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Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
Suave Defense. While Amrik is wearing light or no armor and wielding no shield, his AC includes his Charisma modifier.Multiattack. Amrik makes three dagger attacks.
Dagger. Melee or Ranged Weapon
Vanthampur of Baldur’s Gate. Amrik loves to exchange pleasantries over drinks before conducting business. He has trained Laraelra’s staff to recognize a variety of innocuous hand gestures that
classes
Player’s Handbook
killers, spies, or bounty hunters, the capabilities of this subclass are equally useful for adventurers facing a variety of monstrous enemies.
Monsters
Monstrous Compendium Vol. 4: Eldraine Creatures
", "rollAction":"Bite"} to hit, reach 10 ft., one target. Hit: 14 (2d8 + 5);{"diceNotation":"2d8+5", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Bite", "rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage.
Shell Defense
reactions.A rare variety of hydra native to the wilds of Eldraine, snapping hydras resemble giant, many-headed turtles. Snapping hydras dwell at the bottom of the wild’s largest lakes, or along
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Legendary Resistance (1/Day). If the dragonborn fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.
Mental Defense. While the dragonborn is wearing no armor, its AC includes its Intelligence
variety of ways. Some dragonborn identify with a particular kind of dragon and attempt to emulate such dragons’ attitudes and behavior. Others consider their draconic heritage—chromatic
Species
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
Yuan-ti were originally humans who transformed themselves into serpent folk through ancient rituals. Most yuan-ti were corrupted into monsters by those rites, but some yuan-ti instead became a new
in a variety of ways: a forked tongue, snake eyes, a snakelike nose, or some other ophidian characteristic. However a yuan-ti looks, they have the power to pursue great good or evil in the multiverse
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
effect.Wearing fearsome masks, duergar mind masters usually operate as spies, both inside and beyond a duergar stronghold. Their psionically augmented abilities enable them to see through illusions with ease
this end, duergar warriors fulfill a variety of combat roles, often marrying their fury in battle with their psionic abilities or training dangerous Underdark creatures as mounts.
Denigrated by some
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Xanathar's Guide to Everything
A variety of arcane colleges specialize in training wizards for war. The tradition of War Magic blends principles of evocation and abjuration, rather than specializing in either of those schools. It
often works with evokers, abjurers, and other types of wizards. Evokers, in particular, sometimes tease war mages for splitting their attention between offense and defense. A war mage’s typical
classes
Xanathar's Guide to Everything
A variety of arcane colleges specialize in training wizards for war. The tradition of War Magic blends principles of evocation and abjuration, rather than specializing in either of those schools. It
often works with evokers, abjurers, and other types of wizards. Evokers, in particular, sometimes tease war mages for splitting their attention between offense and defense. A war mage’s typical
Monsters
Mythic Odysseys of Theros
within her hair, and sacrificing themselves in her defense if they must.
See “Myths of Nylea” in chapter 2 for more details on the tragedy of Arasta.
Arasta as a Mythic Encounter
Arasta
those who enter her domain unbidden almost never go unnoticed, for Arasta can sense the slightest vibration along her web hair, and her children act as spies on her behalf.
Lair Actions
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Hobgoblin
Legacy
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Species
Volo's Guide to Monsters
Hobgoblins are relentless soldiers that cleave to rigid tactics and orders. I fear their less-predictable scouts and spies more.
— Volo
War is the lifeblood of hobgoblins. Its glories are
a powerful magic item), by fine performances (writing and performing a great ballad about the legion), by designing and constructing a great defense or monument, and through other means. But the
Kenku
Legacy
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Species
Volo's Guide to Monsters
a talent for learning and memorizing details. Thus, ambitious kenku can excel as superb spies and scouts. A kenku who learns of clever schemes and plans devised by other creatures can put them to use
kenku make an easy living serving as messengers, spies, and lookouts for thieves’ guilds, bandits, and other criminal cartels. A network of kenku can relay a bird call or similar noise across the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
Yuan-ti Yuan-ti were originally humans who transformed themselves into serpent folk through ancient rituals. Most yuan-ti were corrupted into monsters by those rites, but some yuan-ti instead became
heritage in a variety of ways: a forked tongue, snake eyes, a snakelike nose, or some other ophidian characteristic. However a yuan-ti looks, they have the power to pursue great good or evil in the multiverse.
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
call themselves Feathergale Knights. Secretly, the knights are dedicated to Yan-C-Bin. They occupied the keep when the air cult established itself in the dwarven ruins beneath the Sumber Hills. The knights serve the cult as lookouts, messengers, spies, and a first line of defense.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
create a defense-focused dwarf paladin, only to find he is out of place among elf diplomats and tiefling spies. The Brimstone Angels novels by Erin M. Evans focus on intrigue in the Forgotten Realms
Intrigue The corrupt vizier schemes with the baron’s oldest daughter to assassinate the baron. A hobgoblin army sends doppelganger spies to infiltrate the city before the invasion. At the embassy
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica
Dimir Creatures Alongside human and vampire spies and assassins, a variety of stealthy and shadowy monsters contribute to the work of House Dimir. Doppelgangers and invisible stalkers move unseen
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
Menzoberranzan Population: 20,000 drow plus thousands of slaves (of various races)
Government: Matriarchal theocracy worshiping Lolth, the Demon Queen of Spiders
Defense: Large standing army of
city), the Church of Lolth (based in Arach-Tinilith), Bregan D’aerthe (company of drow spies, mercenaries, and assassins)
The City of Spiders is carved out of and built within a great cavern the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
, which often manifests as fangs or striking serpents.
Yuan-ti have humanlike forms with a variety of horrifying serpentine transformations. Some have a scattering of reptilian scales, while others
supernatural rites. Roll on or choose a result from the Yuan-ti Transformations table to inspire how yuan-ti obtain their serpentine aspects.
Yuan-ti Transformations 1d6 A Yuan-ti Gained Its Snake
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Basic Rules (2014)
serve as spies or assassins at the command of their leader, a noble patron, or some other mortal or divine power.
The majority of monks don’t shun their neighbors, making frequent visits to
Defense, Martial Arts
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Monastic Tradition, Deflect Missiles
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Adventure Atlas: The Mortuary
departed and chronicle the dead’s deeds in obituaries. Necrologists also research burial rites appropriate to the deceased creature’s beliefs, religion, or cultural background. Recruiters. Recruiters
halfway state between life and death, using their incorporeal talents to serve the faction as liaisons and spies. For more information on remnants, see Morte’s Planar Parade.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
neither does he particularly care, so long as the dead meet him with coin. The Athreos’s Villains table suggests a variety of foes that might arise from among the god’s followers. Athreos’s Villains d6
.
4 A group of cult fanatics charges exorbitant prices for funeral rites, threatening to lead the dead astray unless they’re shown proper respect.
5 A priest of Athreos speaks out against healers
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica
secret: behind a facade of respectable messengers and reporters lurks an association of spies and assassins whose existence is barely suspected by the populace at large. Secrecy is both House Dimir’s best
weapon and its best defense, and much of the guild’s work is hidden even from other members. Dimir agents leave no trace of their covert activities, warping the memories of witnesses to their crimes
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Before the Siege However the characters become enlisted in Lekar’s defense, they face a hopeless battle. They join hundreds of unprepared defenders, including commoners holding clubs or longbows for
soldiers. Any character who succeeds on a DC 16 Wisdom (Perception) check finds useful materials among the carts and cargo cleared from the streets— weapons, a variety of adventuring gear, or the resources to approximate one gunpowder keg explosive (described in the Dungeon Master’s Guide).
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
patrons for artists or adventurers, or take it upon themselves to teach smaller folk. The Exiles table offers ideas for adventures featuring exiled giants in a variety of such roles. Many giants who wander
secret cult conducting sinister rites in a vast mansion where a giant lives in luxury. 3 A giant takes up residence in a city and demands a huge share of tax revenue in exchange for protecting the city
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica
Selesnya Creatures The Selesnya Conclave uses its close connection to nature to enlist a variety of creatures to its cause. These supporters of the conclave take their rightful place in the natural
order alongside its more humanlike members. Elementals Elementals rise to the guild’s defense when the Selesnya Conclave is drawn into conflict. Most of these elementals are made from the roots and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
, depicted in a variety of ways in myths told across countless worlds of the Material Plane. These stories have been altered in the telling over the course of thousands of years. In some myths, he is
and Rites. Thanks to his prolonged absence from mortal giants’ affairs, Annam has few priests. On some worlds, he has no priests and his name is all but forgotten. On other worlds, a priest of Annam
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
tremendous variety of planar-themed adventures possible within the boundaries of the Outlands. Adventures in the Outlands often involve the conflicts between opposing planar influences. It’s much easier for a
slaad to wreak havoc in the gate-town of Automata than it is for even a horde of slaadi to accomplish anything in Mechanus itself. Celestial spies and Fiend assassins carry out subtle plots and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monstrous Compendium Volume Four
Snapping Hydra A rare variety of hydra native to the wilds of Eldraine, snapping hydras resemble giant, many-headed turtles. Snapping hydras dwell at the bottom of the wild’s largest lakes or along
, reach 10 ft., one target. Hit: 14 (2d8 + 5) piercing damage.
Shell Defense. The hydra withdraws its limbs and heads into its shell. Until it emerges as a bonus action, it gains a +4 bonus to AC
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver
approaching, Iarno the evil mage grabs his staff of defense (see appendix A) and the scrolls in his chest (see the “Treasure” section), and flees through the secret door in the northeast corner of the room
entertainment for their visit. Beneath his genteel demeanor, however, Iarno is just as thuggish and arrogant as any Redbrand outlaws. If threatened, Iarno uses his staff of defense to cast mage armor on
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
concern of any stronghold is defense, but older and prosperous strongholds can grow to become wondrous underground cities filled with generations of exquisite dwarven artisanship. Regardless of a
existence, dwarves have carved out their strongholds underground for a variety of reasons. Their unmatched prowess in mining and stonework makes them ideal candidates to use the subterranean realm for
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
, and at work. Her followers generally pray at midday, with the sounds of the city forming an appropriate backdrop to their rites, as industry itself is sacred to Ephara. Many aspects of city life and
difficult one from either perspective. Ephara approves of agriculture, a key ingredient for the development of cities, and both gods are concerned with defense of settlements. Even so, Karametra is tied
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
exploits, while men do so by finding their own way in the world. As a result, the polis is populated mostly by women and children. When young men reach the age of fourteen, their rites of passage
council, considered Karametra’s closest advisor and the de facto ruler of the city. Defenders and the Four Towers Karametra includes defense of the home in her domains, and the residents of Setessa
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
variety of ethnic backgrounds. Barovians are deeply invested in their homes and their traditions. They are wary of strange peoples and customs. The way Barovians deal with strangers can be unsettling to
outdoors, so as not to attract the attention of Strahd or his spies. Barovians live within a closed ecosystem. Every Barovian adult is expected to learn a trade or serve a function. Barovians stitch
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
chamber, keeping it a sweltering 90 degrees Fahrenheit. Two duergar — a male named Prax and a female named Torga — mind this watch post, incidentally standing guard over a variety of extra supplies that
to her skull covers the empty eye socket. Without their armor, Falthra and Helgra have AC 10. They keep their war picks and javelins close by, but fight only in self-defense. Visitors who trouble them
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
perfectionists. The Silverquill Personality Traits table suggests a variety of traits you might adopt for your character. Silverquill Personality Traits d6 Personality Trait 1 I’ll say whatever I need to
way to succeed. 4 I’ve mastered the art of using humor as a defense, and I always have a charming joke ready. 5 I always wait before speaking, analyzing the situation for whichever angle is most
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
blood vessels that circulate the conflict throughout the Lower Planes.
Agents of Treachery Both sides in the Blood War employ spies and soldiers drawn from the ranks of other evil creatures of the
familiar with each other. Every time the Abyss belches forth some new variety of horror, the disciplined and well-trained legions of the Nine Hells reorganize, rally, and counterattack. The devils