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Dungeon Master’s Guide
within a cell can escape using magic that permits planar travel. Otherwise, the creature is confined to the cell until freed.
If the mirror traps a creature but its twelve extradimensional cells are
way, you can take a Magic action and use a second command word to free one creature trapped in the mirror. The freed creature appears, along with its possessions, in the unoccupied space nearest to
Monsters
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
from ordinary rock formations.
Patient Hunters. Piercers can see, but they can also respond to noise and heat, waiting for living creatures to pass beneath them, then falling to attack. A piercer
that misses its chance to kill must make its slow way back to the ceiling. A fallen piercer excretes a foul-smelling slime when attacked, making most predators think twice about eating it.
Piercers
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
wander the Material Plane for centuries, collecting corpses while searching for a way to return home.
Cadaver collectors respond to a summons from a mortal only when they are called to the scene of a
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
this way, its speed is halved, and it is incapacitated. A target that successfully saves is immune to the Mind-Breaking Howl of all howlers for the next 24 hours.A far-off wail precedes the sight of a
, after a fashion, but they respond only to brutal training in which they are forced to recognize the trainer as the pack’s undisputed leader. A trained pack then follows its leader without
Species
Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
“But you do see the way people look at you, devil’s child.”
Those black eyes, cold as a winter storm, were staring right into her heart and the sudden seriousness in his voice
their own way in the world and that they have to be strong to survive. They are not quick to trust anyone who claims to be a friend, but when a tiefling’s companions demonstrate that they trust
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
they respond.
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An emerald dragon has been spying for a villainous cabal, ensuring the villains remain one step ahead of the adventurers.
Connected Creatures
Emerald dragons generally
go out of their way to avoid interacting with other intelligent creatures. However, their interest in history and culture occasionally gets the better of them, prompting them to seek some engagement
Monsters
Quests from the Infinite Staircase
circumstance, Nafas relies on adventurers—whom he considers the living manifestations of a wish granted—to respond to these calls.
To friendly adventurers and weary travelers along the
favor.
The multiverse dictates that there must always be a noble djinni to preside over the Infinite Staircase. If slain, Nafas re-forms within days, coalescing from cosmic air. The only way to truly
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
watch how they respond.
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An emerald dragon has been spying for a villainous cabal, ensuring the villains remain one step ahead of the adventurers.
Connected Creatures
Emerald dragons
generally go out of their way to avoid interacting with other intelligent creatures. However, their interest in history and culture occasionally gets the better of them, prompting them to seek some
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
convinced to defend the school in a contest against a rival college.
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An emerald dragon invisibly tails a party of adventurers, causing trouble for the heroes so the dragon can watch how they respond
their way to avoid interacting with other intelligent creatures. However, their interest in history and culture occasionally gets the better of them, prompting them to seek some engagement with the folk
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
the school in a contest against a rival college.
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An emerald dragon invisibly tails a party of adventurers, causing trouble for the heroes so the dragon can watch how they respond.
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An
emerald dragon has been spying for a villainous cabal, ensuring the villains remain one step ahead of the adventurers.
Connected Creatures
Emerald dragons generally go out of their way to
Cadaver Collector
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Monsters
Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes
back to Acheron, but if a summoner comes to a bad end, a cadaver collector might wander the Material Plane for centuries, collecting corpses while searching for a way to return home.
Sweeping the Dead
. Cadaver collectors respond to a summons from a mortal only when they are called to the scene of a great battle — either where one is in progress, where one is imminent, or where one once took place
Mirror of Life Trapping
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Magic Items
Basic Rules (2014)
creature is confined to the cell until freed.
If the mirror traps a creature but its twelve extradimensional cells are already occupied, the mirror frees one trapped creature at random to accommodate the
the named cell appears as an image on the mirror's surface. You and the creature can then communicate normally.
In a similar way, you can use an action to speak a second command word and free one
Telepathic
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Feats
Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
doesn’t give the creature the ability to respond to you telepathically.
You can cast the detect thoughts spell, requiring no spell slot or components, and you must finish a long rest before you
can cast it this way again. Your spellcasting ability for the spell is the ability increased by this feat. If you have spell slots of 2nd level or higher, you can cast this spell with them.
Feats
Player’s Handbook (2024)
language. Your communication doesn’t give the creature the ability to respond to you telepathically.
Detect Thoughts. You always have the Detect Thoughts spell prepared. You can cast it without a
spell slot or spell components, and you must finish a Long Rest before you can cast it in this way again. You can also cast it using spell slots you have of the appropriate level. Your spellcasting ability for the spell is the ability increased by this feat.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver
Wandering Monsters Monsters roam through all areas of the mine. Random encounters remind players that monsters aren’t necessarily confined to specific areas, and that no part of the dungeon is safe
. Encounters with wandering monsters are an effective way to keep the players and characters on their toes, alleviate player boredom, and tax party resources. However, having too many random encounters
Magic Items
Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
effect.
Donjon. You are instantly teleported to and confined within the prison of the Monastery of the Distressed Body (area M6). Everything you were wearing and carrying stays behind in the
Gloine (area O7), whichever comes later in the adventure. While your soul is trapped in this way, your body is incapacitated. Divination, contact other plane, or a similar spell of 4th level or higher reveals the location of the machinery that holds your soul. You draw no more cards.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
. Venture Forth. Your character’s group explores locations and events presented by the DM. You can respond to them in any way you can imagine, guided by the rules in this book. Although the DM controls all
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
that language. Your communication doesn’t give the creature the ability to respond to you telepathically. Detect Thoughts. You always have the Detect Thoughts spell prepared. You can cast it without a
spell slot or spell components, and you must finish a Long Rest before you can cast it in this way again. You can also cast it using spell slots you have of the appropriate level. Your spellcasting ability for the spell is the ability increased by this feat.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
. Your character’s group explores locations and events presented by the DM. You can respond to them in any way you can imagine, guided by the rules in this book. Although the DM controls all the monsters
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
noble heroes who respond without hesitation to the pleas of innocent villagers crying for help; other groups are hardened mercenaries who respond only to offers of payment. Some groups are devoted to
the following:
Avoiding Stereotypes. Show how multiple people from the same culture are different. Don't use a real-world accent in a disparaging way.
Beautiful Diversity. Feature members of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
Black Swords The characters don’t get this quest in the customary way, which is to say that the residents of Caer-Dineval aren’t counting on adventurers to help them. The quest falls into the party’s
confined Crannoc to his quarters while spreading stories about the speaker’s ill health to conceal their presence and restrict access to the castle. The cultists keep the speaker alive in case they
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
contacted creature doesn't need to share a language with the monster to communicate in this way with it, but it must be able to understand at least one language. A creature without telepathy can
receive and respond to telepathic messages but can't initiate or terminate a telepathic conversation. A telepathic monster doesn't need to see a contacted creature and can end the telepathic contact at any
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
young woman’s immortal spirit has been bound within Sarah of Yellowcrest Manor. Ever grieving, the spirit has had no way to communicate with the mortal realm—until the presence of the characters draws
to anyone who sees her. Sarah understands characters who speak Common and tries to respond to them, but she can’t speak because Lord Viallis cut out her tongue before killing her. The ghost tries to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
murder will bring turmoil to Zinda. Samira asks the characters not to share what they’ve learned until she determines how to respond. If Kala survived, Samira is determined to bring her to justice but
place outside Zinda, like the Radiant Citadel. Either way, Samira will decide how to punish Kala and the Kings of Coin for their crimes. Whatever the outcome, Samira pays the characters the amount agreed
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
obstacle, such as a river, that shows no tracks. The weather conditions or terrain changes in a way that makes tracking harder. The DC for the check depends on how well the ground shows signs of a creature’s
trail but can attempt to find it again by making a careful search of the area. It takes 10 minutes to find a trail in a confined area such as a dungeon, or 1 hour outdoors. Tracking DCs Ground Surface
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
necessities. They and the giant frogs are quick to respond to calls for aid from area 19. Harmless cave fish swim in the deep water around the island. The pool at the island’s center is closed off by
a submerged net that prevents fish from finding their way inside. The Blacktongues keep their unborn eggs in this pool, hidden among submerged stands of thick-fronded fungus.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
contacted creature doesn’t need to share a language with the monster to communicate in this way with it, but it must be able to understand at least one language. A creature without telepathy can
receive and respond to telepathic messages but can’t initiate or terminate a telepathic conversation. A telepathic monster doesn’t need to see a contacted creature and can end the telepathic contact at any
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
of the spacecraft’s core systems, including its arsenal of robots. Depending on how the characters respond, the computer can be a useful temporary ally or a dangerous enemy. Eventually, the party
, the computer relies on the characters to clear the way. Once the characters deal with the behemoth, they must contend with Aphelion to safeguard the scientist from the supercomputer’s mechanical clutches.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
ruin. The soul of their eldest son, Osvaldo, was taken immediately. What was left behind was transformed into a chain devil, which the Cassalanters confined to their attic. Their two youngest children
followers to their cult of devil worship, which was Asmodeus’s plan all along. Reneging on a contract with Asmodeus is a luxury no mortal can afford, but there is a way for Lord and Lady Cassalanter to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
respond by putting things back to the way they were before. For example, if a character takes the Disengage action to move away from a group of monsters, don’t respond by having those same monsters
dead. The players don’t ever need to know that it still had 15 Hit Points left after the characters’ last attack. End Hostilities Most monsters can see when a fight’s not going their way (or not going
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
dungeon with monsters. His old gates were destroyed by the Spellplague, but Halaster has replaced them with new ones, most of which have destinations confined to the dungeon. These gates are not subject
clues to help adventurers solve each gate. A legend lore spell or similar magic can also reveal the proper way to open a gate. An open gate acts as a two-way portal and typically remains open for 1
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
. Jhesiyra escaped her prison when its wards failed during the Spellplague. To hide from Halaster, she magically confined herself in the stones of Undermountain. She now exists in a bodiless state
the danger that awaits the adventurers or communicate with them in any other way, for fear of being detected by Halaster. Powerful divination magic can reveal Jhesiyra’s disembodied presence
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
manifestations of a wish granted—to respond to these calls. To friendly adventurers and weary travelers along the staircase, Nafas is a benevolent host, welcoming his guests with feasts, musical
. If slain, Nafas re-forms within days, coalescing from cosmic air. The only way to truly destroy Nafas is to take his place.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
Entering into a Deal Despite their thirst for trapping mortal souls in binding contracts, devils can enter into deals only in specific circumstances. The easiest way for a devil to forge a deal is to
choose to respond in dreams or visions, or it can send a minion with the authority to make a deal on its behalf. Infernal Hierarchy Least Devils
1. Lemure
2. Nupperibo
Lesser
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
. Your group’s patron might occasionally come to you and give you an assignment. This can be an easy way to get into an adventure. Of course, it’s up to you how you respond to your patron’s demands, and