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Monster Manual
Legendary Resistance (6/Day). If the tarrasque fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.
Magic Resistance. The tarrasque has Advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical
, and the target has the Grappled condition (escape DC 20). Until the grapple ends, the target has the Restrained condition and can’t teleport.
Claw. Melee Attack Roll: +19;{"diceNotation":"1d20
Zaratan
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Monsters
Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes
Earth-Shaking Movement. As a bonus action after moving at least 10 feet on the ground, the zaratan can send a shock wave through the ground in a 120-foot-radius circle centered on itself. That area
distance of the structure’s height must make a DC 25 Dexterity saving throw. On a failed save, the creature takes 17 (5d6);{"diceNotation":"5d6","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Earth-Shaking
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If the zaratan fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.
Siege Monster. The elemental deals double damage to objects and structures (included in Earth
-Shaking Movement).Multiattack. The zaratan makes one Bite attack and one Stomp attack.
Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +17;{"diceNotation":"1d20+17", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Bite"} to hit, reach
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
.
Hungry to claim more power despite the Raven Queen’s curse, nagpas strive to bring about world-shaking destruction. From the shadows, they manipulate events to bring about ruin. They can bring to
Multiattack. The nagpa makes three Staff or Deathly Ray attacks. It can replace one attack with a use of Spellcasting.
Staff. Melee Weapon Attack: +8;{"diceNotation":"1d20+8","rollType":"to hit
Monsters
Curse of Strahd
roots. It can replace one of these attacks with a rock attack.
Root. Melee Weapon Attack: +12;{"diceNotation":"1d20+12","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Root"} to hit, reach 60 ft., one target. Hit: 30
damage.Animated objects are crafted with potent magic to follow the commands of their creators. When not commanded, they follow the last order they received to the best of their ability, and can act independently
Species
Mythic Odysseys of Theros
-shaking roars, gives most leonin an air that readily shifts between regal and fearsome. Leonin often act with confidence, which can come off as imperiousness. While this can reassure their allies, it can
gold to black. While their hands prove as nimble as those of other humanoids, leonin have retractable feline claws, which they can extend instantly. This, along with their ability to produce bone
Monsters
Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
Legendary Resistance (6/Day). If the scion fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.
Magic Resistance. The scion has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects
damage at the start of each of the scion’s turns.
The scion’s stomach can hold up to two creatures at a time. If the scion takes 60 damage or more on a single turn from a creature inside it
Monsters
Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
Legendary Resistance (6/Day). If the scion fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.
Magic Resistance. The scion has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects
. Hit: 35 (4d12 + 9);{"diceNotation":"4d12+9", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Crystal Club", "rollDamageType":"bludgeoning"} bludgeoning damage. Hit or Miss: The scion can cause the club to flare with
Monsters
Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
Legendary Resistance (6/Day). If the scion fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.
Magic Resistance. The scion has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects
);{"diceNotation":"1d6", "rollType":"recharge", "rollAction":"Glacial Upheaval"}. The scion digs its hands into the ground at a point it can see within 30 feet of itself and launches a magically conjured mass of
Monsters
Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
Legendary Resistance (6/Day). If the scion fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.
Magic Resistance. The scion has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects
being embedded in hardening rock. A creature can make a DC 25 Strength (Athletics) check as an action, freeing itself or a creature within reach from the rock on a success. The rock has AC 17 and 40 hit
Monsters
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
Divine Being. Auril can’t be surprised and can’t be changed into another form against her will.
Divine Resurrection. When Auril drops to 0 hit points, her crystalline form shatters and
point in this form, each creature within 10 feet of her takes 10 cold damage at the start of each of her turns.
Legendary Resistance (1/Day in This Form). If Auril fails a saving throw, she can choose
Monsters
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
Divine Being. Auril can’t be surprised and can’t be changed into another form against her will.
Divine Rejuvenation. When Auril drops to 0 hit points, her body turns to slush and melts
). She can innately cast the following spells, requiring no material components:
At will: chromatic orb (cold orb only; see “Actions” below), detect magic, misty step
2/day each: control
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
Volume Giants are loud. From the earth-shaking rumble of several-ton footsteps to ear-splitting roars supported by lungs the size of barrels, giants can make a lot of noise. Don’t yell at your
players, but consider raising your voice a little, and perhaps gently shaking the table to demonstrate how the earth trembles at the giant’s footsteps. Finding ways to emphasize a giant’s volume can help
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Putting Events in Motion World-shaking events can happen at any time in a campaign or story arc, but the biggest incidents naturally fall at the beginning, middle, and end of a story. That placement
problems, but other forces oppose them. As they reach a significant milestone toward their goal, a major conflict disrupts the characters’ plans, shaking their world again; failure seems imminent. At the
Monsters
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
Divine Being. Auril can’t be surprised and can’t be changed into another form against her will.
Divine Rejuvenation. When Auril drops to 0 hit points, her body collapses into shards of
.
Legendary Resistance (2/Day in This Form). If Auril fails a saving throw, she can choose to succeed instead.
Magic Resistance. Auril has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
waste to entire civilizations, invasions of vast armies or extraplanar hordes, assassinations of world leaders. These world-shaking events title the chapters of history. In a D&D game, such events
provide the sparks that can ignite and sustain a campaign. The most common pitfall of serial stories without a set beginning, middle, and end is inertia. Like many television shows and comic-book series
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
Campaign Events If you don’t want to build a world that focuses on the presence or absence of giants, you can instead build a campaign around world-shaking events that are instigated by giants. Storm
. Similar events might mark the start, middle, or end of a campaign as the actions of giants shake the world. The World-Shaking Events table offers inspiration for giant-driven events that can set or alter
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
, it’s probably not in the DM’s best interest to reorder the world every single time there’s a lull in the action, lest world-shaking events become ordinary. As a general rule, a campaign can sustain up
to three large-scale, world-shaking events: one near the beginning, one near the middle, and one near the end. Use as many small-scale events that disturb the bounded microcosms of towns, villages
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
Spell Level Every spell has a level from 0 to 9. A spell’s level is a general indicator of how powerful it is, with the lowly (but still impressive) magic missile at 1st level and the earth-shaking
wish at 9th. Cantrips — simple but powerful spells that characters can cast almost by rote — are level 0. The higher a spell’s level, the higher level a spellcaster must be to use that spell. Spell
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
Spell Level Every spell has a level from 0 to 9. A spell's level is a general indicator of how powerful it is, with the lowly (but still impressive) magic missile at 1st level and the earth-shaking
wish at 9th. Cantrips -- simple but powerful spells that characters can cast almost by rote -- are level 0. The higher a spell's level, the higher level a spellcaster must be to use that spell. Spell
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Netheril’s Fall: Tales of Terror, Treasure, and Time Travel
Chapter 4: Escape From the Past Chapter 4
Escape From the Past SAMUEL PERIN The cosmos-shaking magic of Karsus’s Folly drives a caldron magen into a violent frenzy Experimentation with temporal
magic was rife before Netheril’s fall. At key points in Netherese history, the fabric of time and space frequently thinned and warped. You can use this warped fabric to pull your characters from any
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If the dragon fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.Multiattack. The dragon makes one Bite attack and two Claw attacks.
Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +13
emotions, dispel magic, invisibility, revivifyThe dragon can take 3 legendary actions, choosing from the options below. Only one legendary action option can be used at one time and only at the end of
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If the dragon fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.Multiattack. The dragon makes one Bite attack and two Claw attacks.
Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +10
, invisibility, revivifyThe dragon can take 3 legendary actions, choosing from the options below. Only one legendary action option can be used at one time and only at the end of another creature’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
Threshold Evacuation After Belephaion is defeated, read the following: The shaking underfoot continues. Outside the windows, boulder-sized chunks of the city tear free, rising into the air. Beneath
the ceiling. Characters who try to use the flying citadel helm can make a DC 10 Intelligence (Arcana) check. If they succeed, they realize it’d take several hours to attune to it and regain control of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
World-Shaking Events You can use this section for ideas and inspiration to expand on world-shaking events already occurring (or soon to occur) within your world. Alternatively, you can roll on the
tables below to randomly generate an event to inspire your imagination. The attempt to justify a random result can reveal unforeseen possibilities. To get started, select a world-shaking event category
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
that flout the laws of nature, and the most accomplished among them can cast spells with world-shaking effects. The price that wizards pay for their mastery is that most valuable of commodities: time. It
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— Gimble the illusionist
Only a select few people in the world are wielders of magic. Of all those, wizards stand at the pinnacle of the craft. Even the least of them can manipulate forces
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
grown attached to a frog, any frog reduced to 0 hit points becomes docile, and its eyes return to normal. Alternatively, a character can use an action to coax a frog into shaking off the malady
the Threat If all the characters fall unconscious, café manager Ellina Tanglewood (chaotic good elf mage) rushes onto the scene and subdues the frogs. She has two potions of healing behind the barista station and can administer them as needed if anyone gets hurt.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Potion of Animal Friendship Potion, Uncommon When you drink this potion, you can cast the level 3 version of the Animal Friendship spell (save DC 13).
Agitating this potion’s muddy liquid brings
bands of stone. Shaking the bottle fails to mix the colors.
Potion of Comprehension Potion, Common
When you drink this potion, you gain the effect of the Comprehend Languages spell for 1 hour
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
, though, a whimsical moonstone dragon delights in shaking things up, insisting that visitors come to the Border Ethereal for a meeting or sleeping in the middle of a heavily trafficked forest on the
into others. Moonstone Dragon Lair Features You can look to other maps in this chapter as inspiration for the scattered parts of a moonstone dragon’s lair. For example, a well maintained and above-water
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
from sunup to sundown. Barthen’s doesn’t stock weapons or armor, but characters can purchase other adventuring gear here, except for items that cost more than 25 gp. Characters who ask for weapons or
details of the mine from Sildar Hallwinter, a character who succeeds on a DC 10 Intelligence (History) check can relate the information from the first two paragraphs of chapter 1. Elmina also
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
become infected. The DC of this saving throw can increase depending on the severity of the plague’s spread (see “Cycle of the Plague” below). Symptoms. It takes 1d2 days for the Gnawing Plague’s
finishing a long rest. The plague’s symptoms include buboes, fatigue, splotchy rashes, sweats, and shaking, particularly facial tremors. Locals liken these twitches to the sniffing of rats. Sufferers
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
impervious shell, biding its time until it recovers and can resume its march. Zaratan
Gargantuan elemental, neutral
Armor Class 21 (natural armor)
Hit Points 307 (15d20 + 150)
Speed 40 ft., swim
darkvision 60 ft., tremorsense 60 ft.,
passive Perception 15
Languages —
Challenge 22 (41,000 XP)
Earth-Shaking Movement. As a bonus action after moving at least 10 feet on the ground, the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.
Siege Monster. The elemental deals double damage to objects and structures (included in Earth-Shaking Movement).
Actions
Multiattack. The zaratan
gain shelter beneath its impervious shell, biding its time until it recovers and can resume its march. Zaratan
Gargantuan Elemental, Typically Neutral
Armor Class 21 (natural armor)
Hit Points 307
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
Shaking Loose The engine, which weighs two tons, is ordinarily set on a solid stone surface. Being wedged partway down a crevasse makes its operation more problematic. When the engine is activated
automatically grabs one of its bands before falling. The creature can use an action to try to climb back onto the engine, doing so with a successful DC 10 Strength (Athletics) check. At the end of its
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver
sunup to sundown. Barthen’s does not stock weapons or armor, but characters can purchase other adventuring gear here, with the exception of items that cost more than 25 gp. (For prices, see
Hallwinter, a character who succeeds on a DC 15 Intelligence (History) check can relate the information from the first two paragraphs of the “Background” section at the start of the adventure. Barthen






