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Dungeon Master’s Guide
energy sprang from a void of negative energy and will one day return to it. Blackrazor is meant to hurry that process along.
Despite its nihilism, Blackrazor feels a strange kinship to Wave and Whelm
Blackrazor. Blackrazor can be destroyed by crushing it in the great gears of Mechanus. Primus, the creator of the modrons, also knows a series of musical tones that Blackrazor can’t stand to hear, causing the sword to shatter.
Monsters
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
temporary hit points.
Unusual Nature. The swarm doesn’t require air, food, drink, or sleep.Multiattack. The swarm makes one Undead Mass attack and one Grasping Limbs attack.
Undead Mass. Melee
":"bludgeoning"} bludgeoning damage if the swarm has half of its hit points or fewer.
Grasping Limbs. Melee Weapon Attack: +4;{"diceNotation":"1d20+4","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Grasping Limbs"} to hit
Monsters
Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
;{"diceNotation":"1d20+7","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Crushing Grasp"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 14 (2d8 + 5);{"diceNotation":"2d8+5","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Crushing Grasp
grasping mass of Humanoid limbs, a soul shaker is an obsessive claimer of corpses and collector of body parts. These nightmarish creatures arise from ghoulish collections of severed limbs exposed to
Monsters
Candlekeep Mysteries
grasping and climbing. A grippli can move as quickly on all fours as it can on two legs.
Communal Effort. Grippli rely on ambushes and guerrilla warfare to defend themselves and their settlements. They
. Grippli religion is based in animism and nature spirits; the frogfolk do not pay reverence to a single deity, but they might beseech a particular nature spirit for aid from time to time.
Backgrounds
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
regular shift patrolling either the Lower City or the Outer City. In return, you have access to the Flaming Fist’s fortresses and a direct line of communication with Flaming Fist officers and
regular patrol in the Upper City or take a regular shift at its gates, and must report for training in the Watch Citadel once every ten days. In return, you have access to the Citadel and a direct line of
Backgrounds
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
time apart from the clamor of society, you found quiet, solitude, and perhaps some of the answers you were looking for.
Skill Proficiencies: Medicine, Religion
Tool Proficiencies: Herbalism kit
superseding event. Suddenly directionless and unable to return to your homeland, you have lingered, adrift, in this wretched city.
Feature: Discovery
The quiet seclusion of your extended
Hermit
Legacy
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Backgrounds
Player’s Handbook (2014)
quiet, solitude, and perhaps some of the answers you were looking for.
Skill Proficiencies: Medicine, Religion
Tool Proficiencies: Herbalism kit
Languages: One of your choice
Equipment: A scroll
hence the reason for your return to society.
Work with your DM to determine the details of your discovery and its impact on the campaign.
Other Hermits
This hermit background assumes a
classes
Skill Proficiencies
Choose 3: Athletics, History, Investigation, Medicine, Nature, Perception, Religion, and Survival
Weapon Proficiencies
Simple and Martial weapons
Armor Training
shields to protect against crushing jaws and scything claws, others deploy cunning traps to keep a safe distance from the horrors they hunt, some assume the traits and powers of their enemies to better
Monsters
Mordenkainen's Fiendish Folio Volume 1
minds a few simple commands to help them with their tasks. She gave them the tenacity and toughness of a crab to augment their strength, grasping claws to help them claim the treasures she loved, and a
, looting and smashing any settlements they know of or encounter. After six days exactly, their rampage ends, and they return to their humble lives.
Deep-Seated Memories. When a coastal raid or a theft of
Triton
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Species
Volo's Guide to Monsters
, driving them into the Darkened Depths where they escaped into the crushing pressure and utter darkness. In time, the tritons noticed that their ancient elemental foes had grown quiet. Expeditions to
foes when they found them and drove the rest into hiding.
With their foes banished to the deepest reaches of the sea, tritons settled in to watch for any sign of their return. Over time, the tritons
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
)
INT
17 (+3)
WIS
11 (+0)
CHA
6 (−2)
Skills Arcana +5, History +5, Nature +5, Religion +5, Perception +2
Damage Immunities poison
Condition Immunities charmed, exhaustion
saving throws against spells and other magical effects.
Actions
Multiattack. The archivist makes two Grasping Limb attacks.
Grasping Limb. Melee Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, reach 15 ft., one target
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
rock crushing power of ice and glaciers. Crushing Wave cultists see all living creatures as nothing more than trapped water that could one day be free to return to the seas or skies in a new form. The
seas and deep waters are eager to reclaim the parts of themselves currently held in the blood and bodies of living creatures, and it is the duty of Crushing Wave initiates to return nonbelievers to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
The Spy’s Letter The characters have a problem in Red Larch: Justran Daehl, the cellarer (ale buyer) of the Helm at Highsun, is a spy for the Cult of the Crushing Wave. He’s been reporting on the
party’s comings and goings since they arrived in the region. Justran doesn’t sign his letters, but if the characters find one of his reports in Rivergard or in the Temple of the Crushing Wave, they might
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
successful one.
An ankheg resembles an enormous many-legged insect, its long antennae twitching in response to any movement around it. Its legs end in sharp hooks adapted for burrowing and grasping its
burrows upward, waiting below the surface until its antennae detect movement from above. Then it bursts from the earth and seizes prey in its mandibles, crushing and grinding while it secretes acidic
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
demons turn on one another in frays that can devastate vast expanses. Barlguras vary in appearance, but all have powerful frames and hands capable of climbing swiftly and delivering crushing blows. If
brute force isn’t enough to overwhelm their foes, barlguras can use demonic magic to conjure terrifying illusions and grasping vines. Most barlguras resemble nightmarish apes, and some bear exaggerated
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
child entwined in a pair of snakes; and a stoic woman grasping a sword and a sheaf of wheat.
On the south side of the ziggurat, a ramp with stairs ascends to the monument’s highest tier.
The
three statues depict Cynidicea’s ancient gods: Gorm, Usamigaras, and Madarua. A character who studies the statues and succeeds on a DC 15 Intelligence (Religion) check recognizes the lost gods—who might
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
into the Darkened Depths where they escaped into the crushing pressure and utter darkness. In time, the tritons noticed that their ancient elemental foes had grown quiet. Expeditions to the depths
them and drove the rest into hiding. With their foes banished to the deepest reaches of the sea, tritons settled in to watch for any sign of their return. Over time, the tritons extended their
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
surface. Knifepoint Gully near Feathergale Spire leads to the Temple of Howling Hatred. The Dark Stream flows under Rivergard Keep, leading to the Temple of the Crushing Wave. The Ancient Stair
defeat each dungeon when they kill its prophet or eliminate the monsters in the elemental shrine in these locations: Temple of Howling Hatred: area A19 Temple of the Crushing Wave: area C25 Temple of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
Crushing Wave Cultists The Cult of the Crushing Wave venerates the element of water as a force of destruction and evil. Only fools or lunatics worship the idea of destruction, and many of the
Crushing Wave cultists can be described as such. Others are more calculating and deliberate in their evil, and see the power of Elemental Evil as a tool by which they can sweep away the existing order of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
escape. In return, she taught me the rudiments of rune carving.
—Bigby
Intended for the Dungeon Master, this chapter explores key aspects of giants’ life and society. The ideas and tables included
. “The Ordning” explores the relationships among and within different giant kinds, with a focus on the ordning’s role in driving adventures. “Gods and Religion” describes a pantheon of gods consisting of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
return for their zeal, these kuo-toa are granted minor magical abilities and pincerlike weapons for subduing foes. In battle, whips drive on other kuo-toa with threats of violence and burbling chants. Kuo
+2 +2
Ability Score Mod Save
Int 12 +1 +1
Wis 14 +2 +2
Cha 11 +0 +0
Skills Perception +6, Religion +3
Senses Darkvision 120 ft., Truesight 30 ft.; Passive
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
.” The daughter finally destroyed Shemshime by crushing it under a millstone that had been blessed by a traveling halfling cleric of Chauntea (god of agriculture). The story became a local legend, a
Rhyme. By doing so, he inadvertently created a conduit through which Shemshime could return. Yowen Pilt procured the book from an adventurer who discovered it among the debris of a shipwreck. He
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
, green-skinned giant with glowing eyes and white-feathered wings.” Any character who succeeds on a DC 18 Intelligence (Religion) check realizes, based on this description, that Fazrian is a planetar
. The duergar have come to plunder a shrine of Laduguer on this level, then return to the Deep Mines with loot to earn Fazrian’s favor. They know the shrine’s location (area 6c) but nothing about the mummy lord that guards it.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
for the gleaming golden mask. Seconds later, things return to normal. Any character who succeeds on a DC 12 Intelligence (Religion) check recognizes it as a sign from Phenax, but its exact meaning is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
hand and tries to smear his blood on the faces of those who freed him. Anyone who succeeds on a DC 13 Intelligence (Religion) check realizes that this gesture is a sign of gratitude. Gryhark leaves to
return to his tribe whether the characters accept his gratitude or not. A third cage holds an unarmed prisoner: Emerald Enclave member Ghalvin Dragonmoor (CG male half-elf scout). If freed, he asks the characters to escort him to Goldenfields, so that he can report to the Abbot what he has seen.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
depictions of grasping ghouls and is stained with dry blood. The water is 2 feet deep. The ledges and central dais are 5 feet high (3 feet higher than the water’s surface), and the chamber’s ceiling is 16
the dais when the cultists appear must sacrifice a creature on the altar or face the cult’s wrath; characters can ascertain what must be done with a successful DC 11 Intelligence (Religion) or Wisdom
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
and initiative count 10. Active Elements. The Path of Blades includes a set of whirling blades along the first 80 feet of the trap, crushing pillars that slam down from the ceiling to the floor before
+5 bonus to the attack roll and dealing 11 (2d10) slashing damage on a hit. Crushing Pillars (Initiative 10). Each creature in the 50-foot-long area beyond the first 80 feet of the hallway must make a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Other Religious Systems In your campaign, you can create pantheons of gods who are closely linked in a single religion, monotheistic religions (worship of a single deity), dualistic systems (centered
), or even forces and philosophies that don’t center on deities. Tight Pantheons In contrast to a loose pantheon, a tight pantheon focuses on a single religion whose teachings and edicts embrace a small
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
point out that there’s nothing left in the library to steal, Ilda is overcome by a fit of misery as she agonizes over her failures. A successful DC 14 Intelligence (Religion) check reveals that Ilda
into thin air for no reason, then return in a fury if the characters try to call her back. If the party manages to converse with Ilda, they might learn that yuan-ti dwell in the innermost parts of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
while reaching out with grasping pseudopods. The sphere’s surface, like the cave walls, is covered with slime. Black slime swirls with yellow and gray slime in a disgusting soup, the unearthly patterns in
characters can return here and have a chance to triumph. If Glabbagool is with the party, it attempts to communicate with the other ooze creatures, telling the characters that others of its kind are calling
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
, so the creature can’t leave the unreality and return to the tunnel. E2a. Images of Kas the Betrayer flicker on the walls of this tunnel. In each reflection, Vecna torments Kas, who appears powerless
character proficient in the Religion skill recognizes these deities. Characters who cross the threshold appear in the unreality described in the “Dead Gods” section.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
tiefling wizard’s familiar, transformed by an irate archmage in return for some petty insult. The hobgoblin paladin might have been human once, but crossed the wrong hag and was cursed to take on an evil
dwarves and have adopted their culture. 4 At a young age, you adopted a human religion and now serve it faithfully. 5 You received divine insight that sent you on your path, and occasionally receive new
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
Olhydra Olhydra is the Princess of Evil Water. Sometimes known as the Crushing Wave, the Dark Tide, or the Well of Endless Anguish, she takes the form of a great wave, 20 feet high and 15 feet wide
return stronger than before. Of all the Princes of Elemental Evil, Olhydra is the one most interested in mortals. She recognizes that pirates and raiders who redden the waters with mortal blood (and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
, these creatures invade Wildspace systems and lay waste to worlds. After sating themselves on the minds and bodies of a world’s inhabitants, cosmic horrors usually return to the void, where they fall
action option can be used at a time and only at the end of another creature’s turn. The horror regains spent legendary actions at the start of its turn.
Crushing Tentacle. The horror crushes one
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
outside their walls — or to make sure visitors who learn the truth either join the cult or never return from their visit. Reason to Visit. These four sites are central to the adventure (see chapter 3
, Grimjaw and his followers are themselves the bandits, and Rivergard Keep is secretly the stronghold of the Cult of the Crushing Wave.