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Dragonflesh Abomination

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

providing it with a caustic breath weapon. Its body is in a constant state of growth and change, allowing it to quickly heal from its wounds. These creatures are most often found in abandoned dragon

their bodies and minds to emulate the dragons they revere. They collect dragon parts—scales, teeth, skin, flesh, wings, and bones—that they scavenge from around dragon lairs, take from

Ras Nsi

Monsters Tomb of Annihilation

Special Equipment. Ras Nsi wears bracers of defense, wields a flame tongue longsword, and carries a sending stone matched to one carried by the guide Salida (see chapter 1). Shapechanger. Ras Nsi

can use his action to polymorph into a Medium snake or back into his yuan-ti form. His statistics are the same in each form. Any equipment he is wearing or carrying isn't transformed. He doesn't change

Githzerai Anarch Legacy

Monsters Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes

, telekinesis 1/day each: globe of invulnerability, plane shift, teleportation circle, wall of force Psychic Defense. While the anarch is wearing no armor and wielding no shield, its AC includes its Wisdom

anarch magically teleports, along with any equipment it is wearing and carrying, to an unoccupied space it can see within 30 feet of it. Change Gravity (Costs 3 Actions). The anarch casts the reverse

Githzerai Anarch

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If the githzerai fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead. Psychic Defense. While the githzerai is wearing no armor and wielding no shield, its AC

equipment it is wearing and carrying, to an unoccupied space it can see within 30 feet of it. Change Gravity (Costs 3 Actions). The githzerai casts the reverse gravity spell, using Wisdom as the

Rak Tulkhesh

Monsters Eberron: Rising from the Last War

"} to hit, range 150/600 ft., one target. Hit: 17 (3d8 + 4);{"diceNotation":"3d8+4","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Spawned Ranged Weapon","rollDamageType":"force"} force damage. Change Shape. Rak

and yearn to carry his bloody banner into the soft lands of the south. The minotaurs of Droaam revere Rak Tulkhesh as the Horned Prince. But the most powerful of the overlord's follower's is the

Hobgoblin Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

appreciation or patience for art. They leave little space for joy or leisure in their lives, and thus have no reserves of faith to call upon when in dire straits. Implacable Gods Hobgoblins revere two

a powerful magic item), by fine performances (writing and performing a great ballad about the legion), by designing and constructing a great defense or monument, and through other means. But the

Iymrith

Monsters Storm King's Thunder

Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If the dragon fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead. Change Shape. Iymrith magically polymorphs into a female storm giant or back into her true form

with glassy sand ventilate the lair, all the while avoiding the deadly sinkholes that are the dragon’s first line of defense. A blue dragon will collapse the caverns that make up its lair if

Faction Agent

Backgrounds Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide

of survival and living off the land. They are often proficient in Nature, and can seek assistance from woodsmen, hunters, rangers, barbarian tribes, druid circles, and priests who revere the gods of

try to help those in need, no matter what the personal cost. (Good) 3 Change. We must help bring about the changes the gods are constantly working in the world. (Chaotic) 4 Power. I hope

The Dark Six

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

fear or revere the Dark Six. The principles of the faith are the same: just like the Sovereigns, the Six are with us at all times. They shape the world and speak to those who will listen. In general, the

Sovereigns represent values tied to civilization: Law, community, trade, industry, agriculture, honor in war. The Dark Six embody dangerous concepts: Death, chaos and change, the destructive powers

Ranger Legacy

Classes Basic Rules (2014)

defense. This fierce independence makes rangers well suited to adventuring, since they are accustomed to life far from the comforts of a dry bed and a hot bath. Faced with city-bred adventurers who

in protecting the borderlands, or a significant change? What made you join up with a band of adventurers? Do you find it challenging to teach new allies the ways of the wild, or do you welcome the

Character Creation

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

isn’t too surprising, given the number of ways the game gives you to change your AC! Here are some ways to calculate your base AC: Unarmored: 10 + your Dexterity modifier. Armored: Use the AC entry for

Defense (Barbarian): 10 + your Dexterity modifier + your Constitution modifier. Unarmored Defense (Monk): 10 + your Dexterity modifier + your Wisdom modifier. Draconic Resilience (Sorcerer): 13 + your

Githzerai

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)

each: feather fall, jump, see invisibility, shield Psychic Defense. While the githzerai is wearing no armor and wielding no shield, its AC includes its Wisdom modifier. Actions Multiattack. The

those githzerai who are the wisest teachers and the most skilled at physical and mental combat become leaders. The githzerai revere great heroes and teachers of the past, emulating those figures

Before the Siege

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

Before the Siege However the characters become enlisted in Lekar’s defense, they face a hopeless battle. They join hundreds of unprepared defenders, including commoners holding clubs or longbows for

precision tactics will change the characters’ fortunes against the zombie horde. Allow the characters to strategize however they please, though. Fortifications. Stairways within Lekar’s 40-foot-high

Beast of Grakenok

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel

town’s few bariaur defenders, smashing fishing boats and cottages in its rampage. The bariaurs of Grakenok have put up a heroic defense of their home. They’ve been suffering whirlwyrm attacks for days

swiftly on land and retains its 50-foot walking speed. Change its lightning breath to deal thunder damage. This represents its discombobulating roar. The enraged whirlwyrm fights to the death. Mike

L2. Living Quarters

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

fight. These foes use their gardening implements as weapons (use the monk’s Unarmed Strike attack option but change the damage type to piercing or slashing, as appropriate). If two of the monks are

defeated, the remaining ones flee to the training grounds (area L4) to seek reinforcements. Immortal Lotus Monk Medium humanoid Armor Class 15 (Unarmored Defense) Hit Points 65 (10d8 + 20) Speed

Githzerai

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

with a thought. Githzerai Anarch Medium Humanoid (Gith), Any Alignment Armor Class 20 (Psychic Defense) Hit Points 144 (17d8 + 68) Speed 30 ft., fly 40 ft. (hover) STR 16 (+3) DEX

. Psychic Defense. While the githzerai is wearing no armor and wielding no shield, its AC includes its Wisdom modifier. Actions Multiattack. The githzerai makes three Unarmed Strike attacks. Unarmed

Thassa's Champions

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

, or lands affected by (or starved of) water. She makes a fantastic patron for sea-based campaigns, but also land-based journeys where the characters might spread Thassa’s desire for change and

defense. Some citizens might hail them as heroes, while others are suspicious of them—particularly when one of the disasters they foretell seems likely to be Thassa’s doing. They might get caught up in

Dark Six

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

. The Dark Six and the Sovereign Host are opposite sides of the same coin. If you believe in one, you acknowledge the existence of the other. The only question is whether you fear the Six or revere them

. The Traveler asserts that chaos drives evolution and that change makes us stronger. The Traveler is a trickster and the giver of dangerous gifts. Some artificers worship the Traveler, seeing it as the lord of innovation, but the gifts of the Traveler always have unexpected consequences.

Eberron

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

will be transformed into light. And two related nations of elves revere their ancestral spirits: the Undying Court, preserved as spirits or even undead forms, and the glorified Spirits of the Past, the

change CN Knowledge, Trickery Four crossed, rune-inscribed bones Other Faiths of Eberron Alignment Suggested Domains Symbol The Silver Flame, deity of protection and good LG Life, Light, War

The Assault

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh

allied forces have devised a simple but effective plan. They begin with an attack by Saltmarsh’s militia against the entrance (area 1). Once the sahuagin commit troops to the defense of the gate, the

alert 25 The Defense By the time the party returns to the fortress, the sahuagin have reinforced their numbers. Every area of level 1 now holds sahuagin defenders preparing for battle, acting as

Neverlight Grove

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

colony Defense: Spore servants and awakened zurkhwoods Commerce: None Organizations: Seven myconid circles; Zuggtmoy’s servants Myconids have lived in Neverlight Grove for untold generations

, experiencing little or no change in their lives until recently. Now their world is being altered faster than many of the fungus folk can keep up with — as is their world view, twisted by the chaotic

Diana

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Uni and the Hunt for the Lost Horn

Rest, you can change the kind of weapon to another eligible kind. (You have selected Quarterstaffs, which have the following mastery property.) Topple. If you hit a creature with this weapon, you can

Strike, you can use your Dexterity modifier instead of your Strength modifier to determine the save DC. Level 1: Unarmored Defense While you aren’t wearing armor or wielding a Shield, your base Armor

Barbarian Class Features

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules

Features Level Proficiency Bonus Class Features Rages Rage Damage Weapon Mastery 1 +2 Rage, Unarmored Defense, Weapon Mastery 2 +2 2 2 +2 Danger Sense, Reckless Attack 2 +2 2 3 +2 Barbarian Subclass

. Each time the Rage is extended, it lasts until the end of your next turn. You can maintain a Rage for up to 10 minutes. Level 1: Unarmored Defense While you aren’t wearing any armor, your base Armor

Life in the City of Blades

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

is tightly woven into their everyday life. Deities worshiped in Gracklstugh include the following. Laduguer. The patron of the duergar is a god of self-reliance, defense, and survival. His clerics have

giants revere the King of the Rock, god of buried things, whose clerics can access the Knowledge and Life domains. Stonespeaker Hgraam, a powerful spellcaster, is Skoraeus’s only priest in

Ras Nsi

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation

anyone to save myself.” Ras Nsi Medium monstrosity (shapechanger, yuan-ti), neutral evil Armor Class 15 (bracers of defense) Hit Points 127 (17d8 + 51) reduced to 107; subtract 1 for each day that

, Draconic Challenge 7 (2,900 XP) Special Equipment. Ras Nsi wears bracers of defense, wields a flame tongue longsword, and carries a sending stone matched to one carried by the guide Salida (see

Githzerai Anarch

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

one of the following effects; the anarch can’t use the same effect two rounds in a row: The anarch casts the lightning bolt spell (at 5th level), but the anarch can change the damage type from lightning

invisibility, shield, telekinesis 1/day each: globe of invulnerability, plane shift, teleportation circle, wall of force Psychic Defense. While the anarch is wearing no armor and wielding no shield, its

Annam and the Ordning

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

Annam and the Ordning Most giants revere a pantheon of gods comprising Annam and his divine children—a pantheon they call “the Ordning” because it is the archetype of the ordning that structures

brothers. In addition to hill giants, some frost giants admire Grolantor’s physical might, and many ogres and ettins revere him as well. Grolantor exemplifies the principle that the strong should take

Barbarian Class Features

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

Features Level Proficiency Bonus Class Features Rages Rage Damage Weapon Mastery 1 +2 Rage, Unarmored Defense, Weapon Mastery 2 +2 2 2 +2 Danger Sense, Reckless Attack 2 +2 2 3 +2 Barbarian Subclass

. Each time the Rage is extended, it lasts until the end of your next turn. You can maintain a Rage for up to 10 minutes. Level 1: Unarmored Defense While you aren’t wearing any armor, your base Armor

Loose Pantheons

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

gods the locals revere. To quickly build a pantheon for your world, create a single god for each of the eight domains available to clerics: Death, Knowledge, Life, Light, Nature, Tempest, Trickery

Asmodeus, god of tyranny LE Trickery Three triangles in tight formation Avandra, goddess of change and luck CG Trickery Three stacked wavy lines Bahamut, god of justice and nobility LG

Mind Flayer Magic

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

. The feeling of freedom that comes from this change is liberating, but the specter of death forever after colors the mind flayer’s actions. An undead mind flayer is hated and hunted by other

manifestations of ideal psionic and philosophical mental states that mind flayers revere. Illithids occasionally meditate on these ideals while performing physical movements meant to help them achieve the proper

Gods of the Yuan-ti

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

Gods of the Yuan-ti The detached, intellectual nature of the yuan-ti doesn’t lend itself to fervent or devout worship in the manner that others revere their deities. Nonetheless, they acknowledge a

exceptionally clever yuan-ti succeeds in attaining divine form and vanquishing its benefactor. This cannibalistic pressure from mortals means that the lower ranks of the serpent gods experience a change

Modifying a Class

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

out one skill or tool proficiency for another doesn’t make a character any stronger or weaker, but doing so can change the flavor of a class in subtle ways. For example, a prominent guild of rogues in

as a proficiency. You could even mandate that skill as one of the choices for rogues who belong to this guild. You can also change armor and weapon proficiencies to reflect certain aspects of your

Armorer

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything

almost like a second skin. The armor is enhanced to hone the artificer’s magic, unleash potent attacks, and generate a formidable defense. The artificer bonds with this armor, becoming one with it even as

attack with that weapon, you can add your Intelligence modifier, instead of Strength or Dexterity, to the attack and damage rolls. You can change the armor’s model whenever you finish a short or long

Bobby

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Uni and the Hunt for the Lost Horn

. Take a Bonus Action to extend your Rage. Each time the Rage is extended, it lasts until the end of your next turn. You can maintain a Rage for up to 10 minutes. Level 1: Unarmored Defense While you

, you can practice weapon drills and change one of these weapon choices. (You have selected Greataxes, Greatclubs, and Handaxes, which have the following mastery properties.) Cleave. If you hit a creature

Eric

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Uni and the Hunt for the Lost Horn

your choice. (This is included above.) Versatile. You gain an Origin feat of your choice. Skilled is recommended. (This is included above.) Feats Defense Fighting Style Feat (Prerequisite: Fighting

. Defense is recommended. (This is included above.) Level 1: Second Wind You have a limited well of physical and mental stamina that you can draw on. As a Bonus Action, you can use it to regain Hit

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