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Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
Mimicry. The leucrotta can mimic Beast sounds and Humanoid voices. A creature that hears the sounds can tell they are imitations only with a successful DC 14 Wisdom (Insight) check.
Stench. Any
":"piercing"} piercing damage. If the leucrotta scores a critical hit, it rolls the damage dice three times, instead of twice.
Hooves. Melee Weapon Attack: +6;{"diceNotation":"1d20+6","rollType":"to
Monsters
Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
necrotic damage.After giving the characters their quest, Professor Lang hands them a file with information the faculty members have collected about Murgaxor from university records. Tell the players
ritual ends or is interrupted:
Clinging to Life. Death saving throws are made with advantage.
Grievous Wounds. Any creature that scores a critical hit rolls one additional damage die to determine
Monsters
Storm King's Thunder
retains its alignment; its Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma scores; and its proficiencies. It otherwise uses the target’s statistics, except the target’s knowledge, class features
), are ogre-sized bipeds with curved horns and dour expressions. Their hulking bodies are coated with thick fur and hair, and many outsiders can’t tell the males and females apart.
Servants of the
Monsters
Storm King's Thunder
retains its alignment; its Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma scores; and its proficiencies. It otherwise uses the target’s statistics, except the target’s knowledge, class features
” in their language), are ogre-sized bipeds with curved horns and dour expressions. Their hulking bodies are coated with thick fur and hair, and many outsiders can’t tell the males and females
Leucrotta
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Monsters
Volo's Guide to Monsters
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Mimicry. The leucrotta can mimic animal sounds and humanoid voices. A creature that hears the sounds can tell they are imitations with a successful DC 14 Wisdom (Insight) check.
Rampage. When the
);{"diceNotation":"1d8+4","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Bite","rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage. If the leucrotta scores a critical hit, it rolls the damage dice three times, instead of
Ancient Brass Dragon
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Basic Rules (2014)
Dice, ability to speak, proficiencies, Legendary Resistance, lair actions, and Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma scores, as well as this action. Its statistics and capabilities are otherwise
image from a distance can tell it’s an illusion with a successful DC 20 Intelligence (Investigation) check. Any physical interaction with an image reveals it to be an illusion, because objects pass
Personality Traits
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Personality traits are small, simple ways to help you set your character apart from every other character. Your personality traits should tell you something interesting and fun about your character
, things your character dislikes or fears, your character's self-attitude or mannerisms, or the influence of his or her ability scores.
races
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
Some of the smallest draconic creatures in the multiverse, kobolds display their draconic ancestry in the glint of their scales and in their roars. Legends tell of the first kobolds emerging from the
race, follow these additional rules during character creation.
Ability Score Increases
When determining your character’s ability scores, increase one score by 2 and increase a different score
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver
check; just tell the player what happens. Likewise, if there’s no way anyone could accomplish the task, just tell the player it doesn’t work. Otherwise, answer these three simple questions: What kind of
ability check? How hard is it? What’s the result? Use the descriptions of the ability scores and their associated skills in the Basic Rules to help you decide what kind of ability check to use. Then
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver
check; just tell the player what happens. Likewise, if there’s no way anyone could accomplish the task, just tell the player it doesn’t work. Otherwise, answer these three simple questions: What kind of
ability check? How hard is it? What’s the result? Use the descriptions of the ability scores and their associated skills in the Basic Rules to help you decide what kind of ability check to use. Then
compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Grim Hollow: Player’s Guide
Pit Fighter Ability Scores: Strength, Dexterity, Charisma
Feat: Savage Attacker
Skill Proficiencies: Athletics and Performance
Tool Proficiency: Gaming Set (your choice)
Equipment: Choose A
survive. So few survive the Pox that you don’t often hear what it’s like. Well let me tell you. It’s like dying and being reborn so many times. The pain is unbearable, until it isn’t. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Information. If you tell the players what the Armor Class of their opponents is, you reduce the steps of interaction needed to resolve an attack. Instead of telling you a number and asking if it hits
, a player can simply tell you that an attack hits and how much damage it deals, perhaps adding some narration for good measure (see “Narration in Combat” later in this chapter). In the same way, if you
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Information. If you tell the players what the Armor Class of their opponents is, you reduce the steps of interaction needed to resolve an attack. Instead of telling you a number and asking if it hits
, a player can simply tell you that an attack hits and how much damage it deals, perhaps adding some narration for good measure (see “Narration in Combat” later in this chapter). In the same way, if you
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
Sorcerer does so with Advantage. If the doppelganger rolls well, it might still act before the Sorcerer’s spell goes off, reflecting the monster’s ability to anticipate the spell. Using Initiative Scores
You can get to the action of combat more quickly by using Initiative scores instead of rolling. You might decide to use Initiative scores just for characters, just for monsters, or for both. Initiative
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal
. The leucrotta can mimic animal sounds and humanoid voices. A creature that hears the sounds can tell they are imitations with a successful DC 14 Wisdom (Insight) check.
Rampage. When the leucrotta
makes two attacks: one with its bite and one with its hooves.
Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 8 (1d8 + 4) piercing damage. If the leucrotta scores a critical hit
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal
. The leucrotta can mimic animal sounds and humanoid voices. A creature that hears the sounds can tell they are imitations with a successful DC 14 Wisdom (Insight) check.
Rampage. When the leucrotta
makes two attacks: one with its bite and one with its hooves.
Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 8 (1d8 + 4) piercing damage. If the leucrotta scores a critical hit
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
Sorcerer does so with Advantage. If the doppelganger rolls well, it might still act before the Sorcerer’s spell goes off, reflecting the monster’s ability to anticipate the spell. Using Initiative Scores
You can get to the action of combat more quickly by using Initiative scores instead of rolling. You might decide to use Initiative scores just for characters, just for monsters, or for both. Initiative
compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Grim Hollow: Player’s Guide
category. But most of the time, allowing free selection of heritage traits allows you to customize your character in a way that best fits the story you want to tell.
Sometimes, you might want your
Scores You can generate your character’s ability scores in any way available in the game’s rules and approved by your GM. When you have generated your ability scores, choose two scores to increase by
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
stands close by.
Garra paid for the privilege of a private car. She is a chaotic evil half-ogre with Intelligence and Wisdom scores of 14 (+2). Her passive Wisdom (Perception) score is 12. Rot, a
-ogre offers a 100 gp bribe to the group for the characters to tell the Sharn Watch she escaped and have that be the end of it. If the characters express interest in joining Daask, she chuckles asks why
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
twelfth, who is standing and telling a story.
Drawings. Crude chalk drawings cover the walls.
The stick-figure chalk drawings on the walls tell the story of a goblin tribe that became infected
and 1 hit point, ability scores of 5, and immunity to bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing damage from weapons that aren’t silvered. They also have the Shapechanger trait common to all werebats, but
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
deal with their progress is to roll a d4. On a roll of 3 or 4, they advance 1 additional hex that day. Characters moving at a fast pace take a –5 penalty to their passive Wisdom (Perception) scores
saying too much. Once he’s confident that they’re all on the same side, he’ll swap whatever he knows (which is as much as you want to tell the characters) for whatever the characters know. Once Artus
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
threat it poses. Following a general note on what the trap looks like and how it functions are three paragraphs that tell how the trap works in the game. Level and Threat. A trap’s level is actually a
for using a simple trap in play, start by making note of the characters’ passive Wisdom (Perception) scores. Most traps allow Wisdom (Perception) checks to detect their triggers or other elements
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
the weight of the first Small or larger creature to walk across it. A character who has the Stonecunning trait or proficiency with mason’s tools can tell that the floor is unsafe to walk on. Any
enter. The floors are littered with broken shingles, bird droppings, wrecked furnishings, and other detritus, and scores of pigeons roost in the moldy rafters. W7. Secure Apartment The north door to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
text aloud, modifying it accordingly if Endelyn is present: Scores of wooden marionettes hang from the ceiling of this oddly shaped room, the floor of which is strewn with old play scripts. Near the
entrance are two alcoves, one containing a bare table, the other holding a wooden chest with tiny, clawed feet. Deeper in the room, you see a wicker basket surrounded by miniature toy birds.
Scores of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
the weight of the first Small or larger creature to walk across it. A character who has the Stonecunning trait or proficiency with mason’s tools can tell that the floor is unsafe to walk on. Any
enter. The floors are littered with broken shingles, bird droppings, wrecked furnishings, and other detritus, and scores of pigeons roost in the moldy rafters. W7. Secure Apartment The north door to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
stands close by.
Garra paid for the privilege of a private car. She is a chaotic evil half-ogre with Intelligence and Wisdom scores of 14 (+2). Her passive Wisdom (Perception) score is 12. Rot, a
-ogre offers a 100 gp bribe to the group for the characters to tell the Sharn Watch she escaped and have that be the end of it. If the characters express interest in joining Daask, she chuckles asks why
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
to create a path all about the domain. Heavy claw markings have stripped the once-beautiful finish of the walls. Great black marks tell of the fires that have assailed the mansion. Not a pane nor a
) check, discern trampled weeds all around the mansion as well as scores of wolf paw prints and human footprints. The footprints were made by zombies and ghouls under Strahd’s control. Ireena Kolyana
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
you set your character apart from every other character. Your personality traits should tell you something interesting and fun about your character. They should be self-descriptions that are specific
-attitude or mannerisms, or the influence of his or her ability scores. A useful place to start thinking about personality traits is to look at your highest and lowest ability scores and define one trait
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
threat it poses. Following a general note on what the trap looks like and how it functions are three paragraphs that tell how the trap works in the game. Level and Threat. A trap’s level is actually a
for using a simple trap in play, start by making note of the characters’ passive Wisdom (Perception) scores. Most traps allow Wisdom (Perception) checks to detect their triggers or other elements
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
that best describe the creature. Knowing the creature’s alignment can also help with your portrayal. The classic advice for writers holds true: show, don’t tell. For example, rather than describe an
is less comfortable with roleplaying, you can get them involved by asking them to describe their character’s actions during the conversation. Use Other Ability Scores. Consider the following
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
deal with their progress is to roll a d4. On a roll of 3 or 4, they advance 1 additional hex that day. Characters moving at a fast pace take a –5 penalty to their passive Wisdom (Perception) scores
saying too much. Once he’s confident that they’re all on the same side, he’ll swap whatever he knows (which is as much as you want to tell the characters) for whatever the characters know. Once Artus
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
Abyssal, Gnoll
Challenge 3 (700 XP) Proficiency Bonus +2
Mimicry. The leucrotta can mimic Beast sounds and Humanoid voices. A creature that hears the sounds can tell they are imitations only with a
one Bite attack and one Hooves attack.
Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 8 (1d8 + 4) piercing damage. If the leucrotta scores a critical hit, it rolls the damage dice
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
text aloud, modifying it accordingly if Endelyn is present: Scores of wooden marionettes hang from the ceiling of this oddly shaped room, the floor of which is strewn with old play scripts. Near the
entrance are two alcoves, one containing a bare table, the other holding a wooden chest with tiny, clawed feet. Deeper in the room, you see a wicker basket surrounded by miniature toy birds.
Scores of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
to create a path all about the domain. Heavy claw markings have stripped the once-beautiful finish of the walls. Great black marks tell of the fires that have assailed the mansion. Not a pane nor a
) check, discern trampled weeds all around the mansion as well as scores of wolf paw prints and human footprints. The footprints were made by zombies and ghouls under Strahd’s control. Ireena Kolyana
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
that best describe the creature. Knowing the creature’s alignment can also help with your portrayal. The classic advice for writers holds true: show, don’t tell. For example, rather than describe an
is less comfortable with roleplaying, you can get them involved by asking them to describe their character’s actions during the conversation. Use Other Ability Scores. Consider the following