matters species with only armored from for loud

Warforged Legacy

Species Eberron: Rising from the Last War

“Pierce was built by design, while you were built by accident,” Lakashtai said. “The soul is what matters, not the shape of the vessel.” “What makes you think he has

as a new species. Warforged are made from wood and metal, but they can feel pain and emotion. Built as weapons, they must now find a purpose beyond war. A warforged can be a steadfast ally, a cold

Warforged

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War

Warforged “Pierce was built by design, while you were built by accident,” Lakashtai said. “The soul is what matters, not the shape of the vessel.” “What makes you think he has a soul?” Gerrion said

vast resources to improving these steel soldiers. An unexpected breakthrough produced sapient soldiers, giving rise to what some have only grudgingly accepted as a new species. Warforged are made from

Izzet Engineer

Backgrounds Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica

tend to be loud, flashy, or explosive, even when the effect is unremarkable. For example, when you open the portal of a rope trick spell, the portal might be outlined by harmless, showy

Ideal 1 Guild. My guild is all that really matters. (Any) 2 Creativity. Half the world’s troubles come from stodgy thinking, stuck in the past. We need innovative

Simic Scientist

Backgrounds Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica

in my communication. Ideals d6 Ideal 1 Guild. My guild is all that really matters. (Any) 2 Change. All life is meant to progress toward perfection, and

discovered something that I think could eliminate half the life on Ravnica. 3 The other researchers in my clade are my family — a big, eccentric family including members and parts of many species

Chapter 1: Character Creation

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War

a heavily armored warforged stands guard Building on the book’s introduction, this chapter reveals how you can create a character shaped by Eberron and its war-filled history. The chapter offers you

the following choices: Race. Choose one of the playable races detailed in this chapter, or pick a race from the Player’s Handbook and learn here how Eberron has affected that species’ development

Warforged

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Forge of the Artificer

, darkwood, or stone. Armored plates form a protective outer shell and reinforce joints. The more a warforged cultivates their individuality, the more likely they are to modify their body, seeking out

select this species Speed: 30 feet As a Warforged, you have these special traits. Construct Resilience. You have Resistance to Poison damage. You also have Advantage on saving throws to avoid or

Denizens

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder

Denizens The Maelstrom Roster table summarizes the locations of the inhabitants when the characters approach and indicates how those creatures react when intruders are detected. Loud noises in one

princesses included — obey Uthor’s commands when it comes to military matters. Once Iymrith realizes that small folk have invaded the stronghold, she does everything she can to foment a war. She tries to

Boggarts

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lorwyn: First Light

physical features than Lorwyn boggarts, including additional sets of horns. They are also known for body modifications, such as riveting armored plates to their flesh. Shadowmoor boggart society is chaotic

believe their patron is Isilu. Others prove to be Sorcerers and are especially likely to manifest their power in the form of the Wild Magic Sorcery subclass. Playing a Boggart Use the Goblin species (see Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse) when creating a boggart player character.

Enter the Giant

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes’ Feast: Saving the Children’s Menu

Enter the Giant About a month ago, Arthur heard a loud noise outside. When he went to investigate, he found a fire giant running up the hillside toward his house, with two young fire giant children

coveted her power. When Ignis disregarded Invido’s feigned concerns, Invido took matters into his own hands. He had her consort killed and tried to abduct the heirs, intending to raise them as his own

Approaching a Camp

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

, the guards shout loud enough to put the camp on alert (see “Camp Roster” below). Reghed nomads, regardless of clan or tribe, try to capture intruders rather than kill them, giving the chieftain (or king

chieftain’s spouse, sibling, offspring, or childhood friend—someone the chieftain trusts. Shaman. The shaman, who advises the chieftain and presides over spiritual matters, is a druid who speaks Common

Zones and Denizens

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder

remain here. 15 2 fire giants, 3 ogres The giants head to area 20 if the bucket chain stops moving, while the ogres remain here. Both the giants and the ogres investigate loud noises in area 14. 17 1

area 31. 20 2 armored ogre The ogres remain here to watch over the prisoners. 21 1 fire giant The fire giant heads to area 20 if the wheel stops turning and raises the portcullis to area 22 if it

Haunted Tomb

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse

. Geeraugh and Mougra built an improvised alarm made metal wagon wheel fittings against the inside of the door. If the door is pushed open without removing this “alarm,” the metal pieces fall with a loud crash

touched, a ghostly armored male human wielding a spectral longsword emerges from it. This minor ghost was a guard who died having failed to protect the noble interred here. (Use specter statistics

Danger in the Hills

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves

landmark. Sprawled nearby is a huge, partly dissolved monster with its guts ripped out. The dead monster lies on its armored back with its four clawed feet in the air. From deeper in the hills come the

sounds of loud belching and guttural laughter. The copper mine contains nothing of interest. A character can take the Study action and make a DC 12 Intelligence (Nature) check to identify the dead

Session Zero

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide

choose different classes so that the adventuring party has a range of abilities. It’s less important that the party include multiple backgrounds or species; sometimes it’s fun to play an all-Dwarf party or

this world, though, the characters also know more than their players do. Fill in the basics of what the characters should know anytime that information matters to their adventures.

Church of the Silver Flame

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War

Flame, who maintains the font in Flamekeep and communes with Tira Miron. The Last War had a serious impact on the church. Leaders still respected the Keeper’s authority over spiritual matters, but the

in Breland and Aundair, and followers across Khorvaire. Members of the Pure Flame sect treat some species—notably shifters and changelings—with suspicion, but the faith holds that people of all races should stand together.

Nautiloid Down

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

Nautiloid Down Seven days ago, spacefaring mind flayers hoping to capture some interesting species for study crashed their ship—a nautiloid called the Id Ascendant—while trying to fly it through a

very interested in acquiring it. Complicating matters is the damage done by the crash to the nautiloid’s life support system, for once this system shuts down, the illithids are at risk of freezing to

Maelstrom Level 1

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder

geyser of steam shoots up from a vent in the bottom of the shallow basin, sending out a loud hissing noise as it erupts. Any creature in the small, circular room when the geyser erupts is engulfed in

sleeping in area 10 awaken and respond to any loud disturbance here. 9. Sparring Chamber Mirran uses this air-filled room to practice her sparring. A giant-sized dummy made from the mast, sails, and rigging

23. Fazrian's Court

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage

burning coals. Smoke and embers rise from each. Statues. Extending eastward from the foyer is a 20-foot-wide, 30-foot-high arched hall lined with 15-foot-tall iron statues of armored dwarves draped

gates (see “Gates”). Striking either menhir with a hard object or targeting one or both with a shatter spell deals no damage, but causes an affected standing stone to emit a loud ringing that awakens

The Morkoth

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder

. Any loud disturbances on deck cause the captain and the sleeping cultists to awaken and investigate. Unless the characters approach the Morkoth invisibly, it is likely that the entire ship’s crew will

characters want to delay their departure, Hekaton agrees to stay around long enough for them to search the Morkoth or to take care of other matters. For example, the characters might need to conclude some

Bathhouse Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus

sleeping fists of Bane. All are fully armored and have their weapons nearby. If awakened by loud noises or the guard in area D23, they grab their weapons and quickly mobilize to repel any intrusion. The room

Door. The face of this door bears a carving of Bane, the lawful evil god of tyranny, who is depicted as a tall, armored man wearing a bucket helm. His right gauntlet is painted black and clutches a

Lower Palace Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight

exploded outward, and its stony fragments are hanging in the air as though time around them has stopped. Among the debris, suspended above the stormy vortex, is an armored knight with a sword in one

reaching desperately toward the cauldron, while the armored woman at her side is grasping a fine-looking quarterstaff. A jabberwock (see appendix C) is coiled around the cauldron. Zybilna treated the

Spire of Iriolarthas (Y19i-Y19hq)

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

manifest in the image of any humanoid species or gender but defaults to the form described below: Suddenly, the crystals brighten as rays of energy burst forth one by one to converge in the center of the

. Whenever a loud noise is made inside the chamber, the loose crystal flickers. Tremendously loud noises, such as those made by a thunderwave spell or a horn of blasting, cause the crystal to go out for 1d6

Cragmaw Castle Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk

the rubble appears dangerous, the tower is stable and the eastern passage is safe. Development. Any loud noises here attract the attention of the goblins in area C7. One goblin is sent through the

entrance. Otherwise, this area contains nothing of interest or value. C12: Guard Quarters Four armored Humanoids stand around a stone brazier full of coals that glows in the middle of this small barrack

Fortress Level 2

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh

ceremonial dagger with a bone handle. A sahuagin and several armored sharks occupy this chamber. A sahuagin priestess is tending to the armored plates of four shell sharks (see appendix C) in this

large sharks with armored plates driven into their flanks swim freely here. This is one of two large shark pens on the second level of the fortress. Because of the ubiquitous seaweed, the number of

Supernatural Regions

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything

When a creature makes an exceptionally loud noise or otherwise attracts attention When the party spends at least 30 minutes in the same region Blessed Radiance The grace of the Upper Planes touches this

worlds, the biomass of insects radically outweighs that of higher organisms. Mass migrations and deadly insect species can imperil larger creatures, but most insects remain nothing more than an annoyance

Fort Beluarian

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation

locate at least one group of frost giants as well as their longship (see “Hvalspyd"). To complicate matters, Portyr doesn’t believe any report that claims frost giants have landed in Chult and won’t

don’t need to walk in the mud when rain pours down. A wooden statue of an armored man stands in the middle of the courtyard. The statue portrays Grand Duke Ulder Ravengard of Baldur’s Gate, leader of

World-Shaking Events

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)

. The lost resource might be a precious metal, a species of plant or animal that held an important place in the local ecology, or an entire race or culture of people. Its absence causes a chain

monster, item, god, plane, or race for your world. As long as the discovery matters, it doesn’t have to be wholly original, just flavored for your campaign. A discovery is particularly impressive when the

Outer City Gazetteer

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus

adventurers for healthy specimens of rare creatures, sometimes reselling the smaller and less dangerous species. While the menagerie is popular with city folk who pay a few coppers to view the

roast every potential patron or ally in the city hasn’t helped matters. With the Guild ready to step in and assume ownership if he doesn’t start repaying his loans, he needs to either turn to outright

Maelstrom Level 2

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder

, Mirran and Nym tell them that their young, inexperienced sister is “far too overwhelmed with important matters” to grant the characters an audience at this moment. Mirran instructs the two storm giant

anemone chests to be slowly digested. Any loud noises here awaken the giants in area 29 and alert any giants in area 14. 28. Kitchen If music is being played in area 14, it can be clearly heard in this

Locations E - H

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder

important matters and plan for the tribe’s future. While Halric enjoys the comforts of a king, the rest of the tribe lives in squalor. At various times in the past, visitors were welcome to meet and

Encounter When fire giants attack an armored wagon heading east to Sundabar, knights on hippogriffs are forced to swoop down, rescue the survivors, and deliver them back to Hawk’s Nest. The characters learn

Outer City Gazetteer

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer

. Always on the lookout for new attractions, he happily pays adventurers for healthy specimens of rare creatures, sometimes reselling the smaller and less dangerous species. While the menagerie is

debt, and his compulsive need to roast every potential patron or ally in the city hasn’t helped matters. With the Guild ready to step in and assume ownership if he doesn’t start repaying his loans, he

Areas of the Ships

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist

before needing to be refilled) A float topped with two mechanical goblins that repeatedly punch each other when wound up A float bearing a mechanical armored knight battling a mechanical pit fiend (when

Lolth’s teeth, have you no manners?” The sound is loud enough to be heard by Jarlaxle (if he is in area J29), and he comes to investigate. The room contains the following features: The sweet smell of

Brimstone Hold Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault

cruelty. Gruk-Gruk B4: Prison Yard Huge blocks of rough basalt lie scattered about the center of this spacious yard, where ten armored duergar oversee a large number of haggard prisoners. The prisoners

within arm’s reach. The sound of normal movement doesn’t wake them, but they are roused by the sounds of battle or other loud noises in areas B15–area B19. The duergar are alarmed if they wake to find the

Lair Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh

orders from a heavily armored officer. Another lizardfolk dressed in a robe stands to one side, observing the assembly. If they have not been called elsewhere, four lizardfolk, one lizardfolk

them to act on his behalf in all matters pertaining to the alliance. It has no specifics regarding the nature of the alliance or those against whom the alliance is directed; the word “sahuagin” is

The Fissure

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated

pressing matters force the characters to complete their investigation quickly. This episode is for 1st-level adventurers, and the characters are at their most vulnerable at this level. As such, it’s

attacked her and her siblings, driving her away from her mother’s territory and down the Sword Coast. She can also confirm that she saw an armed and armored female human — Sergeant Ava Teeshe — pass

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