currents respected growing to have require

Naiad

Monsters Mythic Odysseys of Theros

hidden system of currents and arteries, a ship might reach any destination in record time, be it across the sea or along a river a hundred miles inland. Naiads do nothing to dissuade sailors from this

facets of nature might employ nymphs as messengers, guardians, or scouts. Immortal Nature. A nymph doesn’t require food, drink, or sleep. PoisonPsychic

Ancient Dragon Turtle

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

instead. Unusual Nature. The dragon turtle doesn't require food or drink.Multiattack. The dragon turtle makes one Bite or Tail attack and two Claw attacks. Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +16

turtle’s lair can be transformed by its presence, creating one or more of the following effects: Diverting Currents. Underwater currents push unwanted visitors away from the lair. While

Morkoth

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

, oddities, and castoffs of the multiverse in a massive, ever-growing collection. The first morkoths arose in the Astral Plane when the petrified body of a deity of greed and strife collided with a

without notice. The environment is warm and wet, a subtropical or tropical climate that keeps the morkoth and its “guests” comfortable. Each island glides on planar currents and is safe from

Adult Lunar Dragon

Monsters Spelljammer: Adventures in Space

-foot-diameter tunnel in its wake. Unusual Nature. The dragon doesn’t require air.Multiattack. The dragon makes one Bite attack and two Claw attacks. Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +11;{"diceNotation

, which kills all ordinary plants growing within 6 miles of the lair if the dragon is ancient, or within 3 miles if the dragon is an adult. Haunting Moan. A haunting sound gets louder or fainter

Ancient Lunar Dragon

Monsters Spelljammer: Adventures in Space

-foot-diameter tunnel in its wake. Unusual Nature. The dragon doesn’t require air.Multiattack. The dragon makes one Bite attack and two Claw attacks. Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +14;{"diceNotation

covers the ground, which kills all ordinary plants growing within 6 miles of the lair if the dragon is ancient, or within 3 miles if the dragon is an adult. Haunting Moan. A haunting sound gets

Kas the Betrayer

Monsters Vecna: Eve of Ruin

). Spider Climb. Kas can climb difficult surfaces, including upside down on ceilings, without needing to make an ability check. Strength of the Night. Kas doesn’t require a coffin, and he drinks

Tovag, his Domain of Dread. He can be permanently destroyed only by having a stake driven through his heart and then being beheaded. The stake must be cut from a tree growing in soil from Oerth, Kas&rsquo

Azorius Functionary

Backgrounds Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica

modeled my career after a highly respected lawmage or arrester, but I fear that my role model might be involved in something illegal. Flaws d6 Flaw 1 I’m

it and now does me occasional favors. 9 I have a fanatical Selesnya cousin who keeps trying to recruit me and everyone else in the family. 10 While growing up, I was bullied by a brat who’s now a hybrid in the Simic Combine.

Guild Artisan - Baldur's Gate

Backgrounds Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus

adventuring and trade together. Feature: Guild Membership As an established and respected member of a guild, you can rely on certain benefits that membership provides. Your fellow guild members will

innocence or the crime is justifiable. You can also gain access to powerful political figures through the guild, if you are a member in good standing. Such connections might require the donation of

School of Abjuration Legacy

Classes Player’s Handbook (2014)

, however, that ending harmful effects, protecting the weak, and banishing evil influences is anything but a philosophical void. It is a proud and respected vocation. Called abjurers, members of this

school are sought when baleful spirits require exorcism, when important locations must be guarded against magical spying, and when portals to other planes of existence must be closed.

Guild Artisan / Guild Merchant Legacy

Backgrounds Player’s Handbook (2014)

take on the extra effort to weave adventuring and trade together. Feature: Guild Membership As an established and respected member of a guild, you can rely on certain benefits that membership

connections might require the donation of money or magic items to the guild’s coffers. You must pay dues of 5 gp per month to the guild. If you miss payments, you must make up back dues to remain

Triton Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

the world above. Aquatic Crusaders Centuries ago, tritons entered the world in response to the growing threat of evil elementals. Tritons waged many wars against their enemies on the Plane of Water

them. Tritons also have a tendency to emerge from their isolation under the assumption that other folk will welcome them as respected allies and mentors. Again, distance drives much of this attitude

Kobold Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

creatures wouldn’t feel safe. Kobolds take advantage of their size by creating small-diameter tunnels that they can easily pass through, but that require larger creatures to hunch over or even

’s mother is. This practice and the communal raising of the hatchlings mean that the tribe operates like a group of cousins. Because they lay eggs, and the eggs don’t require much tending

Torrents Features

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse

, slippery stone that require successful DC 10 Strength (Athletics) checks to climb. Currents. In locations near steep waterfalls, rapid currents exist. Whenever a creature enters a strong current for

of Water Within the Plunging Torrents, any creature that has the symbol of water scratched into their flesh gains a swimming speed equal to its ground speed, is immune to the effects of currents, and

Seagrow Caves Features

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragons of Stormwreck Isle

of dark gray basalt—volcanic rock originating from Sharruth’s undersea tomb. The walls provide hand- and footholds, so climbing the walls doesn’t require an ability check. Fumes. Toxic volcanic fumes

from deep below the island are slowly poisoning the fungi in the caves. A faint smell of sulfur pervades the place, growing stronger the closer one gets to area B6. If the characters take a long rest

Myrkul Patrol

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sleeping Dragon’s Wake

feet high. Light. Phosphorescent moss growing on the walls fills the caves with dim green light, imposing disadvantage on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on sight. Stalagmites. Medium-sized

Intelligence (History) check. Trees. The trees outside of the lair are 1d6 + 10 feet tall and require no ability checks to climb. Walls. Wild vines grow on the cave’s walls. Climbing the walls without equipment requires a successful DC 11 Strength (Athletics) check.

School of Abjuration

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

assertion. You understand, however, that ending harmful effects, protecting the weak, and banishing evil influences is anything but a philosophical void. It is a proud and respected vocation. Called

abjurers, members of this school are sought when baleful spirits require exorcism, when important locations must be guarded against magical spying, and when portals to other planes of existence must be

Xanthoria's Defeat

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries

Xanthoria’s Defeat Once Xanthoria is defeated, the characters find the last few pages of her notes among her possessions. They detail her growing obsession with undead and her success at turning

. Convincing Thunderwing to give up her life should be handled through roleplaying rather than ability checks, although you can require the characters to succeed on a DC 15 Charisma (Persuasion) group

Death Knight

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

a life of wickedness or finds redemption can it finally escape its undead purgatory and truly perish. Undead Nature. A death knight doesn’t require air, food, drink, or sleep. Death Knight Medium

told that he must atone for his misdeeds by completing a quest, but growing fears about Isolde’s fidelity caused him to abandon his quest. Because his mission was not accomplished, a great cataclysm

Gargoyle

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

gargoyle doesn’t require air, food, drink, or sleep. Gargoyle Medium elemental, chaotic evil Armor Class 15 (natural armor) Hit Points 52 (7d8 + 21) Speed 30 ft., fly 60 ft. STR 15 (+2

essence of the elemental prince, growing over long years into vaguely humanoid rock formations that resolve at last into the hard, cruel shapes of gargoyles. Ogrémoch doesn’t create gargoyles

Traditionalists

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh

a sleepy backwater, he could operate with impunity. Now that Saltmarsh has attracted attention from the outside world, he sees business growing more difficult and less profitable. Over the years

reconciliation, giving the factions a chance to make amends. 17–18 A bungled smuggling operation lands a few respected people in jail, leading to near riots as fishers gather in a huge mob to effect a

Personality

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

the introduction). Spider Climb. Kas can climb difficult surfaces, including upside down on ceilings, without needing to make an ability check. Strength of the Night. Kas doesn’t require a coffin

having a stake driven through his heart and then being beheaded. The stake must be cut from a tree growing in soil from Oerth, Kas’s home world. Sunlight Hypersensitivity. While in sunlight, Kas

Mortuary Encounters

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Adventure Atlas: The Mortuary

ritual dedicated to the powers of death. To complete the ritual, the deathlocks require a living sacrifice—one of the characters would be perfect. 9 Four minotaur skeletons carry a palanquin of bones

archdevil’s growing collection. †Monsters marked with a dagger (†) appear in Monsters of the Multiverse. Roll a d6 if you don’t have that book. *See the appendix.

Event-Based Adventures

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

Villain Actions d6 Type of Actions 1 Big event 2 Crime spree 3 Growing corruption 4 One and done 5 Serial crimes 6 Step by step Big Event. The villain’s plans come to fruition during a festival, an

marketplace, increasing the horror and the body count each time. Growing Corruption. As time passes, the villain’s power and influence grow, affecting more victims across a larger area. This might take the

Life and Outlook

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

. Because they lay eggs, and the eggs don’t require much tending, kobold females aren’t exempted from war or work. Furthermore, kobolds can slowly change sex. If most males or females of a tribe are

back to life as the next egg laid in the hatchery. If a particularly important or respected member of a tribe dies, the hatchery is closely monitored. The next egg laid is immediately separated from the

Important Members

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things

Important Members Here are some of the Moonstalkers’ most powerful and respected members. Boss Augustus Augustus is a hulking human werewolf of few words. He shares leadership of the guild with Boss

, the target retains its alignment, languages, and equipment but otherwise uses the werewolf stat block, excluding actions that require equipment the target doesn’t have. During any night when there’s

Guild Artisan

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

you abandon your trade for adventure, or take on the extra effort to weave adventuring and trade together. Feature: Guild Membership As an established and respected member of a guild, you can rely on

a member in good standing. Such connections might require the donation of money or magic items to the guild’s coffers. You must pay dues of 5 gp per month to the guild. If you miss payments, you must

Morkoth

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse

massive, ever-growing collection. The first morkoths arose in the Astral Plane when the petrified body of a deity of greed and strife collided with a remnant of celestial matter imbued with life-giving

tropical climate that keeps the morkoth and its “guests” comfortable. Each island glides on planar currents and is safe from most harmful external effects—one could float in the skies of Avernus in

Background

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

. Entering the service of one or more gods seemed natural. 4 An impassioned sermon struck a chord deep in my soul and moved me to serve the faith. 5 I followed a childhood friend, a respected

family tradition. 3 The local lord forced me to enlist in the army. 4 War ravaged my homeland while I was growing up. Fighting was the only life I ever knew. 5 I wanted fame and fortune, so I joined a

Nymphs

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros

require food, drink, or sleep. Alseid (MAGALI VILLENEUVE) Alseid Touched with the golden light of the sun, alseids inhabit meadows, plains, and lands of cultivated natural beauty. Many live in

the Sea. Sailors across the world claim that naiads know all the secret aquatic routes of Theros. Using this hidden system of currents and arteries, a ship might reach any destination in record time

King Hekaton and His Daughters

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder

recent years, King Hekaton had become convinced that the age of the giants was past, as evidenced by the growing distance between the giants and their gods. Annam the All-Father didn’t answer prayers

respected his wife’s desire to treat with them on occasion. Neri continued to visit the small folk from time to time even after the upheaval — until the day came when she failed to return from one of

Magical Phenomena

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything

forces, the subsequent effects range from whimsical to deadly. Eldritch Storm Eldritch Storms When magical currents become trapped amid winds and clouds, eldritch storms can result. Flaywind

in the background of everything the creature hears for 1 hour, during which the creature has advantage on saving throws against spells. 7 The creature doesn’t require food, drink, or sleep for 1d4 days

Journey Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk

into a chasm fifteen feet wide and thirty feet deep. Faint sounds of sobbing echo from the chasm’s south side. The chasm walls are sheer and require a successful DC 12 Strength (Athletics) check to

: confusion, fear J8: Burbling Intersection Phosphorescent fungus growing throughout this side tunnel ripples with iridescent colors, and the walls glisten with a thin, moist sheen of mucus. Natural

Temple of Paladine Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen

to escape at the first opportunity. Doors. The doors to the temple are partially submerged and require a successful DC 13 Strength check to open. P4: Nave Murky water covers a triangular chamber. To

. At the same time, the spear lengthens, growing into a whole, newly forged, pike-length dragonlance (see appendix A). Before a character takes the reforged lance, read the following text: From nowhere

Little Oak

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

damage. The Getaway Gang The Getaway Gang has four members: Will of the Feywild, the gang’s leader (described above) Bobi, a boisterous male dwarf growing his first whiskers Sloane, a sarcastic

Squirt move or act, that creature must succeed on a DC 18 Intelligence (Investigation) check to discern that Squirt is animate. Unusual Nature. Squirt doesn’t require air, food, drink, or sleep

Ground Floor

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh

, though finding a buyer for such tomes might require the party to look beyond Saltmarsh. 3. Study This room was once a writing room or study. Against the wall under the windows sits a large wooden

mushrooms growing around a fireplace in a semicircular formation. Otherwise, the room is bare. The mushrooms are harmless. Treasure. A character who searches the chimney of the fireplace discovers a

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