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Halfling
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colors.
Halfling practicality extends beyond their clothing. They’re concerned with basic needs and simple pleasures and have little use for ostentation. Even the wealthiest of halflings keep their
communities are threatened.
Pastoral Pleasantries
Most halflings live in small, peaceful communities with large farms and well-kept groves. They rarely build kingdoms of their own or even hold much
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
Step 1: Assess the Characters To build an encounter using this system, first take stock of the player characters. This system uses the characters’ levels to determine the numbers and challenge
saving throw modifiers, as well as how much damage the mightiest characters can deal with a single attack. Character level and challenge rating are good for defining the difficulty of an encounter, but
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
the story. This chapter provides a variety of new options for them, focusing on additional subclasses for each of the classes in the Player’s Handbook. Each class offers a character-defining choice at
, the section for druids presents details on how the Wild Shape feature works, and the warlock receives a collection of new choices for the class’s Eldritch Invocations feature. Each of the class
Druid
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elements. Thus, druids oppose cults of Elemental Evil and others who promote one element to the exclusion of others.
Druids are also concerned with the delicate ecological balance that sustains plant
? Perhaps your homeland was befouled by evil, and you took up an adventuring life in hopes of finding a new home or purpose.
QUICK BUILD
You can make a druid quickly by following these suggestions
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
culture fall under Ephara’s influence. Scholarship is closely connected to Ephara, as is art—particularly poetry, sculpture, and architecture. Ephara is also highly concerned with civic wisdom and
those who build new cities and those who free others from tyranny. Ephara knows that not all threats to a city come from outside it, and she encourages her followers to watch out for tyranny and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
. A character who receives a parcel of land is free to build on it and is expected to safeguard it. He or she may yield the land as part of an inheritance, but can’t sell or trade it without permission
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica
are concerned. Any given Dimir agent knows of no more than a handful of alleyway contacts and dossier drop spots. One agent knows another only by a code name, or receives communications only at a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
Mogis’s Villains Unquestionably, Mogis makes an excellent villain. His lust for bloodshed and willingness to fight all comers makes him easy to build a campaign around if you want a straightforward
associated with vicious monsters bent on wholesale destruction. He isn’t at all concerned with subtlety, but rather with creating mayhem. Adventures that bring characters into conflict with agents of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Intrigue Stories in the noir tradition tend to start slowly and build gradually as the mystery gets deeper and more convoluted, until the situation erupts in a climactic confrontation. In contrast to
characters into the mystery. Story Opening d6 Event 1 The party receives a detailed reading from a street fortune-teller that lays out the start of the adventure. 2 A courier escorts the party to an
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
concerned with basic needs and simple pleasures and have little use for ostentation. Even the wealthiest of halflings keep their treasures locked in a cellar rather than on display for all to see. They have
, peaceful communities with large farms and well-kept groves. They rarely build kingdoms of their own or even hold much land beyond their quiet shires. They typically don’t recognize any sort of halfling
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
(supernatural gifts explicitly connected to a dragon’s power). Chapter 3 presents tips, advice, and tables to help Dungeon Masters build encounters, adventures, and whole campaigns around dragons
dragons, but only secondarily a book about Dragons—that is, creatures with the Dragon type. Most of this book is concerned with the chromatic and metallic dragons described in the Monster Manual, as
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
when exploring a dungeon, fighting monsters, or engaging in a tense negotiation. The character classes are described in the Classes section.
Your character receives a number of benefits from your
required to reach that level (see “Beyond 1st Level” later in this section).
QUICK BUILD
Each class description in the Classes section includes a section offering suggestions to quickly build a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
Creating a Rival In essence, a rival is a somewhat specialized NPC. You can use chapter 4 of the Dungeon Master’s Guide to build a new NPC for this purpose, or pick one from your current cast of
created for themselves. Example Rivals d20 Rival 1 Tax collector who is convinced the characters are dodging fees 2 Politician who is concerned that the characters are causing more trouble than they
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
pause between two great moments in their history. The mission of this scholarly order is to collect the accumulated learning of the past and preserve it so a future giant civilization can build upon
believe they have any active role to play in building the future of giantkind. They are concerned only with preserving the past so that giants of the future—however that grand future might come into being
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
the githyanki. She is their ruler in every sphere of activity and, as such, demands and receives utter obedience. During the war with the illithids, Vlaakith urged Gith to seek out allies from among
Vlaakith: she knows how to build fanatics. But alas, fanatics are good for nothing of lasting consequence.
The Bitter Truth In the time since Vlaakith made this promise to her people, she has called
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
adventuring party might include members of any or all of the five Metallic Orders, each concerned with advancing the cause of their own order while cooperating in pursuit of common goals. The Scaled
unique in this system. Alternatively, you could build draconic factions around ideals and goals that aren’t specifically draconic, perhaps applying a dragon overlay to the ten guilds of Ravnica or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
,” both in chapter 2). The Against the Giants table offers suggestions for adventure hooks you can use to build an adventure following this theme. On the world I call home, three linked mountain ranges
of bystanders while the giant deals with (or holds back) the greater threat. The Clash of Titans table provides a sampling of adventure hooks you can use to build an adventure along these lines
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
her, chewing on pebbles and glaring at the characters. Treasure. The character who helped Argantle win the game receives a gift, in accordance with the rule of reciprocity (see “Rules of Conduct” in
.
The korreds, who are feuding with the brigganocks of Yon, share the following information with characters who look like they might be capable of assisting: The brigganocks are helping Bitter End build
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
hero’s defining event or the specialty of a criminal or a sage, it’s best to make that determination before using the pertinent table below. Acolyte d6 I became an acolyte because … 1 I ran away
, and I left home to build on what I had learned. Sailor d6 I became a sailor because … 1 I was press-ganged by pirates and forced to serve on their ship until I finally escaped. 2 I wanted to see
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
build floors, walls, structures, objects, and traps that benefit and protect the colony. A warrior might be responsible for crafting web armor (which is as tough as hide or leather), while a group of
that determines which colony members perform which tasks, including whether she or any other choldrith is permitted to lay eggs. If this supreme ruler receives a vision from Lolth, she might change her
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
that doesn’t reach the ceiling and build a trapped door into it. The beholder can fly over the trap, while intruders are forced to deal with the door or waste time trying to climb over the wall. A
beholder would primarily be concerned with securing the area in a 1-mile radius around its lair (corresponding to the area of the beholder’s regional effects), but could range even farther if the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
Bryn Shander Quests For each special NPC who survives the attack on Bryn Shander, the party receives a quest and gains a particular reward for completing that quest. The quests encourage characters
deeply troubled. If they pry into his affairs, Sir Lanniver reveals that he’s concerned about another member of the Order of the Gauntlet named Dannika Zarrn, a knight of Helm who has joined a splinter
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
as a place to park their wagons and contain their oxen for free. There’s also plenty of room to pitch tents and build campfires. Fresh water can be drawn from a 30-foot-deep stone well in the
receives a bonus of 25 gp if all caravan goods arrive at the destination. Urlam Stockspool (N male Illuskan human spy), a shrewd, immaculately dressed businessman, runs the caravan company and is a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver
. Though he receives very few visitors, he is reasonably hospitable. Reidoth is adept at staying away from the ash zombies that overrun the village, as well as avoiding the area’s mutated plants. He
) skulking around. However, he is currently most concerned by the fact that a green dragon has moved into the tower (area 7) since the last time he was here. He warns the characters of all these threats
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
Sword Coast concerned with mutual security and prosperity. The order ensures the safety of the cities and other settlements of Faerûn by proactively handling violent threats, and order members work to
: “Who dares defy Klarg?” and “Klarg will build a throne from your bones!” The goblins under his command resent his incessant bullying. Fire Pit. The hot coals in the central fire pit deal 1 point of fire
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
to humans conscripted to help the githyanki build and maintain the gardens. The yuan-ti were humans themselves only a few years ago, when Ginder Nanik in Arborean Springs hired them to scout the
characters wearing circlets are concerned. The monsters can be damaged or destroyed by those characters’ actions. A character can’t pierce the illusion while wearing a circlet, but simply taking off the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
western walls, and in winter, this moisture can cause treacherous build-ups of ice. Sometimes entire towers along the western edge of the keep have to be abandoned for the season, they become so
part ranks to allow the seeker inside to the Court of Air. Visitors are instructed to cross that area and stand before the Emerald Door, where another monk receives them, offers them food, bath, and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer
seems more concerned about himself: smokepowder security is his responsibility, and he can’t tell the city government about the theft without getting punished for negligence. Yet if he keeps quiet and
-good faiths, or excessive withdrawals from the stores of painkilling narcotics. It perhaps says something about Baldur’s Gate that city officials decided to build the hospital right next to Cliffgate
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
other fortifications. Yet as horrifying as he finds those possibilities, he seems more concerned about himself: smokepowder security is his responsibility, and he can’t tell the city government about the
that city officials decided to build the hospital right next to Cliffgate, convenient to the graveyard and as far as possible from the wealthy neighborhoods. Hissing Stones This low stone bathhouse in
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
evidence lying about. His eidetic memory allows him to burn any notices and reports he receives after reading them, though at times he can be careless and leave partially burned scraps of paper in his
netted him enough loot to open a business. The increased presence of law enforcement in Saltmarsh has him on edge, and he is concerned that his involvement in the heist will emerge. In the meantime, he
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
who is a member of the Lords’ Alliance receives the finest quarters, which happen to have thin walls so that Yondral can spy on his guests. Rassalantar’s keep has largely been robbed of its stone to
build other structures in the village, and its cellars and dungeons are waterlogged. A hidden chamber in the dungeon holds a permanent teleportation circle used by the Blackstaff (Waterdeep’s highest
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
the same character is submerged in all four pools, that character receives the blessing of That-Which-Endures. This blessing comes in handy later in area 7. Key. To make the key appear, one or more
from decades ago. After locating a gate to a demiplane of filth, the Masked Lord attempted to build a sewer system that could empty the city’s waste into that plane. It worked well, and plans were made