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Geryon
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Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes
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If Geryon dies, these effects fade over the course of 1d10;{"diceNotation":"1d10","rollType":"roll"} days.
VARIANT: SOUND THE HORN
Geryon can have an action that allows him to summon enslaved
minotaur;minotaurs.
Sound the Horn (1/Day). Geryon blows his horn, which causes 5d4;{"diceNotation":"5d4","rollType":"roll","rollAction":"Sound the Horn"} minotaur;minotaurs to appear in unoccupied spaces
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
–6). As a reaction when this creature takes damage, it can roll a d10 and subtract the number rolled from the damage.
Geryon (Variant);VARIANT: SOUND THE HORN
Geryon can have an action that
allows him to summon enslaved minotaurs.
Sound the Horn (1/Day). Geryon blows his horn, which causes 5d4;{"diceNotation":"5d4","rollType":"roll","rollAction":"Sound the Horn"} minotaur;minotaurs
Monsters
Mythic Odysseys of Theros
Keen Sight. The raptor has advantage on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on sight.
Recorded Mimicry. The raptor can mimic any sound, including voices, it has heard in the last 24 hours. A
sands of time or are guarded by ancient monsters.
Constructed Nature. An anvilwrought doesn't require air, food, drink, or sleep.
VARIANT: ANVILWROUGHT RAPTOR FAMILIAR
Some anvilwrought raptors are
Charlatan
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Player’s Handbook (2014)
You have always had a way with people. You know what makes them tick, you can tease out their hearts’ desires after a few minutes of conversation, and with a few leading questions you can read
, you promise to deliver. Common sense should steer people away from things that sound too good to be true, but common sense seems to be in short supply when you’re around. The bottle of pink
Magic Items
Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
altered to sound genderless, and you are immune to magic that allows other creatures to read your thoughts, to determine whether you are lying, to know your alignment, or to know your creature type
Monsters
The Book of Many Things
Inviolate Presence. The veiled presence can’t be targeted by divination magic or by features that would read its mind or determine its creature type.
Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If the
row:
Distraction. A shrill sound fills the lair. Creatures that can hear it must succeed on a DC 15 Constitution saving throw or lose concentration.
Snares. Hidden snares target up to three
Species
Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
that extend from their back and shoulders.
Like owls, owlin are graced with feathers that make no sound when they move or fly, making it easy for them to sneak up on you in the library.
Your owlin
raised above 20.
Languages
Your character can speak, read, and write Common and one other language that you and your DM agree is appropriate for the character. The Player’s Handbook offers a list
Monsters
The Book of Many Things
can’t be targeted by divination magic or features that would read its mind or determine its creature type.Multiattack. The infiltrator makes two Poison Blade attacks and can use Beguiling
lair actions; the villain can’t take the same lair action two rounds in a row:
Distraction. A shrill sound fills the lair. Creatures that can hear it must succeed on a DC 15 Constitution saving
Backgrounds
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
can tease out their hearts’ desires after a few minutes of conversation, and with a few leading questions you can read them like they were children’s books. It’s a useful talent, and
sound too good to be true, but common sense seems to be in short supply when you’re around. The bottle of pink-colored liquid will surely cure that unseemly rash, this ointment — nothing
Monsters
Mythic Odysseys of Theros
throws against any effect that turns undead.
Unreadable Face. The Returned is immune to any effect that would sense its emotions or read its thoughts. Wisdom (Insight) checks to ascertain the
. They think and speak and even feel emotions based on their new experiences, but given their circumstances, those emotions tend to be muted.
VARIANT: RETURNED KAKOMANTIS
Although the dead typically
Monsters
The Book of Many Things
Alien Mind. Magic and other features can’t determine the corrupter’s creature type. If a creature tries to read the corrupter’s thoughts, that creature must succeed on a DC 20
initiative ties) while in its lair, the villain can take one of the following lair actions; the villain can’t take the same lair action two rounds in a row:
Distraction. A shrill sound fills the lair
Monsters
Mythic Odysseys of Theros
to assert its claim. Often, before a journey, sailors blow conch-shell horns in the belief that the sound will soothe nearby krakens.
The Horn of Humenades. Legend speaks of a magic horn that the
its hearts are exposed, Tromokratis can choose one of its mythic actions when it uses a legendary action.
Read or paraphrase the following text when Tromokratis uses its Hearts of the Kraken trait
Spell Scroll
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Basic Rules (2014)
A Spell Scroll bears the words of a single spell, written in a mystical cipher. If the spell is on your spell list, you can read the scroll and cast its spell without Material components. Otherwise
copied. Whether the check succeeds or fails, the Spell Scroll is destroyed.
VARIANT: SCROLL MISHAPS
A creature who tries and fails to cast a spell from a spell scroll must make a DC 10
Backgrounds
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
) into a thought strand that others can potentially read, share, or steal. These thought strands are treated as valuable currency among the Dimir.
Suggested Characteristics
Skilled at infiltration
don’t share it.
3
I like to sound mysterious, because wisdom hidden grows deeper with time.
4
I have no patience with people who get in my way.
5
I love hearing about other
Species
Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
internal organs of the usual sort. Their bodies are composed of cells, fibers, plasma-like ooze, and clusters of nerves. These nerves enable a plasmoid to detect light, heat, texture, sound, pain, and
constrict to produce sound.
When plasmoids sleep, they lose their rigidity and spread out and are thus sometimes mistaken for a rock or some other feature of the environment.
Creating Your Character
When
Monsters
Mythic Odysseys of Theros
mythic trait by describing her skin cracking and turning pale as she suffers wounds. Read or paraphrase the following text when Hythonia finally uses her Shed Skin trait:
The medusa’s skin
cracks, turns a lifeless gray, and shatters! The monster crumbles to dust—but what clatters to the ground isn’t scale and bone, but hollow stone. The sound of rippling coils precedes the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
(Athletics) check. The Leaper. Any creature that climbs the tower hears a horrified scream. The sound of the scream originates from above, passes any climbers, moves to the tower’s floor, and then repeats
sound and a powerful wind issuing from above. Any creature that climbs more than 30 feet up the tower, using the stairs or otherwise, must make a DC 15 Strength saving throw. On a successful save, the
Yuan-ti Pureblood
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
have changed over time.
Some yuan-ti add more sibilants to their birth names to create an exaggerated hissing sound, based on one’s personal preference and whether an individual’s anatomy
can more easily pronounce the name in this altered form. An adopted name of this sort is recognized as a variant of the birth name, rather than a unique name unto itself. A yuan-ti might refer to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
. Speed. Your base walking speed is 30 feet. Languages. You can speak, read, and write Common and one extra language of your choice. Humans typically learn the languages of other peoples they deal
with, including obscure dialects. They are fond of sprinkling their speech with words borrowed from other tongues: Orc curses, Elvish musical expressions, Dwarvish military phrases, and so on. VARIANT
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
names to create an exaggerated hissing sound, based on one’s personal preference and whether an individual’s anatomy can more easily pronounce the name in this altered form. An adopted name of this
sort is recognized as a variant of the birth name, rather than a unique name unto itself. A yuan-ti might refer to itself by its birth name, by its adopted name, or (especially among purebloods) by a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes of the Borderlands
Getting Started This cave is connected to cave K via the stairs south of area G6 (see map G). If the characters approach from outside the cave, read the following boxed text aloud to begin: The
stench of rot and wet stone issues from this natural cave. An unsettling screech and the sound of thick feathers ruffling echo within.
The owlbear is moving restlessly in its den (area G5).
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
Arriving in Barovia When the characters step through the portal in Sigil, they wade through a thick mist before emerging on the western outskirts of Barovia. Read or paraphrase the following: Thick
, gray fog shrouds this small, gloomy village. Dismal houses and outbuildings line the cobblestone streets. The sound of a child weeping echoes preternaturally from a tall house looming in the distance
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
Opening the Way When the characters reach the wall of the Reghed Glacier at the spot specified by Vellynne Harpell or Professor Skant, read: An immense, glistening wall of blue ice stands before you
one of the characters to read aloud the “Rime of the Frostmaiden” (see appendix E). Reading the poem aloud while standing before the glacier has the following effect: As the last words of the poem
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Variant Half-Orc or Human: Mark of Finding If your half-orc or human character has the Mark of Finding, the following traits replace the character’s racial traits in the Player’s Handbook, aside
can speak, read, and write Common and Goblin. Spells of the Mark. If you have the Spellcasting or the Pact Magic class feature, the spells on the Mark of Finding Spells table are added to the spell
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
grand hall filled with the sound of organ music. If the characters approach from area K8 and have not yet visited this area, read: A set of double doors to the west appears to be, or to lead to, an
K7. Entry Read the following text if the characters approach from the courtyard (area K1): The ornate outer doors of the castle hang open, flanked by fluttering torches in iron sconces. Twenty feet
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
Surprise Audience When the characters emerge from the hatch, read or paraphrase the following: The space beyond is a windowless room with a wooden ceiling only four feet off the floor and a trapdoor
at its center. A smiling mask with peeling paint lies on the floor. From above comes the sound of someone singing an operatic aria.
The characters are in the crawlspace beneath the stage of the Pear
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
rest concludes to the sound of warning horns. Darrett or a messenger from Marshal Vendri urges them to hurry to the command post atop the Trade Gate. Once the characters arrive, read the following text
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a3
make camp. When all of them have risen and finished preparing for the day’s travel, read: As you head toward the pyramid temple, you tread across cracked and overgrown flagstones, stepping over
fallen and shattered pillars, pushing aside vines and briars.
When you are nearly at the temple, the sound of creatures crashing through the underbrush comes from behind you. You turn around to see
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Intro to Stormwreck Isle
players the illustration of the merrow and adopt a different voice for it. You can use any voice you like, but try to sound intimidating! Read this text in the merrow’s voice: “These waters belong to the Scaled Queen. I’m here to collect her tribute.”
Dungeon Master, so it’s my job to tell you what’s happening in the world around you and rolling any dice for the monster. You’re playing the heroes!
Read this text to set the scene: Your journey has been
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
.
The crystal window peers into Obo’laka’s tomb (area 10), cannot be opened, and blocks all sound between area 6 and area 10. The window has AC 5, a damage threshold of 15, 10 hit points, and immunity to
poison and psychic damage. When any character approaches the crystal window and peers through it, read the boxed text in area 10, omitting the last sentence about the window. If the characters enter
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a3
the will-o’-wisp in the distance. If the characters approach from the north, read: The hallway abruptly ends at a blank stone wall.
If the wall is hammered on, it will sound solid. A character who
23A. Triangular Stone If the characters approach from the south, read: You come upon a ten-foot-wide pit that stretches across the corridor. Beyond it is a wedge-shaped stone block or pillar that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
the clay golem, the earthen fist, and the mud mephits) transform into heaps of harmless clay, earth, or mud. When Murgaxor’s ritual is stopped, read: A warbling, high-pitched wail escapes Murgaxor as
he crashes to the floor with a wet thump. A rush of air and a concussive blast momentarily replaces all sound. The thrum of magical power is gone.
The pitiful, muddy figure on the floor is Murgaxor
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
Approaching the Village When the characters first approach the village, read: Tall shapes loom out of the dense fog that surrounds everything. The muddy ground underfoot gives way to slick, wet
cobblestones. The tall shapes become recognizable as village dwellings. The windows of each house stare out from pools of blackness. No sound cuts the silence except for mournful sobbing that echoes
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
characters reach the midpoint of the hall from either direction, read: You hear a scraping sound of stone against stone, followed by the squeaking of a bat. In the direction of the noise, you see the
fanged visage, outstretched claws, and flapping black cape of a vampire bearing down on you from above! A deep, throaty chuckle fills the hall. The scraping noise is the sound of the hidden compartment
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
against Strahd came from that empire — now lost beyond the mists. Journal Page As the characters cross the room, read: You hear the soft flapping sound of wings, but can’t discern its origin. A single
destroyed. If the characters look at the torn page, show the players the “Journal of Argynvost” in appendix F. Slashed Picture If the characters study the whole picture above the mantelpiece, read: The