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observations, like a verbal notebook with unlimited space. The whisper jar records as fast as a creature can speak into it, and whispers back words at the same pace they were recorded. Activating the
The entire family tree of every royal line, extant or lost, in Faerûn
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Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon of Icespire Peak
3rd level, but lower-level characters can survive if they’re cautious and rest often. Before running this location, review the underwater combat rules in the Basic Rules.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
Volo’s Waterdeep Enchiridion The special chapter of this book titled “Volo’s Waterdeep Enchiridion” is a tour of the City of Splendors. If you’re unfamiliar with Waterdeep, review this section before
running the adventure. You can also share this section with players whose characters would know general information about the city.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
Running This Chapter Be sure to review the “Auril the Frostmaiden” section in appendix C before running this chapter, since Auril is no ordinary villain. The characters can locate and obtain both The
Codicil of White and Vellynne Harpell’s stolen professor orb without confronting the Frostmaiden. But if the characters want to end the Everlasting Rime right here, right now, they can do so by
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
Chapter 2: Philosophers with Clubs The characters emerge from the Mortuary and find all of Sigil before them. Before running this part of the adventure, review Sigil and the Outlands. Use this
chapter to familiarize characters with Sigil and get a taste for what it has to offer. After meeting the tout Parisa, the characters can explore as they please. When you’re ready for the adventure to proceed, run the “Harmonium Officers” encounter.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Preparation Time The following guidelines can help you prepare for a session of play using a published adventure. One-Hour Preparation If you spend one hour each week preparing for your game, follow
. Gather any maps you’ll need for the definite and possible encounters, then focus the remainder of your prep time on the definite encounters, as outlined below. For combat encounters, review the monsters
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
Preparation Time The following guidelines can help you prepare for a session of play using a published adventure. One-Hour Preparation If you spend one hour each week preparing for your game, follow
. Gather any maps you’ll need for the definite and possible encounters, then focus the remainder of your prep time on the definite encounters, as outlined below. For combat encounters, review the monsters
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
can easily reach the town’s gate and update the Mosaic Mimir. In the process of doing so, they discover that while Excelsior strives to be an idyllic paradise, the gate-town has its problems. Excelsior
is detailed in chapter 3 of Sigil and the Outlands. Review the town’s description prior to running this chapter. Jabari Weathers A mysterious criminal uses sinister magic to capture souls in Excelsior
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
either location. Also review the “Goliaths” entry in appendix C, in particular the “Spine of the World Goliaths” section. There is also a list of goliath names you can draw from, as needed. Characters
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
monsters on this level should gain enough XP to advance halfway to 15th level. Before running this level of Undermountain, you should review the “Gith” entry in the Monster Manual, because it contains
information that will help you roleplay githyanki effectively. Additional information about githyanki society can be found in Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes, although that resource is not required to run the Crystal Labyrinth.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes of the Borderlands
Getting Started The Wilderness Map displays all the regions characters can visit in this section of the adventure. The player version of this map doesn't reveal the contents of each wilderness region
. Once the player characters choose a region, go to that region and review its "What You Need to Play" section. Wilderness Regions Region Description 1: Trail Friendly travelers and no-good
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
either location. Also review the “Goliaths” entry in appendix C, in particular the “Spine of the World Goliaths” section. There is also a list of goliath names you can draw from, as needed. Wyrmdoom Crag
mission.) The Wyrmdoom goliaths are willing to share their dwelling with travelers and guests, but they hold a strong dislike for the goliaths of Skytower Shelter. The characters can learn the cause of that resentment by speaking to Ogolai, chieftain of the Thuunlakalaga clan.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
Running This Chapter Review the chardalyn dragon’s stat block and description in appendix C before running this chapter of the adventure. Stopping the dragon will be a daunting task for the
characters can intervene by successfully predicting where the dragon will strike next and confronting it. The “Return to Ten-Towns” section provides characters with a much-needed ally and a swift
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
wizard’s shield guardian not only survived but also dug its way out, creating a tunnel that others can use to reach the spire’s interior. Until recently, the mouth of this tunnel was buried under ice
their mountain fort (see “Karkolohk”). The characters can learn about the spire in Ten-Towns (see “Tall Tales in Ten-Towns”), or they might stumble upon it accidentally while hunting (see “Hunt for the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
Talentan Characters Review the halfling section in chapter 3 for quirks and other things relevant to characters from the Plains. Also consider the following. Wild Warriors and Tricksters. You were
particular face to the spirit world. Dinosaurs. Talenta halflings have a close bond to their dinosaur companions. You can find additional information on this—and statistics for a clawfoot raptor—in chapter 3.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer
the Player’s Handbook. This material is meant to be a tool for you, the DM. Once players have decided on their characters’ backgrounds, review the material here. Some backgrounds have at least one new
scars. These additional features are referred to as “Baldur’s Gate features.” While a character’s background features are broadly useful, the effects of a Baldur’s Gate feature can be used only while
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes of the Borderlands
Getting Started The Keep on the Borderlands Map displays all the locations characters can visit in the keep. Share this map with your players. To begin, read the following boxed text aloud: You
they arrive at the keep, the characters must proceed to the outer gatehouse (detailed later in this chapter), which functions as a tutorial with helpful sidebars. You can skip this location for
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Boundaries Review your takeaways from the content surveys. Then, informed by players’ survey responses, present your list of content the game will not feature. These are your game’s boundaries and will not
any additions to you, privately or in the moment, so you can add them to the list. When this happens, don’t refer to past survey data, defend past choices, or ask players to explain their boundaries
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
the Player’s Handbook. This material is meant to be a tool for you, the DM. Once players have decided on their characters’ backgrounds, review the material here. Some backgrounds have at least one new
scars. These additional features are referred to as “Baldur’s Gate features.” While a character’s background features are broadly useful, the effects of a Baldur’s Gate feature can be used only while
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
Character Incarnations In this adventure, each character has not just a single form, but three incarnations. These incarnations share the same level and advance at the same time, but they can
review their answers to the questions from the previous section and consider how different choices might have led their character down different paths. CoupleOfKooks “Sometimes infinity gets it wrong
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Intro to Stormwreck Isle
toward you.
The three shambling sailors are zombies, the animated corpses of sailors who died in a recent shipwreck. The characters face a choice: they can turn and fight the zombies, or they can
: Review the zombie stat block below. Use the initiative rules to determine who acts first, second, third, and so on. Keep track of everyone’s initiative count on your notepad. On the zombies’ initiative
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
DC 10 Constitution saving throw or gain 1 level of exhaustion. A creature that has a swimming speed can swim all day without penalty and uses the normal forced march rules in the Player’s Handbook. The
, review the rules for underwater combat in the Player’s Handbook. Death Helms a Ghost Ship After the party descends approximately 3,000 feet, the character who has the highest passive Wisdom (Perception
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragons of Stormwreck Isle
toward you.
The three shambling sailors are zombies, the animated corpses of sailors who died in a recent shipwreck. The characters face a choice: they can turn and fight the zombies, or they can
: Review the zombie stat block in appendix B. Use the initiative rules to determine who acts first, second, third, and so on. Keep track of everyone’s initiative count on your notepad. On the zombies
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
to your character, each of you has received a special nonplayer character with ties to the location where the adventure begins. Take a moment to review your NPC’s personality traits and statistics
encourage players to roleplay these traits accurately, players can portray the NPCs as they choose. Rather than have each player roll initiative for a special NPC, assume that the NPC acts on the same
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
fortress, see “Entering the Fort” below. First, however, review the following summary of how to run this scene to maximum effect. Running the Fort In this part of the adventure, the characters must
. As long as the characters still have a path forward, a spectacular failure can be just as memorable as success. The following sections detail the important NPCs and creatures within Fort Knucklebone
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver
you are using the “Meet Me in Phandalin” adventure hook, then any character who approaches to make a closer investigation can identify the horses as belonging to Gundren Rockseeker and Sildar
encounters in the adventure. Here are the steps you should follow to run it effectively: Review the goblin stat block in appendix B. Since the goblins are hiding, you’ll need to know their Stealth skill
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
space you’ll be playing in, review any accessibility needs communicated in the content survey. Accommodate what you can; communicate what you can’t as early as possible. Enlist players for help
Horror Atmosphere Atmosphere is the overall mood of your game. It’s the sense of levity, excitement, or dread that stems from a story’s content and players’ perception of it. Atmosphere can be
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer Academy
, contact me and let me know, then await further instructions.”
Tarto tosses you a satchel. “This here is a bag of holding. You can use it to contain the meteorite. The impact site is nearby. If the
down the rope ladder and exit the tyrant ship, they can see their surroundings more clearly: they are standing on the rocky shore of the Spindle, a mountain bigger than any they’ve seen before. The sun
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
to her immediately. Duvessa and Markham know of no such person, and no such person steps forward. Drufi carries a horn made from a mammoth’s tusk and can blow it as an action. The horn can be heard
can either confront the giants and the winter wolves that are breaking through the southwest gate or deal with the rock-hurling giants as they see fit. Once the characters choose their enemies, assume
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
Diancastra to review this text, and her notes appear throughout the book where her perspective can enlarge upon my own. I trust that her insight and my erudition will expand your horizons as she has broadened mine.
—Bigby
Robson Michel
ideas about giants’ organizations and societies. Chapter 3 presents tools to help Dungeon Masters build encounters, adventures, and whole campaigns around giants. The chapter includes tables you can
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
records all lore relevant to its operation, including tracking the economic, technical, and arcane methods by which the franchise can be improved. A loremonger records the deeds and history of the franchise
information Position Proficiency: In addition to the proficiencies noted below, you can add your proficiency bonus to an ability check to analyze the operation of a franchise, assess historical records, or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
features near their lairs. Similar effects include the following examples: Death Warning. The dragon is instantly aware of the death of any creature within 1 mile of its lair and can review the last
influence can manifest. You can add regional effects to make a particular dragon’s lair feel unique and wondrous. Adding regional effects to a dragon’s lair has no effect on the dragon’s challenge rating
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
initial volley of boulders. Their job is to distract the town’s defenders and engage enemy archers in melee combat. The axe beaks act on the orcs’ initiative count. Rules for mounted combat can be found
players run their NPCs during the battle is up to them, but encourage the players to review their NPCs’ ideals, bonds, and flaws. For more information on how to use and run these NPCs, see the “Special
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Borderlands Quest: Goblin Trouble
for your players to claim on D&D Beyond. The Characters
The characters are heroes that the players use to interact with the world and story the DM presents. Let the players review these characters
, then introduce themselves. This can be a good icebreaker, but sometimes newer players aren’t comfortable doing that and would just like to jump into gameplay. For a shortened introduction, you can have
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
objectives is to get an agent into the place that can start sending copies of that information back to the Xanathar for review. The Xanathar’s ultimate goal is to control the entire region under
can keep an eye on threats from within that group. Like all beholders, the Xanathar craves information. It is aware of the great library at Candlekeep and the lore stored there, and one of its main