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Doppelganger
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Monsters
Basic Rules (2014)
. Any equipment it is wearing or carrying isn't transformed. It reverts to its true form if it dies.
Ambusher. The doppelganger has advantage on attack rolls against any creature it has surprised
blocks it. While the target is in range, the doppelganger can continue reading its thoughts, as long as the doppelganger's concentration isn't broken (as if concentrating on a spell). While reading the
Monsters
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
Petrified Death. A tomb tapper reduced to 0 hit points turns into a lifeless stone statue. Anything it's wearing or carrying is not transformed.
Sense Magic. The tomb tapper senses magic within 30
feet of it and can use an action to pinpoint the location of any creature, object, or area in that range that bears magic. This sense penetrates barriers but is blocked by a thin sheet of lead.
Tunneler
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
, invisibility (self only), lightning bolt, suggestion, wall of fire
3/day: dispel magic
Teleport. Hutijin magically teleports, along with any equipment he is wearing and carrying, up to 120 feet to an
.
Attack. Hutijin makes one Claw, Mace, or Tail attack.
Teleport. Hutijin uses Teleport.
Lightning Storm (Costs 2 Actions). Hutijin releases lightning in a 30-foot radius, blocked only by total cover. All
Monsters
Curse of Strahd
size and speed, are unchanged. Anything he is wearing transforms with him, but nothing he is carrying does. He reverts to his true form if he dies.
While in mist form, Strahd can’t take any
card reading in chapter 1, unless he has been forced into his tomb in the catacombs of Castle Ravenloft.
Strahd's Tactics
Because the entire adventure revolves around Strahd, you must play him
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
transportation doesn’t expend movement unless a rule tells you otherwise, and teleportation never provokes Opportunity Attacks. When you teleport, all the equipment you’re wearing and carrying teleports with
occupied by another creature or blocked by a solid obstacle, you instead appear in the nearest unoccupied space of your choice. The description of a teleportation effect tells you if you must see the teleportation’s destination.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Uni and the Hunt for the Lost Horn
transportation doesn’t expend movement unless a rule tells you otherwise, and teleportation never provokes Opportunity Attacks. When you teleport, all the equipment you’re wearing and carrying teleports with
occupied by another creature or blocked by a solid obstacle, you instead appear in the nearest unoccupied space of your choice. The description of a teleportation effect tells you if you must see the teleportation’s destination.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
transportation doesn’t expend movement unless a rule tells you otherwise, and teleportation never provokes Opportunity Attacks. When you teleport, all the equipment you’re wearing and carrying teleports with
occupied by another creature or blocked by a solid obstacle, you instead appear in the nearest unoccupied space of your choice. The description of a teleportation effect tells you if you must see the teleportation’s destination.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
polymorph into a Small or Medium humanoid it has seen, or back into its true form. Its statistics, other than its size, are the same in each form. Any equipment it is wearing or carrying isn’t transformed
doppelganger can continue reading its thoughts, as long as the doppelganger’s concentration isn’t broken (as if concentrating on a spell). While reading the target’s mind, the doppelganger has advantage on Wisdom (Insight) and Charisma (Deception, Intimidation, and Persuasion) checks against the target.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
into a Small or Medium humanoid it has seen, or back into its true form. Its statistics, other than its size, are the same in each form. Any equipment it is wearing or carrying isn’t transformed. It
doppelganger can continue reading its thoughts, as long as the doppelganger’s concentration isn’t broken (as if concentrating on a spell). While reading the target’s mind, the doppelganger has advantage on Wisdom (Insight) and Charisma (Deception, Intimidation, and Persuasion) checks against the target.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
-reading abilities aid them in creating near-perfect disguises and plucking secrets from unguarded minds. Occasionally, doppelgangers use their shape-shifting ability in more overt ways, transforming into
is wearing or carrying isn’t transformed.
Meeting yourself is the surest way to realize you’re not as charming as you think you are.
—Someone claiming to be
Lorhirin of Fearchor Keep
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
carrying is not transformed.
Sense Magic. The tomb tapper senses magic within 30 feet of it and can use an action to pinpoint the location of any creature, object, or area in that range that bears
magic. This sense penetrates barriers but is blocked by a thin sheet of lead.
Tunneler. The tomb tapper can burrow through solid rock at half its burrowing speed and leaves a 10-foot-wide, 20-foot-tall
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
M17. Prison Access to this area is blocked by a featureless stone door that can’t be opened magically, with thieves’ tools, or by force. Two rusty suits of armor sized for goblins and equipped with
, reading a book while sipping wine from a thin crystal goblet. Other items in the cell include a crystal decanter of wine and a bowl of figs on a small table, a gold-embroidered wall tapestry
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
hangs three feet above the still, black water that fills this dungeon corridor. The water is five feet deep. Ten-foot-square cells, their entrances blocked by iron bars, line both sides of the hall. One
normal vision out to a range of 120 feet. It communicates by transmitting emotion to the creature carrying or wielding it. The sword’s purpose is to fight evil. The sword has the following additional
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
equipment he is wearing and carrying, up to 120 feet to an unoccupied space he can see.
Reactions
Fearful Voice (Recharge 5–6). In response to taking damage, Hutijin utters a dreadful word of power. Each
.
Attack. Hutijin makes one Claw, Mace, or Tail attack.
Teleport. Hutijin uses Teleport.
Lightning Storm (Costs 2 Actions). Hutijin releases lightning in a 30-foot radius, blocked only by total
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
characters make their way through the tunnels, they might encounter these cultists. A typical encounter consists of two lawful evil human cultists dressed in black robes, each carrying a censer and wearing
her tireless effort to win the Blood War. When the characters enter the room, set the scene by reading aloud the following boxed text: Two rows of tall wrought-iron candlesticks light this vaulted
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
rambling thicket of twisted roots, thorny vines, and sinuous creepers. This vegetation weaves together to form long tunnels, grand hallways, and enormous domes. Yarnspinner loves reading stories to
and gone the next. Like other portals between planes, most fey crossings open infrequently. A crossing might open only during a full moon, on the dawn of a particular day, or for someone carrying a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
a thick layer of rot and debris, within which can be seen scraps of leather, the husks of countless dead insects, and bits of rusted metal. A doorway in the far wall has collapsed and is fully blocked
earlier, Machil and his companions collapsed the archway in the north wall as they left, leaving it blocked. A Small character can squeeze through gaps in the rock with a successful DC 20 Dexterity check
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
understand his personality and goals. Although Strahd can be encountered almost anywhere in his domain, the vampire is always encountered in the place indicated by the card reading in chapter 1, unless
appears in a location other than his tomb or the place indicated by the card reading, roll a d20 and consult the Strahd’s Minions table to determine what creatures he brings with him, if any. Strahd’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
whatever it was carrying and wearing. Jerk Frog Legs. Any creature that eats from the plate of jerk frog legs gains the benefit of a jump spell that lasts for 1 hour or until dispelled. Salted
in slime that prevents anyone from exiting through it. Arrant Quill (see the accompanying stat block) is sitting in a chaise longue, protected by his mind blank spell and occupying his time by reading
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sleeping Dragon’s Wake
Baldur’s Gate. Alusair Nacacia Obarskyr is a human wearing plate armor and carrying a shield emblazoned with the image of a dragon. She was a brave knight who served as the regent of Cormyr. Storm
the characters poking about her hoard or carrying the potion, warhammer, or diamond from her stash, she attacks with any other allies she can muster, no matter what arrangement the characters have
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
carrying bundles of twigs, which are piled about the mansion’s grand foyer (area N3a) until the construction of the wicker sun for the Festival of the Blazing Sun gets under way. If the characters knock
shoemaker named Udo Lukovich (LN male human commoner). He was arrested during the Wolf’s Head Jamboree for carrying a sign that suggested that Vallakians should feed the baron to the wolves. Baron
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
to jump the gap falls 10 feet into area S7. S18: Security Station This is a complex location, so review it carefully before reading the following text to the players to set the scene: This area is
reach the security station (area S18), hoping to use a console there to send a distress signal to a githyanki fortress on the Astral Plane. The dragon blocked the way, so the tridrones retreated to this
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a6
a crude table drinking ale and discussing a plan to wipe out the rebel orcs in area 19. All these bugbears have longswords that deal 11 (2d8 + 2) slashing damage on a hit. All five are carrying 50 gp
commoners). Barricade. East of these three rooms (near the place marked B on the map), the corridor is blocked by an accumulation of boulders and debris. 12–14. Unruly Captive Quarters Three enclosures to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a2
attack as soon as two characters have entered the area, likely achieving surprise. Mud-and-Wattle Door. The troglodytes have blocked the southwest passage leading to the main warren (area 18) with a
and about 10 feet deep in the middle. Along the eastern edge of the pool, a short passage leading to area 23 has been blocked up with loose rubble and mud, creating a rough stone wall 10 feet across
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
extension of the Sage card. It answers one question posed to it as if the asker were using the Divination spell with no chance of a random reading. The apparition respects the spirit of the question
rest. Treasure. The object above the pedestal is a Chime of Opening. It is inscribed with a small key and the following phrase in Common: “At the beginning, I open the end.” When a character carrying
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer
always looking to hire daring “investigative reporters” willing to investigate rumors of strange happenings or procure proof of corruption by the city’s elite. Even just reading the broadsheet can
. While the windowless workshop filling the building’s upper two stories is strictly off-limits, its stairwell blocked by a massive iron vault door and a thug hired from the Bannerless Legion, the mutton
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
-sized basin in which a couple of keelboats float. A wide gap in the southeast wall provides access to the river, although it is blocked by a heavy chain. A twenty-foot tall bluff of rock and earth
end of the room, near a small desk, a wooden chair, and a chest. The floor looks wet.
This room was once the library and parlor of the keep’s lord, but Grimjaw has no particular interest in reading
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
always looking to hire daring “investigative reporters” willing to investigate rumors of strange happenings or procure proof of corruption by the city’s elite. Even just reading the broadsheet can
smoke grenades and fireworks, some of them enhanced with harmless illusions. While the windowless workshop filling the building’s upper two stories is strictly off-limits, its stairwell blocked by a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
command word. Characters who spend at least 10 minutes reading the notes find a drawing of a tower with the Terran word for “petrification” written under it. The characters should be able to determine
don’t have ranged weapons, but Qunbraxel might attack through the narrow openings. Blocked Hall. The top of the mudslick tower blocks the end of this hall except for gaps only a few inches wide between
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
dangerous (it’s not). The githyanki view the characters as enemies, particularly if they’re obviously carrying Varakkta’s silver greatsword. The warriors attack as Varakkta commands. Although
unlocking the tome’s secret lore and believed it could be interpreted in this chamber. Alas, the magical nature of this room doesn’t enhance reading comprehension. Undaunted, Klaudel summoned Jomlus to read
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
of this long hallway. The north wall has three doors, and the south wall bears an elaborate carving of a procession of dwarf priests carrying wrapped bodies.
There is a crypt haunting in this
doors to access the rotating sanctum (area P14) pull open. If the sanctum hasn’t been rotated into position (see areas P9 and area P13), the doors are blocked by solid stone. Otherwise, they open
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
Aberrations, fiends, and undead in the region have disadvantage on attack rolls and ability checks for the next 24 hours. 19–24 Each creature carrying the holy symbol of a deity from a non-evil plane while
reading an eldritch tome written by those who have seen or otherwise interacted with the Far Realm. A Far Realm Incursion with Mind Flayer Nautiloids Far Realm Effects d100 Effect 01–09 A
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a1
sprung. The opening, once discovered, can be blocked with an iron spike or a similar object. A character who does so must make a DC 15 Dexterity check or Strength check. On a failed check, the blockage
cobblestone floor contains two trapdoors blocked open by iron spikes. The north wall holds a dry fountain carved with an overarching diving dragon. A faint rotten stench pervades the room.
Investigating
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice Compendium
familiar spell to its pocket dimension, can it take any objects it’s wearing or carrying with it? No, the intent of find familiar is that any objects are left behind when the familiar vanishes. This
: blade barrier
cloudkill
cloud of daggers
Evard’s black tentacles
forbiddance
moonbeam
sleet storm
spirit guardians
Reading the description of any of those spells, you might
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a6
with a successful DC 20 Wisdom (Perception) check. The holes can be blocked by hammering iron pitons or similar objects into them. The pressure plate can be wedged in place with the use of at least two
and two gems (worth 100 gp each). The disguised chest holds a jeweled scepter worth 1,000 gp, three potions (superior healing, mind reading, and invulnerability), and five spell scrolls (zone of