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Monstrous Compendium Vol. 4: Eldraine Creatures
fae fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.
Magic Resistance. The high fae has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects.Multiattack. The high fae makes two
mocking phrases that magically stun and ridicule their opponents. High fae nobles will spend countless years in mind-bendingly complicated games of political calculus, their alliances ever-shifting as
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
are illiterate or nearly so — particularly hill, frost, and fire giants, which place little value on learning. Instead of writing stories with words, they typically tell their tales with pictograms
aren’t steeped in the giants’ mythology. Most non-giants find a tale carving as unintelligible as giants would find poetry written in Elvish. REPRESENTATIVE GIANT PHRASES
What is your tribe and rank
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
-eye to smaller creatures—unless angry
5 Uses Draconic words and phrases even when speaking other languages
6 Punctuates speech with bestial sounds—growls, roars, croaks, chirps, or
whistles
7 Fiddles with tip of tail
8 Absently chews on or picks at teeth with swords, spears, or lances
9 Quickly forgets names and invents random nicknames instead
10 Burdens
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
prefers to converse telepathically. Its tone is strident, and it uses stereotypical detective phrases such as “The game is afoot!” and “The devil is in the details!” Ignatius tries to enlist the
. Questioning the Modrons. Monodrone valets aboard the Concordant Express have built-in language interpreters instead of voice boxes; consequently, they can understand any spoken language but can’t speak
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
from the Standard Languages table, or choose one that is common in your campaign. With your DM’s permission, you can instead choose a language from the Exotic Languages table or a secret language
character’s favorite words or phrases, tics and habitual gestures, vices and pet peeves, and whatever else you can imagine.
Each background presented later in this chapter includes suggested
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monstrous Compendium Volume Four
effect that allows it to make a Dexterity saving throw to take only half damage, it instead takes no damage if it succeeds on the saving throw and only half damage if it fails, provided it doesn’t
, while uttering mocking phrases that magically stun and ridicule their opponents. High fae nobles will spend countless years in mind-bendingly complicated games of political calculus, their alliances
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
) some of his notes. Anyone investigating the pack not only finds the treasure within but also sees that the cave wall behind it bears writing. The writing contains a handful of partial phrases
cloaker mutate’s identity is overcome by Thorgran’s psychic echoes until the end of its turn. The creature doesn’t move, attack, or respond to anything the characters say. It instead utters one of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
parchment featuring a few simple words and phrases in the Common tongue and their equivalents in Goblin. The words include “stop,” “fight,” “lift,” “come,” and so forth — key words used by Sanbalet to
that damage, they instead ignore that vulnerability for this attack. Development. If the characters spend more than a few moments here, a faint blue light appears at the seam of the secret door to area
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
rocklike bark and grasping vines occupy this stretch of the walkway. The creatures use the roper stat block but are Plants instead of Monstrosities. They are hostile toward all non-Plant creatures. S39
the characters, they cease their workout and hurl dumbbells at the characters. When an android throws a dumbbell, it makes a Force Strike attack but deals bludgeoning damage instead of force damage on a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
incapacitated condition. The chairs are stacked to the side because Voalsh never uses chairs, instead preferring to hover vigilantly on guard against her foes. Treasure. The desk holds an amber
who were once mind flayers. Each nothic has a fringe of tentacles beneath its single eye, telepathy to 120 feet, and the following action instead of Rotting Gaze: Mind Blast (Recharge 5–6). The nothic
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
instead to stop and drown his sorrows in Triboar. He hasn’t lost his faith in Helm, merely his faith in himself and his superiors. Consumed by self-pity, he sees himself as a victim of “temple politics
attend to his duties in Red Larch with a successful DC 10 Charisma (Persuasion) check. T13. The Frost-Touched Frog This old inn is boarded up and empty. Vandals have carved lewd phrases into the planks
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
: When reduced to 0 hit points, he drops to 1 hit point instead (but can’t do this again until he finishes a long rest). He has darkvision out to a range of 60 feet. He speaks Common and Orc. Yorn
scholar’s pack (worth 40 gp) and a book of Dwarvish phrases. A character who doesn’t speak Dwarvish can use the book to communicate on a rudimentary level with friendly dwarves. Chest 5 is inlaid
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
mirror’s command word (“bandersnatch”), but they can’t remember or pronounce the word accurately. Instead, they say phrases such as, “blunder scratch,” “bangle stash,” “banter catch,” “bandy crasher






