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Basic Rules (2014)
reflect their fiendish heritage. And some younger tieflings, striving to find a place in the world, adopt a name that signifies a virtue or other concept and then try to embody that concept. For some
tieflings, assuming that their infernal heritage has left its mark on their personality and morality, not just their appearance. The reality is that a tiefling’s bloodline doesn’t affect their personality. They are gifted with magic from the infernal realms but chart their own course in life.
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
, pausing to reflect after (or sometimes in the middle of) each utterance.
2
I am more interested in the shiny baubles people carry than in anything they have to say.
3
I think of ships as
water within 6 miles of the dragon turtle’s lair to 100 degrees Fahrenheit.
If the dragon turtle dies, these effects fade over the course of 1d10;{"diceNotation":"1d10","rollType":"roll
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Recurring NPCs NPCs who keep showing up over the course of a campaign build the sense that the world of the game is a living, breathing place. Whether these NPCs are allies, patrons, friends, or
villains, they can deepen players’ investment in the world. You can use different stat blocks in the Monster Manual, perhaps with some tweaks, to reflect the same NPC at different times as they grow over
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
defeat) and to set the course for the campaign to come. The characters might enjoy changing cosmetic elements of their franchise headquarters to reflect their recent victories, spread their reputation
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
language, passed down through generations, that reflect their fiendish heritage. And some younger tieflings, striving to find a place in the world, adopt a name that signifies a virtue or other
doesn’t affect their personality. They are gifted with magic from the infernal realms but chart their own course in life.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
course of your adventurers, but they can also be a resource for you. Knowledge and Power. The Zil prize knowledge above all else. Sage is a suitable background for any Zil; charlatan and spy are also
agent or acquire a particular object from their base. While the spy background is a logical choice for a Trust agent, the agency recruits characters of every class and background. Your class abilities reflect specialized training and granted abilities—the magical equivalent of spy gadgets!
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
you with cool things you can do in your games. You can use these questions to help you reflect on a game you observe: Beginning the Session. How did the DM start the session? Was there a recap? Body
change over the course of the session? Turns of Phrase. Were there any words or bits of narration you really liked? (If so, jot them down.) World-building. What elements of the DM’s world or the adventure grabbed your attention?
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
you with cool things you can do in your games. You can use these questions to help you reflect on a game you observe: Beginning the Session. How did the DM start the session? Was there a recap? Body
change over the course of the session? Turns of Phrase. Were there any words or bits of narration you really liked? (If so, jot them down.) World-building. What elements of the DM’s world or the adventure grabbed your attention?
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Circle of the Moon or the Circle of the Shepherd (from Xanathar’s Guide to Everything), often assuming the form of dinosaurs. You could also reflect a strong bond to spirits by playing a warlock with
the course of your adventures. You can also consider whether a fallen dinosaur is part of your backstory; perhaps you lost your faithful mount in the Last War, but you believe its spirit is still with you.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
Wisdom Wisdom reflects how attuned you are to the world around you and represents perceptiveness and intuition. Wisdom Checks A Wisdom check might reflect an effort to read body language, understand
someone’s feelings, notice things about the environment, or care for an injured person. The Animal Handling, Insight, Medicine, Perception, and Survival skills reflect aptitude in certain kinds of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
Wisdom Wisdom reflects how attuned you are to the world around you and represents perceptiveness and intuition. Wisdom Checks A Wisdom check might reflect an effort to read body language, understand
someone’s feelings, notice things about the environment, or care for an injured person. The Animal Handling, Insight, Medicine, Perception, and Survival skills reflect aptitude in certain kinds of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
Types of Officers If you’d like to explore running a ship, it needs officers to oversee its operations — officers who fill six different roles. Some roles aboard a ship reflect the need for trained
. Quartermaster. The quartermaster plots the ship’s course, relying on knowledge of nautical charts and a study of weather and sea conditions. A reliable quartermaster tends to have a high Wisdom score, as
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
of Adar possess psychic powers, and treasures from Sarlona reflect this. A set of Sarlonan sending stones might take the form of crystals that allow telepathic communication. The rod of rulership
number of exotic plants and medicines. Dreamlily (described in chapter 4) is a useful Sarlonan narcotic, but over the course of the past few decades it has become a common recreational drug. Trinkets
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
Weird Magic Over the course of a seemingly endless lifetime, a hag typically discovers or creates several unusual ways to use magic. The weird magic that hags can call upon comes in a number of forms
blackness equivalent to darkness (a 2nd-level spell). A hag carefully shepherds her use of weird magic because the items in her repertoire are often impossible to duplicate or replace. To reflect this fact
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
on the table reflect the characteristics of a dungeon’s creator, its intended purpose, its location, or some (often catastrophic) event in its history. You can use a single quirk or combine quirks as
tunnels 94–96 Secreted away in a demiplane or in a pocket dimension 97–98 Slowly abandoned as its creators died out or migrated away 99–00 Transformed by multiple events or disasters over the course of centuries
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
boxed text to help set the scene, embellishing it to reflect the season: Ahghairon’s Statue is a well-known landmark in the city’s parkland cemetery: a tall, marble sculpture of a bearded, robed wizard
, she is worried that the Watch will uncover her illegal currency-lending operation in the course of its investigations. She offers the characters 10 pp just for meeting with her and promises another 40
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
or gain by doing so will also readily set you on the right course if you’re simply polite.
Undercliff This area of rolling grassland and small wooded areas east of the city is a rural community
Amendsfarm) where those convicted of minor offenses work off their debt to the city. Many gnomes and halflings live in this region, and most buildings are built to reflect their stature. Two noble
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
shepherds of balance. People might underestimate you for your “simple” ways, but your teeth will find their flesh all the same. Not that I condone eating your party members, of course. Only when
of Wild Shape d6 Feature
1 Your pelt is rich hues of gold and silver so bright that they reflect light.
2 When you take wild shape form, it’s a painful, squelchy process that usually
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
level, so do dragons as they age. The tables in this section suggest possible goals that reflect the priorities of dragons at different ages. Of course, a dragon’s goals are shaped by many additional
has the wisdom to see how lone heroes can change the course of history.
-Fizban
Some dragons can live for over a thousand years, outlasting the rise and fall of nations—or even whole civilizations
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
slaughter innocent captives the moment they draw their swords. Returning from Death. Of course, death is not a final fate for player characters, and it doesn’t need to be for villains either. After the
villain and improve its challenge rating to make it relevant to the higher-level characters. NPC Stat Blocks. Some of the stat blocks in the Monster Manual can reflect the same character at different
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
beads on a string. But it’s not the only possible explanation of the river’s course. The World Tree A different arrangement of planes envisions them situated among the roots and branches of a great cosmic
planes, it’s a good idea to stick to that model. Create one simple trait that players notice, that doesn’t create too much complication at the gaming table, and that’s easy to remember. Try to reflect the philosophy and mood of the place, not merely its physical characteristics.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
characters notice that Pins and Needles lurk about at a distance, whispering to each other and staring at the characters. If confronted, the imps make a big deal of revealing a secret. Of course they
reflect that. One might offer a character a severed finger as a token of friendship, then accuse the character of stealing it afterward. Only their love and fear of Mad Maggie keeps the creatures under a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Netheril’s Fall: Tales of Terror, Treasure, and Time Travel
spells. At any given time, several human Mages, Mage Apprentices, and even Archmages (second in power to Karsus, of course) of all alignments can be found within the Acropolis’s white marble walls
bridges spiral and swirl everywhere. Some groves have no gravity, and visitors are encouraged to float among the beauty and reflect upon their lives. Reasons to Visit. Adventurers might visit the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
regions of Irian reflect the idea of beginnings and of resurgent life: fertile lands untouched by any tool, glittering crystal forests, and thriving homesteads and communities. Angels dwell in a grand
collapse, only to slowly reassemble over the course of days. 3 Packs of slaadi erupt from inside a local cave networks at random intervals, terrorizing travelers. 4 Any spell that deals acid, cold, fire
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes of the Borderlands
handsome man in a green-and-gold tunic and fancy boots saunters out of the bushes. “Hello,” he says casually as he blocks your path. “I’m Pral. Perhaps you’ve heard of me. Who am I kidding? Of course you
pressures Pral into reconsidering the ambush.
Advantage/Disadvantage. Sometimes a D20 Test is modified by special situations called Advantage and Disadvantage, which reflect positive and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
it. It knows nothing about Dzaan’s fate or the crimes for which the real Dzaan was executed. In the course of a conversation, the simulacrum shares the following information: “I am a simulacrum of my
slipped past the basilisk can use the mirror to reflect the basilisk’s gaze. Treasure. Characters who search the room thoroughly find a chest behind the bed. The chest has been made invisible by a spell
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
they catch your reflection.
This chamber was once used by the priests of the temple for meditation, and its magic is still intact. Two-sided mirrors set along the outside walls of this area reflect
smell dissipates as the water cools and reverts to holy water over the course of 1 hour. Divine Insight. Any character who has a background involving Savras, or who succeeds on a DC 20 Intelligence
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
those within like fun-house mirrors. A door to the west shows the Gem card, while a door to the east displays the Sun card.
Though they reflect like mirrors, the shimmering fields aren’t physical
course.
4: Sun Thick vines cover every wall in this chamber, which splits into three parallel hallways separated by walls that don’t quite reach the ceiling. The ceiling emanates a scorching, fiery
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
characters might manifest connections to the daelkyr in many ways. The Great Old One warlock patron is an excellent match to Belashyrra or Dyrrn, but other classes can just as easily reflect a connection to
succeeds on this saving throw can’t be affected by this regional effect again for 24 hours. If Belashyrra dies, these effects fade over the course of 1d10 days. Madness of Belashyrra If a creature goes mad
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
pause and reflect rather than allow his emotions to rule him. Corellon can be resplendent with joy or shaking with anger, but a word or a look from Sehanine is enough to check or subtly alter
Corellon’s mood and behavior, redirecting the god to a less extreme course of action. Some elven legends treat Sehanine as Corellon’s spouse or as a favored child, but other stories hint at a deeper truth
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
levers inside the keep must be pulled at the same time. An automatic mechanism then raises or lowers the bridge over the course of 1 minute. Moat. The moat surrounding the Three Moons Vault is 50 feet
. Both look out a window at the courtyard to the southeast. Fastened to the throne’s headrest is a mirror that seems to draw light in rather than reflect it.
On the rare occasions when Lord Soth
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a6
. He will do anything to get back into Snurre’s favor. Thus, he will happily lie to the party and tell them he is here because he tried to prevent Snurre from taking his current hostile course. If freed
floor in the western half of the area is of porphyry, and the pillars are made of serpentine. Their well-polished surfaces reflect the strange light that permeates the place. The scenes on the west
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
monster’s stat block. Familiarize yourself with that material before you begin. In the course of creating your monster, if you find yourself unable to make a decision, let the examples in the Monster
monster might be based on a real-world creature or a monster from myth, in which case its name might be obvious. If you need to invent a name, keep in mind that the best names either reflect the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
inset with dark stones that reflect the chamber’s dim blue light.
If the characters look into the chamber without interrupting the ritual taking place, read: Glowing symbols and strange designs are
priestesses are a strange bunch, in the average warrior’s opinion, and conduct some very noisy ceremonies in their temple — this must just be another one. It is a different matter, of course, if a patrol sees
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
one day be hers and hers alone. Tiamat is a gigantic dragon whose five heads reflect the forms of the chromatic dragons that worship her — black, blue, green, red, and white. She is a terror on the
Elemental Plane of Fire, allowing creatures of elemental fire into the world to dwell nearby. If the dragon dies, these effects fade over the course of 1d10 days. White Dragon The smallest, least