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Acquisitions Incorporated
speak, but her AC, movement modes, Strength, Dexterity, and special senses are replaced by those of the new form, and she gains any statistics and capabilities (except class features, legendary
search of a weapon to aid his captured sister.
Whether in combat or social encounters, Portentia shifts frequently between different forms and mindsets, only some of which are fully humanoid. She fights
Monsters
Curse of Strahd
): augury, lesser restoration, protection from poison
3rd level (3 slots): magic circle, remove curse, speak with dead
4th level (3 slots): death ward, freedom of movement
5th level (1 slot): dispel
in search of new actors, he began regaling locals with tales of distant lands.
Monster Hunter. The half-elf ringmaster is, in fact, a legendary human vampire hunter named Rudolph van Richten. Van
Monsters
Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
0 hit points by this attack.
Spellcasting. The giant casts one of the following spells, using Intelligence as the spellcasting ability:
At will: detect magic, mage armor
3/day each: speak with dead
conjure an aura of tormented souls for protection.
Death Giants
Long ago, a large band of cloud giants traveled to the Shadowfell in search of a way to preserve their collapsing empire. Desperate to
Orcus
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Monsters
Out of the Abyss
Wand of Orcus. The wand has 7 charges, and any of its properties that require a saving throw have a save DC of 18. While holding it, Orcus can use an action to cast animate dead, blight, or speak
tampering with the dead in my search to better understand death.”
61–80
“I want to achieve the everlasting existence of undeath.”
81–00
“I am awash in
Magic Items
Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
allies to you, speak all languages you speak, and linger for 10 minutes before disappearing, unless otherwise noted.
Implanting Teeth. To implant the tooth, you place it in your mouth, whereupon one of
originated, with the intention to destroy it. When planted in this way, creatures summoned are not friendly to you and do not vanish. Some of the creatures summoned merely head off in search of home
Detect Thoughts
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can see within 30 feet of you. If the creature you choose has an Intelligence of 3 or lower or doesn’t speak any language, the creature is unaffected.
You initially learn the surface thoughts of
creatures you can’t see. When you cast the spell or as your action during the duration, you can search for thoughts within 30 feet of you. The spell can penetrate barriers, but 2 feet of rock, 2
Monsters
Mordenkainen's Fiendish Folio Volume 1
the surface world. But when they have superior numbers or engage creatures that appear weak, blindheims will often ambush to take what they want.
Strange Outcasts. The blindheims speak of an ancient era
of the surface rouses their anger.
Pitiable Slaves. Some Underdark creatures, particularly the drow and kuo-toa, raid blindheim settlements in search of slaves. Although the light from these creatures' eyes is a formidable threat to these raiders, a captured blindheim is a useful living weapon.
Tortle
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Species
The Tortle Package
I caught a big fish.
Now I search for a good friend
To share my lunch with.
— Tortle haiku
What many tortles consider a simple life, others might call a life of adventure. Tortles are
what little time they have left telling stories to their offspring. Within a year, the young tortle becomes an orphan, though not before it learns to speak and to survive on its own.
A young tortle
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
Everice and The Frostfell In Everice or the Frostfell, you might... Discover an ancient civilization hidden beneath the ice. Search for the survivors of a lost expedition. Find the source of a
contact with Frostfell dwarves in modern times. Legends speak of undead hordes, free-roaming fiends, and terrifying monsters in these arctic lands.
Kenku
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
. Flock leaders enforce discipline and minimize conflicts, but they fail at effective planning or crafting long-term schemes.
Although unable to speak in their own voices, kenku can perfectly mimic any
. Others strike out on their own in search of the secrets of flight, to master magic, or to uncover the secret of their curse and find a method to break it.
Kenku adventurers, despite their relative
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
anywhere in the necropolis. Mages who survived Ythryn’s fall but succumbed to the arcane blight (see “Magical Effects” below) became nothics that speak Loross instead of Undercommon (see the “Loross: The
of locations in the city. Random Encounters After each hour the characters spend exploring the city, or each time the characters conduct a thorough search of an unnumbered building on the map, roll
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer Academy
Autognome Survivor Once the clockwork horrors have been defeated, the characters can search the wreckage scattered throughout the Hollow Deck. Any character who does so can make a DC 11 Wisdom
Gnomish on a little brass plaque bolted to their chest) suffered vocal cord damage as well as other structural damage. The autognome has 6 hit points remaining, can’t speak, and makes occasional
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
make contact with your patron? Were you seduced into summoning a devil, or did you seek out the ritual that would allow you to make contact with an alien elder god? Did you search for your patron, or
know other servants of your patron? How does your patron communicate with you? If you have a familiar, it might occasionally speak with your patron’s voice. Some warlocks find messages from their
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
three accurate pieces of information about the topic that were previously unknown to you and shares this knowledge with you the next time you speak with them. The DM determines what information is
learned. Research: Trinket Trophy. You commission the facility’s hireling to search for a trinket that might be of use to you. The work takes 7 days. When the research concludes, roll any die. If the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
Isle of Serpents Characters who research the Isle of Serpents in Sigil can learn the following: Acererak’s Machinations. Long ago, the archlich Acererak visited the Isle of Serpents in his search for
activities, and most families have been here for many generations. The characters learn this when they visit the island.) Legends. Legends speak of Acererak’s infamous Tomb of Horrors, a deadly labyrinth
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
. The skeletons are the remains of four guards who held this post long ago. Characters who search the remains find tattered bits of cloth, broken longbows and arrows, rusted blades in ruined sheaths
damage instead of necrotic damage. The snow maidens don’t speak, nor are they interested in hearing what the characters have to say. If the characters don’t leave at once, the snow maidens attack. When
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
descends thousands of feet into the Underdark. This shaft predates the mine, and efforts to seal it off have been unsuccessful. It was by this route that the grell invaded the mine in search of food
like dragon!” “Trex smart! He speaks like human who knows a lot. He don’t speak Dragon no more.” “Trex says miners want their mine back. Trex wants something better in return.” “Trex says we be safer in town. There’s food in town!”
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
. That’s where the killers are hiding.”
If Tarina is killed, the characters can deliver her body to Captain Zodge, who makes arrangements with a priest to cast speak with dead on the corpse. Once the
corpse reveals what it knows, Zodge gives that information to the characters. With the knowledge provided by Tarina or her corpse, the characters can head to the bathhouse and search for the dungeon hidden
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes’ Feast: Saving the Children’s Menu
speak only Giant). The hell hounds snarl angrily. Inside, Ignis looks angry and scared. If uninterrupted, the fire giant hunters—with the help of their hell hounds—sniff out Ignis inside the house
. The hounds bark loudly and lunge for the house, and the commander of the search party shouts, “They’re in the buildings!” He smashes the roof of the barn to splinters, prompting the cattle inside to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
continue to rain upon the land, magical storms that never dissipate. Stories speak of living spells — war magic that has taken physical form, sentient fireballs and vile cloudkills that endlessly search for
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
the grove. They understand Gnomish but can’t speak it. The duergar, Iktarve Unsuttir, came up the river with some companions to cut down zurkhwoods and sell the wood — but he didn’t count on the grove’s
meal. It attacks creatures that come within 10 feet of the dead duergar, but otherwise the crawler just wants to be left alone. Treasure A search of Iktarve’s corpse and the surrounding area yields a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
they like. They can try to find clues with the following actions: Search. A character can take the Search action and make a DC 16 Wisdom (Insight or Perception) check. On a success, the character
and speak or sign the passphrase “Cozmioko grins” in any language. Parting Gifts. Before the characters leave, Oliekintara gives them directions to Haskasori, a day’s journey deeper into the desert. If
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
. Since the characters weren’t on the car when the murder occurred, Ignatius doesn’t regard them as suspects and is friendly toward them. Ignatius can speak Common but loathes doing so; the mind flayer
speak with dead spell is cast on the corpse, the aasimar’s spirit answers questions honestly. Quintus did not see his killer, but he knows one reason why every other passenger in this car (besides
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
choose has an Intelligence of 3 or lower or doesn’t speak any language, the creature is unaffected. You initially learn the surface thoughts of the creature—what is most on its mind in that moment. As
, you can search for thoughts within 30 feet of you. The spell can penetrate barriers, but 2 feet of rock, 2 inches of any metal other than lead, or a thin sheet of lead blocks you. You can’t detect a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
Tracking the Moose To find the white moose, the characters must venture into the forest and search for the beast’s tracks in the snow. Any character who spends an hour searching for moose tracks and
with an ordinary moose, the characters can repeat their search for moose tracks and, upon finding some, make another d6 roll to determine if the tracks belong to the elusive white moose. After every
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
-Towns in search of a rare crystal known as chardalyn. With it, they’re building a mighty construct that will lay waste to Ten-Towns if nothing is done to stop it.
“Our militia captured one of the
map of Icewind Dale. If the characters ask to speak with the captured duergar, the speaker informs them that the duergar was put to death following the interrogation, to keep him escaping and warning
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
Finding Nim’s Creation
Jarlaxle Baenre
Equipped with the nimblewright detector, the characters can search for Nim’s escaped creation. A ward-by-ward search is the best approach, but let the
players tell you how their characters conduct the search. Depending on where they go, the search could take days. A character mounted on a griffon can complete a city-wide search in a couple of hours. To
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
choose has an Intelligence of 3 or lower or doesn’t speak any language, the creature is unaffected. You initially learn the surface thoughts of the creature—what is most on its mind in that moment. As
, you can search for thoughts within 30 feet of you. The spell can penetrate barriers, but 2 feet of rock, 2 inches of any metal other than lead, or a thin sheet of lead blocks you. You can’t detect a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
North and South Poles Frostfell At the world’s poles—Everice to the south and the Frostfell to the north—you might… Discover an ancient civilization hidden beneath the ice. Search for the survivors
expeditions have ventured to the Frostfell, but no one from Khorvaire has set foot in Everice in living memory and returned to speak of it.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
on treating the wounded and getting everyone back to Vogler safely. Cudgel Betrayed As the characters and Mayor Raven speak, Cudgel Ironsmile seeks answers. While the battle was taking place, one of
characters search for wounded, they find a few souls in need of aid. A character who succeeds on a DC 12 Wisdom (Medicine) check can bring a villager back from the brink of death. A character can
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
attacks when a character opens the door to the nursery. The specter resembles a terrified, skeletally thin young woman; it can’t speak or be reasoned with. The bedroom contains a large bed, two end
tables, and an empty wardrobe. Mounted on the wall next to the wardrobe is a full-length mirror with an ornate wooden frame carved to look like ivy and berries. Characters who search the wall for secret
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
in search of mighty heroes, to plead for their aid.
“In my time, I was pharaoh of this realm. It was green and beautiful, blessed by the gods with magical waters that gave life to our land and
walks somberly in the direction of his pyramid. Amun Sa doesn’t speak to the characters any further—his curse allows him to share only the tale above. If the characters attempt to harm Amun Sa, he steps
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
Rutterkin The rutterkins, a breed of warped demon, roam the Abyss in mobs that constantly search for intruders to surround and devour. Abyssal Defenders. Rutterkins protect the Abyss from non-demons
Abyssal but can’t speak
Challenge 2 (450 XP)
Crippling Fear. When a creature that isn’t a demon starts its turn within 30 feet of three or more rutterkins, it must make a DC 11 Wisdom saving throw
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
is the Dodge action, unless you take a bonus action on your turn to command it to take the action in its stat block or the Dash, Disengage, Help, Hide, or Search action. The homunculus regains 2d6 hit
Perception 14
Languages understands the languages you speak
Evasion. If the homunculus is subjected to an effect that allows it to make a Dexterity saving throw to take only half damage, it
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
successful DC 20 Strength (Athletics) check. Borrowing the Apparatus. Grinda allows the characters to borrow her apparatus of Kwalish on the condition that they first use the device to search the bottom of
search the harbor for treasure, roll any die. If an even number is rolled, an awakened shark named Obliteros attacks them. Grinda has had several close encounters with the shark recently, but fails