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First-Year Student

Monsters Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos

student fails a saving throw, it can reroll the d20. It must use the new roll.A student who has not yet chosen one of Strixhaven’s five mystic colleges is referred to as a first-year student, after

rudimentary magic as they acclimate to the university’s environment. Once a student has selected a college, they trade their plain gray first-year uniforms for the trappings of their chosen school and

Pirate First Mate

Monsters Ghosts of Saltmarsh

Sea Legs. The first mate has advantage on ability checks and saving throws to resist being knocked prone.Multiattack. The first mate makes two attacks with its longsword. Longsword. Melee Weapon

the target is a creature, the first mate can choose to deal no damage with the attack to disarm the target. The target must succeed on a DC 14 Strength saving throw or drop one item it is holding on the ground.

Auril (First Form)

Monsters Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

away. Auril instantly reappears in her Auril (Second Form);second form, in an unoccupied space within 60 feet of where her first form disappeared. Her initiative count doesn’t change. Innate

Frost.First Form In her first form, Auril appears as a hunched, 7-foot-tall biped with the head of a snowy owl, black talons, cloven hooves, and grayish-white wolf fur covering her body from the neck down

First Floor

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder

First Floor The tower rests atop a cloud that feels solid underfoot. An open archway leads to an empty vestibule, at the back of which hangs a thin, translucent blue curtain that flaps in the breeze

First Attack

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons

First Attack The cult’s first attack against the heroes is a measured assault designed to deliver a warning.

First Impressions

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters

First Impressions Encountering a giant can be an awe-inspiring and disorienting experience. First comes a rhythmic booming, felt more than heard, that resolves slowly into the sound of footsteps: a

giant is near! Loose stones vibrate and tumble down the hillside. Trees sway, then bend aside as the colossus emerges. How can anything be that big? Is it a trick of perspective? When giants first

First Impressions

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters

First Impressions Encountering a giant can be an awe-inspiring and disorienting experience. First comes a rhythmic booming, felt more than heard, that resolves slowly into the sound of footsteps: a

giant is near! Loose stones vibrate and tumble down the hillside. Trees sway, then bend aside as the colossus emerges. How can anything be that big? Is it a trick of perspective? When giants first

First Floor

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss

First Floor The first floor of the tower is an open room. A ladder affixed to the back wall leads up through a trapdoor to the floor above. A pile of bones and moldering clothes lies in the corner

First Séance

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

First Séance The investigator running the séance explains that they plan to use the spirit board in area 3 to contact the spirits to learn why they linger here. The investigators invite the party to

worked. Then the room grows cooler, the lights dim, and the planchette moves to the word “Greetings.” One of the investigators asks the first question: “Who are we speaking to?” The spirit replies by

First Blood

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel

First Blood After the last veteran is defeated or once the veterans stand down, read the following: A tall elf woman wearing a sumptuous gown appears at the mouth of the alley, shaking her head

First Blood

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel

First Blood After the last veteran is defeated or once the veterans stand down, read the following: A tall elf woman wearing a sumptuous gown appears at the mouth of the alley, shaking her head

First Session

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons

First Session Having accepted the invitation to the council meeting, the adventurers are received at the Lords’ Palace. Make the introduction to the City of Splendors and the Lords’ Palace as

council. If the adventurers misbehave or abuse their powers, their actions will be reviewed and the writ will be revoked. Once the characters have been vested with their powers, the first stages of the

First Floor

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss

First Floor The first floor of the tower is an open room. A ladder affixed to the back wall leads up through a trapdoor to the floor above. A pile of bones and moldering clothes lies in the corner

First Adventure

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide

First Adventure If you’re using a published adventure to launch your campaign, use the character hooks in that adventure to bring the characters from their starting location to the adventure’s action

campaign, refer to the advice in chapter 4. Keep the first adventure relatively short and simple, allowing plenty of time for the characters to get to know each other as the players roleplay. What’s

First Floor

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder

First Floor The tower rests atop a cloud that feels solid underfoot. An open archway leads to an empty vestibule, at the back of which hangs a thin, translucent blue curtain that flaps in the breeze

First Attack

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons

First Attack The cult’s first attack against the heroes is a measured assault designed to deliver a warning.

First Séance

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

First Séance The investigator running the séance explains that they plan to use the spirit board in area 3 to contact the spirits to learn why they linger here. The investigators invite the party to

worked. Then the room grows cooler, the lights dim, and the planchette moves to the word “Greetings.” One of the investigators asks the first question: “Who are we speaking to?” The spirit replies by

First Adventure

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide

First Adventure If you’re using a published adventure to launch your campaign, use the character hooks in that adventure to bring the characters from their starting location to the adventure’s action

campaign, refer to the advice in chapter 4. Keep the first adventure relatively short and simple, allowing plenty of time for the characters to get to know each other as the players roleplay. What’s

First Wave

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hold Back The Dead

First Wave Once the players have reviewed the relevant map of their defense zone from appendix B and positioned their characters, read or paraphrase the following: Scouts shout from within the walls

First Wave

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hold Back The Dead

First Wave Once the players have reviewed the relevant map of their defense zone from appendix B and positioned their characters, read or paraphrase the following: Scouts shout from within the walls

First Session

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons

First Session Having accepted the invitation to the council meeting, the adventurers are received at the Lords’ Palace. Make the introduction to the City of Splendors and the Lords’ Palace as

council. If the adventurers misbehave or abuse their powers, their actions will be reviewed and the writ will be revoked. Once the characters have been vested with their powers, the first stages of the

The First World

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

The First World Poets do have a way of editing and exaggerating. I remember that time as one big, boring, patience-trying dilly-dalliance. A lot of hurry up and wait. -Fizban “Elegy for the First

, the primordial dragons—Bahamut and Tiamat—worked together to create the Material Plane in the form of a single First World. All the worlds that now constitute the plane are, in the words of the poem

The First World

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

The First World Poets do have a way of editing and exaggerating. I remember that time as one big, boring, patience-trying dilly-dalliance. A lot of hurry up and wait. -Fizban “Elegy for the First

, the primordial dragons—Bahamut and Tiamat—worked together to create the Material Plane in the form of a single First World. All the worlds that now constitute the plane are, in the words of the poem

Pirate First Mate

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh

Pirate First Mate These no-nonsense sailors are the trusted allies of a pirate ship’s captain. Ex-soldiers and trained mercenaries often find employment as mates aboard pirate ships. In The Sinister

Secret of Saltmarsh, Bloody Bjorn serves as the first mate aboard Sea Ghost. Pirate First Mate Medium humanoid (any race), any alignment Armor Class 16 (chain mail) Hit Points 26 (4d8 + 8

The First Flowering

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide

The First Flowering From the ruins of the Days of Thunder arose the first nations of the Proud People — the elves and dwarves — in the region. The elves raised up the nations of Aryvandaar, Ardeep

to attack and pillage. The First Sundering Thousands of years after the rise of the great elven nations, hundreds of elf high mages united to cast a spell intended to create a glorious homeland for

The First Mission

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen

The First Mission The next morning, Darrett meets the characters and relays the following orders from Marshal Vendri: Kalaman’s leadership is disturbed to hear about the dragon-like invention the Red

18. First Blood

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage

18. First Blood If the characters have forged an alliance with Xarann A’Daragon (see area 17d), he goes on ahead of them and distracts the drow in area 18b, allowing the characters to gain surprise

way down this hallway for the first time (see “Vlonwelv’s Pulpit”). Alcoves along the north wall have secret doors set into the backs of them. These doors pull open easily from this side, revealing

V4. Tower, First Floor

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd

V4. Tower, First Floor The flagstone floor is strewn with debris, and a few old crates stand near the east wall. A torn curtain to the south partially obscures the tower vestibule. A five-foot

First Rod Piece

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin

First Rod Piece The first piece of the Rod of Seven Parts is in area W12 of Web’s Edge later in this chapter. For more information about the rod and the spell this piece allows its wielder to cast, see this book’s introduction.

First World, The

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide

First World, The Scholars speak of a primordial state, a single reality they call the First World, which preceded the Material Plane. Many of the peoples and monsters that inhabit the worlds on the

Material Plane originated there. After the First World was shattered by a great cataclysm—giving birth to the worlds that came in its wake—the progeny of the first elves, dwarves, beholders, and other

First World, The

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide

First World, The Scholars speak of a primordial state, a single reality they call the First World, which preceded the Material Plane. Many of the peoples and monsters that inhabit the worlds on the

Material Plane originated there. After the First World was shattered by a great cataclysm—giving birth to the worlds that came in its wake—the progeny of the first elves, dwarves, beholders, and other

First Day on Campus

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos

First Day on Campus This adventure begins when students have arrived on Strixhaven’s campus and the term’s classes are about to start. For the characters, the first order of business is to complete

the orientation required of first-year students. Orientation takes place in the Biblioplex, the university’s grand library. A full description of the Biblioplex follows this section. Some Strixhaven students take studying very seriously. Others would rather play with magic in the Biblioplex

9. First Floor Hall

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

9. First Floor Hall The hall is lined with broken picture frames. A rug with a dizzying geometric pattern covers the floor. Closet. The closet is dark and conspicuously empty.

First Session: Character Creation

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon of Icespire Peak

First Session: Character Creation Dungeons & Dragons is a game that requires several hours to play, but you can stop the game at any time and continue it later. The first session should focus on

First Session: Character Creation

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon of Icespire Peak

First Session: Character Creation Dungeons & Dragons is a game that requires several hours to play, but you can stop the game at any time and continue it later. The first session should focus on

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