preside armor and his came

Sword of Kas

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide (2024)

. Legend says Vecna’s destruction came at Kas’s hand, but Vecna also wrought his rebellious lieutenant’s doom, leaving only Kas’s sword behind. Bloodthirst. The sword thirsts for

Initiative rolls. Blade of Defense. When you take an action to attack with the sword, you can transfer some or all of its attack bonus to your Armor Class instead. The adjusted bonuses remain in

Othovir

Monsters Storm King's Thunder

"} fire damage), prestidigitation 1/day each: mage armor, thunderwave, witch boltParry. Othovir adds 2 to his AC against one melee attack that would hit him. To do so, Othovir must see the attacker and

be wielding a melee weapon. Roleplaying Information Othovir is a gifted harness-maker who doesn’t talk about his family or where he came from. He cares about his business, his clients, and his

Harshnag the Grim

Monsters Storm King's Thunder

Legendary Resistance. Once per day, when he fails a saving throw, he can choose to succeed instead. Equipment. Harshnag wears plate, +3;+3 plate armor and wields Gurt's greataxe. The axe sheds light

some and a hero to others. In Waterdeep, he’s remembered as the largest member of Force Grey, a notoriously destructive adventuring company that came to the city’s defense on more than one

Smiler the Defiler

Monsters Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus

advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects. Equipment. Smiler wears leather, +2;+2 leather armor. He carries seven soul coin;soul coins in a bag and a shortsword, +1;+1

nycaloth warlord named Yarrasto. Smiler took control of the nycaloth’s warband and their infernal war machines. Smiler’s gang came to be known as Smiler’s Defilers, and their ferocity

Leucrotta

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

cover up the stink of death. The first leucrottas came into being alongside some gnolls during the rampages of Yeenoghu on the Material Plane. While many of the hyenas that ate Yeenoghu’s

that can crush bones and lacerate flesh. These plates are so tough that a leucrotta can use them to peel plate armor away from the body of a slain knight. A leucrotta’s stench would normally warn

Charmayne Daymore

Monsters Keys from the Golden Vault

Intelligence as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 17): At will: dancing lights, mage hand 3/day: mage armor 1/day each: dispel magic, invisibility, polymorphCharmayne can take up to three

far as to murder her fellow councilor, Regine, while she slept. As she came to realize the people of Ghalasine didn’t love her as they did the king, Charmayne became filled with rage. She used

Grim Champion of Pestilence

Monsters The Book of Many Things

following spells, requiring no material components and using Charisma as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 18): At will: Detect Magic, Mage Armor (self only) 2/day each: Blight, Blindness/Deafness

, Aleron came to his ally’s aid. A second avatar of death appeared, and Aleron was slain; soon after, his Undead corpse crawled from Withered Vineyard, tainted with plague. Aleron resents his fellow

Archduke Zariel of Avernus

Monsters Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus

Avernus. She accepted his offer and was transformed by Asmodeus into an archdevil. Zariel’s “rise” came at the expense of Bel, her pit fiend predecessor. Zariel and Bel hate each

other. To keep Bel busy and out of her sight, Zariel tasks him with forging weapons, armor, and gruesome demon-slaying machines. To replenish her legions, Zariel needs the souls of mortals to create

Moonstone Dragon Wyrmling

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

suggest that when the gods came to the First World and tried to populate it with their Humanoid followers, a clever dragon fled to the Feywild to hide a clutch of eggs. The magic of that faerie

the wyrmling’s mischievous habits. 2 A moonstone dragon wyrmling searches for whoever made the dragon’s friend—a suit of animated armor able to make witty, if limited

Zariel

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

’s rise in status came at the expense of Bel, her pit fiend predecessor. Zariel and Bel hate each other. To keep Bel busy and out of her sight, Zariel tasks him with forging weapons, armor, and

Wrin Sivinxi

monsters

", "rollAction":"Spellcasting"} to hit with spell attacks): At Will: Dancing Lights, Detect Magic, Eldritch Blast, Minor Illusion, Thaumaturgy 2/Day Each: Charm Person, Cure Wounds, Mage Armor

came, they found Glitterbough deserted, and when they burned it in frustration, they suffered greatly from the magical traps the elves had left behind to greet them. When she came of age a few years

Sword of Kas Legacy

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)

power grew, so did his hubris. His sword urged him to supplant Vecna, so that they could rule the lich’s empire in Vecna’s stead. Legend says Vecna’s destruction came at Kas’s

your person, you add a d10 to your initiative at the start of every combat. In addition, when you use an action to attack with the sword, you can transfer some or all of its attack bonus to your Armor

Starting Equipment

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

class and spend them on items from the lists in this chapter. See the Starting Wealth by Class table to determine how much gold you have to spend. You decide how your character came by this starting

equipment. It might have been an inheritance, or goods that the character purchased during his or her upbringing. You might have been equipped with a weapon, armor, and a backpack as part of military

Starting Equipment

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

class and spend them on items from the lists in this chapter. See the Starting Wealth by Class table to determine how much gold you have to spend. You decide how your character came by this starting

equipment. It might have been an inheritance, or goods that the character purchased during his or her upbringing. You might have been equipped with a weapon, armor, and a backpack as part of military

Githzerai Futurist

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Morte’s Planar Parade

portents to tilt the balance in their favor. Githzerai Futurist Medium Aberration (Gith), Any Alignment Armor Class 16 (Psychic Defense) Hit Points 149 (23d8 + 46) Speed 40 ft. STR 14 (+2

., passive Perception 17 Languages Common, Gith Challenge 9 (5,000 XP) Proficiency Bonus +4 Psychic Defense. While the githzerai is wearing no armor and wielding no shield, its AC includes its

Amethyst Dragon Wyrmling

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

Amethyst Dragon Wyrmling Amethyst Dragon Wyrmling Medium Dragon (Gem), Typically Neutral Armor Class 17 (natural armor) Hit Points 75 (10d8 + 30) Speed 30 ft., fly 60 ft. (hover), swim 30 ft

components and using Intelligence as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 13): 1/day each: protection from evil and good, Tenser’s floating disk, unseen servant Which came first, the gem or the dragon? Not a riddle, actually—it was the dragon. -Fizban

Chapter 5: Equipment

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

baskets and practical swords. For an adventurer, the availability of armor, weapons, backpacks, rope, and similar goods is of paramount importance, since proper equipment can mean the difference between

class and spend them on items from the lists in this section. See the Starting Wealth by Class table to determine how much gold you have to spend. You decide how your character came by this starting

Chapter 5: Equipment

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

baskets and practical swords. For an adventurer, the availability of armor, weapons, backpacks, rope, and similar goods is of paramount importance, since proper equipment can mean the difference between

class and spend them on items from the lists in this section. See the Starting Wealth by Class table to determine how much gold you have to spend. You decide how your character came by this starting

Amethyst Dragon Wyrmling

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

Amethyst Dragon Wyrmling Amethyst Dragon Wyrmling Medium Dragon (Gem), Typically Neutral Armor Class 17 (natural armor) Hit Points 75 (10d8 + 30) Speed 30 ft., fly 60 ft. (hover), swim 30 ft

components and using Intelligence as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 13): 1/day each: protection from evil and good, Tenser’s floating disk, unseen servant Which came first, the gem or the dragon? Not a riddle, actually—it was the dragon. -Fizban

Githzerai Futurist

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Morte’s Planar Parade

portents to tilt the balance in their favor. Githzerai Futurist Medium Aberration (Gith), Any Alignment Armor Class 16 (Psychic Defense) Hit Points 149 (23d8 + 46) Speed 40 ft. STR 14 (+2

., passive Perception 17 Languages Common, Gith Challenge 9 (5,000 XP) Proficiency Bonus +4 Psychic Defense. While the githzerai is wearing no armor and wielding no shield, its AC includes its

Simic Combine

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica

the offspring of a giant, blue-carapaced crab and an irate squid. The Simic squad was rounded out by a host of mages clad in scale armor, and improbable hybrid fusions of scaled, finned, and shelled

original mission was to oversee issues of public health, but the Simic came to believe that complete health — of individuals and of society as a whole — depends on the mutual adaptation of nature and

Simic Combine

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica

the offspring of a giant, blue-carapaced crab and an irate squid. The Simic squad was rounded out by a host of mages clad in scale armor, and improbable hybrid fusions of scaled, finned, and shelled

original mission was to oversee issues of public health, but the Simic came to believe that complete health — of individuals and of society as a whole — depends on the mutual adaptation of nature and

Death's Head Phalanx

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

Death’s Head Phalanx The Death’s Head Phalanx is a force of hobgoblins that came to Undermountain along with Emberosa and her fire giants. This force is commanded by a hobgoblin warlord named

armor can be heard well in advance of their arrival, and characters can’t be surprised by them. Combat with a patrol is sure to alert other creatures in the vicinity. If any hobgoblins are defeated while on patrol, subtract their numbers from the guards in area 32a.

Death's Head Phalanx

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

Death’s Head Phalanx The Death’s Head Phalanx is a force of hobgoblins that came to Undermountain along with Emberosa and her fire giants. This force is commanded by a hobgoblin warlord named

armor can be heard well in advance of their arrival, and characters can’t be surprised by them. Combat with a patrol is sure to alert other creatures in the vicinity. If any hobgoblins are defeated while on patrol, subtract their numbers from the guards in area 32a.

Cataclysmic Fire

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

vision from a beam of divine light. As his wife pleads with him, he dons his armor and mounts his steed, then heads off. Distraction. The knight’s encounters the attendants of the elf woman from the

first vision. They taunt him and point back the way he came. The knight slays them and turns back home in a rage. Confrontation. The knight slays his wife as the world around him crumbles and burns. The

Zarak

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight

grayish pallor. The only thing he loves is money, and he wouldn’t hesitate to stab allies in the back if they came between him and the riches he covets. Alignment. Chaotic evil. Personality Trait. “I

garrote, so that he can hear the dying breath of his hapless prey. If defeat seems likely, he quaffs his potion of invisibility and flees. Zarak Medium Humanoid (Orc), Chaotic Evil Armor Class 14

Dead Man's Message

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Nest of the Eldritch Eye

slender human woman clad in the light leather armor of a scout or investigator. Clutched in her arms is the dead body of a human man clad in a tattered gray robe. The man and woman bear a striking

investigate suspicious cult activity in the city. Rendezvous Gone Wrong. Kevori came here to rendezvous with Delvin after he’d infiltrated a potential cult hideout. What She Knows. The only clue Kevori has is

Thornwell's Offer

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

-red leather armor. She declines to give the characters her name, but asks whether they’re interested in a well-paying job. If the characters haven’t learned about the murders yet, she provides them a

. Thornwell has wanted to be rid of Dory ever since she came to believe that her fellow councillor was responsible for the death of one of her allies. But she doesn’t want to jeopardize her standing on

Talon Beast

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

Underdark. Many scholars agree there’s a link between talon beasts, the constellation of the Talons (see chapter 13), and the Talons card found in a Deck of Many Things, but it’s not clear which came first

, or clothes, or something! But no. They have to be upsettingly naked-looking. Talon Beast Large Monstrosity, Unaligned Armor Class 14 (natural armor) Hit Points 114 (12d10 + 48) Speed 40 ft