monks some with only advanced for for lands

Flumph Legacy

Monsters Monster Manual (2014)

Advanced Telepathy. The flumph can perceive the content of any telepathic communication used within 60 feet of it, and it can’t be surprised by creatures with any form of telepathy. Prone

Deficiency. If the flumph is knocked prone, roll a die. On an odd result, the flumph lands upside-down and is incapacitated. At the end of each of its turns, the flumph can make a DC 10 Dexterity saving

Way of the Open Hand Legacy

Classes Basic Rules (2014)

Monks of the Way of the Open Hand are the ultimate masters of martial arts combat, whether armed or unarmed. They learn techniques to push and trip their opponents, manipulate ki to heal damage to their bodies, and practice advanced meditation that can protect them from harm.

Flapjack the Flumph

Monsters Spelljammer: Adventures in Space

Advanced Telepathy. Flapjack can perceive the content of any telepathic communication used within 60 feet of it, and it can’t be surprised by creatures with any form of telepathy. Prone

Deficiency. If Flapjack is knocked prone, roll a die. On an odd result, Flapjack lands upside-down and is incapacitated. At the end of each of its turns, Flapjack can make a DC 10 Dexterity saving throw

Sheathed Staff

Equipment

Mastery of Advanced Weapons requires military training and skill. To use any of the special properties or the Weapon Mastery properties of the Sheathed Staff, you must take the Advanced Weapon

Proficiency feat. The Sheathed Staff is for Monks specifically. This weapon has the following Mastery Property. To use this property, you must have a feature that lets you use it. Topple. If you hit a

Crystal Dragon Wyrmling

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

the Elemental Planes of Air and Water, creating flash glaciation that encroaches upon inhabited lands. Connected Creatures Crystal dragons are among the most social and hospitable of dragons

—if only they would stop trying to kill the dragon’s guests. 6 A crystal dragon wyrmling is placed in a monastery to learn the teachings of the monks before returning home in three years. The monks don’t appreciate the wyrmling’s pranks. Cold, Radiant

Knight of the Order

Backgrounds Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide

family, similar to an order of monks. Although there are organizations, such as the Knights of the Shield, that use the trappings of knighthood without necessarily being warriors, most folk of Faer

. The Knights of Myth Drannor once again ride the roads of the Dalelands, and they’ve begun to spread to the lands beyond. Their members, each accepted by Dove herself, are above all valiant and

Yuan-ti Pureblood Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

with that of snakes, producing a caste-based society of hybrids in which the most snakelike are the leaders and the most humanlike are spies and agents in foreign lands. Humans Transformed The

body, thought, and emotion. Freed from the limitations of their human bodies, the yuan-ti used their new abilities to conquer new lands and expand their borders. One Race, Many Forms The bodies of all

Monk

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

Pholtus or Pelor. The monastic orders among the Baklunish lands could easily yield an order of monks dedicated to Al’Akbar.

Monk Monks are relatively rare on Oerth, with the notable exception of the sinister Scarlet Brotherhood. Among the Scarlet Brotherhood, the Way of the Long Death is a secretive technique taught to

Monks

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

Monks The fat man straightened his black-and-gold vest, lowered his round head, and charged. Danica waited until he was right in front of her, and to the onlookers it appeared as if the woman would

earliest monastic orders in Faerûn arose in the southern lands of Amn and Calimshan, their practices migrating north and east at the same time similar practices filtered westward from distant Kara-Tur

Way of the Open Hand

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

Way of the Open Hand Monks of the Way of the Open Hand are the ultimate masters of martial arts combat, whether armed or unarmed. They learn techniques to push and trip their opponents, manipulate ki

to heal damage to their bodies, and practice advanced meditation that can protect them from harm. Open Hand Technique Starting when you choose this tradition at 3rd level, you can manipulate your

Monastic Orders

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

Monastic Orders The following orders can be found in various parts of the Forgotten Realms. The Dark Moon A monastic order devoted to Shar, the Dark Moon works openly in lands where her worship is

Luiren, adherents of the Hin Fist turn their people’s natural confidence into a spiritual path for mastering themselves and their potential. A few Hin Fist masters have established monasteries in lands

More Monastery

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

levels might contain any number of threats and mysteries: escaped biological specimens, advanced technologies, or even the planar craft’s original pilots trapped in stasis. The means to reignite the

craft’s engines might also be found there if the monastery is in imminent danger of dropping from the sky. As an added challenge to the task of rescuing characters captured by the monks (including

Way of the Open Hand

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

Way of the Open Hand Monks of the Way of the Open Hand are the ultimate masters of martial arts combat, whether armed or unarmed. They learn techniques to push and trip their opponents, manipulate ki

to heal damage to their bodies, and practice advanced meditation that can protect them from harm. Open Hand Technique Starting when you choose this tradition at 3rd level, you can manipulate your

Githzerai

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

Limbo, advanced monks of other races sometimes seek out a githzerai monastery and attempt to gain admittance as students. More rarely, a githzerai master establishes a hidden monastery on the Material

surroundings, because the githzerai will it. Each monastery is overseen by monks that impose a strict schedule of chants, meals, martial arts training, and devotions according to their own philosophy. Behind

Hartsvale

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

the cleanest and coldest I have ever bathed in, flows south into the valley out of the lands of the Endless Blizzard, feeding the rich soil tucked between the northern and southern arms of the Ice

Spires. The river splits as it runs through the hilly lands, eventually draining into a series of lakes along the southern edge of the vale. Two small woods also grow in the vale, one along its northern

Flumph

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

sentient beings of great intelligence and wisdom, possessing advanced knowledge of religion, philosophy, mathematics, and countless other subjects. Flumphs are sensitive to the emotional states of nearby

Undercommon but can’t speak, telepathy 60 ft. Challenge 1/8 (25 XP) Advanced Telepathy. The flumph can perceive the content of any telepathic communication used within 60 feet of it, and it can’t

Hazlik

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

pursuits, such as creating the perfect mortal form and visiting dream realms within an individual’s psyche. As Hazlik advanced in power, he developed rivalries with his fellow Red Wizards. Through

lands into a realm that knew nothing of magic. He had changed, becoming covered in golden tattoos evocative of symbols that meant “traitor” in his homeland. Undaunted, Hazlik claimed the title of zulkir and dubbed his new world Hazlan.

Monastery Locations

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

these lands in his own image.” Treasure Among the books and parchments are a scroll of dust devil and a scroll of erupting earth (see appendix B for descriptions of both spells). The monks set them aside

right direction. All outside doors are locked after nightfall. M2. Basalt Hall At night, no one is here, but during the day, two Sacred Stone monks (see chapter 7) are stationed here. If the monks are

M3. Central Abbey

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

massive pair of cathedral doors open onto a long nave. Rows of balconies line the walls, occupied by a couple of dozen hooded monks seemingly come to watch the audience about to take place. At the far

can see that the devil’s horrid leather cloak is crafted from the faces of flayed monks and prisoners, the flesh cured to leather and roughly stitched together. The scepter and crown it bears appear

Undercover Empire

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters

secrets of making steel. Its military shattered rival tribes and developed advanced tactics for fighting in forests and open plains. The civilization grew into a cluster of allied city-states

conquered enemies finally loosened the yuan-ti’s hold over nearby lands. The serpent people withdrew to their fortified cities and underground temples, ceding the rest of their territory to their

Prismari Student

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos

elements after your spells are dissipated, as sparks dance in your hair and your touch leaves tracings of frost on whatever you touch. An advanced Prismari student artfully harnesses fire Building a

, Prismari students also include monks who follow the Way of the Four Elements. Some acrobatic rogues and fighters (including those who emulate the archetype of the Eldritch Knight) also delight in the

L5. Jagged Sanctum

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries

his most trusted subordinates. Bak Mei is joined by four Immortal Lotus monks (see their stat block earlier in the adventure). To increase the difficulty of this encounter, add more monks who have just

enters a low fighting stance. His arms and hands move in a flurry, displaying unnatural grace and agility for a human of such advanced age. “I have no weakness. No flaw. Show me your so-called power

Sylvira Savikas

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

Sylvira Savikas When the characters are ready, they can make their way toward the main keep, a towering edifice housing hundreds of monks and wizards, and thousands of books and scrolls. As they

meander through the keep, helpful monks stop to offer them directions. If Falaster Fisk is with the party, he already knows the way to Sylvira’s laboratory, located in one of Candlekeep’s spires. When the

Suggested Characteristics

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

knighthoods are secular and nongovernmental organizations of warriors who follow a particular philosophy, or consider themselves a kind of extended family, similar to an order of monks. Although there are

begun to spread to the lands beyond. Their members, each accepted by Dove herself, are above all valiant and honest. Knights of the Silver Chalice. The Knights of the Silver Chalice was formed by

Crystal Dragon Adventures

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

the Elemental Planes of Air and Water, creating flash glaciation that encroaches upon inhabited lands. Connected Creatures Crystal dragons are among the most social and hospitable of dragons. They

perfect household servants—if only they would stop trying to kill the dragon’s guests. 6 A crystal dragon wyrmling is placed in a monastery to learn the teachings of the monks before returning

Religious Order

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything

prophets. 3 Relic Collectors. This order of archaeologist-monks seeks to fill their museum-like temple with storied holy relics. 4 Charitable Missionaries. Adhering to the belief that religion

Pilgrimage. You protect members of the order as they participate in a pilgrimage that takes them through dangerous lands. 5 Expunge Heresy. You seek out the source of blasphemy that’s taken root within

Factions

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

of paladins, clerics, and monks. Members of the order are faithful and vigilant seekers of justice who protect others from the depredations of evildoers. They exact swift retribution against those who

lands while others make their homes on the outskirts of towns and villages, where they help to protect travelers from the dangers of the wild. The enclave’s greatest stronghold in the region is the

Government

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

lands. They collect taxes from the populace, which they use for public building projects, to pay the soldiery, and to support a comfortable lifestyle for themselves (although nobles often have

Realms, scholarly monks preside over the fortress-library of Candlekeep, overseen by a master of lore called the Keeper. Militocracy. Military leaders run the nation under martial law, using the army

Battlefield Events

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Divine Contention

attack! To defend the escaping townsfolk, the characters must hold the line against a large force of enemies. Ghostly Warrior The undead have advanced into the city. The characters face one

greater zombie for every character in the party, including sidekicks. The cultists of Talos have advanced into the city. The characters face one half-blue dragon gladiator for every character in the party

Other Religious Systems

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

monks might immerse themselves in a mystical relationship to a god who is part of a broadly worshiped pantheon. A mystery cult emphasizes the history of its god, which is symbolically reenacted in its

receive the sacrifices and respect they are due. As new religions spread through animist lands, those religions typically win adherents but not converts. People incorporate new spirits and deities into

The Seldarine

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

above or none of the above, depending on Rillifane’s mood.” Roots Run Deep. Ancient trees are almost always incorporated into shrines to Rillifane Rallathil. Many forests in elven lands have sacred

moon. Above a full moon, when it is most often detected, it means that an elf of great importance and advanced age will soon journey to Arvandor. Elves who see the sign might be compelled to seek out

Daoine Gloine

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

laboratory. The extradimensional space beyond the portal is filled with working laboratory equipment, similar to the ruined gear seen in the monastery and the city, but even more advanced. At the

the hearts in jars are fueling something called “powered armor,” and of Kwalish’s attempts to fuel the advanced technologies of the crashed planar craft with sources other than energy cells

Tour of the Planes

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

regions of Irian reflect the idea of beginnings and of resurgent life: fertile lands untouched by any tool, glittering crystal forests, and thriving homesteads and communities. Angels dwell in a grand

space as gravity constantly shifts, and a riot of colors blazes through the ever-shifting sky. Still, stoic githzerai monks exert their will over the elements, crafting monasteries on islands of earth

Fane Locations

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

. A set of slick stone steps descends into the spray-filled bowl to the north, while a passage to the west holds steps leading upward. A creature swept over the falls lands in a water-filled basin

accompanied by two gargoyles and two Sacred Stone monks wearing gargoyle masks. Vanifer. The fire prophet has a flameskull and two razerblasts under her command. The prophet knows who the characters

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