before boons deciding constantly react

Xanathar

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

subservience or drawn to the beholder by the promise of treasure, food, or power. Treachery within the ranks of the guild is common as servants vie for the beholder’s favor and affection. Such boons are

constantly, but even their ministrations can’t keep such a creature alive forever. Whenever the fish dies, panic spreads through the occupants of the lair as minions try to replace the fish before Xanathar

Orc Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

everywhere in the world around them, and the priests of a tribe are entrusted with the responsibility of identifying these signs and omens — both good and bad — and deciding how the tribe should

react to them. As a race, orcs have no noteworthy universal social traits, but some commonality does exist in the crude written communication that all orcs employ and in the way that they use

Orc Culture and Beliefs

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

around them, and the priests of a tribe are entrusted with the responsibility of identifying these signs and omens — both good and bad — and deciding how the tribe should react to them. As a race, orcs

Oracle

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

roll the d20 before deciding to add the d10, but you must decide before the DM says whether the roll succeeds or fails. Once you use this trait, you can’t use it again until you finish a short or long

people can’t perceive. 5 A horrible monster in Nyx watches me constantly, and I see it every time I venture outdoors. 6 Any time I grow close to someone, I see them aged, dying, or dead

Redcap

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

moment redcaps awaken, they desire only murder and carnage, and they constantly seek to satisfy these cravings. Redcaps lack subtlety. They live for direct confrontation and the mayhem of mortal combat

get in a vicious swing of their weapon before the target can react. Redcaps’ desire to slay is rooted in their will to survive. To sustain their unnatural existence, they must soak their hats in the

A Titanic Problem

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

become a god one day. They’re constantly watching her and judging whether she’s good enough for godhood. That’s a lot to live up to! How do the characters think she can ever live up to the expectations of

should be god of? How characters react to these confessions affects how Kopoha’s visit to Sylvania ends (see the “Closing Time” section).

Firefinger

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

taken (roping characters together, for example). Pterafolk glide around the spire constantly except when it’s raining. They don’t pay much attention to the spire itself, since they arrogantly believe

. However, the chamber in the northeast corner is the lair of nine stirges, which cling to the 10-foot-high ceiling. They don’t react unless multiple characters enter their lair or someone brings in a torch

Headquarters Features

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

players and the DM. Group Design When selecting a feature, the characters must make decisions together — meaning the players must do the same. Deciding on the features of a headquarters should be a team

in chapter 1 of this book. Part of that feel comes from the substantial benefits that characters gain from franchise features and company positions — mechanical boons, magic items, access to powerful

Monastery Locations

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

two gargoyles, hiding in plain sight. They don’t react unless characters who don’t belong to the cult attempt to enter the shrine to the north (area M9). The gargoyles don’t interfere with anyone

, “What is your greatest failing?” and “Why do you think you are worthy to be a servant of eternal earth?” There are no right or wrong answers; the priest just wants to see how the newcomers react

Fane Locations

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

pools of water or atop ledges along the walls. Those walls are covered by huge growths of shelf fungi. Water drips constantly from above. The influences of elemental earth and elemental water meet in

venerated the Eye, long before the days of Besilmer. The elemental prophets come here to seek visions and boons from the Eye, although it is a fickle and uncommunicative power that rarely responds in

Tomb Locations

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

ability check, attack roll, or saving throw it makes. The creature can wait until after it rolls the d20 before deciding to use the number, but it must decide before the DM says whether the roll succeeds

spell or similar magic: “I obsess about the past, and I’m constantly trying to go back to undo my mistakes.”

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