before blocking death connect respected

Darkling Elder

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

Death Burn. When the darkling elder dies, magical light flashes out from it in a 10-foot radius as its body and possessions, other than metal or magic objects, burn to ash. Any creature in that area

must make a DC 11 Constitution saving throw. On a failed save, the creature takes 7 (2d6);{"diceNotation":"2d6","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Death Burn","rollDamageType":"radiant"} radiant damage

Darkling Elder Legacy

Monsters Volo's Guide to Monsters

Death Burn. When the darkling elder dies, magical light flashes out from it in a 10-foot radius as its body and possessions, other than metal or magic objects, burn to ash. Any creature in that area

must make a DC 11 Constitution saving throw. On a failure, the creature takes 7 (2d6);{"diceNotation":"2d6","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Death Burn","rollDamageType":"radiant"} radiant damage and

Cairnwight

Monsters Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

exclusion of all other tasks, retreating into a spacious cavern and blocking out all distractions. Creating a masterwork can become such a driving obsession that death can’t stop it: a giant who dies

Darkling Legacy

Monsters Volo's Guide to Monsters

Death Flash. When the darkling dies, nonmagical light flashes out from it in a 10-foot radius as its body and possessions, other than metal or magic objects, burn to ash. Any creature in that area

for the beauty of art. A darkling might risk taking a peek at a sunset or lighting a tiny candle to glimpse the colors in a painting or a jewel. Elder Transformation. A wise and respected darkling can

Minotaur Legacy

Species Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica

, are much better known and respected. Boros minotaurs choose the precision of the legion over the fury of the pack. Minotaurs tend to vent their outrage through violence, but they aren’t

). Since each family line has so many members, minotaurs don’t usually find it helpful to connect the name of the line to their personal names; even though Commander Grozdan of the Boros Legion

Orzhov Representative

Backgrounds Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica

command, illusory script 2nd enthrall, ray of enfeeblement, zone of truth 3rd bestow curse, speak with dead, spirit guardians 4th blight, death ward

become as rich as the oligarchs. (Evil) 3 Power. One day, I will be the one giving orders. (Evil) 4 Prestige. I want to be admired, respected, feared, or even hated for my position

Halaster Blackcloak

Monsters Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage

terrain, polymorph 5th level (3 slots): Bigby's hand, geas, wall of force 6th level (2 slots): chain lightning, globe of invulnerability, programmed illusion 7th level (2 slots): finger of death

casting elder runes on them. Halaster’s gates connect the different levels of Undermountain, thus enabling him to bring new monsters into the dungeon to replenish those that die or escape. Even as

Marine

Backgrounds Ghosts of Saltmarsh

injured marine for miles to avoid capture and death. Suggested Characteristics Marines are looked up to by other soldiers and respected by their superiors. They are veteran warriors

Powered Armor

Magic Items Lost Laboratory of Kwalish

advantage on death saving throws. The armor has further capabilities that can be powered either by energy cells or by your own life energy. You can use a bonus action to draw power from an energy cell

not make death saving throws, but the armor takes control of the creature (as above). Additionally, the armor attempts to assume the identity of the user, assuring their allies that nothing is amiss

Kobold Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

crawl to make progress. In places where a tunnel opens into a chasm and continues on the other side, the kobolds might connect the two passages with a rope bridge or some other rickety structure

responsible for blocking tunnels to deter pursuit. Kobolds feel a cool affinity or something like kinship for other members of their tribe, but they are rarely affectionate with each other. Two kobolds

Orc Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

gather and celebrate, dwell the followers of Yurtrus, the god of disease and death, and Shargaas, the god of darkness and the unknown. Orcs too weak for battle (because of bodily weakness, malformation

, injury, or age) often join these cults instead of facing daily humiliation, exile, or death. Serving as the bridge between the two parts of the tribe are the priestesses of Luthic, the orc goddess who

Introduction: Infinite Doors to Adventure

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

Introduction: Infinite Doors to Adventure The multiverse is everything known and everything beyond. Encompassing worlds planes, life, and death, the multiverse’s infinite infinities brim with wonder

that connect every edge of eternity. Those who seek the wonders of the planes take their first step into the endless possibilities of a Planescape campaign. Max Dunbar Sigil and the Outlands with Gate-Towns

Torm's Bridges

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

Torm’s Bridges Two bridges that once spanned a ravine in the city are now all that connect the east and west sections of Elturel over the great rift that has fallen away beneath them. The north

characters approach either bridge, they can make out the initial details of the rift and can see the guards blocking the path. Read the following to set the scene: A rift in the earth divides Elturel into

Halfling Deities

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

Brandobaris is the trickster-god of thievery and stealth, patron of many halfling adventurers. Urogalan is the silent, melancholy god of the earth and death. Accompanied everywhere by a great dark hound, he is

saddened by his duties, and vigilant in ensuring that the dead are respected and protected. Lady Luck Many halflings have taken to regular worship of Tymora, seeing her as a helping hand in their fortunes and a patron of the luckiness associated with the hin.

Darkling Elder

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

Darkling Elder A wise and respected darkling can undergo a ritual to become an elder. Other elders mark the supplicant with glowing tattoos, channeling away some of the darkling’s absorbed light. If

, Deception +3, Perception +6, Stealth +7 Senses blindsight 30 ft., darkvision 120 ft., passive Perception 16 Languages Elvish, Sylvan Challenge 2 (450 XP) Proficiency Bonus +2 Death Burn. When

Welcome to Strixhaven

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

enlightenment and learning, and both its graduates and its delegates are typically welcomed and respected wherever they go. Founded seven centuries ago by five ancient dragons, Strixhaven is the premier

Teaches the magic of rhetoric, poetry, oration, and writing. Also called the College of Eloquence. Witherbloom Harnesses the forces of life and death. Also called the College of Essence Studies.

Areas of the Heart

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

of purple flesh dimly lit by pinkish, bioluminescent orbs. The air reeks of death. An opening in one wall leads to another chamber. A character holding the first rod piece divines that the next

book’s introduction. Caved-In Artery. A 10-foot-wide petrified artery leads from this chamber. The artery has caved in, blocking that exit from the chamber. A character who uses an action to dig through

Indentured Spirit

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

ORZHOV SPIRITS For the members of the Orzhov Syndicate, life as a spirit after death can be a gift, or it can mean everlasting servitude. The process of separating the soul from the body is often

willingly undergone by the heads of the oldest and most respected families of the Orzhov oligarchy, resulting in pampered spirits that think they can spend the rest of eternity enjoying the spoils of their

Kollema Hall Features

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

Kollema Hall Features Kollema Hall is a historic structure dedicated to the respected Strixhaven professor, Magister Kollema—an innovator in the magical study of history. After his death, the

Oozing Royalty

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

. The characters must contend with Princess Ebonmire and Prince Livid (see the “Royal Oozes” sidebar). These dimly intelligent oozes defend their master to the death, blocking the characters from

Cairnwight

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

tasks, retreating into a spacious cavern and blocking out all distractions. Creating a masterwork can become such a driving obsession that death can’t stop it: a giant who dies while creating art might

Haunted Zones

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

Haunted Zones Strahd can twist his domain to suit his whims. Starting when he makes his presence known, certain doorways in the house no longer connect to the rooms they did before. Instead

rest in Death House Move through a haunted doorway (marked on map 5.1) Only one haunted zone manifests at a time. As long as at least one creature is in a haunted zone, any other creatures that enter a

The Wayward Son

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Astarion's Book of Hungers

) with the characters, Astarion recognizes two Vampire Wardens from Cazador’s palace. The wardens are blocking the public exit to Rat’s Run. Certain that someone from the palace wants to kidnap him

, Astarion is subdued and brought back to Cazador’s palace. A particularly reckless breed of sailors frequents Rat’s Run.To them, death lurks around every corner, whether it’s on the stormy sea or here

Vladeska Drakov

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

ancient grudges and petty atrocities in a land of bitterly feuding royal families. Infamous but respected, Drakov amassed a fortune and planned to retire young, buying a title and a realm to rule. The

prince, a saint, a witch, an angel—but with its death, the world turned against them. The ruling families united to hunt the Talons. Thanks to her tactical genius, Drakov repelled her pursuers and

Monastic Orders

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

Order of the Yellow Rose is a solitary monastery of Ilmater worshipers in the Earthspur Mountains of Damara. It is known for loyalty to its allies and destruction to its enemies. Greatly respected on

and taking new chances as similar to Lathander’s emphasis on new beginnings. Long Death Monks Followers of the Way of the Long Death worship the principle of death more so than any deity of death

Darklings

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse

+7 Senses blindsight 30 ft., darkvision 120 ft., passive Perception 15 Languages Elvish, Sylvan Challenge 1/2 (100 XP) Proficiency Bonus +2 Death Flash. When the darkling dies, nonmagical

respected darkling can undergo a ritual to become an elder. Other elders mark the supplicant with glowing tattoos, channeling away some of the darkling’s absorbed light. If the ritual succeeds, the darkling

Glory of the Giants

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

backgrounds (the giant foundling and the rune carver), and a wide selection of feats. The chapter also includes roleplaying suggestions to help you connect a character of any class to the grandeur of

includes more than two dozen new magic items. Chapter 6 provides stat blocks and lore for a tremendous variety of giants. The chapter includes new giant kinds (such as the death giant) and new

Labyrinth of Eyes Locations

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

some planning. The first step is to reach area L4; from there, the characters must spin the orb to connect area L4 to area L5. Once in area L5, the characters must then return the orb to its initial

position to connect area L5 to the chambers north of the orb. Map 7.6 shows the alternate configuration of the Labyrinth of Eyes once the characters rotate it to connect areas L4 and L5. The

Rigus

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

respected among them is the death knight Nagaro, a former paladin from the world of Krynn who severed her oath in her pursuit of conquest. While the strategies of other Undead generals in her company have

are expected to comply with orders from commanding officers, who don’t tolerate disobedience lightly. With time and dedication, ambitious cadets can graduate to respected positions. Accomplished

Graveyard Temple

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

tombs containing interment niches or urns, or a combination of all such sites honoring the dead. These places often include a shrine to the god of death, which is home to the graveyard’s priests

gold or other valuables, and the priests could act as financial advisors and executors of estates, since wealth and death go hand in hand in Theros. At night, the restless dead might walk through the

Noteworthy Sites

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

where islanders’ souls went after death. Some of these souls transcended into ninunos—dryad-like spirits of the land who serve as stewards to the gods and resided in the surrounding lands. Colonizing

connect many of the region’s islands. Travelers are common, and the most traveled skybridges hold small communities where they can rest and resupply. Legend holds that the bones of enormous bakunawa

Torch

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

which its districts are named. High walls along the top of each spire separate the rich from the riffraff, and two huge iron bridges connect Maygel to Dohin and Karal. Each district is divided into an

the respected financial institution in the Outlands, just spireward of the bridge in Upper Dohin, but they might not like what they see. The Bank of Abbathor in Torch is a cesspool of white-collar

Witherbloom Faculty

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

students, and she almost always has a pot of tea brewing. Tivash, Gloom Summoner It’s tough to study the secrets of life and death without getting your hands dirty—which is the first thing Tivash

, Arcano-Biologist Verelda Lang (chaotic neutral dryad) is a respected Witherbloom professor of growth who teaches introductory courses in magical physiologies, helping students in every college learn about

Inside the Legion

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

are deeply respected in the guild, though the angels aren’t above engaging in the machinations of mortal politics. The angels include the wise, strategic warleaders; the holy champions and paragons of

with mortals under such life-and-death circumstances. Boros paladins are the members most likely to converse with the angels and be charged with implementing their plans. The garrison commanders who

Acquisition as a Holy Chore

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

and respected, yet people who stop at nothing to attain money and power are “avaricious” or “materialistic” or “felons”? Abbathor might be looked down upon and called evil for the lengths his

cognizant of not wanting to throw away potential customers that way, how much risk of going down that path could there be? Jergal Death is a serious business. Literally. Jergal is a lesser deity who

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