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Returning 35 results for 'Describing'.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Describing Horror The horrors populating your adventures can take endless forms, whether they be foes, impending events, or magical forces. Rather than just naming what the terrible thing is, inspire
your players’ imaginations by describing a horror indirectly in stages. Chapter 5 features advice or making familiar monsters more frightful. Also consider the following elements when describing
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Describing Monsters The Whistling Fiend is notorious for being
heard long before it’s seen When adventurers encounter a monster for the first time, especially if its reputation precedes it, dwell on
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Describing Horror The horrors populating your adventures can take endless forms, whether they be foes, impending events, or magical forces. Rather than just naming what the terrible thing is, inspire
your players’ imaginations by describing a horror indirectly in stages. Chapter 5 features advice or making familiar monsters more frightful. Also consider the following elements when describing
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Describing Monsters The Whistling Fiend is notorious for being
heard long before it’s seen When adventurers encounter a monster for the first time, especially if its reputation precedes it, dwell on
Spells
Player’s Handbook
modified memories to take root. Its mind fills in any gaps in the details of your description. If the spell ends before you finish describing the modified memories, the creature’s memory isn
Monsters
Mythic Odysseys of Theros
mythic trait by describing her skin cracking and turning pale as she suffers wounds. Read or paraphrase the following text when Hythonia finally uses her Shed Skin trait:
The medusa’s skin
Magic Items
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
. The scorpion has an Intelligence of 4 and can communicate with you telepathically while it is within 60 feet of you, though its messages are largely limited to describing the passage of potential prey
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Spells
Basic Rules (2014)
memories to take root. Its mind fills in any gaps in the details of your description. If the spell ends before you have finished describing the modified memories, the creature's memory isn't altered
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
or investigation. Engage players who like fighting by... Springing unexpected combat encounters. Vividly describing the havoc their characters wreak with their attacks and spells. Including combat encounters with large numbers of less powerful monsters.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
or investigation. Engage players who like fighting by... Springing unexpected combat encounters. Vividly describing the havoc their characters wreak with their attacks and spells. Including combat encounters with large numbers of less powerful monsters.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
together) can use those cards as brainstorming material, setting the scene at the start of the session or describing an event that occurred during a period of downtime between adventures. Alternatively, you can draw cards during the session to help you generate story beats during an ongoing adventure.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
elaborate approach — describing traps in terms of their game mechanics and offering guidance on creating traps of your own using these new rules. Rather than characterize traps as mechanical or magical, these rules separate traps into two other categories: simple and complex.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
who like fighting by… springing unexpected combat encounters on them. vividly describing the havoc their characters wreak with their attacks and spells. including combat encounters with large numbers of weak monsters. interrupting social interaction and exploration with combat.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
elaborate approach — describing traps in terms of their game mechanics and offering guidance on creating traps of your own using these new rules. Rather than characterize traps as mechanical or magical, these rules separate traps into two other categories: simple and complex.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
who like fighting by… springing unexpected combat encounters on them. vividly describing the havoc their characters wreak with their attacks and spells. including combat encounters with large numbers of weak monsters. interrupting social interaction and exploration with combat.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
descending from the city above us.
—A street urchin describing Sharn
Sharn is the most cosmopolitan city on the continent. Describing all the activities and offerings in the city could fill an entire book. Here’s a summary of what you need to know to appreciate the city to the fullest.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
wouldn’t throw such a powerful monster at us!” or you might hear, “The read-aloud text spent a lot of time describing that door — let’s search it again!” Discourage metagame thinking by giving players a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
Benefits of Piety The gods bestow favors on those who prove their devotion. When your piety score crosses certain thresholds—3, 10, 25, and 50—you gain a benefit detailed in the sections describing
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
Benefits of Piety The gods bestow favors on those who prove their devotion. When your piety score crosses certain thresholds—3, 10, 25, and 50—you gain a benefit detailed in the sections describing
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
descending from the city above us.
—A street urchin describing Sharn
Sharn is the most cosmopolitan city on the continent. Describing all the activities and offerings in the city could fill an entire book. Here’s a summary of what you need to know to appreciate the city to the fullest.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
have their own ways of describing the realm’s features, the half-lucid ramblings of those who dream of the domain stretch to name and relate several prominent sites.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
wouldn’t throw such a powerful monster at us!” or you might hear, “The read-aloud text spent a lot of time describing that door — let’s search it again!” Discourage metagame thinking by giving players a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
have their own ways of describing the realm’s features, the half-lucid ramblings of those who dream of the domain stretch to name and relate several prominent sites.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
together) can use those cards as brainstorming material, setting the scene at the start of the session or describing an event that occurred during a period of downtime between adventures. Alternatively, you can draw cards during the session to help you generate story beats during an ongoing adventure.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
A Legendary Creature's Lair A legendary creature might have a section describing its lair and the special effects it can create while there, either by act of will or simply by being present. Such a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
precedes it. Describing Monsters. Give yourself permission to dwell on a monster’s description. Monstrous Tactics. Monsters that fight dirty—or in a particularly fearsome way—have more impact
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
A Legendary Creature's Lair A legendary creature might have a section describing its lair and the special effects it can create while there, either by act of will or simply by being present. Such a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
precedes it. Describing Monsters. Give yourself permission to dwell on a monster’s description. Monstrous Tactics. Monsters that fight dirty—or in a particularly fearsome way—have more impact
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
Dungeon Master’s Guide, you’ll find advice for how to create adventures and even create whole worlds. Guide the Story. You narrate much of the action during play, describing locations and creatures that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
among the stars. The tales of her adventures are a mythic tour of the Dakra Isles and the coastlands of Theros, describing a panoply of creatures, nations, and marvelous phenomena—some of which still
from tale to tale. In fact, The Theriad is a compilation of tales describing the exploits of many different champions of the sun god. It is widely believed that some tales are actually prophecies of champions yet to come.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
the island it stands on are beginning to crumble. The characters have enough time to escape the tower, but encourage them to make a quick exit by describing cracking walls and stones dropping from
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
intervention). The Happenstance Hooks table provides some ideas. Happenstance Hooks 1d6 Hook 1 The characters find a letter describing the adventure situation. 2 The characters are on an unrelated
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
Story. You narrate much of the action during play, describing locations and creatures that the adventurers face. The players decide what their characters do as they navigate hazards and choose what to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
intervention). The Happenstance Hooks table provides some ideas. Happenstance Hooks 1d6 Hook 1 The characters find a letter describing the adventure situation. 2 The characters are on an unrelated
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
the island it stands on are beginning to crumble. The characters have enough time to escape the tower, but encourage them to make a quick exit by describing cracking walls and stones dropping from