before beards during creatures register

Frost Giant Legacy

Monsters Basic Rules (2014)

damage.Frost giants are creatures of ice and snow, with hair and beards of pale white or light blue, and flesh as blue as glacial ice. They respect only brute strength and skill in battle.Cold

Frost Giant (variant)

Monsters Storm King's Thunder

the net (AC 12) destroys the net and frees the target.Frost giants are creatures of ice and snow, with hair and beards of pale white or light blue, and flesh as blue as glacial ice. They respect only

Doomwake Giant

Monsters Mythic Odysseys of Theros

strength from aspects of the world itself—from ancient stone and roiling flames to the depths of the seas and skies. Unlike many creatures of legend, most giants owe their existence not to Nyx and the

dreams of mortals, but to natural forces in the land. As a result, Theran giants are typically infused with the elements they embody, which might manifest as flaming beards, frozen skin, hair

Hundred-Handed One

Monsters Mythic Odysseys of Theros

territory across Theros, drawing strength from aspects of the world itself—from ancient stone and roiling flames to the depths of the seas and skies. Unlike many creatures of legend, most giants owe

beards, frozen skin, hair crackling with lightning, or other primal incarnations. Beyond these primal giants, though, other giants fill the tales of Theros.

Halfling Legacy

Species Basic Rules (2014)

might be a wagon jostling along a dirt road or a raft floating downriver. Small and Practical The diminutive halflings survive in a world full of larger creatures by avoiding notice or, barring

brown or hazel eyes. Halfling men often sport long sideburns, but beards are rare among them and mustaches even more so. They like to wear simple, comfortable, and practical clothes, favoring bright

Lizardfolk Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

; Instead, aggressive, stronger creatures register to the lizardfolk as fearsome beings to be avoided if possible. If such creatures attack, lizardfolk flee, fighting only if cornered. Lizardfolk aren

basic principles than those of warm-blooded creatures. Their dismal swamp homes might lie hundreds of miles from the nearest human settlement, but the gap between their way of thinking and that of the

Paladin

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

Paladin Would the Divine Sense feature of a Paladin’s Channel Divinity register an Aasimar or a Tiefling due to their heritage? These species are Humanoids and therefore escape the notice of Divine Sense. The feature detects creatures that have the Celestial, Fiend, or Undead creature type.

18. Hallway of the Ancestors

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a3

the air are actually withered corpses standing upright on a ledge two feet above the floor. Creatures. Once the lead character in the party reaches the midway point of the east–west passage, fifteen

zombies animate and attack. These corpses don’t register as undead to a casting of detect evil and good until after they animate. Disease. After combat with the zombies is finished, each character who

Alien Minds

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

register to the lizardfolk as fearsome beings to be avoided if possible. If such creatures attack, lizardfolk flee, fighting only if cornered. Lizardfolk aren’t scared of a troll; instead, they

. Like most reptiles, their feelings largely revolve around fear, aggression, and pleasure. Lizardfolk experience most feelings as detached descriptions of creatures and situations. For example, humans

Small and Practical

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)

Small and Practical The diminutive halflings survive in a world full of larger creatures by avoiding notice or, barring that, avoiding offense. Standing about 3 feet tall, they appear relatively

’ skin ranges from tan to pale with a ruddy cast, and their hair is usually brown or sandy brown and wavy. They have brown or hazel eyes. Halfling men often sport long sideburns, but beards are rare

Paladin

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

Paladin Would a Paladin’s Divine Sense register a tiefling due to their infernal heritage? A tiefling is a humanoid, not a fiend, and therefore escapes the notice of Divine Sense. The feature detects

creatures that have the celestial, fiend, or undead creature type. Can my paladin use a smite spell along with Divine Smite? As in, I cast wrathful smite, hit, then use Divine Smite on the same

Mascots Everywhere!

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos

Mascots Everywhere! When the characters register their team name with Professor Sharpbeak, the owlin counselor’s eyes briefly dart about with trepidation. She asks the characters to walk with her

is already going wrong. “You see, I need to tag the college mascots on campus—those little magical creatures that roam the grounds. We use them as mascots for our Mage Tower games. If the deans find

23. Ruined Dwarven Temple

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

hall. Carved into the walls flanking the double door stand armored dwarves, their stony beards flowing out of great helms that conceal their facial features. Halaster used magic to distort the wall

carvings almost beyond recognition and to create tentacle-like protrusions that weren’t part of the original design. These tentacles writhe as creatures pass by them — a harmless effect created by the

Ghost Ship

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm Lord’s Wrath

can even register, spectral figures emerge from the mist, swooping up onto the decks. One allip per three adventurers (rounded down) and two specters per character, excluding sidekicks, use the cover

should trigger many encounters with undead creatures from the army of Ularan Mortus, random ogre and giant attacks, and confrontations with other hostile beasts, humanoids, and monsters. The top of

Frost Giant

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

strength and skill in battle, demonstrating both with their scars and the grisly trophies they take from their enemies. Hearts of Ice. Frost giants are creatures of ice and snow. Their hair and beards

howling blizzard. When that storm clears, villages and steadings lay in ruins, ravens descending to feed on the corpses of any creatures foolish or unlucky enough to stand in the giants’ path. Inns

Small and Practical

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)

Small and Practical The diminutive halflings survive in a world full of larger creatures by avoiding notice or, barring that, avoiding offense. Standing about 3 feet tall, they appear

. Halflings’ skin ranges from tan to pale with a ruddy cast, and their hair is usually brown or sandy brown and wavy. They have brown or hazel eyes. Halfling men often sport long sideburns, but beards are

Strongheart Halflings

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide

Strongheart Halflings Creatures of the earth who love a warm hearth and pleasant company, strongheart halflings are folks of few enemies and many friends. Stronghearts are sometimes referred to

colors of humans, with most having brown hair. Unlike their lightfoot cousins, strongheart halflings often have blond or black hair and blue or green eyes. Males don’t grow beards or mustaches, but both

Unwelcome Party

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus

monsters with glaives and snakelike beards. The fiends are laughing darkly. Three bearded devils named Blass, Nodd, and Thunn have infiltrated the city and are looking to wreak havoc. Harkina Hunt and

days since, from the attacks of terrible creatures, a lack of food and water, and the collapse of many of the city’s buildings. Harkina and the boys have been hiding in the basement of a tavern that

Simulation Chambers

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer Academy

sense that they are in an illusion, nor can the illusion be dispelled. The detect magic and dispel magic spells don’t register or disrupt the magic of the illusion, nor of the creatures or objects it

Giants

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

creatures of legend, most giants owe their existence not to Nyx and the dreams of mortals, but to natural forces in the land. As a result, Theran giants are typically infused with the elements they

embody, which might manifest as flaming beards, frozen skin, hair crackling with lightning, or other primal incarnations. Beyond these primal giants, though, other giants fill the tales of Theros. (KEV

14. Stonecarvers' Hall

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

longer poses a danger to anyone.) Innermost Door. This thick stone door is flanked by bas-relief carvings of dwarves, their faces and beards chipped away. A dwarf can open the door, but no other creatures

Lockbury Henge

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight

playing pieces, one made of shale and the other of chalk, are sculpted in the form of tiny korreds (cloven-hoofed creatures with wild beards and hair). If the characters have already visited

information about these Fey creatures, see appendix C. If the characters discover that the brigganocks are not allied with Endelyn and convey this information to the korreds, Queen Argantle of the korreds

Grimskalle Locations (G8-G14)

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

frost giant skeleton wielding a rusty anchor. The pinpricks of light in their eye sockets brighten as they register your presence. The weapons of these two frost giant skeletons deal bludgeoning

damage instead of slashing damage. They otherwise use the stat block in appendix C. They attack any creatures they see and pursue fleeing prey into G11 but no farther. Frost giant skeletons guard the

Locations on the Entrance Level

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a6

four heads to watch in all directions. If the guard at the gate sounds the alarm, these creatures move to hold the mouth of the entryway until help arrives from area 3, area 18, or areas 21–25. The

, a table and two chairs, a stool, and a dressing table with a huge mirror of seeing (weighing 100 pounds) that functions similarly to a gem of seeing, so that even unseen creatures and objects are

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