before being deciding creatures resolves

Giant Insect Legacy

Spells Basic Rules (2014)

the statistics for these creatures and resolves their actions and movement. A creature remains in its giant size for the duration, until it drops to 0 hit points, or until you use an action to dismiss

Giant Insect

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

scorpion becomes a giant scorpion. Each creature obeys your verbal commands, and in combat, they act on your turn each round. The DM has the statistics for these creatures and resolves their actions and

Giant Insect

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

scorpion becomes a giant scorpion. Each creature obeys your verbal commands, and in combat, they act on your turn each round. The DM has the statistics for these creatures and resolves their actions and

25. Scrying Pool

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation

25. Scrying Pool Behind the secret door, water fills a carved stone font. Withers uses this font to speak to creatures outside the tomb and contact his tomb guardian. A detect magic spell or

similar effect reveals an aura of divination over the water. When any character gazes into the font, read: As the water begins to swirl, eerie light emanates from within the basin. Slowly, an image resolves

Ability Checks

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

. Contests A contest is a kind of ability check that matches two creatures against each other. Use a contest if a character attempts something that either directly foils or is directly opposed by another

creature’s efforts. In a contest, the ability checks are compared to each other, rather than to a target number. When you call for a contest, you pick the ability that each side must use, deciding

Orc Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

, orcs breed prodigiously (and they aren’t choosy about what they breed with, which is why such creatures as half-orcs and ogrillons are found in the world). Females that are about to give birth are

Strength Orcs appreciate physical prowess and formidable combat ability in any form. As such, they might accept other creatures into their ranks from time to time. Orcs have been known to associate with

Arrival at the Fort

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

carefully tread the social milieu of a night hag and her cadre of crazed followers. This scene resolves around a factor essential in any negotiation: leverage. Mad Maggie possesses several things the

. As long as the characters still have a path forward, a spectacular failure can be just as memorable as success. The following sections detail the important NPCs and creatures within Fort Knucklebone

Ferocity

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Flee, Mortals! Rule Primer

Ferocity Companions are dangerous creatures. Though often more docile than their wild counterparts, they aren’t fully domesticated. Each companion’s ferocity is a measure of their tenacity and fury

increasing ferocity, a group of creatures who share a single stat block (such as a swarm of rats) counts as one creature. Ferocity increases round after round during combat, and there is no maximum to

Champions and Heroes

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

greatness typically begin by deciding what heroic archetype they most closely align with and letting that ideal influence their fate. The heroes illustrated throughout this introduction are examples of

any number of other creatures. Did one Slayer do all that? No, the archetype has become the repository for legends about many different heroes, all of whom are notable primarily for slaying something

2. Captured Troglodytes

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

2. Captured Troglodytes The cracked bones and skulls of small creatures hunted by the troglodytes litter the tunnels leading to this area, marking the borders of territory that once belonged to their

until the item is washed. The stench is not as potent as a troglodyte’s Stench trait and imposes no conditions on those who catch a whiff of it. The drow mage is deciding whether to kill the

Merchant Princes

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation

creatures available for purchase in Port Nyanzaru. Statistics for the hadrosaurus, the deinonychus, and the flying monkey appear in appendix D. See the Monster Manual for all others. Beasts for Sale

Jessamine (N female Chultan human assassin, her hit point maximum reduced to 58) doesn’t speak often. When the council finds itself divided on an issue, however, Jessamine usually casts the deciding vote

Area Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Nest of the Eldritch Eye

) check. On a successful check, the character makes a skiff sturdy enough to support up to two Medium or smaller creatures. While riding a skiff, a creature can use its movement to propel the skiff up

Medium or larger creatures that lack a swimming speed, while Small and smaller creatures must swim to traverse the tunnel. Water Weird. A neutral evil water weird lurks here. It tries to ambush and

Skytower Shelter Locations

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

skulls and pelts of various mountain-dwelling creatures. Seated by the fire is a wizened goliath with long white hair. A yeti fur cloak is draped over her stooped shoulders, and a tiger-sized feline

until after it rolls the d20 before deciding to use the runestone die, but must decide before the DM says whether the roll succeeds or fails. Once the runestone die is rolled, it is lost, and the

Tomb Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries

ability check, attack roll, or saving throw it makes. The creature can wait until after it rolls the d20 before deciding to use the number, but it must decide before the DM says whether the roll succeeds

or fails. A creature can’t gain this gift again until it finishes a long rest. Creatures that are blind or have a special form of sight (such as blindsight or truesight) can move through the area

Ruinous Citadel Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin

Ruinous Citadel Locations The following locations are keyed to map 10.3. If the characters felled the Hurricane Tower, areas Y1 and area Y3–area Y6 are destroyed, as well as any creatures and objects

troops fighting elsewhere, and Jallizanx is deciding how to give directions the dim-witted kakkuus can be reasonably expected to convey. When they see the characters, the kakkuus rush into melee while

Headquarters Features

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated

players and the DM. Group Design When selecting a feature, the characters must make decisions together — meaning the players must do the same. Deciding on the features of a headquarters should be a team

peering out through the statue’s large eyes. When the terrain is cluttered or subject to combat conditions, it can be hard to avoid creatures or objects smaller than a large building. A good idea is to swim

Fortune's Wheel Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel

coins are an illusion. Physical inspection of the fountain, a detect magic spell, or a successful DC 12 Intelligence (Investigation) check reveals them as such. Scrying Statue. Creatures in the

Bounty. Named after a god of revelry, this game is played on a long table embroidered with a flat pattern of an unfolded, twenty-sided die. The game’s dealer is also its deciding piece: a spectator

Nangalore

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation

them, and parrots with striped beaks squawk at you. These terraces overlooking the main concourse are home to myriad creatures, many of them dangerous. A mantrap (see appendix D) grows on the eastern

emerge from the stone to spy on creatures that pass by. One chwinga is fascinated by tall people and might bestow a charm of restoration (see chapter 7 of the Dungeon Master’s Guide) on the tallest

Red Larch Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse

chapter 6) and went to look for himself. He saw a goblin near the spot, and figured that a gang of the creatures had moved in and rigged a “haunt” to scare off intruders. He tells any Zhentarim

twenty workers, and he insists on keeping careful records. Key NPC. The Believers have no formal leader, but if they did, Dornen would be it. He is a longstanding member who serves as the deciding

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