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Monsters
Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
instead of the restrained condition.Stone giants believe the god Skoraeus Stonebones inspires artists to create their finest stone carvings. Sometimes a giant pursues this divine inspiration to the
exclusion of all other tasks, retreating into a spacious cavern and blocking out all distractions. Creating a masterwork can become such a driving obsession that death can’t stop it: a giant who dies
Monsters
Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
choose to succeed instead.
Magic Resistance. The scion has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects.
Siege Monster. The scion deals double damage to objects and
turn.A slumbering scion of Memnor appears as a dense, slowly drifting tower of clouds that never dissipates. Often, this cloud lingers over a remote valley, creating a constantly overcast sky. Sapient
Monsters
Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
Resistance (5/Day). If the cradle fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.
Magic Resistance. The cradle has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects.
Siege
have the deafened condition for 1 minute.A slumbering scion of Memnor appears as a dense, slowly drifting tower of clouds that never dissipates. Often, this cloud lingers over a remote valley, creating
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Light of Xaryxis
The Last Breath The will-o’-wisp leads the Second Wind to Gargenhale’s flagship. If the characters aren’t looking for Gargenhale, he finds them instead. In either case, the following scene occurs
after a day’s travel: You are caught in a cosmic storm. Lightning flashes through dense blue and purple clouds, illuminating the silhouette of a galleon with torn, flapping sails. Ghastly mariners stand
Kobold
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Species
Volo's Guide to Monsters
responsible for blocking tunnels to deter pursuit.
Kobolds feel a cool affinity or something like kinship for other members of their tribe, but they are rarely affectionate with each other. Two kobolds
found in any sort of terrain that can support tunneling. In a swamp or along a coastline where digging into the soft ground is problematic, kobolds entrench themselves in dense woods, hills, or large
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
characters to interact with the Deck of Many Things, but it rewarded them with new powers instead of punishing them and blocking all efforts to escape the deck.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver
feet ahead of you, blocking the path. Each has several black-feathered arrows sticking out of it. The woods press close to the trail here, with a steep embankment and dense thickets on either side.
If
Barthen’s Provisions, return to the ambush site, and find the goblins’ trail. The characters might capture one or more goblins by knocking them unconscious instead of killing them. A character can use
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
the card doesn’t seem appropriate, use the treasure tables in the Dungeon Master’s Guide to determine the treasure instead. Ruins When determining ruins, the following effects are broadly appropriate
this setback: perhaps the characters became lost in the woods or encountered an obstacle blocking their path. Add two more cards to the spread. Lost Gear. The characters lose their rations or are
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
tasks, retreating into a spacious cavern and blocking out all distractions. Creating a masterwork can become such a driving obsession that death can’t stop it: a giant who dies while creating art might
save, the effect ends on the target. On a failed save, the target has the petrified condition instead of the restrained condition.
Quintin Gleim
Orc
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, injury, or age) often join these cults instead of facing daily humiliation, exile, or death.
Serving as the bridge between the two parts of the tribe are the priestesses of Luthic, the orc goddess who
serve as a battering ram if a settlement dares to close its gates, blocking the way to the treasures and tasty food that lie within.
A heavily laden wagon that requires the strongest orcs to return it to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
displacer beasts begin stalking prey, they can’t be deterred until either they or their quarry is slain. While displacer beasts commonly inhabit dense forests, they might pursue travelers across great
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Traits
Avoidance. If the displacer beast is subjected to an effect that allows it to make a saving throw to take only half damage, it instead takes no damage if it succeeds on the save and half damage
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
between two small, stone outbuildings, to either side of which stretches a five-foot-high, three-foot-thick wall of jumbled stones held together with mortar. Blocking the road are iron gates attached
feet, 9 inches tall and squats instead of standing upright. He looks like a beardless dwarf with patches of donkey flesh covering his face and body. He has one human ear and one wolf’s ear, and a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
the wig shop and the characters’ point of entry into the cellar complex. Misty Sewers The dense fog from outside settles in the sewers, and areas B2, B3, and B4 are lightly obscured. Necromancer
through the space of a Medium or larger creature. He has advantage on saving throws against being frightened. He speaks Common and Halfling. He has the animate dead and blight spells prepared, instead of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
1. Office of the Artificer This entrance opens up to a large stone chamber. At the far end, an intense-looking man stands behind a large stone table covered in a dense layer of plans, drawings, and
there. They must then help those operatives complete their mission to steal the gemstone eyes from the temple’s greatest statue. The characters can instead travel to the temple to facilitate a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
, three massive trees have grown together, their trunks entwining overhead. A hollow between them forms the interior of a dwelling, with thick branches acting as its roof. Dense patches of mushrooms grow
this evil unicorn. They do not want Banrion killed, however. Instead, if the characters can capture the unicorn, Mother Stag claims that they can undo her corruption—and perhaps even convert her to more
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
, you stumble upon the scene of a recent battle. The woods press close to the trail here, with a steep embankment and dense thickets on either side. Two horses wander the road, sniffing at ransacked
them unconscious instead of killing them. A character can use any weapon that deals bludgeoning damage (including an unarmed strike) to knock a goblin unconscious, succeeding if the attack deals enough
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
4. Fungi Thicket This tunnel juncture is blocked by a thicket of fungi. The thicket is an ecosystem unto itself, with its own challenges for those who wish to cross it. A dense fungi forest blocks
to move through patches of mold and fungi instead of trees. Once it casts this spell, the infected creature can’t cast the spell again until it finishes a long rest.
Any creature infected with
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragons of Stormwreck Isle
to start the encounter, but the other two remain motionless until characters move close to them. You don’t need to keep track of exactly where everyone is standing in the room. Instead, rely on your
with a pungent odor of brimstone. Strange, flickering orange light illuminates the smoke. This area is free of fungal growth; instead, crystals grow from the rock. To your right, a large cluster of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
. Vegepygmies, also called mold folk or moldies, inhabit dark areas that are warm and wet, so they are most commonly found underground or in dense forests where little sunlight penetrates. A vegepygmy
instead of a humanoid-shaped vegepygmy. Thornies are less intelligent than vegepygmies, but have greater size and ferocity, as well as a thorn-covered body. Corpses of those slain by russet mold grow
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
over the town through his new servants. Bringers of Woe. If the characters didn’t already fight the Bringers of Woe (see area T7), they fight them here instead. The Bringers show up late for the
jumble does collapse. Then, a 10-foot section of the tunnel is buried in the heap, blocking passage. Removing the debris takes a few hours of work. Moving Stones. This area was a large storage cellar and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
placed to be phosphorescent mushrooms.
The lights are proper lamps flanking two massive stone gates blocking the tunnel. Before you get a chance to examine the intricate carvings on the gates
didn’t say anything. If Gorglak finds the characters’ bribe appealing, he refuses to accept it then and there, instead directing them to find one Werz Saltbaron in the Darklake Docks and hand the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
the following features: Swampy Lake. Abutting the chapel is a swampy lake where the dragon sleeps. The foul water stinks of dead fish and rot, while the dense foliage and scraggly trees along the
Effects Any of these effects might appear in the area around a black dragon’s lair, in addition to or instead of the effects described in the Monster Manual: Ennui. Creatures that spend a year within
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Uni and the Hunt for the Lost Horn
features: STACEY ALLAN, WILL DOYLE Map 1.1: Woodland Pool View Without Tokens View Player Version Bushes. The dense foliage around the pool is Difficult Terrain. Magic Portal. Any creature that moves
action (see appendix A), a character can convince Grump by succeeding on a DC 12 Charisma (Intimidation or Persuasion) check. A character can instead make a DC 12 Charisma (Deception) check if
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
way: Branching passages underground Horizon-obscuring terrain, such as dense forest Obscuring weather, such as heavy rain or fog Traveling at night Traveling at sea while unable to see the sky or any
. The characters encounter one or more Hostile creatures. For example, marching through a burning forest instead of circling around it might prompt an encounter with raging fire elementals. Damage. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
Forest Shrine Forest shrines honoring Nylea are found in the woodlands of Theros. These places have few features made of stone or steel. Instead, the druids and nymphs who care for the shrines use
weapons hang from the tree’s branches alongside a beehive. South of the tree is a firepit with a few boulders surrounding it for seats. Nearby, a dense, flowering bush shaped as an altar stands
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
other things. They have no known physical forms, instead preferring to roister along in commandeered vessels, such as willing party guests, animated statues, or meticulously trimmed topiary hedges
The gate to Arborea rests in the dense forest that encircles Sylvania. The woods nearest the town are jovial and bright, but farther out, they fill with darkness, mystery, and even violence. Unlike the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
and blocking the exit. Alstare doesn’t immediately attack the characters but instead questions them. If it becomes clear they’re enemies of the Red Dragon Army, he offers a deal. In exchange for the
the character refuses the offer, the altar emits smoke that coalesces into a hulking figure. This hostile figure uses the clay golem stat block, but it is an Undead instead of a Construct. If the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
of street network that tends to delineate most large settlements; instead it has a single street running inside the circular town wall, and another pair of straight roads crossing the town north-to
food in such an establishment is odd — a great deal of mushrooms, potatoes, turnips, dense lichens, and stews made of shrews and voles — but filling and tasty in its own way. The chambers in these
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
ancient structure. The first flights of steps are choked with creepers, tree roots, and flowering vines. It might have been surrounded by a city long ago, but the jungle is so dense that it would take
the ladder. A rope-and-hook thrown up to catch the edge always falls short. Casting teleport or misty step moves the caster sideways instead of up to the next level. Bypassing the tests by any means is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
space the cradle occupied and uses the cradle’s initiative count.
Legendary Resistance (5/Day). If the cradle fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.
Magic Resistance. The cradle
Bonus +7
Legendary Resistance (6/Day). If the scion fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.
Magic Resistance. The scion has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
-foot-tall stone door swings into a 5-foot-diameter tunnel that leads to a similar door blocking entry to area X34. X30. Eastern Elevator The elevator shaft terminates in this room. A large stone wheel
, including her armors and weapons, is on the floor next to the chair. Xardorok won’t fight to the death in this area. Instead, he uses the secret door (see below) to retreat to area X30 and uses the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
three Brelish soldiers who were transformed by the strange magic of the Day of Mourning. Use the fomorian stat block for each soldier, except they are Large instead of Huge. The cowardly soldiers make
the saving throw fails by 5 or more, the creature is unconscious for 1 hour instead. The creature wakes up if it takes damage or if another creature uses an action to wake it. Sleeping Ghost. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
into a 5-foot-diameter tunnel that leads to a similar door blocking entry to area X4. No ability check is needed to find either secret door from inside the tunnel. DUERGAR NAMES
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door behind the brazier in the southwest corner. This 5-foot-wide, 10-foot-tall stone door swings into a 5-foot-diameter tunnel that leads to a similar door blocking entry to area X3. No ability
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
blocking it out of the way. Characters attempting to hold the door become suddenly distracted, unable to remember why they were doing so. Characters who refuse to enter the inn feel oddly compelled to move
into the inn’s basement. Instead, anyone opening it glimpses a bricked-over doorway before the next stage is triggered. The door remains open when the characters return, but shows only a brick wall
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes of the Borderlands
, or Indifferent (see the D&D Beyond Basic Rules). Regardless, creatures defend themselves in combat.
Game Trail
You spot a regal elk on the trail beside a dense thicket. Startled by your
fails—Pral and his bandits start combat! If this check had instead been made with Advantage, it would have succeeded.
On a successful check, Pral lets the characters pass unharmed. On a failed