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Player’s Handbook
Master Sophisticated Battle Maneuvers
Battle Masters are students of the art of battle, learning martial techniques passed down through generations. The most accomplished Battle Masters are well
-rounded figures who combine their carefully honed combat skills with academic study in the fields of history, theory, and the arts.
Battle Master
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Classes
Player’s Handbook (2014)
such as weaponsmithing and calligraphy. Not every fighter absorbs the lessons of history, theory, and artistry that are reflected in the Battle Master archetype, but those who do are well-rounded fighters of great skill and knowledge.
Those who emulate the archetypal Battle Master employ martial techniques passed down through generations. To a Battle Master, combat is an academic field, sometimes including subjects beyond battle
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Species
Volo's Guide to Monsters
battle skills.
3
I always appear like I am about to kill everyone around me.
4
I love a good brawl.
5
I drink the blood of monsters to consume their power.
6
I chant orcish war
the plane of Acheron. It is there in the afterlife where the chosen ones will join Gruumsh and his armies in their endless extraplanar battle for supremacy.
Gods of the Orcs
Orcs believe their gods
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
Hobgoblins War horns sound, stones fly from catapults, and the thunder of a thousand booted feet echoes across the land as hobgoblins march to battle. Across the borderlands of civilization
conquer,
Their children our slaves.
Acheron! Acheron!
Victory is ours!
— Translation of a Hobgoblin War Chant
Hobgoblins have dark orange or red-orange skin, and hair ranging from dark red
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver
obstructed by rounded boulders and pebbles. It might have been a streambed, though no water flows here now.
The dwarves diverted the stream into the channel leading to area 12 to drive the waterwheel in the
smelter. Then the earthquakes that rocked Wave Echo Cave during the final spell battle of the orc invasion collapsed the floor in area 18, diverting the stream once again. The old streambed remains as
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
many an orc.
— Elminster
Orc Personality Traits d6 Personality Trait 1 I never relinquish my weapon. 2 I welcome any chance to prove my battle skills. 3 I always appear like I am about to kill
everyone around me. 4 I love a good brawl. 5 I drink the blood of monsters to consume their power. 6 I chant orcish war dirges during combat. Orc Ideals d6 Ideal 1 Strength. Showing superior
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
it isn’t the big kids on campus. They think they’re going to wipe the floor with us at the Battle of Strixhaven, don’t they? Well, we’ve got something to say about that!
“We challenge you to a sing
-off! We’ll crush you in song before we crush you on the field!”
If the characters participate in the sing-off, they’ll gain an edge during the Battle of Strixhaven; see the “Determining the Winner
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
Umbraxakar’s memories to this room, which will enable the shadow dragon to pull more of Vanrakdoom into the Shadowfell. They chant the following verse over and over in Common: “Darkness quench the sun
. Darkness swallow the moon. Darkness claim this dungeon and all that dwell within.” If attacked, they continue to chant while also defending themselves. Killing a cult fanatic deactivates one of the pillars
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
6. Sacrificial Chamber Unless they are lured to area 5 by sounds of battle, four yuan-ti broodguards (see appendix D) stand guard in this chamber, one in each corner. A bloodstained altar stands in
each niche radiates an aura of abjuration magic under the scrutiny of a detect magic spell. If combat ensues here, the skulls start to chant in Abyssal. The skulls stop chanting when they are removed
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
of 5 minutes and a long rest of 1 hour. This change makes combat more routine, since characters can easily recover from every battle. You might want to make combat encounters more difficult to
maximum spell slots (rounded down) at the end of a long rest, and to limit spell slots restored to 5th level or lower. Only a full 8-hour rest will allow a spellcaster to restore all spell slots and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Light of Xaryxis
can while preserving their front-row views of the battle. Xedalli’s Favor If the characters swayed the crowd in favor of Princess Xedalli, the princess leads the crowd in a chant before the battle
the zodar to 0 hit points. The zodar wins the battle if all the characters are at 0 hit points at the start of the zodar’s turn or if the characters who are still standing concede defeat. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
is lightly obscured by fog that billows from a nearby cave. If the characters enter, they encounter a wolflike anhkolox (see appendix B). Should the characters battle the monster, Dalamar (neutral elf
mage) aids them. Shard of Darkness. Once the anhkolox is destroyed, a character who searches the cave finds the source of the fog: a rounded piece of broken black glass. The fog ceases if the glass
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm Lord’s Wrath
can even register, spectral figures emerge from the mist, swooping up onto the decks.
One allip per three adventurers (rounded down) and two specters per character, excluding sidekicks, use the cover
of the mist to approach the ship. The allip’s howling babble instantly stuns everyone on the ship except the adventurers, as the crew collapses in a heap. Even if they get up during the battle, the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm Lord’s Wrath
her hands to the sky, and dark clouds appear in response. Before the tiefling, at the end of the swampy water, stand a small number of humans, greataxes raised in the air, who chant in response to her
in the next wave of the battle, as described below.) The characters start 500 feet from the priest. She has already completed enough of her ritual to summon the water elemental, and every four rounds
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
battle, the better to imbue their victims with the magic needed to spawn more gnolls. Gnoll Warriors Common gnolls comprise the bulk of a war band. They fight mainly with spears fashioned from wood and
witherlings serve the war band much as their comrades do. Although not as formidable in battle as warriors or hunters, they are just as relentless. Flinds A flind is an exceptionally large and strong
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Divine Contention
surprise the cultists if they sneak up on them after silently opening the door from area E1. If combat ensues here, any monsters present in areas E3 and E4 are alerted to the battle and arrive after
1d4 + 1 rounds. The cultists in area E5 remain where they are but begin their summoning chant. Treasure. The cultists carry 170 gp and 105 ep in loose coins, as well as five potions of healing
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
Battle Master Those who emulate the archetypal Battle Master employ martial techniques passed down through generations. To a Battle Master, combat is an academic field, sometimes including subjects
beyond battle such as weaponsmithing and calligraphy. Not every fighter absorbs the lessons of history, theory, and artistry that are reflected in the Battle Master archetype, but those who do are
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
glacier. If the characters let the Elk Tribe members fend off the Tigers, the outcome of the battle depends on whether Bjornhild leads the ambush: If Bjornhild leads the ambush, both she and Grava
survive, as does Hengar. All three are reduced to half their hit points (rounded down). Everyone else is slain. Bjornhild takes Hengar prisoner and interprets the characters’ escape as a sign that Auril
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
cradle, its parents chant songs of battle. As children, fire giants play at war, hurling igneous rocks at one another across the banks of magma rivers. In later years, formal martial training becomes an
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
), two are type 2 (human head and body, with snakes for arms), and one is type 3 (human head and upper body with a serpentine lower body instead of legs). The yuan-ti chant a vile prayer, at the end of
words. Rather than anger her with the truth, the yuan-ti lie and tell the dragon that she must face her enemy in battle. From this, Iymrith concludes that she must kill the storm giant leader to destroy
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
in battle. Ability Score Increase. Your Constitution score increases by 1. Radiant Consumption. Starting at 3rd level, you can use your action to unleash the divine energy within yourself, causing a
(rounded up). In addition, once on each of your turns, you can deal extra radiant damage to one target when you deal damage to it with an attack or a spell. The extra radiant damage equals your level. Once
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
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
back into battle. Doppelganger. The doppelganger (which has smeared itself with someone else’s blood) asks to be taken to a safe location out of the dragon’s sight. If a character obliges, the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
prey on the wounded after a battle, or pursue herds of Underdark beasts, attacking the sick, the weak, or the straggling. Cloakers strike quickly and consume their meals as swiftly as possible
Challenge 8 (3,900 XP)
Damage Transfer. While attached to a creature, the cloaker takes only half the damage dealt to it (rounded down), and that creature takes the other half.
False Appearance
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
and to the sides of the platform are four deep, rounded alcoves.
A spectral, armored figure with blazing emerald eyes appears from behind the throne and advances. “More fools of Djaynai? I’m the
, the walls are lined with strange, rusted weapons and the stone shelves of a library.
Soon after the characters enter the room, the friendly haint Derek appears—he’s joined by Violette if the battle
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm Lord’s Wrath
area as cult fanatics (one for every two characters rounded down, excluding sidekicks) walk back and forth between the common area and the courtyard, making sure the ritual is progressing according to
terror. If the adventurers free her, she joins the battle to help the party defeat the threat. Although she’s now a respectable innkeeper, Martisha is a former bandit captain whose weapons are close at hand.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
large chamber. The light of campfires shows a natural platform where five derro are droning a cacophonous chant. A two-headed dog stirs inside a cage, while another derro nearby plays with a crossbow and
part in the ritual until the characters kill the death dog or one of the cultists, at which point he joins the battle. The door to the death dog’s cage is held shut with a simple clasp and requires an
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
Camp Locations Hc1. Druid Camp Four robed humans — two male, two female — chant as they stand around a bonfire. On the periphery of the firelight are two massive elk, placidly chewing.
The four
fight only if attacked, spurring their two elk companions into battle. They beg for mercy once half of them (including the elk) are down. Reinforcements. Camp Hc2 arrives the first time a disturbance is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
. The most accomplished Battle Masters are well-rounded figures who combine their carefully honed combat skills with academic study in the fields of history, theory, and the arts. Level 3: Combat
Fighter Subclasses A Fighter subclass is a specialization that grants you features at certain Fighter levels, as specified in the subclass. This section presents the Battle Master, Champion, Eldritch
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
, which startles and scares away the other animals. If the frost druid in area E9 hears sounds of battle in this room, she remains where she is, preferring to make a final stand there. Statues. In addition
. Once broken, the mirror’s magic is gone forever. E8. First Tomb of the Half-Moon The stone door to this tomb is engraved with a white semicircle (the symbol of a half-moon), with its rounded edge facing
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
. They know that the cultists always chant when they are inside the temple, and so they interpret any voiceless movement in this hallway as a sign of intruders. The chuuls have a number of options for
Landgrave’s Folly after losing a battle against two hostile aboleths from the Endless Nadir. It intends to rest here while it plots its retaliation. The aboleth lurks at the base of the stairs (just outside
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
Echo Cave, but it was buried by the destruction that wracked the mines centuries ago. A pitched battle was fought here when bandits stormed the mines. The dead still lie where they fell. Six stirges
this area are evidence of the destructive spell battle fought here centuries ago when the bandits and their mercenary wizards stormed the mines. The damaged rooms are described in areas W14 and area W15
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
all of the crystals from the wall by hand takes 24 hours of work divided by the number of creatures performing the task (rounded down). As long as at least one crystal remains embedded in the wall
in the ancient battle with Lenth’s forces. The top layer of skeletons peeks through the seafloor. The merfolk bones float if they are unearthed from their resting place. A giant white moray eel hides
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
lackey. Fair or foul? Weal or woe? Chant or howl? Friend or foe?”
This unfortunate wanderer is named Carkuss (N male human priest). A character who has an appropriate background or who succeeds on
still and attack any humanoid creatures that approach them. Hoobur’s Mark. If the characters poke around the rotting flesh that fell of the horses during the battle, they see that each horse bore
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
arrive. Two must awaken, then stand and move to join any battle; they have AC 12, since they have no time to don armor. Reinforcements. If trouble takes the soldiers in this room unaware, sounds of
battle attract attention from areas E6, E8, and E9. The ogres in area E9 are particularly slow to respond, however. E8. Priests’ Room Three beds, each with a footlocker, take up most of this room. Sets of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a5
the pools here. Ihanvas’s Charisma, combined with the magic water, has turned them into the naga’s willing devotees. They defend their master in any battle. Southern Interior Door. The southern door
north.
Creatures. Four sahuagin stand and chant along with a sahuagin priestess on the altar pillar. Another five sahuagin and two hunter sharks dwell in the pool. A commoner is bound on the altar