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Returning 33 results for 'simple of respond down verdan'.
Monsters
Tales from the Yawning Portal
Limited Telepathy. The otyugh can magically transmit simple messages and images to any creature within 120 feet of it that can understand a language. This form of telepathy doesn't allow the
receiving creature to telepathically respond.
Reduced Threat. This creature has -2 penalty on all ability checks and saving throws.Multiattack. The otyugh makes three attacks: one with its bite and two with
Monsters
Infernal Machine Rebuild
Limited Telepathy. The otyugh can magically transmit simple messages and images to any creature within 120 feet of it that can understand a language. This form of telepathy doesn't allow the
receiving creature to telepathically respond.
Innate Spellcasting (Psionics). The neo-otyugh's innate spellcasting ability is Intelligence (spell save DC 12). It can innately cast the following spells
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
Verdan Traits Verdan characters have a number of traits in common with others of their kind. Ability Score Increase. Your Constitution score increases by 1, and your Charisma score increases by 2
. Age. Verdan reach adulthood at around the age of 24, and it is thought that they might live to nearly 200 years old. However, because no verdan has died of old age since the race’s initial creation
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
downstream by the current and wash up on the riverbank far from their destination. When the characters arrive, read or paraphrase the following text: On the south bank of the river stands a simple hut with
character who succeeds on a DC 14 Wisdom (Insight) check gets the sense Hadley is looking for a specific reply. If the party doesn’t respond with the other half of the phrase, Hadley offers to take
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
Perception 11
Languages Otyugh
Challenge 7 (2,900 XP)
Limited Telepathy. The otyugh can magically transmit simple messages and images to any creature within 120 feet of it that can understand a language
. This form of telepathy doesn’t allow the receiving creature to telepathically respond.
Innate Spellcasting (Psionics). The neo-otyugh’s innate spellcasting ability is Intelligence (spell save DC 12
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
11. Frulam Mondath’s Chamber Frulam Mondath (see appendix D) moved into this simple but comfortable chamber when the camp was abandoned. If no fight has occurred with the guards in area 12 and
characters enter this chamber from area 9, then Mondath is here when they arrive. Guards in area 12 hear whatever happens in this chamber and respond dutifully. The chamber contains a writing desk and stool
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
darkvision 120 ft., passive Perception 11
Languages Otyugh
Challenge 5 (1,800 XP)
Limited Telepathy. The otyugh can magically transmit simple messages and images to any creature within 120 feet of
it that can understand a language. This form of telepathy doesn’t allow the receiving creature to telepathically respond.
Actions
Multiattack. The otyugh makes three attacks: one with its bite and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
magically transmit simple messages and images to any creature within 120 feet of it that can understand a language. This form of telepathy doesn’t allow the receiving creature to telepathically respond
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
this chamber from area 9, then Mondath is here when they arrive. Guards in area 12 hear whatever happens in this chamber and respond dutifully. The chamber contains a writing desk and stool, several
fall. Spread open on one of the tables is a simple map of the Greenfields area showing the villages the cult attacked and looted. An arrow is sketched in from the Greenfields toward the west and the town
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
artificer’s inventions might include items such as a lock box that opens with a verbal command or a series of gestures, a clockwork critter designed to respond to simple commands, or a common magic item (such
Makes Perfect Rock gnomes who take a more scientific approach to inventing are the ones responsible for creating technological devices that make life easier. Even an invention as simple as a new kind
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
Queen of Fungi, has carved for herself inside the great mushroom. The general layout is simple enough, with the hollowed stalk of the mushroom making a towering central hall in which Zuggtmoy floats
insist on engaging the demon lord here and now. Dozens of spore servants and myconids respond to Zuggtmoy’s telepathic call if their mistress is in danger, attacking the characters heedless of their own
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Borderlands Quest: Dagger Danger!
Tips for Dungeon Masters Here are some general tips for new Dungeon Masters. Rule 0. Rule 0 of D&D is simple: Have fun. It’s fine if everyone agrees to change the rules as long as doing so means the
Players. Encourage your players to speak to you, publicly or privately, if something in the game upsets them. Then respond appropriately. For instance, you can move past upsetting topics by quickly
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Borderlands Quest: Goblin Trouble
Tips for Dungeon Masters Rule 0. Rule 0 of D&D is simple: Have fun. It’s fine if everyone agrees to change the rules as long as doing so means the game is more fun for everyone. Be Supportive. The
to speak to you, publicly or privately, if something in the game upsets them. Then respond appropriately. For instance, you can move past upsetting topics by quickly narrating a resolution to a scene
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
this chapter). 5. Anticipate the Villain’s Reactions As the adventurers pursue their goals and foil the villain’s plans, how does the villain respond? Does it lash out in violence or send dire warnings
? Does it look for simple solutions to its problems or create more complicated schemes to route around interference? Look over the villain’s actions that you outlined in step 2. For each event arising
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
result, some warlike triton communities respond with periodic strikes against sailors and fishing vessels. Others believe that turnabout is fair play and so venture onto land to hunt for meat, steal
with your people. You can communicate simple ideas with beasts that can breathe water. They can understand your words, though you have no special ability to understand them in return. Guardians of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
dwarves must be to blame, the dragon engages them in a wider conflict, and the dwarves respond in kind. Even if neither side destroys the other, both will be severely weakened, after which the rival
dwarves, but they do consider them ideal slaves. Even when captured and put to work against their will, dwarves are innately driven to bring their full effort to a task at hand. Even simple toil
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
, uncaring of the events of the world. They remarked on how the halflings enjoyed the simple pleasures of the moment, such as food and music, family, and friendship, and how they seemed to desire no more than
fundamental character, and if the halflings are convinced of a creature’s good intentions, they respond well. Halflings would welcome an orc with a good heart into their company and treat it as
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
Secretary then hesitates, and the image wavers. “Zhong Yin, I will not be retrieving you as planned,” she says. “I am sorry.”
The image flickers, then vanishes.
Any attempt to respond to
alchemical devices. Muttering figures cluster around these stations. Four simple cots stand nearby.
Imperial alchemists work in secret here, trying to recreate the lost secrets of Dragon’s Blessing. Passages
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
are a proud and strong people with a fierce love of life and its simple pleasures. Demonstrate an outlook complementary to theirs, and they might make of you a comrade. Show fear or contempt, and
they will respond with quick violence. LOST TRIBES OF THE UTHGARDT
Some Uthgardt tribes are seen by others as lost to the world. They are considered anathema, and even speaking of them outside certain
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a5
. Three deathlock wights (see appendix B) oversee six skeletons. They attack intruders. Aura. A detect magic spell reveals a transmutation aura on the whole area, which is a simple magical effect to control
. Aura. A detect magic spell reveals a faint aura of transmutation magic on the whole area, which is a simple magical effect to control the odor of the butchery. Creatures. Twelve skeletons are here
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
Elf Hovels Six simple houses ring the base of the hill, three protruding from the north side and three from the south side. A grim, gray-cloaked figure stands in front of the door to this house. The
. Each of these wagons contains three Vistani (CN male and female human bandits). The Vistani are playing a dice game for favors, since they have no money. They respond to sounds of alarm by drawing
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
initiation ritual. The foundation myth of a mystery cult is usually simple and often involves a god’s death and rising, or a journey to the underworld and a return. Mystery cults often revere sun and
philosophies aren’t worshiped; they aren’t beings that can hear and respond to prayers or accept sacrifices. Devotion to a philosophy or a force isn’t necessarily exclusive of service to a deity. A
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
can respond by standing before his sphere and speaking. When he does, his helmeted face manifests, but it’s composed of the sphere’s silvery goo. (For more about Lord Soth, see appendix B.) Unknown to
Teremini, Lord Soth can send a weaker facsimile of himself through this scrying sphere. If the characters respond to Lord Soth’s manifested face with anything other than deference, a death knight made
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
slaad, but they follow its commands because they are furiously loyal to Dory. The manticores roam freely through the warehouse at night. They spend their days in the loft but respond quickly to any
(Stealth) check while doing so. Once the grate is open, characters can drop down into area D7. The chains holding the ship aloft are too sturdy to be broken by any quick or simple method. Severing one
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
simple flatware for five. It’s stocked with nutritious food, water, and wine. A spiral staircase carved into the interior wall of the trunk rises to a bedroom with five crisply made beds arranged
them here, where the dryads could finally be together. The dryads enjoy playing card games, especially a simple bluffing game known as myriad. If the characters behave peacefully, the dryads
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
endless loop. The modrons are indifferent to other creatures and ignore creatures they trample or creatures that try to communicate. If faced with barriers, the modrons create simple structures (like
respond. Xabash can provide general details from the “Tyrant’s Spiral” section earlier in this chapter. Once the characters are done conversing with Xabash or if they attack it, the beholder drifts
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
city reflecting the first days of a glorious empire. The sun never sets here. Positive energy flows into Eberron from Irian, and the denizens of Irian believe that the simple fact of their existence
helps the mortals of the Material Plane. The celestials of Irian are also those most likely to respond to planar ally and similar spells. Irian Manifest Zone Features d4 Feature 1 The waters of a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
radiant damage on a hit. 31–36 One simple or martial weapon that is nonmagical and carried by one character in the region gains the properties of a mace of disruption for 24 hours. 37–42 A flying
hours, whenever any creature is wounded, its blood (or similar fluid) spreads to form a short message or grisly tableau. 66–70 A spirit inhabits one character’s simple or martial weapon, making it a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
simple workrooms contain one combat robot and three worker robots programmed to haul, manage, and protect cargo in the adjacent cargo holds (see area S33). The robots are inactive and indifferent
escaped a laboratory tank in another part of the ship and made this area its lair. When the characters enter, the aboleth probes their minds telepathically. If the characters respond, the aboleth attempts
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a1
or disturbance in the main area draws all the monsters, although those in the northwest chamber respond most slowly. Investigating. The containers on the small tables in the main area hold mashed
upon terrified people. Soil and compost cover half the chamber’s floor, which allows a variety of feeble plants to grow. A bench containing simple gardening implements stands along the west wall
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
nothing of value. S19a: Office. This private chamber contains a desk, simple furnishings, and documents in an unknown language related to the ship’s activities and destination. An unlocked drawer in
, they escort the characters to meet their leader in area S22b. The vegepygmies defend themselves if necessary and call for reinforcements from nearby rooms. The rooms are damp, simple apartments with
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
are made of silver. The platter and the carafe are worth 10 gp each, while the goblet is worth 5 gp. All three are engraved with a simple pictograph showing a lizard standing proudly with its forked
the characters unless they see the sahuagin prisoner traveling with them. If they hear combat in either area 50 or area 52, they respond and help defend their potential allies. In this case, they leave
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a1
the door is opened, it closes on its own 1 minute later, although any obstruction placed in the doorway prevents it from doing so. The door can be opened from the western side with a simple push. 10
otherwise engaged, laughing and mocking as it does so. Secret Door. Finding the door on the southern wall requires a successful DC 20 Wisdom (Perception) check. The door opens with a simple push inward