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Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
Psychic Defense. While the githzerai is wearing no armor and wielding no shield, its AC includes its Wisdom modifier.Multiattack. The githzerai makes three Unarmed Strike attacks.
Unarmed Strike
it left or in an unoccupied space nearest to that space if it’s occupied.Slow Fall. When the githzerai falls, it reduces any falling damage it takes by 50.Some spiritual githzerai spend long
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
Unarmored Movement Starting at 2nd level, your speed increases by 10 feet while you are not wearing armor or wielding a shield. This bonus increases when you reach certain monk levels, as shown in
the Monk table. At 9th level, you gain the ability to move along vertical surfaces and across liquids on your turn without falling during the move.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
Unarmored Movement Starting at 2nd level, your speed increases by 10 feet while you are not wearing armor or wielding a shield. This bonus increases when you reach certain monk levels, as shown in
the Monk table. At 9th level, you gain the ability to move along vertical surfaces and across liquids on your turn without falling during the move.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
additional weight before falling. Casting dispel magic on a chandelier causes it to go dark and fall to the floor with a loud crash. The paintings are stuck to the walls with sovereign glue and
. 10b. Shield Trap Flameskulls. Unless they were drawn to area 10a, seven flameskulls float here, their green flames the only sources of light in this room.
Decor. More paintings like the ones in area
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
shield resounded with the barest metallic clang—like a pin falling on bronze. Opening her eyes, Rygyra discovered that her shield had transformed into a gleaming bulwark—Iroas’s own shield. Enraged
. Iroas carries a battle-worn bronze shield called the Bulwark of Brotherhood. It symbolizes the protective bond shared by all soldiers at war and his determination, ironically, to defeat his own brother
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
shield that its mere presence in Baldur’s Gate has contributed to the city’s moral decay for decades. To keep Baldur’s Gate from falling into Zariel’s clutches, the characters must take the shield far
the Flaming Fist disbands, paving the way for the city’s descent into Avernus. To accomplish this last goal, Thalamra needs an artifact called the Shield of the Hidden Lord, imprisoned in which is a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
they present the box to her, she snatches it out of their hands and studies it closely. She takes similar interest in the Shield of the Hidden Lord (which she calls “the Shield of Gargauth”), but avoids
called the Solar Insidiator, hereafter called the Companion. In my capacity as High Overseer of Elturel and its vassal territories, I acknowledge that all lands falling under the light of the Companion
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
Major Items, Rare Item Type Attune? Amulet of health Wondrous item Yes Armor of resistance Armor Yes Armor of vulnerability Armor Yes Armor, +1 Armor No Arrow-catching shield Armor Yes Belt of
Wondrous item Yes (cleric, druid, or paladin) Periapt of proof against poison Wondrous item No Ring of animal influence Ring No Ring of evasion Ring Yes Ring of feather falling Ring Yes Ring of free
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Forge of the Artificer
cursed* Varies Goggles of Night No Manifold Tool† Yes Repeating Shot† Yes Returning Weapon† No Rope of Climbing No Sending Stones No Shield, +1 No Wand of Magic Detection No Wand of Secrets No Wand of the
Haunting No Repulsion Shield† No Ring of Swimming No Ring of Water Walking No Sentinel Shield No Spell-Refueling Ring† Yes Wand of Magic Missiles No Wand of Web Yes Weapon of Warning Yes † See the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
Guardian Naga Wise and good, the beautiful guardian nagas protect sacred places and items of magical power from falling into evil hands. In their hidden redoubts, they research spells and hatch
slots): command, cure wounds, shield of faith
2nd level (3 slots): calm emotions, hold person
3rd level (3 slots): bestow curse, clairvoyance
4th level (3 slots): banishment, freedom of movement
Compendium
- 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
alone carry. The northwest corner of the inn (pantry included) was destroyed by a falling rock. Most of the kitchen, however, was undamaged. Set into the north wall is a stone fireplace, and the floor is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
: History, Insight, Performance, or Persuasion. Alternatively, you learn one language of your choice. Fighting Spirit Starting at 3rd level, your intensity in battle can shield you and help you strike true
, your fighting spirit can delay the grasp of death. If you take damage that reduces you to 0 hit points and doesn’t kill you outright, you can use your reaction to delay falling unconscious, and you can
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
cross the tundra without fear of freezing to death. guardian amulet Amulet. The object on the table is the amulet for a shield guardian. Dzaan retrieved it from area P15 and brought it here for
face. (This rune matches the one on the shield guardian’s forearms and is the personal sigil of the wizard who created both.) This particular shield guardian amulet is a rare magic item that requires
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
the following benefits while you are unarmed or wielding only Monk weapons and you aren’t wearing armor or wielding a Shield. Bonus Unarmed Strike. You can make an Unarmed Strike as a Bonus Action
armor or wielding a Shield, your base Armor Class equals 10 plus your Dexterity and Wisdom modifiers. Level 2: Monk’s Focus Your focus and martial training allow you to harness a well of extraordinary
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
Movement While you aren’t wearing armor or wielding a Shield, you gain the ability to move along vertical surfaces and across liquids on your turn without falling during the movement. Level 10: Heightened
the following benefits while you are unarmed or wielding only Monk weapons and you aren’t wearing armor or wielding a Shield. Bonus Unarmed Strike. You can make an Unarmed Strike as a Bonus Action
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
.
Psychic Defense. While the githzerai is wearing no armor and wielding no shield, its AC includes its Wisdom modifier.
Actions
Multiattack. The githzerai makes three Unarmed Strike attacks.
Unarmed
Senses passive Perception 18
Languages Gith
Challenge 10 (5,900 XP) Proficiency Bonus +4
Psychic Defense. While the githzerai is wearing no armor and wielding no shield, its AC includes its
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
high upon the mountainside. The slope is so steep that a creature falling from this height would tumble almost 400 feet down the mountainside before landing on any sort of ledge. Although there are
. The first one contains the exsanguinated corpse of a mountain goat. The second one holds a dead shield dwarf prospector wearing a tattered fur cloak and clutching a miner’s pick close to his chest
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
have advantage on saving throws made to avoid falling off your mount. If you fall off your mount and descend no more than 10 feet, you can land on your feet if you’re not incapacitated. Finally
creatures nearby. If you or a creature you can see within 5 feet of you is hit by an attack, you can roll 1d8 as a reaction if you’re wielding a melee weapon or a shield. Roll the die, and add the number
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
. Otherwise, the drow mage is happy to let the characters and their expeditionary force pass by unchallenged. Dwarf Commoners There is a 75 percent chance that these shield dwarves are prospectors from
(3d6) bludgeoning damage from falling debris. Troglodytes These troglodytes are heading toward their lair (see “Troglodyte Lair”) and attack any other creatures they come across. Trolls These
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
black tentacles, fly, greater invisibility, lightning bolt, mage armor, magic missile, misty step, sending, shield, sleep, spider climb, web, and witch bolt. 11c. Arch Gate to Level 2 Drow. Two male
drow (Kalanszar and Tsabalin) and a female drow elite warrior (Talafaere) rest here.
Arch Gate. An archway is set in the back wall and carved with images of falling coins. A thin slot is carved into
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a6
flee from the cave-in of a passage to the south (behind the rubble) but failed to make it and was killed by falling rocks. Treasure. One of the giant’s skeletal hands clutches an iron tube containing a
for a dwarf A suit of plate armor sized for a human Other items of interest, because of their magical nature or unusual appearance, are as follows: A +1 shield that is trapped (see below) The skull of a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a2
falls, takes 7 (2d6) bludgeoning damage from falling timbers and stones, and is caught in the river’s current (see “Fast-Flowing Water” above). 52. Nightscale’s Lair When the characters first approach
greataxe bearing Durgeddin’s smith-mark, a +1 shield, a potion of healing, and a potion of flying. 54. The Dragon’s Passage Beneath the surface of a small pool is an underwater passage that links the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Uni and the Hunt for the Lost Horn
aren’t wearing any armor, your base Armor Class equals 10 plus your Dexterity and Constitution modifiers. You can use a Shield and still gain this benefit. (This is included above.) Level 1: Weapon Mastery
. Any creature on a spot where the fissure opens must make a DC 20 Dexterity saving throw, falling into the fissure on a failed save or moving with the fissure’s edge on a successful one. Any structure
Compendium
- 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
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
falling to the floor. A successful dispel magic (DC 16) cast on the sphere dispels the Nystul’s magic aura spell, permanently deactivates the magnetic field, and causes the sphere to crash to the floor
(2,500 gp) A potion of diminution, a bead of force, and a bronze +1 shield shaped like a screaming devil’s face
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
order to escape and survive. Prisoners of the Drow Buppido Talkative and cunning derro Prince Derendil Quaggoth who claims to be a cursed elf prince Eldeth Feldrun Shield dwarf scout from Gauntlgrym
real nature sends him into a murderous rage. Eldeth Feldrun A female shield dwarf scout from Gauntlgrym, Eldeth is high spirited and proud of both her heritage and her people’s achievement in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
duke, her three dead husbands, her three sons, and the family’s winged cat, Slobberchops. Treasure. A tapestry hanging on the north wall depicts burning angels falling from the sky into a pit of fire
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
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
willingly put herself in a situation in which she’s in danger of falling more than 60 feet. Azaka’s damage immunities do not protect her against damage from falling. Eku Disguised couatl (Port Nyanzaru
he’ll only take them to Wyrmheart Mine. Hew is a shield dwarf berserker, with these changes: Hew is chaotic neutral. He has Survival +4. He has resistance to poison damage and advantage on saving
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
, 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
from fiendish creatures and undead in Elturel, the characters quickly become aware of the threats presented by the city itself.
Falling. Any creature that falls from Elturel’s location high above
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
, flowing from the west down a passage to the east. The noise of falling water echoes from the eastern passage. A frost giant sits on an icy boulder on the north side of the room, his right hand to his
of clicking and scraping, as of scales on stone, echoes through the fog over the noise of falling water.
Three Young Remorhazes lurk here—offspring of the adult remorhaz that Challidax killed and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes’ Feast: Saving the Children’s Menu
heirlooms on the shelves and walls have more than sentimental value: three solid gold goblets worth 75 gp each, a small silver shield worth 50 gp, and a gold statue of an elephant worth 250 gp. The locked
creature in the greenhouse other than Flauma must succeed on a DC 15 Dexterity saving throw or take 9 (2d8) slashing damage from the falling glass. Shambling Mounds. Two shambling mounds hide in the north
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
steep roof to shed snow. Surrounding the keep are dozens of narrow stone houses with heavy shutters and steep roofs of their own. The Falling Orc inn and tavern, a wood-frame structure built on the
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
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
before entering it. A bronze torch glowing with a magical light lies next to the corpse of a bare-chested man with a shield in the shape of a crab shell and a broken shark-toothed sword. Several
shield and broken sword), two lizardfolk, an ogre, and a male halfling in the robes of a cleric of Sune, and a female half-elf fighter in battered plate armor. Treasure The harpies have collected loot
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
round shield, and a well-worn spear adorn a mannequin in the corner.
Two middle-aged human men are present, one reclining on a couch with a book, the other sitting in a chair, whittling a piece of
guards against falling over the edge into the entrance hall below.
Two rows of three marble statues stand in the gallery. The northern row depicts an elf woman in different poses and wearing either an
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
. Moving on the rock requires a successful DC 15 Dexterity (Acrobatics) check, and failing this check results in the creature falling into the water. Treasure. Each nest holds 1d4 - 1 blood hawk eggs
the aberration. Whispered Message. A creature that touches the reef hears a faint message whispered in Deep Speech: “Bend the knee, pearl. The god Ogrorlo, the shield and our protector, rests here






