dangerous instincts are bird

Tabaxi Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

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

), Five Timber (Timber), Jade Shoe (Jade), Left-Handed Hummingbird (Bird), Seven Thundercloud (Thunder), Skirt of Snakes (Snake), Smoking Mirror (Smoke) Tabaxi Clans: Bright Cliffs, Distant Rain

House of Inspired Hands

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

humanoid shape perching on the rooftop. It extends an arm, releasing a tiny metal sparrow into the sky. The bird does a few loops in the air, then veers right toward you. The creature atop the temple

nimblewright that detonated the fireball in Trollskull Alley. Another less-dangerous invention, a mechanical sparrow, is on an accidental collision course with the party. Have the characters roll

Drider

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual

predatory arachnid instincts. Driders also appear when whole communities are transformed by a wicked god’s wrath or other magical means, or driders might be part of a world’s natural population. Most dwell

, dangerous wildernesses, or the Underdark. 2 A curse from a powerful hag, vengeful witch, or strange Artifact. 3 An experiment by an aboleth, a mind flayer, or another life-shaping magic-user. 4 A magical

A Wide Range of Talents

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

encounter, you stand at the back of the room and look dangerous. Just focus on a bit of sensitivity training to counter your predator’s instincts and you can be the definitive Acquisitions Incorporated

7. Storage Area

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild

laboratory experiments). The bird claims their name is ‘Hector.’ 36–45 A small barrel holds a live boggle, bound, gagged, and marinating in their own excreted oil. This is the former partner of the

leads to a dangerous monster with no treasure. 91–96 A sack holds a common magic item and 1d4 potions, all of your choice. 97–99 A leather case holds an uncommon magic item and 1d4 scrolls, all of your choice. 00 A box holds a rare magic item of your choice.

Mysterious Manifestations

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

, trailing silvery motes. A figure appears behind the bird, pushing as though trying to pass through, but held fast by the portal’s flickering magic. “Is anyone there?” a woman in a beaded vest shouts. “I

Tepui in the Feywild. A character who succeeds on a DC 16 Intelligence (Arcana) check recognizes the planar rift, a temporary and potentially dangerous portal created by multiplanar energies, not

Harpies

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

Sirens are a kind of beautiful harpy with humanlike bodies, bird wings and legs, and bright plumage in shades of blue, purple, and green. They use the stat block of the harpy in the Monster Manual

, using their luring song to mesmerize their prey and draw it near. Siren songs prove exceptionally dangerous to sailors, who risk steering their ships onto reefs in an attempt to reach the source of the

The Walking Statues

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

stone. Its gaze looks up toward the sphere, and the pattern of bird droppings around its eyes gives it the appearance of weeping. All about the statue, climbing up its chest and on its knee and

, and thus locals call it the Hawk Man. I can reveal that in fact it bears much resemblance to an aarakocra, one of the bird-people said to live in the Star Mounts in the High Forest. The statue’s wings

Gods of the Orcs

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

their emotions and instincts rather than out of reason and logic. Only certain charismatic orcs, those who have been directly touched by the will and might of Gruumsh, have the capacity to control the

arrows, in order to spread their affliction within their foe’s ranks. Shargaas, “the Night Lord” Shargaas is a god of darkness and the unknown. He is a secretive and murderous deity, dangerous to all

Kir Sabal

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation

above the ground. The main building has a circular mazelike symbol carved into its crumbling facade. Every few minutes, bird folk either land at the monastery or launch themselves from its balconies and

that Mwaxanaré might learn disturbing or inconvenient truths about the world from the characters, or that her passion for one of them might lead to tragedy, they become a dangerous presence in Asharra’s

Daoine Gloine

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish

dangerous-looking walkways extending between the ruins. The rooftops and upper levels of the towers are strewn with vines and foliage. But a strange gleam extends across the lower reaches of the city

egg held in the talons of a statue of a large bird The characters become bodiless entities inhabiting the mind of a roc soaring high above a world of your choice. A successful DC 12 Charisma check

Nangalore

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation

them, and parrots with striped beaks squawk at you. These terraces overlooking the main concourse are home to myriad creatures, many of them dangerous. A mantrap (see appendix D) grows on the eastern

of the dwarves”) and warns them that yuan-ti covet the city. She knows nothing about the Soulmonger or the death curse. She’s heard that at least one of her descendants is in hiding with the bird folk

Metallic Dragons

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

creatures from dangerous magic. As such, powerful magic items and even evil artifacts are sometimes secreted away in a metallic dragon’s hoard. A metallic dragon can be persuaded to part with an item

seagulls to inspect those ships and their crews more closely. A daring bronze dragon might slip aboard a ship in the guise of a bird or rat, inspecting the hold for treasure. If the dragon finds a

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