defend interact are brown

Riverine

Monsters Journeys through the Radiant Citadel

rivers. These spirits of nature take shape to defend their waters and interact with those who travel along their currents. From the waist up, riverines have skin the color of the waters they protect but

Halfling Legacy

Species Basic Rules (2014)

, even by the standards of his diminutive race, with the fluff of his curly brown locks barely cresting the three-foot mark, but his belly was amply thickened by his love of a good meal, or several, as

. They are inclined to be stout, weighing between 40 and 45 pounds. Halflings’ skin ranges from tan to pale with a ruddy cast, and their hair is usually brown or sandy brown and wavy. They have

Conjure Animals Legacy

Spells Basic Rules (2014)

turns. They obey any verbal commands that you issue to them (no action required by you). If you don't issue any commands to them, they defend themselves from hostile creatures, but otherwise take no

Sea Horse, Giant Wasp, Reef Shark, Warhorse 1 Brown Bear, Dire Wolf, Giant Eagle, Giant Hyena, Giant Octopus, Giant Spider, Giant Toad, Giant Vulture, Lion, Tiger 2 Giant Boar, Giant Constrictor Snake, Giant Elk, Hunter Shark, Plesiosaurus, Polar Bear, Rhinoceros, Saber-toothed Tiger

Copper Dragons

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

. These gregarious dragons are fonts of patience, hospitality, and humor, and they seek to improve the lives—or, at least, the mood—of those they interact with. If forced to fight to defend themselves or

Small and Practical

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)

. Halflings’ skin ranges from tan to pale with a ruddy cast, and their hair is usually brown or sandy brown and wavy. They have brown or hazel eyes. Halfling men often sport long sideburns, but beards are

maintaining no permanent home. Exploring Opportunities Halflings usually set out on the adventurer’s path to defend their communities, support their friends, or explore a wide and wonder-filled world. For

Amberdune Pack

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries

goals are self-serving, not actively malicious. Because the pack originally resided in the nation of Amn, their humanoid forms have dusky brown skin, brown or blue eyes, and varying shades of brown

leadership. The presence of Korvala comforts the other jackalweres. They admire her strength and guidance, and they defend her as fervently as they would Nidalia. The Amberdune jackalweres are not hostile

Menagerie

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide

defend the Bastion. Instead, they act in accordance with their nature and use their stat blocks in the Monster Manual. Menagerie Creatures Creature Size Cost Ape Medium 500 GP Black Bear Medium 500

GP Brown Bear Large 1,000 GP Constrictor Snake Large 250 GP Crocodile Large 500 GP Dire Wolf Large 1,000 GP Giant Vulture Large 1,000 GP Hyena Medium 50 GP Jackal Small 50 GP Lion Large 1,000 GP

Entering the Fort

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus

returns, leading a tall creature wearing a long, tattered shift covered in mud, blood, mold, and worse. The hag’s eyes seem to move independently of each other as she approaches, her straggly brown hair

, Mad Maggie tells the characters she needs to gather supplies for the ritual of memory unlocking. This gives the characters a chance to interact with the other members of Mad Maggie’s gang and maybe earn some good will with them as mentioned under their individual descriptions below.

Sports and Games

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War

Sports and Games The Sharn Inquisitive The Race of Eight Winds Begins! Banners are flying across Dura today, and the streets are full of color. Walk through Oldkeep wearing brown and red, and

you’ll be invited to raise a glass to the Griffon; if you’re dressed in white and gold, the colors of the Hippogriff, you’d best be prepared to defend yourself. If you’re new to Sharn, you might

Riverine

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

Riverine More than mere waterway guardians, riverines are embodiments of particular rivers. These spirits of nature take shape to defend their waters and interact with those who travel along their

The Bedine

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries

The Bedine The Bedine are a group of disparate nomadic tribes that interact with one another in the desert of Anauroch. Bedine tribes differ in how friendly or hostile they are to outsiders. But all

it brings destruction and ruin. Bedine are dark-haired and olive-skinned, with brown eyes. They wear a loose-fitting, linen robe called an aba, covered by a dark cloak called a jellaba. They carry

Scholar of Impossibilities

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel

Scholar is attacked, it fights to defend itself. The cave isn’t considered the baernaloth’s lair, so it can’t take lair actions here. If the Scholar is defeated, characters who search the cavern find a

interact with evil creatures. Additionally, you can cast the spell eyebite as an action. Your spellcasting ability for this spell is Intelligence, Wisdom, or Charisma (your choice when you gain this

The Temple of Elemental Evil

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse

. At least two cultists from any group the characters interact with serve as escorts. Driving the Cults into Retreat The cultists learn and adapt as the characters attack their strongholds. The four

is present, and the characters can engage their foe. After one prophet falls, the remaining three prophets retreat to lower levels, leaving their minions to defend the temple dungeons. The characters

16. Werebat Caves

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage

their only other form is that of a Tiny bat. If the nursery comes under attack, the adults defend the young. If the adults are slain, the children turn into bats and flee. 16d. Werebat Treasury Werebats

brown bear’s pelt, and ten bleached human skulls. The chest at the south end of the cave holds a rusty steel gauntlet with fingers ending in claws, a boar’s tusk set with semiprecious stones (50 gp), a

Random Encounters

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss

1d6 nightlights 9 1 otyugh hidden under a mound of offal 10 Patch of brown mold (see “Dungeon Hazards” in chapter 5 of the Dungeon Master’s Guide) 11 1d4 awakened zurkhwoods* (see appendix C) 12 2d4

they defend themselves. Myconid Adults. These gentle creatures tend to the fungi patch and mind their own business, attacking only in self-defense. If the characters establish communication with the

Falkovnia

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

densest populations of the living. That’s currently the Falkovnian capital of Lekar, where unfit and underfed conscripts defend crumbling walls alongside General Drakov and her crimson-armored elite

, having fled their homeland’s zombie plague. Such individuals have likely seen horrors and know tragedy. Falkovnia’s residents often have brown hair and varied skin tones with warm undertones. Their names

The Skull Dunes

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh

The Skull Dunes The Skull Dunes (see map 5.2) lie beyond a beach of coarse brown sand at the southern end of the island. The dunes are desolate; only an occasional bit of scraggly grass grows here

defend that square until they are destroyed. Once all the skeletons in a square have been destroyed, that square is cleared of buried skeletons (but other skeletons could still pursue the party into

Hideout Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries

jackalwere Korvala sits at the desk in her humanoid form: a woman with brown skin, sun-streaked brown hair, and piercing hazel eyes. If she has been alerted to the characters’ presence by the other

this room, the gingwatzims defend her. In addition to appearing as swords, these gingwatzims can turn into bats. The journal on Korvala’s desk is a ledger documenting all of Amberdune Books’ sales

Intrigue

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)

king’s chamberlain means the characters can use royal soldiers to help them defend their own stronghold on the borderlands, players will be invested in the scenario. Adventurers usually become embroiled

adventurers become involved in the intrigue, then spend the bulk of your time creating the NPCs they interact with. Many Villains. Some intrigue adventures feature a whole cast of villains, each with its own

Reya Mantlemorn

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus

rests on the hilt of a longsword. The other pulls back a cowl to reveal the face of a teenager with brown skin, red hair, and a haunting gaze. The cloaked figure is Reya Mantlemorn, a lawful good

, expecting to have to defend herself. Characters can allay her fears by saying they have no intention of arresting her. In the interests of full disclosure, Reya admits that she’s being hunted by the

Meeting the Inhabitants

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragons of Stormwreck Isle

into view, descending gracefully from the upper part of the cloister. She’s an elderly human woman with weathered brown skin, white hair in tight braids, and kindly hazel eyes, dressed in a simple white

Dragon’s Rest, the characters can interact with any of its residents. All the residents but Runara live in the small monastic cells cut into the cliff face (area A1 on the cloister map). Elder Runara

Birth of a Beholder

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

beholder gathers (or inherits) inferior creatures that it uses as minions. These creatures help defend the lair and also serve as shock troops if the beholder vacates its lair to prey on the inhabitants

fear that any creature not under its direct control is working for an enemy. Most known beholders who choose to interact with humanoid society in any way are eye tyrants. For an example of an eye

Roots of Bathalang Puno

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

hostilities break out, the dragon hunters defend themselves, using the stat blocks of five veterans (see “The Dragon Hunters” earlier in this adventure). The Bakunawa’s Lair Map 10.2: roots of bathalang

veterans; see “The Dragon Hunters” earlier in this adventure) arrive 3 rounds later. If the characters took an indirect path but didn’t interact with the dragon hunters, the dragon hunters are already

Vault Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin

occupy this grim chamber, ready for deployment at a moment’s notice. Unless the soldiers have been called elsewhere to defend the vault or perform drudge work, the garrison contains sixteen skeletons

skeletons guard this curved hallway. Beyond them, heavy, round metal doors seal five doorways. A brown stain covers the ground in front of the northernmost door. The two minotaur skeletons attack

Fortress Level 1

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh

is forced open, one of the sahuagin immediately moves toward the west wall to ring the gong, while the remaining guards defend the entrance. If this creature is slain or otherwise prevented from

exit to the north. The sahuagin here prepare to defend themselves. Two sahuagin stand guard in this room. They attack intruders attempting to enter the fortress. The pulley mechanism is described in

The Glitterhame

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a2

claimed one of the largest caverns as a common room and food storage area. They defend it against all intruders. Characters coming from area 16 might not be able to see everything at first. Floundering

. The females tend the colony’s eggs and raise hatchlings in the southwest cave. Six troglodytes defend the hatchery and fight to the death to defend their young. The chamber also contains two dozen

Island Theme

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh

help. 5 The inhabitants see the characters as no more than insects and refuse to interact with them unless forced. 6 The inhabitants see the characters as gods and can be convinced to worship them

Island Encounters d20 Encounter 1 2d8 baboons 2 1d4 brown bears 3 1 owlbear 4 2d6 giant toads 5 2d10 giant wasps 6 2d4 giant spiders 7 4d4 pixies or 4d4 sprites 8 1d4 blink dogs 9 1 pirate captain

Ruinous Citadel Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin

to indicate specific numbers or types of foes. A careful look shows that brown and red dots are Miska’s, while green and gray dots are Lolth’s. A character who succeeds on a DC 18 Intelligence

(Investigation) check realizes that brown and green dots indicate fresh troops, and red and gray dots indicate injured or flagging ones. Indication of Status. The distribution of dots shows the overall state

Ziggurat Locations, Tier 4

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase

burial chamber. Four skeletal guards with rusty swords surround the distinguished skeleton. This burial chamber belongs to King Alendria’s honor guard, who defend his kingdom even in death. If the

skeletons instead kneel, each pledging a silent vow to defend the characters for the next 1d4 hours or until the skeletons earn their second death (whichever comes sooner). After these vows are fulfilled

Roleplaying Prisoner 13

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault

. While confined to her antimagic cell, she is cautious since she can’t rely on her magic tattoos to defend herself. Outside her cell, she grows overly confident and even banters if she’s able to do so

). Mountain. Silver and brown mountain peaks cover her chest, the tips following the angles of her collarbones. River. Swirling green and blue waters form a cascading river across her stomach, with scaly

Roleplaying Prisoner 13

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Prisoner 13

. While confined to her antimagic cell, she is cautious since she can’t rely on her magic tattoos to defend herself. Outside her cell, she grows overly confident and even banters if she’s able to do so

). Mountain. Silver and brown mountain peaks cover her chest, the tips following the angles of her collarbones. River. Swirling green and blue waters form a cascading river across her stomach, with scaly

Encounter Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries

beneath the forest canopy. Growths of green, brown, and gray lichen cover the cave mouth, and a small stream flows deeper into the yawning darkness. The character who has the highest passive Wisdom

this cave. The door is covered with what is obviously a patch of brown mold (see "Brown Mold" in the Dungeon Master’s Guide). Any intruder who opens or otherwise disturbs the door causes the mold to

Areas of the Fire Temple

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse

hallway. Loose piles of stone form barricades at the front of each alcove, angled to defend against intrusion from the west. A path between the barricades leads to a wide, descending staircase to the east

. If they do, one of the razerblasts escorts the party. If a fight breaks out, one of the razerblasts shouts, “Imix defend us!” When this happens, read the following text aloud: The obsidian columns

The Greyhawk Setting

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide

involved with happenings on Oerth. Lesser gods are more likely to manifest in some form on the Material Plane and interact with their worshipers. Cuthbert, for example, is well known for appearing in mortal

guise, appearing as a dirt-covered farmer, a wanderer robed in brown and green, or an elderly tinker. And of the many quasi-deities that appear on Oerth, most prominent among them is Iuz, a demigod

Areas of the Earth Temple

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse

activity outside, two duergar take light crossbows (+2 to hit, 1d8 piercing damage) and post themselves at the arrow slits. The other three prepare to defend the room’s only entrance. B6. Yarsha’s

(see chapter 7 for both) dwell here. In addition to normal gear, Yarsha carries a potion of greater healing, and the guards have light crossbows (+3 to hit, 1d8 piercing damage) if they need to defend

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