merciless strangle with only across first for long

Tidal Wave

Spells Elemental Evil Player's Companion

You conjure up a wave of water that crashes down on an area within range. The area can be up to 30 feet long, up to 10 feet wide, and up to 10 feet tall. Each creature in that area must make a

then spreads out across the ground in all directions, extinguishing unprotected flames in its area and within 30 feet of it, and then it vanishes.

Commune Legacy

Spells Basic Rules (2014)

-word answer could be misleading or contrary to the deity's interests, the GM might offer a short phrase as an answer instead. If you cast the spell two or more times before finishing your next long

rest, there is a cumulative 25 percent chance for each casting after the first that you get no answer. The GM makes this roll in secret.

Divination Legacy

Spells Basic Rules (2014)

spells or the loss or gain of a companion. If you cast the spell two or more times before finishing your next long rest, there is a cumulative 25 percent chance for each casting after the first that you get a random reading. The GM makes this roll in secret.

Zone of Truth Legacy

Spells Basic Rules (2014)

the first time on a turn or starts its turn there must make a Charisma saving throw. On a failed save, a creature can't speak a deliberate lie while in the radius. You know whether each creature

succeeds or fails on its saving throw. An affected creature is aware of the spell and can thus avoid answering questions to which it would normally respond with a lie. Such a creature can be evasive in its answers as long as it remains within the boundaries of the truth.

Sailor Legacy

Backgrounds Player’s Handbook (2014)

You sailed on a seagoing vessel for years. In that time, you faced down mighty storms, monsters of the deep, and those who wanted to sink your craft to the bottomless depths. Your first love is the

board—boatswain, captain, navigator, cook, or some other position? Who were the captain and first mate? Did you leave your ship on good terms with your fellows, or on the run? Skill

Wall of Fire Legacy

Spells Basic Rules (2014)

You create a wall of fire on a solid surface within range. You can make the wall up to 60 feet long, 20 feet high, and 1 foot thick, or a ringed wall up to 20 feet in diameter, 20 feet high, and 1

inside the wall. A creature takes the same damage when it enters the wall for the first time on a turn or ends its turn there. The other side of the wall deals no damage. At Higher Levels. When you

Anthropologist

Backgrounds Tomb of Annihilation

books and scrolls, but also through first-hand observation—by visiting far-flung settlements and exploring local histories and customs. Skill Proficiencies: Insight, ReligionLanguages

survive—or why they did not. Some anthropologists are driven by intellectual curiosity, while others want the fame and recognition that comes with being the first to discover a new people, a

Sailor - Baldur's Gate

Backgrounds Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus

the bottomless depths. Your first love is the distant line of the horizon, but the time has come to try your hand at something new. Discuss the nature of the ship you previously sailed with your

with all hands? What were your duties on board—boatswain, captain, navigator, cook, or some other position? Who were the captain and first mate? Did you leave your ship on good terms with your

Outlander - Baldur's Gate

Backgrounds Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus

the path to Baldur’s Gate fully understanding the complex social morass that awaits. You enter the city an outsider, and it’s likely that—no matter how long you spend in the city&mdash

gates, but finding clues in an urban environment is very different from tracking someone across the wilderness. You don’t know where to go from here, but your people need you to succeed. 2

Golgari Agent

Backgrounds Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica

the moss-covered building where I took part in my first reclamation mission. 5 I found something in the sewer that must never come to light. 6 I am forever grateful to the reclaimer who

bother to couch my opinions in flattering words. 5 I can’t help but pocket any trinket or coin I come across, no matter how worthless. 6 I’m convinced that I’m better and

Yetis

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

Yetis Chilling Stalkers of the Frozen Wilds Habitat: Arctic; Treasure: Any Across alpine extremes and frozen frontiers, yetis hunt those that trespass in their territories. Reclusive and merciless

Orzhov Representative

Backgrounds Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica

. Skill Proficiencies: Intimidation, Religion Languages: Two of your choice Equipment: An Orzhov insignia, a foot-long chain made of ten gold coins, vestments, a set of fine clothes, and

needs warrant. For example, you can have a message carried across a neighborhood, procure a short carriage ride without paying, or have others clean up a bloody mess you left in an alley. The DM

Inheritor

Backgrounds Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide

ability and increases in potency with the passage of time. Or, the true nature of your inheritance might not be apparent at first and is revealed only when certain conditions are met. When you begin

. 7 I misuse long words in an attempt to sound smarter. 8 I get bored easily. When am I going to get on with my destiny? d6 Ideal 1 Respect. People deserve to be treated

Giants

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)

clans. Giants are almost as old as dragons, which were still young when the giants’ heavy feet first shook the foundations of the world. As they spread across new lands, giants and dragons fought

Giants Ancient empires once cast long shadows over a world that quaked beneath the giants’ feet. In those lost days, these towering figures were dragon slayers, dreamers, crafters, and kings, but

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

-two magical cards drawn from constellations in the night sky, and she used thirteen of these cards to change the destinies of Asteria and Euryale. These cards formed the first Deck of Many Things, an

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

Yargath's Patrol

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon of Icespire Peak

. The orcs unleash terrible battle cries as they are joined by a humanoid with elongated claws. On the first round of combat, Yargath casts bless on up to three orcs. Meanwhile, the orcs charge across the ravine and close to melee range. Treasure. Yargath carries a potion of greater healing.

scene as follows: As you make your way across uneven ground rising to a ridge, several hulking orcs ascend a similar ridge across from you, separated from you by a sixty-foot-wide, ten-foot-deep gully

No Competition

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated

Enterprises. Originally founded by what turned out to be a false version of Omin’s lost sister, Auspicia, Dran Enterprises has long sought to execute a hostile takeover of Acquisitions Incorporated. All

and planned expansion across the multiverse, Acquisitions Incorporated shows no signs of slowing down. (Because that would likely require self-reflection and measured responses that are historically

Steel Predator

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

Steel Predator A steel predator is a merciless machine with one purpose: to locate and kill its target regardless of distance and obstacles. Modron Engineering. Steel predators are created by a

lauded for its invention — until it turned its creations against its superiors. Steel predators wreaked havoc across the modron hierarchy until the rogue hexton was trapped and exiled. Now it operates

Hazlik

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

HazlikHazlik The wizard Hazlik always stood one formula away from attaining his dreams. Raised among the merciless Red Wizards of Thay on the world of Toril, Hazlik steadily rose among the ranks of

a penance of their choosing upon him. But even as the first brand-wielding member of the mob of Hazlik’s scarred rivals approached to take their revenge, Hazlik fled through the groaning portal that

Worshiping Erebos

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

assassins congregate in secret in communities across Theros, engaging in campaigns of violence. The only major festival dedicated to Erebos, called the Katabasion or “the Descent,” features a ceremony

before Erebos’s eyes. Suspecting that either Heliod or Kruphix knows where Kytheon’s soul went, Erebos will reward anyone who can tell him. Menelaia’s Song. Long ago, a master lyrist named Menelaia

Slaadi

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

of Limbo Unpredictable slaadi devour and multiply across the Ever-Changing Chaos of Limbo. These toad-like, extraplanar beings embody the endless potentiality of their home plane of existence

other creatures. Slaadi have no formal society. Rather, strong slaadi dominate weaker ones. Blue and red slaadi rampage across Limbo and spill into other worlds at the direction of green slaadi. More

Q3. Dragon's Foyer

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd

(area Q18). Shadow of Argynvost The first time the characters pass through this foyer, read: A great shadow with wings moves across the walls and disappears. You hear the soft bestial hiss in the darkness. The draconic shadow is ominous yet harmless.

fourth bust and its pedestal have been knocked over, and their shattered remains lie strewn across the mosaic floor. Two chandeliers of wrought iron hang from the ceiling like monstrous black spiders

Seek the Keep

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

Seek the Keep Characters have random encounters with raiders when they enter Greenest, but this one should be their first mission of the chapter. It begins when a terrified human family (father

, mother, and three young children) dash across their path, hounded by seven kobolds. Without warning, five humans dash out from between two buildings on your left. A limping man and three young children

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

Character Creation

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk

Character Creation Before starting this adventure, consider spending your first game session helping your players create characters. Were the characters born and raised in the Sword Coast region, or

do they hail from distant lands? How long have the characters known each other? What might bring them to Phandalin?

True Polymorph (p. 283)

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice & Errata

into Object” subsection (p. 284), the following text is appended to the first sentence: “, as long as the object’s size is no larger than the creature’s size.”

18. Hall Pit

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a4

18. Hall Pit Halfway down the corridor that leads to the northwest is a 10-foot-long, 10-foot-deep open pit, filled with and hidden by water. If the characters aren’t testing the floor ahead of them, those in the first rank must succeed on a DC 15 Dexterity saving throw to avoid falling into the pit.

Death Dog

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

The victim’s flesh to rot like a corpse. 5 The victim to itch, as if they had fleas or sand beneath their skin. 6 Wicked symbols to gradually appear on and spread across the victim’s body. Death Dog

, it is subjected to the following effect. Constitution Saving Throw: DC 12. First Failure: The target has the Poisoned condition. While Poisoned, the target’s Hit Point maximum doesn’t return to

Path of the Zealot

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything

divine power. A variety of gods across the worlds of D&D inspire their followers to embrace this path. Tempus from the Forgotten Realms and Hextor and Erythnul of Greyhawk are all prime examples. In

you’re raging, the first creature you hit on each of your turns with a weapon attack takes extra damage equal to 1d6 + half your barbarian level. The extra damage is necrotic or radiant; you choose the

Redcloak Battalion

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

up and its units assigned to cities and strongholds across Breland. As an elite group of special forces, the Redcloaks don’t include inexperienced adventurers in their ranks. Considering that, there

are two ways to use the Redcloak Battalion as a group patron. First, the Redcloaks do sometimes take inexperienced adventurers under their wings. Existing Redcloaks proved themselves on the battlefields

D1. Channel

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight

their way across the stepping stones (area D3), through the balloon factory (area D4), and across the bridge of chattering heads (area D5) to the gazebo where Gullop XIX holds court (area D6). If the

characters ask about Bavlorna, the bullywugs insist that the characters see the king first, saying that he’ll know how to help them. If the characters attack the bullywugs, they croak loudly enough to

Hosts of the Nine Hells

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

Hosts of the Nine Hells Tiamat has long threatened Faerûn, often appearing in lands such as Chessenta and Unther to drive mortals to worship her awesome power. Although mortals don’t know it, the end

. Avernus is a boulder-strewn desolation where fiery comets streak across the sky and devil aristocrats rule from dismal iron fortresses. The River Styx saws a jagged course through Avernus’s basalt cliffs

Night Scavver

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Boo’s Astral Menagerie

Night Scavver Night scavvers are 15 feet long. Their coloration resembles that of Wildspace itself: white spots (representing stars) sprinkled amid dark patches and patterns of color. They fearlessly

invade the air envelopes of spelljamming ships and attack crew members on deck. Cooked night scavver meat is a popular offering in taverns across Wildspace. Night Scavver Huge Monstrosity

Chapter 5: Giant Treasures

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

Chapter 5: Giant Treasures Working together forged our friendship as well as my beneficent bracelet. Afterward, Diancastra delighted in showing me the glory of the giants across the breadth of the

multiverse. —Bigby Giants collect an eclectic assortment of treasures and trinkets over the course of their long life spans. This chapter, intended for the Dungeon Master, explores treasures

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