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Acquisitions Incorporated
Acquisitions Incorporated. At least that’s what the local magistrate said. But before a final ruling could be handed down, Acquisitions Incorporated offered you a job! Don’t know how to
swing a sword? They promised to teach you! Think you have what it takes to sling spells? They’ve got masters who’ll have you throwing fire in no time!
With the promise of untold treasures
Magic Items
Storm King's Thunder
a two-handed melee weapon — by tracing the skold rune there with your finger. The transfer takes 8 hours of work that requires the two items to be within 5 feet of each other. At the end, the
, other than yourself. Until the end of your next turn, any damage the target takes is reduced to 1, but you take half the damage prevented in this way. The damage you take can’t be reduced in
Monsters
Vecna: Eve of Ruin
hit point. If he takes radiant damage, this trait doesn’t function at the start of his next turn.
Special Equipment. Kas wears the Crown of Lies (see the Introduction of Vecna: Eve of Ruin
;s home world.
Sunlight Hypersensitivity. While in sunlight, Kas takes 20 radiant damage at the start of his turn, has disadvantage on attack rolls and ability checks, and can’t use his Change
Monsters
Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
that area must make a DC 17 Constitution saving throw. On a failed save, a creature takes 38 (7d10);{"diceNotation":"7d10", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Blood Boil", "rollDamageType":"necrotic
"} necrotic damage and is incapacitated until the end of its next turn. On a success, a creature takes half as much damage and isn’t incapacitated. A creature dies if reduced to 0 hit points by this
Tabaxi
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Species
Volo's Guide to Monsters
relics, magical items, and other rare objects. Aside from the power such items might confer, a tabaxi takes great joy in unraveling the stories behind their creation and the history of their use
), Five Timber (Timber), Jade Shoe (Jade), Left-Handed Hummingbird (Bird), Seven Thundercloud (Thunder), Skirt of Snakes (Snake), Smoking Mirror (Smoke)
Tabaxi Clans: Bright Cliffs, Distant Rain
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
and is knocked prone. On a successful save, a creature takes half as much damage and isn’t knocked prone.
(BRAD RIGNEY) Hundred-Handed One Extra pairs of arms magically orbit the bodies of the
DC 18 Constitution saving throw, or it takes 10 (3d6) necrotic damage and can’t regain hit points until the start of its next turn. On a successful saving throw, the creature is immune to the giant’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
magic to a nonmagical item—a shield or a two-handed melee weapon—by tracing the skold rune there with your finger. The transfer takes 8 hours of work that requires the two items to be within 5 feet of
action, choose a creature that you can see within 30 feet of you, other than yourself. Until the end of your next turn, any damage the target takes is reduced to 1, but you take half the damage
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fated Flight of the Recluse
for trying to hijack the Recluse, but a character that takes the Search action and makes a successful DC 15 Wisdom (Insight) check discerns that he’s hiding something. Kreffik comes clean and offers
to reveal his cargo to the characters if a character takes the Influence action and succeeds on a DC 15 Charisma (Intimidation or Persuasion) check. Leading them to the Recluse’s cargo hold, Kreffik
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
monster must choose an action. Initiative Modifiers. Modifiers might apply to a creature’s initiative depending on its size and the action it takes. For example, a creature that fights with a light
, the action has no effect on initiative. If more than one modifier applies (such as wielding a two-handed, heavy melee weapon), apply them all to the initiative roll. Speed Factor Initiative Modifiers
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a4
there takes that damage. The skin will not “heal” once it is compromised. Major damage to the skin, as from a slash with a sword or an axe, will collapse the field like a deflating balloon in 1d6
not. You will have to watch for characters whose actions might rip the water skin, especially any foolish enough to use two-handed weapons or a violent spell such as fireball or lightning bolt. Such
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
Levna Drakehorn Though a recent inductee into the Order of the Rose, Levna is a confident, experienced Solamnic knight. She is brave, decisive, and deadly with her two-handed sword. After a chance
Skills entries, her passive Perception score, and the bonuses to hit of her weapon attacks. 6th 45 (7d8 + 14) Extra Attack. Levna can attack twice, instead of once, whenever she takes the Attack
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a7
polished agate. In each corner stands a statue of black iron, easily nine feet tall. That to the northeast stands with a saw-toothed two-handed sword raised to strike; that to the northwest a huge
reveals a ring pull in the western wall which will raise a small plug of stone and enable the party to enter a small chute which takes them into the corridor that goes west. Bronze Urn. A character who
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
Hlam This venerable human monk lives in a cave halfway up the side of Mount Waterdeep. Hlam is the grand master of the Order of the Even-Handed, a small monastic group devoted to Tyr. Would-be
, sending
Evasion. If Hlam is subjected to an effect that allows him to make a Dexterity saving throw to take only half damage, he instead takes no damage if he succeeds on the saving throw, and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
storybooks and carpenters’ manuals that have been handed down from previous generations. Treasure. The wardrobe in the southeast corner has a secret compartment in its base, requiring a successful DC 15
of Strahd von Zarovich. N6f. Vampire Nest This large, drafty room is strung with cobwebs and takes up most of the upper floor. Stacks of wooden planks lie amid several crates marked “JUNK.” The two
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
fault of Acquisitions Incorporated. At least that’s what the local magistrate said. But before a final ruling could be handed down, Acquisitions Incorporated offered you a job! Don’t know how to swing
a sword? They promised to teach you! Think you have what it takes to sling spells? They’ve got masters who’ll have you throwing fire in no time! With the promise of untold treasures and realms of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
After a dream featuring a five-handed dragonborn, you awoke with the mystical breath of dragons.
Draconic Disciple 3rd-Level Way of the Ascendant Dragon Feature You can channel draconic power to
60-foot cone or a 90-foot line that is 5 feet wide (your choice), and each creature in that area takes damage equal to four rolls of your Martial Arts die on a failed save, or half as much damage on a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
arbitration, with concrete edicts handed down to make the line between right and wrong — in a civil sense, at least — crystal clear.
In Phandalin (as with many of the other locations in this adventure
person with power is the individual who takes and holds that power. Locales still have authorities and laws, but the person who can kill everyone else — or pay someone to do so — is the one who truly
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
, wax seals, and sheets of parchment. A thorough search of the desk takes 1 minute and yields a small wooden coffer containing 270 gp, 165 sp, and 89 cp. C15: Sythian’s Quarters (Locked) This room
spell (save DC 14). On a successful saving throw, the creature resists the spell. On a failed saving throw, the creature is compelled to leave the room empty-handed and not return for 8 hours (the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a5
pool. If the undead does, it gains no benefits and takes 22 (4d10) radiant damage. White Gate. A white gate stands in the opening in the wall between this area and the Forest of Weakness. 52. Displacer
non-undead creature to drink from the pool. If the creature does, it gains no benefits and takes 22 (4d10) necrotic damage. 56. Behir Lair The trees in this forested cavern are scorched and gouged
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
giants.
Slaves: Labor-saving Devices It takes a lot of work to build and maintain a fire giant stronghold. Most of that effort comes not from the giants themselves, but from the slaves that they keep
their group. The might of a human who hunts polar bears bare-handed as frost giants do, or who wrestles a frost giant into submission, can’t be denied. Such a human could never become the chieftain of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
party alone if handed a bribe of 10 gp or more. T9. Interrogation Room A groaning halfling is tied to a wood chair in the center of this room, his shirt stained with blood and sweat, and his head covered
(Athletics) check. A character who fails this check takes 3 (1d6) bludgeoning damage and falls prone on the platform. At the start of round six, the coach moves 20 feet per round for three rounds before
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
. Beyond these universal tasks, each captain takes on other duties as desired in order of that Ship’s standing in the hierarchy, leaving less glamorous and less lucrative tasks to the captains and Ships of
from Fifth Ship, had been accustomed to taking the hindmost. Now its workers and sailors happily accept chances for profit handed down from above, and just as happily delegate the most menial and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
the kite without aging her is to untie the bows, which can be accomplished only while the kite is on the ground (see “The Kite Falls” below). Once the kite falls to the ground, it takes an action to
Reacts. If the kite takes damage, but not enough to reduce it to 0 hit points, it uses its reaction to yank the string from Feenia’s grasp (causing Feenia to age as described above). On subsequent
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
noise emanates from the northeast tunnel, which is only 5 feet high and slopes gently upward to area G6. The tunnel ends at a wall of falling mud (see area G6). Any creature passing under the mud takes
feet wide, has no railings, and spans a wide cavern that echoes with strange clacking noises.
The bridge is 40 feet long and sturdy. A creature on the bridge that takes 10 damage or more from a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
headquarters is a mundane site, which has often been selected or handed down by Acquisitions Incorporated. The characters’ initial base of operations could be a ruined tower, a worn horse-drawn carriage
and strong winds. If the balloon takes significant damage, the ship could be forced to descend — or might even crash. (Appendix C features vehicle statistics for a typical battle balloon. For
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer
pleasantly scandalized. While some of the news — such as word of new laws passed by the Council of Four or official election results — is handed down directly by the government, most comes from freelance
or with a lot of friends — preferably both. The place takes its name from the life-sized wooden mermaid hanging above the incongruous reception desk, a dozen blackened and withered hands nailed to its
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
pleasantly scandalized. While some of the news — such as word of new laws passed by the Council of Four or official election results — is handed down directly by the government, most comes from freelance
or with a lot of friends — preferably both. The place takes its name from the life-sized wooden mermaid hanging above the incongruous reception desk, a dozen blackened and withered hands nailed to its
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a6
gladly takes up arms to aid his rescuers and is willing to serve his rescuers for one year without pay in gratitude for his freedom. Fourth Cell. The bugbear guards will say that they have been
entrance holds several pike-sized spears, battleaxes, two-handed swords, and other weapons and armor usable only by giants. Some helmets are balanced on shields, each propped up by a warhammer or a mace
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
vortex takes 18 (4d8) force damage. In addition, its speed becomes 0 feet, it can’t benefit from any bonus to its speed, and it can’t be seen by others. The creature takes the damage again at the start
and is impervious to most forms of damage. If it is struck with the woodcutter’s axe (see area P6), the beanstalk shrinks 5 feet for every hit point of damage the weapon deals. If the beanstalk takes
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
tiefling performs a one-handed handstand, while another twirls a flaming hoop, and the third plucks a banjo. During performances, the tieflings and the animals are all absent. Wooden Chest. The wooden
doodads. A potion of animal friendship can be found here as well. A13: Employee Lounge Employee-Only Area This room is sixty feet long by fifty feet wide. A long table surrounded by ten chairs takes up
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
die before consenting to ransom demands. When death finally takes her, Thalamra’s dying words to her killers are, “See you in hell.” Thalamra keeps two keys in a pocket of her dress. One key unlocks
Torm (a silver pendant shaped like a right-handed gauntlet on the end of a silver chain) in the chest. The holy symbol is worth 25 gp. The chest contains nothing else. V36. Vanthampur Vault The door
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
. The hook-handed figure is Markos’s former butler, Esquire (use the hook horror stat block). Esquire isn’t bound inside the circle and attacks intruders on sight. He doesn’t know the cause of his
action, the potion’s imbiber can use the tentacle to make a melee weapon attack (+4 to hit) against a creature the imbiber can see within 5 feet of itself. On a hit, the target takes 4 (1d8) necrotic
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
, she breathes poison gas at them, takes to the air, and returns to her hidden lair. If the characters restrain themselves, she tells them (in Common) to travel north to the Valley of Khedrun and search
helm made from a white dragon’s skull, as he can help them. (See the “Harshnag” section later in this chapter.) Once she has imparted this information, Old Gnawbone takes flight and returns to her