con refuse given to have relatively

Darathra Shendrel

Monsters Storm King's Thunder

people should be given every chance to prosper, free of tyranny.” Bond: “I’ll lay down my life to protect Triboar and its citizens.” Flaw: “I refuse to back down. Push me, and I’ll push back.”

Void Scavver

Monsters Spelljammer: Adventures in Space

more intense than what it might normally experience given the creature’s size and nature. Scavvers Scavvers are shark-like scavengers that fly through space, feeding on whatever they can fit

in their mouths. Scavvers are not always aggressive; often they trail behind larger creatures as well as ships and asteroids, living off droppings and discarded refuse. They can enter the air envelopes

Charlatan - Baldur's Gate

Backgrounds Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus

Everybody’s always trying to get a leg up on somebody in Baldur’s Gate. One group’s con artist might be another’s revolutionary. Or maybe you’re just in it for yourself

, tools of the con of your choice (ten stoppered bottles filled with colored liquid, a set of weighted dice, a deck of marked cards, or a signet ring of an imaginary duke), and a pouch containing 15 gp

Halfling Legacy

Species Basic Rules (2014)

that, avoiding offense. Standing about 3 feet tall, they appear relatively harmless and so have managed to survive for centuries in the shadow of empires and on the edges of wars and political strife

wide and wonder-filled world. For them, adventuring is less a career than an opportunity or sometimes a necessity. Halfling Names A halfling has a given name, a family name, and possibly a nickname

Charlatan Legacy

Backgrounds Player’s Handbook (2014)

: Disguise kit, Forgery kitEquipment: A set of fine clothes, a disguise kit, tools of the con of your choice (ten stoppered bottles filled with colored liquid, a set of weighted dice, a deck of marked

weapons of choice. 7 I keep multiple holy symbols on me and invoke whatever deity might come in useful at any given moment. 8 I pocket anything I see that might have some value. d6

Human Legacy

Species Basic Rules (2014)

sang from every page. Long into the night Liriel read, lighting candle after precious candle. She’d never given much thought to humans, but these stories fascinated her. In these yellowed

shorter lives that they strive to achieve as much as they can in the years they are given. Or maybe they feel they have something to prove to the elder races, and that’s why they build their mighty

Sorcerer Legacy

Classes Basic Rules (2014)

master it, or revel in its unpredictable nature? Is it a blessing or a curse? Did you seek it out, or did it find you? Did you have the option to refuse it, and do you wish you had? What do you intend

to do with it? Perhaps you feel like you’ve been given this power for some lofty purpose. Or you might decide that the power gives you the right to do what you want, to take what you want from

Kenku Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

might sound like fun, but it can prove distracting and could slow down the game. Kenku Names Given that kenku can duplicate any sound, their names are drawn from a staggering variety of

. Kenku thieves, con artists, and burglars adopt animal noises, typically those common in urban settings. In this manner, kenku can call out to each other while those who overhear them mistake them for

Location Overview

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

bandits. Others have given up relatively quickly, when the dangers become apparent. The current owner of the Wayside Inn is Martisha Vinetalker, a striking half-elf whose pleasing features contrast with

Hard Labor

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss

prisoners are also given cruel or pointless tasks to occupy them, and for the dark elves’ amusement. Such labors include moving or stacking rocks, coiling ropes, and organizing supplies, with prisoners

into dropping useful bits of information, such as how long the journey to Menzoberranzan is expected to take, or that the outpost is relatively close to the Darklake.

16. Spectral Bridge

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage

16. Spectral Bridge A 120-foot-long, 10-foot-wide bridge of wispy magical energy spans the lava-filled chasm, connecting areas 9 and 17. This bridge provides a relatively safe means of crossing the

chasm, particularly given that the chasm suppresses fly spells and similar magic (see area 40). The bridge, suspended 30 feet above the surface of the lava, is flat, translucent, and without railings

Melwythorne

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos

Melwythorne Neutral Good Dryad First Year (Witherbloom) Towering over most students, Melwythorne strikes an imposing figure, especially given the branches that grow from his head like antlers

Boon: Melwythorne’s spirituality centers you. You can calm even the most frazzled of your peers and, if necessary, extract information as needed. Bond Bane: Members of the silkball club and the Student-Mages of Faith refuse to acknowledge your presence.

Drazhomir Yarnask

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos

spending his time in the Biblioplex, where he works as a book clerk, assisting students in finding required texts and shelving returns. He moves silently through the stacks, and he has given more

in the Biblioplex refuse to help you find any of the tomes you seek. Even the reference librarians are more cryptic.

Creating a Sorcerer

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

blessing or a curse? Did you seek it out, or did it find you? Did you have the option to refuse it, and do you wish you had? What do you intend to do with it? Perhaps you feel like you’ve been given

Skyjek Roc

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica

roc’s body makes it relatively easy to saddle and ride, and it is typically equipped with armor plating on its head and chest. Skyjek rocs are headstrong and impulsive, but their bravery makes them ideal

) CON 14(+2) INT 3(−4) WIS 10(+0) CHA 8(−1) Saving Throws Dex +3, Wis +2 Skills Perception +2 Senses passive Perception 12 Languages — Challenge 2 (450 XP) Keen

Awakened Shrub

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

Awakened Shrub An awakened shrub is an ordinary shrub given sentience and mobility by the awaken spell or similar magic. Awakened Shrub Small plant, unaligned Armor Class 9 Hit Points 10 (3d6

) Speed 20 ft. STR 3 (−4) DEX 8 (−1) CON 11 (+0) INT 10 (+0) WIS 10 (+0) CHA 6 (−2) Damage Vulnerabilities fire Damage Resistances piercing

Awakened Tree

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

Awakened Tree An awakened tree is an ordinary tree given sentience and mobility by the awaken spell or similar magic. Awakened Tree Huge plant, unaligned Armor Class 13 (natural armor) Hit

Points 59 (7d12 + 14) Speed 20 ft. STR 19 (+4) DEX 6 (−2) CON 15 (+2) INT 10 (+0) WIS 10 (+0) CHA 7 (−2) Damage Vulnerabilities fire Damage

Anarch

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica

, from the hide armor they wear to the weapons they wield. As they pick through the refuse of the rubblebelts, they sometimes come across magic items and other valuable treasures. Anarch Small or

Medium humanoid (any race), chaotic neutral Armor Class 13 (hide armor) Hit Points 11 (2d8 + 2) Speed 30 ft. STR 14(+2) DEX 13(+1) CON 12(+1) INT 9(−1) WIS 11(+0

Night Scavver

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin

primarily on waste and discarded refuse, often trailing behind larger creatures, ships, and asteroids. Night scavvers are 15 feet long. Their coloration resembles that of Wildspace itself: white spots

(natural armor) Hit Points 114 (12d12 + 36) Speed 0 ft., fly 40 ft. STR 20 (+5) DEX 15 (+2) CON 17 (+3) INT 1 (−5) WIS 10 (+0) CHA 1 (−5) Skills Perception +6, Stealth

Astral Elf Commander

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Boo’s Astral Menagerie

through their weapons, and they can rescue warriors from a perilous situation by using their gods-given power of teleportation. Astral Elf Commander Medium Humanoid, Any Alignment Armor Class 17 (half

plate) Hit Points 143 (26d8 + 26) Speed 30 ft. STR 12 (+1) DEX 15 (+2) CON 13 (+1) INT 18 (+4) WIS 18 (+4) CHA 18 (+4) Saving Throws Dex +5

The Old Dartwild Cabin

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault

might hear you!” hisses another. Ebbin Fulchre and his three companions are unarmed commoners who refuse to enter the cabin, even on a dare. Morbid curiosity brought them here, but they’re nothing

, and he has nowhere else to go. Toadhop’s inhabitants are too frightened to speak to him, so Frody has been waiting for braver souls to arrive so he can explain his plight to them. Given the chance, he

Core Assumptions

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

. The follower of a god serves as an agent of that god in the world. The agent seeks to further the ideals of that god and defeat its rivals. While some folk might refuse to honor the gods, none can

world’s fate. The World Is Magical. Practitioners of magic are relatively few in number, but they leave evidence of their craft everywhere. The magic can be as innocuous and commonplace as a potion that

Gideon Lightward

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus

marks the end of all things. But his mind is broken and filled with hatred for those who refuse to follow his commands. Because of his obsession with destroying demons, the characters might be able to

without a fight. Gideon Lightward Medium undead, lawful evil Armor Class 11 Hit Points 136 (16d8 + 64) Speed 30 ft. STR 18 (+4) DEX 13 (+1) CON 18 (+4) INT 10 (+0

The Watch Arrives

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist

nor his pursuers saw the blast coming. Given these findings, Barnibus decides to question the tavern’s owners and occupants, with Sergeant Cromley by his side as a witness and bodyguard. Specifically

, Barnibus intends not to take up too much of their time. Barnibus and Sergeant Cromley refuse requests by characters to join the investigation. “That would introduce too many new variables into an already

Otyugh Mutate

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk

, almost ghostly, appearance of its flesh, which provides a grotesque window into the virulent refuse the otyugh recently consumed. Otyugh Mutate Large Aberration, Typically Neutral Armor Class 16

(natural armor) Hit Points 76 (8d10 + 32) Speed 30 ft. STR 19 (+4) DEX 11 (+0) CON 18 (+4) INT 10 (+0) WIS 15 (+2) CHA 6 (−2) Saving Throws Str +7, Con +7 Damage

Living Spell

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage

Living Spell Areas of wild magic and sites that have been ravaged by powerful eldritch forces can give rise to spell effects that refuse to dissipate. These so-called living spells haunt the places

construct, unaligned Armor Class 10 Hit Points 4 (1d8) Speed 30 ft. STR 2(−4) DEX 10(+0) CON 11(+0) INT 1(−5) WIS 10(+0) CHA 1(−5) Skills Perception

Kobold Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

on. Even a stupid or physically weak kobold is given a role in the tribe, whether something as simple as picking mushrooms for food or watching over hatchlings, and they all understand that their

, since food is relatively scarce in such areas. Partly out of fear and partly because their eyes are sensitive to sunlight, kobolds prefer the security of a cave to living in the open air, and can be

Skeleton

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

poorly to changing circumstances. They can’t read, speak, emote, or communicate in any way except to nod, shake their heads, or point. Still, skeletons are able to accomplish a variety of relatively

Class 13 (armor scraps) Hit Points 13 (2d8 + 4) Speed 30 ft. STR 10 (+0) DEX 14 (+2) CON 15 (+2) INT 6 (−2) WIS 8 (−1) CHA 5 (−3) Damage

Invisible Stalker

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon of Icespire Peak

Points 104 (16d8 + 32) Speed 50 ft., fly 50 ft. (hover) STR 16 (+3) DEX 19 (+4) CON 14 (+2) INT 10 (+0) WIS 15 (+2) CHA 11 (+0) Skills Perception +8

invisible. Faultless Tracker. The stalker is given a quarry by its summoner. The stalker knows the direction and distance to its quarry as long as the two of them are on the same plane of existence. The

Twig Blight

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

or rest. Huddled together in groups, twig blights blend in with an area’s natural vegetation or with piles of debris or firewood. Given how dry they are, twig blights are particularly susceptible to

fire. Twig Blight Small plant, neutral evil Armor Class 13 (natural armor) Hit Points 4 (1d6 + 1) Speed 20 ft. STR 6 (−2) DEX 13 (+1) CON 12 (+1) INT 4 (−3

Minotaur Living Crystal Statue

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh

Minotaur Living Crystal Statue Given life through powerful magic, a large, crudely carved crystal minotaur guards the tunnels in Isle of the Abbey. Minotaur Living Crystal Statue Large construct

, unaligned Armor Class 15 (natural armor) Hit Points 136 (16d10 + 48) Speed 30 ft. STR 18 (+4) DEX 9 (-1) CON 16 (+3) INT 6 (-2) WIS 10 (+0) CHA

Kenku Names

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters

Kenku Names Given that kenku can duplicate any sound, their names are drawn from a staggering variety of noises and phrases. Kenku names tend to break down into three categories that make no

the kenku by describing this noise. Examples of this type of name include Smasher, Clanger, Slicer, and Basher. Kenku thieves, con artists, and burglars adopt animal noises, typically those common in

Purple Wormling

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder

allow the wormling to burrow through rock. The poison in its tail stinger and the acid in its gullet are still relatively weak as well. Nevertheless, the wormling is a voracious feeder and attacks just

(5d10 + 15) Speed 20 ft. STR 16 (+3) DEX 7 (–2) CON 16 (+3) INT 1 (–5) WIS 6 (–2) CHA 2 (–4) Senses blindsight 30 ft., tremorsense 30 ft., passive

Sahuagin Champion

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh

Sahuagin Champion Those sahuagin warriors who prove themselves through heroic acts are given both title and status. Sahuagin champions often serve as lieutenants in the sahuagin army, as they do in

(+2) CON 12 (+1) INT 12 (+1) WIS 13 (+1) CHA 9 (-1) Skills Perception +5 Senses darkvision 120 ft., passive Perception 15 Languages Sahuagin Challenge 3

Canoloth

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes

instructed to kill, a canoloth merely holds onto its prisoner, but if given the order to do so, it tears its prey limb from limb. Canoloths are fundamentally lazy creatures. Given no reason to attack

) CON 17(+3) INT 5(−3) WIS 17(+3) CHA 12(+1) Skills Investigation +3, Perception +9 Damage Resistances cold, fire, lightning; bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing from

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