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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
classes
Divine Answers, Support Allies, and Smite Foes with Holy Energy
Monks of the Way of the Celestial are peacekeepers and protectors of their chosen kin. These monks meditate to achieve a greater
understanding of a divine being, granting them the ability to channel celestial energies into their own. These martial defenders are pensive, patient, and understanding, but they offer little mercy when
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
is a Huge or smaller creature, it is grappled (escape DC 20) and is restrained until this grapple ends. The greatwyrm can have only one creature grappled this way at a time.
Tail. Melee Weapon Attack
to the ground, destroying buildings and defenders alike.PoisonIf the greatwyrm’s Chromatic Awakening trait has activated in the last hour, it can use the options below as legendary actions
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
is a Huge or smaller creature, it is grappled (escape DC 20) and is restrained until this grapple ends. The greatwyrm can have only one creature grappled this way at a time.
Tail. Melee Weapon Attack
the ground, destroying buildings and defenders alike.AcidIf the greatwyrm’s Chromatic Awakening trait has activated in the last hour, it can use the options below as legendary actions.
Bite. The
Monsters
Mordenkainen's Fiendish Folio Volume 1
, their lack of cunning foiled her plans. Many tumbled into the sea and drowned, too simpleminded and impatient to learn how to swim. Others smashed caravans and crushed their defenders most effectively
claim the metal.
Brutal Raiders. Each year, when the warm summer gives way to the chill of autumn, the crab folk look to the sky for omens. In ancient days, the green hag kept close watch on the fishing
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
is a Huge or smaller creature, it is grappled (escape DC 20) and is restrained until this grapple ends. The greatwyrm can have only one creature grappled this way at a time.
Tail. Melee Weapon Attack
city to the ground, destroying buildings and defenders alike.LightningIf the greatwyrm’s Chromatic Awakening trait has activated in the last hour, it can use the options below as legendary
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
is a Huge or smaller creature, it is grappled (escape DC 20) and is restrained until this grapple ends. The greatwyrm can have only one creature grappled this way at a time.
Tail. Melee Weapon Attack
the ground, destroying buildings and defenders alike.FireIf the greatwyrm’s Chromatic Awakening trait has activated in the last hour, it can use the options below as legendary actions.
Bite. The
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
is a Huge or smaller creature, it is grappled (escape DC 20) and is restrained until this grapple ends. The greatwyrm can have only one creature grappled this way at a time.
Tail. Melee Weapon Attack
the ground, destroying buildings and defenders alike.ColdIf the greatwyrm’s Chromatic Awakening trait has activated in the last hour, it can use the options below as legendary actions.
Bite. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
in the tower’s turrets (area Q52) make ranged attacks against characters who try to force their way into the tower. These spectral defenders have three-quarters cover behind the arrow slits.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Divine Contention
the quayside. The defenders rally to protect the town but are outnumbered. While the defenders struggle to hold the perimeter, Fheralai Stormsworn’s forces breach the north gate and pour forward to
forced to fall back and regroup. As Ularan Mortus’s army forces its way into Leilon, Ebondeath reaches the House of Thalivar and searches for the ruinstone. Unless stopped, it claims the stone and flies
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
Assault Encounters Level 1 of the fortress teems with defenders. While most sahuagin are clustered as described in “The Defense,” a few locations prove central to the fortress’s security. 1. North
strategies: The party can sneak in magically by using the potions the Saltmarsh council provided. The party might try to talk their way in, but the challenge of deceiving the sahuagin guards has increased
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
were much larger than the bakunawa that remain. The skybridges are the safest way to travel between many islands, high above the whirlpools that churn in the sea below. However, centuries of conflict
ages past, bakunawa served as mediators and defenders of the islands, but successive waves of invasion targeted the creatures, drastically reducing their numbers. Today, the islands’ residents fiercely defend their home and seek to honor the history stolen by centuries of war.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
upper path is festooned with towers and battlements where defenders can fire freely at creatures attempting to make their way along the lower path. A paved road runs along the western wall of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver
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
“Cover” in the Basic Rules). DISGUISED CHARACTERS
Rather than storm Cragmaw Castle with weapons in hand, clever characters might try to talk their way inside. For example, they might don the scarlet
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
you see fit. 1d8 Details 1 Accident reports are way down. 2 The leak in the roof has been fixed. 3 No vermin infestations to report. 4 You-Know-Who lost their spectacles again. 5 One of your
. Remove these Bastion Defenders from your Bastion’s roster. If the Bastion has zero Bastion Defenders, one of the Bastion’s special facilities (determined randomly) is damaged and forced to shut down. A
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
cares only for itself and not the rest of the group. 6 One monster bullies the others; it forces them into danger, but they want it defeated. Reactive Tactics A great way to make an adventure location
leader makes this saving throw on behalf of the entire group. As creatures employ reactive tactics, make notes about their new locations on your adventure map. Prepared Defenders Sapient creatures that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
landscape outside San Citlán offers little in the way of comfort. Over half the city’s workers live in these borderlands, while many more folk labor at mines and farms in the area. These communities
acquired a reputation as a hub for mercenaries, as locals turn to caporales—traditional defenders on horseback—for security in the absence of city support.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
the old gate, force it open, and rush through. Escobert discovers them and races into the courtyard to sound the alarm ahead of the infiltrators. Enough defenders are available to deal with the
infiltrators trying to fight its way back outside. If characters barricade the door with barrels or other heavy objects while awaiting repairs, they might hold off attackers until the repairs are finished and avoid this fight entirely. Rewards Award standard XP for defeated foes.
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
Schley Map 9.1: Courier Four-Way Battle The characters, Sytri, and Tol all seek the glory of defeating the elder whirlwyrm. Track how much damage each character and the rival heroes deal to the monster
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
the old gate, force it open, and rush through. Escobert discovers them and races into the courtyard to sound the alarm ahead of the infiltrators. Enough defenders are available to deal with the
infiltrators trying to fight its way back outside. If characters barricade the door with barrels or other heavy objects while awaiting repairs, they might hold off attackers until the repairs are finished and avoid this fight entirely. Rewards Award standard XP for defeated foes.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
death. Outraged, the celebrity’s followers rioted, and as the news spread, their outrage inspired a revolution. Within a week, the nation’s government had crumbled, its defenders fleeing before an army
forgiveness and outlining concessions and a way for the nation to move forward. The rebels agreed to further negotiation. At that moment, Harkon Lukas ended his ploy, bursting from his crimson coffin in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Divine Contention
. Mark one victory and advance to Event 2: “The Storm Breaks.” The party retreats. The undead spill into the town. Proceed to Event 5: “Streets of Rage.” Event 2. The Storm Breaks If the defenders hold
general store.
“Barbarians at the north gate!” he gasps. “The storm lord’s berserkers! I was on my way to warn you when I saw the dead wading out of the marsh. They’re attacking the quayside right now
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
; it was tarnished in a way the Knights of Solamnia from old stories would surely have avoided. When the characters identify themselves, the guards raise the gate’s portcullis and admit them into the
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
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
wolves to their pen. 4 5 Iceshield orcs The orcs join their kin in area 9 by way of area 2. 5 6 goblins The goblins retreat to area 14 by way of area 6. 7 1 hobgoblin The hobgoblin investigates loud
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Forge of the Artificer
every chance to advance their interests and those of their family—no matter who stands in the way.
CLAUDIO POZAS
Torrn The Torrn and their allied families perpetuate the traditions of the
your Bastion, you can recruit up to twelve Bastion Defenders instead of four. In addition, if you are level 9+, you can issue the Research order to House Tharashk as if it were a Trophy Room facility within your Bastion.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
the city walls. We are the defenders of the wilderness and of the society that does not understand it. Most have forgotten that there is an ancient, natural order that existed long before our
intellectual concepts of it. To come into contact with that primal order is to touch the power that guides all of life.
“Those who walk the way of the Emerald Enclave are infused with this power; we embody it
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
Rutterkin The rutterkins, a breed of warped demon, roam the Abyss in mobs that constantly search for intruders to surround and devour. Abyssal Defenders. Rutterkins protect the Abyss from non-demons
save, the creature becomes frightened of the rutterkins for 1 minute. While frightened in this way, the creature is restrained. At the end of each of the frightened creature’s turns, it can repeat
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
more of the essence of the Abyss pushes its way through. In time, a plane or a world could become a colony of the Abyss, overrun with demons and devoid of all other forms of life. Initial Infection A
. Fortunately for their would-be victims, the chaotic evil nature of demons means that they rarely organize in a way to cause such a disturbance. Demons that enter the world are bent on destruction, not
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
withdrew to nurse their wounds, leaving Goldenfields’ defenders to wonder when the next attack would come. The attack hasn’t changed the mood among the residents, who place great stock in the strength of
their outer defenses and militia. Lob and Ogg spent the next month lost in the hills, trying to find their way back to Grudd Haug. When they got there, they told Guh about the “big farm.” Guh
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
outside the city, thereby thwarting Charmayne’s ritual. Naevys provides the following additional information, which she learned with the help of mages in a nearby city: Ashen Defenders. Castle Cinis
, Charmayne’s ritual can be reversed and Ghalasine restored to its former glory by removing Jhaeros’s still-beating heart from the city. This might be the only way to repair the damage Charmayne has wrought and
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
is a creature, it must succeed on a DC 13 Strength saving throw or take an extra 3 (1d6) piercing damage and be grappled (escape DC 13). The defender can have only one creature grappled in this way at a time.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
village is mostly abandoned. Xolkin is in love with Kella and would do just about anything for her, even though he knows that she doesn’t feel the same way about him. If Kella is a prisoner, Xolkin tries
to buy her freedom (see “Treasure”). Failing that, he tries to liberate her by force. If Kella wormed her way into the characters’ good graces, she reveals her allegiance to the Zhentarim once the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
can seem out of place among the idyllic forests and beautiful gardens and orchards, but that is the way of life in Setessa. Gender in Setessa Setessans believe that women become heroes through martial
exploits, while men do so by finding their own way in the world. As a result, the polis is populated mostly by women and children. When young men reach the age of fourteen, their rites of passage
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
Boareskyr Bridge Boareskyr Bridge stands on the Trade Way and is the only consistently safe crossing over the Winding Water for more than a hundred miles in either direction. This alone makes it
used it as the center of a small kingdom, which also bore his name, north and east of the Trade Way, though it lasted only a few decades before falling to threats from the Fields of the Dead. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
the Fire Giants”), destroying anything that gets in their way. As they approach the center of Triboar, they hurl boulders into the town to strike fear into the hearts of the townsfolk, hoping to
to set it ablaze. The orogs, clad in heavy plate mail, march ahead of the fire giants, knocking down fences and clearing the way of rabble. Anything the orogs don’t knock down is crushed underfoot by