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Returning 35 results for 'hand root'.
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Tomb of Annihilation
practice archaeology travel to the far corners of the world to root through crumbled cities and lost dungeons, digging in search of artifacts that might tell the stories of monarchs and high priests, wars
exploring is part of a plan to find the secret of everlasting life. (Any)
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Danger. With every great discovery comes grave danger. The two walk hand in hand. (Any)
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Bond
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Goblinoids Hoisting the head by the fading plumes of the ruined helmet, still tied under the chin by a cord, Haruuc raised it in one hand and his bloody sword in the other. “Your lord is dead!” he
was crippled by a long conflict with the daelkyr and their aberrant armies; even though the daelkyr were defeated, the seeds of madness took root in the empire and tore it apart. Today there are four primary goblinoid cultures in Khorvaire.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Goblinoids Hoisting the head by the fading plumes of the ruined helmet, still tied under the chin by a cord, Haruuc raised it in one hand and his bloody sword in the other. “Your lord is dead!” he
was crippled by a long conflict with the daelkyr and their aberrant armies; even though the daelkyr were defeated, the seeds of madness took root in the empire and tore it apart. Today there are four primary goblinoid cultures in Khorvaire.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
(she doesn’t recall which one) and dropped them off at the Yawning Portal. They talked about hiring spies to root out Xanathar Guild hideouts in the city. Maxeene’s descriptions of the passengers match
Street in the Trades Ward. She claims to have trapped a monster in her shop and fears for the welfare of her books and her cat. The City Watch isn’t likely to lend a hand, given Uza’s propensity for tall
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
(she doesn’t recall which one) and dropped them off at the Yawning Portal. They talked about hiring spies to root out Xanathar Guild hideouts in the city. Maxeene’s descriptions of the passengers match
Street in the Trades Ward. She claims to have trapped a monster in her shop and fears for the welfare of her books and her cat. The City Watch isn’t likely to lend a hand, given Uza’s propensity for tall
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
githzerai and the githyanki, two factions that arose from the victorious gith, sent hunting parties to root out and slaughter the remaining mind flayers. To this day, isolated clutches of mind flayers remain
to hit with spell attacks). It can innately cast the following spells, requiring no components:
At will: guidance, mage hand, vicious mockery, true strike
1st level (4 slots): charm person
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
for the one he had killed. The second offered wealth from his family coffers, so she turned him into a tree clinging to a cliff face by one root. The third, remorseful, threw himself on a bed of moss
, and a cerulean butterfly came to rest on his hand. Carefully, he carried the butterfly back to Nylea. She not only spared him, but blessed his house and all his descendants.
The Tragedy of Arasta
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
githzerai and the githyanki, two factions that arose from the victorious gith, sent hunting parties to root out and slaughter the remaining mind flayers. To this day, isolated clutches of mind flayers remain
to hit with spell attacks). It can innately cast the following spells, requiring no components:
At will: guidance, mage hand, vicious mockery, true strike
1st level (4 slots): charm person
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
for the one he had killed. The second offered wealth from his family coffers, so she turned him into a tree clinging to a cliff face by one root. The third, remorseful, threw himself on a bed of moss
, and a cerulean butterfly came to rest on his hand. Carefully, he carried the butterfly back to Nylea. She not only spared him, but blessed his house and all his descendants.
The Tragedy of Arasta
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
Monk Some call the unseen energy flowing through all things “ki.” I call it the invisible hand of the marketplace. Now let’s negotiate your surrender.
THE BUSINESS OF APPLIED KI
Ki is a magical
Boisterous Brewmaster — Hand raised as if making a toast (excellent at preventing being slapped)
7 Hardy Harpy — Arms flapping wildly while singing (inspires people to leave you alone, and good
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
Monk Some call the unseen energy flowing through all things “ki.” I call it the invisible hand of the marketplace. Now let’s negotiate your surrender.
THE BUSINESS OF APPLIED KI
Ki is a magical
Boisterous Brewmaster — Hand raised as if making a toast (excellent at preventing being slapped)
7 Hardy Harpy — Arms flapping wildly while singing (inspires people to leave you alone, and good
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
not being called upon to take action, they root themselves in the earth and silently take sustenance from it. Steadfast guardians who speak little, wood woads are the perfect neighbors. Unless ye’re
woad’s hand, its club is magical and deals 7 (3d4) extra damage (included in its attacks).
Plant Camouflage. The wood woad has advantage on Dexterity (Stealth) checks it makes in any terrain with ample
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
Witchlight hand background can roll on this table instead of the Trinkets table in the Player’s Handbook to determine what trinkets their characters possess. The adventure includes a few encounters that
together 03 Silver hand mirror with a nymph-shaped handle 04 Painted wooden key whose teeth change configuration every day at dawn 05 Delicate silver cameo with pictures of twin children opposite one
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
root and use it to conquer untold worlds. 4 A sea hag in the Sacred Well tells one of the characters they will die at the hand of Gzemnid in five days.
of Glory, a mammoth of a gymnasium where warriors boast, revel, and train. Weapons of past heroes line its wooden halls: frayed hand wraps, fencing sabers, flagged spears, folding iron fans, and
compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Grim Hollow: Player’s Guide
for its resistance and now rules the city with an iron hand. Festivals are often somber and quiet, with heavy tones of religious indoctrination. Performers know not to perform content that could be
. Jens Kuczwara When House Faro returns to its former glory, the Inquisition will know what true wrath looks like.
—Faro Dock Hand
Toletum Toletum’s great city is frequently cloaked in noxious smoke
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
root and use it to conquer untold worlds. 4 A sea hag in the Sacred Well tells one of the characters they will die at the hand of Gzemnid in five days.
of Glory, a mammoth of a gymnasium where warriors boast, revel, and train. Weapons of past heroes line its wooden halls: frayed hand wraps, fencing sabers, flagged spears, folding iron fans, and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
Witchlight hand background can roll on this table instead of the Trinkets table in the Player’s Handbook to determine what trinkets their characters possess. The adventure includes a few encounters that
together 03 Silver hand mirror with a nymph-shaped handle 04 Painted wooden key whose teeth change configuration every day at dawn 05 Delicate silver cameo with pictures of twin children opposite one
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
not being called upon to take action, they root themselves in the earth and silently take sustenance from it. Steadfast guardians who speak little, wood woads are the perfect neighbors. Unless ye’re
woad’s hand, its club is magical and deals 7 (3d4) extra damage (included in its attacks).
Plant Camouflage. The wood woad has advantage on Dexterity (Stealth) checks it makes in any terrain with ample
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
, they see it’s stuck through the severed hand of a young woman. The characters have no way of knowing this, but the hand was once a crawling claw and was dispatched by a farmer. Sickly Crops. Wheat
the pantry’s floor opens to reveal a 10-foot-tall ladder descending into a darkened cold-storage cellar. The stench of something rotting rises from below. F7: Cellar and Tunnel Shelves bearing root
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
, they see it’s stuck through the severed hand of a young woman. The characters have no way of knowing this, but the hand was once a crawling claw and was dispatched by a farmer. Sickly Crops. Wheat
the pantry’s floor opens to reveal a 10-foot-tall ladder descending into a darkened cold-storage cellar. The stench of something rotting rises from below. F7: Cellar and Tunnel Shelves bearing root
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
any conversation. She tells the characters she’ll savor killing them as retribution and begins combat. L4: Root Cellar Thick roots and dry, brittle twigs jut from the earthen walls of this cavern.
A
GP each) Jade orb (worth 100 GP) engraved in Infernal with the name of Stygia Golden cup (worth 50 GP) Hand mirror in a silver frame (worth 40 GP) Ivory comb (worth 35 GP) Dust of Disappearance
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
supports Anders, and his energy and ambition have made him something of a folk hero on the docks. On the other hand, his open opposition to smuggling and his hatred of the Sea Princes’ practice of slavery
, he is too young to temper his views with a realistic assessment of the risks. Ideal. Anders believes that freedom is the root of happiness. He pays his employees well and wants to help Saltmarsh grow
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
any conversation. She tells the characters she’ll savor killing them as retribution and begins combat. L4: Root Cellar Thick roots and dry, brittle twigs jut from the earthen walls of this cavern.
A
GP each) Jade orb (worth 100 GP) engraved in Infernal with the name of Stygia Golden cup (worth 50 GP) Hand mirror in a silver frame (worth 40 GP) Ivory comb (worth 35 GP) Dust of Disappearance
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
supports Anders, and his energy and ambition have made him something of a folk hero on the docks. On the other hand, his open opposition to smuggling and his hatred of the Sea Princes’ practice of slavery
, he is too young to temper his views with a realistic assessment of the risks. Ideal. Anders believes that freedom is the root of happiness. He pays his employees well and wants to help Saltmarsh grow
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
ready to leap into the fray. If the characters reduce Thunderhale to 32 hit points or fewer, he surrenders, smiles, and offers his hand in friendship while complimenting the characters on their fighting
Gilded Eye has taken root in Helm’s Hold, a monastery south of Neverwinter. The Gilded Eye believes that demons and their vile worshipers are spreading corruption throughout the North. Gilded Eye
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
, both of which hold woodcarving tools and strange wooden objects.
Cultists work here to craft the wooden symbols that mark membership in the cult—a distended tongue with a torn root. Fifty newly carved
surrounded by servants (see below), a bloodstained knife in his hand. The bodies of two adult humans lie dead on the altar in front of the statue, having just been sacrificed. See the “Lord Viallis
Equipment
root in the triggering creature. All other creatures within 30 feet of the triggering creature must make a DC 15 Strength saving throw. On a failed save, they are pulled up to 20 feet towards the
octarine lightning. They take 14 (4d6) Lightning damage and must make a successful DC 15 Constitution saving throw or gain 1 level of Contamination.
79–80
An Arcane Hand spell (spell save
Equipment
force takes root in the triggering creature. All other creatures within 30 feet of the triggering creature must make a DC 15 Strength saving throw. On a failed save, they are pulled up to 20 feet
struck by octarine lightning. They take 14 (4d6) Lightning damage and must make a successful DC 15 Constitution saving throw or gain 1 level of Contamination.
79–80
An Arcane Hand spell
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
, both of which hold woodcarving tools and strange wooden objects.
Cultists work here to craft the wooden symbols that mark membership in the cult—a distended tongue with a torn root. Fifty newly carved
surrounded by servants (see below), a bloodstained knife in his hand. The bodies of two adult humans lie dead on the altar in front of the statue, having just been sacrificed. See the “Lord Viallis
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
ready to leap into the fray. If the characters reduce Thunderhale to 32 hit points or fewer, he surrenders, smiles, and offers his hand in friendship while complimenting the characters on their fighting
Gilded Eye has taken root in Helm’s Hold, a monastery south of Neverwinter. The Gilded Eye believes that demons and their vile worshipers are spreading corruption throughout the North. Gilded Eye
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
or Spit Rock attacks in any combination and one Grasping Root attack.
Slam. Melee Weapon Attack: +14 to hit, reach 20 ft., one target. Hit: 33 (4d12 + 7) bludgeoning damage.
Spit Rock. Ranged
Weapon Attack: +14 to hit, range 120 ft., one target. Hit: 25 (4d8 + 7) bludgeoning damage, and the target must succeed on a DC 22 Strength saving throw or have the prone condition.
Grasping Root. Melee
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
or Spit Rock attacks in any combination and one Grasping Root attack.
Slam. Melee Weapon Attack: +14 to hit, reach 20 ft., one target. Hit: 33 (4d12 + 7) bludgeoning damage.
Spit Rock. Ranged
Weapon Attack: +14 to hit, range 120 ft., one target. Hit: 25 (4d8 + 7) bludgeoning damage, and the target must succeed on a DC 22 Strength saving throw or have the prone condition.
Grasping Root. Melee
Equipment
takes root in the triggering creature. All other creatures within 30 feet of the triggering creature must make a DC 15 Strength saving throw. On a failed save, they are pulled up to 20 feet towards the
octarine lightning. They take 14 (4d6) Lightning damage and must make a successful DC 15 Constitution saving throw or gain 1 level of Contamination.
79–80
An Arcane Hand spell (spell save
Equipment
root in the triggering creature. All other creatures within 30 feet of the triggering creature must make a DC 15 Strength saving throw. On a failed save, they are pulled up to 20 feet towards the
octarine lightning. They take 14 (4d6) Lightning damage and must make a successful DC 15 Constitution saving throw or gain 1 level of Contamination.
79–80
An Arcane Hand spell (spell save DC
Equipment
webbing which acts like the Web spell. The webs and eldritch crawlers remain until destroyed, or until the crawlers successfully obtain suitable prey.
49–50
A powerful magnetic force takes root
octarine lightning. They take 14 (4d6) Lightning damage and must make a successful DC 15 Constitution saving throw or gain 1 level of Contamination.
79–80
An Arcane Hand spell (spell save DC 18