being before decide compel reduces

Random Tricks

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)

permanent effects that can’t be dispelled; others are temporary or can be neutralized with a dispel magic spell. You decide which is which. Trick Objects d20 Object 1 Book 2 Brain preserved in a

Creates an illusion 27–29 Suppresses magic items for a time 30–32 Enlarges or reduces characters 33–35 Magic mouth speaks a riddle 36–38 Confusion (targets all creatures within 10 ft.) 39–41 Gives

Bottom Card: Reward or Ruin

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things

and don’t need to consume any of their rations. They eat well that night, and each character begins the next day with inspiration. Reduced Travel Time. The characters find a shortcut that reduces the

: Encounter. The characters’ failure leads to a difficult combat encounter. Use the card to help you decide what kind of creature is encountered. Exhaustion. The stress of overcoming the challenge

Run the Encounter

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Intro to Stormwreck Isle

characters can use Charisma checks (applying Persuasion, Intimidation, or perhaps Deception skills, as appropriate) to get it to accept a lower amount; each successful DC 15 check reduces the amount he

Merrow Lots of players will attack first. Other players will decide their characters attack if other approaches fail. When a player decides that their character attacks, their character acts first in

Let This Be Their Battlefield

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss

can be placed in any location. Wherever the players decide to place the talisman, their characters must travel to that location while Vizeran makes his final preparations for the ritual. Given their

Characters looking to double-cross Vizeran — or those with a sense of poetic justice — might hide the dark heart somewhere in the drow archmage’s tower or the surrounding cavern. This reduces the

Drowned Sailors

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Intro to Stormwreck Isle

dragging the characters into the sea. Avoiding the Zombies. If the characters are faring poorly against the zombies or decide not to fight them, the characters can easily escape from the slow

Perception 8 Languages understands the languages it knew in life but can’t speak Challenge 1/4 (50 XP) Proficiency Bonus +2 Undead Fortitude. If damage reduces the zombie to 0 hit points, it makes a

Boons of Undeath

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

decide that the priest has revived with one or more of these boons of your choice. If you do so, the priest is Undead rather than Humanoid. A priest can receive each boon only once. Boons of Undeath d6

, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 7 (2d4 + 2) piercing damage, and if the target is a creature, it has the paralyzed condition until the start of the priest’s next turn. If this damage reduces a Medium

Molydeus

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

, commanding other demons to carry out orders and using violence to ensure they obey. A molydeus must constantly be ready for the scrutiny of its master, for the demon lord can decide at any moment to observe

into a manes if this reduces its hit point maximum to 0. This transformation can be ended only by a wish spell. Legendary Actions The molydeus can take 3 legendary actions, choosing from the

Little Oak

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight

threaten the children incur the wrath of Little Oak, which uproots itself and thunders to their defense. If the treant or one of its animated trees reduces a character to 0 hit points with a melee

oil is replenished. Getaway Gang Raid Will of the Feywild has conceived a daring plan to free the children still being held prisoner in Loomlurch, which he shares with the characters if they decide

Threshold Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen

Charisma (Deception) check to convince Orm the characters have business in the tower. Guelfost has orders to obey his handler, but they don’t compel him to fight after Orm dies. If Orm is defeated, Guelfost

might make good on his word to leave, or he might ambush the characters later—he’ll decide after seeing how they fare against Belephaion. Scrying Mirrors. Lohezet has manipulated one of the mirrors to spy

Other Adventuring Gear

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

15 Dexterity saving throw or stop moving this turn and take 1 piercing damage. Taking this damage reduces the creature's walking speed by 10 feet until the creature regains at least 1 hit point. A

is provided with the lock. Without the key, a creature proficient with thieves' tools can pick this lock with a successful DC 15 Dexterity check. Your DM may decide that better locks are available for

Meenlock

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters

this grapple ends. Extract Brain. Melee Weapon Attack: +12 to hit, reach 5 ft., one incapacitated humanoid grappled by the lich. Hit: 55 (10d10) piercing damage. If this damage reduces the target to 0

brain’s intent. From across great distances, it implants subconscious suggestions or subtly influences dreams to compel creatures toward a course of action that benefits its grand plan. When its

Cultists of the Dead Three

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

. Reactions Unstoppable (3/Day). The death’s head reduces the damage it takes from an attack to 0. Left to right: Necromite of Myrkul, Black Gauntlet of Bane, and Reaper of Bhaal Necromite of Myrkul

compel the soul trapped within to answer his questions and share its knowledge. The skull degrades with each service rendered, eventually collapsing and releasing the soul. The soul can also be released

Cottage Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves

compel it to disobey Uncle Nibblecheek’s orders. If Bubba Wugga defeats the characters in combat, they awaken as prisoners in the dungeon (area C15) with 1 Hit Point each. Only candy can make Bubba

oven for the first time on a turn or starts its turn there takes 11 (2d10) Fire damage. If this damage reduces Uncle Nibblecheek to 0 Hit Points, he melts into a puddle of candy, lamenting “I’m melting

Duergar

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse

). For 1 minute, the duergar magically decreases in size, along with anything it is wearing or carrying. While reduced, the duergar is Tiny, reduces its weapon damage to 1, and makes attack rolls

psionic energy to compel the warriors they command to fight harder. Duergar Warlord Medium Humanoid (Dwarf), Any Alignment Armor Class 20 (plate mail, shield) Hit Points 75 (10d8 + 30) Speed

Adventuring Gear

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

15 Dexterity saving throw or stop moving this turn and take 1 piercing damage. Taking this damage reduces the creature’s walking speed by 10 feet until the creature regains at least 1 hit point. A

the lock. Without the key, a creature proficient with thieves’ tools can pick this lock with a successful DC 15 Dexterity check. Your DM may decide that better locks are available for higher prices

Howling Hatred Cultists

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

their old lives and embrace a “higher purpose.” Once the new recruits are thus purified, the priests decide whether they are worthy for indoctrination as initiates or would better serve the Howling

Missiles. When the hurricane is hit by a ranged weapon attack, it reduces the damage from the attack by 1d10 + 9. If the damage is reduced to 0, the hurricane can catch the missile if it is small

The Seldarine

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

followers will straighten things up, bring fresh flowers, and refresh offerings of food, water, and wine. Especially vigilant individuals might even decide to clean up after others who carelessly spill a

enwrapping what remains hidden. When Rillifane’s druids meditate at the site of a great tree, they can receive visions that afford them a new way of seeing the world. Often these flashes compel the devotee to

Gibbet Crossing Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk

enemies deeper in the Underdark and hid it in this enclave until they could decide what to do with it. They never figured out how to activate it. The erratic magic of the nearby Netherese obelisk

to hit, reach 5 ft., one Humanoid with the stunned condition who is grappled by Qunbraxel. Hit: 55 (10d10) piercing damage. If this damage reduces the target to 0 hit points, Qunbraxel kills it by

Specific Spells

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice Compendium

cumulative. If you have temporary hit points and receive more of them, you don’t add them together, unless a game feature says you can. You decide which temporary hit points to keep. As an example

darkness-creating spell of 3rd level or lower, regardless of the spell slot used. If the damage from disintegrate reduces a half-orc to 0 hit points, can Relentless Endurance prevent the orc from turning

Tomb Locations

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

), and Rilago knows how to release them: each oztocanite fragment must be brought in physical contact with the giant’s petrified remains (in area X4). Physical contact with Xeluan reduces each oztocanite

permission to possess one of the characters, leaving it up to the characters to decide which of them should become Rilago’s temporary host. Rilago’s offer to mend the giant’s heart is genuine. If the

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