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Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
long to delirium. As a result, all followers of the Prince of Demons break with reality sooner or later.Demogorgon’s Lair
Demogorgon makes his lair in a palace called Abysm, found on a layer
initiative count 20 of the next round.
Illusory Duplicate. Demogorgon creates an illusory duplicate of himself, which appears in his space and lasts until initiative count 20 of the next round. On his turn
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
after 1 round. Any creature that starts its turn in the burning slime takes 22 (4d10);{"diceNotation":"4d10","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Slippery Slime","rollDamageType":"fire"} fire damage.
Sticky
as it remains in the slimy area or until it breaks free. The restrained creature, or another creature that can reach it, can use its action to try to break free and must succeed on a DC 21 Strength
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Monsters
Out of the Abyss
remains in the slimy area or until it breaks free. The restrained creature, or another creature who can reach it, can use its action to try to break free and must succeed on a DC 21 Strength check
. If the slime is set on fire, it burns away after 1 round. Any creature that starts its turn in the burning slime takes 22 (4d10);{"diceNotation":"4d10","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Burning Slime
Monsters
Curse of Strahd
, provided it has at least 1 hit point remaining. Strahd can, as a bonus action on his turn, break his link to the Heart of Sorrow so that it no longer absorbs damage dealt to him. Strahd can
incapacitated.
On initiative count 20 (losing initiative ties), Strahd can take one of the following lair action options, or forgo using any of them in that round:
Until initiative count 20 of the next round
Monsters
The Book of Many Things
entrance to a slumbering titan’s tomb for any sign the titan might awaken, and repel the forces that seek to break the tomb’s seal.
A Medusa’s Lair
A medusa’s lair is
on initiative count 20 on the following round.
Sudden Stonework. The medusa creates a wall of stone on a solid surface it can see within the lair. The wall can be up to 60 feet long, 20 feet high
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
action required). The following factors break Concentration. Another Concentration Effect. You lose Concentration on an effect the moment you start casting a spell that requires Concentration or
activate another effect that requires Concentration. Damage. If you take damage, you must succeed on a Constitution saving throw to maintain Concentration. The DC equals 10 or half the damage taken (round
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
begin to break over the ship. The port half of area 1 is 3 feet below water, while the starboard edge remains 5 feet above it. Round 14 If the rowboat began its approach on round 4, it arrives at the
Sequence of Events Following is a round-by-round summary of how events progress as the octopus brings down the ship. Round 1 The octopus begins its attack, wrapping itself around the ship and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
action required). The following factors break Concentration. Another Concentration Effect. You lose Concentration on an effect the moment you start casting a spell that requires Concentration or
activate another effect that requires Concentration. Damage. If you take damage, you must succeed on a Constitution saving throw to maintain Concentration. The DC equals 10 or half the damage taken (round
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
Confronting Galin If confronted with evidence against him, Galin accuses the adventurers (publicly if necessary) of being in league with the cult and attempting to break the resolve of Altand’s
Altand intact in exchange for information on other settlements that would become the targets of the cult’s next round of raids. Galin does not know the identity of the green wyrmspeaker, or the location
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
Confronting Galin If confronted with evidence against him, Galin accuses the adventurers (publicly if necessary) of being in league with the cult and attempting to break the resolve of Altand’s
Altand intact in exchange for information on other settlements that would become the targets of the cult’s next round of raids. Galin does not know the identity of the green wyrmspeaker, or the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Light of Xaryxis
approaches the Second Wind, an enormous jet-black behemoth glides out of the darkness and cosmic dust, its red eye glowing brightly as its jaws open wide. Long, stringy strands of saliva break off
who were surprised can’t act until the next round. A character can use an action and a pair of oars to row the jolly boat 10 feet horizontally in any direction along the gravity plane shared by
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
Dexterity check is needed to open the lock. Without the key, the DC increases to 20. If the roll misses by 5 or more, the key or thieves’ tools break off in the lock so that unlocking it becomes
raiders hear the noise and find cover; they wait for the characters to exit the tunnel, then gain a surprise round. The raiders’ group consists of two cultists and six kobolds. If any cultists are still
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
creature is stuck as long as it remains in the slimy area or until it breaks free. The restrained creature, or another creature that can reach it, can use its action to try to break free and must succeed
on a DC 21 Strength check.
If the slime is set on fire, it burns away after 1 round. Any creature that starts its turn in the burning slime takes 22 (4d10) fire damage. Juiblex slimes a square area
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes of the Borderlands
likes dessert.” (True)
Tavern Features The tavern has the following features:
Taproom. The tavern’s taproom holds a sticky bar counter, ten round tables, and forty chairs in varying states of
)Slice of Cake (crossed out)1 GP
Drunken Dragon Handout Buy the House a Round. For 20 GP, a character can buy a drink for everyone in the taproom. For the next 24 hours, that character has
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
creature is stuck as long as it remains in the slimy area or until it breaks free. The restrained creature, or another creature who can reach it, can use its action to try to break free and must succeed
on a DC 21 Strength check.
If the slime is set on fire, it burns away after 1 round. Any creature that starts its turn in the burning slime takes 22 (4d10) fire damage. Juiblex slimes a square area
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
small round door closing off each cell. The floor of one cell is covered with several inches of stinking water. The other cell holds a figure in rags slumped against the back wall.
This hut is round
brought here as prisoners are thrown into the north cell. The guards depart after locking up the characters. A character can use an action to try to break into or out of a cell, tearing through its root
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
likely to break out in trackside betting pools. In the unchained event, dinosaurs can attack other dinosaurs if their tallies are within 50 of each other at the end of a round. Each dinosaur’s pertinent
race hard, even if it’s in the group’s best interest for a particular dinosaur to win. A race runs a length of 300 feet; this is abstract, as a race actually covers a lot more ground. Every round
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
Dexterity check is needed to open the lock. Without the key, the DC increases to 20. If the roll misses by 5 or more, the key or thieves’ tools break off in the lock so that unlocking it becomes
raiders hear the noise and find cover; they wait for the characters to exit the tunnel, then gain a surprise round. The raiders’ group consists of two cultists and six kobolds. If any cultists are still
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
to the top deck and jump into the water; then, once the rowboat arrives, they try to seize it and flee. The maw demons in area 6 break free on round 2 and rush to the upper deck. They attack other
creatures indiscriminately, caring only about spreading chaos. Each one assaults the closest creature that is not a demon. The vermin aboard ship flee to the upper decks, reaching area 1 by round 3. They attack the characters on sight and fight to the death.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
roll. Use a d6 instead of a d4 in the high intensity zone. d20 Encounter 1–2 1 fire elemental 3 1d8 magmin 4 1d3 salamanders (see area W7) 5 Crust break 6 Flame gout 7 Lava rain 8 Smoke cloud 9
Sulfur cloud 10–20 None Crust Break. A random character steps on a particularly thin spot on the floor. The character must succeed at a DC 10 Dexterity saving throw or fall into a hole (seventy-five
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
battlefield, with each round of checks increasing in difficulty — DC 15, DC 17, and DC 19. Every time the group fails a check, each character must succeed on a DC 15 Constitution saving throw or take
.
Two hezrous break off from this melee to attack the characters. The other fiends continue fighting Lucille. By the time the characters deal with the hezrous attacking them, Lucille has destroyed the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
Complications During the raid, any number of complications might arise. As desired, you can roll on the Machine Fight Complications table (see the next page) at the end of each round of combat
other agent might also have sent their own operatives back to collect the missing components, the characters’ agent invites them to help break into the rival agent’s workshop to steal those components
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Light of Xaryxis
breaks off its attack on the characters’ ship but won’t aid the characters in any other way.
Battle Losses Each round on initiative count 0, the Doomspace coalition and the Xaryxian armada each lose
one ship and its crew, in addition to any ships and crews defeated by the characters. Keep track of how many ships are left in the battle at the start of each round. Here There Be Dragons Seven young
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Borderlands Quest: Goblin Trouble
The Bowl Repair Challenge The Silver Spirit of the Bowl has 4 Hit Points, and it loses 1 HP for each round that it is not in the Bowl of Plenty. The Silver Spirit cannot enter the bowl until it has
been fixed. Keeping the Spirit Alive. Characters can use healing magic to give the Spirit more Hit Points, but its maximum is 10 Hit Points, and it continues to lose 1 HP each round unless the bowl is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
pursuers, and designate the pursuer closest to the thieves as the lead. The lead pursuer might change from round to round. As the Ashen Heirs seek to escape, one controls the carpet while the other casts
through the gap, you must succeed on a DC 16 Dexterity saving throw, or you break through the stall and take 4d6 bludgeoning damage. If you are using a carpet of flying, any other character on the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
her action on any given round, but if characters succeed on making these checks on three different rounds, Tullus clutches her head and screams “No!” She then falls unconscious. Murgaxor’s Orb
. Throughout the battle, Tullus clutches the green orb. The wicked mage Murgaxor controls her through this device, but separating her from the orb doesn’t break Murgaxor’s control. When Tullus is defeated or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragons of Stormwreck Isle
action to recharge before he can use it on the characters this time. He fights to the death—he has too much riding on the success of this ritual to abandon it now. Dragon Spirits. At the end of each round
saving throws until initiative count 0 of the next round, as the brass light shimmers and sparks around them. Freeing Aidron. Aidron is bound by three heavy chains that keep him restrained. He can
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
tie is broken. When it’s a side’s turn, the members of that side can act in any order they choose. Once everyone on the side has taken a turn, the other side goes. A round ends when both sides have
initiative that introduces more uncertainty into combat, at the cost of speed of play. Under this variant, the participants in a battle roll initiative each round. Before rolling, each character or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
sphinxes break free of their divine command. However, even if a sphinx’s alignment and loyalties drift in this way, it never leaves the place it guards or grants its secrets to any except creatures it
deems worthy. Round she is, yet flat as a board
Altar of the Lupine Lords
Jewel on black velvet, pearl in the sea
Unchanged but e’erchanging, eternally.
— Riddle of the gynosphinx of White Plume Mountain
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
break cover to aid their allies against the demons. If they do, another demon sortie attacks them 1d4 rounds later. OPTION: PLAYING OUT THE BATTLE OPTION
Rather than focusing on the adventurers
of the remaining demon lords. If there aren’t enough demon lords for all the players, you can use balors or other powerful demons to round out their numbers.
The players control the demons in their
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a3
wall, and the depression in the wall briefly glows orange. After the second such occurrence, the ball will break off its attacks. A sound like that of a trumpet indicates that the game is about to
above the pit while preventing the ball from reaching the northern end of the hall. If all the characters fail to hit the ball for 1 round, the faint sound of a drum dirge will be heard. A character who
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
reinforced with crudely forged steel. The sturdy lock can be opened with a successful DC 15 Dexterity check using thieves’ tools. A successful DC 20 Strength check will break the doors down. The smell
use their Enlarge action while the third opens the valve on the copper tank and aims its nozzle at the characters. During the second round of combat on the same initiative count as the duergar, the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
break the psyche of a character who uses or becomes attuned to them.
Resisting a madness-inducing effect usually requires a Wisdom or Charisma saving throw. If your game includes the Sanity score (see
weeping. 31–40 The character becomes frightened and must use his or her action and movement each round to flee from the source of the fear. 41–50 The character begins babbling and is incapable of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
when they heard the fight break out in area 9. When characters approach within 25 feet of the ledge overlooking 10B (when they come in line with the top of the stairs to 10A), two kobolds toss glue
bombs and the other two toss fire bombs. They do the same thing on the next round. Then they wait a round or two, if possible, while the roper in area 10A drags characters into its tentacles, bites
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
the fight break out in area 9. When characters approach within 25 feet of the ledge overlooking 10B (when they come in line with the top of the stairs to 10A), two kobolds toss glue bombs and the
other two toss fire bombs. They do the same thing on the next round. Then they wait a round or two, if possible, while the roper in area 10A drags characters into its tentacles, bites them, or drops them