Search Results
All Results
Characters
Compendium
Spells
Items
Monsters
Vehicles
Forums
Returning 35 results for 'shields of reward defense varied'.
Other Suggestions:
shield of rewards defense variety
shield of regards defense variety
shield of read defense variety
shields of read defense valued
shields of read defense variety
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
, any creature within the bright light and able to see the snail when this power is activated must succeed on a DC 15 Wisdom saving throw or be stunned until the light ends.
Shell Defense. The flail
about 250 pounds and has numerous uses. An intact shell can sell for 5,000 gp.
Many hunters seek the shell for its antimagic properties. A skilled armorer can make three shields from one shell. For 1
Giff
Legacy
This doesn't reflect the latest rules and lore.
Learn More
Monsters
Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes
rank. Promotions don’t depend on age but are granted by a superior as a reward for valor. Giff are devoted to their children, even as most of their education is geared toward fighting and war
military training to the exclusion of all other areas of study can make them seem dull-witted to those who have more varied interests.
GUNPOWDER BY THE KEG
Aside from their personal gunpowder weapons
Equipment
. Creatures that fail the saving throw by 5 or more have their Speed reduced by 10 feet until the start of the snekkja’s next turn.
Shield Wall. The rowers raise their shields in defense. This
Equipment
on a success. Creatures that fail the saving throw by 5 or more have their Speed reduced by 10 feet until the start of the skeid's next turn.
Shield Wall. The rowers raise their shields in defense
Equipment
. Stokkvari takes the Dash action.
Shield Wall. Order the rowers to raise their shields in defense. This grants creatures in the ship a +5 bonus to their Armor Class and Dexterity saving throws, but the ship
Backgrounds
Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
possibilities.)
Now you’re looking for something else, perhaps greater reward for the risks you take, or the freedom to choose your own activities. For whatever reason, you’re leaving
defense of others. (Good)
2
Responsibility. I do what I must and obey just authority. (Lawful)
3
Independence. When people follow orders blindly, they embrace a kind of tyranny. (Chaotic
Hobgoblin
Legacy
This doesn't reflect the latest rules and lore.
Learn More
Species
Volo's Guide to Monsters
a powerful magic item), by fine performances (writing and performing a great ballad about the legion), by designing and constructing a great defense or monument, and through other means. But the
; is often extended to other races the hobgoblins have dealings with, much to the outsiders’ surprise. When such respect isn’t reciprocated, though, relations can swiftly deteriorate.
Reward
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Sapphire dragons’ scales and wing membranes show varied shades of blue, ranging from the light tones of a spring sky to the rich, crystalline azure of sapphire gems and compressed glacial ice. In the
defense—until someone bests the dragon’s security measures.
3
A sapphire dragon seeks adventurers to lead into battle against the mind flayer;mind flayers that usurped the dragon
Equipment
saving throw by 5 or more have their Speed reduced by 10 feet until the start of the drakkar's next turn.
Shield Wall. The rowers raise their shields in defense. This grants creatures in the ship a +5
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
their rivals. The sonic pulse of their breath weapon sows weakness, leaving the victims unable to fight back.
Luminous Blue
Sapphire dragons’ scales and wing membranes show varied shades of
claims the spoils of the cult’s victories.
2
A sapphire dragon is bound by an ancient pact to advise a monarchy on matters of defense—until someone bests the dragon’s security
classes
Player’s Handbook
: Animal Handling, Athletics, Intimidation, Nature, Perception, or Survival
Weapon Proficiencies
Simple and Martial weapons
Armor Training
Light and Medium armor and Shields
Starting
Multiclass Character
Gain the following traits from the Core Barbarian Traits table: Hit Point Die, proficiency with Martial weapons, and training with Shields.
Gain the Barbarian’s level 1
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
breath weapon sows weakness, leaving the victims unable to fight back.
Luminous Blue
Sapphire dragons’ scales and wing membranes show varied shades of blue, ranging from the light tones of a
victories.
2
A sapphire dragon is bound by an ancient pact to advise a monarchy on matters of defense—until someone bests the dragon’s security measures.
3
A sapphire dragon
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hold Back The Dead
their reward. Corlie must return to the Sword Coast, but she insists Ironspine Keep needs leaders who can guarantee its defense. The fortress makes an excellent base of operations for future
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice Compendium
the armor you’re wearing (see PHB, "Armor and Shields"). For example, in leather armor, you calculate your AC as 11 + your Dexterity modifier, and in chain mail, your AC is simply 16. Unarmored
Defense (Barbarian): 10 + your Dexterity modifier + your Constitution modifier. Unarmored Defense (Monk): 10 + your Dexterity modifier + your Wisdom modifier. Draconic Resilience (Sorcerer): 13 + your
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
Inspiration Inspiration is a rule the game master can use to reward you for playing your character in a way that’s true to his or her personality traits, ideal, bond, and flaw. By using inspiration
, you can draw on your personality trait of compassion for the downtrodden to give you an edge in negotiating with the Beggar Prince. Or inspiration can let you call on your bond to the defense of your home village to push past the effect of a spell that has been laid on you.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
Inspiration Inspiration is a rule the game master can use to reward you for playing your character in a way that’s true to his or her personality traits, ideal, bond, and flaw. By using inspiration
, you can draw on your personality trait of compassion for the downtrodden to give you an edge in negotiating with the Beggar Prince. Or inspiration can let you call on your bond to the defense of your home village to push past the effect of a spell that has been laid on you.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
lives, and enjoys, the solitary life of a lighthouse keeper. He is a respected member of the mariners’ guild. If the major is attacked by the party, the local citizenry rallies to his defense. The
mariners’ guild quickly places a bounty on the party, and the adventurers become hunted criminals. The major does not have the guild’s reward money or anything of value (other than food, drink, and nautical equipment) at the lighthouse.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
colorful homes and varied goat and sea-serpent carvings, the village of Grakenok would look cozy were it not being attacked by a behemoth whirlwyrm. Over thirty feet long, the giant eel towers over the
town’s few bariaur defenders, smashing fishing boats and cottages in its rampage.
The bariaurs of Grakenok have put up a heroic defense of their home. They’ve been suffering whirlwyrm attacks for days
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
the victims unable to fight back.
Luminous Blue
Sapphire dragons’ scales and wing membranes show varied shades of blue, ranging from the light tones of a spring sky to the rich, crystalline
ancient pact to advise a monarchy on matters of defense—until someone bests the dragon’s security measures.
3
A sapphire dragon seeks adventurers to lead into battle against the mind
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
gains proficiency with shields and all simple and martial weapons. Martial Role 1st-level Warrior feature Each warrior focuses on offense or defense in their training. Choose one of the following
Defense 11th +4 Indomitable (1 use) 12th +4 Ability Score Improvement 13th +5 — 14th +5 Ability Score Improvement 15th +5 Extra Attack (2 extra) 16th +5 Ability Score Improvement 17th +6 — 18th +6
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
to her skull covers the empty eye socket. Without their armor, Falthra and Helgra have AC 10. They keep their war picks and javelins close by, but fight only in self-defense. Visitors who trouble them
males named Forn and Wulluk, and they’re fashioning shields and bits of scale mail instead of weapons. Forn is fat and lazy, Wulluk old and cantankerous. They grate on each other’s nerves and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
. One of your goals in this part of the adventure is to keep your special NPC alive. For each of these NPCs that survives, your party will receive a special quest that yields a reward upon its successful
points. These NPCs are predisposed to aid in their settlement’s defense, but players might try to keep them out of harm’s way instead. Each NPC has an ideal, a bond, and a flaw, and though you should
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
Q36. Dragon’s Audience Hall The west wall of this fifty-foot-long, thirty-foot-wide audience hall has crumbled, leaving a gaping hole and a pile of rubble. Weapons and shields that once hung from the
anyone who tries to end his torment.”
Vladimir fights in self-defense. He also rises from his throne and attacks if the characters fail to heed his warning and press him for help destroying Strahd
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
. Ekene-Afa Deals in weapons, shields, traveling gear, rain catchers, saddles, wagons, and canoes Ekene-Afa (LG female Chultan human gladiator) won numerous gladiatorial contests in Port Nyanzaru’s arena
teenage sons named Soshen and Tiryk. Soshen is a city guard, and Tiryk is a popular dinosaur racer. Both were named after Chultan rivers. Ekene-Afa sells nonmagical weapons and shields of every kind
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
haven for enclave members and their friends. In her disembodied state, Jeryth can’t be harmed. If the need arises, Jeryth can cast any spell on the druid spell list. She uses her spells in defense of
spell’s level. Emerald Enclave Missions Party Level Mission Brief Mission Requirements and Reward 2nd “Outlying farms are being terrorized by a scarecrow come to life. It has slaughtered livestock
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
explored the area without attracting any attention from the sahuagin. Mission Goals The objectives of the mission, which must be accomplished if the reward is to be gained, are fourfold: Determine the
quartered, and the leaders housed. Discover any significant defensive measures: traps, areas readied specifically for defense, and other dangers the attacking force must avoid or overcome. Discover how advanced the sahuagin preparations are and when they might mount their first attack.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
Assault Encounters Level 1 of the fortress teems with defenders. While most sahuagin are clustered as described in “The Defense,” a few locations prove central to the fortress’s security. 1. North
supplies rests a box made from tightly grown pink coral. Inside is a necklace of adaptation and 4 potions of healing. 19. Hall The sahuagin mount a desperate defense here, determined to protect their leaders
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
. Jarlaxle is supremely confident that his crews can overcome any threat, so he doesn’t rush to their defense at the first sign of trouble. Only if the characters do considerable damage will he treat
Jarlaxle hasn’t already met them). Although killing the characters would be easy at that point, Jarlaxle would rather put them to work for him. He has them watched but doesn’t provoke hostilities until such time as the reward clearly outweighs the risks.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
to reward players who take the time to search for them. For each door and room, consider their original purpose: were secret doors a defense against invaders, or do denizens of the dungeon scheme to keep secrets from each other? Secrets can help you develop the story of a dungeon.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
, carrying on not out of hope, but out of fear of the land’s merciless soldiers. Led by General Vladeska Drakov, Falkovnia’s military organizes a desperate and occasionally effective defense against
, having fled their homeland’s zombie plague. Such individuals have likely seen horrors and know tragedy. Falkovnia’s residents often have brown hair and varied skin tones with warm undertones. Their names
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
martial weapons, shields, and all armor.
Actions
Shortsword. Melee Weapon Attack: +7 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 6 (1d6 + 3) piercing damage.
Longbow. Ranged Weapon Attack: +7 to hit
. 10th 60 (11d8 + 11) Improved Defense. Ayik’s Armor Class increases by 1. 11th 66 (12d8 + 12) Indomitable. Ayik can reroll a saving throw that he fails, but he must use the new roll. Once he uses this feature, he can’t use it again until he finishes a long rest. Ayik Ur and Ayik’s Shortsword
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice Compendium
printings of the Player’s Handbook no longer include the wording that provoked this question.) Can a fighter have two fighting styles active at once? Dueling and Defense, for example. You can benefit from
the benefit of true strike on your next turn if the spell hasn’t ended. Can the Disarming Attack maneuver disarm a creature of a shield it has donned? No. Disarming Attack forces a creature to drop an object it is holding. Donned shields aren’t merely held.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
Languages Common
Proficiency Bonus +2
Bonus Proficiencies. Levna is proficient with simple and martial weapons, shields, and all armor.
Pack Tactics. Levna has advantage on an attack roll against
increase the following numbers by 1: the bonuses in the Saving Throws and Skills entries, her passive Perception score, and the bonuses to hit of her weapon attacks. 10th 71 (11d8 + 22) Improved Defense
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
armorer can make three shields from one shell. For 1 month, each shield gives its wielder the snail’s Antimagic Shell trait. When the shield’s magic fades, it becomes an exotic shield that is the
.
Shell Defense. The flail snail withdraws into its shell. Until it emerges, it gains a +4 bonus to its AC and is restrained. It can emerge from its shell as a bonus action on its turn.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
of Tiamat, hopeful that the queen of evil dragons will reward him with untold power. He is, however, a bit on the dim side, thinking of visitors as either servants (who bring him food) or as enemies
potion of gaseous form, a +1 longsword, a +1 longbow, +1 leather armor, and bracers of defense. Developments If the dragon is slain, the cultists are enraged and seek immediate vengeance. The major