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Returning 21 results for 'spell struggles'.
Monsters
Acquisitions Incorporated
beast form, Walnut can use a bonus action to expend one spell slot and regain 1d8;{"diceNotation":"1d8","rollType":"roll"} hit points per level of the spell slot expended.
Spellcasting. Walnut is a 7th
-level spellcaster. Her spellcasting ability is Wisdom (spell save DC 14, +6;{"diceNotation":"1d20+6","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Spellcasting"} to hit with spell attacks). She has the following
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
. The shard doesn’t require air, food, drink, or sleep.Multiattack. The shard makes two Telekinetic Rend attacks.
Telekinetic Rend. Melee or Ranged Spell Attack: +12;{"diceNotation":"1d20+12
is turned; until it is reduced to 0 hit points; or until an effect that ends possession, such as a dispel evil and good spell, is used on it. When it leaves the object, it reappears in the nearest
Monsters
Vecna: Eve of Ruin
", "rollDamageType":"poison"} poison damage.
Spellcasting. The raklupis casts one of the following spells, requiring no material components and using Charisma as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 20).
At
serve their general, Miska the Wolf-Spider. While they were rarely seen during Miska’s imprisonment in Pandemonium, they have become increasingly active as Miska struggles to free himself in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
4. Armory The armory door has an arcane lock spell cast on it. Officially, only Ras Nsi, Sekelok, and Fenthaza know the command phrase to bypass the spell (“white feather”). Speaking the command
phrase while standing within 5 feet of the door suppresses its magic for 1 minute, during which time the door can be opened normally. The door can also be forced open with a knock spell or a successful DC
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
same as failing the check. A character who struggles against the bonds or who tries to cast a spell or use some other ability not hindered by physical restraint is struck by pain so severe that he or
Dreams and Nightmares That night, each of the adventurers are targeted by a customized version of the dream spell, cast and crafted by Red Wizard illusionists. Each character is confronted in a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
check. A character who struggles against the bonds or who tries to cast a spell or use some other ability not hindered by physical restraint is struck by pain so severe that he or she is briefly
Dreams and Nightmares That night, each of the adventurers are targeted by a customized version of the dream spell, cast and crafted by Red Wizard illusionists. Each character is confronted in a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
structure she was once part of. No matter what shape her struggles take, she knows instinctively that her beliefs are right and true — and that she will follow those beliefs to the bitter end. Walnut
, Wisdom, and Charisma scores. Her attacks in beast form are magical. While in beast form, Walnut can use a bonus action to expend one spell slot and regain 1d8 hit points per level of the spell slot
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
confidence in her allies and fear in her enemies. Though normally calm and composed, Korvala becomes angry and combative when recalling the struggles she and her pack have experienced, including Nidalia’s
members of the pack know of the ritual but are never present when Korvala performs it. Nidalia’s geas spell forced Korvala to keep the ritual a secret, and although she’s no longer under the spell’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
psionic power into—typically a weapon or other item from the dragon’s hoard. In this vessel, a draconic shard continues to pursue the interests and struggles that drove the dragon, perhaps even
. The shard doesn’t require air, food, drink, or sleep.
Actions
Multiattack. The shard makes two Telekinetic Rend attacks.
Telekinetic Rend. Melee or Ranged Spell Attack: +12 to hit, reach 10 ft
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
energy and transformed by it. The power of shadow magic casts a strange pall over your physical presence. The spark of life that sustains you is muffled, as if it struggles to remain viable against the
darkness spell, which doesn’t count against your number of sorcerer spells known. In addition, you can cast it by spending 2 sorcery points or by expending a spell slot. If you cast it with sorcery points
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
feral thing, a neothelid knows nothing beyond the predatory existence it has lived so far and struggles to comprehend its new psionic abilities. Neothelids prowl subterranean passages in search of more
about it. A creature protected by a mind blank spell, a nondetection spell, or similar magic can’t be perceived in this manner.
Innate Spellcasting (Psionics). The neothelid’s innate spellcasting
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
parts, all on the small side. The second table holds a tiefling restrained with leather straps. She struggles against the bonds with a wild look on her face.
Standing near the tiefling’s table is an
lightning bolt or cone of cold to get down to business. (At your discretion, give Hoobur a spell save DC of 15 and +7 to hit with spell attacks because he’s a little out of it. Maybe there’s more in that tea
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Uni and the Hunt for the Lost Horn
pool: Lanky, toad-like bipeds scamper frantically around a woodland pool, under fire from tiny arrows. Nearby, a white mare struggles to escape a weighted net. The stump of a horn protrudes from the
the characters question Grump at that point, the bugbear reveals that Kelek used a book to find the nearby portal. The book includes instructions on using a unicorn’s horn to ritually cast a Wish spell
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
usually send omens as either warnings or as signs of their favor. The response to the augury spell takes the form of an omen foretelling weal or woe, and the gods might use omens in the same way, even
spell requests an omen. At your option, you can simply provide the short answers offered in the spell description—weal, woe, weal and woe, or nothing—but you can also describe more elaborate omens. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
or an outbreak of even a minor illness can spell disaster at sea. This type of hazard covers illnesses, infestations, spoiled supplies, and other troubles that wear away a crew’s health. Each day a
unscathed. Failure The ship’s components each take 4d10 bludgeoning damage. The crew’s quality score decreases by 1. The ship struggles, moving at half speed that day. Total Failure The ship’s components
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
placard above the desk spell out “Bets,” “Submissions,” and “Enjoy Dungeonland!”
Dungeonland is a game that takes place on a rocky cluster drifting in the Ethereal Plane. Participants watch a group of
that looks like an executioner’s hood wraps around an adventurer’s head. The adventurer struggles as they begin to suffocate. 4 An adventurer runs, holding an armful of jeweled sculptures that resemble
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
drove hordes of trolls south to claw at the fledgling city, and amid this danger, Nimoar died of old age. Many bloody struggles unfolded between local folk and trolls, until the magic of a youth named
for Mystra boiled over and led to his murder of the goddess of magic. I was absent from the world at this time — indisposed by the force of an imprisonment spell. Elminster has since explained the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
daughter. A greater restoration spell rids her of the madness that makes her think she’s a cat. If she is cured of her madness, she blames her mother for treating her horribly and using her as a pawn to
ghastly sight awaits those who peer into the room: Across from the door, a fire sputters and struggles for life in the hearth, above which hangs a framed family portrait: a noble father and mother
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Divine Contention
each round, ask each player to roll a d20, and then roll a d20 for the dragon. Whoever gets the lowest result is targeted by the effect of a call lightning spell. The dragon attacks any enemy forces
least one wereboar is drumming, any one of the drummers can duplicate the effect of a call lightning spell, except it has no limit to its range. The drummers fight until death and refuse to parley
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
some tasty food with him, he reveals his expertise in Vecna’s history. Umberto especially likes food created with or by magic, such as berries from the Goodberry spell. If Umberto reveals his role as a
-plated cover and is worth 200 gp. A book about Neverwinter’s history contains a Spell Scroll of Greater Invisibility and a Spell Scroll of Major Image folded in its pages. The characters can find these
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
. On a failed check, the robots continue their assault. S26a: Detention Cells. This room contains six containment cells, each protected by a permanent Wall of Force spell. The spell can be disabled or
outlined in this adventure’s background, though it omits any incriminating details—such as its role in releasing the deadly mold or the robot mutiny that followed. If asked about evidence of past struggles