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Species
Eberron: Forge of the Artificer
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 an artifi cer to customize the
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
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
ground below.
A piercer is the larval form of a roper, and the two creatures often attack in tandem. A rock-like shell encases a piercer's body, giving it the look and texture of a stalactite. That
shell protects a soft, slug-like upper body that lets the piercer move across cavern walls and ceilings to position itself for prey. With its eye and mouth closed, the piercer is difficult to distinguish
Monsters
Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
illusion to look and feel like that creature while retaining the draconian’s game statistics (other than its size). This transformation lasts until the draconian dies or uses a bonus action to end
combination of warped alchemy and the Dragon Queen’s foul magic. The Dragon Armies closely guard the secret of the draconians’ creation, allowing Krynn’s metallic dragons to continue to think their eggs are being held hostage so they don’t oppose the Dragon Queen’s conquests.
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.
Warforged
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Species
Eberron: Rising from the Last War
their muscles, wrapped around a framework of steel, darkwood, or stone. Armored plates form a protective outer shell and reinforce joints. Warforged share a common facial design, with a hinged jaw
individuality, the more likely it is to modify its body, seeking out an artificer to customize the look of its face, limbs, and plating.
Quirks
Warforged often display an odd personality trait or two, given
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rrakkma
, 2 glass vials of holy water, incense that smells strangely of chlorine, and a vial of acid. The acid and holy water are unlabeled and look the same to the untrained eye. Kalak, who is proficient with
alchemy supplies, can readily tell the difference given 10 minutes and use of his supplies (no check required). The high priest used to hang from the bar by leather straps. There he'd sleep as the
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
of the following spells, requiring no spell components and using Intelligence as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 19):
1/day each: antilife shell, bane, control water, create or destroy
dragon wyrmling;topaz dragon wyrmlings' scales are dull yellow-orange and have a cloudy or filmy look. As they age, their scales harden and clarify, becoming translucent and faceted, and ranging from
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
piercer is the larval form of a roper, and the two creatures often attack in tandem. A rock-like shell encases a piercer’s body, giving it the look and texture of a stalactite. That shell protects a soft
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
, which unlocks the door to area 20. The bookshelves hold hundreds of tomes covering a range of topics including history, warfare, and alchemy. There are also several shelves containing first-edition
look like a red-covered book with a blank spine. A character inspecting the bookshelf spots the fake book with a successful DC 13 Wisdom (Perception) check. Unless the secret door is propped open, springs in the hinges cause it to close on its own. Beyond the secret door lies area 9.
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
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->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
remain motionless unless they are attacked or combat erupts in this area, whereupon they fight as allies of the stone golems. The golems are hostile toward any creature that doesn’t look like Halaster or a
.
Fungus. A patch of glowing fungus sprouts from the east wall.
Giant Snail. In the northern part of the cave lurks Haungharassk, a magical snail as large as an elephant, with a shell of gleaming
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
hanging from hooks on the wall. Some are bent and broken, while others are rusted beyond repair. The rest look serviceable.
One of the keys unlocks the pedestal in area 8C. If the characters know which
key to look for, they find it after a few minutes of searching. 8C. Chamber of Contemplation A statue of a giant snail looms before you. In place of antennae, it has five pseudopods ending in rocky
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
generations tend to look alike. That is why Ireena Kolyana looks exactly like Strahd’s beloved Tatyana—both women were born with the same soul. Strahd needs loyal subjects to feed his ego. Barovians without
soul or is merely a shell. If Strahd is defeated, the fog that surrounds Barovia fades away, allowing the inhabitants of the valley to leave if they wish. Only those who have souls, however, can truly leave this place. Soulless Barovians cease to exist as soon as they exit the valley.
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
details to an encounter area at random, look to the tables in appendix A of the Dungeon Master’s Guide to determine room and area features, potential hazards, obstacles, traps, and more. Random Events
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
Bloom (in this book) 3rd Revivify, Vampiric Touch 4th Blight, Death Ward 5th Antilife Shell, Greater Restoration Consider customizing how your spells look when you cast them. Your Witherbloom spells
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
space, causing distractions to fade and making it look unfamiliar. If the lighting’s easy to control, you might adjust it to suggest a setting’s light level. More elaborate techniques might involve
. 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
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
whose heads bear the mark of a lightning bolt, and which give a distinctive whistle when fired
2 A shield made from the shell of a giant turtle
3 A matching shortsword and dagger, decorated
to look like the upper and lower jaws of a carnivorous dinosaur
4 A battleaxe with its head shaped like the flowing hair of a dwarf warrior
5 A suit of armor made from the discarded
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
plate, a 10-foot-diameter stone sphere painted to look like a bloodshot eyeball careens from an alcove at the top of the sloped hallway and down the passage toward area 26c. With a successful DC 20
cover the subjects of alchemy, dwarven and elven history, engineering, gemcraft, the study of monstrosities, and weather prediction. All of them are falling apart, but stuffed among the mundane tomes
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
: Criminal, guild artisan, hermit, outlander, sage Most champions of Pharika seek to uncover the world’s greatest secrets through science, alchemy, and magic. They are often enamored with the mysteries of
ideals, or make her look ridiculous or ineffectual through acts such as these: Destroying alchemical, medical, pathological, or similar research Performing a notable act of healing without exacting a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
38 Opalescent conch shell that laughs when you hold it to your ear 39 Vial of viscous liquid labeled “Fomorian spit. Do not drink!” 40 Wax candle that roars and crackles like a bonfire while lit 41
Tiny pumpkin-shaped cauldron carved out of bog oak 45 Bar of soap that smells like something memorable from your childhood 46 Piece of orange parchment folded to look like a knight astride a unicorn 47
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
begin, look at the existing options and see what class features they provide. It’s perfectly acceptable for two class options to have similar features, and it’s also fine to look at other classes for
examples of mechanics you can draw on for inspiration. As you design each class feature, ask the following questions: How does the class feature reinforce the story or theme of the class option? Is there
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
transformed it into a miserable, obsessive shell of its former self. The Eyepiece. A detect magic spell or similar magic reveals an aura of divination magic on the unbroken eyepiece. A character who looks
. Characters who search the debris in the alcoves discover a set of jeweler’s tools, three rubies carved to look like eyeballs worth 300 gp each, and a statuette of a beholder with emeralds at the ends of the eyestalks and a huge diamond for a central eye. The statuette is worth 5,500 gp.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
ceiling, and when you look up, you see a distorted view of the room you left behind.
Characters standing near the wall carving can see characters trapped in the maze but can’t hear them. Similarly
sarcophagus is filled with salt, within which are buried ten opalescent bracelets (75 gp each) made from the shell of a flail snail (Unkh’s animal form; see appendix D) and a robe of scintillating
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
patterns on the walls. Under the crystal window is a hulking crab (see appendix C) with colored nodules and hollow flutes of beautiful coral growing out of its shell. This creature is a living
instrument. When one of the nodules on its shell is tapped, the motion tickles the crab and causes it to exhale a burst of air through one of its coral pipes, producing a deep tone similar to that of a pipe
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
rowboats are tied off to a short dock. North of the camp is a ridge, built into which is an 80-foot-tall stone statue carved to look like a man with a crocodile on his back. Between the statue’s feet is a
is an alchemy jug, placed here ages ago by Chultans who revered it as a gift from Ubtao. The only safe way to pick up the alchemy jug is to emulate Man and Crocodile. Either member of a rider/carrier
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
finish a long rest. Where You First Dabbled in Alchemy d8 Learning Experience
1 You traveled with a charlatan alchemist for years, until they were arrested for selling fake healing potions
, or any other device with one or two lenses. When you look through the obviator’s lenses, you use a bonus action to make them function as eyes of minute seeing or eyes of the eagle. Once you make this
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
, vowing never to return. C13. Master Bedroom This spacious bedroom has walls decorated with wainscoting and rusty oil lamps. A four-poster stands against the south wall, its bedposts carved to look like
dabbled in alchemy, and the characters can find some damaged and worthless alchemist’s supplies if they search through the wreckage on the lower level. Scarlet Sash Conference. If they are encountered here
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
contains no furniture, but clusters of what look like large fish eggs float against the walls, five or six feet above the floor.
The eggs are unhatched sahuagin. Disturbing the eggs in any way, including
, read: This long, narrow area contains no furniture, but clusters of what look like large fish eggs float against the walls, five or six feet above the floor.
Two sahuagin wearing coral-colored
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
the blights from up to 10 feet away. Alternatively, a character within 10 feet of the doorway can look for signs of danger and make a DC 13 Wisdom (Perception) check, spotting the blights on a
Cottages These ruined, side-by-side cottages look as though they might have been the homes of prosperous shopkeepers or well-off farmers in their time. All that remains are collapsed walls and piles of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
before entering it. A bronze torch glowing with a magical light lies next to the corpse of a bare-chested man with a shield in the shape of a crab shell and a broken shark-toothed sword. Several
floor. The first 40 feet of the climb require a DC 10 Strength (Athletics) checks, but after that, the DC is 15. Corpses. The bodies on the floor include a water cultist (the figure with the crab-shell
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
Draconians Draconians are bipedal monsters born from metallic dragon eggs that have been corrupted by a combination of warped alchemy and the Dragon Queen’s foul magic. The Dragon Armies closely
.
Reactions
Shape Theft. After the draconian kills a Medium or smaller Humanoid, the draconian magically cloaks itself in an illusion to look and feel like that creature while retaining the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
. Treasure. A character who succeeds on a DC 15 Wisdom (Perception) check or spends half an hour searching the pantry finds an Alchemy Jug among a few bags of spoiled flour on the floor. 8: Western
with a couch, chairs, and cabinets. Two helmed horrors—one in the southeast corner and one in the southwest— stand guard in the throne room. While motionless, they look like ordinary suits of armor, but
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
concentrated effort. Turtle Shell. Halflings cluster together and cover each other with shields, washtubs, wheelbarrows, coffer lids, or anything else that can deflect a blow. Troll Knocker. A few halflings act
this assertion, halflings look for signs from their departed loved ones. One might be thinking about catching butterflies with his grandmother long ago, when suddenly a butterfly lands on his hand
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
made and in good condition, and each could fetch 50 gp from a collector. Each bust weighs 30 pounds, and each framed painting weighs 15 pounds. The ivory dragonchess set is worth 150 gp. D13: Alchemy Lab
water and one that magically cools it. Treasure. Four bottles of perfumes and scented oils (25 gp each) sit on the small table. Alchemy is afoot in Delphi Mansion D18: Third-Floor Hall This hallway
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
been converted into living quarters. Two double bunks stand against the wall near the door, while more barrels and crates fill the southern half of the chamber. Three humans look up as you open the door
the place. Her family had an herb and alchemy shop, inside which is an emerald necklace in a case hidden beneath a section of storage shelves. She never dared return to retrieve it. The shop was in