breaking borders diffusing cover replaced

Dolgaunt

Monsters Eberron: Rising from the Last War

modifier.Multiattack. The dolgaunt makes two tentacle attacks and two unarmed strikes. Up to two tentacle attacks can be replaced by Vitality Drain. Tentacle. Melee Weapon Attack: +6;{"diceNotation":"1d20+6

. Writhing cilia cover their bodies, with longer tendrils around their heads and two wiry tentacles protruding from their bare shoulders. A dolgaunt is blind but can perceive its surroundings through the

Giant Subterranean Lizard

Monsters Tales from the Yawning Portal

Multiattack. The lizard makes two attacks: one with its bite and one with its tail. One attack can be replaced by Swallow. Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +7;{"diceNotation":"1d20+7","rollType":"to hit

":"piercing"} piercing damage, the target is swallowed, and the grapple ends. The swallowed target is blinded and restrained, it has total cover against attacks and other effects outside the lizard, and it

Amble

Monsters Locathah Rising

Hearth of Moonlight and Shadow. At the start of a short or long rest, Amble can touch a point in space, and an invisible, 30-foot-radius sphere of magic appears, centered on that point. Total cover

their new form. Amble reverts to their true form if they die or fall unconscious. Amble can revert to their true form using a bonus action on their turn. Amble's game statistics are replaced by the

Hoard of the Dragon Queen (p. 231)

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice & Errata

Hoard of the Dragon Queen (p. 231) The heading is now “Tyranny of Dragons,” and the first three paragraphs of this section have been replaced with the following text: Tyranny of Dragons deals with

Tyranny of Dragons story and the events that precipitate Storm King’s Thunder happen concurrently, with Annam the All-Father breaking the ordning to stir the giants before Tiamat is brought into the world

Auril (Second Form)

Monsters Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

trapped in the crystal, which is immovable. If the saving throw succeeds, the crystal shatters and nothing else happens. A creature trapped in the crystal is stunned, has total cover against attacks and

thin cloak of mist forms around her. Blades of ice grow out of her body at odd angles, breaking off before they get too long. When she moves, her body crackles. In this form, Auril creates weapons of

Chakuna's Powers and Dominion

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

has no heart—literally. At the height of her contest with von Kharkov, she ripped it out of her chest with her fingers and placed it at the center of the Yaguara Mountain maze, then replaced it by

the Borders. When Chakuna chooses to close the borders of her domain, the seas grow rough and the Mists rise. In addition to their normal effects (see “Influence of the Mists” at the start of this

Trek to the Prison

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Prisoner 13

is over. The players can make up whatever names they like for their cover. Those are the names of the guards or cooks they’ve replaced.

Trek to the Prison Varrin has sent word to his agents, and Bethra (chaotic good, dwarf spy) meets the characters when they arrive in Luskan. She provides the uniforms for their chosen cover and

Trek to the Prison

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault

is over. The players can make up whatever names they like for their cover. Those are the names of the guards or cooks they’ve replaced.

Trek to the Prison Varrin has sent word to his agents, and Bethra (chaotic good, dwarf spy) meets the characters when they arrive in Luskan. She provides the uniforms for their chosen cover and

General Features

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver

light sources or darkvision. Stalagmites. Found in many of the natural caverns, these spires of rock rise up from the floor and can be used for cover (see “Cover” in the Basic Rules). BOOMING WAVES

underground hot spring. That spring boils over continuously to produce a surge that slams into a narrow funnel, making a sound like breaking surf. Describe this sound to players on occasion. It will pique their curiosity and lure them toward its source, drawing them deeper into the mine as a consequence.

Adventures in Yeonido

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel

mercenaries were hired by enemies of Yeonido seeking to undo the city from within. 3 Cunning spies are breaking into the homes of magistrates across the city, looking for proof that the Pearl of Mireu is

claims. 5 All except one member of a local clan are replaced by doppelgangers. Those who live near the clan have noticed them acting differently, but no one wishes to speak ill of them. 6 The

Wave Echo Cave Features

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk

of the natural caverns, these rock spires can provide cover. Booming Waves The rhythmic thunder of pounding waves echoes throughout the mine—loud enough to make the stone underfoot vibrate. The waves

spring boils over continuously, producing a surge that slams into a narrow funnel and sounds like breaking surf. Describe this sound to players on occasion; it should pique their curiosity and lure them toward its source—and consequently draw them deeper into the mine.

Modrons

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)

transforms in a flash of light, gaining the physical form of its new rank. The promoted modron is replaced by one of its underlings in the same manner, all the way to the lowest levels of the hierarchy

defective, either through natural decay or exposure to chaotic forces. Rogue modrons don’t act in accordance with Primus’s wishes and directives, breaking laws, disobeying orders, and even engaging in

Things to Do in Tavick's Landing

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War

Walls alone holds more Cyran refugees than Karrnath has allowed across its borders. If you read the Sharn Inquisitive or the Korranberg Chronicle, you’ve heard the endless litany of how difficult life

survived the Mourning did so because they were beyond the borders of their nation. And why is that? Because they were soldiers. The Sharn Inquisitive talks about starving children and ailing

Giant Subterranean Lizard

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal

Perception 10 Languages — Challenge 4 (1,100 XP) Actions Multiattack. The lizard makes two attacks: one with its bite and one with its tail. One attack can be replaced by Swallow. Bite

damage, the target is swallowed, and the grapple ends. The swallowed target is blinded and restrained, it has total cover against attacks and other effects outside the lizard, and it takes 10 (3d6) acid

It's Your World

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)

the “Here there be dragons” notations? What if great empires cover huge stretches of countryside, with clearly defined borders between them? The Five Nations of the Eberron setting were once part of

Fey Curses

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Domains of Delight: A Feywild Accessory

are magically replaced by a pair of soft, fuzzy donkey ears. Moreover, when you try to speak, you instead bray. 2 You gain 1d3 levels of exhaustion. Until the curse ends, these levels of exhaustion

choose a new name for yourself. The borders of Baba Yaga’s domain are patrolled by her dancing hut, which doesn’t dance so much as stomp trespassers into the ground

Tyranny of Dragons

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder

must change the timing of events so that the Tyranny of Dragons story and the events that precipitate Storm King’s Thunder happen concurrently, with Annam the All-Father breaking the ordning to stir

Emerald Enclave is looking for adventurers to help patrol Goldenfields’ borders. If the characters take the bait, Goldenfields becomes the starting point for this adventure (see chapter 2). Although you

Heliod's Influence

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros

values faithfulness in oaths and bonds. Courtroom testimony and marriage vows are sworn on his name, for he can’t tolerate the breaking of a solemn promise. He is the arbiter of morality, virtue, and

mysterious being who is capable of sealing the borders between the mortal world and the divine realm of Nyx. Kruphix is perhaps the only being who can impose limits on the other gods’ actions, which makes Heliod resent and fear the god of horizons.

Dolgaunt

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War

Dolgaunt Dolgaunts are emaciated hobgoblins with disease-hued flesh. Their eye sockets gape open and empty above a mouth with a wormlike tongue. Writhing cilia cover their bodies, with longer

tendrils around their heads and two wiry tentacles protruding from their bare shoulders. A dolgaunt is blind but can perceive its surroundings through the sensitive cilia that cover its skin. It can also

Additional Crew Stations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Forge of the Artificer

station takes 14 days of work. Replacing an existing crew station with a different one halves the cost of the new crew station. An airship’s Helm can’t be removed or replaced. At the DM’s discretion

, releasing blasts of elemental energy that propel the airship forward. It can accommodate up to one Medium creature. A creature occupying this station has Three-Quarters Cover against attacks and other

King's Dark Lanterns

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War

. The King’s Dark Lanterns includes more than 500 agents operating within Breland’s borders and roughly one-fifth that number stationed abroad. They often work in teams, and also work closely with the

should be replaced by a government democratically elected by the citizenry. When these forces grow restless enough to plot and riot, the Citadel—and often the Dark Lanterns—work to bring them to heel

Rogue

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated

Rangers, whose cover is that they have nothing to do with rangers or the undead 6 The Loyalists, ironically known for breaking contracts at an alarming rate 7 The Robust Vultures, who

white feet, once the pet of a rich merchant’s spoiled child. She almost blew your cover. Now she knows when to keep quiet, and she’s great at catching mice. 6 A small statue of a ballerina, broken

Amble

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Locathah Rising

in space, and an invisible, 30-foot-radius sphere of magic appears, centered on that point. Total cover blocks the sphere. While within the sphere, Amble and their allies gain a +5 bonus to

form using a bonus action on their turn. Amble’s game statistics are replaced by the statistics of the beast, but they retain their alignment, personality, and Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma

Intellect Devourer

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual

the victims’ knowledge and control of their bodies, intellect devourers use their perfect disguises to pass as the people they’ve replaced and further mind flayer plots. Intellect Devourer Tiny

intellect devourer has Total Cover against attacks and other effects originating outside its host. The intellect devourer retains its Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma scores; its understanding of

The Chardalyn Caper

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

alive, Durth Sunblight, a duergar mind master (see appendix C), leads three duergar named Klaska, Ossyl, and Zublorr to the Town Hall under the cover of night, making their way inside through the north

. After killing the guards with their war picks, the duergar finish breaking apart the figurehead. Each duergar carries one sack that can hold up to five 20-pound fragments of chardalyn. After filling their

Consequences

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide

rules cover what happens on a natural 20 (it’s a Critical Hit) or a natural 1 (it always misses). Resist the temptation to add additional negative consequences to a natural 1 on an attack roll: the

automatic failure is bad enough. And characters typically make so many attack rolls that they’re bound to roll dozens of natural 1s over time. What might seem like an interesting consequence, like breaking the weapon used for the attack, will quickly get tiresome.

Hobgoblin Lair Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes of the Borderlands

damage. Provides Half Cover. A creature behind the barricade has Half Cover. Breaking the Barricade. The barricade has AC 15, HP 4, and Immunity to Poison and Psychic damage. If reduced to 0 Hit

Event Descriptions

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide

. Otherwise, the hireling is arrested and taken away. If this loss leaves one of your facilities without any hirelings, that facility can’t be used on your next Bastion turn. The hireling is then replaced at

celebration, fund the research of a powerful spellcaster, or appease a domineering noble. Work with the DM to determine the details. If you seize the opportunity, you must pay 500 GP to cover costs. In

Traditionalists

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh

merchants in town, but he now faces an intractable problem. Gellan made his fortune through smuggling, his textile and lumber exports serving as a cover for his illegal activities. When Saltmarsh was

it means breaking the law. Gellan secretly believes that even if he is caught, he can spend his way back into the town’s good graces by throwing the biggest, most extravagant festival Saltmarsh has

Wilderness Survival

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

settles and buries creatures in it. A creature buried in this way is blinded and restrained and has total cover. The creature gains one level of exhaustion for every 5 minutes it spends buried in the snow

. It can try to dig itself free as an action, breaking the surface and ending the blinded and restrained conditions on itself with a successful DC 15 Strength (Athletics) check. A creature that fails

53. Crypt of the Sun Queen

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation

turns angry as it emits rays of searing light. Each creature within 30 feet of the sun that doesn’t have total cover against it must succeed on a DC 14 Dexterity saving throw or be struck by a ray

immediately replaced with its nonmagical twin from area 52, or if Napaka’s remains are removed from their resting place, the queen’s corpse opens its mouth in a wide yawn and exhales a baleful black gas

Bodytaker Plant

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

restrained, and it has total cover against attacks and effects originating outside the pod. The enveloped target must also immediately succeed on a DC 16 Constitution saving throw or be stunned by the plant’s

nuances of interactions between sapient beings. These duplicates make excuses about their odd behavior, but those familiar with an individual replaced by a podling can often tell something’s amiss

Attack on Bryn Shander

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder

walls, not targeting anyone or anything specifically but looking to cause widespread panic. As townsfolk take cover, Drufi and her two giant bodyguards try to break down the southwest gate and fight their

can either confront the giants and the winter wolves that are breaking through the southwest gate or deal with the rock-hurling giants as they see fit. Once the characters choose their enemies, assume

26. Terraced Aquarium

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a4

opens into a corridor that passes under the higher tiers of the room. Breaking Glass. If any of the glass walls are broken, a weak wall of force will activate immediately in front of the door on the

tiers and cover the floor of the middle tier to a depth of about 2 feet. The water will slowly drain out of four small drains in the corners of the bottom tier, but it will take a good three hours to do

22. Garrux's Brewery

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

weighing 50 pounds or more steps on a pit’s cover, it swings open like a trapdoor, causing the creature to spill into the pit below and take 2d6 bludgeoning damage from the fall. The lid is spring-loaded

under the scrutiny of a detect magic spell. Treasure. Each barrel contains 40 gallons of dwarven ale that has been magically preserved for centuries. Removing a barrel’s lid or breaking the barrel

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