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Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse
: automatic hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 24 force damage plus one of the following effects (choose one or roll a d6;{"diceNotation":"1d6", "rollType":"roll", "rollAction":"Unerring Blade"}):
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teleportation circle in the Hall of Concordance in Sigil.Parry. The kolyarut adds 6 to its AC against one attack roll that would hit it. To do so, the kolyarut must see the attacker and be wielding a
Monsters
Mythic Odysseys of Theros
","rollType":"roll","rollAction":"Summon Water Weird"} water weird;water weirds (see the Monster Manual). The summoned weirds appear in unoccupied spaces in water within 60 feet of the triton. The water weirds
into conflict. In such cases, tritons prove skilled at sabotaging ocean-going vessels, employing water-based magic, and otherwise whipping up the fury of the sea. Few dare insult tritons in their home
Monsters
Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
some cases tens of thousands) of years old. Whatever their disposition, their longevity gives astral elves a perspective on time that few other kinds of creatures can appreciate. Whether they choose to
). The elf has a 50 percent;{"diceNotation":"1d100","rollType":"roll","rollAction":"Summon Solar Dragon"} chance of magically summoning a young solar dragon. A summoned dragon appears in an unoccupied
Magic Items
Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
cases, Mother Luba managed to ensnare beings of pure evil amid the strands of fate, imprisoning them within her tarokka deck. There these foul spirits dwell still, trapped within a nether-realm hidden
property, there is a chance that one of the souls trapped in the deck escapes. Roll d100 and consult the Souls of the Tarokka table. If you roll one of the high cards, the soul associated with it escapes
Magic Items
Keys from the Golden Vault
added their own input to its catalog of vile knowledge. Their additions are clear, for the writers of later works stitched whatever they were writing into the tome or, in some cases, made notations
to the book, you can cast circle of death (save DC 20) from it as an action. After you cast the spell, roll a d6. On a roll of 1–5, you can’t use this property again until the next dawn
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
known to have a soft spot for a sad story, drawing the type of client who has plenty of troubles but little money. Roll on or choose an option from the Clientele table to determine who tends to show up
at your office with a case. Clientele d6 Clientele 1 Wealthy Socialites. Your discretion and low-key approach to cases make you the perfect team to handle cases best keep out of the public eye. 2
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes of the Borderlands
stored in special scroll cases. If you tackle this chore for me, I’ll pay you a total of twenty gold pieces. Be warned: the scrolls have a will of their own.”
If the characters agree, Toryn leads them
to a storeroom containing a pile of empty scroll cases and a warded chest that holds the scrolls. She instructs the characters to open the chest when they’re ready, then wishes them good luck and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
avoid the main blast of a fireball, or does he or she take full damage from the blaze? In cases where the outcome of an action is uncertain, the Dungeons & Dragons game relies on rolls of a 20-sided
them, are the basis for almost every d20 roll that a player makes on a character’s or monster’s behalf. Ability checks, attack rolls, and saving throws are the three main kinds of d20 rolls, forming
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
Zombie Humanoid zombies usually serve as guardians, servants, or soldiers for evil magic-users. In rare cases, foul magic might result in widespread reanimation of the dead, unleashing hordes of
throw (DC 5 plus the damage taken) unless the damage is Radiant or from a Critical Hit. On a successful save, the zombie drops to 1 Hit Point instead.
Actions
Slam. Melee Attack Roll: +3, reach 5 ft. Hit: 5 (1d8 + 1) Bludgeoning damage.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
, aiding heroes in need. In rare cases, pegasi might befriend virtuous people and serve as their companions and steeds. Pegasi are hunted by servants of evil, leading many of these winged steeds to flee
strangers on sight. Roll on or choose a result from the Pegasus Offerings table to inspire how one might show their good intentions to a wary pegasus. Pegasus Offerings 1d4 A Pegasus Won’t Flee
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
guardians, soldiers, or laborers. In rare cases, skeletons are reanimated but given no particular direction. Roll on or choose a result from the Skeleton Pantomimes table to inspire how undirected
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
specialize in one particular kind of work, or it might take whatever cases come its way. Roll or pick from the Investigative Expertise table to determine your agency’s specialty. Investigative
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
Young White Dragon Young white dragons defend their hunting grounds from rivals. In some cases, kobolds and groups of humanoids might offer food and treasure to young white dragons, attempting to
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Actions
Multiattack. The dragon makes three Rend attacks.
Rend. Melee Attack Roll: +7, reach 10 ft. Hit: 9 (2d4 + 4) Slashing damage plus 2 (1d4) Cold damage.
Cold Breath (Recharge 5–6
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
wickedness. Wise communities often have guardian statues, annual rituals, or local superstitions meant to keep oni at bay. In rare cases, an oni might gradually befriend such communities and protect
them from other threats for generations.
Oni torment villages that don’t pay them or other supernatural forces respect. Roll on or choose a result from the Oni Troubles table to inspire how an oni
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
specific victims. In rare cases, a crawling claw wreaks mayhem while the rest of its body still lives, with the original creature potentially unaware of its severed hand’s crimes.
Brian Valenzuela
Blindsight 30 ft.; Passive Perception 10
Languages Understands Common but can’t speak
CR 0 (XP 10; PB +2)
Actions
Slam. Melee Attack Roll: +3, reach 5 ft. Hit: 2 Necrotic damage.
Is it
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
, actions, spells, or other features of their classes or backgrounds. In other cases, you decide whether a circumstance influences a roll in one direction or another, and you grant advantage or impose
doesn’t already impose a penalty to the roll being made). An element of the plan or description of an action makes success less likely. Because advantage and disadvantage cancel each other out, there’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
relentlessly pursue their quarry, and they rarely leave evidence of their crimes. Kent Davis
In rare cases, an invisible stalker lingers in the world without a spellcaster controlling it. Roll on or
of Vortex.
Wind Swipe. Melee Attack Roll: +7, reach 5 ft. Hit: 11 (2d6 + 4) Force damage.
Vortex. Constitution Saving Throw: DC 14, one Large or smaller creature in the stalker’s space. Failure: 7
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
the Five Nations, but even in remote corners of the wilderness where trackers and prospectors ply their trade. At the DM’s discretion, your contacts might direct you to new cases, offer you leads in
any of your contacts. At the start of the campaign, roll twice on the Contacts table to choose two contacts. You will certainly acquire new contacts in the course of your adventures, who might or might
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
the door might be locked, the floor might hide a deadly trap, or some other circumstance might make it challenging for an adventurer to complete a task. In those cases, the DM decides what happens
, often relying on the roll of a die to determine the results of an action.
3. The DM narrates the results of the adventurers’ actions. Describing the results often leads to another decision point
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Resolution and Consequences You determine the consequences of attack rolls, ability checks, and saving throws. In most cases, doing so is straightforward. When an attack hits, it deals damage. When a
margin. When a character fails a roll by only 1 or 2, you can allow the character to succeed at the cost of a complication or hindrance. Such complications can run along any of the following lines: A
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a5
atmosphere than challenge. Any random encounter should be foreshadowed with noise or other cues. If a result you roll makes no sense for a given area, select a different result that does. At least one
creature in a random encounter has a glyph key attuned to the zone it is in or an adjacent zone. In cases where foes have no way to enter an area, they instead follow the party into that area
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
and the players. A player tells the DM what he or she wants to do, and the DM determines whether it is successful or not, in some cases asking the player to make a die roll to determine success. For
example, if a player wants his or her character to take a swing at an orc, you say, “Make an attack roll” while looking up the orc’s Armor Class. The rules don’t account for every possible situation
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
deities, the features of these locations vary between communities. Roll on or choose a result from the Kuo-toa Ritual Sites table to inspire features and suggest adventures within a kuo-toa community
strive to take their enemies alive and drag captives to their hidden lairs.
Most kuo-toa follow the orders of their more powerful leaders out of a combination of faith and fear. In rare cases, a kuo
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
or details scrambled into puzzle-like jumbles. In rare cases, bone nagas continue to pursue the goals they had while alive instead of serving other creatures. Most free-willed bone nagas are evil
1,100; PB +2)
Actions
Multiattack. The naga makes two Bite attacks. It can replace any attack with a use of Serpentine Gaze.
Bite. Melee Attack Roll: +5, reach 10 ft. Hit: 10 (2d6 + 3) Piercing
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
killing a person in the material world, a skulk sometimes takes up a silent imitation of that person’s life. In extreme cases, skulks have invaded villages, killed all the occupants, and turned the places
: 6 (1d4 + 4) slashing damage. If the skulk has advantage on the attack roll, the target also takes 7 (2d6) necrotic damage.
Some children have imaginary friends that their parents can’t see
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
adventurer to complete a task. In those cases, the DM might ask the player to roll a die to help determine what happens. Describing the results often leads to another decision point, which brings the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
adventurer to complete a task. In those cases, the DM might ask the player to roll a die to help determine what happens. Describing the results often leads to another decision point, which brings the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
might be locked, the floor might hide a deadly trap, or some other circumstance might make it challenging for an adventurer to complete a task. In those cases, the DM decides what happens, often
relying on the roll of a die to determine the results of an action.
The DM narrates the results of the adventurers’ actions. Describing the results often leads to another decision point, which brings
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
rise as shades obedient to the shadow dragon’s will. Shadow dragons typically dwell in the Underdark, particularly in areas with connections to the Shadowfell or other tenebrous realms. In some cases
attacks.
Rend. Melee Attack Roll: +5, reach 10 ft. Hit: 7 (1d8 + 3) Slashing damage plus 3 (1d6) Necrotic damage.
Shadow Breath (Recharge 5–6). Dexterity Saving Throw: DC 13, each creature in a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
fiendish entities each think they’re the true manifestation of their past self and hunt one another to recover their power. In rare cases, Fiends other than demons might adopt forms similar to shadow
turn inside an object.
Light Sensitivity. While in Bright Light, the demon has Disadvantage on ability checks and attack rolls.
Actions
Umbral Claw. Melee Attack Roll: +5, reach 5 ft. Hit: 16
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
cases, yochlols might serve other demon lords, particularly manipulative or changeable ones like Graz’zt, Juiblex, and Zuggtmoy. Despite their service to demon lords, yochlols harbor their own vicious
Multiattack. The yochlol makes two Caustic Lash attacks, and it can use Spellcasting to cast Web or Dominate Person if available.
Caustic Lash. Melee or Ranged Attack Roll: +8, reach 10 ft. or range
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Borderlands Quest: Goblin Trouble
start of the combat. Describe any other important details within the scene.
Roll Initiative. The players each roll a d20 and add their Initiative modifier. The character with the highest result
succeeds.
However, that does not apply in either of these cases. If even one character fails the Stealth check, the bandits hear that person and are alerted. Conversely, if even one character
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
things survive the tarrasque’s rampages, and reports of the monster’s devastation are often contradictory, incomplete, or beyond belief. In cases where it leaves no survivors, its calamities might
initially be blamed on evil dragons or magical disasters, but the tarrasque frequently leaves behind some unmistakable indication of its passage. Roll on or choose a result from the Tarrasque Evidence
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Morte’s Planar Parade
Multiverse) and punished in brutally decisive fashion. In cases where the terms of a contract or a foundational truth of an agreement come into question, the Kolyarut sends a component part of itself
(choose one or roll a d6):
1–2: Disarm. The target drops one item it is holding of the kolyarut’s choice.
3–4: Imbalance. The target can’t take reactions until the start of the kolyarut’s next turn
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
also listen for oaths and curses sworn in their names. In rare cases, wronged mortals who call out with just rage might be heard by an erinyes who appears to take vengeance on their behalf. Once erinyes
Multiattack. The erinyes makes three Withering Sword attacks and can use Entangling Rope.
Withering Sword. Melee Attack Roll: +8, reach 5 ft. Hit: 13 (2d8 + 4) Slashing damage plus 11 (2d10