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Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide
picks a suitable titan or determines it randomly by rolling on the table below (see the Monster Manual for the creature’s stat block).
The titan is Hostile toward all other creatures and
disappears when it drops to 0 Hit Points. If the titan is summoned into a space that isn’t large enough to contain it, the summoning fails, and the scroll is wasted.
1d100
Titan
01-15
Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide
creature, but the only way to determine the type of creature is to open the flask. A newly discovered Iron Flask might already contain a creature chosen by the DM or determined randomly by rolling on
Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide
rolling on the Moonblade Properties table.
Minor Property. In addition to its aforementioned properties, each Moonblade has a minor property determined by rolling on the Magic Item’s Minor
. You control this entity, deciding how it acts and moves. It remains until it drops to 0 Hit Points or you dismiss it as a Magic action.
Backgrounds
The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
traveler’s clothes, three trinkets (each determined by rolling on the Feywild Trinkets table), and a pouch containing 8 gp
Fey Mark
You were transformed in some small way by your stay in the Feywild
and gained a fey mark, determined by rolling on the Fey Mark table.
Fey Mark
d8
Fey Mark
1
Your eyes swirl with iridescent colors.
2
You have a sweet scent, like that of
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
’s rise in status came at the expense of Bel, her pit fiend predecessor. Zariel and Bel hate each other. To keep Bel busy and out of her sight, Zariel tasks him with forging weapons, armor, and
this creature hits with an attack roll that isn’t a critical hit, it can turn the hit into a critical hit.
Infernal Tactics. Immediately after rolling initiative, this creature can choose
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
22. Teleport Traps These tunnels contain two teleport traps (see “Teleport Traps”). 22a. West Teleport Trap A creature teleported by this trap arrives at a location determined by rolling a d20 and
determined by rolling a d20 and consulting the following table: d20 Teleport Destination 1–10 The teleport trap in area 6 11–20 The teleport trap in area 8
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
can see within 1 mile of yourself. The DM picks a suitable titan or determines it randomly by rolling on the table below (see the Monster Manual for the creature’s stat block). The titan is Hostile
toward all other creatures and disappears when it drops to 0 Hit Points. If the titan is summoned into a space that isn’t large enough to contain it, the summoning fails, and the scroll is wasted
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
What Does a DM Do? The DM gets to play many fun roles: Actor. The DM plays the monsters, choosing their actions and rolling dice for their attacks. The DM also plays all the people the characters
session and for creating situations that facilitate fun. Improviser. A big part of being the DM is deciding how to apply the rules as you go and imagining the consequences of the characters’ actions in a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
What Does a DM Do? The DM gets to play many fun roles: Actor. The DM plays the monsters, choosing their actions and rolling dice for their attacks. The DM also plays all the people the characters
session and for creating situations that facilitate fun. Improviser. A big part of being the DM is deciding how to apply the rules as you go and imagining the consequences of the characters’ actions in a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
Setting the Adventure Lost to time and sand, Cynidicea is barely a memory to the lands where it once prospered. When deciding where to place Cynidicea, consider the following suggestions: Dragonlance
. On the world of Ansalon, Southern Ergoth and the Northern Wastesboth contain arid stretches where Cynidicea might have existed. Forgotten Realms. The ruins of Cynidicea might lie among the dunes of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon of Icespire Peak
gnome recluses busy themselves here: Joybell (female) uses a poker to stoke the fire of a hot iron stove standing against the east wall. Dimble (male) uses a complicated press-like contraption to squeeze
oil out of a big red mushroom and filter the liquid into four oil flasks. Panana (female) stands atop a low table and uses a mechanical rolling pin contraption to kneed green bread dough. The severed
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lorwyn: First Light
miles. They are uninhabited but often contain natural features like forests, mountains, and rolling plains. Those who travel into eclipsed realms are influenced by both Lorwyn and Shadowmoor
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
Treasure tables in the Dungeon Master's Guide), boulders for throwing, and a number of other nonmagical items determined by rolling on another table. These items can include valuable objects, as well as
food, tools, and curiosities. At your discretion, any giant bag might also contain a bag jelly (described in chapter 6).
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
giant has a ranged attack. The two punts contain chunks of ice that the giant can hurl at foes. Fighting on the ship is tricky. Its sloped, icy deck is difficult terrain, and a creature that isn’t
3d6 × 100 gp, 1d6 × 100 gp, and 1d3 mundane items, determined by rolling on the Items in a Giant’s Bag table in the introduction.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
1. Entrance The tunnel from level 20 leads to a featureless, 20-foot-high cavern with four tunnel exits, two of which contain iron tracks. An empty mine cart rests at the end of the northern track
the way of a rolling cart requires a successful DC 10 Dexterity saving throw, and any creature struck by a cart takes 10 (3d6) bludgeoning damage.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
trinkets (each determined by rolling on the Feywild Trinkets table), and a pouch containing 8 gp Fey Mark You were transformed in some small way by your stay in the Feywild and gained a fey mark, determined
by rolling on the Fey Mark table. Fey Mark d8 Fey Mark 1 Your eyes swirl with iridescent colors. 2 You have a sweet scent, like that of nectar or honey. 3 You have long whiskers like those of a
Orc
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Species
Volo's Guide to Monsters
everywhere in the world around them, and the priests of a tribe are entrusted with the responsibility of identifying these signs and omens — both good and bad — and deciding how the tribe should
return from a raid.
The gaze of the One Eye brings madness to many an orc.
— Elminster
Roleplaying an Orc
When you’re roleplaying an orc, the following tables contain possible
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
example, a fighter wants to turn a winch to raise a portcullis. This is a complex, difficult action. You could rule that it incurs a -5 initiative penalty. Rolling Initiative. After deciding on an action
initiative that introduces more uncertainty into combat, at the cost of speed of play. Under this variant, the participants in a battle roll initiative each round. Before rolling, each character or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
a creature, but the only way to determine the type of creature is to open the flask. A newly discovered Iron Flask might already contain a creature chosen by the DM or determined randomly by rolling
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
south slopes gently upward to area 26d and contains a rolling sphere trap.
The 10-foot-square section of floor marked X on map 2 is a pressure plate. When 20 or more pounds of pressure depress this
terrain. Whenever the sphere enters a creature’s space or a creature enters its space while the sphere is rolling, that creature must succeed on a DC 15 Dexterity saving throw or take 55 (10d10
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Random Treasure
The following pages contain tables that you can use to randomly generate treasures carried by monsters, stashed in their lairs, or otherwise hidden away. The placement of
amount of individual treasure for a group of similar creatures, you can save time by rolling once and multiplying the result by the number of creatures in the group.
If it doesn’t make sense for a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
rune beyond the first grants the Moonblade an additional property. The DM chooses each property or determines it randomly by rolling on the Moonblade Properties table. Minor Property. In addition to its
aforementioned properties, each Moonblade has a minor property determined by rolling on the Magic Item’s Minor Property table (see earlier in this chapter). Sentience. A Moonblade is a sentient weapon
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
emphasizes savory, sweet, and sour flavors. When households entertain guests and during festivals, kabobs and hearty stews infused with saffron grace dinner plates alongside beds of rice. Bakers stay busy
, though its ranks contain both tender-hearted civil servants and disciplinarians who relish chastising citizens for misdemeanors. Names Sangarian names are drawn from lineage, religion, and literature
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
a creature, but the only way to determine the type of creature is to open the flask. A newly discovered Iron Flask might already contain a creature chosen by the DM or determined randomly by rolling
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
than one such barrow, either broken open from the outside by those seeking lost treasures, or somehow broken from within. The Fields of the Dead is a vast, rolling plain of windswept grasses that
few walled enclosures that contain several such dwellings can occasionally be found a short distance away from the roads and rivers that run through or near the Fields. The folk of this land are kind
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
spore drifted into this cave from area 8. Its spores contain memory fragments of the dead beholder that birthed it. A creature that inhales the spores inherits a random memory, determined by rolling on
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
Many Things gathered from around the multiverse. Some of these decks are incomplete or contain unusual cards; a few take alternative forms, such as a die with twenty-two sides or a collection of twenty-two runestones.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
the creatures randomly by rolling a d4: d4 Creature 1 1d6 shadows 2 1d4 vampire spawn 3 1d4 wights 4 1 wraith and 1d4 + 1 specters Lief was pressed into service by Strahd many years ago. He keeps
the iron key that unlocks the four wooden chests in this room. Two of the locked chests contain 10,000 cp each. A third chest contains 1,000 gp. The fourth chest holds 500 pp, hidden under which is a manual of bodily health.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
nobles enjoy food and refreshments here. You can add a named guest by rolling once on the Gala Guests table. P8: Kitchen The scent of herbs and the clatter of pots fill this busy kitchen. Amid the satyr
the foyer by rolling once on the Gala Guests table. Ice Mephits. Six ice mephits are disguised as ice decorations along the perimeter of the room. The mephits attack anyone who starts a fight in this
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
. Laid out according to patterns or traditions now lost to time, the tombs contain thousands of Gauntlgrym’s honored dead. Some crypts are simple biers; others are intricate sarcophagi. All include
the priests and a sure sign that something unwelcome has made its way into this most sacred of places. Check for a random encounter once every hour of travel in the Iron Tabernacle by rolling a d20
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
Nettlebee Ranch Nettlebee Ranch sprawls over a series of low, rolling hills where the forest has been cleared away for crops of oats and barley. The Nettlebees’ prize livestock — sheep, ponies, and
described later in its own section. Ranch. The ranch consists of a barn, granaries, and a half-story house that rambles up and down a small hill. The house, barn, and granaries are ordinary and contain
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
description is clear enough that you can adjudicate whether a character’s actions locate or foil the trap. As with many situations, you shouldn’t allow die rolling to override clever play and good planning
, contain, or drive off any creature unfortunate enough to trigger them. A trap’s description specifies what happens when it is triggered. The attack bonus of a trap, the save DC to resist its effects, and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
Bel hate each other. To keep Bel busy and out of her sight, Zariel tasks him with forging weapons, armor, and gruesome demon-slaying machines. To replenish her legions, Zariel needs the souls of mortals
with an attack roll that isn’t a critical hit, it can turn the hit into a critical hit.
Infernal Tactics. Immediately after rolling initiative, this creature can choose itself and up to three allies it
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
description is clear enough that you can adjudicate whether a character's actions locate or foil the trap. As with many situations, you shouldn't allow die rolling to override clever play and good planning
inconvenient to deadly, making use of elements such as arrows, spikes, blades, poison, toxic gas, blasts of fire, and deep pits. The deadliest traps combine multiple elements to kill, injure, contain
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
-wide wooden rolling pin falls from the ceiling at the north end of the hall and rolls the length of the hallway, flattening creatures in its path. Each creature in the hallway must succeed on a DC 15
. The rolling pin stops at the south end of the hall. C7: Candied Apple Orchard Nestled in this courtyard are four trees with peppermint bark. Candied apples dangle from their delicate white branches