before being distant constant random

Pirate Legacy

Backgrounds Player’s Handbook (2014)

distant line of the horizon, but the time has come to try your hand at something new. Discuss the nature of the ship you previously sailed with your Dungeon Master. Was it a merchant ship, a naval

you may roll for a random trinket on the Trinkets table in chapter 5 of the Player’s Handbook), a set of common clothes, and a pouch containing 10 gp Feature: Bad Reputation No matter where

Sailor Legacy

Backgrounds Player’s Handbook (2014)

distant line of the horizon, but the time has come to try your hand at something new. Discuss the nature of the ship you previously sailed with your Dungeon Master. Was it a merchant ship, a naval

with a hole in the center (or you may roll for a random trinket on the Trinkets table in chapter 5 of the Player’s Handbook), a set of common clothes, and a pouch containing 10 gp Feature: Ship

Aberrant Dragonmark

Feats Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron

mark, you can expend one of your Hit Dice and roll it. If you roll an even number, you gain a number of temporary hit points equal to the number rolled. If you roll an odd number, one random creature

within 30 feet of you (not including you) takes force damage equal to the number rolled. If no other creatures are in range, you take the damage. You also develop a random flaw from the Aberrant

Sailor - Baldur's Gate

Backgrounds Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus

the bottomless depths. Your first love is the distant line of the horizon, but the time has come to try your hand at something new. Discuss the nature of the ship you previously sailed with your

charm such as a rabbit foot or a small stone with a hole in the center (or you may roll for a random trinket on the Trinkets table in chapter 5 of the Player’s Handbook), a set of common clothes

Gnome Legacy

Species Basic Rules (2014)

stare, then appeared to go back to sleep. — Richard Lee Byers, The Black Bouquet A constant hum of busy activity pervades the warrens and neighborhoods where gnomes form their close-knit

over time. Gnome names are typically variants on the names of ancestors or distant relatives, though some are purely new inventions. When dealing with humans and others who are “stuffy” about

Owlin

Species Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos

Distant kin of giant owls from the Feywild, owlin come in many shapes and sizes, from petite and fluffy to wide-winged and majestic. Owlin have arms and legs like other Humanoids, as well as wings

, consult the Random Height and Weight table in the Player’s Handbook, and choose the row in the table that best represents the build you imagine for your character.

Halaster Blackcloak

Monsters Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage

parts restored. His new body appears in a random safe location in Undermountain. Spellcasting. Halaster is a 20th-level spellcaster. His spellcasting ability is Intelligence (spell save DC 22, +14 to hit

effect is triggered, as though Halaster had cast minor illusion in an area. Common illusions include the echo of rattling chains, the distant sound of explosive spells being cast, a dusty cloak or a rusty

Firbolg

Species Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

Distant cousins of giants, the first firbolgs wandered the primeval forests of the multiverse, and the magic of those forests entwined itself with the firbolgs’ souls. Centuries later, that

determine your character’s height or weight randomly, consult the Random Height and Weight table in the Player’s Handbook, and choose the row in the table that best represents the build you imagine for your character.

Tabaxi Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

lazy, but when Linene came around looking for a missing broach, she was out the door before I could blink an eye. — Toblen Stonehill, innkeeper Hailing from a strange and distant land

tabaxi rarely stay in one place for long. Their innate nature pushes them to leave no secrets uncovered, no treasures or legends lost. Wandering Outcasts Most tabaxi remain in their distant

Nafas

Monsters Quests from the Infinite Staircase

":"roll", "rollAction":"Last Wish"} days, regaining all his hit points and appearing in a random safe location on the Infinite Staircase. Legendary Resistance (5/Day). If Nafas fails a saving throw

this role, Nafas sends adventurers to distant worlds to fulfill the wishes of creatures beyond his reach. Adventurers who return to Nafas successful receive gifts as rewards. As a noble genie, Nafas

Lizardfolk

Species Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

The saurian lizardfolk are thought by some sages to be distant cousins of dragonborn and kobolds. Despite their resemblance to those other scaled folk, however, lizardfolk are their own people and

character’s height or weight randomly, consult the Random Height and Weight table in the Player’s Handbook, and choose the row in the table that best represents the build you imagine for your character.

Reaching the Tower

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss

sideways to squeeze. It takes about an hour to navigate its pitch-black darkness, and the journey is filled with a constant echo of distant sounds. The passage then widens, opening out into a cavern whose

find the cavern where the tower stands without getting lost. Use random encounters from chapter 13, “The Wormwrithings,” on the way to the tower. The final stretch to reach the tower is through a

Teeth of Dahlver-Nar

Magic Items Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything

a random destination, which could be on a different world of the Material Plane. Destroying the Teeth. Each tooth must be destroyed individually by sowing it in the area where the tooth’s story

(Perception) checks from constant whispers of memories and nearby minds. 9 The Disappearances of Half Hollow (vomerine tooth of a Large toad) 4 giant toad;giant toads Your long jump is up to 30

Random Encounters

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase

Random Encounters Random encounters can bring the region to life. An encounter might occur while the characters are traveling from one location to another or whenever the DM feels appropriate. To

determine what the characters find, roll on the Random Tegefed Mountains Encounters table, rerolling duplicates. Random Tegefed Mountains Encounters d8 Encounter 1 Three griffons hunt the characters

Verdan

Species Acquisitions Incorporated

. Reality is a descent into chaos punctuated by brief flashes of order, whence we arose and so imagine it to be the norm rather than a distant outlier. That-Which-Endures held entropy back for a mere instant

stature. But they soon learned that their kind were fated to eventually undergo a dramatic, painful, and random growth spurt that sees them transformed to hobgoblin size over a period of days. At the

Darklake District

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss

here, as you spy drow, svirfneblin, derro, orcs, and other races in the crowds. The shouting of people blends with the sound of distant hammering to create a constant, distracting din. Behind the

Pandemonium

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

forced others to take shelter in places where the winds die down until they sound like distant cries of torment. Optional Rule: Mad Winds A visitor must make a DC 10 Wisdom saving throw after each hour

a random form of indefinite madness, as described in chapter 8, “Running the Game.” Finishing a long rest doesn’t reduce a creature’s exhaustion level unless the creature can somehow escape the maddening winds.

Third Level: General Features

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

, they might hear water dripping, and perhaps once and once only a far distant echoing of stone striking stone. Random Encounters On the third level of the fire giant stronghold, the chance of a random

encounter occurs on an hourly basis. At the end of each hour, roll a d12. On a roll of 1, which indicates a random encounter, choose from the following possibilities: Two wandering trolls A fire giant

Feat: Aberrant Dragonmark

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War

. You also develop a random flaw from the Aberrant Dragonmark Flaws table. Aberrant Dragonmark Flaws d8 Flaw 1 Your mark is a source of constant physical pain. 2 Your mark whispers to you. Its

rolled. If you roll an odd number, one random creature within 30 feet of you (not including you) takes force damage equal to the number rolled. If no other creatures are in range, you take the damage

Magical Storms

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

teleported 5d20 miles in a random direction. Conjuration When conjuration magic churns within a storm’s heart, creatures of wind and rain emerge from distant realms to attack anything they encounter. The

navigators know it poses an insidious threat. During the storm, the ship travels in a random direction that isn’t its intended course. Necromancy Ghosts howl and whirl in this storm’s wind, while the remains

Complex Traps

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

elements, a table you roll on to determine its effect at random, or options for you to choose from. Dynamic Elements. A dynamic element is a threat that arises or evolves while the trap functions

. Usually, changes involving dramatic elements take effect at the end of each of the trap’s turns or in response to the characters’ actions. Constant Elements. A complex trap poses a threat even when it is

Aboleth

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual

Aboleth Seeks To... 1 Accomplish incomprehensible plans that lead it to act in seemingly random ways. 2 Learn more of the world by kidnapping people and consuming their minds. 3 Manipulate innocents

into worshiping it as a god by using its telepathy from hiding. 4 Open a gate to the distant past or future, releasing an invasion from another time. 5 Rouse a dragon turtle, a kraken, or another sea

Tabaxi Personality

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

distant land. Tabaxi Obsessions d8 My curiosity is currently fixed on … 1 A god or planar entity 2 A monster 3 A lost civilization 4 A wizard’s secrets 5 A mundane item 6 A magic item 7 A location 8

and never pause and others can’t understand you. 9 You are a font of random trivia from the lore and stories you have discovered. 10 You can’t help but pocket interesting objects you come across.

Planar Portals

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

where they want to go. Most portals exist in distant locations, and a portal’s location often has thematic similarities to the plane it leads to. For example, a portal to Mount Celestia might be

number of such item-keyed portals. Random. The portal functions for a random period, then shuts down for a similarly random duration. Typically, such a portal allows 1d6 + 6 travelers to pass through

Gates

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

. Named for the dragon’s head that a victorious knight once hung upon its arch, the Black Dragon Gate faces the road heading north toward distant Waterdeep. The original dragon’s head is long gone, but a

several patriar staffs know exactly which guards to bend. Regardless, the visible double standard imposed at these gates is a constant gall to Lower City residents forced to take longer routes through the public gates because they cannot use the ones in their own neighborhoods.

Gates

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer

. Named for the dragon’s head that a victorious knight once hung upon its arch, the Black Dragon Gate faces the road heading north toward distant Waterdeep. The original dragon’s head is long gone, but a

several patriar staffs know exactly which guards to bend. Regardless, the visible double standard imposed at these gates is a constant gall to Lower City residents forced to take longer routes through the public gates because they cannot use the ones in their own neighborhoods.

Hook Horror

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

Hook Horror A fierce predator of the Underdark, the hook horror aggressively defends its hunting grounds. The subterranean caverns where these creatures dwell echo with the constant clacking and

surfaces around them. What sounds to others like random clacking noise is actually a complex language that only hook horrors understand, and which carries for miles through the echoing Underdark. Pack

Grisha's Greeting

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss

Grisha’s Greeting Filthriddens lies 48 miles from the Spiral of the Horned King, deeper in the Labyrinth. Kurr (see “Random Encounters”) or Gash (see “Gash the Gnoll”) might lead the characters here

human male kneeling within a circle of burning torchstalk mushrooms in the center of the cave and two ragged figures lurking near a zurkhwood door set into a wall thirty feet distant. The figure in the

Levistus

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

, agreeing to exchange his soul for a boon that enables him to escape to safety. With nothing to do in his tomb other than answer distant entreaties from the Material Plane, Levistus has attracted the

in the Blood War engage in constant skirmishes across the ice, and yugoloths and other mercenaries from across the planes play a key role in the struggle. Both sides sometimes employ adventurers to

Planar Portals

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

a portal that leads where they want to go. Most portals exist in distant locations, and a portal’s location often has thematic similarities to the plane it leads to. For example, a portal to the

rounds. Situation. The portal functions only if a particular condition is met. A situation-keyed portal opens on a clear night, or when it rains, or when a certain spell is cast in its vicinity. Random

10. Noble Quarters

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

10. Noble Quarters This suite belongs to Melissara Shadowdusk, a distant cousin of the Shadowdusk twins, and her deranged husband, Derrion. 10a. Melissara’s Chamber Melissara. A middle-aged woman

whenever she leaves their suite, fearing that she will come to harm without his protection. He lives in constant fear that adventurers might invade Shadowdusk Hold and lay waste to it. Prolonged exposure

Zariel's War

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

, and causing random acts of violence in the name of some enemy to ignite the spark of war, devils swell the capacity for mortals to commit acts of evil, corrupting souls by the thousands and thus

ensuring the legions of devils are full of diabolic soldiers for the Blood War. Yoke of Evil Under constant pressure from both the Abyss and her infernal peers, Zariel and her high-ranking vassals work to

The Grand Masquerade

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

, acquiring a costume, navigating social niceties, and dancing. Random complications can arise at any point during the ball, heightening the constant risk of unmasking. Invitations and Costumes An

Kinds of Treasure

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

the Player’s Handbook) rather than coins 2–3 Coins from an ancient culture local to this region, ancestral to the people who live here now 4–5 Coins from an ancient culture in a distant

Guide provides a full set of random magic item tables, labeled A through I. Each entry on the Hoard Magic Items table under “Creating a Hoard” includes a parenthetical reference to one of those tables in

Bedlam

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands

gatekeeper, Bedlam’s distant ruler. Day and night, shrieking winds erupt from six arched pores at the tower’s base—the blastgates—which render conversation impossible in the town’s lowest district. Bedlam’s

buildings are constant, and anything not nailed or tethered down is as good as lost. The gusts gnaw at Bedlam’s residents just as they do its structures. The citizens’ patience, manners, and joy dwindle in

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