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Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
way of ensuring that the laws are obeyed. (Lawful)
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Legislation. The law embodies excellence in its precision and detail. (Lawful)
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Punishment. A public display of consequences
the entire city, your place in the Azorius can easily bring you into contact with members of other guilds, for good or ill.
Roll twice on the Azorius Contacts table (for an ally and a rival) and
Backgrounds
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
knowledge of anatomy to use by narrating the injuries my enemies suffer in grisly detail.
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Like a wild animal, I lash out viciously when I’m provoked — and I’m easily provoked
meaningful connections with others.
Roll twice on the Golgari Contacts table (for an ally and a rival) and once on the Non-Golgari Contacts table.
Golgari Contacts
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Contact
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One
Backgrounds
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
need. You can roll a d6 or choose from the options in the Research Options table to determine your area of research.
Research Options
d6
Clade/Project
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Hull Clade, focused on
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I’m eager to explain every detail of my most intricate experiments and theories to anyone who shows the least bit of interest.
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I assume that everyone needs even the most basic
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
presentations leads off with advice on how to add depth and detail to your character’s personality. You can use the tables in these sections as a source of inspiration, or roll a die to randomly determine a
result if desired. Following the subclasses, the section called “This Is Your Life” presents a series of tables for adding detail to your character’s backstory. The chapter concludes with a selection
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
Inquisitive As an archetypal Inquisitive, you excel at rooting out secrets and unraveling mysteries. You rely on your sharp eye for detail, but also on your finely honed ability to read the words and
equipped to expose and end hidden evils. Inquisitive Features Rogue Level Feature 3rd Ear for Deceit, Eye for Detail, Insightful Fighting 9th Steady Eye 13th Unerring Eye 17th Eye for Weakness
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Passages When generating passages and corridors, roll on the Passage table multiple times, extending the length and branches of any open passage on the map until you arrive at a door or chamber
. Whenever you create a new passage, roll to determine its width. If the passage branches from another passage, roll a d12 on the Passage Width table. If it comes from a chamber, roll a d20 on that table
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
Events column that corresponds to how old you are. Otherwise, you can roll dice to determine your current age and number of life events randomly. After you know the number of life events your character
has experienced, roll once on the Life Events table for each of them. Many of the results on that table direct you to one of the secondary tables that follow. Once you have determined all of your
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
, roll on the Building Type table. Then roll on the table corresponding to that building to add further detail. If a roll makes no sense considering where the characters are (such as a lavish mansion
in a rundown part of town), you can always roll again or simply choose another result. However, such unexpected results can prompt creativity and memorable locations that help make your urban
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
Actions When you do something other than moving or communicating, you typically take an action. The Action table lists the game’s main actions, which are defined in more detail in the rules glossary
benefit if you have the Incapacitated condition or if your Speed is 0. Help Help another creature’s ability check or attack roll, or administer first aid. Hide Make a Dexterity (Stealth) check. Influence
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
Actions When you do something other than moving or communicating, you typically take an action. The Action table lists the game’s main actions, which are defined in more detail in the Rules Glossary
benefit if you have the Incapacitated condition or if your Speed is 0. Help Help another creature’s ability check or attack roll, or administer first aid. Hide Make a Dexterity (Stealth) check. Influence
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
of additional domains that make up the Domains of Dread. Detail and explore these domains in your adventures as you please, or use them as examples when creating your own domains using the guidance in
perfect starting point for further development over the course of your adventures. While exploring the Domains of Dread, should the Mists carry characters to a mysterious domain, roll on the Domains of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
you finish a long rest. Elegant Courtier Starting at 7th level, your discipline and attention to detail allow you to excel in social situations. Whenever you make a Charisma (Persuasion) check, you
in Intelligence or Charisma saving throws (your choice). Tireless Spirit Starting at 10th level, when you roll initiative and have no uses of Fighting Spirit remaining, you regain one use. Rapid
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
encounters can bog down the adventure and cause players to lose interest in the story. You can roll on the Random Wilderness Encounters table or choose an appropriate encounter. Each encounter is described in
more detail after the table. For guidelines on how to use random encounters effectively, see “Random Encounters” in chapter 3 of the Dungeon Master’s Guide. If the characters are crossing terrain not
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Borderlands Quest: Goblin Trouble
characters will have scores ranging from 8 (weaker than human average) to 16 or more (strong capability). Each of those scores has an ability modifier next to it. Whenever you make a D20 Test (a d20 roll
to determine success or failure) with a specific ability, you’ll modify the roll by the number appearing there.
Initiative. Each character has an Initiative modifier. When we get to a point in the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
symbiote resides, it reappears on your body in another location at the next midnight. Roll on or choose an option from the Symbiotic Nature table to determine what sort of symbiotic being shares your
, and Charisma scores. The DM sets the symbiote’s abilities or determines them randomly (roll 4d6 for each score, ignoring the lowest roll and totaling the rest). The symbiote can see and hear using
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
lap—Bavlorna’s Big Book of Bad Blood—in which the hag’s displeasure with her enemies is spelled out in detail. He procured the book from a darkling merchant (see area B10), who stole it from Bavlorna
, and conspirators are gathering at his home in area D16. Whenever a character asks a friendly bullywug of the Soggy Court about Illig’s whereabouts, roll a d8. On a roll of 1–3, the bullywug doesn’t
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
seeing the people and places they care about threatened or destroyed. Other players gleefully detail a backstory full of beloved NPCs, fully expecting the DM to use those people as bait, tragic
in the face of devastating tragedy are better suited for character backstories. DM Die Rolling Should you hide your die rolls behind a DM screen, or should you roll your dice in the open for all the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
seeing the people and places they care about threatened or destroyed. Other players gleefully detail a backstory full of beloved NPCs, fully expecting the DM to use those people as bait, tragic
in the face of devastating tragedy are better suited for character backstories. DM Die Rolling Should you hide your die rolls behind a DM screen, or should you roll your dice in the open for all the
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
characters succeed on the check. Dice Rolls Many DMs like to roll their dice in the open, for all the players to see, to maintain transparency. Other DMs prefer to roll dice behind a screen to maintain
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
from which you can choose adventure elements or roll randomly for inspiration. As with location-based adventures, you don’t necessarily have to follow these steps in order. Vampire Villain
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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
Kinds of Treasure Use these guidelines in conjunction with the information in the Dungeon Master’s Guide to detail the treasures in a dragon’s hoard. Feel free to swap coins, gems, and art objects in
the Dungeon Master’s Guide, so you can randomly roll an item from those tables. Alternatively, you can use the rarity and category (minor or major) shown on the Hoard Magic Items table to pick an item
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
you roll something that doesn’t make sense, roll again, choose a more appropriate entry, or use the rolled detail as inspiration to make up your own. Who Created It or Was Intended to Use It? d20
as a longsword, +1 or a suit of chain mail, +1, into a more remarkable discovery. The tables that follow can help you come up with answers. Roll on as many of these tables as you like. Some of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
physical features. You can roll on the NPC Appearance table or choose a feature that suits the character. NPC Appearance d20 Feature 1 Distinctive jewelry: earrings, necklace, circlet, bracelets 2
beautiful 20 Exceptionally ugly Abilities You don’t need to roll ability scores for the NPC, but note abilities that are above or below average — great strength or monumental stupidity, for example — and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes of the Borderlands
following section). The length of the characters’ journey is up to you.
Trail Encounters Each time the characters use the trail, roll once on the Trail Encounters table to determine what the
Trail
4 Bandit Ambush
Random Tables. You can use tables like this one to randomly determine parts of the adventure. In this case, roll 1d4 to randomly determine what the characters
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
on their last legs when the dragon finally succumbs, so if an effect is likely to kill a character, roll again or choose a less dangerous result. Dragon Death Throes d6 Effect
1 The dragon
dissipates, leaving behind only a transformed heart or other organ.
4 Roll on the Wild Magic Surge table in the “Sorcerer” section of the Player’s Handbook, rerolling any inappropriate result.
5 A
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
Secondary Tables These tables add detail to many of the results on the Life Events table. The tables are in alphabetical order. Adventures d100 Outcome 01–10 You nearly died. You have nasty scars
to their fate. 71–80 You learned a great deal during your adventure. The next time you make an ability check or a saving throw, you have advantage on the roll. 81–90 You found some treasure on your
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
crewed by four baaz draconians (see appendix B). This battle takes place in front of Vogler’s wharf, depicted on map 3.3. The “Vogler Battlefield Features” and “Vogler Battlefield Events” sections detail
Vogler Battlefield Events During this encounter, roll on the Vogler Battlefield Events table each round at initiative count 0. Also consider rolling on the table if a character enters the Fray or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
Challenge One of Sid’s assistants explains what participants need to do in more detail than before: prepare a bundle of green tree beans and slay a jagged koi prawn. If the characters can perform both
; “Three… two… one… start!” At this point, the characters and prawns should roll initiative. Bean Preparation. Massive bundles of green tree beans cover both preparation tables. Participants must chop or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
, roll again, choose a more appropriate entry, or use the rolled detail as inspiration to make up your own special feature. On the Magic Item’s Minor Property table and the Magic Item’s Quirk table, “you
discovery. Use the following tables to fill in details about a magic item’s history. Some table entries make more sense for certain items than for others. If you roll something that doesn’t make sense
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
blamed on the Mists. The following Domains of Dread are among the most infamous. They are described in more detail in Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft. Barovia The towering spires of Castle Ravenloft loom
once per day, you can require a character not from the Shadowfell to make a DC 10 Wisdom saving throw. On a failed save, the character is affected by despair. Roll on the Shadowfell Despair table to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
roll warrants it.
Magical Footnotes. Spells such as Contact Other Plane, Legend Lore, and Speak with Dead allow characters to learn information while leaving you control of the particulars.
Primary
information and respond to questions from the party. If the characters miss an important detail, this NPC can reinforce details in a way books and recollected facts can’t.
Any one of these methods is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
, however, a faculty member needs to shut down the festival, which becomes increasingly rowdy later into the night. The following subsections detail the ways in which the characters can join the fun. Perform
from an appreciative professor after this event ends; see “A Professor’s Appreciation.” To increase the level of the challenge—and the fun—you might have interested players roll their characters
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes of the Borderlands
beyond the keep. However, the map is sorely lacking in detail, and few are willing to brave the wilds to properly survey them—but you look like you’re made of sterner stuff.
“If you help me finish my
magic item; roll once on the Magic Items table in appendix A (rerolling duplicates) to determine the item. Katerina Ladon Elandra
Elf Adviser
Stat Block: Noble
Elandra provides guidance to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
newest one is Prisoner 299. Characters who want to speak with Vaelish Gant must arrange a meeting with Prisoner 237 (see “Prisoner 237: Vaelish Gant”). To add detail to some of the inmates, roll on the
twenty-four cells can hold one or two prisoners. Roll 4d12 to determine the number of prisoners currently incarcerated at Revel’s End, give each one an identification number, and distribute them in the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
lenses to gain accuracy in combat, gaining advantage on a weapon attack roll (no action required). If that attack hits, roll one additional weapon damage die. This property of the lenses can’t be used
again until the next dawn. Obviate the Opposition Also at rank 4, when you use your Read the Opposition feature and fail the check, you still learn one detail about the target creature, as chosen by