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Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn
local environment, consuming vast quantities of fish and pale crabs and cultivating fungal growths. They bully nearby communities when they can or enter into cautious arrangements with powerful
finishes a Long Rest within 1 mile of the lair, the creature makes a DC 10 Constitution saving throw. On a failed save, the creature doesn’t reduce its Exhaustion level as a result of finishing
Equipment
advanced techniques for use in parrying, or both. When wielding a Defending weapon, you may use your Reaction when you are hit by a melee attack roll. Roll 1d4 and add the result to your AC, including against the triggering attack.
Proficiency feat.
This weapon has the following Mastery Property. To use this property, you must have a feature that lets you use it.
Defending. A Defending weapon is either made for parrying, has
Equipment
advanced techniques for use in parrying, or both. When wielding a Defending weapon, you may use your Reaction when you are hit by a melee attack roll. Roll 1d4 and add the result to your AC, including against the triggering attack.
Proficiency feat.
This weapon has the following Mastery Property. To use this property, you must have a feature that lets you use it.
Defending. A Defending weapon is either made for parrying, has
Demilich
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Monsters
Monster Manual (2014)
the demilich’s skull and the dust from its other bones.
In its crypt, a demilich has access to lair actions and additional uses for its legendary actions. Its whole lair also has unique traits
","rollAction":"Take Lair Action"}. On a result of 11 or higher, the demilich takes a lair action to cause one of the following effects. It can’t use the same effect two rounds in a row.
The tomb
Demilich (Variant)
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Monsters
Monster Manual (2014)
disturb their lairs.
Demilich
The immortality granted to a lich lasts only as long as it feeds mortal souls to its phylactery. If it falters or fails in that task, its bones turn to dust until only
skull and the dust from its other bones.
In its crypt, a demilich has access to lair actions and additional uses for its legendary actions. Its whole lair also has unique traits. A demilich in its
Monsters
Curse of Strahd
that Strahd would never accept her as his true mother, nor could she bear his rejection. As a result, she has never confronted him. She would rather exist in perpetual denial, whiling away the days
imparted to Lysaga the secret of longevity, which requires her to bathe in the blood of beasts on nights of the new moon. Failure to do so causes Lysaga to age rapidly, becoming mere dust and bones in a
Monsters
Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse
the new result.
Inescapable Pain. When the baernaloth is damaged by another creature, that creature must make a DC 19 Constitution saving throw, taking 14 (4d6);{"diceNotation":"4d6", "rollType
Gray Wastes of Hades. Their gray, desiccated skin stretches over their bones, and their heads resemble horned equine skulls with ember-like eyes. Sages endlessly debate the nature of baernaloths, and
Kobold
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
invasion and oppression. Although individually they are timid and shy away from conflict, kobolds are dangerous if cornered, vicious when defending their eggs, and notorious for the dangerous
provoke retaliatory attacks from the creatures they steal from. It’s better to be cautious and overlooked than to be considered dangerous and a threat.
In a couple of situations, kobolds might
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
here. These mates attack anyone they don’t recognize, defending their young in area 14b. Gnawed bones cover the den’s floor. 14b. Young Cave Bears Two cave bear cubs (use the black bear statistics
Weapon Property
A Defending weapon is either made for parrying, has advanced techniques for use in parrying, or both. When wielding a Defending weapon, you may use your Reaction when you are hit by a melee attack roll. Roll 1d4 and add the result to your AC, including against the triggering attack.
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laden wagon or after heroically defending it from thieves gain great respect and advance higher in the tribe’s pecking order.
All Are Fighters
Most of the orcs that stay behind when the
rival orcs first and foremost as competitors for food and victims.
On some occasions, though, tribes that have a common concern band together. The result is an orc horde — a sea of slavering
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
The Palace of Bones The home of Tsien Chiang and her daughters stands upon a hill at I’Cath’s center. Its walls and supports are built from the bones of those who died as a result of the Darklord’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
steer them away from danger, in which case roll two d20s and take the lower result. Maze Encounters d20 Encounter 1–10 No encounter 11–12 Corpse 13–14 Gnawed bones 15–17 2d4 gnolls 18–20 1d6
characters and fled into the maze, he does his best to bring threats down on them, in which case roll two d20s and take the higher result. If Gash is friendly to the party and accompanying them, he tries to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
Spirits Any characters inhabited by the spirits of Obo’laka or Wongo receive advice when entering this area: Cautious Obo’laka advises against anyone drinking from the fountain. Reckless Wongo
spell restores the creature’s original sex, as does another drink from the fountain that yields this same result. 4 The creature drinking the water gains 2d10 temporary hit points.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lorwyn: First Light
their Lorwyn counterparts. Treefolk Stat Blocks Any type of treefolk can be represented with the Treant stat block. Roll on or choose a result from the Treefolk Varieties table to inspire what kind
of tree a treefolk might be and what its personality might be like. 1d4 The Treefolk Is… 1 An ash tree dedicated to defending the forest’s people in Lorwyn or the forest’s trees in Shadowmoor. 2 A
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
The Sleeping Beast Overgrown with bizarrely warped forests, this jagged mountain range stretches for miles along the domain’s southern border. A blanket of eerie calm hangs over its peaks, the result
veins of strange minerals were the beast’s bones and blood. They punished anyone who harvested minerals from the Sleeping Beast, since doing so risked waking the beast and precipitating an apocalyptic disaster.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
causing them to play in an overly cautious way. Come to an agreement that those elements won’t appear in your game, as keeping the game moving will result in a better experience.
actions. Once you describe what happens as a result, it’s too late for the players to change their minds.
Sharing the Spotlight As the DM, don’t play favorites. Don’t let one player do all the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
causing them to play in an overly cautious way. Come to an agreement that those elements won’t appear in your game, as keeping the game moving will result in a better experience.
actions. Once you describe what happens as a result, it’s too late for the players to change their minds.
Sharing the Spotlight As the DM, don’t play favorites. Don’t let one player do all the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
necromancers and foul spirits. Whether they’re the remains of the ancient dead or fresh bones bound to morbid ambitions, they commit deathless work for whatever forces reanimated them, often serving as
guardians, soldiers, or laborers. In rare cases, skeletons are reanimated but given no particular direction. Roll on or choose a result from the Skeleton Pantomimes table to inspire how undirected
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
much of the former through disuse. When characters enter the same hex as the Narwhal, roll any die. On an odd result, Bwayes is out hunting and automatically detects the characters’ presence before
they’re aware of him; on an even result, Bwayes is resting at the hulk, meaning characters are likely to encounter the vegepygmies before the weretiger. If Bwayes detects the characters, he tracks them
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
your family, or are they the result of personal experience? Superstitions d6 Superstition 1 If you disturb the bones of the dead, you inherit all the troubles that plagued them in life. 2 Never
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
rudimentary cunning. Such conditions include strikes from magical lightning, nature defending itself, or druidic curses. Roll on or choose a result from the Shambling Mound Cultivation table to inspire a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
same result as a previous roll, feel free to reroll or choose a different encounter. Random Ziggurat Encounters d12 Encounter 1 1 rust monster 2 2 giant centipedes 3 1 owlbear 4 1d4 hobgoblins
or Queen Zanobis. They follow the character, singing songs of praise and defending them from peril. 8 A number of commoners equal to the number of characters appear, wearing masks eerily similar to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
the masks, humanoid bones are strewn across the floor. To the east, a large carving of a tentacled frog-monster squats above a shrine. Offerings lie on a shelf before it. Four rectangular frescoes
. Cautious Obo’laka warns against trying on the masks. Wise Shagambi is convinced that the frescoes are clues to understanding the power of the wall shrine. Frescoes Four frescoes line the east wall of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
, ten-foot-high cave filled with a putrid stench. The mostly broken bones of humanoids and animals lay scattered on the icy floor amid bits of metal and torn strips of leather.
The gnolls gather here
to eat when there’s food to be had. Most of the bones have been broken to enable the gnolls to get to the marrow inside them. Past feasts include elk, reindeer, moose, foxes, wolves, and humanoids
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
each. Advice from the Spirits Any characters inhabited by the spirits of Obo’laka or Papazotl receive advice when entering this area: Cautious Obo’laka advises her host to not disturb the throne or pick
up the scepter, but admits not knowing for certain that either is harmful. Shrewd Papazotl realizes that the throne is made from the bones of dead Omuans and the skull of Omu’s great minotaur champion
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
receive advice when entering this area: Cautious Obo’laka thinks the salt pentagram could use more salt and encourages her host to add to it. if any salt is available. (Doing so doesn’t break the wards
clay urn containing the skull and bones of a grung (Nangnang’s animal form; see appendix D), as well as a number of valuables (see “Treasure” below). A detect magic spell or similar effect reveals an
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
sown with too many traps, and if the characters are victimized over and over again as a result, they are likely to take steps to prevent further bad things from happening. Because of their recent
experience, the characters can become overly cautious, and you run the risk of the action grinding to a halt as the players search every square inch of the dungeon for trip wires and pressure plates
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
must be cautious in choosing their allies, and the King’s Dark Lanterns is no exception. Its most trustworthy allies include the following facets of the Brelish government: King Boranel. The King’s Dark
the royal family harbor resentment at the influence of the Citadel. Many people and institutions outside Breland view the Dark Lanterns as a hostile force. As a result, the following groups account for
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
while its weakness is nearby. Roll on or choose a result from the Arch-hag Anathemas table to inspire an arch-hag’s weakness. Arch-hag Anathemas 1d10 The Arch-hag’s Weakness Is... 1 The bones of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
protective of their forest homes. If roused to anger, treants can animate trees to aid them. Treants defend and are shaped by secrets of the forest. Roll on or choose a result from the Treant Secrets
and holds the bones of the arsonist who started it in a hollow. Treant Huge Plant, Chaotic Good
AC 16 Initiative +3 (13)
HP 138 (12d12 + 60)
Speed 30 ft.
Ability Score Mod Save Str 23 +6
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
skull is destroyed and later rejuvenates (see the flameskull’s Rejuvenation trait), it resumes electrifying the floor and defending the room, with or without the golem. Flesh Golem. The flesh golem has
, waiting to attack. This room contains the remains of a mining operation. Pickaxes and hammers litter the floor, as do the gnawed bones, torn black robes, and rubber boots of a female half-elf wizard
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
living in such a dangerous city. As a result, few desperate elders seek the blessing of the Lord of Bones. Those who do, though, tend to be both cagey and wealthy, which means that although Myrkul’s
place in Baldurians’ fears, their faiths currently have only the shallowest roots in the city. Followers of the Dead Three have done more to incite dread than faith. As a result, their numbers remain
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer
living in such a dangerous city. As a result, few desperate elders seek the blessing of the Lord of Bones. Those who do, though, tend to be both cagey and wealthy, which means that although Myrkul’s
place in Baldurians’ fears, their faiths currently have only the shallowest roots in the city. Followers of the Dead Three have done more to incite dread than faith. As a result, their numbers remain
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
. Northeast Tower This tower has a male drow mage named Ulvir Barrek’zorn on the roof and eight male drow inside. In addition to defending the tower, these drow are responsible for quelling uprisings in
, and Tasha’s hideous laughter. 18c. Northwest Tower This tower has a male drow mage named Vrebbeth Imphiz’zal on the roof and eight male drow inside. In addition to defending the tower, these drow