before backs deciding could require

Tortle Legacy

Species The Tortle Package

our homes on our backs.” The shells they carry around provide all the shelter they require. Consequently, tortles don’t feel the need to root themselves in one place for too long. A tortle

Hermit - Baldur's Gate

Backgrounds Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus

fortunately, maintaining that deception might require you to stay in hiding until you actually are. 3 You study the puzzles of mortal natures. You’ve seen followers of evil deities perform

miracles for the helpless at Twin Songs, and you’ve seen patriars who worship good deities turn their backs on the poor daily. Bearing witness to such things, and meditating on their

Arcane Focuses

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron

the same weight as a duelist deciding between a rapier or a maul. Do you use a wand of Fernian ash to focus your fire bolt, or do you harness defensive energies with a Risian orb? An arcane focus is a

are recognized as weapons: if guards are securing swords and bows, they’ll also require you to turn over your staff.

Dark Fantasy

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

and evil are blurred. Choices involve deciding which outcome is least bad. Corruption and suspicion flourish among organizations and individuals. Magic and magic items might be rarer or require a

Creating a New Item

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

several different abilities, but simply deciding that an item is always active or can be used a fixed number of times per day might be easier to manage. Power Level If you make an item that lets a

party pass an item around to gain its lasting benefits would be disruptive, the item should require Attunement. Limit Stacking. If the item grants a bonus that other items also grant, it’s a good idea to require Attunement so characters don’t try to collect too many of those items.

Preparing for the Masquerade

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos

The character loses their masque charm. 7 The character’s date backs out at the last moment, or they’re encouraged to have someone unexpected attend the ball with them. 8 An unexpected emergency at a

Job or related to an Extracurricular takes up some of the character’s preparation time. This makes them 6d10 minutes late to the event. 9 The masquerade’s organizers require the character to show up

Creating a New Item

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

it has several different abilities, but simply deciding that an item is always active or can be used a fixed number of times per day is easier to manage. Power Level If you make an item that lets a

decide: If having all the characters in a party pass an item around to gain its lasting benefits would be disruptive, the item should require attunement. If the item grants a bonus that other items

Adventurers at Heart

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation Supplement

Adventurers at Heart Tortles have a saying: “We wear our homes on our backs.” The shells they carry around provide all the shelter they require. Consequently, tortles don’t feel the need to root

Hermit

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus

. 2 You crossed the Guild in a bad way. Fortunately, its members think you’re dead. Less fortunately, maintaining that deception might require you to stay in hiding until you actually are. 3

You study the puzzles of mortal natures. You’ve seen followers of evil deities perform miracles for the helpless at Twin Songs, and you’ve seen patriars who worship good deities turn their backs on

Hermit

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer

crossed the Guild in a bad way. Fortunately, its members think you’re dead. Less fortunately, maintaining that deception might require you to stay in hiding until you actually are. 3 You study the

puzzles of mortal natures. You’ve seen followers of evil deities perform miracles for the helpless at Twin Songs, and you’ve seen patriars who worship good deities turn their backs on the poor daily

Lyn Armaal, Level 1

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder

marble, white alabaster, and blue lapis lazuli. Standing at attention with their backs to the hole are four aarakocra simulacra (see the “Aarakocra Simulacra” section earlier in this chapter). The

armor hang from giant bronze mannequins that stand at attention, their backs against the outer wall. A wooden table rests between two doors, and a rug embroidered with an image of the night sky lies

Merchant Princes

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation

Jessamine (N female Chultan human assassin, her hit point maximum reduced to 58) doesn’t speak often. When the council finds itself divided on an issue, however, Jessamine usually casts the deciding vote

assigns Aazon the task of escorting the adventurers to whichever guides interest them. Jobal doesn’t require payment up front, since all guides in Port Nyanzaru are required by law to pay him a fair

Forge Locations

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

: Lizard Pens The cliff opens into a dark cave whose mouth is barred by a heavy metal grill. Behind the grill, two large lizards with saddles strapped to their backs hiss menacingly. Outside the cave paces

their shimmering dome (see area F9), but they require the star to open it. If the characters agree to their terms, the kagu-svirfneblin escort them to area F9 so the exchange can take place. Fighting

Headquarters Features

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

players and the DM. Group Design When selecting a feature, the characters must make decisions together — meaning the players must do the same. Deciding on the features of a headquarters should be a team

might agree that it would be fun to use some of the effects of Bigby’s hand for such an attack. Most siege weapons (whether mechanical or magical) require two characters, crew, or skilled hirelings to

Arcane Brotherhood

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

likes using her magic to destroy things, and her hunger for magic items knows no bounds. Her supreme confidence means that she never backs down from a challenge, even when the odds are clearly stacked

order to get it back. Spellcasting. As a ghost, Nass can cast the spells she prepared prior to her death—except that the ghost can’t cast spells that require material components, which limits its options

Tomb Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries

ability check, attack roll, or saving throw it makes. The creature can wait until after it rolls the d20 before deciding to use the number, but it must decide before the DM says whether the roll succeeds

Nature. The golem doesn’t require air, food, drink, or sleep. Actions Multiattack. The golem makes two attacks. Slam. Melee Weapon Attack: +10 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 27 (4d10 + 5

The Mountain Door

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a2

area 11 stand watch at the doors on the west side of area 3, while the orc Eye of Gruumsh from area 9 backs up the orcs in area 4 or 4a. 3. The Rift Hall The great door opens into a large hall. A

require DC 10 Dexterity (Acrobatics) checks. On a successful check, a character can move at half speed. On a failed check, a character makes no progress. If the check fails by 5 or more, the character

Roleplaying a Giant

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

blasphemous to aspire to anything higher or lower. 4 Though I can never rise above my clan’s position in the ordning, I can be a leader among my clan. 5 My own kind have turned their backs on me, so I

. Some allow trolls to roam free in rarely used parts of their fortresses, serving as perimeter guards of a sort. Trolls require little maintenance, able to survive on the fire giants’ scraps and on

Lambent Zenith Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin

. Though the survivors don’t require food in the timeless void of the Astral Sea, Kycera finds that cooking and eating bring the restless survivors comfort. Zuzanna Wuzyk Kycera Duskstride Talking with

survived the crash of the Lambent Zenith but now must fix her prosthetic wing In this cabin, clothes are tossed over chair backs, and open books are strewn across tables. At the back of the room

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