bones beast diffusing contested reclusive

Swanmay

Monsters Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn

Material components and using Wisdom as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 13): At Will: Druidcraft, Speak with Animals (swan form only) 1/Day Each: Animal Friendship, Beast Sense, Spike

GrowthSwanmays are members of a reclusive order of wilderness defenders. Each bears a primal blessing that allows them to transform into a swan to watch over the lakes and woods they call home. Swanmays get

Uthgardt Shaman

Monsters Storm King's Thunder

and respect a shaman’s power. An Uthgardt shaman must possess a sacred bundle to cast spells. A sacred bundle is made up of sticks, bones, feathers, tufts of fur, and stones that have been &ldquo

Wolf: beast sense (wolf or dire wolf only), moonbeam, speak with animals (wolf or dire wolf only) Great Worm: crusader's mantle, hypnotic pattern Griffon: beast sense (birds only), fly Red Tiger

Ancient Gold Dragon Legacy

Monsters Basic Rules (2014)

polymorphs into a humanoid or beast that has a challenge rating no higher than its own, or back into its true form. It reverts to its true form if it dies. Any equipment it is wearing or carrying is

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

Adult Gold Dragon Legacy

Monsters Basic Rules (2014)

polymorphs into a humanoid or beast that has a challenge rating no higher than its own, or back into its true form. It reverts to its true form if it dies. Any equipment it is wearing or carrying is absorbed

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

Leucrotta

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

Mimicry. The leucrotta can mimic Beast sounds and Humanoid voices. A creature that hears the sounds can tell they are imitations only with a successful DC 14 Wisdom (Insight) check. Stench. Any

that can crush bones and lacerate flesh. These plates are so tough that a leucrotta can use them to peel plate armor away from the body of a slain knight. A leucrotta’s stench would normally warn

Lhammaruntosz

Monsters Sleeping Dragon’s Wake

a DC 19 Strength saving throw. On a failed save, the creature is pushed 60 feet away from the dragon. Change Shape. Lhammaruntosz magically polymorphs into a humanoid or beast that has a challenge

Bahamut, which the dragon can use to commune with the deity. In recent decades Lhammaruntosz has retreated inside the shrine, becoming reclusive due to a attack by a disguised demon which has driven her

Shifter Legacy

Species Eberron: Rising from the Last War

heightened senses. Geth’s gift from his lycanthrope ancestors was sheer toughness. Strength seeped into his bones and flooded his flesh. His skin hardened, and his hair became coarse like an

world around them. Do they embrace their primal instincts or the path of civilization? The Beast Within Early in childhood, a shifter forms a bond with a beast within, a totemic force that shapes their

5. Grell Hideout

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage

5. Grell Hideout At the end of a long hall is a 50-foot-square room with five pillars made of mortared humanoid bones, painted black. Two grells float in separate alcoves to the north and the east

. The floors of the alcoves are littered with the gnawed bones of past meals (mostly goblins and gricks). The deep alcoves and black pillars provide cover for the grells. As the characters move into the

Recluse

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

abandoned. Some wander the world, hoping to learn as much of its ways as they can; others are hermits who seek spiritual enlightenment in solitude. Some reclusive giants enjoy their solitude, while others

are desperately lonely or eager to find a settlement where they can live among their own kind. The Recluses table offers adventure hooks you can use to launch an adventure with a reclusive giant

The Sleeping Beast

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

veins of strange minerals were the beast’s bones and blood. They punished anyone who harvested minerals from the Sleeping Beast, since doing so risked waking the beast and precipitating an apocalyptic disaster.

The Sleeping Beast Overgrown with bizarrely warped forests, this jagged mountain range stretches for miles along the domain’s southern border. A blanket of eerie calm hangs over its peaks, the result

Hippogriff

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)

Hippogriff A beast whose magical origins are lost to history, a hippogriff possesses the wings and forelimbs of an eagle, the hindquarters of a horse, and a head that combines the features of both

animals. Reclusive and omnivorous, hippogriffs mate for life and seldom venture more than a few miles from their nest. When defending its mate or its young, a hippogriff fights to the death. Hippogriffs

Location Overview

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon of Icespire Peak

Location Overview The reclusive anchorites of the Circle of Thunder gather on this hill to make sacrifices to Talos the storm god. In stormy weather, the anchorites also perform rituals to summon

similar contents. A: Entryway. Situated in the middle of this intersection, facing the cave mouth, the skull of a boar rests atop a pile of humanoid and animal bones. A character who succeeds on a DC

Goblin Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

. Beast Masters and Slave Drivers Goblins know they are a weak, unsophisticated race that can be easily dominated by bigger, smarter, more organized, more ferocious, or more magical creatures. Their god

goblin tribe has to nobility is the caste of lashers — families of goblins trained in the ways of battle, and also possessed of key skills such as strategy, trap-building, beast taming, mining

Walruses

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

, fat, skin, bones, and tusks. Walrus Large beast, unaligned Armor Class 9 Hit Points 22 (3d10 + 6) Speed 20 ft., swim 40 ft. STR 15 (+2) DEX 9 (−1) CON 14 (+2) INT

specimen weighs at least 12,000 pounds. Giant Walrus Huge beast, unaligned Armor Class 9 Hit Points 85 (9d12 + 27) Speed 20 ft., swim 40 ft. STR 22 (+6) DEX 9 (−1) CON 16 (+3

Druid Spells

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

(transmutation) Mold earth (transmutation) Primal savagery (transmutation) Shape water (transmutation) Thunderclap (evocation) 1st Level Absorb elements (abjuration) Beast bond (divination) Earth

) Wrath of nature (evocation) 6th Level Bones of the earth (transmutation) Druid grove (abjuration) Investiture of flame (transmutation) Investiture of ice (transmutation) Investiture of

Dryad

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)

stays forever youthful and alluring. If the tree is harmed, she suffers. If the tree is ever destroyed, the dryad descends into madness. Reclusive Fey. Dryads act as guardians of their woodland demesnes

. Shy and reclusive, they watch interlopers from the trees. A dryad struck by the beauty of a stranger might investigate more closely, perhaps even try to lure the individual away to be charmed. Dryads

Knucklehead Trout

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

, weighing about 50 pounds. Both are prized for their ivory-like bones. Knucklehead Trout Small beast, unaligned Armor Class 12 Hit Points 7 (2d6) Speed 0 ft., swim 30 ft. STR 14 (+2

Wreck of the Narwhal

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

ivy. The crew is gone without a trace, but the old ship still has occupants: a reclusive weretiger and a small tribe of vegepygmies share it. Since the weretiger kills more than he eats and leaves

bones of a great dragon lie in a grotto to the southwest. (Bwayes can lead characters to Needle’s Bones if they ask him nicely.) Between the River Olung and the Nsi Wastes lie the ruins of a once

Druid Spells

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse

(transmutation) Thunderclap (evocation) 1st Level Absorb elements (abjuration) Beast bond (divination) Ice knife (conjuration) Earth tremor (evocation) 2nd Level

(transmutation) Maelstrom (evocation) Transmute rock (transmutation) 6th Level Bones of the earth (transmutation) Investiture of flame (transmutation) Investiture of ice

Other Things Characters Can Do

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

duergar 10–14 Malevolent townsfolk 15–16 Thieves 17–18 Trapped beast 19–20 Walking wounded Building Collapse A damaged building collapses twenty feet away from you. The

suffering from broken bones, lacerations, and concussions, and half of them (rounded down) are at 0 hit points and dying; the rest have 1 hit point each. A character can rush to the building and use an

Strahd's Location in the Castle

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

darkness where the morning light once shone—a sacred place. Strahd faces the characters in the chapel (area K15). Beast (Jack of Diamonds) The beast sits on his dark throne. Strahd faces the characters

lurks in the depths of darkness, in the one place to which he must return. Strahd faces the characters in his tomb (area K86). Donjon (King of Clubs) He lurks in a hall of bones, in the dark pits

Lycanthropes

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)

Lycanthropes One of the most ancient and feared of all curses, lycanthropy can transform the most civilized humanoid into a ravening beast. In its natural humanoid form, a creature cursed by

terror and bloodshed, especially under a full moon. Good lycanthropes are reclusive and uncomfortable around other civilized creatures, often living alone in wilderness areas far from villages and towns

Personal Totems

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

singlehandedly as a child 4 A small leather pouch holding three stones that represent your ancestors 5 A few small bones from the first beast you killed, tied together with colored wool 6 An egg-sized stone in the shape of your spirit animal that appeared one day in your belt pouch

Barrow Mound

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse

within the burial chamber at the end of the hall, except vague details of the stone bier and the Elk beast altar at the bier’s head. Burial Chamber When the characters can see the burial chamber better

ash. The three alcoves contain altars to beast spirits with early depictions of the Red Tiger totem (west alcove), the Elk totem (north alcove), and the Blue Bear totem (east alcove) . Red Tiger and

Tepui Locations

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

Wisdom (Insight) check contested by the cloakers’ Charisma (Deception) check recognizes that the “spirit” is a little too eager with its request. Additionally, a character who succeeds on a DC 18

, crumbling space between the surviving upper deck and the stone below. A drowsy displacer beast makes its den in this tight space, accessing it via a gap in the northern part of the hull. The creature

Ancient Mysteries

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron

bonds and wreak havoc, and we must always be vigilant. Civilizations rose and fell. The giants of Xen’drik worked great magics, even destroying one of the moons. This rash action led the reclusive

is built on the bones of the past, and these ancient mysteries may have a dreadful impact on the future. Many of the modern cities of Khorvaire are built on the foundations of ancient goblin cities and

Kobold Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

roles that protect and sustain the tribe. The strongest kobolds are trained to be hunters and warriors, the most clever are crafters and strategists, the toughest are miners and beast-wranglers, and so

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

Uthgardt Shaman

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

spirits of the dead compel them. Other Uthgardt fear and respect a shaman’s power. An Uthgardt shaman must possess a sacred bundle to cast spells. A sacred bundle is made up of sticks, bones, feathers

: beast sense (wolf or dire wolf only), moonbeam, speak with animals (wolf or dire wolf only) Great Worm: crusader’s mantle, hypnotic pattern Griffon: beast sense (birds only), fly Red Tiger

Cult of Malar

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries

known as the Beast Lord. Malar’s goal is to assume dominance over the forest—particularly the area around the Pool of Eternal Spring—and his agents have been hard at work brutally killing animals of all

there is no better way to demonstrate his dominance than by using his cult members to help bring forth a corrupted version of the avatar of Lurue the Unicorn to serve the Beast Lord’s ends in his

The Infernal Machine of Lum the Mad

Magic Items Infernal Machine Rebuild

bones. You have vulnerability to radiant damage, and you have disadvantage on attack rolls while in direct sunlight. 09 You summon a unicorn that obeys your commands. If you give a command that

random Huge beast appears next to you (chosen by the DM) as if with the conjure animals spell. You have a telepathic link to this beast, such that you can give it commands even if it can’t hear

Cove Reef

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh

dissipates without effect. The coffin holds the bones of Ogrorlo and the aboleth’s treasure (see “Treasure”). Treasure. Ogrorlo’s coffin holds a trident of fish command left behind as tribute by

. The anemone has AC 10 and 45 hit points. C6. Merfolk Mass Grave Fifty merfolk skeletons are buried in a mass grave 12 feet beneath the seafloor. These bones are the remains of Ogrorlo’s slaves that died

Yeenoghu

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus

Yeenoghu The demon lord Yeenoghu, also known as the Beast of Butchery and the Gnoll Lord, appears as a battle-scarred gnoll towering 14 feet tall. He has matted fur covered with patchwork armor made

prey apart with his bare hands before ripping out its throat with his teeth. If Yeenoghu is killed anywhere other than the Abyss, he re-forms at full strength in the mansion of rotting meat and bones he

Wastes Encounters

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen

provides a different threat depending on whether the Wash is high or low (as noted in parentheses). Wastes Predators d10 Encounter 1 The bones of a Humanoid or Beast, infested with harmless spiders or

Leucrotta

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse

as steel that can crush bones and lacerate flesh. These plates are so tough that a leucrotta can use them to peel plate armor away from the body of a slain knight. A leucrotta’s stench would normally

Abyssal, Gnoll Challenge 3 (700 XP) Proficiency Bonus +2 Mimicry. The leucrotta can mimic Beast sounds and Humanoid voices. A creature that hears the sounds can tell they are imitations only with a

Harpy

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)

moved to tears. Following the music, she came upon a clearing where stood a handsome elf youth who had also paused to hear the bird’s song. This was Fenmarel Mestarine, a reclusive elf god. His divine

right to claim the choicest prizes. When no valuable objects can be found, a harpy takes hair, bones, or body parts to line its nest. A harpy’s lair is usually hidden in remote ruins, where adventurers can discover valuable treasure and magic hidden beneath foul piles of offal.

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