can relate grabbing to have reborn

Reborn

Species Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

Death isn’t always the end. The reborn exemplify this, being individuals who have died yet, somehow, still live. Some reborn exhibit the scars of fatal ends, their ashen flesh or bloodless

veins making it clear that they’ve been touched by death. Other reborn are marvels of magic or science, being stitched together from disparate beings or bearing mysterious minds in manufactured

Saeth Cromley

Monsters Waterdeep: Dragon Heist

Multiattack. Saeth makes two longsword attacks. If he has a shortsword drawn, he can also make a shortsword attack. Longsword. Melee Weapon Attack: +5;{"diceNotation":"1d20+5","rollType":"to hit

, sarcastic wit. He occasionally comes out of retirement at the request of Barnibus Blastwind, and he assists the mage in investigating unusual crimes in the city. Cromley helps Barnibus relate to the

Deep Crow

Monsters Acquisitions Incorporated

Magic Resistance. The deep crow has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects. Shadow Stealth. While in dim light or darkness, the deep crow can take the Hide action as a

resembles a massive version of its namesake bird, this creature is a unique form of avian insect. Seen up close, it can easily be discerned from any other giant bird by its insectoid maw, its four-clawed

Living Portent

Monsters The Book of Many Things

willing creature the living portent can see within 30 feet of itself. The target’s hit point maximum and current hit points increase by 7 (1d8 + 3);{"diceNotation":"1d8+3", "rollType":"roll

", "rollAction":"Prophetic Blessing"}, and it gains a prophecy die, a d8. Once during each of the creature’s turns, when it fails an ability check or saving throw or misses an attack roll, it can

Auril (Third Form)

Monsters Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

Divine Being. Auril can’t be surprised and can’t be changed into another form against her will. Divine Resurrection. When Auril drops to 0 hit points, her crystalline form shatters and

point in this form, each creature within 10 feet of her takes 10 cold damage at the start of each of her turns. Legendary Resistance (1/Day in This Form). If Auril fails a saving throw, she can choose

Warforged

Species Eberron: Rising from the Last War

as a new species. Warforged are made from wood and metal, but they can feel pain and emotion. Built as weapons, they must now find a purpose beyond war. A warforged can be a steadfast ally, a cold

of Thronehold gave them freedom, but many still struggle both to find a place in the post-war world and to relate to the creatures who created them. The typical warforged shows little emotion. Many

Auril (First Form)

Monsters Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

Divine Being. Auril can’t be surprised and can’t be changed into another form against her will. Divine Rejuvenation. When Auril drops to 0 hit points, her body turns to slush and melts

). She can innately cast the following spells, requiring no material components: At will: chromatic orb (cold orb only; see “Actions” below), detect magic, misty step 2/day each: control

Lady Illmarrow

Monsters Eberron: Rising from the Last War

Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If Illmarrow fails a saving throw, she can choose to succeed instead. Magic Resistance. Illmarrow has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical

target can’t regain hit points until the start of Illmarrow’s next turn. If the target is undead, it also has disadvantage on attack rolls against Illmarrow until the end of her next turn

Priest of Osybus (Ectoplasmic)

Monsters Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

Ectoplasmic Boon. When any creature starts its turn within 10 feet of the priest, the priest can reduce that creature’s speed by 10 feet until the start of the creature’s next turn, until

","rollDamageType":"necrotic"} necrotic damage, and the target can’t regain hit points until the start of the priest’s next turn. Ectoplasmic Boon. As an action, the priest can use the

Priest of Osybus (Spectral)

Monsters Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

Spectral Boon. It can move through creatures and objects as if they were difficult terrain, but it takes 5 (1d10);{"diceNotation":"1d10","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Wraithlike","rollDamageType

":"damage","rollAction":"Necrotic Bolt","rollDamageType":"necrotic"} necrotic damage, and the target can’t regain hit points until the start of the priest’s next turn.Necromancers of deep evil

Priest of Osybus (Vampiric)

Monsters Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

and that he himself would become one of the Dark Powers. As a result of that curse, a priest of Osybus can’t be certain that they will be reborn when they perish. In an effort to rid themselves

"} necrotic damage, and the target can’t regain hit points until the start of the priest’s next turn.Necromancers of deep evil, the priests of Osybus steal the souls of others to fuel the priests

Priest of Osybus (Deathly)

Monsters Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

become one of the Dark Powers. As a result of that curse, a priest of Osybus can’t be certain that they will be reborn when they perish. In an effort to rid themselves of this curse, they

Deathly Boon. It can cast animate dead and create undead once per day each, using Intelligence as the spellcasting ability. Tattoo of Osybus. If the priest drops to 0 hit points, roll on the Boons

Priest of Osybus (Blazing)

Monsters Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

that curse, a priest of Osybus can’t be certain that they will be reborn when they perish. In an effort to rid themselves of this curse, they devoted themselves to the same Dark Powers with whom

additional 15 feet. It can switch between the options as an action. Magic Resistance. The priest has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects. Rejuvenation. If the priest is

Auril (Second Form)

Monsters Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

Divine Being. Auril can’t be surprised and can’t be changed into another form against her will. Divine Rejuvenation. When Auril drops to 0 hit points, her body collapses into shards of

. Legendary Resistance (2/Day in This Form). If Auril fails a saving throw, she can choose to succeed instead. Magic Resistance. Auril has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical

Priest of Osybus (Dread)

Monsters Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

Boon of Dread. Eerie whispers can now be heard around the priest. Any non-Undead creature that starts its turn within 30 feet of the priest must succeed on a DC 15 Wisdom saving throw or be

","rollAction":"Necrotic Bolt","rollDamageType":"necrotic"} necrotic damage, and the target can’t regain hit points until the start of the priest’s next turn.Necromancers of deep evil, the

Priest of Osybus

Monsters Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

himself would become one of the Dark Powers. As a result of that curse, a priest of Osybus can’t be certain that they will be reborn when they perish. In an effort to rid themselves of this

damage, and the target can’t regain hit points until the start of the priest’s next turn.Necromancers of deep evil, the priests of Osybus steal the souls of others to fuel the priests&rsquo

Faded Memories

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

Faded Memories A reborn with a phantom limb takes aim. Reborn suffer from some manner of discontinuity, an interruption of their lives or physical state that their minds are ill equipped to deal

. Rather than sleeping, reborn regularly sit and dwell on the past, hoping for some revelation of what came before. Most of the time, these are dark, silent stretches. Occasionally, though, in a moment of

Tortle Legacy

Species The Tortle Package

Yondalla relate to tortles most of all. Tortles believe that night and day watch over them and other creatures. The moon is the eye of night that watches over them in darkness, and the sun is the

settlement is primarily used as a kind of moot, where tortles can socialize with one another, share useful information, and trade with strangers in the safety of greater numbers. Tortles don’t

Reborn Origins

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

Reborn Origins Reborn might originate from circumstances similar to those of various undead or constructs. The Reborn Origins table provides suggestions for how your character became reborn. Reborn

body isn’t what it once was. 7 Your body hosts a possessing spirit that shares its memories and replaces your missing appendages with phantasmal limbs. 8 In public, you pass as an unremarkable individual, but you can feel the itchy straw stuffing inside you.

Mordenheim's Powers and Dominion

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

Creation. Dr. Mordenheim can create any Construct or corporeal Undead by working in her laboratory for a number of uninterrupted days equal to the creature’s challenge rating. At the end of the final day

, the creature is complete and obeys her will. She uses this ability to create flesh golems and homunculi, as well as zombies, death’s heads, and brains in jars (see chapter 5). Reborn Maker. A side

Sid Squid

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

can share the gossip on the What Sid Squid Knows table. What Sid Squid Knows Renown Gossip 0 Sid changes the subject to relate a story from their adventuring days. 1 Sid explains that a few vendors

Hungry Ogres

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm Lord’s Wrath

grumpy around goats, the ogres decide to attack. Assuming some of the characters are sleeping for the night, anyone on guard duty can attempt a DC 15 Wisdom (Animal Handling) or Wisdom (Insight

character, excluding sidekicks, charge out of the darkness and begin grabbing goats. When the characters intervene, the ogres drop the goats and attempt to smash the adventurers. YOUR CAMPAIGN, YOUR

Using a Map

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

Using a Map Whatever environment the adventurers are exploring, you can use a map to follow their progress as you relate the details of their travels. In a dungeon, tracking movement on a map lets

can show roads, rivers, terrain, and other features that might guide the characters on their travels — or lead them astray. The Map Travel Pace table helps you track travel on maps of different

Orc Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

Lord Dagult Neverember once told me, during a drunken tirade, that orcs are fearful of their gods, and, if one plays one’s cards right, they can be controlled through that fear and made to

with orcs tells of confronting a hulking foe that can cleave through a warrior with a single blow, part of a force that can cut down enemies as though they were trembling stalks of wheat before the

Hag Names

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

chooses her own name, which might or might not relate to her birth name. Some hags use different names in different guises, but still prefer their original name as their favorite. The Hag Names table

allows you to generate a hag’s name. You can also select from the table or use it as inspiration. Hags always have a title followed by a first name, or a first name followed by a last name. You can

Meeting the Governor

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

families have sent numerous adventurers in search of the couple; the few that returned did so empty-handed. Governor Folcarae can also relate the legend of the Eternal Garden, but she doesn’t know details

can offer the following information: Juliana and Orlando eloped when their feuding families forbade their relationship. The couple fled south and disappeared into the Cave of Echoes, a cavern steeped

Rakshasa

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

means an agonizing and torturous return to the Nine Hells, where its essence remains trapped until its body reforms — a process that can take months or years. When the rakshasa is reborn, it has all the

fiend in its true form, for it can take on any guise it wants, although it prefers to masquerade as someone powerful or influential: a noble, cardinal, or rich merchant, for example. A rakshasa’s

Reeva

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

ancestors. Reeva uses what she discovered there to further Arijani’s ambitions and yearns to gain control over the citadel so she can unearth its deepest, most insidious secrets. After her murder, Reeva was

reborn as an arcanaloth, a state that horrifies her. When frustrated, she vents her rage by instructing her servants to abduct someone she considers beautiful and then overseeing that beauty’s

Merrow

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

waters, hoping to snare unsuspecting prey by bursting from the water and grabbing their quarry or by skewering victims with deadly harpoons. These hunters then drag land dwellers back to dismal

Wis 10 +0 +0 Cha 9 −1 −1 Senses Darkvision 60 ft.; Passive Perception 10 Languages Abyssal, Primordial (Aquan) CR 2 (XP 450; PB +2) Traits Amphibious. The merrow can

Scaladar

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

Scaladar Scaladar are constructs created by Trobriand, one of Halaster’s apprentices. They move and attack like giant scorpions, grabbing prey with two large pincer claws and delivering a deadly

can harm the wearer of such a ring, and any scaladar within 100 feet of a ring wearer must obey its spoken commands. The magic of the ring enables the scaladar to understand and interpret these

The Farmers' Story

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

. The farmers can also relate details from the adventure’s background or about Cradlelace Lake if asked. Although the farmers can’t reward the characters with much in the way of wealth, they gift the

Audience with Bruenor

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

. “I’ve a mind to know about the rumblings and rumors about goings-on in the depths outside my city. If ye relate to me what ye know, we can talk about what ye might want to do next.” King Bruenor

Shaking Loose

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

automatically grabs one of its bands before falling. The creature can use an action to try to climb back onto the engine, doing so with a successful DC 10 Strength (Athletics) check. At the end of its

creature falls from the Maze Engine, another creature adjacent to the falling creature and hanging onto one of the engine’s bands can attempt to use a free hand to grab the falling creature, doing so with a

The Serpent Hills

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

all that remain of the many lost settlements of the Serpent Hills. Lizardfolk Lizardfolk regularly hunt and gather food for their yuan-ti masters, grabbing humanoid settlers along the fringes of the hills when they can.

, but can become fierce if threatened or cornered. Hill Giants The party comes across one or two hill giants gorging on a fallen herd animal. When the giants notice the adventurers, they see the

Chapter 9: Dungeon Master's Workshop

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

. You can let your imagination run wild. This chapter contains optional rules that you can use to customize your campaign, as well as guidelines on creating your own material, such as monsters and

magic items. The options in this chapter relate to many different parts of the game. Some of them are variants of rules, and others are entirely new rules. Each option represents a different genre, style

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