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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
Engine slides down the crevasse, dropping 10 feet toward the magma each round. Any creature on the engine must make a successful DC 15 Dexterity saving throw each time it drops down to avoid being
, the vibration of its clacking gears sends showers of loose stones down the crevasse walls. Once the engine has been activated, it “acts” on initiative count 15. Mephit Madness On the round after the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
Monks The fat man straightened his black-and-gold vest, lowered his round head, and charged.
Danica waited until he was right in front of her, and to the onlookers it appeared as if the woman would
wrist stopped him dead in his tracks, and before he even realized what was happening, Danica kicked the back of both his knees, dropping him to a kneel.
— R.A. Salvatore, Canticle
Some of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a3
poisonous gas that fills this level. Attempts to dislodge the slime will result in slippery sections of it dropping on the characters. Caustic Lime. The walls of this room are heavily coated with caustic
lime. Any flesh that comes in contact with this lime will take 1 acid damage per round. The lime must be removed from the skin to stop the damage, and can be either wiped off or washed away. Treasure
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
only 15 feet per round (see “Steel Springs Battlefield Events”), staying in a group and aiding the wounded among them. After all enemy forces are defeated, proceed with the “Commanders’ Retreat
Dragon Army soldiers on the battlefield, roll on the Steel Springs Battlefield Events table each round on initiative count 0. Also consider rolling on the table if a character enters the Fray or a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
automatically from inside the tunnel.
If the characters watch to see how the battle plays out between the troglodytes and the troll, assume that one troglodyte dies each round, while the troll’s
troll has made a successful saving throw against the stench of the troglodytes. It has the statistics of a normal troll, with these changes: It has 44 hit points when the characters first arrive. It
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
your move, you can mount a creature that is within 5 feet of you or dismount. Doing so costs an amount of movement equal to half your Speed (round down). For example, if your Speed is 30 feet, you spend
. The Initiative of a controlled mount changes to match yours when you mount it. It moves on your turn as you direct it, and it has only three action options during that turn: Dash, Disengage, and Dodge
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
rounds in a row: Until initiative count 20 on the next round, the hag can pass through solid walls, doors, ceilings, and floors as if the surfaces weren’t there. The hag targets any number of doors and
fills a 20-foot-radius sphere centered on a point she can see within 120 feet her. The cloud lasts until initiative count 20 on the next round. Creatures and objects in or behind the smoke are
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
first turn ends. As the two archpriests and their followers fight, the characters can intervene on either side or attempt to slip away during the melee. On round 3 of the fight, characters notice kuo-toa
of panic through the kuo-toa. The young archpriest calls out “Leemooggoogoon!” just as her father strikes a final, fatal blow, dropping her before the profane altar. (If any character is also engaging the archpriest of the Deep Father, allow that character to strike the final blow.)
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
your Speed (round down). For example, if your Speed is 30 feet, you spend 15 feet of movement to mount a horse. Controlling a Mount You can control a mount only if it has been trained to accept a rider
. Domesticated horses, mules, and similar creatures have such training. The Initiative of a controlled mount changes to match yours when you mount it. It moves on your turn as you direct it, and it has
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Giants of the Star Forge
competitor to reach the clifftop wins the contest. A competitor who stops touching one of the ropes at any point is disqualified. At the start of the contest’s second round, wrestlers atop the cliff dribble
competitor is disqualified. The first competitor to reach the other end of the lava field without dropping the boulder wins the contest. The lava field is a smooth tract of hardened lava that still smolders
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
characters each have a round to cast a spell or drink a potion. But otherwise, the action is continuous. Dropping out from behind a dark cloud is an airship held aloft by a large balloon — emblazoned with
components as they can. Round 1 The Six’s airship begins 100 feet away from the characters’ battle balloon. Roll initiative for the airship and all the creatures on it, but the creatures intentionally take no
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
Tiers of Play With each new level, characters acquire new capabilities that equip them to handle greater challenges. As characters advance in level, the tone of the game also changes, and the stakes
such as Fireball, Lightning Bolt, and Raise Dead. Most weapon-focused classes gain the ability to make multiple attacks in a round. The characters now face dangers that threaten cities and kingdoms
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
Complex Traps A complex trap poses multiple dangers to adventurers. After a complex trap activates, it remains dangerous round after round until the characters avoid it or disable it. Some complex
. Usually, changes involving dramatic elements take effect at the end of each of the trap’s turns or in response to the characters’ actions. Constant Elements. A complex trap poses a threat even when it is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
abilities to assign scores to Strength, Dexterity, Constitution, Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma. Afterward, make any changes to your ability scores as a result of your race choice. After assigning your
divide the result by 2 (round down). Write the modifier next to each of your scores. BUILDING BRUENOR, STEP 3
Bob decides to use the standard set of scores (15, 14, 13, 12, 10, 8) for Bruenor’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
freed, and the following things happen: Lost and Found. Each freed incarnation appears and then swiftly vanishes, dropping one or more magic items (see the “Heroic Equipment” section). The associated
might settle down, you might even forget for a little while, but everything you’ve striven for–all the ways you’ve worked to be great–never really changes.”
–Kheiron, hero trainer of Glorium
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
noticed or soon after the characters land on the island, three hostile weretigers in hybrid form emerge with longbows drawn. They gauge the party’s intentions for 1 round before attacking. A character
who talks to the weretigers during this round can convince them not to attack by succeeding on a DC 16 Charisma (Intimidation or Persuasion) check. Even if the weretigers do attack, a character who
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
-foot-long beard can see through its eyes. 3 A perfectly smooth, round stone the size of a human’s fist. If placed on the ground, it rolls 20 feet per round toward the nearest source of fresh water. 4 A
of every conversation that took place over the course of a year, three years ago, in a nearby village. 10 A small painting that depicts a placid field. Just after midnight each day, the painting changes to depict the following day’s weather.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
. Starting to the left of the dealer and continuing clockwise, each participant reveals one of their die rolls. This step is repeated twice more; on the second and third round, each participant can raise
, forfeiting any bet they’ve placed and dropping out of the game. Step 4. Each participant who hasn’t folded totals their die rolls. The one with the highest total wins. The winner becomes the dealer for the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
Tiers of Play With each new level, characters acquire new capabilities that equip them to handle greater challenges. As characters advance in level, the tone of the game also changes, and the stakes
such as Fireball, Lightning Bolt, and Raise Dead. Most weapon-focused classes gain the ability to make multiple attacks in a round. The characters now face dangers that threaten cities and kingdoms
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a4
halfway through the spinning cylinder and then ignite the slippery oil with a flaming arrow. The oil burns for 2d4 rounds if the fire is not extinguished. On the first round, the burning oil deals 9
Snarla finds herself in a bad situation, she changes into werewolf form and attacks with desperate savagery, giving her advantage on all her attack rolls. If she is captured alive and made to talk, she
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
8 miles per hour (80 feet per round) in a direction of the creature’s choice. The iceberg continues this movement until the attuned creature changes the direction and speed or the creature’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
the elephant Ophelia addresses hundreds of gathered animals nightly. Characters seeking Ophelia find her here. Ophelia uses the elephant stat block, with the following changes: Ophelia is lawful good
-toothed tiger stat block with the following changes: Ebonclaw is lawful neutral. He has an Intelligence of 12 and a Charisma of 12. He speaks Common. Talking with Ebonclaw Ebonclaw is arrogant and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
, so you can use them freely to set the tone you want for your adventure. Terrain Changes Plant growth creates difficult terrain, sinkholes appear, and hedge mazes or icy walls limit movement
traveler’s feet. Wilderness Hazards. Any of the wilderness hazards described in the Dungeon Master’s Guide might manifest near the dragon’s lair. Weather Changes Fog, storms, precipitation, and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
creature toward the falls at a speed of 50 feet per round. Bag of Nails Bag of Nails yearns for a hunter’s death. Senility has taken hold, and now he sees all creatures as his prey. When the characters
character crosses the bridge, Bag of Nails opens fire. After each shot, he leaps across the rooftops to a new firing position and tries to hide. Bag of Nails is a tabaxi assassin, with these changes: Bag of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
. Its damage is radiant, and its damage die is a d4. This die changes as you gain monk levels, as shown in the Martial Arts column of the Monk table. When you take the Attack action on your turn and
point you spend increases the spell’s level by 1. The maximum number of ki points (2 plus any additional points) that you can spend on the spell equals half your monk level (round down). Searing
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a7
in 6 rounds, and each round thereafter it will rise higher and encompass one more step. If unchecked, the flow of blood will fill the foyer to the ceiling in 20 rounds. Fire of any sort, magical or
. Polymorph changes the blood into seven wights, which attack immediately. Purify food and drink turns all the blood to poison gas. A character caught in the gas must succeed on a DC 15 Constitution saving
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
following changes to its stat block: It has 30 hit points. It has disadvantage on attack rolls. Once it’s defeated, the mimic turns back into an ordinary trunk. Ending the Threat If all the characters
fall unconscious during the fight, Professor Mavinda Sharpbeak (neutral good owlin Silverquill professor of radiance; see chapter 7) arrives on the scene at the start of the next round and finishes off
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
: Blood flows from Fazrian’s eyes until initiative count 20 on the next round. No creature within 120 feet of the planetar can regain hit points until the effect ends. Fazrian’s eyes become smoldering
black voids until initiative count 20 on the next round. All other creatures within 120 feet of the planetar have disadvantage on saving throws until the effect ends. Blinding magical light springs from
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
better.
10 When the dragon is agitated, the regional effects that alter the terrain around the lair create visible changes around the dragon each round.
11 Factions and grudges within the
directs at least one attack each round at such a character.
4 The dragon tries to drive the characters off by emotionally hurting or humiliating them—threatening something they obviously care about
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
battle against it by dropping flowerpots on its head from the second-story landing. She tied it up in several of her dresses, and is now wondering what to do with it. Haeleeya is glad to hand the
characters her captive bugbear, which is happy to tell the characters everything it knows in exchange for staying alive. It tells how the bugbears were employed by the Six and ordered to round up twenty
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
dim light for an additional 10 feet.
Altar and Shield. Between the alcoves, an iron altar traced with silver and shaped like a giant anvil rests beneath a round, 10-foot-diameter iron shield
fiends quickly turn hostile if attacked. The arcanaloths’ attitude changes to friendly if the characters appeal to their love of magic by giving them a single very rare magic item, multiple rare magic
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
24d10 Complex Traps Complex traps work like standard traps, except once activated they execute a series of actions each round. A complex trap turns the process of dealing with a trap into something more
might make successive attacks against intruders, create an effect that changes over time, or otherwise produce a dynamic challenge. Otherwise, the complex trap can be detected and disabled or bypassed in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
and the surface have strange angles 30 feet below the surface. There, gravity changes, and creatures descending into the depths start climbing into the Inverse. Eventually they reach a series of
spiral stairs, is the red slaad Kythkyr. The group is hostile to trespassers and demands they leave. The group attacks the following round. The quadrones favor using their Shortbow attacks, while
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
8A) animates and uses its outstretched arms to stop the sphere before it slams into the wall around the alcove. Each round thereafter on initiative count 15, the statue moves 20 feet northward
the west end of the hall. The statue is immobile until activated and has the statistics of a stone golem, with the following changes: It is Huge and has 195 (17d12 + 85) hit points. It knows no
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
your character’s six abilities to assign scores to Strength, Dexterity, Constitution, Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma. Afterward, make any changes to your ability scores as a result of your race
from the ability score and then divide the result by 2 (round down). Write the modifier next to each of your scores.
BUILDING BRUENOR, STEP 3
Bob decides to use the standard set of scores (15, 14