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Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice & Errata
, and if you’re a Gloom Stalker Ranger and gain the Iron Mind feature, you gain proficiency with Wisdom saving throws—even if Cleric or Ranger respectively isn’t your first class.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
. Additionally, numerous factions are active within the town, including the Keepers of the Feather and the priests of Osybus (see “Travelers in the Mists” and “Other Groups,” respectively, later in this chapter).
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
talkative owl, the ranger had monitored the drow for several days, curious as to why a dark elf had wandered into the valley. At first, Montolio had assumed that the drow was somehow connected to Graul
, the chief orc of the region, but as time went on, the ranger began to suspect differently.
— R.A. Salvatore, Sojourn
Long have rangers walked the wilds of the Sword Coast and the Savage Frontier
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
can adjust it for larger or smaller groups as well as for characters of higher or lower level by making a few changes, like swapping one monster or trap for another, changing the number of foes in an
with players who like exploring new lands and finding clever solutions to complex challenges. That said, each adventure contains opportunities for exploration, roleplaying, and combat to appeal to players of all persuasions.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
adventurers. Characters might be able to appease a hungry beast by offering it food, and smarter creatures have complex motivations. The Monster Motivation table lets you use a monster’s goals to define its
presence in the dungeon. For large groups of monsters encountered across multiple chambers, motivation could apply to the entire group, or each subgroup could have conflicting goals. Monster Motivation
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
over a cavern complex or a gang of trolls inhabiting an aboveground ruin. Other times, particularly in larger dungeons, multiple groups of creatures share space and compete for resources. For example
monsters in a dungeon are more than a collection of random creatures that happen to live near one another. Fungi, vermin, scavengers, and predators can coexist in a complex ecology, alongside intelligent
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
onerous, but it helps to have a system for larger groups of monsters. If you aren’t using miniatures or other visual aids, the easiest way to keep track of your monsters is to assign them unique
encounter with three ogres, you could use three identical ogre miniatures tagged with stickers marked A, B, and C, respectively. To track the ogres’ hit points, you can sort them by letter, then
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Points a monster has remaining. It helps to have a system to track damage for groups of monsters. If you aren’t using miniatures or other visual aids, one way to track your monsters is to assign them
mountain pass For example, in a combat encounter with three ogres, you could use three identical ogre miniatures tagged with stickers marked A, B, and C, respectively. To track the ogres’ Hit Points, you
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
advancement of entire societies and civilizations. Some groups of characters might all affiliate with a single circle, while others might include members of different circles. Different affiliations don’t
to the point of joining a war against a different overlord. Or they could remain independent, traveling from one dragon’s domain to another and dealing with the complex and sometimes violent political
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
Wizardly Groups Many wizardly groups exist in the Forgotten Realms, but two, in particular, stand out. The Red Wizards The most infamous group of wizards in the Realms are the Red Wizards of Thay
wear complex tattoos reflecting their ambitions and achievements and their favored school of magic. In Thay, the Red Wizards have ultimate power, although they give governance of day-to-day affairs to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
location are more than a collection of random creatures that happen to live near one another. Fungi, natural animals, scavengers, and predators can coexist in a complex ecology, alongside sapient
, groups of creatures might compete for resources. When these groups consist of sapient creatures, opportunities abound for the adventurers who enter those areas. Characters might ally with one group or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
surfaces around them. What sounds to others like random clacking noise is actually a complex language that only hook horrors understand, and which carries for miles through the echoing Underdark.
Pack
to flee.
Dedicated Clans. Hook horrors live in extended family groups or clans. Each clan is ruled by the eldest female, who typically places her mate in charge of the clan’s hunters. Hook horrors lay eggs, which are clustered in a central, well-defended area of a clan’s home caverns.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
1 Beholder 2–4 Cult or religious group (roll on the Cults and Religious Groups table to determine specifics) 5–8 Dwarves 9 Elves (including drow) 10 Giants 11 Hobgoblins 12–15 Humans (roll on the NPC
Alignment and NPC Class tables to determine specifics) 16 Kuo-toa 17 Lich 18 Mind flayers 19 Yuan-ti 20 No creator (natural caverns) Cults and Religious Groups d20 Cult or Religious Group 1
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
young ranger who has recently returned from a three-year journey to explore the North. He came back with a wife, the sorceress Ylienna of Silverymoon, and has begun to take on more of his father’s
behavior. The Ogres For reasons I can’t fathom, Harstvale and its surrounding mountain ranges host many tribes of ogres — indeed, not mere family groups, but whole tribes of them! Whereas elsewhere ogres
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
with the skills of a ranger or rogue. High Dexterity and Wisdom scores, combined with proficiency in the Nature, Perception, Stealth, and Survival skills, support this character’s core capabilities
groups, whether they’re general infantry, magical artillery, or elite special forces. These characters come from all classes and backgrounds—for some, their background before joining the military is more
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
groups. Their primary focus is places where the natural world and civilization intersect, because that’s where the natural order is most easily upset. Humanoids and monsters alike can become a threat
. Delaan Winterhound Neutral good male half-elf ranger Ideals: Balance, life (“In all good hearts is a spot of darkness, and in all tragedy is a glimmer of light.”) Interaction Traits: Quiet Pledged
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
groups. Their primary focus is places where the natural world and civilization intersect, because that’s where the natural order is most easily upset. Humanoids and monsters alike can become a threat
. Delaan Winterhound Neutral good male half-elf ranger Ideals: Balance, life (“In all good hearts is a spot of darkness, and in all tragedy is a glimmer of light.”) Interaction Traits: Quiet Pledged
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
groups. Their primary focus is places where the natural world and civilization intersect, because that’s where the natural order is most easily upset. Humanoids and monsters alike can become a threat
. Delaan Winterhound Neutral good male half-elf ranger Ideals: Balance, life (“In all good hearts is a spot of darkness, and in all tragedy is a glimmer of light.”) Interaction Traits: Quiet Pledged
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
the hopes of casting down their evil sources of energy, even if doing so means they must seek out new sources of nourishment. Flumph Society. Flumphs live in complex and organized groups called
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
at interpreting one another’s glances and gestures, the sounds they make to communicate complex ideas or emotions can be succinct. Groups of kenku also develop secret codes. For example, a cat’s meow
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
, attacking anything that crosses its path. Only after an ogre has depleted an area of food does it move on.
Ogre Gangs. Ogres sometimes band together in small, nomadic groups, but they lack a
freely with goblinoids, orcs, and trolls, and practically worship giants. In the giants’ complex social structure (known as the ordning), ogres rank beneath the lowest giants in status. As a result, an ogre will do nearly anything a giant asks. “Worst. Dancers. Ever.”
— Riddlefiddle the Satyr, on ogres
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
small groups called covens.
“Our intrepid rogue climbed up the shaft to secure a rope. There was a gasp, and the rope fell. We never saw her again.”
— An adventurer’s account of a grell attack in
monstrous inhabitants of the dungeon complex it calls home, staying out of the adventurers’ way as they dispose of larger threats while waiting for the right time to strike.
Grell
Medium
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
22. Garrux’s Brewery This complex was built by a dwarf named Garrux, who served as Master of Ale and Provisions for the Melairkyn dwarves. 22a. Ale Dispenser Pillar. A stone pillar in the middle of
open into areas 22e and 22f, respectively. Dwarves used to fill barrels of ale and roll them down this hall to be stored in the secret chambers. Pit Traps. The Melairkyn dwarves built three 20-foot-deep
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
allies. Rizzeryl works for two groups: House Auvryndar, a low-ranking drow house from Menzoberranzan that is slowly and secretly consolidating its power in Undermountain, and the Zhentarim, which is
, respectively, but he hasn’t explored either level. Tabletop Map. The wererats have carefully arranged the loose stones on the table to form an accurate map of this level of Undermountain; the map, however
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
Religion, while a druid or ranger relies on Nature. You must have a minimum skill bonus—your proficiency bonus plus your ability score bonus—in order to develop a schema. You must maintain the minimum
rules for magic item creation are derived from the system presented in Xanathar’s Guide to Everything. This also offers the idea that the creation of a magic item is a complex procedure and that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
Zhentarim. Members in good standing of any of those groups can contact their organizations and convince them that an expedition must be mounted to find the Morkoth, for the sake of all civilization. Roll
owes his life to an Emerald Enclave ranger who helped him after the two were stranded together on a monster-infested island in the Korinn Archipelago. This service repays Klarz’s debt to the Emerald
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
, hunters, and laborers. Blue grungs work as artisans and in other domestic roles. Supervising and guiding both groups are the purple grungs, which serve as administrators and commanders. (Use the grung
itself on a success.
Spellcasting. The grung is a 9th-level spellcaster. Its spellcasting ability is Wisdom (spell save DC 12, +4 to hit with spell attacks). It knows the following ranger spells
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
both. Temples and Shrines The core religious institutions of Faerûn are temples and shrines. Whether a small, out-of-the-way building, or a complex made up of multiple structures and tracts of land
can accommodate groups of acolytes, each learning under the direction of one or more mentors responsible for training them in the duties and skills of the priesthood. Once acolytes complete their
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
humans and other races, but they aid individuals and small groups whom they deem worthy of their help. They create lovely gardens, organic sculptures, and wondrous emerald jewelry — that precious green
communication — and sometimes for no reason other than artistic considerations. A simple illusion can often express a complex idea, such as when the memory of a location is triggered by the illusory sound of a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal
of the Forgotten Realms. Halaster eventually disappeared, as have all his apprentices, but the massive complex he built remains to this day. For untold years, the secrets of Undermountain remained
return trip, but enough come back with riches and tales of adventure to tempt other groups into trying their luck. THE GREEN DRAGON INN
The Yawning Portal is not the only renowned tavern in D&D lore
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
patron deities of fire and frost giants, respectively—regularly send hulking subjects to pillage the wintry camp, darkening its skies with ash and snow. Meanwhile, nomadic groups of mountain bariaurs hold
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
track how much damage each monster takes. Most DMs track damage in secret so their players don’t know how many Hit Points a monster has remaining. It helps to have a system to track damage for groups of
A, B, and C, respectively. To track the ogres’ Hit Points, you can sort them by letter, then subtract damage from their Hit Points as they take it. Your records might look something like this after a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
thick, battle-scarred iron lockbox
Paladin A metal case with fine engraving and scrollwork
Ranger A fur-lined bindle
Rogue A nondescript coin pouch
Sorcerer A battered leather
betrayed by your adventuring party before, and there’s no way now that you’ll trust anyone else to hold on to the loot
3 Once, through a series of increasingly complex negotiations, you traded a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
adventure’s start. You can make the characters’ connections to their factions as complex as you like. The Harpers and the Emerald Enclave operate on personal relationships, so the characters might have
city’s Waterbaron. The Harpers work to maintain the balance of power between the various groups competing to influence the city. In the Sumber Hills, the Harpers warn travelers and adventurers to stay
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
bring about draconic rule. The complex plot dedicated to bring Tiamat to Faerûn has so far seen the cult recover the five dragon masks and collect an immense treasure worthy of the Dragon Queen. All
(third rank), and dragonsoul (fourth rank). Statistics for those four ranking cultists are found in appendix D. Cult operation groups are assembled to match their assigned tasks. They vary in size, from a