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Dungeon Master’s Guide
As a Magic action, you can throw this staff so that it lands in an unoccupied space within 10 feet of you, causing the staff to become a Giant Constrictor Snake in that space. The snake is under your
’t have the Incapacitated condition. You decide what action the snake takes and where it moves during its turn, or you can issue it a general command, such as to attack your enemies or guard a
Monsters
Curse of Strahd
the reach of melee combatants and spellcasters, or he flies away (using summoned wolf;wolves or swarm of bats;swarms of bats or swarm of rats;rats to guard his retreat).
Strahd observes the characters
to see who among them are most easily swayed, then tries to charm characters who have low Wisdom scores and use them as thralls. At the very least, he can order a charmed character to guard him
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
trying to teach them military tactics.
3
A druid summoned galeb duhr to guard a young sapphire dragon;young sapphire dragon's hoard in exchange for the dragon controlling the giant spider
population, but the galeb duhr are causing trouble for local miners.
4
Two Lolth cultist;cultists seek a magical relic that attracts giant spider;giant spiders, but the relic’s resting place has
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
and must be convinced to defend the school in a contest against a rival college.
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An emerald dragon invisibly tails a party of adventurers, causing trouble for the heroes so the dragon can
hunts for buried coins for the dragon’s hoard.
3
A galeb duhr acts as a door guard to a young emerald dragon;young emerald dragon's lair.
4
A young emerald dragon invites repeated
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
the dragon’s lair.
6
A moonstone dragon, offended by gifts of gold, is causing nightmares among the local nobility.
7
A powerful spellcaster is forcing a captive moonstone dragon to
moonstone dragon has partnered with an androsphinx to guard a precious treasure, taking the place of the sphinx’s slain gynosphinx partner.
3
An ancient moonstone dragon is summoned to mediate a
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Spells
Basic Rules (2014)
You summon a spirit that assumes the form of an unusually intelligent, strong, and loyal steed, creating a long-lasting bond with it. Appearing in an unoccupied space within range, the steed takes on
dismiss your steed at any time as an action, causing it to disappear. In either case, casting this spell again summons the same steed, restored to its hit point maximum.
While your steed is within 1 mile
monsters
a weapon. Response: The nimblewright adds 2 to its AC against that attack, potentially causing it to miss.Watchful sentries that patrol important sites, nimblewright guards serve as loyal soldiers or
or other areas where they are common. Roll or choose a result from the Nimblewright Tasks table as inspiration for what a nimblewright guard or nimblewright hulk might be doing in a busy public place
Deck of Many Things
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Magic Items
Basic Rules (2014)
alteration, causing your alignment to change. Lawful becomes chaotic, good becomes evil, and vice versa. If you are true neutral or unaligned, this card has no effect on you.
Comet. If you single
apply it.
The Void. This black card spells disaster. Your soul is drawn from your body and contained in an object in a place of the GM's choice. One or more powerful beings guard the place. While your
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
loyal steed, creating a long-lasting bond with it. Appearing in an unoccupied space within range, the steed takes on a form that you choose: a warhorse, a pony, a camel, an elk, or a mastiff. (Your DM
steed. When the steed drops to 0 hit points, it disappears, leaving behind no physical form. You can also dismiss your steed at any time as an action, causing it to disappear. In either case, casting
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
loyal steed, creating a long-lasting bond with it. Appearing in an unoccupied space within range, the steed takes on a form that you choose: a warhorse, a pony, a camel, an elk, or a mastiff. (Your DM
steed. When the steed drops to 0 hit points, it disappears, leaving behind no physical form. You can also dismiss your steed at any time as an action, causing it to disappear. In either case, casting
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Learn who’s organizing the local dinner parties before more epicureans die of autophagia.
2 Stop whatever is stealing the livers from the town’s guard.
3 Find out what is causing the
, mutated, and halfway human.
6 Stop the infestation before it can use more townsfolk as incubators for giant insects.
7 Solve the mystery of whatever is causing a town’s inhabitants to melt
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
characters ask about Leandro Sedhar, a guard directs them to a local inn called the Giant’s Skull, where Leandro is known to spend much of his time. Tremor As soon as the characters enter the town
otherwise causing no damage. The locals appear accustomed to the quake and continue their activities unfazed.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Staff of the Python Staff, Uncommon (Requires Attunement) As a Magic action, you can throw this staff so that it lands in an unoccupied space within 10 feet of you, causing the staff to become a
command, such as to attack your enemies or guard a location. Absent commands from you, the snake defends itself. As a Bonus Action, you can command the snake to revert to staff form in its current space
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
Staff of the Python Staff, Uncommon (Requires Attunement) As a Magic action, you can throw this staff so that it lands in an unoccupied space within 10 feet of you, causing the staff to become a
command, such as to attack your enemies or guard a location. Absent commands from you, the snake defends itself. As a Bonus Action, you can command the snake to revert to staff form in its current space
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
General Features Paliset Hall has the following features throughout: Architectural Anomalies. Unstable energy leaking from the shard solitaire is affecting Paliset Hall, causing areas to warp in
ice sculptures are, in fact, ice mephits assigned to guard an area (as noted in the area’s description). Doors. Unless otherwise stated, the doors of the manor are open and unlocked. Lighting. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
the furnace isn’t replenished every hour with at least 100 gp worth of treasure, the Engine Car sputters and the train comes to a halt, causing a guard patrol (see “Guard Patrols” earlier in the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
LaVerne and Charmayne Daymore, and a guard captain named Naevys Tharesso. Jhaeros’s rule was compassionate, just, and kind. Over the last year, however, Naevys watched with growing concern as Jhaeros
out Jhaeros’s heart while keeping it alive. She then used the still-beating heart as the focus of a ritual to destroy Ghalasine. A spherical void appeared in the sky above Castle Cinis, causing the city
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
Security” and “Curator Alda Arkin”). Encountering Museum Guards As long as the characters aren’t caught entering a restricted area or causing a public incident, the museum’s guards ignore them during
the gala. If one or more characters are spotted in a restricted area or cause a public incident, a guard approaches them. Roll on the Museum Guards table to determine which guard arrives. Characters in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
Force Grey To join Force Grey, one must first become a member of the Gray Hands. An individual who has served in the City Watch or the City Guard is eligible to join, as are characters who are
some past members of the group have exhibited a tendency to indulge in wanton violence, causing as much damage as they ostensibly prevent. Although the Open Lord sets mission goals and parameters
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
, lattice-covered windows, causing the potted plants to sway gently. The headboard of the master bed is fantastically carved in motifs suggestive of the merchant’s business. Connected rooms contain a
successful DC 15 Dexterity check to open. 13. Guard Rooms This guard room is intentionally set in the midst of the family rooms and the master suite. The guards are responsible for safeguarding the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
by the powers of good to guard the weak, to strike at evil wherever it arises, and to stand vigilant against the darkness. From a young age, a protector aasimar receives advice and directives that
urge to stand against evil. Ability Score Increase. Your Wisdom score increases by 1. Radiant Soul. Starting at 3rd level, you can use your action to unleash the divine energy within yourself, causing
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
, hoping that the goddess might hold enough sway over Strahd to persuade him to free her beloved. Zuleika Toranescu Kiril has ordered Zuleika to guard the prisoners. If the characters rescue Emil and return
(worth 250 gp) An ornate electrum censer with platinum filigree (worth 750 gp) Anyone who steals from Mother Night is cursed. The werewolves know this, and thus don’t go out of their way to guard the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
dragon family demands tribute from desert communities in exchange for protection.
2 Enraged at the loss of a wyrmling, a blue dragon is causing lightning storms to destroy coastal settlements and
adult blue dragons has decided to take over a thriving, wealthy city, whose governor is desperate to buy them off.
5 Decades ago, a gynosphinx insulted an adult blue dragon, earning the lasting
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
, is causing nightmares among the local nobility.
7 A powerful spellcaster is forcing a captive moonstone dragon to invade the dreams of adventurers, sending parties on quests to assist the
dragon wyrmling has convinced a lost white dragon wyrmling that the latter is also a moonstone dragon, cursed by an archfey of winter. The two travel together, causing trouble in the name of lifting
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
displacer beasts as pets, but a displacer beast enters such an alliance only if it appears beneficial. A displacer beast might guard a vault or act as a bodyguard for a prominent individual. Displacer
magical illusion that makes it appear to be standing near its actual location, causing attack rolls against it to have disadvantage. If it is hit by an attack, this trait is disrupted until the end of its
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
’ armored exteriors, and erinyes ensure that those who do can never speak of what they’ve seen. Erinyes often serve archdevils and guard the order of the Nine Hells against trespassers and escapees
attack roll while holding a weapon. Response: The erinyes adds 4 to its AC against that attack, possibly causing it to miss.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
such as owls and bats carry word to the gnomes during times when they should be on their guard. Experts in Illusion Forest gnomes have innate magical ability, letting them create simple illusions
community — designing longer-lasting or larger-scale illusions that help the community stay hidden from the world. Gnomes use illusions for practically any reason — as a game, for defense, or for
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
town guard? I’m your guy. Impersonate the governor? Easy peasy. Hit the streets for intel? Throw a dinner party? Engage in a clandestine property reassignment? Done and done. And if someone’s giving
deal. But a rogue who notices a carefully worded legal trap in a contract can save their franchise from lasting harm — and a rogue who can insert such details into someone else’s contract is worth their
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
below it. Few made any lasting record of their explorations, and their names are forgotten. But in the year 893 DR (using the Dalereckoning calendar, about 600 years before the present day), a band of
their respective cults. The four prophets established themselves in the ruins of dwarven Tyar-Besil and occupied the Haunted Keeps that guard access to the vast dungeon. Lunatics, outlaws, power
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
in with the natural landscape. Ancient trees grow into and around the structure, causing branches and ivy to sprout from every level’s open balconies. The first floor houses the main entrance, guard
Adventures table offers ideas for adventures in such a place. Watchtower Adventures d10 Adventure Goal
1 Guard a watchtower from assault.
2 Assault a watchtower, defeating the guards defending
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
popped out slightly. If it is pressed, the gear locks in place, causing all the gears to turn and the gate to open for 1 minute. When the gate closes, a different random gear pops out slightly
, causing all the gears to lock again. Characters must be 10th level or higher to pass through this gate (see “Jhesiyra Kestellharp”). The first creature to pass through the gate triggers an elder rune (see
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Divine Contention
wall. B8. Guard Room The soldiers relax in this chamber when they’re not on duty, wiling away their downtime by playing cards, drinking, or singing. There are 1d4 + 2 guards in here at any time of the
day or night. B9. Yurrum’s Office This office belongs to Hazz Yurrum, the ineffective sergeant of the soldiers. Yurrum is a cowardly human guard. His desk contains maps of the region and reports to his
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
stamp. The Council of Order has the following members: Aristimus, a lawful neutral githzerai futurist (see Morte’s Planar Parade), captains the town guard. Juliett-314, a cheery but unforgiving octon
following effects in and around the gate-town: Mechanical Metronome. The gate ticks as it turns in time with the gears of Mechanus. Repetitive sounds—a bird tweeting, a worker hammering a nail, or a guard
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
armored figure is a death knight who stands guard in this ruined hall. It is indifferent toward creatures that enter this chamber and hostile toward creatures that try to leave area K4 or area K5. As soon
. If the Kas in this unreality is destroyed, the fountain activates, causing another imagined Kas to emerge from the burbling liquid mere moments later. Kas is then supernaturally teleported into area
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
of ruination was enough to destroy Gauntlgrym. In the years following, Maegera groggily awoke from time to time, causing earthquakes throughout the region. Eventually, the primordial was returned to
always occupied by either Helgrim or Rollo, their apprentices and assistants (2d4 shield dwarf commoners), and shield dwarf veterans working in squads of six to guard the active furnaces. The