contest within reluctant

Intellect Devourer Legacy

Monsters Monster Manual (2014)

Intelligence. Body Thief. The intellect devourer initiates an Intelligence contest with an incapacitated humanoid within 5 feet of it that isn’t protected by protection from evil and good. If it wins

Detect Sentience. The intellect devourer can sense the presence and location of any creature within 300 feet of it that has an Intelligence of 3 or higher, regardless of interposing barriers, unless

Nothic Legacy

Monsters Basic Rules (2014)

":"damage","rollAction":"Rotting Gaze","rollDamageType":"necrotic"} necrotic damage. Weird Insight. The nothic targets one creature it can see within 30 feet of it. The target must contest its

Gaze. The nothic targets one creature it can see within 30 feet of it. The target must succeed on a DC 12 Constitution saving throw against this magic or take 10 (3d6);{"diceNotation":"3d6","rollType

Pipes of the Sewers Legacy

Magic Items Basic Rules (2014)

another creature's control comes within 30 feet of you while you are playing the pipes, you can make a Charisma check contested by the swarm's Wisdom check. If you lose the contest, the swarm behaves as

charge, provided that enough rat;rats are within half a mile of you to be called in this fashion (as determined by the GM). If there aren't enough rat;rats to form a swarm, the charge is wasted. Called

Fizzing Green

Equipment

Combat Utility Whimsy 12 14 12 Deep within the forests of Obojima, there is a very special plant called a spiral fern that is the source of fizzing green. Only a few druids

and naturalists know the secret to getting a spiral fern to release fizzing green, and they are reluctant to tell, but will gladly go and harvest the strange, effervescent substance for a trade.

Poltergeist Legacy

Monsters Monster Manual (2014)

targets a creature or unattended object within 30 feet of it. A creature must be Medium or smaller to be affected by this magic, and an object can weigh up to 150 pounds. If the target is a creature

, the poltergeist makes a Charisma check contested by the target’s Strength check. If the poltergeist wins the contest, the poltergeist hurls the target up to 30 feet in any direction, including

Mind Flayer Nothic

Monsters Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk

until the end of its next turn. Weird Insight. The nothic targets one creature it can see within 30 feet of it. The target must contest its Charisma (Deception) check against the nothic’s Wisdom

Sword of Kas Legacy

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)

within 1 minute of being drawn from its scabbard, its wielder must make a DC 15 Charisma saving throw. On a successful save, the wielder take 3d6 psychic damage. On a failed save, the wielder is

Kas. The creature must cast the wish spell and make a Charisma check contested by the Charisma check of the sword. The sword must be within 30 feet of the creature, or the spell fails. If the sword

Sphere of Annihilation Legacy

Magic Items Basic Rules (2014)

sphere but isn't wholly engulfed and obliterated by it takes 4d10 force damage. The sphere is stationary until someone controls it. If you are within 60 feet of an uncontrolled sphere, you can use an

attempt to control a sphere that is under another creature's control, you make an Intelligence (Arcana) check contested by the other creature's Intelligence (Arcana) check. The winner of the contest

Telekinesis Legacy

Spells Basic Rules (2014)

that you can see within range, causing the appropriate effect below. You can affect the same target round after round, or choose a new one at any time. If you switch targets, the prior target is no

contest, you move the creature up to 30 feet in any direction, including upward but not beyond the range of this spell. Until the end of your next turn, the creature is restrained in your telekinetic

Brahma Lutier

Monsters Acquisitions Incorporated

to target one creature she can see within 30 feet of her. If the target can hear Brahma, it must succeed on a DC 13 Charisma saving throw or have disadvantage on ability checks, attack rolls, and

Charisma checks made as part of a contest with Brahma.Formally a former member of the “B” Team, Brahma Lutier is a gifted cartographer, spy, and troubadour. Tutored in at least the latter of those

Tomb Tapper

Monsters Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

Petrified Death. A tomb tapper reduced to 0 hit points turns into a lifeless stone statue. Anything it's wearing or carrying is not transformed. Sense Magic. The tomb tapper senses magic within 30

sleep.Multiattack. The tomb tapper makes two melee attacks with its sledgehammer or with its claws. If it hits the same creature with both claws, it can pull that creature within 5 feet of its mouth and make a

Khargra

Monsters Mordenkainen's Fiendish Folio Volume 1

Iron Scent. The khargra can scent the location of ferrous metal within 30 feet of it.Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +3;{"diceNotation":"1d20+3","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Bite"} to hit, reach 5 ft

. While doing so, it doesn't disturb the material it moves through. It can end its movement within earth or stone, but if it remains within earth or stone when this ability ends, it takes 14 (4d6

Dimir Operative

Backgrounds Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica

. You infiltrate your secondary guild to learn its secrets, keep tabs on its activities, or perhaps undermine it from within. Skill Proficiencies: Deception, Stealth Tool Proficiencies:

guild. 5 I was a member of this guild before the Dimir recruited me. 6 I don’t like what this guild stands for and want to destroy it from within. 7 I secretly wish I could

Hutijin

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

Infernal Despair. Each creature within 30 feet of Hutijin that isn’t a devil makes saving throws with disadvantage. Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If Hutijin fails a saving throw, he can choose

. Each creature within 30 feet of him that isn’t a devil must succeed on a DC 22 Wisdom saving throw or become frightened of him for 1 minute. A creature can repeat the saving throw at the end of

Feasting Orchard

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

contest table is piled high with small, glazed cupcakes, each filled with a dollop of berry custard. The goal is simple: eat as many cupcakes as you can within 60 seconds. A contestant can swallow a

feasting tables are lined with merrymakers, and dances spring up at the drop of a hat. Faerie Cake Eating Contest This contest runs repeatedly throughout the evening and costs 1 ticket punch to enter. The

Action Options

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

) check. If it wins the contest, the smaller creature successfully moves into the target creature’s space and clings to its body. While in the target’s space, the smaller creature moves with the target and

has advantage on attack rolls against it. The smaller creature can move around within the larger creature’s space, treating the space as difficult terrain. The larger creature’s ability to attack the

Pipes of the Sewers

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

, calling forth one swarm of rats (see the Monster Manual for statistics) with each expended charge, provided that enough rats are within half a mile of you to be called in this fashion (as determined by

1d3 expended charges daily at dawn. Whenever a swarm of rats that isn’t under another creature’s control comes within 30 feet of you while you are playing the pipes, you can make a Charisma check

Pipes of the Sewers

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

, calling forth one swarm of rats (see the Monster Manual for statistics) with each expended charge, provided that enough rats are within half a mile of you to be called in this fashion (as determined by

1d3 expended charges daily at dawn. Whenever a swarm of rats that isn’t under another creature’s control comes within 30 feet of you while you are playing the pipes, you can make a Charisma check

Telekinesis

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

thought. When you cast the spell, and as your action each round for the duration, you can exert your will on one creature or object that you can see within range, causing the appropriate effect below

smaller creature. Make an ability check with your spellcasting ability contested by the creature’s Strength check. If you win the contest, you move the creature up to 30 feet in any direction

Telekinesis

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

thought. When you cast the spell, and as your action each round for the duration, you can exert your will on one creature or object that you can see within range, causing the appropriate effect below

smaller creature. Make an ability check with your spellcasting ability contested by the creature’s Strength check. If you win the contest, you move the creature up to 30 feet in any direction

Adult Emerald Dragon

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

creates a dancing mote of green flame around a creature it can see within 60 feet of it. The target must succeed on a DC 17 Dexterity saving throw or take 31 (9d6);{"diceNotation":"9d6", "rollType

convinced to defend the school in a contest against a rival college. 7 An emerald dragon invisibly tails a party of adventurers, causing trouble for the heroes so the dragon can watch how they respond

Ancient Emerald Dragon

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

mote of green flame around a creature it can see within 60 feet of it. The target must succeed on a DC 20 Dexterity saving throw or take 42 (12d6);{"diceNotation":"12d6", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction

the school in a contest against a rival college. 7 An emerald dragon invisibly tails a party of adventurers, causing trouble for the heroes so the dragon can watch how they respond. 8 An

Stack 'Em High

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

those goofs, covered in pest bait! I don’t know what’s in it, but the pests love it. We’ll give them their snacks—we were just waiting on you. We knew you’d want in on this mascot-stacking contest! The

students standing beside the stage hold wands that are ordinary spellcasting focuses imbued with a limited telekinesis-like effect. When pointed at a mascot within 5 feet, a wand magically lifts the

Nothic

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver

see within 30 feet of it. The target must contest its Charisma (Deception) check against the nothic’s Wisdom (Insight) check. If the nothic wins, it magically learns one fact or secret about the creature. The target automatically wins if it is immune to being charmed.

. The nothic makes two attacks with its claws. Claws. Melee Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 6 (1d6 + 3) slashing damage. Rotting Gaze. The nothic chooses one creature within 30

Dark Fantasy Plots

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

Dark Fantasy Plots Adventures in dark fantasy domains involve unlikely or reluctant heroes (or rival villains) striking back against the evil at work in the land. This might involve taking on a world

individuals. 2 Seal a portal to a demonic realm that opens within the mouth of an innocent acolyte. 3 Cure a virus turning people into shadows. 4 Mount a defense against the swarm of giant

Intellect Devourer

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

regains at least one point of Intelligence. Body Thief. The intellect devourer initiates an Intelligence contest with an incapacitated humanoid within 5 feet of it that isn’t protected by protection from

can sense the presence and location of any creature within 300 feet of it that has an Intelligence of 3 or higher, regardless of interposing barriers, unless the creature is protected by a mind blank

Sphere of Annihilation

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

sphere unscathed. Anything else that touches the sphere but isn’t wholly engulfed and obliterated by it takes 4d10 force damage. The sphere is stationary until someone controls it. If you are within 60

(Arcana) check. The winner of the contest gains control of the sphere and can levitate it as normal. If the sphere comes into contact with a planar portal, such as that created by the gate spell, or an

Sphere of Annihilation

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

sphere unscathed. Anything else that touches the sphere but isn’t wholly engulfed and obliterated by it takes 4d10 force damage. The sphere is stationary until someone controls it. If you are within 60

(Arcana) check. The winner of the contest gains control of the sphere and can levitate it as normal. If the sphere comes into contact with a planar portal, such as that created by the gate spell, or an

Sword of Kas

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

spell and make a Charisma check contested by the Charisma check of the sword. The sword must be within 30 feet of the creature, or the spell fails. If the sword wins the contest, nothing happens, and the wish spell is wasted. If the sword loses the contest, it is destroyed.

within 1 minute of being drawn from its scabbard, its wielder must make a DC 15 Charisma saving throw. On a successful save, the wielder take 3d6 psychic damage. On a failed save, the wielder is

Mascots Everywhere!

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

you find? I’d be grateful. What’s more, I’d owe you a favor. What do you say?” Encourage the characters to take on Professor Sharpbeak’s favor within the first few days of this adventure. For ease of

running this adventure, it’s best that the characters complete this event before the “Practice Makes Perfect” section. If the characters are reluctant, reinforce that the mascots are bound to

Chakuna's Powers and Dominion

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

has no heart—literally. At the height of her contest with von Kharkov, she ripped it out of her chest with her fingers and placed it at the center of the Yaguara Mountain maze, then replaced it by

taking and eating von Kharkov’s heart. Doing so, she co-opted von Kharkov’s powers and accursed immortality and claimed Valachan as her own. Within Yaguara’s Heart, the sacred nexus of the maze, Chakuna’s

Khargra

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Fiendish Folio Volume 1

reason, they remain lodged in its gullet for a few days of indigestion before the offending material is coughed up. Reluctant Predators. Khargras find living flesh disgusting, and they attack creatures

within 30 feet of it. Actions Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +3 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 3 (1d4 + 1) piercing damage, and if the target is wearing metal armor or carrying a metal shield

Brahma Lutier

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated

can use a bonus action to target one creature she can see within 30 feet of her. If the target can hear Brahma, it must succeed on a DC 13 Charisma saving throw or have disadvantage on ability checks

effect ends, the target has disadvantage on Intelligence, Wisdom, or Charisma checks made as part of a contest with Brahma.

Random Encounters (A-C)

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd

Attack You hear a scratching noise. Out of the shadows comes a broom, sweeping its way toward you as though held by invisible hands. When it gets within 5 feet of a party member, the broom attacks

contest, the character sees the claw enter the backpack. If the claw wins the contest, it waits until the character takes a long rest before scuttling out to attack. Crawling Strahd Zombie You hear the

Tomb Tapper

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

of earth elementals, believing that they come directly from this source, and are reluctant to attack them. Tomb Tapper Huge construct, lawful neutral Armor Class 17 (natural armor) Hit Points

carrying is not transformed. Sense Magic. The tomb tapper senses magic within 30 feet of it and can use an action to pinpoint the location of any creature, object, or area in that range that bears

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