Search Results
All Results
Characters
Compendium
Spells
Items
Monsters
Vehicles
Forums
Returning 35 results for 'before borders dealing common refuge'.
Other Suggestions:
before border dwelling common refuses
before border daring common refuses
before border dealing command reduce
before burdens daring common refine
before borders dwelling common refuses
Monsters
Monstrous Compendium Vol. 4: Eldraine Creatures
until the end of the high fae’s next turn.
Ridicule. When a creature misses the high fae with an attack roll, the high fae magically mocks the creature, dealing 5 (2d4);{"diceNotation":"2d4
been given dominion over a small aspect of the natural world; there are dukes and duchesses for each of the seasons, and noble archivists track every promise made and broken within the borders of
Monsters
Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
priests draw their strength from the pantheon of elven gods and oversee religious practices in astral elf society. It’s common for them to serve aboard spelljamming ships, not only as emissaries
visitors. Over the eons, astral elves have clashed with numerous invaders, including psurlons, mind flayers, and githyanki. When dealing with others, astral elves customarily cover their faces with
Firbolg
Legacy
This doesn't reflect the latest rules and lore.
Learn More
Species
Volo's Guide to Monsters
We spent three months tracking the green dragon before locating the forest in which it sought refuge. On our second day in that place, we woke to find the dragon’s head placed in the center
heart of the world and monuments to the durability of life.
In their role as caretakers, firbolgs live off the land while striving to remain in balance with nature. Their methods reflect common
Acolyte
Legacy
This doesn't reflect the latest rules and lore.
Learn More
Backgrounds
Basic Rules (2014)
incense, vestments, a set of common clothes, and a pouch containing 15 gp
FEATURE: SHELTER OF THE FAITHFUL
As an acolyte, you command the respect of those who share your faith, and you can perform
particular hero of my faith, and constantly refer to that person’s deeds and example.
2
I can find common ground between the fiercest enemies, empathizing with them and always working toward
Backgrounds
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
to you when you entered the priesthood), a prayer book or prayer wheel, 5 sticks of incense, vestments, a set of common clothes, and a pouch containing 15 gp
FEATURE: SHELTER OF THE FAITHFUL
As
person’s deeds and example.
2
I can find common ground between the fiercest enemies, empathizing with them and always working toward peace.
3
I see omens in every event and action. The
Genasi
Legacy
This doesn't reflect the latest rules and lore.
Learn More
Species
Elemental Evil Player's Companion
of savage humanoids and weird cults in untamed lands. Others gain positions of great influence, especially where elemental beings are revered. A few genasi leave the Material Plane to find refuge in
bloodlines of those genasi have spread into other lands. Though far from common, air and fire genasi are more likely to be found in the western regions of Faerûn, along the coast from Calimshan north
Yuan-ti Pureblood
Legacy
This doesn't reflect the latest rules and lore.
Learn More
Species
Volo's Guide to Monsters
body, thought, and emotion. Freed from the limitations of their human bodies, the yuan-ti used their new abilities to conquer new lands and expand their borders.
One Race, Many Forms
The bodies of all
broodguards and exceedingly rare anathemas have their place in the hierarchy as well.
All yuan-ti can interbreed. Females usually lay clutches of eggs, which are stored in a common hatchery, although
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lorwyn: First Light
borders of Lorwyn, scarecrows are portents of dread and doom. No two scarecrows look alike, but many share a suite of common abilities. To represent a Shadowmoor scarecrow in your game, use the Scarecrow stat block.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Radiant Citadel
Features Those familiar with the Radiant Citadel know the following details: Hallmarks. The Radiant Citadel is an extraplanar refuge known for its collaborative society and ecological beauty. Local
city. This makes the population an ethnically diverse mix of humans, dragonborn, dwarves, elves, gnomes, and halflings, along with a variety of other races. Languages. Common is widely known, along with dozens of other languages.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
Features Those familiar with the Radiant Citadel know the following details: Hallmarks. The Radiant Citadel is an extraplanar refuge known for its collaborative society and ecological beauty. Local
city. This makes the population an ethnically diverse mix of humans, dragonborn, dwarves, elves, gnomes, and halflings, along with a variety of other races. Languages. Common is widely known, along with dozens of other languages.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
divine wisdom and also for refuge. Harshnag is one of only a handful of giants who know about the temple. A few ancient dragons — including Iymrith, Claugiyliamatar, and Klauth — also know of its
THE ALL-FATHER: GENERAL FEATURES
The following features are common throughout the temple.
Ceilings. Interiors have 60-foot-high ceilings.
Doors. The double doors located throughout the complex
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
prevalence of undead within its borders. The supreme leader of Thay is the lich Szass Tam, whose council of advisers — the zulkirs — are powerful liches themselves. Everyone of consequence in Thay is a
spellcaster, and necromancers are common there. Undead servants are everywhere, and many of the commanders in Thay’s armies are the free-thinking undead soldiers (use the wight statistics). Travelers to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
prevalence of undead within its borders. The supreme leader of Thay is the lich Szass Tam, whose council of advisers—the zulkirs—are powerful liches themselves. Everyone of consequence in Thay is a
spellcaster, and necromancers are common there. Undead servants are everywhere, and many of the commanders in Thay’s armies are the free-thinking undead soldiers (use the wight statistics). Travelers to this
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
-foot-tall golems worship the Mad Mage as a god and regard the Runestone as his eye into their dark domain. The Stonecloaks don’t like it that a lich has taken refuge in the stalagmite tower, but
. It understands the following languages but can’t speak: Abyssal, Celestial, Common, Draconic, Dwarvish, Elvish, Infernal, and Undercommon. Stonecloaks use a system of eye blinks to communicate nonverbally with one another.
Backgrounds
Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
choice, as appropriate to your factionLanguages: Two of your choiceEquipment: Badge or emblem of your faction, a copy of a seminal faction text (or a code-book for a covert faction), a set of common
: In recent years, the Zhentarim have become more visible in the world at large, as the group works to improve its reputation among the common people. The faction draws employees and associates
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
a villain and a group of minions in a battle to the finish. 2 The adventurers chase a villain while dodging obstacles designed to thwart them, leading to a final confrontation in the villain’s refuge
, forcing the adventurers to close the portal while dealing with a villain at the same time. 8 The dungeon begins to collapse while a villain attempts to escape in the chaos. 9 The adventurers must choose
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Walls alone holds more Cyran refugees than Karrnath has allowed across its borders. If you read the Sharn Inquisitive or the Korranberg Chronicle, you’ve heard the endless litany of how difficult life
survived the Mourning did so because they were beyond the borders of their nation. And why is that? Because they were soldiers.
The Sharn Inquisitive talks about starving children and ailing
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Dealing with Death When a character dies, consult with the players to decide what happens next. Some players are perfectly happy to make new characters, especially when they’re eager to try out new
most common way is through spells such as Revivify and Raise Dead. It’s up to you to decide how easy it is for characters to access those spells if they can’t cast them. The Player’s Handbook offers suggested prices for spellcasting services.
Backgrounds
Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
-wielding police force of the City of Splendors, protecting the common folk from thieves and rowdy nobility alike. Or you might have been one of the valiant defenders of Silverymoon, a member of the
experience in enforcing the law, and dealing with lawbreakers, gives you a feel for local laws and criminals. You can easily find the local outpost of the watch or a similar organization, and just as
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
Imbued Wood Focus Wondrous item, common (requires attunement) An imbued wood focus is a rod, staff, or wand cut from a tree infused with extraplanar energy. If you’re a spellcaster, you can use this
orb as a spellcasting focus. When you cast a damage-dealing spell using this item as your spellcasting focus, you gain a +1 bonus to one damage roll of the spell, provided the damage is of the type
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
Albino Dwarves The albino dwarves of Chult were driven from their subterranean homes by volcanic activity, and those who didn’t seek refuge in Port Nyanzaru adapted to living in the jungle. They make
darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 14
Languages Common, Dwarvish
Challenge 1/4 (50 XP)
Dwarven Resilience. The dwarf has advantage on saving throws against poison.
Actions
Handaxe. Melee or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
: one nation, united in a common cause.
Now I look at the map and I don’t recognize my world. Galifar has been shattered. The Five Nations are irreparably severed. There are so many new realms
, Morgrave Historian
Xen’drik is a land of ruins and mysteries. The dragons of Argonnessen have no love for lesser creatures. The psychic tyrants of Sarlona maintain strict control over their borders and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
Githzerai Zerths Four githzerai zerths have taken refuge in the Obstacle Course. They use their psychic abilities and natural stealth to hide from Halaster’s magical gaze and the death tyrant’s
githyanki and githzerai who seek to reunify the gith races. By helping the githyanki defeat a common foe, Yrlakka hopes to demonstrate the merits of a single unified gith race — not only to the evil
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Imbued Wood Focus Wondrous item, common (requires attunement) An imbued wood focus is a rod, staff, or wand cut from a tree infused with extraplanar energy. If you’re a spellcaster, you can use this
orb as a spellcasting focus. When you cast a damage-dealing spell using this item as your spellcasting focus, you gain a +1 bonus to one damage roll of the spell, provided the damage is of the type
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Talent. If you’re not going to play a magic-using class, consider creating a high elf or a human with the Magic Initiate feat. Whether you favor damage-dealing cantrips or more utilitarian ones, every
. Don’t settle for common clothes and a squalid meal when you could wear glamerweave (see chapter 5) and drink the finest wine. If you’re a fighter, focus on finesse instead of crude strength. And never miss an opportunity for a clever quip.
Kobold
Legacy
This doesn't reflect the latest rules and lore.
Learn More
Species
Volo's Guide to Monsters
, designed to collapse under the weight of any creature heavier than a kobold. On occasion, the route through a kobold lair runs along a ledge that borders a cavern or a crevasse, and the kobolds might
lack of emotional bonding means they have no concept of marriage or permanent family relationships. Their eggs are placed in a common tribal hatchery with no effort to keep track of who each one
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
Festival’s levity is abandoned as worried locals seek refuge or mill about the village circle, uncertain how to help. The Brass Crab’s owner, Yalme, had prepared the tavern’s common room for a night of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
(100 XP)
Amorphous. The ooze can move through a space as narrow as 1 inch wide without squeezing.
Corrode Metal. Any nonmagical weapon made of metal that hits the ooze corrodes. After dealing damage
dealing damage.
The ooze can eat through 2-inch-thick, nonmagical metal in 1 round.
False Appearance. While the ooze remains motionless, it is indistinguishable from an oily pool or wet rock
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
regularly. Tree Believers As the heroes pass through the forest, two awakened trees interrogate them in Common, demanding to know the reason for their intrusion. If the characters are looking for
archdruid, the other werebats drove Vool out of their village. He found a secluded cave nearby (see area 17) and took refuge there. He ventures out once a day to feed but avoids contact with his kin. If Vool
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
together across the sea to Southern Ergoth, seeking refuge with the Kagonesti, while others refused to give up Silvanesti and sought to reclaim their ancestral home. As a Silvanesti high elf, you know
relationships with people other than your kin. Qualinesti High Elves In Qualinesti, a scout warns of threats encroaching on the elven city’s borders Long ago, a group of high elves left Silvanesti, desiring
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
haze. Domains share neither borders nor common geography, and you can’t peer from one domain into another. The environments, cultures, and residents of one domain don’t influence those of other domains
Domains Sinister demiplanes known as domains constitute the realms of Ravenloft. These domains vary widely, but they share a number of common features: Domains Are Finite. The domains vary in size
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
Common
Challenge 6 (2,300 XP)
Rust Monster Cloak. Any nonmagical weapon made of metal that hits Barbatos corrodes. After dealing damage, the weapon takes a permanent and cumulative −1 penalty to
damage rolls. If its penalty drops to −5, the weapon is destroyed. Nonmagical ammunition made of metal that hits Barbatos is destroyed after dealing damage.
Heart of the Troll. Barbatos regains 10 hit
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
to the head of the Guild. These kingpins style themselves as elite criminals, often adopting memorable nicknames and distinctively decadent dress. Scores of common criminals work beneath each kingpin
their local kingpin. A kingpin might receive requests for help from citizens, asking for loans or dealing with unauthorized crime, such as a thieving neighbor. A kingpin tracks these favors and debts
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer
to the head of the Guild. These kingpins style themselves as elite criminals, often adopting memorable nicknames and distinctively decadent dress. Scores of common criminals work beneath each kingpin
their local kingpin. A kingpin might receive requests for help from citizens, asking for loans or dealing with unauthorized crime, such as a thieving neighbor. A kingpin tracks these favors and debts
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
renegotiated, but in the intervening century, the dragon has fallen to shadow.
6 A group of shadar-kai (elves native to the Shadowfell) arrive at a city’s gates, seeking refuge. They are fleeing the
has fallen under the sway of a young shadow dragon, and their obeisance borders on fanaticism.
4 A young shadow dragon shares a lair with a cloaker; the cloaker leaves the dragon alone but hunts