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throw. If it’s not clear who administered the killing blow, you grant this benefit to a random creature involved in the fight. Once you use this feature, you can’t use it again until you
glasses.
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Burning a small piece of the body and looking for shapes in the smoke.
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A cautious, reasoned, professional guesstimate.
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Careful measurements. The distance between nostrils
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, conjure barrage
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dominate beast, stoneskin
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destructive wave
Fueled by the fire of rage burning in your heart, your magic is almost always accompanied by fiery
;AAAAAARRRRggggh! [To live is to feel and express the rage burning in your belly.] (Chaotic)
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Tradition. The Old Ways must be preserved and upheld. (Any)
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Mordenkainen's Fiendish Folio Volume 1
continue their horrid life cycle.
An Unnatural Plague. Whole settlements along the frontier have been wiped out by plagues of assassin bugs. Without a quickly organized defense, even a single bug can
infested areas, guards patrol with burning brands and flaming swords, ready to set suspect dwellings ablaze. Fire is an effective destroyer of assassin bug maggots, and wild creatures observed running
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
Setup While traveling through the area, the characters discover the burning homestead of the Anderil Farm. Orcs attacked, taking a few farmers prisoner and setting the place ablaze. From there, the
characters travel to the Dellmon Ranch, where they can aid in its defense until help from High Forest elves arrives. Alternatively, use one of the following options to draw the characters into this
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
burning candle and littered with plates cleared of food and half-drained tankards. The sounds of gamblers yelling and drunken adventurers singing bawdy songs nearly drown out the off-key strumming of a
fights for her pride. Getting Involved If the characters choose to join the fray, have everyone roll initiative. But the fight is almost over by the time they push through the rowdy spectators
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
bear to leave the place. If the theater were to close down, the ghost would haunt it still, perhaps becoming more deranged over time. Only razing or burning the theater to the ground can force his
on another merry chase. Remallia and her fellow Harpers watch with interest but don’t get involved unless their lives or the lives of innocents are imperiled. Next Encounter If the characters take the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
against the pirates because he tried to rescue important books and scrolls from the burning abbey, and a collapsing hall closed a doorway behind him. He was forced to abandon the written works, and he
ran through the burning building to save his spell scrolls and other valuables. As the flames mounted, Odium was forced to retreat to the cellars with his rescued goods. He is a grumbler and annoys
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
included in each of your classes’ descriptions. Special rules apply to Extra Attack, Spellcasting, and features (such as Unarmored Defense) that give you alternative ways to calculate your Armor Class
. Armor Class If you have multiple ways to calculate your Armor Class, you can benefit from only one at a time. For example, a Monk/Sorcerer with a Monk’s Unarmored Defense feature and a Sorcerer’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
included in each of your classes’ descriptions. Special rules apply to Extra Attack, Spellcasting, and features (such as Unarmored Defense) that give you alternative ways to calculate your Armor Class
. Armor Class If you have multiple ways to calculate your Armor Class, you can benefit from only one at a time. For example, a Monk/Sorcerer with a Monk’s Unarmored Defense feature and a Sorcerer’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
, using them for menial tasks and for basic defense of Longsaddle. Some apprentices are often the inadvertent test subjects for an experimental spell, but such is the danger of apprenticing to the
smaller matters and keep the peace as best they can, knowing full well that if the Harpells need to get involved in a dispute, there is always the possibility of an offender’s being blasted into
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
, having none of the creativity and thoughtfulness of those gods. Phlage, Titan of Burning Wind, was an all-consuming whirlwind of fire, and Skotha, Titan of Eternal Dark, was the utter darkness of
change of seasons, and at the same time Karametra is the god of nature tamed for human use—agriculture and domestication—and of the natural cycles involved in human life, especially childbirth. These gods
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Fiendish Folio Volume 1
continue their horrid life cycle. An Unnatural Plague. Whole settlements along the frontier have been wiped out by plagues of assassin bugs. Without a quickly organized defense, even a single bug can infest
infested areas, guards patrol with burning brands and flaming swords, ready to set suspect dwellings ablaze. Fire is an effective destroyer of assassin bug maggots, and wild creatures observed running
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
behind a basalt arch holds a perpetually burning flame. Priests keep a strict rotation to ensure the fire never goes out, as it represents Purphoros’s fire that keeps the world warm through the colder
caryatids, capable of animating in defense of the groves or the city (as animated trees) but otherwise resting in silent stillness. Nature and civilization meld harmoniously in the polis of Setessa
(ADAM PAQUETTE)
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
can add the d10 to an attack roll, ability check, or saving throw. If it’s not clear who administered the killing blow, you grant this benefit to a random creature involved in the fight. Once you use
glasses.
3 Burning a small piece of the body and looking for shapes in the smoke.
4 A cautious, reasoned, professional guesstimate.
5 Careful measurements. The distance between
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a3
about. This part of the regeneration process requires 2 rounds, during which time the corpse has AC 12 and 27 hit points. (If they have not been removed, the corpse benefits from the bracers of defense
picked up by another as long as its current owner, Tloques, remains alive. Concealed beneath the wrappings around the handle is a parchment containing the spells passwall, burning hands, and gust of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
done searching the wreck for treasure.) He inflicts harm only in self-defense. A successful DC 15 Charisma (Persuasion) check or an offer of treasure worth at least 1,000 gp convinces the dragon to
characters involved. Unicorn Although conjuring up a real unicorn is likely beyond the abilities of the characters, they could ask Laeral Silverhand or Vajra Safahr to cast the conjure celestial spell. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Light of Xaryxis
illusion and praises them for their heroic attitude while discouraging them from getting involved in Xaryxian politics. While her illusion chatters on, Xedalli surreptitiously removes her ring of
. (These ships are detailed in chapter 8). After 5 rounds of bombardment, the following ships are destroyed before their crews can mount a defense: the Skyrra, the Remora, the Vrusk, the Tarrasque
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
shun the sites where a demon has made a kill. The site of a demonic infestation might be fouled by a stench that never abates, by areas of bitter cold or burning heat, or by permanent shadows that mark
and a day. Demonic Cults. Despite the dark risks involved in dealing with fiends, the mortal realm is filled with creatures that covet demonic power. Demon lords manipulate these mortal servants into
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
get involved in such a quest, either as unwitting pawns or as an independent force pursuing its own ends. SAILING THE STYX
The River Styx frustrates every attempt to map it or predict its course
devils extended a tenacious defense out to the planes beyond Avernus, they could keep the demons away from Hell’s doorstep, but such a strategy would place a great strain on supplies, reinforcements, and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
more significant conflict.
Levels 11–16. It eventually becomes clear that the behavior of the adult dragons the characters face isn’t normal. The characters might get involved in one dragon’s
, overwhelming its defenses and moving toward Furyondy. The characters might have adventures to muster forces in surrounding lands and bring them to Furyondy’s defense or hinder Iuz’s advance.
Levels
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
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
. Depending on the kind of check involved and the nature of the trap, you might determine that any failed check has negative consequences — usually involving the triggering of the trap. At other times, you
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
only in self-defense. Characters who use magic to speak with it can learn the following information if they ask it the right questions: Zox is afraid of the “scary red metal wearers” (hobgoblins) and
has befriended the “burning men” (azers) and “smileys” (lava children) that live in the surrounding caves. Zox has a bodyguard named Rex. Zox normally gets food from the nearby fungus forest (see area
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
harness that distributes power throughout the colossus. Weapons of Mass Destruction. Warforged colossi were physically powerful, but their principal weaponry involved the use of bound elementals
. Some expelled blasts of elemental fire from their hands or mouths; others wielded adamantine swords they could wreathe in flame. Some colossi also used bound elementals for defense: manifesting shields
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
machines. So far, they haven’t noticed you.
The hammering sound comes from the east. Eight firenewt warriors (see appendix D) work here. They’re involved in their tasks and not expecting intruders, and
other padded material that the firenewts sleep on in shifts. The smell in this area is horrid, like burning hair mixed with burning rubber. A disturbance in any of the chambers awakens and draws in all
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Scions of Elemental Evil
Wing Robed cultists lounge near tents pitched on the flagstones in this camp. Braziers filled with burning coals dot the camp, polluting the air with swirling ash.
The six elf Cultists and four elf
Cultist Fanatics of the Order of Falling Ash camp here. All ten are ashen creatures (see the “Ashen Creatures” sidebar). Ashen Creatures
Many Humanoids involved with the Order of Falling Ash are
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
line of defense against these varied threats. In recent years, they have mobilized against the rising threats of Iuz and Elemental Evil, forcing them to broaden the scope of their operations into
involved with happenings on Oerth. Lesser gods are more likely to manifest in some form on the Material Plane and interact with their worshipers. Cuthbert, for example, is well known for appearing in mortal
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
blades’ attack bonus increases by 2, and their damage increases by 3 (1d6). These benefits apply until the blades hit a target, after which the values return to normal. Rune’s Defense. Tampering with the
it takes time. Faint runes in the ceiling and floor at both ends of the hallway are involved in the functioning of the portals. A creature must first use an action to examine a set of runes, then use a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
Gauntlet This floor of the pyramid—the Gauntlet—served as a last line of defense between intruders and the pharaoh’s tomb. It also served as the quarters of the pyramid’s former high priest, Nafik
, the smell of burning torches. It is the last scene you will ever witness.”
Nafik (see appendix B), the heartless former high priest of Amun Sa, stands at the top of the stairs. As soon as Nafik is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
be traced right back to Darkhold. As it was told to me, it came about like this… Zhentil Keep was burning. The Citadel of the Ravens lay in ruins. The leadership of the Zhentarim died, were captured
Zhentarim maintain two war units within Darkhold: the Storm Watch, a cadre of veteran Zhentarim soldiers who act as heavy infantry, and the Gray Feathers, archers primarily responsible for the defense
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
Keen senses, luck Trickery Burning boot print
Cyrrollalee LG Hearth, home Life An open door
Sheela Peryroyl NG Agriculture, nature, weather Nature, Tempest A flower
Urogalan LN
he uses not only for defense, but also to bestow unlooked-for treats upon those he favors. Although he never seems to rest in his travels, Brandobaris always has time to reward halflings who dare to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
: burning hands, cone of cold, find familiar, ice storm, lightning bolt, rope trick, thunderwave, tongues, wall of fire, and wall of force. Avarice, her raven familiar, and her gargoyles Avarice
evil and good, remove curse, shield, and Tenser’s floating disk. Vellynne Harpell and her kobold minions Vellynne Harpell
Medium humanoid (human), neutral
Armor Class 13 (bracers of defense)
Hit
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica
troops of the legion. They are adept at breaking up mobs and organized lines of defense. Sometimes described as living thunderstorms, reckoners charge their bodies with lightning that bursts forth in
(the Burning Tree, the Ghor, the Scab, the Slizt, the Gravel Hide, the Zhur-Taa, and the Bolrac), countless small clans — some little more than war bands — claim territories throughout the rubblebelts
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
can be haughty, proud, entitled, demanding, self-involved, and prone to violence. (Okay, maybe they are like people.) Dabshabah is less than a year old, and she shares the story of how a green dragon
-Endures. However, the ancient altar malfunctioned when Caerhan set the orrery housing on it — or perhaps the orrery channeled its own powerful magic to destroy the altar in self-defense. Either way, that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
. When the characters open the door, read: Warm air wafts gently through the doorway. At one end of the room is a large firepit in which a bed of coals is burning. Over it are multiple half-cooked
leading advisor and by far the most intelligent lizardfolk in the lair: the aged minister, Sauriv. The minister does not fight, even in self-defense, and can be slain without undue effort. His first