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Mythic Odysseys of Theros
Reactive. The giant can take one reaction on every turn in a combat.
Vigilant. The giant can't be surprised.Multiattack. The giant makes four longsword attacks or two rock attacks.
Longsword. Melee
territory across Theros, drawing strength from aspects of the world itself—from ancient stone and roiling flames to the depths of the seas and skies. Unlike many creatures of legend, most giants owe
Monsters
Monstrous Compendium Vol. 2: Dragonlance Creatures
", "rollAction":"Claw", "rollDamageType":"slashing"} slashing damage.
Firestorm Breath (Recharge 5–6);{"diceNotation":"1d6", "rollType":"recharge", "rollAction":"Firestorm Breath"}. Ember exhales roiling
weapon is a molten storm of ash and flame. In combat, Ember wears a set of magic plate armor that bolsters his already-impressive might, allowing him to annihilate entire cohorts with terrifying
Monsters
Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
legendary actions at the start of his turn.
Cast Spell. Halaster casts a spell of 3rd level or lower.
Spell Ward (Costs 2 Actions). Halaster expends a spell slot of 4th level or lower and gains 5
, however, Halaster is alert and attentive to the activities and preparations of all beings near him. He never willingly enters combat without first casting mage armor and mind blank on himself.As the
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Howler fur has certain arcane properties that are sought after by witches and warlocks for their various brews. Some Obojimans believe that a
tuft of howler fur that is burned in a fireplace can ward off evil spirits. Howler fur can be found snagged on bramble thickets, along game trails, and near howler camps within and around the forests and caves where they dwell.
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Nobblewort is a fairly common lichen whose bumpy, knobbly texture gives it its name. You can often see a bundle of nobblewort hanging from the
eaves of many village houses as it is said to ward off bad luck and mischievous spirits. Nobblewort can be found clinging to most deciduous trees across the island.
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
scythe. Only a skilled and determined hero can hope to survive single combat with an orc.
Savage and fearless, orc tribes are ever in search of elves, dwarves, and humans to destroy. Motivated by their
while learning to fight, to survive in the wild, and to fear the gods.
The children that can’t endure the rigors of a life of combat are culled from the main body of the tribe, taken into the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
Converted Windmill: Spring The key that the characters found in the mausoleum leads them to an old windmill in the Southern Ward. Volkarr Kibbens and Urlaster Ghann (NE male Illuskan human commoners
) are hiding out in a secure apartment on the upper floor (area W7). In combat, they wield shovels that deal damage as clubs. Each carries 3d6 gp in a pouch. Volkarr and Urlaster were recently hired by
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
Sahuagin Hatchling Swarm Roiling through the waters in The Final Enemy, these swarms of sahuagin hatchlings are dangerous to any creatures they encounter. Other sahuagin avoid the swarms, while the
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Challenge 3 (700 XP)
Blood Frenzy. The swarm has advantage on melee attack rolls against any creature that doesn’t have all its hit points.
Seething. Once it enters combat, the swarm deals 10 slashing
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Deep Ethereal To reach the Deep Ethereal, one needs a plane shift spell or arrive by means of a gate spell or magical portal. Visitors to the Deep Ethereal are engulfed by roiling mist. Scattered
simple act of will, it’s impossible to measure speed and hard to track the passage of time. A trip between planes through the Deep Ethereal takes 1d10 × 10 hours, regardless of the origin and destination. In combat, however, creatures are considered to move at their normal speeds.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
Lower Ward Industrial smog and fumes blanket the Lower Ward, a noisy tangle of bellowing forges, magical refineries, and alchemical emissions. Cobblers, smiths, and smelters gravitate to the ward
worth buying. Day in and day out, they wade through the ward’s dreary miasma to trade shifts at workshops that never stop. The Lower Ward is the beating heart of Sigil—an engine of creation that refines
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
impossible, but savvy characters might be able to use the battlefield’s geography to avoid combat. The characters must make three group Dexterity (Stealth) or Wisdom (Survival) checks to navigate the
22 (4d10) poison damage plus 22 (4d10) fire damage from the noxious gas and flames roiling across the battlefield. After making these ability checks, the characters stumble into a battle between six
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
Cellar Complex: Autumn The characters have been encouraged to explore a Xanathar Guild hideout under the Southern Ward. They enter the location through area B1. The Xanathar Guild Roster table
and then stops working. If combat breaks out in the cellar complex, Thorvin Twinbeard flees up the stairs in area B8 and uses a key to unlock the door leading outside. He has no loyalty to the other
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
, they’re willing to thumb their noses at local authorities and risk death in pursuit of the Stone of Golorr. Summary The stone is delivered to Thrakkus, a dragonborn butcher in the Field Ward (encounter
10, “Converted Windmill”). Thrakkus hides the stone in one of his meat deliveries. The characters follow the delivery cart to an alley in the Trades Ward where Zhents meet in secret (encounter 1
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
Hive Ward Neglected by the dabus and the generosity of other wards, the Hive Ward has fallen into disrepair. Its buildings are lopsided hodgepodges of architectural styles and materials, their floors
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
coming for you.” Flaw. “My friends would say I’m inflexible. The truth is, I like things done a certain way.” Combat Notes Mercion counts on her armor to protect her as she administers healing. She uses
2/day each: command, create food and water, cure wounds, faerie fire, hold person, revivify
1/day: death ward
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monstrous Compendium Volume Two
Dragon Army. Empowered by Takhisis herself, Ember’s innate fire can sear those nearby, and his breath weapon is a molten storm of ash and flame. In combat, Ember wears a set of magic plate armor that
) slashing damage.
Firestorm Breath (Recharge 5–6). Ember exhales roiling flames and ash in a 90-foot cone. Each creature in that area must make a DC 22 Dexterity saving throw. On a failed save, a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
Theater: Autumn At the end of their previous encounter, the characters are no closer to finding the Stone of Golorr. Jarlaxle is waiting for them at the Seven Masks Theater in the Dock Ward. The
arrested by the City Watch for theft and taken to a courthouse in the Castle Ward to face the judgment of a magister. No doubt he hid the stone before his capture. You must speak to him right away
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
ward, for example—bullywugs who feel as if he has abandoned them are likely to leap away into the mere and never come back. If Pharblex is killed, most bullywugs desert immediately. The lizardfolk are
and let the bullywugs bear the brunt of combat and casualties. If the lizardfolk have been won over to fighting alongside the characters, then they hunt bullywugs through the castle and grounds and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
ward, for example — bullywugs who feel as if he has abandoned them are likely to leap away into the mere and never come back. If Pharblex is killed, most bullywugs desert immediately. The lizardfolk
back and let the bullywugs bear the brunt of combat and casualties. If the lizardfolk have been won over to fighting alongside the characters, then they hunt bullywugs through the castle and grounds
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Astral Adventurer’s Guide
wererat named Maya. Xenotermination, Ltd. This small group of highly capable combat specialists and spellcasters makes a living by hiring themselves out to capture or kill formidable Wildspace creatures
groups. Since then, many of these neighborhoods came to overlap as they merged into the roiling expanse of the Low City, though the name and a bit of the character of each remains. Three of these
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
Giants A spectrum of giants claims territory across Theros, drawing strength from aspects of the world itself—from ancient stone and roiling flames to the depths of the seas and skies. Unlike many
one reaction on every turn in a combat.
Vigilant. The giant can’t be surprised.
Actions
Multiattack. The giant makes four longsword attacks or two rock attacks.
Longsword. Melee Weapon Attack
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
sailors are Celestials instead of Humanoids) are lounging here. The sailors are indifferent to the characters but jump into combat to protect themselves and their fellows. These sailors were lackeys
front of the ship. During the Lambent Zenith’s crash, arcane wards should have sealed the safe room’s doors. The safe room is inaccessible while the wards are active. Ward Runes. Two runes hidden on the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes of the Borderlands
entrance extend into the cave.
A character who examines the symbols and succeeds on a DC 13 Intelligence (Arcana) check recognizes them as arcane runes designed to ward the cave against magical
a failed check, the nothic and its sword start combat. C6: Cell Iron bars divide this chamber, forming a cell to the south. Flies buzz around a corpse sprawled on the floor of the cell.
The cell is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Deep Ethereal, one typically needs a Plane Shift spell, a Gate spell, or a magical portal. Visitors to the Deep Ethereal are engulfed by roiling mist. Scattered throughout the plane are curtains of
of time. A trip through the Deep Ethereal takes 1d10 × 10 hours from one curtain to another, regardless of the origin and destination. In combat, creatures move at their normal speeds. Ether Cyclones
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
prefer to communicate via telepathy and use their telepathy when issuing commands to their thralls. When an illithid meets strong resistance, it avoids initial combat as it orders its thralls to attack
Intelligence (save DC 15, +7 to hit with spell attacks). The mind flayer has the following wizard spells prepared:
Cantrips (at will): blade ward, dancing lights, mage hand, shocking grasp
1st
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
activities and preparations of all beings near him. He never willingly enters combat without first casting mage armor and mind blank on himself. Halaster Blackcloak
Medium humanoid (human), chaotic
start of his turn.
Cast Spell. Halaster casts a spell of 3rd level or lower.
Spell Ward (Costs 2 Actions). Halaster expends a spell slot of 4th level or lower and gains 5 temporary hit points per level of the slot.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Giants of the Star Forge
veins of magma. One pillar glows notably brighter than the others. A runestone halfway up the brightly glowing pillar is cracked.
The runestones embedded in these pillars form a magical ward. This ward
stays close to the furnace, knowing that her immunity to its intense heat and blinding radiance gives her an edge in case of combat. If attacked, she fights to the bitter end, knowing that to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
operation out of a heavily guarded warehouse in the Dock Ward, offering loans to those in need of coin. Her interest rates are comparable to those of her competitors (including noble families of bankers such
, setting up a cover in the Trades Ward in the form of a cramped little shop called Weirdbottle’s Concoctions. Most of his potions and elixirs are nonmagical, but he crafts magical ones for his Zhent
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
without being caught by guards. In battle she poses a potent threat, creating blasts of flame and striking with magical force in both melee and ranged combat. She spends her time contemplating the web
her neck and across her shoulder blades reads, “Endless dreams entombed in stone.” Flames. A roiling storm of brilliant flames covers her back and ribs. Shroud. Black and gray smoke and shadows coil
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
seek greater power to combat a formidable threat, they suppress their basic nature and come together to do their work. The result is a coven. Being part of a coven gives each individual hag more
, inflict wounds 2nd level (3 slots): gentle repose, ray of enfeeblement 3rd level (3 slots): animate dead, revivify, speak with dead 4th level (3 slots): blight, death ward 5th level (2 slots): contagion
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Prisoner 13
without being caught by guards. In battle she poses a potent threat, creating blasts of flame and striking with magical force in both melee and ranged combat. She spends her time contemplating the web
her neck and across her shoulder blades reads, “Endless dreams entombed in stone.” Flames. A roiling storm of brilliant flames covers her back and ribs. Shroud. Black and gray smoke and shadows coil
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
purpose. The longer dragons stay with a lauth, the more wards they receive. Most hidecarved dragons have one of these wards plus an additional ward for each age category above wyrmling. You can roll for
these effects on the Hidecarved Wards table or choose effects as you wish. Hidecarved dragons adorn their scales with mystic words Hidecarved Wards d6 Ward Effect
1 Immutability. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
the characters, although it’s big enough to hold only two adults.) Tying a wooden horn to one’s head also bypasses the pool’s magical ward. On a small island in the middle of the lake, the characters
, Sylvan
Challenge 1/4 (50 XP) Proficiency Bonus +2
False Appearance. If Squirt is motionless at the start of combat, it has advantage on its initiative roll. Moreover, if a creature hasn’t observed
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
cave’s entrance, but she assures the characters she’ll rearm the pit trap at the cave’s mouth to ward off intruders. Bluemaw Cave Features The cave is carved from igneous rock. Its entrance sports a
creature has sunk. Grick Alpha. If combat breaks out, a grick alpha and two gricks that were dozing in the sand emerge in a random space adjacent to the quicksand. They indiscriminately attack any
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a5
pillars, all carved of black jet. Glowing arcane runes surround the top edge of this shrine. Between the pillars, an unconscious humanoid is suspended in a roiling field of golden light.
Thereafter, you
to create opportunities for interesting interactions. If combat statistics become necessary, a helpless Chosen has AC 10, has 5 hit points, and makes checks and saving throws with a +0 modifier. If