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Dracophage Subject

Monsters Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen

slaad tadpole. In the 24-hour period before the tadpole is born, the host feels unwell; its speed is halved; and it has disadvantage on attack rolls, ability checks, and saving throws. At birth, the

disintegrates.Kapak draconians are created using copper dragon eggs. These cunning opponents relish striking foes who are distracted or unaware. Kapaks often coat their weapons with their paralytic saliva

Xvart Warlock of Raxivort Legacy

Monsters Volo's Guide to Monsters

attacks). It regains its expended spell slots when it finishes a short or long rest. It knows the following warlock spells: Cantrips (at will): eldritch blast, mage hand, minor illusion, poison spray

, prestidigitation 1st–2nd level (2 2nd-level slots): burning hands, expeditious retreat, invisibility, scorching ray Low Cunning. The xvart can take the Disengage action as a bonus action on each of

"The Demogorgon"

Monsters Infernal Machine Rebuild

","rollAction":"Cold Breath"}. The ettin’s left head exhales an icy blast in a 30-foot cone. Each creature in that area must make a DC 14 Constitution saving throw, taking 45 (10d8);{"diceNotation":"10d8

Demogorgon’s heads. Much like the true Demogorgon, the ettin’s two heads constantly clash and refuse to speak directly with one another, instead relaying messages through their assigned

Giff Legacy

Monsters Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes

of giff society is organized along military lines. From birth until death, every giff has a military rank. It must follow orders from those of superior rank, and it can give orders to those of lower

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

Yuan-ti Malison (Type 3) Legacy

Monsters Monster Manual (2014)

’t be bound for long by brute force, and that many creatures will refuse to serve. As a result, yuan-ti first influence other creatures with the promise of wealth and power. Time and again

are cunning and ruthless tacticians who readily sacrifice lesser yuan-ti if potential victory justifies such losses. They have no sense of honorable combat and strike first in decisive ambush if they

Sorcerer Legacy

Classes Basic Rules (2014)

from him in a mighty blast of lightning. Crouching behind a stalagmite, a halfling points a finger at a charging troglodyte. A blast of fire springs from her finger to strike the creature. She ducks

birth, or a taste of the water from a mysterious spring might spark the gift of sorcery. So too might the gift of a deity of magic, exposure to the elemental forces of the Inner Planes or the maddening

Orc Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

created the orcs and continues to direct their destiny. He is aided and abetted by the other warrior deities, Bahgtru and Ilneval, who bring strength and cunning to the battlefield. The followers of all

diplomacy. They care only for satisfying their insatiable desire for battle, to smash their foes and appease their gods. Booming Birth Rate In order to replenish the casualties of their endless warring

Creating a Sorcerer

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)

blessing or a curse? Did you seek it out, or did it find you? Did you have the option to refuse it, and do you wish you had? What do you intend to do with it? Perhaps you feel like you’ve been given

powerful individual in the world — the fey creature that blessed you at birth, the dragon who put a drop of its blood into your veins, the lich who created you as an experiment, or the deity who chose you to carry this power.

Far Traveler

Backgrounds Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide

course, you followed an equally long route when you came north from your place of birth. Though it isn’t unusual for Zakharans to visit the southern extremes of Faerûn for trading purposes, few

and wonderful! (Chaotic) 4 Cunning. Though I may not know their ways, neither do they know mine, which can be to my advantage. (Evil) 5 Inquisitive. Everything is new, but I have a thirst

Izzet League

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

of blue smoke was a telltale sign of one of the Izzet’s pyrotechnic experiments. Jace tracked the source of the blast and spied two mages, a human and a goblin, outfitted with alchemical gadgetry and

gains the designation of “universal refuse disintegrator” — until the goblin volunteers are discovered alive, having been teleported far from the workshop. This sort of adjustment is par for the course in

The Watch Arrives

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

nor his pursuers saw the blast coming. Given these findings, Barnibus decides to question the tavern’s owners and occupants, with Sergeant Cromley by his side as a witness and bodyguard. Specifically

, Barnibus intends not to take up too much of their time. Barnibus and Sergeant Cromley refuse requests by characters to join the investigation. “That would introduce too many new variables into an already

Catching the Train

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

permitted to explore the rest of the train. If one or more characters refuse to get their tickets punched, the duodrone whistles (no action required), causing four tridrones to emerge from hidden compartments

and the train is ready to go, read the following text: Machinery whirs and clicks as the train shudders and creeps forward, gradually picking up speed. Another horn blast signals that the Concordant Express is once again on the move.

Oozes

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

passageways or consume refuse. Likewise, an ooze can be enticed into a pit trap, where its captors feed it often enough to prevent it from coming after them. Crafty creatures place torches and flaming

have no sense of tactics or self-preservation. They are direct and predictable, attacking and eating without cunning. Under the control of Juiblex, they exhibit glimmers of sentience and malevolent intent. Ooze Nature. An ooze doesn’t require sleep.

Lone Faithful

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

, Mask, Selûne, Shar, and Tymora. Gods of knowledge, survival, cunning, and warfare are also common attractions for tieflings who value those qualities. Beshaba has tiefling worshipers who consider the

accident of their birth as a kind of cruel joke they have chosen to embrace. Equally intriguing and disturbing to followers of some faiths in Faerûn are stories spread by tieflings who claim to have

Creating a Sorcerer

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

blessing or a curse? Did you seek it out, or did it find you? Did you have the option to refuse it, and do you wish you had? What do you intend to do with it? Perhaps you feel like you’ve been given

powerful individual in the world — the fey creature that blessed you at birth, the dragon who put a drop of its blood into your veins, the lich who created you as an experiment, or the deity who chose

Nylea's Influence

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros

ushers each one in and out on schedule, but when angered, she might refuse to change to the next season, or even call upon one out of its proper time. Mortals pray to her to ward off unseasonable

solitude and serenity of the forest. Birth falls under Nylea’s influence as well, and her priests often double as midwives in their communities, blessing babies as they come into the world. Nylea’s Goals

Draegloth

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

family’s rivals, which were not thus gifted. The birth prompts the leaders of the house to begin crafting new plans to strike at its rivals when the draegloth is fully grown. These plans always use

suppress its ambitions might abandon its house and strike out on its own. Whether these rebellious draegloths are part of Lolth’s plan for sowing even greater chaos is unclear. Brute Cunning and Dark

Warlock Class Features

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

Level Proficiency Bonus Class Features Eldritch Invocations Cantrips Prepared Spells Spell Slots Slot Level 1 +2 Eldritch Invocations, Pact Magic 1 2 2 1 1 2 +2 Magical Cunning 3 2 3 2 1 3 +2 Warlock

rules with Warlock spells, which appear in the Warlock spell list later in the class’s description. Cantrips. You know two Warlock cantrips of your choice. Eldritch Blast and Prestidigitation are

Warlock Class Features

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

Level Proficiency Bonus Class Features Eldritch Invocations Cantrips Prepared Spells Spell Slots Slot Level 1 +2 Eldritch Invocations, Pact Magic 1 2 2 1 1 2 +2 Magical Cunning 3 2 3 2 1 3 +2 Warlock

rules with Warlock spells, which appear in the Warlock spell list later in the class’s description. Cantrips. You know two Warlock cantrips of your choice. Eldritch Blast and Prestidigitation are

Worshiping Phenax

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros

preparations for premeditated crimes. Phenax is worshiped openly in the necropoleis of Asphodel and Odunos, though the Returned who are loyal to Erebos’s agent, Tymaret, refuse to worship the god they’re

hunting (see chapter 3). Somber ceremonies are intoned to bless the golden funeral masks the Returned wear. (RYAN BARGER) MYTHS OF PHENAX The tales told of Phenax’s deeds speak of his duplicity, cunning

Goliaths

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

a result, few goliaths live to see old age. Goliath Names Every goliath has three names: a birth name assigned by the newborn’s mother and father, a nickname assigned by the tribal chief, and a

family or clan name. Birth Names: Aukan, Eglath, Gae-Al, Gauthak, Ilikan, Keothi, Kuori, Lo-Kag, Manneo, Maveith, Nalla, Orilo, Paavu, Pethani, Thalai, Thotham, Uthal, Vaunea, Vimak Nicknames: Bearkiller

Giff

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

mercenaries are renowned for their martial training and their love of explosives. Military Organization. Every aspect of giff society is organized along military lines. From birth until death, every

serving in units composed entirely of giff; a giff hiring itself out individually is unheard of. Giff refuse to fight other giff, and will never agree to a contract unless it stipulates that they can

Green Dragon Adventures

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

to destroy their trees if they refuse. 3 An infestation of twig blights has taken over the lair of a young green dragon, and the dragon will do anything to reclaim it. 4 Green hags compete

of a guardian naga and baits other creatures to kill the dragon’s naga captor. 4 Giant apes raised from birth by an adult green dragon now serve as the dragon’s hunting party. 5 Mind

Reaching the Bottom

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

his cunning; A flash of his scarf, he’ll take off running. Quick as a bolt, his long scarf trailing, Gasping, grasping, you’ll end up flailing. You’ll pout, you’ll moan, you’ll huff, you’ll sneer

is much obliged.” If one or more characters refuse to give up their cherished memories, the brigands threaten the characters with a beating. At this time, the characters can make a DC 13 Charisma

Yuan-ti

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

it seeks to control other creatures through terror, pleasure, and awe. Yuan-ti know that the world they hope to rule can’t be bound for long by brute force, and that many creatures will refuse to serve

-ti that acts honorably or lends aid in a time of trouble does so only as part of a grander design. Yuan-ti leaders are cunning and ruthless tacticians who readily sacrifice lesser yuan-ti if potential

Meenlock

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

on saving throws against any effect that turns undead. Actions Chilling Grasp. Melee Spell Attack: +8 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 10 (3d6) cold damage. Mind Blast (Recharge 5–6). The

Spellcasting (Psionics) traits, as well as the Tentacles, Extract Brain, and Mind Blast action options (all described below). So long as a mind flayer lich feeds captured souls to its phylactery, it

Xvarts

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

): eldritch blast, mage hand, minor illusion, poison spray, prestidigitation 1st–2nd level (2 2nd-level slots): burning hands, expeditious retreat, invisibility, scorching ray Low Cunning. The

darkvision 30 ft., passive Perception 8 Languages Abyssal Challenge 1/8 (25 XP) Low Cunning. The xvart can take the Disengage action as a bonus action on each of its turns. Overbearing Pack. The

Xaos

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands

. Regardless of its form, the gate isn’t hard to identify; chaos swells around the portal—the eye of a maelstrom of change. CoupleOfKooks “Chaos, much like order, begins in the mind. Refuse its entry into

mysterious geometric pillar, their victims become unwilling incubators for hideous slaad tadpoles that erupt from their hosts at birth. Adventures in Xaos The Xaos Adventures table offers suggestions for

Dwarven Religion

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

, quarrying Forge* A miner’s pick Valkauna LN Oaths, birth, aging, death Grave,* Life A silver ewer Vergadain N Luck, wealth Trickery Gold coin bearing a dwarf’s face *Appears

of Battle, Clangeddin Silverbeard is the patron of dwarf warriors. Impetuous and brave yet a cunning strategist, Clangeddin embodies the warrior’s spirit that makes dwarven armies such formidable

The Moonshaes

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

blessed by both Valkur and Umberlee at her birth, the Storm Maiden gathered great numbers of Norls to her banner, and it seemed she might contest the king for control of Norland. However, a decade

isle. Since taking possession of the place, Snowdown’s occupiers have cut down its woods, stripped its mines, and choked its waterways with the refuse of the overworked Ffolk under their rule. Lady

Mind Flayer Thralls

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

otherwise remaining inactive. A thrall-to-be is first rendered docile through psionic means. Using a low-power version of its Mind Blast ability, the mind flayer bombards the victim with energy that

culture still centers on worship of and subservience to the illithids. Strong but dimwitted, they lack the initiative and the cunning to rebel as long as they are provided with food, shelter, and the

Hags

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

Motherhood. Hags propagate by snatching and devouring human infants. After stealing a baby from its cradle or its mother’s womb, the hag consumes the poor child. A week later, the hag gives birth to a

cunning of creatures, and they treat all others as inferior. Even so, a hag is open to dealing with mortals as long as those mortals show the proper respect and deference. Over their long lives, hags

Karkolohk Locations (K8-K13)

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

other refuse left over from previous meals. No one ever cleans this place. Characters who undertake the “Peace Out” quest (see "Peace Out") are brought here to meet and dine with Chief Yarb-Gnock. The

Languages Common, Draconic, Elvish, Gnomish, Goblin Challenge 1/2 (100 XP) Gnome Cunning. Spellix has advantage on all Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma saving throws against magic. Innate

Orcs

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

seek to kill it. The aurochs is described in appendix A. The tanarukk is described below. An orc life is a god-ridden life. Luthic’s at birth, Luthic’s at death, and striving to prove themselves to

Challenge 3 (700 XP) Cunning Action. On each of its turns, the orc can use a bonus action to take the Dash, Disengage, or Hide action. Hand of Shargaas. The orc deals an 2 extra dice of damage when it

Annam and the Ordning

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

their family lives, and a wild huntress who wields the power of nature as a weapon of destruction as well as a source of bounty. Some myths suggest her mother hid her among firbolgs after her birth

target of resentment and complaints from other giants. Surtur Surtur is the elder twin of Thrym, and rivalry has driven the two gods from the moment of their birth. Surtur is generally depicted as the

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