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Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Immutable Form. The warbler is immune to any spell or effect that would alter its form.
Telepathic Bond. While the warbler is on the same plane of existence as its master, it can magically convey
of their creators, keeping watch over communities without directly intervening. Their telepathic bond lets them summon their dragon creators in case of dire need.
Metallic Sentinels
A metallic
Equipment
spell created by Ivana the next time they sleep. This poison is nonmagical, and Ivana doesn’t directly communicate with those affected during the dream. Rather, she creates the illusion of
within gift bouquets, allowing it to convey her message later.
Inhaled. These poisons are powders or gases that take effect when inhaled. Blowing the powder or releasing the gas subjects creatures in a
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
Teleport.
Assault (Costs 2 Actions). Titivilus makes one Silver Sword attack, or he uses Frightful Word.Dispater, the gloomy Lord of Dis, rules from his iron palace, seeming to hide behind its
to the tasks he needs performed and recruits them directly or through intermediaries, expending them later as his plans require.Fire, PoisonCold; Bludgeoning, Piercing, and Slashing from Nonmagical Attacks that aren't Silvered
Backgrounds
Ghosts of Saltmarsh
’s Code. I uphold the unwritten rules of the smugglers, who do not cheat one another or directly harm innocents. (Lawful)
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All for a Coin. I’ll do nearly anything if it
Backgrounds
Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
You are the heir to something of great value — not mere coin or wealth, but an object that has been entrusted to you and you alone. Your inheritance might have come directly to you from a
inheritor.
Your bond might be directly related to your inheritance, or to the person from whom you received it. Your ideal might be influenced by what you know about your inheritance, or by what you
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
spellcaster, but her insights into alchemy allow her to create chemically potent mind-altering effects. Ivana’s chemical arsenal includes drinks that convey illusory sensations, perfumes that charm
. This poison is nonmagical, and Ivana doesn’t directly communicate with those affected during the dream. Rather, she creates the illusion of speaking with her intended target by alchemically crafting
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Metallic Warbler Metallic warblers resemble songbirds and serve as clandestine agents of their creators, keeping watch over communities without directly intervening. Their telepathic bond lets them
magically convey what it senses to its master, and the two can communicate telepathically with each other.
Actions
Claw. Melee Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 4 (1d4 + 2
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
without the boredom. (Chaotic)
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Control. Everyone is welcome, as long as they follow my rules. (Lawful)
Crystal Dragon Adventures
The Crystal Dragon Adventure Hooks table offers
dragon until initiative count 20 on the next round. A creature charmed in this way obeys to the best of its ability any command the dragon issues that isn’t directly harmful to the creature.
Ice
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
is learning, but without the boredom. (Chaotic)
6
Control. Everyone is welcome, as long as they follow my rules. (Lawful)
Crystal Dragon Adventures
The Crystal Dragon Adventure Hooks
dragon issues that isn’t directly harmful to the creature.
Ice Passage. The dragon can open a passage through a wall of ice or snow that is up to 5 feet thick, creating an opening up to 30 feet
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Unearthed Arcana
of Preservation), Fighter (Gladiator), Sorcerer (Defiled Sorcery), and Warlock (Sorcerer-King Patron). The material uses the rules in the Player's Handbook. Learn more about this playtest directly from the designers in this article!
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Unearthed Arcana
Fighter (Arcane Archer), the Monk (Tattooed Warrior), and the Wizard (Conjurer, Enchanter, Necromancer, and Transmuter). The material uses the rules in the Player's Handbook. Learn more about this playtest directly from the designers in this article!
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Unearthed Arcana
for the Barbarian (Path of the Ancestral Guardian and Path of the Storm Herald), the Fighter (Cavalier), the Monk (Warrior of Intoxication), and the Paladin (Oathbreaker). The material uses the rules in the Player's Handbook. Learn more about this playtest directly from the designers in this article!
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Unearthed Arcana
doesn’t need to go through another playtest. The material uses the rules in the Player's Handbook. Learn more about this playtest directly from the designers in this article!
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
phylactery wins its freedom, damning the other to spend the remainder of its existence in Undermountain. By the rules of Halaster’s game, the genies can use adventurers to get the job done, but they
can’t cause bodily harm to one another, either directly or indirectly. A disgruntled mud mephit named Urm has been forced to act as the genies’ go-between.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
—perhaps someone familiar with lore about the immortal but not directly inspired by it. Agents typically have proficiency in skills such as Arcana, History, and Religion. Innocent. Some characters have no
patron. The Visionary might hear the patron’s voice in dreams, see waking visions that convey the immortal’s will, or interpret signs in accordance with prophecy. Different backgrounds might suggest
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a5
network of which the Bloodgate was a part gave her the ability to open portals directly into the Doomvault. The following sections contain details on the logistics of running an adventure set there. When
originally produced in 2014 as an adventure for the D&D Encounters organized play program. At that time, it also served as a playtest for the rules that eventually became the fifth edition of the game. This
Orc
Legacy
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Species
Volo's Guide to Monsters
area is at risk. If orcs come upon a target that is too large to assault directly, they will lurk along supply routes, taking out their frustration on caravans and travelers. Left unchecked, a tribe can
rarely keep records or write down their thoughts. When orcs need to communicate in writing, they use crude symbols to convey basic information, such as “food stored here,” “danger close
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
to directly dominate others. Dark Fantasy Villains d10 Villain
1 A machine that believes it’s a resurrected tyrant and seeks to rebuild its empire in iron
2 The leader of a
blood of angels
8 The commander of a legion of soul-addicted templars who punish crimes by burning criminals into psychoactive spirit dust
9 An ancient dragon whose godlike magic drains the domain of life
10 A god who killed all their peers and now rules the mortal realm
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen.
Bargaining with Gazaia Gazaia can convey the following points to the party: Corruption of Soth. Not long ago, Gazaia and her tree were verdant and thriving. A
guilty that she didn’t defend her charge. Regardless of the characters’ reaction to this revelation, learning it counts as a secret for the purposes of the Power of Secrets rules in this book’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
reputations, and professional behavior. This code, called Tempus’s Honor, has the purpose of making conflicts brief, decisive, and as safe as possible for those not directly involved. The rules in the
envision him. Tempus’s favor might be randomly distributed, but over the centuries his priests have made an effort to spread and enforce a common code of warfare — to make war a thing of rules, respect for
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
.
—X the Mystic’s
Rules of Dungeon Survival
Olivier Bernard
Piercer Medium Aberration, Unaligned
AC 15 Initiative +3 (13)
HP 22 (3d8 + 9)
Speed 5 ft., Climb 15 ft.
Mod Save
ability check.
Actions
Bite. Melee Attack Roll: +3, reach 5 ft. Hit: 5 (1d8 + 1) Piercing damage.
Drop. The piercer falls. Dexterity Saving Throw: DC 11, one creature directly underneath the piercer
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
facial expressions help convey a creature’s emotions. Smile, scowl, snarl, yawn, or pout, as appropriate. Use Motions and Posture. Movement and posture can help define an NPC’s personality. You might
moment now and then to involve someone else. You might have an NPC address another character directly: “And what about your hulking friend? What will you pledge in exchange for my favor?” If a player
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Misplaced Monsters: Volume One
Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals© that helps children receive crucial medical care.
All proceeds from the sale of this product go directly to the Seattle Children’s© Hospital and Seattle
creations in our games.
If you’re unfamiliar with the monster stat block format, read the introduction of the Monster Manual before proceeding further. It explains stat block terminology and gives rules for various monster traits—information that isn’t repeated here.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica
convey the angels’ commands are accessible to the ordinary soldier. In addition to Sunhome, the Boros maintain smaller garrisons throughout the Tenth District, at least one in each of the six precincts
rules they are charged with enforcing, cleaving to the spirit of the law when the letter no longer serves justice. Because the Guildpact — the one force on Ravnica that can keep the guilds from
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
; they have no rules of their own, although some rules refer to the schools.
Abjuration spells are protective in nature, though some of them have aggressive uses. They create magical barriers, negate
. Some illusions create phantom images that any creature can see, but the most insidious illusions plant an image directly in the mind of a creature.
Necromancy spells manipulate the energies of life
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
back home to the large city over the hills, and now his niece runs the family business. That sort of change — one that has nothing to do with the adventurers directly, but one that they’ll notice
— makes the players feel as though their characters are part of a living world that changes and grows along with them. Part 1 of these rules is all about inventing your world. Chapter 1 asks what type of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
(see “Gates”). Its rules are as follows: The gate opens for 1 minute when an invisible creature stands directly in front of the mirror. Characters must be 11th level or higher to pass through this
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
who profess to be in Ephara’s service. Those who become excessively focused on rules and justice could overstep their bounds, using the law to oppress countercultural or nonconforming populations. The
people from expressing themselves.
2 A guard imprisons people who worship gods opposed to Ephara, such as Phenax and Nylea.
3 A noble is building a new development directly in a forest, where
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
those it cannot see.” The rules of the gate are as follows: The gate opens for 1 minute when an invisible creature stands directly in front of the mirror. Characters must be 9th level or higher to pass
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
information about these Fey creatures, see appendix C.
If the characters discover that the brigganocks are not allied with Endelyn and convey this information to the korreds, Queen Argantle of the korreds
otherwise irritate the korreds, Argantle and Jagu emerge from their megaliths and attack the characters for their insolence. Otherwise, the rule of hospitality (see “Rules of Conduct” in chapter 2
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Currency The straightforward terms “gold piece” (gp), “silver piece” (sp), “copper piece” (cp), “electrum piece” (ep), and “platinum piece” (pp) are used throughout the game rules for clarity. You
mints its own currency, which might correspond to the basic rules terms. In most worlds, few currencies achieve widespread distribution, but nearly all coins are accepted worldwide — except by those
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
. Poison, magic, or anything else that would directly interfere with beast or rider is strictly forbidden—though over the years we’ve certainly seen imaginative attempts to stretch the rules!
Dura
matches, which don’t always use the same rules, occur from time to time in Lower and Middle Dura, Tavick’s Landing, and Menthis Plateau. An informal match might be played out across an entire district
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
drow in their refuge. The constant fear of punishment, from one’s mistress or another, more powerful drow, keeps most slaves obedient, even when they aren’t directly supervised. The great cavern of
advantages over each other, they all live under the heel of House Baenre and the Matron Mother, who rules the city in Lolth’s name. On a large plateau high above the cavern floor is Tier Breche, also
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
crop, and with a frown, summon wildfires. She rules the seelie of the Summer Court. Oberon, the Green Lord, an unrivaled hunter and woodland warrior, is Titania’s lover and frequently her foe. Oberon is
soul of savagery and the wild. Hyrsam the Fool is a prankster and prone to mischief, but when such jokes turn vicious and deadly, Hyrsam the Savage is at play. The Queen of Air and Darkness rules the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
. All members of the Solar Bastion report directly to him, and the knights are largely self-directed in choosing missions. Hilarion and the rest of the organization represent a pool of resources
rules. That said, the knights of the Solar Bastion recognize the value of wisdom and experience. They respect the oldest knights’ authority, whether those knights are active or retirees who serve as