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The Book of Many Things
You were living a difficult life before your destiny suddenly changed through a miraculous turn of good fortune. Perhaps a benevolent deity gave you precisely what you most desired. You might have
family debts with a fortuitous round of three-dragon ante, you might be Lucky instead. Alternatively, you could use the Skilled feat to reflect whatever trial you endured to secure your new destiny and to model the knowledge and abilities imparted to you by whatever force transformed your life.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
8 miles per hour (80 feet per round) in a direction of the creature’s choice. The iceberg continues this movement until the attuned creature changes the direction and speed or the creature’s
attunement ends. Planar Tunnels. A creature attuned to the shard can navigate the tunnels within the iceberg to reach any desired destination in 1 hour without making an ability check. The creature is also
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
mechanical body. The brains share insights and knowledge with one another, and have typically been taken from creatures that desired to prolong their consciousness—or that were tasked with controlling a
construct for all time as punishment. A brain in iron uses the brain in a jar stat block with the following changes: It is lawful neutral. It has the construct type. Its size is Large. It has Armor Class
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
your move, you can mount a creature that is within 5 feet of you or dismount. Doing so costs an amount of movement equal to half your Speed (round down). For example, if your Speed is 30 feet, you spend
. The Initiative of a controlled mount changes to match yours when you mount it. It moves on your turn as you direct it, and it has only three action options during that turn: Dash, Disengage, and Dodge
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
desired direction of travel. Limbo conforms to the will of the creatures inhabiting it. Very disciplined and powerful minds can create whole islands of their own invention within the plane, sometimes
Medium, and DC 25 for Large or larger. On a success, the creature changes the object into another nonliving form of the same size, such as turning a boulder into a ball of fire. Finally, a creature can use
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
automatically from inside the tunnel.
If the characters watch to see how the battle plays out between the troglodytes and the troll, assume that one troglodyte dies each round, while the troll’s
troll has made a successful saving throw against the stench of the troglodytes. It has the statistics of a normal troll, with these changes: It has 44 hit points when the characters first arrive. It
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
Complications During the raid, any number of complications might arise. As desired, you can roll on the Machine Fight Complications table (see the next page) at the end of each round of combat
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver
shaft, as desired. On a check result of 6–9, the character neither gains nor loses ground; on a result of 5 or less, the character falls and takes 1d6 bludgeoning damage per 10 feet fallen, landing
floor. Each round that any character remains in sight, the wolves attempt a single DC 15 Strength check. On the first success, they loosen the rod and the DC drops to 10. On a second success, they
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
your Speed (round down). For example, if your Speed is 30 feet, you spend 15 feet of movement to mount a horse. Controlling a Mount You can control a mount only if it has been trained to accept a rider
. Domesticated horses, mules, and similar creatures have such training. The Initiative of a controlled mount changes to match yours when you mount it. It moves on your turn as you direct it, and it has
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
—— Defensive ——
——— Offensive ———
CR
Prof.
Bonus
Armor Class
Hit Points
Attack Bonus
Damage/
Round
Save DC
0 +2 = 13 1–6 = +3 0–1 = 13 1/8 +2 13 7–35 +3 2–3 13 1/4
by Challenge Rating table to determine the monster’s Armor Class, hit points, attack bonus, and damage output per round based on the challenge rating you chose in step 1. Step 3. Adjust Statistics
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
noticed or soon after the characters land on the island, three hostile weretigers in hybrid form emerge with longbows drawn. They gauge the party’s intentions for 1 round before attacking. A character
who talks to the weretigers during this round can convince them not to attack by succeeding on a DC 16 Charisma (Intimidation or Persuasion) check. Even if the weretigers do attack, a character who
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
from one plane into the Astral Plane, and there search out a color pool leading to the desired destination. Characters can also use plane shift to reach a different plane more directly. Most often
nondescript door. Beyond the portal lies a small landing with an equally nondescript stairway leading up and down. The Infinite Staircase changes appearance as it climbs and descends, going from simple stairs
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
Tiers of Play With each new level, characters acquire new capabilities that equip them to handle greater challenges. As characters advance in level, the tone of the game also changes, and the stakes
such as Fireball, Lightning Bolt, and Raise Dead. Most weapon-focused classes gain the ability to make multiple attacks in a round. The characters now face dangers that threaten cities and kingdoms
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
-foot-long beard can see through its eyes. 3 A perfectly smooth, round stone the size of a human’s fist. If placed on the ground, it rolls 20 feet per round toward the nearest source of fresh water. 4 A
of every conversation that took place over the course of a year, three years ago, in a nearby village. 10 A small painting that depicts a placid field. Just after midnight each day, the painting changes to depict the following day’s weather.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
Complex Traps A complex trap poses multiple dangers to adventurers. After a complex trap activates, it remains dangerous round after round until the characters avoid it or disable it. Some complex
. Usually, changes involving dramatic elements take effect at the end of each of the trap’s turns or in response to the characters’ actions. Constant Elements. A complex trap poses a threat even when it is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
, so you can use them freely to set the tone you want for your adventure. Terrain Changes Plant growth creates difficult terrain, sinkholes appear, and hedge mazes or icy walls limit movement
traveler’s feet. Wilderness Hazards. Any of the wilderness hazards described in the Dungeon Master’s Guide might manifest near the dragon’s lair. Weather Changes Fog, storms, precipitation, and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
Tiers of Play With each new level, characters acquire new capabilities that equip them to handle greater challenges. As characters advance in level, the tone of the game also changes, and the stakes
such as Fireball, Lightning Bolt, and Raise Dead. Most weapon-focused classes gain the ability to make multiple attacks in a round. The characters now face dangers that threaten cities and kingdoms
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
abilities to assign scores to Strength, Dexterity, Constitution, Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma. Afterward, make any changes to your ability scores as a result of your race choice. After assigning your
divide the result by 2 (round down). Write the modifier next to each of your scores. BUILDING BRUENOR, STEP 3
Bob decides to use the standard set of scores (15, 14, 13, 12, 10, 8) for Bruenor’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a4
halfway through the spinning cylinder and then ignite the slippery oil with a flaming arrow. The oil burns for 2d4 rounds if the fire is not extinguished. On the first round, the burning oil deals 9
Snarla finds herself in a bad situation, she changes into werewolf form and attacks with desperate savagery, giving her advantage on all her attack rolls. If she is captured alive and made to talk, she
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Locathah Rising
desire.
“It has been too long since I’ve had a good conversation. Though your arrival is unexpected, your presence is much desired nonetheless. How can I help you?”
If the characters are peaceful
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When Gar leaves this area, the sea lions attack the characters, and the entire room is flooded with magic that acts like an entangle spell of massive proportions. Each round the characters are in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
the elephant Ophelia addresses hundreds of gathered animals nightly. Characters seeking Ophelia find her here. Ophelia uses the elephant stat block, with the following changes: Ophelia is lawful good
-toothed tiger stat block with the following changes: Ebonclaw is lawful neutral. He has an Intelligence of 12 and a Charisma of 12. He speaks Common. Talking with Ebonclaw Ebonclaw is arrogant and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
amount of damage it deals every round—has a direct bearing on its challenge rating, and vice versa. You can determine a monster’s damage output in one of two ways. Use the Table. You can start with
the monster’s expected challenge rating and use the Monster Statistics by Challenge Rating table to determine how much damage the monster should deal every round. The table presents a range at each
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
challenging: Changes in Elevation. Terrain features that provide a change of elevation (such as stacks of empty crates, ledges, and balconies) reward clever positioning and encourage characters to jump, climb
move around, such as chandeliers, kegs of gunpowder or oil, and rolling stone traps. Combat Encounter Difficulty Use the following guidelines to create a combat encounter of a desired level of difficulty
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
following changes to its stat block: It has 30 hit points. It has disadvantage on attack rolls. Once it’s defeated, the mimic turns back into an ordinary trunk. Ending the Threat If all the characters
fall unconscious during the fight, Professor Mavinda Sharpbeak (neutral good owlin Silverquill professor of radiance; see chapter 7) arrives on the scene at the start of the next round and finishes off
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
creature toward the falls at a speed of 50 feet per round. Bag of Nails Bag of Nails yearns for a hunter’s death. Senility has taken hold, and now he sees all creatures as his prey. When the characters
character crosses the bridge, Bag of Nails opens fire. After each shot, he leaps across the rooftops to a new firing position and tries to hide. Bag of Nails is a tabaxi assassin, with these changes: Bag of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
. Its damage is radiant, and its damage die is a d4. This die changes as you gain monk levels, as shown in the Martial Arts column of the Monk table. When you take the Attack action on your turn and
point you spend increases the spell’s level by 1. The maximum number of ki points (2 plus any additional points) that you can spend on the spell equals half your monk level (round down). Searing
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a7
in 6 rounds, and each round thereafter it will rise higher and encompass one more step. If unchecked, the flow of blood will fill the foyer to the ceiling in 20 rounds. Fire of any sort, magical or
. Polymorph changes the blood into seven wights, which attack immediately. Purify food and drink turns all the blood to poison gas. A character caught in the gas must succeed on a DC 15 Constitution saving
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
: Blood flows from Fazrian’s eyes until initiative count 20 on the next round. No creature within 120 feet of the planetar can regain hit points until the effect ends. Fazrian’s eyes become smoldering
black voids until initiative count 20 on the next round. All other creatures within 120 feet of the planetar have disadvantage on saving throws until the effect ends. Blinding magical light springs from
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
. The whole plane is a nightmarish riot. Limbo has no gravity, so creatures visiting the plane float in place. A creature can move up to its Speed in any direction by merely thinking of the desired
, the creature changes the object into another nonliving form of the same size, such as turning a boulder into a ball of fire. Finally, a creature in Limbo can take a Magic action to make a DC 20
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
Locating Doors Traveling to another plane requires locating a door that corresponds to the desired destination. There’s no reason to the doors’ arrangement, but creatures on the staircase longing for
–30 Gray, unassuming door on a colorless landing Crumbling temple to a forgotten god on the joyless plane of Hades 31–33 Oblong door that changes material at random Adamantine githzerai fortress on
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
better.
10 When the dragon is agitated, the regional effects that alter the terrain around the lair create visible changes around the dragon each round.
11 Factions and grudges within the
directs at least one attack each round at such a character.
4 The dragon tries to drive the characters off by emotionally hurting or humiliating them—threatening something they obviously care about
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
10 feet per round. While the furnace chamber is intact, a fire elemental under the control of another creature can be trapped in the furnace, until it is released as described above. The furnace can
ballista (see the “Siege Equipment” section in chapter 8 of the Dungeon Master’s Guide). Tying a rope to a harpoon, if desired, takes an action. In addition to dealing 16 (3d10) piercing damage on a hit
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
Rewarded You were living a difficult life before your destiny suddenly changed through a miraculous turn of good fortune. Perhaps a benevolent deity gave you precisely what you most desired. You
magical powers represented by Magic Initiate. If you paid off all your family debts with a fortuitous round of three-dragon ante, you might be Lucky instead. Alternatively, you could use the Skilled feat to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
portrait of the creature over a period of 1 hour. At the end of that time, the magic of the portrait alters the creature in the desired manner. The benefits granted by the bargain normally last for a year
in any way they desire. The character retains their ability scores and class features, but changes their racial traits if applicable. Youth. A character who bargains for youth has their age reduced to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
per hour = Speed ÷ 10
Miles per day (Normal pace) = Miles per hour × number of hours traveled (typically 8)
Fast pace = Miles per day × 1⅓ (round down)
Slow pace = Miles per day × 2/3 (round down
moving on. Describe the journey as vividly as you like, but keep momentum by focusing on the most notable details that reinforce the desired mood. Visual aids can help set the scene for the characters






