drawn insect are brutal

Signature Style

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything

style that mirrors your outlook on life, or is something else inside you unleashed when weapons are drawn? Signature Styles d6 Style 1 Elegant. You move with precise grace and total control, never

using more energy than you need. 2 Brutal. Your attacks rain down like hammer blows, meant to splinter bone or send blood flying. 3 Cunning. You dart in to attack at just the right moment and use small

Tri-flower Frond

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

Drops d100 Treasure 01–50 None 51–52 A crude map drawn on a scrap of tanned dinosaur hide, showing a route to Port Nyanzaru and the location of a randomly determined landmark or lair (250 gp) 53–54

smoking pipe (25 gp) 67–68 Case containing 2d12 blocks of insect repellent incense 69–70 An iron token bearing the symbol of a triceratops (the sign of the Ytepka Society), worth 50 gp in Port Nyanzaru 71

22. Temple

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat

Varram alive, the priestess demands that the party leave the complex without killing any more yuan-ti. She is willing to turn over the dwarf, but explains that his soul has been temporarily drawn from

his body by powerful yuan-ti magic. When the characters have left the enclave, it will be returned. (The priestess is lying — Varram is in his present semiconscious state because of the brutal

22. Temple

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons

Varram alive, the priestess demands that the party leave the complex without killing any more yuan-ti. She is willing to turn over the dwarf, but explains that his soul has been temporarily drawn from his

body by powerful yuan-ti magic. When the characters have left the enclave, it will be returned. (The priestess is lying—Varram is in his present semiconscious state because of the brutal treatment

Type

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)

types, which have no rules of their own. Aberrations are utterly alien beings. Many of them have innate magical abilities drawn from the creature's alien mind rather than the mystical forces of the world

spellcasting), and a bipedal form. The most common humanoid races are the ones most suitable as player characters: humans, dwarves, elves, and halflings. Almost as numerous but far more savage and brutal, and

Cult of the Black Earth

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

common courtesy as a way for the weak to put limits on the behavior of the strong, and they scorn empathy or friendship as weakness. In battle, Black Earth cultists are brutal and straightforward. They

Heartlands, Marlos felt drawn to the desolate Sumber Hills by troubling dreams and visions. A long stairway beneath a ruined monastery brought him to an ancient cavern with a hideous altar, upon which lay a

The Monastery

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish

feels quite right. Over long years, the monastery has drawn hundreds of dark recruits to its hidden location, through both whispered rumor and dark outreach to criminals seeking refuge from the law

(Perception) check. Any monk whose face is seen shows an identical grim countenance — a face flayed nearly to the bone, the result of a brutal initiation to better match the appearance of the Grand

Baldur's Gate

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide

all matters, great and small. At any given time, roughly one-quarter of the peers are powerful members of Lower City society, with the rest drawn from the Upper City’s noble families, called patriars

wards is as stark as it has ever been. The Flaming Fist is responsible for keeping order in the Lower City, and do so with brutal efficiency, deterring most from engaging in bold, public acts of theft

Black Earth Cultists

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

Black Earth Cultists Murderers, lunatics, hateful nihilists — these are the sort of people drawn to worship the might of Elemental Evil. The followers of evil elemental earth call themselves the Cult

fickle and insubstantial compared to the power of elemental earth. Black Earth Guard Black Earth guards are the warriors of the earth cult. They are brutal, heavily armored thugs devoted to Ogrémoch

Locations on the Second Level

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a6

altar and grabs the nearest living creature. The tentacle has a reach of 20 feet and a +11 bonus to hit. A creature hit by the tentacle is drawn into the stone—totally gone, destroyed. If a creature is

drawn into the altar, the altar returns to its dormant state, and atop it will be the thing most wished for by the party—or something that will enable the characters to attain the end or state they most

Torrents Locations

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

atop the plateaus. Each has five javelins. They are slaves of the aboleth, and slime covers their translucent flesh. They aren’t afraid to die. Unless they are drawn to area P20 to protect the aboleth

young Gar Shatterkeel into brutal indenture. The other is the same Calishite pirate vessel that attacked the Tethyrian merchant galley, an event that caused Gar to be cast adrift and lose his arm to a

Lesser Cavern Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Descent into the Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth

of the cave. Two hideous giants squat near a circle of hefty stones enclosing a crackling fire. Above the roaring flames, a charred giant insect rotates slowly on a spit. Two fomorians inhabit

something else catches their attention. Bright light draws the chuuls to the water’s edge, as does any magic in the lake or near its surface, such as the boat from area L12. If drawn to the surface

Lesser Caverns Locations

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

insect rotates slowly on a spit. Two fomorians inhabit this cave. The beds, fire pit, and utensils are all sized for Huge creatures. The fomorians are cruel, violent, and bored. When the giants

the boat from area L13. If drawn to the surface, the chuuls attack. L14a: Stone Bridge. An unadorned stone bridge spans the northwest river. L14b: Gargoyle Bridge. A bridge decorated with reliefs of

Locations in Saltmarsh

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh

witness to. His mood shifts to darkness as he witnesses a brutal murder on the docks of a squalid port, then lifts in pride as he watches a brave mariner leap into the sea and save a drowning child

blessings of his clerics, dogging their steps with wretched weather until his attention is drawn elsewhere. Procan’s clerics reflect their deity’s chaotic nature. They seek omens of his moods in the

Daelkyr

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

create the curse of lycanthropy. Whatever the origin of lycanthropy, in the ninth century YK, the power of the curse surged dramatically, and all lycanthropes were drawn toward evil. The Church of the

Silver Flame engaged in a long crusade to defend civilization from this brutal scourge, eventually all but eradicating lycanthropy from the Five Nations. The lycanthropes that survived hid in dark

Lair Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh

haven’t been unnecessarily brutal in their treatment of other lizardfolk, he reaches this conclusion if any character makes a successful DC 10 Charisma (Persuasion) check. But if they have slain any

lawful neutral. She speaks Common as well as Abyssal and Draconic. If the characters enter this area with weapons drawn or otherwise behave threateningly, they are attacked without hesitation. The

Locations on the Fortress Level

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a1

bottom of the subterranean vault is 80 feet below where the characters stand. Creatures. Drawn by the occasional animal that accidentally falls into the ravine, three giant rats lurk in the rubble

chamber. Most of the rusty iron hooks in the ceiling are empty, but a few hold the skinned carcasses of large vermin, huge fungoid stalks, and several massive insect carapaces. On a small, battered

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