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Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
least 1 hit point.Multiattack. Virruza makes three attacks: one with his bite and two with his claws or staff. Alternatively, he uses his Hurl Flame twice.
Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +7;{"diceNotation
":"damage","rollAction":"Claw","rollDamageType":"slashing"} slashing damage.
Staff. Melee Weapon Attack: +7;{"diceNotation":"1d20+7","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Staff"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one target
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
hands become bulky, flipper-like appendages able to grasp the seer’s strange staff formed of a blend of flesh, bone, and star stuff.
A star spawn seer is almost always accompanied by one or more
object.Multiattack. The seer makes two Comet Staff or Psychic Orb attacks.
Comet Staff. Melee Weapon Attack: +11;{"diceNotation":"1d20+11", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Comet Staff"} to hit
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Player’s Handbook (2014)
type of musical instrument
Languages: One of your choice
Equipment: A staff, a hunting trap, a trophy from an animal you killed, a set of traveler’s clothes, and a pouch containing 10 gp
Origin
You’ve been to strange places and seen things that others cannot begin to fathom. Consider some of the distant lands you have visited, and how they impacted you. You can roll on the following
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
Druid Holding high a gnarled staff wreathed with holly, an elf summons the fury of the storm and calls down explosive bolts of lightning to smite the torch-carrying orcs who threaten her forest
. Crouching out of sight on a high tree branch in the form of a leopard, a human peers out of the jungle at the strange construction of a temple of Evil Elemental Air, keeping a close eye on the cultists
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
Druid Holding high a gnarled staff wreathed with holly, an elf summons the fury of the storm and calls down explosive bolts of lightning to smite the torch-carrying orcs who threaten her forest
. Crouching out of sight on a high tree branch in the form of a leopard, a human peers out of the jungle at the strange construction of a temple of Evil Elemental Air, keeping a close eye on the cultists
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
area P1. These staff carry no treasure, but they can pay out a character’s winnings at booths similar to that in area P1. The Platinum Rooms attract a diverse crowd of strange and powerful players
true riches of Fortune’s Wheel: the arcanaloth’s trove of secrets. Staff and Visitors The Platinum Rooms are staffed by approximately a dozen lawful evil tieflings who use the assassin stat block. They
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
corpulent bulk of tumorous skin than builds up in strange whorls all over the seer’s body. Hands become bulky, flipper-like appendages capable of grasping their strange staffs — formed of some blend of
if it ends its turn inside an object.
Actions
Multiattack. The seer makes two comet staff attacks or uses Psychic Orb twice.
Comet Staff. Melee Weapon Attack: +11 to hit, reach 5 ft., one
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
-goat creature in robes sprawls ten feet to the north. It grips a staff tipped with a bronze goat’s head.
The curving corridor forms a perfect circle, imbued with magical gravity that keeps creatures
: Bossy Papazotl urges his host to order another character to walk the length of the circular hall. Wise Shagambi warns her host that the staff held by the fallen wizard might be cursed. Mirror Tomb The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
dust-covered objects resting on it. Leaning against the table is a wooden staff with silvered tips, draped in cobwebs.
Treasure. Characters who clear away the dust can see the objects on the table
more clearly: a suit of hide armor of resistance (lightning) made of stitched rothé hide and fur, a silvered scimitar, and a leather quiver containing 20 silvered arrows. The staff leaning against the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Item Categories Category Examples Armor +1 Leather Armor, +1 Shield Potions Potion of Healing Rings Ring of Invisibility Rods Immovable Rod Scrolls Spell Scroll Staffs Staff of Striking Wands Wand
effects of another or pour several potions into a single container. The strange ingredients used in creating potions can result in unpredictable interactions. When a character mixes two potions
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
given. The stat block here represents a matron mother at the height of her power. Matron mother is a strange title for a cruel tyrant, but given what drow consider to be a goddess, perhaps we shouldn’t
rolls, as well as on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on sight.
Actions
Multiattack. The matron mother makes two demon staff attacks or three tentacle rod attacks.
Demon Staff. Melee Weapon
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
’ allies or succeed on a DC 14 Charisma (Persuasion) check with mess hall or trading post staff, they can use the facilities, too. Should the characters follow the skybridge into the camp, four sentries
horn sounds from the camp’s south gate. The sentries run toward the opposite side of the camp while the camp staff scatter. If the characters follow the sound, they see several tortured-looking
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
locked and devoid of other students or staff, except for Tulk Tusktooth and a few staff members who perform cleaning duties during the day. Map 3.3: bows end tavern View Player Version E1. Patio
tavern’s back lot. These exits are marked “Staff Only” but aren’t locked during operating hours, acting as loading areas for receiving supplies throughout the night. E6. Kitchen The tavern’s food orders
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
strange chimeric pets, with winged hares and venomous baboons being particularly popular.
12 The members of Ythryn’s orchestra were known across the world of Toril as masters of their art
pursuit for the city’s elite.
20 An ancient obelisk stands in the shadow of the Spire of Iriolarthas. Using this obelisk and a staff of power, one can turn back time.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
. He’s looking for someone to head east on the Triboar Trail, where marauders have attacked several caravans near Wyvern Tor. The most recent victims reported that at least one strange goblin accompanied
carries a glass staff.) Once he learns the truth about Iarno, Sildar expresses a desire to have Iarno captured and transported to Neverwinter to face the judgment of a higher authority. Regardless of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
, but she lives there and spends much of her time in its libraries and museums. As a scholar of the Draconic Prophecy, Flamewind often poses strange questions and sends adventurers on obscure missions
established in the Five Nations—and more prestigious than Morgrave. It sponsors many of the same kind of expeditions and can boast many great discoveries, yet, somehow, Morgrave is more famous, and that stings many among the university’s staff.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
potion while still under the effects of another, or pour several potions into a single container. The strange ingredients used in creating potions can result in unpredictable interactions.
When a
target, up to the spell’s maximum range, if the target has moved away. Staffs A magic staff is about 5 or 6 feet long. Staffs vary widely in appearance: some are of nearly equal diameter throughout
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
clearing. They each wear a brown patch on their cloaks or tunics as they stand listening to a trio of hooded priests who are leading them in strange prayer to “the Black Earth.”
The three hooded priests
the Harvest Inn. Lomm sleeps in the stable he has emptied of livestock. Herivin Dardragon, the halfling proprietor, remains on the premises, along with four of his staff (human commoners). They are
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
musical instrument Languages: One of your choice Equipment: A staff, a hunting trap, a trophy from an animal you killed, a set of traveler’s clothes, and a pouch containing 10 gp Origin You’ve been to
strange places and seen things that others cannot begin to fathom. Consider some of the distant lands you have visited, and how they impacted you. You can roll on the following table to determine
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
by natural features and magical guise. No significant human settlement stands within a hundred miles west of it, and to the east lies the hungry desert sands of Anauroch. Strange, then, that the
staff the inn when traders come to see what goods can be reaped from the region. Evereska is self-sufficient, but its citizens in their travels sometimes stop at the Halfway Inn and, if traders are
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
overlooks the bog and walkways beyond.
This area is devoid of faculty, staff, or students, leaving the building full of class supplies. Up to three herbalism kits or poisoner’s kits could be crafted
table’s cabinet inside the hut reveals a pest mascot (see chapter 7) gnawing on a cracked, strange-looking stone. The pest is one of the mascots the characters must catalog for Professor Sharpbeak, as
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
spotted at once. The staff pretends nothing is out of the ordinary and waits on newcomers, but they quietly warn Nareen and her group. Nareen might send a server to ask such folk whether they’re here
by the Hand of Yartar identified it as a powerful weapon of elemental fire magic, but worries it might be unstable. She knows that soldiers of Triboar took it from strange orange-robed cultists near
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
for is making sure your work-life balance is in order. You want to be seen by your staff as the suave, fashionable master of your franchise’s occult services, not the creepy weirdo with the glowing eyes
Affectations Being beholden to a strange, otherworldly entity gives you a certain style that none can match. Sometimes this style takes the form of an interesting quirk that makes you the memorable
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
, the walls are lined with strange, rusted weapons and the stone shelves of a library.
Soon after the characters enter the room, the friendly haint Derek appears—he’s joined by Violette if the battle
creatures with non-Humanoid anatomies. However, two magic items inscribed with Djaynaian symbols are usable and remain intact: a sun blade and a staff of frost.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
skills in return for food or spare coins. 61–62 A warforged leaning on a wooden staff carries on a conversation with the docent attached to its chest. 63–64 A human pickpocket circulates among the
unremarkable farmers are transporting a strange device that bears Draconic runes. 93–94 A cleric of the Sovereign Host seems annoyed and is rude to several pious passengers who ask for blessings. 95–96 An
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
you.
Skeleton Staff. The staff of Lottie’s Palace are all skeletons with the power of magical speech. The skeleton that approaches the characters greets them in Common, suggests they get some
drinks gains the poisoned condition for 1 hour, or until the character has a meal at the lounge. A total of twenty skeletons work the floor, acting as dealers, bartenders, wait staff, and entertainment
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
detailed records of Lorehold’s staff, students, and curriculum going back centuries. A character who spends 10 minutes going through the records and succeeds on a DC 14 Intelligence (Investigation) check
polished wooden doors lead from the room, one in each wall.
During the day, office staff mind this desk and keep track of the deans’ appointments. The desk is filled with unremarkable office supplies. If
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
anyone into the palace.
A gnome adventurer acquires
the shard solitaire necklace and a key
belonging to Paliset Hall’s head of staff The four winter wolves are soon joined by the two winter
reciting the rhyme, “Neither gleaming sword nor magic tome can soothe the soul like hearth and home.” This rhyme is known to Zorhanna, Eliphas, the winter wolves, and Paliset Hall’s staff. The fey
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
at the bottom of the pit leads northwest toward area W2 and east toward area W3. Goblin Body. Slumped at the bottom of the pit is the body of a strange goblin with an elongated skull and green streaks
consists of a thin layer of broken shells from strange, pale mussels. A fishy odor hangs in the air.
A passage leads south from this area, and a set of steps climbs to the east. A sluggish stream flows
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
grasp the seer’s strange staff formed of a blend of flesh, bone, and star stuff. A star spawn seer is almost always accompanied by one or more star spawn hulks (also in this book). Not only is a hulk a
. Whoever the mortal once was largely vanishes beneath the mass of tumorous skin than builds up in strange whorls all over the seer’s body. The mortal’s hands become bulky, flipper-like appendages able to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
express interest in restoring Ythryn to its former glory, he laments, “Many powerful minds have tried.” If the characters mention Veneranda’s plan to use Iriolarthas’s staff of power and the obelisk
studies the star field sees a strange phenomenon: a dark star in a position where no known star exists today. This character now risks being cursed with a foreboding sense of doom. At the end of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
higher, or who succeeds on a DC 18 Wisdom (Perception) check to scan the interior of the chamber beyond this one, notices a strange motion within. The points of light in the chamber beyond are shifting
changes to her statistics and roleplaying notes) is fully prepared to face them for a final showdown—but the characters might find fighting in this strange environment to be a challenge. Each of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
any likely adventurers who stop by (see “Kaylessa’s Tale,” below). Kaylessa’s staff are uniformly attentive and good at their work. However, two have secret masters. Ghileeda (female Tethyrian human
servers work shifts at the Helm; most nights, two cover the ground floor and one waits on guests on the upper floor. The staff at the Helm don’t gossip, but they direct anyone who questions them to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
strange-looking tomes.
Though Glasstaff is in his quarters (area R12), he hasn’t left his experiments untended. His evil familiar, a quasit named Zeond, lurks here and watches over its master’s work
princely mantle of ermine, and his boots, gloves, and robes are trimmed in the same fur. A dusky glass staff leans against his chair, within easy reach. Etched into the staff’s length are stylized
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Uni and the Hunt for the Lost Horn
. A crystal barrier, its curved surface swirling with light and colors, forms a strange sky overhead.
A single path leads away from this area toward the clearing in area C2. Portal. The portal
taps the crystal shell. The floor begins to crack. Kelek gasps and clutches his staff.
Venger has no further need for the demiplane, which begins to crumble and dissolve into icy mist (see