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Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
, with the leech inside in larval form. A spore that remains attached to a ship for a few days punctures the hull and begins to develop a hard shell that roughly matches the color of the hull. The
that of a snail. It has a single watery eye at one end and a spiked tentacle protruding from just below the eye, which it uses to defend itself.
A mated pair of leeches produces 1d6;{"diceNotation
Monsters
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
elaborate design of their own diabolical creation. While disembodied, a brain in a jar weighs roughly 125 pounds.Poison
Species
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
dangerous those dragons can be and help others defend against draconic destruction.
Whatever their relationship to dragons, kobold scales tend to be rust colored, although the occasional kobold sports
race, follow these additional rules during character creation.
Ability Score Increases
When determining your character’s ability scores, increase one score by 2 and increase a different score
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
Lava Child Physically identical to one another, lava children have muscular builds and childish, perpetually grinning faces. Most are born in the Fountains of Creation, also known as the Plane of
. Though they’re not violent by nature, lava children fiercely defend territory they claim as their own. Many intruders have been fooled by a lava child’s smile, believing themselves welcome when in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
The Chamber of the God-Brain The Chamber of the God-Brain rests miles below Citadel Subterrene. The cathedral-like chamber is roughly ovoid in shape, with walls of gleaming, organic metal. The
its deep-wrinkled lobes. Illithid attendants in eerie protective garb endlessly attend to their dying overlord and indulge even its most blasphemous schemes, such as the creation of vampiric mind flayers (see chapter 5).
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
the beasts can no longer flourish or defend themselves against other natural predators. The average adult reindeer is 5 feet tall at the shoulder and weighs 250 pounds. Both male and female reindeer
have antlers, though a male’s antlers are larger. Game Statistics. A reindeer uses the elk stat block in the Monster Manual. It is acclimated to cold weather. Roughly one in six reindeer in Icewind Dale has a rare magical trait: glow-in-the-dark antlers that emit dim light out to a range of 10 feet.
Kobold
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Species
Volo's Guide to Monsters
might make occasional nighttime forays up to the surface. Roughly one quarter of the towns and cities in the world have kobold communities living under them, but the kobolds are so good at staying
by orange garb (usually just a roughly torn sash or cloak) decorated with an image of a gnome’s skull.
Life and Outlook
Kobolds have a tribal society in which they all take on specialized
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
. However, Primus’s creation had an unforeseen side effect: the chaotic energy absorbed by the stone spawned the horrors that came to be known as slaadi. Sages refer to Primus’s massive creation as the
creation and either doesn’t perceive the slaadi as threats or chooses to ignore them. Embedded in a slaad’s brain is a magic gem. Acquire it, and the slaad is yours to command.
VARIANT
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
token in one of the most ancient burials is inscribed with the last surviving copy of a key rune. In the ages since its creation, the rune has become corrupted. It still functions, but it creates tears in
the planar fabric. Creatures from the Fiendish Incursion Encounters table (see chapter 3) defend the rune. If this rune is inscribed in the Runic Circle, it opens a gateway to Horizon’s Edge (both in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
caved in or blocked with heaps of furniture. As the characters make their way through the cellars, read: Guttering torches cast dim light under the arches of a wine cellar roughly 20 feet square. The
of treasure. Two kobold inventors and ten kobolds are also present. Statistics for the kobold scale sorcerer and kobold inventor appear in appendix D. The kobolds rally to defend Kakarol. While they
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
. Roll on or choose a result from the Medusa Fates table to inspire what led to a medusa’s creation.
Medusa Fates 1d6 The Medusa Was...
1 Born a medusa and lives unaware of whatever curse
faded.
4 An explorer transformed and compelled to defend a cursed ruin.
5 A vain noble whose magical attempt to gain eternal beauty backfired.
6 The victim of a bite from a magical
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
content goes. Chapter 1 provides guidance for players participating in horror adventures. Make sure you and the players are aware of this and use it to inform character creation and play. Establish
any additions to you, privately or in the moment, so you can add them to the list. When this happens, don’t refer to past survey data, defend past choices, or ask players to explain their boundaries
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
been modified for use as a servant in the workshop. 5 Storm the workshop before the artificers complete a doomsday weapon. 6 Investigate the workshop for signs of the illegal creation of warforged. 7
Defend the workshop against an invasion while the artificers try to repair a magic item. 8 Bring an unknown artifact to the workshop so the artificers can identify it. 9 Convince the owners of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
propose plans to keep the Dragon Army at bay. If they don’t suggest using the Ironclad Regiment to defend the town, Cudgel suggests it. As the mercenaries are camped north of the village, bringing
Keep sits the creation of the tinker gnome Than: a people-launching device called a gnomeflinger (described in appendix A). If using the gnomeflinger comes up, Becklin or Darrett suggests consulting with
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Boo’s Astral Menagerie
remains attached to a ship for a few days punctures the hull and begins to develop a hard shell that roughly matches the color of the hull. The shell is affixed to the ship by a glue-like substance
and a spiked tentacle protruding from just below the eye, which it uses to defend itself. A mated pair of leeches produces 1d6 spores every month. Some of these spores might join their parents on the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
design of their own diabolical creation. While disembodied, a brain in a jar weighs roughly 125 pounds. Brain in a Jar
Small Undead
Armor Class 11 (natural armor)
Hit Points 55 (10d6 + 20
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
in the village circle. Assess how many ships the village has and roughly how many villagers they can carry. Instruct the villagers how to get to safety. Keep the villagers calm. Mayor Raven and
mince words: “A dangerous army is headed for Vogler. The Ironclad Regiment will do what it can to defend Vogler, but we must be ready to flee.”
Following the mayor’s report, the locals stand in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
Scholar is attacked, it fights to defend itself. The cave isn’t considered the baernaloth’s lair, so it can’t take lair actions here. If the Scholar is defeated, characters who search the cavern find a
Knowledge table or another mystery of your creation. The veracity and implications of these secrets are up to you. Impossible Knowledge d4 Secret 1 The Spire is made of countless stacked versions of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
with the story behind the race or subrace you wish to create. Having a firm idea of a race’s story in your campaign will help you make decisions during the creation process. Ask yourself several
increasing the diversity of options for a particular race, rather than replacing some options with other ones. The following example walks through the creation of an elf subrace: the eladrin. This
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
common creation myth contends that when the Progenitor Dragons fought, Eberron trapped Khyber in her coils and became the world, imprisoning her evil sibling in a living prison. Bound within the world
to Khyber. This fact dictates the primary mission of the Church of the Silver Flame: to stand ready to defend the innocent from such unnatural threats. Because the demiplanes connect to the world at
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
on the ceiling roughly halfway between the two passage mouths. They drop on characters (or smugglers) who pass below, landing with a distinctively soggy slap. 26. Natural Cavern This roughly circular
appendix C and the following sidebar), one hobgoblin, one scout, and one bandit defend this room. Sanbalet stays clear of the melee, taking cover behind the casks in the southeast corner. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
, leaving the adventurers and a handful of determined townsfolk to defend the town. Give each player one of the following NPCs to play during this encounter: Darathra Shendrel, Lord Protector of
shovels, digging up the ground to reach the Vonindod fragment — a bent and broken band of 2-inch-thick adamantine roughly 11 feet long and weighing 1,000 pounds. It takes ten actions by the giants to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
players for thoughts about the campaign. Indirect Input. The choices a player makes, starting at character creation, can indicate what they want to see in the game. For example, a Rogue player likely wants
Goals. Characters can change their goals whenever they please, but you can encourage them to do so by giving them significant victories roughly every 5 levels. When characters accomplish their goals
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
King’s Dark Lanterns The King’s Dark Lanterns is the intelligence division of the King’s Citadel, an organization sworn to defend Breland from its enemies and dispense justice in the name of King
. The King’s Dark Lanterns includes more than 500 agents operating within Breland’s borders and roughly one-fifth that number stationed abroad. They often work in teams, and also work closely with the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
Wonders of Netheril. This book is a collection of interviews with Netherese archmages, who discuss their studies of ancient elven magic and the creation of mythallars (see appendix D). The book
-Down Laboratory This room contains two metal cages, both badly damaged. Nearby, two roughly dug tunnels—one in the ceiling and one in the floor—lead to other areas. Narrow windows along the bowed outer
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
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Creatures The roughly thirty humanoids here (use the cultist stat block) include loyal cultists pressed into service, workers being punished, and captured prisoners. None of the worshipers (except Pentival
first orders the girallons to attack. As needed, he then uses his Charm action to force a character or Pentival to defend him. Due to his fanatic devotion, Phenex does not use his Etherealness action
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
secrets, weapons, soldiers, and prisoners, any of which the characters could liberate or defend. If the characters take over a watchtower, they could try to keep it for themselves. The Watchtower
watchtower.
10 Train soldiers at a watchtower to face an approaching mythic monster.
Watchtower Map The watchtower shown in map 4.6 is a roughly hexagonal stone tower, sculpted to help it blend
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
unless the monsters’ tunnels are cleared out and their eggs destroyed. Ankheg tunnels are roughly cylindrical and are often littered with the remains of ankhegs’ meals and subterranean treasures
with magic. While they prefer to let magical servants or other yugoloths do their fighting for them, arcanaloths can defend themselves with arcane might, banishing opponents into the pages of their
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
king’s chamberlain means the characters can use royal soldiers to help them defend their own stronghold on the borderlands, players will be invested in the scenario. Adventurers usually become embroiled
of adventure, skip steps 1 and 2 of the event-based adventure creation process (the villain and the villain’s actions) and move straight to the adventurers’ goals in step 3. Figure out why the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
flooded bowl. Here, a roughly triangular temple rises from the water, its north side largely crumbled and its belfry leaning. The temple’s doors, half covered with water, have begun succumbing to rot
below. One round later, four slimy mummies emerge from the three pits. These lawful neutral Undead seek to defend the temple. They won’t converse with characters, but they return to their soggy tombs if
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
Wisdom (Perception) check finds a catapult munition roughly the size and weight of a cannonball amid the wreckage. A successful DC 13 Intelligence (Arcana) check reveals that the munition is powerful
side? “He has achieved mastery over life and death. There is no better lord to command this ruined fortress.” What do you know about the ruined fortress? “We died defending it, and we defend it still
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
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Population. Roughly one hundred thousand folk dwell in Tu’narath. The vast majority are githyanki, but visitors from other planes aren’t uncommon. Individuals who come to deal with the githyanki reside
for them. Mlar District. This area passes for an artisan’s district. Githyanki engaged in distractions that involve artistry or creation gather here, both to share their skills and to show off their
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
all matters, great and small. At any given time, roughly one-quarter of the peers are powerful members of Lower City society, with the rest drawn from the Upper City’s noble families, called patriars
. Defense of the Upper City is handled by the Watch, the official constabulary of the city’s elite. Their duty is to defend the patriars and enforce their laws, and little else. For the rest of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
animate statues return to their alcoves and deactivate. Ancient jade statues animate to defend the secret ruins beneath Yongjing S2: Hallway Alcoves A long hallway is roughly carved out of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
attacks began, allowing Targos time to prepare. The local militia swells with furious residents eager to defend their town, and siege weapons are brought to bear. Unfortunately, many of the town’s prepared
. The dragon and the duergar claim 200 lives each hour, leaving the devastated town with a population of 300 when all is said and done. Roughly half of these survivors are Bryn Shander natives; the rest