cutting release guarded to have require

Abjurer

Classes Player’s Handbook

are sought when baleful spirits require exorcism, when locations must be guarded against magical spying, and when portals to other planes of existence must be closed. Adventuring parties value Abjurers for the protection they provide against a variety of hostile magic and other attacks.

Bronze Sable

Monsters Mythic Odysseys of Theros

are guarded by ancient monsters. Constructed Nature. An anvilwrought doesn't require air, food, drink, or sleep.Fire, Poison

Burnished Hart

Monsters Mythic Odysseys of Theros

the sands of time or are guarded by ancient monsters. Constructed Nature. An anvilwrought doesn't require air, food, drink, or sleep.Fire, Poison

Gold-Forged Sentinel

Monsters Mythic Odysseys of Theros

creations are now heirlooms of monarchs; others are lost to the sands of time or are guarded by ancient monsters. Constructed Nature. An anvilwrought doesn’t require air, food, drink, or sleep.Fire, Poison

Anvilwrought Raptor

Monsters Mythic Odysseys of Theros

sands of time or are guarded by ancient monsters. Constructed Nature. An anvilwrought doesn't require air, food, drink, or sleep. VARIANT: ANVILWROUGHT RAPTOR FAMILIAR Some anvilwrought raptors are

Fractine

Monsters Monstrous Compendium Vol. 1: Spelljammer Creatures

"} force damage if it ends its turn inside an object. Unusual Nature. The fractine doesn’t require air, drink, or sleep.Extradimensional Touch. Melee Spell Attack: +5;{"diceNotation":"1d20+5

, and the fractine can’t be harmed from within the demiplane. The fractine can imprison only one creature at a time and can release that creature as a bonus action. If the fractine is reduced

Gnoll Vampire

Monsters Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

to all nonmagical damage, except the damage it takes from sunlight. Unusual Nature. The vampire doesn’t require air. Vampire Weaknesses. The vampire has the following flaws: Enraged by

create a passage through the glacier unknowingly release the starving gnoll vampire from its icy sepulcher. For more information about Tekeli-li’s lair, the Caves of Hunger, see chapter 6. Necrotic; Bludgeoning, Piercing, and Slashing from Nonmagical Attacks

School of Abjuration Legacy

Classes Player’s Handbook (2014)

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.

Demilich (Variant) Legacy

Monsters Monster Manual (2014)

their quest for power beyond the mortal world. As their patron did, they secure their remains within well-guarded vaults, using soul gems to maintain their phylacteries and destroy the adventurers who

Nature. A demilich doesn’t require air, food, drink, or sleep. So great is a demilich’s will to survive that it always has the maximum number of hit points for its Hit Dice, instead of average

Creating a Heist Crew

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault

Creating a Heist Crew This book’s adventures require the characters to practice teamwork. Encourage your players to think of their characters as longtime associates or perhaps relatives so they feel

tight-knit from the start. Similarly, ask your players to consider creating characters suited to undertaking heists. Combat prowess is less important when sneaking through a guarded complex, for

Torm's Bridges

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus

guard at the center of the bridge, scanning in all directions. Each bridge is guarded by an infernal force tasked with cutting off any assistance between the east and west sides of the city. Each

Where Next?

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus

assumes that the characters visit this location next. If the characters require an additional incentive to go after Amrik, Mortlock assures them that his mother values Amrik’s well-being enough to

negotiate for his release if the characters capture him. He suggests that it would be most unwise to oppose a duke of Baldur’s Gate without leverage. If the characters decide to attack Vanthampur Villa

School of Abjuration

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

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

17. Main Entrance

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage

after rolling initiative, the living unseen servants knock the green flasks off their pedestals, causing the containers to shatter on the floor and release their poison gas (which has no effect on

causes the faerie dragon to become visible — after which it can move, cast a spell that doesn’t require concentration (such as color spray or hallucinatory terrain), and use its bonus action to turn

Introduction

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

support. Every dollar is one step closer to the next level. Game on! Mike Mearls November, 2019 ON FIENDS AND FOLIOS Since a treacherous, former servant of mine thought it wise to release my collected

notes on the great conflicts of the multiverse, I have been deluged with requests to reveal more of my hard earned, well-guarded secrets. Nonsense, I say. A secret shared is a secret no more. My

Getting Around

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron

in half and costs 2 CP per ward travelled. Flight is the prefered way to get through Sharn, cutting travel down to a sixth of the usual time (5 minutes per ward). It’s also more expensive: 2 SP per

. House Lyrandar maintains and licenses most of the skycoaches in Sharn, but you don’t have to have the Mark of Storms to pilot an skycoach. It does require specialized training—a tool proficiency

Galeb Duhr

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

greater intelligence than most elementals, allowing it to better assess threats and to communicate with creatures entering its guarded area. Stone Guardian. A galeb duhr doesn’t age or require

Cragmaw Hideout Locations

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

to be watching this area, but they aren’t paying attention. However, if the characters make a lot of noise here—for example, loudly arguing about what to do next, setting up camp, cutting down brush

them. Development. When the goblin boss is defeated, any remaining goblins attempt to flee to area H3 and release the wolves there. Treasure. The goblin boss has a belt pouch containing 16 sp. H3

Treasure Locations

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

mountains. Climb the white tower guarded by golden knights. The treasure lies on the rooftop of the Tsolenka Pass guard tower (chapter 9, area T6). 4 of Swords—Mercenary The thing you seek lies with the

marsh” refers to Burgomaster Lazlo Ulrich (area U2), whose ghost can point characters toward the monument. 4 of Stars—Abjurer I see a fallen house guarded by a great stone dragon. Look to the highest

Crafting an Item

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

Legendary 19+ If appropriate, pick a monster or a location that is a thematic fit for the item to be crafted. For example, creating mariner’s armor might require the essence of a water weird. Crafting a

staff of charming might require the cooperation of a specific arcanaloth, who will help only if the characters complete a task for it. Making a staff of power might hinge on acquiring a piece of an

Lich

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

lichdom on a whim, and the process of becoming a lich is a well-guarded secret. Wizards that seek lichdom must make bargains with fiends, evil gods, or other foul entities. Many turn to Orcus, Demon

the destruction of its phylactery means the possibility of eternal death, a lich usually keeps its phylactery in a hidden, well-guarded location. Destroying a lich’s phylactery is no easy task and

Duthcloim

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss

of Bregan D’aerthe, can be arranged. While escorted by the spy, the characters have no hostile random encounters. Development. The Bregan D’aerthe safe house is a three-story stone tower guarded by

swarm, its mouth closes, and it can’t release another swarm until 1 hour has passed. COMMON DROW PHRASES The following are a few key drow phrases you can use when roleplaying dark elves. Oloth plynn

Fractine

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monstrous Compendium Volume One: Spelljammer Creatures

objects as if they were difficult terrain, but it takes 5 (1d10) force damage if it ends its turn inside an object. Unusual Nature. The fractine doesn’t require air, drink, or sleep. Actions

imprisoned. No other creature can enter the demiplane, and the fractine can’t be harmed from within the demiplane. The fractine can imprison only one creature at a time and can release that creature as

Melee Attacks

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

. Contests in Combat Battle often involves pitting your prowess against that of your foe. Such a challenge is represented by a contest. This section includes the most common contests that require an action

target to the grappled condition. The condition specifies the things that end it, and you can release the target whenever you like (no action required). Escaping a Grapple. A grappled creature can use

Manor Occupants

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

beholders are prone to be. Servants The manor is guarded by six suits of animated armor and two stone golems. One of the stone golems doesn’t leave the library (area M7), and two suits of animated

armor are stationed outside the doors to the ballroom (area M6). The remaining sentries roam the manor freely. The suits of armor and golems also perform hands-on labor that doesn’t require conversation

Icingdeath Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Divine Contention

press the button, causing the panther head attached to the aft of the ship to release a 20-foot-square patch of oil onto the surface of the sea, which the head then ignites by releasing a jet of flame

a successful one. This also catches the ship on fire, and will require immediate attention to keep it from spreading any further. I7. Icingdeath Main Hold The sailors rest in shifts using the sixteen

Daask Excavation site

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

the pit doesn’t require an ability check. If the party does not intervene, the warforged laborers simply sit until release by Garra or another member of Daask. If the party frees them, the warforged

Melee Attacks

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

succeed automatically if the target is incapacitated. If you succeed, you subject the target to the grappled condition. The condition specifies the things that end it, and you can release the target

contests that require an action in combat: grappling and shoving a creature. The DM can use these contests as models for improvising others. Shoving a Creature Using the Attack action, you can make a

Exploring Automata

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

guarded by a decaton modron (see Morte’s Planar Parade) and four pentadrones. If any of these modrons are attacked or feel threatened, they can call on more pentadrones, which arrive in 3 rounds. The

logbook, and I’ll see to it that you can use the gate as you require. And if you bring Beltha in, I’ll throw in a bonus.” Aristimus can also offer the following information: Beltha is a githzerai

Gnoll Vampire

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

. Tekeli-li exists today as a gnoll vampire that hasn’t fed in decades. Adventurers who use the “Rime of the Frostmaiden” to create a passage through the glacier unknowingly release the starving gnoll

takes from sunlight. Unusual Nature. The vampire doesn’t require air. Vampire Weaknesses. The Vampire has the following flaws: Enraged by Celestial. If it hears words of Celestial spoken, the

Anvilwroughts

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

were crafted by the hand of Purphoros himself. A number of these magnificent creations are now heirlooms of monarchs; others are lost to the sands of time or are guarded by ancient monsters

. Constructed Nature. An anvilwrought doesn’t require air, food, drink, or sleep. (JAMES ZAPATA) Anvilwrought Raptor Prized among Meletis’s thaumaturges, anvilwrought raptors are often crafted in the form of a

Encounter Locations

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

. This can be accomplished by cutting both creatures free of the mycelium or by destroying the mycelium that holds them. Either accomplishment spells their doom. A character with a knife or other small

Outpost Locations

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

) and the overlook (area O3) run down to release the ogre zombie from its cage and attack intruders who breach this hall. The zombie sides with the duergar in any fight. Duergar that fall below half

well are icy and require climbing gear or magic to scale. O3. Overlook The door opens into a large, nearly empty room. Snow has drifted into the corners, and frost covers the stone walls. Three barred

Forge Level (X16-X26)

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

Underdark and brought it back here. If the characters challenge the duergar, the two enlarged ones remove the sack covering the umber hulk’s head and release the creature, after which all four

weapons. X18. Guarded Corridor Between two sets of double doors is a corridor with a dozen arrow slits along its walls. Four duergar guards are stationed in the hallways to either side (two per location

Market Ward

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands

hoards too large to defend, they can store excess treasure in secure vaults beneath the Bank of Abbathor. The guarded rows of armored doors are pure theater, empty repositories designed to comfort

, and their efforts require them to maintain intense concentration in the cooperative. As a result, they often assign worthy adventurers to deal with threats at their sources.

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