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Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
sapphire dragon often refrains from striking immediately, preferring to assess intruders first in order to devise the most advantageous approach to dealing with them.
Sapphire dragons watch for signs of
who will listen to lectures on military history without complaint.
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An adult sapphire dragon and an aboleth psychically face off for control of an area of the Underdark. The constant bombardment
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
One useful trick: if ye face bugbears who have severed heads on spikes as trophies, cast a spell to make the heads speak. After that, ye can cozen the bugbears into doing almost anything.
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. If the brother gods are angry with them, they let the bugbears know with bolts of lightning (Hruggek) or by striking them blind or dead (Grankhul). Bugbears worship their gods simply by preying on
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm Lord’s Wrath
bandits. Others have given up relatively quickly, when the dangers become apparent. The current owner of the Wayside Inn is Martisha Vinetalker, a striking half-elf whose pleasing features contrast with
her tough demeanor. She is cold, calculating, charismatic, and knows how to run a business with ruthless efficiency and an eye for profit. The bartender is Backes Dunfield, a human with a scarred face
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm Lord’s Wrath
bandits. Others have given up relatively quickly, when the dangers become apparent. The current owner of the Wayside Inn is Martisha Vinetalker, a striking half-elf whose pleasing features contrast with
her tough demeanor. She is cold, calculating, charismatic, and knows how to run a business with ruthless efficiency and an eye for profit. The bartender is Backes Dunfield, a human with a scarred face
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
characters make a greater impact on the world, they face greater danger whether they want to or not. Powerful factions see them as a threat and plot against them, while friendly ones court their favor in
hopes of striking a useful alliance. The tiers of play represent the ideal milestones for introducing new world-shaking events to the campaign. As the characters resolve one event, a new danger arises
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
characters make a greater impact on the world, they face greater danger whether they want to or not. Powerful factions see them as a threat and plot against them, while friendly ones court their favor in
hopes of striking a useful alliance. The tiers of play represent the ideal milestones for introducing new world-shaking events to the campaign. As the characters resolve one event, a new danger arises
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
horizon, new town, or new face a chance to find something delightful. Lightfoot halflings typically travel in small bands, using whatever conveyance is convenient but just as easily striking out on
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
horizon, new town, or new face a chance to find something delightful. Lightfoot halflings typically travel in small bands, using whatever conveyance is convenient but just as easily striking out on
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
the School of Transmutation. Marambra Nyghtsteel is a striking woman with long auburn hair and an empty, distant gaze. She wears a black robe and holds a staff topped with a rune. A successful DC 10
Intelligence (Arcana) check confirms that the rune represents the School of Evocation. Jhesiyra Kestellharp is a young, plain-looking woman dressed in yellow and blue robes. Her face betrays the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
the School of Transmutation. Marambra Nyghtsteel is a striking woman with long auburn hair and an empty, distant gaze. She wears a black robe and holds a staff topped with a rune. A successful DC 10
Intelligence (Arcana) check confirms that the rune represents the School of Evocation. Jhesiyra Kestellharp is a young, plain-looking woman dressed in yellow and blue robes. Her face betrays the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
. There, the rogue finds a small rock that looks like a grinning face, but otherwise you encounter nothing out of the ordinary.” The trick is to focus on a few details that reinforce the desired mood rather
(in fact, that’s a good phrase to search for) both real and fantastical. As striking as real-world scenery can be, wilderness travel can be used to remind the players that their characters are in a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
. There, the rogue finds a small rock that looks like a grinning face, but otherwise you encounter nothing out of the ordinary.” The trick is to focus on a few details that reinforce the desired mood rather
(in fact, that’s a good phrase to search for) both real and fantastical. As striking as real-world scenery can be, wilderness travel can be used to remind the players that their characters are in a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
the Fall of Agnomakhos
From the back of his flying bull, the archon Agnomakhos led armies across the face of Theros, carving out an empire that stood for generations. While numerous rebellions
defeating his armies and striking the archon down. From their victory rose the polis of Meletis and the use of magic among mortals.
Agnomakhos’s fall remains a point of honor in the minds of Meletis’s people, a moment immortalized in relief upon countless civic buildings throughout the polis.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
the Fall of Agnomakhos
From the back of his flying bull, the archon Agnomakhos led armies across the face of Theros, carving out an empire that stood for generations. While numerous rebellions
defeating his armies and striking the archon down. From their victory rose the polis of Meletis and the use of magic among mortals.
Agnomakhos’s fall remains a point of honor in the minds of Meletis’s people, a moment immortalized in relief upon countless civic buildings throughout the polis.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
hit. Whether in battle or negotiations, Kol’daan is prone to striking heroic poses with his sparring sword and giving inspiring speeches in Troglodyte. 7b. Battleground The floor of this damp cavern is
Formation Centuries of dripping sediment have created a rock formation on the back wall of this cavern that resembles the face of Halaster Blackcloak. The troglodytes have left small offerings around
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
the hard road from the south, the first thing you’ll see is Kelvin’s Cairn, a great mountain scarred by a crack down its southwestern face. Even in high summer, its peak is capped in snow and ice. In
discouraged from striking out on their own, and when they do, they often fail, either due to the dangers of the waters, being blocked out of the best fishing areas, or simply being refused trade by
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
the hard road from the south, the first thing you’ll see is Kelvin’s Cairn, a great mountain scarred by a crack down its southwestern face. Even in high summer, its peak is capped in snow and ice. In
discouraged from striking out on their own, and when they do, they often fail, either due to the dangers of the waters, being blocked out of the best fishing areas, or simply being refused trade by
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
, while elephantine demons on the other side trumpet at them through barbed trunks to break their concentration.
A boxy, winged modron in a padded helmet with a face cage hovers in front of your castle
striking out or by having their ball caught, at which point the two teams switch places. Play Ball! Once the characters chose their team or decline, the game begins. The Righteous Hands are first to bat
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
, while elephantine demons on the other side trumpet at them through barbed trunks to break their concentration.
A boxy, winged modron in a padded helmet with a face cage hovers in front of your castle
striking out or by having their ball caught, at which point the two teams switch places. Play Ball! Once the characters chose their team or decline, the game begins. The Righteous Hands are first to bat
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
hit. Whether in battle or negotiations, Kol’daan is prone to striking heroic poses with his sparring sword and giving inspiring speeches in Troglodyte. 7b. Battleground The floor of this damp cavern is
Formation Centuries of dripping sediment have created a rock formation on the back wall of this cavern that resembles the face of Halaster Blackcloak. The troglodytes have left small offerings around
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
accustomed to long periods of inactivity broken by short bursts of murderous energy. Ferocious though they may be, bugbears aren’t built for extended periods of exertion. One useful trick: if ye face bugbears
lightning (Hruggek) or by striking them blind or dead (Grankhul). Bugbears worship their gods simply by preying on other creatures, using no other sort of ceremony to show obeisance — with one exception. In
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
accustomed to long periods of inactivity broken by short bursts of murderous energy. Ferocious though they may be, bugbears aren’t built for extended periods of exertion. One useful trick: if ye face bugbears
lightning (Hruggek) or by striking them blind or dead (Grankhul). Bugbears worship their gods simply by preying on other creatures, using no other sort of ceremony to show obeisance — with one exception. In
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
rotting heads of his enemies, while his dark armor is set with spikes and skull-like serrations. He carries a huge glaive named Heartcleaver, but often hurls it into the fray so as to face his enemies with
. Graz’zt is a striking physical specimen, whose demonic nature shows in his ebon skin, pointed ears, yellow fangs, crown of horns, and six-fingered hands. He delights in finery, pageantry, and sating his
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
rotting heads of his enemies, while his dark armor is set with spikes and skull-like serrations. He carries a huge glaive named Heartcleaver, but often hurls it into the fray so as to face his enemies with
. Graz’zt is a striking physical specimen, whose demonic nature shows in his ebon skin, pointed ears, yellow fangs, crown of horns, and six-fingered hands. He delights in finery, pageantry, and sating his
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
deactivate. The characters can then free the warriors’ souls by striking their names from the stone. As the names are removed, the knights’ ghosts fade from view with gasps of relief. If all the names
blames himself for not seeing warning signs of Zariel’s fall from grace early on — her single-minded determination to slay demons at all costs. Olanthius took his life rather than face damnation, but
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
deactivate. The characters can then free the warriors’ souls by striking their names from the stone. As the names are removed, the knights’ ghosts fade from view with gasps of relief. If all the names
blames himself for not seeing warning signs of Zariel’s fall from grace early on — her single-minded determination to slay demons at all costs. Olanthius took his life rather than face damnation, but
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
their name from the strange two-faced masks they wear. The smiling half of the face often looks more like a smirk or a triumphant sneer than a pleasant grin. The frowning half represents the displeasure
accompany a war or diplomatic delegation, The presence of the dreadnoughts presents a fierce face in either case. Fire Giant Dreadnought
Huge giant (fire giant), lawful evil
Armor Class 21 (plate
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
their name from the strange two-faced masks they wear. The smiling half of the face often looks more like a smirk or a triumphant sneer than a pleasant grin. The frowning half represents the displeasure
accompany a war or diplomatic delegation, The presence of the dreadnoughts presents a fierce face in either case. Fire Giant Dreadnought
Huge giant (fire giant), lawful evil
Armor Class 21 (plate
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
is repaired. Striking a third rock causes the ship to sink. The pirates, of course, know where the rocks are and avoid them. The watchtower (area 6) and the entire elevated walkway from the tower to
him and dangling them from his ship’s mermaid figurehead. A long-ago injury cost him his left eye and incised a scar in the form of a large X across his face. The ruined eye socket now holds a magical
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
be armed and ready to face them in battle. Escorting the Morkoth are four merrow loyal to Slarkrethel. These creatures swim alongside the vessel, two on each side, and use their harpoons to impale
and unconscious while bound in this manner. Four chains bind him. The chains are secured to the hull and must be broken to release the giant from his stasis or free him from the ship’s hold. Striking
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
is repaired. Striking a third rock causes the ship to sink. The pirates, of course, know where the rocks are and avoid them. The watchtower (area 6) and the entire elevated walkway from the tower to
him and dangling them from his ship’s mermaid figurehead. A long-ago injury cost him his left eye and incised a scar in the form of a large X across his face. The ruined eye socket now holds a magical
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
19. Spiderwatch Keep Fashioned from seamless black stone with veins of silver running through it, this windowless edifice bears a striking resemblance to a crouching spider. From here, Erelal Freth
manacles in this room.)
Both prisoners have been strung up to face the wall, their bare backs covered in blood from the cuts inflicted by Erelal Freth’s scourge. One of the prisoners is Hatchrin Alet’taz
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
be armed and ready to face them in battle. Escorting the Morkoth are four merrow loyal to Slarkrethel. These creatures swim alongside the vessel, two on each side, and use their harpoons to impale
and unconscious while bound in this manner. Four chains bind him. The chains are secured to the hull and must be broken to release the giant from his stasis or free him from the ship’s hold. Striking
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
19. Spiderwatch Keep Fashioned from seamless black stone with veins of silver running through it, this windowless edifice bears a striking resemblance to a crouching spider. From here, Erelal Freth
manacles in this room.)
Both prisoners have been strung up to face the wall, their bare backs covered in blood from the cuts inflicted by Erelal Freth’s scourge. One of the prisoners is Hatchrin Alet’taz
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
marble surface find the following inscription engraved on it in the Elvish script: “I rule by the verdict of my heart and the slam of my fist.” Striking the table with a clenched fist causes it to emit a
here if he hasn’t been lured elsewhere. If Zargash is present, add: Standing motionless next to the levers is a man garbed in black whose face is half-hidden by a hood. A bat-shaped amulet hangs around