most shards with only advanced for for level

Stonemelder

Monsters Princes of the Apocalypse

Death Burst. When the stonemelder dies, it turns to stone and explodes in a burst of rock shards, becoming a smoking pile of rubble. Each creature within 10 feet of the exploding stonemelder must

much damage on a successful one. Spellcasting. The stonemelder is a 7th-level spellcaster. Its spellcasting ability is Charisma (spell save DC 13, +5;{"diceNotation":"1d20+5","rollType":"to hit

Avarice

Monsters Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

of frost with 10 charges (see “Actions” below). Spellcasting. Avarice is a 10th-level spellcaster. Her spellcasting ability is Intelligence (spell save DC 14; +6;{"diceNotation":"1d20+6

, message, minor illusion, prestidigitation 1st level (4 slots): detect magic, mage armor, magic missile 2nd level (3 slots): flaming sphere, knock, scorching ray 3rd level (3 slots): counterspell

Factol Skall

Monsters Adventure Atlas: The Mortuary

Counterspell. Skall chatters his teeth to interrupt a creature he can see within 60 feet of himself that is casting a spell. If the spell is 4th level or lower, it fails and has no effect. If the spell

is 5th level or higher, Skall makes an Intelligence check (DC 10 + the spell’s level). On a successful check, the spell fails and has no effect. Whatever the spell’s level, the caster

Hierophant Medusa

Monsters The Book of Many Things

2/day: Mass Cure Wounds (cast at 8th level) 1/day each: Blade Barrier, Divination, Greater RestorationThe medusa can take 3 legendary actions, choosing from the options below. It can take only one

martyrs’ remains until the martyrs are called back to life to oppose a world-changing foe. 2 Gather the lost shards of a dead god’s petrified body, and reunite them on the altar in the

Wyrmskull Throne

Magic Items Storm King's Thunder

expend any charges. As an action, the creature can expend 1 charge to cast lightning bolt (spell save DC 19) from the throne. The spell is cast as though using a 9th-level spell slot and deals 49 (14d6

with an ability check. Characters who want to destroy the throne must go on a quest to learn the method for doing so. The throne’s destruction triggers an explosion, as shards of obsidian fly out

Advanced Weapon Proficiency

feats

Fighting Style Feat (Prerequisite: Fighting Style Feature, Special) You gain the following benefits. Weapon Proficiency. You have proficiency with Advanced weapons, and your training allows you to

use the mastery properties of those weapons. Special. This feat can be taken as a General feat by a character of level 8 or higher.

Bard College

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

Bard College At 3rd level, you delve into the advanced techniques of a bard college of your choice: the College of Lore or the College of Valor, both detailed at the end of the class description. Your choice grants you features at 3rd level and again at 6th and 14th level.

Bard College

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

Bard College At 3rd level, you delve into the advanced techniques of a bard college of your choice: the College of Lore or the College of Valor, both detailed at the end of the class description. Your choice grants you features at 3rd level and again at 6th and 14th level.

1. Shattered Mirrors

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage

1. Shattered Mirrors This corridor lies at the bottom of the staircase from level 9. Its features are as follows: Broken Mirrors. The shards of a dozen shattered mirrors cover the floor. (Murial

frame conceals a secret door that swings open into area 2.) Characters who pass through this hall might catch fleeting glimpses of Halaster reflected in the mirror shards instead of their own reflections — one of the Mad Mage’s harmless regional effects (see “Halaster’s Lair”).

The Forge of Fury

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

The Forge of Fury The Forge of Fury, written by Richard Baker, was published in 2000 shortly after The Sunless Citadel. Characters who succeeded in that mission and advanced to 3rd level were now

fortress. Those who survive the experience can expect to advance to 5th level—seasoned adventurers ready to strive for greater glory and renown.

Tomb of Horrors

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

Advanced D&D game, came in 1978. As a proving ground for characters and players alike, fabricated by the devious mind of the game’s cocreator, Tomb of Horrors has no equal in the annals of D&D’s greatest

adventures. Only high-level characters stand a chance of coming back alive, but every player who braves the Tomb will have the experience of a lifetime.

Inhuman Intellect

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

this way, the constant vigilance and lack of truly peaceful rest would lead to a dangerous level of psychosis, but a beholder’s mind accepts this attitude as normal and necessary — it is always alert

the beholder’s genius-level intelligence. Where another creature would ignore the occurrence of two seemingly unrelated events as merely coincidental, a beholder imagines multiple ways they could be

Adventure Synopsis

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a2

succeeded in that mission and advanced to 3rd level were now ready to take on the challenges of a ruined dwarven fortress.

Adventure Synopsis The Forge of Fury is set in the ruined stronghold of Khundrukar. It is designed for four 3rd-level player characters. They can advance to 5th level with good play. The characters

Chapter 1: Fool

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

of powerful fiends. But they’ve also gained vast wealth or a stronghold of their own, rewound time to reverse disaster, or suddenly advanced in level far beyond the other characters in the group. The

to your campaign, shaping it to fit your needs and the tastes of your players. You can stack the deck with low-level effects that prompt roleplaying instead of mechanical changes or create a deck that

Way of the Open Hand

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

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

. Wholeness of Body At 6th level, you gain the ability to heal yourself. As an action, you can regain hit points equal to three times your monk level. You must finish a long rest before you can use this

The Master Plan

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

about the former lizardfolk lair and the surrounding area, including but not limited to the following details: The lair is a three-level cave system inside a rocky island. Remarkably, the island seems

quartered, and the leaders housed. Discover any significant defensive measures: traps, areas readied specifically for defense, and other dangers the attacking force must avoid or overcome. Discover how advanced the sahuagin preparations are and when they might mount their first attack.

M3. Central Abbey

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

the arm of the throne, showing off nails set with gleaming metallic shards. “Welcome,” the Grand Master says. “We get few supplicants here of your obvious experience and skill. You shall do well in

fight. Creatures. The Grand Master is a bone devil with these changes: Shards of a vorpal sword once broken against the devil replace its claws. A successful DC 12 Intelligence (Arcana) or Wisdom

Acheron

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

blocks of the upper layers are eventually broken down into smaller chunks of matter that sink to the lower layers. The truth is actually the opposite: the tiny shards of Ocanthus, the lowest layer

question of what they are fighting for, among armies that have forgotten how to even ask the question. On a more literal level, an adventure in Acheron can involve preventing a villain from scavenging

Minor Alterations

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

stat block has spells, you can replace any of its spells with a different spell of the same level. Avoid replacing a spell that deals damage with one that doesn’t and vice versa. Attacks You can

of ice or hurls shards of ice at them. Resistances and Immunities If a creature doesn’t have Resistance or Immunity to one or more damage types, you can give it Resistance or Immunity to one or two damage types. You can also change the damage type of its existing Resistances and Immunities.

Weird Magic

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

ornate hand mirror, producing a cloud of glass shards that damages creatures like cloud of daggers (a 2nd-level spell). She might instead uncork a bottle of wasps that surround her and stitch up her

wounds with their stingers, healing her as cure wounds (cast as a 2nd-level spell). Or she could take a mummified toad from her pocket and throw it into her cauldron, which immediately spews out inky

Yuan-ti Cities

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

primitive — the yuan-ti empire was once very advanced, and although it has declined, its culture is still thriving on a smaller scale. Because the yuan-ti were previously human, their architecture

buildings in a city usually have four sides and a sloped or staggered pyramid-like exterior. It is customary for stone buildings to have a series of tiles or carvings of snakes encircling the ground level

Rogue

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

far, no one has dared you to drink it. 10 A cracked mirror from a mystic’s tower, which sometimes shows you a glint of another realm in one of its shards. Old Business Ties Many rogues

learn their initial skill set through the school of necessity, forced to steal or kill to survive. More advanced talents, however, are generally taught through one of the many criminal guilds that crop up

Areas of the Old Tower

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist

adorn the walls, and mud and dirt have accumulated on the floor. O2. Ground Level Stone spiral stairs curl up into the tower and down into the cellar. Set into the west wall is a fireplace blackened

with soot. A burned heap that used to be a padded leather chair lies near the fireplace. O3. Upper Level This room, formerly a wizard’s laboratory, contains the following features: A soot-stained

Overlords

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

combat, Rak Tulkhesh roars in rage as new weapons are spawned from his body, called forth by the Rage of War to slaughter all who dare stand before him. Khyber Shards. Rak Tulkhesh’s soul is divided

among a group of Khyber shards spread through the underworld and is confined to those shards by the light of the Silver Flame. While shattered and bound, the Rage of War can’t bring his full power to

Prismari Student

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

added to all of them.) Prismari Spells Spell Level Spells 1st Chromatic Orb, Thunderwave 2nd Flaming Sphere, Kinetic Jaunt (in this book) 3rd Haste, Water Walk 4th Freedom of Movement, Wall of Fire

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

Way of the Open Hand

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

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

. Wholeness of Body At 6th level, you gain the ability to heal yourself. As an action, you can regain hit points equal to three times your monk level. You must finish a long rest before you can use this

Lyn Armaal, Level 4

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

Lyn Armaal, Level 4 29. High Lawn The roof of the main keep has a lush green lawn surrounding a squat stone building (area 30). The soil beneath the grass is 2 feet deep. A three-story tower with a

is painted with a lavish mural of a cloud giant city made up of dozens of joined cloud castles. The domed ceiling is made up of overlapping shells of thin, black metal with glowing shards of crystal

Factol Skall

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Adventure Atlas: The Mortuary

usually be found examining his orrery of souls (detailed earlier in this supplement). After eons of existence, Skall is in an advanced state of deterioration. Once a spry lich with a wrinkled frame, he

per turn. Baleful Counterspell. Skall chatters his teeth to interrupt a creature he can see within 60 feet of himself that is casting a spell. If the spell is 4th level or lower, it fails and has no

14. Obelisk

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

, shards of the obelisk that appear throughout the Underdark are magically absorbed into it as soon as they touch its metal surface. The leaders of the Gray Ghosts are obsessed with finding missing

shards and completing this monolith, but not even they know what will happen when the obelisk is made whole again. After a steady upward climb, the tunnel opens into a huge, well-lit chamber. The glow of

Spaceship Locations, Level 4

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase

Spaceship Locations, Level 4 The fourth level of the spaceship is the service deck. It is the central node of the ship, the brain from which the ship’s core functions derive their processing power

—and where they are most vulnerable. The following locations are keyed to map 7.4. Damien Mammoliti Map 7.4: Spaceship Level 4 View Player Version S61: Server Room (Green) Boxy, metal towers hum

Temple Crypts

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen

Temple Crypts The Bastion of Takhisis had countless enemies, many of whom were interred in the temple crypts (depicted on map 7.2). Lord Soth pays this level of the citadel little mind, as his

dimensions is carved into the ceiling directly above the slab. Scattered about it are skeletal remains intermingled with shards of glass. Close inspection of the floor reveals the shards of glass are

Creating a Rival

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

personal level. Find links in the characters’ backstories or the events of recent adventures that explain what sparked the rival’s actions. The best trouble to put the characters in is trouble they

you resolve one or more workweeks of downtime, pick one of the ways a rival’s plans might be advanced and introduce it into play. Think about how a rival might operate in order to bring specific

Arcane Brotherhood

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

didn’t know who or what the Black Sword was until she was approached by cultists of Levistus bearing swordlike shards of chardalyn worn as pendants around their necks. These self-styled Knights of the

, animated, or raised from the dead. Special Equipment. Avarice wields a staff of frost with 10 charges (see “Actions” below). Spellcasting. Avarice is a 10th-level spellcaster. Her spellcasting ability

K20. Heart of Sorrow

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

the castle with each level above it. First, the staircase climbs 50 feet to a landing (shown on map 4), from which an open archway leads to area K13. East of that opening is a secret door that conceals

, provided their weapons have a reach of at least 10 feet. The glass heart has AC 15 and 50 hit points. If the heart is reduced to 0 hit points, it shatters, and its crystal shards transform into

Hierophant Medusa

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

lost shards of a dead god’s petrified body, and reunite them on the altar in the medusa’s lair. 3 Maintain a planar crossing from which great power flows while also curtailing the effects of that power

, Thaumaturgy 2/day: Mass Cure Wounds (cast at 8th level) 1/day each: Blade Barrier, Divination, Greater Restoration Bonus Actions Petrifying Gaze (Recharge 4–6). The medusa unleashes petrifying

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