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Volo's Guide to Monsters
. For example, humans confronted by an angry troll experience fear on a basic level. Their limbs shake, their thinking becomes panicked and jumbled, and they react by instinct. The emotion of fear takes
learned to laugh. You use this talent in response to all emotional situations, to better fit in with your comrades.
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You still don’t understand how metaphors work. That doesn’t stop
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
flow for the better part of a day, the adventurers reach a bend where several prominent rocks jut from the mud. These stones mark the entrance to the Court of Orestes.
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
illusions, allowing them to better conceal their treasures from prying eyes and divinations.
Creating an Emerald Dragon
Use the Emerald Dragon Personality Traits and Emerald Dragon Ideals tables to
their way to avoid interacting with other intelligent creatures. However, their interest in history and culture occasionally gets the better of them, prompting them to seek some engagement with the folk
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
, allowing them to better conceal their treasures from prying eyes and divinations.
Creating an Emerald Dragon
Use the Emerald Dragon Personality Traits and Emerald Dragon Ideals tables to inspire your
avoid interacting with other intelligent creatures. However, their interest in history and culture occasionally gets the better of them, prompting them to seek some engagement with the folk of the world
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
giant who took on a better thrower will stumble away, nursing its injuries, as a lesson that arrogance has a price. In battle against puny creatures, giants use boulders that fit in one hand. When
giants fight enormous foes (such as dragons) or enormous targets (such as castles), they prefer to hurl stones so large that even a giant must use both arms to lift and throw one. Giants throw just as
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
the heart of every fighter’s motivation lies the same basic truth: it is better to wound than to be wounded. Although some adventuring fighters risk their lives fighting for glory or treasure, others
true reward for most fighters comes from sending enemies to their doom. The sections below offer ways to add a little depth and a few personal touches to your fighter character. Sticks and stones
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
guards.
Standing Stones. The northern part of the cave contains two large standing stones, each of which has an inanimate minotaur skeleton embedded in it.
If a battle erupts here, the drow in area
stones form one of Halaster’s magic gates (see “Gates”). Its rules are as follows: Any creature that touches one of the standing stones is targeted by a maze spell (save DC 22). To open the gate, a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
overpowering stench of rotting shellfish. Shells, brightly colored stones, mushrooms, and rotting fish are piled at the statue’s feet and strung in garlands around its neck. Four stern kuo-toa slowly circle
the more personal the better. Regurgitating at the goddess’s feet is considered a sincere show of faith (and a behavior faithful kuo-toa might display if the characters wait long enough). Four kuo-toa
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
. Drow congregate to throw stones at the still-dazed creature and drive it into the tunnels beyond the city’s environs. If it’s unlucky, it’s attacked by a roper, a carrion crawler, or another drider. If
. Someone who needs a guide through the Underdark might not find a better one than a centuries-old drider that has faced every hazard those tunnels hold.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
check, a character makes no progress and dislodges loose stones that clatter down the crevasse into the magma. If the check fails by 5 or more, the climber falls into the magma. Any creature that
nalfeshnee is bored with its assigned task, although it knows better than to disobey the Horned King. Still, rather than immediately destroying any intruders, it toys with them for as long as possible
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Light of Xaryxis
bolts and mangonel stones, forcing it to break off its attack and make for the cover of the asteroids.
The newly arrived space galleons are the Stalwart and the Incorrigible, both under the command
, is familiar with both the Moondancer and its captain, whom he considers little better than a pirate, though the githyanki grudgingly respects Elaina Sartell’s commission. His ship pulls up alongside
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
tried to steal the wagon as well as Rictavio’s pet monkey, but Rictavio got the better of him and drove a sword through his gullet. The magic oils preserving Yan’s head allow it to remember
compartment hidden in the wall behind the suit of armor. If the armor is activated and commanded to retrieve the treasure, it pulls the stones out of the wall, revealing the treasure beyond. If the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a5
righteousness colored by fatalism. Her belief is that death is better than being raised as another of Szass Tam’s undead servants. With the characters, she is honest and forthright, as well as cynical
zone’s gates. Syranna describes the use of glyph keys, including how to transfer attunements. She also describes contact stones and how the characters can use them to contact her directly. Through
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
intervene, Cyanwrath’s group knows better than to interfere in his one-on-one matches. If the characters gang up on Cyanwrath or one of his guards, or try to leave the chamber, the guards attack. If none of
-dozen masterfully cut and polished precious stones (100 gp each). The ring and the pearls were taken from Greenest and would be recognized by anyone from there, but the stones came from elsewhere and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
group knows better than to interfere in his one-on-one matches. If the characters gang up on Cyanwrath or one of his guards, or try to leave the chamber, the guards attack. If none of the characters
and polished precious stones (100 gp each). The ring and the pearls were taken from Greenest and would be recognized by anyone from there, but the stones came from elsewhere and would be difficult to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
, cowslips, and hyacinths suffuse this vast garden. Ahead, a ring of standing stones rises from the flower beds. Glittering streams divide the garden and connect with a large pond shaded by willows. The garden
the Feywild, they petitioned spellcasters to transport them to the palace, arriving in the ring of standing stones (area P4). They had hoped to receive audiences with Zybilna upon their arrival but
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
also the home of the Deepking and the center of government. Dunglorrin Torune bristles with forge chimneys from which smoke billows and ledges from which catapults can hurl stones at waterborne invaders
a heartbeat as the cheapest manual labor. However, I’ve learned to make much better use of adventurers like you.”
Search for Droki. Errde explains that her guards have been tracking the movements of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
falling rocks punched through into the structure. The chambers below are made of interlocking, dark gray stones carved into puzzle-piece-like shapes. T4: Obsidian Throne The walls of this chamber are
what brought the characters here so it can better understand the value of the site and the magical relics it has discovered. If the characters reveal what they seek, Ylch realizes the value of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monstrous Compendium Volume Two
must succeed on a DC 14 Dexterity saving throw or be blinded until the end of its next turn.
Who among us hasn’t marveled at a majestic bird soaring high above and thought, “I can do better
skipping stones. Now, let me present the next stage in automated ascendancy: the cloud clinger!
Where is it, you ask? You’re seated in it! And in just three… two… one…
—Last words of inventor Meeka
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Light of Xaryxis
brother.”
Xeleth doesn’t deny his sister’s accusation, nor do her words change the present situation. Xedalli sees no better option than to accompany her brother back to Xaryxispace. As the encounter
unleash their next flurry of ballista bolts and mangonel stones against the fleeing ship. After the astral elves’ initial bombardment, Vocath casts dimension door and boards Xeleth’s flagship to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
better shape than the smaller houses. Heavy wooden double doors are flanked by dark windows, and chimneys anchor the building at each corner, their masonry crumbling. In front of the house looms a wide
inscriptions notice that the headstones near the cairns bear the same death date, which is also the date of the mine collapse. The cairns were intended to be temporary, but with so many stones needing to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
bandits). They are the stone-masked folk who have been watching over the quarry by night, and the so-called Bringers of Woe who appear in area T7 of the Tomb of Moving Stones (they rush down to the
much of the troubles, but she tells Eldras and their children none of it. Life is better undarkened by such matters, she figures. 10. Drouth Fine Poultry This largest of the two Red Larch poultry
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer Academy
“Exploring the Academy” above). Sor’kur
Thri-kreen Receptionist
The thri-kreen receptionist Sor’kur (pronounced SOAR-ker) is always busy, and there’s no one better suited for the job. Whether she’s sorting
mail, passing messages, asking requests for assistance via several sending stones, or handing out welcome packs to new recruits, her multiple arms make it all look easy. Sor’kur has white chitin
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
handle a team of horses or mules better than anyone on the Trade Way. She has an uncanny knack for making animals understand what she wants from them with only a twitch on the reins, a whistle, and a snap
of her whip. Mud, stones, and ice seem to not be obstacles at all when Torohar is handling the team. She is a starry-eyed romantic at heart, and she can bring strong men to tears with her tales of long-ago lost loves and thwarted passion.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
dust for centuries, there are those that see Daggerford as the last bastion of a better time of peace, wealth, and influence — a time that, given the right leadership, has the smallest of chances of
moss-covered or dune-buried stones, the ruins of Netheril and its arcane secrets have drawn many to their doom.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
team of horses or mules better than anyone on the Trade Way. She has an uncanny knack for making animals understand what she wants from them with only a twitch on the reins, a whistle, and a snap of her
whip. Mud, stones, and ice seem to not be obstacles at all when Torohar is handling the team. She is a starry-eyed romantic at heart, and she can bring strong men to tears with her tales of long-ago lost loves and thwarted passion.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
, the tracks are set to bypass all the sidings and run straight through to the bottom. Some carts’ brakes are in better condition than others. If a brake fails, the cart races out of control round and
building is made from closely fitted stones and has a tile roof, but no windows. Portions of the wall are crumbling where tree roots are pushing the stones apart. Gouges and scars show where someone tried
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
the seeking of treasure or ale, that they forgot how to live in any other way but in pursuit of it. That’s what stone giants do.
— Elminster
Speaking Stones Although they are unsurpassed masters of
incorporate runic letterforms, for example). Stone giants also make extensive use of the carved word through “speaking stones.” A speaking stone is an upright stone cylinder into which writing is carved
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
as bait to lure a troll or other large creature into a clearing where the rest of the group can hurl stones at it from concealment to confuse the monster, persuading it to seek other prey. Swarming
Peryroyl. After becoming a hero though her glorious adventures, Sheela joined with the earth, fusing her spirit with the flowers, plants, and trees so she could better provide for her kin. A halfling
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
that city officials decided to build the hospital right next to Cliffgate, convenient to the graveyard and as far as possible from the wealthy neighborhoods. Hissing Stones This low stone bathhouse in
the Seatower neighborhood is one of the oldest buildings in the area. Built in the Chessentan style, it features heated pools, echoing halls, and gorgeous tile mosaics. The Hissing Stones hold a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer
, convenient to the graveyard and as far as possible from the wealthy neighborhoods. Hissing Stones This low stone bathhouse in the Seatower neighborhood is one of the oldest buildings in the area
. Built in the Chessentan style, it features heated pools, echoing halls, and gorgeous tile mosaics. The Hissing Stones hold a special niche in Baldurian politics due to its status as a neutral, safe, and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
, although by the time it reaches Ice Peak, such news is often out of date and wildly exaggerated, little better than idle rumor. Still, the isolated inhabitants of Aurilssbarg eat it up all the same
(elk) 16–17 Ten-Towners (scouts) 18–19 1d6 yeti 20 1 young remorhaz Ancient White Dragon. Arveiaturace, better known to Northfolk as Iceclaws, claims Icewind Dale as part of her domain. The characters
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
to better fit the story you want to create with your players. HAVE WE BEEN HERE BEFORE?
The town of Phandalin will be recognizable to any players familiar with the Lost Mine of Phandelver adventure
to travel. In the long term, Minghee has the drive and instinct to pick up spellcasting (and use a new stat block of your choice) if any spellcasting character takes the time to mentor her. If the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
Headquarters: Civic Festhall Aligned Plane: Arborea Members: Artists, entertainers, revelers Epithet: Sensates The Society of Sensation perceives the multiverse through experiences—the more varied, the better
action are one. Those who act on instinct alone can achieve perfect harmony with the multiverse. Alix Branwyn Members of the Transcendent Order rigorously train every aspect of self to align with the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
her, so be it, but her tragedy didn’t ennoble Zalkoré or make her a better person; it turned her into a monster. The medusa is not alone in the cursed garden. Eblis serve her as sentinels and spies
stones.
Bits of shattered stone rest atop a square dais that rises from the middle of the pool — evidence of a sculpture that once stood atop it. Part of the sculpture lies in the pool, west of the