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Boggle Legacy

Monsters Volo's Guide to Monsters

Boggle Oil. The boggle excretes nonflammable oil from its pores. The boggle chooses whether the oil is slippery or sticky and can change the oil on its skin from one consistency to an other as a

immobile rift within an opening or frame it can see within 5 feet of it, provided that the space is no bigger than 10 feet on any side. The dimensional rift bridges the distance between that space and any

Traversing Lorwyn-Shadowmoor

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lorwyn: First Light

Traversing Lorwyn-Shadowmoor The borders of Lorwyn and Shadowmoor are mostly set. However, they can change for myriad unexpected reasons. Sometimes, boundary shifts are caused by notable births or

Using Your Journal

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

foreshadowing easier because you can reread your notes from earlier game sessions and identify things that could resurface in upcoming sessions, giving past events greater weight or a bigger payoff

cameo to this halfling? This halfling could be tied to a bigger plot or have information that could help the characters resolve some conflict. Suddenly, a minor trinket foreshadows bigger events to come

Adjusting Difficulty

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

defeat its kin (for noble or selfish reasons). A change of terrain can provide characters a chance to escape or give overmatched monsters an edge.

Adult Topaz Dragon

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

) 2 Change. Consistency is stagnation. (Chaotic) 3 Mental Superiority. I hone my mental powers so I can confuse, control, or kill any who annoy me. (Evil) 4 Territoriality. Any creature

dragons decorate their lairs with mirrors to make them look bigger and brighter, as well as fabric and objects in golden shades that complement their scales. They obsessively organize their hoards but

Combat Encounters

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules

Combat Encounters The following features can make a combat encounter more interesting or challenging: Changes in Elevation. Terrain features that provide a change of elevation (such as stacks of

classes and origins. A diverse force is more powerful. Reasons to Move. Use features that encourage characters and their enemies to move around, such as chandeliers, kegs of gunpowder or oil, and rolling stone traps.

Druim Calad

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lorwyn: First Light

brackish waters, sometimes bending and swaying with the movements of currents. Underwater, the merrow make their home. Valuables change hands all over the city, but blood from failed deals often stains

Crannog Ansicr. Reasons to Visit Adventurers might visit Druim Calad for one of the following reasons. A Simple Job. Myyn calls on the characters to investigate the murder of an informant deep in the

Keeping Combat Moving

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

, here are a few techniques you can use to get things moving again or bring the encounter to a speedy close. Don’t Repeat Game States When characters do something to change the tactical situation, don’t

their foes, or it might join one side or the other. Each time one or more new combatants join the encounter, roll Initiative for them and weave them into the Initiative order. Change the Terrain Consider

Lay Out the Premise

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

destination or outcome, no matter how hard they try to change it. You might find it helpful to think about an adventure not as a narrative that arcs from beginning to end with little chance for

adventure possibilities available to them at the same time. If the characters have two or three things they can investigate or pursue, they have a meaningful choice. And if whatever threads they don’t investigate turn into bigger problems, you’ve clearly demonstrated that their decisions matter.

Types of Hags

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

to the environment of her current home. She might accomplish this transformation through force of will over time, or faster with the help of a ritual or assistance from her coven. The reasons for making such a change are as varied as the personalities and goals of hags.

sorrow, than to destroy it outright. HAG METAMORPHOSIS It’s commonly believed that five kinds of hags exist in the world (and beyond it). What’s not so widely known is that some hags can change from one

Ancient Topaz Dragon

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

lesser creatures. (Any) 2 Change. Consistency is stagnation. (Chaotic) 3 Mental Superiority. I hone my mental powers so I can confuse, control, or kill any who annoy me. (Evil) 4

mirrors to make them look bigger and brighter, as well as fabric and objects in golden shades that complement their scales. They obsessively organize their hoards but almost never show them to anyone else

Life in Yeonido

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel

key components of life within the city. Change is possible, but usually only when it’s driven by members of the royal family or the noble clans. Queen Jin-Mi sits at the apex of the social order

—whether for love or for social or political reasons, both of which are considered equally valid—they must choose which partner’s clan they will belong to after the union. In rare cases, a new couple

Boggle

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild

perception 13 Languages Sylvan Challenge 1/8 (25 XP) Boggle Oil. The boggle excretes nonflammable oil from its pores. The boggle chooses whether the oil is slippery or sticky and can change the

bonus action, the boggle can create an invisible and immobile rift within an opening or frame it can see within 5 feet of it, provided that the space is no bigger than 10 feet on any side. The

Running Glitch Characters

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

for mysterious reasons—a glitch is, by definition, unreliable. New characters introduced experience the same multiversal glitch. Alternatively, events during the adventure might reveal unexpected

insights about a character’s past. At your discretion, a character might change their incarnations, effectively becoming a new character. Work to tie such changes into meaningful character developments

The Planes of Eberron

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron

experiences of dreamers. There is a dark core at the heart of the plane, shaped by the nightmare force known as the Dreaming Dark. For reasons unknown to the general populace, Dal Quor is always remote

of fire and the idea of fire: flame used as a weapon, as a force that holds darkness at bay, as a destructive power and force for change. It is home to all manner of fire elementals and also to

Purphoros's Champions

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

Everything), Knowledge Suggested Backgrounds: Acolyte, entertainer, guild artisan Most champions of Purphoros are unswerving advocates of passion and creativity who change the world by doing what they

different reasons. As a follower of Purphoros, consider the ideals on the Purphoros’s Ideals table as alternatives to those suggested for your background. Purphoros’s Ideals d6 Ideal 1 Devotion

Hill Giant

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

thongs. Bigger Means Better. In a hill giant’s world, humanoids and animals are easy prey that can be hunted with impunity. Creatures such as dragons and other giants are tough adversaries. Hill giants

. Direct and Deadly. Hill giants’ ability to digest nearly anything has allowed them to survive for eons without needing to adapt and change. With no culture of their own, hill giants ape the

Boggle

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

whether the oil is slippery or sticky and can change the oil on its skin from one consistency to an other as a bonus action. Slippery Oil: While coated in slippery oil, the boggle gains advantage on

space is no bigger than 10 feet on any side. The dimensional rift bridges the distance between that space and any point within 30 feet of it that the boggle can see or specify by distance and direction

Sea Spawn

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

breathe in water as well. Tales provide myriad reasons for these strange transformations. “Be wary of falling in love with a sea elf or a merfolk,” some say. “Return to port before a storm, no matter how

, leaving them semi-bestial until their full transformation when they reach old age. These wretches are hidden until their final change, to keep the secret of the Purple Rocks. Kraken priests

Alterations to Magic

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

level to another. Astral projection, teleport, plane shift, word of recall, and similar spells cast for these reasons simply fail, as do effects that banish a creature to another plane of existence

sidebar outlines several possible goals for Halaster. Choose one you like, or randomly determine Halaster’s goal by rolling a d6. His goal can change at any time without explanation; he is the Mad

Journal of Rudolph van Richten

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

who think me a hero will change their minds when they know the whole truth about my life as a hunter of the unnatural. Nevertheless, I must reveal, here and now, that I have been the indirect yet

beset by undead that would have slain me, had not their master—a lich—intervened and spared my life, for reasons that I do not completely understand. He somehow detected me and, with his powerful magic

Genies

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

when bribed or compelled by magic. All genies command the power of their native element, but a rare few also possess the power to grant wishes. For both these reasons, mortal mages often seek to bind

polymorph spell one to three times per day, possibly with a longer duration than normal. Such genies can change only their own shape, but a rare few can use the spell on other creatures and objects

Eladrin and the Feywild

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

, and it’s also the most decadent. Most elves are impetuous to some extent, but eladrin are known for their fickleness. Many of them change their minds on the spur of the moment without giving reasons

Important Members

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

. Magic Longsword (Humanoid or Hybrid Form Only). Melee Weapon Attack: +10 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 28 (4d10 + 6) slashing damage. Bonus Actions Change Shape. Augustus polymorphs into

low-hanging fruit, with extortion, kidnapping, and murder for hire being more complex challenges the guild can take on as it grows in power. His only real fear is exposure; the bigger and more active

The Peg and Hook

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

Enterprises’ true headquarters is an expensive and well-appointed flagship called The Maverick. The ship sails constantly, rarely putting into port for security reasons. But the organization has a much

Molley (each a N male halfling), each using the spy stat block. The three spies use the mobility afforded by their Cunning Action to change targets, and can be easily goaded into focusing on the characters

The Scarlet Sash

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

make a decision, that’s it. No one can change my mind.” Ideal. “Evil might be everywhere, but as long as there’s breath in my body, I will never stop pecking at its heels.” Bond. “Madrina is the mother

with scarlet sashes tied about their waists, and assure the characters that they mean no harm. They assume that the characters have come for one of two reasons: either to loot the chalet or to use the

Combat Encounters

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

challenging: Changes in Elevation. Terrain features that provide a change of elevation (such as stacks of empty crates, ledges, and balconies) reward clever positioning and encourage characters to jump, climb

can combine their abilities—just like characters with different classes and origins. A diverse force is more powerful. Reasons to Move. Use features that encourage characters and their enemies to

Feywild Features

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Domains of Delight: A Feywild Accessory

happily sunning itself on the rock’s surface. Time and distance in the Feywild are mutable, as is the plane’s geography. Roads are uncommon, and those that exist are as likely to change as the land around

fall, and the flakes grow bigger over time. Flakes as big as dinner plates, wagon wheels, and even a waterwheel fall, but they’re light as a feather. 6 The sky fills with iridescent bubbles that lazily

Combat

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice Compendium

to wait to act in response to something, take the Ready action, which lets you take part of your turn later. For a variety of reasons, we didn’t include the option to delay your turn: Your turn

can make initiative meaningless, as characters and monsters bounce around in the initiative order. If combatants can change their place in the initiative order at will, why use initiative at all? On

Guild Membership

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica

and respected member of the guild. Other members of the guild have a friendly attitude toward you by default. (Individual members of the guild might have reasons to dislike you despite your renown

guild. Some guilds welcome new recruits and make the process as simple as possible, while others require a demonstration of loyalty. When you change guilds, you lose all the privileges of membership in

The Nine Hells

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

DC 10 Wisdom saving throw. On a failed save, the creature’s alignment changes to lawful evil. The change becomes permanent if the creature doesn’t leave the plane within 1d4 days. Otherwise, the

favor for reasons no other archduke can fathom, though some suspect that the Archduke of Nessus still respects the worthiness of this fallen adversary. Cania. Cania, the eighth layer of the Nine Hells, is

Goblins

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

know they are a weak, unsophisticated race that can be easily dominated by bigger, smarter, more organized, more ferocious, or more magical creatures. Their god was conquered by Maglubiyet, after all

the enemy but also collapses the passage. Open spaces inside a lair are useful for a number of reasons, and the goblins will hollow out chambers for their use if need be. Slaves and tamed monsters are

Palace Garden Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight

, modify the descriptions of these locations as needed to account for this change. Palace of Heart’s Desire, lower View Player Version P1. Front Gate Ivy clings to a set of silvery gates embedded in the

scare off the characters. The ettercaps lack the courage to fight anything bigger than a pixie, but they defend themselves if attacked. An ettercap reduced to 22 hit points or fewer tries to flee by

Stone Giants

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

sometimes hire agents that they dispatch to investigate portents and to retrieve items the giants need for their oracles. It’s dangerous work, for two reasons. The obvious one is that the task involves

’ social order and initiating a new age. Some would welcome such a change; others would oppose it bitterly and do all they could to stop it, possibly resorting to all-out war. Out for Themselves In the

Roleplaying a Giant

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

the humanoids that live beneath them. Such tribute is only proper from their perspective, for two reasons. First, their presence in an area benefits everyone by driving away many evils, especially

individual might change masks many times during the day as its emotions shift. A mask is prized both for its material value and for its accuracy in expressing the mood it represents. Only the richest of

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