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Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
call from beyond this world. I must prepare to answer that call by amassing powerful arms and armor.
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I secretly look forward to adventurers trying to infiltrate my lair. How else could I try
out new defenses?
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Give me a storied helmet or scimitar over a pile of gold any day.
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No creature can outsmart my defenses—if they do, they obviously cheated.
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Any creature
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
or wars and won’t rest until my hoard contains that conflict’s most significant artifacts.
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I am constantly aware of a call from beyond this world. I must prepare to answer that call
by amassing powerful arms and armor.
3
I secretly look forward to adventurers trying to infiltrate my lair. How else could I try out new defenses?
4
Give me a storied helmet or scimitar
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
hoard contains that conflict’s most significant artifacts.
2
I am constantly aware of a call from beyond this world. I must prepare to answer that call by amassing powerful arms and armor
.
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I secretly look forward to adventurers trying to infiltrate my lair. How else could I try out new defenses?
4
Give me a storied helmet or scimitar over a pile of gold any day.
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No
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
significant artifacts.
2
I am constantly aware of a call from beyond this world. I must prepare to answer that call by amassing powerful arms and armor.
3
I secretly look forward to
adventurers trying to infiltrate my lair. How else could I try out new defenses?
4
Give me a storied helmet or scimitar over a pile of gold any day.
5
No creature can outsmart my defenses—if
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
a call from beyond this world. I must prepare to answer that call by amassing powerful arms and armor.
3 I secretly look forward to adventurers trying to infiltrate my lair. How else could I
try out new defenses?
4 Give me a storied helmet or scimitar over a pile of gold any day.
5 No creature can outsmart my defenses—if they do, they obviously cheated.
6 Any creature that
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
defenses. After their labors, they spend eight hours in telepathic communion with each other in what they call “melding.” They then rest for eight hours before starting the cycle anew. Many of the myconids
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
an orphan, discuss your family with your DM. What’s their business? Who’s your favorite relative? Are you currently involved in any family schemes? Family members might call on you for help over the
appropriate, reflecting their love of intrigue. Classes that specialize in melee combat are rare among the Zil. The soldiers of Zilargo include rogues, bards, wizards, and artificers. The Trust. In
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Divine Intervention In some campaigns, gods are fond of meddling in mortal affairs, and heroes sometimes call on the gods for aid beyond what divine magic ordinarily provides. The gods sometimes also
. Miracles. As the simplest form of miracle, a god can produce the effect of any spell that devotees of that god might cast (typically Cleric or Druid spells). But a god’s direct intervention can take any form you choose, often reflecting the god’s nature.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
advantage, reflecting the help provided by the other characters. In combat, this requires the Help action (see chapter 9, “Combat”). A character can only provide help if the task is one that he or she
, and they’re most useful when all the characters succeed or fail as a group. For example, when adventurers are navigating a swamp, the DM might call for a group Wisdom (Survival) check to see if the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
advantage, reflecting the help provided by the other characters. In combat, this requires the Help action. A character can only provide help if the task is one that he or she could attempt alone. For
when all the characters succeed or fail as a group. For example, when adventurers are navigating a swamp, the DM might call for a group Wisdom (Survival) check to see if the characters can avoid the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Radiant Citadel
Citadel Defenses The Radiant Citadel’s location within the Deep Ethereal makes it difficult to assault. It keeps no standing army, but its council for defense has contingency plans it frequently
required, Arayat, commander of the Shieldbearers, also mobilizes his Shieldbearer veterans, while the other Speakers for the Ancestors call on the citizenry to bolster the city’s defense. The Auroral
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
Citadel Defenses The Radiant Citadel’s location within the Deep Ethereal makes it difficult to assault. It keeps no standing army, but its council for defense has contingency plans it frequently
required, Arayat, commander of the Shieldbearers, also mobilizes his Shieldbearer veterans, while the other Speakers for the Ancestors call on the citizenry to bolster the city’s defense. The Auroral
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
, opening portals to the outside only as needed. Most fortresses drift through Limbo at random, but none of them are ever isolated. When Menyar-Ag sends out a call to them, the anarchs of the other
city or its inhabitants. Teleportation circles are barred except on the fringes of the place, at always-guarded locations beyond the city’s outermost defenses. Those who use plane-shifting magic to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
Chapter 15: Throne A character who draws the Throne card from a Deck of Many Things gains ownership of a keep. But how big is the keep, and what are its defenses and layout? What lives in the keep
your players are ready for their characters to have a stronghold they can call their own. The castle’s fearsome reputation provides plenty of incentive for altruistic heroes to explore the site and put
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
addition to dealing with the castle’s defenses, they must also contend with reinforcements from Parnast. Such reinforcements include Captain Othelstan (see appendix D for statistics), one veteran, six
either kill them as sacrifices or drive them out of the village. Othelstan can also call for reinforcements in the form of three dragonclaws, one of whom takes the time to release the two wyverns in the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
dealing with the castle’s defenses, they must also contend with reinforcements from Parnast. Such reinforcements include Captain Othelstan, one veteran, six guards, and three dragonclaws. In addition
village. Othelstan can also call for reinforcements in the form of three dragonclaws, one of whom takes the time to release the two wyverns in the stables (see area 3).
Last Recourse. If the castle flies
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Adventures in Bluetspur While Bluetspur’s otherworldly hazards and the mind flayers’ defenses can challenge even the highest-level heroes, the domain’s menace proves most pernicious when it intrudes
into their minds and emits a telepathic call for help. The map leads to a mind flayer who wants to put the God-Brain out of its misery.
7 A farmer hires the characters to protect his family
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
, the kobolds are usually put to work enlarging their masters’ living area and protecting vital areas of the lair with traps and other defenses.
Some human communities hire kobolds to dig their
older and more respectable.
Most kobold tribes avoid eating what they call “talking meat” — intelligent creatures — because such behavior prompts retaliation. The fear of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
are typically constructed of steel, stone, and wood in the shape of watchful soldiers. More fanciful designs exist, reflecting the tastes of their creators. Given their resilience, it’s common for
to an amulet. While the guardian and its amulet are on the same plane of existence, the amulet’s wearer can telepathically call the guardian to travel to it, and the guardian knows the distance and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
wear complex tattoos reflecting their ambitions and achievements and their favored school of magic. In Thay, the Red Wizards have ultimate power, although they give governance of day-to-day affairs to
frequently wear magic rings that allow a War Wizards to know where they’ve gone and to scry upon them. Removing such a ring, even for innocent reasons, can call a cadre of battle-ready War Wizards to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
almost as patient and stoic as the followers of the earth cult. They understand the value of outlasting formidable foes and slowly eroding their defenses. However, they are far more flexible and
at fighting in water, so they look for opportunities to surprise their enemies by using bodies of water to slip around or through defenses. Because the cultists see water as the wellspring of all life
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
commander’s eye for defense. They appreciate the solidity of cliff-side caves or stone fortresses, often reinforcing existing defenses with clever traps and bulwarks. At the same time, bronze dragons
Player Version Additional Lair Actions At your discretion, a legendary (adult or ancient) bronze dragon can use one or more of the following additional lair actions while in its lair: Ocean’s Call. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
succeeds on the saving throw, you can’t use this feature on it again until you finish a long rest. If the creature fails its save, you can read its surface thoughts (those foremost in its mind, reflecting
modifier to the damage you deal with any cleric cantrip. Visions of the Past Starting at 17th level, you can call up visions of the past that relate to an object you hold or your immediate surroundings
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
their outer defenses and militia. Lob and Ogg spent the next month lost in the hills, trying to find their way back to Grudd Haug. When they got there, they told Guh about the “big farm.” Guh
of Goldenfields The guards at the gatehouse (area G1), on the wall (area G2), and at the brewery (area G9) are too far away to hear Oren’s call to arms, but adventurers in the town, the abbey, or the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
taps into. Or the orrery components possessed by the Six might begin to call to the components held by the characters, as the artifact seeks to be made whole once more. The time necessary to locate
to be resolved, with those complications revealing useful information concerning the Six’s plots, the ritual site’s possible location, and the defenses around the site.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
Sorcerer does so with Advantage. If the doppelganger rolls well, it might still act before the Sorcerer’s spell goes off, reflecting the monster’s ability to anticipate the spell. Using Initiative Scores
place to record the current Hit Points of monsters, as well as other useful notes. If you use this approach, you tell the players when it’s their characters’ turn. When you call out the character whose
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
saving throw and use the higher result.
Silverquill Professor of Radiance Professors of radiance call up magic through spoken words and glyphs formed of magically shaped ink and light. The
words that find the tiniest, most invisible cracks in an opponent’s defenses and break them. Silverquill Professor of Shadow
Medium or Small Humanoid (Bard), Any Alignment
Armor Class 12 (15 with
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
archfey, such as the Prince of Frost; the Queen of Air and Darkness, ruler of the Gloaming Court; Titania of the Summer Court; or an ancient hag. Or you might call on a spectrum of Fey, weaving a web
succeed on a Wisdom saving throw against your spell save DC or take 2d10 Psychic damage. Level 10: Beguiling Defenses Your patron teaches you how to guard your mind and body. You are immune to the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
found its defenses lacking. An invasion is imminent. The capture of Skullport will give the drow a firm base from which to strike into the heart of Undermountain. What’s next? Waterdeep?” 10d. Water
before the hags return. Since the boy can’t see in the dark, he mistakes the bullying goblin for his jailer, not another prisoner. If rescued, Delvin insists that the characters call him “Del” and gladly
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
can’t be dispelled. It hovers 200 feet above the ground and rotates slowly counterclockwise, completing one revolution every hour. Chultans call it the Heart of Ubtao because the earthmote is vaguely
might weaken some of Omu’s defenses. If the characters have no way to reach the earthmote when they first encounter it — or at least, no way for everyone to reach it — eventually they spot an elf
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a2
a successful DC 15 Wisdom (Perception) check, a character notices the slits. Developments. If they are attacked or confronted by more than one character, Wark and Thark call out a warning that’s
heard by the orc in area 4 and then attempt to flee to area 3. See the “Mountain Door Defenses” sidebar. If the archers are alerted to the party’s presence, they open fire on intruders on the ledge and in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
Annam and the Ordning Most giants revere a pantheon of gods comprising Annam and his divine children—a pantheon they call “the Ordning” because it is the archetype of the ordning that structures
firbolgs, who claim a distant kinship with giants. Hiatea’s priests adopt one of two roles, reflecting the god’s dual areas of concern. Some live within the giants’ enclaves and focus their efforts on
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
Gauntlet first brought its war against undead to Chult, its members established this base camp (map 2.3) around an ancient Chultan shrine, which local guides call the House of the Crocodile. The
heart of the shrine. The overconfident visitors neglected to build defenses around the camp, believing that their own strong arms were sufficient protection. A couple months ago, they were proved
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
chance. Whether a deity is good, evil, or neutral is immaterial. All gods other than Maglubiyet and his servants are false and must be destroyed.
Call to War: Formation of the Host When the three
penetrate the foe’s defenses. Murderers carry many javelins with them, which they throw from hiding and wield in melee, and they also carry garrotes to cut off sounds of screaming.
The Host on the March
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
frequent in the Hive than elsewhere in Sigil, reflecting the ward’s dismal mood. When it falls, gutters ooze sludge into brackish pools of oil and rainwater, their surfaces disturbed by scurrying
-out-of-order lavatory for big and tall creatures. Gabel, a retired pit fiend judge, guards the entrance, but most entrants respectfully call him “Your Honor.” On the other side of the door lies a