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Minotaur

Species Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

Minotaurs are barrel-chested humanoids with heads resembling those of bulls. Blessed with a supernaturally strong sense of direction, minotaurs make great navigators. Some sages believe minotaurs

choose whether your character is a member of the human race or of a fantastical race. If you select a fantastical race, follow these additional rules during character creation. Ability Score Increases

Ythryn Mythallar

Magic Items Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

rest within 30 feet of it, meditating on the mythallar. Up to eight creatures can be attuned to it at one time; otherwise, the Ythryn mythallar follows the attunement rules in the Dungeon Master&rsquo

of existence as the Ythryn mythallar, you can use an action to cause it to fly in any direction you choose at a speed of 30 feet. All matter within 500 feet of the device moves with it. The Ythryn

Githzerai

Species Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

and reforming without purpose or direction, until a creature exerts deliberate will to stabilize it. Through their potent psionic power, githzerai carved a home for themselves amid the chaos. As the

choose whether your character is a member of the human race or of a fantastical race. If you select a fantastical race, follow these additional rules during character creation. Ability Score

Baphomet Legacy

Monsters Out of the Abyss

, the Horned King and the Prince of Beasts. He rules over minotaur;minotaurs and others with savage hearts. He is worshiped by those who want to break the confines of civility and unleash their bestial

reversed within that room. Any creatures or objects in the room when this happens fall in the direction of the new pull of gravity, unless they have some means of remaining aloft. Baphomet can ignore the

Orcus

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

Dungeon Master’s Guide.Orcus’s Lair Orcus makes his lair in the fortress city of Naratyr, which is on Thanatos, the layer of the Abyss that he rules. Surrounded by a moat fed by the

of Death. This creature emanates a deathly aura that extends 30 feet in every direction from its space while it isn’t incapacitated. The aura is blocked by total cover. While in the aura, the

Ancient Dragon Turtle

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

table to help select spells for a spellcasting dragon. (Though the Monster Manual doesn’t explicitly include dragon turtles in the variant rules for making a dragon a spellcaster, you can apply

those rules to these aquatic dragons.) Dragon Turtle Personality Traits d8;{"diceNotation":"1d8","rollType":"roll","rollAction":"Trait"} Trait 1 I speak slowly and deliberately

Using This Book

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)

2 and 3. If you come across a game concept in part 1 that you don’t understand, consult the book’s index. Part 2 (chapters 7–9) details the rules of how to play the game, beyond the basics described

Using This Book The Player’s Handbook is divided into three parts. Part 1 (chapters 1–6) is about creating a character, providing the rules and guidance you need to make the character you’ll play in

Goliath Legacy

Species Elemental Evil Player's Companion

mock folk who rely on society’s structures or rules to maintain power. Survival of the Fittest Among goliaths, any adult who can’t contribute to the tribe is expelled. A lone goliath has

the goliath concept of fair play. A permanently injured goliath is still expected to pull his or her weight in the tribe. Typically, such a goliath dies attempting to keep up, or the goliath slips

Character Names

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

Character Names Part of your campaign style has to do with naming characters. It’s a good idea to establish some ground rules with your players at the start of a new campaign. In a group consisting

each other in flavor or concept, and they should also match the flavor of your campaign world — so should the nonplayer characters’ names and place names you create. Travok and Kairon don’t want to undertake a quest for Lord Cupcake, visit Gumdrop Island, or take down a crazy wizard named Ray.

Credits

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase

Credits Lead Designer: Justice Ramin Arman Art Director: Emi Tanji Designers: Dan Dillon, Carl Sibley Rules Developers: Jeremy Crawford, Makenzie De Armas, Ron Lundeen, Carl Sibley Lead

Tapia, Brian Valeza, Zuzanna Wuzyk Concept Art Directors: Josh Herman, Kate Irwin, Emi Tanji Concept Artists: One Pixel Brush, Noor Rahman Consultants: Tempest Bradford, Ma’at Crook, Dominique

Chapter 2: Downtime Revisited

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything

pace works fine for many campaigns, some DMs prefer a campaign story with pauses built into it — times when adventurers are not going on adventures. The downtime rules given in this section can be

and go, and royal lines rise and fall over the course of the story that you and the characters tell. Downtime rules also provide ways for characters to spend — or be relieved of — the monetary treasure

Player's Handbook Credits

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules

Player’s Handbook Credits Lead Designer: Jeremy Crawford Designers: Christopher Perkins, Ben Petrisor, F. Wesley Schneider, Ray Winninger, James Wyatt Rules Developers: Jeremy Crawford (lead

Weston, Campbell White, Richard Whitters, Daneen Wilkerson, Zuzanna Wuzyk, Lixin Yin Concept Art Director: Josh Herman Concept Artists: Even Amundsen, Carlo Arellano, Michael Broussard, John Grello

Dungeon Master's Guide Credits

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules

Dungeon Master’s Guide Credits Lead Designers: Christopher Perkins, James Wyatt Designers: Jeremy Crawford, F. Wesley Schneider, Ray Winninger Rules Developers: Jeremy Crawford (lead), Makenzie

Whitters, Kieran Yanner, Zuzanna Wuzyk Cartographers: Francesca Baerald, Dyson Logos, Mike Schley Concept Art Director: Josh Herman Concept Artists: Even Amundsen, Carlo Arellano, Michael Broussard

Credits

compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Forgotten Realms: Heroes of Faerûn

Somerville Rules Developers: Jeremy Crawford (lead), Makenzie De Armas, Ron Lundeen, Ben Petrisor, Patrick Renie Editors: Adrian Ng Di Spaltro (lead), Judy Bauer, Michele Carter, James Wyatt Art

Velinov, Raoul Vitale, Sam White, Rafael Zanchetin Cartographer: Mike Schley Concept Art Director: Josh Herman Concept Artists: Alex Branwyn, Michael Broussard, Daarken, Lake Hurwitz, Titus Lunter

Credits

compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things

Credits Project Lead: Jason Tondro Art Director: Bree Heiss Writers: Makenzie De Armas, Dan Dillon, Patrick Renie, Carl Sibley, Jason Tondro, James Wyatt Rules Developers: Jeremy Crawford

, Craig J Spearing, Brian Valeza, Zuzanna Wuzyk, Jim Zaccaria Concept Art Director: Bree Heiss Concept Artist: Claudio Pozas Consultants: Nivair Gabriel, Basheer Ghouse, Jonathan Tomhave Project

The Role of Rules

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice & Errata

direction we took for fifth edition was to lay a foundation of rules that a DM could build on, and we celebrate the DM as the bridge between the things the rules address and the things they don’t. In a

The Role of Rules Why even have Sage Advice when a DM can just make a ruling? Rules are a big part of what makes D&D a game, rather than simply improvised storytelling. The game’s rules are meant to

The Role of Rules

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice Compendium

D&D. The direction we chose for the current edition was to lay a foundation of rules that a DM could build on, and we embraced the DM’s role as the bridge between the things the rules address and the

The Role of Rules Why even have a column like Sage Advice when a DM can just make a ruling? Rules are a big part of what makes D&D a game, rather than simply improvised storytelling. The game’s rules

Credits

compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen

, Erin Roberts, James L. Sutter Rules Developer: Jeremy Crawford Editors: Sydney Adams, Judy Bauer, Janica Carter, Laura Hirsbrunner, Adrian Ng, Jason Tondro Senior Graphic Designer: Trish Yochum

, Magali Villeneuve, Lauren Walsh, Shawn Wood, Zuzanna Wužyk, Kieran Yanner Concept Art Directors: Richard Whitters, Shawn Wood Concept Artists: Alix Branwyn, Tyler Jacobson, Chris Rahn, Magali

Credits

compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands

Credits Project Leads: Justice Ramin Arman, F. Wesley Schneider Art Director: Emi Tanji Writers: Justice Ramin Arman, Dan Dillon, F. Wesley Schneider Rules Developers: Christopher Perkins

Wuzyk Cartographer: Jared Blando Poster Map Cartographer: Francesca Baerald Concept Art Directors: Josh Herman, Emi Tanji Concept Artists: Eric Belisle, Dmitry Burmak, Ekaterina Burmak, Max

Credits

compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Morte’s Planar Parade

Credits Project Leads: Justice Ramin Arman, F. Wesley Schneider Art Director: Emi Tanji Writers: Dan Dillon, Ben Petrisor, F. Wesley Schneider Rules Developers: Jeremy Crawford, Ron

Yanner Concept Art Directors: Josh Herman, Emi Tanji Concept Artists: Eric Belisle, Dmitry Burmak, Ekaterina Burmak, Max Dunbar, Alex Konstad, Juho Laitila, Izzy Medrano, One Pixel Brush, Noor Rahman

Credits

compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

Quandt, Morrigan Robbins, Ashley Warren Rules Development: Jeremy Crawford, Dan Dillon, Ben Petrisor, Taymoor Rehman World Building: John Francis Daley, Crystal Frasier, Jonathan Goldstein, Ed

, David Sladek, Craig J Spearing, Brian Valeza, Svetlin Velinov, Richard Whitters, Shawn Wood, Zuzanna Wuzyk Cartographers: Stacey Allan, Will Doyle, Mike Schley Concept Art Director: Shawn Wood

Learning by Observing

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

unexpected direction? How did the DM handle it? Rules Adjudication. To what extent did the DM lean on the rules to adjudicate outcomes? Did the DM adjudicate situations wisely or in ways that made the

Learning by Observing

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules

unexpected direction? How did the DM handle it? Rules Adjudication. To what extent did the DM lean on the rules to adjudicate outcomes? Did the DM adjudicate situations wisely or in ways that made the

Credits

compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight

, Adam Lee, Taymoor Rehman, Morrigan Robbins Rules Development: Jeremy Crawford, Ben Petrisor, Taymoor Rehman Editing: Judy Bauer, Kim Mohan, Hannah Rose Graphic Designer: Trish Yochum Story

, Cory Trego-Erdner, Brian Valeza, Anna Veltkamp, Magali Villeneuve, Richard Whitters, Mark Winters, Shawn Wood, Zuzanna Wuzyk, Kieran Yanner, Trish Yochum Concept Art Director: Shawn Wood Concept

Respect for the DM

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

(with their input), arbitrate the rules, and settle arguments. And when you’re narrating the action of the game, the players should be paying attention. Player Die Rolling Players should roll their dice

reroll it? When it lands cocked against a book, do you pull the book away and see where it lands or reroll the die? Work with your players to answer these questions, and record the answers as house rules

The Balance

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

The Balance The demons and the devils both foresee their own versions of the future of the multiverse — a cosmos in which one side or the other triumphs in the Blood War and rules for the rest of

concept they espouse as the Balance, and they seek to maintain equilibrium across the cosmos above all. Mordenkainen and his compatriots are among its most notable devotees. Since a true appreciation of

Respect for the DM

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules

(with their input), arbitrate the rules, and settle arguments. And when you’re narrating the action of the game, the players should be paying attention. Player Die Rolling Players should roll their dice

reroll it? When it lands cocked against a book, do you pull the book away and see where it lands or reroll the die? Work with your players to answer these questions, and record the answers as house rules

Credits

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

, Richard Whitters Lead Rules Developer: Jeremy Crawford Managing Editors: Jeremy Crawford, Christopher Perkins Editors: Michele Carter, Scott Fitzgerald Gray Editorial Assistance: Matt Sernett

Art Director: Kate Irwin Additional Art Direction: Shauna Narciso, Richard Whitters Graphic Designer: Emi Tanji Cover Illustrator: Ben Oliver Interior Illustrators: Mark Behm, Eric Belisle

Credits

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

Credits Compilers: Kim Mohan, Mike Mearls Lead Rules Developer: Jeremy Crawford Fifth Edition Conversion: Chris Sims, Sean K Reynolds, Jennifer Clarke Wilkes Managing Editor: Jeremy Crawford

Editors: Kim Mohan, Michele Carter Editorial Assistance: Chris Dupuis, Ben Petrisor, Matt Sernett Art Director: Kate Irwin Additional Art Direction: Shauna Narciso, Richard Whitters Graphic

Running the Chase

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

attacks and cast spells against other creatures within range. Apply the normal rules for cover, terrain, and so on to the attacks and spells. Chase participants can’t normally make opportunity attacks

against each other, since they are all assumed to be moving in the same direction at the same time. However, participants can still be the targets of opportunity attacks from creatures not

Limbo

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

. The whole plane is a nightmarish riot. Limbo has no gravity, so creatures visiting the plane float in place. A creature can move up to its walking speed in any direction by merely thinking of the

desired direction of travel. Limbo conforms to the will of the creatures inhabiting it. Very disciplined and powerful minds can create whole islands of their own invention within the plane, sometimes

Appendix A: Shared Campaigns

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything

hard to keep a campaign going. Enter the concept of the shared campaign. In a shared campaign, more than one member of the group can take on the role of DM. A shared campaign is episodic rather than

conduct. Because people who don’t normally play together might end up at the same table in a shared campaign, it can be helpful to establish some ground rules for behavior. On the broadest level, everyone

D3. Stepstone Crossing

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight

bullywugs hurl spears at the merrow, frightening them away (at least for a while). These bullywugs are glad to be of help and happily point characters in the direction of their king, Gullop XIX (at area D6

). If the characters offer the bullywugs nothing in return for their help, the bullywugs take no offense. They don’t expect foreigners to honor the rule of reciprocity (see “Rules of Conduct” earlier in the chapter).

Crashing

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Astral Adventurer’s Guide

the chapter). If the suppression of a ship’s gravity plane would cause the creatures on or inside that ship to fall, they fall in whatever direction is appropriate for the sudden change in gravity. To

determine the damage from a fall, see the falling rules in the Player’s Handbook. Crash Damage Size of Creature or Object Struck Bludgeoning Damage Large 4d10 Huge 8d10 Gargantuan 16d10

Actions in Exploration

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

assist each other in these actions. Other actions come up only rarely. It’s seldom necessary to rely on the action rules during exploration, except to remember that a character can do only one thing at a

attributes to provide direction. A character who succeeds on an Intelligence (Investigation) check might notice a clue that gives the players a hint to the puzzle’s solution.

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