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Kelek

Monsters The Wild Beyond the Witchlight

. “I must have Ringlerun’s staff! With it, the League of Malevolence will be unstoppable!” Flaw. “I trust no one, nor am I trustworthy.” Combat Notes Kelek uses Arcane

Defense to bolster his low Armor Class whenever possible, and his challenge rating is a reflection of the likelihood that he will use Fiery Explosion as often as he can. If one or more of his allies

Eldritch Knight Legacy

Classes Player’s Handbook (2014)

focus their study on two of the eight schools of magic: abjuration and evocation. Abjuration spells grant an Eldritch Knight additional protection in battle, and evocation spells deal damage to many

foes at once, extending the fighter’s reach in combat. These knights learn a comparatively small number of spells, committing them to memory instead of keeping them in a spellbook.

War Caster Legacy

Feats Player’s Handbook (2014)

You have practiced casting spells in the midst of combat, learning techniques that grant you the following benefits: You have advantage on Constitution saving throws that you make to maintain your

Monk Legacy

Classes Basic Rules (2014)

. Whatever their discipline, monks are united in their ability to magically harness the energy that flows in their bodies. Whether channeled as a striking display of combat prowess or a subtler focus of

landscapes of the worlds of D&D, tiny refuges from the flow of ordinary life, where time seems to stand still. The monks who live there seek personal perfection through contemplation and rigorous

Paladin Legacy

Classes Basic Rules (2014)

darkness, and to hunt the forces of evil wherever they lurk. Different paladins focus on various aspects of the cause of righteousness, but all are bound by the oaths that grant them power to do their

skills of combat, mastering a variety of weapons and armor. Even so, their martial skills are secondary to the magical power they wield: power to heal the sick and injured, to smite the wicked and the

Cleric Legacy

Classes Basic Rules (2014)

power of the gods, flowing from them into the world. Clerics are conduits for that power, manifesting it as miraculous effects. The gods don’t grant this power to everyone who seeks it, but only

their combat training to let them wade into melee with the power of the gods on their side. Divine Agents Not every acolyte or officiant at a temple or shrine is a cleric. Some priests are called to

Roguish Archetypes

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)

Roguish Archetypes Rogues have many features in common, including their emphasis on perfecting their skills, their precise and deadly approach to combat, and their increasingly quick reflexes. But

different rogues steer those talents in varying directions, embodied by the rogue archetypes. Your choice of archetype is a reflection of your focus — not necessarily an indication of your chosen profession, but a description of your preferred techniques.

Roguish Archetypes

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)

Roguish Archetypes Rogues have many features in common, including their emphasis on perfecting their skills, their precise and deadly approach to combat, and their increasingly quick reflexes. But

different rogues steer those talents in varying directions, embodied by the rogue archetypes. Your choice of archetype is a reflection of your focus — not necessarily an indication of your chosen profession, but a description of your preferred techniques.

Use of Magic

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Divine Contention

adjudicate such spells outside of combat is to grant an ad-hoc benefit to the party (see “Narrative Combat”). If a spell creates a powerful effect that sways the course of the battle, consider granting the caster’s side an additional victory.

Goblin Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

and know the most about the territory farthest from the tribe’s lair. These individuals hunt game in peaceful times, and in combat they serve as scouts, foot soldiers, and cavalry. Gatherers

Khurgorbaeyag seems to dislike sharing his divine power with his followers. And although many goblins would readily offer anything to have the abilities of a warlock, the patrons that grant such power

Journey to the Nether Mountains

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

Journey to the Nether Mountains The journey from Waterdeep to the Nether Mountains is more than six hundred miles. Otaaryliakkarnos is willing to grant the characters the special boon of flying them

, they might pass through some of these ruined settlements, or encounter cult marauders, brigands, refugees, and chromatic dragons bent on destruction. Use your own discretion when choosing how many combat encounters the journey should encompass.

The Cause of Righteousness

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)

they lurk. Different paladins focus on various aspects of the cause of righteousness, but all are bound by the oaths that grant them power to do their sacred work. Although many paladins are devoted to

gods of good, a paladin’s power comes as much from a commitment to justice itself as it does from a god. Paladins train for years to learn the skills of combat, mastering a variety of weapons and

Journey to the Nether Mountains

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

Journey to the Nether Mountains The journey from Waterdeep to the Nether Mountains is more than six hundred miles. Otaaryliakkarnos is willing to grant the characters the special boon of flying them

, they might pass through some of these ruined settlements, or encounter cult marauders, brigands, refugees, and chromatic dragons bent on destruction. Use your own discretion when choosing how many combat encounters the journey should encompass.

The Cause of Righteousness

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)

they lurk. Different paladins focus on various aspects of the cause of righteousness, but all are bound by the oaths that grant them power to do their sacred work. Although many paladins are devoted to

gods of good, a paladin’s power comes as much from a commitment to justice itself as it does from a god. Paladins train for years to learn the skills of combat, mastering a variety of weapons and

War Caster

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)

War Caster Prerequisite: The ability to cast at least one spell You have practiced casting spells in the midst of combat, learning techniques that grant you the following benefits: You have advantage

Narrative Combat

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Divine Contention

Narrative Combat Instead of resolving the battle with miniatures, you’ll guide your players through a series of tough dilemmas, each leading to a different battlefield encounter. Their actions on the

Victory”). If your players use clever tactics during the battle, grant them one or more of the following benefits, as appropriate: Their enemies are frightened for one or more rounds. The players

Living Steel and Stone

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron

based on the purpose for which it was designed. A juggernaut warrior is a massive brute with a heavy steel frame, while a skirmisher can be crafted from wood and light mithral to grant it lithe and

humanoids. A warforged can focus its mind on its body as it rests, adjusting its shape and form to assume one of a few defensive postures. A warforged who expects heavy combat might focus on durability, while during a time of peace they might be content to adopt a lighter, less aggressive form.

Healers and Warriors

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)

gods don’t grant this power to everyone who seeks it, but only to those chosen to fulfill a high calling. Harnessing divine magic doesn’t rely on study or training. A cleric might learn formulaic prayers

most from a mace to the head, clerics depend on their combat training to let them wade into melee with the power of the gods on their side.

Healers and Warriors

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)

gods don’t grant this power to everyone who seeks it, but only to those chosen to fulfill a high calling. Harnessing divine magic doesn’t rely on study or training. A cleric might learn formulaic prayers

most from a mace to the head, clerics depend on their combat training to let them wade into melee with the power of the gods on their side.

Divine Ordeals

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros

ordeal is as simple as calling out one’s intention to the god: “Erebos, I request an ordeal!” The gods grant ordeals only to those they consider worthy. The hero need not be a worshiper of the god

grant a champion one ordeal in their lifetime—allowing more only under exceptional circumstances. A god might test multiple members of a group, confronting each with their own ordeals. Alternatively

Ghostly Events

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

Events d6 Event 1 A sudden gust of wind extinguishes any open flames. 2 A character sees their own reflection age in a puddle or pane of glass. 3 Books hurl themselves from a

Thalivar’s ghost in combat is difficult, so the players are better off finding a way to lay it to rest using the clues in the tower. TOWER FEATURES The House of Thalivar is an 80-foot-tall stone tower

The Scrivener's Mark

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries

Benefit: You can speak, read, and write Sylvan, and magic can’t put you to sleep. Drawback: You no longer cast a reflection or a shadow. 2 Benefit: You can cast the message cantrip at will, no

grant you resistance or immunity to such damage are suppressed. 5 Drawback: If the Princess of the Shadow Glass has not been released from her prison by the time your mark reaches this level, you

Dragon Turtle

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

open water, and a surfacing dragon turtle is sometimes mistaken for the reflection of the sun or moon on the waves. Dragons of the Deep. Like true dragons, dragon turtles collect treasure, first by

(Recharge 5–6). The dragon turtle exhales scalding steam in a 60-foot cone. Each creature in that area must make a DC 18 Constitution saving throw, taking 52 (15d6) fire damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one. Being underwater doesn’t grant resistance against this damage.

Worshiping Mogis

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros

with his own ferocity, remaking him as a reflection of Mogis’s wrath and an engine of destruction in combat. This warrior became the first minotaur, and many minotaurs still worship Mogis, as he is

a single being, the act of war personified. But the inherent tension between honor and brutality in combat led to a dichotomy of purpose too great for a single god to reconcile. Ripping himself apart

Undersigil

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel

cake are cursed. Over 1d4 hours, a cursed creature’s head takes on fiendish aspects. At the end of this time, the creature dies, and its head tears from its body as a hostile vargouille reflection

reduced to 0 hit points, a hostile vargouille reflection sprouts from their corpse. Portals Each of the lettered sewer pipes on map 2.1 contains a portal to one of the others in this room. The pipes are

Lurking Danger

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries

abnormally across the floor to reach for them. Characters who view themselves in a reflection momentarily see the face of a lost loved one or a hated enemy instead of their own. The hair on their arms and

prefer to stay in their nest until nightfall, though they sometimes hunt on overcast days. The meenlocks avoid combat with a well-armed group of foes. If the characters don’t split up on their own, the

Kelek

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

. “Kindness is just another word for weakness.” Bond. “I must have Ringlerun’s staff! With it, the League of Malevolence will be unstoppable!” Flaw. “I trust no one, nor am I trustworthy.” Combat Notes

Kelek uses Arcane Defense to bolster his low Armor Class whenever possible, and his challenge rating is a reflection of the likelihood that he will use Fiery Explosion as often as he can. If one or more

50. Mirror of Life Trapping

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation

30 feet of the mirror that sees its reflection must succeed on a DC 15 Charisma saving throw or be imprisoned within one of the mirror’s twelve extradimensional cells, along with anything it is wearing

the Dungeon Master’s Guide for the mirror’s statistics.) Rather than running combat with so many creatures, assume that only the invisible stalker and the troll attack the party initially. The other

Initiative Variants

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

Initiative Variants This section offers different ways to handle initiative. Initiative Score With this optional rule, creature don’t roll initiative at the start of combat. Instead, each creature

completed their turns. If more than two sides take part in a battle, each side rolls for initiative. Sides act from the highest roll to lowest. Combat continues in the initiative order until the battle

Battle of High Hill

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen

the characters to the hill, they may be wounded during combat but should survive the battle. Other spectators, like Mayor Raven and Cudgel, are far enough away that they won’t reach the battlefield

-turning conflicts. At the edge of each mapped battlefield encounter and beyond is a region called the Fray. The Fray is an interpretation of the dangers of combat, from clashing combatants to

The Infernal Machine of Lum the Mad

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

determination, giving you hints of potential future events. For example, your sword might become suddenly bloodstained to warn of an upcoming combat encounter, your clothes might become damp to warn of

Combat

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice Compendium

Combat Does surprise happen outside the initiative order as a special surprise round? No, here’s how surprise works. The first step of any combat is this: the DM determines whether anyone in the

combat is surprised (reread “Combat Step by Step” in the Player’s Handbook). This determination happens only once during a fight and only at the beginning. In other words, once a fight starts, you can’t

Rogue

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice Compendium

opportunity attack from you. If the requirements for Sneak Attack are met, your opportunity attack can benefit from that feature. Similarly, a fighter could use Commander’s Strike to grant you an attack on

stops being surprised at the end of its first turn in combat. Does the Thief’s Use Magic Device feature allow them to use spell scrolls? Yes. The intent is that a Thief can use spell scrolls with Use

Bladesinging

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide

with it grant the bladesinger more agility in combat. Snake. Practitioners of these styles use a flail, chain, or whip. Viper style uses a whip, despite its inelegance as a weapon, and has almost as

Bladesinging Bladesingers are elves who bravely defend their people and lands. They are elf wizards who master a school of sword fighting grounded in a tradition of arcane magic. In combat, a

Mages

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules

version), Mind Blank (cast before combat), Scrying, Teleport Bonus Actions Misty Step (3/Day). The mage casts Misty Step, using the same spellcasting ability as Spellcasting. Reactions Protective

throws against spells and other magical effects. Reactive. The marilith can take one Reaction on every turn of combat. Actions Multiattack. The marilith makes six Pact Blade attacks and uses

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