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Returning 35 results for 'mechanical some with only assign for for look'.
Species
Eberron: Forge of the Artificer
Warforged are mechanical beings built as weapons to fight in the Last War. An unexpected breakthrough produced sentient beings made from wood and metal that nevertheless can feel pain and emotion
look of their face, limbs, and plating.
Warforged Traits
Creature Type: ConstructSize: Medium (about 6–8 feet tall) or Small (about 3–4 feet tall), chosen when you select this speciesSpeed: 30 feet
Monsters
Monstrous Compendium Vol. 2: Dragonlance Creatures
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Chattergrab. Parts of this gadget look like gnashing metal teeth. This gadget hurtles toward a creature the mastermind can see within 60 feet of itself. The creature must succeed on a DC 16 Dexterity saving
appendages, or both.
Nevermind Gnomes
Mount Nevermind is a hollow, dormant volcano on the island of Sancrist in Krynn. Within the mountain, a vibrant community of rock gnome tinkerers and other inventors relentlessly study various scientific pursuits to create mechanical marvels.
Monsters
The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
, part mechanical theater, the outfit makes her look frighteningly tall; without it, she is a hunched and withered bag of bones. She shrouds her wrinkled features behind a gauzy “theater curtain
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goliath, and fewer still can claim friendship with them. Goliaths wander a bleak realm of rock, wind, and cold. Their bodies look as if they are carved from mountain stone and give them great
, committed by the goliath. Goliaths assign and use nicknames with their friends of other races, and change them to refer to an individual’s notable deeds.
Goliaths present all three names when
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
, but negotiates for passage if the characters speak to it. The gynosphinx appears to have suffered ancient injuries to its head, which have healed and been replaced by mechanical components. Both the
appear entirely ignorant, and I look forward to adding whatever small knowledge you might possess to my collection.”
Creature. Originally wounded in an encounter that nearly destroyed Kwalish’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
time. And the members of the alternative expedition certainly look to sabotage or destroy the characters’ mechanical guide in order to strand them. These competitors might succeed in securing some of the
enhanced medusa for Lynx, or the brains in iron for Sir Ursas (see below for more information on both). Each expedition also has its own mechanical guide. You might use the members of the rival expedition
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
Step 3: Determine Ability Scores To determine your character’s ability scores, you first generate a set of six numbers using the instructions below and then assign them to your six abilities. Chapter
Score Point Costs Score Cost 8 0 9 1 10 2 11 3 12 4 13 5 14 7 15 9 Assign Ability Scores Once you’ve generated six scores, assign them to Strength, Dexterity, Constitution, Intelligence, Wisdom
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Points a monster has remaining. It helps to have a system to track damage for groups of monsters. If you aren’t using miniatures or other visual aids, one way to track your monsters is to assign them
can sort them by letter, then subtract damage from their Hit Points as they take it. Your records might look something like this after a few rounds of combat: Ogre A: Crossed-out:68 Crossed-out:59
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Forge of the Artificer
Warforged Ignacio Bazan-Lazcano Warforged are mechanical beings built as weapons to fight in the Last War. An unexpected breakthrough produced sentient beings made from wood and metal that
an artificer to customize the look of their face, limbs, and plating. Warforged Traits Creature Type: Construct
Size: Medium (about 6–8 feet tall) or Small (about 3–4 feet tall), chosen when you
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Forge of the Artificer
and in its wake, artificers across Khorvaire made many magical and mechanical advances—but none quite as impressive as the elemental airship. With its intricately carved soarwood hull and distinctive
Lyrandar’s control of the skies, but for now, adventurers look to Lyrandar airships as the foremost means of transcontinental travel.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
Step 3: Determine Ability Scores To determine your character’s ability scores, you first generate a set of six numbers using the instructions below and then assign them to your six abilities
. Ability Score Point Costs Score Cost 8 0 9 1 10 2 11 3 12 4 13 5 14 7 15 9 Assign Ability Scores Once you’ve generated six scores, assign them to Strength, Dexterity, Constitution, Intelligence
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
onerous, but it helps to have a system for larger groups of monsters. If you aren’t using miniatures or other visual aids, the easiest way to keep track of your monsters is to assign them unique
subtract damage from their hit points as they take it. Your records might look something like this after a few rounds of combat: Ogre A: 59 53 45 24 14 9 dead Ogre B: 59 51 30 Ogre C: 59 Players often ask
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Sharn, and make it look like an accident. 3 Kill a target before she signs her last will and testament to assign her property to a new heir. 4 Rescue a dreamlily dealer with an aberrant mark who has been
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
abilities to assign scores to Strength, Dexterity, Constitution, Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma. Afterward, make any changes to your ability scores as a result of your race choice. After assigning your
and modifiers look like this: Strength 17 (+3), Dexterity 10 (+0), Constitution 16 (+3), Intelligence 8 (–1), Wisdom 13 (+1), Charisma 12 (+1).
Bob fills in Bruenor’s final hit points: 10 + his Constitution modifier of +3, for a total of 13 hit points.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
occupied by a female genasi, her skin encrusted with patches of faceted crystals. The project she’s working on is a silver skull with jeweled teeth.
Not bothering to look at you, the genasi says, “Your
. Manipulating Time Having a mechanical guide spend 1 charge in this area taps into the ritual magic Seodra is using to craft the demilich’s skull, causing a random character to age by one year. This effect can be reversed by casting a remove curse spell using a 6th-level spell slot.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
opens, and a blast of musty, dust-choked air spills out from the room beyond. That dusty chamber holds three creatures that look like inverted pyramids with mechanical arms and legs, and another
mechanical creations to sit dormant. The hallways and rooms are dusty, showing few signs of life or movement. Except where otherwise noted, all areas of the super-secret basement have the following
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
impressive bits of technology from the crashed planar craft, teleportation-field devices consist of two matched magical-mechanical rings. Both rings channel the power of teleportation and flight, and were
and in Daoine Gloine (where Kwalish has used the magical-mechanical technology of the craft to set up his new lab). If the characters manage to secure a pair of such devices, you can let the players
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
flesh out your encounter in these ways, go right ahead and finish your creation. Otherwise, take a look at the following sections for some basic advice on adding flavor elements to the simple mechanics
, you can assign the same personality traits to an entire group of monsters. For example, one bandit gang might be an unruly mob of braggarts, while the members of another gang are always on edge and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
eventual experimental subjects. They attempt to look like Mack Francache, Seodra the gemsmith, or anyone else they’ve seen pass through the cell area in order to escape. 10f. This cell is sealed off behind a
Impersonation trait to create copies of anyone approaching too closely. Manipulating Time Having a mechanical guide spend 1 charge in this area causes one of the cell doors (chosen at random
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Light of Xaryxis
sill) when the opening disappears is pushed out of the tower a split second before the window vanishes. Tour of the Tower Topolah gives the characters a quick look at each floor of her tower, showing
mechanical gnomes wearing harnesses tend to the plants. The harnesses are attached to ropes that loop around pulleys affixed to the ceiling, enabling the gnomes to hoist themselves into the air and move
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
are the details of the overland journey. If you don’t want to play out that journey, the characters’ mechanical guide can use its teleportation ability to take them to the temple. If the characters
the tomb is he who plans its construction.” Characters who have a chance to look around this area can also find calligrapher’s supplies; a forgery kit; spell scrolls of arcane lock, glyph of warding, and legend lore; a wand of secrets; and a strongbox containing 30 pp.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
elaborate costume. Part dress, part mechanical theater, the outfit makes her look frighteningly tall; without it, she is a hunched and withered bag of bones. She shrouds her wrinkled features behind a gauzy
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
magic-using characters as figures of awe or terror, or to assign storied origins to common magic items. Corrupted Magic. The Dark Powers influence magical effects, imparting them with sinister qualities
often look alike and might recall memories of their past lives. Metaphysical Mysteries. The state of souls in the Domains of Dread provides a dose of existential terror to those hoping to manipulate
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
hands formed from solid gold. A wooden flying machine has wings that flap when it becomes airborne. A miniature model of a mechanical dragon turtle has a brass plate affixed to its pedestal that reads
temple, Valetta identifies it as Nim, a nimblewright that was gifted to the temple by a Lantanese wizard. If they describe the incident involving the mechanical bird, Valetta sighs and leads them up a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
monsters. If you aren’t using miniatures or other visual aids, one way to track your monsters is to assign them unique features. For example, imagine that you’re running an encounter with three Ogres
A, B, and C, respectively. To track the ogres’ Hit Points, you can sort them by letter, then subtract damage from their Hit Points as they take it. Your records might look something like this after a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
your character’s six abilities to assign scores to Strength, Dexterity, Constitution, Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma. Afterward, make any changes to your ability scores as a result of your race
by 2), Bruenor’s ability scores and modifiers look like this: Strength 17 (+3), Dexterity 10 (+0), Constitution 16 (+3), Intelligence 8 (–1), Wisdom 13 (+1), Charisma 12 (+1).
Bob fills in Bruenor’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer Academy
signals her imminent arrival.
Quote: “Listen to what I tell you; it might just save your life.”
Assigning Roles Saerthe explains that each team of cadets must assign crew roles to its members. This
pale as to be almost translucent, and their blonde hair is worn in a fashionable, immaculately manicured pompadour.
Quote: “I make talent look good.”
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monstrous Compendium Volume Two
study various scientific pursuits to create mechanical marvels. Nevermind Gnome Inventor Brimming with innovative ideas and reckless enthusiasm, the inventors of Mount Nevermind love any chance to
mastermind quickly assembles a clockwork gadget, producing one of the following effects (the mastermind’s choice):
Chattergrab. Parts of this gadget look like gnashing metal teeth. This gadget hurtles
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
in a conventional way; you look as if you’re producing wonders using mundane items or outlandish inventions. Tools Required You produce your artificer spell effects through your tools. You must have
effect. If you cast cure wounds using alchemist’s supplies, you could be quickly producing a salve. If you cast it using tinker’s tools, you might have a miniature mechanical spider that binds wounds
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
large windows that look out over the harbor. To one side of a central pillar rests a comfortable bed, its oak headboard carved to resemble a kraken. An oak dining table surrounded by six high-backed
a life-size mechanical unicorn ridden by a mechanical drow ranger waving two scimitars (when a lever under the float is pulled, the unicorn farts a 15-foot cone of confetti, which it can do twice
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
effort, both in game and around the table. What should a headquarters look like initially? Do the characters prefer to travel by land or by sea, or to operate from a fixed location? Is a ruined keep
true, the orcs won’t come back (probably). This abandoned lighthouse headquarters is strong enough to stand against any storm (probably), and many of the leaks have been fixed already. And just look at
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
. Look for ways to raise the stakes of a scene, so players feel that every decision matters. This could be driven by the consequences of failure: through your actions, you’re protecting your friends
spread to his clothes.
Combat can feel very mechanical. I move 10 feet. I make an attack roll. I use a reaction. One way for the DM to encourage more cinematic action is to present a list of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
larger than normal and was crafted by giants for use by their smaller allies. 19 Gnome. The item is crafted to appear ordinary, and it might look worn. It could also incorporate gears and mechanical
on its other magical properties. For example, the wearer could make a red robe appear blue, or make a gold ring look like it’s made of ivory. The item reverts to its true appearance when no one is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
provides no mechanical benefits. It shrinks away to nothing after 1 hour. Gambling Fever After the characters have had time to look around, or if they make for the cavern straight away, read: A murmur of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
itself and the nearby hamlets and farms that look to it for protection and guidance, some twelve hundred people call the area home. Lady Morwen is the sister of the previous duke, Maldwyn Daggerford
of the bridge. On hot days, the scents exuded from both sites can be overwhelming, which is why I have again asked the Alliance to assign a different agent to visit on next summer’s rounds. Tyndal’s