being before destroys continue resists

Animated Staff of Frost

Monsters Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage

successfully resists the staff's control can't be charmed by it for 24 hours. A creature holding the staff that isn't charmed by it can use an action to attempt to break the staff over a knee or against a

solid surface, doing so with a successful DC 17 Strength (Athletics) check. Breaking the staff in this manner destroys it.Melee Attack. Melee Weapon Attack: +5;{"diceNotation":"1d20+5","rollType":"to

16. Animated Staff

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

following ability scores: Strength 12, Dexterity 12, Constitution 10, Intelligence 18, Wisdom 14, Charisma 10. Reducing the staff to 0 hit points destroys it. The staff is friendly toward Ezzat and

does its best to obey. The creature can repeat the saving throw each time it takes damage, ending the effect on itself on a success. A creature that successfully resists the staff’s control can’t be

Dealing with Wealth

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

ensuring your characters develop strong personal reasons to continue to adventure, even if they begin their adventuring careers in the pursuit of wealth. Perhaps they want revenge on a despicable

financial needs part of a story. For example, if a dragon destroys the castle of a just ruler and devours the ruler’s family, characters might be expected to hunt down the dragon, but wealthy ones can pay

Dragon's Flight Path

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

The dragon destroys every structure in town, including the docks, in 30 minutes. It leaves the Twenty Stones of Thruun untouched. (It was always Xardorok’s intention to study this ancient site to see

possessions and some of their livestock. Dragon Damage. The dragon takes no damage. Target 2: Good Mead The dragon spares the Mead Hall, but it destroys every other structure in town in 1 hour. Casualties

Mortals and Minions

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

in a city, they might deal with the threat by starting a fire that not only destroys the cult but burns through several neighborhoods and kills hundreds of innocents. A demon might unleash a plague

Avernus to maintain the utmost readiness and coordination. Wounded devils retreat, knowing that fresh reinforcements can continue the fight. Hordes of lemures, devils that are permanently destroyed only

Orrery Vault

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated

the room, though they continue to respond to characters engaging them in conversation even during the fight. (If a character attempts to seize the component, see “The Missing Component,” below

creatures do not know why Lottie did this. “It is best not to cross Lottie. She destroys all who dare rise against her.” If the creatures believe the characters’ cause is just (or at least coincidentally

Ziggurat Locations, Tier 5

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase

successful save, the character resists the spirit, who can’t attempt to inhabit the character for 24 hours. While inhabiting a host, Demetrius acts like an overbearing passenger and can’t be targeted by

them to continue onward, asking only that they don’t interrupt the meld. Attacking the sovereign shatters the illusion and angers the Cynidiceans, who join the sovereign in driving the characters out

Appendix: Roleplaying Cards

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Domains of Delight: A Feywild Accessory

afterward, rather than continue the search on his own. When he’s not straining at some feat of athleticism, he’s reading books of poetry. Alignment. Neutral good. Personality Trait. “I treat my

real name is Fug. He has a strong affection for Mishka (the only child in Loomlurch who doesn’t fear or mock him) and treats her like a younger sibling. He resists any attempt to remove the maggot that

Appendix D: Roleplaying Cards

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

afterward, rather than continue the search on his own. When he’s not straining at some feat of athleticism, he’s reading books of poetry. Alignment. Neutral good. Personality Trait. “I treat my

real name is Fug. He has a strong affection for Mishka (the only child in Loomlurch who doesn’t fear or mock him) and treats her like a younger sibling. He resists any attempt to remove the maggot

House of Cards Locations

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

beasts in area 7 or the spies in area 15) here to attack them. Treasure. If the characters continue to trade riddles with Bindle, answering at least one of his own while also asking one or more, the

psychic damage. They can be broken as an action with a successful DC 20 Strength (Athletics) check. They have no locks, but a spell of 3rd level or higher that creates bright light destroys the chains if

Roleplaying a Giant

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

accounting, brewing, and medicine, are allowed to continue plying their trades. Skilled slaves receive better treatment, at least in the sense that an owner uses less force with a delicate tool, but as

its hunger. A creature that proves willful or that resists “training” is fated to end up on the giant’s dinner table. The roster of creatures in a frost giant lair can include polar bears, winter

Tomb Locations

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

socket is easily done. Placing the emerald in the statue opens the door sealing off the passage to area T16. The door resists all other attempts to open it. Once opened, however, it ceases to be locked

strike pillars. The juggernauts fight until they are destroyed or until a creature destroys the triangular stone in the control room (area T15). T15: Juggernaut Control Room A hidden door conceals this

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