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Dragon of Icespire Peak
Archer. A longbow or shortbow deals one extra die of its damage when Falcon hits with it (included in his longbow attack).
Sharpshooter. Falcon's ranged weapon attacks ignore half cover and three
treated—fairly and with patience.
Falcon's real name is Gustaf Stellern, but he has long since abandoned it. His hunting skills have earned him the name he now bears.
Cloaker
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Basic Rules (2014)
itself if it isn't in bright light. The duplicates move with it and mimic its actions, shifting position so as to make it impossible to track which cloaker is the real one. If the cloaker is ever in
uses its saving throws. If an attack hits a duplicate, or if a duplicate fails a saving throw against an effect that deals damage, the duplicate disappears.
Monsters
Monstrous Compendium Vol. 4: Eldraine Creatures
Goose Mother is real.
Centuries ago, an enterprising witch created a frothy stew composed of hydra’s blood and goose feathers. It is from this noxious slurry that the Goose Mother was born. Within
, you can use the Goose Egg Trinket table to determine the contents of one of the Goose Mother’s eggs that isn’t destined to hatch into a goose or a giant goose (also described in that book).
Monsters
Acquisitions Incorporated
Sneak Attack (1/Turn). Portentia deals an extra 14 (4d6);{"diceNotation":"4d6","rollType":"roll","rollAction":"Sneak Attack"} damage when she hits a target with a weapon attack and has advantage on
-profit-and-power biz — Portentia Dran is more than she appears to be. Quite literally. The person known as Portentia is actually a changeling, who took the place of the real Portentia before her fifth
Magic Items
The Book of Many Things
This deck of heavy vellum cards hums with the magic of the Elemental Chaos.
The magic of the deck functions only if cards are drawn at random (a deck of real-world playing cards can simulate the
deck). As an action, you can draw a random card from this deck and throw it to make a ranged spell attack, using Dexterity for the attack roll. The card has a range of 30 feet. On a hit, it deals 1d4
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Netheril’s Fall: Tales of Terror, Treasure, and Time Travel
Ensuring Fun for All This supplement deals with themes that some might find sensitive or uncomfortable. Before you incorporate this supplement into your game, read its contents carefully, review the
Monsters
Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Alien Mind. If a creature tries to read Belashyrra’s thoughts or deals psychic damage to it, that creature must succeed on a DC 22 Intelligence saving throw or be stunned for 1 minute. The
close my eyes, I see my past misdeeds.”
5
“I don’t trust my sight. I have no idea what’s real and what’s a hallucination.”
6
“Something watches the world through my eyes. To thwart them, I keep my eyes closed or covered.”
Poison, Psychic
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
, taking an action and making a DC 15 Strength (Athletics) check. On a failed check, the pedestal unleashes an arc of lightning that deals 14 (4d6) lightning damage to the character who attempted to remove
the power core implodes, the planar portal in area 33 expands to the size of the Donjon Sphere. The prison and all its contents are transported to the Elemental Plane of Fire, then the portal collapses on itself and disappears.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
real-world playing cards can simulate the deck). As an action, you can draw a random card from this deck and throw it to make a ranged spell attack, using Dexterity for the attack roll. The card has a
range of 30 feet. On a hit, it deals 1d4 slashing damage and imposes a magical effect determined by its suit, as detailed in the Deck of Wild Cards table. The card immediately returns to the deck after
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Campaign Tracking Consistent details bring your campaign to life, and continuity helps players imagine that their characters are living in a real world. If the adventurers frequent a particular
make for your players so that you don’t have to remember their contents later. Adventure Log. Think of this log as an episode guide for your campaign. Summarize each game session or adventure to help you
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Northedge The Northedge residential area is the quietest quarter of Sharn. At first glance there’s little to attract adventurous sorts, unless someone is interested in purchasing top-quality real
Silver Bough This establishment deals in arms crafted in the Aereni tradition. This merchandise includes magic items, but woodshaper Tanar Mendyrian takes time to produce his wonders, and only a limited
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
towers, wealthy barons from the dragonmarked houses make shady deals with crime bosses, each of them making profits by exploiting both the ordinary folk and the well-heeled upper crust alike
jeweled statuette has fallen into the hands of House Tarkanan, and a powerful member of the Aurum will stop at nothing to obtain it. The statuette’s real worth lies in the secret plans hidden inside it
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
than she appears to be. Quite literally. The person known as Portentia is actually a changeling, who took the place of the real Portentia before her fifth year. The changeling Portentia can affect a
Perception 13
Languages Common, Elvish
Challenge 3 (700 XP)
Sneak Attack (1/Turn). Portentia deals an extra 14 (4d6) damage when she hits a target with a weapon attack and has advantage on
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
, Krintaas, are here. Omit the second paragraph from the following boxed text if these NPCs are not present: Some effort has been taken to arrange the contents of this upside-down room, creating a
it. It knows nothing about Dzaan’s fate or the crimes for which the real Dzaan was executed. In the course of a conversation, the simulacrum shares the following information: “I am a simulacrum of my
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
hallucinatory terrain spell, this 20-foot-high cavern appears to be filled from wall to wall with a pool of bubbling acid. The caustic scent of the acid seems real to any creature that approaches this
area, but contact with the acid deals no damage. The illusion can be removed with a successful dispel magic spell (DC 14). Orl refreshes the spell each day. 8b. False Camp Orl has created a false camp
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
psychic damage. If a creature deals damage to a statue, each creature in the unreality must make a DC 15 Wisdom saving throw as psychic shock waves ripple throughout the unreality, taking 11 (2d10
(see appendix B). Unlike the real Kas, whom the characters encountered in the previous chapter, this imagined Kas is despondent and has no interest in fighting. Kas doesn’t recognize the characters and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
command words needed to operate it. Map 11.1: Van Richten’s Tower (Area V)View Player Version Anyone who sits in the driver’s seat and speaks its command word (“Drovash”) summons a pair of quasi-real
flinders by the explosion, and the contents of the wagon (see “Treasure” below) are destroyed as well. A character inside the wagon spots the trap automatically (no ability check required) and can disable
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a7
out if the contents are moved around. (Why, the demilich has long been destroyed, but his magical traps somehow survived!) Iron Chests. Each of these massive boxes is embedded into the stone. Neither
Dungeon Master’s Guide). If the trap is triggered by a failed check, it deals 1 piercing damage and delivers a dose of purple worm poison (see “Sample Poisons” in chapter 8 of the Dungeon Master’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
in the find of a lifetime. When the blob appears, roll on or choose a result from the Blob of Annihilation Contents table to inspire what extraordinary thing remains within its goop. Blob of
Annihilation Contents 1d10 The Blob Contains... 1 An Amulet of the Planes. 2 An Artifact of the DM’s choice. 3 The corpses of two gods who were entangled in battle when the blob consumed them. 4 A Cubic
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
character classes, with their focus on dealing the most damage in the flashiest way possible. But in an Acquisitions Incorporated franchise, where property and real estate need protection as much as the
gift of the diviner, able to tap into the flow of time to read portents of the future. Your divinations help negate the risks for your franchise, whether in business deals or dangerous treasure
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
contents spill out over the sides in his haste.
This is where Bavlorna’s swamp gas balloons are manufactured. Two bullywugs recently set fire to the place, destroying most of the supplies as a
requires a successful ranged attack, and the bucket is treated as an improvised weapon. A bucket of water deals 1d6 damage to a coal. An animated coal that is submerged in water takes the damage at the start
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
hot coals affects the monster. You might decide that it deals 1d4 fire damage and imposes disadvantage on the monster’s attack rolls until the end of its next turn. You roll the damage die (or let the
, you need to know them. You don’t have to memorize these rules or the Player’s Handbook, but you should have a clear idea of their contents so that, when a situation requires a ruling, you know where
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
disappears while contained in an antimagic field. No other magic has any effect on it. If the skull sees any creature other than the real Halaster in the room, it screams, “You’re not me!” When this
space. (Although the telekinesis effect is magical, the damage it deals is not.) Only when there are no more creatures left to toss about does the ghostly skull cease its assault. When the ghostly
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a7
4. Fresco of the Wizardly Work Room The most outstanding feature in this location is actually outstanding! Two jackal-headed human figures are painted so as to appear to be holding a real bronze
the trap by taking the needle out of the mechanism requires the use of thieves’ tools and a successful DC 10 Dexterity check. The needle deals 1 piercing damage and 11 (2d10) poison damage if it hits
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
someone else marks the creature. While it is within 5 feet of you, a creature marked by you has disadvantage on any attack roll that doesn’t target you. In addition, if a creature marked by you deals
attack’s weapon deals extra damage to the target equal to half your fighter level. Regardless of the number of creatures you mark, you can make this special attack a number of times equal to your Strength
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
four air elementals that deal extra damage because of the gold coins swirling inside them at high velocity. Each slam attack deals 18 (3d8 + 5) bludgeoning damage, and the elementals’ whirlwind attack
deals 20 (4d8 + 2) bludgeoning damage (half damage on a successful save, as normal). When an air elemental is destroyed, the gold coins contained within it tumble to the floor (see “Treasure”). The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
talk with the characters and part with one of his scales. If the characters mention the contents of the Vault of Dragons, Zelifarn demands a promise of 10 percent of the gold before he gives them what
characters involved. Unicorn Although conjuring up a real unicorn is likely beyond the abilities of the characters, they could ask Laeral Silverhand or Vajra Safahr to cast the conjure celestial spell. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
dimensions and contents of every room to a rough outline of how one encounter might lead to another, depending on the route the characters choose. Whatever form your map takes, it functions as a
of the location you have in mind. Map Inspiration. The internet is a great place to find adventure maps that have been made available, as well as real-world building floor plans and city maps and other
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
Glory of the Giants Myths, fairy tales, folklore, and fantasy literature throughout the real world depict a tremendous range of giants. Some tales suggest that the humans of past ages were gigantic
find as they deal with giants or explore giants’ hidden realms. These treasures range from the contents of a wandering giant’s bag to the mightiest relics of giants’ ancient civilization. The chapter
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monstrous Compendium Volume Four
knights of Eldraine consider its existence a myth, the folk of the wilds know that the Goose Mother is real. Jesper Ejsing Centuries ago, an enterprising witch created a frothy stew composed of hydra’s
the treasures inside its golden eggs. If you have Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants, you can use the Goose Egg Trinket table to determine the contents of one of the Goose Mother’s eggs that isn’t
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
. Sorting through the conflicting legends and determining the truth about the Deck of Many Things is a cherished goal, but not one that most members of the group have any real hope of achieving. Track
headquarters has a vault that holds at least one evil artifact the organization was unable to destroy, hiding it so it can’t be put to evil use (which artifact this might be is up to you). Knowledge of the vault’s location and contents is restricted to Hilarion, the Solar Bastion’s leader.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
monster might be based on a real-world creature or a monster from myth, in which case its name might be obvious. If you need to invent a name, keep in mind that the best names either reflect the
amount of damage it deals every round—has a direct bearing on its challenge rating, and vice versa. You can determine a monster’s damage output in one of two ways. Use the Table. You can start with
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
deals 78 (12d12) force damage instead.
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Preemptive Strike. The living spell makes a melee attack against a creature that starts its turn within 5 feet of the living spell.
Living
living spell has no surface to attach to. When the living spell is destroyed, the contents of its extradimensional chamber are expelled, appearing as close to the living spell’s previous location as
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a6
increase his challenge rating to 11 (7,200 XP): He has 187 (15d12 + 90) hit points. He has resistance to cold damage. He can speak Common and Giant. His greatsword deals an extra 7 (2d6) fire damage on a hit
drawers, four small coffers of copper on the table, and two bronze caskets. Each bronze casket has a poisonous snake inside, which must be dealt with before the contents can be accessed (see “Treasure
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
) Whetstone 1 cp 1 lb.
Acid. As an action, you can splash the contents of this vial onto a creature within 5 feet of you or throw the vial up to 20 feet, shattering it on impact. In either case
as a spellcasting focus. To use the symbol in this way, the caster must hold it in hand, wear it visibly, or bear it on a shield. Holy Water. As an action, you can splash the contents of this flask