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Curse of Strahd
);{"diceNotation":"1d6+6","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Grasping Root","rollDamageType":"bludgeoning"} bludgeoning damage at the start of each of its turns. The root has AC 15 and can be severed by dealing 6
a tree blight is a particularly enormous variety. It looks like a dead tree or treant, 30 feet tall, with spongy wooden flesh, thorny branches, and rubbery roots that trail behind it. It has blood
Vampire Spawn
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Monsters
Basic Rules (2014)
., one creature. Hit: 8 (2d4 + 3);{"diceNotation":"2d4+3","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Claws","rollDamageType":"slashing"} slashing damage. Instead of dealing damage, the vampire can grapple the
increase in the populations of bats, rats, and wolves in the region.
Plants within 500 feet of the lair wither, and their stems and branches become twisted and thorny.
Shadows cast within 500 feet
Monsters
Quests from the Infinite Staircase
; 3–4, purple blossom; or 5–6, snapper saw. This form determines certain traits in this stat block.
False Appearance. If the horrid plant is motionless at the start of combat, it has
these tendrils to drain the moisture and life force from their prey.
Purple Blossom
The purple blossom is a treelike plant with cup-shaped purple flowers. Tubules within the plant’s branches
Vampire Warrior
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Monsters
Monster Manual (2014)
: 8 (1d8 + 4);{"diceNotation":"1d8+4","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Unarmed Strike","rollDamageType":"bludgeoning"} bludgeoning damage. Instead of dealing damage, the vampire can grapple the
of the following effects:
There's a noticeable increase in the populations of bats, rats, and wolves in the region.
Plants within 500 feet of the lair wither, and their stems and branches become
Vampire
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Monsters
Basic Rules (2014)
damage. Instead of dealing damage, the vampire can grapple the target (escape DC 18).
Bite. (Bat or Vampire Form Only). Melee Weapon Attack: +9;{"diceNotation":"1d20+9","rollType":"to hit","rollAction
noticeable increase in the populations of bats, rats, and wolves in the region.
Plants within 500 feet of the lair wither, and their stems and branches become twisted and thorny.
Shadows cast within 500 feet
Vampire Spellcaster
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Monsters
Monster Manual (2014)
);{"diceNotation":"1d8+4","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Unarmed Strike","rollDamageType":"bludgeoning"} bludgeoning damage. Instead of dealing damage, the vampire can grapple the target (escape DC 18
effects:
There's a noticeable increase in the populations of bats, rats, and wolves in the region.
Plants within 500 feet of the lair wither, and their stems and branches become twisted and thorny
Monsters
Monstrous Compendium Vol. 1: Spelljammer Creatures
surfaces substituting for the mirror needed to cast certain divination spells. While being used in this way, the fractine siphons magical energy from the spellcaster—not enough to cause harm
of itself behind. The destruction of a fractine is accompanied by a loud sound reminiscent of shattering glass.
A fractine attacks by falling on its targets, dealing damage as it passes through them
Monsters
Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
":"1d8+4","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Unarmed Strike","rollDamageType":"bludgeoning"} bludgeoning damage. Instead of dealing damage, Zorak can grapple the target (escape DC 18).
Bite. (Bat or Vampire
stems and branches become twisted and thorny.
Shadows cast within 500 feet of the lair seem abnormally gaunt and sometimes move as though alive.
A creeping fog clings to the ground within 500 feet of the
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
collecting knowledge and magic dealing with the nature of the planes of existence, cosmic forces, and distant worlds. They prize treasures drawn from different worlds of the Material Plane, especially
an end to the restriction.
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An amethyst dragon recruits a group of adventurers to psychically trade bodies with adventurers from another world, so that each can carry out certain tasks before
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
allies can be found in the strangest places.
Hoarded Arcana
In addition to material wealth, amethyst dragons delight in collecting knowledge and magic dealing with the nature of the planes of
adventurers to psychically trade bodies with adventurers from another world, so that each can carry out certain tasks before swapping back.
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A cult devoted to a Great Old One of the Far Realm
Backgrounds
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
-minted 1-zino coins)
Feature: Legal Authority
You have the authority to enforce the laws of Ravnica, and that status inspires a certain amount of respect and even fear in the populace. People mind
(though it might cause more problems than it solves when you’re dealing with incorrigible lawbreakers). If you abuse this privilege, though, you can get in serious trouble with your superiors and
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
magic dealing with the nature of the planes of existence, cosmic forces, and distant worlds. They prize treasures drawn from different worlds of the Material Plane, especially magic items and artworks
restriction.
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An amethyst dragon recruits a group of adventurers to psychically trade bodies with adventurers from another world, so that each can carry out certain tasks before swapping back.
5
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
. The chapter opens with optional rules meant to help you run certain parts of the game more smoothly. The chapter then goes into greater depth on several topics — encounter building, random encounters
, traps, magic items, and downtime — which largely relate to how you create and stage your adventures. The material in this chapter is meant to make your life easier. Ignore anything you find here that
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
in collecting knowledge and magic dealing with the nature of the planes of existence, cosmic forces, and distant worlds. They prize treasures drawn from different worlds of the Material Plane
negotiate an end to the restriction.
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An amethyst dragon recruits a group of adventurers to psychically trade bodies with adventurers from another world, so that each can carry out certain tasks
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
, with spongy wooden flesh, thorny branches, and rubbery roots that trail behind it. It has blood for sap and is so saturated with blood that it doesn’t catch fire easily. Vicious Carnivore. A tree
blight feeds on warm-blooded prey and takes perverse delight in causing carnage. It strikes with its heavy branches and crushes prey to death with its roots. It can open its gaping, tooth-filled mouth
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
to incinerate people and structures alike. It then soars out of missile range until its breath weapon recharges. After dealing as much damage as it can from the air, the dragon lands and begins
searching through the smoldering ruins to eliminate any survivors. Whenever the characters engage the dragon, they buy time for Ten-Towners to flee. Reduce a town’s losses as you see fit to account for the characters’ interference. Heroes are all that stand between Ten-Towns and certain destruction
Yuan-ti Pureblood
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Species
Volo's Guide to Monsters
get into places their normal forms couldn’t enter.
Their immunity to poison gives all yuan-ti a tactical advantage in dealing with other creatures. A pureblood serving as a food taster for a
royal family could poison a meal and declare it “safe” after taking a bite.
There are legends of certain yuan-ti infiltrating human cities and forming deadly covert societies that sell
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
Emerald Enclave The Emerald Enclave is a far-ranging group that opposes threats to the natural world and helps others survive in the wilderness. Branches of the organization are scattered throughout
Faerûn and often operate in isolation from the others. This existence teaches the Enclave’s members a fierce self-reliance and mastery of certain fighting and survival skills. A ranger of the Enclave
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
influence is strongest in certain rooms. When a room’s description calls for it, or whenever a creature casts a spell in Delphi Mansion, roll on the Eldritch Surges table to see how Krokulmar’s influence
spell on its turn, the shadow makes a melee spell attack (+4 to hit) against a random creature within 5 feet of it, dealing 5 (2d4) necrotic damage on a hit.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
representative of the temple. It can be expended to ask the temple for help in dealing with a specific problem, for general political or social support, or to reduce the cost of cleric spellcasting by 50
determines its nature. Favors earned need not be expended immediately, but only a certain number can be stored up. A character can have a maximum number of unused favors equal to 1 + the character’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice Compendium
running. There are times, though, when the design intent of a rule isn’t clear or when one rule seems to contradict another. Dealing with those situations is where Sage Advice comes in. This column
but not with another. When I write about the RAI interpretation of a rule, I’ll be pulling back the curtain and letting you know what the D&D team meant when we wrote a certain rule. RAF. Regardless of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
, knotted branches. One end of a clothesline is tied to a high branch on the northwest side of the tree. Several old garments hang from the clothesline, the other end of which disappears into the fog
severed by dealing 6 or more slashing damage to it on one attack. Cutting the root doesn’t hurt the blight but ends the grapple.
Bonus Actions
Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +9 to hit, reach 5 ft., one creature grappled by the blight. Hit: 19 (3d8 + 6) piercing damage.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
as you’re planning adventures. If your adventure relies on certain events, plan for multiple ways they might come about, or be prepared for clever players to prevent those events from happening as
. See “Respect for the DM” in chapter 1 and “Draw In the Players” later in this chapter for advice about dealing with this situation.
One way to give players impactful choices is to keep multiple
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica
Inside the Senate The Azorius Senate is supported by three branches, called columns, each led by an arbiter (also called a capital). The capitals of the three columns form the Triumvirate, which
guild’s elaborate system of laws is structured to prevent wrongdoing first and foremost, even at the expense of certain liberties. The Azorius can act as a benevolent proactive force that keeps evildoers
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
have advantage on this check. The boggles avoid combat, surrendering if they face certain harm. If Squirt is with the party, it encourages the characters to acquire as much slippery boggle oil as
(area L16). To take that route, a character must climb out of the storeroom window, clamber across branches that grow out of the upright trees and pass above area L13, and then hop onto the windowsill
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
cup-shaped purple flowers. Tubules within the plant’s branches connect the flowers to reserves of acidic sap in the plant’s trunk. Purple blossoms squirt this sap at prey through the flowers’ pistils
determines certain traits in this stat block.
False Appearance. If the horrid plant is motionless at the start of combat, it has advantage on its initiative roll. Moreover, if a creature hasn’t
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
Mind Flayer Magic Items Some mind flayer colonies have developed the ability to create or modify certain kinds of gear, imbuing them with psionic energy. Mind flayers craft magic items that only they
flesh, dealing an extra 2d4 psychic damage to any target it hits. Any creature that takes psychic damage from the mind lash must also succeed on a DC 15 Wisdom saving throw or have disadvantage on
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
joins their party, so long as the cleric focuses on healing! Similarly, you can give an ally abilities that bolster or otherwise support the characters without dealing damage on their own, such as
tag along for only a session or two, or limit the encounters they appear in. Maybe the ally helps the characters in only a certain region or part of town and then leaves to attend to other duties
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Flee, Mortals! Rule Primer
. Overkill Range Minions must be within a certain range to qualify for an overkill attack, determined by whether the attack is a melee or ranged attack. In addition to the examples below, the “Overkill
of goblin minions (each with 6 hit points). She hits a goblin minion with her longsword and uses Divine Smite, dealing 8 slashing damage and 11 radiant damage to the target for a total of 19 damage
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Keeping Combat Moving Sometimes even the best-planned combat encounter can turn into a slog, where no one’s moving and neither side is hitting or dealing much damage to the other. When that happens
chase the character. Move the monsters somewhere else. Hasten a Monster’s Demise If a combat has gone on long enough and the characters’ victory is almost certain, you can simply have the monster drop
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a3
) or thunderwave (an area of thunder damage) has a 25 percent chance to cause a ceiling collapse within the spell’s area, dealing 16 (3d10) bludgeoning damage to creatures in the area. This collapse
potion of poison; otherwise, the powder has no effect. Pressure Plates. Several areas have traps that are triggered by the operation of a pressure plate, which depresses when a certain amount of weight
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice & Errata
, though, when the design intent of a rule isn’t clear or when one rule seems to contradict another. Dealing with those situations is where Sage Advice comes in. It doesn’t replace a DM’s adjudication
, “rules as fun.” We expect DMs to depart from the rules when running a campaign or when seeking the greatest happiness for a certain group of players. We recommend a mix of RAW, RAI, and RAF!
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
markings can be assigned additional meanings. Choose from a Hand. Many card games rely on dealing hands of cards. You can use hands to represent a limited set of options in a situation, such as possible
. You can ensure certain outcomes by stacking the deck with cards placed in a specific order. If you have duplicates of your cards, you can use multiple copies to make a given card more likely to be
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
services (see “Changing Svirfneblin Attitudes” earlier in this chapter), as certain svirfneblin ask for their help. If the characters leave the svirfneblin without providing them assistance in dealing with
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
meet by tanning leather in the Trades Ward. After Emmek’s parents died, his sisters took over the business and bought him out. He never liked the work anyway, and he particularly hated dealing with the
certain kinds of expenses and foolish with his coin in other ways. He tends to spend a lot on big, showy items and cut corners on the little amenities. Because he doesn’t have much coin to throw