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Sleeping Dragon’s Wake
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Regeneration. Lhammaruntosz regains 5 hit points at the start of her turn.
Spellcasting. Lhammaruntosz is an 8th-level spellcaster. Her spellcasting ability is Charisma (spell save
).
In a new form, Lhammaruntosz retains her alignment, hit points, Hit Dice, ability to speak, proficiencies, Legendary Resistance, lair actions, and Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma scores, as
Tortle
Legacy
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Species
The Tortle Package
what little time they have left telling stories to their offspring. Within a year, the young tortle becomes an orphan, though not before it learns to speak and to survive on its own.
A young tortle
, defending their offspring, and sharing a lifetime of knowledge before they die. When the children are old enough to leave the compound, they pick up whatever weapons and tools their parents left behind and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
Response Mayor Raven thanks the characters for defending her people, fearing things would have gone far worse if they hadn’t. She promises to reward the characters, but at the moment, she’s focused
on treating the wounded and getting everyone back to Vogler safely. Cudgel Betrayed As the characters and Mayor Raven speak, Cudgel Ironsmile seeks answers. While the battle was taking place, one of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation Supplement
telling stories to their offspring. Within a year, the young tortle becomes an orphan, though not before it learns to speak and to survive on its own. A young tortle and its siblings inherit whatever
by stone walls that are easily defensible. If no such compound exists, they build one. The parents spend the remainder of their lives guarding the compound, defending their offspring, and sharing a
Kobold
Legacy
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invasion and oppression. Although individually they are timid and shy away from conflict, kobolds are dangerous if cornered, vicious when defending their eggs, and notorious for the dangerous
actions contribute to the survival of the group. The tribe practices for the eventuality of defending the lair against intruders, and their plans always include knowing the best escape routes and who is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
random intervals. The soldiers are used to defending against spirits, but in recent weeks they’ve spotted flashes of blue lightning near Bathalang Puno, Pangil ng Buwan’s storied lair. If the
known as the Weeping Paths that the characters will have to traverse. If the characters ask anyone in the camp about what dangers they might face, the soldiers speak of Undead and of vicious vegetation
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
anything that tries to damage or topple the caryatids. Walk in a counterclockwise circle around the caryatids when not defending itself or the pillars. The quadrone speaks and understands the Modron
language only. It knows that the caryatids can restore petrified creatures to flesh, having seen them in action, and it has heard Halaster speak the command phrase to activate the caryatids. Its
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
primarily used as a kind of moot, where tortles can socialize with one another and trade with strangers. Tortles don’t regard these settlements as places worth defending with their lives, and they
wounds, speak with animals, thunderwave
2nd level (3 slots): darkvision, hold person
Actions
Claws. Melee Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 4 (1d4 + 2) slashing damage
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Light of Xaryxis
blocks. If the characters don’t speak up, Xedalli tries to mount her own defense, accusing her brother of trying to get rid of her and then fabricating the story of her sedition. It is obvious her words
Emperor Xeleth!” section. Defending Xedalli If the characters show that they have Xedalli’s ring, they are entitled to defend the princess’s claim to the throne. Prince Xeleth is irritated and tries to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
expert at defending others and repairing both material and personnel. To aid in their work, Battle Smiths are usually accompanied by a steel defender, a protective companion of their own creation. Many
you speak
Challenge — Proficiency Bonus (PB) equals your bonus
Vigilant. The defender can’t be surprised.
Actions
Force-Empowered Rend. Melee Weapon Attack: your spell attack modifier to hit
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
them.
Tasha
Armies require protection, and someone has to put things back together if defenses fail. A combination of protector and medic, a Battle Smith is an expert at defending others and
speak
Challenge — Proficiency Bonus (PB) equals your bonus
Vigilant. The defender can’t be surprised.
Actions
Force-Empowered Rend. Melee Weapon Attack: your spell attack modifier to hit
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
speak a dialect of Illuskan I’d not heard before, and my first meetings with them were quite tense and filled with misapprehension. However, I came to know people from both the Girondi and Belcondi
family becoming immolated in its home, but most agree the culprit was a dracolich, of all things, residing in the ruin and defending the family’s wealth. The gods only know what led to the creation of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
that all living things play a role in the natural world, yet they focus on protecting animals and fey creatures that have difficulty defending themselves. Shepherds, as they are known, see such
, you gain the ability to converse with beasts and many fey. You learn to speak, read, and write Sylvan. In addition, beasts can understand your speech, and you gain the ability to decipher their noises
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
information on grung castes, see appendix D. The grungs speak no language other than their own, which complicates any dealings with them. How they treat adventurers depends on how strong they appear: If
dutiful and dangerous grung warrior, dedicated to his king. Roark thinks all this goddess-summoning nonsense is distracting from the real issue at hand: defending Dungrunglung from the undead. Secretly
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
defending the makeshift Wall from threats out of the Chasm prove themselves capable of becoming a proper military force. Both Baldur’s Gate and Waterdeep have offered to help train the new guards of
have no skills to speak of, and many have no wealth, but all come with the desire to work and to enrich themselves in the process. New stores and workshops open by the tenday, and workers without
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
with his fellow lords. Thus far, Selin Raurym has proved far more capable than his predecessors at making beneficial decisions for the city, and the council has given him great leeway to speak for
, since no one in Mirabar wishes to see the surface city wiped out. It would simply be bad for business. Mirabar spares no expense in defending its wealth, and hires as many mages and adventurers as
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
mushrooms for food or watching over hatchlings, and they all understand that their actions contribute to the survival of the group. The tribe practices for the eventuality of defending the lair
Tiamat, ordinary kobolds resent urds and don’t get along with them. Fragments of kobold legends speak of Kuraulyek, a winged godling servant of Kurtulmak, who betrayed his master in some way. Kobolds see urds as Kuraulyek’s favorites, and they project their resentment of this traitor onto their winged kin.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
twisted will, defending the interior of the colossus and giving voice and form to the docent’s otherwise disembodied intelligence. A Deadly Dungeon. House Cannith’s artisans lined the interior of each
inside a colossus is often terrifying. A horrific monster might have made its lair in a colossus’s interior in the years since the Mourning. The master docent in another one might speak through the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
surprisingly clean. One human slave (commoner) named Elmo lies dying in the northwest corner of this room. Elmo is too weak to call out to the characters, though he can speak with them if they approach. Elmo the
minds.
14. Unfinished Guest Room Dark green tiles cover the floor and ceiling of this room, forming an incomplete mosaic that depicts sahuagin warriors defending an underwater city from a tentacled
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragons of Stormwreck Isle
. Waking the Dragon. If awakened, Sparkrender is hostile toward the characters, growling and barking threats in Draconic. Characters who speak Draconic (the paladin and the wizard) can try to convince
staircase rises back up, sealing the library shut once more. (A character on the staircase when this happens is lifted up to this area on the rising stairs.) Treasure. With Sparkrender no longer defending
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
. Fortunately for Harnoth, the Iron Guard — Citadel Adbar’s defending army — remains strong. What’s not generally known is that Harnoth, too, was killed by orcs toward the end of the war. To prevent
individuals use the knight statistics, with the following changes: The knights are lawful good shield dwarves that speak Common and Dwarvish. While they are possessed by yakfolk, their alignment is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
each creature can gain only once every 24 hours. Demitasse, the only animated object on the cart that can speak, is impeccably polite and treats guests with respect. As tea is served, it compliments
the characters on their appearance, their manners, or whatever else it thinks might make them happy. Characters who speak to Demitasse about Zybilna learn the following information: Zybilna is a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
accepts the challenge or if they characters speak ill of their game. Treasure Karg and Maul carry large satchels. Between them, they have 160 gp, 22 pp, three red spinels (100 gp each), a fine amethyst
-inch wide channels.
Two minotaurs of the Emberhorn tribe stand guard in this chamber, defending the fire cult’s foothold in the fane. They have the Burning Breath special action (see area F14
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Descent into the Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth
of the carved faces is magical. They are immune to all damage and speak a few programmed messages. When a creature approaches one of the tunnels leaving the chamber, the face beside it animates and
characters comply, the pechs become curious and willing to chat. Otherwise, they resume their work, defending themselves if necessary. In conversation, the pechs warn the characters about the clay golem in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
drooping wattles—all are strange and doleful.
The carved faces are magical. They are immune to all damage and speak a few programmed messages. When a creature approaches one of the tunnels, the face
, defending themselves if necessary. In conversation, the pechs warn the characters about the clay golem in the slate chamber (area L3). Characters can improve the pechs’ attitude toward them by offering
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
cruelty, such as by refusing to kill the elders, defending them, or doing nothing whatsoever. The Test Ends. After 1 hour, everyone with a symbol of Auril hovering above their head is teleported back
from one of the big tents and find Aerix inside. The boy is in a terrible state of shock and refuses to speak, although a calm emotions spell or similar magic enables him to describe the massacre to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
through an open crate, occasionally surfacing to spit out a mouthful of sawdust.
Three pixies—Wenly, Weenly, and Wally—are investigating the crates in this storeroom. The pixies speak Common and
to get along. The pixies attempt to flee if attacked, defending themselves as necessary. They blow raspberries at the characters as they fly away. Fireworks. Each sawdust-packed crate contains ten
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
also speak of the Fist’s treasury, kept in a lead-lined vault somewhere beneath the Officers’ Tower and surrounded by yards of solid stone, the secret doors leading to its vaults hidden by clever
mechanisms and cleverer magic. In addition to defending the city, the Seatower also serves as the local prison of Baldur’s Gate. Three levels of dungeons extend beneath it, the lower two below sea level
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer
priceless library of war-related texts, and more. Rumors also speak of the Fist’s treasury, kept in a lead-lined vault somewhere beneath the Officers’ Tower and surrounded by yards of solid stone, the
secret doors leading to its vaults hidden by clever mechanisms and cleverer magic. Mike Schley The Seatower of Balduran In addition to defending the city, the Seatower also serves as the local