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Spells
Player’s Handbook
its trigger and choose whether it’s an explosive rune or a spell glyph, as explained below.
Set the Trigger. You decide what triggers the glyph when you cast the spell. For glyphs inscribed on
glyph erupts with magical energy in a 20-foot-radius Sphere centered on the glyph. Each creature in the area makes a Dexterity saving throw. A creature takes 5d8 Acid, Cold, Fire, Lightning, or
Magic Items
Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn
Cone. When you do, choose Acid, Cold, Fire, Lightning, or Poison. Each creature in the Cone makes a DC 18 Dexterity saving throw, taking 6d6;{"diceNotation":"6d6", "rollType":"roll", "rollAction
DM’s control. The type of chromatic dragon depends on your alignment and personality and is left to the DM to decide. The transformation is permanent, but if the dragon is slain, its body
Lizardfolk
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Species
Volo's Guide to Monsters
. For example, humans confronted by an angry troll experience fear on a basic level. Their limbs shake, their thinking becomes panicked and jumbled, and they react by instinct. The emotion of fear takes
’t scared of a troll; instead, they understand that a troll is a fearsome, dangerous creature and react accordingly.
Lizardfolk never become angry in the way others do, but they act with
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 14 (4d6);{"diceNotation":"4d6", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Chilling Grasp", "rollDamageType":"cold"} cold damage, and the alhoon regains 14 hit points.
Arcane
a highly intelligent mind. Most mind flayers who find a spellbook react with abhorrence or indifference, but for some, a spellbook is a gateway to a new way of thinking.
For a time, the study of
Species
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
forge, the cold of high mountain air, the spark of inspiration, and the scouring touch of acid that purifies.
Creating Your Character
When you create your D&D character, you decide whether your
scores to increase. You’re free to follow those suggestions or to ignore them. Whichever scores you decide to increase, none of the scores can be raised above 20.
Languages
Your character can
Glyph of Warding
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Spells
Basic Rules (2014)
spell save DC to be found.
You decide what triggers the glyph when you cast the spell. For glyphs inscribed on a surface, the most typical triggers include touching or standing on the glyph, removing
creature in the area must make a Dexterity saving throw. A creature takes 5d8 acid, cold, fire, lightning, or thunder damage on a failed saving throw (your choice when you create the glyph), or half as
Backgrounds
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
Members of the Azorius Senate tend toward a demeanor of cold dignity and a pragmatic, orderly nature. Steeped in the law as they are, their ideals and priorities revolve around legal issues.
Personality
complimented me on my work.
Non-Azorius Contacts
d10
Contact
1
Roll an additional Azorius contact; you can decide if the contact is an ally or a rival.
2
The person who
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
Manes Manes lash out at creatures that appear weaker than themselves—or that react to them with fear—and strive to avoid more powerful demons. When manes escape from the Abyss, they go on reckless
Dex 9 −1 −1
Con 13 +1 +1
Ability Score Mod Save
Int 3 −4 −4
Wis 8 −1 −1
Cha 4 −3 −3
Resistances Cold, Fire, Lightning
Immunities Poison; Charmed
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
Cold and Calculating Most humanoids describe cold-blooded people as lacking in emotion and empathy. The same label serves as an apt depiction of lizardfolk. Lacking any internal emotional reactions
, lizardfolk behave in a distant manner. They don’t mourn fallen comrades or rage against their enemies. They simply observe and react as a situation warrants. Lizardfolk lack meaningful emotional ties
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Paladin class description in the Player’s Handbook offers some suggestions for how a player might roleplay a situation where their Paladin has broken their oath. You can also decide how NPCs react to a character whose behavior doesn’t square with the ideals implied by the Holy Symbol the character wears.
compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->One-Shot Wonders: Holiday Adventure Pack
decide whether to press on and take damage, or take cover and lose 30 minutes. The party cross a frozen lake, which breaks as they drive. If they fall overboard as the sleigh lurches, they take cold damage and lose 30 minutes.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
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
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
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
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
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
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
characters must decide where to disembark and how best to approach the fortress itself. If the lizardfolk are present, they recommend a daylight landing at the river mouth. In any event, the keelboat will not
’ efforts to move past areas filled with sahuagin undetected, but do not hesitate to have the sahuagin react if the characters behave carelessly.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
Chapter 2: Rumblings A settlement in the north comes under giant attack. You decide which location to use: the walled town of Bryn Shander in the cold heart of Icewind Dale; Goldenfields, a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm Lord’s Wrath
A Decision At some point, the characters must decide which vessel and captain they prefer. The town covers the cost of passage there and back for the characters, and both captains ask the same fare
replace fire with cold in attacks and resistances) can summon a pair of air elementals that serve him on behalf of Talos, which appear at the end of the first round of combat.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
, did it fall into ruin, or are there progenitor dwarves who possess spells and weapons beyond anything known in Khorvaire? And how would these ancient dwarf lords react to their Mror descendants
-sided dice carved from ice that doesn’t melt 4 A swatch of silvery fur that’s cold to the touch, possibly from a winter wolf 5 A snowball; it doesn’t melt and can’t be compressed into ice 6 A tiny white
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
Areas of Effect Spells such as burning hands and cone of cold cover an area, allowing them to affect multiple creatures at once. A spell's description specifies its area of effect, which typically
point's distance from the point of origin. A cone's area of effect specifies its maximum length. A cone's point of origin is not included in the cone's area of effect, unless you decide otherwise. Cube
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
imagination. It’s about picturing the towering castle beneath the stormy night sky and imagining how a fantasy adventurer might react to the challenges that scene presents. Dungeon Master (DM
storyteller and referee. The DM creates adventures for the characters, who navigate its hazards and decide which paths to explore. The DM might describe the entrance to Castle Ravenloft, and the players decide
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
imagination. It’s about picturing the towering castle beneath the stormy night sky and imagining how a fantasy adventurer might react to the challenges that scene presents. Dungeon Master (DM): After
and referee. The DM creates adventures for the characters, who navigate its hazards and decide which paths to explore. The DM might describe the entrance to Castle Ravenloft, and the players decide what
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
courage not as the absence of fear but as the process of overcoming it. How might your character react in surprise before they rally to overcome the terror they face? Do they scream, flee, or freeze? Or
hail from another D&D setting, a place of your own design, or a more mysterious homeland?
If you decide your character calls some corner of Ravenloft home, ask your DM which domains they could
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
Cold Open Before beginning the adventure, give your players a chance to decide how their characters wound up in Icewind Dale, what their relationships are to one another, and what circumstances
, not even in what should be the height of summer. In this frozen tundra, darkness and bitter cold reign as king and queen. Most dale residents blame Auril the Frostmaiden, the god of winter’s wrath. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
adventurers is Friendly, Indifferent, or Hostile. In an encounter you’ve created, you can decide that starting attitude, or you can randomly determine it using the Initial Attitude table. Initial
“Nonplayer Characters” section of chapter 3 to flesh out the details of that individual’s personality and aims. For a group of nameless monsters, you can decide on a personality based on the monsters
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
. line (Dex. save) Copper Acid 5 by 30 ft. line (Dex. save) Gold Fire 15 ft. cone (Dex. save) Green Poison 15 ft. cone (Con. save) Red Fire 15 ft. cone (Dex. save) Silver Cold 15 ft. cone (Con. save
) White Cold 15 ft. cone (Con. save) Draconic Ancestry. You have draconic ancestry. Choose one type of dragon from the Draconic Ancestry table. Your breath weapon and damage resistance are determined by
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
giants, you might decide to tweak this rule. Consider these two options: Everything Fits. Perhaps the ancient giants of your world lived among creatures of varying statures, and as such, they took great
can decide whether characters find giant-sized items they need to resize (one way or another) or they find items that were made by giants for smaller allies—or made by smaller creatures using giants
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
Areas of Effect Left to Right: Line, Cone, Cube, Sphere, Cylinder
*Point of Origin Spells such as burning hands and cone of cold cover an area, allowing them to affect multiple creatures at once
point of origin is not included in the cone’s area of effect, unless you decide otherwise. Cube You select a cube’s point of origin, which lies anywhere on a face of the cubic effect. The cube’s size
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
to escape. Politely demand players react quickly: “There’s no time to debate—what do you do?” Parallel Scenes Occasionally encourage players to split the party. When characters are separated, cut
resolution. Give characters things to tell one another when they meet again. Players can then decide whether or not their characters trust such reports. Reliability and Trust Reliability and trust are
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
information because of the adventure hooks in chapter 1. Key clues from these hooks include the following: Best Served Cold: The character hears from tavern patrons in Red Larch that a band of
Spire if the characters ask about the place. It’s a well-known site. It’s fine if the characters decide to follow up on one of these leads instead of investigating the missing delegation.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
the horn (area 2C) while the other giants keep fighting. If the characters react quickly enough, they can prevent her from reaching the horn. If they keep the giant from sounding the horn, the other
, shedding cold blue light. Mounted on the walls of the lodge are the severed heads of polar bears, giant walruses, young white dragons, and remorhazes. A long wooden table and four smaller round tables
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
decide that your vampire villain murders several knights. By slipping past locked doors in gaseous form, the vampire is able to make the deaths appear natural at first, but it soon becomes clear that a
table, indicating that the party’s goal is to secure aid from a ruler or council. You decide to connect that to the leadership of the order targeted by your vampire villain. Maybe the order’s leaders
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
Getting the Quest To begin this quest, read the following boxed text to the players: Just another gruesome day in Ten-Towns: howling wind, bitter cold, foul tempers, and snowdrifts big enough to bury
Dale?” Now the question is, “Will I be the killer’s next victim?” Nothing breeds fear and paranoia like a murderer with no face.
Three cold-blooded murders have been committed in the past month: a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
threatened, the ceremorphs react with deadly intent; otherwise, they shun combat. Roleplaying the Gnome Squidlings The gnome squidlings have a blind hunger for brains that often overrides their common sense
perfected yet, such that nontelepathic creatures have been known to pick up the signal as well. You get to decide whether a nontelepathic creature can sense the signal or not. The psionic transmitter
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
, the illithid perceives the workings of a highly intelligent mind. Most mind flayers who find a spellbook react with abhorrence or indifference, but for some, a spellbook is a gateway to a new way of
are easily missed by someone who hasn’t seen a mind flayer. However, in short order, an alhoon’s flesh withers away and its empty eye sockets gleam with cold pinpricks of light like those of other
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
the Material Plane. As a follower of the Way of the Ascendant Dragon, you decide how you unlocked the power of dragons within yourself. The Ascendant Dragon Origin table offers a number of
long rest. Draconic Strike. When you damage a target with an unarmed strike, you can change the damage type to acid, cold, fire, lightning, or poison. Tongue of Dragons. You learn to speak, read, and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
if they remain undamaged, the characters could use them for transport when they decide to leave this place behind. Pond Mother’s Home The religious center of the village, this enormous building made
reason other than cruelty. All six yuan-ti are languishing on the ground between the pools and don’t react until at least one of them becomes aware of the characters. If one of the malisons remains