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Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
artistry to maintain a warm, desert-like dwelling under the water.
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I soothe myself to sleep by imagining the perfect insults for bronze dragons; while I wait to meet one, I hone them on other
to ask for help getting home.
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A topaz dragon is building a tableau of desiccated creatures and has grown obsessed with catching one treasure hunter who escaped the dragon’s clutches
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.
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It takes true artistry to maintain a warm, desert-like dwelling under the water.
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I soothe myself to sleep by imagining the perfect insults for bronze dragons; while I wait to meet one, I
, but the dragon is too proud to ask for help getting home.
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A topaz dragon is building a tableau of desiccated creatures and has grown obsessed with catching one treasure hunter who escaped the
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Species
Volo's Guide to Monsters
at the burned-out building, a sudden cacophony erupted around us. Birds squawked, cats hissed, and dogs growled. Lidda hustled us back to the city’s safer avenues. Only when we were back within
capable of flight, and similar objects provoke a great desire for the kenku to acquire the items for themselves.
Despite their lack of wings, kenku love dwelling in towers and other tall structures
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
of the method you use to determine the scores, such as rolling or point buy. The “Quick Build” section for your character’s class offers suggestions on which scores to increase. You
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Haunting Mordent Crafting an adventure around a haunting is similar to building any other adventure. The “Ghost Stories” section of chapter 2 provides a good starting point for detailing elements of
a ghost story. This section supplements that material with advice specific to building an adventure reminiscent of a classic ghost story, focusing on three key elements of such tales: history, tragedy
Backgrounds
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
construction and architecture — primarily in crafting the infrastructure that allows Ravnicans to enjoy running water, levitating platforms, and other magical and technological wonders.
You have a
basic knowledge of the structure of buildings, including the stuff behind the walls. You can also find blueprints of a specific building in order to learn the details of its construction. Such
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lorwyn: First Light
Transformed Lands A boundary shift immediately changes a location’s appearance and features to match its new land. A pastoral Lorwyn village nestled in lush, rolling hills might be transformed into a
walled fort with spikes surrounding each dwelling. A withered, weedy field in Shadowmoor might become a meadow of bright, colorful flowers in Lorwyn.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Using the Entries For each dragon’s entry in this chapter, you’ll find information about crafting personalities, inspiration for building adventures, details about lairs, and ideas about the kinds of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Dragon Adventures Building on “Dragon Adventures” in chapter 3, this section starts with a collection of adventure hooks that might bring characters into contact with a dragon of a particular kind
. Use these tables to inspire adventures that feature dragons dwelling alongside other creatures, either as enemies or as allies.
Backgrounds
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
alterations in yourself or others, the result often displays the characteristics of fish, amphibians, or other water-dwelling creatures. Blue-green eddies of magical energy sometimes accompany your
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I helped create a krasis that I love like a pet and would carry with me everywhere … except it’s the size of a building, and it might eat me.
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In my laboratory, I
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
Thassa who rigorously protect her domain, often treating surface-dwelling sailors as trespassers. Tritons make most of their goods from materials harvested from the deep, but have also developed
ingenious forms of metallurgy—largely based around volcanic sea vents—and chemical etching, crafting wares that rival those made on land. The endless array of life and unpredictable changes of the sea make
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
particular backgrounds and interests of the adventurers, you can make some or all of the following additional activities available as options. Building a Stronghold A character can spend time between
adventures building a stronghold. Before work can begin, the character must acquire a plot of land. If the estate lies within a kingdom or similar domain, the character will need a royal charter (a legal
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
Wandering Monsters Each time one or more visible characters exit a building or enter a new district, roll a d6. On a roll of 1 or 2 (or just 1 if the characters are trying to be stealthy), they
attract the attention of one or more wandering monsters determined by rolling another d6 and consulting the Wandering Monsters table. See “Security Forces” above for more information about how many
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
throw caution to the wind, the density of the undergrowth makes it tricky to move faster than 200 feet per minute. If the characters stop to search for treasure, each building takes 30 minutes to clear
. Whenever the party searches a ruined building, roll percentile dice and consult the Ruin Interior table to see what, if anything, the building contains. Ruin Interior d100 Ruin Contents 01–40
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Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
unpredictability.
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It takes true artistry to maintain a warm, desert-like dwelling under the water.
7
I soothe myself to sleep by imagining the perfect insults for bronze dragons; while I wait
from the sea, but the dragon is too proud to ask for help getting home.
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A topaz dragon is building a tableau of desiccated creatures and has grown obsessed with catching one treasure hunter
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
practice, schmoozing, team building.
Other downtime activities can be found in the following books:
Player’s Handbook (chapter 8): Crafting, practicing a profession, recuperating, research
, training
Dungeon Master’s Guide (chapter 6): Building a stronghold, carousing, crafting a magic item, gaining renown, performing sacred rites, running a business, selling magic items, sowing rumors
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
letting them choose the setbacks, you can give players more agency in crafting the story of their characters’ deeds. Degrees of Failure Sometimes a failed D20 Test has different consequences depending
hits the fourth, and a 19 or higher strikes the bull’s-eye. Critical Success or Failure Rolling a 20 or a 1 on an ability check or a saving throw doesn’t normally have any special effect. However, you
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
predictable only in my unpredictability.
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It takes true artistry to maintain a warm, desert-like dwelling under the water.
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I soothe myself to sleep by imagining the perfect insults for
injured and stranded far from the sea, but the dragon is too proud to ask for help getting home.
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A topaz dragon is building a tableau of desiccated creatures and has grown obsessed with catching
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
curse, the more savage and bestial they become. Wereboars live in small family groups in remote forest areas, building ramshackle huts or dwelling in caves. They are suspicious of strangers but
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
guards are posted on the balcony and one guard patrols around the outside of the building at ground level. A character can avoid the notice of the exterior guards with a successful DC 12 Dexterity
flee. If the characters set off any audible alarms in the building, a guard immediately investigates, arriving 3 rounds after the alarm sounds. The alarm also puts the guards on high alert throughout
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
deliver orders from General Drakov (likely related to the siege’s climax). As the battle reaches what you determine to be the halfway point, start rolling 2d6 on the Zombie Siege Encounters table and
siege weapon to fire into the city or start a conflagration.
9 Fighting breaks out at a building Talon priests use to treat the wounded.
10 Zombies break through a gate and begin scaling
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
enclave and wipe out the deep gnomes. A 20-foot-high stone building stands in the northeast corner of the warehouse. Inside this unlocked building, Ghuldur Flagonfist and Krimgol Muzgardt (a pair of male
): detect thoughts, hold person
3rd level (2 slots): sending
Treasure. The storage building contains 1d10 × 10 pounds of food, 1d10 × 5 gallons of water, thirty zurkhwood casks of Darklake Stout ale worth
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer Academy
the land flattens out into gently rolling, fertile hills dotted with forests and patches of grassland. Communities of halflings occupy the polar areas, while the barren wastes are populated by
atmosphere and is occupied by isolated groups of inhabitants. Toril’s space-dwelling communities generally congregate in a cluster of asteroids that trails behind Selune in the same orbit. This cluster, called
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
L2. Living Quarters Members of the order live in a modest single-story building built on raised posts. Its shingled roof provides protection from the elements, and its sliding exterior wall panels
can be opened and closed to meet the needs of the order. The walls of the living quarters are made of paper on wood frames, offering little privacy. The dwelling is within view of the Jagged Sanctum
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
19. Obo’laka’s Shrine A pair of needlelike columns mark the entrance to a walled ruin. In the courtyard beyond, banyan roots envelop a squat building. The stone doors that seal the entrance are
dark corridor are covered with painted reliefs showing Omuan people hunting, harvesting fruit, planting crops, crafting weapons, feasting, fighting, weaving, and skinning animals. Eight empty torch
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Forge of the Artificer
proficiency with one other type of Artisan’s Tools of your choice (or with two other types if you have both).
Potion Crafting. When you brew a potion using the crafting rules in the Dungeon Master’s
slot to create another elixir. When you do so, you choose its effect from the Experimental Elixir table rather than rolling. When you reach certain Artificer levels, you can make an additional elixir
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
they’re interested, building toward the event at a date you set. These activities can happen in the background as characters focus on other goals or as the events in the “Party Preparations” section
they’re after, spend 24 hours crafting the outfit, then make a successful DC 10 Dexterity check using leatherworker’s tools, weaver’s tools, or similarly appropriate artisan’s tools. If the check fails, no
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
and coops so that they don’t freeze. Burgomaster’s Cottage. The building closest to the outer gate is the burgomaster’s cottage—the largest building in town but still a modest dwelling. Dmitri Krezkov
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
, enjoy the best singers of Calishite music, and examine the most stunning works of dwarven crafting — but the first challenge is finding where these treats are housed. The Southern Ward has long been a
district of laborers catering to travelers, so its folk have adopted the architectural custom of building homes and businesses above stables or around inn yards, near to where wagon trains are housed
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
. The familiar sounds of a harbor — creaking ropes, slapping waves, heavy barrels rolling across cobblestones — mingle with voices shouting and cursing in an unfamiliar language filled with clicks
. Every building sports baskets and clay urns of colorful flowers or is draped in leafy, flowering vines. Minstrels in bright clothing adorned with feathers and shells perform on street corners
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Astral Adventurer’s Guide
beggars, and sneaky thieves. The Low City has a preponderance of taverns, inns, alehouses, shops, and crafting establishments and an equally staggering number of vacant buildings. Docks Most ships
established a presence on the Rock by taking over an unmarked, inconspicuous building near the Lesser Market. The place is occupied by a small staff of agents who act as an intermediary between the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
M10. Treasury This solitary building is set atop a small floating islet within an area of open space punched down through the main body of the monastery’s island. It is held aloft on its own
the characters. These include instructions and raw materials for crafting artificial bodies for the brains in jars, constructing a flying craft useful for escaping the monastery and further
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
larger creatures from following them out. Kiln and Crafting Areas A chamber that contains a kiln is usually one of the uppermost areas of the warren, because the fire needs to be vented to the surface
offerings such as metal nuggets, raw gems, and teeth can be left. Traps Kobolds are amazingly creative at building traps, especially when adapting natural hazards and salvaged materials. They pound nails
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
Trielta Hills In the rolling terrain of the Trielta Hills, scattered with small settlements of gnomes and halflings, life seems pastoral and idyllic. Halfling farmers tend to their plots, and gnome
gardens behind plank fences or fieldstone walls are the tunnels that constitute the true thoroughfares of Hardbuckler. Beneath each small dwelling is an extensive cellar, often three or more levels in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
minutes studying the flowers can make a DC 20 Intelligence (Nature) check; on a successful check, the creature can choose which flower it plucks from the table instead of rolling randomly. A serene
A single-story guesthouse sits on the cliff above the hot spring and gardens. This building is empty unless Asteria and Euryale are hosting friends or wayward travelers there. The guesthouse has a