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time on a turn or starts its turn there makes a Charisma saving throw. On a failed save, a creature can’t speak a deliberate lie while in the radius. You know whether a creature succeeds or
fails on this save.
An affected creature is aware of the spell and can avoid answering questions to which it would normally respond with a lie. Such a creature can be evasive yet must be truthful.
Zone of Truth
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Spells
Basic Rules (2014)
the first time on a turn or starts its turn there must make a Charisma saving throw. On a failed save, a creature can't speak a deliberate lie while in the radius. You know whether each creature
succeeds or fails on its saving throw.
An affected creature is aware of the spell and can thus avoid answering questions to which it would normally respond with a lie. Such a creature can be evasive in its answers as long as it remains within the boundaries of the truth.
Species
Acquisitions Incorporated
— especially those designed to protect the power and wealth of the elite. When living among enlightened folk, verdan are still the first to speak out against cultural restraints on individuals
The verdan owe their existence to chaos. Descended and transformed from a large clan of goblins and hobgoblins, those who became the verdan were simply living their lives, doing goblinoid things. But
Telepathic
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Feats
Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
You awaken the ability to mentally connect with others, granting you the following benefits:
Increase your Intelligence, Wisdom, or Charisma score by 1, to a maximum of 20.
You can speak
doesn’t give the creature the ability to respond to you telepathically.
You can cast the detect thoughts spell, requiring no spell slot or components, and you must finish a long rest before you
feats
Player’s Handbook
. You can speak telepathically to any creature you can see within 60 feet of yourself. Your telepathic utterances are in a language you know, and the creature understands you only if it knows that
language. Your communication doesn’t give the creature the ability to respond to you telepathically.
Detect Thoughts. You always have the Detect Thoughts spell prepared. You can cast it without a
feats
failed save, the creature can’t speak a deliberate lie for 1 minute. You know whether a creature succeeds or fails on this save. An affected creature is aware of the spell and can avoid answering
questions to which it would normally respond with a lie. Such a creature can be evasive yet must be truthful.
You can use this feature at will, but when you use it on a creature, you must finish a Long Rest before you can use it on that creature again.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
Cultural Chameleons The clan homes of the Underdark goblinoids who became the verdan covered an enormous area. As the verdan fled to the surface world, they emerged in culturally diverse locations
. Some found themselves near dwarven strongholds, others near elven enclaves, and others near the widespread human settlements of Faerûn. Without a cultural identity or memory of their own, the verdan
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->Candlekeep Mysteries
to anyone who sees her. Sarah understands characters who speak Common and tries to respond to them, but she can’t speak because Lord Viallis cut out her tongue before killing her. The ghost tries to
her forth. Once she appears for the first time, Sarah (a ghost) reappears whenever the characters speak her name in the presence of the book. The anguished state of the young woman’s spirit is clear
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
Utterance. You can speak telepathically to any creature you can see within 60 feet of yourself. Your telepathic utterances are in a language you know, and the creature understands you only if it knows
that language. Your communication doesn’t give the creature the ability to respond to you telepathically. Detect Thoughts. You always have the Detect Thoughts spell prepared. You can cast it without a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
Languages The languages that a monster can speak are listed in alphabetical order. Sometimes a monster can understand a language but can't speak it, and this is noted in its entry. A "--" indicates
receive and respond to telepathic messages but can't initiate or terminate a telepathic conversation. A telepathic monster doesn't need to see a contacted creature and can end the telepathic contact at any
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
Languages The languages that a monster can speak are listed in alphabetical order. Sometimes a monster can understand a language but can’t speak it, and this is noted in its entry. A “ — ” indicates
receive and respond to telepathic messages but can’t initiate or terminate a telepathic conversation. A telepathic monster doesn’t need to see a contacted creature and can end the telepathic contact at any
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
the same benefit that a human does from 8 hours of sleep. Languages. You can speak, read, and write Common and Elvish. Elvish is fluid, with subtle intonations and intricate grammar. Elven literature
is rich and varied, and their songs and poems are famous among other races. Many bards learn their language so they can add Elvish ballads to their repertoires. Subrace. Ancient divides among the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
surroundings. Some gain reputations as oracles and might respond to questions posed to them in Primordial. Since water weirds don’t speak, they often communicate using spouts of water or objects submerged in
, Unconscious
Senses Blindsight 30 ft.; Passive Perception 10
Languages Understands Primordial but can’t speak
CR 3 (XP 700; PB +2)
Traits
Invisible in Water. The water weird has the Invisible
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
, exhaustion, frightened, paralyzed, petrified, poisoned
Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 7
Languages understands Dwarvish but can’t speak
Challenge 2 (450 XP)
Engine of Pain. Once per
the hammerer can respond by using its Multiattack with its reaction.
Siege Monster. The hammerer deals double damage to objects and structures.
Actions
Multiattack. The hammerer makes two
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
charmed, exhaustion, frightened, paralyzed, petrified, poisoned
Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 7
Languages understands Dwarvish but can’t speak
Challenge 3 (700 XP)
Engine of Pain
screamer, and the screamer can respond by using its Multiattack with its reaction.
Actions
Multiattack. The screamer makes one drill attack and uses its Sonic Scream.
Drill. Melee Weapon Attack: +6
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
characters approach either bridge, they can make out the initial details of the rift and can see the guards blocking the path. Read the following to set the scene: A rift in the earth divides Elturel into
bridge can be activated to produce a radiant energy harmful to fiends and undead. A character touching the bridge who succeeds on a DC 15 Intelligence (Religion) check as an action can speak the proper
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
the same benefit that a human does from 8 hours of sleep. Languages. You can speak, read, and write Common and Elvish. Elvish is fluid, with subtle intonations and intricate grammar. Elven literature
is rich and varied, and their songs and poems are famous among other races. Many bards learn their language so they can add Elvish ballads to their repertoires. Subrace. Ancient divides among the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
Communication and Disposition In this adventure, the queen, the subchief Irhtos, the shamans, and the scaleshields can speak and understand the Common tongue. The aged lizardfolk minister, Sauriv, is
fluent and literate in Common. All other lizardfolk speak only Draconic and are illiterate. The lizardfolk in this colony are nervous and on edge, fearful of an imminent sahuagin invasion. In
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
appendix A) who speaks Celestial, Common, Draconic, and Elvish, and can cast Speak with Dead at will. She introduces herself and asks to speak with the characters in private. The characters can slip into an
business they have at the house on the far side of the village. However the characters respond, Sarusanda says she is also going to the building. “The locals call it Death House,” she says. “Perhaps we
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
Voice of War However the characters choose to respond to the army near Vogler, their plans are derailed by unexpected visitors. As the characters prepare, a messenger in black-and-red armor arrives
among you speaks for this village?”
This Dragon Army soldier (see appendix B) astride a warhorse is a messenger from the Red Dragon Army. If a character doesn’t speak up first, Raven steps forward and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
’ behavior (“I’m sure they’re grateful to you, but they’re so happy to be home they forgot their manners”) and then asks why the characters are traveling through the forest. If they respond truthfully, Feynor
clean again. The treant urges the characters to resume their travels and suggests that they stop along the way at the community of Dewlight to speak with a sprite named Wheeldoli, who might have more
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
traps. If Huarwar Mulphoon and Fel Suparra are alive, they are among the cult fanatics (see area C6 for more information about these NPCs). The Knights of the Black Sword speak Common and Infernal, and
to reach it, while the cult fanatics encamp around the base of the tower. Avarice’s goal is simple: conquer Ythryn and claim its treasures for herself. From her refuge, Avarice divides her expedition
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
the Lower Planes, because of the many fiends that capture them and train them as war hounds. Howlers can be domesticated, after a fashion, but they respond only to brutal training during which they are
60 ft., passive Perception 15
Languages understands Abyssal but can’t speak
Challenge 8 (3,900 XP)
Pack Tactics. A howler has advantage on attack rolls against a creature if at least one of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
hounds. Howlers can be domesticated, after a fashion, but they respond only to brutal training in which they are forced to recognize the trainer as the pack’s undisputed leader. A trained pack then
Immunities frightened
Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 15
Languages understands Abyssal but can’t speak
Challenge 8 (3,900 XP) Proficiency Bonus +3
Pack Tactics. A howler has advantage on
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
might wander the Material Plane for centuries, collecting corpses while searching for a way to return home. Sweeping the Dead. Cadaver collectors respond to a summons from a mortal only when they are
, frightened, paralyzed, petrified, poisoned
Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 10
Languages understands all languages but can't speak
Challenge 14 (11,500 XP)
Magic Resistance. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
Material Plane for centuries, collecting corpses while searching for a way to return home. Cadaver collectors respond to a summons from a mortal only when they are called to the scene of a great battle
charmed, exhaustion, frightened, paralyzed, petrified, poisoned
Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 10
Languages understands all languages but can’t speak
Challenge 14 (11,500 XP
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
a puzzle to solve. Some speak plainly; others respond in poem or parable. And some refuse to speak at all.
Dawn Incarnates of the Preserve Each Dawn Incarnate that inhabits the Preserve of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Radiant Citadel
a puzzle to solve. Some speak plainly; others respond in poem or parable. And some refuse to speak at all.
Dawn Incarnates of the Preserve Each Dawn Incarnate that inhabits the Preserve of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
growing above.
The air shimmers, and a female drow appears in the center of the chamber. The drow is an illusory projection, like a major image spell, that Nurvureem uses to speak with interlopers
useful to me. No longer useful alive, at any rate.”
Nurvureem doesn’t respond to further entreaties, ignoring characters who tarry in the undercroft. If the characters refuse to leave or go out of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
, at which point, they swivel their heads toward the nearest characters and speak (see below). If any character steps within 5 feet of the globe of light, the clockwork dragons attack all creatures in
the room, though they continue to respond to characters engaging them in conversation even during the fight. (If a character attempts to seize the component, see “The Missing Component,” below
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
thing that could happen right now. Describe feelings of being watched. Hint that the characters are being hunted. Let characters respond to these stray thoughts. Sometimes these impressions should
just be their nervousness getting to them. But sometimes it’s the calm before a threat strikes. Out of Time When the time for action comes, make your narration feel urgent. Speak quickly and in short
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
different combatants to maneuver. The giant moves in the characters’ direction and lashes out. Two duergar guards and two duergar xarrorn (see appendix C) respond to the giant’s roaring, racing in to join
downplaying nor exalting the characters’ actions. The characters can speak to the newly arrived giant while the duergar confer. The giant introduces himself as Dorhun, apprentice to Stonespeaker Hgraam. He
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
prepared. She doesn’t move, although she can speak and use her other abilities. Her bridesmaids attempt to chase off intruders, wailing and scolding them about how it is unlucky for them to see the
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->Dungeon Master’s Guide
roll warrants it.
Magical Footnotes. Spells such as Contact Other Plane, Legend Lore, and Speak with Dead allow characters to learn information while leaving you control of the particulars.
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information and respond to questions from the party. If the characters miss an important detail, this NPC can reinforce details in a way books and recollected facts can’t.
Any one of these methods is