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ground below.
A piercer is the larval form of a roper, and the two creatures often attack in tandem. A rock-like shell encases a piercer's body, giving it the look and texture of a stalactite. That
from ordinary rock formations.
Patient Hunters. Piercers can see, but they can also respond to noise and heat, waiting for living creatures to pass beneath them, then falling to attack. A piercer
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
":"poison"} poison damage.
Mesmerizing Chirr (Recharge 6);{"diceNotation":"1d6","rollType":"recharge","rollAction":"Mesmerizing Chirr"}. The grung makes a chirring noise to which grungs are immune. Each
warrior typically leads a group of grung and other warriors into battle and is often accompanied by a grung wildling.
Grungs
Grungs are frog-like folk found in rain forests and tropical jungles
Monsters
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-level pools. About three months after hatching, a grung tadpole takes on the shape of an adult, and after another six months, the grung reaches maturity.
Born in a wide range of colors, grungs most often
loud noise at the start and end of its turn.
Gold Grung. The creature is charmed by the grung and can speak Grung.
Green Grung. The poisoned creature can’t move except to climb or make standing
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takes on the shape of an adult, and after another six months, the grung reaches maturity.
Born in a wide range of colors, grungs most often appear in shades of green, blue, purple, red, orange, and
described below. This effect lasts until the creature is no longer poisoned by the grung.
Blue Grung. The poisoned creature must make a loud noise at the start and end of its turn.
Gold Grung. The
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Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
Material Plane, he often sets them on a mission to create, control, and lead a plague of Undead. Skeleton;Skeletons, zombie;zombies, ghoul;ghouls, ghast;ghasts, and shadow;shadows (all of which
telepathic noise. When the victim expires, it undergoes a horrible transformation, springing forth from the devourer’s body to begin its new existence as an Undead servitor of the monster that spawned it.PoisonCold, Fire, Lightning
Kenku
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sound they hear, from a halfling’s voice to the noise of rocks clattering down a hillside. However, kenku cannot create new sounds and can communicate only by using sounds they have heard
groups called flocks. A flock is led by the oldest and most experienced kenku with the widest store of knowledge to draw on, often called Master.
Although kenku can’t create new things, they have
Backgrounds
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
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Noise musician
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Nightmare clown
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Master of ceremonies
Feature: Fearsome Reputation
People recognize you as a member of the Cult of Rakdos, and they’re careful not
;flaming sphere
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fear, haste
4th
confusion, wall of fire
5th
dominate person
Your magic often produces a flashy spectacle, wreathing you or your targets in a mixture
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
Infernal Pilgrim Chain devils often make pilgrimages to these sites. The first sundered chain the characters happen upon has a chain devil named Zartar performing a ritual atop it. Zartar believes
characters make any noise near Zartar, they disturb the chain devil’s concentration, causing all three devils to attack with fury.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
succeeding or failing at a task. Advantage is also a great way to reward a player who shows exceptional creativity in play. Characters often gain advantage or disadvantage through the use of special abilities
attention to what’s ahead of him. This imposes disadvantage on the wizard’s ability check. However, the ogres are readying a portcullis trap and making a lot of noise with a winch, which could grant
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
courtly intrigue. A monarch presides over the group, though regime changes are frequent and often bloody. The current leader is Gullop XIX, who won the throne by boiling his predecessor, Molubb XVI
happening. If a loud noise occurs, such as the clangor of combat or raised voices, 1d6 + 1 bullywugs converge on the source. These bullywugs crave gossip, not violence, and are indifferent toward strangers
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
Ideal Minions Kenku gather in groups called flocks. A flock is led by the oldest and most experienced kenku with the widest store of knowledge to draw on, often called Master. Although kenku can’t
noise across the city, alerting their allies to the approach of a guard patrol or signaling a prime opportunity for a robbery. Since kenku can precisely reproduce any sound, the messages they carry
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Seeds of Fear Aside from supernatural sources of dread and monsters who strike terror in their victims, fear is subjective and often quite personal. A battle-hardened warrior and a reclusive scholar
noise to widen the crack, or portraying some other fearful response, these would be perfect opportunities to reward the player’s consideration of a Seed of Fear by granting their character inspiration.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
piercer is the larval form of a roper, and the two creatures often attack in tandem. A rock-like shell encases a piercer’s body, giving it the look and texture of a stalactite. That shell protects a soft
rock formations. Patient Hunters. Piercers can see, but they can also respond to noise and heat, waiting for living creatures to pass beneath them, then falling to attack. A piercer that misses its
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
the door to area B19. The cottage’s doors and trapdoors are made of moldy wooden planks, many of which are swollen and warped; consequently, they often get stuck in their frames or refuse to close
without making noise requires a successful DC 15 Dexterity (Stealth) check. Light. If a location has light sources, the text says so. Otherwise, the area is unlit. Walls and Windows. The cottage’s walls
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
often appear in shades of green, blue, purple, red, orange, and gold. All grungs secrete a substance that is harmless to them but poisonous to other creatures, and sometimes that substance has a special
that depends on the grung’s color, as described below. This effect lasts until the creature is no longer poisoned by the grung. Blue Grung. The poisoned creature must make a loud noise at the start
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
Material Plane, he often sets them on a mission to create, control, and lead a plague of Undead. Skeletons, zombies, ghouls, ghasts, and shadows (all of which appear in the Monster Manual) are
body in and traps the creature within its own ribcage. As the victim tries to stave off death (usually without success), the devourer tortures its soul with telepathic noise. When the victim expires
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
devourers to the Material Plane, he often sets them on a mission to create, control, and lead a plague of undead. Skeletons, zombies, ghouls and ghasts, and shadows are particularly attracted to the
body in and traps the creature within its own ribcage. As the victim tries to stave off death (usually without success), the devourer tortures its soul with telepathic noise. When the victim expires, it
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
various caves is slick with ice, cautious characters can move on it without falling. Every loud noise in the chasm can be heard in the surrounding caves, and vice versa. Characters who make enough
noise to attract the attention of the gnolls can hear them coming by their manic laughter. The Cackling Chasm Roster provides a summary of these denizens and the areas they originate in. When Chyzka sees
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
, using them for menial tasks and for basic defense of Longsaddle. Some apprentices are often the inadvertent test subjects for an experimental spell, but such is the danger of apprenticing to the
, Longsaddle is a dusty, noise-filled place, with the sounds of the animals competing with the shouts of farmers hoping to sell their goods. At all other times, it’s a quiet, almost sleepy hamlet
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a4
breathe, exhaling a large cloud of steam and then slowly inhaling, like a person breathing on a cold day. Each cycle takes about 30 seconds. Approaching the cave, the party will hear a whistling noise
end of the cave, near the roof, is a long, horizontal crevice about a foot wide. The air is sucked into this crack at great speed, creating the loud whistling noise and snuffing out torches. Shortly
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
easily tear a grown man apart, they love hunting children, preferring their flesh above all others. They use the flayed skin of such victims to make supple leather, and a hag’s lair often shows the signs
within 10 miles of each other. The holder of the token can hear only the hag’s voice, not those of any other creatures or any ambient noise around the hag. Similarly, the hag can hear the holder of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
willing to part with their laser pistols and the magic items in area N9. If the characters want to search for a psi crystal, Dredavex gives them a handheld box that emits a clicking noise while a psi
crystal is within 5 miles of it (see area N5). The ceremorphs tell the characters that psi crystals are most often found in places where mind flayers have lived. Unlike most mind flayers, who prefer
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
screaming “Shut up!” at anyone who makes noise
4 Sleep another hour; your deity says it’s fine
5 Burning incense and lighting a candle on a makeshift altar while you recite your vows
6
creatures, the changing weather, the shapes of buildings, other stuff.
3 In secret, you curse the burden your deity has placed on you.
4 You wonder often if you’re worthy of your deity’s gifts
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a5
atmosphere than challenge. Any random encounter should be foreshadowed with noise or other cues. If a result you roll makes no sense for a given area, select a different result that does. At least one
spell of 1st or 2nd level, most often darkvision, daylight, detect magic, identify, invisibility, or thunderwave. Twenty-five percent of Red Wizards (determine randomly using a d4) instead have one
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
that it would break down often. Naeryx helped with the repairs and found that the work gave him a sliver of joy. When the old keeper died years later, Naeryx replaced him. The wealthy family that owned
Handpicked Successor) This ornate pocket watch is fastened to the end of a gold chain. It glows with a faint golden light when opened, and it makes a soft ticking noise that can be heard only by the creature
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
and prices. The bar surrounding the servers’ station serves a variety of drinks. This area is often rowdy, so student employee Javenesh Stoutclaw (neutral good owlin Lorehold apprentice; see the “Fellow
area is the place students go to escape the noise of the main dining room. From ten to twenty students are usually found in this area, relaxing or engaged in conversation. Additionally, at least one
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Netheril’s Fall: Tales of Terror, Treasure, and Time Travel
, oversees the coliseum’s operations and approves all combatants bound for the arena. The pitmaster is constantly seeking new and creative contest rules for the coliseum battles, and she often awards
witness or partake in the battles staged here, which often reenact elements of Netherese history or mythology and always involve heavy amounts of showy magic. Additionally, the coliseum is where public
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
noise of the collapse puts the creatures in areas C3, area C7, area C8, and area C9 on alert. C3: Archer Post This small room is littered with debris. The arrow slit opposite the door offers a fine
are always getting into fights, they don’t pay attention to noise in areas C2 or area C3. However, they’re quick to defend their tower if any intruders appear, or to respond to an alarm raised by the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
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The piles of fur are beds used by the ogres in area E5. If the characters make a racket here, the guards in area E7 investigate. The hobgoblins in area E10 also come once it’s clear the noise isn’t
simply the ogres being rowdy. The hobgoblins might wait until any noise has died down, then just peak in. Treasure One ogre has hidden a small pouch in a pocket of a fur-lined cloak piled amid its
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
geyser of steam shoots up from a vent in the bottom of the shallow basin, sending out a loud hissing noise as it erupts. Any creature in the small, circular room when the geyser erupts is engulfed in
in chapter 7 of the Dungeon Master’s Guide for any magic items. 13. Study Serissa used to come here quite often to study in solitude, but her present duties permit her no opportunity to pursue her
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
otherwise occupied.
Shelf Path. Because dangerous fungi often lurk near the footpaths, denizens of the fane who pass through this chamber have found another way around. The shelf fungi adhering to the
striking the gong calls the disk to this level. Any such noise alerts the creatures in areas F14, F16, and area F17 that someone is here. F16. Emberhorn Den A blackened ogre skeleton stands against the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
remain in the roost are Indifferent and fight only if the characters make a lot of noise nearby or ascend to the wyverns’ roost. If the characters get in a fight here, the hunting wyverns return to
, flowing from the west down a passage to the east. The noise of falling water echoes from the eastern passage. A frost giant sits on an icy boulder on the north side of the room, his right hand to his
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a6
The noise of moving the boulder that closes the place off from the rest of the complex awakens a mated pair of young white dragons that are kept here, along with a great pile of treasure. If they
supposed treasure room, they succeed only in making a lot of noise—no passage beyond can be unearthed. 4B. Hungry and Hopping Six giant ice toads (see appendix B) lair in the northern extreme of this chamber
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a1
Strength (Athletics) check; on a failed check, the victim drops back into the cavity. Creatures. Each time a creature falls into a cavity, the noise is 10 percent likely to draw 1d4 giant rats from the
left alone in this area. 7. Gallery of Forlorn Notes As the door opens, a hissing noise and a puff of dust around the door indicate that the chamber beyond has been sealed for ages. Dust, long
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
southwest wall of this room contains a secret door to the exterior. Vidorant uses this door often. A character who examines the wall and succeeds on a DC 15 Wisdom (Perception) check spots the door
of a collapsing shelf must make a DC 12 Dexterity saving throw, taking 17 (5d6) acid damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one. The noise alerts the guards in the lobby (area