broad bear diffusing current respect

Uthgardt Shaman

Monsters Storm King's Thunder

and respect a shaman’s power. An Uthgardt shaman must possess a sacred bundle to cast spells. A sacred bundle is made up of sticks, bones, feathers, tufts of fur, and stones that have been &ldquo

Raven: animal messenger (raven only), polymorph (self only; into a raven only) Blue Bear: enhance ability (bear’s endurance only), heroism Elk: find steed (cast as 1 action; elk only), haste Gray

Hobgoblin Devastator

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

of the magical arts, they learn the basics of weapon use, and they measure their deeds by the enemies defeated though their magic. They have the respect of other members of the host and receive

for centuries, and over time, those lineages have become Humanoid. Fey goblinoids, who still bear the magic of the Feywild, are rare on the Material Plane but not unheard of. Hobgoblin devastators are

Cartographer's Map Case

Magic Items Acquisitions Incorporated

Wisdom (Perception) check and search your cartographer’s map case to find a map either related to your current mission or inspiring a new one. On a success, you find a map with a prominent

d8 Landmark 1 The Ancient Sarcophagus of Gerald Smith 2 A tree labeled “This tree” 3 “The Last Resting Place of My Rich Brother that is Also a Bear Cave

Dragonborn Legacy

Species Basic Rules (2014)

wrestle down a dire bear himself. His familiar well-worn armor was gone, replaced by violet-tinted scale armor with bright silvery tracings. There was a blazon on his arm as well, the mark of some

than life itself. Dragonborn owe their devotion and respect to their clan above all else, even the gods. Each dragonborn’s conduct reflects on the honor of his or her clan, and bringing dishonor

Tiefling Legacy

Species Basic Rules (2014)

swindlers, thieves, or crime lords. Sometimes they live among other minority populations in enclaves where they are treated with more respect. Lacking a homeland, tieflings know that they have to make

three broad categories. Tieflings born into another culture typically have names reflective of that culture. Some have names derived from the Infernal language, passed down through generations, that

Giff

Species Spelljammer: Adventures in Space

Giff are tall, broad-shouldered folk with hippo-like features. Some have smooth skin, while others have short bristles on their faces and the tops of their heads. As beings of impressive size and

divine beings who created giff have likewise been forgotten. Their titanic petrified bodies drift on the Astral Sea, isolated and unrecognizable in their current forms. Although they don’t realize

Lizardfolk Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

rage against their enemies. They simply observe and react as a situation warrants. Lizardfolk lack meaningful emotional ties to the past. They assess situations based on their current and future

once been a warrior or hunter, but now the body is just freshly killed meat. A lizardfolk who lives among other humanoids can, over time, learn to respect other creatures’ emotions. The

Dwarf Legacy

Species Basic Rules (2014)

and hardy, dwarves are known as skilled warriors, miners, and workers of stone and metal. Though they stand well under 5 feet tall, dwarves are so broad and compact that they can weigh as much as a

mountains they love, weathering the passage of centuries with stoic endurance and little change. They respect the traditions of their clans, tracing their ancestry back to the founding of their most

Feral Tiefling

Species Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide

swindlers, thieves, or crime lords. Sometimes they live among other minority populations in enclaves where they are treated with more respect. Lacking a homeland, tieflings know that they have to make

three broad categories. Tieflings born into another culture typically have names reflective of that culture. Some have names derived from the Infernal language, passed down through generations, that

Boros Legionnaire

Backgrounds Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica

. 2 I am always the first into the fray. 3 I bear any injury or indignity with stoic discipline. 4 My righteous wrath is easily inflamed by the slightest iniquity. 5 My honor is more

;Society functions only if people do their duty and respect the chain of command. (Lawful) 6 Conviction. Anything worth doing is worth doing with your whole heart. (Lawful) Bonds

Medals

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

by powerful political figures for acts of heroism, and wearing a medal is usually enough to earn the respect of those who understand its significance. Different acts of heroism can warrant different

citizens, while the Golden Bear of Breland (a medal made of gold and shaped in a likeness of a bear’s head, with gems for eyes) might be reserved for adventurers who prove their allegiance to the Brelish

Medals

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

political figures for acts of heroism, and wearing a medal is usually enough to earn the respect of those who understand its significance. Different acts of heroism can warrant different kinds of medals

. The king of Breland (in the Eberron setting) might award a Royal Badge of Valor (shaped like a shield and made of ruby and electrum) to adventurers for defending Brelish citizens. The Golden Bear of

Sworn Enemy

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

revenge on nature’s behalf for the great transgressions your foe has committed. 2 Your forebears or predecessors fought these creatures, and so shall you. 3 You bear no enmity toward your foe. You stalk

of each kill. 6 You respect your chosen enemy, and you see your battles as a test of respective skills.

Ice Hunters

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat

Ice Hunters The Ice Hunters are nomads that have lived in the North far longer than any other humans. Short, dark-haired, broad-faced, and with light brown skin, they cling stolidly to their culture

boats called khyeks or oumyeks across the frigid water. They worship totems of animals from the world around them, such as Clever Oomio the gray seal, Grandfather Walrus, Great White Bear, and

Ice Hunters

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

Ice Hunters The Ice Hunters are nomads that have lived in the North far longer than any other humans. Short, dark-haired, broad-faced, and with light brown skin, they cling stolidly to their culture

boats called khyeks or oumyeks across the frigid water. They worship totems of animals from the world around them, such as Clever Oomio the gray seal, Grandfather Walrus, Great White Bear, and

Flavors of Fantasy

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

Flavors of Fantasy Dungeons & Dragons is a fantasy game, but that broad category encompasses a lot of variety. Many different flavors of fantasy exist in fiction and film. Do you want a horrific

this baseline: a multitude of humanoid races coexist with humans in fantastic worlds. Adventurers bring magical powers to bear against the monstrous threats they face. These characters typically come

Yuan-ti Pureblood Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

the blood, as it once did. Because their population is so small, the yuan-ti are aware they are vulnerable in open warfare. Instead, their current plans assume they will never rule outwardly in

another society and wish to be part of it. 3 I respect my superiors and obey them without question. My fate is theirs to decide. 4 I have an interest in an unsuitable mate, which I can&rsquo

Cold and Calculating

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

to the past. They assess situations based on their current and future utility and importance. Nowhere does this come through as strongly as when lizardfolk deal with the dead. To a lizardfolk, a

, over time, learn to respect other creatures’ emotions. The lizardfolk doesn’t share those feelings, but instead assesses them in the same clinical manner. Yes, the fallen dwarf might be most useful

Gods and Religion

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

. Similarly, chromatic dragons might fear, respect, envy, and appease Tiamat as a sovereign. But none of those attitudes and behaviors bear any resemblance in a dragon’s mind to the worship that mortals

primordial dragons differently. To metallic dragons, Bahamut is more like a king than a god. Individual dragons might owe Bahamut allegiance, respect him, pay tribute to him, and strive to emulate him

Lady of Masks

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

enemies who yearn to topple her. As a powerful wizard and noble, Sansuri believes it is her duty to rule over others and command their respect. Even so, she has been forced to bow to the will of King

reflects her current mood and switches masks as her mood changes. Her inability to pry useful information out of the bronze dragon has made her very unhappy, so she’s wearing her sad mask when the

Giff

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Astral Adventurer’s Guide

Giff Giff are tall, broad-shouldered folk with hippo-like features. Some have smooth skin, while others have short bristles on their faces and the tops of their heads. As beings of impressive size

divine beings who created giff have likewise been forgotten. Their titanic petrified bodies drift on the Astral Sea, isolated and unrecognizable in their current forms. Although they don’t realize it

Stable

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

Wisdom (Animal Handling) checks made with respect to it have Advantage. Trade: Animals. When you issue the Trade order to this facility, you commission the facility’s hireling to buy or sell one or more

common. The Mounts and Other Animals table in the Player’s Handbook gives standard prices for various mounts. You bear the total cost of any purchases. When you sell a mount from your Stable, the buyer

Boros Legion

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

Boros Legion AARON MILLER A brown-bearded, broad-chested man clad in massive-shouldered plate armor led a battalion of soldiers, the symbol of the Boros Legion emblazoned on white cloth draped over

guild. Aurelia, the current angelic guildmaster, is the third to hold that title. A PROUD MARTIAL TRADITION Minotaurs have a reputation for being both fierce warriors and clever strategists. Thick of

Life in Yeonido

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

Life in Yeonido The people of Yeonido are proud of their traditions and welcoming to those who respect their ways. Structured Society Yeonido’s residents believe in sacrifice for the good of the

if they show proper respect for the process. Queen Jin-Mi Spirit Arbiter Magistrates called spirit arbiters specialize in bringing an end—peaceful or otherwise—to rogue gwishin. They investigate the

Meeting Atiba-Pa

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

former Lightsea Lancer and Djaynai’s current regent. He is known not only for his falcon-eyed shrewdness but also for his compassion and kindness. Those close to him know he suffers bleak moods, during

honor to serve my homeland. I will not pass beyond our borders for any reason.” Flaw. “I can’t let them see me when I’m like this. The melancholy in my bones is mine alone to bear.”

31. Illithid's Assistant

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

(level 9) a few months ago to serve as her assistant, only to find him too obnoxious to bear. She cast a feeblemind spell on him and gave him to her mind flayer assistant, who promptly forced him to

don new apparel befitting his station. In his current state, Ellix is vacant-eyed and barely responsive, with a tendency to trip over his own feet and drool uncontrollably. He has a tenday left before

Survival Skills

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

usually the oldest and smartest kobold; the other kobolds respect the old one’s ability to survive so long, and they assume the leader will use that knowledge to help the tribe survive. In some cases, the

best lesson a kobold leader can teach is “I don’t have to be faster than the bear. I just have to be faster than you.”

Whymsee

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

Whymsee Whymsee is a shorter woman with broad shoulders. Her legs have been replaced with tentacles, and her upper torso is covered in some kind of tough, conical shell. When startled, she can tuck

Constitution saving throw, taking 9 (2d8) poison damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one. A strong current disperses the cloud, which otherwise disappears at the end of Whymsee's

Orc Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

laden wagon or after heroically defending it from thieves gain great respect and advance higher in the tribe’s pecking order. All Are Fighters Most of the orcs that stay behind when the

pigments to decorate and distinguish themselves and their lairs. Omens and Superstitions Orcs believe that any seemingly unimportant discovery or event — a bear’s claw marks on a tree, a flock

Meeting the Queen

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

engage a group of lizardfolk without fighting them, whereupon they are put in custody and taken to her. When this happens, determine the characters’ current point total by using the Initial Attitude

knows about the outside world but feigns ignorance in an attempt to catch the characters in a lie. She respects those who show her respect and treat her people as their equals, rather than as primitive

Gondola Swans

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

tries to pitch her passengers into the water. Each occupant must succeed on a DC 10 Dexterity saving throw to stay inside the boat. Characters who impress Feathereen with their answers earn her respect

wagons. He misses his brother tremendously. No one knows what happened to Hurly, but everyone knows he never really fit in.” (See area M5 in chapter 4 for Hurly’s current whereabouts.) On the Story Tracker

Rival Intern

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

Rival Intern You were an intern at a rival of Acquisitions Incorporated, and you gained a healthy respect for not just the job and the franchising opportunities, but for the ruthless and efficient

left you a blend of seething rage, practiced nonchalance, and keen knowledge of where the bodies are buried (perhaps literally). d8 Personality Trait 1 My previous employer didn’t respect

Random Encounters

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

searching by day while Frostskimmr is on an ice floe doesn’t improve the odds of finding Oyaviggaton. Sea of Moving Ice Encounters d6 Encounter 1 Giant octopuses 2 Merrow 3 Polar bear 4 Scrags* 5 Ice

in the water. Polar Bear. This event can occur day or night, but only on the ice. A crew member aboard Frostskimmr spots a polar bear stalking a wounded Ice Hunter on an ice floe. If the characters

Random Encounters

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat

searching by day while Frostskimmr is on an ice floe doesn’t improve the odds of finding Oyaviggaton. Sea of Moving Ice Encounters d6 Encounter or Event 1 Giant octopuses 2 Merrow 3 Polar bear 4 Scrags* 5

monsters in the water. Polar Bear This event can occur day or night, but only on the ice. A crew member aboard Frostskimmr spots a polar bear stalking a wounded Ice Hunter on an ice floe. If the characters

Uthgardt Shaman

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

spirits of the dead compel them. Other Uthgardt fear and respect a shaman’s power. An Uthgardt shaman must possess a sacred bundle to cast spells. A sacred bundle is made up of sticks, bones, feathers

: animal messenger (raven only), polymorph (self only; into a raven only) Blue Bear: enhance ability (bear’s endurance only), heroism Elk: find steed (cast as 1 action; elk only), haste Gray Wolf

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