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Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
suspension.
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Great ideas are fine, but great results are what counts.
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If you can guess what I’m about to do, that means I’ve run out of imagination.
Ideals
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me with conflicted feelings.
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I helped a minor Gruul chieftain acquire an Izzet weapon.
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Roll an additional Izzet contact; you can decide if the contact is an ally or a rival.
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Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
Flight, or Fight, or … ? Each of the results on these tables represents a certain kind of challenge or potential challenge. If you let the dice have their way and the result is a large number of
. An encounter might indeed be the prelude to a battle, a parley, or some other interaction. What happens next depends on what the characters try, or what you decide is bound to occur. The tables also
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
the adventurers face. The players decide what their characters do as they navigate hazards and choose what to explore. Then you use a combination of imagination and the game’s rules to determine the
results of the adventurers’ decisions. Adjudicate the Rules. You oversee how the group uses the game’s rules, making sure the rules serve the group’s fun. You’ll want to read the rest of this chapter to understand those rules, and you’ll find the rules glossary essential.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
guides, they can decide which agent they want to initially return to. (Even if the characters have done secret deals with both agents, they should choose one to be their initial contact upon their
invitation to come to the manor to discuss the results of their expedition. If the characters have the intent of avoiding the agent, the agent comes to find them in short order, and arranges for their mechanical guide to teleport everyone back to the manor.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
Story. You narrate much of the action during play, describing locations and creatures that the adventurers face. The players decide what their characters do as they navigate hazards and choose what to
explore. Then you use a combination of imagination and the game’s rules to determine the results of the adventurers’ decisions. Adjudicate the Rules. You oversee how the group uses the game’s rules
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes of the Borderlands
of the action during play, describing locations and creatures that the adventurers face with read-aloud text. The players decide what their characters do as they navigate hazards and choose what to
explore. Then you use a combination of imagination and the game’s rules to determine the results of the adventurers’ decisions. Adjudicate the Rules. You oversee how the group uses the game’s rules
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
each one. Consult the Gambling Results table to see how the character did. Gambling Results Result Value 0 successes Lose all the money you bet, and accrue a debt equal to that amount. 1 success
, examples of which are on the Gambling Complications table. Gambling Complications d6 Complication 1 You are accused of cheating. You decide whether you actually did cheat or were framed.* 2 The town
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
the DM, you decide how much to tell the players and when. All the information the players need to make choices comes from you. Within the rules of the game and the limits of the characters’ knowledge
characters don’t need to take turns, but you need to give each player a chance to tell you what their character is doing so you can decide how to resolve everyone’s actions. In combat, everyone takes
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
sections offer more detailed information on how an encounter typically unfolds, in three steps. Step 1: Describe the Situation As the DM, you decide how much to tell the players and when. All the
bookshelf. Outside combat, the characters don’t need to take turns, but you need to give each player a chance to tell you what their character is doing so you can decide how to resolve everyone’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
focused on the following topics. After preparing this survey, distribute it to your players as an e-mail, physical handout, or otherwise before gathering to play. Keep the survey’s results anonymous, but
are spooky romps not too different from typical D&D adventures. Others venture into more unsettling territory. You and the players should decide what level of intensity is right for your horror
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Nearly impossible 30 The numbers associated with these categories of difficulty are meant to be easy to keep in your head, so that you don’t have to refer to these rules every time you decide on a
ability score of 20 still needs a 19 or 20 on the die roll to succeed at a task of this difficulty. Variant: Automatic Success Sometimes the randomness of a d20 roll leads to ludicrous results. Let’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
, rerolling or ignoring results that have already occurred. FAILURE IS AN OPTION
If the characters failed to recover a significant number of components from either site in the past—and assuming you don’t
–00 Both Lynx and Sir Ursas decide that events have grown too heated and escape into the city. High bounties are set for their capture.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
move of the decisionist is to impress the importance of a particular looming choice on the other franchisees, then call for a vote. The results of all franchise votes are recorded, then later reported
your coin of decisionry and cast two votes. Absentee Ballot Starting at rank 2, if a member of your franchise party is absent, you gain their vote and can decide quite confidently how they would have
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
, followed by a die expression in parentheses, like this: 10 (3d6). You decide whether to use the average or roll the dice. Using average damage speeds up play, but it might feel less exciting, and players
can take advantage of its predictability. Rolling the dice takes more time but can yield more volatile results. In the interest of fairness, commit to one approach or the other for the duration of an
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
island — always giving it a wide berth — so the characters can disembark somewhere else along the perimeter. After the characters take to their boats, they can decide to come ashore on the mainland and
handholds. Characters who want to climb the exterior can do so with no difficulty. Such activity attracts no attention from within, nor does it produce any useful results. The Causeway The stone causeway
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
you can use at any time. The Castellan can provide the characters with an illusory version of the poster map of the Outlands from Sigil and the Outlands. Then, the characters can decide where they wish
of weeks, years, or centuries, and the results would be the same. Creatures in the Outlands might experience time differently from one another, so make use of NPCs and encounters whenever or wherever
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Injuries Damage normally leaves no lingering effects. This option introduces the potential for long-term injuries. It’s up to you to decide when to check for a lingering injury. A creature might
determine the nature of the injury, roll on the Lingering Injuries table. This table assumes a typical humanoid physiology, but you can adapt the results for creatures with different body types. Lingering
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Divine Contention
storm ends. Determine the results of their actions: If all the characters succeeded on their checks, the ships make it through the storm unscathed. If half or more of the characters succeeded, their ship
kill the crew. Instead of having each sailor act individually, on each turn assume that they move the ship its speed and aim, load, and fire its siege weapons. Allow the characters to decide how
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
” in the “Whorlstone Tunnels” section for more information on what Droki is carrying if the characters catch him. CHASING DROKI
If the characters decide to wait for Droki to enter the West Cleft or
somehow follow him here, use the chase rules in chapter 8 of the Dungeon Master’s Guide, adapting the results for urban complications to a cave full of hateful derro. If Droki loses them, the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
storyteller and referee. The DM creates adventures for the characters, who navigate its hazards and decide which paths to explore. The DM might describe the entrance to Castle Ravenloft, and the players decide
gives way? Or cast a spell to carry them over the chasm? Then the DM determines the results of the adventurers’ actions and narrates what they experience. Because the DM can improvise to react to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
and referee. The DM creates adventures for the characters, who navigate its hazards and decide which paths to explore. The DM might describe the entrance to Castle Ravenloft, and the players decide what
way? Or cast a spell to carry them over the chasm? Then the DM determines the results of the adventurers’ actions and narrates what they experience. Because the DM can improvise to react to anything
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
decide that your vampire villain murders several knights. By slipping past locked doors in gaseous form, the vampire is able to make the deaths appear natural at first, but it soon becomes clear that a
tournament. 17 Determine the villain’s identity. 18 Locate a stolen item. 19 Make sure a wedding goes off without a hitch. 20 Roll twice, ignoring results of 20. For example, you roll a 10 on the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
dragon names. You can combine these elements to form a dragon name. For each element, roll a d20, then choose one of the four possible results from the table, or roll a d4 to determine which column to
. Consider these examples: Change Shape. You can decide that a dragon acquires this action at a younger age than usual, particularly if you want to feature a dragon in Humanoid form in your campaign. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes of the Borderlands
they charge brashly ahead, the character in the lead falls into the pit. However, if a player says their character looks carefully, they spot the trap.
Narrate the Results. Once the pit’s presence
to deceive or persuade it.
Narrate the Results. The Difficulty Class (DC) for each listed ability check is 10. If the total of the d20 and its modifiers equals or exceeds 10, the check succeeds. On
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Borderlands Quest: Goblin Trouble
decide there isanimosity brewing between them to make them easier to manipulate. Or maybe one of the bandits is a long-lost acquaintance of one of the characters! If you’re not short on time, getting
d20 and add the number next to Dexterity under Saving Throws. Compare the players’ results to the DC of 12.
Roll a d6. Anyone who got a total of 11 or lower on their saving throw loses Hit Points
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
another and decide to form a group. In those years when Shieldmeet falls, the town is instead treated to a great festival on that day, sponsored mainly by the local temple to Tymora, the Happy Hall of
it clear that she didn’t wish to speak of the matter again, and she would ensure that anyone who brought it up in official dealings would be quite unhappy with the results. Though there are whispers
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
band of ex-soldiers or reformed criminals) can add personality to the group. Consider using the rules in chapter 4 of the Dungeon Master’s Guide, applying the results of a single set of rolls to the
, though the DM can decide otherwise. If a mobile franchise headquarters requires more crew than is granted by the franchise’s rank, the characters must hire the remainder (typically at the skilled
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
× 5 gp. 21–30 You make an enemy. This person, business, or organization is now hostile to you. The DM determines the offended party. You decide how you offended them. 31–40 You are caught up in a
Magic Item Magic items are the DM’s purview, so you decide how they fall into the party’s possession. As an option, you can allow player characters to craft magic items. The creation of a magic item
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
randomly determine a disaster that conflicts with your setting, you can reroll, but the challenge of justifying the catastrophe can produce interesting results. With two exceptions, the disasters on the
disaster takes whatever form you want, but it’s always a big, bold, unsubtle sign of a deity’s displeasure. You might decide to wipe a town, region, or nation off the map of your world. A disaster ravages
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a6
Post Giants encountered here are always alert (not sleeping). To determine the position of each guard when the characters first enter, roll a d4 twice. Use one of the results as the location of the
the place by the various giants in the upper area. If the characters decide to look through the refuse, it takes 10 minutes to search a 10-foot-square area, and the toads from area 12 come into the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
decide otherwise if they claim the stone from the alchemist, see the unlikely golden objects, and also decipher the book.
They might become excited at the idea of possessing an actual philosopher’s stone
into gold. Golden Objects. The objects on the table are made of pure gold — but were manufactured this way, not magically transformed. Although the characters might infer that they are the results of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
to determine the best place to dig or support the structure, or Wisdom (Perception) checks to notice dangerous areas threatening to collapse further. You might also decide that magic or other
collapse, or strikes the ground nearby.
Quakes. Every so often, the entire city lurches from side to side as the great posts binding it to Avernus sink farther into the ground. This results in the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
Disintegration trait results in the replica falling into a pile of parts — gears, plates, screws, and wires — rather than turning to dust. Each collapsed modron also spits out a six-inch-diameter magically
wants desperately to return to Mechanus. You can decide whether the characters can help Stevie with this plight as a side trek or a downtime activity. Alternatively, the modron might have been
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
the civilized world and crushes the temples of the gods. In the dark age that results from the triumph of Olhydra, aboleths can return to their proper place as rulers of the world. If Gar Shatterkeel
learned too much about the Cult of the Crushing Wave or who stood in its way. A few could be adventurers who failed to stop the cult. Decide who these prisoners are, if any of them are alive, and what role
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
checks must be attempted by the characters. The players can decide which characters make which checks, but a character cannot make a second check until all the characters have made one check. A character
elf druid) needs help. A successful DC 14 Wisdom (Animal Handling) check calms the tiger. Failure results in the tiger making one attack against the character through the bars of its cage. Lift the






