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Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
wintry lands, favoring snowy mountains. These hags become more active during winter, using their ice and weather magic to make life miserable for nearby settlements.
A bheur hag’s skin has the
staff that can be ridden like a flying broom and that augments the hag’s magic.
Bheur hags are attracted to selfish actions inspired by deadly cold, such as murdering a traveler for a winter coat
Monsters
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
ice with which to combat foes. These weapons are supernaturally resilient until Auril discards them, whereupon they break and melt like normal ice.
Auril the Frostmaiden
Auril the Frostmaiden is a
neutral evil lesser god of cold indifference who embodies winter’s cruelty. (For information on what defines a lesser god, see the “Divine Rank” sidebar in the Dungeon Master&rsquo
Monsters
Curse of Strahd
Ambusher. During the first round of combat, Pidlwick II has advantage on attack rolls against any creature that hasn't had a turn yet.Club. Melee Weapon Attack: +2;{"diceNotation":"1d20+2","rollType
more awkward than amusing.
A harsh winter trapped the duchess, her fool, and her fool's effigy in Castle Ravenloft for several months. The duchess subsequently succumbed to illness, after which Tatyana
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Spark plugs are used by potion makers to add in a small charge of magic, just enough to be a catalyst for a specific reaction. Most Obojimans
still have no idea what these strange items are, let alone where they come from but the rangers and rogues who do keep the information to themselves.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
Skill and Precision Rogues devote as much effort to mastering the use of a variety of skills as they do to perfecting their combat abilities, giving them a broad expertise that few other characters
comes to combat, rogues prioritize cunning over brute strength. A rogue would rather make one precise strike, placing it exactly where the attack will hurt the target most, than wear an opponent down
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
Skill and Precision Rogues devote as much effort to mastering the use of a variety of skills as they do to perfecting their combat abilities, giving them a broad expertise that few other characters
comes to combat, rogues prioritize cunning over brute strength. A rogue would rather make one precise strike, placing it exactly where the attack will hurt the target most, than wear an opponent down
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.
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.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
them in a dungeon environment, such as climbing, finding and disarming traps, and opening locks. In combat, Rogues prioritize subtle strikes over brute strength. They would rather make one precise
, 20 Arrows, Quiver, Thieves’ Tools, Burglar’s Pack, and 8 GP; or (B) 100 GP Rogues rely on cunning, stealth, and their foes’ vulnerabilities to get the upper hand in any situation. They have a knack
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
and disarming traps, and opening locks. In combat, Rogues prioritize subtle strikes over brute strength. They would rather make one precise strike than wear an opponent down with a barrage of blows
; or (B) 100 GP Rogues rely on cunning, stealth, and their foes’ vulnerabilities to get the upper hand in any situation. They have a knack for finding the solution to just about any problem. A few
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
their way. On adventures, a rogue is likely to mix an outwardly cautious approach — few rogues enjoy combat — with a ravenous hunger for loot. Most of the time, in a rogue’s mind, taking up arms
Bladecutter
When brute force won’t get the job done, or when magic isn’t available or appropriate, the rogue rises to the fore. With skills tied to stealth, subterfuge, and trickery, rogues can get
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
Character Creation Options Next are four chapters of character-focused content: Chapter 6: Rogue. This chapter provides advice and new magic items suited to bards, rangers, rogues, and other
characters who prioritize their skills. The “Rogues’ Gallery” section presents treacherous adversaries for when a player draws the Rogue card from the deck. Chapter 7: Sage. This chapter focuses on sorcerers
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
appropriate, reflecting their love of intrigue. Classes that specialize in melee combat are rare among the Zil. The soldiers of Zilargo include rogues, bards, wizards, and artificers. The Trust. In
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
Scout You are skilled in stealth and surviving far from the streets of a city, allowing you to scout ahead of your companions during expeditions. Rogues who embrace this archetype are at home in the
at 13th level, you excel at leading ambushes and acting first in a fight. You have advantage on initiative rolls. In addition, the first creature you hit during the first round of a combat becomes
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
Thief You hone your skills in the larcenous arts. Burglars, bandits, cutpurses, and other criminals typically follow this archetype, but so do rogues who prefer to think of themselves as professional
, you have become adept at laying ambushes and quickly escaping danger. You can take two turns during the first round of any combat. You take your first turn at your normal initiative and your second turn at your initiative minus 10. You can’t use this feature when you are surprised.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
Thief You hone your skills in the larcenous arts. Burglars, bandits, cutpurses, and other criminals typically follow this archetype, but so do rogues who prefer to think of themselves as professional
become adept at laying ambushes and quickly escaping danger. You can take two turns during the first round of any combat. You take your first turn at your normal initiative and your second turn at your initiative minus 10. You can’t use this feature when you are surprised.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
Bheur Hag Bheur hags live in wintry lands, favoring snowy mountains. These hags become more active during winter, using their ice and weather magic to make life miserable for nearby settlements. A
winter coat or chopping down a dryad’s grove for firewood. These actions are especially sweet to a bheur if they are unwarranted, such as a greedy merchant hoarding excess food for the winter while
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
some developing skills as clerics, rogues, wizards, or other classes. Such characters often come from the sage background and have proficiency in skills that reflect their studies, such as Arcana
this role, as are paladins—as long as they aren’t asked to do things that violate the tenets of their oaths. Marshal. Combat is the specialty of the Marshal, who focuses on enforcing the law of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
of assassination, abduction, or gathering information. A combination of combat prowess with stealth and interaction skills makes for well-prepared Hunters. Rangers and rogues prove particularly adept
cloak or disguise one’s appearance), and proficiency with skills such as Deception, Performance, and Sleight of Hand all greatly benefit the Chameleon. Bards and rogues, as well as characters with
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
armed with combat-oriented spells that supplement the knowledge-focused capabilities of the Scholar, preparing them to face those who guard the world’s greatest secrets. Morgrave University
skills. Bards and rogues make natural academic Financiers, as do those with the charlatan and noble backgrounds. Research Assistant. Whether their seeking to graduate, get published, or make their
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
Winter Encounter Chain Now is the winter of Waterdeep’s discontent. The Zhents who serve Manshoon believe their master to be all-powerful, which has made them reckless. Against a frigid backdrop
You can adjust the difficulty of a combat encounter by adding or subtracting monsters. If you need to increase the difficulty of an encounter that has already begun, have enemy reinforcements arrive
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
Rogues of a Different Feather Each of the many archetypes of the rogue offers a variety of features that can prove a boon to any Acquisitions Incorporated franchise. You might enjoy making a scene
ongoing operations. You also have a knack for finding weaknesses in enemies — not only in combat, but in a rival’s business plans as well. Mastermind Planning, tactics, misdirection, intrigue, sneak
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
out one skill or tool proficiency for another doesn’t make a character any stronger or weaker, but doing so can change the flavor of a class in subtle ways. For example, a prominent guild of rogues in
as a proficiency. You could even mandate that skill as one of the choices for rogues who belong to this guild. You can also change armor and weapon proficiencies to reflect certain aspects of your
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
-covered mountains. They become more active during winter, using their ice and weather magic to make life miserable for nearby settlements. A bheur hag’s skin is blue-white, like that of a person who
has frozen to death. Her hair is pale white, and she is emaciated, as if she were a person who had survived winter by eating bark and leather. Her eyes are pale and surrounded by dark, bruise-colored
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
group of stealthy characters moving slowly might be able to sneak past enemies that clumsier characters would alert. A pair of rogues moving at a slow pace are much harder to detect when they leave
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
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
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
can divert the characters’ attention away from the dragon and make a combat encounter more interesting—as well as more dangerous. See “Followers” earlier in this chapter for ideas about how the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
, and Thief subclasses.
Arcane Trickster Enhance Stealth with Arcane Spells
Some Rogues enhance their fine-honed skills of stealth and agility with spells, learning magical tricks to aid them in
Long Rest. BILLY CHRISTIAN Assassin Practice the Grim Art of Death An Assassin’s training focuses on using stealth, poison, and disguise to eliminate foes with deadly efficiency. While some Rogues who
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
potential for combat, while “Nature Spirits” presents a fun quest without the danger. The quests in this chapter are designed to get the characters exploring Ten-Towns and the nearby wilderness, while
interlopers.
5 In Dougan’s Hole, people live in fear of winter wolves that haunt the outskirts of the town. As big as horses they are, and smarter than normal wolves.
6 In Easthaven, they caught an
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
reasons. This character does the order’s dirty work and clears away its problems. It’s entirely possible for an entire party to be made up of Fixers, but rogues and fighters are especially well suited to
entertainer background into the service of their faith. Zealot. Dedicated to smiting the foes of the faith, the Zealot focuses on combat above all. Clerics, druids, and paladins make iconic Zealots, but
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
Battle Balloon Through the winter clouds that surround the castle on this desolate hill, you see a shape emerge. Something so gigantic, you can’t believe it can actually fly. Airships are relatively
rare in Acquisitions Incorporated, which is thought to hold no more than five in its fleet. But the unparalleled usefulness of these craft in commerce — and in combat — makes the company-standard
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
. Solitary mind flayers are likely rogues and outcasts. Most illithids belong to a colony of sibling mind flayers devoted to an elder brain — a massive brain-like being that resides in a briny pool
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
death. As his life was fading, the spirit of a frost druid beholden to Auril possessed him. The winter spirit cannibalized Sephek’s spirit and is using him as a living vessel to do the Frostmaiden’s work
. The spirit can’t leave Sephek’s body; if Sephek dies, the winter spirit is destroyed along with him. Auril inspired Sephek to travel to Ten-Towns and offer his services to Torrga Icevein. As Hlin
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a6
passage that leads south. If combat goes against the giant, he flees through this passage to give a warning of intruders to the guards at areas 9 and 10. The room contains piles of hides, a giant sack, and
combat here and rush to aid his comrade (and vice versa). 2. Guardroom Ice Cave One frost giant waits here on standby guard. On the floor of the cave are a pile of sleeping skins and two bags. The guard
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
wafts through the palace’s open doorway.
Four winter wolves stand between you and Paliset Hall. After welcoming guests to the gala, the wolves insist on checking invitations once more before allowing
anyone into the palace.
A gnome adventurer acquires
the shard solitaire necklace and a key
belonging to Paliset Hall’s head of staff The four winter wolves are soon joined by the two winter
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
Pidlwick’s abilities, and it failed to entertain anyone. Even though Pidlwick himself had spent months training it, the effigy couldn’t speak, and its movements were more awkward than amusing. A harsh winter
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Ambusher. During the first round of combat, Pidlwick II has advantage on attack rolls against any creature that hasn’t had a turn yet.
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Club. Melee Weapon Attack: +2 to hit, reach 5 ft