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Marid

Monsters Monster Manual

creature, the marid suffers none of the spell’s stress. Once the marid has cast it three times, the marid can’t do so again for 365 days.Multiattack. The marid makes three Aquatic Lash attacks

Jet. Dexterity Saving Throw: DC 18, each creature in a 60-foot-long, 10-foot-wide Line. Failure: 31 (9d6);{"diceNotation":"9d6", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Water Jet", "rollDamageType":"Cold

Wish

Spells Player’s Handbook

for a moment; she shakes her head, and your wish fails. The stress of casting Wish to produce any effect other than duplicating another spell weakens you. After enduring that stress, each time you

cast a spell until you finish a Long Rest, you take 1d10 Necrotic damage per level of that spell. This damage can’t be reduced or prevented in any way. In addition, your Strength score becomes 3

Time Dragon Wyrmling

Monsters Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse

time dragon;Ancient time dragons can create temporal gates connected to specific times and places in the multiverse. Using these, they and allied creatures can travel anywhere in time to affect fate

view of what is, what was, and what will be. Time dragons prize historical records, objects representative of lost cultures, and treasures from long-gone creators. They are fascinated by time

Young Time Dragon

Monsters Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse

of time’s paths and possibilities. Ancient time dragon;Ancient time dragons can create temporal gates connected to specific times and places in the multiverse. Using these, they and allied

from the usual flow of time and have a flexible view of what is, what was, and what will be. Time dragons prize historical records, objects representative of lost cultures, and treasures from long

Yagnoloth

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

’s next turn. Battlefield Cunning (Recharge 4–6);{"diceNotation":"1d6", "rollType":"recharge", "rollAction":"Battlefield Cunning"}. Up to two allied yugoloths within 60 feet of the yagnoloth that

on a DC 16 Constitution saving throw, or its hit point maximum is reduced by an amount equal to half the necrotic damage taken. This reduction lasts until the target finishes a long rest, and the

Adult Time Dragon

Monsters Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse

to specific times and places in the multiverse. Using these, they and allied creatures can travel anywhere in time to affect fate-determining moments or to banish threats beyond the flow of time. As

historical records, objects representative of lost cultures, and treasures from long-gone creators. They are fascinated by time-manipulation magic and forgotten knowledge. Those who stumble upon a time

Ancient Time Dragon

Monsters Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse

dragons can create temporal gates connected to specific times and places in the multiverse. Using these, they and allied creatures can travel anywhere in time to affect fate-determining moments or to banish

what will be. Time dragons prize historical records, objects representative of lost cultures, and treasures from long-gone creators. They are fascinated by time-manipulation magic and forgotten

Wish Legacy

Spells Basic Rules (2014)

instantly transport you to the presence of the item's current owner. The stress of casting this spell to produce any effect other than duplicating another spell weakens you. After enduring that stress

, each time you cast a spell until you finish a long rest, you take 1d10 necrotic damage per level of that spell. This damage can't be reduced or prevented in any way. In addition, your Strength drops

Norker War Leader

Monsters Mordenkainen's Fiendish Folio Volume 1

","rollDamageType":"slashing"} slashing damage. Fight On, You Slugs. The norker war leader picks up to three allied goblinoids within 60 feet that can see it. The chosen creatures can each use their reactions to

, 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

Yagnoloth Legacy

Monsters Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes

until the target finishes a long rest, and the target dies if its hit point maximum is reduced to 0. Battlefield Cunning (Recharge 4-6);{"diceNotation":"1d6","rollType":"recharge","rollAction

":"Battlefield Cunning"}. Up to two allied yugoloths within 60 feet of the yagnoloth that can hear it can use their reactions to make one melee attack each. Teleport. The yagnoloth magically teleports, along

Duergar Warlord Legacy

Monsters Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes

damage while enlarged. Call to Attack. Up to three allied duergar within 120 feet of this duergar that can hear it can each use their reaction to make one weapon attack. Enlarge (Recharges after a Short

or Long Rest). For 1 minute, the duergar magically increases in size, along with anything it is wearing or carrying. While enlarged, the duergar is Large, doubles its damage dice on Strength-based

Faction Agent

Backgrounds Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide

frequently proficient in Deception. They seek aid from the wizards, mercenaries, merchants and priesthoods allied with the Zhentarim. FEATURE: SAFE HAVEN As a faction agent, you have

I’ve enjoyed fine food, drink, and high society among my temple’s elite. Rough living grates on me. 8 I’ve spent so long in the temple that I have little practical experience

Stress

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

circumstances reduces their Stress Score by 1 when they finish their next long rest. The calm emotions spell effect used to suppress the charmed and frightened conditions also suppresses the effects of

Stress Charging headlong into terrifying situations is the stock in trade for adventurers. Among the Domains of Dread, though, periods of respite between harrowing experiences can be rare. Even the

Roleplaying Vladeska

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

Roleplaying Vladeska Steely and fierce, Vladeska Drakov views softness as weakness and resents having her time wasted. She values cold competency and makes life-and-death decisions mercilessly. Her

isolation and the stress of rule weigh heavily upon her, but daily catastrophes keep her focused on her nation’s needs and not her failures. She believes a foe from her past is responsible for the

Mental Stress Effects

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules

Mental Stress Effects When a character is subjected to an effect that causes intense mental stress, Psychic damage is the best way to emulate that effect. The Sample Mental Stress Effects table

provides a few examples of such effects, with suggested saving throw DCs and damage. Mental stress can usually be resisted with a successful Wisdom save, but sometimes an Intelligence or Charisma save is

Mental Stress Effects

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

Mental Stress Effects When a character is subjected to an effect that causes intense mental stress, Psychic damage is the best way to emulate that effect. The Sample Mental Stress Effects table

provides a few examples of such effects, with suggested saving throw DCs and damage. Mental stress can usually be resisted with a successful Wisdom save, but sometimes an Intelligence or Charisma save is

Narrating the Journey

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

Narrating the Journey As the adventurers make their way through the Underdark, it helps to improvise descriptions of what they experience to add flavor to the journey. As you do, try to stress two

key points. First, the trek is long and arduous. The party is traveling underground, over incredibly difficult and rough terrain, without any of the comforts of the surface world. Food and water are

The Secret of Darkon's Doom

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

. 3 Azalin caused an ongoing conjunction that allows him to walk free so long as Darkon is collapsing. 4 Azalin escaped into his past or drew multiple versions of himself into the present

experiments with the Shroud, a taste of this threat can take the form of damage, stress (see “Fear and Stress” in chapter 4), or a glimpse of the deadly forces lurking beyond. Don’t outright slay characters who encounter the Shroud, but make sure the experience reinforces the threat to all of Darkon.

Yuan-ti Pureblood Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

cluster of allied city-states. Conquered neighbors were allowed to keep their leaders and culture so long as they paid tribute, swore allegiance to the victors, and incorporated their conquerors

serpent gods began to demand more and more sacrifices, the yuan-ti stepped up their raids on bordering settlements to meet this need. Calm long-view schemers, innate deceivers, and immune to poison

Failure

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh

a chilly welcome upon returning to Saltmarsh. The assault went on without them, but the allied forces took heavy losses, only barely managing to defeat the sahuagin. The characters are asked, politely

but firmly, to leave the Saltmarsh area. The town councillors wish them a safe journey, as long as it is one way.

Wish

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

effect other than duplicating another spell weakens you. After enduring that stress, each time you cast a spell until you finish a long rest, you take 1d10 necrotic damage per level of that spell. This

from the game. Similarly, wishing for a legendary magic item or artifact might instantly transport you to the presence of the item’s current owner. The stress of casting this spell to produce any

Wish

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

effect other than duplicating another spell weakens you. After enduring that stress, each time you cast a spell until you finish a long rest, you take 1d10 necrotic damage per level of that spell. This

from the game. Similarly, wishing for a legendary magic item or artifact might instantly transport you to the presence of the item’s current owner. The stress of casting this spell to produce any

Setting the Adventure

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hold Back The Dead

Halvachar is a Knight of the Crown. Lord Soth’s forces are marching from Dargaard Keep. Eberron. Dwarves built the fortress in the Mror Holds long ago but abandoned it when a local mine was depleted

. Allied forces have recently recovered it, but the fortress is in the path of a horde of monsters sent by the sinister lich Lady Illmarrow. Greyhawk. The recently reclaimed fortress stands in the northern

Background

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel

and fire snakes serve Izel, a powerful creature known as a tlexolotl. Tlexolotls, long thought to be myths, slumber within the volcanoes of Tletepec. So long as the tlexolotls are dormant, the volcanoes

. The salamanders allied with him are stealing offerings meant for the gods and plan to offer them to sleeping tlexolotls to rouse the creatures. If large enough offerings are made, the tlexolotls are sure to awaken, unleashing volcanic devastation.

Carousing

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

using the Carousing table. Carousing Check Total Result 1–5 Character has made a hostile contact. 6–10 Character has made no new contacts. 11–15 Character has made an allied contact. 16–20 Character

has made two allied contacts. 21+ Character has made three allied contacts. Contacts are NPCs who now share a bond with the character. Each one either owes the character a favor or has some reason to

Wish

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook

another spell weakens you. After enduring that stress, each time you cast a spell until you finish a Long Rest, you take 1d10 Necrotic damage per level of that spell. This damage can’t be reduced or

affect the Lady of Pain in any way, you see an image of her in your mind for a moment; she shakes her head, and your wish fails. The stress of casting Wish to produce any effect other than duplicating

Goblin Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

with goblins for at least as long as humans have worked with dogs and horses, and in goblin society those two animals serve similar purposes. Family Matters A goblin tribe is organized in a four

the tribe. If the creature is dimwitted, like a troll or ogre, the lower-class goblins give it obeisance, but before long the upper-class goblins begin to think that whoever can bend the ear of the

Wish

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules

another spell weakens you. After enduring that stress, each time you cast a spell until you finish a Long Rest, you take 1d10 Necrotic damage per level of that spell. This damage can’t be reduced or

affect the Lady of Pain in any way, you see an image of her in your mind for a moment; she shakes her head, and your wish fails. The stress of casting Wish to produce any effect other than duplicating

The Order of the Gauntlet

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

working on that. And we need people like you, who know how and when to fight, and how and when to keep their heads down and observe. We can’t promise you anything except long days filled with danger and

stress — but what could be better than that, eh?” Ontharr Frume Ontharr Frume and Leosin Erlanthar, along with a handful of other concerned leaders and scholars along the Sword Coast, are in the

The Order of the Gauntlet

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

on that. And we need people like you, who know how and when to fight, and how and when to keep their heads down and observe. We can’t promise you anything except long days filled with danger and

stress—but what could be better than that, eh?” Ontharr Frume and Leosin Erlanthar, along with a handful of other concerned leaders and scholars along the Sword Coast, are in the early stages of

Merregon

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

merregon has a metal mask bolted to its head that allows it to see. The mask can’t be removed as long as the merregon is alive. Beneath it is a blank face with no eyes, mouth, or other features. Merregon

attacks, or if an allied fiend of challenge rating 6 or higher is within 60 feet of it, the merregon makes three halberd attacks. Halberd. Melee Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, reach 10 ft., one target. Hit

Bottom Card: Reward or Ruin

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

: Encounter. The characters’ failure leads to a difficult combat encounter. Use the card to help you decide what kind of creature is encountered. Exhaustion. The stress of overcoming the challenge

unable to forage for food and water. Alternatively, they might lose nonmagical equipment, such as a bedroll, a tent, or a pack animal. Restless Night. The characters are unable to finish a long rest before resuming their travels the next day.

The Lhazaar Principalities

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

coastline of Khorvaire and the many islands scattered across it. While they were recognized as an allied nation under the Treaty of Thronehold, the Principalities are a loose alliance. Each island

domain has its own traditions, values, and goals—and each has a long list of vendettas and feuds with other princes. Beyond this, anyone who can win the support of enough ships and people can claim a

House Tarkanan Campaign Themes

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

campaign. To use House Tarkanan as a recurring villain, you can stress its ruthlessness and emphasize its hatred of the dragonmarked houses. If any of the adventurers have ties to one of the houses

Tarkanan’s quest to discover the secrets of aberrant dragonmarks. Long ago, Halas Tarkanan and the Lady of the Plague possessed marks so powerful that they could destroy cities. Can Thora find a way to

Orc Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

to be invincible. They see the principles that define them and their deities at work every day in the world around them — nature rewards the strong and mercilessly eliminates the weak and the

swallow a stone. A tribute of elf ears brings favor from Gruumsh. If you bury five stones at dawn before a long journey, you will always find your way back to the war hearth. Stomping your foot three

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