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Mirror Shade

Monsters Vecna: Eve of Ruin

False Appearance. If the mirror shade is within 5 feet of a reflective surface—such as a mirror, glass pane, or still water—it has advantage on its initiative roll. If a creature hasn

. Mirror Movement. The mirror shade can move along the surface of reflective or translucent objects, such as mirrors, without provoking opportunity attack;opportunity attacks. It can move through

Ziraj the Hunter

Monsters Waterdeep: Dragon Heist

, ending the effect on itself on a success.Ziraj is a half-orc hunter who wields an oversized bow that shoots correspondingly large arrows. He is the Master of Assassination for the Black Network. If Ziraj

Ziraj's prey, or Ziraj might come to their aid to eliminate a common enemy. He's the strong, silent type. The City Watch has received reports of a figure who haunts the rooftops of Waterdeep — a

Troll Mutate

Monsters Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

troll undergoes strange mutations. Among the most common mutations are wings, stretchable bodies, resistance to magic, and a strange reflective psychic property. Many troll mutates also have small

Fighter Legacy

Classes Basic Rules (2014)

exquisite bow. The half-orc nearby shouts orders, helping the two combatants coordinate their assault to the best advantage. A dwarf in chain mail interposes his shield between the ogre’s club

Specialists Fighters learn the basics of all combat styles. Every fighter can swing an axe, fence with a rapier, wield a longsword or a greatsword, use a bow, and even trap foes in a net with some degree of

Elf Legacy

Species Basic Rules (2014)

skill with sword, bow, and strategy. Hidden Woodland Realms Most elves dwell in small forest villages hidden among the trees. Elves hunt game, gather food, and grow vegetables, and their skill and

humans translate their family names into Common, but others retain the Elvish version. Child Names: Ara, Bryn, Del, Eryn, Faen, Innil, Lael, Mella, Naill, Naeris, Phann, Rael, Rinn, Sai, Syllin

Human Legacy

Species Basic Rules (2014)

reckonings of most worlds, humans are the youngest of the common races, late to arrive on the world scene and short-lived in comparison to dwarves, elves, and dragons. Perhaps it is because of their

and conquest, humans are more physically diverse than other common races. There is no typical human. An individual can stand from 5 feet to a little over 6 feet tall and weigh from 125 to 250 pounds

Warforged Legacy

Species Eberron: Rising from the Last War

their muscles, wrapped around a framework of steel, darkwood, or stone. Armored plates form a protective outer shell and reinforce joints. Warforged share a common facial design, with a hinged jaw

and crystal eyes embedded beneath a reinforced brow ridge. Beyond these common elements of warforged design, the precise materials and build of a warforged vary based on the purpose for which it was

Genasi Legacy

Species Elemental Evil Player's Companion

flowing through their veins manifests differently in each genasi, often as magical power. Seen in silhouette, a genasi can usually pass for human. Those of earth or water descent tend to be heavier

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

Mirror Shade

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin

, in their true forms, look like person-shaped blobs of shining light. More often, though, mirror shades are encountered on reflective surfaces such as mirrors or panes of glass. There, they blend in

seamlessly with their reflected surroundings and wait until the moment is right to strike. Mirror shades can be found throughout the multiverse but are particularly common in the Outer Planes. “She was

Mixed Heritage

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide

their community. Half-elves speak both Common and Elvish. In addition, half-elves from the Yuirwood commonly speak Aglarondan. Half-elves in Faerûn have the racial traits of half-elves in the Player’s

allows it, your half-elf character can forgo Skill Versatility and instead take a trait based on your elf parentage: A half-elf of wood elf descent can choose the wood elf’s Elf Weapon Training

Attack

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)

Attack The most common action to take in combat is the Attack action, whether you are swinging a sword, firing an arrow from a bow, or brawling with your fists. With this action, you make one melee

Attack

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)

Attack The most common action to take in combat is the Attack action, whether you are swinging a sword, firing an arrow from a bow, or brawling with your fists. With this action, you make one melee

Wight Lifedrinker

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes of the Borderlands

Languages Common plus one other language CR 3 (XP 700; PB +2) Traits Sunlight Sensitivity. While in sunlight, the wight has Disadvantage on ability checks and attack rolls. Actions

Multiattack. The wight makes two attacks, using Necrotic Sword or Necrotic Bow in any combination. It can replace one attack with a use of Drink Life. Necrotic Sword. Melee Attack Roll: +4, reach 5 ft. Hit

Djaynai and Janya Features

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel

mahogany to the coppery glow of the setting sun. Gnomes, dragonborn, and other Humanoid folk are common and accepted in Djaynai. Djaynai’s Languages. The people of Djaynai speak Djaynaian, Common

, and occasionally Aquan. Janya’s People. Janyans are an amphibious people of Djaynaian descent called Nightsea chil-liren (see the “Nightsea Chil-liren” section earlier in this adventure). They typically

Wight

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual

Perception +3, Stealth +4 Resistances Necrotic Immunities Poison; Exhaustion, Poisoned Gear Studded Leather Armor Senses Darkvision 60 ft.; Passive Perception 13 Languages Common plus one other

, using Necrotic Sword or Necrotic Bow in any combination. It can replace one attack with a use of Life Drain. Necrotic Sword. Melee Attack Roll: +4, reach 5 ft. Hit: 6 (1d8 + 2) Slashing damage plus 4

Hadozee Explorer

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Boo’s Astral Menagerie

passive Perception 15 Languages Common, Hadozee Challenge 2 (450 XP) Proficiency Bonus +2 Glide. If it isn’t incapacitated or wearing heavy armor, the hadozee can extend its skin membranes to move

the Disengage or Hide action. Reactions Safe Descent. When it would take damage from a fall, the hadozee extends its skin membranes to reduce the fall’s damage to 0, provided it isn’t wearing heavy armor.

Hadozee Warrior

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Boo’s Astral Menagerie

Languages Common, Hadozee Challenge 1/2 (100 XP) Proficiency Bonus +2 Glide. If it isn’t incapacitated or wearing heavy armor, the hadozee can extend its skin membranes to move up to 5 feet

) piercing damage. Light Crossbow. Ranged Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, range 80/320 ft., one target. Hit: 12 (2d8 + 3) piercing damage. Reactions Safe Descent. When it would take damage from a fall

Hadozee Shipmate

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Boo’s Astral Menagerie

+6 Senses passive Perception 14 Languages Common, Hadozee Challenge 1/8 (25 XP) Proficiency Bonus +2 Glide. If it isn’t incapacitated or wearing heavy armor, the hadozee can extend its skin

+ 2) piercing damage. Reactions Safe Descent. When it would take damage from a fall, the hadozee extends its skin membranes to reduce the fall’s damage to 0, provided it isn’t wearing heavy armor.

T3. Steam and Steel

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

Order of Armorers, Locksmiths, and Finesmiths. Embric tends the forge and is an expert weaponsmith. He claims descent from the efreet of Calimshan and is prone to extreme mood swings. He has the

hit with spell attacks.) He has darkvision out to a range of 60 feet and resistance to fire damage. He speaks Common and Primordial. Avi worships Eldath, god of peace, and uses his magic to quench

Grieving Ghost

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

Grieving Ghost Sarah was one of the servants killed alongside Lady Maria and the three Yellowcrest children—all murdered by Lord Viallis as part of his willing descent into evil. For five years, the

to anyone who sees her. Sarah understands characters who speak Common and tries to respond to them, but she can’t speak because Lord Viallis cut out her tongue before killing her. The ghost tries to

Aundairian Characters

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron

(prestidigitation, mending, mage hand), every Aundairian should know a little magic. Magic Beats Mundane. Why use your hand when you could use mage hand? Who still uses a bow when you could use a

wand? “Sovereigns above, Wyllis. We’re days away from the Eleventh Century and you’re still shooting people with pointed sticks?” Show Some Style. Don’t settle for common clothes and a squalid meal when

Sprite Skirmisher

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes of the Borderlands

Wis 13 +1 +1 Cha 11 +0 +0 Skills Perception +3, Stealth +8 Senses Passive Perception 13 Languages Common, Elvish, Sylvan CR 1/4 (XP 50; PB +2) Actions Needle Sword. Melee

Attack Roll: +6, reach 5 ft. Hit: 6 (1d4 + 4) Piercing damage. Enchanting Bow. Ranged Attack Roll: +6, range 40/160 ft. Hit: 1 Piercing damage, and the target has the Charmed condition until the

Goblin Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

cruel in victory, goblins are fawning and servile in defeat, just as in their own society lower castes must scrape before those of greater status and as goblin tribes bow before other goblinoids

Adventurer’s Guide.) Use one of the warlock stat blocks in appendix B to represent this goblin, adding darkvision and the Nimble Escape traits common to all goblins. Booyahg Booyahg Booyahg. This

Where to Use Riddles

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things

Where to Use Riddles Puzzle-loving antagonists and mischievous monsters are the most common ways to introduce a riddle. Here are some suggestions for how to incorporate riddles into adventures

inscrutable runes carved onto a cursed bow might hold the key to undoing the weapon’s evil magic. Locations. Mystical grottoes, forgotten temples, and secret hideouts might all be locked behind befuddling

L1. Stele Forest

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

, Stealth +7 Damage Resistances poison, psychic Senses passive Perception 16 Languages Common Challenge 8 (3,900 XP) Proficiency Bonus +3 Unarmored Defense. While Steel Crane is wearing no

the attack is reduced by 1d10 + 10. If the damage is reduced to 0, Steel Crane catches the missile if it’s small enough to hold in one hand and Steel Crane has a hand free. Slow Descent (3/Day). When Steel Crane falls, he can slow his descent, taking no damage from the fall.

Skulk

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

understands Common but can’t speak Challenge 1/2 (100 XP) Proficiency Bonus +2 Fallible Invisibility. The skulk is invisible. This invisibility can be circumvented by three things: Charnel

through this invisibility. Reflective Surfaces. The skulk appears as a drab, smooth-skinned biped if its reflection can be seen in a mirror or on another surface. Trackless. The skulk leaves no tracks

The Remains of Tammeraut

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh

broke in half during its descent, its bow section gone missing but its stern plunged backward into the seafloor like a spike. The sandy bed around the wreckage is scattered with partially buried

Numerous breaches in the hull and openings on the rowing decks allow entry into the ruined ship. Alternatively, characters can swim down into the stern’s interior from the top of the ship, where the bow is

Actions

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)

. Melee and Ranged Attacks The most common actions that a monster will take in combat are melee and ranged attacks. These can be spell attacks or weapon attacks, where the "weapon" might be a

be a single melee attack. Ammunition A monster carries enough ammunition to make its ranged attacks. You can assume that a monster has 2d4 pieces of ammunition for a thrown weapon attack, and 2d10 pieces of ammunition for a projectile weapon such as a bow or crossbow.

Actions

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)

, as described in the Player’s Handbook. Melee and Ranged Attacks The most common actions that a monster will take in combat are melee and ranged attacks. These can be spell attacks or weapon attacks

its ranged attacks. You can assume that a monster has 2d4 pieces of ammunition for a thrown weapon attack, and 2d10 pieces of ammunition for a projectile weapon such as a bow or crossbow.

Kobold Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

they were demigods — mighty beings of divine descent. This isn’t a casual sort of worship or lip service; kobolds are awed in the presence of a dragon, as if an actual avatar of a deity

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

The Golden Stag

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons

, includes a magnificent stag (use elk statistics) that shimmers in the light as if its coat is spun from gold and its antlers plated with platinum. Nearly everyone in the caravan who can handle a bow wants

speak that language, it switches to Elvish, and if no one responds again, it tries heavily accented, pidgin Common. It assures them that they are on the right track, and they must continue following the

The Golden Stag

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen

, includes a magnificent stag (use elk statistics) that shimmers in the light as if its coat is spun from gold and its antlers plated with platinum. Nearly everyone in the caravan who can handle a bow wants

speak that language, it switches to Elvish, and if no one responds again, it tries heavily accented, pidgin Common. It assures them that they are on the right track, and they must continue following the

Meloon Wardragon

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

Nihiloor, a mind flayer in Xanathar’s employ. It knows everything Meloon knew, and Meloon behaves much as he did before his descent into Undermountain. He hangs out at the Yawning Portal, tries to

) CHA 15(+2) Saving Throws Str +9, Con +6 Skills Athletics +9, Survival +6 Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 12 Languages Common, Deep Speech, telepathy 60 ft. Challenge

Living Doll

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight

toward others. The doll takes pleasure in tormenting the guilt-ridden and despondent, hastening their descent into depression or paranoia. Because it fears its own destruction, the doll rarely causes

Perception 10 Languages Common Challenge 2 (450 XP) Proficiency Bonus +2 False Appearance. If the doll is motionless at the start of combat, it has advantage on its initiative roll. Moreover, if a

Skeletons

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules

Senses Darkvision 60 ft.; Passive Perception 9 Languages Understands Common plus one other language but can’t speak CR 1/4 (XP 50; PB +2) Actions Shortsword. Melee Attack Roll: +5, reach 5 ft. Hit

saving throws against spells and other magical effects. Actions Multiattack. The solar makes two Flying Sword attacks. It can replace one attack with a use of Slaying Bow. Flying Sword. Melee or

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