before block defusing calling realize

Inheritor

Backgrounds Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide

intend to do with your gift once you realize what it is capable of. Folk Hero d8 Personality Trait 1 I judge people by their actions, not their words. 2 If someone is in

. (Neutral) 6 Destiny. Nothing and no one can steer me away from my higher calling. (Any) d6 Bond 1 I have a family, but I have no idea where they are. One day, I hope to see

Paladin Legacy

Classes Basic Rules (2014)

an orc war band celebrating its recent victory. Silently, he stalks into their midst and whispers an oath, and two orcs are dead before they even realize he is there. Silver hair shining in a shaft

of the world, but even fewer people can claim the true calling of a paladin. When they do receive the call, these warriors turn from their former occupations and take up arms to fight evil. Sometimes

Testing Phase

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos

, green, gray, and death slaadi requires a successful DC 12 Intelligence (Arcana) check. Defusing Slaad Confrontations. Writing short essays about commonly accepted ways to keep slaadi calm during

sometimes assume that “slaad” is a misspelling or mispronunciation. Calling these creatures “salads” is frowned upon. Frogs are common on campus and are often kept as pets

Selesnya NPCs

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

civilization and untamed nature. But the guild’s drive isn’t only to draw people into a peaceable community: the Selesnya aim to build an army. They aren’t naive; they realize that the ambitions of other guilds

within the guild. Statistics for these NPCs are found in the Monster Manual unless the table states otherwise. Selesnya NPCs Role Appropriate Stat Block Equenaut (cavalry) Scout mounted on a

Preparing for Battle

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen

and calling for aid if someone gets hurt. To prepare for the battle, Mayor Raven calls out to those assembled, explaining the mercenaries will charge up the west side of the hill while the militia

Regiment use the guard stat block. Members of the Vogler militia also use the guard stat block, but their spears are padded and deal no damage.

Attack of the Nematode

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk

arrives on a dark night, its darker shadow against the starlight the only indication of its presence. The people of Phandalin don’t initially realize the Nematode is anything other than a cloud passing

the inside, just as they did in the Endless Void. This time, the Nematode’s interior is populated with eel-like young spawned in its digestive juices (use the behir stat block, but they exhale acid

Is That Astrolabe Breathing?

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos

movement from the largest astrolabe along the north wall, as the device’s overlapping copper rings become lashing, barbed tentacles! The astrolabe uses the stat block of a grick alpha, except it doesn’t

presence of chipped chitin embedded in claw wounds on the creature. Characters who notice this realize it’s the same material they found near Wiltroot Hall and on the Rose Stage. They can also conclude that the mage hunters subdued this creature before forcing it to ambush the characters.

Optional Encounter

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

, sensing your presence. The tiny creatures are desert-dwelling chwingas (see their stat block at the end of the adventure) that live in tiny caves built up on the shell of a giant dragon tortoise. If

dragon turtle stat block with the following changes: It speaks Draconic and Terran. It lacks a swimming speed and the Amphibious trait. Its breath weapon is a 60-foot cone of abrasive sand instead of

Broken Silence

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen

characters who hear that calling and respond to it. Running This Prelude Characters in this prelude can come from any background. Perhaps they’re discovering the gods for the first time, or they might be

divine calling to learn about their deity’s goals and become one of their chosen. You may alter any of this prelude’s elements to better match individual gods’ virtues and identities. Before you begin

Parade Ambush

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

farthest from the characters. Map 5.1: parade routeView Player Version Azra Nir. Azra uses the acolyte stat block and is surprised during the first round of combat. He seeks only to escape the chaos

make one melee attack against a randomly determined creature within reach each round for 1 minute before the poison’s effect ends. Kala. Kala uses the druid stat block and has already cast barkskin

Drowned Sailors

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragons of Stormwreck Isle

: Review the zombie stat block in appendix B. Use the initiative rules to determine who acts first, second, third, and so on. Keep track of everyone’s initiative count on your notepad. On the zombies

’ initiative count, they move toward the characters. If they get close enough, they make melee attacks. The zombies’ stat block contains the information you need to resolve these attacks. If all the

Entering the Village

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

individual approaches, you realize they are more than simply thin—the figure is a skeleton clothed in a yellow-and-magenta dress, with many colorful bead necklaces hanging from the exposed vertebrae of

in the region, they’re not unheard of, and the skeleton is a well-liked member of the community. Rufina is neutral good and uses the commoner stat block, but is Undead and doesn’t require air, food

Drowned Sailors

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Intro to Stormwreck Isle

: Review the zombie stat block below. Use the initiative rules to determine who acts first, second, third, and so on. Keep track of everyone’s initiative count on your notepad. On the zombies’ initiative

count, they move toward the characters. If they get close enough, they make melee attacks. The zombies’ stat block contains the information you need to resolve these attacks. On each character’s

Return to Ten-Towns

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

wooden sleds pulled by canines as big as wolves. The closest driver calls out, “Can we be of service?” The figure calling to the party is Vellynne Harpell (see appendix C), a wizard of the Arcane

is pulled by six strong dogs (use the wolf stat block). Vellynne was searching in Ten-Towns for a group of adventurers to help her complete a personal mission when she learned about the characters

Class Training

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

new techniques of performance and magic. 4 I felt a calling to recount the deeds of champions and heroes, to bring them alive in song and story. 5 I joined one of the great colleges to learn old lore

unmistakable sign. I dropped everything to serve the divine. 4 Although I was always devout, it wasn’t until I completed a pilgrimage that I knew my true calling. 5 I used to serve in my religion’s bureaucracy

The Ruins: General Features

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a3

might block or bury objects or exits. Poisonous Gas. The lower levels of the ruins, including the rooms and passages of encounter areas 1 through 38, are filled with poisonous gas. The gas is an amber

character knows the shims aren’t properly placed. If the check fails by 5 or more, the character doesn’t realize the shims will fail to hold up the plate. ABOUT THE ORIGINAL The Hidden Shrine of

Mayhem in the Market

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

, even as a more pressing distraction arises. The characters won’t realize it yet, but Kala has just targeted another scion of the Kings of Coin, Arel Avim. She has used a poison of her own design to

uses the veteran stat block, except his only weapon is a makeshift club—treat it as a longsword that deals bludgeoning damage. He initially focuses his attack on the fallen man but randomly attacks

M2. Amphitheater

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

Island of Death in an Ocean of Tears. Explorers arrive on an island littered with bones. It takes them years to realize they’re all dead. Endelyn Moongrave (see appendix B for her stat block) is not

Yellowcrest Businesses

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

an oversized red hat. He speaks precisely, but in a volume so low that it forces people to pay close attention to him. Faerl uses the noble stat block with the following changes: He speaks Common and

to talk to them, though his bodyguards stand close by. Faerl pretends to take an interest in any talk of the characters looking into the Yellowcrest murders, calling the fact that no one was ever

Harpies

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

Sirens are a kind of beautiful harpy with humanlike bodies, bird wings and legs, and bright plumage in shades of blue, purple, and green. They use the stat block of the harpy in the Monster Manual

incapacitated or dies. Grave Calling Song. Aphemia intones a low, growling magical melody. Every undead within 300 feet of her must succeed on a DC 14 Wisdom saving throw or fall under her control

Commoners and Crews

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

one’s crew, and such “drowners” are universally shunned. The dozens of crews calling Baldur’s Gate home are as different in attitude and approach as the city’s residents. For instance, everyone in the

Butchers’ Block or the mercenaries and “security consultants” of the Bannerless Legion. Other crews, such as the Scribes and Sages or the Honorable Order of Moneylenders, would never dream of getting

Commoners and Crews

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

one’s crew, and such “drowners” are universally shunned. The dozens of crews calling Baldur’s Gate home are as different in attitude and approach as the city’s residents. For instance, everyone in the

Butchers’ Block or the mercenaries and “security consultants” of the Bannerless Legion. Other crews, such as the Scribes and Sages or the Honorable Order of Moneylenders, would never dream of getting

13. Mutated Apprentices

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

equipment lay scattered across the floor. Altar. A red stone altar covered with small, dirty handprints stands in the northern alcove. The altar is a 3-foot-tall, 500-pound tapered block of dark red

of magic, however. Once they realize they’re in the presence of one or more spellcasters, the nothics become slightly more cooperative. They know that several bipedal rat creatures are holed up on the

Infected Townspeople

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk

Garaele, Halia, and Ander all use the berserker stat block, but replace their Greataxe action with the following: Psychic Slam. Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 6 (1d6 + 3

. At your discretion, throughout this conversation, Wheel-of-Fortune might make observations about the characters such as, “I can sense you are greater trouble to others than you realize,” or “you have

Finding Floon

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist

own domain, the gnome settled in Waterdeep, bought the Old Xoblob Shop from its previous owner, and tried renaming it after himself, yet everyone kept calling it the Old Xoblob Shop. He therefore

friend: Renaer Neverember, the son of Waterdeep’s previous Open Lord, Dagult Neverember. “Chip off the old block, that one!” sneers one patron. “Just another spoiled, rich noble who likes to rub our

The Thornapple

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

, tainting the diva’s glitter—a feature of the diva’s performances—with rage-inducing biza’s breath. Diva Luma uses the assassin stat block, but her only weapon is her wicked, high-heeled shoe, which

functions as a Shortsword attack without poison. The other two divas use the scout stat block and attack only with broken bottles that function the same as their Shortsword attack. As the divas are all

Locations A - D

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder

Encounter”). Map 3.2: Beorunna’s Well View Player Version Ancient Relic The altar is a blood-spattered stone block, 9 feet long by 6 feet wide by 3 feet tall, weighing several tons. A creature as

. Cairn Road The Cairn Road is a well-worn wagon trail that crosses the Dessarin Valley between the village of Red Larch and the Bargewright Inn trading post. Calling Horns Calling Horns was nothing more

Ruinous Citadel Locations

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

realize that the mage is unreasonably preoccupied with her cloak, absently touching it as she chats. If the characters ask Naxa about her behavior, she admits that the cloak isn’t merely a fancy magic

, chitin, and gnashing teeth presses against the stones from the other side. The circle of stones shudders, and you realize the monstrous thing contained on the other side is expanding the circle

Platinum Mine

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

the cave-in. Mounds of broken rock block the tunnel, piled from ceiling to floor. The other parts of the cave-in were passable after the collapse, but this seems an impenetrable wall of earth

this moss-covered maze of tunnels, luring them into dead-end caves using hallucinations (such as the sound of someone calling for help). M8. Pools This dead-end cavern opens wide, and the lingering

Encounter Locations

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

servant, use the mummy lord stat block, but omit its lair actions and regional effects, and replace its sand-based effects with spore-based ones that are functionally identical. Use the vrock stat block

stat block, but omit its lair actions and regional effects). In the middle of the room, a mold-encrusted skeleton jerkily rises, wearing armor made of calcified lichen and covered in fungal growths

On Board The Maverick

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

) and braids its tentacles together into a handlebar mustache. If Szorrulax kills anyone, it immediately drops a black business card set with unintelligible symbols onto the body as a calling card

leave Dangerous Business. If they want to explore The Maverick first, that enormous ship is crawling with elite Dran Enterprises operatives (use the veteran stat block), all of whom know to kill

Tavern Locations

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

leave the ship, they trail him to make sure he isn’t being followed. If they realize Amrik is in danger, they swoop down to attack whoever appears to be threatening him. The imps otherwise avoid combat

” below, the chest contains four flying daggers that attack anyone other than Laraelra who opens the chest. Use the flying sword stat block to represent the daggers, but make these changes: Each

Mbala

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

the plateau. Through many switchbacks, it winds across the cliff face for 3 miles before reaching the top. The path width varies but averages 5 feet. Tumbled boulders and tangled roots block the path

shells rattle in the breeze, and smoke drifts from hut. A creature shuffles slowly around the hut, hunched over in an animal-like posture. You realize it’s a human woman: impossibly old, crippled by

Getting About

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist

walking statues, no longer mobile, offers another way to orient yourself on a local scale. At nine stories tall, twice the height of any buildings nearby, the Honorable Knight stands guard in a block of

. Some visitors misinterpret such behavior as cowardice or ignorance (“He was too stupid to realize I insulted him!”). For those who act on such misjudgments, however, surprise and regret are the

Stage 3: Feeling Small

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

character’s turn as they try to avoid Onyx, roll on the Cat Chase Complications table below to see what happens, or use the table as inspiration for your own complications. Onyx uses the cat stat block with

advantage on the check. At their reduced size, the characters can easily slip through the mouse hole to escape Onyx. My mother must be getting new cats and just calling them Onyx. Otherwise, Onyx

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