before bonded diffusing contingency rule

The Role of Rules

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

contingency. If the rules tried to do so, the game would become unplayable. An alternative would be for the rules to severely limit what characters can do, which would be counter to the open-endedness of

running. There are times, though, when the design intent of a rule isn’t clear or when one rule seems to contradict another. Dealing with those situations is where Sage Advice comes in. This column

Dragon Campaigns

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

whom serve as closely bonded aides to dragon masters. Tarkir. In the multiverse of the Magic: The Gathering trading card game, five dragonlords rule supreme over the world of Tarkir. After centuries of

The Role of Rules

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

players to bring them to life and a DM to guide their use. The DM is key. Many unexpected things can happen in a D&D campaign, and no set of rules could reasonably account for every contingency. If

, though, when the design intent of a rule isn’t clear or when one rule seems to contradict another. Dealing with those situations is where Sage Advice comes in. It doesn’t replace a DM’s adjudication

Fierna and Belial

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

Belial, but his contingency plans rescue him from possible disaster. Other devils might gain a brief advantage over the two lords because of their infighting, but whenever any true threat to their rule

, Fierna and Belial rule in strange tandem. They are variously thought of by mortals as mother and son, daughter and father, wife and husband, or ruler and consort, but none of those terms can capture

Loxodon

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

Orzhov Syndicate or the Azorius Senate. Loxodons believe that the members of a group have a responsibility to look out for each other. Once they have joined a guild or bonded with other individuals in any

Common and Loxodon. RULE TIP: AC CALCULATIONS DON'T STACK When the game gives you more than one way to calculate your Armor Class, you can use only one of them. You choose the one to use. For example

Village

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

evil serpentfolk are here for a particular purpose, and as a rule they have no quarrel with anyone who doesn’t directly threaten their plan or try to impede what they’re doing.) The ground throughout

storage facilities. The community is all but vacant at the present time, so there’s nothing the characters can learn by examining any of the buildings. Under normal circumstances, groups of bonded

Gold Dragon Adventures

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

Creatures 1 A gold dragon wyrmling bonded with a xorn over their shared love of gems and seeks to help the creature back to the Elemental Plane of Earth. 2 A gold dragon wyrmling yearns to

imitate a couatl mentor and is searching for a magical location worth guarding. 3 A gold dragon wyrmling is venerated by a tribe of lizardfolk—much to the consternation of the priest who used to rule

Cultists of the Dead Three

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

Tablets of Fate from the overgod Ao and use them to rule over Faerûn and its gods. They failed and were slain during the Time of Troubles. Since then, a variety of contingency plans they had in place

worshipers seek to rule the world. Bane grants power to those who strive to rule with an iron fist. By imposing order on the world, Bane’s followers ensure that those who are clever, strong, and

Black Earth Cultists

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse

remake the world and rule over all. The Black Earth priests form a cabal of leaders whose fanaticism and magical power serve as the backbone of the cult. Individuals of unusual power hold higher rank

senses and can ride the bulette while it burrows. The bonded bulette obeys the burrowshark’s commands. If its mount dies, the burrowshark can train a new bulette to serve as its bonded mount, a process

Beholders

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

before the death kiss gets into melee range. Thus, out of self-preservation, a death kiss usually submits to the rule of a beholder that it encounters, though it might attempt to escape as soon as its

another creature as a familiar, forming a telepathic bond with its willing master, provided that the master is at least a 3rd-level spellcaster. While the two are bonded, the master can sense what the

Demon Types

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

demons. It remains for 1 minute, until it or its summoner dies, or until its summoner dismisses it as an action. Balor Figures of ancient and terrible evil, balors rule as generals over demonic armies

. Familiar. The quasit can serve another creature as a familiar, forming a telepathic bond with its willing master. While the two are bonded, the master can sense what the quasit senses as long as they are

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