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Vargouille

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

complete can end the curse. Doing so undoes the changes made to the target by the curse. Stunning Shriek (Recharge 5–6);{"diceNotation":"1d6", "rollType":"recharge", "rollAction":"Stunning Shriek

’s curse. If the curse is allowed to run its course, an abyssal spirit invades the person’s body, causing a gruesome transformation. Over a period of hours, the victim’s head takes on

Firbolg Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

an unappealing place to explore by temporarily diverting springs, driving away game, stealing critical tools, and altering trails to leave hunting or lumber parties hopelessly lost. The firbolgs

complete their quests and return home as quickly as possible. The Firbolg Adventurers table can serve as inspiration for determining why a firbolg character leaves home. Firbolg Adventurers d8

Triton Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

, driving them into the Darkened Depths where they escaped into the crushing pressure and utter darkness. In time, the tritons noticed that their ancient elemental foes had grown quiet. Expeditions to

arrogant. They see themselves as caretakers of the sea, and they expect other creatures to pay them deep respect, if not complete deference. This attitude might grate on others, but it arises from a seed

Young Topaz Dragon

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

spines that run in a ridge from the crown of the head to the tip of the tail. These spines hover above a living topaz dragon’s back, dancing and shifting with the dragon’s mood. Embodiment of

topaz dragon their monarch, despite the dragon’s complete lack of interest and growing annoyance toward them. Cold, Necrotic

Cloistered Scholar

Backgrounds Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide

assume roles of greater responsibility and prominence. You might be one of Candlekeep’s own, dedicated to the curatorship of what is likely the most complete body of lore and history in all the

great deeds and win it back. d6 Flaw 1 I am easily distracted by the promise of information. 2 Most people scream and run when they see a demon. I stop and take notes on

Aarakocra Legacy

Species Elemental Evil Player's Companion

brightly colored, with feathers of red, orange, or yellow. Females have more subdued colors, usually brown or gray. Their heads complete the avian appearance, being something like a parrot or eagle with

lies on the slopes of the Star Mounts’ southernmost mountains. At the headwaters of the Unicorn Run, the Last Aerie is home to several dozen aarakocra. Recently, aarakocra elders detected

Adult Topaz Dragon

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

power manifests visibly in the gem-like spines that run in a ridge from the crown of the head to the tip of the tail. These spines hover above a living topaz dragon’s back, dancing and shifting with

dragon to tolerate the djinni’s presence by driving off a clan of cyclops;cyclopes harassing the dragon. 4 Reunited after years apart, an adult topaz dragon parent and young dragon child

Running the Adventure

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragons of Stormwreck Isle

Running the Adventure This is for the Dungeon Master. It contains a complete Dungeons & Dragons adventure, as well as descriptions for the magic items and creatures in the adventure. It also teaches you how to run a D&D game.

Running the Adventure

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon of Icespire Peak

Running the Adventure This book is written for the Dungeon Master. It contains a complete Dungeons & Dragons adventure, as well as descriptions for every creature that appears in the adventure. It also teaches you how to run a D&D game.

Using Enclaves

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

your imagination run wild. Mix and match different encounter tables to see what can arise. Consider how randomly determining the attitude of the creatures generated can shift the tone of a story. If

a hostile giant is the driving force behind an adventure seed, how does the adventure change if that giant is indifferent or even friendly to the characters?

Introduction

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver

Introduction This content is written for the Dungeon Master. It contains a complete Dungeons & Dragons adventure, as well as descriptions for every creature and magic item that appears in the

adventure. It also introduces the world of the Forgotten Realms, one of the game’s most enduring settings, and it teaches you how to run a D&D game. The Basic Rules contain the rules you need to adjudicate situations that arise during the adventure.

Stage 1

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen

presently a prisoner of the white dragon Arauthator. The characters must make their way to Arauthator’s iceberg lair and convince Maccath to join them. By driving away the dragon and carrying off

caused by the heroes. Assassins try to stop the characters’ interference, but the cultists misjudge the strength needed to complete the job.

Stage 1

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat

presently a prisoner of the white dragon Arauthator. The characters must make their way to Arauthator’s iceberg lair and convince Maccath to join them. By driving away the dragon and carrying off

caused by the heroes. Assassins try to stop the characters’ interference, but the cultists misjudge the strength needed to complete the job.

Travel to the Inn

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm Lord’s Wrath

reports that when the group got within a mile of the inn, the weather became so violent they couldn’t continue. The driving rain, fierce winds, and hailstones the size of apples impeded progress to a

decided not to risk trying to complete the journey to the inn, but the other soldier sent to guard the caravan agreed to stay and keep an eye on the situation.

Simic Scientist

Backgrounds Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica

my research and any other tasks I have to complete. Contacts The fluid nature of clades, whose rosters span different laboratories and change as researchers discover new interests, creates

fungus field. 5 I can’t fathom what could have made my childhood friend run off and join the Gruul. 6 I love comparing notes with my friend in the Izzet, though our fields of research are

The Road to Phandalin

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk

provisions from Neverwinter to Phandalin. They’re a half-day’s march from Phandalin when they run into trouble with goblin raiders from the Cragmaw band. Read the following text to get the adventure

started. (If you’re using another adventure hook, skip to the second paragraph and adjust the details as necessary, ignoring the information about driving the cart.) You began your adventuring career in

Introduction

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm Lord’s Wrath

nefarious schemes and terrible monsters await. Storm Lord’s Wrath is a D&D adventure designed for 7th-level characters. You can run this adventure for as few as one or as many as six players. By the time the

characters complete the challenges presented, they will be 9th level and ready to take on the challenges of the next adventures in this series: Sleeping Dragon’s Wake and Divine Contention.

Part 1: Goblin Arrows

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver

Road to the Triboar Trail, which heads east (as shown on the overland map). When they’re a half-day’s march from Phandalin, they run into trouble with goblin raiders from the Cragmaw tribe. Read the

boxed text when you’re ready to start. If you create a different adventure hook, skip to the second paragraph and adjust the details as necessary, ignoring the information about driving the wagon. In

Dueling Begins

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos

appropriate for their colleges (see chapter 7). All their actions are considered permissible magic for the purposes of dueling. Run as many one-on-one duels as the characters want to participate in

. During these duels, remember to account for the wild magic effect detailed in “Furygale Repository Features.” The challenge is complete when every character who wants to has dueled. The team with the

Introduction

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Locathah Rising

families. Locathah Rising is a DUNGEONS & DRAGONS adventure designed for 9th-level characters. You can run this adventure for as few as three or as many as six players. Depending on your play style

, this adventure may take several game sessions to complete, but by its conclusion the characters should advance to 10th level.

Linking Adventures

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)

Linking Adventures A campaign in the style of an episodic television show rarely needs story links between its adventures. Each adventure features its own villains, and once the characters complete

experience points, they become more powerful, as do the threats they must overcome. This kind of campaign is easy to run, since it requires little effort beyond finding or creating adventures

Creating a Campaign

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal

broad range of levels. With a little work, you can run a complete campaign using only this book. Starting with The Sunless Citadel, guide your players through the adventures in the order that they are

Conclusion

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated

final orrery component. If they failed to talk to Bracus and have not yet deciphered the book, see “Enter Flabbergast” in the next episode to bring them up to speed. When the characters complete the

have been watching how well you run the business, and your mission in Luskan is all anyone is talking about! Our license has been expanded to cover a broader territory around Phandalin! And even better, I’ve been crunching the profit statements, and I think we’re ready to expand this headquarters!”

Introduction

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist

complete his quest, Volo rewards them handsomely. Yet a much greater prize lies hidden somewhere in the City of Splendors, waiting to be claimed. Waterdeep: Dragon Heist is a Dungeons & Dragons

adventure designed for characters starting at 1st level. By the end of the story, the characters will be at least 5th level. If you’re planning to run through the adventure as a player, stop reading now! If

Leaving Gracklstugh

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss

. Alternatively, the characters can try their luck in the Labyrinth or the Wormwrithings. Some of the quests the characters complete have the potential to change the power structure of Gracklstugh. For

, or Stonespeaker Hgraam for a meeting with the Deepking, use the following section to run an encounter in the Deepking’s palace.

Tarokka Deck

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

aggression and violence. Tarokka decks allow you run encounters where fortune-tellers predict characters’ fates. Once you’re familiar with the cards and their meanings, you can interpret them in ways that tie

same world as the domain of Barovia, but it and its users have since spread throughout the Domains of Dread. Further details and a complete tarokka deck appear in the adventure Curse of Strahd.

Mordenheim's Powers and Dominion

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

, the creature is complete and obeys her will. She uses this ability to create flesh golems and homunculi, as well as zombies, death’s heads, and brains in jars (see chapter 5). Reborn Maker. A side

degrees and driving snow scours the land (detailed in the Dungeon Master’s Guide). Those who reach the Mists find they function as detailed in “The Mists” at the start of this chapter.

If You're the Dungeon Master

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes of the Borderlands

with sidebars that help you run the adventure. Now you’re ready to play D&D! Play On D&D Beyond Bring your adventure to life with the Maps VTT, the official virtual tabletop for Dungeons & Dragons

. Access it at DnDBeyond.com/games and you’ll find this quickplay adventure already set up—complete with maps, monsters, and tokens ready for your party to play. Want to make it your own? Use those same components (and any others in your collection) to forge entirely new adventures all in Maps VTT.

Staying in Uskarn

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh

Staying in Uskarn An extended stay in the village isn’t required to complete this adventure, but the characters are likely to visit — if only to secure passage to Firewatch Island by way of the small

with a dozen modest rooms to rent in the back. The tavern is run by council member Skeldruff Plenk, who brews a much-lauded lager called Plenk’s Plenk. If the characters ask about Philpert in Uskarn

The Balance

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes

follower might aid in consigning one city to domination by a devil cult while driving demonic cultists from another. For the sake of the Balance, the cosmos must remain in a static state where neither

personal quests for power makes it impossible to count on them as allies with complete certainty. The planes exist in a precarious state. A seemingly small event could echo across the worlds and tip

Other Heads of State

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War

patronage of a powerful clan leader or other prominent figure—perhaps working to make that person a viable head of state in the long run. The Heads of State table offers suggestions for the kind of work

prince comes out on top. 13 On behalf of a dwarf clan, search for artifacts in the underground realms below the Mror Holds. 14 Clear land for a new settlement in Q’barra, driving out the monsters that

Side Quests

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation

under no obligation to complete them; however, completing a side quest can lead to unexpected rewards and discoveries. Introduce as many or as few of these side quests as you like. The NPCs who

Executioner’s Run (see area 2), asks the adventurers to come with her as she collects a debt. The pay is 10 percent of whatever is collected on the 500 gp debt, which is owed by a man named Taban (N male

Adventure Examples

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide

Adventure Examples This section contains example adventures that demonstrate the principles described throughout the chapter. Each provides enough information for you to run a one-session adventure

You can use the adventures in this section to get a new campaign off the ground. These adventures are linked to locations near the Free City of Greyhawk, as described in chapter 5. You can run the

Adventure Structure

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Light of Xaryxis

Adventure Structure This adventure has four parts, each divided into three chapters. Each chapter is designed to be run as a single play experience lasting 2 to 3 hours, with the expectation that a

group should be able to complete the adventure in twelve sessions of play. Each chapter begins with an overview that gives you a sense of what is ahead for the heroes and recaps what has happened so

Rockblight

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss

her own underground realm. She commanded a force of drow servants and soldiers with unabashed cruelty, relentlessly driving them to seek out spell gems and increase her own wealth and power. Overcome

Inner Blingdenstone, but are empty and strewn with rubble. Humidity. A few shallow pools and streams run through the area, making the air damp and chill. Pools are difficult terrain.

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