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Ki-rin

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

violet eyes. In a breeze or when aloft, the creature’s scales and hair appear to blaze with a holy, golden fire. Beyond their coloration, ki-rins vary in appearance based on the deity each one

reach, and only those mortals who have the tenacity to complete the daunting journey to a ki-rin’s lair can prove themselves worthy of speaking with its occupant. Many of those who do end up

Half-Elf Legacy

Species Basic Rules (2014)

. EXCELLENT AMBASSADORS Many half-elves learn at an early age to get along with everyone, defusing hostility and finding common ground. As a race, they have elven grace without elven aloofness and

-Elf Variants Some half-elves in Faerûn have a racial trait in place of the Skill Versatility trait. If your DM allows it, your half-elf character can forgo Skill Versatility and instead take the elf trait Keen Senses or a trait based on your elf parentage:

Animate Objects Legacy

Spells Basic Rules (2014)

particular chamber or corridor. If you issue no commands, the creature only defends itself against hostile creatures. Once given an order, the creature continues to follow it until its task is complete

bonus and bludgeoning damage determined by its size. The GM might rule that a specific object inflicts slashing or piercing damage based on its form. At Higher Levels. If you cast this spell using a spell slot of 6th level or higher, you can animate two additional objects for each slot level above 5th.

Lizardfolk Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

other humanoids. Like most reptiles, their feelings largely revolve around fear, aggression, and pleasure. Lizardfolk experience most feelings as detached descriptions of creatures and situations

rage against their enemies. They simply observe and react as a situation warrants. Lizardfolk lack meaningful emotional ties to the past. They assess situations based on their current and future

Young Topaz Dragon

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

is weakened until the end of its next turn. A weakened creature has disadvantage on Strength-based ability checks and Strength saving throws, and the creature’s weapon attacks that rely on

topaz dragon their monarch, despite the dragon’s complete lack of interest and growing annoyance toward them. Cold, Necrotic

Yuan-ti Pureblood Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

caste system based on how complete a person’s transformation was. The vast majority of yuan-ti fall into three categories — abominations, malisons, and purebloods — while the mutated

with that of snakes, producing a caste-based society of hybrids in which the most snakelike are the leaders and the most humanlike are spies and agents in foreign lands. Humans Transformed The

Flavors of Fantasy

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)

selfish reasons. Technology and society are based on medieval norms, though the culture isn’t necessarily European. Campaigns often revolve around delving into ancient dungeons in search of treasure or in

Creating a Campaign

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves

Creating a Campaign These adventures can be strung together as a complete dragon-themed campaign. Simply guide your players through the adventures in the order presented in this book and award story

-based level advancement at each adventure’s end, so their characters are the appropriate level for the next challenge they’ll face. (No level advancement is necessary before the final adventure.) You can also use one of the following narrative frameworks to connect the adventures to one another.

Intrigue

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)

Intrigue Intrigue adventures are event-based adventures that revolve around power struggles. Intrigues are common in the courts of the nobility, but power struggles can play out just as easily in

the event-based goals discussed earlier in this section lend themselves to intrigue adventures. For example, if the adventurers must uncover a conspiracy, negotiate a peace treaty, or secure aid from

Awarding XP

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

Awarding XP Each monster has an XP value based on its Challenge Rating. When adventurers overcome one or more monsters—typically by killing, routing, capturing, or cleverly avoiding them—they divide

adventurers complete a tense negotiation with a baron, forge a trade agreement with a guild of surly smiths, or safely navigate the Chasm of Doom, you might decide the characters deserve XP. As a starting

Creating a Campaign

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase

Creating a Campaign The adventures in this book provide play across a broad range of levels. They can be strung together as a complete campaign using the Infinite Staircase to travel between them

high enough level to advance to the next quest. The adventures also present narrative milestones for story-based level advancement (see the Dungeon Master’s Guide). After each adventure, have the

Dragon as Monster

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

of the fantasy genre revolve around dealing with a dragon who has become too monstrous and putting an end to the danger the dragon poses to peoples and civilizations. Three basic goals can provide the

only solution is to slay the dragon An adventure featuring a dragon in a monster’s role lends itself to a location-based structure. That location is likely the dragon’s lair, since it’s difficult to pin

Dragon as Schemer

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

an event-based adventure, as described in the Dungeon Master’s Guide. Whether the dragon is the villain, a patron, or an interested bystander, flesh out the dragon’s personality, goals, and other

Adventure Duration

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything

, adventures in a shared campaign are designed to take either 2 hours or 4 hours. In each hour of play, assume the characters can complete the following: Three or four simple combat encounters, or one or

specific starting point and endpoint. A good way to get around this restriction is to create an adventure with multiple possible endings. Location-based adventures also work well with this format. A

Conclusion

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated

Conclusion With their exciting portals-based adventures in Luskan done, the characters attain 5th level! Just as importantly, they’ve learned that Dran Enterprises isn’t the real villain behind the

final orrery component. If they failed to talk to Bracus and have not yet deciphered the book, see “Enter Flabbergast” in the next episode to bring them up to speed. When the characters complete the

Star Forge Magic

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

Star Forge Magic A creature with proficiency in appropriate artisan’s tools can use the Star Forge to create magic items using those tools and an amount of materials based on the item’s rarity. For

a failed check, no progress is made. For every 10 by which the check exceeds the DC, the creature makes an additional 100 gp of progress. The item is complete when the progress equals the cost of

Xanathar Guild

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist

still have seen or spoken to the eye tyrant. Given that the faction is fundamentally evil, advancement is based on one’s wiles or one’s ability to dispose of rivals. Competition within the

might receive a monstrous bodyguard or assistant (such as a bugbear, a kenku, or a wererat), who has secret instructions to kill the guild member if they fail to complete the assignment as ordered. The

Virgil's Mission

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

sinking. Virgil knows the location of the Tammeraut and can guide the characters there. Based on the attack tonight, the gull correctly deduces that Tammeraut’s crew is active once more and must be

casting of find familiar. They must burn twice the normal amount of material components to complete the restoration of the gull. Success. If the characters end the threat posed by the drowned ones

The Quest Board

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm Lord’s Wrath

characters undertake this quest, see “A Normal Day in Leilon.” Follow-Up Quests After the characters complete both the starting quests, they can take up residence in Leilon and be called upon to complete

.” Thunder Cliffs Quest The final quest in this adventure takes place at Thunder Cliffs, where the local anchorite threat is based. There is no trigger or giver for this quest, since the location and

Crafting an Item

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything

covering other materials, tools, and so on, based on the item’s rarity. Those values, as well as the time a character needs to work in order to complete the item, are shown on the Magic Item Crafting Time

gold piece cost by 50. A character can complete multiple items in a workweek if the items’ combined cost is 50 gp or lower. Items that cost more than 50 gp can be completed over longer periods of

Merfolk

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)

face a common threat or to complete a conquest. Such unifications can be the beginning of undersea kingdoms with dynasties lasting hundreds of years. Merfolk Settlements. Merfolk build their settlements

gleam and fade of sunlight through the water. In the reefs and trenches near their settlements, merfolk harvest coral and farm the seabed, shepherding schools of fish as land-based farmers tend sheep

Nobles of Borca

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

Borca on perfumes, tonics, and dozens of buildings and theaters. Countless families claim ties to the Boritsis. Dilisnya. The family defensively guards its prestige, as its wealth is based in

of bizarre sea creatures and a complete megalodon skeleton. Olzanik. This family of metalworkers obsesses over war. To them, every success is a conquest, but no Olzanik has ever seen battle in

Adventure Types

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)

Adventure Types An adventure can be location-based or event-based, as discussed in the sections that follow. Location-Based Adventures Adventures set in crumbling dungeons and remote wilderness

locations are the cornerstone of countless campaigns. Many of the greatest D&D adventures of all time are location-based. Creating a location-based adventure can be broken down into a number of steps

Robust Patronage

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated

everyone else to fall asleep. Other party members’ rations are for their own consumption, not for sacrificing to dark forces. No more declaring, “The sacrament is complete!” at the conclusion of

a warlock of the Celestial, you meld the powerful magic of your class with the heavenly attitude of the Upper Planes. Your light-infused, radiant-based power makes it easy to establish trust among

Humans Transformed

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

quickly coalesced into a caste system based on how complete a person’s transformation was. The vast majority of yuan-ti fall into three categories — abominations, malisons, and purebloods — while the

Animate Objects

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)

creature only defends itself against hostile creatures. Once given an order, the creature continues to follow it until its task is complete. Animated Object Statistics Size HP AC Attack Str Dex Tiny 20

within 5 feet of it. It makes a slam attack with an attack bonus and bludgeoning damage determined by its size. The DM might rule that a specific object inflicts slashing or piercing damage based on

Simple Traps

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything

moderate, dangerous, or deadly threat, based on its particular details. Trigger. A simple trap activates when an event occurs that triggers it. This entry in a trap’s description gives the location of

characters discover a trap, be open to adjudicating their ideas for defeating it. The trap’s description is a starting point for countermeasures, rather than a complete definition. To make it easier

Atiba-Pa's Plan

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

life’s journey. This drew the spirits to you, and we must learn why.” Since hearing of the characters’ encounter, Atiba-Pa has been engaged in research and verifying stories. Based on his

necklaces are historic relics of Djaynai, and Atiba-Pa expects to get them back when the characters complete their mission. The characters are free to do what they please for the rest of the day, and Atiba-Pa

Animate Objects

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)

creature only defends itself against hostile creatures. Once given an order, the creature continues to follow it until its task is complete. Animated Object Statistics Size HP AC Attack Str Dex Tiny 20

within 5 feet of it. It makes a slam attack with an attack bonus and bludgeoning damage determined by its size. The DM might rule that a specific object inflicts slashing or piercing damage based on

Encounters

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

complete a task. In those cases, you typically call for a D20 Test, usually an ability check. For example, a successful Dexterity (Sleight of Hand) check might be needed to pick the lock, while a

determine the results of characters’ actions. Roleplaying. When the players interact with other creatures, roleplay those creatures based on whether they are Friendly, Indifferent, or Hostile. Improvise

Encounters

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules

hinder a character’s ability to complete a task. In those cases, you typically call for a D20 Test, usually an ability check. For example, a successful Dexterity (Sleight of Hand) check might be needed

creatures based on whether they are Friendly, Indifferent, or Hostile. Improvise based on what you know about the creatures, their knowledge, and their motivations. Then bring these creatures to life as you

Renown

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)

renown separately for each organization his or her character is a member of. For example, an adventurer might have 5 renown within one faction and 20 renown within another, based on the character’s

organization directly. You award renown at your discretion as characters complete these missions or quests, typically at the same time you award experience points. Advancing an organization’s interests

The Cult of the Dragon

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat

The Cult of the Dragon The Cult of the Dragon has existed for centuries. During most of that time, its members have focused on the creation and worship of dracoliches, based on a prophecy translated

, searching for and finding all five masks. The task took years to complete, and it led directly to the crisis that Faerûn now faces. Severin kept the red mask for himself. As other masks were found, he

The Cult of the Dragon

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen

The Cult of the Dragon The Cult of the Dragon has existed for centuries. During most of that time, its members have focused on the creation and worship of dracoliches, based on a prophecy translated

, searching for and finding all five masks. The task took years to complete, and it led directly to the crisis that Faerûn now faces. Severin kept the red mask for himself. As other masks were found, he

The Cult of the Dragon

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

The Cult of the Dragon The Cult of the Dragon has existed for centuries. During most of that time, its members have focused on the creation and worship of dracoliches, based on a prophecy translated

for and finding all five masks. The task took years to complete, and it led directly to the crisis that Faerûn now faces. Severin kept the red mask for himself. As other masks were found, he presented

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