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Vecna: Eve of Ruin
the chosen creature for the purposes of spells, traps, and other defenses that wouldn’t target the chosen creature.
While in your disguised form, any lies you tell always seem to be true, no
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
defenses. After their labors, they spend eight hours in telepathic communion with each other in what they call “melding.” They then rest for eight hours before starting the cycle anew. Many of the myconids
in the grove are more extroverted than might be expected of their normally shy species. Characters who communicate with the myconids by way of their rapport spores note that the creatures seem to be
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
against those who have disrespected him.
Expert Tunnelers
Kobolds are naturally skilled at tunneling. Similar to dwarves, they seem to have a near-instinctive sense of what sections of stone or
, the kobolds are usually put to work enlarging their masters’ living area and protecting vital areas of the lair with traps and other defenses.
Some human communities hire kobolds to dig their
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
easily defeat twice their number of commoners, but with the defenses available to the ranchers, the odds improve considerably. The ranchers don’t have to defeat the orcs outright. They just have to
survive. You want to create tension and make it seem like the outcome teeters on the brink of disaster. Near the end of the battle, the elves show up as described in the “Relief Arrives” section
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
, traps, and other defenses that wouldn’t target the chosen creature. While in your disguised form, any lies you tell always seem to be true, no matter what magical or mundane methods are used to try to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
Locations in the City Shown in map 1.1, Port Nyanzaru is a city of walls within walls. Burgeoning wealth has driven the city’s richest residents to raise defenses against the jungle’s dangers, and
interesting. That being said, if the players seem restless, use the random encounters in appendix B to spice things up a bit as they’re gathering supplies for their expedition. At any time, the party might run
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
Expert Tunnelers Kobolds are naturally skilled at tunneling. Similar to dwarves, they seem to have a near-instinctive sense of what sections of stone or earth are strong or weak, are bearing a load
’ living area and protecting vital areas of the lair with traps and other defenses. Some human communities hire kobolds to dig their sewer tunnels, paying them with food and tools the kobolds wouldn’t
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
attack her castle without provocation or are caught trying to sneak into her home, Sansuri brings her castle’s defenses to bear and tries to crush them, capturing those who surrender. If the characters
. Sansuri attacks characters who are clearly being disrespectful or deceptive. She also turns on those who seem intent on robbing her. If she loses more than half her hit points, Sansuri casts a fly
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
, you can offer to let the character succeed at the cost of a complication or hindrance. Such complications can run along any of the following lines: A character gets her sword past an enemy’s defenses
automatic failure is bad enough. And characters typically make so many attack rolls that they’re bound to roll dozens of natural 1s over time. What might seem like an interesting consequence, like breaking the weapon used for the attack, will quickly get tiresome.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
usually end a fight quickly.
3 You fight with your off hand at the start of a battle, so that your opponent sets their defenses and attacks to one side. Then you quickly switch hands at the most
enemies to avoid those hazards while fending off your blows.
Wielding the Best It might seem ridiculous to say that your weapon, armor, or shield is your best friend and most stalwart companion — but
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
off, the dragon might start to test its outer defenses in advance of mounting a larger assault. This strategy can take years to come to fruition, but from the dragon’s perspective it is time well
. Unfortunately for the dwarves, orcs seem to receive omens from Gruumsh bidding them to invade a stronghold just when it is wracked with plague, riven by infighting, or otherwise at its weakest. The all
compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Legends of Greyhawk: Secrets of the Free City
Greyhawk’s Great Library. Her commitment to preserving knowledge is unwavering. Her bronze scales, tinged with aquamarine, glimmer under the library’s lantern light, and her bright green eyes seem
while. Desk. Saren’s desk remains untouched. She hasn’t had the heart to clear it. Break-in. Saren broke in off-shift through the storm drain network. He used his time on staff to wear down defenses on
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
components unless they are consumed by the spell or have a cost specified in it. Level 6: Psychic Defenses You have Resistance to Psychic damage, and you have Advantage on saving throws to avoid or end the
orderly beings who inhabit Mechanus. Perhaps your ancestor even took part in the Great Modron March. Whatever its origin within you, the power of order can seem strange to others, but for you, it’s part of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
a magnificent pipe organ. Its ivory keys practically glow, even as its ebony keys seem to absorb all light.
The balcony looks out over area H3. Any character who sits down at the pipe organ can feel
. Defenses Two defensive turrets decorate the front of this area, looking down over the courtyard. Arrow slits in the walls of each turret offer a view of the ground below, but are too narrow for even
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
teeth typical of that town’s inbred stock. Pekoe says that the duergar abducted him and asked him a lot of questions about his town’s defenses. The doppelganger knows the settlements of Ten-Towns well
room with the statue, read: Inside this room, you can hear loud mechanical noises that seem to come from behind the south wall.
Standing in the middle of the room, facing the double door to the north
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a2
(Investigation) check enables a character to deduce that the doors aren’t what they seem, through small clues showing that they are unused. The same check focused on a statue can reveal a small line on
. During the final assault of the orcs, Arundil used his magic to escape the slaughter. He returned to find all his kinfolk dead. Overwhelmed by grief, he tried to repair some of the complex’s defenses
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
mercenaries are proving to be more trouble than they’re worth. They seem more interested in finding the lost tomb of Mornbryn than in guarding the village. The mercenary leader, Oboth Thornsteel (NE male
bridge has been destroyed, and the town’s defenses have been torn down. Within the town walls, now breached in several places, are piles of debris that were once shops, taverns, inns, and festhalls