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Bugbear Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

of the bushes and strangle you. If you stray too far from the house at night, bugbears will scoop you up to devour you in their den. If a bugbear cuts off your head, your soul stays trapped inside

in the presence of Skiggaret. Talking about such acts might call him back. Blessings of the Bugbear Gods Bugbears have no use for priests or shamans. No one needs to tell them what their gods want

Orc Legacy

Species Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

order from the encroachments of Fiends and other extraplanar threats. Gruumsh’s blessings have made orcs tireless guardians and mighty allies wherever they are found, even when they turn their

in our world. If you’d like to determine your character’s height or weight randomly, consult the Random Height and Weight table in the Player’s Handbook, and choose the row in the table that best represents the build you imagine for your character.

Zuggtmoy

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

slowly devour these creatures’ brains, leaving them with enough functionality to spread malevolent fungi but robbing them of the will to turn against their master. A few mortals freely enter her service

. Most are druids who want to exterminate civilization and replace it with wild plants and fungus, or deluded, power-hungry individuals who believe that they would retain their identities while they

Abandoned Temple

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

guardian. 6 Consult with a hermit who lives in the temple. 7 Stop cultists from performing a destructive ritual in the temple. 8 Restore the temple to receive the patron deity’s blessing

. 9 Find a gate to the Underworld or Nyx. 10 Consult a demon living in the temple. 11 Discover why the temple was abandoned. 12 Restore the temple to reveal the truth hidden in

Crypt Features

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk

memorialized. Crypt Hauntings The crypts retain the echoes of the mind flayers’ invasion, and these echoes make the spirits within the crypt uneasy. Where the text references a crypt haunting, roll a

d6 and consult the Crypt Hauntings table to determine the nature of the ghostly image or effect encountered there (or choose one that seems evocative). A haunting can’t leave the location where it’s

Worshiping Kruphix

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

are certainly those among them who might try if they could see a way to retain their own powers. The Silence. When the squabbling of the gods threatened the world once more despite Kruphix’s warning

, he etched all their names—including his own—in the bark of his great tree at the edge of the world. Immediately, the gods’ oracles could no longer hear them, their blessings faded, and the night sky

Explorer, Dead

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

Explorer, Dead Chult is strewn with the corpses and bones of those who have fallen victim to its terrors. When the characters discover one such victim, roll a d20 and consult the Dead Explorers table

devour it later.) 9 The skeleton of a humanoid seated on a folding camp stool, clutching a knife and fork in its bony hands. 10 The desiccated husk of a gnome, cocooned in giant spider webs. 11 The

The Dark Dominion

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

place for random encounters. When it suits you, roll a d20 and consult the Dark Dominion Encounters table to determine what the party encounters, or choose an encounter that you like. Dark Dominion

opens into a forgotten tunnel. Roll a d10 and consult the Goblin Tunnel table to determine where the tunnel leads. Goblin Tunnel d10 Tunnel Destination 1–2 Kyorbblivvin (see “Kyorbblivvin”) 3–4 A

Elder Evil Blessings

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

Elder Evil Blessings Through generations of study and grim practice, the disciples of certain Elder Evils have mastered the ability to bestow supernatural gifts on minions they select for the

martial weapon or a natural weapon, if it has one. The next creature hit by the touched weapon must succeed on a DC 15 Wisdom saving throw or experience short-term madness for 10 minutes. Consult the

Circle of Stars

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything

starry form, rather than transforming into a beast. While in your starry form, you retain your game statistics, but your body becomes luminous; your joints glimmer like stars, and glowing lines connect

of 9 or lower on the d20 as a 10. Cosmic Omen 6th-level Circle of the Stars feature Whenever you finish a long rest, you can consult your Star Map for omens. When you do so, roll a die. Until you

Bugbears

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

bushes and strangle you. If you stray too far from the house at night, bugbears will scoop you up to devour you in their den. If a bugbear cuts off your head, your soul stays trapped inside, and the

they don’t relish experiencing it. After the madness has passed, bugbears don’t dwell on things that were done in the presence of Skiggaret. Talking about such acts might call him back. Blessings of

Lulu the Hollyphant

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus

. Yeenoghu’s pet — an enormous demon named Crokek’toeck — chased Yael and Lulu across Avernus. Before it could devour them, Yael plunged Zariel’s holy blade into a stone as Lulu poured every ounce of her

characters feels important. Any remaining memories return at once when Lulu regains all her spellcasting abilities. When the time comes for Lulu to recall a lost memory, roll a d6 and consult the Lulu’s

Geographic Features

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh

travelers. Middle Reaches. Inside the outer fringe, the forest takes on an increasingly sinister character. Even on the brightest days, the thick canopy of greenery threatens to devour the sunlight

chance of each); roll a d20 again and consult the table. Drowned Forest Random Encounters d20 Encounter 1–3 1d4 awakened trees 4–5 2d6 zombies 6–7 1d3 shambling mounds 8–9 2d4 myconid adults and

Encounters (A-C)

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

weapon. If this encounter occurs on the Sea of Moving Ice, the characters see the dragon erupt from the water nearby with a dead walrus in her mouth; then she flies back to the Reghed Glacier to devour

score of 10 and the ability to speak Common or Druidic. The druids use these awakened beasts as spies and messengers. Roll a d8 and consult the Awakened Beast Encounter table to determine what kind of

Locations in Saltmarsh

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh

audience with Manistrad can find her here when she’s not working at the mine. She sometimes has need for adventurers to help keep the mining operation secure. Roll a d6 and consult the table below to

his time here in his duties as commander of the guard. He sometimes has need for adventurers, and at such times he posts jobs on a board hanging by the tower’s entrance. Roll a d6 and consult the

Druid Subclasses

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

, polar, temperate, or tropical. Consult the table below that corresponds to the chosen type; you have the spells listed for your Druid level and lower prepared. Arid Land Druid Level Circle

starry form rather than shape-shifting. While in your starry form, you retain your game statistics, but your body becomes luminous, your joints glimmer like stars, and glowing lines connect them as on a

Werewolves in the Mist

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

before. The order strikes hard and fast, without waiting for the blessings of temples or the permission of rulers. The order believes that evil must be smashed, or it will swiftly overcome all

. Emerald Enclave You don’t need to consult with others in the Emerald Enclave to know that the werewolves are upsetting the natural order. For balance to be restored, they must be eradicated. It seems the

Island Theme

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh

Island Theme Each island encountered has a theme chosen or rolled on the Island Theme table. This theme defines the island’s story in one broad stroke. Once you have a theme, consult its section

characters give their leader an item worth 10d10 × 100 gp. 3 The inhabitants wish to devour the characters. 4 Some inhabitants are planning to rise up against their leader and ask the characters for

Encounter Locations

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

Xanthoria’s will. The worm consumes anything thrown into the hole. As the Worm Turns. Once the characters enter the chamber, the worm rumbles forth and tries to devour everyone. At the end of each

character’s turn, roll a d4 and consult the Charnel Worm Effects table to see what additional danger the party faces from the worm. Charnel Worm Effects d4 Effect 1 The worm smashes a horde of

World-Shaking Events

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

departs the world. What is gone from the world — or the region of the world you’ve chosen — that once existed there? If the answer isn’t immediately evident, consult the Extinction or Depletion table for

for this quality, and what actions this leader has taken to retain the followers’ support. A rival group opposes the foundation of this new organization. Choose an existing power group from your

Locations on the Second Level

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a6

golden eye swims into view in the stone’s writhing center. For each creature that sees the eye, roll a d12 and consult the following table. The creature is affected as if by a symbol spell of the

devour 1d4 more creatures within the minute, but entity does not grant any additional desires. 2 Entity strikes everyone present permanently blind and does not grant any additional desires. 3 Entity

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