being before deal contested resumes

Missing Players

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

Missing Players How should you deal with the characters of missing players? Consider these options: Have another player run the missing player’s character. The player running the extra character

, but don’t try to come up with any in-game explanation for this absence. Monsters don’t attack the character, who returns the favor. On returning, the player resumes playing as if he or she was never gone.

Tavern Brawl

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist

successful Strength check contested by Yagra’s Strength check. Yagra thanks the characters if they help her, but is disappointed that they interfered in the fight. Remember how the characters deal with Krentz

Campaign Events

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

. Established territories are suddenly contested or might be undefended against other perils. The dragon’s hoard represents tremendous wealth flowing through a single region. Entire populations of

the use of dragon blood or scales. Alternatively, dragons might be among the creatures competing to possess or control a new discovery. Prediction, Omen, Prophecy. A prophecy might deal with any of the

Arveiaturace Arrives

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

how to deal with thieves, don’t we Meltharond?” She then attacks. If she doesn’t notice the characters, she makes her way to her hoard, inspects the hold to make sure nothing is out of place, and

characters’ lives if they lend a helping hand. Someone who makes a successful Wisdom (Insight) check contested by the dragon’s Charisma (Deception) check discerns that she has no intention of keeping

College of Whispers

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

to make your weapon attacks magically toxic to a creature’s mind. When you hit a creature with a weapon attack, you can expend one use of your Bardic Inspiration to deal an extra 2d6 psychic damage to

through this disguise by succeeding on a Wisdom (Insight) check contested by your Charisma (Deception) check. You gain a +5 bonus to your check. Once you capture a shadow with this feature, you can’t

Ticket Booth

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight

Ticket Any visitor who can’t afford the price of a ticket or who doesn’t want to pay for a ticket can make a fey pact with Nikolas instead. Each pact is a one-night-only deal that ends when the

attempt to deceive Nikolas must succeed on a Charisma (Deception) check contested by the goblin’s Wisdom (Insight) check. If one or more characters seem intent on disrupting the carnival, Nikolas

12. Dynamo

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage

, rough-hewn tunnels carved into the sides of cisterns. The underground river then resumes its natural course, eventually emptying into the Underdark. Creatures can walk along a stone ledge that hugs the

lawful evil creature, it tries to uphold its end of any agreement while twisting a badly worded deal to its advantage. Primarily, Extremiton is concerned with its own safety and the elimination of the

Specific Spells

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice & Errata

against Guardian of Faith and takes 10 Radiant damage, how much damage does that count against the total amount of damage the spell can deal? Is it 20 because that’s how much it dealt or 10 because

resumes if it has not expired or been removed. Can you use a Shield with Mage Armor? Mage Armor works with a Shield. Shields are grouped with armor in the equipment rules in the Player’s Handbook, but

Traveling to Phandalin

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated

Lizardfolk” encounter is just one of the many business opportunities that mark a long-running Acquisitions Incorporated campaign. Forward-thinking adventurers can make a deal with Thetsis and her tribe

that might help them corner the market on potions of water breathing. The terms of the deal are up to you, but it’s best to start small. Once per month, the lizardfolk can meet the adventurers or

Ziggurat Locations, Tier 4

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase

or have the poisoned condition for 1 hour. A Purify Food and Drink spell cleans the fountain and causes its waters to run clear for 1 hour, after which its spout resumes its putrid flow. B37: Embalming

, so her melee attacks deal bludgeoning damage instead of slashing damage. The queen’s mind is clouded by rage. As she lashes out at the characters, Queen Zanobis decries them as “ungrateful looters

Specific Spells

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice Compendium

AC is 17; barkskin isn’t relevant in this case. Does the blinding smite spell deal extra radiant damage on every successful attack I make while I’m concentrating on the spell, or only on the first

fulfill the normal requirements for that feature. For example, if you have the Sneak Attack feature and cast green-flame blade with a finesse weapon, you can deal Sneak Attack damage to the target of

The Grand Dame

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

to deal 20 psychic damage to Lord Drylund. This damage is enough to kill Lord Drylund instantly. From dawn until dusk, the flat-bottomed wooden boat is moored at the city docks. Dockworkers come and

of the workers or pose as wealthy guests. A character who wants to get aboard in this fashion must succeed on a Charisma (Deception) check contested by Captain Storn’s Wisdom (Insight) check. A

The Morkoth

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

action to reel in the harpoon. If another creature is holding onto the harpoon, the merrow regains the weapon if it wins a contested Strength check. If characters take cover to avoid harpoon attacks

to maneuver himself into a position where he can deal the most damage to them. Tholtz doesn’t care if he catches his allies or King Hekaton in a spell’s area. Treasure Tholtz’s spellbook is locked in

Cottage Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight

shaft in pursuit, emerging from the well and thus unplugging it. The cylinder is 10 feet high and 10 feet in diameter. When it is lured out of the well or killed, the flow of water resumes in a torrent

normal size at the end of the hall closest to area B10. Shrunken creatures have disadvantage on Strength checks and Strength saving throws, and their weapons deal 1d4 less damage at one-half to one

Locations E - H

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

with other Uthgardt over contested territory. Fireshear Long ago, a meteor strike blasted a crater in the frozen tundra near the coast of the Trackless Sea, shearing away tons of rock and exposing rich

have received reports of giant marauders in the region. Trained to deal with demonic threats, the order is less keen to face giants in battle. Zara Dalkor (LG female Illuskan knight of Helm) and her

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