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Monsters
Mythic Odysseys of Theros
other mighty, ichor-slick organs. The sea terror thrashes, channeling pain into fury.
Fighting Tromokratis as a mythic encounter is equivalent to taking on two CR 26 creatures in one encounter. Award a
settlements. Whether it acts at the command of the god Thassa or to sate its own hunger, Tromokratis numbers among the most feared threats in the sea, having no fixed lair and wandering where it will
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
creature can be as large as an island— and indeed, legends suggest that many unwitting sailors wrecked at sea have mistaken slumbering dragon turtles for solid ground.
Ancient dragon turtles might
insignificant they are.
5
I attack anyone I notice taking from the sea’s bounty without offering something in return.
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I think of sailors’ songs as their “water speech&rdquo
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
echoes from across the worlds of the Material Plane. Such a creature can be as large as an island— and indeed, legends suggest that many unwitting sailors wrecked at sea have mistaken slumbering
visitors the vastness of my domain, so they appreciate how insignificant they are.
5
I attack anyone I notice taking from the sea’s bounty without offering something in return.
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I think
Backgrounds
Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
Initiate feat from the Player’s Handbook and must choose cleric for the feat.
In the Astral Sea, you crossed paths with a wandering deity. The encounter was brief and nonviolent, yet it made a
For longer than you can remember, you have traversed the Astral Sea. There, you experienced firsthand the wonders of the Silver Void: you stopped aging and no longer felt hunger or thirst. Driven by
Monsters
Mordenkainen's Fiendish Folio Volume 1
, their lack of cunning foiled her plans. Many tumbled into the sea and drowned, too simpleminded and impatient to learn how to swim. Others smashed caravans and crushed their defenders most effectively
, looting and smashing any settlements they know of or encounter. After six days exactly, their rampage ends, and they return to their humble lives.
Deep-Seated Memories. When a coastal raid or a theft of
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Amphibious. The dragon turtle can breathe air and water
Blessing of the Sea (Recharges after a Short or Long Rest). If the dragon turtle would be reduced to 0 hit points, its current hit point total
62,000 XP (124,000 XP total) for defeating the dragon turtle after its Blessing of the Sea activates.
Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If the dragon turtle fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed
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races
Volo's Guide to Monsters
remote even merfolk and sea elves rarely encounter them.
Haughty Nobles
As a result of their isolation and limited understanding of the Material Plane, tritons can come across as haughty and
Ah, the tritons. Imagine if the elves spent a few centuries far beneath the sea, where their arrogance and pretension could grow undisturbed. At least the tritons spent that time fighting sahuagin
Monsters
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
snow. Elders invoke her name to keep young goliaths from wandering too far from home before they’re ready. Adult goliaths sometimes encounter this legendary individual in their travels to the far
the weather and the geography of Icewind Dale can be brutal. They know the safest routes across the tundra, and they can help guide travelers through the Sea of Moving Ice and across its ever-shifting
Backgrounds
Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
.
Skill Proficiencies: Investigation, Persuasion
Tool Proficiency: Navigator’s tools and vehicles (air and sea).
Equipment: A set of fine clothes, house signet ring, identification
you may encounter one of them when you interact with a house business. The degree to which such acquaintances are willing to help you depends on your current standing in your house..
Suggested
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Light of Xaryxis
). Random Encounter The characters have at least one random encounter in the Astral Sea. Determine what they encounter by rolling on the Astral Sea Encounters table, which appears in Boo’s Astral Menagerie or choose an encounter you like.
Into the Astral Sea As the characters leave Wildspace and enter the Astral Sea, read: The colors of Wildspace grow more muted, fading into a deepening silver haze. Soon your ship is immersed in the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
encounter occurs at sea, the characters encounter 3d6 friendly sea elves. These elves know the location of Maelstrom (see chapter 10, “Hold of the Storm Giants”) and can lead characters there upon request
phenomena. They have advantage on saving throws against being charmed, and magic can’t put them to sleep. They have darkvision out to a range of 60 feet. They speak Common and Elvish. Sea. If this
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
Sea Hags The characters encounter three sea hags that comprise a coven. Their favorite trick is to pull a damaged or abandoned canoe onto a riverbank and pretend to be stranded or wounded explorers
in need of rescue. If the characters defeat the sea hags and search the area, roll three times on the Treasure Drops table to determine what, if anything, they find. Whatever treasure the hags have is stowed inside a rotted wooden chest.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
companions. The barbarians carry no treasure. Sea. If this encounter occurs at sea, the characters encounter 1d3 longships, each with ten berserkers and thirty tribal warriors aboard. One of the berserkers
Uthgardt Marauders The characters encounter a hostile group of Uthgardt barbarians consisting of 4d6 tribal warriors and an Uthgardt shaman (see appendix C). If the group has twenty or more tribal
Backgrounds
Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
Almost all of the common people and other folk that one might encounter along the Sword Coast or in the North have one thing in common: they live out their lives without ever traveling more than a
hundreds of miles of the Great Glacier and the Great Ice Sea. No one from your nation makes the effort to cross such colossal barriers without a convincing reason. You must fear something truly
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
Random Encounters For each day of a voyage, in addition to checking for hazards, roll a d20. On a 19 or 20, the ship has a random encounter. If you roll both a hazard and a random encounter, the ship
useful for when a ship travels in safe waters, while the higher-level ones are suited for primeval waters, far from well-trafficked sea lanes. The tables also allow for encounters with other ships and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
. The ogres have no treasure. Sea. If this encounter occurs at sea, the party encounters 1d4 + 1 merrow. The merrow try to harpoon characters and pull them into the water.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Boo’s Astral Menagerie
Astral Encounters You can generate a random encounter on the Astral Plane by rolling on either the Wildspace Encounters table or the Astral Sea Encounters table, as appropriate, or by choosing an
encounter you like. If the encounter is with a spelljamming ship, you can roll on the Ship Encounters table to determine the ship and its crew, or you can create a ship encounter of your own (see the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
safe journey before departing peacefully. Sea. If this encounter occurs at sea, the characters encounter a pirate captain (use the bandit captain stat block) and twenty pirates (use the bandit stat
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
Ocean Environs For those who dwell on land, the sea is an alien world filled with unpredictable hazards. Yet rare treasures hide in the depths, making such dangers well worth the risk for brave and
brazen mariners. This section details a variety of environmental features one might encounter both on and beneath the waves.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
plunder. Sea. If this encounter occurs at sea, the party encounters a frost giant greatship (see chapter 7, “Berg of the Frost Giants”) with twenty hostile frost giants aboard. If the characters are
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
stewardship over the sea floor from their initial settlements and built outposts to create trade with other races. Despite this expansion, few folk know of them. Their settlements are so remote even merfolk and sea elves rarely encounter them.
world’s oceans and established protectorates to watch over deep sea trenches, portals, undersea caves, and other locations where their enemies might lurk. They defeated their foes when they found
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
Underwater Encounters (Levels 1–4) d100 Encounter 01–10 3d6 quippers 11–14 2d4 steam mephits 15–18 1d4 sahuagin 19–22 2d6 merfolk 23–25 2d4 corpses of drowned sailors tangled in kelp 26–29 2d4
constrictor snakes 30–33 1d4 reef sharks 34–37 1 swarm of quippers 38–40 A bed of enormous clams 41–45 1d10 merfolk with 1d3 giant sea horses 46–50 1 giant octopus 51–55 1 merrow 56–60 1 plesiosaurus 61
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
Coastal Encounters (Levels 5–10) d100 Encounter 01 2d8 giant wolf spiders 02–03 3d6 pteranodons 04–05 2d4 scouts 06–07 1d6 + 2 sahuagin 08 1 sea hag 09–10 1d4 + 1 giant toads 11–15 3d6 sahuagin 16
stoppered bottle containing an illegible note and half buried in the sand 41–43 3 sea hags 44–46 1d8 + 1 harpies 47–50 1d4 plesiosauruses 51–53 1d4 manticores 54–56 2d4 ogres 57–60 1d10 griffons 61–65 A
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
for characters who have a swimming speed (or 10 hours otherwise). Along the way, the characters might encounter a variety of deep-sea creatures, such as three giant sharks feeding on the remains of
deep sea whales. No spirits or ghost ships make an appearance, though. As the characters near the trench, read or paraphrase the following description: Meadows of feathery, pale-pink sea lilies move
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
back. Any character who becomes attuned to the Stone of Golorr learns that the Vault of Dragons is hidden under an old tower in the Sea Ward (encounter 7, “Old Tower”). When they arrive at the tower
Summer Encounter Chain As Waterdavians contend with sweltering heat, the Cassalanters send disciples of their Asmodeus-worshiping cult to seize the Stone of Golorr while deftly avoiding entanglements
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
them to the home of a famous painter in the Sea Ward (encounter 10, “Converted Windmill”), beneath which is a tunnel that leads to the Vault of Dragons. Weather Effects Until the encounter chain is
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->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Astral Adventurer’s Guide
the Magic Initiate feat from the Player’s Handbook and must choose cleric for the feat. In the Astral Sea, you crossed paths with a wandering deity. The encounter was brief and nonviolent, yet it made
Astral Drifter Plasmoid Astral Drifter For longer than you can remember, you have traversed the Astral Sea. There, you experienced firsthand the wonders of the Silver Void: you stopped aging and no
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
Underwater Encounters (Levels 5–10) d100 Encounter 01–02 3d6 steam mephits 03–04 1d10 sahuagin 05–06 1 giant octopus 07–08 3d6 constrictor snakes 09–10 2d10 merfolk with 1d4 giant sea horses 11–15
1d4 sea hags 16–20 2d4 swarms of quippers 21–25 A sunken galleon with a 50% chance of a random treasure hoard inside (roll on the Treasure Hoard: Challenge 5–10 table in chapter 7 of the Dungeon
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Encounters d12 + d8 Encounter 2 Sunken ship covered in barnacles (25 percent chance that the ship contains treasure; roll randomly on the treasure tables in chapter 7) 3 Sunken ship with reef sharks
Sunken ruin (inhabited or haunted) 8 Sunken statue or monolith 9 Friendly and curious giant sea horse 10 Patrol of friendly merfolk 11 Patrol of hostile merrow (coastal waters) or sahuagin (deep
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
and dangers heroes might encounter when they venture out to sea. RUNNING NAUTICAL ADVENTURES
Running adventures involving ships and the sea doesn’t need to be daunting, especially not in a world as
Nautical Adventures The Callapheia chronicles the legendary story of Callaphe, captain of The Monsoon, whose wild adventures pitted her against all manner of pirates and sea monsters. Sailors also
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
Travelers The characters encounter one or more travelers (use the commoner stat block) with a tale to tell: Forest: 1d6 hunters or trappers who heard something big moving through the forest and ran
shepherds guiding the remnants of their flock to safety after a harrowing hill giant encounter
Mountains: 1d4 prospectors or miners who had a close call with some frost giants or stone giants and were
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
to hunt for wild game on the tundra or on the shores of the Sea of Moving Ice. If the characters hide in the snow and keep their distance, the giant and its mount continue unimpeded, and the encounter
herds of killer whales, seals, and walruses on the Sea of Moving Ice, while trappers, furriers, and Reghed nomads follow herds on land. After the characters encounter a herd, you can stage a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
Beyond Baldur’s Gate Use the following tables to determine who or what the characters might encounter on the roads leading to and from Baldur’s Gate. Use these tables as often as desired. Encounters
on the Roads d20 Encounter
1–4 No encounter
5–14 Travelers (roll on table J, then roll on table K to determine the travelers’ agenda)
15–20 Monsters (roll on table L)
Table
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer
Beyond Baldur’s Gate Use the following tables to determine who or what the characters might encounter on the roads leading to and from Baldur’s Gate. Use these tables as often as desired. Encounters
on the Roads d20 Encounter 1–4 No encounter 5–14 Travelers (roll on table J, then roll on table K to determine the travelers’ agenda) 15–20 Monsters (roll on table L) Table J: Travelers around
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
Random Wilderness Encounters Characters exploring the North are likely to encounter wandering monsters. Such encounters can occur as often as you like — but keep in mind that too many random
encounters can bog down the adventure and cause players to lose interest in the story. You can roll on the Random Wilderness Encounters table or choose an appropriate encounter. Each encounter is described in