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Firbolg Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

sense and remarkable resourcefulness. During a bountiful summer, they store away excess nuts, fruit, and berries. When winter arrives, they scatter everything they can spare to ensure the animals of the

wood survive until springtime. In a firbolg’s eyes, there is no greater fault than greed. The firbolgs believe that the world remains healthiest when each creature takes only what it needs

Izzet Engineer

Backgrounds Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica

and twisted remains of a failed experiment, a hammer, a block and tackle, a set of common clothes, and a belt pouch containing 5 gp (Azorius 1-zino coins) Feature: Urban Infrastructure The popular

same laboratory ran off to join the Selesnya, and we get into a big argument every time we run into each other. 10 I compare notes and techniques with a Simic scientist over lunch sometimes.

Humble Guardians

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

bountiful summer, they store away excess nuts, fruit, and berries. When winter arrives, they scatter everything they can spare to ensure the animals of the wood survive until springtime. In a firbolg’s

eyes, there is no greater fault than greed. The firbolgs believe that the world remains healthiest when each creature takes only what it needs. Material goods, especially precious gems and gold, have little appeal to them. What use are such things when winter lingers and food runs short?

Contests

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

ability checks appropriate to their efforts. They apply all appropriate bonuses and penalties, but instead of comparing the total to a DC, they compare the totals of their two checks. The participant

with the higher check total wins the contest. That character or monster either succeeds at the action or prevents the other one from succeeding. If the contest results in a tie, the situation remains

Contests

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

ability checks appropriate to their efforts. They apply all appropriate bonuses and penalties, but instead of comparing the total to a DC, they compare the totals of their two checks. The participant

with the higher check total wins the contest. That character or monster either succeeds at the action or prevents the other one from succeeding. If the contest results in a tie, the situation remains

Archives

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

doorway in runes that anyone who knows Dwarvish or Giant understands: The past is a crystal, for it can be seen from many facets yet it always remains the same. These rooms contain crystals of many

. Urmas and Ustova compare notes often to validate their visions. The prophecies in these rooms are limited to the future of giantkind — and the trials still to come for those once-great races — because this is Ustova’s sole interest.

Elven Tomb Locations

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

, which startles and scares away the other animals. If the frost druid in area E9 hears sounds of battle in this room, she remains where she is, preferring to make a final stand there. Statues. In addition

case the druid gets hungry and wants some berries to munch on. Eating the berries has stained the druid’s teeth blue. The druid climbs onto the sarcophagus when characters enter the tomb and shouts

Encounters (A-C)

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

Encounters (A-C) Arveiaturace Known to Ten-Towners as the White Wyrm, Arveiaturace is an ancient white dragon that lairs atop the Reghed Glacier. She remains the most fearsome predator in Icewind

wouldn’t take much to provoke her into doing so. At one time, Arveiaturace served a wizard named Meltharond, whose frozen corpse remains strapped to a saddle on the dragon’s back. Arveiaturace has

Modifying a Class

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

any new option you add should be compared to existing options to make sure it’s no more or less powerful, yet remains distinctive in flavor. Like anything in class design, be prepared to playtest your

an existing feature that can be used as a model? How does the new class feature compare to other features of the same level? Variant: Spell Points One way to modify how a class feels is to change how

Random Encounters

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd

characters from a distance. Compare its Dexterity (Stealth) check result to the characters’ passive Wisdom (Perception) scores to see whether it remains hidden from the party. If one or more

remains. Dire Wolves A snarling wolf the size of a grizzly bear steps out of the fog. The area is lightly obscured by fog. If more than one dire wolf is present, the others aren’t far behind and

Cragmaw Castle Areas

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver

room. It quietly observes intruders that enter the area before dropping down to strike. Compare the grick’s Dexterity (Stealth) check to the characters’ Wisdom (Perception) checks (or their passive

creature it sees in the doorway. This room was once a library and workshop, but nothing of its original contents remains intact. Developments If the characters open the door and stay out of the

Barn Door Locations

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

contraptions. Characters who compare those drawings with Stonky’s skitterwidgets can tell where the gnome got the inspiration for his mechanical creations. Navigation Notes. A slip of paper tucked into

lever remains in this position. Stable. The Barn Door blasts off when the countdown timer reaches zero. Steering Wheel. This wheel sets the rocket’s trajectory. Its glowing numerals currently read 646

Uthgardt Lands

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

mighty hero Uthgar, a warrior without compare. During my time with his tribe, Gyrt spoke freely of the tales of Uthgar that have been passed down among his people. The saga begins in the distant past

the Uthgardt. Each is said to have been built over the remains of a tribe’s totem spirit, along with the tribesfolk who died while helping Uthgar to fight the creature. A tribe lays claim to the

Nautiloid Locations

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

). Each time a character makes a check, compare the check result to the Figuring Out Alien Technology table in the Dungeon Master’s Guide. N3. Cryogenic Stasis Pods Each of these four rooms contains a

dials. The black sphere contains the charred remains of a fist-sized crystal that could propel the nautiloid through the air and across space. The crystal cracked and imploded during the crash

Nangalore

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

1d4 jaculis (see appendix D) 10–11 Menga bush with 2d6 ounces of leaves (see appendix C) 12–13 1d4 ryath roots (see appendix C) 14–15 4d6 sinda berries growing on a bush (see appendix C) 16–17 1d4

. The chamber echoes with the sound of rainwater dripping from the ceiling into the gaping pit. The face of the giant warrior statue is obliterated by deep gouges, but the rest of the statue remains

Thundertree Areas

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver

hide among the weeds that flank the cottage’s open doorway. Make a Dexterity (Stealth) check for the blights, and compare the result to the passive Wisdom (Perception) scores of the characters to

Points Divide 50 XP equally among the characters if the party destroys the twig blights. 2. Blighted Cottages Wind and weather have done their work here, and little remains of these houses or their

Island Approach and First Floor

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

casks. This space beneath the watchtower of area 21 was once a holding cell for prisoners. Tallos the druid converted the space into a distillery. Berries harvested from his assassin vines were

, with many of the partitions damaged and the curtains torn apart. Debris and the broken remains of simple furnishings are strewn about, while pools of drying blood and gore fill the room with a metallic

House of Cards Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things

the formation with a Dexterity or Intelligence check (their choice) using jeweler’s or mason’s tools, or by making an attack with a melee weapon. Compare the creature’s ability check or attack roll

saving throw; this save is made with disadvantage if the breath drinker is alive. On a failed save, the mask slips from the creature’s grasp but remains in its space, where another creature can try to

Neverdeath Catacomb Locations

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

some tasty food with him, he reveals his expertise in Vecna’s history. Umberto especially likes food created with or by magic, such as berries from the Goodberry spell. If Umberto reveals his role as a

been repurposed as a table, which bears platters of dried fruit, nuts, and meat. This kitchen remains empty except during mealtimes, and no one bothers to keep it clean. Removing the utensils from the

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