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Volo's Guide to Monsters
extended their stewardship over the sea floor from their initial settlements and built outposts to create trade with other races. Despite this expansion, few folk know of them. Their settlements are so
syllables. Male names typically end with a vowel and the letter s, and female names traditionally end with an n. Tritons use their home protectorate as a surname, with the name formed by adding a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
Gardmore Abbey Locations The ruined abbey is too expansive to be completely detailed here. Instead, an overview of each area summarizes the terrain and any threats to be found there. Create specific
encounters based on the actions your characters take, using the monsters listed and adding additional ones as you think appropriate. Two maps are provided: map 16.1, an overview of the entire ruined abbey, and map 16.2, a more detailed map of Mekkalath’s lair at the top of the hill.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Connecting Areas When your map is done, consider adding doors between chambers and passages that are next to each other but otherwise not connected. Such doors create more paths through the dungeon
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
character’s origin and give you the ability to create many different types of characters. Despite that versatility, a D&D race that has the Ability Score Increase trait includes little or no choice—a lack
that can make it difficult to realize certain character concepts. The following subsections address that lack by adding choice to your character’s race, allowing you to customize your ability scores, languages, and certain proficiencies to fit the origin you have in mind for your character.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
Additional Locations You can turn this adventure into an entire campaign by adding additional locations containing more missing components of the Infernal Machine. Just as the Tomb of Horrors was
repurposed here, you might similarly repurpose other adventures from D&D history or your previous campaigns, manipulating their time lines to create alternative scenarios. So many of the iconic locations
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
in the Monster Manual might make a good starting point for your monster. Imagine, for example, that you want to create an intelligent arboreal predator that hunts elves. There is no such monster in the
as swapping languages, changing its alignment, or adding special senses. However, once you change the creature’s offensive or defensive ability, such as its hit points or damage, its challenge rating
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
overwhelmed when presented with many options. For such a player, consider adding only story-appropriate spells to druid’s list. For example, if the player’s druid is from a coastal region, you could
) Control flames
(transmutation)
Create bonfire
(conjuration)
Frostbite
(evocation)
Gust
(transmutation)
Magic stone
(transmutation)
Mold earth
(transmutation)
Shape water
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Horror Content Survey Take advantage of the time before your first game session to learn about your players’ thoughts related to horror adventures. To do this, create a brief list of questions
use them to guide what sort of adventures you’ll create. Content and Themes Questions Start your survey by listing common story and horror elements to determine your players’ comfort with them. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
practice, many of a schemer dragon’s goals might be the same as a monstrous dragon’s: acquiring food, securing a lair, and adding to a hoard. But other plots might revolve around acquiring minions
…create an opportunity for a character to pursue a personal goal.
6 …cause an accident or catastrophe that threatens the characters.
An adventure featuring a dragon’s schemes often works best as
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
. They also keep appropriately sized animals as pets and beasts of burden, and they often share their living space with smaller people. As you create an encounter, adventure, or campaign involving
several adjustments. You can craft the stat block as you see fit to match the challenge rating you’re aiming for.
For a giant child of any age, you can further modify one of these stat blocks by adding the parents’ damage immunities and resistances (if any) and any inherent traits.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Incorporating New Players When introducing a new player to the group, revisit the group’s expectations and limits (see “Ensuring Fun for All” in chapter 1). Then have the new player create a
town who wants to join your game briefly. Or perhaps you have a player you’re thinking about adding to the group, but you want to make sure they’ll be a good addition. Incorporating an occasional guest
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
, and to create both wonders and weapons. Heroes come in all shapes and sizes, all classes and races. They travel the world, battling villains in instants of over-the-top action. And they unearth fabulous
and pulp adventure while adding a layer of noir intrigue. Stories don’t always end well, and there isn’t a perfect answer to every problem. The Last War turned old allies into bitter enemies and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
take place. Fashion Design Characters with an eye for design might create an outfit and enter it in the fashion show. Creating an Outfit. To create an outfit, a character must describe the look
adding magical flourishes. Walking the Runway. When the time comes for a character to model an outfit by walking the runway, the character must make a DC 10 Dexterity (Acrobatics) or Charisma (Performance
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
that you hope appear in future adventures. Update it as the campaign develops, adding ideas as they come to you. Character Notes. Write down the characters’ backgrounds and goals, since these notes
major holidays, and keep track of any important events that affect the larger story. Toolbox. Keep notes whenever you create or significantly alter a monster, magic item, or trap. Keep any maps
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Purpose A settlement exists primarily to facilitate the story and fun of your campaign. Other than that point, the settlement’s purpose determines the amount of detail you put into it. Create only
settlement, start adding these local features so that it begins to feel a little more like a home base, albeit a temporary one. Let the settlement develop as the need arises. Home Base A settlement
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
Combat Encounter Difficulty Use the following guidelines to create a combat encounter of a desired level of difficulty. Step 1: Choose a Difficulty Three categories describe the range of encounter
adding reinforcements (making the encounter harder). CR 0 Creatures. Creatures that have a CR of 0, particularly ones that are worth 0 XP, should be used sparingly. If you want to include many CR 0
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
powerful monster abilities, skill proficiencies, and spellcasting. Fill the Gaps One way to avoid overshadowing the characters is to create an ally who has skills and abilities that complement the party’s
. These tactics keep the spotlight on the characters, with the ally providing valuable support. Limit an Ally’s Presence In larger parties, adding an ally can slow down combat. Consider having the ally
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
corpses create a sense of unease and dread, warning visitors that Deadstone Cleft is a place of death. As cold wind passes through the canyon, it produces a moan that seems to issue from the gaping mouths
of the bodies, adding to the eerie atmosphere. Dotting the canyon walls are several openings that lead to stone-carved tombs and other chambers, some open to the sky and others beneath hundreds of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
, where a broad sandstone rise is lit by sheets of green flame that scour the ceiling. Thin shelves of eroded rock emerge from the center of the rise to create a large central mesa. Ten other goblins
This final fight is a complex battle with a lot going on. Whether you want to simplify the encounter or dial up the chaos, you can tweak the elements of the fight as needed to create an exciting
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
murderous galas to entice fiendish allies, the forces of the Darklord search out and execute anyone they consider treasonous, adding their skulls to Ramya’s ever-growing Tower of Traitors. KALAKERI
CHARACTERS
Characters from Kalakeri hail from a rich, wondrous land tainted by suspicion. They are typically dark-haired, dark-eyed, brown-skinned people with Indian- inspired names. When players create
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
-haunted miasma, its crew and passengers feel despair. Each hour a vessel is immersed in the fog, the crew must make a quality score check by rolling a d20 and adding their quality score to the number. The
wrong. A DC 15 Intelligence (Arcana) check reveals that this mist is wild magic fog. Whenever a creature in wild magic fog casts a spell of 1st level or higher, roll on the Wild Magic Surge table in chapter 3, “Classes,” of the Player’s Handbook to create a magical effect.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
specific need for your campaign, or to appeal to a player trying to create a specific kind of character (perhaps one modeled after a character from a novel, TV series, comic book, or movie). The first
step is to figure out what class feature or group of class features you’re going to replace. Then you need to evaluate what each feature provides to the class, so that the features you are adding don’t
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
move around, such as chandeliers, kegs of gunpowder or oil, and rolling stone traps. Combat Encounter Difficulty Use the following guidelines to create a combat encounter of a desired level of difficulty
adjust an encounter on the fly, such as by having creatures flee (making the encounter easier) or adding reinforcements (making the encounter harder). CR 0 Creatures. Creatures that have a CR of 0
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes of the Borderlands
by adding one or more Zombies, which aid the cultists as undead thralls.
Fooling the Cultists. The cultists are Indifferent toward any character wearing a Cultist’s Robe, which they might have
, the foliage parts to reveal a tranquil grove where a natural spring burbles. Rays of sunlight create a silvery glow about the crystal-clear pool.
This sacred spring is infused with primal magic
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
game: exploration, social interaction, and combat. If your adventure includes a balance of all three, it’s likely to appeal to all types of players. An adventure you create for your home campaign
. Too many surprises can be off-putting to players, but adding the occasional twist gets players to adjust their tactics and think creatively. For example, you could spruce up a goblin lair by
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
NPC Stat Blocks The Monster Manual contains stat blocks for common NPC archetypes such as bandits and guards, as well as tips for customizing them. Those tips include adding racial traits from the
statistics for an NPC, you have two options: You can create an NPC stat block (similar to the ones in the Monster Manual) as you would a monster stat block, as discussed in the previous section. You
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
journey, or they can use magic (such as the Create Food and Water spell) to sustain them.
On the other hand, having players track Rations seems appropriate for a more realistic campaign. Characters in
take shelter until the obstacle goes away. Let the players spend time thinking about a solution, then be generous in adjudicating whether their plan works. In addition to the chance of a delay (adding
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
, adult and ancient dragons are designed to be challenging encounters all on their own, but even a younger dragon can be a handful as a solo enemy. On the other hand, adding minions to a dragon encounter
better.
10 When the dragon is agitated, the regional effects that alter the terrain around the lair create visible changes around the dragon each round.
11 Factions and grudges within the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
to create a map of the headquarters and its surroundings. Chapter 5 of the Dungeon Master’s Guide can help detail both wilderness and urban locations. LIFESTYLE EXPENSES
Whenever characters are in
franchisees will use their starter headquarters as a point for expansion, adding new features, new rooms, new levels — and, of course, new magic as the franchise grows in rank. Other campaigns might be
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
explosion of a fireball fungus causes other fireball fungi in the area of effect to explode as well. You can scale the hazard for higher levels by adding one additional fungus at levels 11–16 or three
fire spreads, it can create an inferno that quickly engulfs creatures, objects, and vegetation. An inferno consists of at least four contiguous 10-foot Cubes of fire. Each of the inferno’s 10-foot Cubes
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Borderlands Quest: Goblin Trouble
first to Collections, then My Characters, then Create a Character, and finally to Premade Characters. If you are an experienced Dungeon Master, you may wish to make another group of level 1 characters
number, the better the character is at that skill. If a character wants to use a skill that isn't on their character sheet, the player rolls a 20-sided die, adding an ability score modifier if the DM
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
Dwarves of the Multiverse Like any race, dwarves display a wide array of skin tones, hair colors, and other physical traits. Adding to this diversity, they have a variety of cultural identities from
survivors to create many separate outposts in southern lands. During the same period, the dark elves fell victim to infighting, which culminated in the collapse of the great cavern. Emboldened by this
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
create a short list of characteristics you want to convey to the players over encounters with the Darklord. Darklord Goals In the adventure Curse of Strahd, the Darklord’s goals are stated as follows
built over adventures where evidence of the Darklord’s wickedness is established and reinforced. Consider the following questions to develop a Darklord’s reputation, adding them as features of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
endless loop. The modrons are indifferent to other creatures and ignore creatures they trample or creatures that try to communicate. If faced with barriers, the modrons create simple structures (like
this chapter, consider adding the following additional challenges after a round or two of combat: Additional Foes. If an encounter features several of the same creature, have one more of that creature or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
its Reaction to make one attack with a weapon or an Unarmed Strike, adding the Superiority Die to the attack’s damage roll on a hit. Commanding Presence When you make a Charisma (Intimidation
Power Psi Warriors awaken the power of their minds to augment their physical might. They harness this psionic power to infuse their weapon strikes, lash out with telekinetic energy, and create barriers of