both both dance continues right

Satyr Legacy

Species Mythic Odysseys of Theros

burdened with the plague of seriousness. Satyrs scoff at the efforts of polis-builders with their laws and right angles, and they poke fun at philosophers with their endless theories and interminable

jolly dance. 4 Sometimes talking to a plant really helps. 5 If stumped, I smoke a pipe. And if I’m going to smoke a pipe, it’s going to be a splendid pipe. 6 I imagine

Topaz Dragon Wyrmling

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

my territory has forfeited its right to be upset by anything I do to it. (Evil) 5 Wonder. Though I don’t wish to spend time in it, my soul sings at the sight of the vast beauty of the

Creatures 1 Moved by pity, a giant eagle continues bringing food to an abandoned topaz dragon wyrmling, despite the wyrmling’s attempts to eat the eagle. 2 A pseudodragon who is

Orc Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

Lord Dagult Neverember once told me, during a drunken tirade, that orcs are fearful of their gods, and, if one plays one’s cards right, they can be controlled through that fear and made to

dance to any tune. — Volo To feel the thunder of orcish war drums outside the gate and to hear a chorus of voices growling, “Gruumsh!” is the nightmare of every civilized place in

Passages

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

., comes to a dead end; 10 percent chance of a secret door 11–12 Continue straight 20 ft., then the passage turns left and continues 10 ft. 13–14 Continue straight 20 ft., then the passage turns right and

straight 20 ft., door to the right, then an additional 10 ft. ahead 4 Continue straight 20 ft., door to the left, then an additional 10 ft. ahead 5 Continue straight 20 ft.; passage ends in a door 6–7

H2. Worm Rubble

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries

continues on the other side, but one must make the climb with care or risk causing the rubble to shift and alert the worm (see below). Removing enough debris to allow a Small or Medium humanoid to

, the rubble counts as difficult terrain. Purple Worm Attack Whenever the time is right (and it’s never not right), a purple worm erupts from the earth and attacks the party. This can happen anywhere in the caves at any time.

Orcs: The Godsworn

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters

are fearful of their gods, and, if one plays one’s cards right, they can be controlled through that fear and made to dance to any tune. — Volo

Prismari Student

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos

Prismari Student You are an artist, and you have been preparing to hone your craft according to the traditions of Prismari College. Whatever your medium—sculpture, dance, paint, music, drama

5th Cone of Cold, Conjure Elemental Consider customizing how your spells look when you cast them. You might wield your Prismari spells with dynamic, gestural movement—as much dance as somatic

Rival Princes

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel

speaks, while the Anisan city folk shout agreement when Simbon speaks. As the debate continues, a muscular dwarf miner carrying a polished copper pick approaches the characters. This is Uzoma, the

possible honor and strives daily to be worthy as she labors alongside her fellow miners. Determined to do right by them, Uzoma doesn’t hesitate to challenge orders she deems unfair—even if those orders

Asteroid Ahead!

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer Academy

uneventful days, except for the revelation that Saerthe is an excellent dragonchess player. Tarto continues your training to keep your edge and stave off boredom. You’ve now memorized each card in the

remarks, “I’m sure I’m right but go get a visual to confirm.” Tarto hands you back the sending stone. “Just in case. Now go stretch them legs.” The characters need to head down to the Hollow Deck of

Inner Planes

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

—form a ring around the Material Plane. The border regions between these planes are sometimes described as distinct planes in their own right: the Para-elemental Planes. These realms exemplify the

, transformation, and destruction. Even objects of solid brass or basalt seem to dance with flame in a manifestation of the vibrancy of fire’s dominion. At their innermost edges, where they are

Way of the Drunken Master

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

present what seems like an incompetent combatant who proves frustrating to engage. The drunken master’s erratic stumbles conceal a carefully executed dance of blocks, parries, advances, attacks, and

within 5 feet of you. Drunkard’s Luck Starting at 11th level, you always seem to get a lucky bounce at the right moment. When you make an ability check, an attack roll, or a saving throw and have

Kobold Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

crawl to make progress. In places where a tunnel opens into a chasm and continues on the other side, the kobolds might connect the two passages with a rope bridge or some other rickety structure

populated areas, practice cannibalism, believing it is foolish to waste good meat. In any case, kobolds that eat humanoids don’t simply start consuming corpses or prisoners right after a battle

Celebrations in Sylvania

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel

section. Use the events you think the characters will enjoy, in any order. Dryad Dance In a clearing lit by energetic fireflies, a group of ten dryads sings and dances. The group welcomes anyone who comes

empyrean safe, perhaps by maneuvering her around the dance floor with a successful DC 14 (Acrobatics or Sleight of Hand) check. If the characters fail at helping Kopoha dance safely, she accidentally knocks

Plot Points

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

right must add a complication to the scene. For example, if the player who spends the plot point decides that her character has found a secret door, the player to the right might state that opening the

can spend a plot point to become the DM. That player’s character becomes an NPC, and play continues. It’s probably not a good idea to swap roles in the middle of combat, but it can happen if your group

Vidorant's Offer

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault

a moment, perhaps I can make you a better offer?” If the characters refuse to hear her deal, Vidorant attacks them. If they agree to listen to her deal, she continues speaking: “I could try to

famous thief. Goldenbeard is planning to take the diadem for himself, right? He’s still mad about our heist all those years ago. But this ring you can keep. Tell whatever story you like about where

Chapter 1: Playing the Game

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook

under our weight? Jared: All right, one at a time. Phillip, Gareth’s looking at the gargoyles? Phillip: Yeah. Is there any hint they might be creatures and not just decorations? Jared: Make an

drawbridge? The adventure continues from there, relying on the DM’s descriptions to set the scenes. Later in the chapter, other examples of play focus on certain aspects of D&D play: social

Karametra's Villains

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros

moral failures. Karametra’s followers can easily tip from valuing bounty to indulging in greed. Those who provide for others might come to believe it gives them a right to control them. When followers

’ wrath. 4 The head of a prominent family (noble) continues to exert abusive control over their adult children, citing their role as matriarch or patriarch to justify it. 5 A local leader

Twenty-Two Riddles

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things

, you huddle by my side. I destroy, I dance; I forge swords, I eat plants. Click to see the answer! Flames I have teeth yet cannot bite. I have no blade, yet I’m worth more to most adventurers than any

leave every night. Though you can’t look right at me, I’m a welcome sight. Click to see the answer! Sun A glowing eye that blinks all month, a wandering light to guide the wolf’s hunt. Click to see

V2. Tower Door

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd

around it. Carved into the lintel above the door is a word: Khazan. Show the players the door symbol to the right. The door is magically locked and trapped, and the symbol on the door is the key to

proper sequence, the trap is disabled and the door swings open on rusty hinges for 10 minutes. The lines of the symbol on the door reveal the proper sequence. The dance can be performed in one of two ways

Bronze Dragon Lairs

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

a steep set of stairs at the bottom right of the map lies a dry chamber that serves as barracks for guests and a library for documents too fragile to survive in damp conditions. Island Larder. Another

elevated chamber carved into the cliffs of a small island abutting the beach (in the center right of the map) serves as a larder in case of a siege. It also houses a clever series of mirrors arranged

Trades Ward

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

vying for the attention of the eye. Glove shops, shoe shops, jewelry stores, perfumeries, flower shops, cake shops, taverns, cafés, tea shops, inns, row houses, boarding schools, offices, dance

, such that Azuth, god of wizards, was forced to appear and set things right. He is said to have stitched reality and the Weave back together, but a wrinkle in the fabric remains. To this day, magic

Hopeless

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands

“Let me guess. You’re going to dance? Splendid. Be careful not to slip on the ashes. I’ve never cared for slapstick comedy.” –High Cardinal Thingol Noteworthy Sites Arranged in a dizzying spiral

showy outfit and song. In undeath, he continues to rebel, hoping to overthrow the High Cardinal and her entourage of eleven-eyed tyrants. On the first floor, Roric’s skeleton crew serves unappetizing

Mysterious Visitors

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd

see a dozen men and women gathered around a crackling bonfire. The folk are in good spirits. A few of them sing and dance around the fire while others find happiness in their flasks and wineskins. Three

gather around the fire and hear his tale: Stanimir fills his mouth with wine, then spits into the fire. The flames turn from orange to green. As they dance and sway, a dark shape appears in the

Green Dragon Lairs

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

which the banyan tree grew is now dead and has rotted away, leaving a large columnar shaft within the trunk of the banyan that the dragon has expanded into a subterranean lair. The banyan continues to

. This means a creature that falls to the bottom must find a way to ascend at least as far as the lowest tunnel. Hoard Chamber. All three passages eventually converge in the large chamber at the right

Life in Godsbreath

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel

. The Meet continues until all items are resolved or half the participants leave. Crime in Godsbreath is rare, and justice in this land focuses on making the wronged party whole. Decisions on how to

the most severe wrongs, offenders are banished to uninhabited islands, though they retain the right to travel to the Meet each year to seek reconciliation with the larger community. The Gods’ Tale The

Using Miniatures

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

hexagons (often called hexes), which combines the easy counting of a grid with the more flexible movement of using no grid. Dungeon corridors with straight walls and right angles don’t map easily onto hexes

squares (3 by 3) 7 hexes Gargantuan 16 squares (4 by 4) or more 12 hexes or more From Left to Right: Tiny, Small or Medium, Large, Huge, Gargantuan Areas of Effect The area of effect of a spell

3. Parade of Fools

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss

. Characters who know anything about myconids know that myconids don’t dance. If Stool is with the party, it points this out. This group is composed of three myconid adults and five myconid sprouts. Stool

standing by itself is named Rumpadump. It sends a subtle warning as a feeling of distress through its own rapport spores in response to Voosbur’s offer, saying that the other myconids aren’t behaving right

Fighter

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

, however, recognizing the effort that goes into doing a job right. Berserkers flailing about the battlefield and challenging all comers have a certain amount of flamboyance, sure. But you can’t spend the

-choreographed dance 2 Ale! And then more ale! 3 Seizing a trophy from a vanquished foe 4 Composing a poem extolling your valiant combat prowess 5 Adding a commemorative square to your

Market Ward

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands

hacking cough, offers the party free samples of her famous mystery meat pies. 4 Clearly troubled, a human commoner in the Free League asks the party which faction, if any, they believe is right about the

immortal merchants make up the bank’s board of directors, who ensure the institution’s reach continues to widen. They seek power through profit, conquering worlds without armies of their own by

Druid

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

the ancient dance of bigger creatures consuming smaller creatures. And let’s face it, those smaller creatures probably had it coming to them. Druids are natural-born leaders. We are beasts of war and

natural world to gain resources and power needs a conservation expert to tell them when they’ve gone too far. After all, only fools would destroy their environment in the name of vast profits. Right

Caer Locations (C20-C24)

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

Caer Locations (C20-C24) C20. Shrine to Levistus Frost covers the floor of this dark, fifteen-foot-square room. To your left and right are narrow tunnels, and across from the entrance stands an eight

plate embedded in the north wall. This lever raises and lowers the blue marble slab that seals off area C23. C23. East Cistern The dark cistern continues for another 40 feet beyond the blue marble

Miniatures

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

while keeping the easy counting of a grid. Dungeon corridors with straight walls and right angles don’t map easily onto hexes, though. Creature Size and Space A creature’s size determines how much space

accuracy, use the following rule: the first diagonal square counts as 5 feet, but the second diagonal square counts as 10 feet. This pattern of 5 feet and then 10 feet continues whenever you’re counting

Mission to Red Larch

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

nearby. Then, of course, there’s the small force of bugbears guarding the pen and the gnolls surrounding the inn. That doesn’t look right at all. The amount of time the characters spend skulking

the absence of any breeze. Purple light continues to seep out through roof tiles, shuttered windows, and the closed front door. Even in daylight, the building is shrouded by shadows, as if every part

8. Crevasse

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver

8. Crevasse The characters arrive here by one of three routes: the tunnel from area 1, the storeroom at area 7, or the rough-hewn passage to the south, which continues off the map for about one

using telepathy. If detected, it prefers to negotiate and isn’t above betraying the Redbrands for the right incentive, such as the promise of food. When roleplaying the nothic, consider speaking in

Bronze Dragon Adventures

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

dragon wyrmling from sacrifice at the hands of a cult, and the two now travel together in search of wrongs to right. 3 A bronze dragon wyrmling’s murdered tutor rose as a revenant, and the dragon

reluctantly continues to protect the vampire, all the while searching for a way to reverse the transformation. 5 An adult bronze dragon sends regular tributes of treasure to an adult topaz dragon

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