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Dungeon Master’s Guide
ranged attack against a creature, you can try to restrain the target instead of dealing damage to it. If the arrow hits, the target must succeed on a DC 15 Strength saving throw or have the Restrained
condition for 1 minute. As an action, a creature Restrained by an arrow can make a DC 20 Strength (Athletics) check to try to break the restraint, ending the effect on itself on a successful check
Monsters
Monstrous Compendium Vol. 1: Spelljammer Creatures
of itself behind. The destruction of a fractine is accompanied by a loud sound reminiscent of shattering glass.
A fractine attacks by falling on its targets, dealing damage as it passes through them
.
Bludgeoning, piercing, slashing, and thunder damage can cause a fractine to break into two smaller fractines, each one autonomous and capable of imprisoning creatures. When a fractine dies, it folds in on
Monsters
Eberron: Rising from the Last War
silver flame that bound the overlords in Khyber once more. These bonds have held for countless generations, but the overlords still yearn to break free and reclaim the world above.
As long as the
Khatesh understand what forces they are dealing with, or recognize the danger inherent in her gifts.
The Queen of Shadows. An entity of shadow, Sul Khatesh can assume any form. Her favored shape is a twelve
Monsters
Curse of Strahd
","rollAction":"Unarmed Strike","rollDamageType":"necrotic"} necrotic damage. If the target is a creature, Strahd can grapple it (escape DC 18) instead of dealing the slashing damage.
Bite. Melee Weapon
, provided it has at least 1 hit point remaining. Strahd can, as a bonus action on his turn, break his link to the Heart of Sorrow so that it no longer absorbs damage dealt to him. Strahd can
Spells
Acquisitions Incorporated
Any apprentice wizard can cast a boring old magic missile. Sure, it always strikes its target. Yawn. Do away with the drudgery of your grandfather’s magic with this improved version of the
of you rolling damage twice for a critical hit. If the attack roll for any missile is a 1, all missiles miss their targets and blow up in your face, dealing 1 force damage per missile to you.
At
Spells
Elemental Evil Player's Companion
unoccupied space. On a failed save, a creature becomes restrained by the rock. A restrained creature, or another creature within reach, can use an action to try to break the rock by succeeding on a DC 20
Strength check or by dealing damage to it. The rock has AC 15 and 25 hit points, and it is immune to poison and psychic damage.
Species
Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
is the burden of every tiefling. Some break under it, some make it the millstone around their neck, some revel in it.” He tilted his head again, scrutinizing her, with that wicked glint in his
personality to any great degree. Years of dealing with mistrust does leave its mark on most tieflings, and they respond to it in different ways. Some choose to live up to the wicked stereotype, but others
Backgrounds
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
find a way to salvation.
2
You helped break a Guild protection racket afflicting a community of immigrants in the Outer City. Now, you can’t travel through that part of the city without your
help by paying for improved roofs and lamps in your neighborhood, causing the entire community to celebrate your deed.
4
Fueled by alcohol, you faced down a carrion crawler that slunk out of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Locathah Rising
, Amble can also act as a backup healer for the party. Note that dealing damage to Gar does not break Amble’s rule, as the tortle believes that Gar is some kind of aberrant being. Because of this, Amble will not intercede when the characters attack Gar.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
Sowing Your Oaths The oath that you take (or break) as a paladin defines your character as a center of moral authority in the world. And that works just fine in an Acquisitions Incorporated campaign
guide your franchise to great ends — even as you make an excellent foil for the less-savory plans of your fellow franchisees. Your insistence on dealing with business partners fairly, honoring legally
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
always strikes its target. Yawn. Do away with the drudgery of your grandfather’s magic with this improved version of the spell, as used by Jim Darkmagic! You create three twisting, whistling
missile is a 1, all missiles miss their targets and blow up in your face, dealing 1 force damage per missile to you. At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 2nd level or higher
Backgrounds
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
(though it might cause more problems than it solves when you’re dealing with incorrigible lawbreakers). If you abuse this privilege, though, you can get in serious trouble with your superiors and
see me slip up and break the law.
5
A lesser Gruul chieftain seems to think I could be useful.
6
The black sheep of my family is putting their maniacal genius to use in the Izzet.
7
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Divine Contention
back to the Material Plane and imprison it inside one of the dimensional cells. While the characters are dealing with the monsters, Gallio tries to unlock the ruinstone from its pedestal. After 5
mists, and the spectral light of the planar beacon flickers and dies. Looking back into your own world, you see the trapped monsters awaken and break free from their cells!
Touching the ruinstone
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer
come to you, knowing you’ll help them find a way to salvation. 2 You helped break a Guild protection racket afflicting a community of immigrants in the Outer City. Now, you can’t travel through that
. The patriar repaid your help by paying for improved roofs and lamps in your neighborhood, causing the entire community to celebrate your deed. 4 Fueled by alcohol, you faced down a carrion crawler that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
sick come to you, knowing you’ll help them find a way to salvation.
2 You helped break a Guild protection racket afflicting a community of immigrants in the Outer City. Now, you can’t travel
streets to safety. The patriar repaid your help by paying for improved roofs and lamps in your neighborhood, causing the entire community to celebrate your deed.
4 Fueled by alcohol, you faced
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
, reenactment participants and spectators break up, with the former taking up wooden weapons while the latter settle down to watch the reenactment. Encourage all characters to participate in the reenactment
are given wooden spears with padded tips to prevent them from dealing damage. The mayor reminds everyone not to use real weapons during the reenactment so nobody gets hurt. Mercenaries of the Ironclad
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
properties. Arrow of Restraint. Whenever you use this weapon to make a ranged attack against a creature, you can try to restrain the target instead of dealing damage to it. If the arrow hits, the target
must succeed on a DC 15 Strength saving throw or have the Restrained condition for 1 minute. As an action, a creature Restrained by an arrow can make a DC 20 Strength (Athletics) check to try to break
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
properties. Arrow of Restraint. Whenever you use this weapon to make a ranged attack against a creature, you can try to restrain the target instead of dealing damage to it. If the arrow hits, the target
must succeed on a DC 15 Strength saving throw or have the Restrained condition for 1 minute. As an action, a creature Restrained by an arrow can make a DC 20 Strength (Athletics) check to try to break
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
Dealing with Uldrak Uldrak is a bitter creature who barely remembers his past. Long ago, he learned how to remove his curse, but the solution was so beyond him that he consigned himself to failure
success, they hypothesize that the blood must be drawn from his titan form to break the dao’s curse. Thankfully, Uldrak has a plan (see “Development” below). Treasure. The sphere set into the pommel of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
uses when you finish a long rest. Channel Divinity: Radiance of the Dawn Starting at 2nd level, you can use your Channel Divinity to harness sunlight, banishing darkness and dealing radiant damage to
affected. Improved Flare Starting at 6th level, you can also use your Warding Flare feature when a creature that you can see within 30 feet of you attacks a creature other than you. Potent Spellcasting
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Scions of Elemental Evil
a creature, you can try to restrain the target instead of dealing damage to it. If the arrow hits, the target must succeed on a DC 15 Strength saving throw or have the Restrained condition for 1
minute. As an action, a creature Restrained by an arrow can make a DC 20 Strength (Athletics) check to try to break the restraint, ending the effect on itself on a successful check. Arrow of Transport. As
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
crashing against the wall in area 7. As it rolls through, the bone boulder crushes and slashes at any creature in area 6, dealing 18 (4d8) bludgeoning damage and 18 (4d8) slashing damage, or half as
creatures in the hallway. A creature trapped in the bone boulder can attempt a DC 17 Strength (Athletics) or Dexterity (Acrobatics) check to break free before the boulder slams into the wall in area 7. Any
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hold Back The Dead
a creature, you can try to restrain the target instead of dealing damage to it. If the arrow hits, the target must succeed on a DC 15 Strength saving throw or have the Restrained condition for 1
minute. As an action, a creature Restrained by an arrow can make a DC 20 Strength (Athletics) check to try to break the restraint, ending the effect on itself on a successful check. Arrow of Transport. As
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
creature, or another creature within reach, can use an action to try to break the rock by succeeding on a DC 20 Strength check or by dealing damage to it. The rock has AC 15 and 25 hit points, and it is immune to poison and psychic damage.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
creature, or another creature within reach, can use an action to try to break the rock by succeeding on a DC 20 Strength check or by dealing damage to it. The rock has AC 15 and 25 hit points, and it is immune to poison and psychic damage.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
before crashing against the wall in area 7. As it rolls through, the bone boulder crushes and slashes at any creature in area 6, dealing 18 (4d8) bludgeoning damage and 18 (4d8) slashing damage, or half
creatures in the hallway. A creature trapped in the bone boulder can attempt a DC 17 Strength (Athletics) or Dexterity (Acrobatics) check to break free before the boulder slams into the wall in area 7. Any
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
” and incarcerated here, where the monks attempt to break their wills and return them to servitude. Cells. The cells are all repurposed metal containers from the planar craft, and are all locked. A
greataxe attack is replaced with a shackling chains attack, using the same modifiers but dealing bludgeoning damage. While in sunlight, an immured one has disadvantage on attack rolls, as well as on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on sight.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
character can attempt to drive off the octopus by dealing damage to it. A character can use an action to make a ranged attack or melee attack, or to cast a spell. Assume that any attack rolls hit but are
to the top deck and jump into the water; then, once the rowboat arrives, they try to seize it and flee. The maw demons in area 6 break free on round 2 and rush to the upper deck. They attack other
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
. She confirms that the town has been experiencing break-ins and robberies lately, but no one has witnessed a potential culprit. The only clue is a set of tracks leading in the direction of Kelvin’s
. If asked about a reward for dealing with the thieves, the sisters say they have little coin, but they can provide food and comfortable beds in exchange for the party’s help. They’ll even throw in a few
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
break cover to aid their allies against the demons. If they do, another demon sortie attacks them 1d4 rounds later. OPTION: PLAYING OUT THE BATTLE OPTION
Rather than focusing on the adventurers
biding their time and dealing with the fallout of the titanic battle between the demon lords, you can shift focus for this part of the adventure. Consider having the players take control of the various
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
roll. Use a d6 instead of a d4 in the high intensity zone. d20 Encounter 1–2 1 fire elemental 3 1d8 magmin 4 1d3 salamanders (see area W7) 5 Crust break 6 Flame gout 7 Lava rain 8 Smoke cloud 9
Sulfur cloud 10–20 None Crust Break. A random character steps on a particularly thin spot on the floor. The character must succeed at a DC 10 Dexterity saving throw or fall into a hole (seventy-five
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
walls, not targeting anyone or anything specifically but looking to cause widespread panic. As townsfolk take cover, Drufi and her two giant bodyguards try to break down the southwest gate and fight their
that Bryn Shander’s militia is dealing with the other threats. Give each player one of the following NPCs to play during this encounter: Augrek Brighthelm, a sheriff’s deputy (starts at area B1
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
claws, and an articulated shell covering her shoulders. Blibdoolpoolp was likely invented by a kuo-toa that improved on a broken human statue by adding the limbs and head of a crustacean. In sudden
Strength check to free itself or another creature in a net, ending the effect on a success. Dealing 5 slashing damage to the net (AC 10) frees the target without harming it and destroys the net
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Light of Xaryxis
the fray, arriving just as the characters finish dealing with Commander Vael’s flagship: Seven dragons with multicolored scales and gaseous wings slither through Wildspace with their mouths agape like
hungry serpents. Two of them break off from the others and head toward your ship.
Two of the seven solar dragons fly toward the party’s vessel while the remaining dragons harry other ships in the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
staff members, not the patrons, and won’t break up a fight unless a staff member is involved. Well-armed patrons (commoners and thugs mostly) huddle around tables in the main room and in private
characters seek (see “Dealing with Tarina”). E8. Private Dining Room This room is called the Umber Hulk Room after the mounted head of an umber hulk hanging on the east wall. E9. Fancy Guest Suite This