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Tiefling
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Species
Basic Rules (2014)
stares and whispers, to suffer violence and insult on the street, to see mistrust and fear in every eye: this is the lot of the tiefling. And to twist the knife, tieflings know that this is because a
horns like a ram, others have straight and tall horns like a gazelle’s, and some spiral upward like an antelopes’ horns. They have thick tails, four to five feet long, which lash or coil
Monsters
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
with snakes for eyes or a drowned giant that resembles an estranged parent. Mist horrors can’t persist for long outside the Mists: after 1d4;{"diceNotation":"1d4","rollType":"roll","rollAction
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Body
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Unspeakable Horror (Aberrant Armor);Aberrant Armor. The horror’s body is armored in petrified wood, alien crystal, rusted mechanisms, sculpted stone, or an exoskeleton.
2
Monsters
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
that combines multiple fears when it encounters a group, like a wolf with snakes for eyes or a drowned giant that resembles an estranged parent. Mist horrors can’t persist for long outside the
crystal, rusted mechanisms, sculpted stone, or an exoskeleton.
2
Unspeakable Horror (Loathsome Limbs);Loathsome Limbs. The horror’s body boasts spider like legs, many-jointed appendages
Monsters
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
group, like a wolf with snakes for eyes or a drowned giant that resembles an estranged parent. Mist horrors can’t persist for long outside the Mists: after 1d4;{"diceNotation":"1d4","rollType
":"Body Composition"}
Body
1
Unspeakable Horror (Aberrant Armor);Aberrant Armor. The horror’s body is armored in petrified wood, alien crystal, rusted mechanisms, sculpted stone, or an
Monsters
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
can’t persist for long outside the Mists: after 1d4;{"diceNotation":"1d4","rollType":"roll","rollAction":"Mist Horror"} rounds outside the Mists, they lose cohesion and collapse back into
body is armored in petrified wood, alien crystal, rusted mechanisms, sculpted stone, or an exoskeleton.
2
Unspeakable Horror (Loathsome Limbs);Loathsome Limbs. The horror’s body boasts
Monsters
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
wolf with snakes for eyes or a drowned giant that resembles an estranged parent. Mist horrors can’t persist for long outside the Mists: after 1d4;{"diceNotation":"1d4","rollType":"roll
Composition"}
Body
1
Unspeakable Horror (Aberrant Armor);Aberrant Armor. The horror’s body is armored in petrified wood, alien crystal, rusted mechanisms, sculpted stone, or an exoskeleton
Species
Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
stares and whispers, to suffer violence and insult on the street, to see mistrust and fear in every eye: this is the lot of the tiefling. And to twist the knife, tieflings know that this is because a
horns like a ram, others have straight and tall horns like a gazelle’s, and some spiral upward like an antelopes’ horns. They have thick tails, four to five feet long, which lash or coil
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
1. Drawbridge The drawbridge is lowered when the party first arrives. It is 20 feet long, 10 feet wide, and made of sturdy oak planks. Iron chains bolted to the drawbridge connect to winch mechanisms
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
obscured by this smoky haze. Exposure to it is unhealthy; characters who take a long rest in a hazy location regain one fewer Hit Die than normal. A strong wind that lasts 1 minute or longer clears an
elevator links areas X6, X13, and X22, and the other links areas X12, X15, and X30. An elevator can be disabled in any location where its wheel mechanisms are exposed (as shown on map 3.1).
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
don’t attempt to hide or disguise themselves, they receive sidelong stares from merchants and customers. Everyone assumes the characters wouldn’t be here unless they were under the protection of an
of warm blood, but perhaps you need something else? Something more ephemeral, like directions? Or knowledge? I’ve been in this city a long, long time.”
Sangora is a centuries-old vampire with sunken
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Locathah Rising
, they cling to shadows and serve as hunters and assassins. A long, scaly lure that can be illuminated extends from a deep diver’s forehead. Sahuagin Deep Diver
Medium humanoid (sahuagin), lawful
30 feet of the deep diver that can see the light must succeed on a DC 11 Wisdom saving throw or be charmed until the end of its next turn. A creature charmed in this way is incapacitated as it stares at the light.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
on the covered porch, perched on empty ale barrels or leaning against the wall. They all wear grimy scarlet cloaks. Their stares are fixed on you as you approach.
One of the ruffians spits on the
spits on the ground. “You’ve been asking too many questions,” he snarls. “Time to move on, strangers. Give us your stuff and be on your way.”
Continue the baiting as long as you like. The Redbrands
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver
, perched on empty ale barrels or leaning against the wall. They all wear grimy scarlet cloaks, their sullen stares fixed on you as you approach.
One of the thugs spits on the ground. “Well, well
to move on, strangers. Give us your stuff, and be on your way.”
Continue the insults and baiting as long as you like. The Redbrands attack in a round or two if the characters don’t. Neither side is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
, they cling to shadows and serve as hunters and assassins. A long, scaly lure that can be illuminated extends from a deep diver’s forehead. Sahuagin Deep Diver
Medium humanoid (sahuagin), lawful
within 30 feet of the deep diver that can see the light must succeed on a DC 11 Wisdom saving throw or be charmed until the end of its next turn. A creature charmed in this way is incapacitated as it stares at the light.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
a slim, athletic build and stares at you with piercing green eyes. Around him are four younger individuals who are similarly balanced on other stone slabs.
With the grace of a bird, he floats down
whip while using it to grapple a creature. Anytime on his turn, he can release a creature grappled by the whip (no action required).
Heal Self (Recharges after a Long Rest). Steel Crane regains 2d8
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
feet high (11 feet above the dais and ledges). The chains dangling from the ceiling are 8 feet long; the cultists would shackle prisoners to the chains, dangle them above the altar, cut them open with
knives, and allow the altar to be bathed in blood. Half embedded in the east wall is a wooden wheel connected to hidden chains and mechanisms. A character can use an action to turn the wheel, raising
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
. The Whisker A long and narrow span of wiry metal forms a bridge across a hollow in the Spire. Other metallic protrusions jut from the vertical walls.
This 200-foot-long, 5-foot-wide bridge connects
. Those who investigate see the following: This broad cave is humid and covered in thick mold. At the center sprawls a greasy, gray, wart-covered giant. He stares hopelessly into the darkness above
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
and you expend a spell slot of 1st level or higher. The defender returns to life after 1 minute with all its hit points restored. At the end of a long rest, you can create a new steel defender if you
, reach 5 ft., one target you can see. Hit: 1d8 + PB force damage.
Repair (3/Day). The magical mechanisms inside the defender restore 2d8 + PB hit points to itself or to one construct or object within 5
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
language, and the Dwarvish word carved above the doors translates to “Grimskalle.” G2. Guard Room This long, rectangular room is strewn with pieces of rotting wood and rusted metal—the remnants of giant
greataxe sits in front of a tall door in the far wall. The giant wooden stool upon which he sits creaks under his weight as he stares at you with cloudy eyes.
The frost giant is named Ertgard. Because
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
you expend a spell slot of 1st level or higher. The steel defender returns to life after 1 minute with all its hit points restored. At the end of a long rest, you can create a new steel defender if
, reach 5 ft., one target you can see. Hit: 1d8 + PB force damage.
Repair (3/Day). The magical mechanisms inside the defender restore 2d8 + PB hit points to itself or to one construct or object within
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
realizes that it’s not just Sarusanda’s body that’s hurt—her pride is badly wounded too. If unaided, Sarusanda gains 1 level of exhaustion, which she retains until she finishes a long rest outside
stares intently at a human skull clutched in her outstretched hand.
“Now tell me, servant of evil,” Sarusanda demands of the skull, “where do your fellow occultists hide?”
The skull replies, its
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
roofs, or domes that open with the aid of great mechanisms to allow an unobstructed view of the night sky, since the movements of Eberron’s moons are thought to correspond to the shifting
acquiring knowledge and opposing the Lords of Dust can make the dragons suitable as allies, their devotion to their long-term interests can blind them to the short-term impact of their actions. Chamber
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
determine whether anyone in the party notices the trap in passing. If the adventurers detect a trap before triggering it, they might be able to disarm it, either permanently or long enough to move past it
shield. Traps are often designed with mechanisms that allow them to be disarmed or bypassed. Intelligent monsters that place traps in or around their lairs need ways to get past those traps without
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
determine whether anyone in the party notices the trap in passing. If the adventurers detect a trap before triggering it, they might be able to disarm it, either permanently or long enough to move past
the shield. Traps are often designed with mechanisms that allow them to be disarmed or bypassed. Intelligent monsters that place traps in or around their lairs need ways to get past those traps without
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
. Furniture is typically twice as high, long, and wide as its human-sized equivalent and roughly eight times the weight. Small and Medium creatures can scuttle under and clamber over giant-sized furniture
, treating the spaces they occupy as difficult terrain.
Portcullises. None of the portcullises in Ironslag have mechanical winches or other lifting mechanisms. They must be lifted manually. Any creature
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
disrepair. A character who inspects the lift and succeeds on a DC 10 Intelligence (Investigation) check uncovers the lift’s broken mechanisms as well as its former power source: a dull and cracked shard
1st level or higher. The mechanisms in turn can be repaired with a successful DC 16 Intelligence (Arcana) check; if the character has proficiency with tinker’s tools, this check is made with advantage
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Enunciates overly clearly 6 Speaks loudly 7 Whispers 8 Uses flowery speech or long words 9 Frequently uses the wrong word 10 Uses colorful oaths and exclamations 11 Makes constant jokes or puns 12 Prone to
predictions of doom 13 Fidgets 14 Squints 15 Stares into the distance 16 Chews something 17 Paces 18 Taps fingers 19 Bites fingernails 20 Twirls hair or tugs beard Interactions with Others In one
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
carcass contains a 6-foot-long, 5-foot-wide, 5-foot-tall stone chest half buried under ice. A character must spend 1 hour chipping away the ice before the chest can be opened. It contains more giant-sized
the ends of her long braids. She is ready to do whatever it takes to get back to her mother in Dougan’s Hole. Of the two siblings, she is the more proactive. Finn has a piebald face flanked by small
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
seal off the castle. The gatehouse (area C6) holds the mechanisms that raise and lower the portcullises as well as open and close both sets of doors. Knock spells and similar magic can bypass these
into place or retract it. This once-grand hall is dimly lit by chandeliers that are missing most of their candles. Three long tables in the center of the hall are littered with dirty dishes, which a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
“ssussun,” a drow word meaning “light.” When the characters first gaze upon the ledge, read the following boxed text to the players. An elf with long red hair and a backpack sits on a ledge
of monsters, but the Zhents have installed trip wires and pressure plates at irregular intervals. These are triggering mechanisms for collapsing roofs, poison darts, and rolling spheres (see “Sample
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
. Mist horrors can’t persist for long outside the Mists: after 1d4 rounds outside the Mists, they lose cohesion and collapse back into harmless vapor. Body Composition d4 Body
1 Aberrant
Armor. The horror’s body is armored in petrified wood, alien crystal, rusted mechanisms, sculpted stone, or an exoskeleton.
2 Loathsome Limbs. The horror’s body boasts spiderlike legs, many
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
on a successful one. Whether the save succeeds or fails, a creature subjected to the hour-long probe also gains a randomly determined form of long-term madness, determined by rolling on the Long-Term
the chance, Hathowyn tries to engage the characters in conversation, speaking Elvish or Sylvan. She hopes to keep them in the grove for as long as possible. If the characters try to leave, Hathowyn
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
when I can get away with it.” Ideal. “Strength is the only thing worth respecting.” Bond. “Dwarves burned down my home and killed my daughter long ago, and I will hate all their kind forever.” Flaw. “I
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sleeping Dragon’s Wake
as she stares at the ocean.
The barnacles on the window are actually a disguised alkilith whose False Appearance feature makes it appear to be barnacles instead of a fungus (see appendix A
). Lhammaruntosz has been in the presence of the alkilith for so long that her madness does not wane if she leaves the creature’s presence. When she looks out the alkilith’s window, she experiences
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
guest room for a trice. But pine not! I expect he’ll rejoin us before long.”
Oren senses trouble between Lord and Lady Adulare, but he won’t pry into their affairs, and he gently discourages other
Frost (5,000 gp). P7: Banquet Hall Two long, mahogany tables are piled high with sugared plums, decadent gingerbreads, and glazed meats. Two sprites flutter near them, encouraging guests to sample the