before broken defusing combine respected

Minotaur Legacy

Species Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica

The minotaurs of Ravnica are strong in body, dedication, and courage. They are at home on the battlefield, willing to fight for their various causes. They combine a burning fury in battle with keen

, are much better known and respected. Boros minotaurs choose the precision of the legion over the fury of the pack. Minotaurs tend to vent their outrage through violence, but they aren’t

Half-Elf Legacy

Species Basic Rules (2014)

, Dragons of Autumn Twilight Walking in two worlds but truly belonging to neither, half-elves combine what some say are the best qualities of their elf and human parents: human curiosity

. EXCELLENT AMBASSADORS Many half-elves learn at an early age to get along with everyone, defusing hostility and finding common ground. As a race, they have elven grace without elven aloofness and

Azorius Functionary

Backgrounds Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica

modeled my career after a highly respected lawmage or arrester, but I fear that my role model might be involved in something illegal. Flaws d6 Flaw 1 I’m

it and now does me occasional favors. 9 I have a fanatical Selesnya cousin who keeps trying to recruit me and everyone else in the family. 10 While growing up, I was bullied by a brat who’s now a hybrid in the Simic Combine.

Kobold Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

sightings. Able Scavengers Kobolds are adept at identifying broken, misplaced, discarded, or leftover crafted items from other creatures that can still be put to use. They prefer to scavenge objects that

retaliation usually prevents them from trying to directly harm the gnomes, but they might spit in the milk, balance dishes on tables so they’re easily knocked over and broken, or scatter sewing

A Campaign of Heists

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault

A Campaign of Heists You can combine the adventures in this book to form a campaign. Each adventure would be an episode in the campaign, with you filling in the details of the characters’ stories

diadem from the vault of a notorious thief. Shard of the Accursed 8 Use a magical shard to mend a giant’s broken heart and save a town from destruction. Heart of Ashes 8 Retrieve a king’s heart to

Minotaur

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica

Minotaur WISNU TAN The minotaurs of Ravnica are strong in body, dedication, and courage. They are at home on the battlefield, willing to fight for their various causes. They combine a burning

Boros Legion, are much better known and respected. Boros minotaurs choose the precision of the legion over the fury of the pack. Minotaurs tend to vent their outrage through violence, but they aren’t

Episodes and Serials

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

. Episodes An episodic campaign is a campaign in which the component adventures don’t combine to form an overarching story. Episodic adventures are stand-alone quests, and the villains who appear in one

take a break from adventuring. Serials A serialized campaign is one continuous story broken up into smaller parts that flow naturally from one to the next. It often has one or more overarching threats

Rigus

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

are expected to comply with orders from commanding officers, who don’t tolerate disobedience lightly. With time and dedication, ambitious cadets can graduate to respected positions. Accomplished

warriors. Life in the bunkers is mandatory for the gate-town’s rank and file, but visitors typically prefer to stay at the Broken Slate, an enduring surface tavern. In addition to housing, the bunkers

Duergar

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss

Keepers of the Flame is a well-respected order of psionic clerics that serves the red dragon Themberchaud in Gracklstugh, and whose members are advisors to the Deepking. The duergar Keeper of the Flame uses

(Recharges after a Short or Long Rest). The duergar magically turns invisible for up to 1 hour or until it attacks, it casts a spell, it uses its Enlarge, or its concentration is broken (as if

Step 3: Determine Numbers and Challenge Ratings

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

tables, which are broken up by level ranges, providing information for how to balance encounters for characters of 1st–5th level, 6th–10th level, 11th–15th level, and 16th–20th level. First, you need

. You can group all characters of the same level together, match them with monsters, and then combine all the creatures into one encounter. Alternatively, you can determine the group’s average level and

Haskasori Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves

base of a mountain. Inside the cave, shattered fragments of lavender crystal lie scattered about the feet of cracked and broken statues made of the same crystal. The statues depict panicked human

six mostly broken statues are the remains of a band of adventurers who sought shade in this cave and ran afoul of the basilisks in the promenade (area H3). All six were transformed into lightning

Adventure Types

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

locations are the cornerstone of countless campaigns. Many of the greatest D&D adventures of all time are location-based. Creating a location-based adventure can be broken down into a number of steps

3–4 Local ruler 5–6 Military officer 7–8 Temple official 9–10 Sage 11–12 Respected elder 13 Deity or celestial 14 Mysterious fey 15 Old friend 16 Former teacher 17 Parent or other family member 18

Designing Simple Traps

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

case, pick two spells, or combine the effects of a spell cast using a 9th-level and a 5th-level slot. For instance, a fireball spell of this sort would deal 24d6 fire damage on a failed saving throw

when it is broken, usually when someone walks through it A doorknob that activates a trap when it is turned the wrong way A door or chest that triggers a trap when it is opened A trigger usually needs to

Journey Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk

contact distant patrons. J3: Grell Lair This tall chamber contains stalactites and stalagmites. Many of them are broken, littering the floor with sharp stones. Four grells lurk amid the stalactites

, resting and keeping watch in pairs. The broken stalagmites make the room difficult terrain, which doesn’t hinder the grells. Eager to defend their lair, the grells fight to the death. J4: Larder The

Guild Membership

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica

they don’t, they join groups of another sort, such as mercenary companies or cults. Simic hybrids are all created within the Simic Combine, so it’s rare for them not to be part of it. Renown As you

and respected member of the guild. Other members of the guild have a friendly attitude toward you by default. (Individual members of the guild might have reasons to dislike you despite your renown

Adventure Models

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

adventure hooks that you can use instead, or combine with the ones here, as inspiration strikes you. Delve into the Past d6 Adventure Hook 1 During a long drought, the water level of a lake lowers

road exists. During solstices, the road appears and stretches in an impossible direction to a mysterious destination. 6 Characters acquire a broken piece of an artifact that magically guides them to

Tour of the Planes

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War

nature work to tear down anything built within the zone. Weather, vegetation, and a rapid rate of decay combine to quickly destroy structures built in the region and overgrow the ruins. 3 The zone is

different vision of desolation. The fiends of Mabar scheme to steal fragments of other planes and draw them down into their eternal darkness, creating a jumble of broken worlds in varying states of

Locations on the Fortress Level

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a1

area 12. 12. Tomb of a Failed Dragonpriest Violet marble tiles cover the floor and walls, though all are cracked or broken, revealing rough-hewn stone beneath. Sconces are attached to the walls at each

the tension on the tripwire when they exit, meaning that any guardroom that has been vacated can be entered safely. A small pit of embers, built of broken masonry and portions of shattered stone

High Hall Cathedral

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus

into the grand foyer have been broken open by the invading devils (see “Cathedral Assault”) and remain ajar. Four guards lie dead in the doorways, eviscerated by one of those devil-led groups. H2

drawn to Avernus. H12. Temple of the Highest This large temple was used for private ceremonies involving the most powerful and respected figures in Elturel. Each of the semicircular alcoves here

Tool Descriptions

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

an object was made and whether it is genuine. Other Tools. Knowledge of other tools makes your forgeries that much more believable. For example, you could combine proficiency with a forgery kit and

can aid you if the clues include broken glass or glass objects. Identify Weakness. With 1 minute of study, you can identify the weak points in a glass object. Any damage dealt to the object by

Locations E - H

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder

(Athletics) check. The altar can be broken in half to get at the ground underneath; it has AC 17, 100 hit points, a damage threshold of 10, and immunity to poison and psychic damage. Uthgar’s early followers

have invaded ancient dwarven vaults and throne halls and turned these chambers into their lairs. Frost Hills The southernmost spur of the Spine of the World, the Frost Hills combine with the Evermoors

Locations R - U

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder

. Silverymoon is an enlightened place, with a great library, breathtaking temples and shrines, and respected schools of magic, art, and music. Its beauty awes visitors and is the subject of many bardic songs

Grandfather Tree. This branch grew into a towering oak tree, which today is surrounded by a raised inner ring of cairns and a broken outer ring of mounds with more cairns atop them. Beneath these

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