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Doppelganger
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Shapechanger. The doppelganger can use its action to polymorph into a Small or Medium humanoid it has seen, or back into its true form. Its statistics, other than its size, are the same in each form
target's mind, the doppelganger has advantage on Wisdom (Insight) and Charisma (Deception, Intimidation, and Persuasion) checks against the target.Doppelgangers are devious shapeshifters that take on
Monsters
Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse
powerful, hocked legs carry them over great distances. These good-natured, boisterous Celestials boast their might in contests of strength and rarely back down from a challenge. Tough and courageous
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
one creature with his tail at a time.
Terror (Costs 2 Actions). Fraz-Urb’luu uses Phantasmal Terror.Fraz-Urb’luu is the Prince of Deception and Demon Lord of Illusions. He uses every
staff of power taken from him by those who imprisoned him and commands his servants to do likewise.
The Prince of Deception’s true form is like that of a great gargoyle, some 12 feet tall, with
Elder Brain
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
into thinking it believes one idea or feels a particular emotion. The target contests this attempt with a Wisdom (Insight) check. If the elder brain succeeds, the mind believes the deception for 1 hour
that loom large in its mind (including things the target worries about, loves, or hates). The elder brain can also make a Charisma (Deception) check with advantage to deceive the target’s mind
Fraz-Urb'luu
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Out of the Abyss
Deception and Demon Lord of Illusions. He uses every trick, every ounce of demonic cunning, to manipulate his enemies—mortal and fiend alike—to do his will. Fraz-Urb’luu can create
the Abyss. He seeks the pieces of the legendary staff of power taken from him by those who imprisoned him, and commands his servants to do likewise.
The Prince of Deception’s true form is like
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The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
with each passing day, your heart swells with a mixture of fear and joy at the prospect of one day venturing back to the Plane of Faerie—your home away from home.
Skill Proficiencies: Deception
under the Feywild’s spell and learned a little about the nature of the mercurial tricksters that dwell there.
When you finally returned to your home plane, you did not come back unchanged. You
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Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
fortunately, maintaining that deception might require you to stay in hiding until you actually are.
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You study the puzzles of mortal natures. You’ve seen followers of evil deities perform
contemplative sort of seclusion that allows room for study and prayer. If you want to play a rugged wilderness recluse who lives off the land while shunning the company of other people, look at the outlander
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
the lair, all Wisdom (Insight) checks have disadvantage, and all Charisma (Deception) and Charisma (Persuasion) checks have advantage.
Mirrors Everywhere. Flat surfaces within 1 mile of the lair that
, LightningChange Shape. Graz’zt transforms into a form that resembles a Medium Humanoid or back into his true form. Aside from his size, his statistics are the same in each form. Any equipment he is wearing or carrying isn’t transformed.
Criminal / Spy
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Skill Proficiencies: Deception, Stealth
Tool Proficiencies: One type of gaming set, thieves’ tools
Equipment: A crowbar, a set of dark common clothes including a hood, and a pouch
important was taken from me, and I aim to steal it back.
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I will become the greatest thief that ever lived.
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I’m guilty of a terrible crime. I hope I can redeem myself for it.
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Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
your companions.
Skill Proficiencies: Choose two from among Deception, Insight, Persuasion, and StealthTool Proficiencies: Choose two from among one type of gaming set, one musical instrument
to a generous benefactor.
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My ill-gotten gains go to support my family.
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Something important was taken from me, and I aim to steal it back.
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I will become the greatest thief that
Ranger
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of steel, cutting down one enemy after another. After tumbling away from a cone of freezing air, an elf finds her feet and draws back her bow to loose an arrow at the white dragon. Shrugging off the
whistles to the hawk that circles high above him, calling the bird back to his side. Whispering instructions in Elvish, he points to the owlbear he’s been tracking and sends the hawk to distract
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underbelly of civilization, and you have survived up to this point by flouting the rules and regulations of society.
Skill Proficiencies: Deception, Stealth
Tool Proficiencies: One
realizing the connection. You got the Guild to back off demands for your death by offering to make amends by working for the criminals, but even so the kingpin still plots a personal revenge.
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The
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fated Flight of the Recluse
Artificer for more on crew stations). The Recluse, however, is unique in that the airship is powered not only by a captive air elemental, but also the spirit of a long-dead previous captain who
) aboard the Recluse, also wearing harnesses, engage the characters. The pirates remaining aboard their own skyskiffs continue their attempts to capture the Recluse. Each skyskiff is 30 feet away from the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
paying it back. Characters who plan to rip off Amrik must succeed on a Charisma (Deception) check contested by Amrik’s Wisdom (Insight) check, as described under “Contests” in chapter 7 of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fated Flight of the Recluse
Above the Ashen Spires Drawing ever closer to their journey’s end, the Recluse eventually passes over the Ashen Spires, a cluster of mountains 250 miles to the east of Korth. Long suspected to be a
clouds surrounding the airship. Antonio José Manzanedo Electric Death Though Kreffik doesn’t know it, there is a spy aboard the Recluse. One of the two remaining crew members is a devotee of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
discuss an “advantageous opportunity” with someone named Verity Kye, who waits for them in the Brine Widow’s back room. ROLEPLAYING VERITY KYE
Verity Kye is bold, confident, and genuinely kind—though
not always nice. Quentin’s betrayal cut her two ways—the deception from a potential business partner hurt, but such treachery from someone she called a friend was unforgivable.
Verity has little
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
Phenax God of Deception Phenax is the masked patron of lies and cheats. He is Heliod’s ethical antithesis, governing the spheres of gambling, deception, and betrayal. Phenax was once a mortal who
was trapped in the Underworld, but he learned how to forsake his identity to prevent Erebos from detecting what he was doing. He crossed back over the Rivers That Ring the World wrapped in the tattered
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
following information: She and her companions have just completed a jog around the Outlands and are on their way back to the realm of their god, Semuanya. Semuanya is a deity of survival, athleticism, and
realm of the lizardfolk deity, Semuanya Contests in Semuanya’s Bog Life is good but not easy in Semuanya’s Bog. The spirits of lizardfolk champions engage in endless competition here. If the characters
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
Medusa Snake-Haired Recluse with a Petrifying Gaze Habitat: Desert; Treasure: Any With their hair of living snakes and their infamous petrifying gazes, medusas are hubristic creatures that inhabit
Str 10 +0 +0
Dex 17 +3 +3
Con 16 +3 +3
Ability Score Mod Save
Int 12 +1 +1
Wis 13 +1 +4
Cha 15 +2 +2
Skills Deception +5, Perception +4, Stealth
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
, and sport — is a tradition that goes back to the ancient times of the giants. Other races developed the sling, the spear-thrower, or the bow to artificially improve the strength and accuracy of their
throwing rocks in ways that hone their skills for hunting and war. One of the most popular contests, especially among fire giants, involves nothing more than taking turns trying to knock each other down with
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Morte’s Planar Parade
good-natured, boisterous Celestials boast their might in contests of strength and rarely back down from a challenge. Tough and courageous, they use their iron-hard fists to pound evil to a pulp
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
. The Deception, Intimidation, Performance, and Persuasion skills reflect aptitude in certain kinds of Charisma checks. Deception Your Charisma (Deception) check determines whether you can convincingly
hide the truth, either verbally or through your actions. This deception can encompass everything from misleading others through ambiguity to telling outright lies. Typical situations include trying to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
themselves, they must succeed on a DC 16 Charisma (Deception) check to convince Goldenbeard they were unable to retrieve the diadem. If Goldenbeard realizes they’re lying to him, he grows very serious. He
doesn’t attack the party himself; instead, he uses the Silver Fingers Society to steal back the diadem or otherwise make the characters’ lives difficult. If the characters fool him or were simply unable
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
Aftermath If Banrion is bridled, she must obey the characters as they deliver her to the dryad-hags. Assuming the characters don’t uncover the hags’ deception (or if they don’t care), the unicorn’s
the party down to demand a duel by combat. He explains what the characters have really done, and offers to lead the characters back to the woods to right their wrongs if they can be persuaded to. If
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
. The Deception, Intimidation, Performance, and Persuasion skills reflect aptitude in certain kinds of Charisma checks. Deception. Your Charisma (Deception) check determines whether you can convincingly
hide the truth, either verbally or through your actions. This deception can encompass everything from misleading others through ambiguity to telling outright lies. Typical situations include trying to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver
)
Skills Deception +6, Insight +3
Condition Immunities charmed
Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 11
Languages Common
Challenge 3 (700 XP)
Shapechanger. The doppelganger can use its
action to polymorph into a Small or Medium humanoid it has seen, or back into its natural form. Its statistics, other than its size, are the same in each form. Its equipment is not transformed. If
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
Recluse Though most giants are social creatures, some live alone by choice or circumstance. They establish lairs in remote places, or they tend ancient ruins or enclaves that were more recently
. Recluses d6 Adventure Hook 1 Adventurers stumble upon a giants’ enclave where a deadly plague wiped out most of the inhabitants. One survivor remains, tending the site and trying to hold back the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
Deception +6, Insight +3
Condition Immunities charmed
Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 11
Languages Common
Challenge 3 (700 XP)
Shapechanger. The doppelganger can use its action to
polymorph into a Small or Medium humanoid it has seen, or back into its true form. Its statistics, other than its size, are the same in each form. Any equipment it is wearing or carrying isn’t transformed
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
adventurers are undercover agents of the king. If the rogue loses a contest of Charisma (Deception) against the guard’s Wisdom (Insight), the same lie told again won’t work. The characters can come up with a
. Contests A contest is a kind of ability check that matches two creatures against each other. Use a contest if a character attempts something that either directly foils or is directly opposed by another
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
humanoid form. At sunrise, those on the first shift set up the stall with Korvala, and at sundown the workers bring their unsold wares back to the pack’s hideout in the Blackgate neighborhood. Each
Amberdune Books seriously. She denies all accusations of deception with curt professionalism and threatens to call for the guards if characters are too aggressive. A successful DC 15 Wisdom (Insight) check
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
other in elaborate contests for the lamia’s amusement.
Vain Predators. Always anxious to gain more wealth and thralls, a lamia uses a pool of water or a mirror in conjunction with a scrying spell to
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DEX
13 (+1)
CON
15 (+2)
INT
14 (+2)
WIS
15 (+2)
CHA
16 (+3)
Skills Deception +7, Insight +4, Stealth +3
Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
D8. Holding Cells Rising from the soggy earth is a sturdy wooden hut with an open doorway on one side of it. At the back of the hut are two holding cells. Thick mangrove roots serve as bars, with a
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
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
top of a stone dais, at the back of which is a set of gold-plated double doors that open into area 22.
If visitors arrive unannounced, the will-o’-wisps become visible and impatiently question the
new arrivals. Characters must present a plausible reason for their presence and succeed on a DC 20 Charisma (Deception or Persuasion) check to convince the will-o’-wisps not to attack them. If they
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Boo’s Astral Menagerie
Githyanki Buccaneer Githyanki buccaneers ply the Astral Plane for riches, which they haul back to their hidden fortresses in the Deep Astral. Many of them are warriors who lost the will to serve the
Skills Athletics +5, Deception +3, Perception +3, Survival +3
Senses passive Perception 13
Languages Common, Gith
Challenge 3 (700 XP) Proficiency Bonus +2
Actions
Multiattack. The githyanki
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
nothing to break their loyalty to the Queen of Air and Darkness. Effective roleplaying, magic, or a successful DC 18 Charisma (Deception or Persuasion) check enables the characters to convince the elves
Princess of the Shadow Glass, the elves and fomorians can reveal that the Queen of Air and Darkness sent them from the Feywild to slay the marked characters and steal back The Scrivener’s Tale. The queen is