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Monsters
Eberron: Rising from the Last War
modifier.Multiattack. The dolgaunt makes two tentacle attacks and two unarmed strikes. Up to two tentacle attacks can be replaced by Vitality Drain.
Tentacle. Melee Weapon Attack: +6;{"diceNotation":"1d20+6
. Writhing cilia cover their bodies, with longer tendrils around their heads and two wiry tentacles protruding from their bare shoulders. A dolgaunt is blind but can perceive its surroundings through the
Monsters
Tales from the Yawning Portal
Multiattack. The lizard makes two attacks: one with its bite and one with its tail. One attack can be replaced by Swallow.
Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +7;{"diceNotation":"1d20+7","rollType":"to hit
":"piercing"} piercing damage, the target is swallowed, and the grapple ends. The swallowed target is blinded and restrained, it has total cover against attacks and other effects outside the lizard, and it
Monsters
Locathah Rising
Hearth of Moonlight and Shadow. At the start of a short or long rest, Amble can touch a point in space, and an invisible, 30-foot-radius sphere of magic appears, centered on that point. Total cover
their new form. Amble reverts to their true form if they die or fall unconscious. Amble can revert to their true form using a bonus action on their turn.
Amble's game statistics are replaced by the
Monsters
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
trapped in the crystal, which is immovable. If the saving throw succeeds, the crystal shatters and nothing else happens. A creature trapped in the crystal is stunned, has total cover against attacks and
thin cloak of mist forms around her. Blades of ice grow out of her body at odd angles, breaking off before they get too long. When she moves, her body crackles.
In this form, Auril creates weapons of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Prisoner 13
is over. The players can make up whatever names they like for their cover. Those are the names of the guards or cooks they’ve replaced.
Trek to the Prison Varrin has sent word to his agents, and Bethra (chaotic good, dwarf spy) meets the characters when they arrive in Luskan. She provides the uniforms for their chosen cover and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
is over. The players can make up whatever names they like for their cover. Those are the names of the guards or cooks they’ve replaced.
Trek to the Prison Varrin has sent word to his agents, and Bethra (chaotic good, dwarf spy) meets the characters when they arrive in Luskan. She provides the uniforms for their chosen cover and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice & Errata
Hoard of the Dragon Queen (p. 231) The heading is now “Tyranny of Dragons,” and the first three paragraphs of this section have been replaced with the following text: Tyranny of Dragons deals with
Tyranny of Dragons story and the events that precipitate Storm King’s Thunder happen concurrently, with Annam the All-Father breaking the ordning to stir the giants before Tiamat is brought into the world
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver
light sources or darkvision. Stalagmites. Found in many of the natural caverns, these spires of rock rise up from the floor and can be used for cover (see “Cover” in the Basic Rules). BOOMING WAVES
underground hot spring. That spring boils over continuously to produce a surge that slams into a narrow funnel, making a sound like breaking surf. Describe this sound to players on occasion. It will pique their curiosity and lure them toward its source, drawing them deeper into the mine as a consequence.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
mercenaries were hired by enemies of Yeonido seeking to undo the city from within. 3 Cunning spies are breaking into the homes of magistrates across the city, looking for proof that the Pearl of Mireu is
claims. 5 All except one member of a local clan are replaced by doppelgangers. Those who live near the clan have noticed them acting differently, but no one wishes to speak ill of them. 6 The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
of the natural caverns, these rock spires can provide cover. Booming Waves
The rhythmic thunder of pounding waves echoes throughout the mine—loud enough to make the stone underfoot vibrate. The waves
spring boils over continuously, producing a surge that slams into a narrow funnel and sounds like breaking surf. Describe this sound to players on occasion; it should pique their curiosity and lure them toward its source—and consequently draw them deeper into the mine.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
transforms in a flash of light, gaining the physical form of its new rank. The promoted modron is replaced by one of its underlings in the same manner, all the way to the lowest levels of the hierarchy
defective, either through natural decay or exposure to chaotic forces. Rogue modrons don’t act in accordance with Primus’s wishes and directives, breaking laws, disobeying orders, and even engaging in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal
Perception 10
Languages —
Challenge 4 (1,100 XP)
Actions
Multiattack. The lizard makes two attacks: one with its bite and one with its tail. One attack can be replaced by Swallow.
Bite
damage, the target is swallowed, and the grapple ends. The swallowed target is blinded and restrained, it has total cover against attacks and other effects outside the lizard, and it takes 10 (3d6) acid
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Dolgaunt Dolgaunts are emaciated hobgoblins with disease-hued flesh. Their eye sockets gape open and empty above a mouth with a wormlike tongue. Writhing cilia cover their bodies, with longer
tendrils around their heads and two wiry tentacles protruding from their bare shoulders. A dolgaunt is blind but can perceive its surroundings through the sensitive cilia that cover its skin. It can also
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Forge of the Artificer
station takes 14 days of work. Replacing an existing crew station with a different one halves the cost of the new crew station. An airship’s Helm can’t be removed or replaced. At the DM’s discretion
, releasing blasts of elemental energy that propel the airship forward. It can accommodate up to one Medium creature. A creature occupying this station has Three-Quarters Cover against attacks and other
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
Rangers, whose cover is that they have nothing to do with rangers or the undead
6 The Loyalists, ironically known for breaking contracts at an alarming rate
7 The Robust Vultures, who
white feet, once the pet of a rich merchant’s spoiled child. She almost blew your cover. Now she knows when to keep quiet, and she’s great at catching mice.
6 A small statue of a ballerina, broken
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
the victims’ knowledge and control of their bodies, intellect devourers use their perfect disguises to pass as the people they’ve replaced and further mind flayer plots. Intellect Devourer Tiny
intellect devourer has Total Cover against attacks and other effects originating outside its host. The intellect devourer retains its Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma scores; its understanding of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Locathah Rising
in space, and an invisible, 30-foot-radius sphere of magic appears, centered on that point. Total cover blocks the sphere.
While within the sphere, Amble and their allies gain a +5 bonus to
form using a bonus action on their turn.
Amble’s game statistics are replaced by the statistics of the beast, but they retain their alignment, personality, and Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
rules cover what happens on a natural 20 (it’s a Critical Hit) or a natural 1 (it always misses). Resist the temptation to add additional negative consequences to a natural 1 on an attack roll: the
automatic failure is bad enough. And characters typically make so many attack rolls that they’re bound to roll dozens of natural 1s over time. What might seem like an interesting consequence, like breaking the weapon used for the attack, will quickly get tiresome.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
alive, Durth Sunblight, a duergar mind master (see appendix C), leads three duergar named Klaska, Ossyl, and Zublorr to the Town Hall under the cover of night, making their way inside through the north
. After killing the guards with their war picks, the duergar finish breaking apart the figurehead. Each duergar carries one sack that can hold up to five 20-pound fragments of chardalyn. After filling their
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes of the Borderlands
damage.
Provides Half Cover. A creature behind the barricade has Half Cover.
Breaking the Barricade. The barricade has AC 15, HP 4, and Immunity to Poison and Psychic damage. If reduced to 0 Hit
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
. Otherwise, the hireling is arrested and taken away. If this loss leaves one of your facilities without any hirelings, that facility can’t be used on your next Bastion turn. The hireling is then replaced at
celebration, fund the research of a powerful spellcaster, or appease a domineering noble. Work with the DM to determine the details. If you seize the opportunity, you must pay 500 GP to cover costs. In
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
merchants in town, but he now faces an intractable problem. Gellan made his fortune through smuggling, his textile and lumber exports serving as a cover for his illegal activities. When Saltmarsh was
it means breaking the law. Gellan secretly believes that even if he is caught, he can spend his way back into the town’s good graces by throwing the biggest, most extravagant festival Saltmarsh has
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
settles and buries creatures in it. A creature buried in this way is blinded and restrained and has total cover. The creature gains one level of exhaustion for every 5 minutes it spends buried in the snow
. It can try to dig itself free as an action, breaking the surface and ending the blinded and restrained conditions on itself with a successful DC 15 Strength (Athletics) check. A creature that fails
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
turns angry as it emits rays of searing light. Each creature within 30 feet of the sun that doesn’t have total cover against it must succeed on a DC 14 Dexterity saving throw or be struck by a ray
immediately replaced with its nonmagical twin from area 52, or if Napaka’s remains are removed from their resting place, the queen’s corpse opens its mouth in a wide yawn and exhales a baleful black gas
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
restrained, and it has total cover against attacks and effects originating outside the pod. The enveloped target must also immediately succeed on a DC 16 Constitution saving throw or be stunned by the plant’s
nuances of interactions between sapient beings. These duplicates make excuses about their odd behavior, but those familiar with an individual replaced by a podling can often tell something’s amiss
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
walls, not targeting anyone or anything specifically but looking to cause widespread panic. As townsfolk take cover, Drufi and her two giant bodyguards try to break down the southwest gate and fight their
can either confront the giants and the winter wolves that are breaking through the southwest gate or deal with the rock-hurling giants as they see fit. Once the characters choose their enemies, assume
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a4
opens into a corridor that passes under the higher tiers of the room. Breaking Glass. If any of the glass walls are broken, a weak wall of force will activate immediately in front of the door on the
tiers and cover the floor of the middle tier to a depth of about 2 feet. The water will slowly drain out of four small drains in the corners of the bottom tier, but it will take a good three hours to do
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
weighing 50 pounds or more steps on a pit’s cover, it swings open like a trapdoor, causing the creature to spill into the pit below and take 2d6 bludgeoning damage from the fall. The lid is spring-loaded
under the scrutiny of a detect magic spell. Treasure. Each barrel contains 40 gallons of dwarven ale that has been magically preserved for centuries. Removing a barrel’s lid or breaking the barrel
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
. Dusty sheets cover most of the room’s furnishings. Cobwebs stretch between the antlers, wolf heads, and other hunting trophies mounted on the walls above the wainscoting. A pale rectangle above the
for different reasons (see area C12 for details). A hag stole Heluthe’s corpse a few years ago and replaced it with a scarecrow and two crawling claws that try to murder anyone who releases them. If
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
19. Steering Tower Blagothkus has secured the door to this tower with an arcane lock. It can be opened normally by a giant or by a knock spell. For everyone else, breaking it down is largely
the characters and various NPCs. Crashed by Blagothkus. If the cloud giant is slain, his wife’s spirit in the steering chamber is replaced by his spirit. Enraged, he avenges his death by moving the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
19. Steering Tower Blagothkus has secured the door to this tower with an arcane lock. It can be opened normally by a giant or by a knock spell. For everyone else, breaking it down is largely
characters and various NPCs. Crashed by Blagothkus. If the cloud giant is slain, his wife’s spirit in the steering chamber is replaced by his spirit. Enraged, he avenges his death by moving the castle
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice & Errata
Shields, cover, and other modifiers to AC? The target of Barkskin has an Armor Class of 17 if its AC is lower than that. This means the target effectively ignore any modifiers to its AC—including any armor
, a Shield, or cover—unless its AC is higher than 17. For example, if you’re the target of a Barkskin spell and your AC is normally 14, your AC is 17 while under the effects of the spell; however, if
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
the first and second floors provide three-quarters cover to those standing behind them. The rooftop battlements provide variable cover, depending on the angle of attack. Iron ladders and trapdoors
connect each level of a tower, and the trapdoor in the roof can be bolted shut from below. Breaking through a bolted trapdoor requires a successful DC 27 Strength (Athletics) check. Each tower contains
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
cloud of inky poison colors the water around it. Galleons and warships vanish when its tentacles uncoil from the deep, the kraken breaking their masts like kindling before drawing down ships and crew
the grapple ends. While swallowed, the creature is blinded and restrained, it has total cover against attacks and other effects outside the kraken, and it takes 42 (12d6) acid damage at the start of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
restrained and unable to speak, and it has total cover. When Guh drops to 0 hit points, Snerk is no longer restrained and tumbles into an unoccupied space next to her, gasping for air. He isn’t one of the
15 that deals 7 or more damage. Not only does this send Guh tumbling to the floor, but on her next turn she tries to stand up and instead rolls into the nearest pit, breaking through the wooden