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Forgotten Realms: Heroes of Faerûn
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You’ve pledged your loyalty to a member-city of the Lords&rsquo
house, whether that means securing trade roads for a merchant-lord of Waterdeep or vanquishing monsters upriver of Daggerford. You’ve trained in the arts of swordplay and statecraft and are as deft with a blade as you are with a quill.
Kalashtar
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Species
Eberron: Rising from the Last War
spirits.
Bound to Spirits
Every kalashtar has a connection to a spirit of light, a bond shared by other members of their bloodline. Kalashtar appear human, but their spiritual connection affects them
kalashtar communities focus on acts of devotion known as the Path of Light. But the dark powers of Dal Quor have their own plans for Eberron. Through the force known as the Dreaming Dark, these monsters
Magic Items
Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
expend the charge to cast the spell.
Drain Magic. This property affects only creatures that use spell slots. When you hit such a creature with a melee attack using the Blackstaff, you can expend 1 of the
the staff’s wishes, the staff ceases to function until it finds a worthy inheritor — someone whose loyalty to Waterdeep is beyond reproach.
Spirit Trap. When the Blackstaff dies, the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
a bond of loyalty, gratitude, or love. You can delegate decisions about an NPC’s actions to one of the players, especially in combat, but you can override the player’s decisions to reflect the NPC’s
unless approached, and eagerly avoids the spotlight. Their primary purpose is to give monsters another target to attack. Even useful NPCs can slow down the game or overstay their welcome. Consider having
Orc
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
; their loyalty by turning them into slaves.
If a tribe is defeated and driven from its lair, the survivors might come under the sway of a strong but dimwitted creature, such as a hill giant or an ogre
battle skills.
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I always appear like I am about to kill everyone around me.
4
I love a good brawl.
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I drink the blood of monsters to consume their power.
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I chant orcish war
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
other curses. A curse that lasts for 1 minute equates to a level 3 spell, while one that lasts until dispelled equates to a level 9 spell. Cursed Creatures Some monsters are associated with curses
, whether as part of their origins or due to their ability to spread curses—werewolves being a prime example. You decide how a spell like Remove Curse affects a creature with accursed origins. For
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
their loyalty to Basidia. Loobamub redirects the spore servants and awakened zurkhwoods Phylo creates away from its circle’s territory. Loobamub is happy to enlist the party’s aid in dealing with a few
unwelcome monsters that have found their way into the fungal wilds. In particular, the circle leader asks the adventurers to kill a grick alpha and then take its carcass to Basidia for reanimation. A
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
, while one that lasts until dispelled equates to a level 9 spell. Cursed Creatures Some monsters are associated with curses, whether as part of their origins or due to their ability to spread curses
—werewolves being a prime example. You decide how a spell like Remove Curse affects a creature with accursed origins. For example, you might decide that a mummy was created through a curse and it can be
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
, liches, night hags, and other vile monsters. It resembles a fiendish horse, and a nightmare’s fiery red eyes betray its malevolent intelligence. A nightmare can be summoned from the Lower Planes, but
unless a worthy sacrifice is offered to it as food upon its arrival, the nightmare displays no special loyalty to the creature it serves. Creating a Nightmare. Nightmares don’t appear naturally in the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
group of ghosts, those ghosts grant each character 1d4 + 19 temporary hit points, in a manner similar to a 4th-level casting of the False Life spell. Fewer Monsters. Reduce the number of shadow demons
of the other ghosts. Increasing the Challenge If Harrowhall isn’t sufficiently challenging for your group, here are ways to make it more difficult: Deadly Gloom. The keep’s ghostly gloom affects the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
have no special loyalty to the Cult of the Dragon. They reveal that they’ve been raiding communities around the Greenfields for loot, and they’ve heard rumors in the camp about dragon eggs. Cultists
the information to the governor doesn’t count. The characters also receive standard XP for any monsters they defeat along the way.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Nine Dread Princes reside, with each of these dungeons stocked with enough monsters and hazards to advance the adventurers two or three levels. The adventurers spend their whole careers fighting the
organization, for example. Wherever their allegiance lies, the adventurers are motivated by loyalty and the goal of protecting whatever it is they serve. The characters’ overarching mission might be
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
; they have no special loyalty to the Cult of the Dragon. They reveal that they’ve been raiding communities around the Greenfields for loot, and they’ve heard rumors in the camp about dragon eggs
bringing the information to the governor doesn’t count. The characters also receive standard XP for any monsters they defeat along the way.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a5
and can go no lower than 0. It increases by 1 every 4 hours the characters spend inside the dungeon, including resting. The alert level affects the frequency and difficulty of random encounters. For
each 24 hours the characters spend outside the dungeon, the alert level decreases by 1. During this time, the Doomvault returns to a state more stable than when the characters left. Monsters might be
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
hot coals affects the monster. You might decide that it deals 1d4 fire damage and imposes disadvantage on the monster’s attack rolls until the end of its next turn. You roll the damage die (or let the
guidelines for using miniatures, a system for handling chase scenes, and rules for madness. If you like to create your own stuff, such as new monsters, races, and character backgrounds, chapter 9 shows you
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Prepare to Be Scared When planning to play a scary adventure, create a character prepared to be scared. Consider how your character reacts to being frightened and how that affects the creepy
, collaborate with the DM to determine how you came to the Land of the Mists. As they’re familiar with true terrors, inhabitants of the Domains of Dread rarely mistake characters from even the most outlandish worlds for actual monsters.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
features by their souls’ ravenous desires. And so the conflict gripping Kalakeri continues, trapping the nation in an endless war and forcing its people to swear loyalty to monsters.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
North, where winters are cold and monsters and human barbarians regularly stream out of the mountains to pillage outlying settlements, large nations are rare indeed, particularly in the current state
unlikely to care what happens to the other, except inasmuch as it affects trade. The advice and insights in this section come from Andwe Cururen, a half-elf native of Silverymoon who was once a Knight
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
the Blackstaff before you can expend the charge to cast the spell. Drain Magic. This property affects only creatures that use spell slots. When you hit such a creature with a melee attack using the
no longer serves the staff’s wishes, the staff ceases to function until it finds a worthy inheritor — someone whose loyalty to Waterdeep is beyond reproach. Spirit Trap. When the Blackstaff dies, the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
they want, within the limits of a code of tradition, loyalty, or order. Devils and blue dragons are typically lawful evil. Neutral evil (NE) is the alignment of those who do whatever they can get away
problems in groups alongside others who don’t share their interests and objectives. Generally, evil alignments are for villains and monsters.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice Compendium
spell that affects multiple targets, such as scorching ray or eldritch blast , do I fire one ray or beam, determine the result, and fire again? Or do I have to choose all the targets before making any
Caster feat is an example of a feature that does let you bypass a 1-action casting time to cast a spell in place of making an opportunity attack. A few monsters can make opportunity attacks with melee
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
forests and fields, hunt game for food, and train younger warriors as they go. Their tasks are to search for monsters that have strayed into Akroan territory and to protect travelers. Stratian forces
are divided into three types of duty and armed appropriately for the task before them: Alamon. Rugged forces of wanderers patrol Akros’s borders, defending against invasion or attack by monsters that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
) poison damage on a failed saving throw, or half as much damage on a successful one. The gas affects a creature even if it holds its breath or doesn’t need to breathe. The gas doesn’t linger. Puzzle Cube
. To obtain Shagambi’s puzzle cube, the characters must obtain the four bronze spears from the monsters in area 4C and place the weapons in the hands of the four warrior statues. Only by defeating the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice Compendium
Monsters Is natural armor considered light armor? No. Natural armor doesn’t fit into the categories of light, medium, and heavy armor, and when you have it, it isn’t considered to be an armor you’re
take damage from falling? Yes, that monster is still going to feel the hurt of a fall, because a fall is not a weapon. What actions can monsters use to make opportunity attacks? Are Multiattack and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
Monsters (H) Half-Dragon Medium Dragon, Neutral
AC 18 Initiative +5 (15)
HP 105 (14d8 + 42)
Speed 40 ft.
Ability Score Mod Save
Str 19 +4 +4
Dex 14 +2 +5
Con 16 +3
a type of dragon associated with one of the following damage types (DM’s choice): Acid, Cold, Fire, Lightning, or Poison. This choice affects other aspects of the stat block.
Actions
Multiattack
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
vast open grave. In that horrific landscape, vile magical effects linger, and monsters mutate into even more foul and horrible creatures. Magical effects continue to rain upon the land as storms that
family and friends? Are there heirlooms lost in the mists that you’re determined to regain, or loved ones you hope to someday see again? Do you feel loyalty to your nation and hope to see it restored, or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
. Ability Scores and Modifiers Monsters, like player characters, have the six ability scores. A monster can’t have a score lower than 1 or higher than 30 in any ability. A monster’s score in any
monsters in the Monster Manual and mimic their ability scores. For example, if your monster is roughly as smart as a human commoner, give it an Intelligence of 10 (+0 modifier). If it’s as strong as an
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
turned a blind eye to their troubles. Their loyalty to the king runs second to their desire for peace and quiet. Eda Oweland Eda (CG female human noble) is the current senior member of the town
ever seen. The Traditionalists in Play The traditionalists simply want things to remain the same. If they had their way, the dwarves would go home, the guard would stick to dealing with monsters rather
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
mercenaries, a special forces unit, or a squad of regular infantry. Perhaps you protect a nation’s people from monsters, or you fight secret battles in the wake of a war that has supposedly ended. Or the
force. 2 Mercenary Company. Hard-bitten veterans of numerous conflicts, mercenaries serve an employer for coin rather than out of loyalty. 3 Expeditionary Force. This military force is far from home
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
12b use signal horns to sound the alarm before joining the fight. They are quickly joined by reinforcements from areas 12c and 12d. These drow are well trained, and their loyalty to House Freth is
enter the area. The quaggoths drop to the floor or crawl down the walls to attack intruders they don’t recognize. 12d. Giant Lizard Pen Monsters. Ten docile giant lizards are tethered to iron spikes
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
charismatic Chipgrin, whose concern for his pack’s safety has him hoping to negotiate a truce with the Diggermattocks and stop his svirfneblin cousins from seeing his people as dangerous monsters fit only
presence, immediately throwing himself down before the Faceless Lord and pledging his eternal loyalty. His previous name and existence ended in that moment, and now there is only the Pudding King. Juiblex
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
and often. It will save another’s life in the near future, earning you their loyalty.” Throne “Great responsibility shall be thrust upon you. Only you will know if you are ready.” Fortune Fulfillment
the road, or a group of zombies made to look like starving travelers by a nefarious necromancer’s Seeming spell. If you’re using Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse, the monster might be
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
gods of nature agree, for they’ve sent good weather and preserved the monsters’ tracks. Members of the Emerald Enclave in the party gain inspiration whenever the party kills a werewolf. About the
common threats, every lord in it places the fate and fortune of his or her settlement above all others. Agents of the alliance are chosen primarily for their loyalty, and are trained in observation
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
what they want, within the limits of a code of tradition, loyalty, or order. Devils and blue dragons are typically lawful evil. Neutral Evil. (NE) is the alignment of those who do whatever they can get
adventurers cause problems in groups alongside others who don’t share their interests and objectives. Generally, evil alignments are for villains and monsters.
Languages Your race indicates the languages
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
. Characters who explore the mines come across three rust monsters scrounging for iron ore. The rust monsters, which came up from the Underdark, attack anyone wearing metal armor or carrying metal shields or
area X19 by sounds of combat there, two duergar stand against the west wall, watching the doors to area X22. These duergar have secretly pledged their loyalty to Grandolpha Muzgardt (see “The