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Returning 35 results for 'mechanics subtle with only are from for long'.
Monsters
Acquisitions Incorporated
” Team's decisionist — and, depending on who you talk to, a reincarnated demigod. (It's a long story.) Those who know him acknowledge his confidence, his arrogance, and his odd ability to engage with
others by somehow saying exactly what each listener wants to hear. Whether this is some subtle magical ability or simply grifter's charm, he makes good use of it either way.
Oak becomes a radically
Monsters
Eberron: Rising from the Last War
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Vicious Mockery (Cantrip). The Inspired unleashes a string of insults laced with subtle enchantments at one creature it can see within 60 feet of it. If the target can hear the
Dreaming Dark has long experience in weaving dreams that can convince mortals to surrender their bodies.
VARIANT: QUORI VESSEL
The Inspired are vessels for quori spirits, allowing the quori to
Monsters
Eberron: Rising from the Last War
damage.
Vicious Mockery (Cantrip). The Inspired unleashes a string of insults laced with subtle enchantments at one creature it can see within 60 feet of it. If the target can hear the Inspired, the
has long experience in weaving dreams that can convince mortals to surrender their bodies.
VARIANT: QUORI VESSEL
The Inspired are vessels for quori spirits, allowing the quori to manifest a portion
Monsters
Eberron: Rising from the Last War
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Vicious Mockery (Cantrip). The Inspired unleashes a string of insults laced with subtle enchantments at one creature
Dreaming Dark. Such Inspired have to willingly accept quori possession, but the Dreaming Dark has long experience in weaving dreams that can convince mortals to surrender their bodies.
VARIANT: QUORI
Monsters
Eberron: Rising from the Last War
with subtle enchantments at one creature it can see within 60 feet of it. If the target can hear the Inspired, the target must succeed on a DC 13 Wisdom saving throw or take 2 (1d4);{"diceNotation
merchants might all be secret servants of the Dreaming Dark. Such Inspired have to willingly accept quori possession, but the Dreaming Dark has long experience in weaving dreams that can convince mortals to
Magic Items
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
resistance to fire damage.
Sentience. The Shield of the Hidden Lord is sentient as long as it imprisons Gargauth. While sentient, the shield has the following properties:
The shield has an
on its own. The pit fiend won’t reveal its true nature, referring to itself only as the Hidden Lord. It drops hints and subtle suggestions that it is an angel trapped in an unholy prison. If
Monsters
The Book of Many Things
filling books, scrolls, tablets, or stranger archives—such as magical crystals that hold captured memories or the voices of those long dead. You can use this lair and the lair actions described for
on initiative count 20 on the following round.
Sudden Stonework. The medusa creates a wall of stone on a solid surface it can see within the lair. The wall can be up to 60 feet long, 20 feet high
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
emerald dragon.
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Two balor;balors act as jailers for an ancient emerald dragon imprisoned by a long-dead enemy.
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An ancient emerald dragon works to summon a solar to get a firsthand account
to hide the chambers that house their hoards and collected lore, often using illusion magic and subtle construction around the natural features of their lairs to conceal their central hoard chambers
Species
Eberron: Rising from the Last War
employs these items as the backbone of their long-distance communication network. The house also trains and licenses scribes, notaries, interpreters, cartographers, barristers, heralds, bookbinders
, but that kindly exterior might conceal a scheming mind. Gnomes have a natural love of intrigue, and the different families within the house often engage in subtle schemes and feuds. Doyenne Lyssa
feats
benefit a number of times equal to your proficiency bonus. You regain expended uses when you finish a long rest.
Subtle Interrogation. You have advantage on Insight checks made against creatures that you are speaking with.
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
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
most literally in speaking stones, magic items allowing a Sivis heir to send a short message to another speaking stone. House Sivis’s message stations employs these items as the backbone of their long
mind. Gnomes have a natural love of intrigue, and the different families within the house often engage in subtle schemes and feuds. Doyenne Lyssa Larriman, the leader of the house, takes pains to ensure that these intrigues never threaten the house or its reputation.
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->Acquisitions Incorporated
Oak Truestrike Oak Truestrike is the “B” Team’s decisionist — and, depending on who you talk to, a reincarnated demigod. (It’s a long story.) Those who know him acknowledge his confidence, his
arrogance, and his odd ability to engage with others by somehow saying exactly what each listener wants to hear. Whether this is some subtle magical ability or simply grifter’s charm, he makes good use of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
lightning storms, as well as the subtle whisper of swamp and forest, toxic and corrosive. Chromatic Dragonborn Traits You have the following racial traits. Creature Type. You are a Humanoid. Size. You
), 11th level (3d10), and 17th level (4d10). You can use your Breath Weapon a number of times equal to your proficiency bonus, and you regain all expended uses when you finish a long rest. Draconic
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
out one skill or tool proficiency for another doesn’t make a character any stronger or weaker, but doing so can change the flavor of a class in subtle ways. For example, a prominent guild of rogues in
? 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
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
, but just knowing you’re there can help keep the noble or the business magnate across the table fully engaged. Because as long as you are there, they know they’re safe from having you burning their
it. Transmutation As a transmuter, you practice one of the most subtle forms of magic — the transfiguration of one material substance into another. But let’s be honest, your role in your franchise is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
it, listen to it, taste it, murmur odd statements to herself, and mentally place a value on the merchandise. Hags aren’t subtle about showing their intent at such times, and one might snatch away the
1 I have made subtle insults into an art form. 2 I always act unpleasant so others never learn of my secret affections. 3 I enjoy wagers as parts of my bargains, which increase the risk and the
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
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
day. The specter looks like a burned hag with flailing, overly long arms. If the specter is defeated, the Chimney Witch cannot perform any actions and remains silent for 24 hours. The Chimney Witch
spirit to provide subtle hints to the party as necessary and to make Small creatures wary of the house’s fireplaces. If, during a séance, Mara sends the characters to “evict” the Chimney Witch, the witch
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
with an Acquisitions Incorporated franchise, you understand that your maneuvers might not do as much damage as the focused attacks of a less subtle fighter. But the needs of a franchise often call for
lead a long road journey than an experienced cavalier with a reliable mount? As a cavalier, you’re one of the best warriors around for protecting less hardy allies, even off your mount, making you a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
unassuming structure seems typical of an abandoned house. Impressions of past events and subtle, ambient haunts transpire during this time (see “Ambient Haunts”). Awakened. In the course of the adventure
spirits of the house drift and sleepwalk through a structure that’s changed radically over generations. Ambient haunts are glimpses of these phantasmal impressions. They’re subtle and reveal themselves to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
Nagpa Long ago, the Raven Queen cursed a cabal of powerful wizards for meddling in a ritual that would have helped avert a war between the gods. She transformed them into the scabrous, birdlike
destruction. From the shadows, they manipulate events to bring about ruin. They can bring to bear an array of spells to turn other creatures into their agents, influencing their decisions in subtle
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
chase the character. Move the monsters somewhere else. Hasten a Monster’s Demise If a combat has gone on long enough and the characters’ victory is almost certain, you can simply have the monster drop
of infernal flame, and a devil erupts from the ashes. You can also alter a monster’s stat block in subtle ways in the middle of combat; for example, you might decide that a monster flies into a frenzy
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
ways.
Shield of the Hidden Lord
While holding this shield, you gain a +2 bonus to AC and resistance to fire damage. Sentience. The Shield of the Hidden Lord is sentient as long as it imprisons
Personality. Gargauth desperately seeks freedom but can’t escape on its own. The pit fiend won’t reveal its true nature, referring to itself only as the Hidden Lord. It drops hints and subtle
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
and multifaceted gemstones. Subtle enchantments cause the carvings of gemstones to glitter like genuine gems. Darkness The crypt isn’t illuminated, and its denizens rely on darkvision to see. Area
how to put the haunts to rest. Otherwise, characters who succeed on a DC 12 Wisdom (Perception) check know. If the characters take a long rest in the crypt, you can have a random crypt haunting
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
Erebos, lightning for Keranos, or fire for Purphoros, for example.) Once you use this blessing, you can’t use it again until you finish a long rest. Emissaries A divine emissary is a creature woven from
, and their miraculous intervention can have any effect you want. Direct godly intervention tends to be subtle and rare, though, as it attracts the attention of other gods and might encourage them to meddle in their own ways. (WILLIAN MURAI)
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
Features table shows how many spell slots you have to cast your level 1+ spells. You regain all expended slots when you finish a Long Rest. Prepared Spells of Level 1+. You prepare the list of level
this feature twice, and you regain all expended uses of it when you finish a Long Rest. Level 2: Font of Magic You can tap into the wellspring of magic within yourself. This wellspring is represented
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
Features table shows how many spell slots you have to cast your level 1+ spells. You regain all expended slots when you finish a Long Rest. Prepared Spells of Level 1+. You prepare the list of level 1
this feature twice, and you regain all expended uses of it when you finish a Long Rest. Level 2: Font of Magic You can tap into the wellspring of magic within yourself. This wellspring is represented
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
Dread Morgan appears as a thin, pale creature whose long, matted black hair is festooned with ornaments made from bones and teeth. Her mouth curves up unnaturally high at the corners, and her
ornament in her hair. Personality Trait. “I have made subtle insults into an art form.” Ideal. “Any brute can frighten someone. To truly make someone fearful is a high art.” Bond. “I will do anything to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
users might not be so lucky. The weapons don’t have to be lethal — in many cases one serves its purpose if it distracts, scares, or confuses a creature long enough for other kobolds to kill the enemy. In
grubs (see appendix A) emerges from the shattered pot and remains a hazard in that square.
6. Scorpion on a Stick. The kobold makes a melee attack with a scorpion tied to the end of a 5-foot-long
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
there. At one point, part of the Waterdeep sewer system crossed into the tunnel network. Not long after, the subterranean spaces were abandoned. As a result of the earthquake, many of the tunnel
advantage on initiative rolls. Either effect lasts until the end of the character’s next long rest. Green Pool. A character fully submerged in this pool must make a DC 10 Constitution saving throw as poison
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
waters that were long ago polluted by the ichor of an evil entity. As with pristine enchanted springs, folk seek out such defiled places, whether to purify them or claim their foul powers. Regardless of
of hit points. The increase lasts until the creature finishes a long rest, at which time the creature must succeed on a DC 15 Charisma saving throw or be cursed with a random form of lycanthropy (see
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
Xanthoria’s more recent subjects. The sprite looks alive, yet she is subject to effects that turn undead. Thunderwing can’t be harmed unless she chooses to be. This is true for as long as she functions as
character who takes the time to study the murals and succeeds on a DC 20 Intelligence (Religion) check uncovers subtle symbology related to the worship of Zuggtmoy. A character who succeeds on this
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
into alien shapes by the realm’s eldritch forces. The Far Realm’s pernicious influence is often subtle, leaking into the Material Plane through thin places in reality or as invasive thoughts that
Patron is a Great Old One rolls a 1 or 20 on the d20 for an ability check, an attack roll, or a saving throw. The characters take a short or long rest in the region. A creature spends more than an hour