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Eberron: Rising from the Last War
in combat, Rak Tulkhesh roars in rage as new weapons are spawned from his body, called forth by the Rage of War to slaughter all who dare stand before him.
Khyber Shards. Rak Tulkhesh's soul is
cities, the hatred against warforged and Cyran refugees, the calls for a return to war — all these things bear the mark of Rak Tulkhesh's malign influence.
Minions of Rak Tulkhesh. Any organization that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
any other creatures that cross their path while shrieking “Sacrifices for Yeenoghu!” in their own tongue. (Even if no one in the party speaks Gnoll, the name of the demon lord is clearly recognizable.) Development Sounds of combat or calls from the gnolls might attract their pack mates in areas 2B and 5.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
to investigate the boat, delaying that hero’s arrival in Grakenok. The dingy is doomed, but its lone sailor is easily saved. This precocious human commoner calls himself Kai and is impressed by whoever
want to sneak by the creature, they must succeed on a DC 10 group Dexterity (Stealth) check, or the monster notices them and attacks. If the characters engage the creature in combat, they’re delayed in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
dangerous place to be avoided, and saying that the tower is a private residence that cannot be entered. He does not force the issue, however. Saeth calls for reinforcements if he is attacked or if
anyone tries to forcibly enter the abandoned shrine or the tower. If the characters are intent on starting this part of the adventure with combat, you might lead off with a challenging fight against the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
perceiving the monsters from a distance. Of course, you also have the freedom to adjust the numbers, but it’s important to remember that not every encounter involving a monster needs to result in combat
include entries for what the Dungeon Master’s Guide calls “encounters of a less monstrous nature.” Many of these results cry out to be customized or detailed, which offers you an opportunity to connect
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
one faction of fish-folk from the other, but they see the archpriest of the Sea Mother and his whip moving toward the altar. Bloppblippodd calls for the sacrifices to be brought forth, and one kuo-toa
, while the guards that brought the characters forward stand in shock. They are surprised and can’t move or take an action on their first turn of the combat, and they can’t take reactions until that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice & Errata
effect that calls for a damage roll (including Magic Missile) even if the damage roll is not preceded by an attack roll. Which Spell Scrolls can Bards understand—spells from the Bard list only, or
, does using Combat Inspiration’s Offense feature mean that the Bardic Inspiration die counts as a damage die for purposes of Critical Hits? Yes.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
creature or group, the DM determines whether the adventurers or their foes might be surprised when combat erupts. See the Combat section for more about surprise. Other Activities Characters who turn their
group from becoming lost, making a Wisdom (Survival) check when the DM calls for it. (The Dungeon Master’s Guide has rules to determine whether the group gets lost.) Draw a Map. The character can draw
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
dramatic locations. Action doesn’t have to mean combat, but ensuring that the world is in constant motion around the player characters is a good way to keep their interest high. Kicking Off the Action When
-packed ways to get things moving. Story Kickoff d6 Event 1 On a quiet night, the tavern door bursts open and a group of soldiers calls for one of the party members by name. 2 An explosion rocks a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
creature or group, the DM determines whether the adventurers or their foes might be surprised when combat erupts. See chapter 9 for more about surprise. Other Activities Characters who turn their
from becoming lost, making a Wisdom (Survival) check when the DM calls for it. (The Dungeon Master’s Guide has rules to determine whether the group gets lost.) Draw a Map. The character can draw a map
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice Compendium
. You can use Cutting Words to reduce the damage from any effect that calls for a damage roll (including magic missile) even if the damage roll is not preceded by an attack roll. Can a bard replace
that has a bard spell on it—including spells gained from the Magical Secrets feature, which are treated as bard spells for that character. Does using College of Valor’s Combat Inspiration add to the damage of an attack count as a damage die for purposes of critical hits? Yes.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
combat here, leaving their prisoners tied up in those rooms. Abyssal Circle. The script around the circle is written in Abyssal. Anyone who understands the language and succeeds on a DC 15 Intelligence
his head. (His weapons, shirt, and armor lie in a pile in the northeast corner.)
Sylkress. Unless she is drawn to area 7c by sounds of combat there, a female drow elite warrior named Sylkress
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a3
. She retreats from close combat and conceals herself in the water. The nereid has a pet named Chac, a giant lightning eel (see appendix B). If she calls to Chac for aid, she does so on her turn when
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Redcloak Battalion The soldiers of the Redcloak Battalion number among the deadliest warriors in Breland. When a situation calls for extreme military force, law enforcers turn to the Redcloak
missions across Khorvaire to provide you with combat experience as well as to further Redcloak goals. Alternatively, your DM might decide to start the campaign with your characters at a higher level and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
combat, roaring in appreciation each time the characters pull off effective attacks or flashy spells. But if seriously hurt, the dragon quickly calls for a truce.
18 Each round of combat with the
encounter with a dragon needs to involve combat, let alone an all-out fight to the death. Maybe the characters are trying to help a kobold Keeper of Dragons retrieve a wyrmling kidnapped by a gang of
Magic Items
Infernal Machine Rebuild
. The first time during a combat that a creature attacks you with a metal weapon, that creature has disadvantage on the attack roll.
Metal rusts in response to your touch—including metal armor you
you move, a magical voice calls out your direction and how far you’ve gone. The voice cannot be silenced or stopped.
14
You constantly see afterimages of all events that occurred within 30
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
exhibit behavior and use tactics that exemplify that outlook (or lack of one). Whether in combat or in daily life, the following principles guide the yuan-ti in all they do. Other Lives Are Cheap Yuan
others; they don’t espouse the sort of evil that calls for them to butcher or eradicate all who oppose them. In keeping with their goal of domination, the yuan-ti would rather capture potentially useful
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
camp and tries to ambush the characters after combat begins. Development. If the scout is freed, they report that the Dragon Army has split its forces to attack communities across Hinterlund and
are exhausted and have recently seen battle. If the soldiers spot the characters, their leader calls a halt and approaches the characters. Characters quickly recognize Cudgel Ironsmile (introduced in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
nonlethal combat. Without a unifying leader, a Reghed tribe is more fractured and vulnerable to its enemies. Thus, chieftains are motivated to name one among them who rules above all. A chieftain who
against Isarr. Although Isarr calls himself the Wolf King, few others in the Wolf tribe support him in that claim.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver
to Kost, even by calling out a greeting or answering his questions during combat, he temporarily calls off his zombies. The Red Wizard is not particularly aggressive, and he is willing to strike a deal
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
reptiles. You know, reasonable options.
Tasha
Your group serves as a team of soldiers in a larger military force, one dedicated to combat missions or other dangerous tasks. You could be a band of
-scarred officer who experienced horrors in combat. They rely on something to dull the pain of their memories or wounds, from a favorite writer’s prose to a distracting vice. 2 Taskmaster. This angry
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
calls in a nasal voice. “Do you come for trade or war?”
This area is lightly obscured by mist and steam. The clockwork machines are three maschin-i-bozorgs (see appendix B), created by the kagu
the Kagu-Svirfneblin. Combat with the kagu-svirfneblin and their maschin-i-bozorgs is likely to end poorly for the characters, and any characters who fought the maschin-i-bozorg in area F3 recognize
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
their “son.” The hags roam around this tier. Though Indifferent to the characters, as allies of Xabazhut, they interfere with whatever the characters do. If engaged in combat, the hags try to escape
powerful adventurers in combat. As soon as a hag takes damage, the hag flees, hoping to interfere with the characters’ activities elsewhere on this tier. G15: Bog of the Green Hags A murky grove grows
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
dismembered combat robot clutter a workbench in this workshop. 6 The last page of a crew member’s journal mentions a brush with an “escaped specimen” on one of the lower decks. 7 1d4 Humanoid skeletons
. At the start of the third round of combat, a combat robot appears in the eastern hallway, sirens blaring. If the cloaker is still alive, the robot quickly moves to slay it. If the characters defeat
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
Hill Giants outside the dragon’s lair notice the sounds of rock tossing or combat in this cave. If the giants aren’t aware of the characters’ presence, one giant investigates, situating itself outside
are belligerent Galeb Duhr relaxing while rolled up. If they notice the characters, they arise and begin combat. Dead Gnome. As a Search action, a character can examine the dead gnome and make a DC
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
3 rounds later from area V7. If it’s close enough to the bonfire, the verbeeg can use his action to try to shove a creature into the flames (see “Shoving a Creature” in the combat chapter of the
mug made of a cut-off section of horn, with an antler handle added, upright and centered.
The ogre can never remember its name, so the verbeeg calls it “Friend.” It has fully recovered from its
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
your disgusting limbs! Embrace Gzemnid’s globular perfection!” When a character kills a monster. “Unworthy, but we accept your offering!” When a character calls on the power of a deity or patron to
this chapter, consider adding the following additional challenges after a round or two of combat: Additional Foes. If an encounter features several of the same creature, have one more of that creature or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
him. In truth, Stillmarsh is a vampire (NE male Tethyrian human) whom Nalaskur occasionally calls upon to dispose of unwanted guests. Stillmarsh has an agreement with Nalaskur not to feed on locals or
warriors awaken to the sound of any loud disturbance. All the tribe members are hostile toward interlopers. A manticore also calls the cavern home. Having formed a tenuous alliance with the Black Lion
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
” section), and has counter-bribed the militia that Dory has paid off, so that they ignore calls for help from the warehouse. No patrol ever arrives, forcing Mr. Dory to rely solely on his own guards and
cunning and clever. If combat breaks out here, he remains hidden in the water while the skum do the fighting. He makes a Dexterity (Stealth) check in an attempt to hide. As long as he remains unnoticed
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a6
enters combat to show off for his admirers. He will not call for help unless his current hit points drop to less than half of his hit point maximum. On the round when this happens, he begins to shout
unchallenged. 23. Guard Room A huge horn rests upon the small table in the center of the room; blowing it calls the dire wolves. Eight stools and two benches line the walls, and a sheaf of eighteen
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
bonus action on its first turn in combat, each helmed horror drops its glass lance (which shatters on the floor) and conjures a longsword-sized blade of fire, which appears in its free hand. The helmed
Ghalasine.
A scratchy voice from the fireplace calls out, “Visitors? Visitors! Please, over here!”
Charmayne trapped a drow diplomat named Jalynvyr Nir’Thinn in the fireplace, from which he can’t escape
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
in the Hive Ward: Bleak Cabal. Within the Gatehouse, members of the Bleak Cabal reject the philosophies of other factions, believing the multiverse is devoid of meaning. Bleakers combat their
lookout for fugitives. Repeated calls for reconstruction go ignored in the Hall of Speakers. CoupleOfKooks “You are all tallow for my flames.”
–Ignus, Hands of Havoc arsonist
Smoldering Corpse Bar
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
. If they do notice it, the spy’s goal is usually escape, not combat. A secondary goal for a spy might be to acquire some physical object—a possession, an article of clothing, or even some part of a
travel to the Blue Water Inn in Vallaki to meet “some new friends.” It then flies off in the direction of the town. Werewolves If the werewolves are in human form, read: A deep voice calls out, “Who
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
away from open hostilities with Thay. With the restoration of the Weave, the ongoing changes to the political landscape, and calls for elven independence within the nation, it is unclear what sort of
populace. Where once a long royal line sat its throne and ruled over a unified kingdom, now a Grand Council sits around a table and struggles to combat the presence of demons, and demon worship, within the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
, protrude from the wall at the rear of the alcove.
Brian Valenzuela Githyanki are holed up in the Briny
Maze, trying to figure out how to
combat its evils and escape alive A githyanki knight named
Charisma (Performance) checks. Shalfi digs beneath a loyal flesh meld (see appendix A) that he calls Jitterjaws. Jitterjaws was a gift from Ilvaash to Shalfi for his devotion. It is loyal to Shalfi, and