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Locathah Rising
Hearth of Moonlight and Shadow. At the start of a short or long rest, Amble can touch a point in space, and an invisible, 30-foot-radius sphere of magic appears, centered on that point. Total cover
blocks the sphere.
While within the sphere, Amble and their allies gain a +5 bonus to Dexterity (Stealth) and Wisdom (Perception) checks, and any light from open flames in the sphere isn’t
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A target with half cover has a +2 bonus to AC and Dexterity saving throws. A target has half cover if an obstacle blocks at least half of its body. The obstacle might be a low wall, a large piece of furniture, a narrow tree trunk, or a creature, whether that creature is an enemy or a friend.
Monsters
Mythic Odysseys of Theros
, it has total cover against attacks and other effects outside Tromokratis, and it takes 42 (12d6);{"diceNotation":"12d6","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Bite","rollDamageType":"acid"} acid damage at
. In recent memory, the massive menace rose from the waves to topple the Pyrgnos, Meletis’s great repository of scholarly knowledge. Since that day, the polis keeps a watch specifically for
Monsters
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
trapped in the crystal, which is immovable. If the saving throw succeeds, the crystal shatters and nothing else happens. A creature trapped in the crystal is stunned, has total cover against attacks and
solstice, with divine power far beyond what is reflected in the stat blocks presented here.
After finishing a long rest, Auril regains any of her forms that were destroyed, provided at least one
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
Half Cover A target with half cover has a +2 bonus to AC and Dexterity saving throws. A target has half cover if an obstacle blocks at least half of its body. The obstacle might be a low wall, a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
Half Cover A target with half cover has a +2 bonus to AC and Dexterity saving throws. A target has half cover if an obstacle blocks at least half of its body. The obstacle might be a low wall, a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
handy haversack and wings of flying. She uses this robe to store scrolls detailing her most recent plans for I’Cath’s renovation. Additionally, Tsien Chiang enforces her will upon her domain in a
waking world hold the key to undermining Tsien Chiang’s hold over the city’s dreams. Closing the Borders. I’Cath is surrounded by walls and by the Mists beyond that. Chiang believes everyone in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lorwyn: First Light
. Monster stat blocks referenced in these adventures appear in chapter 3 or the Monster Manual. When play takes place in locations with NPCs described in the “Facility Staff” section, those NPCs take cover or run if combat breaks out.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
22. Guard Post Walls. Interlocking stone tiles cover the floor and walls of this 10-foot-high room.
Portcullis. An iron portcullis blocks the tunnel to the south. The portcullis can be forcibly
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
surrounding the city of Kalaman in the nation of Solamnia as the War of the Lance first reaches its borders. Details of the world and the perils facing Kalaman are presented through this introduction
Solamnia and their pursuit of a terrifying magical weapon. Beyond these chapters, appendices support the adventure with equipment, magic items, stat blocks, and other resources. A poster map of the continent of Ansalon is included, depicting the regions mentioned throughout and those beyond.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
General Features Unless otherwise specified, the floor and walls of the dungeon are sandstone blocks and flagstones. The walls are cool to the touch, and the air is cold. Map 11.1: Tomb of
lord tombs. A few chambers of the tomb have the appearance of opulent and well-kept rooms suitable for a noble archmage. This effect is an illusion, however, failing to cover the rank scent of dust and decay.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes of the Borderlands
. Environment. The walls are made of rough-hewn stone in some places and neat-fitting stone blocks in others. Stone tiles cover the floor. Lighting. The cave is unlit, and its denizens rely on Darkvision
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
General Features Unless otherwise specified, the floor and walls of the dungeon are sandstone blocks and flagstones. The walls are cool to the touch and the air is cold. Ceilings. The tomb’s ceilings
appearance of opulent and well-kept rooms suitable for a noble archmage. This effect is an illusion, however, failing to cover the rank scent of dust and decay. Diderius’s magic also guides those who show proper respect.
Map 11.1: Tomb of Diderius
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Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
structure is open, airy, and constructed of stone blocks. The floors are hardwood, and the bedroom, study, trophy room, and dining room have carpets that cover most of the floor space in those rooms. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
superior cavalry and bold knights pushed the kingdom’s borders outward to the north, west, and east. Each successful campaign increased both the crown’s wealth and power, and each one in turn drew the
the village’s port and make it a prime location for trade with the world beyond. In another recent development, a band of dwarves — bearing a decree from the king himself — have arrived and begun to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a3
48. Hound of the Bat The description below assumes that the characters entered the room by traveling through the chute and pushing aside the pewter cover. The tunnel comes out at the bottom of a
stone ring that, from inside the room, resembles a well. (If they entered from the west, the pewter cover is still in place.) This room is small and plainly decorated. On the north and south sides are
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
without a relic from her recent expedition to the Fortress Badlands: a misty green orb. 3 Dean Tullus seems to be suffering from some malady. She has been uncharacteristically short with her students
and seems to have frequent headaches. 4 The dean has relied on teaching assistants to cover several of her lessons, sometimes missing class without warning or explanation.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver
19, and area 20), they are dressed with well-fitted stone blocks. Floors. All floors are smooth, natural stone. Light. None unless otherwise indicated. The boxed text assumes that the characters have
light sources or darkvision. Stalagmites. Found in many of the natural caverns, these spires of rock rise up from the floor and can be used for cover (see “Cover” in the Basic Rules). BOOMING WAVES
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Portcullises Typically made of iron or wood, a portcullis blocks a passage or an archway until it is raised into the ceiling by a winch and chain. Creatures within 5 feet of a lowered portcullis can
make ranged attacks or cast spells through it, and they have Three-Quarters Cover against attacks, spells, and other effects originating from the opposite side. A portcullis can also be attacked and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
are dressed with well-fitted stone blocks. Floors All floors are smooth, natural stone. Light None. The boxed text assumes the characters have light sources or darkvision. Stalagmites Found in many
of the natural caverns, these rock spires can provide cover. Booming Waves
The rhythmic thunder of pounding waves echoes throughout the mine—loud enough to make the stone underfoot vibrate. The waves
compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Morte’s Planar Parade
Morte explores the multiverse, but he doesn’t exactly make friends wherever he goes.
On the Alt-Cover Artist Tony DiTerlizzi depicts a githyanki warrior, the most recent in a long tradition of
Lundeen, Christopher Perkins
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Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
3 feet of mortared fill sandwiched between 1-foot-thick courses of hard stone blocks. Interior walls are 1-foot-thick worked stone. Arrow slits in the castle walls are positioned 10 feet above the
ground and 4 feet above the interior floors. A creature on one side of an arrow slit gains three-quarters cover against attacks from the other side.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Walls alone holds more Cyran refugees than Karrnath has allowed across its borders. If you read the Sharn Inquisitive or the Korranberg Chronicle, you’ve heard the endless litany of how difficult life
survived the Mourning did so because they were beyond the borders of their nation. And why is that? Because they were soldiers.
The Sharn Inquisitive talks about starving children and ailing
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver
thick, with 3 feet of mortared fill sandwiched between 1-foot-thick courses of hard stone blocks. Interior walls are 1-foot-thick worked stone. Arrow slits in the castle walls are 10 feet above the
outside ground level, 4 feet above the interior floor level, 8 inches wide, and 4 feet high. A creature on one side of an arrow slit gains three-quarters cover against attacks from the other side (see
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
on the Urban Chase Complications table on its turn. Crowded Street If Willifort flees in a hire-coach, his getaway is thwarted on the third round of the chase when a large crowd blocks the road
the crowd on foot. Any creature in the crowd has half cover, and any attack that misses the creature because of the cover hits an innocent commoner instead. If Willifort is incapacitated, a raven
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
the “Here there be dragons” notations? What if great empires cover huge stretches of countryside, with clearly defined borders between them? The Five Nations of the Eberron setting were once part of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Cover on Squares and Hexes Line of Sight To determine whether there is line of sight between two spaces, pick a corner of one space and trace an imaginary line from that corner to any part of
another space. If you can trace a line that doesn’t pass through or touch an object or effect that blocks vision—such as a stone wall, a thick curtain, or a dense cloud of fog—then there is line of sight
compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
you!
ON THE COVER The invulnerable hero, Haktos the Unscarred, leaps into battle with a Nyxborn hydra, taking part in the most recent telling of a myth repeated through the ages. Jason
: Trystan Falcone
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Cover Illustrators: Jason Rainville, Kevin Tong
Interior Illustrators: Steve
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Astarion's Book of Hungers
. When encounters take place in locations with NPCs described in the “Rat’s Run Locations” section later in this chapter, those NPCs take cover or run when combat breaks out. All encounters take place
on Map: Rat's Run, found later in this chapter. Monster stat blocks referenced appear in chapter 2 of the Monster Manual. If you’d rather create your own adventures involving Astarion at Rat’s Run
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
the alliance’s interests. Recent reports of unusual activity from the Underdark might mark one such threat. The alliance has noted how many Underdark sites near their settlements have gone quiet
, Eravien has heard relatively little of the recent events in the Underdark, and he is initially unconvinced of the importance of the party’s mission. If they can convince him otherwise, Lord Eravien
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
untold generations, the aloof Silvanesti elves lived in a stratified society closed to outsiders. They don’t hate their cousins in Qualinesti, but they consider their ways misguided. In recent years
relationships with people other than your kin. Qualinesti High Elves In Qualinesti, a scout warns of threats encroaching on the elven city’s borders Long ago, a group of high elves left Silvanesti, desiring
compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
Irwin
Additional Art Direction: Shauna Narciso, Richard Whitters
Graphic Designer: Emi Tanji
Cover Illustrator: Tyler Jacobson
Interior Illustrators: Tom Babbey, John-Paul Balmet, Thomas M. Baxa
race options in the Player’s Handbook, and chapter 3 introduces a host of monsters and their stat blocks. Appendix A provides a few new beasts, and appendix B is stocked with nonplayer characters to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
involvement in recent events. March on Menzoberranzan If the characters advance their expeditionary force toward the drow city, word of their approach reaches Menzoberranzan two days before their arrival, and
the drow dispatch a well-armed defense force to destroy the surface dwellers. Racing ahead of this drow force is a high elf from Silverymoon named Khalessa Draga. A deep cover agent of the Lords
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
destiny from the Underworld, Klothys now endeavors to undo the cosmic damage caused by Heliod, Xenagos, and ambitious mortals in recent years. The ways in which they ravaged reality to realize their
borders between the realms, as she draws horrors into the mortal realm with her and thereby raises Athreos’s ire. Of course, Klothys trusts no other god as much as she does Kruphix, who also recalls Theros’s earliest hours. The two have a deep respect for one another.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
the few who understand the role of mortal belief in shaping the younger gods—a concept even most gods don’t fully comprehend. Kruphix is the only being who has the ability to seal the borders between
world when he bound all the other gods within the fabric of Nyx. Erebos and Kruphix blame one another for Klothys’s recent emergence from the Underworld, a situation neither seems able to control