before building during cause release

Grasping Vine

Spells Player’s Handbook

save DC). The vine can grapple only one creature at a time, and you can cause the vine to release a Grappled creature (no action required). As a Bonus Action on your later turns, you can repeat the

Speak with Plants Legacy

Spells Basic Rules (2014)

ability to influence it. This spell can cause the plants created by the entangle spell to release a restrained creature.

Fractine

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

. Bludgeoning, piercing, slashing, and thunder damage can cause a fractine to break into two smaller fractines, each one autonomous and capable of imprisoning creatures. When a fractine dies, it folds in on

College of Glamour Legacy

Classes Xanathar's Guide to Everything

are so eloquent that a speech or song that one of them performs can cause captors to release the bard unharmed and can lull a furious dragon into complacency. The same magic that allows them to quell

Knight of the Order

Backgrounds Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide

order’s cause. The “Knightly Orders of Faerûn” sidebar details several of the orders that are active at present and is designed to help inform your decision about which group

again in ruins, Dove Falconhand decided to reform the group with the primary goal of building alliances and friendship between the civilized races of the world and goodly people in order to combat evil

Eladrin Legacy

Species Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes

eladrin of spring, and fury might cause an eladrin to change to summer. The following tables offer personality suggestions for eladrin of each season. You can roll on the tables or use them as

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

Imprisonment Legacy

Spells Basic Rules (2014)

version of the spell consists of rare soporific herbs. Ending the Spell. During the casting of the spell, in any of its versions, you can specify a condition that will cause the spell to end and release

Triton Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

and worse, so you know you can count on them in a fight. — Brego Stoneheart, sea captain Tritons guard the ocean depths, building small settlements beside deep trenches, portals to the

, organized, and unified around a common cause. A triton on the surface becomes easily confused by the bewildering array of alliances, rivalries, and petty grievances that prevent the surface folk from

What Caused the Mourning?

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

What Caused the Mourning? There will never be an official answer to the cause of the Mourning. As a DM in Eberron, we want you to decide the cause of this tragedy… or if you prefer, to leave it as a

mystery that will never be solved. With that said, people in Eberron itself have many theories about the cause of the Mourning; it’s up to you to decide if any of them are correct. The Mourning was

Ancient Deep Dragon Legacy

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

. 7 Two Underdark settlements are about to go to war, having been carefully manipulated by a deep dragon. A desperate ruler offers a reward to anyone who can uncover the true cause of the hostility

, they use local settlements—and any competent visitors—as pawns in their struggle. 4 An ancient deep dragon has put the folk of a city to work building the dragon a metropolis to rule

Lords of Dust Campaign Themes

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

, and his minions are always eager to cause strife. The servants of Sul Khatesh entice cruel and selfish people to become warlocks, drawing mystical powers from their mistress. These activities won’t

release an overlord, but they help to sustain it. To release an overlord, the Lords of Dust must ensure that the Prophecy unfolds along a specific path. Often, following this path requires specific

Personality

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin

. He is lonely and dreams of building a community of spellcasters who support each other. Unfortunately, his ego makes that dream all but impossible. Although Mordenkainen can be brash and off-putting

, he eschews cruelty and sees no reason to cause pointless suffering. The wizard doesn’t like to admit it, but he would put his own safety at risk to quell the pain of innocents.

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

of the action in a Ravnica campaign, it’s important not to let that tension cause too much friction in a party of adventurers. The D&D game relies on cooperation among the players, so it’s helpful

Grasping Vine

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook

creature at a time, and you can cause the vine to release a Grappled creature (no action required). As a Bonus Action on your later turns, you can repeat the attack against a creature within 30 feet of the

Speak with Plants

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

creature is in the area, you can communicate with it as if you shared a common language, but you gain no magical ability to influence it. This spell can cause the plants created by the entangle spell to release a restrained creature.

Speak with Plants

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

creature is in the area, you can communicate with it as if you shared a common language, but you gain no magical ability to influence it. This spell can cause the plants created by the entangle spell to release a restrained creature.

Lliira

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide

Lliira Our Lady of Joy, Joybringer, the Mistress of Revels Lliira is a beloved goddess, a deity of contentment, release, joy, happiness, dance, and freedom. As the patron of festivals, she is

cause her to withhold her favor. Her priests and priestesses, known as joybringers, take it as their mission to make other people happy, even if just for a moment. Her faithful always wear at least one

Gazre-Azam's Predicament

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

elemental devices, with the ultimate goal of building a floating castle fortress. For some time, the djinni served the wizard. Hoping to earn his freedom, Gazre-Azam shared much of his knowledge, but the

wizard would not release him. When Gazre-Azam changed tactics and became less helpful, Zikran cast a complicated and near-permanent spell to keep Gazre-Azam from escaping. The djinni reveals that the

Dragon in Chains

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

action on its turn to magically release the four chains by speaking a command word (“uvenfetter”) while within 60 feet of the dragon. Only Storvald and Nilraun know the command word. A knock spell or a

try to free him). Once he is freed, he reunites with his mate, and the two of them try to reclaim Svardborg as their lair. Cryovain doesn’t gain lair actions and can’t cause regional effects in the vicinity of his lair.

Orcus

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes

that mortals must suffer and die at the whims of these entities. In Orcus, they see the promise of release from pain without the demand of obedience. In the state of undeath that Orcus offers, they will

cause are admitted to the cult. Those who have second thoughts and attempt to decline are destroyed, their souls condemned to the Outer Planes while their bodies are animated as skeletons and zombies.

Dragon as Schemer

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

, advancing the cause of a draconic faction, building the dragon’s prestige, working for the well-being of dragonkind as a whole, or altering the nature of the world and its magic. A dragon’s schemes become

…create an opportunity for a character to pursue a personal goal. 6 …cause an accident or catastrophe that threatens the characters. An adventure featuring a dragon’s schemes often works best as

Lords of Dust

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Forge of the Artificer

the world. The Lords of Dust are servitors of those lords—lesser (but still terrifying) Fiends who seek to sustain the overlords and release them from their prisons in Khyber. Goals of the Lords of Dust

To sustain the overlords, the Lords of Dust encourage activities that strengthen these lords’ influence. For example, because the overlord Rak Tulkhesh embodies war, his minions work to cause strife

5. Village Well and Square

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

either kill them as sacrifices or drive them out of the village. Othelstan can also call for reinforcements in the form of three dragonclaws, one of whom takes the time to release the two wyverns in the

his retinue arrive, suggesting that the characters rush to the stables, mount the wyverns, and take flight at once. The characters have a few rounds to reach the stables before Othelstan has the building surrounded and demands their surrender.

5. Village Well and Square

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

village. Othelstan can also call for reinforcements in the form of three dragonclaws, one of whom takes the time to release the two wyverns in the stables (see area 3). Last Recourse. If the castle flies

the stables, mount the wyverns, and take flight at once. The characters have a few rounds to reach the stables before Othelstan has the building surrounded and demands their surrender.

Selesnya Creatures

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

Selesnya Creatures The Selesnya Conclave uses its close connection to nature to enlist a variety of creatures to its cause. These supporters of the conclave take their rightful place in the natural

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

Danger in the Streets

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

characters move through streets and alleys toward the outskirts of the settlement, but not if they head straight to the docks: Avalanche of Debris. Tremors cause buildings close to the characters to

grabs the arm of a character and moans, “Those vines are everywhere! There’s nowhere safe! We’re all doomed!” Suddenly, a tremor causes a building to collapse, burying half of the crowd and scattering

Mogis's Champions

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros

between the poleis, hoping to ignite an all-out war. In part, he wants to cause so much carnage that his brother eventually has no choice but to face him in a duel to the death. The Mogis’s Quests table

characters, now deeply indebted to the god of slaughter, realize that he will not release them willingly from his service. At this point, the characters might seek freedom from Mogis’s service. Iroas or

The Mourning

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

prefer not to dwell on such things? If you’re religious, did the shocking tragedy of the Mourning cause you to question your faith, or did it reinforce it? If you’re an artificer or a wizard, are you

Mourning? A DM running an Eberron campaign can decide the cause of the Mourning or leave it as a mystery that will never be solved. People in Eberron have many theories about the cause of the Mourning

Kostchtchie's Maw

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

would simply cause him to re-form on his icy layer of the Abyss. Without Matalotok, Kostchtchie’s immunity to cold damage becomes resistance to cold damage. Shackled by ever-tightening magical chains

glares at a character and bellows, “FREE ME!” or “BRING ME MY HAMMER!” in Giant first and Abyssal second. If that fails to garner the desired reaction, Kostchtchie resorts to using telepathy to contact the nearest character, demanding its immediate release while offering nothing in return.

Adrift

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

. Lassoing or riding a kindori doesn’t cause it to attack. A kindori lashed to the Second Wind with rope pulls the ship across space in whatever direction it is headed. Krux knows the way to Topolah’s tower

their migration. If the Second Wind is intact and its spelljamming helm becomes operational before then, Krux orders the characters to release the kindori so the creatures can go on their way.

Cults of the Dragon Below

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

An arcane think tank has become a cult of Sul Khatesh; the members believe they can heal the damage of the Mourning, but the eldritch machine they are building will surely cause more horror. 8 A cult

During the Siege

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

wall. 6 Zombie bodies pile up, creating a growing ramp onto a section of wall. 7 Zombies dig through or under the wall, allowing them to flow steadily into the city. 8 Zombies cause a

siege weapon to fire into the city or start a conflagration. 9 Fighting breaks out at a building Talon priests use to treat the wounded. 10 Zombies break through a gate and begin scaling

Building a Party

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Forge of the Artificer

Building a Party You can assemble a diverse party of D&D characters drawn from a single dragonmarked house. Conversely, your party can include members of different houses united by alliances or

dragonmarked houses drive much of the action in this campaign, it’s important not to let that tension cause too much friction in a party of adventurers. The D&D game relies on cooperation among the players

Background

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

first laboratory, building planar gates of his own design. Testing one such gate as it forged a connection to the Nine Hells attracted the attention of a bone devil. Trailing Kwalish back across the

the sale of these packages went to this extremely worthy cause — and for 2018, you’ll find even more projects made available on the DMs Guild throughout the year. As part of these efforts, it’s our

The Ulmist Inquisition

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin

business they have at the house on the far side of the village. However the characters respond, Sarusanda says she is also going to the building. “The locals call it Death House,” she says. “Perhaps we

Elisabeth Durst. It’s an open secret that the Dursts use the building to host cultists who venerate the Darklord of Barovia, Strahd von Zarovich. This minor cult occasionally causes trouble, but until

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