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Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice Compendium
a ranger move between the attack rolls of the Whirlwind Attack feature? No. Whirlwind Attack is unusual, in that it’s a single attack with multiple attack rolls. In most other instances, an attack has
. Does a Monster Slayer ranger’s Supernatural Defense feature apply if a creature damages the ranger, thus causing the ranger to make a Constitution saving throw to maintain concentration on a spell? Yes.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
Defense One hundred trained warriors serve in the town guard. Each of them wears studded leather armor marked with a town guard’s badge — the green reed of Saltmarsh — and is armed with a club while
longswords and heavy crossbows. A militia of five hundred residents can be mustered to take up the defense of the town if it comes under attack. The militia members have undergone minimal training, since
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
bits of metal, is a half-finished exoskeletal construct like the ones you encountered in the room you came from.
This room contains two duergar mechanics (one male, one female), both of whom turn
invisible as soon as they hear sounds of combat in area X13. They try to remain hidden and fight only in self-defense. Treasure. Characters who search the workshop find two sets of smith’s tools and a set
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
to her skull covers the empty eye socket. Without their armor, Falthra and Helgra have AC 10. They keep their war picks and javelins close by, but fight only in self-defense. Visitors who trouble them
males named Forn and Wulluk, and they’re fashioning shields and bits of scale mail instead of weapons. Forn is fat and lazy, Wulluk old and cantankerous. They grate on each other’s nerves and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
miners scrape out the interior of the hills seeking the bits of gold and silver they may find waiting there. No warlords threaten this land, no liches or dragons plot to seize it for themselves. There
favoring sheep, and gnomes goats, as well as artisans of all sorts. Each community has a sheriff who maintains peace and leads defense — a role most often fulfilled by a halfling, I’ve found, though
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
flesh golems in area 23c form Wormriddle’s first line of defense. If they’re defeated, the hag seeks out the headmaster, who directs the hag to round up the students and form a posse to hunt down and
Karstis. The doll on the floor represents Yarek, the student recently killed by the bone devil in area 48. Each doll incorporates bits of the student’s hair or some other sample from its body (foul
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
, ten-foot-high cave filled with a putrid stench. The mostly broken bones of humanoids and animals lay scattered on the icy floor amid bits of metal and torn strips of leather.
The gnolls gather here
-defense (see “Tale of Gnoll Betrayal”). Treasure. Characters who search the cave for treasure find a leather pouch beneath a pile of broken bones. The pouch belonged to a human furrier whom the gnolls
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
in the gully in front of you. Snow covers some of the gory bits, but the headless torso and severed limbs are visible. You see tracks in the snow all around the corpse, and the telltale grooves in
for food and treasure, as well as creatures to enslave, but they are cold and eager to return home. Izobai fights only in self-defense. If defeat seems inevitable, she uses her torch to set fire to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
windows, but close examination reveals gaps in the walls that a Tiny creature or a creature in gaseous form can navigate. 7a. Junk Room Zox stores curious bits of junk here until he finds creative uses
for them. The room’s contents are as follows: Table. A 2-foot-high, roughly hexagonal table made of welded scrap metal is covered with scavenged bits of broken machinery and scraps of food.
Music
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
instances, the trap is the last line of defense against a thief or intruder. Alarm traps, since they pose no direct physical threat, are appropriate for areas that are also used by a dungeon’s
down enemies, giving a dungeon’s inhabitants time to mount a defense or flee. The hidden pit is a classic example of this kind of trap. A 10-foot-deep pit usually deals little damage and is easy to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
, raking him with its claws and biting into his shoulder. Mokingo the goliath came to Garret’s defense but didn’t last long. Perilou hid in the cave as Astrix fled up the mountain. The yeti pursued Garret
was dragged here. Bits of flesh still cling to the bones. The head has been ripped from its shoulders, gnawed, and stuffed in a niche dug out of the wall. Amid the goliath’s bones are torn bits of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
secret exists before its details can be sussed out. To that end, Candlekeep’s vast library is something of a defense in and of itself: for every bit of hidden lore of potentially great power that lies
within, there are thousands of inconsequential recipes, old songs, bits of history, journals of long-dead folk, and myriad other pieces of writing of no lasting importance save to the monks of this place
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
hangs agape when it isn’t speaking. Two tiny versions of the creature cling to it like pets.
The room is filthy. Dirty dishes and bits of discarded food lie everywhere. The furniture was perhaps once
Toes serves Bavlorna as a chef and butcher. The hag has forbidden the redcap from attacking or murdering guests, so Bloody Toes fights only in self-defense. The redcap despises everyone and everything
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Descent into the Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth
contains a crushing deadfall. A character who examines the ceiling and succeeds on a DC 17 Wisdom (Perception) check notices bits of decayed flesh stuck to the ceiling, which is flat and made of
succeed on a DC 12 Constitution saving throw or have the poisoned condition for 8 hours. Treasure. The elf corpse carries a silvered rapier and wears Bracers of Defense. L8: Stinking Cave Arash Radkia
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
furnishings and decorations have long since been removed. Shards of rubble, broken pottery, and bits of bone litter the floor.
Air cultist use these areas as sleeping quarters. If the characters are disguised
and fight only in self-defense. Roleplaying Aerisi Kalinoth. Aerisi rules the Cult of the Howling Hatred like an imperious, vain, and tempestuous queen. She is oblivious to compassion or kindness unless
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
hearing what the “small folk” have to say. Watching the visitors are two storm giants wearing helms. If Mirran and Nym are attacked, these royal guards rush to the princesses’ defense and cover their
from their pens, attacking any creatures other than storm giants that cross their path. The storm giants keep the sharks for defense, releasing them into the sinkhole in the event of a major attack
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a2
right and drops away precipitously on your left. Debris and rubbish lie scattered over the last hundred yards or so—discarded water skins, bits of charred bone, and splintered casks or kegs. Up ahead
crevasse that runs through it, once served as the last line of defense for Khundrukar’s dwarves. Creatures. Two orcs guard the eastern side of the room. They do everything in their power to prevent the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
(Perception) check notices bits of decayed flesh stuck to the ceiling, which is flat and made of stone. Whenever a creature enters the area marked on the map, the trap magically triggers. That section of the
carries a silvered rapier and wears Bracers of Defense. L9: Stinking Cave Arash Radkia Three hungry trolls pass the time in their foul-smelling cave This reeking cave is filled with rotting vegetation
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
. These members of the Hallix family died forty years ago, after Mount Hotenow erupted. The coffins are empty except for scraps of cloth and bits of bone; the cult’s ghouls ate the former occupants
are indifferent toward intruders and attack only in self-defense. Once bound to serve the Waterclock Guild, they’re now free but enjoy the perpetual “rain” here. The cult bullies these Elementals, so
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
. They fight only in self-defense. They are apprentice wizards (see appendix B), with these changes: They are neutral. They have these racial traits: Their walking speed is 25 feet. They have advantage on
guard the hall. They gather in front of an iron portcullis in the southeast corner and tear bits of flesh off the bones of a recently slain dwarf. A ghostly eyestalk protrudes from the ceiling in the