier devising crypt rolls

Medani Inquisitive

Monsters 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

Vampire Spawn Legacy

Monsters Basic Rules (2014)

its resting place. Sunlight Hypersensitivity. The vampire takes 20 radiant damage when it starts its turn in sunlight. While in sunlight, it has disadvantage on attack rolls and ability

grand yet defensible location for its lair, such as a castle, fortified manor, or walled abbey. It hides its coffin in an underground crypt or vault guarded by vampire spawn or other loyal creatures

Demilich Legacy

Monsters Monster Manual (2014)

15 Wisdom saving throw or be magically cursed. Until the curse ends, the target has disadvantage on attack rolls and saving throws. The target can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its

the demilich’s skull and the dust from its other bones. In its crypt, a demilich has access to lair actions and additional uses for its legendary actions. Its whole lair also has unique traits

Vampire Warrior Legacy

Monsters Monster Manual (2014)

its turn in sunlight. While in sunlight, it has disadvantage on attack rolls and ability checks.Multiattack. The vampire makes two greatsword attacks. Greatsword. Melee Weapon Attack: +9;{"diceNotation

underground crypt or vault guarded by vampire spawn or other loyal creatures of the night. Regional Effects The region surrounding a vampire's lair is warped by the creature's unnatural presence, creating any

Vampire Legacy

Monsters Basic Rules (2014)

removed. Sunlight Hypersensitivity. The vampire takes 20 radiant damage when it starts its turn in sunlight. While in sunlight, it has disadvantage on attack rolls and ability checks.Multiattack

grand yet defensible location for its lair, such as a castle, fortified manor, or walled abbey. It hides its coffin in an underground crypt or vault guarded by vampire spawn or other loyal creatures

Vampire Spellcaster Legacy

Monsters Monster Manual (2014)

its turn in sunlight. While in sunlight, it has disadvantage on attack rolls and ability checks. Spellcasting. The vampire is a 9th-level spellcaster. Its spellcasting ability is Intelligence (spell

bite attack.A Vampire's Lair A vampire chooses a grand yet defensible location for its lair, such as a castle, fortified manor, or walled abbey. It hides its coffin in an underground crypt or vault

Drow Mother of Rebellion

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

Demilich (Variant) Legacy

Monsters Monster Manual (2014)

throw or be magically cursed. Until the curse ends, the target has disadvantage on attack rolls and saving throws. The target can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the

skull and the dust from its other bones. In its crypt, a demilich has access to lair actions and additional uses for its legendary actions. Its whole lair also has unique traits. A demilich in its

Drow Matron Mother Legacy

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

Zorak Lightdrinker

Monsters Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage

until the stake is removed. Sunlight Hypersensitivity. Zorak takes 20 radiant damage when he starts his turn in sunlight. While in sunlight, he has disadvantage on attack rolls and ability checks

its coffin in an underground crypt or vault guarded by vampire spawn or other loyal creatures of the night. Regional Effects The region surrounding a vampire's lair is warped by the creature's

Keresta Delvingstone

Monsters Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage

has disadvantage on attack rolls and ability checks. Spellcasting. Keresta is a 9th-level spellcaster. Her spellcasting ability is Wisdom (spell save DC 15, +7;{"diceNotation":"1d20+7","rollType":"to

Lair A vampire chooses a grand yet defensible location for its lair, such as a castle, fortified manor, or walled abbey. It hides its coffin in an underground crypt or vault guarded by vampire spawn

Drow Matron Mother

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

Azuredge

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

Wave

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

K84. Catacombs

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

sunlight (such as vampires) have disadvantage on all ability checks, attack rolls, and saving throws while inside this crypt. Treasure. Draped around the neck of the skeleton is a sun-shaped holy

has five means of entry and exit: The door adjacent to crypt 1 (connecting with area K81) A barred archway to the north (connecting with area K85) A barred archway to the south (connecting with area

Random Obstacles

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

Crypt of the Talhund Locations

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

Crypt of the Talhund have disadvantage on attack rolls against anyone wearing this armor. P4: Hidden Sanctum Access Rooms This small, empty room bears a heavy stone door opposite its entrance. The stone

Crypt of the Talhund Locations The following locations are keyed to map 6.4. Mike Schley Map 6.4: Crypt of the Talhund View Player Version P1: Lower Landing Four stone sarcophagi stand against the

M10. Treasury

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

M6. Prison Cells

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.

Hirelings

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

M3. Central Abbey

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

Chamber Purpose

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

isn’t an exact fit for one of the standard types of dungeon or if you want to mix things up. Relying on random rolls to stock an entire dungeon can lead to incongruous results. A tiny room might end up

summoning creatures used to investigate or defend the portal 40–41 Crypt where the remains of those that died guarding the portal are kept 42–47 Dining room 48–50 Divination room used to investigate

Chase Complications

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

Nightwalker

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

Flesh Golem

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

Azuredge

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

The Infernal Machine of Lum the Mad

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. 05 You emanate a weak magnetic aura

A Demilich's Lair

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

its other bones. In its crypt, a demilich has access to lair actions and additional uses for its legendary actions. Its whole lair also has unique traits. A demilich in its lair has a challenge rating

of 20 (24,500 XP). Lair Actions On initiative count 20 (losing initiative ties), the demilich rolls a d20. On a result of 11 or higher, the demilich takes a lair action to cause one of the following

Outside Combat

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

Drow Matron Mother

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

Tomb Locations

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

grants a +1 bonus to spell attack rolls. However, if its wielder rolls a 1 on a spell attack roll while using it as a focus, the chunk shatters and the creature takes 10 (3d6) thunder damage. Giant’s

so with a successful DC 25 Strength (Athletics) check. A knock spell or similar magic also opens the trapdoor. X22: Crypt of the Watched A large burial chamber opens before you, divided in two by a

Shadowfell

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

crossings are locations where the veil between the Material Plane and the Shadowfell is so thin that creatures can pass from one plane to the other. A blot of shadow in the corner of a dusty crypt

Initiative rolls. 4–5 Dread. The character has Disadvantage on all saving throws. 6 Delusion. The character has Disadvantage on ability checks and saving throws that use Intelligence, Wisdom, or Charisma. If

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

Talhundereth Locations

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

anyone in the room who isn’t openly wearing Dumathoin’s holy symbol. The ledger lists those buried in the Crypt of the Talhund. It also provides instructions in Dwarvish for how to open the crypt’s

, leaving an impression of sickness and suspicion. Chris Casciano The procession hall leading to the Crypt of the Talhund is lined with sacred statues of dwarves T20: Crypt Entrance The west end of this

Wizards

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

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