blades before devote change return

Double-Bladed Scimitar

Equipment

The double-bladed scimitar is the signature weapon of Valenar elves. A haft of fine wood supports a long, curving blade on either end. Forged with techniques honed over centuries, these blades are

one. A Valenar blade in the hands of a non-elf is generally assumed to have been stolen or looted from a fallen foe, and a Valenar elf might feel entitled to demand its return or challenge the bearer

Arch-hag

Monsters Monster Manual

). Otherwise, the hag drops to 1 Hit Point and teleports to a harmless demiplane, and it can’t return to the plane it left for 2d6;{"diceNotation":"2d6", "rollType":"roll", "rollAction":"Spiteful

lairs frequently change or exhibit bewildering features. The region containing an arch-hag’s lair is altered by its presence, creating the following effects: Lapsus Linguae. Creatures

Gynosphinx Legacy

Monsters Basic Rules (2014)

moves up to 10 years forward or backward (sphinx’s choice). Only the sphinx is immediately aware of the time change. A wish spell can return the caster and up to seven other creatures designated by

use lair actions, but it can return to its lair as a bonus action on its turn, taking up to seven creatures with it. PsychicBludgeoning, Piercing, and Slashing from Nonmagical Attacks

Aereni High Elf

Species Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron

ground and faced your ancestors, and twenty fell before his singing blades. You are no Dhakaani of old, and a mere twenty of you will bring no honor to the Taeri.” The warlord hissed in fury, and

into the eyes of the stunned onlookers. She smiled behind her spirit veil, counting the blades arrayed against her. “But forty will.” Elven culture began on the distant continent of Xen

Valenar High Elf

Species Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron

ground and faced your ancestors, and twenty fell before his singing blades. You are no Dhakaani of old, and a mere twenty of you will bring no honor to the Taeri.” The warlord hissed in fury, and

into the eyes of the stunned onlookers. She smiled behind her spirit veil, counting the blades arrayed against her. “But forty will.” Elven culture began on the distant continent of Xen

Cloud Giant Smiling One

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

. Hit: 25 (4d10 + 3);{"diceNotation":"4d10+3", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Telekinetic Strike", "rollDamageType":"force"} force damage. Change Shape. The giant magically transforms to look and

feel like a Beast or a Humanoid it has seen or to return to its true form. Any equipment the giant is wearing or carrying is absorbed by the new form. Its statistics, other than its size, don’t

Astral Projection Legacy

Spells Basic Rules (2014)

statistics and possessions. The principal difference is the addition of a silvery cord that extends from between your shoulder blades and trails behind you, fading to invisibility after 1 foot. This

enter a new plane or return to the plane you were on when casting this spell, your body and possessions are transported along the silver cord, allowing you to re-enter your body as you enter the new

Sphinx of Judgment

Monsters Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica

within moves up to 10 years forward or backward (sphinx’s choice). Only the sphinx is immediately aware of the time change. A wish spell can return the caster and up to seven other creatures

’t use lair actions, but it can return to its lair as a bonus action on its turn, taking up to seven creatures with it. PsychicBludgeoning, Piercing, and Slashing from Nonmagical Attacks

Enhanced Sphinx

Monsters Lost Laboratory of Kwalish

. The flow of time within the lair is altered such that everything within moves up to 10 years forward or backward (sphinx’s choice). Only the sphinx is immediately aware of the time change. A wish

spell can return the caster and up to seven other creatures designated by the caster to their normal time. The sphinx shifts itself and up to seven other creatures it can see within in its lair to

Humanoid Mutate

Monsters Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk

this transformation to become malevolent prophets and harbingers. Others find magical ways to return to their previous forms. Mutates A creature exposed to the strange energy of the Far Realm

deliberately change themselves, seeking to embrace the fell powers they worship. Creatures that become mutates often inexplicably change back to their previous forms once the Far Realm influence abates

Androsphinx Legacy

Monsters Basic Rules (2014)

immediately aware of the time change. A wish spell can return the caster and up to seven other creatures designated by the caster to their normal time. The sphinx shifts itself and up to seven other

creatures it can see within in its lair to another plane of existence. Once outside its lair, the sphinx can’t use lair actions, but it can return to its lair as a bonus action on its turn, taking up to seven creatures with it. Psychic; Bludgeoning, Piercing, and Slashing from Nonmagical Attacks

Goblin Psi Commander

Monsters Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk

of their psionic abilities, goblin psi commanders wield blades of pure psychic energy. They can throw barriers of mental force while toppling foes with a single, mind-splitting burst. Psionic

with other Aberrations, which help them transform in return for their service as shock troops. Regardless, the result is the same: a goblin with unnatural and barely contained psychic power. Psionic

Aereni Wood Elf

Species Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron

ground and faced your ancestors, and twenty fell before his singing blades. You are no Dhakaani of old, and a mere twenty of you will bring no honor to the Taeri.” The warlord hissed in fury, and

into the eyes of the stunned onlookers. She smiled behind her spirit veil, counting the blades arrayed against her. “But forty will.” Elven culture began on the distant continent of Xen

Valenar Wood Elf

Species Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron

ground and faced your ancestors, and twenty fell before his singing blades. You are no Dhakaani of old, and a mere twenty of you will bring no honor to the Taeri.” The warlord hissed in fury, and

into the eyes of the stunned onlookers. She smiled behind her spirit veil, counting the blades arrayed against her. “But forty will.” Elven culture began on the distant continent of Xen

Chardalyn Berserker

Monsters Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

a roll of 1, the character must succeed on a DC 13 Charisma saving throw or become an evil NPC under the DM’s control, unless the character is evil already. This alignment change can be undone

the effects of madness, the berserker loses its Chardalyn Madness trait but retains its chaotic evil alignment and other qualities. Further exposure to the demonic magic causes the berserker’s madness to return, however.

Dzaan's Simulacrum

Monsters Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

himself. This simulacrum dwells in the sunken Netherese spire, waiting for its creator to return. The simulacrum, which looks and acts like Dzaan, has half of Dzaan's hit points and can't regain

. If this change occurs, the simulacrum effectively becomes a clone of Dzaan, authentic in every way. Companion. Because they're so despised throughout Faerûn, Red Wizards often adopt disguises and

Dzaan

Monsters Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

, Dzaan had used a spell scroll of simulacrum to create a copy of himself. This Dzaan's Simulacrum;simulacrum dwells in the sunken Netherese spire, waiting for its creator to return. The sunken Netherese

tower contains a special room that can transform the simulacrum into a real person—or any magical illusion into the real thing, for that matter. If this change occurs, the simulacrum

Shapechange Legacy

Spells Basic Rules (2014)

can't use any legendary actions or lair actions of the new form. You assume the hit points and Hit Dice of the new form. When you revert to your normal form, you return to the number of hit points you

of equipment, based on the creature's shape and size. Your equipment doesn't change shape or size to match the new form, and any equipment that the new form can't wear must either fall to the ground

Cradle of the Storm Scion

Monsters Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

causes mighty storms or fierce maelstroms. A scion’s slumber is filled with dreams ranging from inspiring visions of Annam’s return to melancholy prophecies of inevitable decline, from

from harm it might cause. If the scion is threatened, it unleashes elemental might like few other forces in the multiverse can muster: blades of lightning, boulder-sized hailstones, and a storm of

Selenelion Twin

Monsters The Wild Beyond the Witchlight

the masks they wear; Gleam wears a crescent moon mask, and Glister wears a sun mask. Blessed by Corellon, the twins can each change their sex at the end of a long rest, though one twin rarely does so

moonlight. She wears a crescent moon mask and is one-half of an acrobatic duo called the Selenelion twins, alongside Glister, her sunny twin. Gleam wants to reunite with her twin and return to the

Scion of Stronmaus

Monsters Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

is filled with dreams ranging from inspiring visions of Annam’s return to melancholy prophecies of inevitable decline, from joyful glimpses of an idyllic past to horrific nightmares of torment

elemental might like few other forces in the multiverse can muster: blades of lightning, boulder-sized hailstones, and a storm of churning elements. Regional Effects The region surrounding a scion

Young Crystal Dragon

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

palace of ice and quartz that was once the abode of an ancient crystal dragon is found deserted, with no clue as to whether its master will return or whether some other creature has claimed it. 2

return. 6 A royal heir goes missing while secretly visiting a crystal dragon. The heir’s family, the heir’s friends, and the dragon all want to find the heir, but no faction trusts

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

cities, the hatred against warforged and Cyran refugees, the calls for a return to war — all these things bear the mark of Rak Tulkhesh's malign influence. Minions of Rak Tulkhesh. Any organization that

Auril (Second Form)

Monsters Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

ice, whereupon Auril instantly reappears in her Auril (Third Form);third form, in an unoccupied space within 60 feet of where her second form was destroyed. Her initiative count doesn’t change

thin cloak of mist forms around her. Blades of ice grow out of her body at odd angles, breaking off before they get too long. When she moves, her body crackles. In this form, Auril creates weapons of

15. Wind Tunnel

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

15. Wind Tunnel Carved birds soar across the walls of this corridor. Blocking the passage near its northern end is a large adamantine propeller with five sharp blades. With a successful DC 15

from the floor, the blades take a full minute to slow to a stop. While the propeller is spinning up or slowing down, a creature can leap through a gap between two blades with a successful DC 20

Elves

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

ground and faced your ancestors, and twenty fell before his singing blades. You are no Dhakaani of old, and a mere twenty of you will bring no honor to the Taeri.” The warlord hissed in fury, and his

eyes of the stunned onlookers. She smiled behind her spirit veil, counting the blades arrayed against her. “But forty will.” Elven culture began on the distant continent of Xen’drik. Tens of

Glyphs

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

Glyphs This suit symbolizes faith, spirituality, and inner strength. It is the suit of priests and those who devote themselves to the service of a deity, a higher power, or a heightened philosophy

shouldered alone Five of glyphs Druid The ambivalence and cruelty of nature and those who feel drawn to it; inner turmoil Six of glyphs Anarchist A fundamental change brought on by one whose beliefs are

Optional Rules: Feywild Magic

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

Optional Rules: Feywild Magic Tales speak of children kidnapped by fey creatures and spirited away to the Feywild, only to return to their parents years later without having aged a day, and with no

memories of their captors or the realm they came from. Likewise, adventurers who return from an excursion to the Feywild are often alarmed to discover upon their return that time flows differently on

Conclusion

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

Conclusion If Juliana and Orlando are freed from the fountain’s enchantment, they can easily be persuaded to return home to their families if the characters mention that two years have passed for

their families or that their families have settled their feud. The couple takes some time to change into their original clothes and gather their equipment. They bid Argus and Hamish a fond, emotional farewell and depart with the characters.

Dungeon State

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a5

Dungeon State This adventure describes each area as it exists when the characters first arrive in the Doomvault. As they explore, they change the dungeon’s state. Record the state each area is in

when the characters leave. You need to track which rooms have been explored, which monsters have been defeated, which secrets remain undiscovered, what treasure has been taken, and so on. If the characters return to an area, your notes can remind you what is different from the original text.

Spirit Naga

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

ruins, they devote their time to developing new spells and enslaving the mortals with which they surround themselves. A spirit naga likes to charm its foes, drawing them close so that it can sink its

poisonous fangs into their flesh. “If you destroy me, I will return, and everyone you care about will suffer for it.” — Explictica Defilus, spirit naga Spirit Naga Large monstrosity, chaotic

Conclusion

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

return to Sagorpur with Amanisha and the Riverine’s Shankha, they receive a hero’s welcome, along with the rewards Plabon and the other trial judges promised. Depending on Adirohit’s fate, only time will tell how the riverine could change the waters of the swamp forest or whether he is lost forever.

Orcs

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

emotion and deep faith. The Ghaash’kala orcs of the Demon Wastes are servants of the Silver Flame who devote their lives to battling the fiends of the Wastes. The Gatekeeper druids of the Shadow

Tharashk operations. As an orc, you could be a Ghaash’kala paladin seeking to protect the innocent from evil. You might be a Gatekeeper druid or ranger hunting aberrations working to prevent the return of

Example Complex Traps

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

blades’ attack bonus increases by 2, and their damage increases by 3 (1d6). These benefits apply until the blades hit a target, after which the values return to normal. Rune’s Defense. Tampering with the

Example Complex Traps The following complex traps can be used to challenge characters or to inspire your own creations. Path of Blades Complex trap (level 1–4, dangerous threat) Hidden within a

Dolindar Tomb Locations

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

The door in the east wall of this otherwise empty room bears the inscription “DOLINDAR” above “NO WORLD TO RETURN.” Every letter of each word is set into the wall on a separate tile. The door is

WORLD O in TO N in NO E in RETURN If the five words sink into the wall in the wrong order, or if the wrong letters are used to push them in, all five words reset with a wave of painful loneliness

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