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Dungeon Master’s Guide
folds back into a box if no creatures are aboard. Any objects in the vessel that can’t fit inside the box remain outside the box as it folds. Any objects in the vessel that can fit inside the box do
in the Player’s Handbook. If either vessel is reduced to 0 Hit Points, the Folding Boat is destroyed.
Wereraven
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Monsters
Curse of Strahd
wereraven polymorphs into a raven–humanoid hybrid or into a raven, or back into its humanoid form. Its statistics, other than its size and speed, are the same in each form. Any equipment it is wearing
piercing damage (no ability modifier applies to this damage) and carries the curse of lycanthropy; see the “Player Characters as Lycanthropes” sidebar in the lycanthropes entry in the Monster Manual for details.
Magic Items
Divine Contention
, one of the player characters disintegrates.
If a creature bound its soul to the ruinstone in the “Thalivar’s Beacon” quest, the artifact explodes when used and the creature who is
bound to it disintegrates, disappearing from reality and can only be brought back with a wish spell, or similar magic.
Species
Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
that extend from their back and shoulders.
Like owls, owlin are graced with feathers that make no sound when they move or fly, making it easy for them to sneak up on you in the library.
Your owlin
raised above 20.
Languages
Your character can speak, read, and write Common and one other language that you and your DM agree is appropriate for the character. The Player’s Handbook offers a list
Species
Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
Ghostwise halflings trace their ancestry back to a war among halfling tribes that sent their ancestors into flight from Luiren. Ghostwise halflings are the rarest of the hin, found only in the
. Ask your DM if you can play a member of this subrace, which has the halfling traits in the Player’s Handbook, plus the subrace traits below.
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
;s petrified flesh came back to life as morkoths: tentacled monstrosities brimming with malice and greed.
Morkoths are driven by greed and selfishness mixed with a yearning for conflict. They hoard
saving throw. On a failure, the creature has misplaced one possession (chosen by the player, if the creature is that player’s character). The possession remains nearby but concealed for a short
Magic Items
Acquisitions Incorporated
transfer any amount of your franchise funds back to your satchel with a successful DC 15 Dexterity (Sleight of Hand) check.
Secret Satchel
As a rank 3 hoardsperson, your living loot satchel gets an
Dexterity (Sleight of Hand) check. On a success, you draw forth an item of your choice on the Adventuring Gear table in chapter 5 of the Player’s Handbook. The item must be of a size that can fit
Reborn
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Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
sensations or visions of the past to come rushing back.
Rather than sleeping, reborn regularly sit and dwell on the past, hoping for some revelation of what came before. Most of the time, these are dark
. The Player’s Handbook offers a list of widespread languages to choose from. The DM is free to add or remove languages from that list for a particular campaign.
If you are replacing your race
Species
Acquisitions Incorporated
.
Reality is a descent into chaos punctuated by brief flashes of order, whence we arose and so imagine it to be the norm rather than a distant outlier. That-Which-Endures held entropy back for a mere instant
spontaneous alterations over their lifetime, from the typical range of point and peak seen among the elves, to huge ears that sweep back from the head like wings, and which are often pierced behind
Strahd von Zarovich
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Curse of Strahd
Shapechanger. If Strahd isn’t in running water or sunlight, he can use his action to polymorph into a Tiny bat, a Medium wolf, or a Medium cloud of mist, or back into his true form.
While in
intelligently and do everything you can to make him a terrifying and cunning adversary for the player characters.
When you run an encounter with Strahd, keep the following facts in mind:
Strahd
Backgrounds
Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
among the people as living embodiments of his power. Perhaps they needed a reminder of who they were and from whence they came. The Chosen of Uthgar led bands back to the old ways, and most of your people
abandoned the soft ways of civilization.
BARBARIAN TRIBES OF FAERÛN
Though this section details the Uthgardt specifically, either it or the outlander background from the Player
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
Confectionery Layout Andrew Kolb Map: Confectionery ConflagrationView Player Version The confectionery (shown on Map: Confectionary Conflagration) is a humble, 20-foot-square log cabin with a single
floor and a sparse interior. It has two entrances, one in the front and another in the back, both of which are unlocked. The building contains no kitchen, as Edith sources her candy from Uncle Nibblecheek.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
character back when the player returns. Sometimes a cliffhanger can serve this purpose: the character charges in to help their beleaguered companions. Allow a few minutes at the end of play for
cliffhanger can keep players intrigued and excited until the next session. If a player missed a session and you had that player’s character leave the party for a while, make sure that there’s a way to bring the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
character back when the player returns. Sometimes a cliffhanger can serve this purpose: the character charges in to help their beleaguered companions. Allow a few minutes at the end of play for
cliffhanger can keep players intrigued and excited until the next session. If a player missed a session and you had that player’s character leave the party for a while, make sure that there’s a way to bring the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
Special NPCs In this chapter, each player runs not only a player character but also an NPC who has ties to the settlement that the characters are defending. Once you’ve determined where the adventure
ideal, and a flaw), and a stat block. When the giant attack begins, give one NPC to each player and tell the player where the NPC is at the start of the encounter, as noted in the encounter description
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a5
Character Death When a character dies, the player has a few options. Soul Binding The rebel Red Wizards can use the mighty magic of the Doomvault, which traps souls, to raise fallen adventurers as
soul-bound dead. If a player chooses this option, the dead character returns to play with no changes. Syranna warns such characters that a soul-bound creature created in this way will die permanently
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hold Back The Dead
Hold Back The Dead Aurore Folny Ironspine Keep is all that stands before a monstrous horde sent by the villainous lich Szass Tam. The heroes must defend a section of the fortress walls from
encroaching monsters and internal spies, or the region will fall to Szass Tam’s tide of death. “Hold Back the Dead” is part of a yearlong celebration of Dungeons & Dragons and its 50th anniversary. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
, particularly the High Forest and the River Rauvin, but the book’s story dates back to the days before the future site of the city was settled. As the story opens, the weather in the demiplane is brisk but
. The characters are active participants in the story, and its events are real to them: they can defeat enemies and be defeated by them. But a player character who drops to 0 hit points while on the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
Locations in Caer-Dineval Map 1.3: caer-dineval View Player Version Whether arriving “by land or by lac,” visitors are immediately confronted by the fortifications for which the town is famous: its
clifftop fortress, known as the Caer, and the ruined watchtower at the mouth of the frozen harbor. Most of the town’s buildings, which date back to the town’s Cormyrean founders, line the path that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
reporting back to the party’s patron. Substitute Player. With the absent player’s consent, have another player run the missing player’s character, or run the character yourself if you feel you can do so
in-game explanation. Monsters don’t attack the character, who returns the favor. On returning, the player resumes playing as if the absence never happened. Narrative Contrivance. Decide the character
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
fallen character back to life, but not without a cost. The restored character’s madness level increases by 1 upon being restored to life (see “Madness” earlier in this chapter). If a fallen character’s
be reunited with the other adventurers in a later chapter of the adventure when the drow catch up to them. If a player character is permanently slain, think about the ways a player might introduce a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Recap Start each game session after the first with a recap of what happened in the previous session. A recap helps players get back into the story. It also provides important information to players
have specific information you need to impart or if you want the recap to be concise and focused on what’s relevant. Player Recap. Let the players provide the recap if you want to gauge what they think
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal
adventures. Only high-level characters stand a chance of coming back alive, but every player who braves the Tomb will have the experience of a lifetime.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
Recap Start each game session after the first with a recap of what happened in the previous session. A recap helps players get back into the story. It also provides important information to players
have specific information you need to impart or if you want the recap to be concise and focused on what’s relevant. Player Recap. Let the players provide the recap if you want to gauge what they think
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
Triboar, met and defeated the cultists in the nearby hills. Not knowing what the cultists were carrying, they brought the devastation orb in its containment case back to Triboar. Shortly thereafter, it
disappeared. Nareen Dhest, a member of the Hand of Yartar operating in Triboar, pilfered the lord protector’s vaults and smuggled the orb in its case back to Yartar. The Hand of Yartar had no
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
of 30 feet, up the spiral staircase (area Q17), through the curtain at area Q30, over the rubble in area Q33, and into area Q36. Once there, it lands on the back of Vladimir’s throne and disappears. Map 7.2: Argynvostholt (Area Q)View Player Version
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
retroactively spend it or are quick enough to award it before any rolls. This approach works best for groups that want to focus on immersion and player agency, where the DM steps back and gives the players
some other token Alternatively, you can hand out special d20s to represent inspiration. When a player spends inspiration, he or she rolls the die and then hands it back to you. If the player instead
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Borderlands Quest: Dagger Danger!
Kobold Lair Features Marc Moureau Map: Kobold CaveView Player Version The cave has the following features: Ceilings. The cave’s ceilings are 10 feet high. Environment. The cave has rough stone walls
descriptions assume the characters have a light source or other means of seeing in Darkness. Looking Back?
Starting right at the entrance to the cave gets to the action more quickly, which many players enjoy
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
for bringing it back. You have the freedom to chart your own destiny, while still letting the patron shape the nature of your group and the adventures you undertake. It might help to think of the
, and universities are typically highly autonomous. In a player-directed organization, you don’t have a patron because your adventuring party is in charge. You’re the boss; you tell others what to do
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Richemulot Map 3.12: richemulot View Player Version Domain of Disease, Isolation, and Wererats Darklord: Jacqueline Renier Genres: Disaster horror and gothic horror Hallmarks: Contagion, crumbling
is safe again. How the Casques Silencieux know is a mystery, but their judgment always proves correct. And so the cycle goes, from ruin to relief and back again, with de facto ruler Mademoiselle
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer Academy
uneventful days, except for the revelation that Saerthe is an excellent dragonchess player. Tarto continues your training to keep your edge and stave off boredom. You’ve now memorized each card in the
remarks, “I’m sure I’m right but go get a visual to confirm.” Tarto hands you back the sending stone. “Just in case. Now go stretch them legs.”
The characters need to head down to the Hollow Deck of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes of the Borderlands
. Would you track down the missin’ goats and return them to the barn?”
Cornflower offers the characters 1 GP for every goat they bring back. The number of missing goats equals the number of player
already know. Returning the Goats When the characters arrive at a goat’s location, they find it grazing outside the structure and can coax it back to the barn. When the characters return a goat to Cornflower, she pays them 1 GP as thanks. Jane Katsubo A Spunky Barn Goat
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
ground floor features a statue of a great hobgoblin hero of old in a large enclosed courtyard, and a cluster of unidentifiable statues in one back corner. The outermost area of the ground floor is the
for battle. Map 4.3: Ruined Dhakaani Fort View Player Version Ruined Dhakaani Fort Adventures The Ruined Fort Adventures table offers some ideas for drawing a party to the location. Ruined Fort
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
the hermitage on the north shore of the island. He drops off his passengers and the rowboat, then promptly heads back to the mainland. Map 7.1: Firewatch Island View Player Version End of The
Traveling to Firewatch Island A small keelboat makes the three-mile journey south from Uskarn to Firewatch Island at first light each day, delivering supplies and bringing passengers back and forth
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Astral Adventurer’s Guide
Giff Traits As a giff player character, you have the following traits. Creature Type. You are a Humanoid. Size. You are Medium. Speed. Your walking speed is 30 feet, and you have a swimming speed
, but you can use it no more than once per turn. You regain all expended uses when you finish a long rest. Firearms Mastery. You have a mystical connection to firearms that traces back to the gods of