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Returning 35 results for 'both branching diffusing channel reason'.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
for the world to heal. If Klothys didn’t intend this, they reason, then surely she wouldn’t have brought so many monsters along in her wake. The Klothys’s Villains table suggests just a few foes that
Insulted satyr revelers (see chapter 6) channel Klothys’s magic to drive a polis’s priests into embarrassing debauchery.
5 An oracle (see chapter 6) knows it is a character’s destiny to serve
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
for the world to heal. If Klothys didn’t intend this, they reason, then surely she wouldn’t have brought so many monsters along in her wake. The Klothys’s Villains table suggests just a few foes that
Insulted satyr revelers (see chapter 6) channel Klothys’s magic to drive a polis’s priests into embarrassing debauchery.
5 An oracle (see chapter 6) knows it is a character’s destiny to serve
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
for the world to heal. If Klothys didn’t intend this, they reason, then surely she wouldn’t have brought so many monsters along in her wake. The Klothys’s Villains table suggests just a few foes that
Insulted satyr revelers (see chapter 6) channel Klothys’s magic to drive a polis’s priests into embarrassing debauchery.
5 An oracle (see chapter 6) knows it is a character’s destiny to serve
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica
streak of cruelty. The Cult of Rakdos was originally recognized as a guild as part of an effort to channel the impulses of demons, giants, ogres, and humans into an acceptable direction. That effort
fear that any other guild might gain enough power to overwhelm all the others and impose its own values on everyone. For this reason, they focus their efforts on subverting other guilds’ schemes, by
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica
streak of cruelty. The Cult of Rakdos was originally recognized as a guild as part of an effort to channel the impulses of demons, giants, ogres, and humans into an acceptable direction. That effort
fear that any other guild might gain enough power to overwhelm all the others and impose its own values on everyone. For this reason, they focus their efforts on subverting other guilds’ schemes, by
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica
streak of cruelty. The Cult of Rakdos was originally recognized as a guild as part of an effort to channel the impulses of demons, giants, ogres, and humans into an acceptable direction. That effort
fear that any other guild might gain enough power to overwhelm all the others and impose its own values on everyone. For this reason, they focus their efforts on subverting other guilds’ schemes, by
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
travel. They seldom work to improve their lairs, but when they do, it is often to channel wind currents to create effects the dragon finds pleasing. The labyrinthine tunnels and the mirror-like icy
in the lair other than the dragon disadvantage on Dexterity (Stealth) checks made to hide. In addition, at each intersection or branching passage, any creature other than the dragon has a 50 percent chance of going in a different direction from the direction it intends.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
travel. They seldom work to improve their lairs, but when they do, it is often to channel wind currents to create effects the dragon finds pleasing. The labyrinthine tunnels and the mirror-like icy
in the lair other than the dragon disadvantage on Dexterity (Stealth) checks made to hide. In addition, at each intersection or branching passage, any creature other than the dragon has a 50 percent chance of going in a different direction from the direction it intends.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
travel. They seldom work to improve their lairs, but when they do, it is often to channel wind currents to create effects the dragon finds pleasing. The labyrinthine tunnels and the mirror-like icy
in the lair other than the dragon disadvantage on Dexterity (Stealth) checks made to hide. In addition, at each intersection or branching passage, any creature other than the dragon has a 50 percent chance of going in a different direction from the direction it intends.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice Compendium
attacks. Does a creature with Magic Resistance have advantage on saving throws against Channel Divinity abilities, such as Turn the Faithless? Channel Divinity creates magical effects (as stated in both
with it. Can a hydra use Reactive Heads to make multiple opportunity attacks against one creature at the same time when it provokes? Yes. For that reason, we recommend taking the Disengage action when you’re going to move away from a hydra.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice Compendium
attacks. Does a creature with Magic Resistance have advantage on saving throws against Channel Divinity abilities, such as Turn the Faithless? Channel Divinity creates magical effects (as stated in both
with it. Can a hydra use Reactive Heads to make multiple opportunity attacks against one creature at the same time when it provokes? Yes. For that reason, we recommend taking the Disengage action when you’re going to move away from a hydra.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice Compendium
attacks. Does a creature with Magic Resistance have advantage on saving throws against Channel Divinity abilities, such as Turn the Faithless? Channel Divinity creates magical effects (as stated in both
with it. Can a hydra use Reactive Heads to make multiple opportunity attacks against one creature at the same time when it provokes? Yes. For that reason, we recommend taking the Disengage action when you’re going to move away from a hydra.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
occultants, you are a grim and enigmatic figure. Even your closest companions might be wary of the power you channel — and nobody wears that aura of dark mystery like you do. You help advance your
dawn seven days later. I don’t really understand occultants, and to be honest, they scare the Abyss out of me.
— Jim Darkmagic
Why Be an Occultant? d8 Reason
1 You believe in karmic
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
demons into serving their ends, while other sibriexes cling to their secrets, parceling out lore only when doing so would advance their plans. Demon Crafters. Sibriexes can channel the power of the
transformed permanently. No creature embodies the chaotic nature of the Abyss so well as the sibriex. Although the realm of the demons is already a place of infinite horrors, sibriexes for some reason make
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
have reason to believe their lair is likely to be invaded might set up a defense. Reasons to set up a defense include the following: Adventurers invaded the lair recently and retreated. Scouts
. Defenders might also use furniture and debris to block off passages, hoping to channel invaders toward prepared strongpoints. Sentries and Alarms. Some creatures might move from their keyed locations
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
occultants, you are a grim and enigmatic figure. Even your closest companions might be wary of the power you channel — and nobody wears that aura of dark mystery like you do. You help advance your
dawn seven days later. I don’t really understand occultants, and to be honest, they scare the Abyss out of me.
— Jim Darkmagic
Why Be an Occultant? d8 Reason
1 You believe in karmic
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
have reason to believe their lair is likely to be invaded might set up a defense. Reasons to set up a defense include the following: Adventurers invaded the lair recently and retreated. Scouts
. Defenders might also use furniture and debris to block off passages, hoping to channel invaders toward prepared strongpoints. Sentries and Alarms. Some creatures might move from their keyed locations
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
occultants, you are a grim and enigmatic figure. Even your closest companions might be wary of the power you channel — and nobody wears that aura of dark mystery like you do. You help advance your
dawn seven days later. I don’t really understand occultants, and to be honest, they scare the Abyss out of me.
— Jim Darkmagic
Why Be an Occultant? d8 Reason
1 You believe in karmic
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
have reason to believe their lair is likely to be invaded might set up a defense. Reasons to set up a defense include the following: Adventurers invaded the lair recently and retreated. Scouts
. Defenders might also use furniture and debris to block off passages, hoping to channel invaders toward prepared strongpoints. Sentries and Alarms. Some creatures might move from their keyed locations
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
matriarch when she manifests to her followers in the mortal realm, which she does with unusual frequency. When battle breaks out — or if she has a reason to remind her followers to fear her — Lolth’s lower
worshiped by the undead and by living creatures that channel the power of undeath. A brooding and nihilistic entity, Orcus yearns to make the multiverse a place of death and darkness, forever unchanging
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
matriarch when she manifests to her followers in the mortal realm, which she does with unusual frequency. When battle breaks out — or if she has a reason to remind her followers to fear her — Lolth’s lower
worshiped by the undead and by living creatures that channel the power of undeath. A brooding and nihilistic entity, Orcus yearns to make the multiverse a place of death and darkness, forever unchanging
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
demons into serving their ends, while other sibriexes cling to their secrets, parceling out lore only when doing so would advance their plans. Demon Crafters. Sibriexes can channel the power of the
transformed permanently. No creature embodies the chaotic nature of the Abyss so well as the sibriex. Although the realm of the demons is already a place of infinite horrors, sibriexes for some reason make
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
matriarch when she manifests to her followers in the mortal realm, which she does with unusual frequency. When battle breaks out — or if she has a reason to remind her followers to fear her — Lolth’s lower
worshiped by the undead and by living creatures that channel the power of undeath. A brooding and nihilistic entity, Orcus yearns to make the multiverse a place of death and darkness, forever unchanging
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
demons into serving their ends, while other sibriexes cling to their secrets, parceling out lore only when doing so would advance their plans. Demon Crafters. Sibriexes can channel the power of the
transformed permanently. No creature embodies the chaotic nature of the Abyss so well as the sibriex. Although the realm of the demons is already a place of infinite horrors, sibriexes for some reason make
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
roots protruding from the bottom. Between the shape of the rock and the branching of the tree’s limbs, it creates the impression of a gigantic stone heart hanging in the sky. The impression is only made
useful. If a fight breaks out (and there’s little reason one should unless the characters start it), Valindra lets her undead servants deal with the adventurers, then slips through her teleportation
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
roots protruding from the bottom. Between the shape of the rock and the branching of the tree’s limbs, it creates the impression of a gigantic stone heart hanging in the sky. The impression is only made
useful. If a fight breaks out (and there’s little reason one should unless the characters start it), Valindra lets her undead servants deal with the adventurers, then slips through her teleportation
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
roots protruding from the bottom. Between the shape of the rock and the branching of the tree’s limbs, it creates the impression of a gigantic stone heart hanging in the sky. The impression is only made
useful. If a fight breaks out (and there’s little reason one should unless the characters start it), Valindra lets her undead servants deal with the adventurers, then slips through her teleportation
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
, rising out of dust in close proximity to the canopic jar containing its heart. A mummy lord can be destroyed or prevented from re-forming by burning its heart to ashes. For this reason, a mummy lord
Constitution saving throw or be stunned until the end of the mummy lord’s next turn.
Channel Negative Energy (Costs 2 Actions). The mummy lord magically unleashes negative energy. Creatures within 60 feet
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
, rising out of dust in close proximity to the canopic jar containing its heart. A mummy lord can be destroyed or prevented from re-forming by burning its heart to ashes. For this reason, a mummy lord
Constitution saving throw or be stunned until the end of the mummy lord’s next turn.
Channel Negative Energy (Costs 2 Actions). The mummy lord magically unleashes negative energy. Creatures within 60 feet
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
, rising out of dust in close proximity to the canopic jar containing its heart. A mummy lord can be destroyed or prevented from re-forming by burning its heart to ashes. For this reason, a mummy lord
Constitution saving throw or be stunned until the end of the mummy lord’s next turn.
Channel Negative Energy (Costs 2 Actions). The mummy lord magically unleashes negative energy. Creatures within 60 feet
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
pervades this branching corridor. The two doors to the south are identical. They are both made of thick wood and bear gold hieroglyphs. Hieroglyphs. If translated (see the “Pyramid Features” section), the
-wide channel beneath the frothy rapids. It flows out through sturdy grates in the northern ledge face, eventually emerging from the lion’s head spout in area P33. P57: Pillar of Athis A ten-foot
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
pervades this branching corridor. The two doors to the south are identical. They are both made of thick wood and bear gold hieroglyphs. Hieroglyphs. If translated (see the “Pyramid Features” section), the
-wide channel beneath the frothy rapids. It flows out through sturdy grates in the northern ledge face, eventually emerging from the lion’s head spout in area P33. P57: Pillar of Athis A ten-foot
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
pervades this branching corridor. The two doors to the south are identical. They are both made of thick wood and bear gold hieroglyphs. Hieroglyphs. If translated (see the “Pyramid Features” section), the
-wide channel beneath the frothy rapids. It flows out through sturdy grates in the northern ledge face, eventually emerging from the lion’s head spout in area P33. P57: Pillar of Athis A ten-foot
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
versions. The multifaceted extradimensional nature of the Dran & Courtier makes it an ideal location for the Orrery of the Wanderer to channel the extraplanar magic of the Six’s ritual. A convenient number
thanks to its Read Thoughts feature. If the character’s check fails, the character perceives that “Propha” truly wants to help the characters, but is unable to do so for some reason. The barkeep often
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
versions. The multifaceted extradimensional nature of the Dran & Courtier makes it an ideal location for the Orrery of the Wanderer to channel the extraplanar magic of the Six’s ritual. A convenient number
thanks to its Read Thoughts feature. If the character’s check fails, the character perceives that “Propha” truly wants to help the characters, but is unable to do so for some reason. The barkeep often






