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Unarmored Defense. While Zi is wearing no armor and wielding no shield, her AC includes her Wisdom modifier.Multiattack. Zi makes two Quarterstaff attacks.
Quarterstaff. Melee Weapon Attack: +3
":"damage","rollAction":"Sling","rollDamageType":"bludgeoning"} bludgeoning damage. Zi carries twenty sling stones.
Roleplaying Information
Zi Liang is a devout worshiper of Chauntea, the Earth Mother
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
Gilded Rumors The clerics of the abbey would not build such a defense to guard musty tomes and simple acolytes. Something precious rests in the belly of that place: a golden statue, a staff made from
rubies, or a fountain lined with pearls and rare stones. Those hapless pirates cleared a path but failed to discover any treasure. With both pirates and clerics out of the picture, only a few undead stand in the way of untold riches.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
The Griffon Cavalry Waterdeep doesn’t have the fabled flying ships of Halruaa, but it does deploy an aerial defense force. Brave warriors of the City Guard light out from the Peaktop Aerie atop Mount
actually leap off their mounts into the open air! For a breath-stealing moment, they fall like stones, closing in on their targets at incredible speed. Their opponents rarely see the death blow, distracted
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
dragon often sleeps in the adjoining chamber, acting as a final line of defense against intruders. Additional Lair Actions At your discretion, a legendary (adult or ancient) copper dragon can use one or
of woodwinds and bells can be heard carried on the wind within 1 mile of the dragon’s lair. Starlit Stones. Standing stones are common on hilltops within 1 mile of the dragon’s lair. The stones shed
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
Chapter 6: Blingdenstone Blingdenstone, once called the City of Speaking Stones, is a deep gnome settlement founded more than two millennia ago. The deep gnomes, insular and secretive by nature, care
caverns. Perceiving the threat the drow represented to all the peoples of the Underdark, the deep gnomes abandoned their isolation when they came to the defense of the dwarves of Mithral Hall, defeating
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
alchemist (see chapter 6). The deep gnomes also recognize that Werz’s gems resemble empty spell gems, similar to those used in the defense of Blingdenstone. The gems, mundane in their current form, are
actually raw stones used in the crafting of spell gems. Werz met Kazook in Mantol-Derith (see chapter 9), and the two have been trading recently behind their superiors’ backs. He declines to mention this
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
breathing No Goggles of night No Rope of climbing No Sending stones No Wand of magic detection No Wand of secrets No Replicable Items (6th-Level Artificer) Magic Item Attunement Boots of elvenkind
levitation Yes Boots of speed Yes Bracers of defense Yes Cloak of the bat Yes Dimensional shackles No Gem of seeing Yes Horn of blasting No Ring of free action Yes Ring of protection Yes Ring of the ram Yes
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
No Goggles of night No Rope of climbing No Sending stones No Wand of magic detection No Wand of secrets No Replicable Items (6th-Level Artificer) Magic Item Attunement Boots of elvenkind No
Artificer) Magic Item Attunement Amulet of health Yes Belt of hill giant strength Yes Boots of levitation Yes Boots of speed Yes Bracers of defense Yes Cloak of the bat Yes Dimensional shackles No
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
of climbing No
Sending stones No
Wand of magic detection No
Wand of secrets No
Replicable Items (6th-Level Artificer) Magic Item Attunement
Boots of elvenkind No
Yes
Boots of levitation Yes
Boots of speed Yes
Bracers of defense Yes
Cloak of the bat Yes
Dimensional shackles No
Gem of seeing Yes
Horn of blasting No
Ring of free action Yes
Ring of protection Yes
Ring of the ram Yes
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
surface. A dragon dropped great stones on many of the buildings above, and a good portion of the city’s outer wall was destroyed. Most of Sundabar’s military leadership was wiped out when the building they
were meeting in was crushed. Despite the best efforts of Aleina Brightlance of Silverymoon’s Knights in Silver to organize a defense, and the valiant efforts of the Sundabar garrison, orcs streamed
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
. In the myth of Rygyra the Slinger, the soldier never missed when she launched stones from her magic sling. Yet, even so, her every shot bounced off the giant minotaur, Raksolcs Ravage-Soul. As the
minotaur terror closed in on her, Rygyra whispered a prayer to Iroas and braced her flimsy wooden shield, knowing it would offer no defense against the giant’s strikes. Yet, when the blow came, the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
of them stay for months at a time to help with the work and the vigilant defense of the farm against insects and blights, as well as would-be vandals and plunderers. Hired guards and adventurers
in many places. Time and weather have eroded some of the mortar, creating ruts between the stones that can serve as handholds and footholds. Scaling the walls requires a successful DC 15 Strength
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
neighborhood. Initially, 1d4 drow bandits follow the party, scuttling through dark alleys and across web-strung rooftops while tapping their stones, urging more gang members to converge on the party’s
location. At the end of each round of clicking stones, another 1d4 drow bandits appear. If the number of gang members grows to twenty or more, the bandits surround the party and demand payment of 100 gp per
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
increase. Mirabar is ruled by its hereditary marchion, Selin Raurym, who issues edicts fed to him by the Council of Sparkling Stones. The council is a group of dwarves and some few humans elected to make
and prevent sabotage of the mines, without which Mirabar would collapse. The guard also provides swift and capable defense and law enforcement within the city. The wealth of Mirabar is so great that it
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
falling rocks punched through into the structure. The chambers below are made of interlocking, dark gray stones carved into puzzle-piece-like shapes. T4: Obsidian Throne The walls of this chamber are
call, three flameskulls—the remains of the hateful crew of the Girscamen—come to the aboleth’s defense via the passage to area T2. As the flameskulls enter the area, a familiar haint, Violette, appears
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
The dragon destroys every structure in town, including the docks, in 30 minutes. It leaves the Twenty Stones of Thruun untouched. (It was always Xardorok’s intention to study this ancient site to see
-Konig make it all the way to Bryn Shander. Dragon Damage. Trovus was the town’s best hope for defense. Because he was unconscious during the attack, no organized resistance was mounted. Consequently
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Light of Xaryxis
. (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
unleash their next flurry of ballista bolts and mangonel stones against the fleeing ship. After the astral elves’ initial bombardment, Vocath casts dimension door and boards Xeleth’s flagship to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
Stickiest Crate A trail of smooth stones just large enough for a person to walk on extends fifty feet between two large landmasses. Just off the center of the trail rests a sealed metal crate in the muck
greenery.
Two ruin grinders (see chapter 7) wander this island, unable to continue their assigned task of moving cargo. The ruin grinders aren’t hostile and attack only in self-defense. Before it can be
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Items 66–67 Rod of the Pact Keeper 68–69 Rope of Climbing 70 Saddle of the Cavalier 71–72 Sending Stones 73–74 Slippers of Spider Climbing 75–82 Spell Scroll (level 2 or level 3 spell) 83 Staff of the
—Rare 1d100 Item 01 Bag of Beans 02–03 Bead of Force 04 Bowl of Commanding Water Elementals 05–06 Bracers of Defense 07 Brazier of Commanding Fire Elementals 08–09 Cape of the Mountebank 10 Censer
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
the use of spears and other weapons, and must spend at least one day a month in defense of the town, standing sentry on its walls or patrolling the nearby roads. Their training means that the common
moss-covered or dune-buried stones, the ruins of Netheril and its arcane secrets have drawn many to their doom.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
commoner), End’s Odds sells “slightly used” goods and equipment found in the wastes. The Fort. Secrecy is Heart’s Hollow’s greatest defense, but the town also maintains the Fort, a communal warehouse and
casting helpful cantrips and brewing alchemical tinctures. The Mosaic. Spiraling through Heart’s Hollow is the Mosaic, a sloped pathway lined with colorful stones. Every person who visits the village
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
, six light crossbows, and eight quivers holding twenty crossbow bolts each. Three of the weapons are especially well made: a shortsword whose pommel and guard are set with semiprecious stones, and two
remember the location of Cragmaw Castle, but he knows it’s up north (in the forest). Treasure. Nosk carries a belt pouch containing 13 sp and some semiprecious stones worth 50 gp. He also has an iron
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
ensure that Mirabar’s interests aren’t ignored. While the marchion handles foreign policy, true power within the city rests with the Council of Sparkling Stones, a group of dwarf elders that manages the
city’s security and decides where the output of Mirabar’s mines are sold. The city’s defense falls to the Axe of Mirabar, a well-armed garrison. All members of the Axe of Mirabar are shield dwarves. A
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
preserved holy water. Each font holds the equivalent of four flasks of holy water. T3: Tower Monitoring Two long consoles jut from the walls of this room, covered in levers, colored stones, and dull glass
the north, and a smaller door leads to the stairs down.
This chamber functions as a defense for the tower and part of the tower’s broader magical systems. Lightning. When a creature enters this area
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
-sized doll is posed in an elaborate silk dress.
Alarm. An alarm spell has been cast on the door that connects this room to area V1. Deadly Doll. After hours, the curator enables her office’s defense
area V10, moving from one room to the other every 5 minutes. The gems on display here hold little value; precious stones are reserved for display in the Gemstone Wing (area V13). Fake Murkmire Stone
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a5
zealously. Contact Stones. There are no contact stones in this sector. Shrines of Binding Each chamber of this zone features an identical 3-foot-high shrine whose arcane power extracts energy from a
fight if he is freed. Treasure. Thutai wears bracers of defense and has spell scrolls of remove curse and speak with dead . Keys. Thutai has a glyph key attuned to every zone in this sector, as well as a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
, their wings wrapped tightly around their bodies. If the characters try to climb the tower, the bats attack. The bats otherwise fight only in self-defense or at Wyllow’s command. At the base of the tower
cobwebs fill this room. Set into the middle of the east wall is a stone arch enclosing a blank wall. This is one of Halaster’s magic gates (see “Gates”). The keystone and base stones of the arch each bear
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
11 (+0)
Skills Acrobatics +4, Athletics +3, Perception +5, Stealth +4
Senses passive Perception 15
Languages Common, Elvish, Goblin
Unarmored Defense. While Zi is wearing no armor and
twenty sling stones.
Roleplaying Information
Zi Liang is a devout worshiper of Chauntea, the Earth Mother. She has considerably less faith in Goldenfields’ defenders, so she patrols the temple
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
, is supposedly filled with copper, silver, gold, and precious stones. The harsh climate, wildly varying temperatures, and hostile inhabitants discourage exploration. Expeditions have attempted to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
as bait to lure a troll or other large creature into a clearing where the rest of the group can hurl stones at it from concealment to confuse the monster, persuading it to seek other prey. Swarming
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->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
, Calimshan, and Tethyr, also known as the Empires of the Sands
The Old Empires: Chessenta, Mulhorand, and Unther
Chessenta. A collection of city-states bound by common culture and mutual defense
mistrustful of anyone unwilling to sacrifice for the common good, but those who put in good work — whether in defense or labor — are accepted as equals, entitled to share in the rewards from their toil. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Descent into the Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth
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
of the cave.
Two hideous giants squat near a circle of hefty stones enclosing a crackling fire. Above the roaring flames, a charred giant insect rotates slowly on a spit.
Two fomorians inhabit
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
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
. Two piles of filthy hides and skins form beds at the far end of the cave.
Two hideous giants squat near a circle of hefty stones enclosing a crackling fire. Above the roaring flames, a charred giant
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
buildings gape wide open, walls turned to rubble. Motes of dust float in the air, and in the silent gloom something scratches at the stones.
An umber hulk lairs here among the broken buildings. The air
armor are gold and silver items, including torcs and rings set with semi-precious stones, pendants, brooches, and the like, worth about 600 gp total. In addition, a platinum goblet set with rubies
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