dangerous idea are beyond

Boggart

Species Lorwyn: First Light

Boggarts are Small, squat goblinoids found in the realm of Lorwyn-Shadowmoor. They possess bestial physical features, including horns and animal- like snouts. Beyond these commonalities, boggart

for body modifications, such as riveting armored plates to their flesh. Shadowmoor boggart society is chaotic and decentralized; their communities are few and likely to be found in isolated or dangerous

Giant Child

Monsters Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

","rollAction":"Club","rollDamageType":"bludgeoning"} bludgeoning damage. Giant Children Generally, it’s a good idea to avoid situations where you treat a giant child as a monster. While even giant

toddlers can be dangerous, they’re no match for adventurers who can handle giant parents. Young giants are no more inherently evil than any other free-willed creature, so fighting and killing them

Boss Delour

Monsters The Book of Many Things

him dangerous. He can smile and shake someone’s hand while simultaneously plotting to ruin that person. Expanding the guild’s activities beyond thievery was Delour’s idea. He

Mental Prison

Spells Xanathar's Guide to Everything

around the target’s space appear dangerous to it in some way. You might cause the target to perceive itself as being surrounded by fire, floating razors, or hideous maws filled with dripping teeth

. Whatever form the illusion takes, the target can’t see or hear anything beyond it and is restrained for the spell’s duration. If the target is moved out of the illusion, makes a melee

Zodar

Monsters Spelljammer: Adventures in Space

exist or where they came from, but the most popular hypothesis is that they are the creations of some long-forgotten god. Zodars interact with other sapient creatures in a manner that goes beyond mere

. Another theory is that all zodars are working in concert to achieve some master objective. A third, less ominous idea is that zodars lost their sense of purpose when their creator vanished, and they are

Skylla

Monsters The Wild Beyond the Witchlight

Malevolence, and now she works for Endelyn. Skylla is open to the idea of rejoining the league, but not while Kelek is in charge. Alignment. Chaotic evil. Personality Trait. “Only a fool would turn

effective melee combatant. She is more dangerous when she can use magic from a safe distance. She can also use her faerie fire spell to make foes easier for her allies to hit. League of Malevolence The

Choker

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

choker is a subterranean predator far more dangerous than its small size and spindly, rubbery limbs would suggest. Chokers have cartilage rather than a bony skeleton. This flexible internal structure

choker can keep its body deep inside the crevice where it hides, beyond the reach of most normal weapons. Chokers tend to set their ambushes alone, rather than working in concert, but where one

Splugoth the Returned

Monsters Acquisitions Incorporated

":"1d4+2","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Dagger","rollDamageType":"slashing"} slashing damage. Word From Beyond (1/day). Splugoth remembers and repeats aloud a few words from a place he entered while

again, and it seems like a really good idea to play up the drama of resurrection with a cool new name — and a master plan for cold, cold revenge against those who betrayed you. Every once in a

Mark of Handling Human

Species Eberron: Rising from the Last War

were born to rule it. —Dalin d’Vadalis The Mark of Handling gives its bearer a primal connection to beasts and the natural world, granting the power to calm and coax. This extends beyond

Mark of Handling allows Vadalis to work with more exotic creatures as well. Griffons, hippogriffs, and even bulettes can be bred and trained. Even with the Mark of Handling, this is dangerous work

Neothelid

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

hunger, they turn to devouring one another. Only one tadpole survives out of the thousands in the colony’s pool, and it emerges as a neothelid. Neothelids know nothing beyond their predatory

they’re just as likely to prey on mind flayer;mind flayers as on anything else. Mind flayers consider neothelids dangerous abominations—normally they eat or destroy any tadpoles that grow

Duergar Mind Master

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

effect.Wearing fearsome masks, duergar mind masters usually operate as spies, both inside and beyond a duergar stronghold. Their psionically augmented abilities enable them to see through illusions with ease

this end, duergar warriors fulfill a variety of combat roles, often marrying their fury in battle with their psionic abilities or training dangerous Underdark creatures as mounts. Denigrated by some

Witchlight Hand

Backgrounds The Wild Beyond the Witchlight

joined the carnival to escape a dismal life at home, or maybe you were enchanted by the idea of visiting new places or the dream of becoming one of the carnival’s star attractions. Now that you&rsquo

a sense of wonder. Perhaps greater adventures await you beyond the carnival’s gates. Skill Proficiencies: Performance, Sleight of Hand Tool Proficiencies: Disguise kit or one type of musical

Artus Cimber

Monsters Tomb of Annihilation

Chult, where he also met his wife, Alisanda. The ring halts its wearer’s natural aging and has allowed Artus to survive well beyond his natural lifespan. The ring also defies magical attempts to

idea where the city is. However, he has a powerful artifact in his possession and a good heart. If the characters explain why they’ve come to Chult, Artus puts aside his personal quest and

Olhydra

Monsters Princes of the Apocalypse

round. Creatures and objects within or beyond the fog are heavily obscured. A creature that enters the freezing cloud for the first time on a turn or starts its turn there takes 10 (3d6);{"diceNotation

— bad weather, strong tides, and increasing aggression from dangerous sea life. Violent downpours become frequent within 10 miles of the lair. A downpour occurs once every 2d12;{"diceNotation

Fighter Legacy

Classes Basic Rules (2014)

skill. Likewise, a fighter is adept with shields and every form of armor. Beyond that basic degree of familiarity, each fighter specializes in a certain style of combat. Some concentrate on archery

use their training as adventurers. The dungeon delving, monster slaying, and other dangerous work common among adventurers is second nature for a fighter, not all that different from the life he or she

Giff

Species Spelljammer: Adventures in Space

own, which giff have learned to channel through their weapons. Most giff have no idea where this so-called astral spark comes from, but they feel its presence most strongly when they are in Wildspace

blossom into hard feelings, loud arguments, and head-butting contests, but they rarely escalate beyond that. Creating Your Character When you create your D&D character, you decide whether your

Triton Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

elemental planes, and other dangerous spots far from the eyes of land-bound folk. Long-established guardians of the deep ocean floor, in recent years the noble tritons have become increasingly active in

have never been to the surface world. They struggle with the idea that they can’t easily move up and down out of water, and the changing of the seasons mystifies them. Tritons also find the

Aarakocra Legacy

Species Elemental Evil Player's Companion

beyond — from the boundless vistas of the Elemental Plane of Air. They are immigrants, refugees, scouts, and explorers, their outposts functioning as footholds in a world both strange and alien

versa. The idea of ownership baffles most aarakocra. After all, who owns the sky? Even when explained to them, they initially find the notion of ownership mystifying. As a result, aarakocra who have

Sage - Baldur's Gate

Backgrounds Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus

craft dangerous magical wares without batting an eyelash. Whenever a noteworthy crime or mysterious happening occurs in the city, you immediately have a list of 1d4 suspects who, if they aren’t

1 Knowledge. The path to power and self-improvement is through knowledge. (Neutral) 2 Beauty. What is beautiful points us beyond itself toward what is true. (Good) 3 Logic. Emotions must

Thieves' Cant

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

that knows thieves’ cant understands such messages. It takes four times longer to convey such a message than it does to speak the same idea plainly. In addition, you understand a set of secret signs

and symbols used to convey short, simple messages, such as whether an area is dangerous or the territory of a thieves’ guild, whether loot is nearby, or whether the people in an area are easy marks or will provide a safe house for thieves on the run.

Thieves' Cant

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

that knows thieves’ cant understands such messages. It takes four times longer to convey such a message than it does to speak the same idea plainly. In addition, you understand a set of secret signs

and symbols used to convey short, simple messages, such as whether an area is dangerous or the territory of a thieves’ guild, whether loot is nearby, or whether the people in an area are easy marks or will provide a safe house for thieves on the run.

Lizardfolk Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

’t scared of a troll; instead, they understand that a troll is a fearsome, dangerous creature and react accordingly. Lizardfolk never become angry in the way others do, but they act with

plans, or cultivating other methods to progress beyond their simple existence as hunters and gatherers. Hapless Soft Ones At their core, lizardfolk view other humanoids with an indifference verging on

Tabaxi Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

of the world beyond their home. Barterers of Lore Tabaxi treasure knowledge rather than material things. A chest filled with gold coins might be useful to buy food or a coil of rope, but it’s

wanderers keep to civilized realms, preferring to bargain instead of pursuing more dangerous methods of sating their curiosity. However, they aren’t above a little discreet theft to get their claws

Using This Source

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal

settings. Use that information to place it in your campaign or to give you an idea of how to adapt it. These adventures provide the perfect side quest away from your current campaign. If you run published D

&D campaigns, such as Storm King’s Thunder, the higher level adventures presented here are an ideal way to extend the campaign beyond.

Understanding Horror

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

. The audience of a horror movie can enjoy the menace on screen because they know it can’t harm them (and they have an idea of what to expect from the film’s trailer). In the same way, your players

count on you to make sure an adventure’s terror doesn’t target them personally or otherwise step beyond the game. Your goal is never to make players feel uncomfortable or threatened. As D&D adventures

General Features

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

through the dangerous rocks, because the granite cliffs beyond them rise directly out of the water, offering no place to land or come ashore. Only the sandy area at the southernmost tip of the island

General Features The island is little more than a slab of rock rising from the ocean. The sea has battered its crumbling cliffs so that almost the entire island is surrounded by dangerous rocky

Chapter 4: Wave Echo Cave

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

, where the human mages of old Phandalin enchanted dwarven weapons and gnome gadgets. However, the Spider’s exploration has been hindered by the dangerous monsters that lurk in Wave Echo Cave. The

. Scott Murphy When the Rockseeker brothers discovered the mine in Wave Echo Cave, they had no idea such evil forces would want its riches for their own

Franchise Downtime

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

, encouraging the players to engage in downtime activities before heading off for Phandalin can help them get comfortable with the idea of dedicating nonadventuring time to personal and business

dragon wants to settle (using the sowing rumors activity from the Dungeon Master’s Guide), hoping to get the locals used to the idea. Altared States Characters interested in the strange altar under

Khea the Sage

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

roused many scholars’ interest. Sage Advice Beyond her suggestion about the Court of Orestes, Khea is a font of insights. If any of the characters mention the shared vision they experienced, Khea is

certain that they witnessed a sign from Phenax, verification of the god’s ominous interest in this enigma. Khea can also identify the name Varyas as belonging to a dangerous, rabble-rousing oracle who

Positive Plane

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

continual furnace of creation, a domain of brilliance beyond the ability of mortal eyes to comprehend. It is a vibrant plane, so alive that travelers are empowered by visiting it. The Positive Plane has no

surface and is akin to the Elemental Plane of Air with its wide-open nature. However, every bit of this plane glows brightly with innate power. This power is dangerous to mortal forms, which can’t

A New Way Out

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel

A New Way Out Give the characters time to discuss ways to escape. Keep in mind the Old City’s wards against teleportation and planar travel beyond the ruins. If the idea of contacting Secretary Wei

Questioning the Halflings

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

, although neither of them knows how to play the game. The halflings have no idea their foray into grave robbing has awakened an undead creature; the thought of Froderic Dartwild exacting revenge from

beyond the grave is enough to make them confess everything. In fact, any serious questioning or threat of harm earns the pair’s cooperation. The halflings readily share the following information: Sythian

Cosmic Horror

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

Cosmic Horror Cosmic horror revolves around the fear of personal insignificance. The genre is predicated on the idea of entities so vast and so genuinely beyond our comprehension that we cannot

Surrounding Regions

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

broken steppes and labyrinthine canyons known as the Northern Wastes. Deadly beasts, treacherous cliffs, and unpredictable flooding make the wastes a dangerous land where it’s said nothing survives for

Qwalmish. To the south and east of Kalaman are the rolling steppes of Qlettaar, which in turn give way to the forbidding peaks of the Taman Busuk region beyond Estwilde.

Nylea as Campaign Villain

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

Theros, drawing in multiple gods and threatening the idea of civilization itself. Player characters who are champions of other gods could find themselves marked for death by hunters who have a grudge

with dangerous creatures. 4 Nylea abruptly vanishes. Explorers deep in the Nessian Wood discover her sacred grove abandoned, and the giant chrysalis at its heart empty. What was in the chrysalis

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