blocking before day contested relate

Living Portent

Monsters The Book of Many Things

this action again. Spellcasting. The living portent casts one of the following spells, requiring no material components and using Wisdom as the spellcasting ability: 2/day: Cure Wounds 1/day each

inhabitants of the world. Living portents seek out beings who will play a part in the prophecies they serve, and as the living portents search, they relate fragments of the prophecies to those they

Dire Corby

Monsters Mordenkainen's Fiendish Folio Volume 1

travelers prize accurate charts illustrating the movements of these flocks, since trailing a day behind them all but guarantees that the dire corbies will have cleared out many monsters and other threats

monsters fall upon them. Strange Escort. Certain Underdark explorers—judged inventive by some and lunatics by others—have learned to travel among the dire corbies. After blocking their ears to

Ancient Gold Dragon Legacy

Monsters Basic Rules (2014)

Amphibious. The dragon can breathe air and water. Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If the dragon fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.Multiattack. The dragon can use its Frightful

action to make a Charisma check contested by the dragon’s. If the creature wins, it escapes the dream plane. Otherwise, the effect ends on initiative count 20 on the next round. When the effect

Tortle Legacy

Species The Tortle Package

Yondalla relate to tortles most of all. Tortles believe that night and day watch over them and other creatures. The moon is the eye of night that watches over them in darkness, and the sun is the

equally vigilant eye of day. Tortles feel most at peace when one or both of these “eyes” are looking down on them. They become more nervous and uneasy when neither orb is visible in the sky

Adult Gold Dragon Legacy

Monsters Basic Rules (2014)

Amphibious. The dragon can breathe air and water. Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If the dragon fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.Multiattack. The dragon can use its Frightful

make a Charisma check contested by the dragon’s. If the creature wins, it escapes the dream plane. Otherwise, the effect ends on initiative count 20 on the next round. When the effect ends, the

Reborn

Species Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

Memories table to inspire its details. Lost Memories d6 Memory 1 You recall a physically painful moment. What mark or scar on your body does it relate to? 2 A memory brings

you have no memories except for a single name. 4 You were a necromancer’s undead servant for years. One day, your consciousness returned. 5 You awoke in an abandoned laboratory

Temple of the Gods

Spells Xanathar's Guide to Everything

). The temple is made from opaque magical force that extends into the Ethereal Plane, thus blocking ethereal travel into the temple’s interior. Nothing can physically pass through the temple’s

exterior. It can’t be dispelled by dispel magic, and antimagic field has no effect on it. A disintegrate spell destroys the temple instantly. Casting this spell on the same spot every day for a year makes this effect permanent.

Kobold Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

responsible for blocking tunnels to deter pursuit. Kobolds feel a cool affinity or something like kinship for other members of their tribe, but they are rarely affectionate with each other. Two kobolds

moves its tribe to another area, ceding the contested territory to its more successful neighbors. As demonstrated by their hatred of gnomes, kobolds have a persecution complex and easily take offense

Using a Map

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

Using a Map Whatever environment the adventurers are exploring, you can use a map to follow their progress as you relate the details of their travels. In a dungeon, tracking movement on a map lets

Handbook. Characters moving at a normal pace can walk about 24 miles in a day. Map Travel Pace Map Scale Slow Pace Normal Pace Fast Pace Dungeon (1 sq. = 10 ft.) 20 sq./min. 30 sq./min. 40 sq./min

Orc Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

to be invincible. They see the principles that define them and their deities at work every day in the world around them — nature rewards the strong and mercilessly eliminates the weak and the

serve as a battering ram if a settlement dares to close its gates, blocking the way to the treasures and tasty food that lie within. A heavily laden wagon that requires the strongest orcs to return it to

Beliefs

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

, Pholtus, and St. Cuthbert. Tortles are often drawn to the Gods of Good in Dragonlance and the Sovereign Host in Eberron. Among the nonhuman deities, Moradin and Yondalla relate to tortles most of all

. Tortles believe that night and day watch over them and other creatures. The moon is the eye of night that watches over them in darkness, and the sun is the equally vigilant eye of day. Tortles feel

Bottom Card: Reward or Ruin

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things

assistance. The card can inspire both the characteristics of the person they meet and the nature of the aid that person provides. Ready Foraging. The characters have abundant food and water for this day

and don’t need to consume any of their rations. They eat well that night, and each character begins the next day with inspiration. Reduced Travel Time. The characters find a shortcut that reduces the

Barthen's Provisions

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

details of the mine from Sildar Hallwinter, a character who succeeds on a DC 10 Intelligence (History) check can relate the information from the first two paragraphs of chapter 1. Elmina also

mentions that two more Rockseeker brothers, Nundro and Tharden, are camped somewhere outside town. Elmina hasn’t seen them in a tenday and expects the brothers to return “any day now” to resupply. What

Rockblight

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

by her own greed and vanity, Neheedra engaged in dark rituals designed to secure her hold on power, imagining that Blingdenstone would one day become a drow enclave with her as its immortal leader

. Since the return of the svirfneblin to Blingdenstone, the deep gnomes have studiously avoided sections of the old city that Ogrémoch’s Bane and Neheedra inhabit, blocking it off from the rest of the

Temple of the Gods

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

, thus blocking ethereal travel into the temple’s interior. Nothing can physically pass through the temple’s exterior. It can’t be dispelled by dispel magic, and antimagic field has no effect on it. A

disintegrate spell destroys the temple instantly. Casting this spell on the same spot every day for a year makes this effect permanent.

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

is ejected north of the propeller. If the propeller is jammed for 3 consecutive rounds, it breaks down and becomes nonfunctional. At dawn the next day, Withers sends tomb dwarves to repair the damage and return the trap to its operational state.

The Weeping Paths

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

. The swamp and the overgrown hills beyond are difficult terrain. At a normal pace, it takes the party a full day to reach Bathalang Puno (24 miles away), or half a day to reach Sorrow’s Zenith (12

miles away) and then two thirds of a day to reach Bathalang Puno (9 miles away; see the Player’s Handbook for details on travel pace). The entire region is also lightly obscured by foliage and haze

Barthen's Provisions

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver

Hallwinter, a character who succeeds on a DC 15 Intelligence (History) check can relate the information from the first two paragraphs of the “Background” section at the start of the adventure. Barthen

also mentions that two more Rockseeker brothers, Nundro and Tharden, are camped somewhere outside town. Barthen hasn’t seen them in a tenday and expects the brothers to return “any day now” to resupply

General Features

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver

filters through the arrow slits around the castle. During the day, this provides dim light in most areas. At night, all areas are dark. Walls. Exterior walls and load-bearing interior walls are 5 feet

) check contested by the monsters’ Wisdom (Insight) checks, and give the characters advantage on their checks if the deception is particularly well planned or roleplayed. If at least one character wins

Silversong Lake

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

per day, as an action, she can also summon a swarm of Quippers that obeys her commands until it disappears after 1 minute. Palasha is in love with Candlefoot (see “Hall of Illusions”) but finds it

Number of Feathers Characters who try to identify the hecklers can spot Kettlesteam in her current guise with a successful Wisdom (Perception) check contested by the kenku’s Charisma (Deception) check. See

Living Portent

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things

world. Living portents seek out beings who will play a part in the prophecies they serve, and as the living portents search, they relate fragments of the prophecies to those they encounter. Variant

as the spellcasting ability: 2/day: Cure Wounds 1/day each: Divination, Greater Restoration Bonus Actions Change Shape. The living portent magically transforms into a Humanoid while retaining

Dire Corby

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Fiendish Folio Volume 1

, and vermin that comprise their diet before moving on to a fresh feeding ground. Underdark travelers prize accurate charts illustrating the movements of these flocks, since trailing a day behind them all

learned to travel among the dire corbies. After blocking their ears to avoid the effect of a flock’s song, these travelers attempt to mimic the strange hooting and chirping of a dire corby, with

Goblin Ambush

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver

Goblin Ambush Read the following boxed text to start the encounter: You’ve been on the Triboar Trail for about half a day. As you come around a bend, you spot two dead horses sprawled about fifty

feet ahead of you, blocking the path. Each has several black-feathered arrows sticking out of it. The woods press close to the trail here, with a steep embankment and dense thickets on either side. If

Life and Outlook

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

against intruders, and their plans always include knowing the best escape routes and who is responsible for blocking tunnels to deter pursuit. Kobolds feel a cool affinity or something like kinship for

skirmish with each other every few days. Eventually the leader of one warring tribe realizes it is losing due to attrition and moves its tribe to another area, ceding the contested territory to its

Dragonfly Rides

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

ft., one target. Hit: 14 (2d10 + 3) bludgeoning damage. Animate Trees (1/Day). The treant magically animates one or two trees it can see within 60 feet of it. These trees have the same statistics as

an awakened tree (see the Monster Manual), except they can’t speak. An animated tree acts as an ally of the treant. The tree remains animate for 1 day or until it dies, until the treant dies or is

Elemental Plane of Water

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

waters with little hope of ever returning home. A warm sun arcs across the sky of the Plane of Water, seeming to rise and set from within the water at the horizon. Several times a day, the sky clouds

islands and driving ships down to the reefs. Any land that rises above the surface of the sea is hotly contested by the few air breathers that live on the plane. Fleets of rafts and ships lashed together

Plane of Water

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

edge of the horizon. Several times a day, however, the sky clouds over and releases a deluge of rain, often accompanied by spectacular shows of lightning, before clearing up again. At night, a

to the surface or the Sea of Light. Krakens and other mighty leviathans claim this realm. Any land that rises above the surface of the sea is hotly contested by the few air-breathers that live on the

Welcome to the City of Blades

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

placed to be phosphorescent mushrooms. The lights are proper lamps flanking two massive stone gates blocking the tunnel. Before you get a chance to examine the intricate carvings on the gates

can choose to impose disadvantage on any checks the characters make to remain inconspicuous during their first day in Gracklstugh. Map 4.1: Gracklstugh View Player Version Getting Captured Even after

Stage 1: The Dran & Courtier?

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated

blocking it out of the way. Characters attempting to hold the door become suddenly distracted, unable to remember why they were doing so. Characters who refuse to enter the inn feel oddly compelled to move

erupt and arguments break out. They go back to being quiet and happy if left alone. Anyone making it through the arguments can learn that these two came in for lunch one day and have never left (they

Alley: Autumn

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

the Blood Hawk Posse, a gang of horse-riding brigands that, to this day, harries travelers on the road to Amphail. When he was drummed out of the gang after a botched raid, Fenerus “retired” to

with a successful Wisdom (Insight) check contested by Jarlaxle’s Charisma (Deception) check. If the characters somehow penetrate Jarlaxle’s disguise, he smiles and offers them 10,000 gp if they

Giantkind Encounters

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

diplomacy or guile can carry the day. Cloud Giant Encounters d12† Encounter 1 1 cloud giant seeking to learn the secrets of 1 spectral cloud* (attitude for both: 1d8) 2 1 cloud giant

Multiverse. Roll a d10 if you don’t have that book. *See chapter 6. Storm Giant Encounters The Storm Giant Encounters table includes storm giants as well as creatures that relate to or resonate with

The Grand Dame

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder

go with food and other supplies throughout the day, watched closely by crew on deck. Map 11.1: The Grand Dame View Player Version The ship’s crew consists of a captain named Nelvin Storn (LE male

of the workers or pose as wealthy guests. A character who wants to get aboard in this fashion must succeed on a Charisma (Deception) check contested by Captain Storn’s Wisdom (Insight) check. A

The Stone Tooth

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a2

came down it within the last day and headed into the forest. The trail joins older tracks in the woods and becomes indistinguishable after about half a mile. These tracks belong to orc foraging parties

days after the characters arrive, and the second group three days after that. These orcs sleep by day and travel by night, so they arrive in the party’s vicinity just before dawn. If the party sets

Animated Objects

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

contested by the creature’s Strength check. If the broom wins the contest, it flies out of the creature’s grasp and makes a melee attack against it with advantage on the attack roll. Guardian Portrait A

(spell save DC 12). The portrait can innately cast the following spells, requiring no material components: 3/day each: counterspell, crown of madness, hypnotic pattern, telekinesis False Appearance

Wilderness Survival

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

rowboat. The former costs 4 gp (per the Player’s Handbook), while the latter can be bought for 50 gp or rented for 2 gp per day. A character can fish on the ice instead of a boat, in which case a saw or

is caught during that hour. If the check succeeds, the character hooks a knucklehead trout (see appendix C) and must make a Strength (Athletics) check contested by the fish’s Strength check to pull it

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