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The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
hearing and darkvision out to a range of 120 feet. It can speak, read, and understand Common, and its voice sounds silvery and melodic. Snicker-Snack craves the destruction of evil Dragons and urges
finish a long rest after that happens, you can attempt to regain the sword’s trust by making a contested Charisma check against Snicker-Snack. If you win the contest, your attunement to the weapon is instantly restored. Your attunement to the weapon can’t be restored in any other way.
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
skin, and its long fingers end in broken and dirty nails. Grues are the weakest of the star spawn. A host of writhing, scrambling grues typically accompanies more powerful star spawn. Their constant
surrounds the cultist for 1 minute, until the cultist is incapacitated or dies, or until the cultist extinguishes the flame (no action required). While inflamed, the cultist has telepathy with a range
Monsters
Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
attack.
Dwarven Thrower. Melee or Ranged Weapon Attack: +12;{"diceNotation":"1d20+12","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Dwarven Thrower"} to hit, reach 5 ft. or range 20/60 ft., one target. Hit: 11 (1d8
vampire's lair. The fog occasionally takes eerie forms, such as grasping claws and writhing serpents.
If the vampire is destroyed, these effects end after 2d6;{"diceNotation":"2d6","rollType":"roll"} days.Necrotic, Poison; Bludgeoning, Piercing, and Slashing from Nonmagical Attacks
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
dragon can’t take the same lair action two rounds in a row:
Beguiling Whisper. The dragon telepathically whispers to one creature within range of the dragon’s telepathy. The creature must
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
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.
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An
within range of the dragon’s telepathy. The creature must succeed on a DC 15 Wisdom saving throw or be charmed by the dragon until initiative count 20 on the next round. A creature charmed in
Merrow
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range 20/60 ft., one target. Hit: 11 (2d6 + 4);{"diceNotation":"2d6+4","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Harpoon","rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage. If the target is a Huge or smaller
creature, it must succeed on a Strength contest against the merrow or be pulled up to 20 feet toward the merrow.
Telekinesis
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Spells
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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
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
Sword of Kas
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Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
sentient chaotic evil weapon with an Intelligence of 15, a Wisdom of 13, and a Charisma of 16. It has hearing and darkvision out to a range of 120 feet.
The weapon communicates telepathically with
wins the contest, nothing happens, and the wish spell is wasted. If the sword loses the contest, it is destroyed.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
Telekinesis 5th-level transmutation Casting Time: 1 action Range: 60 feet Components: V, S Duration: Concentration, up to 10 minutes You gain the ability to move or manipulate creatures or objects by
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
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
Telekinesis 5th-level transmutation Casting Time: 1 action Range: 60 feet Components: V, S Duration: Concentration, up to 10 minutes You gain the ability to move or manipulate creatures or objects by
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
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
Ensnaring Strike 1st-level conjuration Casting Time: 1 bonus action Range: Self Components: V Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute The next time you hit a creature with a weapon attack before this
spell ends, a writhing mass of thorny vines appears at the point of impact, and the target must succeed on a Strength saving throw or be restrained by the magical vines until the spell ends. A Large
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
good greatsword with an Intelligence of 9, a Wisdom of 14, and a Charisma of 18. It has hearing and darkvision out to a range of 120 feet. It can speak, read, and understand Common, and its voice sounds
against Snicker-Snack. If you win the contest, your attunement to the weapon is instantly restored. Your attunement to the weapon can’t be restored in any other way.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
chaotic evil weapon with an Intelligence of 15, a Wisdom of 13, and a Charisma of 16. It has hearing and darkvision out to a range of 120 feet. The weapon communicates telepathically with its wielder
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.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
, where they hope to gang up on the characters after luring them there. Running the Encounter. The gnolls are forced to range far and wide in search of food. Their hunger overrides their reason, such that
might challenge one or more characters to an athletic contest. If the characters accept this challenge, roll on the Athletic Contests table to determine what game the goliaths propose. The goliaths are
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
(1d8 + 4) piercing damage.
Claws. Melee Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 9 (2d4 + 4) slashing damage.
Harpoon. Melee or Ranged Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, reach 5 ft. or range
20/60 ft., one target. Hit: 11 (2d6 + 4) piercing damage. If the target is a Huge or smaller creature, it must succeed on a Strength contest against the merrow or be pulled up to 20 feet toward the merrow.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
in the area that aren’t being carried or worn. Infernal Screamer A writhing humanoid torso made of melting wax juts out from this station, with a barbed hand crank between its shoulder blades. The
Grants Half Cover; 3 Uses). Ranged Spell Attack: +5 to hit, range 30 ft., one creature. Hit: The creature is struck by water from the River Styx and targeted by a feeblemind spell (save DC 20). An
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
Lichen Lich Lichen liches are the undead remnants of powerful druids. A lichen lich looks like a skeleton covered with fungi and bark-like lichen. A lichen lich has vines writhing within its chest
hit, range 60 ft., one target. Hit: 14 (4d6) necrotic damage.
Fire Storm (7th-Level Spell; 1/Day). The lich fills up to ten 10-foot cubes with fire. Every cube must be within 150 feet of the lich and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
forested region at the northwestern edge of Setessan territory, and it provides a safe haven and training ground for the diverse range of animals that occupy an honored place as natural protectors in
the next archery contest at the Spring Nexus. She challenged Nikaia to an impossible feat of archery: to shoot an arrow into one of the twin trunks of Kruphix’s great tree at the edge of the world
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
fuel for each charge the Soul Coin had when it was consumed (maximum 72 hours). The furnace can hold any number of souls, their screams of anguish audible out to a range of 60 feet. The Venatrix
two harpoon guns and an infernal screamer, which is a writhing humanoid torso made of melting wax with a barbed hand crank between its shoulder blades. The weapons are mounted to the vehicle’s exterior
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
and Slarkrethel are on the same plane of existence, Lord Drylund is considered to be within range of the kraken’s telepathy. While this telepathic link exists, Slarkrethel can use an action on its turn
character who wins the contest can board the ship without raising suspicion. If Storn wins the contest, he views the character as suspicious and demands an explanation for the individual’s presence. Storn
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
. The clone challenged Halaster to a spell duel and lost more than just the contest. Halaster turned the limb into a guardian that attacks all intruders until the Mad Mage or a creature that looks like
flying speed of 30 feet, and it can hover. It has blindsight out to a range of 60 feet and is blind beyond this radius. It can’t speak or hear, and it can’t be blinded or deafened. 1b. Waiting Room This
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
. Beholder Zombie Watcher. A beholder zombie floats near the 20-foot-high ceiling of this chamber, out of melee range. Painted in white around its central eye is a circle with ten equidistant spokes radiating
20c.
If she’s here, Nadia the Unbent stands in the middle of the bloody circle, armed with a 10-foot-pole, and is using it to knock about her underlings in a contest to see who, if anyone, can push
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
wields it. Senses With sentience comes awareness. A sentient item can perceive its surroundings out to a limited range. You can choose its senses or roll on the following table. d4 Senses 1 Hearing and
purpose, conflict can arise. When such a conflict occurs, the item makes a Charisma check contested by the wielder's Charisma check. If the item wins the contest, it makes one or more of the following
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
care. Rumor has it the Rookoath dwarves of the Fairheight range — bolstered by Clan Rustfire of the isle of Gwynneth, and adventurers out of Callidyr — have won victories against the local orcs and
threats of the island, which are many and varied: the Black Blood tribe of Malar-worshiping werefolk, the giants of the Trollclaw Range in the north, and the ogres and orcs of the Orcskill Mountains in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
range of 60 feet. He speaks Common and Elvish. The magister has already heard the testimony of the arresting officers, as well as that of any eyewitnesses. The characters are given an hour to plead
their case while he asks questions. A character who tries to deceive Zastro must make a Charisma (Deception) check contested by the magister’s Wisdom (Insight) check. A character who loses this contest
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
, reach 60 ft., one target. Hit: 30 (4d10 + 8) bludgeoning damage.
Rock. Ranged Weapon Attack: +12 to hit, range 120 ft., one target. Hit: 21 (3d8 + 8) bludgeoning damage.
Broom of Animated Attack
contested by the creature’s Strength check. If the broom wins the contest, it flies out of the creature’s grasp and makes a melee attack against it with advantage on the attack roll.
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Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
magic to decipher. It reads, “Chambers of Hashutu, most refined and chosen, who is blessed with writhing gifts for hands.” This chamber contains a large tub crusted with blue stains, a desk and shelves
indifference for cowardice and have come to think that no one dares to contest their claim. They try to bully any intruders into leaving this room and attack if not met with immediate compliance. The mind
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
something else entirely. Both Konrad and Rugga are in constant agony. They can communicate telepathically out to a range of 60 feet. Their communications consist of pleas to release them from their torment
resembles that of a humanoid. Four ropy, fibrous antennae grow from her forehead, somehow enhancing her disgusting and compelling beauty. Her lower half is a mass of writhing, pulsing tentacles covered with
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
golden ring. “Come to mama,” giggles the hag as three writhing grubs wiggle from the dispensary slot and into a brass bucket at her feet.
Axel Defois Duodrone Slot Machine Putrice, a friendly
weapon of their choice. Tentacle. The participant wins the still-writhing tentacle of a mind flayer. It’s sticky. Trinket. The participant wins one random trinket (roll on the Trinkets table in the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
, the cultist has telepathy with a range of 30 feet, and it can teleport as a bonus action up to 30 feet to an unoccupied space it can see. In addition, every creature that starts its turn within 5 feet
the weakest of the star spawn. A host of writhing, scrambling grues typically accompanies more powerful star spawn. Their constant chittering and shrieking produce discordant psychic energy that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
of the worlds. In this tale, Annam defeated Memnor but was left so weakened by the contest that Annam fled to his private sanctum, leaving his children to govern the affairs of the giants. Memnor is
pray to Stonebones, the Great Creator, in a much broader range of circumstances, eager for divine insight as they carry out their daily lives. His priests undertake frequent pilgrimages into the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
sickly ethereal light. With a horrid slurping sound, writhing tentacles spill forth through the open doorway and lash toward you.
This self-contained dimension is fueled by the power of the Far Realm
. Planar instability prevents characters from moving beyond the immediate area of the deck (including jumping off the ship or fleeing belowdecks). Creature. The mass of writhing tentacles is a Far Realm
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a6
that two poisoned darts fire upward from the inside when the lid is opened. Each dart has a range of 30 feet and a +8 bonus to hit. It deals 2 (1d4) piercing damage on a hit and subjects its victim
out of visual range, 50 feet high at its lowest point and well over 65 feet where it vaults upward in the center. 9. Giants’ Worship Area Each pillar radiates a sense of unease and insecurity in a 5
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
character wins the tug-of-war. In either case, the contest ends. Chain Skipping. To complete this activity, a character must succeed on three DC 13 Dexterity (Acrobatics) checks, representing their attempt to
fix a broken lock, though the characters might assume he is trying to break into the room by picking the lock. He has darkvision out to a range of 60 feet and doesn’t need light to do his work
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
location on the arena floor roughly equidistant from the two teams. The ball is a simple ranged weapon with the finesse and thrown properties. Its range is 120 feet, and it deals 1d4 bludgeoning damage
team is on offense. Resolve a tie with a Strength (Athletics) contest.
Step 2. To simulate the ball being passed around, every player makes a DC 15 Dexterity (Athletics) check. If the team on