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Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn
the following spells, using Wisdom as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 16):
2/Day Each: Calm Emotions, Detect Thoughts
1/Day: Dominate PersonCounterattack. Trigger: The cultist is hit by an
attack roll. Response: The cultist makes one Gauntlet or Oppressive Burst attack against the triggering creature.Cultists of Bane sow strife, either by directly bullying others or by abusing existing
Monsters
Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn
Thoughts, Dispel Magic, Mage Hand, Message
2/Day Each: Dimension Door, Fly, Scrying
1/Day Each: Befuddlement, DisintegrateCounterspell. Zlan casts Counterspell in response to the spell’s trigger
Crenshinibon, better known as the Crystal Shard. Zlan Clervish was one of those seven liches, and that lich’s will predominates in the fused entity. All seven bodies are frozen together with ice and
Monsters
Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
faith2nd level (3 slots): calm emotions, prayer of healing, silence3rd level (2 slots): protection from energy, remove curse, sending
Evasion. If Hlam is subjected to an effect that allows him to make a
Missile. In response to being hit by a ranged weapon attack, Hlam deflects the missile. The damage he takes from the attack is reduced by 1d10 + 27;{"diceNotation":"1d10+27","rollType":"roll
Species
Eberron: Rising from the Last War
were born to rule it.
—Dalin d’Vadalis
The Mark of Handling gives its bearer a primal connection to beasts and the natural world, granting the power to calm and coax. This extends beyond
rumors claim that Vadalis has crafted monsters of its own. Some rumors even insist that Vadalis is trying to magebreed better humans.
Monsters
Vecna: Eve of Ruin
response to being hit by an attack, Vecna utters a fell word, dealing 10 (3d6);{"diceNotation":"3d6", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Fell Rebuke", "rollDamageType":"necrotic"} necrotic damage to
scribe. He spent the better part of his childhood secretly educating himself in his masters’ arts. Once Vecna learned all he could, he massacred the wizards. He then recorded his every foul thought
Lizardfolk
Legacy
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Species
Volo's Guide to Monsters
learned to laugh. You use this talent in response to all emotional situations, to better fit in with your comrades.
6
You still don’t understand how metaphors work. That doesn’t stop
, if other creatures prove useful to lizardfolk, those creatures can trigger a protective response made all the stronger by their apparent weakness. The lizardfolk assess such beings as hatchlings
Yuan-ti Pureblood
Legacy
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Species
Volo's Guide to Monsters
serpent gods began to demand more and more sacrifices, the yuan-ti stepped up their raids on bordering settlements to meet this need.
Calm long-view schemers, innate deceivers, and immune to poison
odds aren’t in their favor. A short retreat might be just the thing to reach a better tactical position, find allies, or to allow the yuan-ti the opportunity to study their opponents and
Backgrounds
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
friends, message
1st
command, ensnaring strike
2nd
arcane lock, calm emotions, hold person
3rd
clairvoyance, counterspell
4th
compulsion, divination
best at everything in my legal training, and now I work with the person who was always just a little bit better.
6
A good friend was promoted into work they can’t tell me about.
7
I
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
about the details of the next tier as the characters approach it. Even better, as the campaign takes unexpected turns in response to the players’ choices, you don’t have to worry about redoing much work.
or the prior trouble transforms into a new threat in response to the characters’ actions. Events need to grow in magnitude and scope, increasing the stakes and drama as the characters become
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
species of humanoid: lizardfolk and meat. 5 You have learned to laugh. You use this talent in response to all emotional situations, to better fit in with your comrades. 6 You still don’t understand how
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
— particularly warm, stagnant water. 3 Money is meaningless to you. 4 You think there are only two species of humanoid: lizardfolk and meat. 5 You have learned to laugh. You use this talent in response
to all emotional situations, to better fit in with your comrades. 6 You still don’t understand how metaphors work. This doesn’t stop you from trying to use them at every opportunity. 7 You appreciate
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
Bone Naga In response to the long history of conflict between the yuan-ti and the nagas, yuan-ti created a necromantic ritual that could halt a naga’s resurrection by transforming the living naga
cleric spells prepared:
Cantrips (at will): mending, sacred flame, thaumaturgy
1st level (4 slots): command, shield of faith
2nd level (3 slots): calm emotions, hold person
3rd level (2 slots
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
4. Southern Terraces The terraces along the southern rim of the cavern are narrower and not as fertile as the northern ones. These terraces are quiet and calm. The only sounds here are soft, “ploopy
few escape plans ready, and has nutrient caches hidden along exit tunnels in case Basidia decides it is better to abandon the grove and return to a nomadic lifestyle. Characters can climb the eastern
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
Diancastra’s Saga Battle-worn and weary, bruised from her journey,
Diancastra entered the All-Father’s hall.
With calm confidence she claimed her due
Under the birthright of her blood:
Her
challenge:
Bring me pure perfection—
Something my craft cannot better.”
Diancastra, undaunted, departed the sanctum
And journeyed to the waters beyond worlds.
She sailed forgotten seas into
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
, Professor DeSantos is concerned by the sudden influx of patients but can’t find anything wrong with them. She insists they rest in the sickroom until they feel better. Ten minutes later, these six
into chaos as the other students either try to help or scatter in terror. Ending the Panic A character can use an action to try to calm a delirious student, doing so with a successful DC 14 Charisma
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
list of spells when you learn a warlock spell. The following spells are added to the warlock spell list for you. Archfey Expanded Spells Spell Level
Spells
1st faerie fire, sleep 2nd calm
short or long rest. Misty Escape Starting at 6th level, you can vanish in a puff of mist in response to harm. When you take damage, you can use your reaction to turn invisible and teleport up to 60 feet
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
mathematics to better understand nature. She places an emphasis on practical magic that improves daily life through applied calculations. She rolls her eyes at Dean Imbraham’s theories, dismissing them as
tides and currents that eluded even the most esteemed scholars of their society. Once, they saved a hundred lives by predicting the sudden arrival of a tsunami, despite the deceptively calm seas—washing
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
decision, follow through with it knowing your path is just. Redemption. So you feel bad about having done something, and then you have to do something to feel better? Why don’t you just kill and eat
someone? That always makes me feel better.
Oath of Redemption Features Paladin Level Feature 3rd Oath Spells, Channel Divinity 7th Aura of the Guardian (10 ft.) 15th Protective Spirit 18th Aura of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver
D&D world, as well as the one who reads (and sometimes also writes) the adventure and describes what happens in response to the characters’ actions. The DM plays monsters. The DM plays the monsters
issues as they come up.
When in doubt, make it up! It’s better to keep the game moving than to get bogged down in the rules.
It’s not a competition. The DM isn’t competing against the player
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
in the face of devastating tragedy are better suited for character backstories. DM Die Rolling Should you hide your die rolls behind a DM screen, or should you roll your dice in the open for all the
behavior is a learned response to too many unpleasant surprises in past adventures, and sometimes it’s just a manifestation of players’ personalities. Here are some in-game techniques you can use to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
in the face of devastating tragedy are better suited for character backstories. DM Die Rolling Should you hide your die rolls behind a DM screen, or should you roll your dice in the open for all the
behavior is a learned response to too many unpleasant surprises in past adventures, and sometimes it’s just a manifestation of players’ personalities. Here are some in-game techniques you can use to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
level (4 slots): detect evil and good, healing word, sanctuary, shield of faith
2nd level (3 slots): calm emotions, prayer of healing, silence
3rd level (2 slots): protection from energy, remove curse
) necrotic damage.
Wholeness of Body (Recharges after a Long Rest). Hlam regains 60 hit points.
Reactions
Deflect Missile. In response to being hit by a ranged weapon attack, Hlam deflects the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
Accidents d10 Event 1–4 No Event 5 Archivist Attack 6 Firebreak 7 Get Me Down 8 Look Out 9–10 Sick Leave Archivist Attack In response to a dropped table or minor damage to the library shelves, two
infirmary, Professor DeSantos doesn’t find anything wrong with the student and encourages them to lie down in the sickroom (area K7 on map 5.2) until they feel better.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
of such groups to life as described in chapter 4, fleshing out their personalities, goals, and ideals. Then use those elements to shape a response to the arrival of adventurers in their territory
challenging as the characters gain levels or to ratchet up the tension. However, this approach can turn the dungeon into a grind. A better approach is to include encounters of varying difficulty
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
ethics are all good. But an Acq Inc paladin knows that nothing puts food on the plates of the poor and roofs over the heads of the dispossessed better than cold, hard cash. And virtue and chastity are more
through no fault of your own — you fix those problems as only you can. You excel at remaining calm and attacking each challenge logically and deliberately. Especially comforting to your teammates is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon of Icespire Peak
players’ interface to the D&D world, as well as the one who reads (and sometimes also writes) the adventure and describes what happens in response to the characters’ actions. The DM is a roleplayer. The DM
help you arbitrate issues as they arise. When in doubt, make it up. It’s better to keep the game moving than to get bogged down in the rules. Embrace the shared story. D&D is about telling a story as a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
. He makes the apology because honor demands it, but he resents the party for forcing his hand. Connerad Brawnanvil is similarly unhappy if a concession was made in response to the ancient dragonmoots of
worth it. The defector is holed up in a fortress known as Xonthal’s Tower, recently taken over by the cult. Because a small team has a better chance to successfully infiltrate the tower than a larger
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
enclave. In response to any discussion of that past mission, the wizard sums up the party’s position as follows: “As you might well guess, gentlepersons, infiltrating Horn Enclave by traditional means would
components. The shady business practice activity could alternatively turn up connections to those who dabble in more dangerous and secretive magic. Does Anyone Have a Better Idea? This episode assumes that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
the Night Serpent prefer to threaten and torture them, the better to feed and strengthen the goddess. See chapter 3 of this book for more information on yuan-ti malison nightmare speakers. Merrshaulk
grants spells to his clergy in response to their invocations. Rousing him for advice or direct intervention is possible, but requires many ritual murders to be performed in his name, and his return
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
mythal. He makes the apology because honor demands it, but he resents the party for forcing his hand. Connerad Brawnanvil is similarly unhappy if a concession was made in response to the ancient
risk is worth it. The defector is holed up in a fortress known as Xonthal’s Tower, recently taken over by the cult. Because a small team has a better chance to successfully infiltrate the tower than a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
instead. Serenity. To record serenity, the Sensate directs the characters to a satyr musician nervously preparing for a street-side performance. A character can calm the satyr’s nerves with a
successful DC 15 Charisma (Persuasion) check or the calm emotions spell. On a failed check, the characters record anxiety instead. If the characters record the Sensate’s desired sensation, the muse rewards
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Charisma as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 15):
At will: arcane eye, calm emotions, detect magic, detect thoughts, dispel magic, sending, suggestion
1/day each: mass suggestion, modify memory
sphere automatically take the damage and are similarly moved.
Reactions
Telekinetic Deflection. In response to being hit by an attack roll, the inquisitor increases its AC by 4 against the attack. If this causes the attack to miss, the attacker is hit by the attack instead.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
prefers to describe his character’s attitude and actions. Neither style is better than the other. Inspiration encourages players to take part and make a good effort, and awarding it fairly makes the game
better for everyone. Heroism. You can use inspiration to encourage player characters to take risks. A fighter might not normally hurl himself over a balcony to land in the midst of a pack of hungry
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
battle, the better to imbue their victims with the magic needed to spawn more gnolls. Gnoll Warriors Common gnolls comprise the bulk of a war band. They fight mainly with spears fashioned from wood and
weeks without coming across the sort of prey it craves. Gnolls can eat wild animals for sustenance, but only the flesh of intelligent humanoids can calm the endless hunger bestowed upon them by
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
bullywugs, but he has spoken to a few fellow tribesfolk he trusts. Their response was interested but noncommittal; they intend to take revenge on the bullywugs, but not until the omens are right. Meanwhile
, and metal-tipped arrows have been turned over to them. The lizardfolk are much better armed at this point than they let on to either the bullywugs or the cultists. When the time comes to move against