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Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse
–6: Push. If the target is Large or smaller, the target is pushed up to 15 feet away from the kolyarut.
Edict of Blades (Recharge 5–6);{"diceNotation":"1d6", "rollType":"recharge", "rollAction
":"Edict of Blades"}. The kolyarut moves up to its speed without provoking opportunity attack;opportunity attacks and can make one Unerring Blade attack against each creature it moves past. Whenever it
Monsters
Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
skirmishers boast great skill in battle, honed over centuries of endless conflict on the battlefields of Ysgard. They also wield elemental magic of earth and stone. True to their giant heritage, they
Ysgard: creatures slain on that plane return to life the next dawn. Thus, the giants’ incursion became a part of the eternal battle that rages across the plane. The trolls, whose fundamental
Monsters
Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
free to pursue its own ends.
Skeletal knights are relentless in battle and difficult to destroy. They cling to the sins that curse them, and they fight until their skulls are reduced to shards. Their
blades deal lingering wounds that sap their victims’ life force and leave blackened scars even after magical healing.Poison
Monsters
Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse
Mount Celestia, tasked with protecting the innocent and helpless. Loyal defenders, these bipedal warriors wield blades of shining radiance and can assume canine forms, allowing them to
within the Celestial hierarchy. When faced in battle, archons radiate the full fury of the Upper Planes, bolstering their allies and cowing their foes.LightningChange Shape. The archon magically
Monsters
Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
Ysgard: creatures slain on that plane return to life the next dawn. Thus, the giants’ incursion became a part of the eternal battle that rages across the plane. The trolls, whose fundamental
appearance. They retain prominent noses and a hint of green in their skin but otherwise resemble relatively small frost or stone giants. They use armor and weapons similar to what other combatants on Ysgard
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
invisible with it.Soulblades are duergar combatants whose mastery of psionics allows them to manifest blades of psychic energy to slice apart their foes.
Duergar
Duergar are dwarves of the deep
Underdark, duergar must constantly be on guard against the raids and plots of their neighbors. To this end, duergar warriors fulfill a variety of combat roles, often marrying their fury in battle with
Backgrounds
Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
behind the life of a soldier for hire, but your skills are undeniably suited for battle, so now you fight on in a different way.
MERCENARIES OF THE NORTH
Countless mercenary companies
called the Chill. Unlike most of their kind, the Chill refrains from raiding the people of the North and maintains relatively good relations so that they can hire themselves out as warriors. Few city
Giff
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Monsters
Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes
refuse to fight other giff, and will never agree to a contract unless it stipulates that they can sit out a battle rather than wage war against their kin. A giff prizes the reputation of its unit above its
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
seeks adventurers to lead into battle against the mind flayer;mind flayers that usurped the dragon’s lair.
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Powerful infernal creatures have opened a portal in the middle of a city square
their army in battle centuries ago.
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An ancient sapphire dragon guards the phylactery of a lich who helped the dragon establish a lair centuries before becoming Undead.
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Lolth the Spider
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
Breaking the Contract Voiding the infernal contract between Zariel and Thavius Kreeg causes the hellish chains binding Elturel to crumble to ash. This can be accomplished by either killing Zariel or
by destroying the original contract. Zariel can use an action to summon the contract, which appears in her one hand. The contract is otherwise hidden in a secret place known only to her. Getting
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
Loose Threads The conclusion of Out of the Abyss can be relatively quick and straightforward if Vizeran’s scheme is successful and the heroes are victorious. The survivors of the battle against the
demon lords can make their way out of the Underdark to report to a grateful alliance of surface-world factions that the threat is ended. Major loose threads left hanging at the end of the final battle include the following.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
make the players and the characters feel as though the island teems with undead. An epic battle ensues, and if that battle is won, no further attacks come. When the undead arrive, they attempt to
guidelines. Area Creatures 4 5 zombies, 3 drowned blades, 1 drowned ascetic 11 5 zombies, 2 drowned blades, 1 drowned ascetic 12 1 drowned ascetic 17 1 drowned assassin 21 1 drowned blade The
Kobold
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Species
Volo's Guide to Monsters
populated areas, practice cannibalism, believing it is foolish to waste good meat.
In any case, kobolds that eat humanoids don’t simply start consuming corpses or prisoners right after a battle
gnomes and other humanoids, the kobolds instinctively attack the gnomes. Kobolds in battle with gnomes are much less likely to run away because their hatred overrules their sense of self-preservation
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
Fleeing with the Heart If the characters had a relatively easy time getting their hands on Jhaeros’s heart, use the following encounter to complicate their escape. Two ashen knights mounted on ashen
warhorses (see the “Ashen Creatures” sidebar) catch up to the characters as they make their way through the dead city of Ghalasine toward their rendezvous with Naevys. While the characters battle the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
Barbarian The Path of the Battlerager is a great fit for a warforged barbarian trained for close quarters battle and with a chassis modified to incorporate spikes, blades, and other weapons. These
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
The Job at Hand The posted contract explains that any interested parties are to meet with Guildmaster Tabeth at the local guild house. When the characters follow up, Tabeth provides them with the
following summary of what he knows: Pirates recently ransacked Abbey Isle, an island just off the coast populated by evil clerics and their followers. Much to the guild’s delight, the battle between the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
both clear and present dangers to Avernus. Although Zariel would relish slaying either of them personally, she gladly draws up a contract agreeing to trade Elturel and the souls within the city for
that both demon lords have recently converged around Elturel. You can add either demon lord to the battle in “Endgame in Elturel” later in this chapter. If the characters freed the demon lord
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Divine Contention
Travel to the Tomb Once the party agrees to the contract, sages from Candlekeep send a messenger (via teleportation) with written directions to Ebondeath’s Mausoleum. The mausoleum lies under the
(and likely destruction) of a great deal of undead from this region, the characters are likely to simply have a miserable day trudging through the muck. However, if you so wish, feel free to through in an encounter or two with undead that are fleeing the site of the battle at Leilon.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
play with one of Acquisitions Incorporated’s most sought-after assets — a battle balloon. The characters can report back the outcome of their Horn Enclave mission to Flabbergast or Omin Dran, or Head
Office makes contact with them if they report back to Gilda Duhn first. Knowing the importance of tracking Lottie down, Omin authorizes the loan of the battle balloon at once, with the vehicle arriving
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
. Among the Ghaal’dar, you must constantly prove your strength and skill to gain and hold the respect of your kin. Ghaal’dar rarely kill in a casual battle; you might fight to prove a point but kill only
when you must. Loyal to Your Clan. Challenge your peers as you like in times of peace, but when blades unsheathe for war, you stand by your clan—or those allies you have bonded with—until death. This
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
. Among the Ghaal’dar, you are constantly forced to prove your strength and skill or to cede dominance to others. Ghaal’dar rarely kill in a casual battle; you may fight to prove a point, but kill only when
you must. Loyal to Your Clan. While you may challenge your peers in times of peace, when blades are drawn you stand by your clan—or those allies you have bonded with—until death. Note that the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
Primus, leader of the modrons. As a creature of absolute law, Primus could be trusted to issue a fair and impartial verdict. Asmodeus drafted a contract to seal the deal, and the angels — after carefully
mortals to evil, but he and his minions never breached a contract and explained the terms clearly. Had they not obeyed the rule of law in doing so? Was it not mortal ambition, rather than infernal deception
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
Hobgoblins War horns sound, stones fly from catapults, and the thunder of a thousand booted feet echoes across the land as hobgoblins march to battle. Across the borderlands of civilization
, settlements and settlers must contend with these aggressive humanoids, whose thirst for conquest is never satisfied. They break before our shields,
They fall beneath our blades;
Their home is ours to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
Blingdenstone Factions The following sections describe what each deep gnome faction has to offer in the Battle of Blingdenstone. The Diggermattocks If the characters don’t suggest it, the deep gnome
. Before the battle can get underway, the temple must be cleansed (see area 22). Meanwhile, Senni Diggermattock gives Kazook Pickshine the materials he needs to create an alchemical concoction that can
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Morte’s Planar Parade
Multiverse) and punished in brutally decisive fashion. In cases where the terms of a contract or a foundational truth of an agreement come into question, the Kolyarut sends a component part of itself
inevitables, beings dedicated to the smooth exaction of laws across the planes. Kolyaruts wield blades with deadly efficiency, allowing them to defend themselves on their excursions and slice through any who
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
described in the item’s description (see Appendix C). If released, Gargauth thanks the characters through tears of mirth. The pit fiend’s first act is to produce a contract out of thin air, claiming
that it will aid the characters in their quest to destroy Zariel if they sign it. The contract is full of convoluted text, and is summarized in its final clause: “I, the undersigned, agree to form a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a4
of floor that adjoins the western wall.
The openings in the floor are pits, each 5 feet wide and 10 feet deep. Their bottoms are lined with rusty, razor-like blades. Anyone who falls in takes 6
(1d12) damage and must succeed on a DC 15 Constitution saving throw or contract a disease called super-tetanus (see below). The walls, ceiling, and floor of the area between the pits are covered with a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
Bladesong Those who see a bladesinger in battle never forget the sight. Surrounded by chaos and blood, the bladesinger moves in an otherworldly dance. Spells and sword act in concert, meshing awe
, deflecting opponents’ blades while elegantly moving into position to score hits in return. A bladesinger wields a weapon one-handed, leaving the other free for spellcasting or to manipulate a wand
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
with dulled blades in the middle of the room while the other four cheer them on. The room is otherwise empty. 9b. Crypt A granite sarcophagus against the north wall has been opened, its lid dumped onto
rows of ten, facing west. As she reaches dramatic peaks in the liturgy, the hobgoblins grunt and nod approvingly, banging their fists on their armor. The hobgoblins attack intruders on sight. A battle
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
Lords and Their Thralls While the demons fight for domination among their own kind in the Abyss, the Material Plane is the most fertile ground for demons to acquire followers. Even a relatively weak
advantage of that same reverence, a demon might send its cultists into battle to soften up an enemy before the demon enters the fray itself. Many cultists gravitate to a demon lord out of a desire for
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a2
battle, various creatures have occupied the stronghold and used the place as a base for their raids. At other times, the caverns have lain empty except for the mindless and bloodthirsty monsters that
haunt such places. Today legends of Durgeddin’s Vengeance (or the Smith’s War) and the extraordinary blades the dwarves forged in anger still surface from time to time in the lands near the Stone Tooth.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
the demon-god. In a battle against the characters, these fanatics always fight to the death. Ceilings The ceilings in most areas of Web’s Edge are 20 feet high, with stalactites occasionally jutting
down a few feet. The ceilings in the fodder chamber (area W9) and Sacred Web Hall (area W12) are 50 feet tall and relatively smooth. Doors The doors in Web’s Edge are made of iron. The doors to areas W3
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
. Warding the castle entrance are thick, battle-hardened wooden doors. Four cylindrical guard towers have wind-worn flags bearing the town’s heraldry fluttering above their tiled, conical roofs. These
castle is lit by torches regardless of the time of day. Doors inside the castle aren’t locked unless the text states otherwise. Castle Defenders The castle’s relatively small size makes it possible
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
Battle Balloon Through the winter clouds that surround the castle on this desolate hill, you see a shape emerge. Something so gigantic, you can’t believe it can actually fly. Airships are relatively
battle balloon a much-coveted upgrade for any franchise. Origins and Operations. Professional secrecy and aggressive marketing make it unclear where the airship originated. Some say battle balloons were
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
, the Talons are terrifying. Their numbers are relatively few, but they’re organized enough to oppress Lekar’s ragged survivors and enforce Drakov’s totalitarian laws. In the face of zombie hordes
, though, they’re fighting a losing battle against foes whose numbers only grow. And every time a Talon falls, Lekar’s final defeat grows closer. Talon soldiers use the guard stat block, while commanders