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Player’s Handbook
mercenaries—as Fighters, they all share an unparalleled prowess with weapons and armor. And they are well acquainted with death, both meting it out and defying it.
Fighters master various
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Monsters
The Book of Many Things
’ll be found by mortals who are desperate for power and ripe for corruption.
Malaxxix seeks the Books of Keeping: ancient tomes that contain the true names of all yugoloths. To this end, it
leviathan of screeching gears made up of hundreds of tireless mezzoloths. It is a unique vehicle and Gargantuan object with the following statistics:
Armor Class: 20
Hit Points: 250
Speed: 50 ft
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
, 4-foot-high table in the west side of the room.
Golem. A crystal golem (see “Crystal Golems”) stands guard in the east side of the room, surrounded by shelves stacked with books, spell components
. Urlon won’t accompany the characters, however, since doing so would surely compromise his ability to assume command once Al’chaia is dead. He doesn’t care whether they keep Al’chaia’s magic books or not
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
Gith about which one of them deserves “Al’chaia’s magic books.” If attacked, Kr’rison and Vlaadric fight together until one falls. The other then retreats to area 27. Treasure Kr’rison’s plate armor is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm Lord’s Wrath
Events d6 Event
1 A sudden gust of wind extinguishes any open flames.
2 A character sees their own reflection age in a puddle or pane of glass.
3 Books hurl themselves from a
. Remember that his spirit is insane and believes it is living in a nightmare. It does not want to parley and retreats into the Ethereal Plane at the first sign of trouble. Once per day, when Thalivar’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
it is detected, the bronze scout deters pursuers by sending electrical shocks through the ground while it retreats to safety. Bronze Scout
Medium construct, unaligned
Armor Class 13
Hit Points
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
a 50 percent chance that one Lorehold professor of chaos and twelve Lorehold pledgemages (see chapter 7 for both) are taking part in a class here. K4. Second-Floor Study The collection of books upon
hall’s tiered balconies hold an impressive collection of history books. Sorting the book collection day and night are 1d4 cogwork archivists (see chapter 7). K2. Wise Kollema The towering statue of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
shelves filled with books line the walls of this room. Two more shelves run through the middle of the room with a ten-foot-wide aisle between them. Several stacks of books are piled high throughout the
room. There are small reading desks with cozy scarlet chairs in the corners.
The shelves contain books on Fistandia’s favorite subjects: arcana, natural science, religion, astrology, and planar
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
, and Charisma, keeping in mind your class’s primary ability. Fill in the ability modifiers as well. If you’re using the Standard Array option, consult the Standard Array by Class table for suggestions
on where to assign scores for your character’s class. The table puts the highest scores in a class’s main abilities. If you used a different method to generate the scores, you may still use this
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
, Wisdom, and Charisma, keeping in mind your class’s primary ability. Fill in the ability modifiers as well. If you’re using the Standard Array option, consult the Standard Array by Class table for
suggestions on where to assign scores for your character’s class. The table puts the highest scores in a class’s main abilities. If you used a different method to generate the scores, you may still use
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
Beloved 3 Rival −2 First-year students rush to class carrying armloads of books—
and all their excitement for the start of a new academic year
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Confronting Garra When the characters peer into the foremost cabin of the first-class car, read or paraphrase the following: An eight-foot-tall muscular woman with a tusked, protruding jaw lounges on
transport the chest to Droaam from Wroat. If the characters refuse, Garra attacks. Garra is willing to die for Daask and fights accordingly. Garra doesn’t know what is in books or schemas, as these
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
of the world, including advice on creating adventures and a deeper look at the nations of Khorvaire and the lands beyond it. Either of these books can be useful for a Dungeon Master who wants further
insight into the setting. The other books are largely tied to specific subjects. If you want to run a campaign in the mysterious lands of Xen’drik, Secrets of Xen’drik and City of Stormreach have a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
covered with glass vessels and books. Cabinets with glass doors line the walls, and they contain all manner of specimens. Just below the ceiling in the middle of the room, colorful globes circle each other
, mounted animals, rocks and minerals, dried plants, and jars with creatures floating in liquid. Measuring devices, glassware, and other scientific apparatus sit on the tables between books on the natural
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Fiendish Folio Volume 1
strange traps and logic-defying puzzles, along with a legion of brainwashed servitors and countless xills. As to the fate ofthe individuals seized by the xills, they perhaps form the bulk of
monstrosity, lawful evil
Armor Class 16 (natural armor)
Hit Points 33 (6d8 + 6)
Speed 40 ft.
STR
14(+2)
DEX
18(+4)
CON
13(+1)
INT
11(+0)
WIS
14(+2)
CHA
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
the dragon to provide a distraction, allowing the character to move to a safer location or use a class feature that relies on an ally being near the dragon (such as Sneak Attack). What Can Vellynne Do
, Vellynne can’t drop below 1 hit point. If she is reduced to 1 hit point, she either retreats to somewhere safe or uses her next action to cast vampiric touch, draining the life force of her nearest
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Boo’s Astral Menagerie
spelljamming ship tries to enter the ship’s air envelope and stow away, remaining secluded and invisible until it finds a sleeping victim it can attack. It retreats rather than allows itself to perish in a
confrontation. Feyr
Large Aberration, Typically Chaotic Evil
Armor Class 16 (natural armor)
Hit Points 88 (16d10)
Speed 0 ft., fly 50 ft. (hover)
STR
16 (+3)
DEX
16 (+3)
CON
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
glean from these books to become accomplished spellcasters, and with the power they gain, they devastate Tiamat’s enemies. Blue Abishai Medium Fiend (Devil, Wizard), Typically Lawful Evil
Armor
Class 19 (natural armor)
Hit Points 202 (27d8 + 81)
Speed 30 ft., fly 50 ft.
STR
15 (+2)
DEX
14 (+2)
CON
17 (+3)
INT
22 (+6)
WIS
23 (+6)
CHA
18 (+4)
Saving Throws Int +12
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
grandmother. When not serving the Watchful Order, he spends his days reading and writing books in his library. Barnibus uses spells that help him investigate crimes, pry secrets from the minds of suspects, and
Armor Class 10 (13 with mage armor)
Hit Points 24 (7d8 − 7)
Speed 30 ft.
STR
9(−1)
DEX
10(+0)
CON
9(−1)
INT
17(+3)
WIS
15(+2)
CHA
11(+0)
Saving Throws
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Forge of the Artificer
Plateau. They’re popular sites for student gatherings and class meetings on the rare occasions that Sharn’s notoriously rainy weather lets up. Beyond the courtyards, the “ground floor” contains lecture
halls, study halls, small libraries (mostly focused on books assigned for student reading), dining halls, and faculty offices. Morgrave is a constant bustle of activity while classes remain in session
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
, general command, such as to fetch a key, stand watch, or stack some books. If you issue no commands, the servant does nothing other than defend itself against hostile creatures. Once given an order
Armor Class 15 (natural armor)
Hit Points 10 (4d4)
Speed 30 ft., climb 30 ft.
STR
4(-3)
DEX
16(+3)
CON
10(+0)
INT
2(-4)
WIS
10(+0)
CHA
1(−5
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
capable of reading the Books of Prophecy, an ancient set of tomes that hint at future events of grand significance. Tower Sage Medium Humanoid, Any Alignment
Armor Class 10 (13 with Mage Armor)
Hit
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
: Servants of Living Stars
Some stars in the sky are Elder Evils, alien beings of godlike power from the reality-defying Far Realm. A living portent can be a fragment of these beings’ will. These
.
Living Portent Small or Medium Celestial, Typically Lawful Neutral
Armor Class 15 (natural armor)
Hit Points 65 (10d8 + 20)
Speed 30 ft., fly 30 ft. (hover)
STR
14 (+2)
DEX
16 (+3)
CON
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
twice on the Tavern Name Generator table) 16–17 Warehouse (roll once on the Warehouse table) 18–20 Shop (roll once on the Shop table) Residence d20 Type 1–2 Abandoned squat 3–8 Middle-class home
9–10 Upper-class home 11–15 Crowded tenement 16–17 Orphanage 18 Hidden thieves’ den 19 Front for a secret cult 20 Lavish, guarded mansion Religious Building d20 Type 1–10 Temple to a good or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
by evil gods. An evil empyrean can’t survive long on the Upper Planes and usually retreats to the Material Plane, where it can rule over a kingdom of mortals as an indomitable tyrant. Immortal Titans
Huge celestial (titan), chaotic good (75%) or neutral evil (25%)
Armor Class 22 (natural armor)
Hit Points 313 (19d12 + 190)
Speed 50 ft., fly 50 ft., swim 50 ft.
STR
30 (+10)
DEX
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
these creatures along the shoals of faraway islands. Merfolk lack the materials and practical means to forge weapons beneath the waves, to write books and keep lore, or to shape stone to raise buildings
dead undersea creatures. Merfolk
Medium humanoid (merfolk), neutral
Armor Class 11
Hit Points 11 (2d8 + 2)
Speed 10 ft., swim 40 ft.
STR
10 (+0)
DEX
13 (+1)
CON
12
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
segmented body remains buried. If detected, it sends electrical shocks through the ground toward pursuers while it retreats. Clockwork Bronze Scout
Medium Construct, Unaligned
Armor Class 13
Hit
, Unaligned
Armor Class 13
Hit Points 91 (14d8 + 28)
Speed 30 ft.
STR
12 (+1)
DEX
16 (+3)
CON
14 (+2)
INT
3 (-4)
WIS
10 (+0)
CHA
1 (-5
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
, and your spell effects might reflect the appearance of the reference books you study. Building a Lorehold Character Any class or subclass that deals with knowledge of the past can be a good fit in
, the spells on the Lorehold Spells table are added to the spell list of your spellcasting class. (If you are a multiclass character with multiple spell lists, these spells are added to all of them
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
area 31. Halfway up the spiral staircase is a secret door that opens into area 23. Rough-hewn stairs in the south wall descend to area 7. Development If Nym retreats to this chamber, she raises the
into the north wall opens into area 13. Development The storm giants sleeping in area 12 awaken and respond to any loud disturbance here. If Serissa retreats here, she raises the portcullis, and she
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
. Characters who force their way into Shalfey’s sanctum risk him destroying the Books of Prophecy. Each door to the greater library has Armor Class 15, 50 hit points, and immunity to poison and psychic
friendly and welcoming, and they know nothing of the attempted coup. They believe Shalfey died of natural causes and regard Piyarz as the legitimate keeper of the books unless proven otherwise. Hostel
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
Huge or smaller tree and remain in that form for 24 hours or until she ends this transformation early (no action required). Her equipment melds into her new form. While in this form, her Armor Class is
This room’s south door is locked. If the characters enter, read or paraphrase the following text: Wooden shelves along the north wall of this room hold a jumble of books and scrolls, many of which
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monstrous Compendium Volume One: Spelljammer Creatures
Eldritch Lich From beyond the stars, a Great Old One whispers promises of reality-defying knowledge and world-bending power. When a wizard or a warlock hears that whisper and listens too intently
, the lich uses its telepathy to share those whispers with the minds around it. Eldritch Lich
Medium Undead, Typically Neutral Evil
Armor Class 17 (natural armor)
Hit Points 165 (22d8 + 66
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
has teeth! Please, anyone, stop it!”
Chaos erupts in the library as students stream in all directions, their books and papers flying as they shout in fear. The only faculty mages in sight are
this incoming class! And what a bizarre occurrence. I can’t remember any of those old costume trunks ever bearing a hint of magic—let alone that manner of transmutation. I will be having a word with the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Forge of the Artificer
match the library at Korranberg in breadth, it is the most extensive collection of books in Breland. It specializes in the history of Khorvaire and is run by gnome expatriates from Zilargo. Students
Morgrave. A hobgoblin who wears traditional battle armor to every class, Duurkat is a boisterous lecturer. But despite the theatrics, his knowledge of Dhakaani history is unmatched. A rakshasa
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
Madness table that lasts until cured. Short-Term Madness d100 Effect (lasts 1d10 minutes) 01-20 The character retreats into his or her mind and becomes paralyzed. The effect ends if the character
who he or she is and retains racial traits and class features, but doesn't recognize other people or remember anything that happened before the madness took effect. 86-90 Whenever the character takes