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);{"diceNotation":"3d8", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Spore Salvo", "rollDamageType":"Poison"} Poison damage, and the target has the Poisoned condition. It repeats the save at the end of each of its turns
dragon lairs beyond treasure hunting; they might contain the only surviving copies of forgotten lore, fungal ingredients for cures or plagues, or maps to lost Underdark locales.Deep Dragon Lairs
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treasure hunting; they might contain the only surviving copies of forgotten lore, fungal ingredients for cures or plagues, or maps to lost Underdark locales.Deep Dragon Lairs
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Basic Rules (2014)
of song, speech, and the magic they contain. Bards say that the multiverse was spoken into existence, that the words of the gods gave it shape, and that echoes of these primordial Words of Creation
still resound throughout the cosmos. The music of bards is an attempt to snatch and harness those echoes, subtly woven into their spells and powers. The greatest strength of bards is their sheer
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
Music and Magic In the worlds of D&D, words and music are not just vibrations of air, but vocalizations with power all their own. The bard is a master of song, speech, and the magic they contain
. Bards say that the multiverse was spoken into existence, that the words of the gods gave it shape, and that echoes of these primordial Words of Creation still resound throughout the cosmos. The music of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
Music and Magic In the worlds of D&D, words and music are not just vibrations of air, but vocalizations with power all their own. The bard is a master of song, speech, and the magic they contain
. Bards say that the multiverse was spoken into existence, that the words of the gods gave it shape, and that echoes of these primordial Words of Creation still resound throughout the cosmos. The music of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lorwyn: First Light
Eclipsed Realms The boundaries between Lorwyn and Shadowmoor are clear, either shining with brilliant light or cloaked in deep shadow. Some border regions, however, are liminal spaces known as
miles. They are uninhabited but often contain natural features like forests, mountains, and rolling plains. Those who travel into eclipsed realms are influenced by both Lorwyn and Shadowmoor
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
’ magical heritage also expresses itself in other ways; those who become bards preserve the clan’s lore, and firbolg sorcerers defend their communities. Firbolg wizards arise when a clan becomes
friendly with elves.
Firbolg rogues are typically scouts tasked with spying on neighboring folk to determine their intentions. They are most common among firbolgs whose homes border human settlements
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Charisma to work in the service of the state. These characters often come from a noble background and bring proficiency in skills such as Intimidation and Persuasion to their work. Bards are natural fits in
that extends to protecting the border from incursions, but more often a Warden contend with monstrosities and wild beasts that threaten the populace, magical corruption that harms the land, and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
Bard Subclasses A Bard subclass is a specialization that grants you features at certain Bard levels, as specified in the subclass. Bards form loose associations, which they call colleges, to preserve
Harmony with the Cosmos Bards of the College of Dance know that the Words of Creation can’t be contained within speech or song; the words are uttered by the movements of celestial bodies and flow
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
; for example, the “Orcs” section contains stat blocks for various kinds of orcs, including tanarukks (demonic orcs). Immediately following this chapter are two appendices that contain additional stat
chapter, the lore and maps in chapter 1 might inspire you. Similarly, the racial traits in chapter 2 can be applied to the stat blocks in appendix B to create such memorable NPCs as goliath champions, kenku master thieves, and tabaxi bards.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
cities is the Citadel of Ice and Steel, in which wind-sculpted towers contain a city-size trove of incredible knowledge and treasures that defy belief.
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the whirlwind. At the start of each of its turns, the Restrained target takes 21 (6d6) Thunder damage. At the end of each of its turns, the target repeats the save, ending the effect on itself on a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Divine Contention
away over the hearth. B5. Servant’s Quarters These cozy quarters contain beds for the tower’s two servants, halfling cook Tombil Breen and his brother Tug. The adjoining storage closet houses a small
shrine to Cyrrollalee, halfling god of home and friendship. B6. Garrison These rooms contain bunks for the tower’s soldiers. Foot lockers at the end of the bunks hold each soldier’s meager possessions
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
) Heart of the Old Keoland region, surrounded by friendly neighbors that swear fealty to Keoland’s monarch Lortmil Mountains, the — Natural border between the Old Keoland region and the Central Flanaess
the region of the Central Flanaess. The mountains contain some of the richest gem and precious metal deposits in Eastern Oerik. The humans, dragonborn, dwarves, gnomes, halflings, goblinoids, goliaths
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
side of the door, about 4 feet above the floor. All doors open into the areas they border on metal casters that move along grooves cut into the stone floor. Gates and Pillars All gates consist of
otherwise specified. Coffers are 3 feet long by 2 feet wide and stand 2 feet high; they are used to store personal possessions. Many of the area descriptions in levels 2 and 3 contain references to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
await the atropal’s apotheosis, when the downfall of civilization promises an abundance of souls to harvest. The Sewn Sisters spy on intruders from the Border Ethereal. Any character who can perceive
first be opened. The five adjoining rooms (areas 72 to area 76) contain trials that can be overcome to open the five keyholes. The dolls don’t know the nature of the trials in areas 72 through 76, and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
its lower edge about three feet above the deck.
The area is unoccupied. The meat is salt beef; the sacks contain dried beans; the casks contain flour, salt, and ale; and the jars contain honey and
hammocks seem to be unoccupied at present. Beneath each hammock is a brass-bound wooden sea chest — most are closed, but two have open lids and appear to contain clothes.
In the center of the cabin stands
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
) can use them to gain advantage on the check. Step 2: Analyze the Problem. The device has a design flaw, obviously. Macreadus has concluded that the device’s rings are unable to contain the magical
the party is dead and trapped as a spirit in the Border Ethereal, nothing more can be done with the device until someone else comes along who can attune to it. Fortunately for the characters, they
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
contain the clan’s history—four scrolls per case. The scrolls are in Dwarvish, the written language of giants. A character who can speak Dwarvish or Giant realizes that these writings tell the history of
ignores the characters. Treasure. The wardrobes contain clothes fit for a female cloud giant of noble status. In one of the wardrobes, the characters can find a pair of boots of the winterlands. They
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
ballroom’s stage is filled with set pieces, props, and costumes. Treasure. Among the many other instruments stored here is Quill’s instrument of the bards (Cli lyre), which is kept in an ornate wooden case
, silently watching.
The library is a replica of one of the Harper libraries that Quill frequented. The books contain well-known stories and plays, research on monsters, and information about the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
the Armory, a foreboding stronghold at the ward’s border with the Lower Ward. Deliberately grown razorvine creeps along the structure’s bladed balconies and lower walls, deterring thieves who seek to
, supposedly impartial magistrate appointed by the Guvners. Punishments are tailored to fit the crime, and advocates are strongly encouraged. Lawyers and orators, these civil servants include bards
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
of basalt blocks and 10-foot-high ceilings roofed with slate. The smaller buildings (area B6a) are littered with ropes and loading hooks and contain stairwells that lead to the hold’s main storage
rooms (areas B19 and area B21). The larger buildings (area B6b) each contain a dozen cots and serve as quarters for the hold’s visitors, most frequently Klax and her traders. If the characters arrive at
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
scuttle for cover. These areas contain nothing of interest. 10. Unholy Shrine The floor of this chamber is covered with runes written in blood. A circle has been carved into the floor’s wooden planks
time to cast shillelagh on the quarterstaff he wields, barkskin for defense, and produce flame in preparation for a confrontation. The phase spider spends its time in the Border Ethereal. It attempts
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
has room inside itself to contain them (see the Ooze Cube trait). Dexterity Saving Throw: DC 12, each creature whose space the cube enters for the first time during this move. Failure: 10 (3d6) Acid
the Border Ethereal and vice versa, but it can’t affect or be affected by anything on the other plane.
Horrific Visage. Wisdom Saving Throw: DC 13, each creature in a 60-foot Cone that can see the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
they fight until being captured or killed. Any element of surprise the gnolls might gain by attacking the characters during a blizzard is lost because the creatures can’t contain their excitement
repeats the group check until one team fails it.
3 Shrub Pulling. Two frozen shrubs of roughly equal size are located nearby, and each team picks a champion. Whichever champion uproots their shrub
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Adventure Atlas: The Mortuary
examinations in offshoot rooms within the facility, such as the autopsy room. The contents of these rooms are yours to choose; otherwise, they contain nothing of value. Spirit Sump For Characters of 5th–7th
Level Calder Moore A swirling pool of unruly apparitions stirs beneath the Spirit Sump Unlike cities on the worlds of the Material Plane, Sigil doesn’t border the Ethereal Plane, a hazy realm roamed
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a5
smiling figure with its hands held out, as if ready to accept an offering.
In contrast to the beatific pillars, alcoves around the room contain statues of four-armed gargoyles.
Advance Notice
quarters, which contain a fine bed, a footlocker, and a desk. Searching the area uncovers one written piece of lore, as well as a tome of the stilled tongue and six spell scrolls (two each of detect
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
matters, for no matter how much heartache and confusion the stories contain, they end with affairs of the heart properly sorted out and everyone in love with the person, or persons, they were fated to
be with. Stories of Hanali’s romantic adventures among elves and other mortals are perennial favorites when sung by elf bards and poets. In Arvandor, Hanali maintains a hidden pool called Evergold
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
as a place to park their wagons and contain their oxen for free. There’s also plenty of room to pitch tents and build campfires. Fresh water can be drawn from a 30-foot-deep stone well in the
, and adventuring gear, armor, and weapons in back. Rooms on the second floor contain accommodations for the store’s young proprietors, Alaestra Ulgar (NG female Illuskan human commoner) and Narth
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
are even more formidable than the knights and have served the city well for years. Silverymoon is also a haven for Harpers — not surprising, given that many Harpers are wizards and bards. Grand and
world from the Border Ethereal and attacks any trespassers that it sees, first using its Horrifying Visage action, and then its Possession and Withering Touch. If it succeeds in possessing a creature
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
giants, manticores, and Uthgardt. Scattered throughout the Dessarin Hills are ancient dwarven ruins, crumbling towers, lost mines, and abandoned hunting lodges, any of which might contain monsters and
Road hugs the west border of the valley, which is hemmed in on the east by the High Forest and the Forlorn Hills. The valley is dotted with settlements, farms, and isolated homesteads, yet most of it
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
: Bugbear head: “Yah!”
Harpy head: “Bah!”
Hobgoblin head: “Gah!”
Ogre head: “Bah!”
Each repeats its one-word utterance every time its hatch is opened, then falls silent until the hatch is closed
. Small, misshapen creatures nesting in the cradles reach toward the symbols with their claws but can’t quite grab them.
The cradles contain eight dretches—manifestations of Zybilna’s darkest
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
an avalanche as it attacks. Overlords and Minions. Blue dragons covet valuable and talented creatures whose service reinforces their sense of superiority. Bards, sages, artists, wizards, and assassins
dragon’s favored treasures are the sentient creatures it bends to its will, including significant figures such as popular heroes, well-known sages, and renowned bards. Among material treasures, a green