mechanics sharing with over advisor from for like

Boggart

Species Lorwyn: First Light

Boggarts are Small, squat goblinoids found in the realm of Lorwyn-Shadowmoor. They possess bestial physical features, including horns and animal- like snouts. Beyond these commonalities, boggart

appearances vary widely. One boggart may look like a hedgehog, with spiky fur and beady eyes, while another might sport the snout and fleshy ears of a swine. Boggarts tend to love crafting potions and

Verbeeg Marauder

Monsters Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

themselves like brigands, robbing people they come across in the wild. If food is scarce, they kill those same people and eat them. They prefer to dwell in forlorn places, often sharing territory with

College of Whispers

Classes Xanathar's Guide to Everything

Most folk are happy to welcome a bard into their midst. Bards of the College of Whispers use this to their advantage. They appear to be like other bards, sharing news, singing songs, and telling

College of Whispers (XGtE)

Classes Xanathar's Guide to Everything

Most folk are happy to welcome a bard into their midst. Bards of the College of Whispers use this to their advantage. They appear to be like other bards, sharing news, singing songs, and telling

Grung Wildling

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

growth 2/day: plant growthGifted with druidic magic, a grung wildling typically serves as an advisor, a healer, and a nurturer of crops. Grungs Grungs are frog-like folk found in rain forests and

Wereraven

Monsters Curse of Strahd

in plain sight among them. Charitable Collectors. Wereravens like to collect shiny trinkets and precious baubles. They are fond of sharing their wealth with those in need and, in their humanoid forms

Titivilus

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

labyrinthine corridors, iron walls, diabolical traps, and monstrous servants. Knowing he has enemies on all sides and fearing he’ll be displaced like Moloch, Geryon, and so many others, he almost never

seduced by Titivilus, who beguiled his way into being the primary advisor in Dispater’s household. Although Titivilus is inferior in physical strength and power when compared to other

Halfling Legacy

Species Basic Rules (2014)

brown or hazel eyes. Halfling men often sport long sideburns, but beards are rare among them and mustaches even more so. They like to wear simple, comfortable, and practical clothes, favoring bright

style of clothing. Halflings are easily moved to pity and hate to see any living thing suffer. They are generous, happily sharing what they have even in lean times. Blend into the Crowd Halflings

Darkweaver

Monsters Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse

archon, a struggling halfling, or a catatonic mule, all such meals are culinary delights for a darkweaver, served up from the cosmic kitchen that is the multiverse. These spider-like terrors appreciate

second-hand descriptions of sensations, especially those they’re unlikely to experience in their home environment. A darkweaver’s captive might delay being consumed by sharing tales of its

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

lookout for creatures they can capture and enslave. Grungs use slaves for all manner of menial tasks, but mostly they just like bossing them around. Slaves are fed mildly poisoned food to keep them

Sword of Zariel

Magic Items Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus

. 2 I won’t tell a lie. 3 I enjoy sharing my philosophical worldview and experiences with others. 4 I cut right to the chase in every conversation. 5 I often quote (or

misquote) religious texts. 6 I anger quickly when I witness cruelty or injustice. 7 My praise and trust are earned and never given freely. 8 I like everything clean and organized

Interesting Things About Thrane

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

system of nobility remains in place, but ultimate authority rests in the hands of the church. Queen Diani ir’Wynarn is the “blood regent,” serving as a symbolic advisor to the Keeper of the Flame. A small fraction of the population would like to see the traditional monarchy restored to power.

darkness. Champions of the light find support and hospitality, but any character who dabbles with dark forces—necromancers, warlocks, and the like—finds Thrane a dangerous, unwelcoming place. The feudal

Tortle Legacy

Species The Tortle Package

, defending their offspring, and sharing a lifetime of knowledge before they die. When the children are old enough to leave the compound, they pick up whatever weapons and tools their parents left behind and

regard these settlements as places worth defending with their lives, and they will abandon a settlement when it no longer serves their needs. Most tortles like to see how other creatures live and

Goblin Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

out while still getting decent performance out of the slaves. But humanoids and monsters that are especially capable or that provide unusual services find themselves treated like favored (though

higher-ranking castes keep their status by not sharing their knowledge and skills with other families, while those in the lower castes have little hope of escaping their plight. Outsiders who don&rsquo

Lords' Alliance

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

support whenever they can. Mirt (see appendix B), a Masked Lord who serves as Laeral Silverhand’s advisor, invites the adventurers to dinner at his dilapidated mansion as a pretense for sharing rumors and

The First Mission

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen

and see if she knows anything about this device or similar ones. Even if Rookledust knows nothing, Kalaman’s forces would like to meet with her in the city to recruit her as an advisor. Darrett won’t

The First Mission The next morning, Darrett meets the characters and relays the following orders from Marshal Vendri: Kalaman’s leadership is disturbed to hear about the dragon-like invention the Red

Interesting Things About Thrane

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron

; it’s simply that ultimate authority rests in the hands of the church. Queen Diani ir’Wynarn is the “blood regent,” serving as a symbolic advisor to the Keeper of the Flame. There is a small fraction of the population who would like to see the traditional monarchy restored to power.

Verdan

Species Acquisitions Incorporated

spontaneous alterations over their lifetime, from the typical range of point and peak seen among the elves, to huge ears that sweep back from the head like wings, and which are often pierced behind

other verdan who have traveled to different parts of the world, they drop everything to spend as long as possible sharing stories and observations from their respective travels. However, their

Creating a Brass Dragon

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

Hoarding knowledge is no fun. It’s best when you can trade knowledge away for treasure. 6 I’m fascinated by intelligence with no brain—talking swords, sapient Constructs, and the like. 7 I

love hearing stories and songs and sharing them with others to bring comfort and calm. 8 I have no patience for people who imagine their lives are the least bit important. Brass Dragon Ideals

27. Vlonwelv's Apartments

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

, the drow priestess of Lolth is relaxing in her parlor while receiving counsel from her yochlol advisor, which appears in its natural form. Standing near Vlonwelv is her champion, Zress (see “Zress

of demons. 27b. Vlonwelv’s Bedchamber Mosaic. The north wall is covered with a tarnished bronze mosaic depicting Lolth’s face, with silver, web-like tracery fanning out from it. Furnishings. The

Ravenous

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

snapping punctuated by frantic, laugh-like vocalizations. The source is a band of gnolls messily consuming the recently slain carcass of a giant ibex. These six hunters (use the gnoll pack lord stat

with the characters, he avoids battle. After the Battle If Razak is with the characters after the battle, he identifies the ibex as Oka, a storyteller and advisor to Ophelia, leader of a group of

To the Edge of Wildspace

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Light of Xaryxis

purpose and authority, barking out orders like the military commander he once was. Any time the conversation turns to Krux’s history with the Xaryxian Empire, however, the giff becomes quiet and

brooding. It’s obvious there is a painful memory Krux doesn’t feel comfortable sharing yet; if pressed, the giff waves dismissively, muttering, “Things are bound to turn out differently this time.” (More information about Krux’s secret can be found in chapter 7.)

Life in a Reghed Camp

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

. The warriors and hunters like to conserve their strength for when it’s needed, preferring to spend their idle hours doing as little as possible. Telling familiar stories and inventing new ones that

sharing stories that reinforce their values, which are as follows: The tribe is one spirit, always on the move. As the tribe goes, so goes the spirit of the tribe. For the tribe to survive, its

Boggarts

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

Boggarts Boggarts are Small, squat goblinoids found in the realm of Lorwyn-Shadowmoor. They possess bestial physical features, including horns and animal-like snouts. Beyond these commonalities

, boggart appearances vary widely. One boggart may look like a hedgehog, with spiky fur and beady eyes, while another might sport the snout and fleshy ears of a swine. Boggarts tend to love crafting potions

Yuan-ti Pureblood Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

cannibalizing their victims, and then performed a sorcerous ritual while writhing in pools filled with living snakes that enabled them to mix their flesh with that of serpents, becoming like the gods in

advisor in human society. The very rare offspring of such a union are always purebloods, although they may appear fully human at birth and for several years afterward. The yuan-ti know rituals that

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

thessalheart construct is a strange magical-mechanical device that struts about like a chicken, and which features a human heart beating madly behind its glass front. The construct always wanders the zone

Meeting Becklin

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen

the service is meant to be a celebration of Ispin’s life, and people will be encouraged to share over-the-top stories about him—like the inflated tales he was known for sharing. Becklin Uth Viharin

Horror Atmosphere

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

create, reasons to delay game sessions, or distractions from play. Props can be as simple as a whiteboard for notes or sharing pictures of characters or monsters to increase their memorability

. 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

Bregan D'aerthe

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

) crewed by disguised drow and a host of non-drow performers (musicians, acrobats, actors, and the like). The ships’ cargo consists mostly of wagons and floats that can be hastily assembled and paraded

of his dirty work in the city. For more information on Jarlaxle and his lieutenants, see appendix B. Bregan D’aerthe is skilled at infiltrating criminal organizations. Xanathar’s drow advisor, Nar’l

The Elder Brain

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters

network, taking on specific tasks, sharing information, and so on. At the center of this network is the elder brain. The elder brain is the most powerful member of a mind flayer colony. Just as mind

and stored within the elder brain. In some ways, a mind flayer colony is like a great library of lore stored within its members’ minds, with the elder brain as its librarian. Each individual illithid

Noteworthy Sites

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel

groups like the folklore-sharing Dancers of Smoke. Becoming a vendor at the Dyn Singh Night Market involves gaining the favor of the five oldest families of Siabsungkoh, then paying a large fee to

Remorhaz

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)

Remorhaz Arctic Predators. Remorhazes live in arctic climes, preying on elk, polar bears, and other creatures sharing their territory. They can’t tolerate warm weather, having adapted to the cold

by generating a furnace-like heat within their bodies. When hunting, a remorhaz burrows deep below the snow and ice and lies in wait for the faint vibrations created by a creature moving above it

Ice Gate Level

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

bits of metal, is a half-finished exoskeletal construct like the ones you encountered in the room you came from. This room contains two duergar mechanics (one male, one female), both of whom turn

3. Sea Hag Coven

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm Lord’s Wrath

slimy seaweed act as beds for the three sisters: Nana Pocktuss, Auntie Unk, and Granny Muyuk. The trio is using the inedible parts of the bodies to create assistants that look like flying skulls with

a taste. Those sharing generously earn her favor. If all three of the hags can be placated by catering to to their particular vices and interests, they are willing to spare the characters a fight, and

Bone Naga

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual

them, serving their creators as tireless guards and sharing the lore they collected in life. Undeath disrupts the perfect memory bone nagas enjoyed while alive, leaving them with gaps in their memories

or details scrambled into puzzle-like jumbles. In rare cases, bone nagas continue to pursue the goals they had while alive instead of serving other creatures. Most free-willed bone nagas are evil

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