before building drawn current remove

Baba Lysaga's Creeping Hut

Monsters Curse of Strahd

attacks with its flailing and stomping roots. It can also use its roots to fling large rocks. Hut Interior. The hut is a 15-foot-square, ramshackle wooden building with a gently sloping thatch roof. Its

anything that tries to remove the gem; a creature trying to remove the gem must make a DC 20 Dexterity saving throw. On a successful save, the creature claims the stone without getting bitten. On a

Deck of Wonder

Magic Items The Book of Many Things

have only thirteen cards, but the rest have twenty-two. Before you draw a card, you must declare how many cards you intend to draw, then draw them randomly. Any additional cards drawn have no effect

the chosen number, the remaining number of cards fly from the deck and take effect simultaneously. Unless it is the Mystery card, a drawn card immediately takes effect, fades from existence, and

Giff

Species Spelljammer: Adventures in Space

divine beings who created giff have likewise been forgotten. Their titanic petrified bodies drift on the Astral Sea, isolated and unrecognizable in their current forms. Although they don’t realize

it, giff are drawn to the Astral Plane because, on a deep psychic level, they remain connected to their creator gods, who have just enough divine spark left in them to imbue giff with sparks of their

Tortle Legacy

Species The Tortle Package

gravitate toward Celestian, Fharlanghn, Pelor, Pholtus, and St. Cuthbert. Tortles are often drawn to the Gods of Good in Dragonlance and the Sovereign Host in Eberron. Among the nonhuman deities, Moradin and

watch a frog croaking on a lily pad, or to stand in a crowded human marketplace. Tortles like to learn new skills. They craft their own tools and weapons, and they are good at building structures and

Oracle of Strixhaven

Monsters Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos

: detect magic 2/day each: dispel magic, mage armor, remove curse, sending 1/day each: power word stun, scrying (as an action), wall of force Teleport. The Oracle teleports, along with any

. The current Oracle is an elderly human named Jadzi. A graduate of Quandrix College, Jadzi has since expanded her studies to encompass all disciplines of spellcasting, tempering the mathematical abstractions she wielded at Strixhaven with benevolent divination and a return to the basics of magic itself.

Eladrin Legacy

Species Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes

finishing a long rest, any eladrin can change their season. An eladrin might choose the season that is present in the world or perhaps the season that most closely matches the eladrin’s current

Everything dies eventually. Why bother building anything that is supposedly meant to last? 2 Nothing matters to you, and you allow others to guide your actions. 3 Your needs come first. In

Bugbear Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

rather than perform the work or confront the foe. Even when subsumed into a goblinoid host and drawn into war, bugbears must often be roused from naps and bribed to get them to do their duties. This

remove opposition or exile weaker or unpopular members to keep the rest of the gang strong. Fortunately for the race as a whole, even young and elderly bugbears have the ability to survive alone in the

Deck of Many More Things

Magic Items The Book of Many Things

cards you intend to draw and then draw them randomly. Unless a card allows you to draw additional cards, any cards drawn exceeding this number have no effect. As soon as you draw a card, its magic

from the deck and take effect simultaneously. Unless it is the Fool or the Jester card, a drawn card immediately takes effect, fades from existence, and reappears in the deck, making it possible to

Kenku Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

at the burned-out building, a sudden cacophony erupted around us. Birds squawked, cats hissed, and dogs growled. Lidda hustled us back to the city’s safer avenues. Only when we were back within

might sound like fun, but it can prove distracting and could slow down the game. Kenku Names Given that kenku can duplicate any sound, their names are drawn from a staggering variety of

Izzet Engineer

Backgrounds Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica

basic knowledge of the structure of buildings, including the stuff behind the walls. You can also find blueprints of a specific building in order to learn the details of its construction. Such

An Orzhov banker financed my laboratory’s current work and expects great returns. 8 I have a cousin in the Cult of Rakdos, and we get along quite well. 9 A former attendant from the

Healing

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

or a potion of healing can remove damage in an instant. When a creature receives healing of any kind, hit points regained are added to its current hit points. A creature's hit points can't exceed its

hit point maximum, so any hit points regained in excess of this number are lost. For example, a druid grants a ranger 8 hit points of healing. If the ranger has 14 current hit points and has a hit

Healing

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

such as a cure wounds spell or a potion of healing can remove damage in an instant. When a creature receives healing of any kind, hit points regained are added to its current hit points. A creature’s

hit points can’t exceed its hit point maximum, so any hit points regained in excess of this number are lost. For example, a druid grants a ranger 8 hit points of healing. If the ranger has 14 current

Building a Party

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica

Building a Party It’s possible to put together a diverse party of D&D characters drawn from a single guild. The guild descriptions in chapter 2 offer suggestions for what such a party might look like

can also help you create connections among the characters in your party. Those tables describe family relationships, current and former romantic connections, random acquaintances, past rivals, and many

5. Portrait of a Mad Mage

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage

5. Portrait of a Mad Mage This room is empty except for an enormous red velvet curtain that covers the north wall. A pull-rope on one side of the curtain allows it to be drawn back. Behind the

painting must succeed on a DC 17 Wisdom saving throw or suffer a random form of long-term madness, determined by rolling on the Long-Term Madness table in chapter 8 of the Dungeon Master’s Guide. On a failed save, a creature can be affected by the painting again, but not until its current madness ends.

Wiltroot Hall

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos

drawn lurking dangers from more remote parts of the bayou. As he grows more proficient in his ability to siphon creatures’ energy to power his magic, Murgaxor is practicing lesser forms of the magic that

will eventually culminate in his destructive ritual in chapter 6. Evidence of his magic persists in area W5. The strange energy of his magic has drawn creatures to the area around Wiltroot Hall and

Fishery

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sleeping Dragon’s Wake

repair fishing equipment. At night, Leilon’s town council gathers within the building to discuss the construction of the town and active threats in the region. The current town council has the

Daask

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

Daask Formed by monstrous immigrants from Droaam, Daask has been building its power in the Khyber’s Gate and Malleon’s Gate districts of Sharn for the last decade. It is most infamous for its

monstrous enforcers, but the organization also draws members from the destitute populace of Sharn—largely goblins and shifters, but also humans, dwarves, and any other humanoid who feels that the current

5. Small Hall

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

, and they attack creatures that enter the hall with weapons drawn. Treasure The freestanding suits of elven armor are warded with freezing runes that can be detected with a successful DC 20 Wisdom

a crude wooden stand vaguely shaped like a headless elf. A freezing rune can be remove with dispel magic (DC 15), whereupon the armor becomes nonmagical.

5. Small Hall

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

, and they attack creatures that enter the hall with weapons drawn. Treasure The freestanding suits of elven armor are warded with freezing runes that can be detected with a successful DC 20 Wisdom

crude wooden stand vaguely shaped like a headless elf. A freezing rune can be remove with dispel magic (DC 15), whereupon the armor becomes nonmagical.

Concord Jewels

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

the city to its founding civilizations. Each Jewel is a building-sized vessel capable of holding hundreds of people and tons of goods. Though the Jewels take a variety of shapes, their interiors are

if the Jewel’s people have migrated to another world on the Material Plane, the Jewel finds its way to their current home. While not in use, the Concord Jewels orbit the Radiant Citadel in an

Triboar

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder

ranches and neighboring farmsteads, most of which lie to the north or east. The current lord protector of Triboar is a good-natured Harper and ex-adventurer named Darathra Shendrel. Darathra enacts

and modifies local laws (known as “the Lord’s Decree”), which are then enforced by the Twelve — a squad of a dozen mounted warriors drawn from the militia. Triboar is a market for the horses raised by

History

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd

and again—by its own will or that of Strahd. Locals give the building a wide berth for fear of antagonizing the evil spirits believed to haunt it. The wealthy family that built the house practiced the

ranks of the cult thinned as members began to lose interest in the debacle. Then Strahd von Zarovich arrived. The cultists regarded Strahd as a messiah sent to them by the Dark Powers. Drawn to Strahd

E1. Bildrath's Mercantile

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd

E1. Bildrath’s Mercantile The sparse light from this building spills out from behind drawn heavy curtains. A sign over the door, creaking on its hinges, reads “Bildrath’s Mercantile.” The

Concord Jewels

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Radiant Citadel

the city to its founding civilizations. Each Jewel is a building-sized vessel capable of holding hundreds of people and tons of goods. Though the Jewels take a variety of shapes, their interiors are

if the Jewel’s people have migrated to another world on the Material Plane, the Jewel finds its way to their current home. While not in use, the Concord Jewels orbit the Radiant Citadel in an

33. Doomcrown's Quarters

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage

33. Doomcrown’s Quarters Monsters. If he hasn’t been drawn elsewhere, Doomcrown the hobgoblin warlord is here, attended by a flumph that speaks to him telepathically. Underdark Model. Standing

he’s building them. The answer lies with his strange companion. Until recently, this flumph surreptitiously fed on the mental energy of Arcturia’s mind flayer assistant. The illithid’s sudden death

10. Arcane Display

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage

require universal solvent to remove without destroying them. A detect magic spell reveals an aura of illusion magic around each painting, of which there are hundreds. Half of them are portraits of Halaster

. 10b. Shield Trap Flameskulls. Unless they were drawn to area 10a, seven flameskulls float here, their green flames the only sources of light in this room. Decor. More paintings like the ones in area

Goblin Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

goblin tribe has to nobility is the caste of lashers — families of goblins trained in the ways of battle, and also possessed of key skills such as strategy, trap-building, beast taming, mining

lucky if their only punishment is demotion to the pariah caste. Sometimes another creature assumes control of a goblin tribe, by killing or subjugating the current boss and cowing most of the rest of

Torrents Features

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse

, slippery stone that require successful DC 10 Strength (Athletics) checks to climb. Currents. In locations near steep waterfalls, rapid currents exist. Whenever a creature enters a strong current for

the first time on a turn or starts its turn there, it must succeed on a DC 15 Strength saving throw or be carried 10 feet in the direction of the current, as indicated by arrows on the Plunging

Dealing with Uldrak

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

Dealing with Uldrak Uldrak is a bitter creature who barely remembers his past. Long ago, he learned how to remove his curse, but the solution was so beyond him that he consigned himself to failure

success, they hypothesize that the blood must be drawn from his titan form to break the dao’s curse. Thankfully, Uldrak has a plan (see “Development” below). Treasure. The sphere set into the pommel of

The Overlook (Area L12)

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault

enough to ride as mounts—sleep and crawl on the slopes of this natural rise. Perched atop the rocky mound is a squat stone building topped with a crystal dome. Multicolored light gleams within the

that character as a mount. Domed Building. Map 5.2 provides an inset map of the security center. Spiral staircases on the north and south sides of the building climb 15 feet to a circular chamber

Giff

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Astral Adventurer’s Guide

divine beings who created giff have likewise been forgotten. Their titanic petrified bodies drift on the Astral Sea, isolated and unrecognizable in their current forms. Although they don’t realize it

, giff are drawn to the Astral Plane because, on a deep psychic level, they remain connected to their creator gods, who have just enough divine spark left in them to imbue giff with sparks of their

Selesnya Creatures

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica

order alongside its more humanlike members. Elementals Elementals rise to the guild’s defense when the Selesnya Conclave is drawn into conflict. Most of these elementals are made from the roots and

branches of trees, making them equivalent to awakened shrubs or awakened trees. Earth elementals incorporate building materials in their forms to serve as armor and weapons. Plant Creatures Many Selesnya

Triboar

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse

communities compete for the trade of the Dessarin Valley. The current lord protector is a good-natured Harper and ex-adventurer named Darathra Shendrel (female Tethyrian human knight), known for the

excellent wine she makes. Darathra enacts and modifies local laws (known as “The Lord’s Decree”), which are then enforced by “The Twelve,” a dozen mounted veterans drawn from the militia to serve in a tenday

Thundering Observatory Adventures

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

creatures from the encounter tables for two kinds of giants in chapter 3 have damaged the observatory in their struggle for control of the site, and its energy is building toward an overload. To stop

the observatory’s Death Ray to destroy her rivals in Hiatea’s Hearth (in this chapter). The current ruler of Hiatea’s Hearth has learned of the giant’s plan and implores the characters to thwart it

Other Things Characters Can Do

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

, roll on the table or choose a development you think might spur the character into action. Town in Chaos d20 Development 1–3 Building collapse 4–6 Enlarged duergar 7–9 Invisible

duergar 10–14 Malevolent townsfolk 15–16 Thieves 17–18 Trapped beast 19–20 Walking wounded Building Collapse A damaged building collapses twenty feet away from you. The

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