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Classes
Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
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 understand the moments of
Classes
Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
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 understand the moments of
Monsters
Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
long rest); each creature in the line must make a DC 11 Dexterity saving throw, taking 2d6;{"diceNotation":"2d6","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Dragonborn","rollDamageType":"lightning"} lightning
positions of influence in their communities. Evil priests might work openly under a tyrant, or they might be the leaders of religious sects hidden in the shadows of good society, overseeing depraved
Monsters
The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
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Standing Leap. The harengon’s long jump is up to 20 feet and its high jump is up to 10 feet, with or without a running start.Club. Melee Weapon Attack: +4;{"diceNotation":"1d20+4", "rollType
ambush their victims. They delight in extorting travelers for safe passage while rudely mocking them. These bullies are particularly antagonistic toward those who appear to be lost or in a hurry.
The
Monsters
Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
who died a century ago, after a long and nefarious career. Esvele Rosznar, a brash young noble, has recently adopted the Black Viper's persona to lead a secret life of crime. Like many other nobles
of her station.
In her younger days, Esvele openly rebelled, but that behavior led to locked doors at night and house guards watching her every move during the day. So she taught herself how to pick
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
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Species
Volo's Guide to Monsters
, bugbears are ambush predators accustomed to long periods of inactivity broken by short bursts of murderous energy. Ferocious though they may be, bugbears aren’t built for extended periods of exertion
, often a natural cave or an old bear den, and it might have supplementary dens elsewhere in its territory that it uses temporarily when it goes on long forays for food.
In good times, a bugbear gang
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
Filament.A cave fisher is a subterranean arachnid with a long snout that houses spinnerets, enabling the creature to produce sticky filaments, much like the strands of a spider;spider's webbing
cover a large area with filaments, but as soon as one captures potential food, every cave fisher in the area competes for the prize. If a victim escapes from the initial ambush, a cave fisher can
Yuan-ti Malison (Type 3)
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Monsters
Monster Manual (2014)
’t be bound for long by brute force, and that many creatures will refuse to serve. As a result, yuan-ti first influence other creatures with the promise of wealth and power. Time and again
are cunning and ruthless tacticians who readily sacrifice lesser yuan-ti if potential victory justifies such losses. They have no sense of honorable combat and strike first in decisive ambush if they
Monsters
Quests from the Infinite Staircase
webs lie in ambush draped over plant life, wrapped around corpses, or stuck to ossuaries in dark catacombs.
Memory webs feed on memories and require daily sustenance. When a memory web’s prey
Memories", "rollDamageType":"psychic"} psychic damage and becomes memory drained until it finishes a long rest or the memory web is destroyed.
While memory drained, the target must roll a d4
Monsters
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
that area.An emissary’s greater form sheds all pretense of being part of a plane’s reality and openly mocks it. A destructive titan, this form rises in a 25-foot-tall pillar of violent flesh
form does the star spawn die.
After finishing a long rest, a greater star spawn emissary regains its Lesser Star Spawn Emissary;lesser form if it was destroyed. When an emissary transitions from one
Backgrounds
Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
operated openly or secretly, depending on the faction and its goals, as well as how those goals mesh with your own. Becoming an adventurer doesn’t necessarily require you to relinquish membership
I’ve enjoyed fine food, drink, and high society among my temple’s elite. Rough living grates on me.
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I’ve spent so long in the temple that I have little practical experience
Changeling
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Species
Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Long ago there was a woman named Jes, and she had one hundred children. Her rivals conspired against her and swore to kill her children. Jes begged the Sovereigns for help, but their only answer
in stable communities where changelings are true to their nature and deal openly with the people around them. Some are orphans, raised by other races, who find their way in the world without ever
Backgrounds
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
It’s said that every faith in the world has a believer in Baldur’s Gate. Not only are most established faiths tolerated — even if some of them, including most of the openly evil
. You know if a deity has a following in the city and any places that faith openly congregates and the neighborhoods those faithful typically inhabit. While this isn’t remarkable for most of the
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
experience as similar to fighting a living darkness. Every dim alcove and darkened nook is a place the lithe and acrobatic shadow dancers can emerge from to ambush their prey. Using this tactic, they attack
, a god of death and memory. They were brought to that realm in ages past, so long ago that they’re now adapted to its cheerless environment, both physically and mentally.
Eons of exposure to
Yuan-ti Pureblood
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
cluster of allied city-states. Conquered neighbors were allowed to keep their leaders and culture so long as they paid tribute, swore allegiance to the victors, and incorporated their conquerors
serpent gods began to demand more and more sacrifices, the yuan-ti stepped up their raids on bordering settlements to meet this need.
Calm long-view schemers, innate deceivers, and immune to poison
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
— from the area of the plateau where the steps ascend from level 1 to level 2, for example — spot one of the dragonclaws. If characters approach openly through the camp, the dragonclaws spot them
automatically and retreat toward area 2 in the cave, to set up an ambush. If characters approach the cave quietly from the sides, they won’t be spotted. They then have a chance to surprise the dragonclaws.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
—from the area of the plateau where the steps ascend from level 1 to level 2, for example—spot one of the dragonclaws. If characters approach openly through the camp, the dragonclaws spot them
automatically and retreat toward area 2 in the cave, to set up an ambush. If characters approach the cave quietly from the sides, they won’t be spotted. They then have a chance to surprise the dragonclaws.
Adult Deep Dragon
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Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
rather enjoy the company of people—as long as they remain unaware of my true nature.
Deep Dragon Ideals
d6;{"diceNotation":"1d6","rollType":"roll","rollAction":"Ideal"}
Ideal
with a drow matriarch for centuries. Each move represents what that player plans to do next in the competitors’ long struggle for domination in the Underdark.
2
A fire giant who
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
Ancient Deep Dragon
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Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
rather enjoy the company of people—as long as they remain unaware of my true nature.
Deep Dragon Ideals
d6;{"diceNotation":"1d6","rollType":"roll","rollAction":"Ideal"}
Ideal
or ambush visitors if the need arises. A well-cultivated lair abounds with Underdark fungi and plants, with the floor, walls, and ceiling covered in carpets of mold and moss, or featuring larger
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
the Volcanic Awakening table every 12 hours or whenever you desire. You can also have two salamanders ambush the party as these volcanic events take place. Volcanic Awakening d4 Connection 1 A
lightly obscures the characters’ surroundings for the next hour. 3 The ground suddenly collapses, creating a 30-foot-deep fissure that’s 120 feet long and 20 feet wide. The gap severs the road ahead
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
situation at hand. In a dungeon environment, the adventurers' movement happens on a scale of minutes. It takes them about a minute to creep down a long hallway, another minute to check for traps on the door
to reach the lonely tower at the heart of the forest hurry across those fifteen miles in just under four hours' time. For long journeys, a scale of days works best. Following the road from Baldur's
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
situation at hand. In a dungeon environment, the adventurers' movement happens on a scale of minutes. It takes them about a minute to creep down a long hallway, another minute to check for traps on the door
to reach the lonely tower at the heart of the forest hurry across those fifteen miles in just under four hours' time. For long journeys, a scale of days works best. Following the road from Baldur's
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
, they discover that the road ahead is covered in large patches of spiderwebs. The webbed path, 20 feet wide and 60 feet long, is difficult terrain. A creature that enters the area for the first time on a
. Four cowardly ettercaps are lurking nearby, waiting for their webs to snag some prey. At the sound of intruders, they scurry into the underbrush and hide, staying 30 feet away from the webbed path, loosely spread out. The ettercaps are ambush hunters and run from a prolonged fight.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
Wizard’s Tower At the north end of the village stands a square tower once inhabited by the wizard Vandomar. He’s long dead, and the tower’s floors have collapsed; all that remains is a fifty-foot
characters attract the dragon’s ire or display wealth and magic items that might impress him, Azima might ambush them. If the characters slay Mekkalath, Azima and her followers return to the Astral Plane
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
1. Entrance The narrow corridor from the West Cleft opens into a long cavern lined with stalactites and stalagmites. Whater drips from the stalactites, forming small pools on the floor. The glow of
, and the sound around you is strangely muted. The dripping of water makes no echo, as if you stood in open air.
This place offers many hiding places for characters to lay in ambush. Faerzress
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
goal is to ambush the characters and capture at least one of them. If they remain out of sight, the yuan-ti launch their attack when the characters try to take their first long or short rest in the
plaza.
If the characters enter the guardhouse, read: Much of the interior has collapsed into rubble. Creepers cling to the walls, and high grasses sprout between the flagstones amid evidence of long
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
try to ambush the raiders after they pass. If the check fails, the raiders spot the character; roll initiative and proceed with combat. If the grate had to be broken open with a Strength check, the
alive at the beginning of the fourth round of the fight, one of them runs to fetch help. Ten minutes later, two cultists, ten kobolds, and one ambush drake (see appendix D) arrive to guard the tunnel
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
Uthgardt roam these lands, and the more aggressive tribes can be very dangerous. Bandits sometimes gather in the lonelier parts of the vale to waylay caravans traveling the Long Road or the Kheldell Path
, eager to build a place where they could openly practice their vile rites. Others were brutal thugs, power-hungry dabblers in forbidden magic, or fanatics lured by the call of evil. At first the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
try to ambush the raiders after they pass. If the check fails, the raiders spot the character; roll initiative and proceed with combat. If the grate had to be broken open with a Strength check, the
alive at the beginning of the fourth round of the fight, one of them runs to fetch help. Ten minutes later, two cultists, ten kobolds, and one ambush drake (see appendix D) arrive to guard the tunnel
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver
need to rest after the goblin ambush, depending on how the battle plays out. See the Basic Rules for more information on short rests and long rests.
Goblin Ambush Read the following boxed text to start the encounter: You’ve been on the Triboar Trail for about half a day. As you come around a bend, you spot two dead horses sprawled about fifty
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
Traversing the Tunnel The winding tunnel between Phandalin and Illithinoch is 12 miles long, curving in different directions as it descends 2 miles beneath the town. The tunnel has a gentle but
ambush or otherwise prepare for the fight. Tunnel Encounters d20 Encounter 1–2 1d4 grells hunt for food. 3 1d6 gibbering mouthers lie in wait for prey. 4 An intellect devourer inhabits a quaggoth
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
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
for the world in the long term, or a short-term triumph that carries tremendous risk for the world in the distant (or not too distant) future. Another possibility is that the adventurers are openly