Search Results
All Results
Characters
Compendium
Spells
Items
Monsters
Vehicles
Forums
Returning 35 results for 'study of result down variant'.
Monsters
Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn
over time.
A spirit dragon’s primary motivation is to unearth and study the ruins of the ancient realm from which it arose. Spirit dragons share an innate intellectual curiosity, and many have
which it hails. Roll on or choose a result from the Spirit Dragon Origins table to determine which lost realm a spirit dragon is from.
Spirit Dragon Origins
1d6
The Spirit Dragon Traces
Monsters
Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn
a bygone age, and so as they grow and mature, they develop an erratic control over time.
A spirit dragon’s primary motivation is to unearth and study the ruins of the ancient realm from which
dragons are exactly alike; each individual bears features distinct to the empire from which it hails. Roll on or choose a result from the Spirit Dragon Origins table to determine which lost realm a spirit
Monsters
Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn
spirit dragon’s primary motivation is to unearth and study the ruins of the ancient realm from which it arose. Spirit dragons share an innate intellectual curiosity, and many have a deep
hails. Roll on or choose a result from the Spirit Dragon Origins table to determine which lost realm a spirit dragon is from.
Spirit Dragon Origins
1d6
The Spirit Dragon Traces Its Origins To
Monsters
Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn
primary motivation is to unearth and study the ruins of the ancient realm from which it arose. Spirit dragons share an innate intellectual curiosity, and many have a deep appreciation for the culture and
result from the Spirit Dragon Origins table to determine which lost realm a spirit dragon is from.
Spirit Dragon Origins
1d6
The Spirit Dragon Traces Its Origins To …
1
Monsters
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
damage on a successful one.Mimics are shape-shifting monsters described in the Monster Manual. The variant presented here is a particularly large and voracious specimen—the result of Netherese experiments on ordinary mimics—that spits acid.Acid
Backgrounds
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
coin flows. As a result, it’s easy for you to hustle a load of cargo ashore or see such a cargo onto a cooperative ship without attracting suspicion or taxation. You also know the movements of
the Gray Wavers—the Flaming Fist harbor guards—and have a sense of how to operate the city’s mechanized cranes.
Variant Sailor: Pirate
You spent your youth under the sway of a
Backgrounds
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
city. If they do, it is generally as thrill-seeking tourists or enclosed by a retinue of armed guards, not as friends or neighbors. As a result, many patriars are at once acutely attuned to the
almost all the nobility of Baldur’s Gate. As a result, for those who wish to play patriars, the Patriar feature below replaces the Position and Privilege feature of the noble background. Those who
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
. Sages who study the Nine Hells believe the battle for control of Stygia is a test staged by Asmodeus in hopes of purging the worst impulses from both Geryon and Levistus—or discovering a competent
–6). As a reaction when this creature takes damage, it can roll a d10 and subtract the number rolled from the damage.
Geryon (Variant);VARIANT: SOUND THE HORN
Geryon can have an action that
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
allip’s choice that the allip can see. Constructs and Undead are immune to this effect.When a creature uncovers a secret that a powerful being has protected with a mighty curse, the result is often
mind by guiding another creature to write down what it knows. This process takes days or possibly weeks. An allip can accomplish this task by lurking in the study or workplace of a scholar. If the allip
Monsters
Eberron: Rising from the Last War
. Hashalaq quori have studied their mortal prey for centuries. Inhabiting human bodies as Inspired (Hashalaq variant);Inspired has granted the hashalaq a deep understanding of the hedonistic urges of
humanity. As a result, they have developed numerous ways to control humanoids through pleasure — even as they have developed a taste for such things themselves.
The Learned of Dal Quor. Hashalaq quori
Monsters
Mythic Odysseys of Theros
expected—not that they remember what it was they expected. As a result of having followed the Path of Phenax (see chapter 4), the Returned lose their identities, which manifest as separate beings
. They think and speak and even feel emotions based on their new experiences, but given their circumstances, those emotions tend to be muted.
VARIANT: RETURNED KAKOMANTIS
Although the dead typically
Backgrounds
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
one who truly strives to be faceless, consider a distinct set of faceless characteristics. As a result, those with this background have two sets of characteristics, one for their persona, and one for
often mistaken for daydreaming.
6
I cultivate a single obscure hobby or study and eagerly discuss it at length.
7
I am ever learning how to be among others — when to stay quiet
Spell Scroll
Legacy
This doesn't reflect the latest rules and lore.
Learn More
Magic Items
Basic Rules (2014)
copied. Whether the check succeeds or fails, the Spell Scroll is destroyed.
VARIANT: SCROLL MISHAPS
A creature who tries and fails to cast a spell from a spell scroll must make a DC 10
Intelligence saving throw. If the saving throw fails, roll on the Scroll Mishap table.
Scroll Mishap
d6
Result
1
A surge of magical energy deals the caster 1d6 force damage per level of
Yuan-ti Pureblood
Legacy
This doesn't reflect the latest rules and lore.
Learn More
Species
Volo's Guide to Monsters
can transform an individual into a more powerful type. The cost and time required to perform the ritual is prohibitive, and as a result most yuan-ti never get the opportunity to undergo such a
odds aren’t in their favor. A short retreat might be just the thing to reach a better tactical position, find allies, or to allow the yuan-ti the opportunity to study their opponents and
Magic Items
Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
result is rolled after it’s been used, you draw the next lowest unused tooth on the table.
Sowing Teeth. To sow the tooth, you place it on the ground in an unoccupied space within your reach
;green hags in a Green Hag (Coven Variant);coven
When you damage a target that hasn’t taken a turn in this combat, the target takes an extra 3d10 slashing damage from ghostly blades.
5
Backgrounds
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
FEATURE: CRIMINAL CONNECTIONS
In Baldur’s Gate, crime is just another business. As a result, you can arrange a meeting with a low-ranking operative of nearly any business, patriar family, crew
always occur in shady venues.
Variant Criminal: Spy
Although your capabilities are not much different from those of a burglar or smuggler, you learned and practiced them in a very
classes
is not an esoteric or mystical energy that flows through the multiverse, but the result of self-confidence and determination forged over a lifetime of hardship with a never-say-die attitude. Anyone
can be taught how to fist fight but accessing the strength and resilience of the Pugilist can’t. The secret of mastering moxie doesn’t come from disciplined study or rigorous training, it
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Netheril’s Fall: Tales of Terror, Treasure, and Time Travel
Communal Telepathy Zone Places in Netheril where mages engage in intense magical study for prolonged periods sometimes result in an intellectual hivemind where conceptual thought transcends language
classes
Basic Rules (2014)
defensive ability and speed, this energy infuses all that a monk does.
The Magic of Ki
Monks make careful study of a magical energy that most monastic traditions call ki. This energy is an element of
accomplish outside the monastery? Are you eager to return to your home?
As a result of the structured life of a monastic community and the discipline required to harness ki, monks are almost always
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
chapter is for any D&D character who hopes or fears that they might one day face a dragon. But this chapter is also for the bard who has made a lifelong study of dragonsong, the cleric devoted to
can dramatically shape adventurers’ lives. The following sections present a variety of options for creating characters with a tie to dragons: “Draconic Races” presents variant dragonborn race options to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
closest translation of their name in Common. They are often found poring over ancient texts detailing battles, seeking to better understand the tactical decisions that result in victory and defeat. Rampart
sword strapped to their back. Rampart explains that doing so better simulates the battlefield conditions they study.
Extracurriculars: Dragonchess Club, Dragonsguard Historical Society
Job: None
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
Mages Magical Scholars and Spellcasters Habitat: Any; Treasure: Arcana, Individual Viko Menezes Mages are magical wonder-workers, ranging from spellcasting overlords to reclusive witches. They study
choose a result from the Mage Roles table to inspire different sorts of mages. Mage Roles 1d10 The Mage Is... 1 An astronomer who draws magic from stars. 2 An author who writes about the occult. 3
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
Variant Abilities When a beholder’s dream-imagination runs wild, the result can be an offspring that has an unusual or unique set of abilities. Rather than the standard powers of a beholder’s central
eye and eyestalks, the creature has one or more variant abilities — guaranteed to surprise any enemies who thought they knew what they were getting themselves into. This section provides several
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
Mage Mages spend their lives in the study and practice of magic. Good-aligned mages offer counsel to nobles and others in power, while evil mages dwell in isolated sites to perform unspeakable
to hit, reach 5 ft. or range 20/60 ft., one target. Hit: 4 (1d4 + 2) piercing damage.
VARIANT: FAMILIARS
Any spellcaster that can cast the find familiar spell (such as an archmage or mage) is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
beings, such as the sphinx Medomai, an oracle like Atris or Kydele, or a repository of mystical knowledge. Some heroes are born with supernatural power or born as a result of supernatural events. A
result of a fateful encounter with a sphinx or an oracle? Does it indicate the nature of your birth? Each gift’s description also includes a table to spark your imagination as you think about your
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
) piercing damage.
VARIANT: DISEASED GIANT RATS
Some giant rats carry vile diseases that they spread with their bites. A diseased giant rat has a challenge rating of 1/8 (25 XP) and the following
Constitution saving throw or contract a disease. Until the disease is cured, the target can’t regain hit points except by magical means, and the target’s hit point maximum decreases by 3 (1d6) every 24 hours. If the target’s hit point maximum drops to 0 as a result of this disease, the target dies.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
portal appears, roll on the Portal Exit table to determine where the portal leads. If the result is where the characters already are, roll again. Any creature or object that passes through an open
(starboard segment; area Z10) 4 Grell nest (starboard segment; area Z11) 5 Study (starboard segment; area Z13) 6 Bridge (prow segment; area Z17)
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
an action. Applying an oil might take longer, as specified in its description. Once used, a potion takes effect immediately, and it is used up. VARIANT: MIXING POTIONS
A character might drink one
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
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
this area frequently to study the farseer. The elf has had limited success with it, but Rezmir has mastered its use. Over the past year, she used the farseer to study Voaraghamanthar in the dragon’s
information. If the Dexterity check result is 5 or less, a key part of the farseer breaks off, rendering the item inoperable. When characters find it, the farseer is focused on Waervaerendor’s lair. This
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
into nightmarish, frog-like monstrosities. While affected, the creature cannot take reactions and must roll a die at the start of each of its turns. If the die result is odd, the creature must use its
action and all of its available movement to move to area 6, enter the pool, and remain underwater. If the die result is even, the hallucinating creature attacks the nearest creature to it, treating
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
this area frequently to study the farseer. The elf has had limited success with it, but Rezmir has mastered its use. Over the past year, she used the farseer to study Voaraghamanthar in the dragon’s
information. If the Dexterity check result is 5 or less, a key part of the farseer breaks off, rendering the item inoperable. When characters find it, the farseer is focused on Waervaerendor’s lair
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
into nightmarish, frog-like monstrosities. While affected, the creature cannot take reactions and must roll a die at the start of each of its turns. If the die result is odd, the creature must use its
action and all of its available movement to move to area 6, enter the pool, and remain underwater. If the die result is even, the hallucinating creature attacks the nearest creature to it, treating it
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
remembering where you are in the list can bog the game down. If you want quicker combats, at the risk of those combats becoming unbalanced, try using the side initiative rule. Under this variant, the
is complete. This variant encourages teamwork and makes your life as a DM easier, since you can more easily coordinate monsters. On the downside, the side that wins initiative can gang up on enemies
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
your character’s six abilities to assign scores to Strength, Dexterity, Constitution, Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma. Afterward, make any changes to your ability scores as a result of your race
from the ability score and then divide the result by 2 (round down). Write the modifier next to each of your scores.
BUILDING BRUENOR, STEP 3
Bob decides to use the standard set of scores (15, 14
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
Mimic Mimics are shape-shifting monsters described in the Monster Manual. The variant presented here is a particularly large and voracious specimen—the result of Netherese experiments on ordinary