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Monsters
The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
on the politics of Prismeer.
Once she is no longer petrified, Raezil is bound by the rule of reciprocity (see “Rules of Conduct” in chapter 2) to help the characters complete any
Species
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
changed you and forced you from your home.
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A slighted druid transformed you and bound you to live only so long as a sacred tree bears fruit.
Hexbloods in the Domains of Dread
When
creating a hexblood, consult with your DM to see if it’s appropriate to tie your origins to one of the following Domains of Dread (detailed in chapter 3):
Hazlan. The bizarre magic of this crumbling
Magic Items
Princes of the Apocalypse
example, an air node creates a devastation orb of air. The ritual takes 1 hour to complete and requires 2,000 gp worth of special components, which are consumed.
A devastation orb measures 12 inches in
batter it. The wind is strong enough to uproot weak trees and destroy light structures after at least 10 minutes of exposure. Otherwise, the rules for strong wind apply, as detailed in chapter 5 of the
Species
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
changelings develop identities that have more depth, crafting whole personas complete with histories and beliefs. A changeling adventurer might have personas for many situations, including negotiation
level, you 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
Species
Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
treated by your creator, so you ran away from home.
5
You were built to complete a special mission.
6
You felt trapped in the role for which you were built and abandoned your creator
fantastical races. If you create a character using a race option presented here, follow these additional rules during character creation.
Ability Score Increases
When determining your character’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
lurk within these lands, yet the collection of the Dark Powers is far from complete. This chapter provides information for the DM and explores the misty truths of the Domains of Dread, along with a
Domains of Ravenloft In a far-flung corner of the Plane of Shadow drifts a hidden expanse of roiling mist and vague semi-reality. At this eerie edge of the multiverse, the Dark Powers collect the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
rules terms, clerics choose domains, not deities, so your world can associate domains with deities in any way you choose.
please. See “A Sample Pantheon” in this section for an example. As far as the game’s rules are concerned, it doesn’t matter if your world has hundreds of deities or a church devoted to a single god. In
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
, discuss with your group how much fear ties into the game’s rules. Would you prefer to keep frightful reactions narrative, or would you like to use game rules that present additional challenges and
benefits? Ask your DM about the possibility of using the rules for inspiration to motivate fearful character reactions, as detailed in the “Fear and Stress” section of chapter 4. Using this system, a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Using This Book This book explores the Domains of Dread, the mysterious expanses of the Shadowfell that serve as backdrops for excitement and terror. It guides players and Dungeon Masters through the
process of creating characters, domains, and stories ripe for chilling D&D adventures. Chapter 1 details how players can create characters primed for fright-filled adventures. It presents options for
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon of Icespire Peak
Leveling Up Characters advance in level by completing quests, using the guidelines for leveling up in the Basic Rules. Regardless of the number of characters in the party, the rate of advancement is
as follows: Characters gain a level each time they complete a starting quest, until they reach 3rd level. Once they are 3rd level or higher, completing a starting quest has no effect on their level
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Magic and Metaphysics Eerie vendors such as those at the Carnival’s
Litwick Market deal in unique Mist talismans The Dark Powers manipulate the domains and creatures within their grasp in the most
fundamental ways, controlling magic, the nature of life and death, and the means of escaping from their nightmare realms. Mysterious Magic In some domains, magic is an everyday part of life, while in
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.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
Things, complete with magical effects created by the constellations as well as a zodiac that might influence the destiny of those born under its signs.
The latter part of the chapter, intended for the
DM, includes details and rules for observatories: locations that facilitate stargazing and astronomical studies.
The Sky of Many Things A zodiac is a series of constellations that appear to rotate
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
toolbox of horror-focused rules also provides options for what sort of grim adventures you might create. At the end of this chapter, a horror adventure puts these methods to use and leads characters on
their first steps into the Domains of Dread. During a séance, a spirit makes itself known to the Keepers of the Feather
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Noncombat Challenges You decide whether to award experience to characters for overcoming challenges outside combat. If the adventurers complete a tense negotiation with a baron, forge a trade
agreement with a clan of surly dwarves, or successfully navigate the Chasm of Doom, you might decide that they deserve an XP reward.
As a starting point, use the rules for building combat encounters in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
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.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
. Domains of Delight Much of the Feywild is governed by powerful Fey called archfey. The area under a particular archfey’s command—called a Domain of Delight—reflects the character and desires of its
ruler. Some domains are bright and cheery, bathed in perpetual sunlight and awash in colorful wildflowers, while others are gloomy and drab, cast in unending twilight. Most of them change with the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Dark Fantasy Villains Villains occupy places of prominence or control in dark fantasy domains. This manifests as political control, military authority, or physical or magical might that allows them
blood of angels
8 The commander of a legion of soul-addicted templars who punish crimes by burning criminals into psychoactive spirit dust
9 An ancient dragon whose godlike magic drains the domain of life
10 A god who killed all their peers and now rules the mortal realm
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
downtime activities that take weeks or even months to complete, you can give your campaign a longer time line — one in which events in the world play out over years. Wars begin and end, tyrants come
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
adventurers complete a tense negotiation with a baron, forge a trade agreement with a guild of surly smiths, or safely navigate the Chasm of Doom, you might decide the characters deserve XP. As a starting
point, use the rules for building combat encounters in chapter 4 to gauge the difficulty of the challenge. Then award the characters XP as if it had been a combat encounter of the same difficulty
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes of the Borderlands
If You’re the Dungeon Master Follow these steps if you’re the DM: Review the D&D Beyond Basic Rules. Familiarize yourself with the D&D Beyond Basic Rules and its organization. You don’t need to
. 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.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
the center of the structure. Once both parties meet and banter, one-on-one duels commence following the rules outlined in the “Duels in the Repository” section. The Rivals use the pledgemage stat blocks
. 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
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Optional Rules: Feywild Magic Tales speak of children kidnapped by fey creatures and spirited away to the Feywild, only to return to their parents years later without having aged a day, and with no
the Plane of Faerie, and that the memories of their visit are hazy. You can use these optional rules to reflect the strange magic that suffuses the plane. Memory Loss A creature that leaves the Feywild
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
adventurer to complete a task. In those cases, the DM might ask the player to roll a die to help determine what happens. Describing the results often leads to another decision point, which brings the
certain situations—particularly combat—the action is more structured, and everyone takes turns. Exceptions Supersede General Rules
General rules govern each part of the game. For example, the combat
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
adventurer to complete a task. In those cases, the DM might ask the player to roll a die to help determine what happens. Describing the results often leads to another decision point, which brings the
certain situations—particularly combat—the action is more structured, and everyone takes turns. Exceptions Supersede General Rules
General rules govern each part of the game. For example, the combat
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
is far from complete, however. Entire sections of the city still lie in rubble, plagued by brigands and monsters, and sinister factions scheme to take over the place. Neverwinter is part of the
league of city-states known as the Lords’ Alliance. Lord Dagult Neverember rules over the city, even though he isn’t the true heir to Neverwinter’s crown. He supports the alliance’s efforts to establish
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
the DM, you decide how much to tell the players and when. All the information the players need to make choices comes from you. Within the rules of the game and the limits of the characters’ knowledge
turns in Initiative order. Step 3: Describe What Happens After the players describe their characters’ actions, it’s the DM’s job to resolve those actions, guided by the rules and the adventure you’ve
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
information the players need to make choices comes from you. Within the rules of the game and the limits of the characters’ knowledge and senses, tell players everything they need to know. Published adventures
rules and the adventure you’ve prepared. So how do you decide? Think through these possibilities: No Rules Required. Sometimes, resolving a situation is easy. If an adventurer wants to cross an empty
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon of Icespire Peak
Quest Goals To complete the Axeholm Quest, adventurers must kill or drive out all the monsters in the fortress. AXEHOLM FEATURES
In the dwarves’ absence, Axeholm has become a dark, sullen tomb
slit for protection, a creature gains three-quarters cover (see the Basic Rules) against outside threats. A Medium character can’t squeeze through an arrow slit, but a Small character can with a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
from vibrant blue-green to deeper blue. Once the characters descend 500 feet, only dim light illuminates their surroundings. After the characters descend 3,000 feet, they enter an area of complete
DC 10 Constitution saving throw or gain 1 level of exhaustion. A creature that has a swimming speed can swim all day without penalty and uses the normal forced march rules in the Player’s Handbook. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
, and discuss house rules, with the goal of ensuring the game is a fun experience for everyone involved. The “Ensuring Fun for All” section in chapter 1 covers some of the most important groundwork you
players are experienced, start the campaign at level 3 instead. (See the Player’s Handbook for rules on starting at higher levels.) Bringing the Party Together During session zero, help the players come
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
gold piece cost by 50. A character can complete multiple items in a workweek if the items’ combined cost is 50 gp or lower. Items that cost more than 50 gp can be completed over longer periods of
process that involves one or more adventures to track down rare materials and the lore needed to create the item. Potions of healing and spell scrolls are exceptions to the following rules. For more
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
in the legal code of Waterdeep, but guilds are mentioned in the oldest surviving legal documents — penned by Ahghairon himself — and the rules of Guild Law are respected by wise city folk. Guilds
able to hire members of the Carpenters’, Roofers’, and Plaisterers’ Guild to erect the structure. Moreover, the work will not be complete until members of the Guild of Fine Carvers and the Guild of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
continuous, with each play session comprising a complete adventure. The largest shared campaigns are administered by the D&D Adventurers League and overseen by Wizards of the Coast. You can also
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
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
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