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Tyranny of Dragons
This spear is enchanted with 10 charges of a daylight spell for use in twilight or dark forest underbrush. The command phrase is âTiamatâs eyes shine,â written in Draconic runes on the spearâs cross guard.
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
are fiendish trackers and guardians employed by evil powers. They prefer to enter into contracts to guard valuable treasures and important locations. They always do exactly as askedânever any more
, never any less.
With senses sharp enough to pinpoint the locations of nearby invisible creatures, canoloths respond unfailingly to any threat to their charges. Furthermore, they emit a magical
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Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
all magical properties until the start of the gauthâs next turn. If the object is a charged item, it also loses 1d4;{"diceNotation":"1d4","rollType":"roll"} charges. Determine the affected item
magic items it is expected to guard.
A beholder (see the Monster Manual) usually drives away or kills any gauths that enter its territory, but it might choose to force them to serve it as lieutenants
Magic Items
Keys from the Golden Vault
Portrait. While you are attuned to the painting, you can command it to guard its location against one or more creatures you identify as the paintingâs enemies. The painting performs this function
until you command it to stop or until your attunement to the painting ends.
The painting has 3 charges. When a creature the painting identifies as its enemy starts its turn in a space the painting
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
Tunnel A secret trapdoor in the floor opens to an access tunnel leading to area 5. It can be found with a successful DC 12 Wisdom (Perception) check. Manipulating Time Having a mechanical guide spend 1
charge in this area causes the guards to change shifts, leaving for the barracks (area 6). Spending 2 charges reverses time and causes them to instead head into the temple complex to search for
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herself and claw Maglubiyetâs beady eyes from his face to prevent him from taking them from her. The cosmic battle between the two pantheons has raged for eons without resolution, leading those
rangers might be familiar with many of these symbols, enabling them to keep their charges from inadvertently stumbling into a tribeâs territory.
Colors of Conquest
Three colors have special meaning
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
Dragongleam, is enchanted with 10 charges of a daylight spell for use in twilight or dark forest underbrush. The command phrase is âTiamatâs eyes shine,â written in Draconic runes on the spearâs cross guard.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
Dragongleam, is enchanted with 10 charges of a daylight spell for use in twilight or dark forest underbrush. The command phrase is âTiamatâs eyes shine,â written in Draconic runes on the spearâs cross guard.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
with them. Navigation and propulsion of the craft is handled by two members of the town guard (guards), who are assigned by the council to sail or row the boat. The guards do not disembark when the
characters reach their destination, instead staying with the boat to keep it under their control and guard the partyâs return trip. While they are at sea, as their boat approaches the promontory, the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes of the Borderlands
Guard Sentry and Watch Member Guards protect people, places, and things, either for pay or from a sense of duty. They might perform their duties vigilantly or distractedly. Some raise alarms at the
first sign of danger and defend their charges with their lives. Others flee outright if their compensation doesnât match the danger they face. Theyâre perceptive, but most have little martial training
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
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
formal dress are escorted to the Gemstone Wing, while characters who are improperly dressed for the occasion are told to leave the museum at once. If the characters protest, the guard becomes hostile
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
unobstructed. Small windows glint from high on the vaultâs stone walls. Two guards keep watch on the second-floor balcony, while another guard patrols around the structure at ground level.
Vidorantâs
, they learn the general exterior layout, including the locations of the main door, balcony door, and windows. They also get a good look at the guard uniformsâdark blue with gold stitchingâwhich can
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
L2. Guard Cave A round, high-ceilinged cave opens here. It has two narrow exits, one leading north and the other south. A flat boulder sits in the center of the cave. Itâs about six feet across
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
into area 1. Secret Tunnel A secret trapdoor in the floor opens to an access tunnel leading to area 4. It can be found with a successful DC 12 Wisdom (Perception) check. Manipulating Time Having a
mechanical guide spend 1 charge in this area causes the guards to change shifts, leaving here for the barracks (area 6). Spending 2 charges causes them to instead head into the temple complex to search
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
Canoloth A type of yugoloth, canoloths are fiendish trackers and guardians employed by evil powers. They prefer to enter into contracts to guard valuable treasures and important locations. They
always do exactly as askedânever any more, never any less. With senses sharp enough to pinpoint the locations of nearby invisible creatures, canoloths respond unfailingly to any threat to their charges
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation Supplement
trail leading to the fort ends at a wooden double door. Two guards are posted, one on each of the ramparts to each side of the gate. They look like overgrown, bipedal turtles armed with crossbows.
The
gate doors are identical to those found in area 1. Two tortles (see âTortlesâ) stand guard on 10-foot-high wooden ramparts that hug the inside of the wall. Ladders in the courtyard provide easy access
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
activities from Constable Jute or from the physician Emil Trantor, and if they missed the trail leading from the latest murder, they might need to resort to divination or commune spells or similar magic
warehouse is well guarded, and protected at night by âvicious guard dogsâ (a trio of manticores whose snarling can be heard from the street). Getting that information out of any local requires a bribe
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
Rezmir, who arrives with her guard drakes three rounds later. Spiral Staircase A spiral staircase of sculpted ice connects the upper and lower courtyards, as well as the tunnels leading to the main vault
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
. Inhabitants. Popular accounts of the island describe it as unlucky, leading outsiders to avoid it. (The islandâs inhabitants know this rumor is false, though likely tied to Acererakâs long-ago
filled with monsters and puzzles. Stories state that the archlich created similar tombs to guard precious magical artifacts. One such tomb is located on the isle.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
, who arrives with her guard drakes three rounds later. Spiral Staircase A spiral staircase of sculpted ice connects the upper and lower courtyards, as well as the tunnels leading to the main vault
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
for pay or from a sense of duty. They might perform their duties vigilantly or distractedly. Some raise alarms at the first sign of danger and defend their charges with their lives. Others flee
outright if their compensation doesnât match the danger they face.
To distinguish between Waterdeepâs different groups of guardians, keep this handy mnemonic in mind: the Guard guards the walls while the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
portcullis. âThereâs nothing to see!â shouts a guard, âPlease move along.â
Solamnic knights mysteriously
arrive in Kalaman The characters learn the following from a gate guard or anyone in the crowd: An
leading to the city councilâs conference rooms are two heavily armored Knights of Solamnia on horseback. One of them holds a banner bearing a prominent rose emblem.
The two knights here are Undead
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
Entering the Fort The gatehouse serves as the entrance to Fort Knucklebone. Six redcaps stand guard atop it. One redcap yells down at the characters as they approach, asking for the password. After a
few moments, a different redcap says, âWe donât have a password!â All the redcaps fall over in peals of mirth. The redcaps on guard duty give the characters a difficult time, asking them to do
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
Iroasâs Villains table suggests a variety of foes that might arise from among the godâs followers. Iroasâs Villains d6 Villain
1 A knight in the polis guard regularly subjects his soldiers
to extreme disciplinary techniques, leading them to start a revolt.
2 A general (Akroan hoplite; see chapter 6) commands a town be put to the torch for its soldiersâ crimes. Followers of Phenax
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
unintelligible symbols. More notable is that the unfortunate guardâs brain has been removed from his shattered skull. The guard was killed by the mind flayer leading the Six operatives (see âPortal 4â and
long and fifteen feet wide. Crumpled on the floor before an iron door on the far side of the room, the body of a guard lies in a pool of blood. Standing closed between you and the body, six other oval
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
reveals a key in its hand. (This fits the secret door leading to the treasure vault in area 38). The key can be easily claimed, but doing so disturbs the skeleton and causes a cylindrical object to dislodge
smudge; and the passage to area 26, starting about 20 feet south of the secret door in area 3. Manipulating Time Having a mechanical guide spend 1 or more charges in this area creates a 10 percent
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver
the rift and flows out again to the north. Several ropes are secured to iron stakes along on the western edge of the rift, leading down to the chasm floor.
Three bugbears are stationed here. Two of
them are clearing rock on the rift floor while one more stands guard in the western half of the cavern. A doppelganger named Vhalak supervises the operation in the guise of a male drow. If a fight
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
10. Dining Hall Two long tables of plain stone stand at the south end of this dining hall, while a long marble table stands to the north. The door up the stairs leading to area 8 has â? DANGER
expedition. When his cultist followers were routed investigating area 11, Varram left the devils here with instructions to guard against any creatures coming out of that area. The devils take their orders
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
10. Dining Hall Two long tables of plain stone stand at the south end of this dining hall, while a long marble table stands to the north. The door up the stairs leading to area 8 has â? DANGER
expedition. When his cultist followers were routed investigating area 11, Varram left the devils here with instructions to guard against any creatures coming out of that area. The devils take their orders
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
4. Elf Quarters The tunnel leading to this area rises 20 feet to end in a rickety wooden door, constructed by the elves to keep some of the ettin smell out. This area sits atop an open bluff, with
occasion, and a knight and mage who are Chuthâs playthings. If the characters have entered the caverns undetected, any elves not on guard duty (see area 2) are here. As long as no alarm has been raised
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
City Watch The first soldiers you see in service to the city will be the members of the City Guard who patrol the roads leading to Waterdeep, watch the walls, guard civic structures, and protect
magisters. Waterdeepâs streets, however, are policed by an altogether different force: the City Watch. The similarity of their names often confuses newcomers, so I offer this handy mnemonic: âThe Guard
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
4. Elf Quarters The tunnel leading to this area rises 20 feet to end in a rickety wooden door, constructed by the elves to keep some of the ettin smell out. This area sits atop an open bluff, with
occasion, and a knight and mage who are Chuthâs playthings. If the characters have entered the caverns undetected, any elves not on guard duty (see area 2) are here. As long as no alarm has been raised
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
15. Elemental Checkpoint Blood streaks the floor here, including the smeared trail leading back to the teleport chamber and a second trail of bloody boot prints heading up the corridor to the north
and a fire elemental Xonthal called forth to guard his workshops. In the absence of new orders, the elementals eternally follow Xonthalâs last command to slay intruders. When any character enters the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
19. Outpost These chambers guard the stairs to level 22. The ceilings are 20 feet high throughout. 19a. Way to Level 22 Debris. In the west side of the room lie the crumbling remains of a stone table
to extract the mithral from the pillars proves futile.)
Xindulus. An invisible ultroloth named Xindulus guards a secret door leading to a 10-foot-wide spiral staircase that descends to level 22 (see
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
6. Main Gate A lowered drawbridge spans a foggy moat. Beyond the drawbridge is an open portcullis, and beyond the portcullis is a covered gateway leading to an open courtyard. Large figures loom in
also keep those within from falling to their deaths, and they block the wind. By Day. Three ogres stand guard atop each gate tower (see area 6B). They can shout for reinforcements, which come from areas