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Returning 35 results for 'deadly stand'.
Monsters
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
beneath its feet. Iron golems wield enormous blades to extend their reach, and all can belch clouds of deadly poison.
An iron golem's body is smelted with rare tinctures and admixtures. Though other
stand and do nothing. A golem that has been given conflicting orders sometimes alternates between them.
A golem can't think or act for itself. Though it understands its commands perfectly, it has no
Ancient Blue Dragon
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lair, and narrow tubes lined with glassy sand ventilate the lair, all the while avoiding the deadly sinkholes that are the dragon’s first line of defense.
A blue dragon will collapse the caverns
unable to breathe or stand up. A creature can take an action to make a DC 10 Strength check, ending the buried state on a success.
A cloud of sand swirls about in a 20-foot-radius sphere centered on
Adult Blue Dragon
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, and narrow tubes lined with glassy sand ventilate the lair, all the while avoiding the deadly sinkholes that are the dragon’s first line of defense.
A blue dragon will collapse the caverns
unable to breathe or stand up. A creature can take an action to make a DC 10 Strength check, ending the buried state on a success.
A cloud of sand swirls about in a 20-foot-radius sphere centered on a
Monsters
Storm King's Thunder
with glassy sand ventilate the lair, all the while avoiding the deadly sinkholes that are the dragon’s first line of defense.
A blue dragon will collapse the caverns that make up its lair if
stand up. A creature can take an action to make a DC 10 Strength check, ending the buried state on a success.
A cloud of sand swirls about in a 20-foot-radius sphere centered on a point the dragon can
Monsters
Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Deadly Critical. Rak Tulkhesh scores a critical hit on a roll of 19 or 20 and rolls the damage dice three times, instead of twice.
Innate Spellcasting. Rak Tulkhesh's spellcasting ability is Charisma
in combat, Rak Tulkhesh roars in rage as new weapons are spawned from his body, called forth by the Rage of War to slaughter all who dare stand before him.
Khyber Shards. Rak Tulkhesh's soul is
classes
Basic Rules (2014)
and his companion, knocking the deadly blow aside. His companion, a half-elf in scale armor, swings two scimitars in a blinding whirl as she circles the ogre, looking for a blind spot in its defenses
them. Your armaments are now among your most important possessions—the only things that stand between you and death’s embrace.
QUICK BUILD
You can make a fighter quickly by following
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
lair. Bloodthirsty monsters and the deadly remnants of the archmage’s power stand between the characters and the Witch Queen’s hoard, which is guarded by the greatest of Iggwilv’s treasures—her daughter, the vampire warrior Drelnza.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
a deadly encounter only to wake up at the end, not having previously realized they were asleep. Before undermining characters’ senses, though, make sure you know what’s driving these skewed
monster is a stand-in for something people fear, what do your favorite monsters embody? Can your adventures accentuate that? Why might a character think everyone around them is lying to them? Might this be
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
.
6 Relocate settlers trying to colonize an inhabited isle.
7 Discover a safe route through deadly waters.
8 Retrace the path of a hero lost at sea.
9 Find a whirlpool that is a
on any map, making their travels a journey through the unknown. Even if the characters are shipwrecked on a well-known island, the influence of the gods, pursuit of deadly sea beasts, will of a living
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
wolf companion, so as to not have to share with other tribe members. The giant eats anything that isn’t obviously deadly, such as creatures known to be poisonous. Rotten meat is fair game, though, as
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Direct and Deadly. Hill giants’ ability to digest nearly anything has allowed them to survive for eons without needing to adapt and change.
With no culture of their own, hill giants ape the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
cultists don’t have an organized response to an attack. Most of the monastery denizens are fatalistic, inclined to stand their ground and fight it out with intruders instead of trying to escape and
decide if and when such foes join an ongoing battle. This might lead to deadly combat encounters for the characters, since new opponents can rush in to join a fight that is still in progress, or arrive while the characters try to rest after a tough battle.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
all the above penalties are successfully applied, Tiamat is effectively reduced to a challenge rating 21 foe—but that’s still a deadly fight for four 15th-level characters. Without all five reductions
, the characters stand little chance of surviving a battle against the Dragon Queen, much less winning it. Banishing Tiamat. If the characters reduce Tiamat to 0 hit points, her Discorporation trait
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
75. If all the above penalties are successfully applied, Tiamat is effectively reduced to a challenge rating 18 foe — but that’s still a deadly fight for four 15th-level characters. Without all five
reductions, the characters stand little chance of surviving a battle against the Dragon Queen, much less winning it. Banishing Tiamat If the characters reduce Tiamat to 0 hit points, her Discorporation
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
Balance and Ruin Mechanical Trap, Deadly (5th–10th Level) Mike Schley Diagram 4.5: Balance and Ruin A narrow wooden beam spans the length of this hundred-foot-long, fifty-foot-wide chamber. The beam
creature that is prone on the gears can’t use movement to stand up without first using an action and a Tiny object to jam the gears below it. Those gears remain jammed until the end of the character’s turn, whereupon the Tiny object tumbles loose, falls through the gears, and is lost.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
with strange runes and weeping tar-like sap. Stone giant hermits tend these groves and set deadly traps against trespassers. Har-Thelen Har-Thelen is largely abandoned. Its gates stand open, and only a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
— the siege of Eston in 895 YK — to the running battle on the Saerun Road that was cut short when the Mourning occurred. Battlefields across the Mournland, both ancient and recent, stand like open
warforged. Because of these wonders, Eston is an irresistible attraction for treasure hunters hoping to access the vaults of House Cannith. Reports suggest, however, that it has become a strange and deadly
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
deadly trap to allow the characters to gain their freedom. See “Infiltrating Dran Enterprises” for more information.
Dangerous Business This humorously small ship is watched over by four guards that
stand a silent vigil around the cabin. The ship can be reached from the main dock or the smaller jetty leading out between Dangerous Business and The Rogue. A single door opens up into the cabin. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
portcullis, green with growth, hangs in the entry tunnel. Beyond this, the main doors of Castle Ravenloft stand open, a rich warm light spilling into the courtyard.
Phillip (playing Gareth): I want
. Together, the DM and the players create an exciting story of bold adventurers who confront deadly perils. Sometimes an adventurer might come to a grisly end, torn apart by ferocious monsters or done in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
corpse and animate it. If a beast or a humanoid that is Small or Medium dies within 10 feet of you, you can use your reaction to animate it, causing it to stand up immediately with 1 hit point. The
regain all expended uses of it when you finish a long rest. Spreading Spores 10th-level Circle of Spores feature You gain the ability to seed an area with deadly spores. As a bonus action while your
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
the air, the djinn ride powerful whirlwinds that they create and direct on a whim, and which can even carry passengers. Creatures that stand against a djinni are assaulted by wind and thunder, even as
deadly vengeance can amend. Djinni
Large elemental, chaotic good
Armor Class 17 (natural armor)
Hit Points 161 (14d10 + 84)
Speed 30 ft., fly 90 ft.
STR
21 (+5)
DEX
15 (+2
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
Sibling or ally of defeated enemy 12 Official seeking to restore a tarnished reputation 13 Deadly foe disguised as a social rival 14 Fiend seeking to tempt the characters to evil 15 Spurned romantic
characters stand in the way, and how the conflict could be resolved. Ideally, a rival’s goal directly involves the characters or something they care about. Assets. Think about the resources the rival can
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
cities stand on the brink of war, someone needs to make the arduous journey to convince a gold dragon to arbitrate the dispute.
2 A scholar has learned a secret so dangerous that a gold dragon
the dragon’s territory, which holds a deadly artifact at its center.
5 A gold dragon has decided to burn a plague- infected city to the ground, sacrificing the residents to limit the contagion’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
portcullis, green with growth, hangs in the entry tunnel. Beyond this, the main doors of Castle Ravenloft stand open, a rich warm light spilling into the courtyard.
Phillip (playing Gareth): I want
. Together, the DM and the players create an exciting story of bold adventurers who confront deadly perils. Sometimes an adventurer might come to a grisly end, torn apart by ferocious monsters or done in by a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
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several deadly run-ins with the Cult of the Dragon and recognize the cultists from their attire. If they spot one or more uniformed cultists on the deck of the airship or in the crow’s nest, they attack
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
the warforged were, though, House Cannith never lost interest in building a better titan. Cyre didn’t lose its desire for deadly weapons that could give it an edge over its enemies, and tremendous
at one place, where the captain could stand and control the colossus’s every movement through the use of a mithral helmet with hundreds of semi-organic tendril-wires attached. By way of the central
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a5
hundreds of them, are packed in here, shoulder to shoulder, on the floor. Ten feet above them, skeletal undead stand on a crude bridge of wooden planks, dumping food into the pigpen.
Creatures
versions of deadly monsters.
In the southeast corner is a black gate. North of the gate is a contact stone.
Aura. A detect magic spell reveals a transmutation aura on the whole area, which is a simple
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
Cult of the Crushing Wave Cultists of the Crushing Wave worship the awesome power of water, from the surging tides and deadly maelstroms of the sea to the raging torrents of rivers in flood and the
prizes and use their ill-gotten loot to develop their schemes. In combat, Crushing Wave cultists excel as skirmishers. They value mobility and opportunism, rarely making a stand in one place for long
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
amber, a floor of red marble, and a rough-hewn shaft in the center of its ten-foot-high ceiling. Three amber sarcophagi stand in alcoves, and above each sarcophagus floats a human skull wreathed in green
room has amber-glazed walls and a floor of dark green marble. Three amber sarcophagi stand in alcoves. Two feral humanoids with ghastly gray skin stare at you hungrily with three eyes—two normal eyes
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
a comfortable room beyond with a fireplace. Wooden statuettes of elven deities stand in cubbyholes along one wall. A tapestry of a forest hangs on the opposite wall. Kasimir confesses that he is
, and he is quite content to let the vampire deal with them. For a hefty price, he offers to sell the characters potions that allow safe passage through the deadly fog that surrounds the valley; he keeps
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
combat, Rak Tulkhesh roars in rage as new weapons are spawned from his body, called forth by the Rage of War to slaughter all who dare stand before him. Khyber Shards. Rak Tulkhesh’s soul is divided
., passive Perception 24
Languages all, telepathy 120 ft.
Challenge 28 (120,000 XP)
Deadly Critical. Rak Tulkhesh scores a critical hit on a roll of 19 or 20 and rolls the damage dice three times
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
infighting. Today, Abyssal portals still sometimes draw demons to the world, and the fungal spores spread by the cult have transformed the forest into a deadly realm. Fungal Spores. The air in the forest is
total is 20 or higher, the group’s journey passes safely. Otherwise, if more of the party’s check totals are less than 10 than greater than 10, the party accidentally stumbles across and awakens a stand
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
for a monk. If combat occurs, sleeping monks wake up and stand up during their first turn. They can each take a normal second turn. By day, four monks (the ones who drew night shift) sleep here. M4
a small trunk at the foot of the bed. A small table and several wooden chairs stand in the middle of the room near an iron stove. Five of the bunks are bare, but three are comfortably made up with
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a5
Monsters” above) stand inactive here in front of pillars. The golem hopes to draw on the pillars’ lightning effect to become fully empowered. They come to life if attacked or when the teleportation
Golem Foundries Deadly elemental fire fuels the creation of iron golems to serve the Red Wizards. The roar of flames is audible throughout this zone, and firelight provides illumination in many places. 95
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a5
deadly adversaries, but the binding ordeal leaves most of them physically and mentally weakened to the point that they pose no real danger. The Chosen have no memory of how they came to be in the
best that one can do is to suffer those blows that can’t be avoided, and then deal as much pain back to those who offend. Temples of Oppression The dark of living night and deadly abominations fuels the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
count as difficult terrain. Amid the muck and gravel on the northern bank hides a deadly predator, an amphisbaena (see chapter 6). The serpent has concealed itself as it watches for prey, the mud
alcoves flanking the door to the north stand twin life-sized statues of a figure wearing a burial mask. Both reach out, as if to accept or offer a gift.
Much of this shrine has been destroyed, its altar