boss branches diffusing certain relation

Horrid Plant

Monsters Quests from the Infinite Staircase

; 3–4, purple blossom; or 5–6, snapper saw. This form determines certain traits in this stat block. False Appearance. If the horrid plant is motionless at the start of combat, it has

these tendrils to drain the moisture and life force from their prey. Purple Blossom The purple blossom is a treelike plant with cup-shaped purple flowers. Tubules within the plant’s branches

Goblin Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

, smelting, forging, and religion. If the tribe has any spellcasters, this caste includes them. Lashers follow the lead of the tribe’s boss, and enforce their will on other goblins with whips

opportunity to supervise and dominate such creatures, which have no status at all. WHO'S THE BOSS? Goblins pattern the rule of their tribes after the whip-cracking rule of their god, Khurgorbaeyag

4. Reaction Timing

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything

4. Reaction Timing Certain game features let you take a special action, called a reaction, in response to an event. Making opportunity attacks and casting the shield spell are two typical uses of

reactions. If you’re unsure when a reaction occurs in relation to its trigger, here’s the rule: the reaction happens after its trigger, unless the description of the reaction explicitly says otherwise. Once you take a reaction, you can’t take another one until the start of your next turn.

Being Your Own Patron

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War

Being Your Own Patron For certain kinds of organizations, you can either join an existing group or found your own. For some players, the idea of running a crime syndicate, inquisitive agency

work. The information in this section applies whether you join an organization or found your own. When you’re the boss, some of the benefits of belonging to an organization become expenses you have

Assignments

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War

you assignments or reward you for achieving certain objectives, but it doesn’t dictate your activities. Adventurers’ guilds, heads of state, immortal beings, inquisitive agencies, religious orders

, and universities are typically highly autonomous. In a player-directed organization, you don’t have a patron because your adventuring party is in charge. You’re the boss; you tell others what to do

Bugbear Lair Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes of the Borderlands

tunnel branches east and west. H2: War Room The door to this makeshift war room is ajar, allowing the characters to hear two gruff voices bickering inside. When the characters enter or peek inside, read or

Warrior—the self-proclaimed boss of the cave—scolds two Goblin Warriors for sleeping on the job. When they notice the characters, the bugbear commands the goblins to fight and joins them in battle. The

Chapter 3: Balance

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things

card spread, each card’s intrinsic meaning changes depending on whether that card is upright or reversed (top oriented downward), or where it lies in relation to other cards in a spread. Stacked Deck

. You can ensure certain outcomes by stacking the deck with cards placed in a specific order. If you have duplicates of your cards, you can use multiple copies to make a given card more likely to be

Forest Encounters (Levels 1–4)

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

pixies 49 1 brown bear 50 1d4 + 3 goblins 51 1d3 dryads 52 1 awakened tree 53 1 phase spider 54 1d6 harpies 55 1 ettercap or 1d8 + 1 orcs 56 1 goblin boss with 2d6 + 1 goblins 57 1 ankheg 58 1 giant

cocoons hanging from the branches, holding withered carcasses 81 1 wereboar or 1d4 giant boars 82 1d6 + 2 giant spiders 83 1d4 centaurs or 1d4 giant elk 84 1 orc Eye of Gruumsh with 2d4 + 2 orcs 85 1

Emerald Enclave

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)

Emerald Enclave The Emerald Enclave is a far-ranging group that opposes threats to the natural world and helps others survive in the wilderness. Branches of the organization are scattered throughout

Faerûn and often operate in isolation from the others. This existence teaches the Enclave’s members a fierce self-reliance and mastery of certain fighting and survival skills. A ranger of the Enclave

Goblins

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters

-building, beast taming, mining, smelting, forging, and religion. If the tribe has any spellcasters, this caste includes them. Lashers follow the lead of the tribe’s boss, and enforce their will on

the opportunity to supervise and dominate such creatures, which have no status at all. WHO'S THE BOSS? Goblins pattern the rule of their tribes after the whip-cracking rule of their god

Inside the Senate

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica

Inside the Senate The Azorius Senate is supported by three branches, called columns, each led by an arbiter (also called a capital). The capitals of the three columns form the Triumvirate, which

guild’s elaborate system of laws is structured to prevent wrongdoing first and foremost, even at the expense of certain liberties. The Azorius can act as a benevolent proactive force that keeps evildoers

L12. Textile Mill

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight

have advantage on this check. The boggles avoid combat, surrendering if they face certain harm. If Squirt is with the party, it encourages the characters to acquire as much slippery boggle oil as

(area L16). To take that route, a character must climb out of the storeroom window, clamber across branches that grow out of the upright trees and pass above area L13, and then hop onto the windowsill

Horrid Plant Varieties

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase

cup-shaped purple flowers. Tubules within the plant’s branches connect the flowers to reserves of acidic sap in the plant’s trunk. Purple blossoms squirt this sap at prey through the flowers’ pistils

determines certain traits in this stat block. False Appearance. If the horrid plant is motionless at the start of combat, it has advantage on its initiative roll. Moreover, if a creature hasn’t

Miniatures

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide

Miniatures Often, players can rely on your descriptions to imagine where their characters are in relation to their surroundings and their enemies. Certain combat encounters, however, can benefit from

Barbarian Subclasses

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook

Barbarian Subclasses A Barbarian subclass is a specialization that grants you features at certain Barbarian levels, as specified in the subclass. This section presents the Path of the Berserker, Path

Tree MARCELA MEDEIROS Path of the World Tree Subclass Trace the Roots and Branches of the Multiverse Barbarians who follow the Path of the World Tree connect with the cosmic tree Yggdrasil through

Dragon Relationships

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

sent off to find other jobs or becoming the dragon’s next meal. Depending on the size of the commercial enterprise, the dragon might have subordinates who are responsible for certain aspects of the

these companions, who can become disillusioned when the dragon’s true nature is revealed. Crime Boss A dragon takes charge of a criminal enterprise, accumulating wealth through illegal activities that

Hartsvale

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide

-steads that surround it. Nonetheless, a certain strong breed of merchant travels the narrow mountain passes leading into Hartsvale. The dwarves of Citadel Adbar jestingly refer to these people as

often come down out of the mountains. Castle Hartwick and Stagwick Between two branches of the Clear Whirl River lies a great island on which Hartkiller built his castle. Stagwick, on the east bank of

Religious Institutions

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide

to its favored deity, perhaps a set of wind chimes consecrated to Akadi hung from the high branches of a tree in the garden, or a wooden symbol shaped like the hand of Azuth in miniature displayed on a

certain deities is frowned on. Most governments that engage in persecution limit such restrictions to the establishment of formal temples, priesthoods, and organized festivals. (On a practical level

Undersigil

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands

through a barred grate to the busy street above. As they trim its barbed branches, something shudders within. 5 Three sahuagin emerge from a wide pipe. “Polluters!” shouts one of them, addressing the

pour into it. However, after repeatedly passing the same doom-filled messages scrawled onto its walls, travelers often begin to panic. The Loop isn’t beholden to the laws of time or space. At certain

Random Encounters in Thither

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight

. If the characters pass this way again after defeating the hag, they find the old tree’s branches covered in fresh green buds—a sign that the grandfather oak is healing. Jabberwock’s Trail The

from the chariot by the jabberwock that frequents Zybilna’s palace (see chapter 5). The owlbear’s harness boss is engraved with a branch of the tree for which she is named: Juniper. The chariot is

Candlekeep

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide

overtaken by frost. From the center rises the largest and thickest tower of Candlekeep. If the other towers are well-wrought branches and blossoms, then this surely is the bole of the tree: strong

are told of it at the gates, and turned away kindly if they have no such gift. Heralds; priests of the gods Oghma, Gond, Deneir, and Milil; certain archmages; and others acknowledged as “friends of

Factions

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen

special treatment. In exchange for their work, Borngray “pays” the tribe in metal weapons that are brought to the castle along with the loot. Meanwhile, the bullywugs boss and bully the lizardfolk

solitary dragons. Rezmir is working hard to persuade them that they could gain great power by revealing their secret at the strategically correct moment. Until Tiamat’s return looks more certain, however

Factions

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons

the castle and rewards with special treatment. In exchange for their work, Borngray pays the tribe in metal weapons that are brought to the castle along with the loot. Meanwhile, the bullywugs boss and

certain, however, Voaraghamanthar and Waervaerendor intend to keep playing it safe, stick close to home, and guard their secret. Voaraghamanthar and Waervaerendor are not a true faction in the mere

Tool Descriptions

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

provides advantage on a check when used in conjunction with certain skills, provided a character is proficient with the tool and the skill. As DM, you can allow a character to make a check using the

arise in relation to geographic locations, are familiar to you. Craft a Map. While traveling, you can draw a map as you go in addition to engaging in other activity. Cartographer’s Tools Activity DC

Locations V - Z

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

” Forkbeard. The characters might know of him from talking to certain NPCs (such as Sir Baric Nylef in Bryn Shander or Darz Helgar in Triboar), or from a wanted poster in Longsaddle. The Weevil can be found

branches southward from the inn. Characters who follow the dirt road discover the razed ruins of a farming village on the north shore of the Delimbiyr River. Only some rickety wooden docks remain to

Creating a Monster Stat Block

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)

(higher-level characters have a greater ability to deal with flying creatures). Step 15. Saving Throw Bonuses If you want a monster to be unusually resistant to certain kinds of effects, you can give it a

Increase the monster’s effective per-round damage by 2. Reactive Marilith — Read Thoughts Doppelganger — Reckless Minotaur — Redirect Attack Goblin boss — Reel Roper — Regeneration Troll Increase the

The Seldarine

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes

some task that only the god can comprehend. Before this gathering begins, the elves who have been selected start to have powerful dreams and waking visions, urging them to travel to a certain location

illuminated and what remains mysterious. Trunks and branches reach high into the expanse of the mind and the realm of revelation, while roots sink deep, anchoring themselves in the known and

Areas of the Lair

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist

. Secret Door. The northernmost end of this hallway displays a fresco of a leafless tree that has lidless eyes embedded in its branches. Pressing a specific eye causes a door-shaped section of the wall to

Steeltoes (see appendix B) is Xanathar’s fishkeeper. If he sees intruders and the beholder isn’t present, Ott draws his dagger and stammers, “You shouldn’t be here! Stay back, or I’ll call the boss!” Ott

Briny Maze Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk

about Ilvaash’s betrayal but quiets almost immediately, certain that the godlet can see everything that occurs in the Briny Maze. The ashenwight won’t help the characters, even if the characters insist

tridents and a greataxe, but these weapons are no longer present. B20: The Scar The wall in this alcove is knotted like scar tissue. The mezzoloths who fled from their boss, the arcanaloth Ashripask (see

Lower Palace Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight

counsel Zybilna on matters concerning demons and the Abyss Snitcher, a goblin boss (neutral) with dragonfly wings that grant a flying speed of 40 feet and the ability to hover, who brings news from other

of the League of Malevolence, but he is certain Warduke will slay him if he openly betrays Kelek. Glasswork Golem Medium Construct, Unaligned Armor Class 13 (natural armor) Hit Points 36 (8d8

Locations E - H

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

Well” section). Coldwood Branches of the Icespear River emerge from the heart of the Coldwood, trickling south toward the Silver Marches. The Glimmerwood is so frigid that the ground is covered with

. A wooden hangman’s scaffold stands in the center of the marketplace, and on certain nights, when clouds obscure the waning moon, luminous ghosts wander around it, going about the business of the

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