{
"name": "Parleying with Monsters",
"page": 148,
"type": "section",
"__prop": "variantrule",
"source": "TCE",
"entries": [
{
"by": "Tasha",
"type": "quote",
"entries": [
"Why fight if a lively chat is possible? If things get out of hand, just show yourself out with a dimension door."
]
},
"Meeting a monster doesn't have to spark a fight. An offering, like food, can calm some hostile monsters, and sapient creatures often prefer to talk than to draw weapons. If the adventurers try to parley with a monster, you may improvise the encounter or use the {@book social interaction rules|DMG|8|Social Interaction} in the {@book Dungeon Master's Guide|DMG}. Consider granting the characters advantage on any ability check they make to communicate with a creature if they offer something it wants. The \"{@area Monsters' Desires|377|x}\" section below suggest things that a creature might like, depending on its type.",
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"title": "Adventurers offer meat to an owlbear.",
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"credit": "Robin Olausson",
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{
"name": "Monster Research",
"page": 148,
"type": "entries",
"entries": [
"Adventurers can research what a creature is likely to desire. The Monster Research table suggests which skills can be used to learn about a creature of a particular type. The DC for a relevant ability check equals 10 + the creature's challenge rating.",
{
"rows": [
[
"Aberration",
"{@skill Arcana}"
],
[
"Beast",
"{@skill Animal Handling}, {@skill Nature}, or {@skill Survival}"
],
[
"Celestial",
"{@skill Arcana} or {@skill Religion}"
],
[
"Construct",
"{@skill Arcana}"
],
[
"Dragon",
"{@skill Arcana}, {@skill History}, or {@skill Nature}"
],
[
"Elemental",
"{@skill Arcana} or {@skill Nature}"
],
[
"Fey",
"{@skill Arcana} or {@skill Nature}"
],
[
"Fiend",
"{@skill Arcana} or {@skill Religion}"
],
[
"Giant",
"{@skill History}"
],
[
"Humanoid",
"{@skill History}"
],
[
"Monstrosity",
"{@skill Nature} or {@skill Survival}"
],
[
"Ooze",
"{@skill Arcana} or {@skill Survival}"
],
[
"Plant",
"{@skill Nature} or {@skill Survival}"
],
[
"Undead",
"{@skill Arcana} or {@skill Religion}"
]
],
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"caption": "Monster Research",
"colLabels": [
"Type",
"Suggested Skills"
],
"colStyles": [
"col-6 text-center",
"col-6 text-center"
]
}
]
},
{
"name": "Monsters' Desires",
"page": 148,
"type": "entries",
"entries": [
{
"rows": [
[
"1",
"The brain or other organs of a rare creature"
],
[
"2",
"Flattery and obsequiousness"
],
[
"3",
"Secrets or lore it doesn't already know"
],
[
"4",
"Accepting a strange, organic graft onto your body"
]
],
"type": "table",
"caption": "Aberrations",
"colLabels": [
"d4",
"Desired Offering"
],
"colStyles": [
"col-2 text-center",
"col-10"
]
},
{
"rows": [
[
"1",
"Fresh meat"
],
[
"2",
"A soothing melody"
],
[
"3",
"Brightly colored beads, cloth, feathers, or string"
],
[
"4",
"An old stuffed animal or other soft trinket"
]
],
"type": "table",
"caption": "Beasts",
"colLabels": [
"d4",
"Desired Offering"
],
"colStyles": [
"col-2 text-center",
"col-10"
]
},
{
"rows": [
[
"1",
"The tale of a heroic figure"
],
[
"2",
"An oath to do three charitable deeds before dawn"
],
[
"3",
"The crown of a defeated tyrant"
],
[
"4",
"A holy relic or treasured family heirloom"
]
],
"type": "table",
"caption": "Celestials",
"colLabels": [
"d4",
"Desired Offering"
],
"colStyles": [
"col-2 text-center",
"col-10"
]
},
{
"rows": [
[
"1",
"Oil to apply to the construct's joints"
],
[
"2",
"A magic item with charges, to be used as fuel"
],
[
"3",
"A vessel infused with elemental power"
],
[
"4",
"Adamantine or mithral components"
]
],
"type": "table",
"caption": "Constructs",
"colLabels": [
"d4",
"Desired Offering"
],
"colStyles": [
"col-2 text-center",
"col-10"
]
},
{
"rows": [
[
"1",
"Gold or gems"
],
[
"2",
"Anything from a draconic rival's hoard"
],
[
"3",
"An antique passed down at least three generations"
],
[
"4",
"A flattering artistic depiction of the dragon"
]
],
"type": "table",
"caption": "Dragons",
"colLabels": [
"d4",
"Desired Offering"
],
"colStyles": [
"col-2 text-center",
"col-10"
]
},
{
"rows": [
[
"1",
"A gem worth at least 50 gp, which the creature eats"
],
[
"2",
"An exceedingly pure sample of a favored element"
],
[
"3",
"A way to return the elemental to its home plane"
],
[
"4",
"Performing a dance from the elemental's home plane"
]
],
"type": "table",
"caption": "Elementals",
"colLabels": [
"d4",
"Desired Offering"
],
"colStyles": [
"col-2 text-center",
"col-10"
]
},
{
"rows": [
[
"1",
"The memory of your first kiss"
],
[
"2",
"The color of your eyes"
],
[
"3",
"An object of deep sentimental value to you"
],
[
"4",
"Reciting a sublime poem"
]
],
"type": "table",
"caption": "Fey",
"colLabels": [
"d4",
"Desired Offering"
],
"colStyles": [
"col-2 text-center",
"col-10"
]
},
{
"rows": [
[
"1",
"Your soul"
],
[
"2",
"A desecrated holy object"
],
[
"3",
"Blood from a living or recently slain loved one"
],
[
"4",
"Breaking a sacred promise in the fiend's presence"
]
],
"type": "table",
"caption": "Fiends",
"colLabels": [
"d4",
"Desired Offering"
],
"colStyles": [
"col-2 text-center",
"col-10"
]
},
{
"rows": [
[
"1",
"A dwarf admitting giant-craft to be superior to dwarf-craft"
],
[
"2",
"A strong working animal"
],
[
"3",
"Multiple barrels of ale"
],
[
"4",
"Treasure stolen from a rival giant"
]
],
"type": "table",
"caption": "Giants",
"colLabels": [
"d4",
"Desired Offering"
],
"colStyles": [
"col-2 text-center",
"col-10"
]
},
{
"rows": [
[
"1",
"Promising to find a lost item of great importance to their culture"
],
[
"2",
"Challenging them to a type of friendly contest, such as dancing, singing, or drinking"
],
[
"3",
"Recovering something they've lost"
],
[
"4",
"Information on a foe's secrets or weaknesses"
]
],
"type": "table",
"caption": "Humanoids",
"colLabels": [
"d4",
"Desired Offering"
],
"colStyles": [
"col-2 text-center",
"col-10"
]
},
{
"rows": [
[
"1",
"Dislodging the stuck scraps of the creature's last meal"
],
[
"2",
"The creature's favorite food"
],
[
"3",
"Driving off the creature's rival"
],
[
"4",
"Making movements that mimic the monster's mating dance"
]
],
"type": "table",
"caption": "Monstrosities",
"colLabels": [
"d4",
"Desired Offering"
],
"colStyles": [
"col-2 text-center",
"col-10"
]
},
{
"rows": [
[
"1",
"A vial of putrid liquids"
],
[
"2",
"A cloth bearing a noxious odor"
],
[
"3",
"Bones or metal, which the ooze promptly absorbs"
],
[
"4",
"A gallon of any effervescent fluid"
]
],
"type": "table",
"caption": "Oozes",
"colLabels": [
"d4",
"Desired Offering"
],
"colStyles": [
"col-2 text-center",
"col-10"
]
},
{
"rows": [
[
"1",
"A pound of mulch"
],
[
"2",
"Water from a spring infused with Feywild energy"
],
[
"3",
"Clearing invasive vegetation from the creature's territory"
],
[
"4",
"Destroying all axes and fire-making implements the party carries"
]
],
"type": "table",
"caption": "Plants",
"colLabels": [
"d4",
"Desired Offering"
],
"colStyles": [
"col-2 text-center",
"col-10"
]
},
{
"rows": [
[
"1",
"A vial of blood"
],
[
"2",
"A personal memento from the creature's past"
],
[
"3",
"Materials, tools, or the skills to sun-proof a crumbling mausoleum"
],
[
"4",
"Completing a task the creature was unable to finish in life"
]
],
"type": "table",
"caption": "Undead",
"colLabels": [
"d4",
"Desired Offering"
],
"colStyles": [
"col-2 text-center",
"col-10"
]
}
]
}
],
"ruleType": "O"
}