merciless smiles with only all for for long

Phylaskia

Monsters Mythic Odysseys of Theros

lasts until the target finishes a short or long rest.These armored skeletal spirits guard the borders of the Underworld and its various wards. Sleepless and merciless, they scrutinize all who would

Grinning Cat

Monsters Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

mischievous Fey who delight in pestering and misleading travelers. They resemble oversized domestic cats with long, needlelike claws, but they’re distinguished by the wide, toothy smiles that give

Gunvald Halraggson

Monsters Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

turn. Second Wind (Recharges after a Short or Long Rest). As a bonus action, Gunvald can regain 15 hit points.Multiattack. Gunvald makes three melee attacks. Battleaxe. Melee Weapon Attack: +8

Bear King cuts an impressive figure and is renowned for his size and strength. He tries to be honorable, but he is often merciless and doesn't change his mind easily. He has trouble relating to Ten

Goliath Werebear

Monsters Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

(Recharges after a Short or Long Rest). When the werebear takes damage, it reduces the damage taken by 10 (1d12 + 4);{"diceNotation":"1d12+4","rollType":"roll","rollAction":"Stone"}.Goliath legends speak of

-flung corners of the dale. If they flee like cowards, Oyaminartok laughs and lets them go to wander in obscurity. If they challenge Oyaminartok to a fight, the Winter Walker smiles and tests their

Ashen Rider

Monsters Mythic Odysseys of Theros

long rest. If the target's hit point maximum is reduced to 0, its body and everything it is wearing and carrying, except for magic items, are reduced to ash. A creature reduced to ash can't be revived

known as archons once ruled vast empires. These armored warlords saw themselves as champions of merciless justice, and they ruled with iron fists. But their dominance ultimately came to an end. As the

Archon of Falling Stars

Monsters Mythic Odysseys of Theros

mount, the mount is reduced to 0 hit points as well. Radiant Rebirth (Recharges after a Long Rest). If the archon is reduced to 0 hit points, it regains 30 hit points and springs back to its feet

champions of merciless justice, and they ruled with iron fists. But their dominance ultimately came to an end. As the archon overlords toppled, they scattered to the fringes of the world, and their holdings

Duergar Warlord

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

, inspiring, and merciless in equal parts. A skilled leader in battle, the warlord can use spikes of psionic energy to compel the warriors they command to fight harder. Duergar Duergar are dwarves of

their creations as cold and bare of ornamentation to the point of austerity, duergar see them as honoring the materials used and honest about their purpose.PoisonEnlarge (Recharges after a Short or Long

Norker

Monsters Mordenkainen's Fiendish Folio Volume 1

. They were always few in number, and their god was a cruel, merciless tyrant who kept his children close and the outside world at a distance. This long-lost god may have been Maglubiyet's first conquest

, norkers are tough humanoids whose long, sharp fangs and thick, bony exoskeletons make them well-suited to the ranks of hobgoblin armies. Unfortunately for their would-be masters, norkers are rebellious

Gladiator Legacy

Backgrounds Player’s Handbook (2014)

a place, you receive free lodging and food of a modest or comfortable standard (depending on the quality of the establishment), as long as you perform each night. In addition, your performance makes

collect local rumors and spread gossip. 3 I’m a hopeless romantic, always searching for that “special someone.” 4 Nobody stays angry at me or around me for long, since I can

Norker War Leader

Monsters Mordenkainen's Fiendish Folio Volume 1

days, norkers were found deep within the earth. They were always few in number, and their god was a cruel, merciless tyrant who kept his children close and the outside world at a distance. This long

, and lazy even by the standards of goblinoids, norkers are tough humanoids whose long, sharp fangs and thick, bony exoskeletons make them well-suited to the ranks of hobgoblin armies. Unfortunately

Entertainer Legacy

Backgrounds Player’s Handbook (2014)

establishment), as long as you perform each night. In addition, your performance makes you something of a local figure. When strangers recognize you in a town where you have performed, they typically take a

for that “special someone.” 4 Nobody stays angry at me or around me for long, since I can defuse any amount of tension. 5 I love a good insult, even one directed at me. 6

Gnome Legacy

Species Basic Rules (2014)

. Gnomes average slightly over 3 feet tall and weigh 40 to 45 pounds. Their tan or brown faces are usually adorned with broad smiles (beneath their prodigious noses), and their bright eyes shine with

squeeze every ounce of enjoyment out of their three to five centuries of life. Humans might wonder about getting bored over the course of such a long life, and elves take plenty of time to savor the

Entertainer - Baldur's Gate

Backgrounds Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus

court. At such a place, you receive free lodging and food of a modest or comfortable standard (depending on the quality of the establishment), as long as you perform each night. In addition, your

place, I collect local rumors and spread gossip. 3 I’m a hopeless romantic, always searching for that “special someone.” 4 Nobody stays angry at me or around me for long

Hobgoblin Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

; entire society forever stands prepared for war. Brutal Civility Hobgoblins hold themselves to high standards of military honor. The race has a long history of shared traditions, recorded and retold

little to conceal an underlying brutality that hobgoblins practice on each other and perfect upon other races. Punishment for infractions of hobgoblin law are swift and merciless. Beauty is something

Secondhand Trinkets

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things

Secondhand Trinkets A lean dog with long, pointed ears sits in the middle of a giant rug, surrounded by trinkets. The dog looks up to you and smiles, his tongue lolling out of his mouth. “Secondhand

speak Common from a helpful druid long ago. Clawson has ten items from the Trinkets table of the Player’s Handbook for sale. He also has 1d4 items he markets as “today’s secondhand steal,” highlighting

5. Control Room

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild

of the long-lost artifact called the Iron Flask of Tuerny the Merciless, used to trap demons, devils, and other creatures. This artifact later became the model for the lesser-but-still-legendary magic of the iron flask. According to lore, Tuerny became a nalfeshnee demon before vanishing from history.

Rule of Matriarchs

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

also a merciless assassin with blood on her hands. Unlike with many other races, female drow are typically taller and more robust than males. To rise to the top echelons of power, a female must first

females of their houses. Even the most intelligent, strong-willed, and devious male will never be more than a second-class citizen in any drow city or house. That situation will never change as long as Lolth reigns as their queen.

Part 1: Tyrant Trap!

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer Academy

adventurers of all stripes explore Faerûn and deal with the perils of ancient ruins, malevolent cults, and long-forgotten tombs, those who come through Spelljammer Academy on Nimbral strive to protect the

other worlds beyond. Few people know of the academy’s existence, and its leaders try to keep it that way. Mirt the Merciless—also known as “the Old Wolf”—is Spelljammer Academy’s founder and chief

Part 1: Preflight Meal

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer Academy

While adventurers of all stripes explore Faerûn and deal with the perils of ancient ruins, malevolent cults, and long-forgotten tombs, those who come through Spelljammer Academy on Nimbral strive to

and to explore other worlds beyond. Few people know of the academy’s existence, and its leaders try to keep it that way. Mirt the Merciless—also known as “the Old Wolf”—is Spelljammer Academy’s

12. Trapped Chest

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

treasure chest dangles from rusty chains embedded in the ceiling. The chest is 6 feet long, 3 feet wide, 3 feet high, and suspended 1 foot above the surface of the 5-foot-deep pool. A keyhole shaped

does so with disadvantage. Treasure The chest interior is lined with lead and contains 300 gp, a gold tankard embossed with a sad face that smiles when the tankard is filled (250 gp), and a stoppered bone tube containing a spell scroll of remove curse.

Har'Akir

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

hieroglyphics The sands of time bury the desert realm of Har’Akir. Here, the wonders of fallen empires and pyramids of forgotten pharaohs crumble beneath a merciless sun. Untold generations of tombs and

fractured soul. As the pharaoh obsesses over his lost treasure and thoughts of escaping his impossibly long undead existence, his servants plague the domain in his name. In hidden tomb-courts, withered

Reporting to Tarto

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer Academy

. A spelljamming trader has delivered a fresh shipment of supplies to the academy, including a crate addressed to the academy head, Mirt the Merciless—also known as the Old Wolf. Tarto gives each

as long as they’re wearing the gold security helmets. Once the delivery has been made, the characters can retire for lunch. Shipping Crate. The wooden shipping crate is about two feet on a side and

Brains in Jars

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish

Brains in Jars Depending on your campaign, you might wish to identify some or all of the monastery’s brains with other figures from D&D lore. Perhaps the monastery has long been home to obscure or

lesser-known figures such as Quaal, Queen Ehlissa, Keoghtom, Nolzur, and Tuerny the Merciless — all of them known mostly for the magic items that bear their names. If you use Nolzur, the creator of

Antique Dolls

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things

dolls are made of porcelain, others of cloth. All have round, beady eyes and perfectly painted smiles. Granny Goosefinger also has three magnifying glasses, one spyglass, and ten mirrors for sale. If any

of haunted dolls for 3 days. Every time the character finishes a long rest during that period, they must make a DC 15 Wisdom saving throw. On a failed saving throw, the rest restores none of the character’s Hit Dice. A Remove Curse spell or similar magic ends this effect.

Hell Hound

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual

hounds enforce the merciless order of those realms and the whims of tyrannical masters. On their home planes of existence, these grim canines ensure that souls don’t escape their bleak afterlives. On

so long as they’re given opportunities to hunt and kill, but they’re quick to turn on those who treat them as mere animals. Hell hounds have greater cunning than normal canines. They’re skilled

Auril

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide

Auril The Frostmaiden, Lady Frostkiss, Icedawn Auril, the merciless goddess of cold and winter, is worshiped mostly in regions that are affected by deep winters. Folk propitiate Auril with offerings

participants. Those who finish the race are thought to have helped make the winter easier, and they rarely have to pay for food or ale all winter long.

Grisha's Greeting

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

, we will also feast when we are dead. If you’ve heard the call, come. Join my pack and feel the strength of Yeenoghu.” The figure smiles as he speaks, revealing teeth filed to sharp points

. Filthriddens is contained within a cave roughly 100 feet long and 60 feet wide. The characters enter from a natural tunnel along one of the shorter walls, with another tunnel exiting on the opposite side

Lost Wyrmling

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

summons them to the temple (area A5). Read the following text when the characters arrive: Elder Runara smiles as you approach. “I have something to show you,” she says. There’s a flash like a silent stroke

dares not go there herself, lest her presence reopen old wounds. She gives them a moonstone key—a 3-inch-long, 1-inch-wide hexagonal prism made from moonstone, with a dragon’s head engraved on one end—and

Dreams of Perfection

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

Dreams of Perfection Anyone who sleeps in I’Cath enters Tsien Chiang’s dream of a bustling, beautiful city filled with smiling people. But the forced smiles hide desperation from the watchful eyes of

finishing a long rest in I’Cath if they spend any part of that rest in Tsien Chiang’s dream. Characters with no levels of exhaustion wake from the dream after 6 hours. Characters with 1 or more levels of

Phylaskia

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros

Phylaskia These armored skeletal spirits guard the borders of the Underworld and its various wards. Sleepless and merciless, they scrutinize all who would pass, and they slay those who defy them

: 12 (2d6 + 5) necrotic damage. Unless the target is immune to necrotic damage, its Strength score is reduced by 1d4. The target dies if this reduces its Strength to 0. Otherwise, the reduction lasts until the target finishes a short or long rest. (EMRAH ELMASLI)

Warlords of the Avernian Wastelands

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus

horned devil named Bitter Breath, a human necromancer named Feonor, and a chain devil named Princeps Kovik. These warlords are as cruel and merciless as the hell they inhabit. All share a “survival of

inevitably rises to take its place. Bitter Breath, Feonor, and Princeps Kovik are merely the latest in a long series of warlords to plague the Avernian expanse. If Zariel wasn’t so busy fighting the Blood War

Wood Elves: The Tairnadal

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

Tairn, the Silaes Tairn, and the Valaes Tairn. All three lines roam the northern plains of Aerenal, having left the forest long ago, but the Valaes Tairn now reside mostly in Valenar, being the

likely a legendary archmage. Was your ancestor a famous blademaster, a stealthy hunter, or a war chanter? Were they chivalrous or merciless? Bold or clever? Whatever their path, it is your duty to follow

Elves of Valenar

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron

you’re a ranger, was your ancestor a famous blademaster, or a stealthy hunter? Was your ancestor chivalrous or merciless? Bold or clever? Whatever their nature, it’s your duty to follow their example

actions of a rival? Valenar Double Scimitar The double scimitar is the signature weapon of Valenar elves. A haft of fine wood supports a long blade on either end. Forged with techniques honed over

Chapter 2: Key

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things

this avatar rise again as Undead, doomed to exist as long as the decks do. Over the centuries, these Undead gathered to form the Grim Harrow, a horde of merciless hunters traveling the multiverse on a

original deck over the centuries, but no one knows more about it than Asteria herself, who still travels the multiverse living out the destiny foretold for her by Istus long ago. But in your campaign, the

The Ordning

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

, warmongering fire giants and the merciless, predatory frost giants. Fire giants rank themselves by their forging skill, whereas frost giants rank themselves by their martial prowess. Near the bottom of the

rule. Dragons are the ancient enemies of giants. Thousands of years ago, the last great empire of giants — Ostoria — fell after a long and brutal conflict with dragons. Little of Ostoria remains in

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