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Monsters
Curse of Strahd
or carrying isn’t transformed. It reverts to its humanoid form if it dies.Wereravens are secretive and extraordinarily cautious lycanthropes that trust one another but are wary of just about
already higher. Attack and damage rolls for the wereraven’s bite are based on whichever is higher of the character’s Strength and Dexterity. The bite of a wereraven in raven form deals 1
Magic Items
Acquisitions Incorporated
glasses.
3
Burning a small piece of the body and looking for shapes in the smoke.
4
A cautious, reasoned, professional guesstimate.
5
Careful measurements. The distance between nostrils
. The difference between the index finger and the middle finger. The elasticity of the ear lobe.
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You take a long, careful look, and then decide based on which fellow franchisee has been nice to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
several different abilities, but simply deciding that an item is always active or can be used a fixed number of times per day might be easier to manage. Power Level If you make an item that lets a
Rarity table as a guide to help you determine how powerful a magic item should be based on its rarity. Magic Item Power by Rarity Rarity Max. Spell Level Max. Bonus Common 1 — Uncommon 3 +1 Rare 5 +2
Orc
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Species
Volo's Guide to Monsters
represents both life and the grave. It is her worshipers that raise young orcs to be warriors, and then, at the end of their lives, take them to Yurtrus and Shargaas to be carried into death and the
everywhere in the world around them, and the priests of a tribe are entrusted with the responsibility of identifying these signs and omens — both good and bad — and deciding how the tribe should
Kobold
Legacy
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Species
Volo's Guide to Monsters
a perfect world, the creatures would be left alone to dig their tunnels and raise the next generation of kobolds, all the while seeking the magic that will free their imprisoned god (see the &ldquo
provoke retaliatory attacks from the creatures they steal from. It’s better to be cautious and overlooked than to be considered dangerous and a threat.
In a couple of situations, kobolds might
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
it has several different abilities, but simply deciding that an item is always active or can be used a fixed number of times per day is easier to manage. Power Level If you make an item that lets a
doling out as one. Use the Magic Item Power by Rarity table as a guide to help you determine how powerful an item should be, based on its rarity. Magic Item Power by Rarity Rarity Max Spell Level
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
moving a lever, and the DM describes what, if anything, happens. For example, a character might decide to pull a lever, which might, in turn, raise a portcullis, cause a room to flood with water, or
character can wrench the lever into place. The DM sets the DC for any such check based on the difficulty of the task. Characters can also damage objects with their weapons and spells. Objects are immune
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
moving a lever, and the DM describes what, if anything, happens. For example, a character might decide to pull a lever, which might, in turn, raise a portcullis, cause a room to flood with water, or
character can wrench the lever into place. The DM sets the DC for any such check based on the difficulty of the task. Characters can also damage objects with their weapons and spells. Objects are immune
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Wereraven Wereravens are secretive, cautious lycanthropes that seek to blend into society and subtly oppose evil. As avowed foes of malevolent beings, wereravens are stalked by wicked forces. Knowing
character cursed with wereraven lycanthropy gains a Dexterity of 15 if their score isn’t already higher. Attack and damage rolls for the wereraven’s beak are based on whichever is higher of the character’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
these creatures along the shoals of faraway islands. Merfolk lack the materials and practical means to forge weapons beneath the waves, to write books and keep lore, or to shape stone to raise buildings
gleam and fade of sunlight through the water. In the reefs and trenches near their settlements, merfolk harvest coral and farm the seabed, shepherding schools of fish as land-based farmers tend sheep
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Fiendish Folio Volume 1
Introduction It’s fitting that a gaming fundraiser is named Extra Life. In our games, there’s always a raise dead spell, a secret power-up that delivers a 1UP mushroom, or something else to keep the
thus worthy of cautious respect, if not fear.
Read on and learn that perhaps the derision leveled at these fiends reflects only the fear and trepidation of those who would mock them. And perhaps if
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
around them, and the priests of a tribe are entrusted with the responsibility of identifying these signs and omens — both good and bad — and deciding how the tribe should react to them. As a race, orcs
based in events that the tribe has experienced. Here are a few examples: If a dwarf or a human invokes its god upon dying, you must carry the corpse’s ears for three days to ward off any retribution, and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
the support of the crown, the King’s Citadel, and the larger Brelish army, largely summarized as the following parties: King Boranel. The king of Breland is a cautious advocate of the Redcloaks. He
, and soon enough King Boranel will take his proper place on the throne of a reunited Galifar. Many of these grudges are personal based on an individual soldier’s experience in the war, but some of them
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
moderate, dangerous, or deadly threat, based on its particular details. Trigger. A simple trap activates when an event occurs that triggers it. This entry in a trap’s description gives the location of
experience, the characters can become overly cautious, and you run the risk of the action grinding to a halt as the players search every square inch of the dungeon for trip wires and pressure plates
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
; increase one of those scores by 2 and a different one by 1, or increase all three by 1. None of these increases can raise a score above 20. Some players like to increase their class’s primary ability
book, adjust your ability scores by increasing one score by 2 and a different one by 1, or increase three scores by 1. None of these increases can raise a score above 20.
Similarly, species in older
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
. As Ravengard recounts the vision, Lulu remembers helping one of the Hellriders plant Zariel’s sword in the ground and raise an impenetrable fortress around it. Lulu remembers the Hellrider’s name if
remembers meeting a pair of “bird folk” named Chukka and Clonk. Based on descriptions furnished by Lulu and Ravengard, the characters can conclude that Chukka and Clonk are kenku. Lulu remembers that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
; in a smaller town, they’ll be more limited still. Uncommon magic items typically cost between 100–500 gp, though costs can be higher based on scarcity. Rare magic. Spells of 4th through 5th level are
beyond the reach of most people. People are familiar with the concept of spells like teleportation or raise dead, but few people have ever seen either of these things actually performed. Only the most
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
family took it in, not realizing it was a Zhentarim spy. Lady Gralhund reported that it stole her necklace of fireballs. Cromley’s summary of events is based on information given to the City Watch by
characters raise that question, Cromley thinks for a moment and then ventures the guess that the nimblewright underestimated the necklace’s explosive power. Investigate the Villa The characters can insert
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
different one by 1, or increase all three by 1. None of these increases can raise a score above 20. Some players like to increase their class’s primary ability, while others prefer to increase a low score
increasing one score by 2 and a different one by 1, or increase three scores by 1. None of these increases can raise a score above 20.
Similarly, species in older books include ability score increases
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
example, a fighter wants to turn a winch to raise a portcullis. This is a complex, difficult action. You could rule that it incurs a -5 initiative penalty. Rolling Initiative. After deciding on an action
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Raise or lower the monster’s Armor Class, hit points, attack bonus, damage output per round, and save DC as you see fit, based on whatever concept you have in mind for the monster. For example, if you
by Challenge Rating table to determine the monster’s Armor Class, hit points, attack bonus, and damage output per round based on the challenge rating you chose in step 1. Step 3. Adjust Statistics
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
, or its citizens. Headquarters. The King’s Citadel is based in Breland’s capital city of Wroat, under the command of the king’s brother, Lord Kor ir’Wynarn. A changeling named Captain Vron serves as the
must be cautious in choosing their allies, and the King’s Dark Lanterns is no exception. Its most trustworthy allies include the following facets of the Brelish government: King Boranel. The King’s Dark
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
opportunity to make the characters’ situation more complex and urgent, with more significant consequences. Successive encounters raise the tension in an adventure naturally, as characters spend their
few small rooms with only one door, where the characters can bar the door and reasonably expect to spend an hour or even a night resting in safety. On the flip side, cautious characters might try to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
bandits of various ethnicities) are mounted on seven riding horses. Known as the Seven Snakes, Xolkin’s band does “dirty work” for the Snail, a Zhent leader based in Daggerford (see the “Daggerford
base. If the characters do nothing to oppose the Zhent mercenaries, Xolkin orders his men to raise the drawbridge while he uses his flying snake to send a message to the Snail, letting him know that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
glasses.
3 Burning a small piece of the body and looking for shapes in the smoke.
4 A cautious, reasoned, professional guesstimate.
5 Careful measurements. The distance between
nostrils. The difference between the index finger and the middle finger. The elasticity of the ear lobe.
6 You take a long, careful look, and then decide based on which fellow franchisee has been nice
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
The Cult of the Dragon The Cult of the Dragon has existed for centuries. During most of that time, its members have focused on the creation and worship of dracoliches, based on a prophecy translated
. All that now remains is to raise her temple in the Well of Dragons, sacrifice hundreds of victims whose souls will power an ancient ritual, and then use that ritual to open a portal through which Tiamat
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
monster might be based on a real-world creature or a monster from myth, in which case its name might be obvious. If you need to invent a name, keep in mind that the best names either reflect the
determine your monster’s Armor Class in one of two ways. Use the Table. You can choose an appropriate AC based on the monster’s expected challenge rating, as shown in the Monster Statistics by Challenge
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
The Cult of the Dragon The Cult of the Dragon has existed for centuries. During most of that time, its members have focused on the creation and worship of dracoliches, based on a prophecy translated
. All that now remains is to raise her temple in the Well of Dragons, sacrifice hundreds of victims whose souls will power an ancient ritual, and then use that ritual to open a portal through which Tiamat
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
party earns during their incursion. If the group caused particular damage to the sahuagin fortress on their first visit, feel free to grant them a discretionary 5 to 15 victory points based on the
table to determine what sahuagin forces linger there. The sahuagin throughout the fortress fight to the death, though the last surviving sahuagin of every group will attempt to escape to raise the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
receive relatively cordial treatment from those other hags instead. Every hag has a particular status relative to others of her kind and to hags of all sorts, based on age, abilities, influence
, planar travelers came to recognize that many of the realms and layers of the multiverse are configured in multiples of three. It is possible that plane-traveling hags learned of this planar-based
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
The Cult of the Dragon The Cult of the Dragon has existed for centuries. During most of that time, its members have focused on the creation and worship of dracoliches, based on a prophecy translated
that now remains is to raise her temple in the Well of Dragons, sacrifice hundreds of victims whose souls will power an ancient ritual, and then use that ritual to open a portal through which Tiamat
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
setting inspired by the myths of ancient Greece. *This setting is based on a Magic: The Gathering world. Creating Your Own Setting One advantage of creating your own world is it can be whatever you
world. How readily available are spells such as Lesser Restoration, Raise Dead, and Teleportation Circle? Is magic so widespread that it’s part of daily life, or so rare that it conjures all sorts of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
symbol, or some other personal keepsake. In addition, people regularly venerate gods based on their needs and circumstances: a farmer whose favored deity is Chauntea would pray to Amaunator for a few
of some gods speak of a cycle of death and resurrection. As the Sage of Shadowdale once noted, “If the gods can grant the power to raise mortals from death, why do ye assume they should be laid low by it forever?”
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
characters seem friendly, he asks them for help in locating one. In exchange, he offers his magic, agreeing to cast raise dead up to three times on their behalf, or give them each the benefit of his
can’t be convinced otherwise. The Abbot shares his beliefs openly, claiming that his decisions are based on the Morninglord’s guidance. He will give visitors a tour of the abbey if they seem friendly
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
their masters, drawn from the sorcerer or wizard lists. Suddenly, the paladin feels like a different class. Be cautious when changing the warlock spell list. Since warlocks regain their spell slots
cost of greater complexity. In this variant, each spell has a point cost based on its level. The Spell Point Cost table summarizes the cost in spell points of slots from 1st to 9th level. Cantrips






