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Returning 35 results for 'spark singing adventurers'.
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
gifted poets, storytellers, and entertainers who travel far and wide. They’re commonly found in taverns or in the company of jolly bands of adventurers, rough-and-tumble mercenaries, and wealthy
Types
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Performance Type
1
Poetry
2
Singing
3
Bagpipe
4
Flute
5
Dancing
Harpy
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Basic Rules (2014)
song ends. The harpy must take a bonus action on its subsequent turns to continue singing. It can stop singing at any time. The song ends if the harpy is incapacitated.
While charmed by the harpy, a
successfully saves is immune to this harpy's song for the next 24 hours.A harpy combines the body, legs, and wings of a vulture with the torso, arms, and head of a human female. Its sweet song has lured countless adventurers to their deaths.
monsters
uses its magic to walk disguised among people. A dragon might hire adventurers to undertake quests into the ruins of its lost homeland.
Spirit Dragons
Spirit dragons, sometimes called song dragons
Advantage on Charisma (Performance) checks that involve singing or playing music. Creatures other than the dragon and its allies in that area have Disadvantage on saving throws to avoid or end the
Tabaxi
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
its secrets and nature have been laid bare.
Tinkers and Minstrels
Curiosity drives most of the tabaxi found outside their homeland, but not all of them become adventurers. Tabaxi who seek a safer
instruments, tell stories, and offer exotic goods in trade for items that spark their interest. Tabaxi reluctantly accept gold, but they much prefer interesting objects or pieces of lore as payment.
These
Kenku
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
their ingenuity and skill had turned toward scheming against their patron, the spark of creativity was torn from their souls. Finally, to ensure that the kenku could never divulge any secrets, their
degradation or shifts in meaning. Human messengers might switch words or phrases and garble a message inadvertently, but the kenku produce perfect copies of whatever they hear.
Kenku Adventurers
Kenku
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sleeping Dragon’s Wake
Quest Goals To complete the Death Knight-Dreadnaught Quest (see “The Quest Board”), the adventurers must rescue Tarbin Tul from the dreadnaught’s hold or otherwise stop him from singing to the vessel. Doing so causes the dreadnaught to cast off from the rocks and return to sea.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
Parleying with Monsters Why fight if a lively chat is possible? If things get out of hand, just show yourself out with a dimension door.
Tasha
Meeting a monster doesn’t have to spark a fight. An
offering, like food, can calm some hostile monsters, and sapient creatures often prefer to talk than to draw weapons. If the adventurers try to parley with a monster, you may improvise the encounter
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon of Icespire Peak
Harpy A harpy is always on the hunt for prey. Its sweet song has lured countless adventurers to their deaths, drawing them in close for the harpy to kill and then consume. Harpy
Medium monstrosity
take a bonus action on its subsequent turns to continue singing. It can stop singing at any time. The song ends if the harpy is incapacitated.
While charmed by the harpy, a target is incapacitated
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragons of Stormwreck Isle
Harpy The cruel harpy uses its sweet song to lure adventurers and sailors to their deaths. A harpy has the body, legs, and wings of a vulture but the torso, arms, and head of a human. Harpy
Medium
ends. The harpy must take a bonus action on its subsequent turns to continue singing. It can stop singing at any time. The song ends if the harpy is incapacitated.
While charmed by the harpy, a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
charmed until the song ends. The harpy must take a bonus action on its subsequent turns to continue singing. It can stop singing at any time. The song ends if the harpy is incapacitated.
While charmed
saves is immune to this harpy’s song for the next 24 hours.
Taking glee in suffering and death, the sadistic harpy is always on the hunt for prey. Its sweet song has lured countless adventurers to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
Tinkers and Minstrels Curiosity drives most of the tabaxi found outside their homeland, but not all of them become adventurers. Tabaxi who seek a safer path to satisfy their obsessions become
trade for items that spark their interest. Tabaxi reluctantly accept gold, but they much prefer interesting objects or pieces of lore as payment. These wanderers keep to civilized realms, preferring to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Atmosphere What do the adventurers first notice as they approach or enter a settlement? The towering wall bristling with soldiers? The beggars with hands outstretched, pleading for aid outside the
suggests a wealth of sensory details: the sight of colorful boats floating on muddy waters, the sound of lapping waves and perhaps singing gondoliers, the smells of fish and waste polluting the water, the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
sphinx telepathically receives the following riddle: Forked like a serpent’s tongue,
I spark the thunder’s peal;
With every stroke, the storm is wrung
Of darkness by my zeal.
What am I?
The
Netheril As the adventurers walk along the dunes, a cold wind howls across the desert. The shrieks of the wind soon turn to cries of anguish, as if coming from tortured souls. Bedine nomads believe
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
Bard Bards are gifted poets, storytellers, and entertainers who travel far and wide. They’re commonly found in taverns or in the company of jolly bands of adventurers, rough-and-tumble mercenaries
Performance Types d10 Performance Type 1 Poetry 2 Singing 3 Bagpipe 4 Flute 5 Dancing 6 Drum 7 Lute 8 Puppetry 9 Mime 10 Acting Bard
Medium Humanoid, Any Alignment
Armor Class 15 (chain shirt)
Hit
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
burning candle and littered with plates cleared of food and half-drained tankards. The sounds of gamblers yelling and drunken adventurers singing bawdy songs nearly drown out the off-key strumming of a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
, every nerve singing with the tension in the air all around you.
Finally, a swirling light begins to flare in the darkness. A barely audible humming shakes you to the core, rising and falling like a
comprehend, and the terrible battle begins. OPTION: JIMJAR'S LAST GAMBLE
If the adventurers need some extra help in their epic final battle at the end of the campaign, consider the following option
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
Redeeming Zariel In this outcome, the adventurers entreat the archdevil to redeem her angelic soul and take up her celestial mantle once more. Even though Zariel has fallen, there remains a faint
before her. Confronted with the last fragment of her angelic spark, Zariel faces an internal struggle. In this moment, the characters have a chance to help the archdevil return to the light. One of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
spark that can ignite the flames of righteousness in others and the light that chases away the darkness of evil. Seeing this spark in the adventurers makes the paladin one of the party’s strongest
council to the next. Although it is not necessary for all delegates to back the adventurers, without at least some support from the Lords’ Alliance, there is almost no way for the party to marshal enough
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
spark that can ignite the flames of righteousness in others and the light that chases away the darkness of evil. Seeing this spark in the adventurers makes the paladin one of the party’s strongest
council to the next. Although it is not necessary for all delegates to back the adventurers, without at least some support from the Lords’ Alliance, there is almost no way for the party to marshal enough
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
spark that can ignite the flames of righteousness in others and the light that chases away the darkness of evil. Seeing this spark in the adventurers makes the paladin one of the party’s strongest
council to the next. Although it is not necessary for all delegates to back the adventurers, without at least some support from the Lords’ Alliance, there is almost no way for the party to marshal enough
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
Haunted Keeps In the southwestern Sumber Hills stand four ruined keeps built centuries ago by a band of adventurers, the Knights of the Silver Horn. According to most locals, these crumbling stone
the Feathergale Knights. These “knights” affect a dashing image and are given to drinking, singing, wearing fashionable clothing, and general revelry. The club is a cover for the Cult of the Howling
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
calls for the crowd to place their bets. 31–34 Three harpies fly through the streets singing a jolly drinking song. Each carries a bucket around her neck, and passersby occasionally drop coins in one. 35
rats in a merry dance. 77–80 Four orcs jab at an ochre jelly with long staffs, trying to herd the ooze into the sewers. 81–82 Several Cyran refugees are gathered in a circle, singing a haunting song. 83
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
resisting them only when the most powerful omens from Yeenoghu compel them to do so. They cooperate to gang up on each of the individuals in a group of explorers or adventurers, or if the prey is more
bow shot becomes easy prey for any gnolls near it. Some particularly clever gnolls have been known to use burning arrows to spark fires, cutting off their prey’s escape routes and driving victims into
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
street shrieks when a specific party member steps on it. The crack runs for blocks, tracing back to Mandorcai’s Mansion.
11 Two drunk sailors invite the characters to join them in singing a well
Flaming Fist mercenaries (veterans) who don’t like the look of adventurers
9 1 ghost from Harborside Hospital
10 1d4 mimics posing as cargo
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer
back to Mandorcai’s Mansion. 11 Two drunk sailors invite the characters to join them in singing a well-known shanty called Really Big Oysters, but quickly forget the words and stumble away. 12 A
murder spree 5 Press gang of 1d4 + 1 half-ogres 6 1d6 Guild operatives (spies) 7 2d4 street brawlers (thugs) 8 1d6 Flaming Fist mercenaries (veterans) who don’t like the look of adventurers 9 1 ghost from Harborside Hospital 10 1d4 mimics posing as cargo
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
, surrounded by spiraling balconies where her growing number of bridesmaids attend her, singing as they weave her bridal gown to prepare for the fateful wedding day. If the adventurers enter Yggmorgus
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
unbridled horses drink from the river.
The mournful strains of an accordion clash with the singing of several brightly clad figures around bonfire. A footpath continues beyond this encampment
, cunning and sharp of mind. She has met a good many adventurers in her time and knows they can’t be fully trusted. She wants to free the land of Barovia from its curse, and her fate is interwoven with
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Domains of Delight: A Feywild Accessory
, music, and singing birds Values ceremony and refinement (for example, proper ways of speaking, formal etiquette, and extravagant dinner parties) Favors elaborate, manufactured costuming with
immaculate tailoring Harshly judges those who don’t exhibit the proper etiquette (adventurers who commit social blunders make fools of themselves, might be labeled buffoons, and might be laughed out of court
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
adventurers cause problems in groups alongside others who don’t share their interests and objectives. Generally, evil alignments are for villains and monsters.
Languages Your race indicates the languages
characteristics that you can use to spark your imagination. You’re not bound to those options, but they’re a good starting point.
Personality Traits Give your character two personality traits. Personality
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
that spark when touched or masterfully woven seaweed saddles.
Dinosaur World Encounters d10† Encounter
1 1 regisaur* (attitude: 1d8) hunting
2 1 altisaur* (attitude: 1d8 + 2
Encounters d12† Encounter
1 2d4 gargoyles (attitude: 1d8) keeping watch, crouching utterly still
2 2 galeb duhrs (attitude: 1d10) singing a rumbling bass duet to an audience of boulders
3
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
just a cane). He lives in the small shop, whose many levels, staircases, and landings fill the hollowed-out interior of the head, and which is crammed with oddments sold to Thort by adventurers and
, and to occasionally attack folk in the darkness, strangling them or tripping them into fatal falls. Most often, though, it takes no notice of those who don’t bother or follow it, eerily singing
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
pursue creatures out of the area and sink back into the mud if foes flee. Treasure. The mounds encase the desiccated remains of two adventures slain by the mud elementals. The adventurers were sent by
the water by humming, singing, or playing a song. As an action, a character who performs a song and succeeds on a DC 15 Charisma (Performance) check creates a 5-foot-wide opening in the waterfall for 1
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
archmage Hoobur Gran’Shoop. The constructs remain motionless until the adventurers move close or attack. These scarecrows can cut the rope holding them with their claws, but they prefer to remain hanging
give the sisters food and water within 10 minutes, one of them dies. The surviving sibling then makes it her life’s mission to seek revenge on everyone involved, including the adventurers who failed
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
that plot, the Cult of the Dragon Adventure Hooks table offers suggestions for how adventurers might encounter this sinister cult. Cult of the Dragon Adventure Hooks d6 Adventure Hook
1 A
caught up in the affairs of adventurers. Hidecarved Dragons Adventure Hooks d6 Adventure Hook
1 A hidecarved dragon hires the characters to undertake a quest in pursuit of the lauth’s goal
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
, Mirran and Nym. Mirran is singing, while Nym provides instrumental accompaniment by tapping on the crab’s shell with a pair of whalebone mallets. Mirran and Nym have the statistics of a storm giant, with
guards to escort the adventurers to the guest quarters (area 3), where they are to remain until summoned. If the characters allow themselves to be taken to area 3, the storm giants stand guard in area 2