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Doppelganger
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Monsters
Basic Rules (2014)
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
. 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
Monsters
Monstrous Compendium Vol. 2: Dragonlance Creatures
carrying, teleports to an unoccupied space within 30 feet that he can see.Said to be older than the trees themselves, the Forest Master is a wise and powerful unicorn who rules over the creatures of
.
The wall of briars lasts until the start of the Forest Master’s next turn. The wall blocks line of sight and counts as difficult terrain for all creatures except the Forest Master. The first time
Adult Green Dragon
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. However, a forest controlled by a green dragon is easy to spot. A perpetual fog hangs in the air in a legendary green dragon’s wood, carrying an acrid whiff of the creature’s poison breath
to 60 feet long, 10 feet high, and 5 feet thick, and it blocks line of sight. When the wall appears, each creature in its area must make a DC 15 Dexterity saving throw. A creature that fails the save
Ancient Green Dragon
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taiga. However, a forest controlled by a green dragon is easy to spot. A perpetual fog hangs in the air in a legendary green dragon’s wood, carrying an acrid whiff of the creature’s poison
is up to 60 feet long, 10 feet high, and 5 feet thick, and it blocks line of sight. When the wall appears, each creature in its area must make a DC 15 Dexterity saving throw. A creature that fails
Monsters
Eberron: Rising from the Last War
carrying is absorbed or borne by the new form (Sul Khatesh's choice).
In a new form, Sul Khatesh retains her alignment, hit points, Hit Dice, ability to speak, proficiencies, Legendary Resistance, and
.
Some thirty overlords are bound in Khyber. Two are described here: Rak Tulkhesh and Sul Khatesh, both of whom remain imprisoned and can't take physical form. The stat blocks provided here reflect the
Monsters
Quests from the Infinite Staircase
carrying, to an unoccupied space they can see within 15 feet. A creature reduced to 0 hit points by the psychic damage has the unconscious condition and is stable instead of dying.
Spell Refuge. When
blocks line of sight. When the wall appears, each creature in its area must succeed on a DC 15 Dexterity saving throw or have the grappled condition (escape DC 15). A creature must make this saving throw
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
Monsters
Eberron: Rising from the Last War
is wearing or carrying is absorbed or borne by the new form (his choice).
In a new form, Rak Tulkhesh retains his alignment, hit points, Hit Dice, ability to speak, proficiencies, Legendary Resistance
form. The stat blocks provided here reflect the powers they would wield if they were ever unleashed upon the world.
Immortal Nature. An overlord doesn't require air, food, drink or sleep. It also
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
creature within 60 feet of it. The effect can penetrate barriers, but 3 feet of wood or dirt, 2 feet of stone, 2 inches of metal, or a thin sheet of lead blocks it. While the target is in range, the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
Mounts and Vehicles A mount can help you move more quickly through the wilderness, but its primary purpose is to carry gear that would otherwise slow you down. The Mounts and Other Animals table shows each animal’s carrying capacity. See creature stat blocks for the animals’ stat blocks.
Monsters
Storm King's Thunder
woods and with white dragons in subarctic taiga. However, a forest controlled by a green dragon is easy to spot. A perpetual fog hangs in the air in a legendary green dragon’s wood, carrying an
surface within 120 feet of the dragon. The wall is up to 60 feet long, 10 feet high, and 5 feet thick, and it blocks line of sight. When the wall appears, each creature in its area must make a DC 15
Monsters
Divine Contention
controlled by a green dragon is easy to spot. A perpetual fog hangs in the air in a legendary green dragon’s wood, carrying an acrid whiff of the creature’s poison breath. The moss-covered
, 10 feet high, and 5 feet thick, and it blocks line of sight. When the wall appears, each creature in its area must make a DC 15 Dexterity saving throw. A creature that fails the save takes 18 (4d8
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
Mounts and Vehicles A mount can help you move more quickly through the wilderness, but its primary purpose is to carry gear that would otherwise slow you down. The Mounts and Other Animals table shows each animal’s carrying capacity. See appendix B for the animals’ stat blocks.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
that are represented by a special card reading detailed in chapter 1, “Into the Mists.” Before you run the adventure, you need to conduct that reading to determine the location of several items that
appendix D provides stat blocks for Strahd and various NPCs and monsters that can be met in Barovia. Appendix E shows the tarokka cards that the Vistani use for their fortune telling, and appendix F contains handouts for you to show the players.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
Monster Manual, since it contains important information about giants. The Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide, while not required reading, has extensive information on the Sword Coast and the North that can help
paraphrased for the players when their characters first arrive at a location or under a specific circumstance, as described in the text.
The Monster Manual contains stat blocks for most of the monsters and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver
of it. The effect can penetrate barriers, but 3 feet of wood or dirt, 2 feet of stone, 2 inches of metal, or a thin sheet of lead blocks it. While the target is within range, the doppelganger can
continue reading its thoughts as long as the doppelganger’s concentration isn’t broken. 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
within 60 feet of it. The effect can penetrate barriers, but 3 feet of wood or dirt, 2 feet of stone, 2 inches of metal, or a thin sheet of lead blocks it. While the target is in range, the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon of Icespire Peak
the selection of Sidekicks. Rules and stat blocks for sidekicks appear in the “Sidekicks” section. You might need to help the player run the sidekick for the first few sessions. If a sidekick is lost
are stalwart companions who can perform tasks both in and out of combat, including things such as setting up camp and carrying gear. Ideally, a sidekick’s abilities should complement those of the main character. For example, a spellcaster makes a good sidekick for a fighter or rogue.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon of Icespire Peak
Reading Ahead As the players familiarize themselves with the character options and adventuring gear described in the Basic Rules, take advantage of the opportunity to read ahead. “The Adventure
statistics are presented in a format called a stat block. You’ll find the stat blocks needed for this adventure in the “Creatures” section.
Tenday. In the Forgotten Realms, a week is ten days long and called a tenday. Each month consists of three tendays — thirty days total.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
in “Franchise Tasks and Downtime” in chapter 2 of this book, and with the standard D&D downtime activities discussed in that section. The Monster Manual contains stat blocks for most of the creatures
found in this adventure. All the necessary stat blocks are included there or in appendix B. When a creature’s name appears in bold type, that’s a visual cue for you to look up the creature’s stat
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon of Icespire Peak
12 Constitution saving throw or take 2 (1d4) poison damage.
Light. Most locations on the ground floor are dark, as the ivy blocks out the natural light except in areas that are open to the sky (such
or closed.
Describe this location to the players by reading the following boxed text aloud: Following a trail through the woods, you come to a foggy clearing, in the midst of which stands a
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
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
of 0. Appearing in an unoccupied space within range, the familiar has the statistics of the chosen form (see “Creature Stat Blocks”), though it is a Celestial, Fey, or Fiend (your choice) instead of a
disappears into the pocket dimension, it leaves behind in its space anything it was wearing or carrying. One Familiar Only. You can’t have more than one familiar at a time. If you cast this spell while you have a familiar, you instead cause it to adopt a new eligible form.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
(area Z5). Starboard Segment The starboard piece of the ship crashed into Havock’s ribcage. A small lifeboat also crashed into this area, carrying refugees from a space pirate attack: Daveras, his
starboard segment. Wreckage blocks off this segment’s lower decks from the outside. Characters approaching this segment must land on the starboard segment’s section of the top deck (area Z10). Prow
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
14. Stonecarvers’ Hall The Melairkyn dwarves hauled blocks of unworked stone here to be carved into doors, statues, and other forms. 14a. South Entrance A 4-foot-square block of stone has fallen from
provides. A successful DC 16 Dexterity (Stealth) check allows a creature to cross the room quietly without waking the xorn, but the check is made with disadvantage if the creature is carrying coins or
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
attacked first, but he blocks the characters’ way and tries to frighten them into returning the way they came. Calming the giant and convincing him to talk requires either a successful DC 14 Charisma
tlexolotl. They have been stealing offerings meant for the gods and are carrying them back to Jademount. Xocopol doesn’t know why the tlexolotl is hoarding offerings, but he has seen salamanders going to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
Example Members The stat blocks in this chapter represent members from each level of membership. Aspirant of the Comet Aspirants aren’t yet initiated into the mysteries of the Heralds of the Comet
it is wearing or carrying, except for magic items, are sucked into a void and destroyed. Creatures in a 15-foot-radius sphere centered on the aspirant must make a DC 11 Strength saving throw. On a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monstrous Compendium Volume Two
) piercing damage on a failed save or half as much damage on a successful one.
The wall of briars lasts until the start of the Forest Master’s next turn. The wall blocks line of sight and counts as
) piercing damage.
Reaction
Misty Escape. If the Forest Master takes damage from a melee attack, he, along with any equipment he is wearing or carrying, teleports to an unoccupied space within 30 feet that he can see.
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Light of Xaryxis
blocks. If the characters don’t speak up, Xedalli tries to mount her own defense, accusing her brother of trying to get rid of her and then fabricating the story of her sedition. It is obvious her words
to the radiant core of Xaryxis, along with anything it is wearing or carrying. (The zodar is immune to this effect.) A creature that enters the star or ends its turn there takes 132 (24d10) radiant
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
ground within 120 feet of the Gardener. The wall is up to 60 feet long, 10 feet high, and 5 feet thick, and it blocks line of sight. When the wall appears, each creature in its area must succeed on a DC
Gardener damages the Gardener, that creature takes 10 (3d6) psychic damage, and the Gardener teleports, along with anything they are wearing or carrying, to an unoccupied space they can see within 15
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
Rogue Stat Blocks This section offers four stat block options for the antagonist created when the Rogue card is drawn. Each is a legendary creature. These stat blocks can represent a new NPC that
particular tier of play. You can change the creature type and other features of these stat blocks to customize the antagonists for your campaign. For example, you could change the veiled presence’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
aurak draconian Drayan supervises six bozak draconians (see appendix B for both stat blocks) in this room. The bozaks are busy dismantling the statues of the gods behind the effigy of Takhisis. If a
Takhisis, they notice depressions spaced along its base and a plaque reading, “Yield to Her Will.” A character who inspects the depressions and succeeds on a DC 14 Intelligence (Investigation) check
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->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
the traits and actions of the previous form and gains those of the new form. The accompanying stat blocks detail both of the emissary’s forms.
Lesser Form A star spawn emissary’s lesser form allows
choice 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.
Legendary Actions
The emissary can take
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
artifacts and places to dig. 3 1d6 minotaur infiltrators are performing a bloody rite to Baphomet; if there are six, one is their leader, Brusipha (both stat blocks appear in this chapter). If
, the minotaur magically increases in size, along with anything it is wearing or carrying. While enlarged, the minotaur is Large, doubles its damage dice on Strength-based weapon attacks (included in the






