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Player’s Handbook
instead create a 20-foot tall wave that travels from one side of the area to the other and then crashes. Any Huge or smaller vehicles in the wave’s path are carried with it to the other side. Any
directions. The water in the area moves as you direct it, but once it moves beyond the spell’s area, it resumes its flow based on the terrain. The water continues to move in the direction you
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
explode, sending a shower of magical splinters in all directions.
On the world of Krynn, draconian mages formed from bronze dragon eggs are called bozak draconians.
Draconians
Draconians are
.
When draconians die, they do not go quietly. Instead, their lifeless bodies unleash a last act of magical violence.
Monsters
Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
nature through their magic. They brew infusions of plants, fungi, and insects or other minuscule creatures that thrum with the essence of life, using these infusions to fuel their magic instead of using
the philosophy from different directions, with one methodology focusing on decay and the other dealing with growth.Poison
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
", "rollAction":"Death Ray", "rollDamageType":"necrotic"} necrotic damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one. If the saving throw fails by 5 or more, the target instead takes 64
the creature has such a feared reputation that stories about it are ingrained in the popular culture. Any rumor of a catoblepas taking up residence nearby is taken to be a bad omen, even if the rumor is
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
nightmare about losing blood. Its coloration and shape resemble those of the beholder that dreamed it into existence, but its hue is more muted, and instead of magical eye rays, it has ten long
;rats, leaving behind a trail of bloodless corpses. When underground, it uses its tentacles as feelers, prodding and examining the environment in all directions. Above ground, it usually keeps its
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If the leviathan fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.
Partial Freeze. If the leviathan takes 50 cold damage or more during a single turn, the
damage and isn’t knocked prone. The water spreads out across the ground in all directions, extinguishing unprotected flames in its area and within 250 feet of it, and then it vanishes.The leviathan
Monsters
Curse of Strahd
, instead assuming that the guests had died in their sleep.
But Strahd was not fooled. He came to realize fairly quickly that the clockwork effigy had begun to display a murderous nature. Rather than have
Ideal. “I wish I could make people happy.”
Bond. “I would like to find someone—anyone—who isn't afraid of me and who enjoys my company.”
Flaw. “When I'm upset, I do bad things.”Poison
Monsters
Princes of the Apocalypse
instead.
Magic Resistance. Olhydra has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects.
Water Form. Olhydra can enter a hostile creature’s space and stop there. She can move
— bad weather, strong tides, and increasing aggression from dangerous sea life.
Violent downpours become frequent within 10 miles of the lair. A downpour occurs once every 2d12;{"diceNotation
Monsters
Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
Special Equipment. Halaster wears a robe of eyes that lets him see in all directions, gives him darkvision out to a range of 120 feet, grants advantage on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on
/Day). If Halaster fails a saving throw, he can choose to succeed instead.
Rejuvenation. If Halaster dies in Undermountain, he revives after 1d10 days, with all his hit points and any missing body
Sailor
Legacy
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Backgrounds
Player’s Handbook (2014)
more than one deserving soul to a briny grave. Fear and bloodshed are no strangers to you, and you’ve garnered a somewhat unsavory reputation in many a port town.
Variant Feature: Bad
Reputation
If your character has a sailor background, you may select this background feature instead of Ship’s Passage.
No matter where you go, people are afraid of you due to your reputation. When
Control Water
Legacy
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Spells
Basic Rules (2014)
includes a shore, the flooding water spills over onto dry land.
If you choose an area in a large body of water, you instead create a 20-foot tall wave that travels from one side of the area to the other
in the area to move in a direction you choose, even if the water has to flow over obstacles, up walls, or in other unlikely directions. The water in the area moves as you direct it, but once it moves
Backgrounds
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
. Fear and bloodshed are no strangers to you, and you’ve garnered a somewhat unsavory reputation in many a port town.
Variant Feature: Bad Reputation
If your character has a sailor
background, you may select this background feature instead of Ship’s Passage.
No matter where you go, people are afraid of you due to your reputation. When you are in a settlement, you can get away with
Orc
Legacy
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Species
Volo's Guide to Monsters
, 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
everywhere in the world around them, and the priests of a tribe are entrusted with the responsibility of identifying these signs and omens — both good and bad — and deciding how the tribe should
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
stage directions that must be followed. Tyranny of Dragons does not hold your hand and guide you step-by-step from the story’s beginning to its inevitable conclusion. Instead, it presents people
handle a situation or how to deal with the cult. And just like that, they’ll be off and running in directions that aren’t covered by this book. Those kinds of situations put a DM’s skill to the test—but they also produce some of the greatest gaming moments and memories.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
events with which to challenge the characters as they investigate the nefarious plots of the Cult of the Dragon. This is not, however, a script to be read aloud with stage directions that must be
followed. Tyranny of Dragons does not hold your hand and guide you step-by-step from the story’s beginning to its inevitable conclusion. Instead, it presents people, creatures, locations, and situations
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
stage directions that must be followed. Tyranny of Dragons does not hold your hand and guide you step-by-step from the story’s beginning to its inevitable conclusion. Instead, it presents people
handle a situation or how to deal with the cult. And just like that, they’ll be off and running in directions that aren’t covered by this book. Those kinds of situations put a DM’s skill to the test—but they also produce some of the greatest gaming moments and memories.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
instead of 10. Whenever a creature that lacks resistance or immunity to cold damage spends a Hit Die to regain hit points within 1 mile of the island, it regains only a number of hit points equal to its
by fog. Thick fog fills the air beginning 200 feet from the island and extending outward for 1 mile in all directions; anything on the water or in the air within this thick fog is heavily obscured. Map 5.1: island of solstice View Player Version
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
Otaaryliakkarnos Female Silver Dragon The representative of the silver dragons believes that among the lesser races, neither good nor bad is ever absolute. The humanoids are in need of protection and
in a Dragonmoot, and with the long ancestral memory of the metallic dragons, she holds all dwarves responsible. Attitude. Neutral. If the party includes one or more dwarves, Otaaryliakkarnos is instead
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
Otaaryliakkarnos Female Silver Dragon The representative of the silver dragons believes that among the lesser races, neither good nor bad is ever absolute. The humanoids are in need of protection and
instead unfriendly. Desire. Otaaryliakkarnos would like the metallic dragons to strike now as Protanther suggests, but she does not know if they can succeed alone. An alliance would reduce casualties for
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
deal an extra 6d8 slashing damage instead. You might also have the shards be from a polymorph blade, a blade of the medusa, or some other type of weapon. Another option is to allow decapitated
bad for it in combat, it might choose to do so in order to escape (if you wish to preserve the Grand Master as a future villain), or to summon an ally (if the fight against it proves too easy).
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
to your campaign, shaping it to fit your needs and the tastes of your players. You can stack the deck with low-level effects that prompt roleplaying instead of mechanical changes or create a deck that
has only good cards (or bad ones!) in it. You can do all this without losing the wonder of the deck: its unique nature as a physical object that players—not just their characters—can hold in their
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
Merosska can be found there. Undercover: The character knows the location of Rivergard Keep and that Jolliver Grimjaw is in charge. Anyone in Red Larch can provide good directions to Feathergale
Spire if the characters ask about the place. It’s a well-known site. It’s fine if the characters decide to follow up on one of these leads instead of investigating the missing delegation.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
of warm blood, but perhaps you need something else? Something more ephemeral, like directions? Or knowledge? I’ve been in this city a long, long time.”
Sangora is a centuries-old vampire with sunken
also accepts an answer to a probing question instead of payment (primarily about where the characters came from, how they got here, and what they’re looking for in Evernight). Sangora isn’t looking for a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Astral Adventurer’s Guide
spelljamming ship typically has an ovoid shape. Diagram 2.1 shows the air envelope that surrounds a nautiloid that has a keel length of 180 feet. It extends 180 feet from the ship in all directions. The
is humid and smells bad. Any creature that breathes foul air becomes poisoned until it breathes fresh air again. The air aboard a ship with a normal crew complement degrades from fresh to foul on day
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
. Though he sees both good and bad in the lesser races, he believes that their capacity for attaining great power despite their physical limitations makes them dangerous. For all their capability, humanoids
strength. If this puts the humanoids at risk, so be it. Attitude. Neutral. If there are humans or tieflings in the party, Protanther is instead cautious. If there are elves in the party, he is unfriendly
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
Beholders: Bad Dreams Come True To those who would seek to conquer beholders or merely understand them, nearly everything about their quarry is unfathomable. These bizarre creatures are possessed of
is the natural companion to eternal vigilance. Beholders are among the few creatures that can shape reality in their vicinity. In addition, beholders don’t truly sleep when they rest. Instead, a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
was fun for a while, but the zombie started to smell real bad, so we doused it in oil and set it on fire. Beek would’ve found that hilarious.”
— Fonkin Hoddypeak, on friendship
Hideous Forms
hit point instead.
Actions
Slam. Melee Weapon Attack: +3 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 4 (1d6 + 1) bludgeoning damage.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
. Though he sees both good and bad in the lesser races, he believes that their capacity for attaining great power despite their physical limitations makes them dangerous. For all their capability
full strength. If this puts the humanoids at risk, so be it. Attitude. Neutral. If there are humans or tieflings in the party, Protanther is instead cautious. If there are elves in the party, he is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
the Bad Reputation feature (see sidebar) instead of the Ship’s Passage feature. Variant Feature: Bad Reputation
If your character has a sailor background, you may select this background feature
instead of Ship’s Passage.
No matter where you go, people are afraid of you due to your reputation. When you are in a settlement, you can get away with minor criminal offenses, such as refusing to pay
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
matter that I was only asking for directions”-type assassins, you might find that your inherent bloodlust needs to be focused to the subtle enterprises undertaken by the best franchises. So keep calm
situations, from infiltration, to theft, to fleeing the city guards when the infiltration and theft goes bad. Moreover, your social skills make you equally effective in and out of combat. However
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
Goristro Raid This encounter occurs only if the characters teamed up with the erinyes in the previous encounter. If the characters instead defeated the erinyes and claimed the Venatrix for themselves
or bypassed the erinyes entirely, skip to the “Stop for Directions” section. It takes about an hour for the Venatrix to travel to the goristro’s location. As the Venatrix approaches the goristro
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
wife before the group leaves to confront the archlich. Alustriel provides directions to Velgar’s Vittles. In reality, Malaina was suspicious of Mordenkainen, but she didn’t want to make accusations
their fight against the lich-god. At your discretion, Alustriel and Tasha might join the characters on the journey to Pandesmos, but they focus on neutralizing Kas’s powerful remaining forces instead
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
knowing that he holds her prisoner. Kara has never been to the estate and has no idea of the extent of Viallis’s activities there, but she can give the characters directions if they share what they
floor that can be rented out by the day or tenday. Old Fargo’s Suspicions. Old Fargo has long distrusted Lord Viallis, instinctively seeing him as a bad sort, but he keeps his thoughts to himself unless
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
around you so that the world appears to have shrunk to only twenty feet in all directions. Before you, the waterway widens and the current slows, giving the impression that you have entered a lake
rigging makes such a climb possible.
The vehicle has no form of propulsion, instead relying on the pilot’s ability to navigate air currents.
As long as the balloon or basket has at least 1 hit
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
, it can choose to succeed instead.
Partial Freeze. If the leviathan takes 50 cold damage or more during a single turn, the leviathan partially freezes; until the end of its next turn, its speeds are
knocked prone. On a successful save, a creature takes half as much damage and isn’t knocked prone. The water spreads out across the ground in all directions, extinguishing unprotected flames in its area