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Player’s Handbook
adjust these payments based on the circumstances under which you cast the spell. If the task is aligned with the creature’s ethos, the payment might be halved or even waived. Nonhazardous tasks
typically require only half the suggested payment, while especially dangerous tasks might require a greater gift. Creatures rarely accept tasks that seem suicidal.
After the creature completes the
Spells
Xanathar's Guide to Everything
Uttering a dark incantation, you summon a devil from the Nine Hells. You choose the devil’s type, which must be one of challenge rating 6 or lower, such as a barbed devil or a bearded devil
command — such as “attack my enemies,” “explore the room ahead,” or “bear this message to the queen” — until it completes the activity, at which point it
Monsters
The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
dead.”
Combat Notes
Elkhorn’s challenge rating is based on him using Feint to improve his rather weak sword attack. Having been trained in his youth to fight ogres and trolls, he&rsquo
Adult Gold Dragon
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Monsters
Basic Rules (2014)
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Weakening Breath. The dragon exhales gas in a 60-foot cone. Each creature in that area must succeed on a DC 21 Strength saving throw or have disadvantage on Strength-based attack rolls, Strength checks
polymorphs into a humanoid or beast that has a challenge rating no higher than its own, or back into its true form. It reverts to its true form if it dies. Any equipment it is wearing or carrying is absorbed
Ancient Gold Dragon
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Basic Rules (2014)
one.
Weakening Breath. The dragon exhales gas in a 90-foot cone. Each creature in that area must succeed on a DC 24 Strength saving throw or have disadvantage on Strength-based attack rolls, Strength
polymorphs into a humanoid or beast that has a challenge rating no higher than its own, or back into its true form. It reverts to its true form if it dies. Any equipment it is wearing or carrying is
Shapechange
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Spells
Basic Rules (2014)
You assume the form of a different creature for the duration. The new form can be of any creature with a challenge rating equal to your level or lower. The creature can't be a construct or an undead
of equipment, based on the creature's shape and size. Your equipment doesn't change shape or size to match the new form, and any equipment that the new form can't wear must either fall to the ground
Planar Ally
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Basic Rules (2014)
10,000 gp per day. The GM can adjust these payments based on the circumstances under which you cast the spell. If the task is aligned with the creature's ethos, the payment might be halved or even
creature completes the task, or when the agreed-upon duration of service expires, the creature returns to its home plane after reporting back to you, if appropriate to the task and if possible. If you
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
), ignoring the class’s Hit Die progression. The monster’s proficiency bonus is based on its challenge rating, not its class levels. Once you finish adding class levels to a monster, feel free to tweak
, with the following exceptions: The monster doesn’t gain the starting equipment of the added class. For each class level you add, the monster gains one Hit Die of its normal type (based on its size
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon of Icespire Peak
Challenge An appropriately equipped and well-rested party of four adventurers should be able to defeat a creature that has a challenge rating equal to their level without suffering any casualties
. Creatures that are significantly weaker than 1st-level characters have challenge ratings lower than 1. Experience Points (XP) The number of experience points a creature is worth is based on its
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
Points (XP) a monster is worth is based on its CR, as detailed in the Experience Points by Challenge Rating table. XP is awarded for defeating the monster in combat or otherwise neutralizing it
Challenge Rating Challenge Rating is defined in the “Rules Glossary”, while guidance on using CR to plan potential combat encounters is in the DM’s Toolbox. Experience Points The number of Experience
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
Challenge Rating appear in appendix B. Experience Points The number of Experience Points (XP) a monster is worth is based on its CR, as detailed in the Experience Points by Challenge Rating table. XP
Challenge Rating Challenge Rating is defined in the Player’s Handbook, while guidance on using CR to plan potential combat encounters is in the Dungeon Master’s Guide. Lists of monsters organized by
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
by Challenge Rating table to determine the monster’s Armor Class, hit points, attack bonus, and damage output per round based on the challenge rating you chose in step 1. Step 3. Adjust Statistics
seeing your monster in action, you might want to adjust the challenge rating up or down based on your experiences. Experience Points by Challenge Rating CR XP 0 0 or 10 1/8 25 1/4 50 1/2 100 1 200 2
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
handle. These monsters have a challenge rating of 21 or higher and are specifically designed to test player skill. Experience Points The number of experience points (XP) a monster is worth is based on
Challenge A monster's challenge rating tells you how great a threat the monster is. An appropriately equipped and well-rested party of four adventurers should be able to defeat a monster that has a
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver
Challenge An appropriately equipped and well-rested party of four adventurers should be able to defeat a creature that has a challenge rating equal to their level without suffering any casualties
. Monsters that are significantly weaker than 1st-level characters have challenge ratings lower than 1. Experience Points (XP) The number of experience points a creature is worth is based on its Challenge. Typically, XP is awarded for defeating the monster.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
determine your monster’s Armor Class in one of two ways. Use the Table. You can choose an appropriate AC based on the monster’s expected challenge rating, as shown in the Monster Statistics by Challenge
monster’s challenge rating, as shown in later steps. Determine an Appropriate AC. Alternatively, you can determine an appropriate AC based on the type of armor the monster wears, its natural armor, or some
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
taking part in a play session. A character reaches 1 checkpoint for each hour an adventure is designed to last. Note that the award is based on the adventure’s projected playing time, rather than the
completes an adventure designed for a tier higher than the character’s current tier, the character is awarded 1 additional checkpoint. For example, if a 2nd-level character completes a 6th-level adventure
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
summon a devil from the Nine Hells. You choose the devil’s type, which must be one of challenge rating 6 or lower, such as a barbed devil or a bearded devil. The devil appears in an unoccupied space
,” or “bear this message to the queen” — until it completes the activity, at which point it returns to you to report having done so. If your concentration ends before the spell reaches its full
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
number of experience points (XP) a monster is worth is based on its challenge rating. Typically, XP is awarded for defeating the monster, although the DM may also award XP for neutralizing the threat
Challenge A monster’s challenge rating tells you how great a threat the monster is, according to the encounter-building guidelines in chapter 3 of the Dungeon Master’s Guide. Those guidelines specify
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Experience Points Experience points (XP) fuel level advancement for player characters and are most often the reward for completing combat encounters. Each monster has an XP value based on its
challenge rating. When adventurers defeat one or more monsters — typically by killing, routing, or capturing them — they divide the total XP value of the monsters evenly among themselves. If the party
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
horror-based campaigns. The creatures in this chapter are organized by their challenge rating in the Creatures by Challenge Rating table. Creatures by Challenge Rating CR Creature
1/8 Gremishka
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
can be randomly allocated based on a monster’s challenge rating. There are tables for challenge rating 0–4, challenge rating 5–10, challenge rating 11–16, and challenge rating 17 and higher. Use these
determine the incidental treasure left behind by the monster’s victims.
Use the Individual Treasure table that corresponds to the monster’s challenge rating. Roll a d100, and read the result across to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
monster has based on its Challenge Rating (CR). The table includes the average total in parentheses, which you can use instead of rolling. To determine the total amount of treasure for a group of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
recalculating the creature’s challenge rating, apply the template only to a creature that meets the optional prerequisite in the Breath Weapon table below. Otherwise, use the guidelines in the
Dungeon Master’s Guide to recalculate the rating after you apply the template. Senses. The half-dragon gains blindsight with a radius of 10 feet and darkvision with a radius of 60 feet. Resistances. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
of the Nine Hells. Every archdevil attracts a certain type of person based on the gifts the devil offers. In the following cult descriptions, stat blocks from the Monster Manual are suggested in a
of those spells with spells from that list, as long as the new spell is of the same level as the spell it replaces. The customization options here will typically have no appreciable effect on the challenge rating of a creature that gains them.
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
horns and spines shift slightly with the dragons’ moods, bobbing in amusement or flaring with anger.
Art of War
The warlike sapphire dragons devise strategies and ambushes based on their
stone to come and go.
The challenge rating of a legendary sapphire dragon increases by 1 when it’s encountered in its lair.
Lair Actions
On initiative count 20 (losing initiative ties), the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
increases as the character gains levels (described in chapter 2). A monster’s Proficiency Bonus is based on its Challenge Rating (see the rules glossary). The Proficiency Bonus table shows how the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
based on the type of barding worn (see the Player’s Handbook for more information on barding). The horse’s AC includes its Dexterity modifier, where applicable. Barding doesn’t alter the horse’s challenge
rating.
AC Barding
12 Leather
13 Studded leather
14 Ring mail
15 Scale mail
16 Chain mail
17 Splint
18 Plate
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
based on the type of barding worn (see Chapter 5 for more information on barding). The horse’s AC includes its Dexterity modifier, where applicable. Barding doesn’t alter the horse’s challenge rating
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
increases as the character gains levels (described in “Creating a Character”). A monster’s Proficiency Bonus is based on its Challenge Rating (see the Rules Glossary). The Proficiency Bonus table shows
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
requires 1,000 GP per hour. And a task measured in days (up to 10 days) requires 10,000 GP per day. The DM can adjust these payments based on the circumstances under which you cast the spell. If the
a greater gift. Creatures rarely accept tasks that seem suicidal. After the creature completes the task, or when the agreed-upon duration of service expires, the creature returns to its home plane
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
monster’s challenge rating. As another option, you can switch any of the damaging eye rays in the Monster Manual to an effect with a different damage type, such as replacing the enervation ray with a
use (even if the ability is based on a spell that normally affects an area or multiple targets). The saving throw for an alternative ability uses the same DC and the same ability score as the spell the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
minute. A task measured in hours requires 1,000 gp per hour. And a task measured in days (up to 10 days) requires 10,000 gp per day. The DM can adjust these payments based on the circumstances under
especially dangerous tasks might require a greater gift. Creatures rarely accept tasks that seem suicidal. After the creature completes the task, or when the agreed-upon duration of service expires, the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
minute. A task measured in hours requires 1,000 gp per hour. And a task measured in days (up to 10 days) requires 10,000 gp per day. The DM can adjust these payments based on the circumstances under
especially dangerous tasks might require a greater gift. Creatures rarely accept tasks that seem suicidal. After the creature completes the task, or when the agreed-upon duration of service expires, the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Awarding XP Each monster has an XP value based on its Challenge Rating. When adventurers overcome one or more monsters—typically by killing, routing, capturing, or cleverly avoiding them—they divide
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
campaign. Gaining Treasure Points Each character earns treasure points based on an adventure’s tier and its intended playing time: 1 treasure point is awarded for every 2 hours played in a tier 1 or
tier 2 adventure. 1 treasure point is awarded for every 1 hour played in a tier 3 or tier 4 adventure. As with the variant rules for gaining levels, this award is based on the adventure’s projected