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Spells
Player’s Handbook
You give a verbal command to a creature that you can see within range, ordering it to carry out some service or refrain from an action or a course of activity as you decide. The target must succeed
damage if it acts in a manner directly counter to your command. It takes this damage no more than once each day.
You can issue any command you choose, short of an activity that would result in certain
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Spells
Basic Rules (2014)
You place a magical command on a creature that you can see within range, forcing it to carry out some service or refrain from some action or course of activity as you decide. If the creature can
result in certain death. Should you issue a suicidal command, the spell ends.
You can end the spell early by using an action to dismiss it. A remove curse, greater restoration, or wish spell also
Spells
Acquisitions Incorporated
undertakes to perform any services or activities you ask of it in a friendly manner, to the best of its ability.
You can set the creature new tasks when a previous task is completed, or if you decide to end
throw to try to end the effect. This save is made with advantage if you or your companions are fighting the creature. If the activity would result in certain death for the creature, the spell ends
True Polymorph
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Spells
Basic Rules (2014)
before it transformed. If it reverts as a result of dropping to 0 hit points, any excess damage carries over to its normal form. As long as the excess damage doesn’t reduce the creature’s
creature’s challenge rating is 9 or lower. The creature is friendly to you and your companions. It acts on each of your turns. You decide what action it takes and how it moves. The GM has the creature
Backgrounds
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
; you can decide if the contact is an ally or a rival.
3
I showed mercy to an injured, now-grateful Dimir spy.
4
I suspect someone I know is a Golgari assassin, but I can’t prove it
.
10
I keep running into a particular Simic biomancer, and I enjoy the arguments that inevitably result.
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
make a nice sideshow act.
9
I left the Selesnya — and a lover — behind when I joined the Simic.
10
Roll an additional Simic contact; you can decide if the contact is an ally or a rival.
Saving Throws
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A saving throw — also called a save — represents an attempt to resist a spell, a trap, a poison, a disease, or a similar threat. You don’t normally decide to make a saving throw
. For example, the DC for a saving throw allowed by a spell is determined by the caster’s spellcasting ability and proficiency bonus.
The result of a successful or failed saving throw is also
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
the d10 indicates that Vrakir is present. A result of 1 or 2 on the d20 indicates that Klax and her crew are present. Alternatively, you can decide that Vrakir is either present or absent depending
Visitors Klax’s traders and Vrakir himself are visitors rather than full-time occupants. You can determine whether Vrakir and the traders are present by rolling a d10 and a d20. A result of 1 or 2 on
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
What Caused the Mourning? There will never be an official answer to the cause of the Mourning. As a DM in Eberron, we want you to decide the cause of this tragedy… or if you prefer, to leave it as a
mystery that will never be solved. With that said, people in Eberron itself have many theories about the cause of the Mourning; it’s up to you to decide if any of them are correct. The Mourning was
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
Saving Throw A saving throw—also called a save—represents an attempt to avoid or resist a threat. You normally make a saving throw only when a rule requires you to do so, but you can decide to fail
the save without rolling. The result of a save is detailed in the effect that allowed it. If a target is forced to make a save and lacks the ability score used by it, the target automatically fails. See also chapter 1 (“D20 Tests”).
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Table Talk Set expectations about how players talk at the table: Make it clear who’s speaking: the character or the player (out of character). Decide how you feel about a player sharing information
that his or her character wouldn’t know or that the character is incapable of sharing as a result of being unconscious, dead, or far away. Are you all right with players retracting what they just said their characters did?
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
Saving Throw A saving throw—also called a save—represents an attempt to avoid or resist a threat. You normally make a saving throw only when a rule requires you to do so, but you can decide to fail
the save without rolling. The result of a save is detailed in the effect that allowed it. If a target is forced to make a save and lacks the ability score used by it, the target automatically fails. See also “Playing the Game” (“D20 Tests”).
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
, start with the Trap Effects and Trap Trigger tables to decide the type of trap, then use the Trap Damage Severity tables to decide how deadly it should be. For more information on trap damage
–07 Collapsing staircase creates a ramp that deposits characters into a pit at its lower end 08–10 Ceiling block falls, or entire ceiling collapses 11–12 Ceiling lowers slowly in locked room 13–14
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
39. Southwest Chamber The walls, floor, and ceiling of this room are scorched. Strewn about are blackened pieces of furniture, shards of smoky glass, and charred splinters of wood and bone. A
character who examines the room thoroughly and succeeds on a DC 14 Intelligence (Investigation) check concludes that four separate fiery eruptions caused the destruction. A successful DC 19 Intelligence (Arcana) check reveals that the damage was likely the result of a meteor swarm spell cast in the room.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver
ability check? How hard is it? What’s the result? Use the descriptions of the ability scores and their associated skills in the Basic Rules to help you decide what kind of ability check to use. Then
things that the adventure can’t possibly anticipate. It’s up to you to decide whether their attempts are successful. If it seems like anyone should have an easy time doing it, don’t ask for an ability
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
Flight, or Fight, or … ? Each of the results on these tables represents a certain kind of challenge or potential challenge. If you let the dice have their way and the result is a large number of
perceiving the monsters from a distance. Of course, you also have the freedom to adjust the numbers, but it’s important to remember that not every encounter involving a monster needs to result in combat
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
How and When to Use the Tables If you’re comfortable with letting the dice decide a certain fact about your character, go ahead and roll. If not, you can take charge and make the decision, choosing
from among the possibilities on a table. Of course, you also have the option of disregarding the result of a die roll if it conflicts with another result. Likewise, if the text instructs you to roll on
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver
. Conversely, if the players seem restless, you can decide that an encounter occurs. Roll a d12 and consult the Wandering Monsters table to determine what the party meets. Wandering Monsters d12 Roll
Result 1–3 Stirges (2d4) 4–5 Ghouls (1d4) 6 Gricks (1d4) 7–8 Bugbears (1d4) 9 Skeletons (1d6) 10 Zombies (1d6) 11–12 Ochre Jelly (1)
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
won’t interfere with the characters, either. If the result is 5 or lower, these guards decide Snapjaw’s talk of an uprising is dangerously rash, and they attack him. If the characters have done nothing
are great warriors come to destroy the Cult of the Dragon, and that now is the time to make their move against the bullywugs. You can either decide for yourself how the guards react to that, or make
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
won’t interfere with the characters, either. If the result is 5 or lower, these guards decide Snapjaw’s talk of an uprising is dangerously rash, and they attack him. If the characters have done nothing
are great warriors come to destroy the Cult of the Dragon, and that now is the time to make their move against the bullywugs. You can either decide for yourself how the guards react to that, or make
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rrakkma
held high above its head to support the ceiling, forty feet above. A pair of fist-sized black crystals is fitted to the statue’s eyes. The perimeter statues, six in all, appear to resemble naked humans
statue depicts some forgotten god dedicated to chaos and entropy, and as described below, holds up the ceiling overhead. Objectives/Goals Aware of the creature’s existence, the mind flayers were able
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
trapped. If the chest is moved or if the hasp is not opened properly, six clay pots drop from concealed niches in the ceiling. Roll a d6 to determine how many pots shatter on the floor. The pots
into nightmarish, frog-like monstrosities. While affected, the creature cannot take reactions and must roll a die at the start of each of its turns. If the die result is odd, the creature must use its
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
features; for example, level 16, the Crystal Labyrinth, has walls, floors, and ceilings made of crystal. Ceilings It’s helpful to know the height of a ceiling, particularly if creatures in the area can
climb or fly. Rooms. A room’s ceiling is at least as high as the room is wide, often higher. If a room’s ceiling height isn’t specified in the text, assume it’s the minimum height. Tunnels. A tunnel’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
trapped. If the chest is moved or if the hasp is not opened properly, six clay pots drop from concealed niches in the ceiling. Roll a d6 to determine how many pots shatter on the floor. The pots
into nightmarish, frog-like monstrosities. While affected, the creature cannot take reactions and must roll a die at the start of each of its turns. If the die result is odd, the creature must use its
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Borderlands Quest: Goblin Trouble
for several minutes before the passage turns north and leads up a set of natural stone steps. A group of caverns continues out ahead of you.
The ceiling of these caverns is choked with webs, and the
footprints you’ve been following continue through these caves. In the center of the floor in the first cave is a human-sized boot.
The ceiling is 15 feet high, but the webs cover the top five feet of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
sabotage and destroy its counterpart. Or you might decide that they develop a mutual respect for each other, perhaps even becoming friends as a result of their shared adventures. If on friendly terms, a
the same time, you decide how the commands are resolved. Working Both Sides If the characters meet with both agents, they might agree to work for both without the other agent knowing. In that case
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
the island and its burned-out abbey. When the characters come across this information and decide to investigate the opportunity, the adventure officially gets under way. Isle of the Abbey is designed
reached back to his early days as a Dungeon Master, restricting himself to using only monsters found in the rulebook he started with. The result is a scenario that shows how restraints breed creativity.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
service or refrain from some action or course of activity as you decide. If the creature can understand you, it must succeed on a Wisdom saving throw or become charmed by you for the duration. While
unaffected by the spell. You can issue any command you choose, short of an activity that would result in certain death. Should you issue a suicidal command, the spell ends. You can end the spell
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
within range, ordering it to carry out some service or refrain from an action or a course of activity as you decide. The target must succeed on a Wisdom saving throw or have the Charmed condition for
takes this damage no more than once each day. You can issue any command you choose, short of an activity that would result in certain death. Should you issue a suicidal command, the spell ends. A
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
service or refrain from some action or course of activity as you decide. If the creature can understand you, it must succeed on a Wisdom saving throw or become charmed by you for the duration. While
unaffected by the spell. You can issue any command you choose, short of an activity that would result in certain death. Should you issue a suicidal command, the spell ends. You can end the spell
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
65. Underground Lake A dark underground lake opens up before you, its ceiling festooned with chains and gears — some of which appear to have dwarves dangling from them. A gigantic motionless stone
twinkling in the murk.
The cavern ceiling is 20 feet above the foul surface of the lake, which is 20 feet deep. Any creature that drinks the water is poisoned until it regurgitates the liquid, which
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Morte’s Planar Parade
Abyss, the devils of the Nine Hells, the modrons of Mechanus, and the slaadi of Limbo are just a few examples of such children of the planes.
As a result, it’s rare to encounter a group of modrons
embracing the chaos of Limbo or devils awash in the natural energy of the Beastlands. It’s up to you to decide what creatures are exemplars of their home planes and under what circumstances they might be influenced by other planes.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
within range, ordering it to carry out some service or refrain from an action or a course of activity as you decide. The target must succeed on a Wisdom saving throw or have the Charmed condition for
takes this damage no more than once each day. You can issue any command you choose, short of an activity that would result in certain death. Should you issue a suicidal command, the spell ends. A
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
grew up, either as a result of being born there or moving there at a young age. For other rangers, civilization was originally home, but the wilderness became a second homeland. Think of your character’s
backstory and decide what terrain feels most like home, whether or not you were born there. What does that terrain say about your personality? Does it influence which spells you choose to learn? Have
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
. Mounts that don’t tire (such as a flying construct) aren’t subject to this limitation. As adventurers travel through the air, check for random encounters as you normally would. Ignore any result that
indicates a non-flying monster, unless the characters are flying close enough to the ground to be targeted by non-flying creatures making ranged attacks. Characters have normal chances to spot creatures on the ground and can decide whether to engage them.