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Basic Rules (2014)
mastery with weapons and armor, and a thorough knowledge of the skills of combat. And they are well acquainted with death, both meting it out and staring it defiantly in the face.
Well-Rounded
Specialists
Fighters learn the basics of all combat styles. Every fighter can swing an axe, fence with a rapier, wield a longsword or a greatsword, use a bow, and even trap foes in a net with some degree of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
Trained for Danger Not every member of the city watch, the village militia, or the queen’s army is a fighter. Most of these troops are relatively untrained soldiers with only the most basic combat
delving, monster slaying, and other dangerous work common among adventurers is second nature for a fighter, not all that different from the life he or she left behind. There are greater risks, perhaps, but
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
dark heart isn’t going to work a second time. The characters’ continuing adventures could involve further cooperation with Vizeran DeVir (if he survives) or delving deeper into the Underdark for
legendary weapons or magic. The characters might even venture out into the other planes of existence with the aid of Araumycos or the librarians of Gravenhollow, seeking allies, lore, and resources to combat the demon lords and return them to the Abyss.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
Trained for Danger Not every member of the city watch, the village militia, or the queen’s army is a fighter. Most of these troops are relatively untrained soldiers with only the most basic combat
delving, monster slaying, and other dangerous work common among adventurers is second nature for a fighter, not all that different from the life he or she left behind. There are greater risks, perhaps, but
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
treasure seekers, explorers, delvers, and investigators. In addition to improving your agility and stealth, you learn skills useful for delving into ancient ruins, reading unfamiliar languages, and
become adept at laying ambushes and quickly escaping danger. You can take two turns during the first round of any combat. You take your first turn at your normal initiative and your second turn at your initiative minus 10. You can’t use this feature when you are surprised.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
treasure seekers, explorers, delvers, and investigators. In addition to improving your agility and stealth, you learn skills useful for delving into ancient ruins, reading unfamiliar languages, and
, you have become adept at laying ambushes and quickly escaping danger. You can take two turns during the first round of any combat. You take your first turn at your normal initiative and your second turn at your initiative minus 10. You can’t use this feature when you are surprised.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
as a Classic Adventurer A mix of burglar, treasure hunter, and explorer, you are the epitome of an adventurer. In addition to improving your agility and stealth, you gain abilities useful for delving
. On a failed check, the scroll disintegrates. Level 17: Thief’s Reflexes You are adept at laying ambushes and quickly escaping danger. You can take two turns during the first round of any combat. You take your first turn at your normal Initiative and your second turn at your Initiative minus 10.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
) suit of animated armor with 27 (6d6 + 6) hit points. The tin soldiers burst from their small houses and march forth if they hear combat in this room or an adjoining area, or if Skabatha or Pincushion
drumbeat can be heard out to a range of 60 feet. All tin soldiers that can hear the beating drum gain a +2 bonus to their damage rolls. If the drum is destroyed, every tin soldier within 60 feet of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
characters hear or see them as they skulk about. Not every encounter with a wandering monster or patrol needs to end in combat, but knowing that they don’t have free run of the dungeon will help keep the
thessalheart construct is a strange magical-mechanical device that struts about like a chicken, and which features a human heart beating madly behind its glass front. The construct always wanders the zone
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
is in combat identifies a number of silver wires connecting the ranger’s cloak and backpack. If Barbatos is defeated, examining his body reveals that the backpack holds a troll’s still-beating heart
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
combat encounters. Different types of encounters provide different amounts of tension (generally, combat encounters offer the most), but they also feel very different and can have drastically different
-difficulty fight, perhaps against the adventure’s primary villain or another threat. Vary Threats. Build encounters using different threats. If the characters are delving into a kuo-toa temple and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
willing to exercise his considerable power on that agent’s behalf. The King’s Citadel. The Citadel has three branches besides the Dark Lanterns. The King’s Swords are elite special combat forces. The
, possibly including Oargev himself, call for the establishment of an independent nation in what is now Brelish territory, but Boranel is determined to hold on to every acre of his land. The Dark Lanterns actively infiltrate the Cyran refugee community, rooting out those who would act against the king.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
to pour its jug of spores over Krob’s corpse, turning it into a new spore servant. Sounds of combat here bring reinforcements from area X18 (four duergar) and area X20 (four quaggoths). All the duergar
. Loud mechanical noises come from behind the west wall.
Unless they are drawn to area X19 by sounds of combat there, four quaggoths gnaw on bones in this room and attack intruders on sight. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
rulebooks. Heroic Fantasy Conflicts. Heroic fantasy campaigns often revolve around delving into ancient dungeons in search of treasure or to destroy monsters or villains. Consider conflicts like these
greater importance than combat. Make sure your players know ahead of time that you want to run this kind of campaign. Otherwise, a player might create a combat-focused character, only to feel out of place
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Astral Adventurer’s Guide
Low City The beating heart of the Rock lies in the warren of streets and crowded markets of the Low City. It buzzes with activity at all hours, its streets choked with boisterous peddlers, clamorous
wererat named Maya. Xenotermination, Ltd. This small group of highly capable combat specialists and spellcasters makes a living by hiring themselves out to capture or kill formidable Wildspace creatures
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
mayhem, slaughtering adults and stealing children before retreating back into the woods. Others have tried to combat the werewolf menace, with little success. The Misty Forest lies thirty miles east
Emerald Enclave. This widespread group of wilderness survivalists preserves the natural order while rooting out unnatural threats. Druids, rangers, and barbarians make up most of its membership. Branches of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver
(southern) part of the cave. Sildar Hallwinter, a human warrior, is held prisoner in this chamber. He is securely bound on the southern ledge of the cavern. The goblins have been beating and tormenting
, and let those likes and dislikes affect how the NPC interacts with the party members. In a combat encounter, keep the NPC’s actions simple and straightforward. Also, look for things that the NPC can
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
combat, you have Advantage on attack rolls against any creature that hasn’t taken a turn. If your Sneak Attack hits any target during that round, the target takes extra damage of the weapon’s type
damage ignores Resistance to Poison damage. Level 17: Death Strike When you hit with your Sneak Attack on the first round of a combat, the target must succeed on a Constitution saving throw (DC 8
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
situation to change. Harpers are eager to recruit adventurers to help them combat the giant threat. The Lords’ Alliance Various settlements of the North have banded together to form the Lords
preserve the natural order by rooting out unnatural threats. They struggle to keep civilization and the wilderness from destroying each other, and they help others survive the natural perils of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
cargo hold, the flesh golem tries to beat the characters unconscious. The squidlings are compelled to try to devour the brains of unconscious characters, avoiding combat otherwise. The heavy chains and
pink slurry made from humanoid brains, a crate of machine parts, a crate of weapons (see “Treasure” below), and three crates that the gnome squidlings live in. Development. Sounds of combat here
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
duergar patrol 13–14 Mad duergar 15–16 Orc mercenaries* 17–18 Slave caravan 19 Steeder handlers 20 Themberchaud Abusive Duergar Guards The characters come upon two duergar guards beating a duergar
combat starts. Slave Caravan The characters come across a group of 1d4 + 1 duergar slavers herding unarmed slaves (roll a d12 and consult the Slaves table). The slaves wear iron collars and manacles
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
successful check. The blights remain perfectly still. They don’t attack on their own (except in self-defense) but quickly come to the aid of the twig blights in area U2 if combat erupts there. U2: Blighted
group of wilderness survivalists who preserve the natural order while rooting out unnatural threats. The enclave works to restore and preserve the natural order by keeping the elemental forces of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Divine Contention
. Use your judgement to resolve any plans that the players devise and award them appropriately (see “Narrative Combat”). If the gate is demolished, the players must hold the line alongside the defenders
that the enemy has breached the town square and the defenders are in dire need of aid. As you prepare to respond, you hear war drums beating from just outside town. Suddenly a bolt of lightning blasts a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver
determine if the blights are spotted. The blights do not attack on their own (except in self-defense) but quickly come to the aid of the twig blights in area 2 if combat erupts there. Awarding Experience
Enclave, a widespread group of wilderness survivalists who preserve the natural order while rooting out troublesome threats. The enclave works to restore and preserve the natural order by keeping the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a1
on opposite walls. Torn and burnt pages, bindings, and scrolls form disordered piles in the corners.
Treasure. Rooting around in the wreckage, separate successful DC 15 Wisdom (Perception) checks
dispatched in area 54, are spread about the grove. After moving 50 feet into the cavern, the characters come upon 1d4 of the hostile creatures. Any significant noise, such as from combat or clearing the briars
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
3 rounds later from area V7. If it’s close enough to the bonfire, the verbeeg can use his action to try to shove a creature into the flames (see “Shoving a Creature” in the combat chapter of the
keep the ogre from tripping over them and to discourage the cave bear from rooting through them. Lowering a basket by using its mechanism requires an action. The baskets contain sheep shears, milk
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
bonus action on its first turn in combat, each helmed horror drops its glass lance (which shatters on the floor) and conjures a longsword-sized blade of fire, which appears in its free hand. The helmed
the tile can hear the heart beating. As an action, a character in the middle of the room can try to lift the stone tile, doing so with a successful DC 10 Strength (Athletics) check. The check is made
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
Bronze Arm. When combat begins, the bronze arm atop the stairs animates to defend Nafik. On initiative count 20 of each round (losing initiative ties), Nafik can command the arm to grab or push a
they attack. Nafik’s Heart. The heart’s glass jar is sealed to the floor in the northeast cave and can be smashed easily. The heart inside looks like an ordinary human heart, beating steadily. Nafik’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
griffons perched on the nearby slopes; these reinforcements arrive on the third round of combat. Like the other members of her clan, Rahi is distrusting of strangers and doesn’t abide intrusions. A
. Runestone. The runestone is one of two sacred stones in Skytower Shelter (the other is in area S5). The goliaths pray next to it when they seek to gain physical strength and victory in combat and competition
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a2
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
rushes from west to east through the center of the room, crossed by two stone bridges. On the other side of the stream, three bald, gray dwarves work at a roaring forge, beating a white-hot blade into
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a2
off combat by parleying with the chieftain. For example, the characters might have captured some of the hatchlings in the southwest chamber, intending to ransom them back to the troglodytes in
here if they retreated to attack characters who got past them. Treasure. The gricks discarded the inedible portions of their victims in the back of the cave. Rooting through the grisly remains
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
worth buying. Day in and day out, they wade through the ward’s dreary miasma to trade shifts at workshops that never stop. The Lower Ward is the beating heart of Sigil—an engine of creation that refines
guarded. Lothar is a capable combatant in his own right and can animate a host of skulls in his collection as flameskulls. To combat larger threats, the Master of Bones relies on a ghoul-shaped stone
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
for a monk. If combat occurs, sleeping monks wake up and stand up during their first turn. They can each take a normal second turn. By day, four monks (the ones who drew night shift) sleep here. M4
leading them in various meditations. At any given time, four Sacred Stone monks (see chapter 7) practice with her. Hellenrae’s instruction consists of beating her followers senseless, so the two monks are
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
horror known as a chaos quadrapod (see appendix B). It uses its Chaos Cloud at the start of combat, then surges forward to lay into stunned characters. Each round, it focuses its grappling ability on
Hand) check. On a failed check, the captain and crew members spot and prevent the theft, and each character takes 3 (1d6) bludgeoning damage from the beating they endure as they escape through the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
investigate and report back to her. They avoid combat. B7. Hallway The spiral staircase in area B1 leads up to this hallway on the second floor. The walls of this dank hallway are covered with scores of
condition. On its first turn in combat or when it is reduced to 0 hit points, the cat expels a cloud of dust that acts as dust of sneezing and choking. Tiny Door. Characters who look underneath the potion