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Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
’ve changed in significant ways that might overwrite your once physical or magical capabilities. A dragonborn who becomes a dhampir, for instance, loses their connection to their draconic ancestry
subsequent to character creation.
Creating Your Character
At 1st level, you choose whether your character is a member of the human race or of one of the game’s fantastical races. Alternatively, you
Backgrounds
Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
member of your family, by right of birth, or it could have been left to you by a friend, a mentor, a teacher, or someone else important in your life. The revelation of your inheritance changed your life
your adventuring career, you can decide whether to tell your companions about your inheritance right away. Rather than attracting attention to yourself, you might want to keep your inheritance a secret
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
Character Advancement In a shared campaign, characters gain levels not by accumulating experience points but by reaching experience checkpoints. This system rewards every character (and player) for
work. A character played for 10 hours reaches the same number of checkpoints, whether the character went up against a dragon or spent all that time lurking in a pub. This approach ensures that a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
end of the story, they succeed or fail, and the world is shaken again by the way the characters changed it for good or ill. At the beginning of a D&D campaign, world-shaking events create instant
of a campaign, such events serve as excellent climactic episodes with far-reaching effects. They might even occur after the story has ended, as a result of the characters’ actions.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragons of Stormwreck Isle
Running This Chapter Once the characters decide to visit Seagrow Caves, they have two options for reaching the site: By Boat. Dragon’s Rest has a rowboat the characters can take around the western
walking pace. The characters can choose whether they want to walk on the cliffs high above the sea or pick their way among the tide pools at the base of the cliffs. The lower route is available only at low tide (see the Tides table).
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
became the friend and sometimes enemy of other famous adventurers, like Mordenkainen. In time, she ruled as the Witch Queen and later changed her name to Iggwilv—a figure of legend who is whispered
about, feared, and admired. Written for players and Dungeon Masters alike, this book offers options to enhance characters and campaigns in any D&D world, whether you’re adventuring in Greyhawk, another official D&D setting, or a world of your own creation.
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
have changed over time.
Some yuan-ti add more sibilants to their birth names to create an exaggerated hissing sound, based on one’s personal preference and whether an individual’s anatomy
others can be exploited through bribes, favors, or threats.
As creatures devoid of emotion, yuan-ti exhibit behavior and use tactics that exemplify that outlook (or lack of one). Whether in combat
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
evil might be part of a Darklord’s history or allies who join the players’ characters, or might hold the key to righting the Darklord’s wrongs. For each character, consider whether they were important
to the Darklord and how that relationship changed. Irredeemable. Once the Dark Powers take an evil person, that individual’s fate is sealed. Before the final corruption, a person can atone—but only if
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
Yuan-ti Names Yuan-ti names have meanings that have been passed down through the generations, although spellings and inflections have changed over time. Some yuan-ti add more sibilants to their birth
names to create an exaggerated hissing sound, based on one’s personal preference and whether an individual’s anatomy can more easily pronounce the name in this altered form. An adopted name of this
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
beyond, reaching distant Zakhara, Kara-Tur, and even Maztica. His work focused on conjuration and elemental evocation, so he often kept elementals and genies for company. Xonthal prized solitude, so he
been up to in the intervening decades, or whether he’s even still alive. Some think he must have become a lich, while others believe he’s just dead. All that’s certain is that the hedge maze remains a frustrating barrier, and the spells and wards protecting the tower against entry remain as powerful as ever.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Forge of the Artificer
, while others wonder whether the much-vaunted neutrality of House Sivis conceals a far-reaching hidden agenda. Whatever the truth of the house’s ambition, House Sivis remains an invaluable, integral part
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Noncombat Challenges You decide whether to award experience to characters for overcoming challenges outside combat. If the adventurers complete a tense negotiation with a baron, forge a trade
examples:
Accomplishing one in a series of goals necessary to complete the adventure. Discovering a hidden location or piece of information relevant to the adventure. Reaching an important destination
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
beyond, reaching distant Zakhara, Kara-Tur, and even Maztica. His work focused on conjuration and elemental evocation, so he often kept elementals and genies for company. Xonthal prized solitude, so he
been up to in the intervening decades, or whether he’s even still alive. Some think he must have become a lich, while others believe he’s just dead. All that’s certain is that the hedge maze remains a frustrating barrier, and the spells and wards protecting the tower against entry remain as powerful as ever.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
chapter 6, “Customization Options,” of the Player’s Handbook. The DM decides whether they’re used and may also decide that some feats are available in a campaign and others aren’t. This section introduces
exposure to powerful magic or visiting a place of ancient significance to your race. Transformations are a fundamental motif of fantasy literature and folklore. Figuring out why your character has changed can be a rich addition to your campaign’s story.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
as heroes, cement recent alliances, wrap up open plot hooks, or deal with debts or obligations incurred while saving the world. Friends and Enemies The characters’ heroics might have changed the
somewhere. But whether the Six seek immediate revenge or decide to bide their time, things don’t stay quiet for long for an Acquisitions Incorporated franchise. New rivals, new allies, and new opportunities are sure to make their presence known.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
might end with the adventurers convincing him that his current actions don’t serve the balance among the gods. Kruphix’s mind isn’t easily changed, though, and the adventurers might need to produce
extraordinary testimony or evidence. Even just reaching Kruphix in order to communicate with him could easily require the patronage of other gods. Kruphix’s Divine Schemes Kruphix wants to maintain the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
the investigators suggests reaching out to her spirit for help. Whether characters use the spirit board or another method to contact Mara, her furious spirit appears and demands the characters aid her
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
coterminous. When its influence is weak, a plane is remote. The state of a plane can be important for performing epic rituals, creating of eldritch machines, or interacting with extraplanar entities. Whether or
city of Sharn is located in a manifest zone linked to Syrania that keeps its towers reaching toward the sky and aids flight. Ghosts might linger in a manifest zone associated with Dolurrh, while a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
it. Reaching Gibbet Crossing is normally a daunting affair, as Underdark dangers deter most travelers. Qunbraxel has killed or driven away the dangerous creatures that normally lurk in the area so the
needed to clear the old crossroads. When the characters travel to Gibbet Crossing, it’s up to you whether they face any random Underdark monsters or threats. Narrating the daunting journey to this subterranean area could be just as effective as running random encounters.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
never were and repeat legends that glorify historic individuals, Nyxborn creatures of those stories might arise. Whether monsters, manifestations of long-dead mortals, or other beings, Nyxborn creatures
direct servants of one of the gods, but occasionally they escape from the realm of Nyx and pursue their own goals—which might be as simple as violent rampage, or as complex as a far-reaching plan to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
NPCs made the challenge easier. (See also “Nonplayer Characters” in chapter 3.) Noncombat Challenges You decide whether to award XP to characters for overcoming challenges outside combat. If the
: Accomplishing one in a series of goals necessary to complete the adventure. Discovering a hidden location or piece of information relevant to the adventure. Reaching an important destination. When awarding
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
the dining hall celebration that will call Tannus to battle, to see once and for all whether his friend has changed. Gorat does not do this out of malice, but out of love. He wants to ensure that his
overshadows her betrothed, Tannus, who until recently was a raving barbarian bent only on war. She believes that Tannus has changed. Her goal is to convince him that she believes in him and is proud
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
caverns beneath the caldera provides a number of options for reaching the temple. Whether the characters fight Tiamat directly or prevent the summoning ritual from being completed depends on their
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
you have a chance to get into the camp and look around again, that would be the ideal way to spot anything that’s changed.
“I don’t recommend letting yourselves get captured,” he adds with a wry smile
much his presence in Greenest alarmed the wyrmspeaker. Rezmir knows that Leosin is investigating the Cult of the Dragon, but she doesn’t know whether the monk’s appearance in Greenest was a coincidence
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
you have a chance to get into the camp and look around again, that would be the ideal way to spot anything that’s changed.
“I don’t recommend letting yourselves get captured,” he adds with a wry smile
in Greenest alarmed the wyrmspeaker. Rezmir knows that Leosin is investigating the Cult of the Dragon, but she doesn’t know whether the monk’s appearance in Greenest was a coincidence, a good guess, or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
caverns beneath the caldera provides a number of options for reaching the temple. Whether the characters fight Tiamat directly or prevent the summoning ritual from being completed depends on their
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica
their guild affiliation, they put their intelligence to use in crafting and improving things, whether those things are laws, procedures, or magical sciences. Vedalken believe that the path toward the
impossible goal of perfection is paved with bricks of education, careful deliberation, and controlled experimentation. Some vedalken direct their energy toward perfecting themselves, whether by means of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
allegedly collected from “those who were there”: survivors, traveling merchants, and (in secondhand accounts) residents of nearby settlements. It is unclear whether it is a fictional tale, folklore, or
villagers tried to protect themselves by sleeping with weapons and taking shifts on watch, but nothing changed. Traveling in groups didn’t help, since a companion might vanish while even briefly out of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
Nyx. There might be other ways to get into Nyx, and each one is a challenge suited for the greatest heroes. Ask and Receive After reaching Nyx, a hero must next ask a god for an ordeal. Asking for an
being beseeched, or be concerned with upholding the god’s ideals. As a rule, any hero capable of reaching Nyx is worthy of receiving an ordeal in most gods’ eyes. Additionally, a god will typically only
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
Diggermattocks offer characters a safe haven on the condition they cause no trouble in the community. If asked about reaching the surface, Dorbo says he’d like to help, but Blingdenstone is under
violence. Senni asks the characters to venture into the warrens and talk with whomever is in charge. The characters’ report will determine whether the svirfneblin step up their efforts to eliminate
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
count 20 on the next round. AGE AND A DRAGON’S LAIR
Ordinarily, a dragon gains access to lair actions and manifests regional effects around a lair only upon reaching adulthood and the legendary status
creating monsters in the Dungeon Master’s Guide to determine whether you’re making the dragon too much of a threat to a party.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
Amanisha’s victory. While Adirohit is a captive now and has been used by Jijibisha, he was not when he sank Manivarsha. It’s up to the characters to determine whether or not they free Adirohit. Amanisha
river and that soon enough humans will build a new, greater city on its banks. He invites the characters to rest here under his protection and tell him how the world has changed. Amanisha has no
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
passage to the Underworld.
10 Sail from the edge of the world into Nyx.
Getting Lost Many adventures at sea start with a simple premise: get home. Whether the tale starts with characters getting
vessel, or countless other challenges could stand in the way of them reaching home. Maintaining Relationships In a campaign that often changes location, it can be difficult to have recurring NPCs. If
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
stuffed full of notes from your studies or prayers, a winter blanket, a set of common clothes, an herbalism kit, and 5 gp Life of Seclusion What was the reason for your isolation, and what changed to
details of your discovery and its impact on the campaign. Suggested Characteristics Some hermits are well suited to a life of seclusion, whereas others chafe against it and long for company. Whether
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
and colored glowing stone is set.
The characters can examine the dead guard or investigate the doors and stones. However, the amount of time they have to do so depends on whether they had other
doors lead to specific portals. That coding is changed regularly, with the portals reassigned to different locations and the stones swapped around to help keep their destinations a secret. As such, a