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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
, negotiate a treaty, or achieve some other objective. Successfully completing the encounter means achieving that goal. Some DMs run social interaction as a free-form roleplaying opportunity, where dice
rarely come into play. Other DMs resolve interactions by having characters make Charisma checks. Most games fall somewhere in between, balancing roleplaying with the occasional ability check.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
roleplaying exercise, where dice rarely come into play. Other DMs prefer to resolve the outcome of an interaction by having characters make Charisma checks. Either approach works, and most games fall
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
while their character holds a job, the character gains a positive or negative Relationship Point with its associated student coworker, whom they should also note on this sheet. Student Dice. The player
should track the Student Dice their character has from passing Exams and from Extracurriculars. They should also note the skills their character can expend the Student Dice on. They should check the “d4
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
Casualties Slaying a ship’s crew reduces the number of actions most ships can take, making the crew a tempting target in combat. Resolve individual attacks as normal, using the guidelines for
spell and crew to determine how many sailors it affects. Alternatively, you can roll 1d6 per level of the spell. The total of the dice is the number of crew members caught in the spell’s area.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Information. If you tell the players what the Armor Class of their opponents is, you reduce the steps of interaction needed to resolve an attack. Instead of telling you a number and asking if it hits
Combat” in this chapter)—and perhaps seating the players in Initiative order—can be helpful with a large group. Roll Handfuls of Dice. Encourage players to roll the dice for their attack rolls and their
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
spider-silk webbing set with hooks for hanging equipment. As at the watch posts, guard duty here is a dull affair, and the guards are usually distracted enough (talking or passing the time with dice games
for the outpost. Characters who gain entrance to the armory can easily loot it (see “Treasure”). Treasure The contents of the armory include the following: 6 chain shirts 6 suits of studded leather
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
comes a moldy old chest. The chest splinters when it hits the floor, spilling out its contents: 500 sp, a sharkskin pouch containing five moss agates (10 gp each), a pair of bone dice (1 gp), a 6-inch
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
well-rounded fighters of great skill and knowledge. Combat Superiority When you choose this archetype at 3rd level, you learn maneuvers that are fueled by special dice called superiority dice. Maneuvers
maneuvers of your choice at 7th, 10th, and 15th level. Each time you learn new maneuvers, you can also replace one maneuver you know with a different one. Superiority Dice. You have four superiority
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
, and immunity to bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing damage from nonmagical weapons that aren’t made of adamantine. Destroying the arch all but dooms the project, since Zox lacks the resolve to start
over. The Simulacrux warps magic in its proximity. Any spell cast within 30 feet of the arch automatically triggers a wild magic surge, the effect of which is determined by rolling percentile dice
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a7
holding. To determine the contents of the small sack, roll a d10: d10 Contents 1–2 Filled with wool 3–4 Five pieces of jewelry 5–6 1d6 potions of greater healing 7 1d6 spell scrolls, each of a
. If a character or characters state they will grab them simultaneously, roll dice to see which sack is touched a fraction of a second sooner. The other disappears—along with Siren—forever.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
resolve those actions.
Sometimes, resolving a task is easy. If an adventurer wants to walk across a room and open a door, the DM might just say that the door opens and describe what lies beyond. But
Dice The game uses polyhedral dice with different numbers of sides. You can find dice like these in game stores and in many bookstores.
In these rules, the different dice are referred to by the letter
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
and is 7 feet long, 3 feet wide, and 3 feet tall. The contents of the sarcophagi are as follows: The northern sarcophagus contains the moldy bones of a dwarf with corroded bits of armor clinging to it
feet long, 3 feet wide, and 3 feet tall. A character with a Strength score of 15 or higher can push off the lid of a sarcophagus easily. The contents of each sarcophagus are described below: The
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
dice make some outcomes more probable than others. Dungeon Master (DM): OK, one at a time. Phillip, you’re looking at the gargoyles?
Phillip: Yeah. Is there any hint they might be creatures and not
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
dice make some outcomes more probable than others. Dungeon Master (DM): OK, one at a time. Phillip, you’re looking at the gargoyles?
Phillip: Yeah. Is there any hint they might be creatures and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
. Whenever the party searches a ruined building, roll percentile dice and consult the Ruin Interior table to see what, if anything, the building contains. Ruin Interior d100 Ruin Contents 01–40
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
magic (DC 15) on the door before it opens disables this trap, but the elemental can’t be dispelled once it appears. If anyone tampers with the desk or the shelves’ contents, or attempts to remove
a DC 15 Wisdom (Perception) check to find it. Any creature with 12 Hit Dice or fewer that approaches within 5 feet of the secret door without speaking the word khaless (“trust”) triggers an
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
Superiority Your experience on the battlefield has refined your fighting techniques. You learn maneuvers that are fueled by special dice called Superiority Dice. IGNATIUS BUDI Battle Master Subclass
one. Superiority Dice. You have four Superiority Dice, which are d8s. A Superiority Die is expended when you use it. You regain all expended Superiority Dice when you finish a Short or Long Rest. You
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
, characters can resolve encounters without resorting to combat. Some examples are listed below, though the characters may come up with creative alternatives: Bluffing. A character can lie their way
the vault. For 1 hour after an alarm sounds, when rolling to determine if a guard is present in a room, roll two dice instead of one; if either result is a 1, a guard is present. Additionally, the DC
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a7
mouth spell), and the weapon will obviously stagger it (roll dice and shake your head ruefully) every time the mace is used. The third time it is struck by the glowing mace, the false lich will
instantly wither and disappear in a puff of dust, and the mace will shatter. If the characters investigate the room’s contents, they can see a jade coffer, the dead monster’s fallen crown, and a fine leather
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
them, though this process is likely to take days longer than most travelers can spare. There is entertainment to be had at the Gambling Golem, where cheaters in the card or dice games are tossed out
generations, and influence most of the daily life there. They set the market days, help resolve disputes among families, and broker purchases when a farmer or businessperson dies without an heir. They settle
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
, Krintaas, are here. Omit the second paragraph from the following boxed text if these NPCs are not present: Some effort has been taken to arrange the contents of this upside-down room, creating a
than one character succeeds on this save, the one who rolled highest is the one who catches it. If the flask shatters, its contents evaporate instantly. Only one such flask can be created, after which
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
in the maze can spend time exploring it. At the end of each turn spent exploring the maze, roll percentile dice and use the Maze Discoveries table to determine what, if anything, the character finds
the contents of the sarcophagus are revealed (see “Treasure” below). At the same time, the character who retrieved the key from the maze receives a supernatural gift from a mysterious benefactor (see
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Using the Treasure Hoard Tables A Treasure Hoard table helps you randomly determine the contents of a large cache of treasure, the accumulated wealth of a large group of creatures (such as an orc
. You can also split up a treasure hoard so that the adventurers don’t find or receive it all at once. When determining the contents of a hoard belonging to one monster, use the table that corresponds to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
spends an hour chipping away at the walls, roll percentile dice and consult the Mining Discoveries table to determine what, if anything, the character unearths. The tourmalines found in the mine are
down the central shaft. Treasure. If a character using a miner’s pick spends an hour chipping away at the walls above the ridge, roll percentile dice and consult the Mining Discoveries table (see area
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
Nsi. To determine whether they can be trusted, she assigns them to work under Overseer Issar (area 19). Issar assigns each character a labor, determined by rolling percentile dice and consulting the
dinosaur pen in area 2. The character learns that Nahth (area 1) is susceptible to bribery. 16–40 Help Azi Mas rearrange the contents of the storeroom (area 13). Azi Mas shares his suspicions that Fenthaza
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
indifferent to the cultists but hostile to all other creatures. The contents of the vats and the oozes they spawn are as follows: Black Vat. A tarry, black substance bubbles within this vat, which can produce
impressed by the characters’ foolish resolve, the elder evil might offer to make them minions, lieutenants, or priests—but not before threatening to eat them. Zargon spares those who tremble before
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
strewn about, and all are in poor condition. When the characters explore an unnumbered room, roll on the Unnumbered Rooms table to determine the room’s contents. Unnumbered Rooms d12 Description 1–2
to pry open the robot’s chest plate and access the contents of its torso. Treasure. Inside the robot’s chest compartment are five gems worth 50 gp each. Safely retrieving the gems without getting
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
something of its contents, your imagination might be stretched! Reading the book conveys no special advantage to the characters, and most of the contents are too obscure for full comprehension. A
Sahuagin by Professor Gaxm (15 gp). This slim volume contains a detailed account of the nature of sahuagin. If players want their characters to read it and ask to know something of its contents, summarize
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
Mist. The glass bottles on the southwest shelf contain magically captured sounds, including songs, operas, and recorded lectures. Uncorking a bottle temporarily releases its auditory contents into the
library, after which the sound returns to its bottle. Breaking a bottle releases the sound, but the sound dissipates after it plays once. All the bottles are labeled. Sample contents include the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
windows can be climbed through easily. Startled lizards and birds flee through the windows when anyone enters. The building’s contents have all rotted. Ledgers mildewed into slime long ago. Tables and
, which serves as the kobolds’ egg nursery. These kobolds protect their eggs with flinty resolve. The mossy niches in the walls contain a total of thirty eggs. 6C. Rolling Stone Trap A tripwire
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
terms of “left” or “right” rather than cardinal directions. The contents of the areas between the mists are detailed below. P14a. A leather sack containing 102 gp lies against one wall of this
(losing initiative ties), and the damage on subsequent rounds is reduced by 1d10. When the number of damage dice reaches 0, the blade stops. Secret Door. A secret door atop this room’s 30-foot-high
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a5
DC 15 Intelligence (Arcana) check. The spellcaster must also expend a 3rd-level spell slot. On a successful check, the soul-bound creature returns to normal with all of its Hit Dice expended. On a
) sleeps here. Cell C. One Thayan apprentice (see appendix B) sleeps here. Cell D. Each of these two rooms is a library. An hour spent examining a library’s contents turns up two pieces of lore
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
team is on offense. Resolve a tie with a Strength (Athletics) contest.
Step 2. To simulate the ball being passed around, every player makes a DC 15 Dexterity (Athletics) check. If the team on
rises from the goblet’s contents and dissipates in the cold air.
Each window in the auditorium depicts a wizard casting a spell from one of the eight schools of magic. The spells depicted are blade
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
of the hammocks.
Three lizardfolk warriors occupy the hammocks. The chest and its contents are their property. The lizardfolk were provided by the chieftain of their clan to help ensure that the
pack of well-used, greasy playing cards (examination reveals the deck has two aces of spades) Two sets of dice, one of them loaded A book titled Grog Hovels, which describes taverns and inns along the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
DC Mimic handwriting 15 Duplicate a wax seal 20 Gaming Set Proficiency with a gaming set applies to one type of game, such as Three-Dragon Ante or games of chance that use dice. Components. A gaming
bottle has been changed by its contents to help determine a potion’s effects. (A potion might leave behind a residue, deform the glass, or stain it.) Investigation. When you study an area, your knowledge