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Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
":"damage","rollAction":"Slam","rollDamageType":"bludgeoning"} bludgeoning damage.
Crushing Embrace. The boneless wraps its body around a Large or smaller creature grappled by it. While the boneless is
DC 13 Strength check. When the boneless dies, it detaches from any creature it is attached to.Not all animate corpses shamble from their graves. Boneless are undead remains devoid of skeletons. Most
Magic Items
Curse of Strahd
one.
Suffused with confidence born of righteous victory, Markovia advanced on Castle Ravenloft. A great battle raged from the catacombs to the parapets. In the end, Markovia never returned to Barovia
;s saintliness passed partly into her bones as the rest of her body decomposed. Her remaining thighbone is imbued with power that inflicts grievous injury on the undead.
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
a successful one.A bodak is the undying remains of someone who revered Orcus. Devoid of life and soul, it exists only to cause death.
A worshiper of Orcus can take ritual vows while carving the demon
lord’s symbol on their chest over the heart. Orcus’s power flays body, mind, and soul, leaving behind a sentient husk that consumes life energy near it. Most bodaks come into being in
Monsters
Vecna: Eve of Ruin
Vecna, Afterthought is a Dagger, +2;+2 Dagger.
Undying. If Vecna is slain, his soul refuses to accept its fate and lives on as a disembodied spirit that fashions a new body for itself after 1d100
;{"diceNotation":"1d100", "rollType":"roll", "rollAction":"Undying"} years. Vecna’s new body appears within 100 miles of where he was slain. When the new body is complete, Vecna regains all his hit
Monsters
The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
destruction of evil in all its forms. He’s not especially bright, so he fights with his heart rather than his wits.
Age has drained much of the strength from Elkhorn’s body. Strongheart
has urged Elkhorn to retire, but the old dwarf stubbornly refuses to do so.
Alignment. Lawful good.
Personality Trait. “As long as I have the strength in my bones to fight evil, that is what I
Backgrounds
Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
trinket
4
An article of clothing
5
A piece of jewelry
6
An arcane book or formulary
7
A written story, song, poem, or secret
8
A tattoo or other body marking
the most equitable solution to arguments.
5
I’m confident in my own abilities and do what I can to instill confidence in others.
6
Thinking is for other people. I prefer action
Monsters
Quests from the Infinite Staircase
retains its name, alignment, and personality. The creature also inherits Nafas’s palace and all it contains.
If the creature refuses, Nafas gains a new body in 1d10;{"diceNotation":"1d10", "rollType
Nafas drops to 0 hit points, his body disintegrates into a whirl of multiversal dust that surrounds one creature responsible for his demise. That creature then hears Nafas’s last wish: for the
Young Deep Dragon
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Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
skin, especially around the head and neck. Their wings are attached to their front legs and can fold in close to the body, allowing deep dragons to easily maneuver through relatively narrow tunnels
deep dragon refuses to leave the cave where the dragon’s best friend—an adventurer who won the dragon’s respect and affection—lingers as a ghost.
Poison, Psychic
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
name can count on his support. Cowards and oath breakers are to be despised, and traitors don’t deserve mercy in battle. Iroas most often appears as a powerfully built centaur with a bull’s body
rather than a horse’s, clad in gleaming armor and wielding a spear and shield. He speaks in a booming baritone that projects power, confidence, and courage. He has been known to appear as a burly soldier
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
.
Akriel Lukas Bite of the Darklord. After gaining a measure of the party’s confidence or singling out a character as a useful favorite, Harkon Lukas asks his eccentric signature question: “May I bite
you?” He does this while removing his wolf tooth necklace and offering to place it around a character’s neck. By doing so, he marks the character as his protégé. If the character refuses, Harkon
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
her abbey. They confronted Markovia and were destroyed to a one. Suffused with confidence born of righteous victory, Markovia advanced on Castle Ravenloft. A great battle raged from the catacombs to
her remains linger there yet. The essence of Markovia’s saintliness passed partly into her bones as the rest of her body decomposed. Her remaining thighbone is imbued with power that inflicts grievous injury on the undead.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
paraphrase the following text: An aged human wearing a tattered cloak approaches. His skin is crisscrossed with scars, and he carries himself with confidence. In a deep voice, the man rumbles, “They say
, he took the form he had in life. However, his body, while still corporeal, is semitransparent like a ghost. Fellik and Valder have spent several weeks reconciling, but they’ve agreed it’s time for
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
and behave very differently from a very smart character with low Strength. For example, high Strength usually corresponds with a burly or athletic body, while a character with low Strength might be
character with low Wisdom might be absent-minded, foolhardy, or oblivious. A character with high Charisma exudes confidence, which is usually mixed with a graceful or intimidating presence. A character
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
this land into a dominion of everlasting ice. He developed a spell of primal cold and tattooed the ritual on his body. Then he sought to ally with the white dragon Challidax—whom the giants call
Shivering Death—and win the wyrm’s aid in conquering the region. Elakdras never emerged from Shivering Death’s lair.“
But Challidax is known to turn her foes into frozen trophies. Elakdras’s body—and his
Yuan-ti Pureblood
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
body, thought, and emotion. Freed from the limitations of their human bodies, the yuan-ti used their new abilities to conquer new lands and expand their borders.
One Race, Many Forms
The bodies of all
others can be exploited through bribes, favors, or threats.
As creatures devoid of emotion, yuan-ti exhibit behavior and use tactics that exemplify that outlook (or lack of one). Whether in combat
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
mixed the herbal concoction poorly. The dragon’s body and everything nearby rapidly aged and decayed, killing her benefactor and destroying a hoard filled with ages of treasures and wisdom. Chiang’s
devoid of invaders—and instantly they vanished. Awed and delighted, the nation executed the few invaders lingering outside the city and made Tsien Chiang their queen. Chiang ruled for years, enacting vast
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
confidence in her allies and fear in her enemies. Though normally calm and composed, Korvala becomes angry and combative when recalling the struggles she and her pack have experienced, including Nidalia’s
effect, Korvala refuses to divulge information about the ritual. Personality Trait. “When I have a goal in mind, I will do everything to be sure it gets completed.” Ideal. “My pack should be able to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
, balance Move nimbly, quickly, or quietly Dodge out of harm’s way Constitution Health and stamina Push your body beyond normal limits Endure a toxic hazard Intelligence Reasoning and memory Reason or
remember Recognize an illusion as fake Wisdom Perceptiveness and mental fortitude Notice things in the environment or in creatures’ behavior Resist a mental assault Charisma Confidence, poise, and charm Influence, entertain, or deceive Assert your identity
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Boneless Not all animate corpses shamble from their graves. Boneless are undead remains devoid of skeletons. Most rise from the bodies of those who’ve suffered brutal ends, such as deliberate
stealthy undead seek to adorn living frames once more, wrapping themselves around their victims and wringing them to death in their full-body grip. Boneless arise in a variety of forms. While the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
your head and chin high conveys confidence. Use Voices. Changing the volume of your voice and borrowing speech patterns from real life, movies, or television can make NPCs distinctive. Engaging the
that the characters can’t use the information they receive until they interpret those obscure facts. Or the NPC refuses to give a direct answer, speaking only in vague hints that the characters must
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
a cliff wall just as steep and devoid of hand- or footholds. The dragon has festooned this path with tripwire alarms and minor booby traps.
Islands. Three small islands jut from the water below the
an action, the dragon can cast the clairvoyance spell, requiring no spell components and targeting any body of water in that region.
If the dragon dies, the population of giant squid in the region
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
bodies. Each skeleton has two skulls, although this has no effect on its abilities. Buppido fights with insane confidence and seems surprised if the party defeats him, screaming incoherent last words
emerges fully. The ghost is friendly and tells the adventurers that Buppido killed him not too long ago, then chopped him into pieces to join the other body parts in the shrine. Pelek explains how he
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
especially bright, so he fights with his heart rather than his wits. Age has drained much of the strength from Elkhorn’s body. Strongheart has urged Elkhorn to retire, but the old dwarf stubbornly
refuses to do so. Alignment. Lawful good. Personality Trait. “As long as I have the strength in my bones to fight evil, that is what I will do.” Ideal. “One who stands idle as evil remains unchecked is no
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
Bodak A bodak is the undying remains of someone who revered Orcus (appears in this book). Devoid of life and soul, it exists only to cause death. A worshiper of Orcus can take ritual vows while
carving the demon lord’s symbol on their chest over the heart. Orcus’s power flays body, mind, and soul, leaving behind a sentient husk that consumes life energy near it. Most bodaks come into being in
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
-foot drop and on the left by a cliff wall just as steep and devoid of hand- or footholds. The dragon has festooned this path with tripwire alarms and minor booby traps.
Islands. Three small islands
’s psionic presence. As an action, the dragon can cast the clairvoyance spell, requiring no spell components and targeting any body of water in that region.
If the dragon dies, the population of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sleeping Dragon’s Wake
character who searches her body, making a successful DC 10 Wisdom (Medicine) check finds the tip of a blade made of bone in a fatal wound in Manda’s stomach, and with a successful DC 18 Intelligence
keeps order, a relatively easy job until the sahuagin arrived. Marciano refuses to answer questions shouted through the door unless a character first succeeds on a DC 15 Charisma (Persuasion) check to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Light of Xaryxis
rope as an improvised ranged weapon. Alternatively, a character within reach of a kindori can to try to climb onto its body as an action, doing so with a successful DC 15 Strength (Athletics) check
communicate with the kindori (telepathy, for example). If the check fails, the kindori refuses to alter course. If the check fails by 5 or more, the kindori also dislodges the character, who is pushed 10
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
routine of its life. Others are driven by wickedness or spite, as with a ghost that refuses to rest until every member of a certain family or organization is dead. The surest way to rid an area of a ghost
control of its body. The ghost now controls the body but doesn’t deprive the target of awareness. The ghost can’t be targeted by any attack, spell, or other effect, except ones that turn undead, and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
combat is a procedure by which wrongs can be redressed in the Soggy Court. It can also be invoked as a vote of no confidence in the current monarch. A trial always has two combatants: the accused and
” and permission to use the king’s palace (area D11) as a place to rest. Morgort’s seemingly lifeless body is dumped into Murky Lake, whereupon she swims to area D2 and steals the swamp gas balloon there.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
voice, like an actor taking on a role. You might even echo your character’s movements and body language. This approach is more immersive than descriptive roleplaying, though you still need to describe
of violence. A stubborn dwarf refuses to let anyone badger her. A vain dragon laps up flattery. When interacting with an NPC, pay close attention to the DM’s portrayal of the NPC’s mood, dialogue
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
the Hammock of Worlds. D2: Dead End This short tunnel ends in a wall of pallid meat, devoid of the thick chitin covering the other walls.
If a creature approaches what appears to be the tunnel’s
falls away, opening into a void filled with floating chunks of insectile parts. Hundreds of feet away, a similar opening gapes in the other half of the massive body. That segment ends at a wide, cave-like
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
victim. If the characters win Jute’s full confidence, either through roleplaying or with a successful DC 15 Charisma (Persuasion) check, she admits that she doesn’t believe Jarme was the sole killer — if
mind to become compromised. The transformation came with a price. Similar to the skum, Dory’s body is now dependent on a hot, wet environment, such that his body begins to decompose if he spends more
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
of the Tartyx River unprepared, though, risk being stranded, as Athreos refuses to ferry those who can’t pay. Athreos is also invoked as the god of passage, as well as the deity with dominion over
borders, boundaries, and that which is “neither.” Those who undertake journeys, especially dangerous ones, often drop a coin into a fountain or a body of water in apotropaic acknowledgment of the River
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
brave enough to help Ismark take Kolyan Indirovich to the cemetery for proper burial. Ireena asks the characters if they would be so kind as to help Ismark deliver her father’s body safely to Donavich
, the local priest (area E5). She refuses to be taken to Vallaki or anywhere else while the burgomaster lies dead on the mansion floor.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
wall of the temple is carved with a towering bas-relief of a mountain. Lashed to the mountain with sticky webs is a struggling and gagged male drow with sacks of spider eggs clinging to his body
.
T’rissa is as malevolent as the demonic god she worships and refuses to speak to non-drow, let alone negotiate with them. T’rissa stabilizes dying characters so that they can be implanted with spider