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Returning 35 results for 'defenders iron are bargain'.
Monsters
Eberron: Rising from the Last War
in this way at a time.An iron defender fights for its creator. They come in many shapes and are often crafted in the form of animals. More creative artificers craft iron defenders in the shape of hybrid animals or other fantastical creatures.Poison
Monsters
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
weapons with which they can slaughter prey. Sharp iron fences, crushing stalagmites and blades of glass all conveniently appear in order to aid a juggernaut’s brutality. Every juggernaut considers
was left for dead and granted new life to seek revenge.
2
It was turned into a weapon of vengeance by a family member’s bargain with sinister forces.
3
It was marked by a fiend before
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
his master Mephistopheles, offering them knowledge and power in return for their assistance: To fulfill their end of the bargain, the characters must dam the flow of the River Styx where it spills into
a nearby slime-filled chasm (see “Pit of Shummrath”). If the characters fulfill their side of the bargain, Rigorath grants them rare knowledge: a secret they desire and a permanent +1 increase to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
the wall, providing a rampart for defenders stationed on the wood-planked walkway. The wall’s hinged gates are 15 feet tall and can be barred from the inside with iron-banded wood beams. These gates are closed when it’s dark outside—which is to say more often than not.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
the form of animals. More creative artificers craft iron defenders in the shape of hybrid animals or other fantastical creatures. Iron Defender
Medium construct, neutral
Armor Class 17 (natural
from different kinds of materials, including clay, iron, and bits of hair and feathers. The process that creates a homunculus sees those materials mixed with the creator’s blood and animated through
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
Spire Features The refurbished spire has the following features. Any exceptions are noted in areas to which they apply.
Ceilings. Ceilings are 18 feet high.
Defenders. The spire is described as
are made of wood banded with iron. Most have no locks but can be barred. It takes a successful DC 20 Strength check to break open a barred door.
Floors. All floors are made of white stone.
Light
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
most places. Defenders. Most of the inhabitants of the monastery are cultists. Others, such as the orogs, are mercenaries. The lich Renwick (area M16) has nothing to do with the cult. Doors. Interior
doors are made of wood. It takes a successful DC 10 Strength check to force open a locked door. Exterior doors are reinforced with iron bands and usually locked. Such a door requires a successful DC 15
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
, and 4 feet high. Ceilings. Most ceilings are 12 feet high. Defenders. Jolliver Grimjaw is known as “Jolly” to his followers, as a shortening of his first name and an sarcastic comment on his demeanor
takes a successful DC 10 Strength check to force open a locked door. Exterior doors are reinforced with iron bands and can be barred. Such a barred door requires a successful DC 20 Strength check to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
1H. Forge and Armory Naerytar’s builders set up this structure for the blacksmiths who would build and maintain the armor and weapons needed by the castle’s defenders. A large forge dominates the
. The six lizardfolk in the forge room won’t attack unless they are antagonized first. They are trying to make an iron spear point from scraps of ruined armor, but their effort is producing something
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
Bryn Shander stands 30 feet high and is made of tight-fitting stone blocks. Defenders stand atop a planked walkway that hugs interior of the wall. Spaced along the wall are stone watchtowers, wherein
guards can take shelter during blizzards and warm their hands and feet by iron stoves. The buildings of Bryn Shander are plain wooden structures with pitched rooftops to keep snow from settling on them
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
1H. Forge and Armory Naerytar’s builders set up this structure for the blacksmiths who would build and maintain the armor and weapons needed by the castle’s defenders. A large forge dominates the
more. The six lizardfolk in the forge room won’t attack unless they are antagonized first. They are trying to make an iron spear point from scraps of ruined armor, but their effort is producing
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
alarm, putting the entire den on alert (see “Denizens”). If the characters use the airship’s weaponry to attack Grudd Haug, the den’s defenders are smart enough to take cover behind walls. Defenders armed
animal hides, held in place with iron spikes. The curtains are thick enough to intercept arrows and crossbow bolts fired through them. A curtain can be pulled down with a successful DC 13 Strength
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver
the structure collapses completely. Ceilings. Ceilings are 15 feet high unless noted otherwise. Doors. Interior doors are made of wood reinforced with iron bands. They have neither locks nor keyholes
characters a chance to succeed.
It’s okay if the characters circumvent combat and talk their way past castle defenders. Both the Cragmaw tribe and the Redbrands work for the Black Spider, so the goblinoids
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
, is accessible from the highest district. Reaching the gate involves a winding walk of over a mile from the town’s entrance. On reaching the gate, the characters find it sealed by an intimidating iron
deadly attacks from the gate’s far side. Assaults from Acheron are common, but these attacks have been highly effective and have caught Rigus’s defenders off guard each time. Extra troops now defend the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
these defenders are Mages from the city’s Guild of Wizardry, as well as Priests from local temples. The captain-general and constable of the City Watch are stationed at the Grand Citadel (see “City
ladder. All members of the City Watch know the locations of these secret ladders, which, in an emergency, can be pulled out and used by city defenders to quickly reach the parapets. The walls are
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
products of the iron mines on Dis and the workshops in the sprawling metropolis that shares the name of the layer. Dispater trusts no one and dislikes surprises. Since Zariel’s rise to power, he has taken
to dwelling in the libraries inside his iron palace. He employs a network of spies and informants to watch over anyone that might threaten him, a measure of his deep paranoia. Dispater has created an
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
. Characters who loot the storage rooms find six healer’s kits and six potions of healing. L5: Jail This fortified, two-story stone edifice has a heavy iron door that hangs open. In front of the
destroy one of the clockwork defenders that attacked them, but the prisoners they were escorting slipped away (and ended up in area L3). Characters who search the corpses find a small ring of keys. These
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
39. Big Ears Watch Post These chambers house the level’s main Xanathar Guild watch post, called “Big Ears” by the bugbears that command it. Instead of posting lookouts, the watch post’s defenders
the center.
Forge. A blackened forge dominates the north wall. The magic that once heated the forge expired long ago. The ettins keep their treasure inside it (see “Treasure” below). An iron anvil
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
, conical projectiles—each made of rusted iron and over fifteen feet long—blast through the gate in rapid succession, impacting amid Rigus’s defenders. Soldiers scream and barricades shatter. Then a wave of
berserk invaders charges through the gate.
In moments, dozens of Rigus guards and berserkers from Acheron clash in battle. Three massive projectiles—slivers of the great iron cubes that make up the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
Approaching Rigus As the characters approach Rigus, read or paraphrase the following description: From a flat, dusty plain rises a seven-tiered hill girded by ring after ring of iron battlements
defenders believe they’re under attack, as detailed in the following section. Otherwise, proceed with the “Entering Rigus” section. Attack on Rigus CoupleOfKooks “Do as I say, and you won’t have any problems
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
d8 Name
1 Spears of Iroas
2 Iron Fangs
3 Arrows of Anax
4 The Unbroken
5 Anvil of Purphoros
6 Skewering Squad
7 Shield of Akros
8 Cymede’s Heart
Wolves
6 Defenders of the Grove
7 Bronze Blades
8 The Jackals
Akroan Hoplite Akroan hoplites, also called stratians, number among the fiercest soldiers on Theros. They train
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
, uncomfortable, and risky; at any point the hag might lose her temper and decide to pull out someone’s fingernails with her iron teeth. Hags look upon younger creatures from the perspective of a
lives, like busybodies with cruel intentions. Any time a hag agrees to help someone, the bargain includes a price to be paid, plus a hidden plan by which she sets the mortal up to fail, or a way that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
“Treasure”), which was a gift from her parents, to seal the bargain. Cinderhild doesn’t know where her father keeps his conch of teleportation but assumes it’s locked in his iron chest (see area 26A
Ironslag: Lower Level Map 8.2: Ironslag, Lower Level View Player Version 24. Elevator, Lower Level The 500-foot-tall elevator shaft that penetrates the fire giant stronghold ends here. Iron pillars
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer Academy
spelljamming ship soars overhead, raining arrows down on the defenders. Each character must roll a d20. On a roll of 1–9, they are targeted by an arrow (+3 to hit, 3 piercing damage on a hit). 15 An untended
the urge to raid and pillage. Each reaver has the statistics of a bandit but has a unique appearance determined by the Astral Reavers table. Astral Reavers d12 Appearance 1 Serrated iron jaw and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
Claw. In desperation, the defenders called upon the Traveler for divine aid that seemingly saved the fort. But in the end, the god’s fickle whim saw Syrgaul and his crew transformed, and ultimately
Iron Ring to seize Firewatch Island as a naval base. In the Known World, Nyx or Orcus could be Syrgaul’s patron, and Janore Stormswake could be a follower of Protius.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
feet and rising 30 feet above the river’s surface. Constructed of heavy basalt blocks, the bridge’s piers are plated with iron. B2: Gatehouse Two mighty towers of black stone flank the fortress’s iron
rear tower. Doors. The entrances from areas B1 and area B4 are each protected by an iron double door that stands 20 feet high. The doors are held shut with interlocking iron bars that can be levered
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
in control. 2a. Troglodyte Chain Gang The air in this cavern is heavy with the stench of twenty-two adult troglodytes. They wear iron shackles on their ankles and are chained together while awaiting
drow mage named Tsabdrar Do’ett is contemplating what to do with the troglodyte young.
Crates. Zurkhwood crates half filled with iron chains and shackles stand in the south end of the cave.
Secret
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
their keelboat. Duergar Keelboat Cargo d20 Cargo 1–10 None 11–13 1d20 × 100 pounds of unrefined iron ore 14–16 1d4 zurkhwood crates filled with mining tools 17–19 2d4 zurkhwood casks of harvested
fungi (see “Fungi of the Underdark” in chapter 2) 20 A locked iron chest containing 3d6 × 100 gp and a random magic item (roll once on Magic Item Table B in chapter 7 of the Dungeon Master’s Guide
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
, and green copper. Its heavy iron gauntlets are clenched into fists, and the ominous helm that forms its head turns slowly from side to side.
Shield Guardian. The construct blocking passage into
, and a dizzying array of tools. Mounted on one wall is an iron ladder that ends before a trapdoor in the ceiling.
Inscribed on the floor is a complex geometric design that pulsates with light. In the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
. Schnella refused to leave and died fending off Tockworth’s clockwork defenders. Her restless soul lurks in this building, manifesting as a troublesome specter known as a poltergeist (see the “Variant
: Poltergeist” sidebar in the “Specter” entry of the Monster Manual). Characters who disturb the body or spend more than 1 minute in the guildhall anger the poltergeist, which hurls picks and iron spikes
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
Pollenella The mountains are home to clans of korreds—stout Fey creatures whose hair has the strength of iron. The korreds gather and dance at Lockbury Henge. (If the characters don’t think of it themselves
, Gleam suggests they strike up an alliance with the korreds. See “Lockbury Henge” later in the chapter for how they might accomplish that.) An elf prince named Alagarthas made a bargain with Endelyn and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
often seen circling high above the yakfolk village. 3. Mill An enormous wooden water wheel is attached to an iron axle and mounted above a swift-flowing river that spills down the mountainside. As
reach area 9 by climbing through the openings in the frame of the water wheel and crawling along its iron axle. This is a dangerous act, and getting from one side to the other requires a successful
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
Gravy Four iron gibbets hang from chains hooked to the 10-foot-high ceiling. The gibbets are empty except for one that holds a wailing goblin named Glom. Glom was caught stealing food intended for the
price and sell them at three times the normal price. Their food is of poor quality but edible. A character who succeeds on a DC 12 Charisma (Intimidation or Persuasion) check can bargain a goblin down
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
lead down into what feels like a cellar. It’s chilly in here, and you detect a subtle scent of iron in the air. From a distant spot within the chamber, sputtering candles illuminate a multitude of keys
!” Jingle Jangle’s obsession with keys serves as a cautionary tale for those who would enter into a bargain with Bavlorna Blightstraw. The goblin once sought the hag’s help in a desperate attempt to undo
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
tables with benches stand in the middle of the room, which is brightly lit by six tall wrought-iron candlesticks spaced along the walls. Each candlestick stands six feet high and has nine lit candles at
burning cast-iron stoves with piles of wood next to them. Other furnishings include a wooden trestle table where food is prepared, as well as shelves lined with plates, mugs, pots, utensils, and jars of