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Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide
3d6 Psychic damage. On a failed save, the wielder is dominated by the sword, as if by the Dominate Monster spell, and the sword demands blood. The spell effect ends when the sword’s demand is met
detrimental property
Spells. While the sword is on your person, you can cast the following spells (save DC 18) from it:
Call Lightning
Divine Word
Finger of Death
Once you use the sword to
Sword of Kas
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Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
dominated by the sword, as if by the dominate monster spell, and the sword demands that it be bathed in blood. The spell effect ends when the sword’s demand is met.
Random Properties. The Sword of Kas
) from it: call lightning, divine word, or finger of death. Once you use the sword to cast a spell, you can’t cast that spell again from it until the next dawn.
Sentience. The Sword of Kas is a
Cleric
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Classes
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provoke awe and dread, lay curses of plague or poison, and even call down flames from heaven to consume their enemies. For those evildoers who will benefit most from a mace to the head, clerics depend on
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Most adventuring clerics maintain some connection to established temples and orders of their faiths. A temple might ask for a cleric’s aid, or a high priest might be in a position to demand it
Rogue
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Classes
Basic Rules (2014)
variety of skills as they do to perfecting their combat abilities, giving them a broad expertise that few other characters can match. Many rogues focus on stealth and deception, while others refine the
coin you needed to escape the squalor of your life. Did wanderlust finally call you away from your home? Perhaps you suddenly found yourself cut off from your family or your mentor, and you had to find
Yuan-ti Pureblood
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Species
Volo's Guide to Monsters
one city-state were killed and eaten to create the first yuan-ti, and once the news of how to perform these rituals spread to other leaders, the call for slaves to fuel the process increased. As the
serpent gods began to demand more and more sacrifices, the yuan-ti stepped up their raids on bordering settlements to meet this need.
Calm long-view schemers, innate deceivers, and immune to poison
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
psionic powers, as evidenced by the goblin psi commanders and goblin psi brawlers (see appendix A for descriptions of both) that make up their ranks. Collectively, the goblins call themselves the
mind flayers demand that Ruxithid’s goblins find peculiar, black stone shards that came from an ancient obelisk once erected in the wilds outside of Phandalin. The obelisk originated in the ancient
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
, opening portals to the outside only as needed. Most fortresses drift through Limbo at random, but none of them are ever isolated. When Menyar-Ag sends out a call to them, the anarchs of the other
meet here to plan or refine their strategy for battling the githyanki and the mind flayers. Shra’kt’lor is the most well defended of the githzerai outposts — no force in Limbo could readily threaten the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
another actual beholder. To call this process reproduction would be inaccurate, because in most cases the old and new beholders fight to the death — a fact for which the rest of the world is thankful
. Think ye weave cunning schemes and elaborate intrigues with fallback plans and positions? Beholders change, refine, discard, and spin anew scores of such plans, all the time. To the average beholder, human intrigues are the fumblings of babies.
— Elminster
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
minotaurs rub shoulders with gnolls and goblins. Gargoyles and wyverns circle in the sky, while harpies call work crews to the quarries with their songs. Under the rule of the enigmatic Daughters of
continent’s cities. Gargoyle couriers are in high demand. Though monstrous workers of these sorts are still rare in many nations, their numbers are growing. Conversely, a visit to Droaam gives adventurers a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
to the Vistani people. As a soldier centuries ago, he suffered a grievous injury in battle, and the Vistani tended his wounds and returned him safely to his family without making any demand for
hefty price. Native Barovians have been terrorized for centuries by the one they call “the devil Strahd.” Only a handful of them have the will to oppose him. Barovians congregate in the valley’s three
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
to arrive at the lair, and savvy characters might be able to bluff or roleplay past them. The elves demand the characters’ names and ask questions they believe only true cultists would know the
questions that cultists should know (including questions about Neronvain, Chuth, or the stronghold). In this event, the elves call out for help and attack at once. Any fight here draws the creatures in areas
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
the first yuan-ti, and once the news of how to perform these rituals spread to other leaders, the call for slaves to fuel the process increased. As the serpent gods began to demand more and more
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
characters might be able to bluff or roleplay past them. The elves demand the characters’ names and ask questions they believe only true cultists would know the answers to, including knowing the
(including questions about Neronvain, Chuth, or the stronghold). In this event, the elves call out for help and attack at once. Any fight here draws the creatures in areas 3, area 4, and area 5, which fight as
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
our nation, we call on all true Karrns to demand that Regent Moranna unleash our full might on the Mror Holds and cleanse this horror!
The Mror Holds spread across the Ironroot Mountains. Most Mror
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
sword’s demand is met. Magic Weapon. You gain a +3 bonus to attack rolls and damage rolls made with the sword, which scores a Critical Hit on a roll of 19 or 20 on the d20 and deals an extra 2d10
property 1 major detrimental property Spells. While the sword is on your person, you can cast the following spells (save DC 18) from it: Call Lightning Divine Word Finger of Death Once you use the sword
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
dominated by the sword, as if by the dominate monster spell, and the sword demands that it be bathed in blood. The spell effect ends when the sword’s demand is met. Sword of Kas Random Properties. The
) from it: call lightning, divine word, or finger of death. Once you use the sword to cast a spell, you can’t cast that spell again from it until the next dawn. Sentience. The Sword of Kas is a sentient
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
of an entirely different set of social interactions. 3. Charisma Check When the adventurers get to the point of their request, demand, or suggestion — or if you decide the conversation has run its
course — call for a Charisma check. Any character who has actively participated in the conversation can make the check. Depending on how the adventurers handled the conversation, the Persuasion, Deception
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
to escape. Politely demand players react quickly: “There’s no time to debate—what do you do?” Parallel Scenes Occasionally encourage players to split the party. When characters are separated, cut
of the following to conclude on a cliffhanger: hint at a new threat, impose a complication on existing plans, increase the stakes, introduce a new mystery, have a foe appear, have the world change, or otherwise shock the characters, then call for a break before players can react.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
for oneself. Let each worshiper commune in their own way, as the saying goes. Divine magic also provides a means of communing with the gods and can be used to call upon their guidance. Divine
worship of Torm, lest it inspire rebellion, and an otherwise fair-minded mayor of a river-mill community might demand that worshipers of Silvanus find elsewhere to live because of recent problems the timber-cutters have had with local druids.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
Prince of Undeath, whose power has created countless liches. However, those that control the power of lichdom always demand fealty and service for their knowledge. A lich is created by an arcane ritual
, engaging only with those creatures whose service helps secure its lair. Few liches call themselves by their former names, instead adopting monikers such as the Black Hand or the Forgotten King. Magic
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
live as the gods demand. Rich fields and the bounty of the sea support most people throughout Meletis. The people have reputations for being accomplished weavers, skilled sailors, and cunning
forms, and they call the most accomplished mages thaumaturges (“wonder workers”). Many Meletian mages are trained at the elite academy of the Dekatia, but countless smaller schools and private tutors
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
the minds of his followers an unquenchable, supernatural hunger, both for violence and for the flesh of intelligent creatures. A gnoll feels a constant, gnawing demand for blood and destruction that
and are able to resist the call to violence, but a few cannot. For these rare individuals, the true lure of Yeenoghu’s promises lies not in the power they offer, but in the deep sense of belonging
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
Mintarn, toppling two of its towers with his weight, and roared a demand for more treasure, right then, and in future tributes. Of course, the folk of Mintarn scrambled to meet the impatient wyrm’s
they call themselves — emerges on Mintarn, ruling the island kingdom in the name of preserving its status as a neutral ground and a free port. A few years ago, Her Tyrancy was Bloeth Embuirhan, the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
anticipation of any demand, I offered Gyrt a fine dagger from Evereska, as well as a necklace I wore. For her band I offered a bag of baubles I’d brought for such an occasion. Pleased with my gifts and assured
were young. They now have children of their own, and all call me auntie. During my time with Gyrt and her kin, the people of the Elk explained much to me about the workings of their tribe — their
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
credit. Alix Branwyn The Athar aren’t fools. They let the powers that be call themselves gods, while the faction works subtly to discover the secret behind the curtain of the multiverse and look on the
Mercykillers—if there’s no meaning, there can’t be order. Conversely, the Doomguard, Hands of Havoc, and Heralds of Dust all find enough common points with Bleakers to call them allies. Doomguard Who
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
artistry. Tradition and honor demand that it be crushed into gravel and a new speaking stone begun. Gentle Giants? Newcomers who know only about the stone giants’ focus on artistry might think them to be a
if the giants accept the offered tribute as permission to enter their territory, they might demand a higher price to pass through it. Usually this “gift” is a service of some kind — a task the giants
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
Annam and the Ordning Most giants revere a pantheon of gods comprising Annam and his divine children—a pantheon they call “the Ordning” because it is the archetype of the ordning that structures
a manifestation of Grolantor. These encounters typically involve the god demanding something he wants from the priests, such as a fresh kill or a precious trinket. His priests then demand (and often
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
reverence. Gods demand reverence. Allies and enemies earn respect. Most surface elves revere Corellon. Beyond that, all is uncertain.
The Mysteries of Arvandor. Only those long-lived scholars who
; the ability to hear the call is a rare gift. Depending on Corellon’s need, the god might call a few dozen or several thousand elves to gather, each elf returning to Corellon’s body temporarily for
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
, they do not alert the guards beyond. Tampering with the doors will alert the guards, who demand (in Sahuagin) to know who is trying to enter. The guards can be tricked into opening the doors, but
surprisingly clean. One human slave (commoner) named Elmo lies dying in the northwest corner of this room. Elmo is too weak to call out to the characters, though he can speak with them if they approach. Elmo the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a5
demand food like peevish children. If the characters offer to feed them, the otyughs stop fighting to see if the party is telling the truth (unless the party has slain one of the young). If the
of dangerous magic that can be manipulated to call forth creatures of the Far Realm. The character further knows that using the summoning circle is impossible without the proper rituals, and that it
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
in the bunks. Characters who enter the room must succeed on a DC 17 Dexterity (Stealth) check to avoid waking the goblins. If awoken, the goblins in the bunks flee and call for help. However, a
can refine the ore into seven iron ingots worth 25 gp each. Additionally, three smaller, sealed crates are situated around the chamber. Each crate can be pried open with a successful DC 12 Strength
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
neutral evil mage and four neutral evil cult fanatics occupy this room. The mage, a sneering, human bully named Oxtu, insists the cult fanatics call him by his formal title of “Teeth of Vecna.” In turn
true devotion from their compatriots challenge each other to drink from the basin to prove their faith. If the characters come in disguise as devotees of Vecna, the cultists demand that they prove their






