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Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
from the rest of the world, and a shroud of mist conceals her island in the Sea of Moving Ice.
Roleplaying Auril
Portraying a deity, even a lesser god such as Auril the Frostmaiden, can be daunting
, define her.
Lesser gods in the D&D multiverse are extremely powerful and arrogant, but also fallible and blind to their own flaws. It’s appropriate for Auril to act as though she’s
Monsters
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
disturb her self-imposed isolation. Terrible blizzards have cut off Icewind Dale from the rest of the world, and a shroud of mist conceals her island in the Sea of Moving Ice.
Roleplaying Auril
demystifying her in the eyes of your players. Let her actions, not her words, define her.
Lesser gods in the D&D multiverse are extremely powerful and arrogant, but also fallible and blind to their
Monsters
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
Short or Long Rest). Auril causes a magical blast of cold air to erupt from her hand. Each creature in a 60-foot cone must make a DC 21 Constitution saving throw, taking 36 (8d8);{"diceNotation":"8d8
that can harm her.
Auril’s worshipers know better than to disturb her self-imposed isolation. Terrible blizzards have cut off Icewind Dale from the rest of the world, and a shroud of mist
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
The Material Plane The Material Plane is the nexus where the philosophical and elemental forces that define the other planes collide in the jumbled existence of mortal life and mundane matter. All
fantasy gaming worlds exist within the Material Plane, making it the starting point for most campaigns and adventures. The rest of the multiverse is defined in relation to the Material Plane. The worlds
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
Hit Points and Hit Dice Your character’s hit points define how tough your character is in combat and other dangerous situations. Your hit points are determined by your Hit Dice (short for Hit Point
Hit Die your character uses and the number of Hit Dice you have. After you rest, you can spend Hit Dice to regain hit points (see “Resting” in chapter 8, "Adventuring").
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Stress Charging headlong into terrifying situations is the stock in trade for adventurers. Among the Domains of Dread, though, periods of respite between harrowing experiences can be rare. Even the
situations occurs: A tense, dramatic moment, especially one involving one of a character’s Seeds of Fear Every 24 hours the character goes without finishing a long rest Witnessing the death of a loved one
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
: armor, weapons, skills, saving throws, and sometimes tools. Your proficiencies define many of the things your character can do particularly well, from using certain weapons to telling a convincing lie
character of that class, including how to assign your highest ability scores, a background suitable to the class, and starting spells.
Hit Points and Hit Dice Your character’s hit points define how tough
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon of Icespire Peak
Boar Boars are dim-witted omnivores that avoid combat unless they are particularly hungry or ornery. A boar attacks by charging and goring enemies with its tusks. Boar
Medium beast, unaligned
an extra 3 (1d6) slashing damage. If the target is a creature, it must succeed on a DC 11 Strength saving throw or be knocked prone.
Relentless (Recharges after a Short or Long Rest). If the boar
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
The Material Plane The Material Plane is the nexus where the philosophical and elemental forces that define the other planes collide in the jumbled existence of mortal life and mundane matter. All
the worlds of D&D exist within the Material Plane, making it the starting point for most campaigns and adventures. The rest of the multiverse is defined in relation to the Material Plane. The worlds of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
. Actions Action Summary Attack Attack with a weapon or an Unarmed Strike. Dash For the rest of the turn, give yourself extra movement equal to your Speed. Disengage Your movement doesn’t provoke
Opportunity Attack for the rest of the turn. Dodge Until the start of your next turn, attack rolls against you have Disadvantage, and you make Dexterity saving throws with Advantage. You lose this
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
. Actions Action Summary Attack Attack with a weapon or an Unarmed Strike. Dash For the rest of the turn, give yourself extra movement equal to your Speed. Disengage Your movement doesn’t provoke
Opportunity Attack for the rest of the turn. Dodge Until the start of your next turn, attack rolls against you have Disadvantage, and you make Dexterity saving throws with Advantage. You lose this
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
History Because elements of a ghost’s mortal life define and foreshadow the course of their death and undeath, a common aspect of a ghost-story adventure involves piecing together the history of the
ghost’s life to figure out how to put the spirit to rest. This gives any ghost story characteristics similar to a mystery. Be generous in planting clues to the ghost’s history throughout the adventure
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
, death mask, faded love letter, family portrait When death occurs in Mordent, it doesn’t signal a passage to a state of rest, or an end to the struggle of mortal existence. Death here heralds the beginning
of a haunted afterlife as a restless spirit. The dead earn no rest, no finality, no peace—just a passage into a shadow world of wispy phantoms, mournful groaning, and clanking chains. At first glance
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
(Recharges after a Short or Long Rest). For 1 minute, the ooze magically increases in size. While enlarged, the ooze is Gargantuan, doubles its damage dice with its pseudopod attack, and makes Strength
checks and Strength saving throws with advantage. Invisibility (Recharges after a Short or Long Rest). The ooze magically turns invisible for up to 1 hour until it attacks, it uses its Enlarge, or its
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
Noteworthy Sites Dayawlongon is a tropical archipelago whose waters hold massive whirlpools that make boat travel between the islands challenging. Winding rivers, deep jungles, and mountains define
connect many of the region’s islands. Travelers are common, and the most traveled skybridges hold small communities where they can rest and resupply. Legend holds that the bones of enormous bakunawa
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
Ayik Ur The youthful archer Ayik is the consummate survivor. As the Dragon Armies swarmed over his homeland of Khur, he became a refugee, but not before his leg was injured by a charging warhorse
regain hit points equal to 1d10 + his level. Once he uses this feature, he can’t use it again until he finishes a short or long rest. 3rd 22 (4d8 + 4) Improved Critical. Ayik’s attack rolls now score a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
encounters increase tension, taking a Short Rest relaxes the tension somewhat, as characters have a chance to replenish some of their resources. In many adventures, though, the characters and their players
have a sense that they need to act quickly to deal with the situation presented by the adventure. This creates tension between the need to rest and the sense that things are getting worse while the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
“frame” the identity of the dead for Athreos, and with at least one coin, so a soul might pay Athreos to ferry them to the Underworld. Some people are laid to rest with large amounts of grave goods
charging him with his impossible task. They also offered him a measure of hope. The gods cast Athreos’s offerings back into the mortal world in the form of five coins. They promised Athreos that, once
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
didn’t want someone else to have it? Theft Details Define the particulars of the party’s theft, either by having the players craft their own or by rolling on the Theft Details table. Theft Details
in Baldur’s Gate. With the bank’s reputation at stake, you know the Honorable Order of Moneylenders won’t rest until the money is returned to its rightful owners and the thieves are brought to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
, return home to free their village from an evil hobgoblin warlord. The rakshasa master of a nearby monastery performs rituals to raise troubled ghosts from their rest. A campaign that draws on elements of
Asian martial-arts movies is a perfect match for D&D. Players can define the appearance of their characters and gear however they like for the campaign, and spells need only minor flavor changes so
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
fascinated by any thing of beauty — an object, creature, scene, or event — that might be experienced only once, but which can be captured in an elf’s memory and revisited during trance for the rest of their
impressions are seldom wrong — though it might be decades later before the relationship becomes deeply personal. The quality of patience, as other races define it, is so ingrained in elves that it goes beyond
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
architects of grand, heavily fortified edifices, which other folk dwell in for a price. The cultural notes in chapter 1 are the standard D&D depiction of these creatures, but by no means do they define them
guise. A creative tie between a monstrous character and the rest of the party helps make for a memorable campaign. The Monstrous Origin table gives a number of ideas for adding a monstrous character
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer
didn’t want someone else to have it? Theft Details Define the particulars of the party’s theft, either by having the players craft their own or by rolling on the Theft Details table. Theft Details d6
Gate. With the bank’s reputation at stake, you know the Honorable Order of Moneylenders won’t rest until the money is returned to its rightful owners and the thieves are brought to justice. 3
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
might hail from any corner of Krynn. Below are just a few of the distinct human nations of Ansalon. You might be a member of any of these societies, or you can choose another home to define as you
seaport without a sea. In the dry harbor, decrepit remnants of the city’s famed ships list on waves of sand. The rest of the city clings to life as a trade hub for small communities and itinerant bands
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer
Details Opportunities to subvert minds and deeds exist throughout Baldur’s Gate. When an opportunity presented itself, the characters seized on one in particular. Define the particulars of their
Survivor. You should have fallen with the rest of your group, but fate interceded. Now you’re a loose end. 3 Partner. You knew little of the conspiracy, but your partner, family member, or associate
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
Details Opportunities to subvert minds and deeds exist throughout Baldur’s Gate. When an opportunity presented itself, the characters seized on one in particular. Define the particulars of their
heeded, following you to their end.
2 Survivor. You should have fallen with the rest of your group, but fate interceded. Now you’re a loose end.
3 Partner. You knew little of the conspiracy
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
retain the tale in mind until you bestow the tale’s effect or you finish a short or long rest. You can use an action to choose one creature you can see within 30 feet of you (this can be you) to be the
short or long rest) using your Spiritual Focus. You can conduct the ritual with a number of willing creatures equal to your proficiency bonus (including yourself). At the end of the ritual, you
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
school can help define your role in the business, as well as your fellow franchise members’ expectations for you. Abjuration Protective magic is often underappreciated by the members of the lesser
reserve some spell slots before the rest of the party has been made sufficiently invulnerable? Hey, that’s what potions are for. Conjuration The ability to make something from nothing is the greatest
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
-attitude or mannerisms, or the influence of his or her ability scores. A useful place to start thinking about personality traits is to look at your highest and lowest ability scores and define one trait
antihero, driven by his rivalry with Drizzt. His bond might be phrased as “I will not rest until I have proved myself better than Drizzt Do’Urden.”
Each of these characters also has an important
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
, evil, or neutral), and the other describes attitudes toward society and order (lawful, chaotic, or neutral). Thus, nine distinct alignments define the possible combinations. These brief summaries of the
lowest ability scores and define one trait related to each. Either one could be positive or negative: you might work hard to overcome a low score, for example, or be cocky about your high score.
Ideals
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
to remain here. They yearn for the afterlife, but the oath they swore to Zariel binds them to her service. They beg the characters to help them find rest. If the characters promise to help the ghosts
achieve their final rest, the ghosts provide the following additional information: Olanthius despises Zariel but is supernaturally bound to her service. The ghosts suggest there is still good in him
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
wants to pause play to find a specific rule or reference, you can invite the player to search for it while you and the rest of the players continue the game. That player’s character essentially steps
Ready action facilitates heroic action; it doesn’t define the physical limitations of what can happen in a 6-second combat round. The Game Is Not an Economy. The rules of the game aren’t intended to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
invite the player to search for it while you and the rest of the players continue the game. That player’s character essentially steps out of the game for as long as it takes. Monsters don’t attack the
light speed by all using the Ready action to pass the spear to the next person in line. The Ready action facilitates heroic action; it doesn’t define the physical limitations of what can happen in a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
replica tridrones and one replica quadrone, whose task is to bring a modron charging station — the two metallic walls — back online. These replica modrons look exactly like their true modron
charging station regains 5 hit points if it has at least 1 hit point. A replica modron standing within 5 feet of either of the charging station’s walls has advantage on attack rolls. Any other creature
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
profitable ventures. The proprietor, a retired sellsword who goes by the name Scramsax (N male Illuskan human veteran), takes advantage of the high hopes and good fortunes of his customers by charging
“no money” for an answer, and he still remembers how to handle a blade. B14. Geldenstag’s Rest One of the oldest inns in town, Geldenstag’s Rest is run by Myrtle (LN female Illuskan human noncombatant