breaks before defeat cantrips response

Kaevja Cynavern

Monsters Waterdeep: Dragon Heist

spell attacks). Kaevja has the following wizard spells prepared: Cantrips (at will): fire bolt, light, mage hand, prestidigitation 1st level (4 slots): detect magic, mage armor, magic missile, shield

. Kaevja carries a elemental gem (yellow diamond);yellow elemental gem. In battle, Kaevja breaks the elemental gem, summoning an earth elemental and commanding it to attack her enemies.Dagger. Melee or

Aerisi Kalinoth

Monsters Princes of the Apocalypse

Fey Ancestry. Aerisi has advantage on saving throws against being charmed, and magic can’t put her to sleep. Howling Defeat. When Aerisi drops to 0 hit points, her body disappears in a howling

spell attacks). Aerisi has the following wizard spells prepared (an asterisked spell is from appendix B): Cantrips (at will): gust,* mage hand, message, prestidigitation, ray of frost, shocking

Warlock of the Archfey Legacy

Monsters Volo's Guide to Monsters

spells: Cantrips (at will): dancing lights, eldritch blast, friends, mage hand, minor illusion, prestidigitation, vicious mockery 1st–5th level (3 5th-level slots): blink, charm person, dimension door

(Recharges after a Short or Long Rest). In response to taking damage, the warlock turns invisible and teleports up to 60 feet to an unoccupied space it can see. It remains invisible until the start of its next turn or until it attacks, makes a damage roll, or casts a spell.

The Celestial Legacy

Classes Xanathar's Guide to Everything

find yourself driven to annihilate the undead, to defeat fiends, and to protect the innocent. At times, your heart might also be filled with a longing for the celestial realm of your patron, and a

Features Warlock Level Feature 1st Expanded Spell List, Bonus Cantrips, Healing Light 6th Radiant Soul 10th Celestial Resilience 14th Searing Vengeance

Lizardfolk Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

aggression toward creatures that they could defeat in a fight and that can’t be dealt with in some other manner. They are aggressive toward prey they want to eat, creatures that want to harm them, and

, if other creatures prove useful to lizardfolk, those creatures can trigger a protective response made all the stronger by their apparent weakness. The lizardfolk assess such beings as hatchlings

Omin Dran

Monsters Acquisitions Incorporated

spells prepared: Cantrips (at will): guidance, sacred flame, spare the dying, thaumaturgy 1st level (4 slots): bless, command, divine favor, shield of faith 2nd level (3 slots): enhance ability, hold

in matters of love, and hopeless in games of chance. Omin is also often accused of being one of the Masked Lords of Waterdeep, though this bit of fancy earns little more than a chuckle in response

Hlam

Monsters Waterdeep: Dragon Heist

attacks). He has the following cleric spells prepared: Cantrips (at will): guidance, light, sacred flame, spare the dying1st level (4 slots): detect evil and good, healing word, sanctuary, shield of

Missile. In response to being hit by a ranged weapon attack, Hlam deflects the missile. The damage he takes from the attack is reduced by 1d10 + 27;{"diceNotation":"1d10+27","rollType":"roll

Duels in the Repository

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos

Duels in the Repository Strixhaven students have the following rules for duels at the Furygale Repository: Only two students duel at a time. Duelists must use magic to defeat their opponents. Weapons

breaks these rules loses the duel. If a duelist kills an opponent, the killer, if discovered, is expelled from the university and forced to pay for raise dead to be cast on the dead duelist. As

Bone Naga

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

Bone Naga In response to the long history of conflict between the yuan-ti and the nagas, yuan-ti created a necromantic ritual that could halt a naga’s resurrection by transforming the living naga

cleric spells prepared: Cantrips (at will): mending, sacred flame, thaumaturgy 1st level (4 slots): command, shield of faith 2nd level (3 slots): calm emotions, hold person 3rd level (2 slots

Goblin Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

cruel in victory, goblins are fawning and servile in defeat, just as in their own society lower castes must scrape before those of greater status and as goblin tribes bow before other goblinoids

goblin is a sorcerer with the wild magic origin whose every casting, including cantrips, is accompanied by a wild magic surge. Use the mage stat block in the Monster Manual to represent this goblin, adding

The Celestial

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything

. You might find yourself driven to annihilate the undead, to defeat fiends, and to protect the innocent. At times, your heart might also be filled with a longing for the celestial realm of your

. Celestial Features Warlock Level Feature 1st Expanded Spell List, Bonus Cantrips, Healing Light 6th Radiant Soul 10th Celestial Resilience 14th Searing Vengeance Expanded Spell List The Celestial

Wandering Monsters

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

dripping with blood (see “Regional Effects”). These duergar have orders to deliver adventurers to Valtagar Steelshadow unharmed. If a fight breaks out, they use Enlarge and defend themselves. If the

50 percent chance that a passing duergar patrol (see above) hears the ruckus and arrives on the scene at the end of the third round of combat. If the remorhaz is still around, the duergar help defeat

Ending This Chapter

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragons of Stormwreck Isle

Ending This Chapter If the characters defeat the harpy, one problem is solved: no more ships will be lured to the rocks, and shipwrecks will once again be a rarity. If the characters find Aleitha’s

the words of the captain’s journal and destroy the talisman while aboard the ship. This also breaks the curse—the characters still feel something like a sigh in the air, fog rises up to engulf the wreck

Pact Boon

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)

extradimensional space when the bond breaks. Pact of the Tome Your patron gives you a grimoire called a Book of Shadows. When you gain this feature, choose three cantrips from any class’s spell list (the three

needn’t be from the same list). While the book is on your person, you can cast those cantrips at will. They don’t count against your number of cantrips known. If they don’t appear on the warlock spell

Pact Boon

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)

extradimensional space when the bond breaks. Pact of the Tome Your patron gives you a grimoire called a Book of Shadows. When you gain this feature, choose three cantrips from any class’s spell list

(the three needn’t be from the same list). While the book is on your person, you can cast those cantrips at will. They don’t count against your number of cantrips known. If they don’t appear on the

Tyrant's Escape

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

described in area 5a. If the party doesn’t release him, he breaks free himself after an hour. Dranzorg torments the party and rampages through the house, calling for Mara to face him. Once freed, he

can help them defeat Dranzorg. Eternal Rivals. Dranzorg focuses his attacks on the character wearing Mara’s armor. If a character wearing Mara’s armor is reduced to fewer than half their hit points

Reaching the Tower

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase

them to the island. During the crossing, he uses the opening phrase twice more. If the characters still fail to offer the proper response, Hadley takes them to the outpost (area T1) without further

conversation. Hadley Confides in the Party. If the characters give the appropriate response to the secret phrase, Hadley trusts them and assumes they’re allies of Shalfey. Read or paraphrase the following

During the Siege

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

horde soon begins overwhelming defenses nearby. Once the characters defeat a few zombies, roll 1d6 and consult the Zombie Siege Encounters table. The event rolled unfolds within sight of one of the

siege weapon to fire into the city or start a conflagration. 9 Fighting breaks out at a building Talon priests use to treat the wounded. 10 Zombies break through a gate and begin scaling

T13: Great Statue of Orcus

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves

defeat them on his own. If combat breaks out in T12 and Nezzarum is aware of it (either because Xia comes and implores the statue of Orcus for aid or because he notices the battle unfolding from his

is stolen (see “Stolen Goods” below). Roleplaying Nezzarum. Nezzarum has been waiting here in the hope that adventurers would come and defeat Xia and her cult, knowing that he isn’t strong enough to

11. Frulam Mondath's Chamber

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

fight breaks out in area 12 and four of the guards from that chamber retreat here to defend Mondath, her response is up to you. If the fight in the barracks takes a heavy toll on the characters, she

Omin Dran

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

than a chuckle in response. And even if the rumor were true, Omin would never leverage such a position for greater financial gain and power. Because that would be wrong … Omin Dran Medium humanoid

spellcaster. His spellcasting ability is Wisdom (spell save DC 15, +7 to hit with spell attacks). He has the following cleric spells prepared: Cantrips (at will): guidance, sacred flame, spare the

11. Frulam Mondath's Chamber

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

person wearing it is not Mondath, or if they know she is dead, alarm bells are guaranteed to go off. Developments If a fight breaks out in area 12 and four of the guards from that chamber retreat here

to defend Mondath, her response is up to you. If the fight in the barracks takes a heavy toll on the characters, she might decide to confront them here. If the attackers plow through her forward guards

Inquisitor of the Tome

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

surroundings and defeat their foes. Inquisitor of the Tome Medium Humanoid, Any Alignment Armor Class 11 (14 with Mage Armor) Hit Points 77 (14d8 + 14) Speed 30 ft. STR 10 (+0) DEX 12 (+1) CON

(spell save DC 15): At will: Detect Magic, Dispel Magic, Levitate, Mage Armor, Mage Hand, Sending 1/day each: Otiluke’s Resilient Sphere, Telekinesis Reactions Telekinetic Deflection. In response

Whale Hunt

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

breaks the morale of the other hunters, who head back to Bremen in defeat. Angajuk takes adventurers on an undersea tour

Squaring Off Against the Cult of the Dragon

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

cult overrun Castle Naerytar; a defeat would cost Borngray his hard-earned rank in the cult, and Spattergoo would lose the base from which he hopes to rule the mere after the cult is finished with the

together than apart. As soon as fighting breaks out, they join forces and cooperate. The best place for Borngray and Pharblex to make their stand depends on how the attack develops; you’ll need to play

Squaring Off Against the Cult of the Dragon

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

cult overrun Castle Naerytar; a defeat would cost Borngray his hard-earned rank in the cult, and Spattergoo would lose the base from which he hopes to rule the mere after the cult is finished with the

together than apart. As soon as fighting breaks out, they join forces and cooperate. The best place for Borngray and Pharblex to make their stand depends on how the attack develops; you’ll need to play

The Chamber

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

Prophecy and the defeat of the Lords of Dust. The Chamber and the War The lives of humanoids and the welfare of their nations mean little to the ancient dragons. A member of the Chamber who is friendly

or even directly in response to the dictates of the Prophecy. Whatever the truth, the Last War’s impact on the Chamber was small in the grand scheme of things. Planar observatories were damaged here

A Flight of Demons

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

breakout, then decide how to get down to the cavern floor and where to go after that. Describe the chaos of the demon attack and the drow’s response as the escaped prisoners try to flee. The characters

wing and launches itself back into the fight overhead. If the adventurers take on the fallen vrock and defeat or escape from it, award them a quarter of its usual XP value, or 575 XP, given its

Seagrow Caves Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragons of Stormwreck Isle

middle. 2nd-Level Characters. If the characters are 2nd level, two stirges clinging to the tunnel ceiling are disturbed if fighting breaks out in this area and join the battle. The stirges ignore the spore

fungi. If the adults become aware of danger through the noise of combat (or the sprouts’ Distress Spores), they move as quickly as they can to protect the sprouts. If the characters defeat the violet

77. Death God's Nursery

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

, piercing, and slashing damage from nonmagical attacks; and immunity to fire, poison, and psychic damage. When a strut drops to 0 hit points, it breaks and causes the other two struts to snap as the

DC 10 Dexterity saving throw or fall off it, plunging into the lava unless the creature is somehow secured. Unless likewise secured, any creature standing on an adamantine strut when the strut breaks

Hobgoblins

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters

. Its spellcasting ability is Intelligence (spell save DC 13, +5 to hit with spell attacks). It has the following wizard spells prepared: Cantrips (at will): acid splash, fire bolt, ray of frost

ready to wield a deadly combination of unarmed fighting techniques and shadow magic to deceive and defeat her foes. She continues to spy on other hobgoblins, but is now also empowered to conduct

Howling Hatred Cultists

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse

cost of their free will. The Cult of the Howling Hatred relies upon deception and trickery both to recruit its members and defeat its enemies. Even so, those that underestimate the air cult for their

the following sorcerer spells (an asterisked spell is from appendix B): Cantrips (at will): gust,* light, message, ray of frost 1st level (2 slots): expeditious retreat, feather fall Actions

Prime Speaker Zegana

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica

outdated and the guild requires more practical leadership. In response, Zegana maintains that she serves as prime speaker only at the sufferance of the Speakers’ Chamber, and if the other speakers wish to

). She has the following wizard spells prepared: Cantrips (at will): acid splash, druidcraft, ray of frost, shape water 1st level (4 slots): color spray, expeditious retreat, fog cloud, shield 2nd

3. Parade of Fools

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

standing by itself is named Rumpadump. It sends a subtle warning as a feeling of distress through its own rapport spores in response to Voosbur’s offer, saying that the other myconids aren’t behaving right

farewell as the myconids resume their dancing. If the characters have shown Rumpadump any kindness, it asks their permission to join the party, especially if Stool is present. At the same time, Sarith breaks

39. Temple Reliquary

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

with mending cantrips; each casting of the spell repairs one break in the staff. If the staff is made whole, it transforms from an object into an animated jade serpent that has the statistics of a giant

and breaks into 1d4 + 1 pieces that must be magically mended before the staff can be used again. 39c. Mornhyld’s Bones Bones. A dwarven skull and twelve rotted bones swirl gently around each other in

D&D Beyond

Search Results