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Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
Reach to the Blaze. Embric can cast produce flame at will. (Constitution is his spellcasting ability, and he has a +4;{"diceNotation":"1d20+4","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Spellcasting"} bonus
hit it. To do so, Embric must see the attacker and be wielding a melee weapon.It takes a strong personality, ruthless cunning, and a silver tongue to keep a gang of bandits in line. The bandit captain
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
drow makes one Demon Staff attack.
Cast a Spell (Costs 2 Actions). The drow uses Spellcasting.Some Drow Matron Mother;matron mothers renounce Lolth and join the war against their former goddess
mother is almost never encountered alone. She is typically accompanied by a drow favored consort and a drow house captain. Other Underdark creatures might also be in the priestess’s presence
Monsters
Sleeping Dragon’s Wake
;s spellcasting ability is Charisma (spell save DC 17). She can innately cast the following spells, requiring no material components:
1/day each: create food and water, detect thoughts, fog cloud
surrounding area as the captain of the Scaly Eye, a fleet that battled pirates and other threats. To honor her deeds, the Swords of Leilon constructed the Bronze Shrine, a massive temple to Bahamut, god
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
allied demon within 30 feet of the drow uses its reaction to make one attack against a target of the drow’s choice that she can see.
Demon Staff. The drow makes one Demon Staff attack.
Cast a
typically accompanied by a drow favored consort and a drow house captain. Other Underdark creatures might also be in the priestess’s presence, providing protection or advice.
Drow Mother of Rebellion
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Amphibious. The dragon can breathe both air and water.
Fabricate (1/Day). The dragon can cast fabricate, requiring no spell components and using Intelligence as the spellcasting ability.
Legendary
for driving away a topaz dragon attempting to claim the sea devils’ territory.
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A pirate captain tells stories of an adult topaz dragon;adult topaz dragon's legendary hoard while
Merrenoloth
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Monsters
Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes
Innate Spellcasting. The merrenoloth's innate spellcasting ability is Intelligence (spell save DC 13). It can innately cast the following spells, requiring no material components:
At will: charm
at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success.Lair Actions
Any ship a merrenoloth is contracted to captain becomes the creature's lair. When fighting on the ship, the
Backgrounds
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
Your magic often features dramatic bursts of flame or radiance. When you cast beneficial spells on your allies, they appear momentarily surrounded with halos of bright fire.
Suggested Characteristics
d6
Bond
1
I would lay down my life for Aurelia and the angels.
2
I owe my life to the Boros captain who took me in when I was living on the streets.
3
My fellow legionnaires
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
formation maneuvers in the middle of the room, overseen by a hobgoblin captain. When faced with an unknown threat, the hobgoblins close ranks and attack.
Furnishings. Around the perimeter of the room are
wooden trestle tables and benches.
Wall Decor. The room is lit by continual flame spells cast on iron torch sconces bolted to the walls. Mounted on stone plaques between the sconces are the heads of three dwarves, two orogs, a troglodyte, and a gargoyle.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
Drow House Captain Each drow noble house entrusts the leadership of its military forces to a house captain, a position normally held by the matriarch’s first or second son. The house captain commands
the drow and slaves making up the family’s army and has made extensive study of strategy and tactics to become an effective leader in battle. Drow House Captain
Medium humanoid (elf), neutral evil
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Divine Contention
characters travel overland to the ships, both captains send rowboats to collect them from the shore. The characters are free to travel on whichever ship they choose, though characters who can cast spells are encouraged to travel aboard Icingdeath and meet the ship’s mage captain!
the aft of this ship. The name on its side reads Icingdeath.
If the characters are traveling by barge, they can row to the side of the ship, where the ship’s captain welcomes them aboard. If the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
Modes of Travel Unless the characters have the ability to cast the teleport spell or similarly powerful magic, they must rely on more conventional means to reach the Morkoth. The Modes of Travel
hire a brooding Waterdhavian captain named Zaldar Floshin (NG male half-elf mage). His ship, the Kelpie’s Kiss, has a sprite named Arrow as its first mate and fifteen crewmembers (N male and female
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
, Goldenfields, and Daggerford. City Guard Private, Captain, and Griffon Cavalry Rider Ranks in the City Guard Members of the City Guard have ranks. From lowest to highest, they are: Private Sergeant (armar
) Lieutenant (civilar) Captain (senior civilar) Multiple command positions, some perennial (Seneschal of Castle Waterdeep, Defender of the Harbor, Master of the North Towers, Master of the South
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Divine Contention
Meeting the Ship Captains Captain Deloz of Twinkle is disguised as a male Rashemi human weapon merchant. He is quiet, calculating, and observant. The captain often does random inspections of his crew
, and checks in on his passengers to make sure they’re comfortable (and not getting into trouble). Captain Xalti of Icingdeath is disguised as a male Calishite human iron merchant. He is impulsive
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
assailed our walls and cast them down, leavin’ gaps through which the giants strode, weapons in hand.”
— Captain Dwern Addlestone’s partial account of the Siege of Sterngate
Giants Ancient empires once cast long shadows over a world that quaked beneath the giants’ feet. In those lost days, these towering figures were dragon slayers, dreamers, crafters, and kings, but
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer Academy
crew:
Using a spelljamming helm requires a keen mind, focus, and magical talent. A character with the ability to cast spells is essential for the Spelljammer role.
A crew relies on their captain
training exercise has two optional roles (Captain and Shipmate) and one mandatory role (Spelljammer). A team can have multiple Shipmates, but only one Captain and only one Spelljammer. Try to limit
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
Buying and Selling Magic Items Captain Xendros of the Faithful Quartermasters of Iuz has magic items for sale and can also broker the sale of magic items. Any such item comes with a mild curse
, however. Anyone attuned to the item can be targeted by a detect thoughts spell cast by Xendros, with no limit on range; any saving throws triggered by the spell automatically fail; and the target has no
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
deep forest. The interior is empty aside from a large cast-iron oven. 26 1 couatl 27–28 1d4 ogres or 1d6 + 2 half-ogres 29–30 1 gnoll pack lord with 1d4 + 1 giant hyenas 31–32 1d6 wererats 33 1d4
1d6 + 2 dryads 43 1d4 giant elk 44 1d8 + 1 harpies 45–46 1 bandit captain with 1 druid and 1d6 + 5 bandits 47–48 2d4 dire wolves 49–50 2d4 bugbears 51–52 2d4 centaurs 53–54 3d10 blink dogs 55–56 1d4
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
merrenoloths can be coaxed away from the Lower Planes to captain other vessels, affording those ships and crews the same protection. Whenever a merrenoloth takes on a contract to captain a ship, it bonds
no obligation to fight. A merrenoloth’s first duty is always to its vessel. Lair Actions Any ship a merrenoloth is contracted to captain becomes the creature’s lair. When fighting on the ship, the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
. That’s where the killers are hiding.”
If Tarina is killed, the characters can deliver her body to Captain Zodge, who makes arrangements with a priest to cast speak with dead on the corpse. Once the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
statistics of a bandit captain, with these changes: Embric is neutral good. He has these racial traits: He can cast produce flame at will. (Constitution is his spellcasting ability, and he has a +4 bonus to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
through a magic gate into Undermountain. He then boarded the vessel, stole its spelljamming helm (the magic device that propels and steers the craft), and took the helm to level 23, leaving the captain
from its confines can sell it for 20,000 gp, minus 50 gp for each point of damage the ship has taken. CAPTAIN N'GHATHROD
The captain of the Scavenger is an illithid pirate named N’ghathrod. N’ghathrod
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
Monsters B - E Bandit Captain
Medium humanoid (any race), any non-lawful alignment
Armor Class 15 (studded leather)
Hit Points 65 (10d8 + 20)
Speed 30 ft.
STR
15(+2)
DEX
16(+3
two languages
Challenge 2 (450 XP)
Actions
Multiattack. The captain makes three melee attacks: two with its scimitar and one with its dagger. Or the captain makes two ranged attacks with its
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
escort them to the courtroom (area H5), where the magister is waiting. False Captain If Lord Cassalanter’s doppelganger valet is still at large, it kills a Watch captain and uses the victim’s uniform to
impersonate another Watch captain the characters have met before. Then, in the guise of Hyustus Staget (see “The Watch Arrives”), the doppelganger kills the guards in area H8 with its bare hands and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
supernatural gift (see chapter 7 of the Dungeon Master’s Guide) — a charm that allows a character to cast the Galder’s tower spell (see appendix E) once as an action. 3 A treant and a stone golem were
bandit captain), who are heading to the monastery to join its ranks. They possess rumors and fragments of a map, and are keen to steal the characters’ resources — especially if Gearbox the modron is present.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation Supplement
nest can be seen above the water. Tortles have tried numerous times to plunder the wreck, to no avail. With her dying breath, the ship’s captain pledged her soul to Orcus and was transformed into a
can find an airtight stone sarcophagus carved in the likeness of a demon with folded wings. The sarcophagus weighs 2,000 pounds, and its lid has an arcane lock spell cast on it. Opening the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
Castaway and shares a cursed item’s location with would-be rescuers.
3 Healer and passes off poisons as medicine.
4 Panic-spreading prophesier of doom.
5 Ship captain and delivers
and water.
Coven Magic. While within 30 feet of at least two hag allies, the hag can cast one of the following spells, requiring no Material components, using the spell’s normal casting time, and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
over. The Simulacrux warps magic in its proximity. Any spell cast within 30 feet of the arch automatically triggers a wild magic surge, the effect of which is determined by rolling percentile dice
. Hobgoblin Vanguard A hobgoblin captain named Kurlog has led a force of seven hobgoblins to this location. They are hunkered down behind scrap metal barricades sloppily arranged along the northwest ledge
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
go with food and other supplies throughout the day, watched closely by crew on deck. Map 11.1: The Grand Dame View Player Version The ship’s crew consists of a captain named Nelvin Storn (LE male
Tethyrian human bandit captain) and eight deckhands (NE male and female Tethyrian human bandits). An hour before dusk, a mob of commoners (thirty-two rowers, six chefs, six servers, a dozen card dealers
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
rudder is not attached to the ship’s wheel and is instead operated by a team of six vampire spawn, who turn it at the command of its dread captain. Pale Prow doesn’t sail under the sun, and its appearance
can say. Pale Prow is commanded by Captain Ineca Sufocan (LE male elf vampire), who sails from an island hidden by fog, where his harbor and mansion have fallen into disrepair. Ineca searches for a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
characters each have a round to cast a spell or drink a potion. But otherwise, the action is continuous. Dropping out from behind a dark cloud is an airship held aloft by a large balloon — emblazoned with
crew is made up of a female hobgoblin captain named Garla, six hobgoblins, six goblins, six smoke mephits, and a hippogriff (serving as the captain’s mount). All these creatures are recent mercenary
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
who runs a thieves’ guild out of a festhall. When a charming sea captain arrives with a hold full of booty from a faraway land, Sapphiria decides to steal it. Zaniness ensues when she falls in love
with the first mate, who is half her age, while the captain falls in love with her. On one side of the stage is a backdrop resembling the deck of a ship; the other side is decorated to look like a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
adopted daughter close by. When determining Vlonwelv’s starting location, assume Zress accompanies her. If you have Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes, use the drow house captain stat block in that book to
throws against being charmed, and magic can’t put her to sleep. She has darkvision out to a range of 120 feet. She can innately cast dancing lights at-will, and darkness, faerie fire, and levitate(self
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Handbook whenever a spell is cast within the zone) 4 Boulder carved with talking faces 5 Crystal cave that mystically answers questions 6 Ancient tree containing a trapped spirit 7–8 Battlefield where
nowhere near water 14–15 Haunted hill or barrow mound 16 River ferry guided by a skeletal captain 17 Field of petrified soldiers or other creatures 18 Forest of petrified or awakened trees 19 Canyon containing a dragons’ graveyard 20 Floating earth mote with a tower on it
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
are type 3 yuan-ti malisons, with these changes: Add the following to the list of spells that the yuan-ti can innately cast at will: eldritch blast (2 beams; +5 to hit; 1d10 + 3 force damage per beam
Atazi (LE female Chultan human bandit) was a pirate aboard the Dragonfang. Captain Elok Jaharwon threw Zilla overboard for insubordination. The yuan-ti captured her after she washed ashore.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
House Orien. If it moves along the water or through the air, it’s likely connected to House Lyrandar. Both houses license independent agents, so the captain of a mundane galleon won’t necessarily be a
same quality and duration. Teleportation is the swiftest form of travel, but also the most limited. An Orien heir with the Greater Mark of Passage can cast teleportation circle once per day; most major