speaker guard location

Baba Yaga's Dancing Broom

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide

). You decide what action the broom takes and where it moves during its next turn, or you can issue it a general command, such as to attack your enemies or guard a location. If the broom is reduced to 0

Animal Messenger

Spells Player’s Handbook

, it automatically succeeds). You specify a location you have visited and a recipient who matches a general description, such as “a person dressed in the uniform of the town guard” or &ldquo

;a red-haired dwarf wearing a pointed hat.” You also communicate a message of up to twenty-five words. The Beast travels for the duration toward the specified location, covering about 25 miles

Staff of the Python

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide

’t have the Incapacitated condition. You decide what action the snake takes and where it moves during its turn, or you can issue it a general command, such as to attack your enemies or guard a

location. Absent commands from you, the snake defends itself. As a Bonus Action, you can command the snake to revert to staff form in its current space, and you can’t use the staff's property again

Planar Binding

Spells Player’s Handbook

commands to the best of its ability. You might command the creature to accompany you on an adventure, to guard a location, or to deliver a message. If the creature is Hostile, it strives to twist your

Deck of Many Things

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide

guard the place. While your soul is trapped in this way, your body is inert, ceases aging, and requires no food, air, or water. A Wish spell can’t return your soul to your body, but the spell reveals the location of the object that holds your soul. You draw no more cards.

you occupied when you disappeared. You remain imprisoned until you are found and removed from the sphere. You can’t be located by any Divination magic, but a Wish spell can reveal the location

Phisarazu Spyder-Fiend

Monsters Vecna: Eve of Ruin

, without needing to make an ability check. Web Sense. When in contact with a web, the phisarazu knows the exact location of any other creature in contact with the same web. Web Walker. The phisarazu

sprouting beneath their wolf heads. They are resentful and suspicious of all other creatures, which makes them useful for corralling kakkuu spyder-fiend;kakkuus or standing guard. Phisarazus can

Foresworn

Monsters Monstrous Compendium Vol. 2: Dragonlance Creatures

Duty-Bound. The foresworn is bound to enacting a singular duty it pledged itself to in life. While this duty is incomplete, whenever the foresworn is destroyed, it re-forms at its previous location

refuse to abandon their undead state until the duty they had in life is fulfilled. For example, a foresworn might be pledged to protect a family’s bloodline from harm or guard a dangerous artifact

Kruthik Hive Lord

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

hive abandon their lair and search for a new one. When a suitable location is found, the largest kruthik in the hive undergoes a metamorphosis, forming a cocoon around itself and emerging several weeks

a single foe, they become frenzied and even more lethal. Kruthiks abide the presence of Constructs, Elementals, Oozes, and Undead, and they use such creatures to help guard their hive. They are smart enough to barricade some tunnels and dig new ones that keep their neighbors away from their eggs.

Balhannoth

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

Underdark might lair in caves near Underdark passages and guard the ways in and out of its keepers’ enclave. Lair Actions On initiative count 20 (losing initiative ties), a balhannoth can take

location sought by one Humanoid whose desires the balhannoth has sensed (see Regional Effects below). The transformation affects nonliving material only and can’t create anything with moving

Staff of Ruling

Magic Items Quests from the Infinite Staircase

don’t have the incapacitated condition. You decide what action the snake takes and where it moves during its turn, or you can issue it a general command, such as to attack your enemies or guard a

location. If you use a bonus action to speak the command word again, or if the snake is reduced to 0 hit points, the snake reverts to staff form in its current space. Thunderclap. You point the

Cradle of the Cloud Scion

Monsters Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

an overwhelming compulsion to leave an offering worth at least 5 gp stashed in an out-of-the-way place. Cloud giants within 6 miles of the cradle or scion immediately sense the location of this gift

seclusion. On other worlds, the scions guard their birthplaces (which are rich in elemental magic) or hold the substance of the world together. (See “Giants of Myth” in chapter 3 for additional

Scion of Memnor

Monsters Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

leave an offering worth at least 5 gp stashed in an out-of-the-way place. Cloud giants within 6 miles of the cradle or scion immediately sense the location of this gift. A creature can be affected only

guard their birthplaces (which are rich in elemental magic) or hold the substance of the world together. (See “Giants of Myth” in chapter 3 for additional inspiration.) Scions of giants

Constantori's Portrait

Magic Items Keys from the Golden Vault

Portrait. While you are attuned to the painting, you can command it to guard its location against one or more creatures you identify as the painting’s enemies. The painting performs this function

Strahd von Zarovich

Monsters Curse of Strahd

the reach of melee combatants and spellcasters, or he flies away (using summoned wolf;wolves or swarm of bats;swarms of bats or swarm of rats;rats to guard his retreat). Strahd observes the characters

to see who among them are most easily swayed, then tries to charm characters who have low Wisdom scores and use them as thralls. At the very least, he can order a charmed character to guard him

Ancient Moonstone Dragon

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

moonstone dragon has partnered with an androsphinx to guard a precious treasure, taking the place of the sphinx’s slain gynosphinx partner. 3 An ancient moonstone dragon is summoned to mediate a

dragon. Moonstone Dragon Lairs Often, a moonstone dragon’s lair is not a single location, but rather a collection of personally significant places spread out across multiple planes of

Staff of the Python Legacy

Magic Items Basic Rules (2014)

attack your enemies or guard a location. If the snake is reduced to 0 hit points, it dies and reverts to its staff form. The staff then shatters and is destroyed. If the snake reverts to staff form before losing all its hit points, it regains all of them.

Animal Messenger Legacy

Spells Basic Rules (2014)

By means of this spell, you use an animal to deliver a message. Choose a Tiny beast you can see within range, such as a squirrel, a blue jay, or a bat. You specify a location, which you must have

visited, and a recipient who matches a general description, such as "a man or woman dressed in the uniform of the town guard" or "a red-haired dwarf wearing a pointed hat." You also speak a message of up

Guards and Wards Legacy

Spells Basic Rules (2014)

cast this spell, you can specify individuals that are unaffected by any or all of the effects that you choose. You can also specify a password that, when spoken aloud, makes the speaker immune to

location. You select an area of up to 5 feet square, and any creature that enters or passes through the area receives the suggestion mentally. The whole warded area radiates magic. A dispel magic

Balhannoth Legacy

Monsters Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes

well-traveled roads and paths, snatching people who come along. A balhannoth that has been captured and exploited by drow might lair in caves near Underdark passages and guard the ways in and out of a

in the area reshapes to assume the appearance of a location sought by one intelligent creature whose mind the balhannoth has read (see Regional Effects below). The transformation affects nonliving

Planar Binding Legacy

Spells Basic Rules (2014)

must follow your instructions to the best of its ability. You might command the creature to accompany you on an adventure, to guard a location, or to deliver a message. The creature obeys the letter

Deck of Many Things Legacy

Magic Items Basic Rules (2014)

you are found and removed from the sphere. You can't be located by any divination magic, but a wish spell can reveal the location of your prison. You draw no more cards. Euryale. The card's medusa

apply it. The Void. This black card spells disaster. Your soul is drawn from your body and contained in an object in a place of the GM's choice. One or more powerful beings guard the place. While your

Faction Agent

Backgrounds Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide

, and their members operate anywhere the organization deems necessary. These groups employ listeners, rumormongers, smugglers, sellswords, cache-holders (people who guard caches of wealth or magic for

agent. (For instance, consider the words “faith” and “faction” to be interchangeable.) Your bond might be associated with other members of your faction, or a location or an

Speaker's Quest

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

yet, you can have one of the speakers in Ten-Towns invite them to a private meeting. The speaker would know the characters by reputation, if nothing else. At this meeting, the speaker presents the

duergar and forced it to divulge the location of their mountain stronghold. Therein you will find a duergar warlord named Xardorok Sunblight. He aims to conquer Icewind Dale and destroy us all. For the

Druid Grove

Spells Xanathar's Guide to Everything

, you can specify creatures as friends who are immune to the effects. You can also specify a password that, when spoken aloud, makes the speaker immune to these effects. The entire warded area radiates

within the warded area: A constant gust of wind in two locations of your choice Spike growth in one location of your choice Wind wall in two locations of your choice To a creature immune to this effect, the winds are a fragrant, gentle breeze, and the area of spike growth is harmless.

A Minor Issue

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

, Darmo tells them they can find the town speaker, Oarus Masthew, at the Blue Clam. The boy also has some information about the mine, including its location. He doesn’t know much about the history or

pass by. When you approach, the boy cries, “The gemstone mine is closed because of monsters! Speaker Masthew is offering fifty gold to anyone who clears it out!” If the characters express interest

The Cauldron Caper

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

magic item that could help feed the hungry in Ten-Towns. This news quickly reaches Speaker Danneth Waylen, who invites the characters to a private meeting at the Town Hall. During this meeting

acquire the gems, during which time he insists that the cauldron remain in Easthaven’s Town Hall, under guard in area T17. The characters can either let four members of town militia (tribal warriors

Desert Creatures

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse

Desert Creatures CR Creatures 1/8 Young kruthik 1/2 Firenewt warrior 1 Meazel, stone cursed, vargouille 2 Adult kruthik, berbalang, guard drake, yuan-ti broodguard 3 Leucrotta 4 Dybbuk, yuan-ti

mind whisperer, yuan-ti nightmare speaker 5 Kruthik hive lord, spawn of Kyuss, tlincalli, yuan-ti pit master 7 Lost sorrowsworn, warlock of the Fiend 8 Howler 9 Champion, lonely sorrowsworn, necromancer

Cackling Chasm

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

stay away. The gnolls of the Cackling Chasm are emaciated and hungry, their laughing brought on by crazed starvation. The characters might visit this location after hearing a tale about a murdered

fisher and her magic fishing pole (see “Tall Tales in Ten-Towns”) or after agreeing to undertake a quest for the town speaker of Caer-Konig (see “Gnoll Heads”). A gnoll captured in the wilderness can also lead the characters here (see “Wilderness Encounters").

Forest Creatures

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse

, gnoll flesh gnawer, grung wildling, kobold dragonshield, kobold scale sorcerer, meazel, nilbog, quickling, thorny vegepygmy 2 Darkling elder, grung elite warrior, guard drake, hobgoblin iron shadow

, hobgoblin devastator, stegosaurus, warlock of the Archfey, yeth hound, yuan-ti mind whisperer, yuan-ti nightmare speaker 5 Brontosaurus, clockwork oaken bolter, wood woad, yuan-ti pit master 7 Korred, lost

Underdark Creatures

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse

demon, meazel, nilbog, vargouille, xvart warlock of Raxivort 2 Adult kruthik, darkling elder, duergar hammerer, duergar kavalrachni, duergar mind master, duergar stone guard, duergar xarrorn, guard drake

, yuan-ti nightmare speaker 5 Adult oblex, kruthik hive lord, mindwitness, spawn of Kyuss, swarm of cranium rats, tanarukk, yuan-ti pit master 6 Bodak, duergar warlord, gauth, warlock of the Great Old

Ten-Towns Quests

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

them. 3 In Caer-Dineval, no one has seen the town speaker for a long time. Locals say Speaker Crannoc has fallen ill, but sinister figures have been seen entering and leaving the castle at odd

hours. 4 In Caer-Konig, local establishments are beset by vandals and thieves that skulk about unseen. The town speaker, a dragonborn named Trovus, could really use some help catching the

Lonelywood in a Nutshell

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

Lonelywood in a Nutshell Friendliness ❄❄❄ Services ❄❄ Comfort ❄❄ Available Quest. “The White Moose”. Population. 100. Leader. Speaker Nimsy Huddle (lawful good strongheart halfling commoner) speaks

the center top, the other rising from center bottom, almost meet on a forest-green field. The top triangle represents an icicle, denoting Lonelywood’s northerly location; the bottom triangle is an

Gathering Intelligence

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault

Guards table to help you roleplay each guard. Former Guards d6 Ex-Guard 1 Turolga Flathelm (neutral dwarf), a gruff woman who has a soft spot for stray cats 2 Ballidyr Josephon (neutral human), a

gnome), a cheerful woman who fidgets constantly To convince a former guard to share information about the vault and its defenses, a character can make a DC 12 Charisma (Persuasion) check or another

Roads and Pathways

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh

encounters involving merchant caravans, guard patrols, and fellow travelers. Small farms and manors cluster near the roads, relying on passing guard patrols for their safety. Where these settlements

captain. In addition, each day on the road a party passes 1d3 small villages or manors. There is a 25 percent chance that any such location is inhabited by halflings. Otherwise, the location is a human enclave.

Dragon's Flight Path

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

takes for the dragon to get from one location the next one. Dragon Flight Times From/To Flight Time Sunblight to Dougan’s Hole 2 hours Dougan’s Hole to Good Mead 30 minutes Good

what power could be drawn from it.) Casualties. Twenty-five people (half of the population) are killed. The survivors, including Speaker Durmoot, flee to Bryn Shander with their most cherished

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