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Returning 35 results for 'death ingenuity are blows'.
Monsters
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
Indomitable (3/Day). Gunvald can reroll a saving throw he fails. He must use the new roll.
Menacing Blows (1/Turn). Gunvald deals an extra 6 (1d12);{"diceNotation":"1d12","rollType":"roll
","rollAction":"Menacing Blows"} damage when he hits a target with a weapon attack. If the target is a creature, it must succeed on a DC 14 Wisdom saving throw or be frightened until the start of Gunvald's next
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
end of their natural life spans seek an escape from death. They plumb the depths of their powerful connection to the elements and disperse themselves into nature, transforming into semiconscious storms
their banks; snow, dust, or sand forms deep drifts or dunes.
Lightning. Flashes of lightning and peals of thunder are continual, day and night, within 5 miles of the lair.
Winds. High wind blows within
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
Hanging with Moghadam Even villains have their hobbies—and for Moghadam, that hobby is death traps. Any character who discusses traps with Moghadam can impart to him a new deadly design—either using
suitable roleplaying and player ingenuity, or a successful DC 16 Charisma (Persuasion) check. Doing so gains Moghadam’s favor and advantage on further ability checks made to negotiate with the artificer, as you determine.
Kenku
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
the area patrolled by the guard did she explain that the noises indicated that the wingless folk had claimed that area, and that to trespass would be to court death.
— Gimble, Notes from a
their ingenuity and skill had turned toward scheming against their patron, the spark of creativity was torn from their souls. Finally, to ensure that the kenku could never divulge any secrets, their
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
L1. Entry Cave The cave mouth opens into darkness from which a breezes blows, carrying the faint odor of death. Inside is a natural cave, its floor and ceiling uneven. The passage leads to the west
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
devastating blows, withstand peril, and garner glory. Whether in athletic contests or bloody battle, Champions strive for the crown of the victor. Level 3: Improved Critical Your attack rolls with weapons and
, giving you these benefits. Defy Death. You have Advantage on Death Saving Throws. Moreover, when you roll 18–20 on a Death Saving Throw, you gain the benefit of rolling a 20 on it. Heroic Rally. At
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Creating a Bronze Dragon Bronze dragons are the absolute worst at transforming themselves into human form. They always embellish with extra hair in all sorts of places. I applaud ingenuity, but in
strategy. A quick death in combat is its own kind of courtesy.
6 I trust my gut. I’d rather act on incomplete information than be hamstrung by indecision.
7 I’m fascinated by other species
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
walkers of this way usually don robes with deep cowls, and they often conceal their faces with masks, presenting themselves as the faceless bringers of life and death. Implements of Mercy 3rd-level Way
restore a number of hit points equal to a roll of your Martial Arts die + your Wisdom modifier. When you use your Flurry of Blows, you can replace one of the unarmed strikes with a use of this feature
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
. A blot of shadow in the corner of a dusty crypt might be a shadow crossing, as might an open grave. Shadow crossings form in gloomy places where spirits or the stench of death lingers, such as
missing enough stones that they appear pockmarked. The sky is corpse gray, and the breeze blows cold and humid, bringing a chill to the skin.
The city’s living residents include necromancers, corrupt
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
fuels your rage allows you to shrug off fatal blows. While you’re raging, having 0 hit points doesn’t knock you unconscious. You still must make death saving throws, and you suffer the normal effects
of the Gods 6th Fanatical Focus 10th Zealous Presence 14th Rage beyond Death Divine Fury Starting when you choose this path at 3rd level, you can channel divine fury into your weapon strikes. While
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
Storm Sorcery Your innate magic comes from the power of elemental air. Many with this power can trace their magic back to a near-death experience caused by the Great Rain, but perhaps you were born
stop falling in a 20-foot-radius sphere centered on you. You can end this effect as a bonus action. If it is windy, you can use a bonus action each round to choose the direction that the wind blows in a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
Storm Sorcery Your innate magic comes from the power of elemental air. Many with this power can trace their magic back to a near-death experience caused by the Great Rain, but perhaps you were born
each round to choose the direction that the wind blows in a 100-foot-radius sphere centered on you. The wind blows in that direction until the end of your next turn. This feature doesn’t alter the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
. The faint smell of death hangs in the air, and several vultures circle overhead.
If Larmon is with the party, he explains that he grazes his sheep in a nearby vale, and he passed by this spot less
), and one male human in a white robe with black feathers at the shoulders (an air cultist). All died from arrow wounds or crushing blows, and the earth cultists who won the battle buried the fallen on
Kobold
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waking time is spent working, adversarial kobolds rarely have opportunities to exchange insults, let alone come to blows over their differences.
Kobolds choose mates primarily for convenience. Their
serve similar roles but under threat of death.
URDS: WINGED KOBOLDS
Winged kobolds, known as urds, hatch seemingly at random from kobold eggs, even in a tribe that has no adult urds. Although
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
Giant Runes (Area J2) Dod (Death Rune)
Fjell (Mountain Rune)
Krig (War Rune)
Liv (Life Rune)
Vind (Wind Rune)
Wyrm (Dragon Rune)
J3. Curved Tunnel There is nothing remarkable
stack the chests on end and climb them. Other solutions might present themselves; try to reward the players’ ingenuity. The ring of keys is too heavy to lift with a mage hand spell, but the spell can
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
lovers through unimaginable danger and save them from fates worse than death — which is more likely to involve a forced marriage to someone who doesn’t love them than being eaten by an impossibly
these apartments. They are richly appointed with pillows and tiger-skin rugs. 12. Master Suite The merchant prince’s suite is the most opulent room in the palace. A pleasant breeze blows through large
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
Iroas’s Champions Iroas’s champions are his generals, through whom he can deliver death blows to his enemies. On a daily basis, Iroas serves the causes of justice and honor. The weak are to be
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
low in a sleepy little town called Greenest until this blows over. 7 On his deathbed, your father confessed that he had become involved with a group called the Cult of the Dragon. They paid him to
command to go into the world and prove your devotion to the cause of good. If you prove worthy, on your death you will return to his side in your true form.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
low in a sleepy little town called Greenest until this blows over. 7 On his deathbed, your father confessed that he had become involved with a group called the Cult of the Dragon. They paid him to
command to go into the world and prove your devotion to the cause of good. If you prove worthy, on your death you will return to his side in your true form.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
a sleepy little town called Greenest until this blows over. 7 On his deathbed, your father confessed that he had become involved with a group called the Cult of the Dragon. They paid him to smuggle
command to go into the world and prove your devotion to the cause of good. If you prove worthy, on your death you will return to his side in your true form.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
, Skabatha, is cursed to forget the first creature she sees when she wakes each morning. In the event of Endelyn’s death, she wants this secret to be known, so Endelyn wrote it on a scrap of invisible
paper and placed it atop the highest shelf in the library. The paper becomes visible and blows off the shelf if Endelyn dies, which can happen only during an eclipse. If the characters enter this room
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
village sits in a sheltered spot near the center of the iceberg. When the wind blows — which is most of the time — snow whips off the surrounding drifts and surrounds the settlement in a swirling
. If the characters ask about Arauthator or other dragons, the shaman claims a dragon known as Old White Death was killed a year ago by frost giants. She describes the heap of whale and seal bones on
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
Demon Lords The chaotic power of the Abyss rewards demons of particular ruthlessness and ingenuity with a dark blessing, transforming them into unique fiends whose power can rival the gods. These
worshiped by the undead and by living creatures that channel the power of undeath. A brooding and nihilistic entity, Orcus yearns to make the multiverse a place of death and darkness, forever unchanging
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
allow her to bear his true heir. If Gunvald were to learn the truth, he would put Ulkora to death. Gunvald Halraggson
Medium humanoid (human), neutral
Armor Class 13 (hide armor, shield)
Hit
Senses passive Perception 10
Languages Common
Challenge 5 (1,800 XP)
Indomitable (3/Day). Gunvald can reroll a saving throw he fails. He must use the new roll.
Menacing Blows (1/Turn
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
Tunnels (see “Whorlstone Tunnels”).
Darklake Docks Arriving at the Darklake Docks requires a combination of skill, ingenuity, and luck. Vigilance is a little more relaxed here because the guards at
guards to take the characters away. Getting caught stealing is punishable by death on the spot, but guards or the offended party might see some value in enslaving the culprits instead, so the characters
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
village sits in a sheltered spot near the center of the iceberg. When the wind blows—which is most of the time—snow whips off the surrounding drifts and surrounds the settlement in a swirling shroud
area. If the characters ask about Arauthator or other dragons, the shaman claims a dragon known as Old White Death was killed a year ago by frost giants. She describes the heap of whale and seal
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
Howling Caves Locations N1. Entrance A subterranean wind blows north, up the tunnel, carrying distant screams from the south.
The north end of the tunnel forms the bottom of a widening shaft that
. Breathless Cave Giant spiders are seized in death among dead cave lizards, giant bats, a carrion crawler, and a female drow decked in fine chain mail, with ruby-pommeled knives at her hips. No injuries
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
, Eliander keeps it to the death. Honor is his life, and treachery earns his wrath. Flaw. Eliander is stubborn to a fault. Once he sets his mind to a belief or a course of action, little can dissuade him
near Saltmarsh are indicative of more valuable stones deeper in the rock. She was once a fearsome warrior, and she’s not above delivering a few well-placed blows to ensure her orders are followed
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
Storm Giant Quintessent To forestall the inevitable, some storm giants approaching the end of their natural life spans seek an escape from death. They plumb the depths of their powerful connection to
the lair. Winds. High wind blows within 1 mile of the lair, making it impossible to light a fire unless the location where the fire is lit is protected from the wind. If the giant dies, the lightning
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
carried me from the inferno, so shall I rise from death to defend my riches.
Scratches on the floor beneath the stone cog indicate that it can rotate, yet no amount of pressure budges it. Any search of
statue returns to its original north-facing position and stops revolving. When this happens, read: The fires go out, though smoke still hangs in the air. A warm wind blows through the hall, carrying the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
silver goblets
Urdlen CE Greed, murder Death, War White-clawed mole emerging from ground
*Appears in Xanathar’s Guide to Everything
**Appears in Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
Garl
use their intellect and ingenuity. But when push comes to shove, Garl uses Arumdina, his intelligent two-headed battle axe — capable of cleaving through any substance — to escape a perilous situation
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
have fallen prey to a pack of werewolves that spills out of the Misty Forest on nights of the full moon, cloaked in crawling mist that seems to follow them wherever they go. The beasts spread death and
’ ideology is noble, and its members pride themselves on their ingenuity and incorruptibility. Order of the Gauntlet You met with the heads of the Order of the Gauntlet chapter house in Waterdeep. They’ve
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
revels in danger and decay. Pentar has come to blows with Harmonium patrols on many occasions. She toys with the idea of aligning with the Hands of Havoc, hoping to toss a spark into the mass of dry
one individual leads the Hands of Havoc. To confuse enforcers, the mantle of factol is passed between members. Whenever it seems the faction’s leader is on the verge of arrest or death, another
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a3
through the doorway, read: Beyond the door is a wide foyer that leads into a circular room. On the south wall of this hall is a jade death mask affixed at chest height.
Taking up the middle of the
.”
The surface of the crystal cylinder is cold to the touch and impervious to all blows. The enclosure has no visible gaps. A gap appears in the wall if someone who has proficiency with thieves
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
units heaped with furs and packed with bottles of wine, stoppered jugs, and casks of mead. Snowy wind blows in through a pillared opening in the south wall that leads to a balcony with no railing. Jarl
ladder are 5 feet apart. The giants and the wolves fight to the death. If Nilraun is here, he casts spells from behind the throne until his life is at risk, then he flees (see “Development”). Treasure