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Dungeon Master’s Guide
appears nocked and ready to fire. An arrow produced by this weapon deals Force damage instead of Piercing damage on a hit, and it disappears after it hits or misses its target. Until it disappears, the
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Arrow of Transport. As a Magic action, you can fire one energy arrow from this weapon at a target you can see within 60 feet of yourself. The target can be either a willing Medium or smaller creature or
Monsters
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
a creature that prowls the far reaches of Icewind Dale, known as Oyaminartok the Winter Walker. She can take the form of either a polar bear or a hulking, bipedal shape obscured by wind and blowing
snow. Elders invoke her name to keep young goliaths from wandering too far from home before they’re ready. Adult goliaths sometimes encounter this legendary individual in their travels to the far
Backgrounds
Acquisitions Incorporated
. Maybe you hope to leverage the knowledge you gained there for an advantage at Acquisitions Incorporated. Either way, you’re now bringing your talents to the company, ready to put your skills to
Aarakocra
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Elemental Evil Player's Companion
homes, they appear alert, with eyes moving and bodies ready to take flight.
Homelands
Most aarakocra live on the Elemental Plane of Air. Aarakocra can be drawn into the Material Plane, sometimes to
interacting with other races, aarakocra may use nicknames gained from people they meet or shortened forms of their full names.
An aarakocra of either gender may have one of these short names: Aera, Aial
Yuan-ti Pureblood
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
remained ensconced in their hidden strongholds, biding their time until they were ready to strike again. Today, with their numbers greatly depleted and their enemies much stronger than in ages past, the
giant snake.
To force their compliance, enemies might be brainwashed, charmed, tortured, or transformed into broodguards. Those that prove intractable still have their uses, either as sacrifices to
Backgrounds
Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
were apprenticed and taught that knowledge is a more valuable treasure than gold or gems. Now you are ready to leave your home—not to abandon it, but to quest for new lore to add to its storehouse
appropriate to suit your identity as a cloistered scholar.
Your bond is almost certainly associated either with the place where you grew up or with the knowledge you hope to acquire through
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice & Errata
Can you use the Ready action to take the Attack action on someone else’s turn and then combine the Charger feat with it? No. When you take the Ready action, you can either move up to your Speed or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
occurs, you can either take your reaction right after the trigger finishes or ignore the trigger. When you ready a spell, you cast it as normal but hold its energy, which you release with your reaction
Ready Sometimes you want to get the jump on a foe or wait for a particular circumstance before you act. To do so, you can take the Ready action on your turn, which lets you act using your reaction
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
occurs, you can either take your reaction right after the trigger finishes or ignore the trigger. Remember that you can take only one reaction per round. When you ready a spell, you cast it as normal
Ready Sometimes you want to get the jump on a foe or wait for a particular circumstance before you act. To do so, you can take the Ready action on your turn, which lets you act using your reaction
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice & Errata
Can you delay your turn and take it later in the round? No. When it’s your turn, you either do something or you don’t. If you want to wait to act in response to something, take the Ready action. (See appendix C of the Player’s Handbook.)
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
either take your Reaction right after the trigger finishes or ignore the trigger. When you Ready a spell, you cast it as normal (expending any resources used to cast it) but hold its energy, which you
Ready [Action] You take the Ready action to wait for a particular circumstance before you act. To do so, you take this action on your turn, which lets you act by taking a Reaction before the start of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
1I. Lizardfolk Ready Room The twenty lizardfolk selected by Dralmorrer Borngray to serve as his backup guards use this northeast tower as their barracks. This chamber is their daytime ready room
strangers with weapons dripping blood from recent combat would be one such reason). They won’t attack unless provoked, but they won’t let anyone go upstairs or into areas 1J and 1K without an excellent reason, either.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
1I. Lizardfolk Ready Room The twenty lizardfolk selected by Dralmorrer Borngray to serve as his backup guards use this northeast tower as their barracks. This chamber is their daytime ready room
strangers with weapons dripping blood from recent combat would be one such reason). They won’t attack unless provoked, but they won’t let anyone go upstairs or into areas 1J and 1K without an excellent reason, either.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
either take your Reaction right after the trigger finishes or ignore the trigger. When you Ready a spell, you cast it as normal (expending any resources used to cast it) but hold its energy, which you
Ready [Action] You take the Ready action to wait for a particular circumstance before you act. To do so, you take this action on your turn, which lets you act by taking a Reaction before the start of
Kobold
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
religious significance. Most kobold sorcerers are of the draconic bloodline origin and specialize in either damaging magic (which can also be used in mining), augmentation (of materials or allies), or
starvation can make them flexible about this principle, however, and if their options are either attacking such creatures or going hungry, kobolds are practical. A few tribes, particularly those in lightly
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
With Friends Like These … Buppido, Prince Derendil, and Sarith might be gone well before the adventurers are ready to return to the surface, having already revealed their dark secrets and treacherous
natures. If Buppido or Sarith are still around, either NPC could go mad and attempt to kill the adventurers before they reach the surface world. Derendil might still hold to his delusion of being an
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
Hither, anyone who had something stolen by Bavlorna gets the nagging sensation that it is somewhere in this realm, though the character doesn’t know where. The feeling fades when the character either
regains what was lost or leaves Hither without recovering it. The hag keeps stolen goodies in the mouth of a bronze frog statue in her cottage (see area B19). When you and the players are ready to run this
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
Preparing to Depart The characters have likely been asked by Laleh Ghorbani or Artavazda—or both—to go to the Pedestal of Judgment. When the characters are ready to travel to the Pedestal of Judgment
, either contact provides them with mounts. If the characters are working with Artavazda, the pari grants each character access to a pegasus from the Brightguard’s stables. Artavazda tells the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
Dangerous Knowledge When the characters are ready to search for the tome Professor Blackstone needs—or if they’re eager to investigate the strange occurrences they’ve experienced recently—they can
anything about either subject. Precision is key. Saying “books on mage hunters” isn’t the same as saying “books about mage hunters”
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver
7. Twin Pools Cave If the goblins have drained either pool to flood the passage, adjust the following boxed text accordingly. This cavern is half filled with two large pools of water. A narrow
the goblin in area 5 spotted the characters and warned the goblins here, they are ready for trouble. The noise of the waterfall means that the creatures in area 8 can’t hear any fighting that takes
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
been hammered between the door and the frame. Opening the door requires either a DC 10 Strength check or ten minutes spent carefully prying out the spikes. If the door is forced and no one is standing by ready to catch the spikes, they clatter noisily down the steps
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
characters. You can start the adventure with 1st-level characters or 5th-level characters. Either way, the characters should reach at least 11th level by the adventure’s conclusion. Because giants
adventure, and describes its major challenges. Once you’ve reviewed this material and are ready to run the adventure, proceed with chapter 1, “A Great Upheaval,” if the characters are starting at 1st level, or chapter 2, “Rumblings,” if they are starting at 5th level.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
Citlán. Once the players are ready, describe their characters’ approach to the village. Read or paraphrase the following description: Clouds rush overhead and dust swirls across the road to the
group’s lookout; when he sees the characters, he assumes they’re either a rival band of bounty hunters or Paloma’s bandit allies. Characters who have a passive Wisdom (Perception) score of 12 or higher
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
has been hammered between the door and the frame. Opening the door requires either a DC 10 Strength check or ten minutes spent carefully prying out the spikes. If the door is forced and no one is standing by ready to catch the spikes, they clatter noisily down the steps.
Actions
move away.”When the trigger occurs, you can either take your Reaction right after the trigger finishes or ignore the trigger.When you Ready a spell, you cast it as normal (expending any resources used
Prepare to take an action in response to a trigger you define.You take the Ready action to wait for a particular circumstance before you act. To do so, you take this action on your turn, which lets
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
arm back in a firing motion, a magical arrow made of golden energy appears nocked and ready to fire. An arrow produced by this weapon deals Force damage instead of Piercing damage on a hit, and it
yourself. The target can be either a willing Medium or smaller creature or an object that isn’t being worn or carried, provided the object is small enough to fit inside a 5-foot Cube. The arrow teleports
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
, the skeletons are either lying on the ground or buried under it, ready to spring up when wayward explorers pass by. If the party is camped, the skeletons wander into the camp and attack. Specter The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
progresses, it might become apparent that the player is unable to manage the NPC effectively, or you might need more influence over the NPC’s actions and behavior. Either scenario justifies you retaking
topic or theme makes one or more players nervous but they give you consent to include it in-game, incorporate it with care. Be ready to move away from such topics and themes quickly, however.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
Alley: Spring When this encounter begins, either the characters have the Stone of Golorr in their clutches, in which case they’re jumped as they move through an alley near the tower — or it was taken
becomes attuned to the Stone of Golorr, it reveals the location of the Vault of Dragons, below a theater in the Castle Ward called the Pink Flumph, and the three keys that are needed to enter it. When the characters are ready to visit the location, proceed with encounter 6, “Theater.”
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
arm back in a firing motion, a magical arrow made of golden energy appears nocked and ready to fire. An arrow produced by this weapon deals Force damage instead of Piercing damage on a hit, and it
yourself. The target can be either a willing Medium or smaller creature or an object that isn’t being worn or carried, provided the object is small enough to fit inside a 5-foot Cube. The arrow teleports
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
harmed—Madam Kulp is adamant about the caterpillars’ safety. If the characters agree to these rules, they may descend into the maze when they are ready. Running the Challenge Once the characters have
. When the last character reaches the bottom of the ladder, Madam Kulp shouts, “Ready? Go!” At this point, the characters should roll initiative. Finding Caterpillars. Four tut-krogh caterpillars hide
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hold Back The Dead
ready to fire. An arrow produced by this weapon deals Force damage instead of Piercing damage on a hit, and it disappears after it hits or misses its target. Until it disappears, the arrow emits Bright
a Magic action, you can fire one energy arrow from this weapon at a target you can see within 60 feet of yourself. The target can be either a willing Medium or smaller creature or an object that isn’t
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
ready to forgive and forget the events that created the division between them. If one or more characters don’t mediate the conversation, the meeting ends with each chieftain walking away in disgust at
learn to forget the past and forge a brighter future for all goliaths. A character who has earned the respect of one or both clans convinces either chieftain that being the first to accept
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
locations indicated on the map, ready to attack anyone who climbs the nearest steps. The wights chant a word in Netherese (“Meat!”) in a rasping chorus as they advance. If fighting breaks out at
either end of the mastaba, a storm giant skeleton (see the accompanying stat block) lying dormant on top of the mausoleum awakens and attacks. The storm giant, Helmdar, was sent to destroy two frost giant
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
. If Grumink knows the characters are coming, refer to the “Dwarves Alerted” section instead. Grumink is hostile toward the characters in either scenario, mistaking them for competitors. Dwarves at
two dwarf guards, ready to make his final stand. If the oni survived the courtyard battle, it is here as well, in the guise of a female dwarf. Development Grumink carries fragmentary maps and partial