branches before deceit cantrip resort

Valindra Shadowmantle Legacy

Monsters Tomb of Annihilation

and only at the end of another creature's turn. Valindra regains spent legendary actions at the start of its turn. Cantrip. Valindra casts a cantrip. Paralyzing Touch (Costs 2 Actions). Valindra uses

wants to “imprison” the Soulmonger; that way, its unique magic can be studied while it’s safely quarantined from the world. She argues that destroying it should be a last resort

Fraz-Urb'luu

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

Fraz-Urb’luu Ability Score Adjustment: Up to a +4 bonus to Wisdom, Charisma, or both Signature Spells: Minor illusion (cantrip), disguise self (1st level), invisibility (2nd level), hypnotic pattern

(3rd level) As a master of deceit, Fraz-Urb’luu teaches his initiates the secrets of lies and illusions. They can also gain the Liar’s Eye trait. Liar’s Eye. This creature has advantage on Wisdom

Yuan-ti Pureblood Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

yuan-ti know they can’t resort to direct attacks in order to reclaim their rightful place in the world. Operating out of the subterranean ruins of their buildings in foreign lands, yuan-ti

the gods or as food. Depend on Deceit Yuan-ti have no sense of honorable combat. They are naturally stealthy, and if they can sneak up on enemies, either in an ambush or to murder them in their sleep

38. “I Just Met a Girl Named Skrianna”

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage

38. “I Just Met a Girl Named Skrianna” Carvings. The walls of this hall are carved to look like tree trunks. The arched, 10-foot-high ceiling resembles a canopy of dead boughs and branches

her quarters (area 11b), or vice versa. A light cantrip cast on the top of her staff lights her path. Skrianna’s shield guardian marches a few steps behind her. Floating nearby is a grell valet that

Casino Pit Masters

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin

pit fiends’ attention. Physical methods of deceit (hidden cards, weighted dice, and so on) are more likely to pass unnoticed. A character attempting to cheat in this way must make a DC 30 Dexterity

hesitate to resort to underhanded methods to achieve victory, citing her opponent’s inability to notice her cheating as a failure of intellect. Gaining Nyssa’s Favor. Nyssa admires those who are

Camp Alertness

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

to resort to stealth or subterfuge to get in. For example, characters scaling the plateau from the east could use brush for cover right up to where the cliff overlooks the camp. From there, they

cantrip. If all else fails, Leosin reveals that he has a hidden knife with which they can cut themselves free. If characters admit they came from Greenest and are enemies of the cult, the effect is the same

Camp Alertness

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

need to resort to stealth or subterfuge to get in. For example, characters scaling the plateau from the east could use brush for cover right up to where the cliff overlooks the camp. From there, they

use for a cantrip. If all else fails, Leosin reveals that he has a hidden knife with which they can cut themselves free. If characters admit they came from Greenest and are enemies of the cult, the

Snail Racing

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

shells scrubbed by pixies. Above the circular course, a wooden gantry hangs from the branches of a central tree, where two goblins officiate the proceedings. Snail racing is a highly competitive

disqualified. The consolation prize is a magic wand that allows its holder to cast the dancing lights cantrip once. Once used to cast this spell, the wand turns into a tulip.

Caves of Hunger Locations (H31-H39)

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

, their branches bearing purple pears that hang like ornaments. A low wall, broken in several places, threads its way through the grove, which is surrounded by six exits. Purple Pear This grove of

their last foray down the southeast passage. Purple Pears. Each tree has 3d6 ripe pears hanging from its branches, most of them within reach. Any creature that eats more than half of a purple pear gains

1. Secret Entrances

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss

. He can cast the prestidigitation cantrip at will and uses it to make his dirt-stained garments look clean. Sladis Vadir has always felt a strange attraction to the Underdark, but the demonic incursion

from Mantol-Derith winds steadily upward, and branches leading to other areas of the Underdark have been sealed off with wall of stone spells, leaving a single navigable passage. This passage is clear

Platinum Mine

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries

, and ceiling of the tunnel as far as you can see. Within this tunnel are several branches, all of them covered in the same black moss. The notable aspect of this tunnel is the uniform layer of black

source, it explodes (as described below). The meenlocks trigger the explosives as a last resort. If a meenlock starts its turn with 10 hit points or fewer, it moves to the nearest trigger, uses its

Necropolis Locations (Y1-Y9)

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

metal masts rise from the arena like gigantic tridents, each one emitting a low hum. The branches of each trident are twenty-five feet off the ground and extend fifty feet into the air. A sport

goblet again. Magic Goblet Charms d8 Charm 1 Charm of the Abjurer. This charm allows you to cast the blade ward cantrip as an action at will. After 24 hours, this charm vanishes from you

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

deceit before being permitted to take the oaths of the order. The monks’ first priority is the defense of the library’s knowledge against those who would steal or destroy it, but also against natural

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

present proof of Wormblod’s death as an offering to the altar, see “Development.” If anyone damages the altar, the couatl emerges and tries to frighten them off, attacking only as a last resort. Ancient

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