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Monsters
The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
deal.
Endelyn’s obsession with tragedy and hopelessness extends to her own life; she has foreseen her own demise during a solar eclipse. In the depths of her castle, a lightning-powered device
visit another to plot against the third sister, creating a vicious circle in which Bavlorna and Endelyn plot against Skabatha, Endelyn and Skabatha conspire against Bavlorna, and Skabatha and Bavlorna
Monsters
The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
these visitors enter into an agreement with Bavlorna, she’ll use her powers to resolve their pressing problem in exchange for something of use to her.
Alignment. Neutral evil.
Personality
company, but one hag will occasionally visit another to plot against the third sister, creating a vicious circle in which Bavlorna and Endelyn plot against Skabatha, Endelyn and Skabatha conspire
Species
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
itchy straw stuffing inside you.
Reborn in the Domains of Dread
When creating a reborn, consult with your DM to see if it’s appropriate to tie your origins to one of the following Domains
perfectly preserved remains.
Lamordia. You awoke amid the bizarre experiments of an amoral scientist. They consider you their finest creation or have a task for you to fulfill.
Mordent. You emerged from the mysterious device known as the Apparatus, your body a lifeless shell and your past a mystery.
Species
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
a scale color more akin to that of a chromatic or a metallic dragon. A kobold’s cry can express a range of emotion: anger, resolve, elation, fear, and more. Regardless of the emotion expressed
, their cry resonates with draconic power.
Creating Your Character
At 1st level, you choose whether your character is a member of the human race or of a fantastical race. If you select a fantastical
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Elise and the Unbreakable Heart Above all else, Dr. Mordenheim’s objectives are finding Elise and recovering or re-creating the Unbreakable Heart. Elise. Dr. Mordenheim’s supposed beloved and
of Fire traits. She has immunity to cold damage. Elise’s heart has been replaced with the Unbreakable Heart. If this device is removed, Elise dies, even if it is replaced with another heart. Elise is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
The Maze Engine Deep within the Labyrinth lies the Maze Engine — a mechanical, magically powered device capable of altering reality. Modrons refer to the device as an Orderer because it was designed
chapter 2, “Creating a Multiverse,” in the Dungeon Master’s Guide). It’s a 20-foot-diameter sphere built of 1-foot-wide bands of magically hardened and shaped bronze, engraved with arcane symbols. Gaps
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
the sewers below Sharn, a mad genius puts the final touches on a device that will turn the people of the city into undead monstrosities. All of these are eldritch machines. They are wondrous locations
: magic items of immense power, but so large that they cannot be moved. Eldritch machines always require rare components but creating an eldritch machine could require one or more planes to be
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
About This Book This book is your guide to life at Strixhaven in Dungeons & Dragons—an introduction to the university, a guide to creating student characters there, a campaign, and a collection of
friends and foes. Chapter 1 gives an overview of life and study at Strixhaven. It introduces the main features of the central campus and each of the five colleges. Chapter 2 is your guide to creating a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
Downtime Activities Downtime activities are tasks that usually take a workweek (5 days) or longer to perform. These tasks can include buying or creating magic items, pulling off crimes, and working
at a job. A character selects a downtime activity from among those available and pays the cost of that activity in time and money. You, as DM, then follow the rules for the activity to resolve it
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Reborn in the Domains of Dread When creating a reborn, consult with your DM to see if it’s appropriate to tie your origins to one of the following Domains of Dread (detailed in chapter 3): Har’Akir
of an amoral scientist. They consider you their finest creation or have a task for you to fulfill. Mordent. You emerged from the mysterious device known as the Apparatus, your body a lifeless shell
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
of the corruptible, the resolve of the truly heroic—the Dark Powers savor these traits. Whether for a night or an eternity, Ravenloft seeks heroes of all sorts and pits them against their greatest
. This chapter offers you, the player, the following tools and choices: Haunted Heroes. Explore your role in creating a tale of terror and how you might design a character that contributes to frightful
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
closure, lingering in a place until they bring about the completion of the work they hoped to accomplish in life. In addition, consider the following genre tropes when creating your haunted domain: All
heroes to spirits in ways they won’t predict, such as revealing that a phantasmal villain was a hero’s ancestor. Heroes are pure-hearted or unsuspecting individuals whose resolve is shaken by the story’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Tiers of Play As characters grow in power, their ability to change the world around them grows with them. It helps to think ahead when creating your campaign to account for this change. As the
hopes of striking a useful alliance. The tiers of play represent the ideal milestones for introducing new world-shaking events to the campaign. As the characters resolve one event, a new danger arises
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
, they return as one of these spirits. It’s up to the spirit’s family to resolve the injustice and bring peace to the gwishin, allowing it to move onward. If a gwishin is allowed to endure, it grows
ever more dangerous. In recent years, some in Yeonido have begun to challenge the cultural reverence for ancient traditions, creating unease and discord. It may be no coincidence that gwishin are
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
Spaces while researching one of the following topics: Creating permanent versions of existing spells Demiplanes, pocket dimensions, and other spaces that exist outside the Material Plane Tied to The Joy
of Extradimensional Spaces are two mysteries. The first is the whereabouts of the missing sage Matreous. The characters can resolve this question by opening the portal to the mansion. The larger mystery, however, is how to escape once they are trapped inside.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal
Creating a Campaign While these adventures were never meant to be combined into a full campaign—over 30 years separates the newest from the oldest—they have been selected to provide play across a
of your own invention or drawn from another D&D setting, provides the perfect framing device for the campaign. The characters hear rumors of each dungeon, with just enough information available to lead
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
level and don’t recall what came before, ascribe it to the multiversal glitch the characters are experiencing. CoupleOfKooks “I am a mimir, a magical device designed to provide information. If you have
creating their characters. If you want to include characters who hail from Sigil, a gate-town, or other places where planar travel is common, consider using the character options in Sigil and the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
strengthen Thrane resolve. The common people are united by their faith and sure of the righteousness of their cause. The Silver Flame urges people to stand together in the face of evil, and across the nation
wound. The Council of Cardinals is determined to hold onto this prize, but it is a bitter point of contention with Aundair and a constant source of tension and violence. In creating a Thrane character
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
game sessions to resolve. When strung together, these adventures form an ongoing campaign. A D&D campaign can include dozens of adventures and last for months or years. A Dungeon Master gets to wear
on the aspects you enjoy and downplay the rest. For example, if you don’t like creating your own adventures, you can use published ones. You can also lean on the other players to help you with rules
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice Compendium
. That other enemy of the target is creating a close-up distraction, regardless of the weapon in hand. Does Uncanny Dodge work automatically against every attack a rogue or ranger gets hit by? Spell
stops being surprised at the end of its first turn in combat. Does the Thief’s Use Magic Device feature allow them to use spell scrolls? Yes. The intent is that a Thief can use spell scrolls with Use
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
8. Sculptors’ Workroom This workspace is used by a number of neutral human sculptors creating objects for use in the tomb. Five are present when the characters first enter this area, watched over and
contains a small, unpainted miniature figure representing each character. Each figure is a tiny clockwork device. If painted and kept on hand, the figures secretly animate to help the characters with
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
The Dispute By the time the characters reach Ialos, they should have met the pilgrims and the Cyran veterans. Both sides might ask the characters to intervene and resolve their dispute. Here is a
powered not by a Docent, but by a device called a graymatter engine that incorporated part of an artifact—perhaps that’s what you seek? The graymatter engine was said to generate a magical barrier
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
, and unyielding resolve. They are deliberate and slow to act, careful to consider their plans and gather their strength before beginning any new enterprise. Once earth cultists resolve to act, they
or dirt to feel close to their favored element. Black Earth initiates know the secret of creating armor from magically shaped stone, and even their robes include stone pauldrons or masks. Prophet of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Giants of the Star Forge
field at the end of the second round, creating potential safe spots for competitors to jump between to avoid touching the lava field. Prize. If a character wins the contest of cloud giant’s grace, Diasma
awards the party a potion of flying. Stone Giant’s Resolve Each competitor must sit or stand atop a wooden post beneath a roaring waterfall. If a competitor’s body ceases to be in contact with the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
treasure. If dao are there, so is wealth worth hunting.
—Gundren Rockseeker, Dwarf Treasure Hunter
Genies of minerals and gemstones, dao embody the resolve of rock. Using innate magic, they move
Burst. Ranged Attack Roll: +10, range 120 ft. Hit: 15 (2d8 + 6) Bludgeoning damage. Hit or Miss: Earth explodes from the target’s space, creating the following effect. Dexterity Saving Throw: DC 16, each
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
necromantic device called the Soulmonger, then hid it in the heart of the tomb. ACERERAK’S TRAITS
Ideal. “Why be a god when I can be a creator of gods?”
Bond. “I build dungeons to trap and slay
powerful adventurers. Their deaths and souls are my nourishment.”
Flaw. “I underestimate the resolve of my enemies.”
Acererak
Medium undead, neutral evil
Armor Class 21 (natural armor)
Hit Points
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
Creating a Rival In essence, a rival is a somewhat specialized NPC. You can use chapter 4 of the Dungeon Master’s Guide to build a new NPC for this purpose, or pick one from your current cast of
you resolve one or more workweeks of downtime, pick one of the ways a rival’s plans might be advanced and introduce it into play. Think about how a rival might operate in order to bring specific
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
to collapse under our weight?
Unlike a game of make-believe, D&D gives structure to the stories, a way of determining the consequences of the adventurers’ action. Players roll dice to resolve
anything the players attempt, D&D is infinitely flexible, and each adventure can be exciting and unexpected. The game has no real end; when one story or quest wraps up, another one can begin, creating an
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
to collapse under our weight?
Unlike a game of make-believe, D&D gives structure to the stories, a way of determining the consequences of the adventurers’ action. Players roll dice to resolve whether
the players attempt, D&D is infinitely flexible, and each adventure can be exciting and unexpected. The game has no real end; when one story or quest wraps up, another one can begin, creating an
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
the mirror there, pulls out Maddgoth’s helm, and gives it to the nearest character. 25b. Maddgoth’s Study The stained glass panes of this door have been shattered, creating holes through which
the mirror, which is stuck to the wall with sovereign glue and can’t be pried loose without breaking it. An identify spell or similar magic reveals that it’s a magic storage device and that contact
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
inform the choices of the present, creating a world of peace and order. She plays things by the book and frowns on students who embark on Dean Plargg’s dangerous field trips. Characters have ample
he was sternly told, “History belongs to us all!” So, naturally, he mastered the magical art of duplicative restoration. Not only can he perfectly recreate an ancient object or device from the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
to show brief glimpses of possible locations, or any other device channeling suitable magic. If you really want to dig deep, you could experiment with the idea that the orrery’s power gives it a kind
merchants might want to sell branded gear manufactured by the liches the characters met at Lottie’s, creating additional business opportunities or allowing the characters to follow up on previous
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
under “Creating a Creature” in this chapter to better reflect the NPC you have in mind. Alignment Choose the NPC’s alignment, which can help you sketch the outlines of an NPC’s behavior and
things that stand out about the character’s appearance. NPC Appearance 1d12 Feature 1 Distinctive jewelry 2 Flamboyant, outlandish, formal, or ragged clothes 3 Uses an elegant mobility device
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
pursuers to either divide their forces or allow some of the quarry to escape. If a pursuit splits into several smaller chases, resolve each chase separately. Run a round of one chase, then a round of
and slow down long enough to attack the nest or throw rocks at it, thus creating an obstacle for their pursuers. A map of a chase can be linear or have many branches, depending on the nature of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
in the air between them. A circular clockwork device floats within the light, recognizable even at a distance as one of the components of the Orrery of the Wanderer.”
Clockwork Dragons Each of the
Office for help can provide details regarding someone named Lottie with a penchant for creating clockwork creatures. Though the characters are unable to claim the final orrery component at this time






