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Returning 35 results for 'speaking starts'.
Spells
Player’s Handbook
but you can see the hound, and it is intangible and invulnerable. When a Small or larger creature comes within 30 feet of it without first speaking the password that you specify when you cast this
spell, the hound starts barking loudly. The hound has Truesight with a range of 30 feet.
At the start of each of your turns, the hound attempts to bite one enemy within 5 feet of it. That enemy must
Monsters
Candlekeep Mysteries
Berserk. Whenever the golem starts its turn with 40 hit points or fewer, roll a d6;{"diceNotation":"1d6","rollType":"roll","rollAction":"Berserk"}. On a 6, the golem goes berserk. On each of its
speaking firmly and persuasively. The golem must be able to hear its creator, who must take an action to make a DC 15 Charisma (Persuasion) check. If the check succeeds, the golem ceases being berserk. If
Vampiric Mist
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Monsters
Tales from the Yawning Portal
Hypersensitivity. The mist takes 10 radiant damage whenever it starts its turn in sunlight. While in sunlight, the mist has disadvantage on attack rolls and ability checks.Life Drain. The mist
damage taken. This reduction lasts until the target finishes a long rest. The target dies if its hit point maximum is reduced to 0.In a loose manner of speaking, the vampiric mist is the embodiment of
Monsters
Tales from the Yawning Portal
Berserk. Whenever the golem starts its turn with 40 hit points or fewer, roll a d6;{"diceNotation":"1d6","rollType":"roll","rollAction":"Berserk"}. On a 6, the golem goes berserk. On each of its
. Once the golem goes berserk, it continues to do so until it is destroyed or regains all its hit points.
The golem's creator, if within 60 feet of the berserk golem, can try to calm it by speaking
Monsters
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
Berserk. Whenever the golem starts its turn with 100 hit points or fewer, roll a d6;{"diceNotation":"1d6","rollType":"roll","rollAction":"Berserk"}. On a 6, the golem goes berserk. On each of its
calm it by speaking firmly and persuasively. The golem must be able to hear its creator, who must take an action to make a DC 15 Charisma (Persuasion) check. If the check succeeds, the golem ceases
Monsters
Tomb of Annihilation
Berserk. Whenever the golem starts its turn with 40 hit points or fewer, roll a d6;{"diceNotation":"1d6","rollType":"roll","rollAction":"Berserk"}. On a 6, the golem goes berserk. On each of its
. Once the golem goes berserk, it continues to do so until it is destroyed or regains all its hit points.
The golem's creator, if within 60 feet of the berserk golem, can try to calm it by speaking
Magic Items
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
during your turn, the shield can choose to radiate an aura of dread for 1 minute. (This is not a power of the shield that you control.) Any creature hostile to you that starts its turn within 20 feet
touching the shield and speaking Gargauth’s name. When released, Gargauth appears in a random, unoccupied space as close to the shield as possible.
Faithful Hound
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Spells
Basic Rules (2014)
from it.
The hound is invisible to all creatures except you and can't be harmed. When a Small or larger creature comes within 30 feet of it without first speaking the password that you specify when you
cast this spell, the hound starts barking loudly. The hound sees invisible creatures and can see into the Ethereal Plane. It ignores illusions.
At the start of each of your turns, the hound attempts
Mordenkainen's Faithful Hound
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Spells
Player’s Handbook (2014)
from it.
The hound is invisible to all creatures except you and can't be harmed. When a Small or larger creature comes within 30 feet of it without first speaking the password that you specify when you
cast this spell, the hound starts barking loudly. The hound sees invisible creatures and can see into the Ethereal Plane. It ignores illusions.
At the start of each of your turns, the hound attempts
Flesh Golem
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Monsters
Basic Rules (2014)
Berserk. Whenever the golem starts its turn with 40 hit points or fewer, roll a d6;{"diceNotation":"1d6","rollType":"roll","rollAction":"Berserk"}. On a 6, the golem goes berserk. On each of its
. Once the golem goes berserk, it continues to do so until it is destroyed or regains all its hit points.
The golem's creator, if within 60 feet of the berserk golem, can try to calm it by speaking
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
intangible and invulnerable. When a Small or larger creature comes within 30 feet of it without first speaking the password that you specify when you cast this spell, the hound starts barking loudly. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
intangible and invulnerable. When a Small or larger creature comes within 30 feet of it without first speaking the password that you specify when you cast this spell, the hound starts barking loudly. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
is invisible to all creatures except you and can’t be harmed. When a Small or larger creature comes within 30 feet of it without first speaking the password that you specify when you cast this spell
, the hound starts barking loudly. The hound sees invisible creatures and can see into the Ethereal Plane. It ignores illusions. At the start of each of your turns, the hound attempts to bite one
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
can use divination magic to determine the correct answer if they can’t work it out. Speaking Melair’s name aloud while standing in the room causes the symbols on the pillars to glow bright colors
. The symbols continue to glow for 1 minute. During that time, any creature that enters the area inside the pillars or starts its turn there is teleported to a similar location in area 8, along with anything it is wearing or carrying.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
flowerpots on top of one of the bookcases. She’s engrossed in her work. Before the characters say anything, she starts speaking without looking at them. “Ebder, are you back?”
“I never left!” grumbles a
to her room (area F13) and asks them to deliver the books. If they agree, K’Tulah is grateful for the delivery and starts a conversation about her scholarly work. After an hour, Varnyr finds the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
. Whenever the golem starts its turn with 100 hit points or fewer, roll a d6. On a 6, the golem goes berserk. On each of its turns while berserk, the golem attacks the nearest creature it can see. If no
regains all its hit points. If the golem’s creator is within 60 feet of the berserk golem, the creator can try to calm it by speaking firmly and persuasively. The golem must be able to hear its creator
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
sit at the parlor table and join them in touching a planchette atop the spirit board. The lead investigator then starts the séance, saying: ”Spirits of this house, we are strangers who come openly and
worked. Then the room grows cooler, the lights dim, and the planchette moves to the word “Greetings.” One of the investigators asks the first question: “Who are we speaking to?” The spirit replies by
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal
Vampiric Mist In a loose manner of speaking, the vampiric mist is the embodiment of the vampire’s hunger for blood. It exists only to seek out creatures and drain the life from them, and its
force only.
Sunlight Hypersensitivity. The vampiric mist takes 20 radiant damage when it starts its turn in sunlight. While in sunlight, the mist has disadvantage on attack rolls and ability checks
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
that you control.) Any creature hostile to you that starts its turn within 20 feet of the shield must make a DC 18 Wisdom saving throw. On a failed save, the creature is frightened until the start of
pit fiend by touching the shield and speaking Gargauth’s name. When released, Gargauth appears in a random, unoccupied space as close to the shield as possible.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
, poisoned
Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 10
Languages understands the languages of its creator but can’t speak
Challenge 5 (1,800 XP)
Berserk. Whenever the golem starts its turn with
golem’s creator, if within 60 feet of the berserk golem, can try to calm it by speaking firmly and persuasively. The golem must be able to hear its creator, who must take an action to make a DC 15
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
he wants to learn as much about his rival’s machinations as he can. See appendix B for his stat block.
Thessalar
Grand Experiments If the characters poke around the room while speaking with
pseudo-dracolich form, the miniature human to revert into a miniature baby that wakes from stasis and starts crying, and so forth.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
, offering information in exchange for its freedom. The character with whom the sibriex is speaking telepathically can detect the insincerity of the sibriex’s offer with a successful DC 17 Wisdom (Insight
other creatures. Any creature that starts its turn in the aura must succeed on a DC 20 Constitution saving throw or take 14 (4d6) poison damage. A creature that succeeds on the save is immune to this
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
named Breena Bafflestone monitors the machinery at all times. Nearby is a copper speaking tube, which enables her to communicate with the control room command center (area U7b). Drawers in the walls
Medium creature. The chair is situated before a panel of dials, levers, and buttons. Tervaround and Anverth stand by the back wall, monitoring gauges and performing system checks. A copper speaking tube
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
aura of abjuration magic around the complex geometric symbol inscribed on the floor. When a creature other than Tockworth enters the space above the symbol for the first time on a turn or starts its
spell or similar magic also opens the safe. Tixie Tockworth. If the safe door is opened by any means other than speaking the proper command word, a mental alarm spell alerts Tixie Tockworth (see her
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
from water, such as a fire elemental, takes 11 (2d10) cold damage when it starts its turn in a watery curtain or enters it for the first time on a turn. If a watery curtain takes 50 cold damage or
, a line, and a reel. Speaking the command word again changes the fishing pole back into a normal 10-foot pole.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
14 (4d6) fire damage to each creature in the water at that time. For the next minute, as the water continues to burn, a creature that enters the water for the first time on a turn or starts its turn
speaking Draconic can try to convince the dragon they mean no harm by making a DC 18 Charisma (Persuasion) check. On a successful check, the brass dragon nods and disappears. On a failed check or if a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
several years older and wiser than they look. The magic of the Feywild has kept them young. Speaking to the Getaway Gang about Loomlurch yields the following information: A squad of tin soldiers defends
-square puddle of slippery, nonflammable oil on the ground within 5 feet of it. The puddle is difficult terrain and lasts for 1 hour. Each creature that enters the puddle’s area or starts its turn
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Fiendish Folio Volume 1
XP)
Agile Flier. Opportunity attacks against the screaming devilkin have disadvantage while it is flying.
Ceaseless Screaming. Any creature other than a screaming devilkin that starts its turn
creation and destruction.
Speaking to Ygorl is a taxing endeavor, as the lord of entropy channels its thoughts as a stream of consciousness that is both disturbing and difficult to follow. Mortal
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
appendix C) is here, he is kneeling before the statue and calling on Deep Duerra (speaking in Dwarvish) to grant him the power to conquer his foes. Describe him as a soot-stained, gray-bearded duergar
in this hall, which can’t be disabled by any other means. Any creature that enters the hall for the first time on a turn or starts its turn in the hall is struck by bolts of lightning that leap from
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
, Belephaion, who holds some secret power. If asked about dangers above, the devil notes the next floor has a chamber filled with dangerous energy. The characters can pass safely by speaking the Istarian
for the first time on a turn or starts its turn there, it must succeed on a DC 16 Dexterity saving throw or take 22 (4d10) lightning damage from lightning arcing between the columns. If a character
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
those who defy the dragon’s rule. Speaking with Brandle. If a character casts Speak with Dead, the gruff-voiced skull of Captain Brandle answers questions as best it can. Brandle knows that Sablewing
stand down, hand over any of his loot, or stop terrorizing the coast. He delights in causing pain and suffering. If conversation drags on too long, Sablewing gets bored and starts combat, assuming
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
creature that wades into this fissure or starts its turn there must succeed on a DC 10 Dexterity saving throw or be swept away by the current and dropped into the shaft that plunges thousands of feet
until the ghost shows itself (see “Janth’s Ghost” below). Speaking in fluent Common, Trex explains that he and his fellow kobolds sought refuge in the mine after being chased out of the foothills of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
, which is kept in the aviary (area P20). To free a creature frozen in time, one must touch it with a unicorn horn while speaking the creature’s true name. (Thinnings knows that “Zybilna” is not
or similar magic opens the windows, as does speaking the command word “canzus” within 10 feet of them. Only Zybilna and her quasit, Iggrik, know the command word. P21. Records Room The door to this
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
stone. They don gargoyle masks and use a finely honed sense of touch to measure their surroundings by contact with the ground. They avoid speaking, or extraneous thought for that matter. They live only
succeed instead.
Petrifying Gaze. When a creature that can see Marlos’s eyes starts its turn within 30 feet of him, Marlos can force it to make a DC 14 Constitution saving throw if Marlos isn’t
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
creature that starts its turn in this area takes 11 (2d10) radiant damage. Each creature that isn’t a construct or undead regains 11 (2d10) hit points at the start of its turn. A creature that could
tied to teleportation. Speaking a command phrase and stepping into the lens teleports a creature to a fixed destination somewhere nearby. The command phrase can be ascertained from the runes newly