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Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
language to communicate with one another over distance. Each individual typically hunts alone and widely separated from the others to ensure that everyone gets adequate fodder. The leader might
out across the world.
Numerous creatures have tried to tame, subjugate, or cooperate with the monsters. For instance, some forest-dwelling peoples capture girallons and train them to serve as sentinels
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
A Hasty Retreat While the Red Dragon Army recovers from the destruction of the City of Lost Names, Darrett Highwater and the troops from Kalaman retreat and make camp a safe distance away. Begin this
chapter as the characters join them by reading the following text: Kalaman’s surviving soldiers made camp on a bluff east of the City of Lost Names—or what remains of it. In the distance, a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
How to Lay a Giant Low A force allied with giants — or worse, a force made up of giants — is one of the most fearsome opponents on the battlefield. The giants can rain boulders onto an enemy from a
distance where only skilled archers, heavy siege weapons, or spellcasters can strike back at them. At first blush, it might seem that a potent wizard would make the best giant-killer, but few
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
.
An eight-foot-tall rectangular stone stands upright in the room’s center. The stone has an inscription on it that’s hard to read from a distance. At the foot of the standing stone, a small human is
points down the western hallway. In obvious exasperation and desperation, he attacks anyone who attempts to leave by the eastern door. Pinned under a pile of small boulders is an eleven-year-old boy
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
boulders at this end of the field are all at least 2 feet in diameter and weigh 500 pounds or more. The cyclopes speak only Giant. If any character addresses them in that language, they ignore any
dragged or carried — it must fly at least part of the distance. The characters can beat this challenge in several ways. The most straightforward solution is to reduce the boulder with an enlarge/reduce
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
make a stand. If characters walk into the trap, the cultists tumble boulders onto them. Each character must succeed on a DC 11 Dexterity saving throw or take 2d12 bludgeoning damage from falling rocks
. The distance is only 10 to 15 feet and no ability check is required, but the rocks are difficult terrain. Developments These raiders are distinctly different from the earlier stragglers. All are dressed
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
cultists make a stand. If characters walk into the trap, the cultists tumble boulders onto them. Each character must succeed on a DC 11 Dexterity saving throw or take 2d12 bludgeoning damage from falling
scramble up the rocks. The distance is only 10 to 15 feet and no ability check is required, but the rocks are difficult terrain. Developments These raiders are distinctly different from the earlier
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
boulders at this end of the field are all at least 2 feet in diameter and weigh 500 pounds or more. The cyclopes speak only Giant. If any character addresses them in that language, they ignore any
dragged or carried—it must fly at least part of the distance. The characters can beat this challenge in several ways. The most straightforward solution is to reduce the boulder with an enlarge/reduce spell
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
communicate with one another over distance. Each individual typically hunts alone and widely separated from the others to ensure that everyone gets adequate fodder. The leader might organize members
. Numerous creatures have tried to tame, subjugate, or cooperate with the monsters. For instance, some forest-dwelling peoples capture girallons and train them to serve as sentinels. Recognizing that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
Your Turn On your turn, you can move a distance up to your speed and take one action. You decide whether to move first or take your action first. Your speed--sometimes called your walking speed--is
care or when it presents an unusual obstacle. For instance, the DM could reasonably expect you to use an action to open a stuck door or turn a crank to lower a drawbridge. Reactions Certain special
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
Your Turn On your turn, you can move a distance up to your speed and take one action. You decide whether to move first or take your action first. Your speed — sometimes called your walking speed — is
for any of these activities when it needs special care or when it presents an unusual obstacle. For instance, the DM could reasonably expect you to use an action to open a stuck door or turn a crank
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
a good distance, seemingly unharmed by the cataclysm that produced the damage around them. Indeed, because of their pristine condition, some folk conjecture that these towers must have been built
boulders. The central towers were apparently preserved by some aspect of their magical construction — which isn’t to say that they were entirely unaffected by the crash. Upon closer inspection, one of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
days before the actual meeting: trampled brush, broken or uprooted trees, gigantic boot prints, 3-foot-high runic trail markings carved into trees or etched onto boulders, and winter wolf droppings
to the River Tiryki, and from the ruins of Port Castigliar to the northeastern mountains. Drufi has seen Fort Beluarian from a distance and Port Nyanzaru from across the mouth of the River Tiryki, but
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Encounter Distance column in the Travel Terrain table gives the range at which creatures might become aware of each other while journeying through the wilderness. When staging an encounter, consider these
characters and monsters spot each other from a distance in open terrain. Found by Chance. The characters happen upon monsters that are camping, eating, hunting, basking in the sun, walking along the same trail
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
is a tunnel cloaked by a 6th-level major image spell to look like a solid stone wall. Discovering its nature from a distance requires a DC 19 Intelligence (Investigation) check, although direct
, their rib cages shattered by boulders lying atop them. Only one skeleton remains whole, and it clutches to its chest an open-faced steel helmet decorated with a golden circlet above the brow, from which
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
dominant adult that also tends to be the oldest member of the group. When on the hunt away from their lair, girallons use roars and body language to communicate with one another over distance. Each
with the monsters. For instance, yuan-ti enslave girallons, turning them into border sentinels for their serpent kingdoms. Because girallons are known to be peaceful among their own kind, some
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
, requiring opponents to create light at a distance in order to return fire with any accuracy. Even intruders who don’t need light to see have to contend with the beholder’s superior senses — the monster can
change in circumstances, or to press an assault that it began on its turn. For instance, it might use its sleep ray as a legendary action against an enemy that has just been awakened. If no such
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
monster and a player character. Your Turn On your turn, you can move a distance up to your Speed and take one action. You decide whether to move first or take your action first. The main actions you
to use an action for any of these activities when it needs special care or when it presents an unusual obstacle. For instance, the DM might require you to take the Utilize action to open a stuck door
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
monster and a player character. Your Turn On your turn, you can move a distance up to your Speed and take one action. You decide whether to move first or take your action first. The main actions you
to use an action for any of these activities when it needs special care or when it presents an unusual obstacle. For instance, the DM might require you to take the Utilize action to open a stuck door
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation Supplement
encounter occurs during the day, the characters are ambushed by 2d4 geonids (see “Geonid”) disguised as small boulders. They demand at least 25 gp worth of treasure for safe passage throughout their
occasionally one will venture inland to find food. The characters encounter a lone giant snapping turtle (see Tomb of Annihilation) and can avoid it by keeping their distance. Jaculis Without warning, 1d6
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
characters without mercy. Bel then steeples his fingers and watches the battle unfold. In battle, the fire giants hurl buckets, tools, and heavy chains instead of boulders. They also try to shove enemies
bids them farewell, turns invisible, and follows them at a respectful distance. River Travel Balakros offers to lead the characters to an iron barge moored on the shore of the River Styx. An iron road
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
predictions of doom 13 Fidgets 14 Squints 15 Stares into the distance 16 Chews something 17 Paces 18 Taps fingers 19 Bites fingernails 20 Twirls hair or tugs beard Interactions with Others In one
table. The alignment connections here are suggestions only; an evil character could have beauty as an ideal, for instance. NPC Ideals d6 Good Ideal Evil Ideal 1 Beauty Domination 2 Charity Greed
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
of courage, loyalty, selflessness, and truth, as well as the advancement of just societies. For instance, in Faerûn, ki-rins rally mostly to Torm, although ki-rins also serve his allies Tyr and
creatures are rarely aggressive toward others that aren’t normally prey. Evil creatures can’t tolerate the holy atmosphere within the same distance, and usually choose to live much farther from the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
to the ceiling down to the floor. Tracks have worn smooth paths from ledge to ledge across the curving floor.
The thunderous griding of stone echoes throughout the cave, as three boulders roll along
the tracks at dangerous speeds. Other large rocks, worn nearly spherical, sit motionless throughout the gallery.
The rolling boulders are three galeb duhr, created and bound by Iggwilv to defend
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
to hunt for wild game on the tundra or on the shores of the Sea of Moving Ice. If the characters hide in the snow and keep their distance, the giant and its mount continue unimpeded, and the encounter
the highest uproots their shrub first. If both succeed and their rolls are the same, the contest ends in a draw.
4 Boulder Roll. Two 10-foot-diameter boulders are dug up, and a finish line is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
: 1d10) performing a sacrifice to Thrym
9 1 bored troll amalgam* (attitude: 1d10) throwing its arm at a stack of boulders
10 2d4 goliath giant-kin* (attitude: 1d8 + 3) on a pilgrimage
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its outskirts, like wolves keeping a respectful distance from a campfire but unable to stray too far.
—Bigby
You could describe many giant communities the same way: unable to stray from the glory
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Descent into the Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth
. The sound of roaring water echoes from downstream. A short distance beyond the bridge, the river becomes a waterfall, plummeting 300 feet into an Underdark lake. The lake and the creatures that
a Periapt of Proof against Poison left over from an unlucky explorer the behir digested. L16: Boulder Heap Small, rounded boulders are carefully stacked here, blocking the entrance to a wide tunnel
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
gargoyles spans the west river flowing from the lake. The sound of roaring water echoes from downstream. A short distance beyond the bridge, the river becomes a waterfall, plummeting 300 feet into an
gp and 700 sp. L17: Boulder Heap Small, rounded boulders are carefully stacked here, blocking the entrance to a wide tunnel.
The boulders are obviously not a natural formation. Chossos (see area
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
these skills. For instance, you might spot hidden messages in a map, identify when the map was made to determine if geographical features have changed since then, and so forth. Nature. Your familiarity
Determine a map’s age and origin 10 Estimate direction and distance to a landmark 15 Discern that a map is fake 15 Fill in a missing part of a map 20 Cobbler’s Tools Although the cobbler’s trade
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a2
with a faint phosphorescence. The ceiling is almost fifty feet overhead, and bright flecks and gleaming stone formations are visible in the distance. Patches of strange fungi dot the floor, including
path leading east comes closest to the slope. They are wedged into spaces between boulders, 6 to 8 feet above the cavern floor. Their Stone Camouflage trait gives them advantage on Dexterity (Stealth
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
south. The chasm floor is fifty feet below the bridge and consists of a jumbled mass of boulders. To the west, the chasm narrows and continues for some distance.
Three gargoyles guard the area
holds a ten-foot-tall statue depicting a crude humanoid form composed of earth, boulders, and sharp crystals. One massive, rocky fist is raised above its blunt head. Shattered rubble from an older
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
characters near the riverbank. Characters who survey the river or enter its waters and succeed on a DC 14 Wisdom (Perception) check spot the dragon, who keeps her distance. If a character reacts
successful DC 16 Dexterity (Acrobatics) check. A character who surveys the hollow from a distance and succeeds on a DC 16 Wisdom (Perception) check discovers the trap, which can be disarmed by poking it with a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
fall into the wrong hands and have concealed as much of the real meaning of the request as possible — for instance, using words like “goods” instead of “weapons.” The two desk drawers are locked; a
has noted, from a distance, the periodic travels of the Sea Ghost at night along a supposedly deserted coastal area. Suspicious of this behavior, the tribal chief ordered Oceanus to keep watch on this
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
present to defend the town, the frost giant raiders force hundreds of townsfolk to take refuge in the mines. The giants pile boulders in front of the mine entrances to trap the townsfolk inside, then loot
. Once they finish, the giants move on to the next ruined homestead they find. The giants are too distracted to notice anyone watching them from a distance. If the characters confront the giants or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
descends 1 foot for every 10 feet of horizontal distance covered. At the end of the flight, the wearer lands on its feet and the glider is intact. If the wearer tries to accelerate the rate of descent
and engaging in mischief. For instance, it warns the characters that the sarcophagus is trapped, and that opening the lid will free a pit fiend bound within. Treasure. Characters who take the time to