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foe who is unaware that combat is starting, that foe is surprised.Initiative Order. A combatant's check total is called their Initiative count, or Initiative for short. The DM ranks the combatants, from
highest to lowest Initiative. This is the order in which they act during each round. The Initiative order remains the same from round to round.Ties. If a tie occurs, the DM decides the order among
Monsters
Curse of Strahd
the reach of melee combatants and spellcasters, or he flies away (using summoned wolf;wolves or swarm of bats;swarms of bats or swarm of rats;rats to guard his retreat).
Strahd observes the characters
incapacitated.
On initiative count 20 (losing initiative ties), Strahd can take one of the following lair action options, or forgo using any of them in that round:
Until initiative count 20 of the next round
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
roll for an entire group of identical creatures, so each member of the group acts at the same time. The DM ranks the combatants in order from the one with the highest Dexterity check total to the one
with the lowest. This is the order (called the initiative order) in which they act during each round. The initiative order remains the same from round to round. If a tie occurs, the DM decides the order
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Targets in Areas of Effect table. To use the table, imagine which combatants are near one another, and let the table guide you in determining the number of those combatants that are caught in an area of
Targets Cone Size ÷ 10 (round up) Cube or square Size ÷ 5 (round up) Cylinder Radius ÷ 5 (round up) Line Length ÷ 30 (round up) Sphere or circle Radius ÷ 5 (round up) For example, if a wizard directs
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
roll for an entire group of identical creatures, so each member of the group acts at the same time. The DM ranks the combatants in order from the one with the highest Dexterity check total to the one
with the lowest. This is the order (called the initiative order) in which they act during each round. The initiative order remains the same from round to round. If a tie occurs, the DM decides the order
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
encounter rolls initiative, determining the order of combatants' turns.
4. Take turns. Each participant in the battle takes a turn in initiative order.
5. Begin the next round. When everyone involved in the combat has had a turn, the round ends. Repeat step 4 until the fighting stops.
cycle of rounds and turns. A round represents about 6 seconds in the game world. During a round, each participant in a battle takes a turn. The order of turns is determined at the beginning of a combat
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
encounter rolls initiative, determining the order of combatants’ turns.
Take turns. Each participant in the battle takes a turn in initiative order.
Begin the next round. When everyone involved in the combat has had a turn, the round ends. Repeat step 4 until the fighting stops.
cycle of rounds and turns. A round represents about 6 seconds in the game world. During a round, each participant in a battle takes a turn. The order of turns is determined at the beginning of a combat
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
Feather Fall Level 1 Transmutation (Bard, Sorcerer, Wizard) Casting Time: Reaction, which you take when you or a creature you can see within 60 feet of you falls
Range: 60 feet
Components: V, M
(a small feather or piece of down)
Duration: 1 minute
Choose up to five falling creatures within range. A falling creature’s rate of descent slows to 60 feet per round until the spell ends. If a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
Message Transmutation Cantrip (Bard, Druid, Sorcerer, Wizard) Casting Time: Action
Range: 120 feet
Components: S, M (a copper wire)
Duration: 1 round
You point toward a creature within range
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Uni and the Hunt for the Lost Horn
Feather Fall Level 1 Transmutation (Bard, Sorcerer, Wizard) Casting Time: Reaction, which you take when you or a creature you can see within 60 feet of you falls
Range: 60 feet
Components: V, M
(a small feather or piece of down)
Duration: 1 minute
Choose up to five falling creatures within range. A falling creature’s rate of descent slows to 60 feet per round until the spell ends. If a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
their Initiative count, or Initiative for short. The DM ranks the combatants, from highest to lowest Initiative. This is the order in which they act during each round. The Initiative order remains the
and turns. A round represents about 6 seconds in the game world. During a round, each participant in a battle takes a turn. The order of turns is determined at the beginning of combat when everyone
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
their Initiative count, or Initiative for short. The DM ranks the combatants, from highest to lowest Initiative. This is the order in which they act during each round. The Initiative order remains the
and turns. A round represents about 6 seconds in the game world. During a round, each participant in a battle takes a turn. The order of turns is determined at the beginning of combat when everyone
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
Feather Fall Level 1 Transmutation (Bard, Sorcerer, Wizard) Casting Time: Reaction, which you take when you or a creature you can see within 60 feet of you falls
Range: 60 feet
Components: V, M
(a small feather or piece of down)
Duration: 1 minute
Choose up to five falling creatures within range. A falling creature’s rate of descent slows to 60 feet per round until the spell ends. If a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
Message Transmutation Cantrip (Bard, Druid, Sorcerer, Wizard) Casting Time: Action
Range: 120 feet
Components: S, M (a copper wire)
Duration: 1 round
You point toward a creature within range
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
of paper behind a DM screen or a spreadsheet on a tablet computer. This method allows you to keep track of combatants who haven’t been revealed yet, and you can use the initiative list as a place to
record the current hit points of monsters, as well as other useful notes. A downside of this approach is that you have to remind the players round after round when their turns come up. Visible List You
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
Bard Class Features As a Bard, you gain the following class features when you reach the specified Bard levels. These features are listed in the Bard Features table. Bard Features ——Spell Slots
All Trades D6 2 5 3 — — — — — — — — 3 +2 Bard Subclass D6 2 6 4 2 — — — — — — — 4 +2 Ability Score Improvement D6 3 7 4 3 — — — — — — — 5 +3 Font of Inspiration D8 3 9 4 3 2 — — — — — — 6 +3 Subclass
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
Bard Class Features As a Bard, you gain the following class features when you reach the specified Bard levels. These features are listed in the Bard Features table. Bard Features ——Spell Slots
All Trades D6 2 5 3 — — — — — — — — 3 +2 Bard Subclass D6 2 6 4 2 — — — — — — — 4 +2 Ability Score Improvement D6 3 7 4 3 — — — — — — — 5 +3 Font of Inspiration D8 3 9 4 3 2 — — — — — — 6 +3 Subclass
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
young bard three tables over.
Then all the noise is eclipsed by a shout: “Ya pig! Like killin’ me mates, does ya?” Then a seven-foot-tall half-orc is hit by a wild, swinging punch from a male human
before you can see if blood is drawn, a crowd of spectators clusters around the brawl. What do you do?
The human combatants are five members of the Xanathar Guild (CE human bandits). The one with
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
Teleportation Circle Level 5 Conjuration (Bard, Sorcerer, Warlock, Wizard) Casting Time: 1 minute
Range: 10 feet
Components: V, M (rare inks worth 50+ GP, which the spell consumes)
Duration: 1
round
As you cast the spell, you draw a 5-foot-radius circle on the ground inscribed with sigils that link your location to a permanent teleportation circle of your choice whose sigil sequence you
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
-turning conflicts.
At the edge of each mapped battlefield encounter and beyond is a region called the Fray. The Fray is an interpretation of the dangers of combat, from clashing combatants to
deadly spells. It is also the source of additional threats. Each battlefield encounter explains the Fray’s effects and presents additional dangers that might occur at the end of each round of combat. A
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
Teleportation Circle Level 5 Conjuration (Bard, Sorcerer, Warlock, Wizard) Casting Time: 1 minute
Range: 10 feet
Components: V, M (rare inks worth 50+ GP, which the spell consumes)
Duration: 1
round
As you cast the spell, you draw a 5-foot-radius circle on the ground inscribed with sigils that link your location to a permanent teleportation circle of your choice whose sigil sequence you
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice Compendium
, initiative is rolled as normal. Then, the first round of combat starts, and the unsurprised combatants act in initiative order. A surprised creature can’t move or take an action or a reaction until its
Combat Does surprise happen outside the initiative order as a special surprise round? No, here’s how surprise works. The first step of any combat is this: the DM determines whether anyone in the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
, with 1d4 appearing at the end of each round until twenty have arrived. The grungs are jumpy and distrustful of strangers. At first, Yorb is more interested in scaring away intruders than he is talking
the combatants.
The inscriptions are written in Old Omuan. The one above the mosaic reads, “Nangnang teaches us to serve only ourselves.” The inscriptions below tell how Nangnang (a grung) stole a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
different combatants to maneuver. The giant moves in the characters’ direction and lashes out. Two duergar guards and two duergar xarrorn (see appendix C) respond to the giant’s roaring, racing in to join
the fight in the second round. They are well trained and do their best to help, but to avoid additional complexity during the encounter, assume that the duergar act at the end of the initiative order
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Light of Xaryxis
the start of the encounter. Given the number of ships and combatants on both sides, it is impractical to track everyone’s movements and actions. Instead, narrow the focus of the conflict to the
breaks off its attack on the characters’ ship but won’t aid the characters in any other way.
Battle Losses Each round on initiative count 0, the Doomspace coalition and the Xaryxian armada each lose
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
College of Whispers Most folk are happy to welcome a bard into their midst. Bards of the College of Whispers use this to their advantage. They appear to be like other bards, sharing news, singing
Whispers Features Bard Level Feature 3rd Psychic Blades, Words of Terror 6th Mantle of Whispers 14th Shadow Lore Psychic Blades When you join the College of Whispers at 3rd level, you gain the ability
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
determine your available spell slots by adding together the following: All your levels in the Bard, Cleric, Druid, Sorcerer, and Wizard classes Half your levels (round up) in the Paladin and Ranger
classes One third of your Fighter or Rogue levels (round down) if you have the Eldritch Knight or Arcane Trickster subclass. Then look up this total level in the Level column of the Multiclass
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
combatants enter a fight not knowing whether their boots have come untied.
6 You have a belt pouch specially made to release ball bearings or caltrops in the thick of the fight, forcing your
you’ll take that risk. If you had to choose between entering a battle without your favorite combat gear or without the party’s bard, Singy McLuteface can sit this one out. You and your equipment have
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
level in a particular class, unless the spell says otherwise. Spell Slots. You determine your available spell slots by adding together the following: All your levels in the Bard, Cleric, Druid
, Sorcerer, and Wizard classes Half your levels (round up) in the Paladin and Ranger classes One third of your Fighter or Rogue levels (round down) if you have the Eldritch Knight or Arcane Trickster subclass
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
makeshift crenellations on the roof lines for missile combatants. They also stockpiled weapons and caches of ammunition. Map 6.5: Dellmon RanchView Player Version The Dellmon Family Kerbin Dellmon
. Twelve able-bodied commoners wield handaxes, sickles, or spears. Half have shortbows. Four warriors (guards) and two hunters (scouts) round out the other defenders. Sixteen people make up a group of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
from the ability score and then divide the result by 2 (round down). Write the modifier next to each of your scores.
BUILDING BRUENOR, STEP 3
Bob decides to use the standard set of scores (15, 14
Important for
Bard, sorcerer, warlock
Racial Increases
Half-elf (+2), Drow (+1), Lightfoot halfling (+1), Dragonborn (+1), Tiefling (+2), Human (+1)
Ability Scores and Modifiers Score
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
magic items and spellbooks, Obaya hires a small squad of bodyguards, books passage on a merchant ship heading to Chult, and returns to Port Nyanzaru with her trove. Pay a Harper Debt A lawful good bard
, famous explorer and raconteur, offers to buy the adventurers a round of drinks to celebrate their upcoming expedition into the Dungeon of the Mad Mage. Injected into the conversation is the following
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
the most advantageous position. Strahd knows when he’s in over his head. If he begins taking more damage than he can regenerate, he moves beyond the reach of melee combatants and spellcasters, or he
), Strahd can take one of the following lair action options, or forgo using any of them in that round: Until initiative count 20 of the next round, Strahd can pass through solid walls, doors, ceilings, and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a5
longer immune to being charmed. Augmentation Chambers The magic of these chambers allows Thayans to bestow glimmers of intelligence into living oozes, making them obedient and more capable combatants
three contain ochre jellies (O). Usually, wights use ooze prods to keep the oozes in the vats. If the wights are engaged in combat, roll a d6 at the end of every round. If the indicated ooze is still in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a2
best of their ability unless prevented or interrupted by the player characters.
Round 1. After sounding the alarm, the sentries in area 1 (Wark and Thark) flee south to area 2.
Round 2. The orcs in
area 4 fire at any exposed characters in area 1 if they have been alerted by the sentries. Wark and Thark flee through the door into area 3.
Round 3. Wark and Thark cross the rope bridge in area 3