Search Results
All Results
Characters
Compendium
Spells
Items
Monsters
Vehicles
Forums
Returning 35 results for 'deceive instead are blocking'.
Other Suggestions:
decide instead are blocking
deceit instead are blowing
decide instead are blooming
decide intend are blocking
decide instead are blowing
Monsters
Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
instead of the restrained condition.Stone giants believe the god Skoraeus Stonebones inspires artists to create their finest stone carvings. Sometimes a giant pursues this divine inspiration to the
exclusion of all other tasks, retreating into a spacious cavern and blocking out all distractions. Creating a masterwork can become such a driving obsession that death can’t stop it: a giant who dies
Magic Items
The Book of Many Things
This weapon appears ordinary, but it bears strong illusion magic that allows its wielder to skillfully deceive opponents.
You have a +2 bonus to attack and damage rolls made with this magic weapon
you with an attack roll, you can use your reaction to require that creature to make a DC 15 Intelligence saving throw. On a failed save, the attack instead targets another creature of your choice that
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
":"piercing"} piercing damage. If the leucrotta scores a critical hit, it rolls the damage dice three times, instead of twice.
Hooves. Melee Weapon Attack: +6;{"diceNotation":"1d20+6","rollType":"to
kills transformed into gnolls, others underwent more bizarre changes; leucrottas were the most numerous of these.
As clever as it is cruel, a leucrotta loves to deceive, torture, and kill. Creatures who
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If Fraz-Urb’luu fails a saving throw, he can choose to succeed instead.
Magic Resistance. Fraz-Urb’luu has advantage on saving throws against spells and
trick, every ounce of demonic cunning, to manipulate his enemies—mortal and Fiend alike—to do his will. Fraz-Urb’luu can create dreamlands and mind-bending fantasies able to deceive the
Fraz-Urb'luu
Legacy
This doesn't reflect the latest rules and lore.
Learn More
Monsters
Out of the Abyss
: mirage arcane, modify memory, project image
Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If Fraz-Urb’luu fails a saving throw, he can choose to succeed instead.
Magic Resistance. Fraz-Urb’luu has
dreamlands and mind-bending fantasies able to deceive the most discerning foes.
Once imprisoned for centuries below Castle Greyhawk on the world of Oerth, Fraz-Urb’luu has slowly rebuilt his power in
Elder Brain
Legacy
This doesn't reflect the latest rules and lore.
Learn More
Monsters
Volo's Guide to Monsters
:
At will: detect thoughts, levitate
1/day each: dominate monster, plane shift (self only)
Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If the elder brain fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead
that loom large in its mind (including things the target worries about, loves, or hates). The elder brain can also make a Charisma (Deception) check with advantage to deceive the target’s mind
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
characters to interact with the Deck of Many Things, but it rewarded them with new powers instead of punishing them and blocking all efforts to escape the deck.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
the card doesn’t seem appropriate, use the treasure tables in the Dungeon Master’s Guide to determine the treasure instead. Ruins When determining ruins, the following effects are broadly appropriate
this setback: perhaps the characters became lost in the woods or encountered an obstacle blocking their path. Add two more cards to the spread. Lost Gear. The characters lose their rations or are
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
tasks, retreating into a spacious cavern and blocking out all distractions. Creating a masterwork can become such a driving obsession that death can’t stop it: a giant who dies while creating art might
save, the effect ends on the target. On a failed save, the target has the petrified condition instead of the restrained condition.
Quintin Gleim
Orc
Legacy
This doesn't reflect the latest rules and lore.
Learn More
Species
Volo's Guide to Monsters
, injury, or age) often join these cults instead of facing daily humiliation, exile, or death.
Serving as the bridge between the two parts of the tribe are the priestesses of Luthic, the orc goddess who
serve as a battering ram if a settlement dares to close its gates, blocking the way to the treasures and tasty food that lie within.
A heavily laden wagon that requires the strongest orcs to return it to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
between two small, stone outbuildings, to either side of which stretches a five-foot-high, three-foot-thick wall of jumbled stones held together with mortar. Blocking the road are iron gates attached
feet, 9 inches tall and squats instead of standing upright. He looks like a beardless dwarf with patches of donkey flesh covering his face and body. He has one human ear and one wolf’s ear, and a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
hyenas that ate Yeenoghu’s kills transformed into gnolls, others underwent more bizarre changes; leucrottas were the most numerous of these. As clever as it is cruel, a leucrotta loves to deceive
three times, instead of twice.
Hooves. Melee Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 11 (2d6 + 4) bludgeoning damage.
Bonus Actions
Kicking Retreat. Immediately after the leucrotta makes a Hooves attack, it takes the Disengage action.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
Charisma checks to deceive her, of if they simply ignore her, Nepartak grows increasingly anxious, then flies into a murderous rage. The voice shrieks in horror as the skull’s eye sockets flare with
green flame. With a shattering crash, the crystal box explodes and the skull levitates into the air.
Nepartak has the statistics of a flameskull but doesn’t speak, instead communicating using
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
deceive since childhood. You’ve been involved in dozens of schemes and feuds, and you’re likely still tied up in a few of them (consult the Zil Schemes table). Even if you have a good heart and noble
goals, you may still prefer to use trickery and cunning instead of relying on honesty or brute force. Zil gnomes typically use the forest gnome subrace. The natural illusionist trait is a part of
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If the dragon fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.
Shift Perception (1/Day). The dragon can cast hallucinatory terrain, requiring no spell components
deceive and disorient. They cloak their own presence so they can observe other creatures without being discovered as they collect information on everything from local cultural practices to
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If the dragon fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.
Tunneler. The dragon can burrow through solid rock at half its burrowing speed and can leave a 20
":"Emerald Embers", "rollDamageType":"fire"} fire damage.Emerald dragons are the most curious, cunning, and manipulative of the gem dragons, wielding psionic power to weave illusions to deceive and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
costs 3 sp. Instead of paying money, a visitor can try to barter with the ticketer, Nikolas Midnight, a wrinkled goblin (see “Bartering for a Ticket” below). For more information on Nikolas Midnight
were purchased by Ellywick Tumblestrum, but Tumblestrum has asked Nikolas not to divulge this information. Instead, Nikolas claims that these tickets were paid for by “an anonymous benefactor.” After
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragons of Stormwreck Isle
to start the encounter, but the other two remain motionless until characters move close to them. You don’t need to keep track of exactly where everyone is standing in the room. Instead, rely on your
with a pungent odor of brimstone. Strange, flickering orange light illuminates the smoke. This area is free of fungal growth; instead, crystals grow from the rock. To your right, a large cluster of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
numerous. As clever as it is cruel, a leucrotta loves to deceive, torture, and kill. Because leucrottas are smarter and tougher than most gnolls, one could occupy an elevated position within a gnoll
, instead of twice.
Hooves. Melee Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 11 (2d6 + 4) bludgeoning damage.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver
feet ahead of you, blocking the path. Each has several black-feathered arrows sticking out of it. The woods press close to the trail here, with a steep embankment and dense thickets on either side.
If
Barthen’s Provisions, return to the ambush site, and find the goblins’ trail. The characters might capture one or more goblins by knocking them unconscious instead of killing them. A character can use
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
over the town through his new servants. Bringers of Woe. If the characters didn’t already fight the Bringers of Woe (see area T7), they fight them here instead. The Bringers show up late for the
jumble does collapse. Then, a 10-foot section of the tunnel is buried in the heap, blocking passage. Removing the debris takes a few hours of work. Moving Stones. This area was a large storage cellar and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
placed to be phosphorescent mushrooms.
The lights are proper lamps flanking two massive stone gates blocking the tunnel. Before you get a chance to examine the intricate carvings on the gates
didn’t say anything. If Gorglak finds the characters’ bribe appealing, he refuses to accept it then and there, instead directing them to find one Werz Saltbaron in the Darklake Docks and hand the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
. Fraz-Urb’luu can create dreamlands and mind-bending fantasies able to deceive the most discerning foes. Once imprisoned for centuries below Castle Greyhawk on the world of Oerth, Fraz-Urb’luu has
Languages all, telepathy 120 ft.
Challenge 23 (50,000 XP) Proficiency Bonus +7
Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If Fraz-Urb’luu fails a saving throw, he can choose to succeed instead.
Magic Resistance
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
disadvantage on attack rolls, as well as on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on sight. His Lightning Breath becomes Shadow Breath, dealing necrotic damage instead of lightning damage. A humanoid reduced to 0
this check; it is made with advantage, however, if the character claims to be an emissary of House Moonstar or refers to the dragon by his true name, Glyster. If the character tries to deceive the dragon
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes of the Borderlands
to deceive or persuade it.
Narrate the Results. The Difficulty Class (DC) for each listed ability check is 10. If the total of the d20 and its modifiers equals or exceeds 10, the check succeeds. On
a 9 or lower, it fails. In either case, the area’s description tells you what happens. Example. A Rogue tries to deceive the kobold with a Charisma (Deception) check. The player rolls a d20 and adds
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
yuan-ti, choked by overgrown jungle plants, might feature ramps instead of stairs. Caverns carved by a beholder’s disintegration eye ray have walls that are unnaturally smooth, and the beholder’s lair
demise for some nefarious purpose, such as to feed souls to a lich’s phylactery. Lair. A lair is a place where monsters live. Typical lairs include ruins and caves. Maze. A maze is intended to deceive
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
and blocking the exit. Alstare doesn’t immediately attack the characters but instead questions them. If it becomes clear they’re enemies of the Red Dragon Army, he offers a deal. In exchange for the
the character refuses the offer, the altar emits smoke that coalesces into a hulking figure. This hostile figure uses the clay golem stat block, but it is an Undead instead of a Construct. If the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
-foot-tall stone door swings into a 5-foot-diameter tunnel that leads to a similar door blocking entry to area X34. X30. Eastern Elevator The elevator shaft terminates in this room. A large stone wheel
, including her armors and weapons, is on the floor next to the chair. Xardorok won’t fight to the death in this area. Instead, he uses the secret door (see below) to retreat to area X30 and uses the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
into a 5-foot-diameter tunnel that leads to a similar door blocking entry to area X4. No ability check is needed to find either secret door from inside the tunnel. DUERGAR NAMES
Here are some names
door behind the brazier in the southwest corner. This 5-foot-wide, 10-foot-tall stone door swings into a 5-foot-diameter tunnel that leads to a similar door blocking entry to area X3. No ability
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
blocking it out of the way. Characters attempting to hold the door become suddenly distracted, unable to remember why they were doing so. Characters who refuse to enter the inn feel oddly compelled to move
into the inn’s basement. Instead, anyone opening it glimpses a bricked-over doorway before the next stage is triggered. The door remains open when the characters return, but shows only a brick wall
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
that damage, they instead ignore that vulnerability for this attack. Development. If the characters spend more than a few moments here, a faint blue light appears at the seam of the secret door to area
successful experiments with the philosopher’s stone, the truth is that the alchemist had them crafted to deceive a potential buyer into believing that the stone was real. The collection includes the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
born. Baravar Cloakshadow When gnomes arrived in the world, Baravar protected them by teaching them how to hide, use magic, and deceive their foes. She was once entrapped by the goblin god Khurgorbaeyag
an expert in fortification, siege tactics, combat, and traps. Instead of bustling about as gnome deities normally do, Gaerdal has a tendency to dig in and hide out, and in many tales Garl finds it
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
wall, effectively blocking it, is a large crystal statue of a minotaur.
One ogre zombie, two ghasts, and one minotaur living crystal statue (see appendix C) guard this area. Unless a character in
, and the left arm ends in a hammer head instead of a hand. Treasure. If the characters overcome the statues and search the bags, chests, and urns, they find 480 gp and 1,200 sp. Another 1,000 gp in gems
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica
fails a saving throw, she can choose to succeed instead.
Magic Resistance. Isperia has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects.
Spellcasting. Isperia is a 15th-level
Languages all
Challenge 23 (50,000 XP)
Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If Aurelia fails a saving throw, she can choose to succeed instead.
Magic Resistance. Aurelia has advantage on saving throws
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
here wander the ruins. The power of the air node imbued them with elemental energy, so their attacks deal lightning damage instead of necrotic. They attack any creature that enters the cavern. N6
movement instead of 2. The wind disperses gas or vapor, and it extinguishes candles, torches, and similar unprotected flames in the area. It causes protected flames, such as those of lanterns, to