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Monsters
The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
elf used her magic to animate the oilcan in jest. Having come alive at a party, Squirt was imbued with the urge to seek out fun wherever it can be found.
Alignment. Chaotic neutral.
Personality
;
Bond. “I’m running on fumes here. I need oil.”
Flaw. “I’m too tired to fly today. You carry me.”Poison
Monsters
Acquisitions Incorporated
damage if he fails. He can't use this trait if he's incapacitated.
Second-Story Work. Climbing does not cost Viari extra movement. Additionally, when he makes a running jump, the distance he covers
quickly rising in the ranks of Acquisitions Incorporated since joining that august team, Viari has come to head what's known as the organization's Stabbing Department. A potent threat in both dueling
Monsters
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
running water. If the vampire takes radiant damage or damage from holy water, this trait doesn't function at the start of the vampire's next turn.
Shapechanger. If the vampire isn’t in sunlight, it
Celestial. If it hears words of Celestial spoken, the vampire must try to attack the source of those spoken words on its next turn. If these words come from multiple sources and from opposite directions, the
Monsters
The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
moment, is all that matters.”
Bond. “I’m safe in my cottage. Why should I leave it when I can make others come to me?"
Flaw. “Watching someone run widdershins makes me sneeze
.
Bavlorna’s Weakness
Bavlorna is allergic to the sight of creatures running counterclockwise in circles, a motion known as “running widdershins.” Creatures that run widdershins
Tabaxi
Legacy
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Species
Volo's Guide to Monsters
We had a tabaxi come through once, a few winters back. She kept the taproom packed each night with her stories and spent most days napping in a chair in front of the fireplace. We thought she was
, prophecy, clan history, and other esoteric factors. Tabaxi names can apply to both males and females, and most use nicknames derived from or inspired by their full names.
Clan names are usually based
Backgrounds
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
construction and architecture — primarily in crafting the infrastructure that allows Ravnicans to enjoy running water, levitating platforms, and other magical and technological wonders.
You have a
Ideal
1
Guild. My guild is all that really matters. (Any)
2
Creativity. Half the world’s troubles come from stodgy thinking, stuck in the past. We need innovative
Backgrounds
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
Bands of orphans and runaways band together in the Outer City, running after passersby in ragged throngs to plead for scraps. In the Lower City, urchins are often recruited into the lowest echelons
.
You begin your adventuring career with enough money to live modestly but securely for at least ten days. How did you come by that money? What allowed you to break free of your desperate
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
Amplifying Your Ideal Many characters’ ideals come directly from their service to a god. Each god’s description in chapter 2 includes a table you can use to determine your hero’s ideal if your
character serves that god, instead of (or in addition to) an ideal derived from your background. But whether your character holds to one of those ideals, one from the Player’s Handbook or another source, or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm Lord’s Wrath
Running for One Player If you’re running this adventure for a single player, you can give that player a sidekick as a secondary character. Let the player choose one of the pregenerated sidekicks that
come with this adventure. If a sidekick is lost or no longer needed, the player character can return to Leilon and acquire a new one.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Divine Contention
Running for One Player If you’re running this adventure for a single player, you can give that player a sidekick as a secondary character. Let the player choose one of the pregenerated sidekicks that
come with this adventure. If a sidekick is lost or no longer needed, the player character can return to Leilon and acquire a new one.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sleeping Dragon’s Wake
Running for One Player If you’re running this adventure for a single player, you can give that player a sidekick as a secondary character. Let the player choose one of the pregenerated sidekicks that
come with this adventure in appendix B. If a sidekick is lost or no longer needed, the player character can return to Leilon and acquire a new one.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
a modifier, derived from the score and ranging from -5 (for an ability score of 1) to +10 (for a score of 30). The Ability Scores and Modifiers table notes the ability modifiers for the range of
every attack roll, ability check, and saving throw, ability modifiers come up in play more often than their associated scores.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
The Powers of the Mark Each dragonmark grants a set of abilities that reflect the inherent powers of the mark. Your dragonmarked race gives you a set of traits derived from the magic of your mark. If
source of the healing and supportive spells you cast, or your magic might come from a combination of your mark’s power and your faith in the gods. As a warlock, your aberrant dragonmark might actually
Kobold
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Species
Volo's Guide to Monsters
magical power than a potion, but they all believe that the tribal sorcerer can figure out how to use any such item they come across. When kobolds sense an opportunity to separate a magic item from its
waking time is spent working, adversarial kobolds rarely have opportunities to exchange insults, let alone come to blows over their differences.
Kobolds choose mates primarily for convenience. Their
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
with opalescent scales and ruffs of emerald-green fur running down their chins, chests, backs, and tails. One horn arcs from the back of a moonstone dragon’s skull and another at the tip of the
storage. Occasionally, though, a whimsical moonstone dragon delights in shaking things up, insisting that visitors come to the Border Ethereal for a meeting or sleeping in the middle of a heavily
Backgrounds
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
commoner’s clothes, a book of research notes, an ink pen, a bottle of squid ink, a flask of oil (made from blubber), a vial of acid (derived from digestive juices), a vial of fish scales, a vial
very different.
7
I borrowed a lot of money from an Orzhov syndic to help finance my research.
8
A Rakdos ringmaster has taken an interest in my research which, come to think of it, might
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
The Powers of the Mark Each dragonmark grants a set of abilities that reflect the inherent powers of the mark. Your dragonmarked race gives you a set of traits derived from the magic of your mark
source of the healing and supportive spells you cast, or your magic might come from a combination of your mark’s power and your faith in the gods. As a warlock, your aberrant dragonmark might actually
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
and ruffs of emerald-green fur running down their chins, chests, backs, and tails. One horn arcs from the back of a moonstone dragon’s skull and another at the tip of the nose; the two horns
things up, insisting that visitors come to the Border Ethereal for a meeting or sleeping in the middle of a heavily trafficked forest on the Material Plane.
Moonstone dragons navigate their
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Running Social Interaction During a social interaction, the adventurers usually have a goal. They want to extract information, secure aid, win someone’s trust, escape punishment, avoid combat
rarely come into play. Other DMs resolve interactions by having characters make Charisma checks. Most games fall somewhere in between, balancing roleplaying with the occasional ability check.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
Cult of Zariel Goals: Conquest, glory in battle, fame and fortune derived from military victory Typical Cultist: Berserker, cult fanatic, cultist, gladiator, guard, knight, veteran Signature Spells
recruits. Knightly orders, fighters’ guilds, and mercenary companies are the most likely to come under her sway. Hobgoblins sometimes turn to her, but only if they have escaped the influence of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon of Icespire Peak
them come up with explanations for how their characters came together to form an adventuring party. If you have only one player, work with that player to come up with their character’s backstory, then
let the player decide if they want the character to have a sidekick (see “Running for One Player” below).
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
’ actions kept calamity away from Strixhaven. If you’re running this adventure as part of a Strixhaven campaign, the characters move toward their third year at Strixhaven as admired students on campus
. They haven’t yet learned Murgaxor’s identity or what his ultimate plan is, but that information will surface soon enough. For now, the students can bask in their achievements, even as they look toward adventures to come.
Magic Items
Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
feet and your high jump is up to 15 feet, with or without a running start.
10
Legendry of Phantoms and Ghosts (obsidian human molar)
1 giant octopus, 1 mage, 1 specter
As an action, you can use
levels of exhaustion.
20
Dahlver-Nar’s Tooth (dusty human molar)
1 priest
As an action you can call on a divine force to come to your aid. Describe the assistance you seek, and the DM
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
Introduction This bestiary is for storytellers and world-builders. If you have ever thought about running a Dungeons & Dragons game for your friends, either a single night’s adventure or a long
-running campaign, this tome contains page after page of inspiration. It’s your one-stop shop for creatures both malevolent and benign. Some of the creatures that inhabit the worlds of D&D have origins
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon of Icespire Peak
Arrival If the characters follow the river from Falcon’s Hunting Lodge, they arrive from the east. If they come straight from Phandalin, they approach from the south. When they arrive, read the
tremorsense to detect prey. They burst out of the ground in the squares marked “ankheg eruption” on the map when certain conditions are met, as described in areas L3 and area L6. If you’re running this scenario for one character, only one ankheg can be encountered at a time.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
some free time to exercise your creativity as you invent compelling plots, create new NPCs, craft encounters, and think of clever ways to foreshadow story events yet to come. Part 2 of these rules is
for running adventures set in dungeons, the wilderness, and other locales, and chapter 6 covers the time between adventures. Chapter 7 is all about treasure, magic items, and special rewards that help keep the players invested in your campaign.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Underdogs. Whether deserved or not, you have a reputation for doing the right thing even if it comes without a reasonable fee. Anyone pitted against the rich and powerful knows to come to you for
justice. 3 Magnet for Trouble. Maybe you trust people too easily or it’s just bad luck, but every client who walks into your office has some double deal, hidden agenda, or scam they’re running. 4
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
rule of that level, or Bel is able to reclaim the level using the machine’s power. What happens as a result is entirely up to you, and might come into play if you are running Baldur’s Gate: Descent into
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Recurring Expenses Besides the expenses associated with maintaining a particular lifestyle, adventurers might have additional drains on their adventuring income. Player characters who come into
Cost per Day. The cost includes everything it takes to maintain the property and keep things running smoothly, including the salaries of hirelings. If the property earns money that can offset
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a6
Running the Adventure There is considerable information contained herein with respect to what the players see as they explore the steading, and what the inhabitants do if they become aware of the
their stronghold. Adventure Start It is assumed that the party has safely arrived at a spot near the giants’ stronghold—a small cave, well hidden, where they can hide mounts and equipment. They come to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
the countless possibilities, some of the most popular reasons to come here are the following: Consult a sage. Morgrave University might not be the finest institute of learning in Khorvaire, but it’s
Smoky Towers sometimes hire brave souls to venture into the Mournland to reclaim lost treasures. See other cultures. Den’iyas brings a touch of Zilargo to Sharn. You might find a clawfoot raptor running down the streets in Little Plains, or a Gatekeeper druid casting bones on Cassan Bridge.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
The Trial of Hearts Those who venture into Valachan unprepared risk running afoul of Chakuna and becoming her quarry in the deadly Trial of Hearts. Scenarios like the following might lead to the
characters becoming involved in the trial: Unwitting Criminals. The characters come to Valachan seeking a miraculous plant, rare creature, or unique item—and are captured when they discover their prize is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
a daunting task, but you don’t have to plot out every detail right from the start. You can start with the basics, running a few adventures, and think about larger plotlines you want to explore as the
that adventure awaits, and grab their attention right away. Give the players enough information to make them want to come back week after week to see how the story plays out.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
Tower. They come running in wolf form, hoping to trap prey on the island by cutting off access to the causeway. Leading the hunt is Kiril Stoyanovich, a werewolf with 90 hit points. Accompanying him are
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Light of Xaryxis
vessel shortly after leaving the characters’ world, but the characters have time to finish a short rest before the enemy ship arrives. Before running this chapter, familiarize yourself with chapter 2 of
the Astral Adventurer’s Guide. Keep the deck plans for the space galleon and the star moth handy, because they will come into play.