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Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
). It reverts to its humanoid form when it dies. The druid’s statistics are the same in each form, except where noted in this stat block.Frost druids are solitary defenders of nature and the
the awaken spell. These druids favor polar bears and reindeer (use the elk stat block in the Monster Manual) as companions, and such creatures typically share the druid’s disposition.
Ice
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
Security Forces Tockworth created two primary types of automatons to protect Little Lockford: Clockwork Defenders. Little Lockford has twenty clockwork defenders (see their description and stat block
summon 1d4 clockwork defenders (see their description and stat block at the end of the adventure). These reinforcements arrive 2 rounds later. If the number of clockwork defenders summoned is greater than
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Monstrous Traits Consider undermining players’ expectations about what a creature is or can do by making tweaks to the traits in its stat block. Adding a sahuagin’s Blood Frenzy trait to a different
that appear in existing monster stat blocks, but those are a good starting point. Feel free to invent your own.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
Rookledust (neutral good rock gnome) moved to Nightlund decades ago from the distant gnome homeland of Mount Nevermind. She uses the acolyte stat block, but the effects of her Spellcasting manifest from
. “The faster I talk, think, and invent, the faster I can improve my designs.” Ideal. “Not only can I make that, I can make it better!” Bond. “Through invention, we make a more interesting world.” Flaw
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
enter Castle Kalaman’s courtyard, read the following: Castle Kalaman’s courtyard is largely deserted, as most of the city’s defenders remain with the troops west of the city. Near the covered cloisters
soldiers. They use the wight stat block with the following changes: They wear plate armor and have AC 18. They don’t have the Sunlight Sensitivity trait. The wights refuse to speak, and their armor
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
. Defenders might also use furniture and debris to block off passages, hoping to channel invaders toward prepared strongpoints. Sentries and Alarms. Some creatures might move from their keyed locations
to fortify its location by using furniture or heavy objects to block doors or entryways. Increase the DC to force open a blocked door by 3, and hastily blocked passageways are Difficult Terrain. A
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes of the Borderlands
13: Inner Bailey The sheltered inner bailey is where the keep’s defenders live and practice combat drills.
When the characters arrive at the inner bailey, read the following boxed text aloud
.
Zuzanna Wuzyk Shannik
Human Sergeant of the Guard
Stat Block: Guard Captain
Captain Andrella’s second in command brooks no evildoers.
Brusque. When Shannik can substitute a reply with a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
town’s few bariaur defenders, smashing fishing boats and cottages in its rampage.
The bariaurs of Grakenok have put up a heroic defense of their home. They’ve been suffering whirlwyrm attacks for days
, culminating in an assault by a massive elder whirlwyrm. This giant whirlwyrm uses the behir stat block with these adjustments: Replace its climbing speed with a swimming speed of 60 feet. It slithers
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
Clay Golem Guardian of Home and Heart Habitat: Urban; Treasure: Relics Clay golems are magical defenders made from earth and clay to protect places or communities. The materials used in creating clay
Clay Golem Follows Orders To...
1 Block the path of anyone who enters a site with a weapon drawn.
2 Defend any member of their creator’s family or community who is threatened in its
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
Frost Druid Frost druids are solitary defenders of nature and the natural enemies of civilization in the North. They seek to preserve the arctic wilderness by destroying outsiders who cross their
more beasts, shrubs, or evergreen trees that it has made sentient using the awaken spell. These druids favor polar bears and reindeer (use the elk stat block in the Monster Manual) as companions, and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes of the Borderlands
scribe pays them a handsome reward: a large, glittering gemstone (worth 100 GP), which they can sell to the jeweler for gold (see area 3). Svetlin Velinov Dwern
Dwarf Scribe
Stat Block: Noble
magic item; roll once on the Magic Items table in appendix A (rerolling duplicates) to determine the item. Katerina Ladon Elandra
Elf Adviser
Stat Block: Noble
Elandra provides guidance to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
defenders. As a bonus action, Y’demi or the spectator can make the kites attack intruders. Damaging an inert kite also activates it, as does attacking the line of entrails that attaches the kite to
peryton stat block. T2. Collapsing Cave Gentle, white light emanates from within the mouth of this cave. The mouth is fifteen feet across and ten feet high, but the cave narrows as it deepens.
The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes of the Borderlands
Smelting Kalista recently received a cartload of battered and rusted weapons seized by the keep’s defenders. She asks the characters to help melt them down. The disarmament process takes 1 hour. To aid
, bottles, boxes, and other supplies crowd its shelves.
An affable halfling named Ruckus runs this shop.
Dario Jelusic Ruckus
Halfling Shopkeeper
Stat Block: Commoner
The owner of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
combat erupts, the entire den goes on alert. As a consequence, adventurers might find themselves fighting several encounters’ worth of creatures at once. Grudd Haug’s defenders lack a cohesive defense
potatoes 71–80 1 hobgoblin warlord mounted on a wyvern, which lands on the rocky outcropping by area 1 81–90 3d6 Iceshield orcs and 1 Iceshield orc war chief, who travel downriver on two rafts 91–00 1d4 + 1 male hill giants, each carrying a basket of dead fish, a barrel of pickles, or a block of sugar
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
Hands, dedicated to Gond, presents an altogether less peaceful experience. Here, all the great innovative minds of the city invent and experiment, attempting to create everything from flying machines
to Nature, just a block away from the Tower of Luck, are resplendent gardens dedicated to nature gods like Mielikki and Silvanus. The park is closed to all except residents of the Sea Ward. Yet from
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
. Tixie Tockworth. Unless she was defeated elsewhere, Tixie Tockworth (see her description and stat block at the end of the adventure) sits on the barstool farthest from the entrance, cradling an
embedded in the floor and turned counterclockwise, Little Lockford’s clockwork defenders and clockwork observers are rendered unconscious indefinitely. Turning the key clockwise deactivates the magic of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
their leader, Zhelsuel. Others roam the wastes in search of information. They all use the mage stat block. Silvanesti’s Exiles Once a beautiful woodland nation with sculpted trees and towering spires
to seek a new home. The elves here in the Northern Wastes were among the defenders of Silvanesti. When they failed to protect their homeland, they were sent on an expedition to the wastes following
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
against Vogler’s remaining defenders. This area and the village beyond the map are difficult terrain. A creature that enters the Fray for the first time on a turn or starts its turn there must succeed
on Vogler. She and two baaz draconians (see appendix B) arrive adjacent to the Fray along the northernmost road. Fewmaster Gholcag uses the ogre stat block, but she wears scale mail and has AC 14. She
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
falling block traps or weak ceilings supported by a single pillar, which the beholder can disintegrate after it passes that point to deter pursuit. Eyes in the Sky Because a beholder’s paranoia knows no
sends its minions to attack or draw out defenders while it flies high overhead and uses its eye rays to subdue the village, targeting leaders and other formidable foes before significant resistance can
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
detrimental. You can choose such properties from the tables in this section or determine them randomly. You can also invent new beneficial and detrimental properties. These properties typically change each
percent chance that you attract the attention of a god who sends an avatar to wrest the Artifact from you. The avatar has the same alignment as its creator and uses the Empyrean stat block. Once it
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
the “What’s Left Unsaid” section earlier in the adventure. Stone Defenders. After the image of Secretary Wei fades, a sculpted soldier detaches from its alcove, then steps forward to attack. The
soldier uses the stone golem stat block, except that its Slam action deals slashing damage because it wields a giant glaive. At the start of the soldier’s next turn, a second stone soldier animates and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
ally Now consider these other aspects of the conflict: Name one element of the invasion or assault that the defenders didn’t expect or couldn’t repel. Something happened to the first defenders who
name (or invent) a group that opposes it, fomenting revolution. Then let the following points help you flesh out the conflict: Name three things the rebels want or hope to achieve. The rebels achieve a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Creating a Monster Stat Block If you want a full monster stat block, use the following method to create your new monster. The introduction to the Monster Manual explains all the components of a
monster’s stat block. Familiarize yourself with that material before you begin. In the course of creating your monster, if you find yourself unable to make a decision, let the examples in the Monster
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
, although Klax is protective of her business arrangement with Jarazoun and turns in the party to the hold’s defenders if the characters seem likely to threaten that arrangement. B7: Harbor At the stronghold’s
to a stone block that serves as a crude table. Two duergar are always on guard here. They react with suspicion toward the characters, as visitors don’t usually come through this area, and become
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
and repair the tower’s construct defenders. The two Istarian drones (see appendix B) are intact but powered down. They activate and attack in the room if a drone, a column, or the console is damaged
. Belephaion, who’s secretly a blue dragon, is currently in his priest form. He uses the young blue dragon stat block with the following action: Alter Shape. Belephaion magically transforms into an eagle or a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
across the entrance.
The heavy chain raised and lowered by the winch in area K9 provides Rivergard’s defenders with the ability to block boats from entering or leaving. A swimming character can easily
other side. An arrow slit in the southern wall of the passage provides defenders a way to fire on intruders who get this far.
Characters who specifically examine the ceiling notice the murder holes
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a2
wight, an undead monster that thirsts for life essence. Two of the piles of bones are ogre skeletons (use the ogre stat block; give it the undead creature type, vulnerability to bludgeoning damage
Khundrukar, but two members of the previous expedition fell to the undead defenders with valuables in their possession. Under a scattering of bones near the altar can be found a sack that holds 280 gp
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
pattern to provide cover for dwarf defenders while slowing their foes’ progress. Each corner on either side of the gatehouse holds two arrow slits, allowing creatures inside the gatehouse structure to
, carving stone masonry and statuary and flying them through the cavern, reconstructing the city block by block. He resents this duty, but he can’t escape it. If Ahtayir likes the characters or trusts
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
to leave through the doorway to the west, all four crypt guardians burst out to fight until destroyed. The crypt guardians use the revenant stat block with the following changes: They speak Dwarvish
of sacred gemstones, but the mind flayers took the gems when they vanquished this place’s defenders. The basin is now empty. West Room. Attendants here dressed and armored the prepared corpses. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
, held in place by a block under the wheels.
The cart’s metal box is still solid, but one of the axles is broken and the other screeches horribly. The supply shed (area 3) contains the parts and
forge, three in each chamber. They are all that’s left of the mine’s dwarven defenders. The first character to enter either chamber is attacked by the specters in that chamber, and those from the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
Neverdeath Graveyard cluster near the wall separating the Main Graveyard from the Pauper’s Graveyard to the west. Hallix Mausoleum is a squat, unassuming granite block in the shadow of larger monuments to
beyond it. If the characters are determined to explore the other Waterclock Guild chambers, you can invent water-themed or clockwork-based denizens and traps for them to encounter. Treasure. The clock
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
Encounter”). Map 3.2: Beorunna’s Well View Player Version Ancient Relic The altar is a blood-spattered stone block, 9 feet long by 6 feet wide by 3 feet tall, weighing several tons. A creature as
about to erupt. Ringing the citadel is a host of platforms, battlements, and arrow slits from where defenders can fire crossbows at foolish attackers. A great drawbridge allows no one to enter the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
treant stat block, has 200 hit points, and has the following additional action option: Spellcasting. Turlang casts one of the following spells, requiring no material spell components and using Wisdom as
and tales. High Marshal Methrammar Aerasumé, the city’s lord, resides in a tall, slender palace on the east side of the city and commands Silverymoon’s knight-defenders. The city’s magical defenses