mechanics such with only artists faint for long

Constructed Commoner

Monsters Candlekeep Mysteries

Unusual Nature. The commoner doesn’t require air, food, drink, or sleep, and it gains no benefit from finishing a short or long rest. When it drops to 0 hit points, it becomes a lifeless

conversations, a few clues to their true nature exist. A character who observes one or more of the commoners closely and succeeds on a DC 15 Wisdom (Perception) check notices a faint clicking sound

Ingot of the Skold Rune

Magic Items Storm King's Thunder

This appears to be a simple ingot of iron ore, about a foot long and a few inches across. Inspection of its surface reveals the faint, silvery outline of the skold (shield) rune. The ingot has the

any way. Once you use this property, you can’t use it again until you finish a short or long rest. Shield Ward. You can transfer the ingot’s magic to a nonmagical item — a shield or

Stone Cursed

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

while the stone cursed is active, but when it is slain, the statue shatters and the skull clatters to the ground. Because it is the nexus for the alchemy used to create these horrors, a faint echo of the

would be lost. Cryptic Whispers Even though a creature transformed into a stone cursed is long dead, a vague whisper of their memories lives on in the obsidian skull embedded within the stone cursed

Adult Oblex

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

while remaining tethered to the slime by long tendrils of goo. These duplicated creatures are indistinguishable from their victims except for a faint sulfurous smell. Oblexes use these duplicates to

", "rollDamageType":"psychic"} psychic damage and become memory drained until it finishes a short or long rest or until it benefits from the greater restoration or heal spell. Constructs, Oozes, Plants, and

Elder Oblex

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

Memories", "rollDamageType":"psychic"} psychic damage and become memory drained until it finishes a short or long rest or until it benefits from the greater restoration or heal spell. Constructs, Oozes

bodies, sending these copies off to lure prey into their clutches while remaining tethered to the slime by long tendrils of goo. These duplicated creatures are indistinguishable from their victims

Air Genasi Legacy

Species Elemental Evil Player's Companion

As an air genasi, you are descended from the djinn. As changeable as the weather, your moods shift from calm to wild and violent with little warning, but these storms rarely last long. Air genasi

typically have light blue skin, hair, and eyes. A faint but constant breeze accompanies them, tousling the hair and stirring the clothing. Some air genasi speak with breathy voices, marked by a faint echo. A few display odd patterns in their flesh or grow crystals from their scalps.

Major Image Legacy

Spells Basic Rules (2014)

thunder damage or deafen a creature, or a smell that might sicken a creature (like a troglodyte's stench). As long as you are within range of the illusion, you can use your action to cause the image to

qualities become faint to the creature. At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 6th level or higher, the spell lasts until dispelled, without requiring your concentration.

Earth Genasi Legacy

Species Elemental Evil Player's Companion

solid power. You tend to avoid rash decisions, pausing long enough to consider your options before taking action. Elemental earth manifests differently from one individual to the next. Some earth

tones of deep brown or black, eyes sparkling like agates. Earth genasi can also have smooth metallic flesh, dull iron skin spotted with rust, a pebbled and rough hide, or even a coating of tiny embedded crystals. The most arresting have fissures in their flesh, from which faint light shines.

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.

I Hid from the Terror

feats

That night is a blur. A strange presence, an overwhelming terror, and a confused jumble of screams mixed with faint memories of something terrible and hungry. You hid from it, finding a place too

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

Elf Legacy

Species Basic Rules (2014)

minstrels, artists, or sages. Human nobles compete for the services of elf instructors to teach swordplay or magic to their children. Exploration and Adventure Elves take up adventuring out of wanderlust

. Since they are so long-lived, they can enjoy centuries of exploration and discovery. They dislike the pace of human society, which is regimented from day to day but constantly changing over decades, so

Kenku Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

. Flock leaders enforce discipline and minimize conflicts, but they fail at effective planning or crafting long-term schemes. Although unable to speak in their own voices, kenku can perfectly mimic any

. Kenku thieves, con artists, and burglars adopt animal noises, typically those common in urban settings. In this manner, kenku can call out to each other while those who overhear them mistake them for

Air Genasi

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse

Air Genasi As an air genasi, you are descended from the djinn. As changeable as the weather, your moods shift from calm to wild and violent with little warning, but these storms rarely last long. Air

genasi typically have light blue skin, hair, and eyes. A faint but constant breeze accompanies them, tousling the hair and stirring the clothing. Some air genasi speak with breathy voices, marked by

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

15. Screaming Skulls

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

(each marked with an X on map 10). Muiral collected the skulls long ago, and the drow have chosen not to disturb them. A creature that approaches within 5 feet of a pile can hear faint, dying screams emanating from the skulls. A skull removed from a pile falls silent.

Pandemonium

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Morte’s Planar Parade

Pandemonium A creature influenced by Pandemonium appears as though it were exposed to cold air for a long time, its skin dry and cracked. Its hair might blow in a phantom wind. A creature influenced

or starts its turn there has its flying speed halved until the start of its next turn. Wailing Screams. Whenever the creature casts a spell or makes a spell attack, the faint sound of crying and screams can be heard by it and those affected by its magic.

General Features

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

3 and 4 are dimly lit by outside light. All other areas are in darkness unless the area notes otherwise. Sound. The caverns are filled with faint sounds: dripping water, scratching rodents

(areas 1–5), so a fight in any of these can be heard in the others. Elsewhere, normal sounds echo confusingly and are lost in the background noise. The sound of a scream carries a long distance, however

5. Assayers' Office

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver

counter bisects the room, set with three dusty balance scales made of iron. Cubbyholes carved into the north wall are stuffed with dusty paper scraps. Several long-dead corpses—gnomes and orcs by

their look—are sprawled across the floor. The centuries-old paper in the cubbyholes disintegrates if touched, but a character who reads Dwarvish can see faint markings on a few scraps, recording weigh

Seagrow Caves Features

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragons of Stormwreck Isle

from deep below the island are slowly poisoning the fungi in the caves. A faint smell of sulfur pervades the place, growing stronger the closer one gets to area B6. If the characters take a long rest

inside the caves before opening the vent in B6, each character must succeed on a DC 13 Constitution saving throw or become poisoned (see “Conditions” in the Basic Rules). The lesser restoration spell ends this effect, as does finishing a long rest in fresh air.

City of the Dead

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

all. Long ago, Waterdavians largely abandoned the practice of burying their dead, instead entombing them in mausoleums. For centuries, the major mausoleums here have each been connected to an

wide variety of styles and concepts created by artists at the height of their skills. One of the cemetery’s most impressive attractions is the Warriors’ Monument. This intricate, sixty-foot-high

Fraz-Urb'luu

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes

influence. He especially enjoys using the arrogance and vanity of good folk against them, helping to bring about their downfall. A few of his followers are illusionists, deceivers, and con artists

who seek him out. Fraz-Urb’luu makes use of their talents, and rewards these supplicants appropriately, as long as they follow his example in the campaign to bring about the downfall of all that is lawful and good.

Earth Genasi

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse

strength and solid power. You tend to avoid rash decisions, pausing long enough to consider your options before taking action. Elemental earth manifests differently from one individual to the next. Some

embedded crystals. The most arresting have fissures in their flesh, from which faint light shines. Ability Score Increase. Your Strength score increases by 1. Earth Walk. You can move across

Ingot of the Skold Rune

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder

Ingot of the Skold Rune Wondrous item, very rare (requires attunement) This appears to be a simple ingot of iron ore, about a foot long and a few inches across. Inspection of its surface reveals the

faint, silvery outline of the skold (shield) rune. The ingot has the following properties, which work only while it’s on your person. Runic Shield. You have a +1 bonus to AC. Shield Bond. As a bonus

Fire Genasi

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse

are accompanied by the faint scent of brimstone. Ability Score Increase. Your Intelligence score increases by 1. Darkvision. You can see in dim light within 60 feet of you as if it were bright light

ability to cast it this way when you finish a long rest. Constitution is your spellcasting ability for these spells.

Malar's Throat

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation

feet long or longer and sway a hundred feet above ground, terrifying the faint of heart. Skilled thieves have been known to drop hooks on thin lines from the bridges and “fish” purses right off victims

D4. Dormitory

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse

D4. Dormitory The passage west from the courtyard becomes a long hallway with a series of stone doors on either side. Read the following aloud the first time a character enters one of the rooms: A

following aloud to the players: A faint but foul stench makes it obvious something rots beyond this door. Once the characters enter, read the following text: The bodies of a dozen dwarves are stacked

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

General Features

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

with faint sounds: dripping water, scratching rodents, scrabbling lizards, wind moaning across the entrance. These normal underground sounds camouflage the clanks, thuds, coughs, and speech of the

background noise. The sound of a scream carries a long distance, however, and the sound of a fight travels through 30 feet of tunnel and attracts attention if the fight lasts more than 3 rounds.

23. Time Chamber

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat

the only effect is a hideous, ear-grating groan. The sand runs, but the hourglasses’ magic has long since dissipated. Casting a detect magic spell reveals faint auras of transmutation magic within the

Dragonmark Appearance

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

is unusually small or faint. 2 Your dragonmark is exceptionally large. 3 Your dragonmark appears somewhere else on your body whenever you finish a long rest. 4 Your dragonmark emits dim light in a 5

Major Image

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)

might sicken a creature (like a troglodyte’s stench). As long as you are within range of the illusion, you can use your action to cause the image to move to any other spot within range. As the image

against your spell save DC. If a creature discerns the illusion for what it is, the creature can see through the image, and its other sensory qualities become faint to the creature. At Higher Levels

Hades

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

long rest taken on the plane, a visitor must make a DC 10 Wisdom saving throw. On a failed save, the creature gains one level of exhaustion, which can’t be removed while the creature remains in Hades

. A larva is a miserable fiend that retains the facial features of its previous form but has the body of a fat worm. A larva has only a few faint memories of its previous life and the statistics in the

23. Time Chamber

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

the only effect is a hideous, ear-grating groan. The sand runs, but the hourglasses’ magic has long since dissipated. Casting a detect magic spell reveals faint auras of transmutation magic within the

Major Image

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)

might sicken a creature (like a troglodyte’s stench). As long as you are within range of the illusion, you can use your action to cause the image to move to any other spot within range. As the image

against your spell save DC. If a creature discerns the illusion for what it is, the creature can see through the image, and its other sensory qualities become faint to the creature. At Higher Levels

Lost Tomb of Khaem

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss

feminine voice sounds out in your mind suddenly, faint and distant. “Hello? Is someone there … ? Oh please, I need your help! I have been trapped in the dark for so long … so very long. Please, won’t you

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