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Vecna: Eve of Ruin
Avoidance. If the star angler 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 saving throw and only half
incapacitated condition and must use its movement on its turn to move directly toward the star angler; a charmed target doesn’t avoid opportunity attacks, but it does avoid damaging terrain. A target can be charmed by only one star angler at a time.
Monsters
Curse of Strahd
attacks with its flailing and stomping roots. It can also use its roots to fling large rocks.
Hut Interior. The hut is a 15-foot-square, ramshackle wooden building with a gently sloping thatch roof. Its
perverted its magic, using it instead to animate her wooden hut.
Removing the gem from the hut renders the hut incapacitated. That task is easier said than done, however. The glowing green gem is
Monsters
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
they acquire, instead choosing to protect and venerate such items. Tappers spend their long lives in the search for the source of all magic, which they believe to be hidden deep in the Underdark. They
are in awe of earth elementals, believing that they come directly from this source, and are reluctant to attack them.Cold, FireLightning
Monsters
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
, mirror image, mislead, raise dead, teleport, wall of fire
1/day each: imprisonment, meteor swarm
Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If Bel fails a saving throw, he can choose to succeed instead.
Magic
challenge her directly as long as he thinks Asmodeus supports Zariel.Fire, PoisonCold; Bludgeoning, Piercing, and Slashing from Nonmagical Attacks that aren't Silvered
Monsters
Vecna: Eve of Ruin
Resistance (3/Day). If Alustriel fails a saving throw, she can choose to succeed instead.
Special Equipment. Alustriel carries a magic staff known as the Staff of Silverymoon. In the hands of anyone other
are to spread kindness, reward virtue, and promote a culture of compassion throughout the multiverse. She is good at building alliances and quick to intervene when she senses a threat to the forces of
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If Titivilus fails a saving throw, he can choose to succeed instead.
Magic Resistance. Titivilus has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects
to the tasks he needs performed and recruits them directly or through intermediaries, expending them later as his plans require.Fire, PoisonCold; Bludgeoning, Piercing, and Slashing from Nonmagical Attacks that aren't Silvered
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
cloud up to 30 feet and cause one of the following effects in a 30-foot-radius, 120-foot-high cylinder directly below it; the scion can’t choose the same effect two rounds in a row:
Acid Rain
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
Psychic Mirror. If the hulk takes psychic damage, each creature within 10 feet of the hulk takes that damage instead; the hulk takes none of the damage. In addition, the hulk’s thoughts and
. At the end of that turn, the cultist teleports to an unoccupied space it can see within 30 feet of it and returns to its normal form. The cultist can’t be targeted directly by any attack or other
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
this manner.
Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If the elder brain fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.
Magic Resistance. The elder brain has advantage on saving throws against spells
, rewriting their thoughts and authoring their dreams.
An elder brain sustains itself by consuming the brains of other creatures. If its mind flayer servants don’t bring meals directly to it, the
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
from the sea, but the dragon is too proud to ask for help getting home.
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A topaz dragon is building a tableau of desiccated creatures and has grown obsessed with catching one treasure hunter
charmed in this way obeys to the best of its ability any command the dragon issues that isn’t directly harmful to the creature.
Cancellation. The dragon chooses an active spell of 5th level or
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
injured and stranded far from the sea, but the dragon is too proud to ask for help getting home.
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A topaz dragon is building a tableau of desiccated creatures and has grown obsessed with catching
the next round. A creature charmed in this way obeys to the best of its ability any command the dragon issues that isn’t directly harmful to the creature.
Cancellation. The dragon chooses an
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If the dragon fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.
Spider Climb. The dragon can climb difficult surfaces, including upside down on ceilings, without
to the best of its ability any command the dragon issues that isn’t directly harmful to the creature.
Stone Passage. The dragon touches a section of stone up to 30 feet in any dimension. The
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If the dragon fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.
Spider Climb. The dragon can climb difficult surfaces, including upside down on ceilings, without
issues that isn’t directly harmful to the creature.
Stone Passage. The dragon touches a section of stone up to 30 feet in any dimension. The dragon can shape the stone to open or close a passage
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If the dragon fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.
Shift Perception (1/Day). The dragon can cast hallucinatory terrain, requiring no spell components
issues that isn’t directly harmful to the creature.
Distort Perceptions. The dragon attempts to alter the perceptions of one creature it can see within its lair. That creature must succeed on a DC
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If the dragon fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.
Tunneler. The dragon can burrow through solid rock at half its burrowing speed and can leave a 20
this way obeys to the best of its ability any command the dragon issues that isn’t directly harmful to the creature.
Distort Perceptions. The dragon attempts to alter the perceptions of one
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directly to 0 Hit Points without dealing damage, you are instead reduced to a number of Hit Points equal to your level. You can’t use this benefit again until you finish a Long Rest.
Call Lightning
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A storm cloud appears in the shape of a cylinder that is 10 feet tall with a 60-foot radius, centered on a point you can see within range directly above you. The spell fails if you can’t see a
you are outdoors in stormy conditions when you cast this spell, the spell gives you control over the existing storm instead of creating a new one. Under such conditions, the spell’s damage
Monsters
Infernal Machine Rebuild
Demogorgon’s heads.
Much like the true Demogorgon, the ettin’s two heads constantly clash and refuse to speak directly with one another, instead relaying messages through their assigned
Ancient Deep Dragon
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monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
once every hundred years, when they choose targets for a deadly hunting spree.
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Two ancient deep dragon;ancient deep dragons fight over territory. Unwilling to move against each other directly
, they use local settlements—and any competent visitors—as pawns in their struggle.
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An ancient deep dragon has put the folk of a city to work building the dragon a metropolis to rule
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
Outside the Lodge This ancient building has a wood and plaster upper floor over a fieldstone lower floor. Its shuttered windows are all closed. In places, the roof is overgrown with moss. A single
door stands slightly open. Smoke pours from one of three large chimneys.
The lodge stands in a forest, among tall pines and in excellent hunting territory. The building can be accessed through the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
Outside the Lodge This ancient building has a wood and plaster upper floor over a fieldstone lower floor: its shuttered windows are all closed. The roof is completely overgrown with moss. A single
door stands slightly open. Smoke pours from one of three large chimneys. The lodge stands in a forest, among tall pines and in excellent hunting territory. The building can be accessed through the front
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
Amplifying Your Ideal Many characters’ ideals come directly from their service to a god. Each god’s description in chapter 2 includes a table you can use to determine your hero’s ideal if your
character serves that god, instead of (or in addition to) an ideal derived from your background. But whether your character holds to one of those ideals, one from the Player’s Handbook or another source, or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
). Bridges connect Halfway Isle to the neighboring districts of Old Lockford and Turbine Heights. L3. Abbey of the Deep Brother Next to the road stands a squat stone building capped with a stone dome. The
this building. A character who examines the golden pick and succeeds on a DC 13 Intelligence (Religion) check recognizes it as the symbol of the Deep Brother, Callarduran Smoothhands, a god worshiped
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
stasis pods in area 5. Huge prisoners are taken to massive stasis pods in area 18 instead. Prisoners who put up an especially strong resistance might be taken directly to an isolation chamber in area 20.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
among humans favor the goddess Mielikki. However, they consider the goddess too wild and primal for them to pray to directly. Instead, they pray to Gwaeron Windstrom to bring their words to the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Mapping a Settlement When you draw a map for a settlement in your game, don’t worry about the placement of every building, and concentrate instead on the major features. For a village, sketch out
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
lizardfolk shaman, and the shaman’s two-headed crocodile companion rest in this area. If they are alerted to intruders by the lizardfolk in area 5, they head directly for area 1 to challenge them. Secret
charge in this area causes the guards to change shifts, leaving for the barracks (area 6). Spending 2 charges reverses time and causes them to instead head into the temple complex to search for
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragons of Stormwreck Isle
Approaching by Water If the characters row to the observatory, read this text instead: As you round the southeastern tip of the island, you can see crumbling ruins atop basalt columns just off the
could tie the boat up at the bottom of the columns and try to climb directly up to the ruins.
As you consider these options, you hear a screeching roar and notice a winged, glittering blue shape
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
, advancing the cause of a draconic faction, building the dragon’s prestige, working for the well-being of dragonkind as a whole, or altering the nature of the world and its magic. A dragon’s schemes become
the basis for an adventure when they intersect with the characters’ lives. Most directly, the characters might be asked to aid the dragon’s schemes or to oppose them. The Cross Purposes table
Goblin
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
traps, snares, and nets to catch the unwary, and when their hunting patrols encounter other beings, they always look for ways to capture their foes instead of killing them. Goblins that run up against
goblin tribe has to nobility is the caste of lashers — families of goblins trained in the ways of battle, and also possessed of key skills such as strategy, trap-building, beast taming, mining
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
melee weapon that has the thrown property, such as a handaxe, can use your Strength modifier instead. BUILDING BRUENOR, STEP 5
Bob writes down the starting equipment from the fighter class and the
damage rolls. A weapon that has the finesse property, such as a rapier, can use your Dexterity modifier instead. For attacks with ranged weapons, use your Dexterity modifier for attack and damage rolls. A
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
to attack the dwarves of the Sumber Hills, and the stronghold was finally abandoned. The gates of Tyar-Besil lie in ruin now, broken not by the siege engines of enemies but instead by the tremors
produced by the nearby elemental node. Unlike the members of the other three cults, the Black Earth cultists have easy access to the surface. This quarter of the temple complex lies almost directly
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
Contests Sometimes one character’s or monster’s efforts are directly opposed to another’s. This can occur when both of them are trying to do the same thing and only one can succeed, such as
ability checks appropriate to their efforts. They apply all appropriate bonuses and penalties, but instead of comparing the total to a DC, they compare the totals of their two checks. The participant
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
minutes studying the flowers can make a DC 20 Intelligence (Nature) check; on a successful check, the creature can choose which flower it plucks from the table instead of rolling randomly. A serene
A single-story guesthouse sits on the cliff above the hot spring and gardens. This building is empty unless Asteria and Euryale are hosting friends or wayward travelers there. The guesthouse has a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
guards are posted on the balcony and one guard patrols around the outside of the building at ground level. A character can avoid the notice of the exterior guards with a successful DC 12 Dexterity
” section, roll a d6 instead of a d4, reflecting their increased ability to avoid the guards. If the characters spend more than 10 minutes in any room that’s part of the guard rotation, a guard






