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Wersten Kern

Monsters Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen

success, Wersten drops to 1 hit point instead. Unusual Nature. Wersten doesn’t require air, food, drink, or sleep.Multiattack. Wersten makes three Banner Pike attacks and uses Terrifying

Litany if it’s available. Banner Pike. Melee Weapon Attack: +10;{"diceNotation":"1d20+10","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Banner Pike"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 10 (1d10 + 5

Cradle of the Hill Scion

Monsters Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

Awakening of the Scion. The cradle is a container for the scion of Grolantor. When the cradle drops to 0 hit points, its body crumbles to dirt and moss. The scion instantly appears in the 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 has

Scion of Grolantor

Monsters Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

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 effects

tree towers from the crest of the hill. When roused, a cradle of the hill scion rises as a mass of dirt, stone, and roots with two massive arms. The cradle uses tree roots and waves of dirt to

Miirym

Monsters Candlekeep Mysteries

Miirym fails a saving throw, she can choose to succeed instead. X-Ray Vision. Miirym can see through solid matter out to a range of 60 feet. To her, opaque creatures, objects, and obstacles within

that distance appear transparent and don’t prevent light from passing through them. This vision can penetrate 5 feet of stone, 3 inches of common metal, and up to 10 feet of wood or dirt. Thicker

Rak Tulkhesh

Monsters Eberron: Rising from the Last War

Deadly Critical. Rak Tulkhesh scores a critical hit on a roll of 19 or 20 and rolls the damage dice three times, instead of twice. Innate Spellcasting. Rak Tulkhesh's spellcasting ability is Charisma

, staggering smite Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If Rak Tulkhesh fails a saving throw, he can choose to succeed instead. Magic Resistance. Rak Tulkhesh has advantage on saving throws against spells and

Knight Legacy

Backgrounds Player’s Handbook (2014)

most societies, but it can be a path to higher status. If you wish to be a knight, choose the Retainers feature (see the sidebar) instead of the Position of Privilege feature. One of your commoner

horse and a servant who polishes your armor (and even helps you put it on). As an emblem of chivalry and the ideals of courtly love, you might include among your equipment a banner or other token from a

Noble Legacy

Backgrounds Basic Rules (2014)

) instead of the Position of Privilege feature. One of your commoner retainers is replaced by a noble who serves as your squire, aiding you in exchange for training on his or her own path to knighthood

, you might include among your equipment a banner or other token from a noble lord or lady to whom you have given your heart—in a chaste sort of devotion. (This person could be your bond

Halfling Legacy

Species Basic Rules (2014)

might be a wagon jostling along a dirt road or a raft floating downriver. Small and Practical The diminutive halflings survive in a world full of larger creatures by avoiding notice or, barring

land beyond their quiet shires. They typically don’t recognize any sort of halfling nobility or royalty, instead looking to family elders to guide them. Families preserve their traditional ways

Noble - Baldur's Gate

Backgrounds Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus

knighthood is among the lowest noble titles in most societies, but it can be a path to higher status. If you wish to be a knight, choose the Retainers feature (see the sidebar) instead of the

among your equipment a banner or other token from a noble lord or lady to whom you have given your heart—in a chaste sort of devotion. (This person could be your bond.) Variant Feature

Investigating Rivergard

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse

. The keep seems old and worn, but new timbers and shingles suggest that repairs are underway. A white banner with a blue gauntlet flies over the keep. The front gate is closed. What happens next

characters entered through the water gate (area K11), three Crushing Wave reavers (chapter 7) provide escort instead. The escort takes the party to the great hall (area K16), where Grimjaw interviews

H. Tser Falls

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

waterfall spills into a pool, billowing forth clouds of cold mist. A great stone bridge spans the canyon nearly one thousand feet overhead. If the characters are on the high road instead, read: You follow

the dirt road as it clings to the side of a mountain and ends before an arching bridge of mold-encrusted stone that spans a natural chasm. Gargoyles cloaked in black moss perch on the corners of the

Orc Legacy

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

strongholds, and then decorated with uniquely orcish accessories. A war wagon is a source of great pride for a war chief, comparable to a human army’s banner or flag. Many are clad in armor and

8. Ballroom

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

following ways corresponding to their reaction: Join Lady Silvra or Belligerence. Characters who say they’ll join Lady Silvra or who taunt the voice hear the scream but aren’t affected by it. Instead

belligerence. Closet. At the rear of the room is a closet filled with withered decorations from past celebrations. A faded banner depicts numerous winged seahorses and the words “Happy Birthday Regan and Vastion!”

Tracking Monsters' Hit Points

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

Thod (ogre w/ helm): 71 Mur (ogre smeared w/ dirt): 59 If you use miniatures to represent monsters, one way to differentiate them is to give each one a unique miniature. If you use identical

has taken, adding to that number as characters deal damage (instead of subtracting from the monster’s Hit Points). Adding is generally easier than subtracting, and you can track damage on a visible

Broken King Antigonos

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

his brow, and one of his horns ends in a jagged stump. He drags a rusty greataxe in the dirt, and tied to his back is a 30-pound, clay amphora painted with images of warring hoplites—all of whom have

table to determine the results. Test of the Amphora d20 Result 1–9 The character is too small. Antigonos tries to solve this problem by scooping several pounds of dirt into the amphora

Twenty-Two Riddles

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things

befuddling. Click to see the answer! Puzzle I’m a royal servant wielding words instead of blades—a painted courtier, my smile never fades. Wielder of guile, often reviled. Click to see the answer

always find one. It’s a criminal’s worst fear, and a despot’s secret weapon. Click to see the answer! Donjon Found in crown, in dirt, or in humble ring—just a pebble, really, but a splendid thing

Madness

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

instead of the spell effects in the Player’s Handbook. Diseases, poisons, and planar effects such as psychic wind or the howling winds of Pandemonium can all inflict madness. Some artifacts can also

chapter 9, “Dungeon Master’s Workshop”), a creature makes a Sanity saving throw instead. Madness Effects Madness can be short-term, long-term, or indefinite. Most relatively mundane effects impose

52. Throne Room

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation

, carnage, and death that have occurred in the Tomb of the Nine Gods. One of the artists is presently painting over scenes depicting the fall of the Company of the Yellow Banner. All that remains is an image

changes: Instead of darkvision, each artist has blindsight out to a range of 30 feet. The artists are blind beyond this radius and immune to the blinded condition. They have no effective attacks and are

1: Outer Gatehouse

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes of the Borderlands

Banner for the Keep Gatehouse Services The gatehouse offers the following services: Lower the Drawbridge. The drawbridge usually remains raised night and day. To lower or raise the bridge, wheels

lend their services to the keep. Exploration and Movement. Exploration is open-ended; the players don’t take turns moving around the keep the way they do in combat. Instead, players simply say

Bronze Dragon Adventures

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

election is unworthy of the job, a bronze dragon is now supporting an authoritarian leader instead. 7 A bronze dragon has been approached by both sides in a war and needs agents to get close to

of smaller species to fight for justice beneath the dragon’s banner. 6 Dragonborn pirates bribe a young bronze dragon into helping them steal ship cargoes for a sizable cut of the profits

Noble

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

(see the sidebar) instead of the Position of Privilege feature. One of your commoner retainers is replaced by a noble who serves as your squire, aiding you in exchange for training on his or her own

ideals of courtly love, you might include among your equipment a banner or other token from a noble lord or lady to whom you have given your heart — in a chaste sort of devotion. (This person could be your

Maglubiyet's Will Be Done

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters

that lends new urgency to their every action. When multiple legions gather into a host, each of those legions has a separate status, just as each banner in a legion does. The legion of the host’s

warlord has the highest status, and warlords of lower status are demoted to the title of general. A member of the lowest-ranked banner in the warlord’s legion has a higher status than those of other

Running Combat

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules

You can get to the action of combat more quickly by using Initiative scores instead of rolling. You might decide to use Initiative scores just for characters, just for monsters, or for both. Initiative

ogre’s Hit Points and add notes (and even a name, if you like) to differentiate each one: Krag (ogre w/ scar): 68 Thod (ogre w/ helm): 71 Mur (ogre smeared w/ dirt): 59 If you use miniatures to

The Basilisk Gate

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus

wall and takes its name from the various statues that rest in its niches and perch atop its battlements. Unseen beyond the sealed Basilisk Gate, a dirt road stretches through the Outer City slums to

way to deal with Flaming Fist soldiers is to bribe them. Those who can afford to pay a bribe of 10 gp or more (instead of the usual gate fee of 2 cp) are allowed passage through a gate after a bit of haggling. Map 1.1: Baldur’s Gate View Player Version

Gauntlet

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase

P64). Prit doesn’t elaborate further, electing to show the characters the spoons he has collected instead. Treasure. Prit carries a collection of one hundred and twelve spoons in his backpack. Many are

instead trigger one of these effects at the start of his turn (no action required). He can trigger each effect only once. Rapids. Two 10-foot-deep aqueducts surge with water 10 feet below the landings

Scions of Giants' Gods

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

rises as a mass of dirt, stone, and roots with two massive arms. The cradle uses tree roots and waves of dirt to entangle and entomb foes. If the cradle is destroyed, the scion of Grolantor inside it

Bonus +7 Awakening of the Scion. The cradle is a container for the scion of Grolantor. When the cradle drops to 0 hit points, its body crumbles to dirt and moss. The scion instantly appears in the

Overlords

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

yearn to carry his bloody banner into the soft lands of the south. The minotaurs of Droaam revere Rak Tulkhesh as the Horned Prince. But the most powerful of the overlord’s follower’s is the rakshasa

, instead of twice. Innate Spellcasting. Rak Tulkhesh’s spellcasting ability is Charisma (spell save DC 24). He can innately cast the following spells, requiring no material components: At will: detect

Goblinoid War Camp

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters

of conquered foes and goblinoids that neglect their duties. In a temporary camp, the block might be a simple slab of wood or stone laid on a hastily heaped-up pile of dirt. In a permanent garrison

the ground, the red-and-yellow whip of Khurgorbaeyag. Notably absent from this grouping are the symbols of the bugbear gods. Instead, severed heads hang in bunches around the block or are impaled

Star Forge Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Giants of the Star Forge

toward the characters. Each apparition uses the air elemental stat block with the following changes: The apparition has immunity to acid damage. The apparition’s Slam attack deals acid damage instead of

creatures of interest. 4: Island Path A wide dirt path slopes up the craggy island, connecting the shore to the south to a towering stone structure at the isle’s northern tip. Standing in the middle

Little Oak

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight

attack, it knocks the character unconscious instead of dealing a mortal wound. Unconscious characters are either tied up and questioned by Will or dragged to another part of the forest away from Little

to aid him. Using a stick, Will sketches a rough map of the lair in the dirt and outlines the plan as follows: The Approach. Bobi, Sloane, Zennor, and Star will creep through the woods to the west of

Feywild Features

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Domains of Delight: A Feywild Accessory

. Both Fey courts have spies who dig up dirt, sow seeds of dissent, and cause mischief. Captured spies are either ransomed or made examples of in various humiliating, nonlethal ways. Much of the gossip

firelit parties) Shuns the constraints of civilization (instead wearing only unfinished natural materials and sleeping under the stars) Dabbles in mysterious magic and rituals (adventurers can run afoul of

Chitines

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters

of Lolth’s displeasure with them. Instead, they were pleased, because choldriths could lay eggs that birthed more chitines (and the rare choldrith) and could direct the chitines in their work. But

workers might be tasked to dig a pit trap and cover it with fragile webbing disguised with loose dirt to appear as a solid surface. A colony can support numerous choldriths, which serve as commanders

Locations V - Z

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder

darkvision out to a range of 60 feet, and he speaks Common, Draconic, and Dwarvish. Instead of a scimitar and a dagger, he wields a pair of +1 handaxes (+5 to hit with each). As an action, he can make

shield dwarf knight armed with a greataxe instead of a greatsword), who reports to the marchion of Mirabar. Narbeck has a sending stone that allows him to speak to the marchion directly, ensuring that

Ascendant Factions

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands

entirely natural, something to be fostered in its own time. They don’t recklessly hasten destruction or oppose creation. Instead, they see that every act of creation is intrinsically tied to

warehouses Aligned Plane: Limbo Members: Anarchists, arsonists, freedom fighters Epithet: Wreakers The Hands of Havoc are a controlled burn. A collection of radical individualists united under the banner of

Random Encounters

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

not carrying light sources, they can try to hide from these Barovians, who carry pitchforks (+2 to hit) instead of clubs, dealing 3 (1d6) piercing damage on a hit. Barovian commoners rarely leave

without so much as a farewell. They wield light crossbows (+4 to hit, range 80/320 ft.) instead of longbows, dealing 6 (1d8 + 2) piercing damage on a hit. STRAHD'S SPIES As the undisputed master of

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