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This shield is made from the scale of an ancient white dragon. It has a rune burned into its outward-facing side. A character who examines the rune and succeeds on a DC 20 Intelligence (History
) check recognizes it as an uven (“enemy” in Giant) rune that confers great power.
While holding the shield, you benefit from the following properties.
Winter’s Friend. You are immune to
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
effects). This field prevents spells from detecting a magic item that is hidden beneath a secret trapdoor in the middle of the pentagram (see “Shield of the Uven Rune” below). A character who examines
successful DC 20 Dexterity check. Shield of the Uven Rune Wondrous item, very rare (requires attunement) This shield is made from the scale of an ancient white dragon. It has a rune burned into its
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
Westbridge A village strung out along the Long Road between Red Larch and Triboar, Westbridge is home to the Harvest Inn, which stands on the west side of the Long Road facing the wagon road from the
.) Herivin Dardragon is also worried about one of his regulars, a female shield dwarf prospector named Wulgreda. She has not stopped by in a long time (and is a prisoner in the Temple of the Black
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
! Nimraith!” as it bobs about.
Cleft Shield. Two halves of a cloven wooden shield lie in the room’s northwest corner. Each half of the cloven shield has letters etched into it. One half reads “Nimr
together on a stone mound, facing outward and clutching swords. 23c. Goblin Den Unless the watch post is on alert, nine goblins sleep on the floor, their weapons and shields in easy reach. The goblins
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, 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
festooned with garish trinkets and grisly trophies that hang from hooks and spikes. A war wagon makes a good shield against arrows when orcs besiege an elven fortress, and a heavily modified wagon could
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
bronze statue. The hunter can’t see any creature behind the front-facing side of the shield. When it hurls a spear at a creature, the hunter makes a ranged spell attack (+10 to hit) and deals 18 (4d8
atop it. Paintings on the chariot’s body show a tall bird with a long, sharp beak. On the south wall, a bronze shield bears the embossed image of a Chultan warrior carrying a spear, below an inscription
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
feet), and then another square diagonally (10 feet) for a total movement of 30 feet. Optional Rule: Facing If you want the precision of knowing which way a creature is facing, consider using this
optional rule. Whenever a creature ends its move, it can change its facing. Each creature has a front arc (the direction it faces), left and right side arcs, and a rear arc. A creature can also change its
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
— five dwarves in leather armor and a human in wizard’s robes. They appear to be sitting on the edge of the bridge, facing north and enjoying the view. When they see you, they stand, move away from
the edge of the bridge, and draw their weapons. The robed fellow pulls out a wand.
The figures on the bridge include five thugs (male shield dwarves) and a mercenary mage named Cavil Zaltobar (male
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
37. Professor Bring Desks. In the northwest half of the room, ten stone desks are arranged in a semicircle facing inward.
Orb in Hand. In the middle of the room, a spectral hand holds aloft a gray
in a drearily monotonous tone. It has the following four areas of expertise: The history of Undermountain (see “Dungeon History”) The grooming habits of shield dwarves Gemstone identification Xorn (as described in the Monster Manual)
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
character manages to get her sword past a hobgoblin’s defenses and turn a near miss into a hit, but the hobgoblin twists its shield and disarms her. A character narrowly escapes the full brunt of a
as these, try to make them obstacles and setbacks that change the nature of the adventuring situation. In exchange for success, players must consider new ways of facing the challenge. You can also use
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
companions have a few minutes to acclimate to their new surroundings before facing their first threat in the city (see “Unwelcome Party” below). See the “Elturel Hazards” sidebar for more information about
in charge. If the characters brought the Shield of the Hidden Lord with them, Gargauth the pit fiend tries to escape from its prison and fails miserably. Although characters are unaware of Gargauth’s
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
the North reside in the halls of the dwarves. Now, when shield dwarves invoke the name of Delzoun, they are calling upon the glory of all their past accomplishments: every feat of architectural mastery
: A mountain, with a left-facing fish, surmounted by a seven-pointed star.
Gharraghaur. The dwarves of Gharraghaur were the original delvers beneath the earth at the site of present-day Mirabar. The
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
attack rolls made with this ammunition have advantage against any creature doesn’t have all its hit points. Boomerang Shield Armor (Shield), Uncommon (Requires Attunement) You can make a ranged weapon
attack with this magic shield. It has a normal range of 20 feet and a long range of 60 feet, and it uses your Strength or Dexterity for the attack roll (your choice). If you’re proficient with shields
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
8. Nightstone Inn A shield dwarf named Morak Ur’gray owns this establishment. An ornate wrought-iron sign bearing the inn’s name hangs above the entrance, facing the town square. Morak is a natural
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
leaders and free the captain-general’s captive brother, they discover that the villains were agents of Iuz.
Levels 11–16. Iuz and the Horned Society launch an all-out invasion into the Shield Lands
. The characters confront Iuz at the shores of the lake, perhaps facing a terrible choice: Will they wield the power of Vecna to stop Iuz, or will they risk Iuz wielding that awful might against them?
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Nest of the Eldritch Eye
this tomb have rusted, but one shield remains intact. This shield is a cursed Shield of Missile Attraction; however, if the characters restore the ghost’s identity, Chanelle Hallwinter gratefully
gives the shield to the characters and removes the curse, transforming the shield into a +1 Shield. Secret Passage. A character who searches the tomb for secret doors and succeeds on a DC 14 Wisdom
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
staircases has an iron door at its center.
The ceiling is braced by four wooden pillars, between which are set four pairs of stocky wooden chairs facing inward. Each chair is bolted to the floor and fitted
, mage armor, planar binding, polymorph, programmed illusion, protection from evil and good, scrying, see invisibility, sending, shield, telekinesis, and true seeing. Trobriand’s Machinations, Vol. X. This
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
austere, high-backed chair facing a pair of padded couches and a coffee table. A hidden compartment in the left armrest of the duke’s chair contains a silvered dagger. A character who examines the chair
seize control of Baldur’s Gate. He and his brothers recently stole the Shield of the Hidden Lord from a crypt under the city. A powerful devil named Gargauth is trapped in the shield, and has vowed to
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
inlaid with sixty gemstones worth 10 gp each and weighs 250 pounds. The book contains the following spells: 1st level: alarm, identify, magic missile, shield, thunderwave, unseen servant
2nd level
Simulacra” section earlier in this chapter) perch atop these battlements, half of them facing outward and half facing inward. The aarakocra have instructions to attack intruders who disturb the water
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
of the guards are human, with a sprinkling of shield dwarves, half-orcs, and other races. A sheriff’s deputy named Augrek Brighthelm (see appendix D) often stands watch at the southwest gate. She
masters and guards with plenty of coin often come here, as do visiting dwarves from Kelvin’s Cairn. The proprietor of Kelvin’s Comfort is Ogden Flamebeard (NG male shield dwarf commoner), who has a
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
reaches its peak in this room, which contains the following features: Statues. Standing in alcoves to the north and south, facing one another, are green marble statues of 6-foot-tall, proud elf warriors
clutching shields and spears. The shield of the northern statue features a pine tree, while an oak tree is emblazoned on the shield of the statue to the south.
Frescoes. The walls are carved with
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doffed its shield, setting it point down on the ground and upright by its side. It then ceased motion in this position, facing southwest toward the harbor, and looking for all the world like a castle
Knight The Honorable Knight is a statue of a male warrior in plate armor with a shield and longsword. When the walking statues stopped, it bowed to those opposing it, straightened, sheathed its sword, and
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
Tempest, War A cloud and three lightning bolts Waukeen, goddess of trade N Knowledge, Trickery Upright coin with Waukeen’s profile facing left The Dwarven Pantheon Deity Alignment Domains Symbol
, Knowledge Silhouette of a dog’s head Yondalla, goddess of fertility and protection LG Life Cornucopia on a shield The Gnomish Pantheon Deity Alignment Domains Symbol Baervan Wildwanderer, god of
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of the Long Road facing the Stone Trail. The inn’s proprietor is the affable Herivin Dardragon (CG male strongheart halfling commoner), a curly-haired collector and reseller of paintings and
on a coinless shield dwarf adventurer named Larg and is paying him a few coppers to clean the stables. “Larg” told Arzastra that he and his adventuring companions were caught in an avalanche while
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city’s security and decides where the output of Mirabar’s mines are sold. The city’s defense falls to the Axe of Mirabar, a well-armed garrison. All members of the Axe of Mirabar are shield dwarves. A
small and solely of fallen branches, are usually not disturbed. Mithral Hall The ancestral home of the Battlehammer clan of shield dwarves is a nigh-impregnable vault beneath the Frost Hills, with
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large contingent of its City Guard here, using a nearby barracks as the base for outriders who infrequently patrol the road north as far as Amphail and south to Waterdeep. Yondral Horn (N male shield
name from a 100-foot-tall stone carved in the likeness of a perching raven, sitting in the center of the highest plateau of the mound and facing west. The Black Ravens leave carcasses by the stone
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noises in this area. During the day, two yakfolk warriors (see appendix C) are here, quietly overseeing a pair of shield dwarves (commoners) who shovel flour into burlap sacks, which are then taken to
during the day. At night, the two yakfolk warriors (see appendix C) who oversee the mill (area 3) sleep here, while two shield dwarves (commoners) are locked in a cage outside. Treasure. Characters
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
faction. Their diverse character, motivations, and obligations ensure that they are not in agreement about the current threat facing Faerûn. Moreover, the standing of certain delegates changes from one
adventurers and taking a firm leadership role in the council. Ambassador Connerad Brawnanvil Lawful good male shield dwarf fighter Ideals: Honor, respect (“A sturdy axe, a strong hand to hold it, and a
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
faction. Their diverse character, motivations, and obligations ensure that they are not in agreement about the current threat facing Faerûn. Moreover, the standing of certain delegates changes from one
adventurers and taking a firm leadership role in the council. Ambassador Connerad Brawnanvil Lawful good male shield dwarf fighter Ideals: Honor, respect (“A sturdy axe, a strong hand to hold it, and a
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
faction. Their diverse character, motivations, and obligations ensure that they are not in agreement about the current threat facing Faerûn. Moreover, the standing of certain delegates changes from one
adventurers and taking a firm leadership role in the council. Ambassador Connerad Brawnanvil Lawful good male shield dwarf fighter Ideals: Honor, respect (“A sturdy axe, a strong hand to hold it, and a
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
cloak rack. If he hasn’t been disturbed, Tholtz the archmage is sleeping on the floor in a corner of the room, facing the cabin door. In his sleep, he used a knife to carve the words “DRAGON,” “IYMRITH
level: counterspell, fly, lightning bolt, sending, water breathing
4th level: arcane eye, banishment, fire shield, ice storm, stoneskin
5th level: cone of cold, scrying, seeming, teleportation
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
Duke Ravengard. If you haven’t done so already, unfold the poster map with the Elturel side facing up so players can get a sense of the city’s layout and where they must go to reach the High Hall. Map
, they pull out three lawful good shield dwarves from beneath the collapsed building: Strovin Ironfist, Kartra Boulderstern, and Velkora Ashenwell. Strovin and Kartra are laborers (use the commoner
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
Rest. Level 6: Bastion of Law You can tap into the grand equation of existence to imbue a creature with a shimmering shield of order. As a Magic action, you can expend 1 to 5 Sorcery Points to create a
magic comes from the gift of a dragon. Perhaps an ancient dragon facing death bequeathed some of its magical power to you or your ancestor. You might have absorbed magic from a site infused with
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
clad in chain mail, and the woman carries a wooden shield with a leering skull painted on it.
The two armored figures are Kazzira, a female human fist of Bane, and Yignath, a male human iron consul
. Yignath is torturing the prisoner for fun while Kazzira watches. Both attack intruders but prefer to remain on dry ground. The skull on Kazzira’s shield has been painted in fresh blood. Hanging from
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
leading to a stone portico. Oil lamps hang from the portico ceiling by chains, flanking an oaken double door.
The double door opens into an empty antechamber. On the south wall is a shield emblazoned with
the portrait are the same people from the family portrait in the upper hall (area D6). A door facing the foot of the bed opens to an empty closet (area D12b). A door in the parlor leads to an outside