being bond descent claws runes

Steel Crane

Monsters Candlekeep Mysteries

the missile if it’s small enough to hold in one hand and Steel Crane has a hand free. Slow Descent (3/Day). When Steel Crane falls, he can slow his descent, taking no damage from the fall.Steel

martial arts must be preserved and learned. Hiding them away in libraries dishonors our teachers.” Bond. “The Immortal Lotus is my new family. Bak Mei will lead me to a brighter future

Felidar

Monsters Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica

Bonding. The felidar can magically bond with one creature it can see, right after spending at least 1 hour observing that creature while within 30 feet of it. The bond lasts until the felidar bonds

with a different creature or until the bonded creature dies. This bond has the following effects: The felidar and the bonded creature can communicate telepathically with each other at a distance of up

Thessalheart Construct

Monsters Infernal Machine Rebuild

Telepathic Bond. While the construct is on the same plane of existence as its master, it can magically convey what it senses to its master, and the two can communicate telepathically.Claws. Melee

Weapon Attack: +4;{"diceNotation":"1d20+4","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Claws"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 1 slashing damage, and the target must succeed on a DC 10 Constitution saving

Quasit (familiar variant) Legacy

Monsters Monster Manual (2014)

. Magic Resistance. The quasit has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects. Familiar. The quasit can serve another creature as a familiar, forming a telepathic bond with its

: +4;{"diceNotation":"1d20+4","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Claws"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 5 (1d4 + 3);{"diceNotation":"1d4+3","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Claws","rollDamageType

Longbow of the Healing Hearth

Magic Items Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

This ivory longbow is inscribed with a prayer to the god Hiatea, the runes of which are entwined with gilded engravings of wheat stalks and deer antlers. You gain a +3 bonus to attack and damage

cast one of the following spells from it (save DC 18): create food and water (1 charge), warding bond (2 charges), guardian of faith (3 charges).

Category 1 Krasis

Monsters Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica

Amphibious. The krasis can breathe air and water.Multiattack. The krasis makes two attacks: one with its bite and one with its claws. Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +5;{"diceNotation":"1d20+5","rollType

. Claws. Melee Weapon Attack: +5;{"diceNotation":"1d20+5","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Claws"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 7 (1d8 + 3);{"diceNotation":"1d8+3","rollType":"damage","rollAction

K'Tulah

Monsters Candlekeep Mysteries

damage if wielded with two hands, or 6 (1d8 + 2);{"diceNotation":"1d8+2","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Quarterstaff","rollDamageType":"bludgeoning"} bludgeoning damage with shillelagh. Claws. Melee

Weapon Attack: +2;{"diceNotation":"1d20+2","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Claws"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 2 (1d4);{"diceNotation":"1d4","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Claws

Category 2 Krasis

Monsters Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica

Amphibious. The krasis can breathe air and water.Multiattack. The krasis makes two attacks: one with its bite and one with its claws. Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +7;{"diceNotation":"1d20+7","rollType

":"to hit"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one creature. Hit: 17 (2d12 + 4);{"diceNotation":"2d12+4","rollType":"damage","rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage. Claws. Melee Weapon Attack: +7

Category 3 Krasis

Monsters Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica

Amphibious. The krasis can breathe air and water.Multiattack. The krasis makes three attacks: one with its bite, one with its claws, and one with its tail. Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +11

"} piercing damage. Claws. Melee Weapon Attack: +11;{"diceNotation":"1d20+11","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Claws"} to hit, reach 10 ft., one target. Hit: 22 (3d10 + 6);{"diceNotation":"3d10+6

Clapperclaw the Scarecrow

Monsters The Wild Beyond the Witchlight

Unusual Nature. Clapperclaw doesn’t require air, food, drink, or sleep.Claws. Melee Weapon Attack: +5;{"diceNotation":"1d20+5","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Claws"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one

target. Hit: 7 (2d4 + 2);{"diceNotation":"2d4+2","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Claws","rollDamageType":"slashing"} slashing damage. Stuffing. Clapperclaw stuffs straw or other dead plant matter

Gray Render

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

":"bludgeoning"} bludgeoning damage if the target is prone.Bloody Rampage. When the gray render takes damage, it makes one attack with its claws against a random creature within its reach, other than

its master.A curious impulse drives the gray render. Despite its hulking form and terrible appetite, it wants most of all to bond with an intelligent creature and, once bonded, to give its life to

Dragon-Touched Focus

Magic Items Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

This wondrous item can be a scepter, an orb, an amulet, a crystal, or another finely crafted object. It typically incorporates imagery of dragons’ wings, claws, teeth, or scales. Dragon

monster, Rime's binding ice* Gem. Rary's telepathic bond, Raulothim's psychic lance* Metallic. Fizban's platinum shield,* legend lore Dragon-Touched Focus (Ascendant);Ascendant (Legendary). The Ascendant

Shifter Legacy

Species Eberron: Rising from the Last War

Geth’s ancient heritage rose up from deep within him, spreading out from the core of his being. Some shifters manifested terrible claws, others massive fangs, still others astounding speed or

world around them. Do they embrace their primal instincts or the path of civilization? The Beast Within Early in childhood, a shifter forms a bond with a beast within, a totemic force that shapes their

Tabaxi Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

wanderers keep to civilized realms, preferring to bargain instead of pursuing more dangerous methods of sating their curiosity. However, they aren’t above a little discreet theft to get their claws

tables to customize your character in addition to the trait, ideal, bond, and flaw from your background. The Tabaxi Obsession table can help hone your character’s goals. For extra fun, roll a new

Gray Render

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

Gray Render A curious impulse drives the gray render. Despite its hulking form and terrible appetite, it wants most of all to bond with an intelligent creature and, once bonded, give its life to

their kind. Chaotic Allies. As a side effect of its breeding, each gray render has an overpowering need to bond with an intelligent creature. When it encounters a suitable master, the render sings to

8. Gargoyle Lair

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a7

with its claws. Treasure. Around the creature’s neck is a collar studded with ten gleaming gems (blue quartz stones of 100 gp value each). Hidden in a secret compartment of the collar is a slip of

parchment with the following written on it in magical code (requiring comprehend languages to understand): “Look low and high for gold, to hear a tale untold. Take the archway at the end, and on your way you’ll wend.” Beneath the runes, the initial “A” is inscribed.

Felidar

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

blue-gray hide has a silvery, geometric pattern, and its thick white mane falls in an orderly fashion around its shoulders. Nearly every felidar forms a close bond with one other creature. Winged

felidars almost always bond with archons, joining in their relentless pursuit of justice. Other felidars ally with members of the Azorius Senate and form bonds with high-ranking justiciars and ministers

Azorius Functionary

Backgrounds Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica

5th dominate person Your magic often takes the form of blue or golden runes floating and glowing in the air in circular patterns or of shimmering azure barriers of magical energy. If you

is an excellent deterrent for other criminals. (Evil) Bonds d6 Bond 1 I am beholden to an Azorius arrester who captured the criminal who killed my parents, saving me from

11. Melissara's Study

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

Traveler, and Touched by the Far Realm: A Wizard’s Lamentable Descent into Lunacy. Tucked among these mundane tomes is Melissara’s spellbook, which bears the (right side up) Shadowdusk family crest on the

by Melissara. Inside is a small black journal. The first page of the book is trapped with a glyph of warding spell, whose explosive runes deal fire damage (save DC 15). The glyph is keyed to go off if

Warlock

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

spells the warlock knows. Does the Eyes of the Rune Keeper invocation work on magical runes? Eyes of the Rune Keeper lets you read any form of writing, including the linguistic meaning of a rune, if any

. If a warlock uses Pact of the Blade to bond with a magic weapon, does that weapon have to be a melee weapon, and can the warlock change the weapon’s form? The warlock’s Pact of the Blade feature lets

Princes and Scorpions

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel

hurt those I love to accomplish my goals.” Bond. “I’ve devoted my entire life to becoming Empress Inaya’s heir.” Flaw. “I’ll stop at nothing to attain the throne.” Simbon, Prince of Anisa Prince Simbon

, the least you can do is fake it.” Bond. “I respect my father even as he grovels to the empress on my behalf.” Flaw. “I don’t want the life I’m supposed to want.” Searching the Alley After the battle

2. Hunting Kennel

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

rope: probably a young boar, though the flies make it hard to tell. Beneath it is a bowl circled by runes written in blood. The runes are written in Giant. Trepsin is a follower of the demon lord

following action instead of the troll’s normal Multiattack action: Multiattack. The troll attacks five times, once with its bite and four times with its claws. If two or more claws hit the same target

Approaching the Canyon

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

outrun or outmaneuver the roc, which is too big to land on the deck or reach creatures on the deck with its claws. The roc can bite creatures on deck, but it prefers to attack the balloon itself (see

option of climbing down into the jagged rift at a point of their choosing. The sounds of their descent are muffled by the wind.

3. Hungry Gnome

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

one of the corpses. (The gnome is really a troll named Xlorp, transformed by the runes in area 11b.) In its current form, the troll has the statistics of an unarmored (AC 12), chaotic evil deep gnome

character who examines the bodies and succeeds on a DC 10 Wisdom (Medicine) check reveals that four drow are covered in burn marks consistent with lightning strikes, three were torn to pieces by large claws, and one was crushed to death (a victim of the behir’s coils).

Thessalheart Construct

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild

(10 XP) Telepathic Bond. While the construct is on the same plane of existence as its master, it can magically convey what it senses to its master, and the two can communicate telepathically

. Actions Claws. Melee Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 1 slashing damage, and the target must succeed on a DC 10 Constitution saving throw or be poisoned for 1 minute. If the

2. Hunting Kennel

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

carcass hangs from the tripod by a rope: probably a young boar, though the flies make it hard to tell. Beneath it is a bowl circled by runes written in blood. The runes are written in Giant. Trepsin

6 monster (2,300 XP) and has the following action instead of the troll’s normal Multiattack action: Multiattack. The troll attacks five times, once with its bite and four times with its claws. If

Cosmetic Spell Modifications

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd

location. The spirit can’t be harmed and doesn’t speak. Fog cloud: Misty, harmless claws form in the fog. Gust of wind: A ghastly moan accompanies the summoned wind. Mage hand: The summoned hand is

skeletal. Maze: The surfaces of the demiplane’s maze are made of mortared skulls and bones. Phantom steed: The steed resembles a skeletal horse. Rary’s telepathic bond: Characters linked

K'Tulah

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

turn. Once she uses this ability, she can’t use it again until she moves 0 feet on one of her turns. As an action, K’Tulah can make a melee weapon attack with her claws: +2 to hit, reach 5 ft., one

target. Hit: 2 (1d4) slashing damage. Personality Trait. “I talk fast and can carry on a conversation about almost anything.” Ideal. “Decorum is overrated. Life’s too short for formalities.” Bond. “The

Meloon Wardragon

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist

Nihiloor, a mind flayer in Xanathar’s employ. It knows everything Meloon knew, and Meloon behaves much as he did before his descent into Undermountain. He hangs out at the Yawning Portal, tries to

bond with adventurers, and offers a helping hand whenever doing so feels appropriate. The intellect devourer’s primary goals are to steer adventurers away from Undermountain and get them to undertake

Firan Zal'honan

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

intellects to stalk through the Mists. A wandering scholar, Firan Zal’honan is quick to claim his descent from a noble pedigree. In another life, he claims, he could have ruled as a wizard-king. But his

Zal’honan’s Traits Ideal. “Secrets are power. No foe can hide their mysteries from me.” Bond. “None of this is real. I will endure this test. I will reap my reward. I will have my revenge.” Flaw. “My genius

Creating a Krasis

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

with its bite and one with its claws. Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 5 ft., one creature. Hit: 8 (1d10 + 3) piercing damage. Claws. Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 5 ft., one

air and water. Actions Multiattack. The krasis makes two attacks: one with its bite and one with its claws. Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +7 to hit, reach 5 ft., one creature. Hit: 17 (2d12 + 4

Appendix: Roleplaying Cards

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

. “Responsibility isn’t really my thing.” Ideal. “What’s yours is mine; it’s only a matter of time.” Bond. “I have a reputation to uphold. I can’t have it sullied by silly concepts like honesty and

!” Ideal. “The pursuit of true love compels me! Never shall I wilt if I have such a cause to champion.” Bond. “The beautiful Pollenella—a vision in stripes.” Flaw. “I cannot resist a pretty face

Appendix D: Roleplaying Cards

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

. “Responsibility isn’t really my thing.” Ideal. “What’s yours is mine; it’s only a matter of time.” Bond. “I have a reputation to uphold. I can’t have it sullied by silly concepts like honesty and

breeze!” Ideal. “The pursuit of true love compels me! Never shall I wilt if I have such a cause to champion.” Bond. “The beautiful Pollenella—a vision in stripes.” Flaw. “I cannot resist a pretty

Rudolph van Richten

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

their criminal operation, and brought Irena to justice, but not before suffering her curse: “Live you always among monsters, and see everyone you love die beneath their claws.” In the weeks that

herbalist’s shop in Mordentshire in the domain of Mordent. Rudolph van Richten’s Traits Ideal. “Evil cannot go unpunished.” Bond. “To protect those I love, I must keep them at a distance and hidden

9. Foggy Caves

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

”). Each apparition takes a harmless swing at any creatures that pass through the area before sinking back into the fog. 9c. Unpleasant Descent This 10-foot-high passage slopes down gently as it runs

higher to pass through this gate (see “Jhesiyra Kestellharp”). The first creature to pass through the gate triggers an elder rune (see “Elder Runes”). A creature that passes through the gate appears in area 34a on level 6, in the closest unoccupied space next to the identical gate located there.

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