desire issue are based

Summon Fey

Spells Player’s Handbook

action required by you). If you don’t issue any, it takes the Dodge action and uses its movement to avoid danger. Using a Higher-Level Spell Slot. Use the spell slot’s level for the spell

Force damage. Bonus Actions Fey Step. The spirit magically teleports up to 30 feet to an unoccupied space it can see. Then one of the following effects occurs, based on the spirit’s chosen mood

Obzedat Ghost

Monsters Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica

Council of Five. The ghost has a trait based on who it is, as shown below: Enezesku: Enfeebling Ray. Enezesku’s Innate Spellcasting trait includes ray of enfeeblement, which he can cast at

Obzedat function as a unit, driven by their shared desire to accumulate ever more wealth for the guild. In times of disagreement, the eldest of the council exerts his seniority to bend the council to

Adult Topaz Dragon

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

", "rollDamageType":"necrotic"} necrotic damage and is weakened until the end of its next turn. A weakened creature has disadvantage on Strength-based ability checks and Strength saving throws, and the creature

sun and have no desire to get wet, beyond enjoying a bit of sea spray in the air. But they love being able to see the water, so they build their lairs on the heights of seaside cliffs or near perfect

Ancient Topaz Dragon

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

", "rollDamageType":"necrotic"} necrotic damage and is weakened until the end of its next turn. A weakened creature has disadvantage on Strength-based ability checks and Strength saving throws, and the

threatens shipping and caravans around a major city. Topaz Dragon Lairs Topaz dragons are happiest by the sea. They spend most of their time basking in the sun and have no desire to get wet

Tabaxi Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

mull over the stories and rumors they collected like a miser counting coins. Although material wealth holds little attraction for the tabaxi, they have an insatiable desire to find and inspect ancient

. Fleeting Fancies Wandering tabaxi are mercurial creatures, trading one obsession or passion for the next as the whim strikes. A tabaxi’s desire burns bright, but once met it disappears to be

Aasimar Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

receives visions and guidance from celestial entities via dreams. These dreams help shape an aasimar, granting a sense of destiny and a desire for righteousness. Each aasimar can count a specific

secrecy they desire is never worth endangering the innocent. Aasimar Guides An aasimar, except for one who has turned to evil, has a link to an angelic being. That being—usually a deva&mdash

Urchin - Baldur's Gate

Backgrounds Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus

their torch-based code. From the lighting, placement, and type of torch arranged on or near a structure, you can gather a great deal of information about those who live or do business there, particularly

of desperate poverty, for good and for ill. They tend to be driven either by a commitment to the people with whom they shared life on the street or by a burning desire to find a better life &mdash

Animate Objects Legacy

Spells Basic Rules (2014)

the same time, issuing the same command to each one). You decide what action the creature will take and where it will move during its next turn, or you can issue a general command, such as to guard a

particular chamber or corridor. If you issue no commands, the creature only defends itself against hostile creatures. Once given an order, the creature continues to follow it until its task is complete

Summon Fey Legacy

Spells Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything

your verbal commands (no action required by you). If you don’t issue any, it takes the Dodge action and uses its move to avoid danger. At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell

’s level piercing damage + 1d6 force damage. Bonus Actions Fey Step. The fey magically teleports up to 30 feet to an unoccupied space it can see. Then one of the following effects occurs, based on

Kenku Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

The map we found showed the entrance to the Priest King’s treasure cache right in the middle of the ruined section of the city. We approached our destination without issue, but as we arrived

. Every kenku is born with a desire to take to the air, and those who learn spellcasting do so in hope of mastering spells that will allow them to fly. Rumors of magic items such as flying carpets, brooms

Thassa's Champions

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros

, or lands affected by (or starved of) water. She makes a fantastic patron for sea-based campaigns, but also land-based journeys where the characters might spread Thassa’s desire for change and

Animate Objects

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)

what action the creature will take and where it will move during its next turn, or you can issue a general command, such as to guard a particular chamber or corridor. If you issue no commands, the

within 5 feet of it. It makes a slam attack with an attack bonus and bludgeoning damage determined by its size. The DM might rule that a specific object inflicts slashing or piercing damage based on

Animate Objects

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)

what action the creature will take and where it will move during its next turn, or you can issue a general command, such as to guard a particular chamber or corridor. If you issue no commands, the

within 5 feet of it. It makes a slam attack with an attack bonus and bludgeoning damage determined by its size. The DM might rule that a specific object inflicts slashing or piercing damage based on

Orc Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

diplomacy. They care only for satisfying their insatiable desire for battle, to smash their foes and appease their gods. Booming Birth Rate In order to replenish the casualties of their endless warring

. These tenets vary from tribe to tribe, and are often based in events that the tribe has experienced. Here are a few examples: If a dwarf or a human invokes its god upon dying, you must carry the

Summon Fey

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything

required by you). If you don’t issue any, it takes the Dodge action and uses its move to avoid danger. At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 4th level or higher, use the higher

Actions Fey Step. The fey magically teleports up to 30 feet to an unoccupied space it can see. Then one of the following effects occurs, based on the fey’s chosen mood: Fuming. The fey has advantage

Archive

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide

Library behind a locked or secret door. Research: Helpful Lore. When you issue the Research order to this facility, you commission the facility’s hireling to search the Archive for helpful lore. The work

Study action to make deductions based on clues or evidence or to recall lore about traps, ciphers, riddles, and gadgetry. Material Musings on the Nature of the World. You have Advantage on any

Summon Fey

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook

required by you). If you don’t issue any, it takes the Dodge action and uses its movement to avoid danger. Using a Higher-Level Spell Slot. Use the spell slot’s level for the spell’s level in the stat

feet to an unoccupied space it can see. Then one of the following effects occurs, based on the spirit’s chosen mood: Fuming. The spirit has Advantage on the next attack roll it makes before the end of

Nepenthe

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

, awakening the desire to avenge her long-dead companions by slaying the fiend she knows as the Caller (see “Mist Wanderers” later in this chapter for details). Isolde always chooses the Carnival’s stops

based on her predictions of the Caller’s next steps, and if her pursuit forces the Carnival into danger, so be it. Only by ridding Isolde of Nepenthe can she truly escape the Dark Powers’ clutches

Intrigue

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)

Intrigue Intrigue adventures are event-based adventures that revolve around power struggles. Intrigues are common in the courts of the nobility, but power struggles can play out just as easily in

individuals in power and influence, and the honeyed words of diplomacy. A prince’s efforts to be named heir to the throne, a courtier’s ambition to sit at the queen’s right hand, and a merchant’s desire

1. Entrance Plaza

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat

shattered features staring down at you. Two voices issue forth in unison, booming out as though erupting from the deep earth. “Halt. You come before Diderius, ether walker and conduit of clairvoyance

. Behold ye now his wondrous triumphs. Diderius extends wisdom, and Diderius offers knowledge. Which do you seek?” If a response of “We seek wisdom,” or “We desire knowledge” is given, or the

1. Entrance Plaza

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons

shattered features staring down at you. Two voices issue forth in unison, booming out as though erupting from the deep earth. “Halt. You come before Diderius, ether walker and conduit of clairvoyance

. Behold ye now his wondrous triumphs. Diderius extends wisdom, and Diderius offers knowledge. Which do you seek?” If a response of “We seek wisdom,” or “We desire knowledge” is given, or the

The Challenge

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos

” section in chapter 3 can issue this challenge. Why a Challenge? Choose one of the following grudges as the reason for the challenge: Dangerous. The Rival accuses the characters of causing the dangerous

to participate in this challenge, the Rival tries to compel the character to participate. This could include any of the following coercions: Offering the characters something they desire or important

Asmodeus

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes

most epic of all his achievements is chronicled in The Trial of Asmodeus, a play based on purportedly true events as researched by the aasimar bard Anodius. In ancient times, as the Blood War raged

Primus, leader of the modrons. As a creature of absolute law, Primus could be trusted to issue a fair and impartial verdict. Asmodeus drafted a contract to seal the deal, and the angels — after carefully

Students

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos

and another who dwells on the idea of an orderly progression toward an ideal. The former might encourage the student to choose courses based on gut feeling, to delve into the military aspects of an

issue, and to supplement their academic studies with some practical martial training. The other counselor, meanwhile, might offer several ordered, rational proposals for course selection, focus on the

Redcloak Battalion

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War

reflecting your status in the organization. The standard-issue uniform for the Redcloaks is a hooded crimson cloak of protection bearing two badges: the seal of the Brelish crown on the left shoulder and a

, and soon enough King Boranel will take his proper place on the throne of a reunited Galifar. Many of these grudges are personal based on an individual soldier’s experience in the war, but some of them

Book Description

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries

gaining insight into their actions and ascertaining where they could be coming from. The writing gradually turns into almost incomprehensible fragments, many alluding to the author's desire to combine

the Lykortha Expanse on a map. If one or more characters try to draw some conclusion about the outbreak based on the forest’s location, a successful DC 20 Wisdom (Insight) check allows them to safely

Simple Traps

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything

moderate, dangerous, or deadly threat, based on its particular details. Trigger. A simple trap activates when an event occurs that triggers it. This entry in a trap’s description gives the location of

for you to describe what happens next, the players should be specific about how they want to defeat the trap. Simply stating the desire to make a check isn’t helpful for you. Ask the players where their characters are positioned and what they intend to do to defeat the trap.

Healing Pools

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros

the pools. 4 Capture people and creatures for the priests to use in their experiments. 5 Cure the pools of a contamination. 6 Create a poison based on notes provided to you by one of

issue with the strange practices of the pools’ clergy. Examples of such villains appear on the Healing Pools Villains table. Healing Pools Villains d6 Villain 1 A group of Returned

Champions and Quests

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros

champion tomorrow. As long as the aims of gods aren’t in opposition, those gods take no issue with their champions helping each other. Together by Circumstance. A group of characters might find themselves

the god wants them to be. In extreme instances, the god might place a magical command on the character, similar to a geas spell. God-Based Campaigns Each god’s entry in this chapter explores the themes

S13. Main Hall

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd

driven berserk, she fights until the Abbot reasserts control or until she is destroyed. She has the supernatural strength of a typical flesh golem despite her smaller size. The Abbot has no desire to

can’t be convinced otherwise. The Abbot shares his beliefs openly, claiming that his decisions are based on the Morninglord’s guidance. He will give visitors a tour of the abbey if they seem friendly

Running the Adventure

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a6

to life. You, as Dungeon Master, must continue to improvise and create, for your players will certainly desire more specifics, seek to do things not provided for herein, and generally defy

ruthlessness, their opponents fought with reckless abandon and self-sacrifice. How you manage this conflict in your game must be based on knowledge that only you can have. The upshot of this whole series

The Zhentarim

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons

Black Network have no desire to become agents and errand-runners for some petty god and her dragon cohorts. This viewpoint makes the Zhentarim an interesting addition to the characters’ possible

Ideals: Logic, greed (“I’m certain we can come to an agreement that all parties will favor. But if not, we have other means of settling the issue.”) Interaction Traits: Polite, mercantile, ruthless

The Zhentarim

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen

Black Network have no desire to become agents and errand-runners for some petty god and her dragon cohorts. This viewpoint makes the Zhentarim an interesting addition to the characters’ possible

Ideals: Logic, greed (“I’m certain we can come to an agreement that all parties will favor. But if not, we have other means of settling the issue.”) Interaction Traits: Polite, mercantile, ruthless

The Zhentarim

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat

Black Network have no desire to become agents and errand-runners for some petty god and her dragon cohorts. This viewpoint makes the Zhentarim an interesting addition to the characters’ possible

Ideals: Logic, greed (“I’m certain we can come to an agreement that all parties will favor. But if not, we have other means of settling the issue.”) Interaction Traits: Polite, mercantile, ruthless

Modifying a Class

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)

traditions? Can a dwarf stumble into a warlock pact despite having no connection to a culture that normally produces warlocks? As always, it’s better to say yes and use the player’s desire as an

cost of greater complexity. In this variant, each spell has a point cost based on its level. The Spell Point Cost table summarizes the cost in spell points of slots from 1st to 9th level. Cantrips

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