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Returning 35 results for 'player always and his chain'.
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Player’s Handbook
, Medium, and Heavy armor and Shields
Starting Equipment
Choose A, B, or C: (A) Chain Mail, Greatsword, Flail, 8 Javelin;Javelins, Dungeoneer's Pack, and 4 GP; (B) Studded Leather;Studded Leather
weapon techniques, and a well-equipped Fighter always has the right tool at hand for any combat situation. Likewise, a Fighter is adept with every form of armor. Beyond that basic degree of familiarity
Magic Items
Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
This metal bottle carries delicious, warm coffee. The bottle comes with a stopper, which is attached to the bottle by a little chain. Even when open, the bottle won't accept any liquid other than the
coffee it produces. The coffee inside is always comfortably warm, and none of the heat can be felt through the bottle.
Each time you drink the coffee, roll a d20. On a 1, the bottle refuses to
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
Fey Ancestry. The shadar-kai has advantage on saving throws against being charmed, and magic can’t put it to sleep.Multiattack. The shadar-kai makes three Spiked Chain attacks. It can use
Shadow Jump after one of these attacks.
Spiked Chain. Melee Weapon Attack: +6;{"diceNotation":"1d20+6", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Spiked Chain"} to hit, reach 10 ft., one target. Hit: 10 (2d6 + 3
Equipment
with the ability to cast sorcerer spells. The drug’s effects are potentially dangerous and always unpredictable. This isn’t something a player character should want to use; adventurers
are more likely to interfere with Daask smugglers or deal with an addict who accidentally casts a fireball in a crowded street. The specific effects of dragon’s blood are up to you, but you can take inspiration from the Wild Magic Surge table in the Player’s Handbook.
Species
Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
his flail flashed in the firelight. The chain wrapped around Caerys’ blade but she twisted away. The flail flew into the darkness. She spun forward, her double blade weaving a circle of fire as
particular rival who channels the same ancestor, or one who channels a rival of your ancestor?
It’s also important to think about why you are traveling with a group of player characters
Species
Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
his flail flashed in the firelight. The chain wrapped around Caerys’ blade but she twisted away. The flail flew into the darkness. She spun forward, her double blade weaving a circle of fire as
particular rival who channels the same ancestor, or one who channels a rival of your ancestor?
It’s also important to think about why you are traveling with a group of player characters
Backgrounds
Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
intrigues of interest in the group are.
Suggested Characteristics
Use the tables for the guild artisan background in the Player’s Handbook as the basis for your traits and motivations
those who can’t appreciate fine art.
3
I always want to know how things work and what makes people tick.
4
I’m full of witty aphorisms and have a proverb for every occasion
Backgrounds
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
.
2
I am always the first into the fray.
3
I bear any injury or indignity with stoic discipline.
4
My righteous wrath is easily inflamed by the slightest iniquity.
5
My honor is more
;Society functions only if people do their duty and respect the chain of command. (Lawful)
6
Conviction. Anything worth doing is worth doing with your whole heart. (Lawful)
Bonds
Backgrounds
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
special joy in hitting its targets first, tipping off its con victims and otherwise frustrating its schemes.
3
It’s always been about money. You’re not paid what you’re worth
, working for someone who has more than they deserve. But the Guild offered you a way to fix that. You keep doing what you’ve always done — guard work, dock labor, business accounting &mdash
Backgrounds
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
.
Skill Proficiencies: Intimidation, Religion
Languages: Two of your choice
Equipment: An Orzhov insignia, a foot-long chain made of ten gold coins, vestments, a set of fine clothes, and
Personality Trait
1
I am always willing to act in accordance with the financial incentive offered.
2
Debts are never meant to be forgiven.
3
I am accustomed to enjoying the
Monsters
Curse of Strahd
, “Into the Mists”, to understand his personality and goals.
Although Strahd can be encountered almost anywhere in his domain, the vampire is always encountered in the place indicated by the
intelligently and do everything you can to make him a terrifying and cunning adversary for the player characters.
When you run an encounter with Strahd, keep the following facts in mind:
Strahd
Backgrounds
Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
more, as a member of an Uthgardt tribe.
Your people have always tried to hold to the old ways. Tradition and taboo have kept the Uthgardt strong while the kingdoms of others have collapsed into chaos
abandoned the soft ways of civilization.
BARBARIAN TRIBES OF FAERÛN
Though this section details the Uthgardt specifically, either it or the outlander background from the Player
Backgrounds
Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
Suggested Characteristics
Use the tables for the soldier background in the Player’s Handbook as the basis for your traits and motivations, modifying the entries when appropriate to suit
your identity as a knight of your order.
Your bond almost always involves the order to which you belong (or at least key members of it), and it is highly unusual for a knight’s ideal not to
Backgrounds
Ghosts of Saltmarsh
the normal amount of time (up to 16 hours) each day before being subject to the effect of a forced march (see “Travel Pace” in chapter 8 of the Player’s Handbook). Additionally
never sours my mood.
5
I am dependable.
6
I am always working on some project or other.
7
I become cantankerous and quiet in the rain.
8
When the sea is within my sight, my
Backgrounds
Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
chapter 8 of the Player’s Handbook).
Suggested Characteristics
Use the tables for the soldier background below as the basis for your traits and motivations, modifying the entries
largely depends on your worldview and your motivation for fighting.
Soldier
d8
Personality Trait
1
I’m always polite and respectful.
2
I’m haunted by
monsters
no apparent result or are harmful to the seugathi themselves. A seugathi that completes their mission nearly always finds another to replace it, creating a centuries-long chain of increasingly inscrutable—and sometimes even contradictory—endeavors.Poison, PsychicBludgeoning
monsters
the seugathi themselves. A seugathi that completes their mission nearly always finds another to replace it, creating a centuries-long chain of increasingly inscrutable—and sometimes even contradictory—endeavors.Poison, PsychicBludgeoning
Morkoth
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Monsters
Volo's Guide to Monsters
): dimension door, Evard's black tentacles
5th level (3 slots): geas, scrying
6th level (1 slot): chain lightningMultiattack. The morkoth makes three attacks: two with its bite and one with its
failure, the creature has misplaced one possession (chosen by the player, if the creature is that player's character). The possession remains nearby but concealed for a short time, so it can be recovered
backgrounds
1d6
Thread
1
A prayer slip and seal covered in verses to protect the departed
2
A charcoal rubbing of a gravestone epitaph
3
A coffin nail that always ends up bent, no
matter how many times you straighten it
4
A dried flower cleaned from one of the first graves you tended
5
A length of rusty iron chain and padlock
6
A sealed bottle containing a final breath
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best of who you are and where you are from. Flashes of déjà vu are common, taunting you with recollection, but they almost always slip away, as ungraspable as the mists of Druskenvald. An
GM, letting you as a player discover the cause alongside your character.
Suggested Story Threads. This background presents a paradox when considering threads to weave through a campaign, since the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
they’re always one step ahead. Drow player characters who are members of Bregan D’aerthe might find their loyalty to the party put to the test. Summary The characters visit the residence of Fenerus
Autumn Encounter Chain Deception and misdirection are Jarlaxle’s forte, and he likes to trick his rivals into working for him. He steers the characters toward the Stone of Golorr and lets them think
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
chain devil subcommander can animate them using its Animate Chains ability. Climbing a chain requires a successful DC 16 Strength (Athletics) check.
Map 3.7: Styx Watchtower View Player Version
tower is staffed by an amnizu commander, a chain devil subcommander, ten bearded devils (each one with a hell hound on the end of a short chain), and two spined devils (see “Watchtower Locations” for how
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
chain devil subcommander can animate them using its Animate Chains ability. Climbing a chain requires a successful DC 16 Strength (Athletics) check.
Map 3.7: Styx Watchtower View Player Version
tower is staffed by an amnizu commander, a chain devil subcommander, ten bearded devils (each one with a hell hound on the end of a short chain), and two spined devils (see “Watchtower Locations” for how
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
they’re always one step ahead. Drow player characters who are members of Bregan D’aerthe might find their loyalty to the party put to the test. Summary The characters visit the residence of Fenerus
Autumn Encounter Chain Deception and misdirection are Jarlaxle’s forte, and he likes to trick his rivals into working for him. He steers the characters toward the Stone of Golorr and lets them think
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hold Back The Dead
— Sacred Flame Evocation — Thaumaturgy Transmutation — Toll the Dead Necromancy — Level 1 Cleric Spells (Slots: 4) Spell School Special* Bless (always prepared) Enchantment C, M Cure Wounds (always
(always prepared) Abjuration — Lesser Restoration (always prepared) Abjuration — Prayer of Healing Abjuration — Protection from Poison Abjuration — Spiritual Weapon Evocation C *In the Special column, C
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hold Back The Dead
— Sacred Flame Evocation — Thaumaturgy Transmutation — Toll the Dead Necromancy — Level 1 Cleric Spells (Slots: 4) Spell School Special* Bless (always prepared) Enchantment C, M Cure Wounds (always
(always prepared) Abjuration — Lesser Restoration (always prepared) Abjuration — Prayer of Healing Abjuration — Protection from Poison Abjuration — Spiritual Weapon Evocation C *In the Special column, C
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Scions of Elemental Evil
— Sacred Flame Evocation — Thaumaturgy Transmutation — Toll the Dead Necromancy — Level 1 Cleric Spells (Slots: 4) Spell School Special* Bless (always prepared) Enchantment C, M Cure Wounds (always
(always prepared) Abjuration — Lesser Restoration (always prepared) Abjuration — Prayer of Healing Abjuration — Protection from Poison Abjuration — Spiritual Weapon Evocation C *In the Special column, C
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Scions of Elemental Evil
— Sacred Flame Evocation — Thaumaturgy Transmutation — Toll the Dead Necromancy — Level 1 Cleric Spells (Slots: 4) Spell School Special* Bless (always prepared) Enchantment C, M Cure Wounds (always
(always prepared) Abjuration — Lesser Restoration (always prepared) Abjuration — Prayer of Healing Abjuration — Protection from Poison Abjuration — Spiritual Weapon Evocation C *In the Special column, C
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
question the right of a ragtag band of adventurers to command them, even if their superiors seem to trust the player characters. Likewise, though the individual factions are typically disciplined
within their own ranks, members of any faction might bristle at having to work alongside (much less take orders from) members of other factions. Chain of Command In addition to deciding how the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
question the right of a ragtag band of adventurers to command them, even if their superiors seem to trust the player characters. Likewise, though the individual factions are typically disciplined
within their own ranks, members of any faction might bristle at having to work alongside (much less take orders from) members of other factions. Chain of Command In addition to deciding how the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
what you might do with them. It’s always up to the DM to decide if an unusual race is an option for player character; there’s a place for dragonborn in Eberron, but if a DM doesn’t want to use them in a campaign, they remain hidden and unknown.
Goblin
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traps, snares, and nets to catch the unwary, and when their hunting patrols encounter other beings, they always look for ways to capture their foes instead of killing them. Goblins that run up against
occasionally abused) pets.
Virtually any kind of creature that can be browbeaten into service might be found with a goblin tribe, but rats and wolves are nearly always present. Both have lived in concert
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
appear these words: “May her light cure all illness.” The “guards” on the wall are propped-up scarecrows that wear corroded chain shirts and clutch rusted spears (see area S18). A character who
succeeds on a DC 10 Wisdom (Perception) check discerns the charade. The double doors are heavy but unlocked. They can be pushed open to reveal a foggy courtyard (area S12). Map 8.3: Abbey of Saint Markovia - Upper Floor & CellarView Player Version
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
appear these words: “May her light cure all illness.” The “guards” on the wall are propped-up scarecrows that wear corroded chain shirts and clutch rusted spears (see area S18). A character who
succeeds on a DC 10 Wisdom (Perception) check discerns the charade. The double doors are heavy but unlocked. They can be pushed open to reveal a foggy courtyard (area S12). Map 8.3: Abbey of Saint Markovia - Upper Floor & CellarView Player Version
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
what you might do with them. It’s always up to the DM to decide if an unusual race is an option for player character; there’s a place for dragonborn in Eberron, but if a DM doesn’t want to use them in a campaign, they remain hidden and unknown.