before bow device constant reduce

Simic Scientist

Backgrounds Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica

ability, enlarge/reduce 3rd gaseous form, water breathing, wind wall 4th freedom of movement, polymorph 5th creation When your magic causes physical

attached to. Personality Traits d8 Personality Trait 1 I can’t wait to see what I become next! 2 I am convinced that everything inclines toward constant improvement

Ancient Topaz Dragon

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

creation and growth, much as a forest fire clears dead wood, replenishes the soil, and allows the forest to regrow even healthier than before. To this end, topaz dragons use their power to reduce

plateau.A Topaz Dragon’s Lair Topaz dragons dwell where the sea meets the land, favoring sites where the constant action of the waves and tides is slowly reducing the land to gravel. They make their

Adult Topaz Dragon

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

, much as a forest fire clears dead wood, replenishes the soil, and allows the forest to regrow even healthier than before. To this end, topaz dragons use their power to reduce crumbling structures and

Lair Topaz dragons dwell where the sea meets the land, favoring sites where the constant action of the waves and tides is slowly reducing the land to gravel. They make their lairs in caves set into sea

L2. Goblin Market

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

he’s having a constant but mild crisis of conscience. If the characters ask Chucklehead whom he’s muttering to, he says that a maggot crawled into his head and is slowly eating it from the inside out

head swells to twice its normal size. 5 You shrink, as though affected by the reduce effect of an enlarge/reduce spell. 6 Fireflies are drawn to you and form a persistent cloud around you, shedding

Adult Emerald Dragon

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

creature makes an attack roll or an ability check, it must roll a d6;{"diceNotation":"1d6", "rollType":"roll", "rollAction":"Disorienting Breath"} and reduce the total by the number rolled. On a

a constant battle against deep gnome miners, who scour the tunnels of the dragon’s lair in search of emeralds. 2 An adult silver dragon tries to befriend and draw out a reclusive adult

A Topaz Dragon's Lair

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

A Topaz Dragon’s Lair Topaz dragons dwell where the sea meets the land, favoring sites where the constant action of the waves and tides is slowly reducing the land to gravel. They make their lairs in

first succeed on a DC 15 Constitution saving throw or be unable to reduce its levels of exhaustion or regain spent Hit Dice. Creatures resistant or immune to necrotic damage are immune to this

Nautiloids

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

sail between the stars? Next ye will spin tales of a talking hippopotamus that walks on two legs and carries a bow. I asked ye to research facts about other worlds, not spend a week in an opium den

, can reduce an enemy settlement to ruins in a single night. Most colonies that possess a nautiloid save it for use as an emergency escape vehicle. If pressed by attackers, the surviving illithids and

The Sea

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)

A shipwreck is a plot device that can be used sparingly to great effect, particularly if you want the characters to be washed ashore on some monster-infested island or (in the case of an airship

. From a crow’s nest, a lookout can spot another ship or a coastline up to 10 miles away, assuming clear skies. Overcast skies reduce that distance by half. Rain and fog reduce visibility just as they

Genies

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

objects of their desire. This constant indulgence has made them decadent, while their supreme power over reality makes them haughty and arrogant. Their vast palaces overflow with wonders and sensory

believing they are as powerful as the gods. Some go so far as to demand that mortals of other realms — even whole continents or worlds — bow down before them. VARIANT: GENIE POWERS Genies have a variety

Nobility

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

” — a heraldic device often borne on a shield, worn as a cloak pin, or affixed to a helmet. Others throughout the city, even foreign dignitaries, are permitted to retain only up to sixteen armed

. Above all, be polite. Always address a known noble as “Lord” or “Lady.” A short bow or a nod of the head to acknowledge a noble upon each meeting and parting is customary. Obsequiousness and servility

Woods Encounters

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

is complete or interrupted. If disturbed, they fight. Adjusting the Difficulty. To make this encounter easier, reduce the number of Cultists. Conversely, you can make this encounter more challenging

to spar with the pugnacious fey, the bout proceeds as a nonlethal combat encounter. The sprites bow gracefully, then ready their weapons. Roll Initiative. The sprites fight valiantly but with

Spellcasting

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War

create the specialized items you’ll use to produce your effects. If you replace cure wounds with heat metal, you might be altering the device you use to heal — perhaps modifying a tool so that it

drink sanctuary snare * 2nd Level aid alter self arcane lock blur continual flame darkvision enhance ability enlarge/reduce heat metal invisibility lesser restoration

Spellcasting

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

specialized items you’ll use to produce your effects. If you replace cure wounds with heat metal, you might be altering the device you use to heal—perhaps modifying a tool so that it channels heat instead

snare * 2nd Level aid alter self arcane lock blur continual flame darkvision enhance ability enlarge/reduce heat metal invisibility lesser restoration levitate magic mouth

Hank

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Uni and the Hunt for the Lost Horn

to it, you can reduce its Speed by 10 feet until the start of your next turn. If the creature is hit more than once by weapons that have this property, the Speed reduction doesn’t exceed 10 feet. Vex

: Ability Score Improvement You gain the Ability Score Improvement feat or another feat of your choice for which you qualify. (This is included above.) Equipment Energy Bow Weapon (Longbow or Shortbow

Nautiloid Down

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

. They also can’t trust the moronic squidlings to accomplish such a delicate task. For these reasons, the gnome ceremorphs need help. They have built a device that can detect the presence of psi

the ship came down, it dug a furrow through the snowy valley before skidding to a stop. Its construction is partly organic, and the tentacles protruding from the ship’s bow are coated in mucus that

Duergar

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

ends in a pincer claw, the other a large hammer instead of a hand. The machine transforms the captive duergar’s pain into energy that powers the device, which is typically used to dig tunnels and repel

magically turns invisible until it attacks, it casts a spell, it uses its Reduce, or its concentration is broken (as if concentrating on a spell). Any equipment the duergar wears or carries is

Mr. Dory's Warehouse

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

. By night, the only denizens of the warehouse are three manticores and their red slaad handler. The manticores fly between levels on constant patrol, and the slaad spends its time lounging in the loft

chains, all of which creak and groan ominously as the ship shifts in the wind. The only apparent access to the vessel’s interior is near the bow on the port side. A grate in the hull there belches

Topolah's Tower

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Light of Xaryxis

the Second Wind. Characters can use the six oars aboard the jolly boat to propel it to the docks while Krux stands proudly in the bow, pointing to the dock as if the destination were not obvious

them how to operate the rope-and-pulley device to get from one floor to the next. The boxed text describing each floor of the tower includes information that Topolah gives during her tour. First Floor

Landgrave's Folly

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

scarred by ulcers and sores; the energy channeled into it sometimes erupts spontaneously and rots away its flesh. The kraken understands from Sgothgah’s constant whispering that it has a great

marks that writhe around the pit are a unique magical channeling device concocted by Sgothgah. The two aboleths from the Endless Nadir didn’t recognize it or understand its purpose, which led to their

Court of Air

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

extradimensional magic created by worshipers of Gond (god of craft). An intricate clockwork device is suspended in a two-foot-diameter, faintly glowing crystal orb embedded in the ceiling over the bar. The Avowed

call this device a geometric amplifier. It is the source of the magic required to maintain the integrity of the enlarged space. The bar seats up to twenty customers, and patrons can also be seated

Possible Visions

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss

stare down at the red-hot metal on their anvils. The constant rhythm of their hammering falters. Suddenly, brother turns against brother as minds turn inward upon themselves. Sparks fly and a city

weapon capable of reshaping the Underdark itself. This vision provides a brief glimpse of the Maze Engine, an arcane device located in the heart of the Labyrinth (see chapter 14). Spawn of Yeenoghu

Designing Simple Traps

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything

trap can break it and free the captive. Examples include a bear trap, a cage that drops from a ceiling, and a device that flings a net. Slay. Some traps are designed to eliminate intruders, plain and

for healing. A deadly trap might reduce a creature to 0 hit points in one shot, and leaves most creatures hit by it in need of a short or long rest. Consult the following tables when determining a

Camp Vengeance

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

from the pestilential Aldani Basin lying only a few miles to the south. The knights stationed here are disease-ridden and exhausted from their constant battles against giant jungle carnivores by day

in these lower watchtower billets. Theoretically, each watchtower is staffed by two guards day and night, but personnel shortages sometimes reduce that to one guard or force the knights to take turns

Random Encounters in Yon

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

untie each bow. Another way to free Feenia is to reduce the kite to 0 hit points with a single attack or effect before it can react (see “The Kite Reacts” below). The Kite Falls. A character who

thing. Yanking the string from Feenia’s grasp releases the goblin child from the pact but also ages her 10 years for every bow that is attached to the kite. The most she can age is 50 years—enough to

Daoine Gloine

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish

bolted to the wall across from some sort of large glass device hints at the horrid rites that must once have taken place here. The wall murals can be deciphered with a successful DC 12 Wisdom

medusa’s shackles were once set here, but were removed and used in the clockwork kraken’s engine at area O5.) Monitor. The window-like device hangs against the wall where the medusa’s shackles were once

The Fissure

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

, even with constant scrubbing. Additionally, any savvy thief operating in the civilized settlements of the Sword Coast recognizes that a character covered in this dye fell victim to a trap. Those thieves

device resembling an orrery housing. The device is battered and falling apart, revealing exposed gears and spokes, and with its exterior pieces and plating scattered across the floor. Splayed on the

Elven Tomb Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

Dial Rising from the center of the circular depression is a tall, triangular, crystal gnomon—a device one typically finds in the middle of a sundial. It is thick near the base and narrows to a sharp

. The sarcophagus also contains the following items: An unstrung bow Six silvered arrowheads A wooden cup with a winged fish etched into the side E9. Second Tomb of the Half-Moon The stone door to this

Spaceship Locations, Level 2

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase

here. They are hostile toward all entrants. S34: Viewers An oblong device is mounted to a flexible tube near this scenic overlook. It features two eyeholes fitted with lenses, a forehead rest, and a pair

five times their size. Removing a viewer from the walkway destroys the device. A character who aims a viewer at the lake (area S59) and succeeds on a DC 18 Wisdom (Perception) check glimpses the

Command Level

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

winch. A floor-to-ceiling iron cage in the middle of the room contains an elevator shaft with chains running up and down away from it. The chains are in constant motion, and you hear loud mechanical

, poison spray (see “Actions” below) 3/day each: detect magic, enlarge/reduce (self only), faerie fire, invisibility (self only), polymorph, stoneskin (self only) Sunlight Sensitivity. While in sunlight

7. The Sepulcher of Tloques-Popolocas

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a3

wall and then uses it for each of his two attacks per round. He is a blood-drinker and attempts to subdue opponents, if not vastly outnumbered, so as to assure himself a constant supply of blood. To

drink blood, Tloques must first drain it into a receptacle and then drink it, which can reduce the target’s hit point maximum as a normal vampire spawn bite does. Tloques will not pursue fleeing grave

Example Complex Traps

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything

saving throw DC by 1. Constant Elements. The Whirling Blades and the Rune of Fear affect each creature that ends its turn in an area affected by these elements. Whirling Blades. Any creature that ends its

, damage their components, or discern how to avoid them. The blades are disabled if their attack bonus is reduced to −8. Ways to reduce it are described below. Intelligence (Investigation), DC 15. As

Outer City Gazetteer

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus

the street. The device is a mobile piece of art crafted at Whitkeep Hostel and titled “The Patriars.” 10 A group of obviously drunk Flaming Fist officers stumble away from a Wyrm’s Crossing bar

Tumbledown — from threats. With so much death concentrated in one spot, undead are a constant problem. Skeletons and revenants regularly claw spontaneously out of their graves, while ghouls and ghasts burrow

Outer City Gazetteer

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer

are coming.” 9 Several cackling, half-dressed gnomes are covered in body paint and drive a wheeled contraption down the street. The device is a mobile piece of art crafted at Whitkeep Hostel and

and laborers, the Gravemakers guard the dead — and Tumbledown — from threats. With so much death concentrated in one spot, undead are a constant problem. Skeletons and revenants regularly claw

Appendix: Roleplaying Cards

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Domains of Delight: A Feywild Accessory

moral clarity guide her every action. Despite being held prisoner for treason, she claims that her honor remains intact. Even if it means losing her title, she refuses to bow to King Gullop XIX or

stubborn and slippery as a toad. I won’t and I shan’t, but I will if I can’t!” Vansel the Satyr CHAPTER 2: HITHER The satyr Vansel is a vagabond who travels the Feywild in a constant state of

Appendix D: Roleplaying Cards

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

and moral clarity guide her every action. Despite being held prisoner for treason, she claims that her honor remains intact. Even if it means losing her title, she refuses to bow to King Gullop XIX or

stubborn and slippery as a toad. I won’t and I shan’t, but I will if I can’t!” Vansel the Satyr CHAPTER 2: HITHER The satyr Vansel is a vagabond who travels the Feywild in a constant state of

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