before being devious create returner

Puzzles

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything

Puzzles Why create a solvable puzzle? Just pose an enigmatic question without an answer and watch your trespassers squirm! Tasha Devious traps and multifaceted mysteries might be staples of

The Dual Role of Abbathor

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes

other party in the arrangement, the dwarves’ idea of “inferior” means that a product they consider substandard is still far superior to any such item that outsiders might create. The dwarves might laugh

experience — for all their long-winded rambling about lineage and tradition — dwarves are greedy and devious folk. I write this not to insult them in any way. I have found greed to be a useful motivator both for myself and my underlings, and I prize the trickery that some members of that race demonstrate.

The Great Old One

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

, called That Which Lurks; Tharizdun, the Chained God; Dendar, the Night Serpent; Zargon, the Returner; Great Cthulhu; and other unfathomable beings. Expanded Spell List The Great Old One lets you choose

creature deals psychic damage to you, that creature takes the same amount of damage that you do. Create Thrall At 14th level, you gain the ability to infect a humanoid’s mind with the alien magic of

Lurking Danger

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

meenlocks try to divide the party using their ability to create hallucinations. Their aim is to isolate and paralyze one character, then drag that character back to their nest to be tortured and

. Be devious and tricksy with these foes—they’re intelligent creatures, not mindless monsters driven by bloodlust. Hide them from the characters for as long as possible to heighten the mystery and

Battle Tactics

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

, requiring opponents to create light at a distance in order to return fire with any accuracy. Even intruders who don’t need light to see have to contend with the beholder’s superior senses — the monster can

remember or be able to speak of things it was compelled to forget or keep secret. Because the cone suppresses ongoing magical effects, the beholder might create a secure area in its lair behind a permanent

Shadowfell

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

violate both natural and moral laws amid the frozen bogs and glacial expanses of Lamordia. The worst of them is the domain’s Darklord, Doctor Viktra Mordenheim, whose efforts to create life and abolish

hauntings. The dead here earn no rest, no finality, no peace—just a passage into a shadow world of wispy phantoms, mournful groaning, and clanking chains. Valachan The devious hunter Chakuna roams the jungles

Neogi

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

labor, the neogi designed and built sleek vessels, some capable of traversing the planes, to carry them to their new frontiers. Some neogi groups still create and use such vehicles, which have a distinct

they are as devious as devils when doing so. Neogi buy and sell, but they pose a grave risk to potential patrons that might instead be easily enslaved, so their customers generally consist of desperate

Warlock Subclasses

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook

, the Returner; Hadar, the Dark Hunger; or Great Cthulhu. Or you might invoke several entities without yoking yourself to one. The motives of these beings are incomprehensible, and the Great Old One

: Create Thrall When you cast Summon Aberration, you can modify it so that it doesn’t require Concentration. If you do so, the spell’s duration becomes 1 minute for that casting, and when summoned, the

Designing Simple Traps

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything

Designing Simple Traps You can create your own simple traps by using the following guidelines. You can also adapt the example traps for different levels and severity of threat by modifying their DCs

check, but a crudely made or hastily built trap has a DC of 15. Exceptionally devious traps might have a DC of 25. You must then put some thought into what the characters learn with a successful check

Orcs

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

Gruumsh in between. — Elminster Orc Blade of Ilneval Ilneval is Gruumsh’s battle captain, a devious strategist who directs Gruumsh’s soldiers with boldness. Among orcs, warriors that venerate Ilneval

level (3 slots): augury, warding bond 3rd level (2 slots): bestow curse, create food and water Actions Multiattack. The orc makes two claw attacks, or four claw attacks if it has fewer than half

The Dark Seldarine

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes

Kiaransalee was driven mad by returning from death as a god so many times, but her followers aren’t discouraged by this assessment. Despite her madness, her actions are guided by a deep and devious

. Malyk is associated with rebellion because when a wild mage’s true nature is revealed, the individual often has no recourse but to openly attack others and create chaos. Most other drow vie to receive

Abyssal Prisons

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a5

floor has been hewn to create a pit. This pit is covered with the gory remains of past bloodshed. Creatures. Issem, a pale human vampire in lavish clothes, is normally in this area, watching battles

. The dread warriors attempt to drag any helpless characters to the pit in the intersection near this room or to area 9, where they throw open the doors. Devious and arrogant, Tarul Var thinks all other

Lair Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh

identify the sharks, the giant frog, the giant crayfish, and the sahuagin. VALUABLE NUISANCES The presence of the two lizardfolk hatchlings in the company of the characters might create problems

never used. The book on the table, Power Politics by Abel Mackie, is written in Common. It discusses the trickier and more devious side of political life. It can be sold for 5 gp. THE COOPERATIVE

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