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High Fae Impostor

Monsters Monstrous Compendium Vol. 4: Eldraine Creatures

Magic Resistance. The high fae has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects.Multiattack. The high fae makes two Fae Blade attacks and uses Vexing Prank once. Fae Blade

. Melee Weapon Attack: +9;{"diceNotation":"1d20+9", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Fae Blade"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 18 (3d8 + 5);{"diceNotation":"3d8+5", "rollType":"damage

High Fae Noble

Monsters Monstrous Compendium Vol. 4: Eldraine Creatures

Fae Blade attacks. It can replace one of these attacks with Stunning Soliloquy if available. Fae Blade. Melee Weapon Attack: +12;{"diceNotation":"1d20+12", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Fae Blade

"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 20 (3d8 + 7);{"diceNotation":"3d8+7", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Fae Blade", "rollDamageType":"force"} force damage. Stunning Soliloquy (Recharge 5–6

Giff

Species Spelljammer: Adventures in Space

blossom into hard feelings, loud arguments, and head-butting contests, but they rarely escalate beyond that. Creating Your Character When you create your D&D character, you decide whether your

character is a member of the human race or one of the game’s fantastical races. If you create a character using a race option presented here, follow these additional rules during character creation

Monk Legacy

Classes Basic Rules (2014)

shadow on a balcony a stone’s throw away. She slides her blade free of its cloth-wrapped scabbard and peers through the open window at the tyrant prince, so vulnerable in the grip of sleep

important mission beyond the cloister? Perhaps you were cast out because of some violation of the community’s rules. Did you dread leaving, or were you happy to go? Is there something you hope to

2. Goblin Blind

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver

contested by the goblins’ passive Wisdom (Perception) score to avoid being surprised. See the Basic Rules for more information on ability check contests. Thickets. The thickets around the clearing are

difficult terrain, but they aren’t dangerous—just annoying. They provide half cover to creatures behind them. (See “Difficult Terrain” and “Cover” in the Basic Rules for more information.)

Fireside Contests

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Giants of the Star Forge

Fireside Contests The Fireside contests are described below. They can be run in any order. The rules of the Fireside contests are as follows. Competitors. Any number of characters can partake in each

feather token (tree). Concluding the Contests If the party wins two or more of the contests, Diasma is thoroughly impressed. She and three of her fellow giant wrestlers offer to accompany the party to

Exploring Mount Ironrot

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

Exploring Mount Ironrot Use the following rules when the characters travel around Mount Ironrot. Regional Effects Mount Ironrot is affected by these environmental phenomena: Impeded Navigation. In

food to forage in the Mournland, and monsters are everywhere. If the party lingers too long between locations, introduce random encounters with creatures such as blazebears (see appendix A) or blade scouting parties (see the “Blade Scouting Party” section later in this chapter).

Society of Blood and Poison

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

surest sign of Lolth’s approval. No tactic is outside the rules in this ongoing conflict. Raids against another house’s outlying property (farming caverns, trade caravans, or hunting parties) are

commonplace. Rumors about disloyalty, conspiracies with surface elves, or heresy against Lolth are circulated so frequently that no one knows what to be sure of. Assassinations, both by blade and by the

Class Features

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

Class Features When you gain a new level in a class, you get its features for that level. You don't, however, receive the class's starting equipment, and a few features have additional rules when

eldritch invocation Thirsting Blade doesn't give you additional attacks if you also have Extra Attack. Unarmored Defense If you already have the Unarmored Defense feature, you can't gain it again from another class.

Swashbuckler

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide

Swashbuckler You focus your training on the art of the blade, relying on speed, elegance, and charm in equal parts. While some warriors are brutes clad in heavy armor, your method of fighting looks

creature can’t make opportunity attacks against you for the rest of your turn. SWASHBUCKLERS AND TWO-WEAPON FIGHTING The Swashbuckler relies on a good understanding of the D&D rules to realize its

Tempus

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide

envision him. Tempus’s favor might be randomly distributed, but over the centuries his priests have made an effort to spread and enforce a common code of warfare — to make war a thing of rules, respect for

reputations, and professional behavior. This code, called Tempus’s Honor, has the purpose of making conflicts brief, decisive, and as safe as possible for those not directly involved. The rules in the

Blade Bazaar

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

Blade Bazaar This marketplace is named after the most abundant goods the duergar offer, but the shops here sell almost everything available in the city, along with stalls set up by visiting merchants

unload some of the treasures they might be carrying. Nonmagical weapons, armor, and shields can be purchased in the Blade Bazaar. Merchant Madness Characters who look around the bazaar notice a number of

Rogue Subclasses

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

their trade. Some Arcane Tricksters use their talents as pickpockets and burglars, while others are pranksters. Level 3: Spellcasting You have learned to cast spells. See chapter 7 for the rules on

spellcasting. The information below details how you use those rules as an Arcane Trickster. Cantrips. You know three cantrips: Mage Hand and two other cantrips of your choice from the Wizard spell

Swashbuckler

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything

Swashbuckler You focus your training on the art of the blade, relying on speed, elegance, and charm in equal parts. While some warriors are brutes clad in heavy armor, your method of fighting looks

to use your Sneak Attack against a creature if you are within 5 feet of it, no other creatures are within 5 feet of you, and you don’t have disadvantage on the attack roll. All the other rules for

Difficulty Class

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

forcing a saving throw, use the standard formula for calculating a save DC (see “Calculated DCs” below). Calculated DCs For some ability checks and most saving throws, the rules default to the following

checks that are contests between two creatures. For example, if one creature is holding a door shut, use its Strength modifier and Proficiency Bonus to set the DC for opening the door. When another

Difficulty Class

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

Nearly impossible 30 The numbers associated with these categories of difficulty are meant to be easy to keep in your head, so that you don’t have to refer to these rules every time you decide on a

contests, saving throws, or attack rolls. Having proficiency with a skill or tool can also grant automatic success. If a character’s proficiency bonus applies to his or her ability check, the character

Zilargo

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

quite happy with it. Their streets are safe, and as long as you play by the rules of the game, the Trust won’t target you. Outsiders find this casual acceptance of preemptive assassination to be

eliminate a threat, whether with poison, spell, or a blade. Typically, a target will never even see the agent that kills them.

Narration in Combat

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

Narration in Combat Although it’s important that the players understand what’s going on in terms of the rules, the game can get dull if everyone uses only “gamespeak”: “That’s an 18 to hit,” “You hit

; now roll damage,” “11 points,” and “OK, now we’re to Initiative count 13.” Instead, use the rules and your knowledge of the scene to help your narration. If 18 is barely a hit, but the 11 points of

Mount Ironrot Encounters

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

the characters’ reaction to this revelation or whether they offer to look for Filch, learning it counts as a secret for the purposes of the Power of Secrets rules in this book’s introduction. Cyran

. Blade Scouting Party As they pass between scorched thickets, the characters are ambushed by violent followers of a bloodthirsty warmonger called the Lord of Blades. These scouts have orders to search

Zilargo

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

you play by the rules of the game, the Trust ignores you. Outsiders find this casual acceptance of preemptive assassination to be terrifying, but the Zil genuinely trust the Trust. Zil gnomes live

. Trust agents prefer to solve a problem without violence—by sharing a piece of information or a whispered warning sent via a message spell. But the Trust won’t hesitate to eliminate a threat, whether with poison, spell, or blade. Typically, a target never sees the agent of their demise.

Class Features

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

Class Features When you gain a new level in a class, you get its features for that level. A few features have additional rules when you’re multiclassing. Check the information about multiclassing

included in each of your classes’ descriptions. Special rules apply to Extra Attack, Spellcasting, and features (such as Unarmored Defense) that give you alternative ways to calculate your Armor Class

Class Features

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

Class Features When you gain a new level in a class, you get its features for that level. A few features have additional rules when you’re multiclassing. Check the information about multiclassing

included in each of your classes’ descriptions. Special rules apply to Extra Attack, Spellcasting, and features (such as Unarmored Defense) that give you alternative ways to calculate your Armor Class

Vlaakith's Dilemma

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

. She regularly arranges contests, scavenger hunts, and other trials to keep her servants involved in purposeful activity, but the attraction of such diversions wears off after a brief time. Most of

, and every such endeavor they undertake ends in this manner. A Blade Kept Sharp Despite the decadent lifestyle the githyanki indulge in, they remain in fighting shape. All are required to attend

Introduction: Multiversal Menagerie

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Morte’s Planar Parade

of the Monster Manual before proceeding. That book explains stat block terminology and gives rules for various monster traits—information that isn’t repeated here. The Stat Blocks by Challenge Rating

wyrmling Dragon 6 Doomguard rot blade* Humanoid 6 Eater of knowledge Aberration 6 Equinal guardinal Celestial 7 Githzerai uniter Aberration 7 Mercykiller bloodhound* Humanoid 8 Decaton modron Celestial 8

9. Dragon's Platform

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

smaller chamber with an arch gate set into the back wall (see “Gates”). The arch is engraved with images of dancing dwarves. The rules of this gate are as follows: Standing within 5 feet of the arch and

personality. From that point on, the dragon considers Wyllow its mortal enemy. Tearulai The longsword, Tearulai, is a sentient, neutral good sword of sharpness with an emerald-colored blade and precious

Appendix D: Magic

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

with an Intelligence score of 3 or higher) This crystal grants you telepathy for as long as you remain attuned to it. See the introduction of the Monster Manual for rules on how this telepathy works

one time; otherwise, the Ythryn mythallar follows the attunement rules in the Dungeon Master’s Guide. If a ninth creature tries to attune to the mythallar, nothing happens. All creatures attuned to

Specific Spells

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

shove option in the combat rules, the sanctuary spell does end on you, since you have made an attack. Can I hand a shadow blade to another PC? It only says the blade dissipates as I throw or drop it. No

of 1, assuming you cast goodberry with a 1st-level spell slot. Can you use green-flame blade and booming blade with Extra Attack, opportunity attacks, Sneak Attack, and other weapon attack options

High Fae

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monstrous Compendium Volume Four

, embodying the natural splendor and danger of the wilderness. High fae have no regard for mortal values of honor and law, but they nonetheless operate under inviolable rules of their own: gifts must always

saving throws against spells and other magical effects. Actions Multiattack. The high fae makes two Fae Blade attacks and uses Vexing Prank once. Fae Blade. Melee Weapon Attack: +9 to hit

Approaching the Prison

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

, blade-shaped rock. A central tower looms above the rest of the fortress, and light leaks from its arrow slits. Four smaller towers rise from the outermost corners of the fortress, and guards can be seen

posing as guards are taken to the barracks (area R19), where they meet with head guard Yula Dargeria, a no-nonsense stickler for the prison’s rules. Characters posing as cooks are delivered to the kitchen

Approaching the Prison

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Prisoner 13

, blade-shaped rock. A central tower looms above the rest of the fortress, and light leaks from its arrow slits. Four smaller towers rise from the outermost corners of the fortress, and guards can be seen

posing as guards are taken to the barracks (area R19), where they meet with head guard Yula Dargeria, a no-nonsense stickler for the prison’s rules. Characters posing as cooks are delivered to the kitchen

Merchant Princes

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

. Ekene-Afa Deals in weapons, shields, traveling gear, rain catchers, saddles, wagons, and canoes Ekene-Afa (LG female Chultan human gladiator) won numerous gladiatorial contests in Port Nyanzaru’s arena

almost everywhere, but Jessamine has a monopoly on “sanctions” — writs that allow a killing by ordained methods (usually poison or stabbing with a blade). For an added fee, her agents will carry out

Above the Ashen Spires

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fated Flight of the Recluse

Brynshal’duun, a young blue dragon whose lair lies in the upper reaches of the Blade Desert. The dragon, having learned what Kreffik has been trafficking to Karnath, has chosen to waylay the airship above the

incident if its attitude is shifted to Friendly. Fleeing from the Dragon If the characters decide to flee rather than fight, Brynshal’duun gives chase. Use the rules for running chases in chapter 3 of the

Zariel

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

Zariel Zariel rules Avernus, the first layer of the Nine Hells. Once a mighty angel charged with watching the tides of the Blood War, she succumbed to the plane’s corrupting influence and fell from

self (can become Medium when changing her appearance), detect evil and good, fireball, invisibility (self only), wall of fire 3/day each: blade barrier, dispel evil and good, finger of death

Dwarven Religion

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

secrets Grave,* Knowledge Gemstone in a mountain Gorm Gulthyn LG Vigilance War Bronze half-mask Haela Brightaxe CG Combat prowess, luck in battle War Upright sword with blade sheathed

improve a clan’s capabilities. Berronar Truesilver The Matron of Home and Hearth is the patron of family, honor, and law. She lays out the rules for managing a dwarf clan. Berronar’s code establishes the

Combat

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

factor. You can still try to hide from your foes and gain the benefits conferred by being hidden, but you don’t deprive your foes of their turns when you do so. Surprise rules work for two opposing

fight use the rules for Dexterity (Stealth) checks. If a wizard casts a spell like fireball during a surprise round, do the enemies get disadvantage on their saving throw? Being surprised has no effect

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