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The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
succeed on a DC 18 Intelligence (Investigation) check to discern that the treant is animate.Multiattack. The treant makes two Slam attacks.
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dies, until the treant dies or is more than 120 feet from the tree, or until the treant takes a bonus action to turn it back into an inanimate tree. The tree then takes root if possible.Bludgeoning, PiercingFire
Monsters
Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
succeed on a DC 18 Intelligence (Investigation) check to discern that the groff isn’t an ordinary moss-covered bog patch.
Hold Breath. The groff can hold its breath for up to 1 hour.Multiattack
unoccupied space.Many a Strixhaven student wandering the bayou has stepped on a seemingly mundane patch of moss—only to discover that it was the back of a hungry groff lurking beneath the
Monsters
Curse of Strahd
sneak out of the closet in the middle of the night, smother the guest with a pillow, and then retreat back to the closet. The castle staff never considered that the effigy might be responsible
.
Pidlwick II is basically an oversized toy—a 4-foot-tall mechanism stuffed with gears, springs, and other components expertly fitted together to impart a semblance of life to it. Its skin is made of stitched
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
, that creature must succeed on a DC 18 Intelligence (Investigation) check to discern that the mimic is animate.Multiattack. The mimic makes one Bite attack and two Pseudopod attacks.
Bite. Melee Weapon
. The mimic transforms into a hoard or back into its true, amorphous form. Its statistics are the same in each form. Any equipment it is wearing or carrying isn’t transformed. It reverts to its
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
Recap Start each game session after the first with a recap of what happened in the previous session. A recap helps players get back into the story. It also provides important information to players
have specific information you need to impart or if you want the recap to be concise and focused on what’s relevant. Player Recap. Let the players provide the recap if you want to gauge what they think
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Recap Start each game session after the first with a recap of what happened in the previous session. A recap helps players get back into the story. It also provides important information to players
have specific information you need to impart or if you want the recap to be concise and focused on what’s relevant. Player Recap. Let the players provide the recap if you want to gauge what they think
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
Strahd back to health but also delivered him safely home. As a reward for their generosity, Strahd declared that all Vistani had the right to come and go from his land as they please, and this privilege
master, Strahd’s Vistani pretend to be helpful, but the information they impart is misleading at best and often deceptive. They readily tell adventurers that they have a potion that protects them from the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
creature might have knowledge to impart, a debt to repay, or a grudge to have righted. You could even have creatures from the two gates know of each another — and, as with the monastery’s sphinx and brains
. A follow-up successful DC 15 Intelligence (Religion) check can then trigger ritual magic that reverses the flood of ooze and sends it back to the Slime Pits. However, if this check is failed by 5 or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
soul by swearing to hunt down his own kind. Later, he volunteered to join Zariel on her crusade into the Nine Hells. Stirges now swarm back and forth from Jander’s body, preserving his existence by
: Jander and Haruman were both part of a host of warriors who joined the angel Zariel in her assault on the Nine Hells. After charging through the portal into Avernus, Jander panicked and fled back to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
wings that extend from their back and shoulders. Owlin unleash magic in the sky above Strixhaven Like owls, owlin are graced with feathers that make no sound when they move or fly, making it easy for
can see in dim light within 120 feet of yourself as if it were bright light and in darkness as if it were dim light. You discern colors in that darkness only as shades of gray. Flight. Thanks to your
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
examines the protrusion can make a DC 15 Intelligence (History) check to discern its nature. (The dwarves’ Stonecunning trait can prove useful here.) On a successful check, the character can confirm
bottom, landing prone in area P1 but taking no damage. Characters can forgo climbing and simply slide down the tunnel, with a similar result. Getting back to the surface requires climbing gear or magic.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver
,” he snarls. “Here’s a whole pack of little puppies. What do you want, puppies? Come here to bark at us?”
If the Redbrands confront the characters in the street, read: As you head back into the street
who are captured or charmed by the characters can impart useful information. (See the “What the Redbrands Know” sidebar below.) Townmaster Harbin Wester won’t want to keep Redbrand prisoners until he
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation Supplement
roof of the serpent’s mouth, which forms a canopy over a dark, ten-foot-wide tunnel leading into the mountain. The tunnel at the back of the serpent’s head is 200 feet long and corkscrews gently down
into the mountain, ending before an unlit oval chamber. Characters who have a light source or can see in the dark can discern the room’s features: The tunnel ends at a domed oval room thirty feet deep
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
big enough to carry a person on its back.” (Keliphron can’t perceive colors, so it can’t discern the color of the dragon’s scales.) What Can You Tell Us about the Dragon’s Lair? “It doesn’t look like a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
form allows it to blend into almost any group or community, but its transformation doesn’t impart languages, mannerisms, memory, or personality. Doppelgangers often follow or capture creatures they
into a Small or Medium humanoid it has seen, or back into its true form. Its statistics, other than its size, are the same in each form. Any equipment it is wearing or carrying isn’t transformed. It
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
of the floor on its back, its shriveled tongue hanging out and all six feet sticking up in the air. Clutched in one of its clawed feet is a transparent orb. The basilisk was killed by previous
magic. The stasis ends and the pudding attacks if it is touched or harmed. The statue’s stone features are impossible to discern while the black pudding covers it. Once the pudding sloughs off
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
Groff Many a Strixhaven student wandering the bayou has stepped on a seemingly mundane patch of moss—only to discover that it was the back of a hungry groff lurking beneath the surface. These shaggy
combat, it has advantage on its initiative roll. Moreover, if a creature hasn’t observed the groff move or act, that creature must succeed on a DC 18 Intelligence (Investigation) check to discern that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
darkness as if it were dim light. You discern colors in that darkness only as shades of gray. Healing Hands. As an action, you can touch a creature and roll a number of d4s equal to your proficiency bonus
again until you finish a long rest: Necrotic Shroud. Your eyes briefly become pools of darkness, and ghostly, flightless wings sprout from your back temporarily. Creatures other than your allies
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
initiative roll. Moreover, if a creature hasn’t observed the treant move or act, that creature must succeed on a DC 18 Intelligence (Investigation) check to discern that the treant is animate.
Actions
more than 120 feet from the tree, or until the treant takes a bonus action to turn it back into an inanimate tree. The tree then takes root if possible.
Dragonfly Riding Riding a dragonfly costs 1
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a3
follow, but will take to marching back and forth in front of the boulder and will continue to threaten the party if they approach again. If the crayfish is attacked, it will immediately call forth its
) check enables a character to discern this fact and get a hint as to Kalka-Kylla’s nature before the crab moves. When the characters enter the room, Kalka-Kylla is asleep and will not awaken unless
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
words and tiny arrows. They hope to provoke the characters into damaging Big Barkless, thus prompting the blight to fight back. While ridiculing the characters from their hollows, the sprites have
) check to discern that the blight is animate.
Siege Monster. The blight deals double damage to objects and structures.
Actions
Multiattack. The blight makes one Branch attack and one Grasping Root
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
flying rocking horse, modify the following boxed text to remove all mention of the horse: Creaking softly, a rocking horse moves back and forth near the door. Peeling paint covers its limbs, and its
creature hasn’t observed the rocking horse move or act, that creature must succeed on a DC 18 Intelligence (Investigation) check to discern that the rocking horse is animate.
Flying Mount. The rocking
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
minutes, characters can discern that there are four human cultists and eight kobolds in the group. The kobolds and humans distrust each other, and although the cultists act as if they’re the bosses
allies. If characters choose to bypass this group, a detour can get them around it with no difficulty. They could run into these stragglers again on their way back to Greenest. If characters attack, then
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
minutes, characters can discern that there are four human cultists and eight kobolds in the group. The kobolds and humans distrust each other, and although the cultists act as if they’re the bosses
allies. If characters choose to bypass this group, a detour can get them around it with no difficulty. They could run into these stragglers again on their way back to Greenest. If characters attack, then
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
nightwalker must be lured back to the Negative Plane by offerings of life for it to devour. If the nightwalker is destroyed, the trapped creature has no hope of escape. Beings of Anti-Life. One can discern
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
characters are sure to find him. The first time the characters arrive at the foretold location, Strahd is there, provided he hasn’t been forced back into his coffin. Artifact (Joker 1) He lurks in the
them, but only to discern the location of their enemy. Raven (Queen of Clubs) Look to the mother’s tomb.
Strahd faces the characters in the tomb of King Barov and Queen Ravenovia (area K88
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
creature hasn’t observed the mimic move or act, that creature must succeed on a DC 18 Intelligence (Investigation) check to discern that the mimic is animate.
Actions
Multiattack. The mimic makes
takes half as much damage and isn’t blinded.
Shapechanger. The mimic transforms into a hoard or back into its true, amorphous form. Its statistics are the same in each form. Any equipment it is wearing or carrying isn’t transformed. It reverts to its true form if it dies.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
the upper room, which contains only hundreds of bricks of pink, rotting meat and a magical mechanism that pushes them down the chute at random intervals. It’s impossible to discern what sort of creature
(5,000 gp each). He is just as surprised to see the gemstones as anyone else, and he offers them to the characters as a reward for “saving” him. He then seeks out a way back to the Underdark, wanting nothing more to do with Undermountain.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
originating from the room below. Set into the back wall is an alcove with an engraved stone disk on the floor — one of Ras Nsi’s magic teleporters (see “Teleporters”). Portcullis A portcullis seals the
north balcony. As the ceremony reaches fever pitch, she joins the revelers in the blood pool to feast on the prisoners before slithering back to her quarters. On occasion, human prisoners are transformed
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
of the night, smother the guest with a pillow, and then retreat back to the closet. The castle staff never considered that the effigy might be responsible, instead assuming that the guests had died
4-foot-tall mechanism stuffed with gears, springs, and other components expertly fitted together to impart a semblance of life to it. Its skin is made of stitched leather pulled taut over an
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
darkness. You can see in dim light within 60 feet of you as if it were bright light, and in darkness as if it were dim light. You can’t discern color in darkness, only shades of gray. Celestial
your eyes to glimmer and two luminous, incorporeal wings to sprout from your back. Your transformation lasts for 1 minute or until you end it as a bonus action. During it, you have a flying speed of 30
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
Wisdom saving throw or gain one level of madness (see “Madness” in chapter 2). Characters can discern the shapes of writhing creatures inside each lump. Most of these are humanoids, though a few of the
abruptly stops screaming. A brief moment of lucidity replaces his terror, even as his eyes roll back into his head in some kind of bizarre euphoria as he goes limp and slowly sinks back down into the fungal
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
initiative roll. Moreover, if a creature hasn’t observed the mound moving or acting, that creature must succeed on a DC 15 Wisdom (Perception) check to discern that the mound is animate. Granny Nightshade
back. If the root is brought back and given to it, the shambling mound goes on a rampage through the garden, destroying and devouring everything it can while leaving the characters and their allies
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
a treasure trove of information, and there’s no telling what wonders it holds! As an example, he shows the characters an intricately carved figurine of an imp that he has found and is taking back to
Candlekeep for study. Matreous explains that he would dearly like to continue to explore the mansion’s mysteries himself, but he could be much more useful back in Candlekeep. Thanks to the research he
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
tracks they make in the snow. Characters who search for tracks on the snow-covered dock and succeed on a DC 10 Wisdom (Survival) check can discern 1d4 distinct sets of dwarven boot prints leading to
. Lurking in the cabin is Durth Sunblight. He knows when someone else boards the ship by the creaking of the deck. As a precaution, he turns invisible and stands in an empty corner at the back of the cabin