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Podling
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monsters
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
replaced by a podling can often tell something’s amiss. Roll on the Podling Behavior table to see what unusual habits a podling might demonstrate.
Podling Behavior
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occasional lapses. An observer familiar with the digested creature can recognize the discrepancies with a successful DC 20 Wisdom (Insight) check, or automatically if the podling does something in direct
Dragonborn
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Basic Rules (2014)
wrestle down a dire bear himself. His familiar well-worn armor was gone, replaced by violet-tinted scale armor with bright silvery tracings. There was a blazon on his arm as well, the mark of some
give up on something. A dragonborn holds mastery of a particular skill as a lifetime goal. Members of other races who share the same commitment find it easy to earn the respect of a dragonborn.
Though
Tabaxi
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
replaced with a new obsession. Objects remain intriguing only as long as they still hold secrets.
A tabaxi rogue could happily spend months plotting to steal a strange gem from a noble, only to trade it
hand, which you constantly fidget with.
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You are always in debt, since you spend your gold on lavish parties and gifts for friends.
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When talking about something you’re obsessed
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Rest Variants The rules for short and long rests presented in chapter 8 of the Player’s Handbook work well for a heroic-style campaign. Characters can go toe-to-toe with deadly foes, take damage to
within an inch of their lives, yet still be ready to fight again the next day. If this approach doesn’t fit your campaign, consider the following variants. Epic Heroism This variant uses a short rest
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice & Errata
Alignment in the Multiverse (p. 122) The first three paragraphs have been replaced with the following: For many thinking creatures, alignment is a moral choice. Humans, dwarves, elves, and other
, most devils hail from the Nine Hells, a plane of lawful evil. A devil does not choose to be lawful evil or tend toward lawful evil, but rather it is lawful evil in its essence. If it somehow ceases to be lawful evil, it changes into something new—a transformation worthy of legend.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
, but negotiates for passage if the characters speak to it. The gynosphinx appears to have suffered ancient injuries to its head, which have healed and been replaced by mechanical components. Both the
question. This might be something inherent to their characters’ own knowledge, or something completely outside the context of the game. If this is a question pertaining to the real world, you might tell
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
Phandalin, more murderous vagrants show up. They probably have something to do with what’s happened to Tresendar Manor, and with the livestock that have started going missing! And it’s only a matter of
replaced by a council of three prominent citizens, elected every two years. However, the recent abdication of one councilor and the town’s growing size have prompted the townsfolk to decide that it’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
. When they stop, they’re replaced by a shroud of fog the locals call “the breath of the dead.” To the chagrin of the town’s no-nonsense populace, Mordentshire is home to a small community of scholars
—collapsed into the bay. Locals avoid the tide pools mingling amid dilapidation and the dead. Haworth Hall Haworth Hall numbers among the domain’s dozens of lonely, decaying manors. Something inhabits the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
the victims’ knowledge and control of their bodies, intellect devourers use their perfect disguises to pass as the people they’ve replaced and further mind flayer plots. Intellect Devourer Tiny
next turn.
Mark Zug I know Durgan, and that wasn’t Durgan. It was like something was wearing Durgan... like some sort of suit... a Durgan suit.
—Johana Grethe,
Account of the Stormport Shock
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
evil in your heart, or if there is the whiff of something otherworldly about you, ride on. You’ll find no sanctuary there. Places and People of the Hold Helm’s Hold is still a relatively small
has since been replaced by a recently constructed temple to Lady Firehair, called the Heartward Hall. Not far from Heartward lies the town hall, a former inn that has been turned into the council
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
noise of crashing walls and shattered timbers fades, replaced by the screams of people trapped in the wreckage.
There are 1d4 + 1 people trapped in the collapsed building. All of them are commoners
has already used its Invisibility trait and can’t use it again until it finishes a short or long rest. Invisible Duergar Something unseen is making footprints in the snow, and those footprints are
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
700; PB +2)
Traits
Suppressed Lycanthropy. If reduced to 0 Hit Points, Gennifer succumbs to lycanthropy. Her statistics are replaced by those of the Werewolf stat block, but she retains her
magic sword, Gossamer, which, according to family legend, contains the soul of a heroic Weathermay ancestor. Laurie suspects that Gennifer is keeping something from her, but she won’t pry into her
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
rotting wooden coffin containing the moldy bones of its occupant, or something more terrifying. The baron’s two daughters, Sylphene and Heluthe, perished at the ages of six and nine, respectively, and
for different reasons (see area C12 for details). A hag stole Heluthe’s corpse a few years ago and replaced it with a scarecrow and two crawling claws that try to murder anyone who releases them. If
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
allow others to jump to the wrong conclusions if doing so is necessary to protect something, to keep promises, or to hide the secret of its existence. Ancient and Few. A couatl can live for ages without
statistics and ability to speak, but its AC, movement modes, Strength, Dexterity, and other actions are replaced by those of the new form, and it gains any statistics and capabilities (except class features
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
replaced until it is no longer Haunted. Repeating. While there is at least one Haunted special facility in a Bastion, whenever a character gains a new special facility or replaces a special facility with a
as long as the hireling remains possessed. The spirit departs after 14 days. Hidden Room. The spirits reveal a hidden closet within your Bastion. Add a 5-foot-square space to your Bastion. Something
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
nuances of interactions between sapient beings. These duplicates make excuses about their odd behavior, but those familiar with an individual replaced by a podling can often tell something’s amiss
successful DC 20 Wisdom (Insight) check, or automatically if the podling does something in direct contradiction to the digested creature’s established beliefs or behavior. The podling melts into a slurry when
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Modifying a Class The classes in the Player’s Handbook capture a wide range of character archetypes, but your campaign world might have need of something more. The following section discusses ways to
faith, making them proficient with the quarterstaff and nothing else. You could give them a benefit to make up for the loss of proficiencies—something like the monk’s Unarmored Defense class feature, but
compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Legends of Greyhawk: Secrets of the Free City
, as though everything within has been drained away and replaced with something cold.
What They Want. Once intent on using a forbidden tome to dominate Prince Thrommel IV through Fragarach, his
and constantly mixes gentle criticism with instructions on how it would do something.
Ending the Combat When all four candles are extinguished, the ritual ends, and the mephits vanish
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
permanent damage but has been convalescing in her den since the attack. Telemy Hill is worried for its friend and hopes the characters can cheer up the goblin, perhaps by bringing her something to eat or
removed the goblin’s ability to perceive that fear and replaced it with an insatiable and overwhelming need to collect keys. So great is this obsession that Jingle Jangle has lost her own sense of self and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
through a barred grate to the busy street above. As they trim its barbed branches, something shudders within. 5 Three sahuagin emerge from a wide pipe. “Polluters!” shouts one of them, addressing the
destroyed and replaced with clones. Warrens of Thought The Warrens of Thought are a maze of dripping catacombs beneath the Hive. They are home to the largest cranium rat collective in Sigil: the Us
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
Mad Maggie’s infernal war machine. Chukka is animated, irritable, and takes care of repairs around the fort. Chukka and Clonk lost their weapons and replaced them with the following weapons salvaged
a redcap, Grubba, grab it and run off. Barnabas is too embarrassed to tell Mad Maggie about it, though she suspects something is amiss because Barnabas has starting whistling when he speaks. He
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice & Errata
target, whether that target is a creature, an object, or some other phenomenon. Dispel Magic can’t dispel something in advance. If a spell isn’t already present on a target, Dispel Magic does nothing to
, on your turn you could say something like this: “I ready Dispel Magic, and if the high priest casts a spell on anyone, I cast Dispel Magic on the target if the spell takes hold.” If the high priest
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
. Daelkyr Modifications d10 Modification 1 The creature is fused with another creature or object. 2 The creature has additional eyes, or its existing eyes are replaced with the eyes of a
different creature. 3 The creature produces eerie music instead of speech. 4 The creature’s skin has an unusual texture or color. 5 The creature’s hair is replaced by spines or tentacles. 6 The creature’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
food.
The two sprites are named Sysie and Val. Any character who converses with them and succeeds on a DC 10 Wisdom (Insight) check notices they are both uneasy. They sense something is amiss with
of information: Zorhanna’s Simulacrum. “I’m now convinced that my wife has been replaced by a simulacrum—a lookalike invested with her knowledge and spellcasting ability. I dimly recall Zorhanna
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
caught up in the trappings of civilization.” Bond. “I will always try to help a friend.” Flaw. “I’m such a scatterbrain. I forget important pieces of information until something reminds me.” L2
something else entirely. Both Konrad and Rugga are in constant agony. They can communicate telepathically out to a range of 60 feet. Their communications consist of pleas to release them from their torment
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice Compendium
target, whether that target is a creature, an object, or some other phenomenon. Dispel magic can’t dispel something in advance. If a spell isn’t already present on a target, dispel magic does nothing to
, on your turn you could say something like this: “I ready dispel magic, and if the high priest casts a spell on anyone, I cast dispel magic on the target if the spell takes hold.” If the high priest
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
attacks. Up to three of these attacks can be replaced by Blood Drain, one replacement per tentacle grappling a creature.
Tentacle. Melee Weapon Attack: +8 to hit, reach 20 ft., one target. Hit: 14
. A gazer might follow humanoids in its territory, noisily mimicking their speech and generally being a nuisance, until they leave the area, but it flees if confronted by something it can’t kill. Gazer
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
its jaw and mouth have been replaced by a door, which leads into the shop known as Thort’s Findings. Undevvur Thort is a wizened ex-adventurer who leans on a cane (which some locals insist is more than
turn the spirit have failed. Those who brave its unearthly approach and allow Ruid to pass through them learn a secret truth about someone or something in their life — if they survive.
Brindul Alley
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
stare into a torch for several minutes, carefully studying each flicker of flame. Many have an experimental streak, eager to see what happens when something — a barrel of pitch, a hunter’s cabin, an
+ 2) piercing damage.
Razerblast A razerblast seethes with hate for the enemies of the fire cult. The razerblast’s elemental overlords have replaced its heart with a flaming orb that detonates if
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
, the dead guards are replaced by troops from areas K8 or area K20. If those guards are killed too, it takes Grimjaw 1d4 + 1 days to get reinforcements and replace the gate guards. During this period
as long as needed, giving them bunks in area K8. If the party seems to know something but appears weak or dangerous, Grimjaw orders the cultists to attack. If the party seems to know something and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
over the wyrmling. At the DM’s discretion, the characters might be able to offer something else in the dentures’ place, such as a secret family recipe, one of Fill’s delectable cinnamon rolls, or Uncle
string of baking bungles, the hag locked him up here. Asger fears he’s being replaced and soon will be eaten. Skeleton. Asger doesn’t know the identity of the skeletal prisoner in the other cage, whom he
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
could see the objects of their heart’s desire reflected in it. Any creature that stares into the mirror for 1 minute sees its own reflection fade away, to be replaced by an image of the thing it wants
character’s player to determine what the character sees: it might be something or someone the character lost, a goal the character has yet to attain, or a momentous event that has not yet come to pass. If
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
to hear something other than the same tales of conquest Vrakir’s armies always tell. A character who succeeds on a DC 15 Charisma (Performance) check can command Kalimrax’s rapt attention for up to 1
demiplane until the gem is replaced or someone else accesses the room with a demiplane spell. Treasure. If removed from the wall, the gem continues to radiate magic but doesn’t otherwise function. It is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
meet Qarbo. Development If the characters attack the monastery and then leave, when they return the guards here are replaced by two minotaurs sent here from the Temple of Black Earth, supervised by one
long-abandoned dwarven stronghold that exists below the Sacred Stone Monastery; He nurtures something called the Black Geode, and when all is ready, “the Evergrowing Mountain shall come and remake
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
forest critters) warn her of their presence. She decides on a whim to leave her lair and confront them. The characters hear something enormous approaching them through the dark woods and tangled
gardens and bowers are everywhere. The town replaced its earthen rampart with a wall years ago, but the wall has flowers growing along its foundations both inside and outside the settlement. The river