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Dungeon Master’s Guide
or portion thereof it spends in goat form costs 1 charge. While it has charges, you can use it as often as you wish. When it runs out of charges, it reverts to a figurine and can’t be used again
to 24 hours. The nightmare fights only to defend itself. Once it has been used, it can’t be used again until 5 days have passed.
The figurine has a 10 percent chance each time you use it to
Figurine of Wondrous Power
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Magic Items
Basic Rules (2014)
portion thereof it spends in beast form costs 1 charge. While it has charges, you can use it as often as you wish. When it runs out of charges, it reverts to a figurine and can't be used again until 7
Steed);Obsidian Steed (Very Rare). This polished obsidian horse can become a nightmare for up to 24 hours. The nightmare fights only to defend itself. Once it has been used, it can't be used again until
Monsters
Mythic Odysseys of Theros
creation effortlessly, Keranos created another combination of deadlier beasts to challenge her. She slayed that beast, too. Despite countless attempts, Keranos was unable to create a beast that Renata
being. As a result, a hungry chimera might appear out of a clear sky to pick off prey nearly anywhere. This threat grows even more significant in regions where magic runs rampant or where portals to
Species
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
dangerous those dragons can be and help others defend against draconic destruction.
Whatever their relationship to dragons, kobold scales tend to be rust colored, although the occasional kobold sports
race, follow these additional rules during character creation.
Ability Score Increases
When determining your character’s ability scores, increase one score by 2 and increase a different score
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
Chapter 1: Character Creation One of my first encounters with giants was also the last thing I did at my old friend (and former foe) Mordenkainen’s side. He claims to this day that no cleric was
to giants runs deeper than fanciful stories. This chapter is for any D&D character who aspires to forge a link to the mighty giants. From sources of havoc-wreaking power to the artful study of rune
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
Lava Child Physically identical to one another, lava children have muscular builds and childish, perpetually grinning faces. Most are born in the Fountains of Creation, also known as the Plane of
. Though they’re not violent by nature, lava children fiercely defend territory they claim as their own. Many intruders have been fooled by a lava child’s smile, believing themselves welcome when in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
the characters embarking on a quest to save Elturel while Ulder Ravengard and Reya Mantlemorn stay behind to organize survivors and defend the city. Lulu guides the characters to Fort Knucklebone
, home to a pair of kenku junk scavengers named Chukka and Clonk, whom Lulu thinks can provide assistance. Mad Maggie, the night hag who runs the fort, oversees the construction and repair of infernal war
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
token in one of the most ancient burials is inscribed with the last surviving copy of a key rune. In the ages since its creation, the rune has become corrupted. It still functions, but it creates tears in
the planar fabric. Creatures from the Fiendish Incursion Encounters table (see chapter 3) defend the rune. If this rune is inscribed in the Runic Circle, it opens a gateway to Horizon’s Edge (both in
Kobold
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Species
Volo's Guide to Monsters
, designed to collapse under the weight of any creature heavier than a kobold. On occasion, the route through a kobold lair runs along a ledge that borders a cavern or a crevasse, and the kobolds might
against the wall can become a miniature storm of fangs and claws as it desperately tries to defend its life. Likewise, kinship to their own tribe can prompt kobolds to battle another kobold tribe for
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
resources at her disposal to defend the city against threats. She was handpicked for the job by Khelben Arunsun, and wields the Blackstaff from which Khelben derived his name and the title of the
other sources, both through her own network of spies and from Harper agents. Vajra runs Blackstaff Academy, a school for mages, out of Blackstaff Tower in the Castle Ward. She is also in charge of Force
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
. Roll on or choose a result from the Medusa Fates table to inspire what led to a medusa’s creation.
Medusa Fates 1d6 The Medusa Was...
1 Born a medusa and lives unaware of whatever curse
faded.
4 An explorer transformed and compelled to defend a cursed ruin.
5 A vain noble whose magical attempt to gain eternal beauty backfired.
6 The victim of a bite from a magical
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
content goes. Chapter 1 provides guidance for players participating in horror adventures. Make sure you and the players are aware of this and use it to inform character creation and play. Establish
any additions to you, privately or in the moment, so you can add them to the list. When this happens, don’t refer to past survey data, defend past choices, or ask players to explain their boundaries
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
been modified for use as a servant in the workshop. 5 Storm the workshop before the artificers complete a doomsday weapon. 6 Investigate the workshop for signs of the illegal creation of warforged. 7
Defend the workshop against an invasion while the artificers try to repair a magic item. 8 Bring an unknown artifact to the workshop so the artificers can identify it. 9 Convince the owners of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
propose plans to keep the Dragon Army at bay. If they don’t suggest using the Ironclad Regiment to defend the town, Cudgel suggests it. As the mercenaries are camped north of the village, bringing
Keep sits the creation of the tinker gnome Than: a people-launching device called a gnomeflinger (described in appendix A). If using the gnomeflinger comes up, Becklin or Darrett suggests consulting with
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
bring the multiversal hub to life. Sigil is a metropolis with manifold attractions; feel free to add in adventuring sites of your own creation. How long the characters spend in the City of Doors is
of the Grease Pit to the posh cuisine of the Gastrognome, Sigil offers a taste of the multiverse. Get Ink at Fell’s Tattoos. A dabus (see Morte’s Planar Parade) named Fell runs a tattoo parlor in the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
Special NPCs In this chapter, each player runs not only a player character but also an NPC who has ties to the settlement that the characters are defending. Once you’ve determined where the adventure
’ own characters, and the NPCs help bring the location to life. The players will be far more inclined to defend the location knowing that its inhabitants are more than just faceless figures with hit
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
Scholar is attacked, it fights to defend itself. The cave isn’t considered the baernaloth’s lair, so it can’t take lair actions here. If the Scholar is defeated, characters who search the cavern find a
Knowledge table or another mystery of your creation. The veracity and implications of these secrets are up to you. Impossible Knowledge d4 Secret 1 The Spire is made of countless stacked versions of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
eldritch knight. Your focus on abjuration and evocation ensures that your fighting style is supported by magic that can either defend allies or deal massive damage to your foes. And if your franchise
operation runs true to form, you’ll have plenty of opportunity for both. Samurai Even if samurai are rare in the lands where Acquisitions Incorporated offers franchise opportunities, their fighting spirit
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
with the story behind the race or subrace you wish to create. Having a firm idea of a race’s story in your campaign will help you make decisions during the creation process. Ask yourself several
increasing the diversity of options for a particular race, rather than replacing some options with other ones. The following example walks through the creation of an elf subrace: the eladrin. This
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
common creation myth contends that when the Progenitor Dragons fought, Eberron trapped Khyber in her coils and became the world, imprisoning her evil sibling in a living prison. Bound within the world
to Khyber. This fact dictates the primary mission of the Church of the Silver Flame: to stand ready to defend the innocent from such unnatural threats. Because the demiplanes connect to the world at
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
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
potion, or the formula for a flame tongue might require that the weapon be forged with lava. Crafting Magic Items Item Rarity Creation Cost Minimum Level Common 100 gp 3rd Uncommon 500 gp 3rd Rare
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
lean toward the creation of mechanical devices. Every warren has members of each persuasion, and they are all bound by mutual respect for what they do despite their different perspectives. Practical
items, such as a toy that can increase an ability score or one that can show happenings on other planes.
For Beauty’s Sake Imagination runs wild in the mind of a gnome. Any fresh idea can be the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
frighten most of them away. The magmins run alongside the giants, eager to please. Whenever a fire giant points to a building or other flammable structure, a gang of magmins runs toward the target and tries
, leaving the adventurers and a handful of determined townsfolk to defend the town. Give each player one of the following NPCs to play during this encounter: Darathra Shendrel, Lord Protector of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
abilities function like the standard six abilities, with exceptions specified in each ability below. Here’s how to incorporate these optional abilities at character creation: If your players use the
Throws. You might call for a Sanity saving throw when a character runs the risk of succumbing to madness, such as in the following situations: Seeing a creature from the Far Realm or other alien realms
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Thrane The enmity between these two nations runs far deeper and longer than what was wrought by the Last War. Thrane is the bastion of the Church of the Silver Flame, while Karrnath resorted to
creation of new undead soldiers, but the treaty has done nothing to ease the enmity between the two. Thaliost The ancient city of Thaliost was once part of Aundair, and it has many proud ties to the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
boxed text to set the scene as the characters arrive in Elturel: Around the corner of a still-standing structure runs a woman with two toddlers, one on each arm. In her wake amble three infernal
Reya see the three humans about to be attacked by the devils and immediately move to defend them, regardless of what the characters do. Lulu is hesitant to use her trumpet for fear of hurting the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
charge. While it has charges, you can use it as often as you wish. When it runs out of charges, it reverts to a figurine and can’t be used again until 7 days have passed, when it regains all its
been used, it can’t be used again until 7 days have passed. Obsidian Steed (Very Rare). This polished obsidian horse can become a nightmare for up to 24 hours. The nightmare fights only to defend
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
result of cruel experiments on dwarves by mind flayers. Like duergar, the derro were a slave race to the mind flayers, but eventually freed themselves. Born to Madness. The process of their creation
except that it has half the range (40/160 feet) and doesn’t have the loading property. It automatically reloads after firing until it runs out of ammunition. Reloading the cartridge takes an action
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
Upper City, beyond her reach, but she has learned that Amrik Vanthampur runs a business out of the Low Lantern. She aims to question him about the veracity of the rumor. Reya knows nothing of Thavius
, expecting to have to defend herself. Characters can allay her fears by saying they have no intention of arresting her. In the interests of full disclosure, Reya admits that she’s being hunted by the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
babbling brook that runs through the place. A storytelling session conducted by a group of forest gnomes is a riot of sounds and images that helps give meaning and intensity to the tale being told. It
laugh out of it.) Forest gnomes spend their spare time experimenting with the creation of never-before-seen illusions, or embellishing the images and sounds they already know how to produce. The number
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
flesh out your encounter in these ways, go right ahead and finish your creation. Otherwise, take a look at the following sections for some basic advice on adding flavor elements to the simple mechanics
ready to flee at the first sign of danger. d8 Personality 1 Cowardly; looking to surrender 2 Greedy; wants treasure 3 Braggart; makes a show of bravery but runs from danger 4 Fanatic; ready to die
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
form costs 1 charge. While it has charges, you can use it as often as you wish. When it runs out of charges, it reverts to a figurine and can’t be used again until 7 days have passed, when it regains
) This polished obsidian horse can become a Nightmare for up to 24 hours. The nightmare fights only to defend itself. Once it has been used, it can’t be used again until 5 days have passed. The figurine
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
characters from Princes of the Apocalypse to this adventure by having them defend the town of Triboar from a giant attack. In this scenario, Triboar becomes the starting point for this adventure (see chapter
dam the river that runs alongside her den (see chapter 5, “Den of the Hill Giants”). Water cultists might also be helping the Kraken Society guard King Hekaton (see chapter 11, “Caught in the Tentacles”).
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
riding horse. It has 24 charges, and each hour or portion thereof it spends in beast form costs 1 charge. While it has charges, you can use it as often as you wish. When it runs out of charges, it
obsidian horse can become a nightmare for up to 24 hours. The nightmare fights only to defend itself. Once it has been used, it can’t be used again until 5 days have passed. If you have a good
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
each defend half of an artifact called the Sundered Crown.
2 A young bronze dragon and a medusa have been enemies for so long that they’ve developed mutual respect, communicating by way of a
magically bound to the service of a marid, and the dragon is unable to take direct action to get free of the genie.
5 A young bronze dragon runs a prestigious military academy, training paladins