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Basic Rules (2014)
friends and loved ones age while time barely touches them. Others live with the elves, growing restless as they reach adulthood in the timeless elven realms, while their peers continue to live as
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Many half-elves learn at an early age to get along with everyone, defusing hostility and finding common ground. As a race, they have elven grace without elven aloofness and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Stranger Things
Tristan’s castle. All his soldiers together could barely fight it off. After each attack, the thessalhydra disappears into the woods and leaves no trail. Tristan can’t send his guards after the monster
monster, and such. They treat the characters well — they’re the heroes Sir Tristan turns to in his time of need. Give them confidence to take bold action (sometimes Will needs to be reminded that he’s playing a character, not just himself).
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
Getting the Quest If Dougan’s Hole is the starting town for this adventure, the characters already know some of what’s going on. Read: Dougan’s Hole is beset by winter wolves that stalk the outskirts
in. “Dang winter wolves say they ain’t givin’ ’em back till the town coughs up a king’s ransom in food and gold. This town barely got enough to feed its own, and there ain’t no gold. Ain’t no one
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
rest concludes to the sound of warning horns. Darrett or a messenger from Marshal Vendri urges them to hurry to the command post atop the Trade Gate. Once the characters arrive, read the following text
rapid percussion, their deadly bolts barely keeping the dragonnels wheeling overhead at bay. Beyond the dragonnel riders, the flying citadel looms like a thunderhead, drifting slowly but relentlessly closer.
At this point, there has been no word from Clystran or the dragonnels he went to track down.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
, read or paraphrase the following text: Amid the vast desert, a great pyramid rises from the sands, barely touched by time. Stairs ascend from the sand to an opening in the pyramid.
Near the base of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
’ corruption begins to take hold, the plants have become living traps. Read or paraphrase the following to set the scene: Your path through the woods descends along a ridgeline, with the trees crowding together
characters’ progress. If the check is 14 or higher, or if any character with a passive Wisdom (Perception) score of 14 studies the fey after they’ve been spotted, the fey appear mean and grubby. The fey run off if they are noticed, shouting with barely disguised menace to “enjoy our sunny woods.”
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
their late teens and live less than a century. Size. Humans vary widely in height and build, from barely 5 feet to well over 6 feet tall. Regardless of your position in that range, your size is Medium
. Speed. Your base walking speed is 30 feet. Languages. You can speak, read, and write Common and one extra language of your choice. Humans typically learn the languages of other peoples they deal
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
their late teens and live less than a century. Size. Humans vary widely in height and build, from barely 5 feet to well over 6 feet tall. Regardless of your position in that range, your size is Medium
. Speed. Your base walking speed is 30 feet. Languages. You can speak, read, and write Common and one extra language of your choice. Humans typically learn the languages of other peoples they deal
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
Back in Session Once the characters have chosen their colleges and cemented their other second-year decisions, it’s time to kick off this adventure.
The academic year has barely dawned when
you’re ready to begin, read or paraphrase the following, altering the text to incorporate the student’s name or other details:
Your peers’ shouts of camaraderie punctuate the air as you finish your
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
, the check can be repeated after another 10 minutes of searching. The following boxed text assumes that the characters have met Ireena Kolyana. If they have not, don’t read the sentence that mentions
her. Hidden by the fog and elevated a few feet above the surrounding marsh is a raised plot of land, barely ten feet on a side, enclosed by a disintegrating iron fence. In the center of the plot is a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
of Cynidicea. Though the ziggurat is usually buried in the sands, a sandstorm has uncovered its upper tiers. When the characters arrive at the ziggurat, read or paraphrase the following text: Your trek
time have scoured their faces smooth.
A windswept ziggurat towers over the other ruins. Five stepped tiers are visible, though the lowest barely peeks above the sand. In all, the ancient structure
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
Morte’s Planar Parade). Now, Valder wants to help Fellik escape Curst and move on to his rightful afterlife. Meeting Valder Valder approaches the characters as they prepare to escape Curst. Read or
paraphrase the following text: An aged human wearing a tattered cloak approaches. His skin is crisscrossed with scars, and he carries himself with confidence. In a deep voice, the man rumbles, “They say
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
free, but other humanoids must pay 5 cp each. When the characters enter the Cog Carnival, read or paraphrase the following boxed text to the players: Smoky, low flames in a fireplace barely illuminate
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
hewn from the rock leads up along one side of the wall.
The steps leading up to it are barely 5 feet wide and climb 150 feet to a frost-covered shelf that adjoins the main entrance (area X1). Difficult
Decision As the characters begin their ascent, read: From high above comes a loud grinding noise as large sheets of ice break off the fortress walls and tumble down the mountainside. Suddenly, great
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
others have yet to board a boat. The remaining boats have enough space for them and the characters. Before the characters head to their boats, read the following text: “Hold the boat!” a voice rasps from
details. Last Glimpse of Vogler Evacuees flee the Dragon Army’s invasion of Vogler The characters escape Vogler on the last boat, a small fishing vessel barely large enough for the characters, Darrett
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer Academy
Fellowship To begin the adventure, read or paraphrase the following: Today is the day! It’s the official start of your academy training. Fresh from orientation, you and your crewmates are to report
letting down his fellow crewmates. He has been avoiding them to help him keep his focus.
Miken’s worst enemy is his own fear. The characters can boost his confidence and lift his spirits in one of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
your head and chin high conveys confidence. Use Voices. Changing the volume of your voice and borrowing speech patterns from real life, movies, or television can make NPCs distinctive. Engaging the
piece together to get the information they seek. Wisdom. An NPC is hiding something important, and the characters must read the NPC’s nonverbal cues to understand what’s true and what’s deception. Or key
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
characters arrive, read the following boxed text aloud to the players. Modify the text as appropriate if Buppido isn’t present. As you venture into the cavern, a stench of rotting meat rises. The floor is
bodies. Each skeleton has two skulls, although this has no effect on its abilities. Buppido fights with insane confidence and seems surprised if the party defeats him, screaming incoherent last words
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a7
the center of the cliff face, read: Bright, brilliant colors are to be seen everywhere, the stones and pigments undimmed by the passage of decades. The floor of the corridor is a colorful mosaic of
studied all the way from the entrance to where the path forks toward areas 5 and 6, the individual with such perseverance will be rewarded by suddenly understanding that a message is contained in barely
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
The Waters of Lyth Eventually, the party crosses a vale not noted on Khea’s map. Read or paraphrase the following description: A shallow valley lies amid the rise and fall of the Katachthon foothills
humanoid bones barely covered by the water. Outcropping Caves Three natural caves open near the top of the 30-foot-high rock formation at the far end of the pool. These crevices might be noticed by
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
Sanctum Showdown If the characters show no sign of joining Ruxithid, or if any of them threaten violence, Ruxithid becomes hostile. Read or paraphrase the following: Green light pulses from
Disturbing Truth Revealed If Ruxithid is slain, read the following: Ruxithid falls to the ground, and his crystalline brain splits asunder. The sanctum fills with a cacophony, like thousands of voices crying
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
to know each other before this scene, but it’s fine if they do. Once the players are ready, read or paraphrase the following text: The sun sinks low in the west, stretching shadows across the well
mask. The rider barely manages to stay in the saddle, his body bristling with cruel black arrows.
Blind with panic, the horse plows on, threatening to trample travelers in its path. Before it can
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Light of Xaryxis
side, read: Stately galleons, sleek cutters that resemble flying fish, and warships built to look like hammerhead sharks line the docks of Bral. Krux waves his arm toward a craft that seems modest by
comparison.
The ship’s sails are patchworks of mended canvas, while its hull seems barely held together by thick vines that bind it like rope. Its strangest feature is the full-grown tree that sprouts
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
whose tusks have been set with gems (see “Treasure” below). The inscriptions on the statue are written in Old Omuan. They read as follows: Let your bones watch over my treasure, brave Ghom. As you
is claimed and set head-first into the indentation, read: A thunderous trumpeting sound erupts from the mastodon’s trunk, causing a block of stone to seal off the room. The cog under the mastodon’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
roars, gives most leonin an air that readily shifts between regal and fearsome. Leonin often act with confidence, which can come off as imperiousness. While this can reassure their allies, it can also
end of your next turn. The DC of the save equals 8 + your proficiency bonus + your Constitution modifier. Once you use this trait, you can’t use it again until you finish a short or long rest. Languages. You can speak, read, and write Common and Leonin.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer Academy
Debriefing When you’re ready to start, read or paraphrase the following: You arrived this morning on Belligerence, a chartered galley out of Waterdeep, which picked up passengers and crew in the
Spelljammer Nexus, the training area for Spelljammer cadets. The thefts have shaken the confidence of the academy’s investors and caused them to reduce their monthly funding. Mirt is not happy! Boatswain
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
about what makes your character stand out. “I’m smart” is not a good trait, because it describes a lot of characters. “I’ve read every book in Candlekeep” tells you something specific about your
bad fall during her career as a thief. Artemis Entreri is always prepared for the worst and moves with a quick, precise confidence.
Consider their ideals. Tika Waylan is innocent, almost childlike
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
long distances. But that’s what fills Sechepol’s wagon. He will make his money on the road, selling his stock to his fellow travelers in the caravan. He is diplomatic and has a gift for defusing
silent as the grave, staring sullenly at the road ahead, barely moving on the seat of his wagon, seeming hardly to breathe. No one knows what he transports in his wagon, but it is guarded by a brooding
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
distances. But that’s what fills Sechepol’s wagon. He will make his money on the road, selling his stock to his fellow travelers in the caravan. He is diplomatic and has a gift for defusing arguments
as the grave, staring sullenly at the road ahead, barely moving on the seat of his wagon, seeming hardly to breathe. No one knows what he transports in his wagon, but it is guarded by a brooding
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
. Otherwise, the thrones are empty, and the characters have nothing else to interact with. The apparitions refuse to speak in the characters’ presence, and they can’t be harmed or turned. Barely lifting
-foot-high ceilings throughout. As the characters descend the stairs, read: To your left as you enter this dark hall is a closed, stone double door with no handles or hinges on this side. To your right is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
Arrival Syndra Silvane teleports herself and the characters to Port Nyanzaru’s Harbor Ward, not far from the harbormaster’s office (area 13). Read: You appear in a tropical city under the blazing sun
boats along the canals. Dinosaurs compete in weekly races through the streets. These brightly painted racing dinosaurs are fast, vicious, and barely under their riders’ control. Flowers, green plants, and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
map, or vice versa. S1. Oozing Entrance This entrance to the scab is a tube-shaped tunnel with a 20-foot radius. As the characters approach the entrance, read the following boxed text to the players
Hag When the characters enter this 30-foot-wide chamber, read the following boxed text to the players: A pool of blood fills the center of this chamber. Five goat-headed demons reeking of rot crouch
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Borderlands Quest: Goblin Trouble
Introducing Characters To run this adventure, first present the character sheets in front of the players and read the following text, which covers the basics of a character sheet. You should use the
stamina; Intelligence is reasoning and memory; Wisdom is perceptiveness and mental fortitude, and Charisma is confidence, poise, and charm.
Each ability has a score from 1 to 20, although your
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
Temple of Paladine Locations The following locations are keyed to map 6.4. Map 6.4: temple of paladine View Player Version P1: Causeway As characters near the temple’s grounds, read or paraphrase
. At the same time, the spear lengthens, growing into a whole, newly forged, pike-length dragonlance (see appendix A). Before a character takes the reforged lance, read the following text: From nowhere
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
the ordeal. Dream 1: Rainbow Angels Read the following boxed text when the characters first enter Lulu’s dreamscape: As the rich, radiant light of a hundred dancing rainbows slowly dissolves, warm
next dream. Dream 4: Desolation When the fourth dream begins, read: You wander a vast, barren landscape of utter devastation. Black sludge rises rapidly out of the ground, enveloping your feet and