crafting retain get to have reflection

Runic Colossus

Monsters Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one.Spell Reflection (2/Day). Ranged Spell Attack: +14;{"diceNotation":"1d20+14", "rollType":"spell", "rollAction":"Spell Reflection"} to hit, range 120

ft., one creature casting a spell of 5th level or lower. Hit: 26 (4d12);{"diceNotation":"4d12", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Spell Reflection", "rollDamageType":"force"} force damage, and the

Kelek

Monsters The Wild Beyond the Witchlight

Defense to bolster his low Armor Class whenever possible, and his challenge rating is a reflection of the likelihood that he will use Fiery Explosion as often as he can. If one or more of his allies

get caught in a blast, so be it. League of Malevolence The League of Malevolence is an odious assemblage of villains united in one purpose: the accumulation of power. Its founding member, the

Morkoth

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

failed save, the creature is charmed by the morkoth for 1 minute. While charmed in this way, the target tries to get as close to the morkoth as possible, using its actions to Dash until it is within

, lightning bolt, sendingSpell Reflection. If the morkoth makes a successful saving throw against a spell or a spell attack misses it, the morkoth can choose another creature (including the spellcaster) it

Shipwright

Backgrounds Ghosts of Saltmarsh

Reflection. Muddied water always clears in time. (Any) 6 Hope. The horizon at sea holds the greatest promise. (Any) D6 BOND 1 I must visit all the oceans

teeth shall adorn my hearth. D6 FLAW 1 I don’t know when to throw something away. You never know when it might be useful again. 2 I get frustrated to the

Izzet Engineer

Backgrounds Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica

construction and architecture — primarily in crafting the infrastructure that allows Ravnicans to enjoy running water, levitating platforms, and other magical and technological wonders. You have a

; did I mention focus? 2 I get really excited about my ideas and I can’t wait to talk about them and start putting them into practice and tinkering with them and I want to tell you about how

Gnome Legacy

Species Basic Rules (2014)

beauties of the world in their long years, but gnomes seem to worry that even with all that time, they can’t get in enough of the things they want to do and see. Gnomes speak as if they can’t

get the thoughts out of their heads fast enough. Even as they offer ideas and opinions on a range of subjects, they still manage to listen carefully to others, adding the appropriate exclamations of

Elf Legacy

Species Basic Rules (2014)

magic allow them to support themselves without the need for clearing and plowing land. They are talented artisans, crafting finely worked clothes and art objects. Their contact with outsiders is

humans translate their family names into Common, but others retain the Elvish version. Child Names: Ara, Bryn, Del, Eryn, Faen, Innil, Lael, Mella, Naill, Naeris, Phann, Rael, Rinn, Sai, Syllin

Morkoth Legacy

Monsters Volo's Guide to Monsters

energy. Each creature in that area must make a DC 17 Wisdom saving throw. On a failed save, the creature is charmed by the morkoth for 1 minute. While charmed in this way, the target tries to get as

hours.Spell Reflection. If the morkoth makes a successful saving throw against a spell, or a spell attack misses it, the morkoth can choose another creature (including the spellcaster) it can see

Bugbear Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

. Shiftless, Savage Layabouts When they’re not in battle, bugbears spend much of their time resting or dozing. They don’t engage in crafting or agriculture to any great extent, or

rather than perform the work or confront the foe. Even when subsumed into a goblinoid host and drawn into war, bugbears must often be roused from naps and bribed to get them to do their duties. This

Yuan-ti Pureblood Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

can transform an individual into a more powerful type. The cost and time required to perform the ritual is prohibitive, and as a result most yuan-ti never get the opportunity to undergo such a

— yuan-ti make perfect courtiers. And, worse for the rest of us, rulers. — Elminster The physical and magical prowess of the yuan-ti empire allowed the former humans to retain their

Vecna's Grasp

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

Vecna’s Grasp Vecna’s Grasp is a cave network in Pandesmos. Other than Vecna, only the characters can reach this cave network—and only because they carry Vecna’s Links. No portal is needed to get

demiplanar unrealities and dismantle them, causing the large crystal at the center of Vecna’s Grasp to disintegrate and leaving a pit in the floor that leads to the Cave of Crystal Reflection.

Bright Burrows

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

Bright Burrows Gnomes make their homes in hilly, wooded lands. They live underground but get more fresh air than dwarves do, enjoying the natural, living world on the surface whenever they can. Their

in the first place. Gnomes who settle in human lands are commonly gemcutters, engineers, sages, or tinkers. Some human families retain gnome tutors, ensuring that their pupils enjoy a mix of serious

Bright Burrows

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

Bright Burrows Gnomes make their homes in hilly, wooded lands. They live underground but get more fresh air than dwarves do, enjoying the natural, living world on the surface whenever they can. Their

in the first place. Gnomes who settle in human lands are commonly gemcutters, engineers, sages, or tinkers. Some human families retain gnome tutors, ensuring that their pupils enjoy a mix of serious

Franchise Tasks and Downtime

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

robust options for characters who want to get things done outside adventuring time, because the heroes of an Acquisitions Incorporated campaign have something that most adventurers don’t — a well-paid

characters’ goals through research, crafting, social encounters, and so forth. This lets the players direct behind-the-scenes activities even as the characters focus on the more rarefied pursuits of

Gold Dwarves

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide

considered lucky). Males grow full beards that they keep oiled and well groomed, and both genders wear their hair long and often elaborately braided. Gold dwarves are best known for crafting beautiful objects

artisans toil over items for years, getting their etchings and fine details just right before being satisfied with their efforts. That deliberate, perfectionist approach is a reflection of gold dwarf

The Noble Knife

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

for its members’ weapon of choice for their trademark deed. Similar to an arrow of slaying, a noble knife is a weapon whose magic is focused on killing a specific individual. The crafting of a noble

faction, you’d almost never see two teams in the same place at the same time — unless they had been given opposite tasks for some reason. If that’s the case, get out of there quick, because whatever happens next isn’t going to be pleasant. — Omin Dran

Torment of Kas

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

distance such that characters who move toward the castle seem to get farther away from it. However, if all the characters move toward the hanging sun, the castle seems to move closer to them. Only by moving

) check to recall that this unreality is a reflection of Vecna’s hatred of Kas; as a vampire, Kas would loathe and fear the sun, so the sun is the key to witnessing Kas’s torment. When the characters reach

Runic Colossus

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

non-giants as a threat, and unless it has other orders, it attacks such creatures on sight. The art of crafting a runic colossus is lost to modern giants, but many tales suggest the instructions

successful one. Reactions Spell Reflection (2/Day). Ranged Spell Attack: +14 to hit, range 120 ft., one creature casting a spell of 5th level or lower. Hit: 26 (4d12) force damage, and the target

Madness of Graz'zt

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

reflection. Anyone who doesn’t appreciate my beauty is a fool.” 21–40 “Sex is a great solution to all of life’s problems. Why doesn’t anyone else get this?” 41–60 “My appetite for delicious, pleasurable

substances knows no bounds. I’ll do anything to get more.” 61–80 “Rumors spread easily, and I know many of them. Who cares if they’re true?” 81–90 “To properly honor my dark, beautiful lord, I must

Session Zero

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

characters. Reinforce Expectations Make it clear that D&D is a group storytelling game. As the DM, you have a role in crafting adventures and arbitrating rules, but you aren’t solely responsible for how

get excited about. Create Player Characters. If players want to discuss their characters or create them collaboratively, now is a great time to do so. Choose Optional Rules. If there are optional rules

10: Guild House

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes of the Borderlands

house, read the following boxed text aloud: Well-oiled oak beams crisscross the high ceilings of this stately guild house. Quiet murmurs and the sounds of crafting echo among workshops. A staircase

Guild Master Stat Block: Noble This guild master helps fellow artisans get a good deal for their wares and services. Judgmental. Toryn looks down on artisans who refuse to join the guild

The Ordning

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

place within the larger framework of the ordning, and each kind of giant has a different way of assigning that place. Cloud giants rank themselves based on wealth, fire giants based on crafting skill

suggestions for how a cloud, fire, frost, or stone giant’s efforts to retain or achieve a high status within the ordning might drive adventures. (Hill and storm giants aren’t included here because of their

Nobility

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

of the city, this means not merely the ability to carry a weapon, but the right to retain up to seventy equipped soldiers. These soldiers always wear a house’s colors and the house’s “arms of grace

” — a heraldic device often borne on a shield, worn as a cloak pin, or affixed to a helmet. Others throughout the city, even foreign dignitaries, are permitted to retain only up to sixteen armed

Warlock

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

When you wash or bathe, anything less than uncomfortably hot water feels cold to you. 6 You have to slap some creature roughly before you can get a good night’s sleep. 7 You’re just not

the face with eldritch blast are just as valuable for corporate espionage as for tomb raiding. How you present yourself to the world at large is often a subtle reflection of your patron. Being a

Fashion Show Preparations

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

the fashion show play out over the course of several weeks. Characters might decide to design their own fashions, model designs at the show, or sell their works at the auction. Other students might get

they’re after, spend 24 hours crafting the outfit, then make a successful DC 10 Dexterity check using leatherworker’s tools, weaver’s tools, or similarly appropriate artisan’s tools. If the check fails, no

Druid

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice Compendium

, you’re not going to break anything in the game system, but you might undermine the story and the world being created in your campaign. Can a bound and gagged druid simply use Wild Shape to get out

only languages that appear in an elemental’s stat block, but the intent (RAI) is that druids retain their knowledge, including of languages, when they transform and can speak the languages they know if

20. Children's Room

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

characters try to leave, the ghost-children attempt to possess them. If one of the ghosts possesses a character, allow the player to retain control of the character, but assign the character one of the

following flaws: A character possessed by Rose gains the following flaw: “I like being in charge and get angry when other people tell me what to do.” A character possessed by Thorn gains the following

Kelek

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

Kelek uses Arcane Defense to bolster his low Armor Class whenever possible, and his challenge rating is a reflection of the likelihood that he will use Fiery Explosion as often as he can. If one or more

of his allies get caught in a blast, so be it. Kelek Medium Humanoid (Human, Sorcerer), Chaotic Evil Armor Class 12 (bracers of defense) Hit Points 45 (7d8 + 14) Speed 30 ft. STR 15 (+2

Spells

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

fork must be made of the right material (sometimes a complex alloy) to focus the spell’s magic properly. Crafting the fork is expensive (at least 250 gp), but even the act of researching the correct

specifications can lead to adventure. After all, not many people voluntarily travel into the depths of Carceri, so very few know what kind of tuning fork is required to get there. Second, the spell

Exploring Sigil

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel

of the Grease Pit to the posh cuisine of the Gastrognome, Sigil offers a taste of the multiverse. Get Ink at Fell’s Tattoos. A dabus (see Morte’s Planar Parade) named Fell runs a tattoo parlor in the

adventure surrounds the characters’ identities and the nature of their deaths. While the characters retain vague, surface-level details about themselves, they’re likely to seek more information in

Droaam

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War

caravan was being protected by gnolls. Not protected from gnolls, protected by gnolls. I thought things couldn’t get any stranger. I couldn’t have been more wrong. … Capital: The Great Crag Hallmarks

grow larger and more organized every day, and the rest of Khorvaire is uneasy with the potential power of a fully realized Droaam. The monsters that inhabit Droaam retain their racial subcultures. Most worship the Dark Six, but other religious traditions flourish as well.

Southern Ward

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

, enjoy the best singers of Calishite music, and examine the most stunning works of dwarven crafting — but the first challenge is finding where these treats are housed. The Southern Ward has long been a

magically animates and dances for patrons — and on occasion serves as a bouncer. Elminster has informed me that despite its dexterity and seemingly fragile beauty, the Jade Dancer is as puissant as a stone golem. So enjoy the show, but don’t get too rowdy.

Consequences

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

letting them choose the setbacks, you can give players more agency in crafting the story of their characters’ deeds. Degrees of Failure Sometimes a failed D20 Test has different consequences depending

automatic failure is bad enough. And characters typically make so many attack rolls that they’re bound to roll dozens of natural 1s over time. What might seem like an interesting consequence, like breaking the weapon used for the attack, will quickly get tiresome.

Way of the Kensei

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything

samurai cross the road? … Now you say “Why?” … Okay, here’s the joke part: I kensei. Get it? What? Why aren’t you laughing? The joke is solid gold, and my delivery was perfect. Maybe you didn’t get it

target you hit with a ranged attack using a kensei weapon takes an extra 1d4 damage of the weapon’s type. You retain this benefit until the end of the current turn. Way of the Brush. You gain

Bugbears

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

, Savage Layabouts When they’re not in battle, bugbears spend much of their time resting or dozing. They don’t engage in crafting or agriculture to any great extent, or otherwise produce anything of value

confront the foe. Even when subsumed into a goblinoid host and drawn into war, bugbears must often be roused from naps and bribed to get them to do their duties. This indolence offers no clue to how

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