before badly diffusing change relatively

Urchin Legacy

Backgrounds Player’s Handbook (2014)

life — and maybe get some payback on all the rich people who treated them badly. d8 Personality Trait 1 I hide scraps of food and trinkets away in my pockets. 2 I ask a lot

. (Lawful) 3 Change. The low are lifted up, and the high and mighty are brought down. Change is the nature of things. (Chaotic) 4 Retribution. The rich need to be shown what life and death

Urchin - Baldur's Gate

Backgrounds Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus

; and maybe get some payback on all the rich people who treated them badly. d8 Personality Trait 1 I hide scraps of food and trinkets away in my pockets. 2 I ask a lot of questions

) 3 Change. The low are lifted up, and the high and mighty are brought down. Change is the nature of things. (Chaotic) 4 Retribution. The rich need to be shown what life and death are like in

Human Legacy

Species Basic Rules (2014)

build cities to last for the ages, and great kingdoms that can persist for long centuries. An individual human might have a relatively short life span, but a human nation or culture preserves

naming traditions of their ancestors. The material culture and physical characteristics of humans can change wildly from region to region. In the Forgotten Realms, for example, the clothing, architecture

Chapter 2: The Land of Chult

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

level. If the adventuring party is relatively weak, it’s up to the players to choose whether to flee instead of fight, negotiate instead of attack, or surrender instead of die. It’s up to you as the

DM to be flexible and keep the story moving forward as best you can. If an encounter is going badly for the adventurers, you can have the monsters suddenly withdraw, demand the party’s surrender, or

Ancient Deep Dragon Legacy

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

. Change Shape. The dragon magically transforms into any creature that is Medium or Small, while retaining its game statistics (other than its size). This transformation ends if the dragon is reduced to 0

attached to their front legs and can fold in close to the body, allowing deep dragons to easily maneuver through relatively narrow tunnels. Deep dragons often hoard secrets, delighting in knowledge of

Customizing Your Deck

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things

or that support the campaign’s theme. The number and effects of the cards provided in the Dungeon Master’s Guide are suggestions you can change as necessary. The deck has had many variations over D

&D’s history, so when you change it, you’re in good company! Here are examples of customized decks that reinforce a campaign’s tone, appeal to particular kinds of players, or avoid specific dangers

Adult Deep Dragon Legacy

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Tail", "rollDamageType":"bludgeoning"} bludgeoning damage. If the target is a creature, it must succeed on a DC 17 Strength saving throw or be knocked prone. Change Shape

attached to their front legs and can fold in close to the body, allowing deep dragons to easily maneuver through relatively narrow tunnels. Deep dragons often hoard secrets, delighting in knowledge

Kobold Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

, kobold females aren’t exempted from war or work. Furthermore, kobolds can slowly change sex. If most males or females of a tribe are killed, some survivors change over several months until the

, since food is relatively scarce in such areas. Partly out of fear and partly because their eyes are sensitive to sunlight, kobolds prefer the security of a cave to living in the open air, and can be

Keranos's Champions

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros

Keranos’s Champions Keranos sees his champions as tools to bring insight and change to the world. He doesn’t contemplate the moral or ethical consequences of his insights, believing that such

prophecy, or bringing vengeance down on the storm god’s enemies. He uses his champions as agents of change to bring about a great epiphany, as instruments of vengeance against those he feels have wronged

Setting

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse

Setting Khorvaire is a sprawling continent with plenty of thinly settled frontiers, so it’s relatively easy to find a good place to set Princes of the Apocalypse. Here are a few examples: In western

Forest, with an equivalent to the elves who live within it. The biggest change you’ll have to make is to the adventure’s assumed cosmology. Eberron lacks the traditional elemental planes, so you’ll have

Lyrandar Airship

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War

new supply of soarwood could literally change the world, and even convincing the elves of Aerenal to part with more of it would be an achievement worth a handsome reward from House Lyrandar. How It

Works A standard airship (at least as far as standards have been defined for this relatively new creation) looks similar to an oceangoing ship but is rigged with control fins and rudders rather than

A Flight of Demons

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss

A Flight of Demons During a guard change, the prisoners hear a horrible droning buzz echoing through the cavern, followed by inhuman shrieking. Alarm horns sound out as four chasme demons pursue a

additional challenge for the characters, a vrock tumbles almost in front of them as they reach the cavern floor or move toward their chosen exit. The demon is badly wounded, but even with only 11 hit points

The Drow

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss

example to emulate. That changed after she saw how Ilvara treated Jorlan Duskryn, a seasoned drow warrior who was the commander’s lover up until he was badly wounded. Ilvara discarded Jorlan without a

the injuries suffered by his predecessor, Jorlan Duskryn. Shoor is relatively young and quite arrogant for a drow male, proud of his abilities and accomplishments. He is still flush with his success in

Resolving Interactions

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

adventurers make their points, trying to frame their statements in terms that are meaningful to the creature they are interacting with. Changing Attitude. The attitude of a creature might change over

the creature cares about. They can guess, but doing so runs the risk of shifting the creature’s attitude in the wrong direction if they guess badly. After interacting with a creature long enough to get

Tips for New Dungeon Masters

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight

creature has fewer than half its hit points remaining, you can describe it as being badly wounded or on the ropes. Such information gives the players a sense of accomplishment and might spur them to press

to let the players know that the creature looks like it can take a lot more punishment. That information alone might encourage the players to consider a change of plan, such as a tactical retreat

Narration in Combat

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

badly!” As the characters fight monsters, you can reveal information to help the players make good choices, as described in the sections that follow. Awarding Heroic Inspiration As discussed in the

attack. On the other hand, if the characters aren’t damaging the creature much, let the players know the creature doesn’t look hurt. That might encourage the players to change their plan. Abilities

The Mortal Realm

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros

territories of the great human poleis to the dizzying peaks of the Oraniad Mountains. The line between legend and location often blurs in Theros, though. While the residents of a polis can be relatively

of sites are true by mortal standards, details might change as the gods please. As such, journeying between places is most reliably conducted by employing guides or maps specific to a single

Franchise Downtime

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

recently been sensed north of the lighthouse, and relatively close. All the activities mentioned in this section are introduced or talked about in the “Franchise Tasks and Downtime” section in chapter 2

to officially change territories, nothing prevents them from quietly checking out the commercial landscape in the area. Characters searching the sea caves along the cliffs near the lighthouse might

Pursuit Level

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss

went. If you choose to skip over a few days of travel (as described under “Summarizing Travel” later in this chapter), the pursuit level doesn’t change during that time. Catching Up When the pursuit

drow pick up the trail once more. NARROW ESCAPES If an encounter with the drow is going badly and you don’t want the characters recaptured, you can always have fate intercede on their behalf with

26. Ancient Elven Tomb

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage

neglect have all but destroyed wall carvings that depict elves mounted on elk, parading through a forest as the seasons change around them. Secret Door. A secret door in the north wall leads to area 26b

is a badly burned wizard’s spellbook that still contains the following spells: comprehend languages, crown of madness, darkvision, gaseous form, ray of sickness, remove curse, Tenser’s floating disk, and unseen servant.

Mount Ironrot Locations

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

. Fragments of the mechanical titan lie scattered about, each piece as big as a barn. These colossi are smaller than Landro and are easily accessible, making the task of searching them relatively

windmill towers above this ruined village. The windmill’s sides and blades are reinforced with badly rusted steel plates, and the attached wooden outbuilding is in shambles. Muddy roads separate the mill

Glory of the Giants

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

, and the relatively small stature of present-day humans is a mark of their degeneracy. Others imagine remote realms—cloud castles or lost continents—where Brobdingnagian people dwell, set apart from

to make amends for his past villainy. One factor that influenced his change of heart was Bigby’s recurring encounters with Diancastra, a demigod revered by many giants. Throughout this book, we see

The Sea

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

potential to change the direction of a campaign. It isn’t, however, a particularly good way to kill off characters or end a campaign. If you and your campaign conspire to wreck a ship on which the

disadvantage. In a dead calm (no wind), ships can’t move under sail and must be rowed. A ship sailing against a strong wind moves at half speed. Visibility A relatively calm sea offers great visibility

Combat Encounters

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

challenging: Changes in Elevation. Terrain features that provide a change of elevation (such as stacks of empty crates, ledges, and balconies) reward clever positioning and encourage characters to jump, climb

-difficulty challenge for a party of four characters whose level equals the monster’s CR. Moderate Difficulty. Absent healing and other resources, an encounter of moderate difficulty could go badly for the

Evil Students

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage

while giving them assurances that things will change for the better. Wormriddle the night hag has been keeping an eye on the sisters, who take advantage of any distraction to flee back to Skullport

conquer Skullport for his family. Like most drow, he is predictably treacherous. His silken words are pleasant enough, but any alliance forged with him is doomed to end badly — and most likely in

Building Combat Encounters

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

characters should emerge victorious with no casualties. One or more of them might need to use healing resources. Hard. A hard encounter could go badly for the adventurers. Weaker characters might get

bridge and pools of green slime Terrain features that provide a change of elevation, such as pits, stacks of empty crates, ledges, and balconies Features that either inspire or force characters and

Hollow Mine Locations

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

depths of a crumbling mineshaft. The stone of the mine entrance cavern is crumbling badly, but a character who has the Stonecunning trait or who succeeds on a DC 16 Intelligence (Nature) check can tell

the cavern is in no immediate danger of collapsing. See the “Cave-In!” section for details on how that might change. Elevator. The elevator is rusted in place, and the shaft it once traversed is

Dhargun Ironworks

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

bears many scars from the battles they’ve fought together. He loves battle still, and is struggling to understand and support Tannus’s change of heart and mind. Gorat carries no weapons for the

things start going badly at any point, the characters can say “Whippoorwill” into the stone token given to them by Flabbergast to have him perform the ritual — or they might have the ritual cast for

Waterdeep

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide

among the Lords of Waterdeep to not only reverse it, but to restore titles and lands to noble families who lost them through folly. The change has won her much support among the nobles. Now Zhents and

neighborhood of many winding streets, where folk are comfortable making deals that might in other places provoke the displeasure of the law. Field Ward. Of relatively recent vintage, the Field Ward stands

Meeting the Inhabitants

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragons of Stormwreck Isle

Minn, now follow Sparkrender, the blue wyrmling in Clifftop Observatory (see chapter 4). When Myla’s wings were badly injured in an attack by stirges (which she describes as “hungry, icky, blood

working in the temple recently, she witnessed a ship change course and crash into the rocks to the north (see “Cloister Quests”). Varnoth is indifferent to visitors, but a character can shift her attitude

Academy Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer Academy

over to drop off their gear, four cadets march toward them. One of those cadets—a confident-looking moon elf—hurls her kit bag onto the bunk before the character can get there. “Change of plan, greenie

. Although relatively inexperienced in comparison to some of the other instructors at the academy, Saerthe is an experienced spelljammer. Their eyes shimmer like pools of quicksilver, allowing them to see

Darkhold

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide

reputation, are by all accounts no longer the cadre of thieves, assassins, and evil wizards they once were. And strangely enough, according to my source among the Zhentarim, that change in character can

occupation in a relatively flat and defensible valley called Darkhold Vale. Darkhold Vale contains a small settlement of the same name, consisting mostly of shepherds who tend their flocks in the high

The Foundry

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

Charisma (Persuasion) check. The characters can change her attitude to indifferent, reducing the check DC to 10, with a suitable bribe (at least 100 gp). Ghared can share any of the following information if

they prohibit entry into area 39. If the characters don’t negotiate, or if talks go badly, combat ensues. Tactics. If combat occurs, the duerger guards first attack with their javelins. They use their

Ruins Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk

relatively good condition, although half of the tower’s roof is gone. A door leads into the cottage, and several arrow-slit windows are visible in the tower. You notice an eerie quiet in the area and a

middle of the square, leaning slightly, is a badly weathered wooden statue of a warrior clutching a spear and shield. The leaning statue is 10 feet tall, including the base. It depicts an old hero of

Ascendant Factions

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands

change, they set fire to outdated and oppressive institutions, letting the ashes pave the way for something new. Wreakers vehemently oppose rigid laws, especially those that serve bureaucracies more

state of superior being. Factol Saladryn (neutral, elf archmage) guides the relatively young faction. She rarely sojourns beyond Sigil anymore, sacrificing her own journey of personal discovery to lead

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