mechanics shadowed with only are from for long

Grung

Species One Grung Above

THIS IS NONCORE D&D MATERIAL These game mechanics are usable in your campaign if your DM allows them but not refined by final game design and editing. Grungs are aggressive froglike

lethargic and compliant. A creature afflicted in this way over a long period of time becomes a shell of its former self and can be restored to normalcy only by magic.

Bugbear

Species Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

Neither bugs nor bears, bugbears are the hulking cousins of goblins and hobgoblins. With roots in the Feywild, early bugbears resided in hidden places, in hard-to-reach and shadowed spaces. Long ago

lurking just out of sight, and many of them have sneaked away from that god’s influence. They are long of limb and covered in coarse hair, with wedge-shaped ears and pointed teeth. Despite their

I Hid from the Terror

feats

small for it to reach. The sounds of that night, and the awful aftermath you found that morning, will remain with you to the end of your days and beyond. You gain the following benefits. Shadowed

expended uses when you finish a long rest. Beneath Notice. When you attempt to hide from a creature that is larger than you, you can hide if you are lightly obscured or more than 30 feet away from it. You

Bugbear

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse

Bugbear Neither bugs nor bears, bugbears are the hulking cousins of goblins and hobgoblins. With roots in the Feywild, early bugbears resided in hidden places, in hard-to-reach and shadowed spaces

. Long ago and from out of the corner of your eye, they came to the Material Plane, urged to spread throughout the multiverse by the conquering god Maglubiyet. Centuries later, they still bear a fey gift

Way of the Long Death

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide

Way of the Long Death Monks of the Way of the Long Death are obsessed with the meaning and mechanics of dying. They capture creatures and prepare elaborate experiments to capture, record, and

required) to have 1 hit point instead. Touch of the Long Death Starting at 17th level, your touch can channel the energy of death into a creature. As an action, you touch one creature within 5 feet of you

Worshiping Erebos

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros

before Erebos’s eyes. Suspecting that either Heliod or Kruphix knows where Kytheon’s soul went, Erebos will reward anyone who can tell him. Menelaia’s Song. Long ago, a master lyrist named Menelaia

, he became furious, and he extended his whip to draw both of the lovers back. But Menelaia was beloved of Nylea, and that god blocked Erebos’s whip with vines. The two lovers lived long lives

Never Alone

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild

patrolling the laboratory section (areas 1 to 23). On a 3–4, it patrols the temple section (areas 24 to 39). There are no fixed mechanics for encounters with the thessalhydra, but feel free to have

. Accustomed to inspiring fear, and having grown somewhat lazy in its guardian role, it is usually content to let foes flee from it rather than pursuing. Each time the characters finish a long rest in

7. Drake Nursery

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons

the steps. A key hangs on a peg at the top of the steps; it opens the locked gate at the bottom. A rack along the southwest wall holds implements used in training the drakes: long poles with lassos at

ridiculous expressions painted on their faces. The lower area is heavily shadowed. Currently it holds three guard drakes (see appendix D) that are near the end of their training. Being not quite fully

7. Drake Nursery

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen

the steps. A key hangs on a peg at the top of the steps; it opens the locked gate at the bottom. A rack along the southwest wall holds implements used in training the drakes: long poles with lassos at

ridiculous expressions painted on their faces. The lower area is heavily shadowed. Currently it holds three guard drakes that are near the end of their training. Being not quite fully developed, they have

Step 5: Add Flavor

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

ground can go a long way toward spicing up an encounter. Consider setting your encounter in an area that would provide challenges even if a fight were not taking place there. What potential perils or

Archon of the Triumvirate

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica

-mounted hussars. An archon appears as an armored humanoid figure, nearly always mounted. Its face is usually shadowed beneath a large hood; those who have seen beneath the hood describe a face of celestial

long as the archon and its steed are on the same plane of existence. Smite (Costs 2 Actions). The archon makes a Hammer of Justice attack, and then its mount can use its reaction to make a melee

Horror Atmosphere

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

. Furniture, whether by its arrangement or removal, can suggest a specific location. Props can even represent game mechanics, such as tracking hit points with crimson flat glass marbles in clear goblets

-game items are kept away from the play space. Perhaps phones and tablets are permitted as long as they are silenced and used away from the table. Additionally, not everyone is comfortable being

Modifying a Class

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

? Does replacing the feature affect how long the party can continue adventuring in a day? Does the feature consume resources provided elsewhere in the class? Does the feature work all the time, or is it

regained after a short rest, a long rest, or some other length of time? Armed with answers to these questions, you can start designing new features that replace the ones you are removing. It’s fine if

The Three Packs

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel

the following description: Sleepy rivers wind through a sprawling expanse of high grasses and fruiting trees. Giant herbivores, such as long-necked giraffes and brachiosaurs, munch on tall vegetation

: Straight, high-branched trees create a lofty canopy. Broad nests and tree houses hide among the branches. Below, small forest creatures scamper across shadowed trails. Any of the sapient birds who make

Upper City Gazetteer

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

, lacking space to store these unwanted things in the manor, moved them to the family crypt beneath the house. There they lie now, largely forgotten. Not long after, shantytown residents in the Outer

enterprise. The Helm is a rooming house with an entryway shadowed by an immense iron helm that supposedly belonged to a fire giant. The Cloak, slightly smaller, is signaled by the bright flutter of a

Upper City Gazetteer

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

, lacking space to store these unwanted things in the manor, moved them to the family crypt beneath the house. There they lie now, largely forgotten. Not long after, shantytown residents in the Outer

enterprise. The Helm is a rooming house with an entryway shadowed by an immense iron helm that supposedly belonged to a fire giant. The Cloak, slightly smaller, is signaled by the bright flutter of a

Cottage Locations

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

comes from a shadowed corner above the door at the top of the stairs. This outdoor stairway connects area B1 on the first floor with area B13 on the second floor, but the steps are in bad shape. A

wearing heavy armor sinks to the bottom but can, on their turn, swim to the surface with a successful DC 10 Strength (Athletics) check. Wasp Nest. A 7-foot-long, 5-foot-wide wasp nest clings to a shadowy

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