composed relies game to have renewal

Nafas

Monsters Quests from the Infinite Staircase

creature to take his place. If the creature accepts, it is transformed into a noble djinni. The creature’s game statistics are replaced by those of Nafas (including this trait), though it

circumstance, Nafas relies on adventurers—whom he considers the living manifestations of a wish granted—to respond to these calls. To friendly adventurers and weary travelers along the

Plasmoid

Species Spelljammer: Adventures in Space

internal organs of the usual sort. Their bodies are composed of cells, fibers, plasma-like ooze, and clusters of nerves. These nerves enable a plasmoid to detect light, heat, texture, sound, pain, and

you create your D&D character, you decide whether your character is a member of the human race or one of the game’s fantastical races. If you create a character using a race option

The D20

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)

avoid the main blast of a fireball, or does he or she take full damage from the blaze? In cases where the outcome of an action is uncertain, the Dungeons & Dragons game relies on rolls of a 20-sided

die, a d20, to determine success or failure. Every character and monster in the game has capabilities defined by six ability scores. The abilities are Strength, Dexterity, Constitution, Intelligence

Time

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)

Gate to Waterdeep, the adventurers spend four uneventful days before a goblin ambush interrupts their journey. In combat and other fast-paced situations, the game relies on rounds, a 6-second span of time.

Time

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)

Gate to Waterdeep, the adventurers spend four uneventful days before a goblin ambush interrupts their journey. In combat and other fast-paced situations, the game relies on rounds, a 6-second span of time described in chapter 9, “Combat.”

Pandemonium

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

ability check that relies on hearing. Most of the plane’s inhabitants are creatures that were banished to the plane with no hope of escape, and the incessant winds have driven many to delirium and

a random form of indefinite madness, as described in chapter 8, “Running the Game.” Finishing a long rest doesn’t reduce a creature’s exhaustion level unless the creature can somehow escape the maddening winds.

It's All Optional

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything

encourage you to choose the ones that fit best with your campaign’s story and with your group’s style of play. Whatever options you choose to use, this book relies on the rules in the Player’s

originally appeared in Unearthed Arcana, a series of online articles we publish to explore rules that might officially become part of the game. Some Unearthed Arcana offerings don’t end up resonating with

Lay Out the Premise

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

Players need to feel like they’re in control of their characters, the choices they make matter, and what they do has some effect on the outcome of the adventure and on the game world. Keep that in mind

as you’re planning adventures. If your adventure relies on certain events, plan for multiple ways they might come about, or be prepared for clever players to prevent those events from happening as

Goblin Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

and know the most about the territory farthest from the tribe’s lair. These individuals hunt game in peaceful times, and in combat they serve as scouts, foot soldiers, and cavalry. Gatherers

castes that give goblins their reputation for cowardice. Pariahs. Some goblin families are the lowest of the low, composed of the most dimwitted, least educated, and weakest goblins. They get the worst

Tracking Time

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

Tracking Time If tracking the passage of time is important during exploration, use a time scale appropriate for the situation at hand: Rounds. In combat and other fast-paced situations, the game

relies on 6-second rounds. Minutes. In a dungeon or settlement, movement happens on a scale of minutes. In the Free City of Greyhawk, getting from the Silver Dragon Inn to the wharf takes about 10 minutes

Spell Attacks

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice & Errata

by several classes, including the Fighter and Paladin) doesn’t let you cast extra attack spells. That feature specifically relies on the Attack action, not the Magic action or any other action. In

summary, to make a spell attack, you have to first cast a spell or use a feature that creates the spell’s effect. A game feature, such as Extra Attack, that lets you make an attack doesn’t let you cast a

How to Play

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)

uncertain, the Dungeons & Dragons game relies on rolls of a 20-sided die, a d20, to determine success or failure. Every character and monster in the game has capabilities defined by six ability

How to Play The play of the Dungeons & Dragons game unfolds according to this basic pattern. 1. The DM describes the environment. The DM tells the players where their adventurers are and what’s

Skill Variants

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

would gain an additional skill proficiency, that character instead selects another ability check in which to gain proficiency. This option removes skills from the game and doesn’t allow for much

as my family’s ambassador to the court, and this sort of thing is second nature to me now.” This simple system relies heavily on players developing their characters’ histories. Don’t let it result in

Building a Party

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica

of the action in a Ravnica campaign, it’s important not to let that tension cause too much friction in a party of adventurers. The D&D game relies on cooperation among the players, so it’s helpful

Orond Gralhund

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

him at any moment. While in Yalah’s presence, Orond becomes an altogether different person: quiet, almost timid, and happy to let his wife have the spotlight. Orond relies on Yalah to manage the

amputated when he was a young boy, but the scar on his backside remains. Game Statistics Orond Gralhund is a Tethyrian human noble, with these changes: Orond is neutral evil. He has an Intelligence of 9 (−1). Never one to bother learning other languages, he speaks only Common.

Spell Attacks

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice Compendium

used. By extension, the Extra Attack feature (given by several classes, including the fighter and paladin) doesn’t let you cast extra attack spells. That feature specifically relies on the Attack

action, not the Cast a Spell action or any other action. In summary, to make a spell attack, you have to first cast a spell or use a feature that creates the spell’s effect. A game feature, such as Extra

Government

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

ruler could be immortal or undead. Aundair and Karrnath, two kingdoms in the Eberron campaign setting, have autocrats with royal blood in their veins. Whereas Queen Aurala of Aundair relies on wizards

government is composed of groups or individuals primarily seeking wealth for themselves, often at the expense of their subjects. The grasping Bandit Kingdoms in the Greyhawk campaign setting are prime

Cloaker

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)

through the darkness. Camouflaged Lurkers. Like a stingray, a cloaker’s body is composed of cartilage and muscle. With its tail and fins unfurled, it flies through darkness and lurks among the shadows

unaffected by this magical effect if it can’t see or if it relies on senses other than sight. A duplicate has the cloaker’s AC and uses its saving throws. If an attack hits a duplicate, or if a duplicate fails a saving throw against an effect that deals damage, the duplicate disappears.

The Elder Brain

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

elder brain and the rest of the illithids in the colony learn of it immediately. The colony relies on a collective memory, composed from the knowledge, experiences, and skills of all of its members

Platinum Room Locations

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

placard above the desk spell out “Bets,” “Submissions,” and “Enjoy Dungeonland!” Dungeonland is a game that takes place on a rocky cluster drifting in the Ethereal Plane. Participants watch a group of

adventurers navigate a deadly dungeon and place bets on whether the adventurers will survive or die. The characters can influence the game by submitting magic items, which appear in the dungeon for the

Flavors of Fantasy

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

. Horror can be intense and personal, and not everyone is comfortable with such a game. (The advice on discussing limits under “Ensuring Fun for All” in chapter 1 is particularly important for a horror game

campaign. In this kind of game, the characters might care more about skill proficiencies and making friends in high places than about attack spells and magic weapons. Social interaction takes on

Points of Interest

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh

amounts of stone became available for building. The laborers also took the time to build a tavern, the Miner’s Respite, and spend their off hours there drinking, swapping tales, and gambling. The game

of darts has become an obsession among the bored miners and soldiers, and anyone with real skill at the game has a chance of talking their way past the guard at the door to engage in a match. Haunted

Sports and Games

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War

each of these brave jockeys rides a different flying creature—except for the gargoyle Carralag, who relies on his own wings! Speed is important, but merely surviving the race can be a challenge. The

targeted. Six Stones A Droaam tradition brought to Sharn by immigrants, six stones is a game for seven competitors, who each pay a base stake. The seven are then sealed in a large chamber with a cockatrice

Necropolis Locations (Y1-Y9)

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

electrical fields. Triggering the Game. The first time a creature steps onto the playing field, a dome of crackling electricity encloses the entire stadium. Nothing can physically pass through this

Tongue” sidebar). It says, “So, a new challenger enters the arena! You have thirty seconds to choose your teammates for a game of Chain Lightning!” The illusory figure disappears after making its

Cleric Subclasses

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

itself relies on the positive energy associated with this domain, so a Cleric of almost any religious tradition might choose it. This domain is particularly associated with agricultural deities, gods

Subclass The Light Domain is associated with gods of truth, vigilance, beauty, insight, and renewal. Some of these gods are identified with the sun or as charioteers who guide the sun across the sky

Hive Ward

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

pave the way for reconstruction and renewal. In the Hive, however, Wreaker activity sometimes compounds the miseries of everyday life when their fires—vain attempts to garner attention from the movers

fortress of rehabilitation and renewal. The tiered, ivory sanctuary rests on a hill at the end of Bedlam Run, a curved road that rises to meet the headquarters above the Hive. Calming fountains cascade

Renown

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

renown to any numbers that work for your game, creating appropriate ranks and titles for the organizations in your campaign. Attitudes of Organization Members. As a character’s renown within an

, both legal and illicit, thus destroying its competitors and making everyone dependent on it. A member of the Zhentarim thinks of himself or herself as a member of a very large family and relies on

After the Fall

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes

still transforming her, breaking down her form from a physical one into an entity composed of symbols, images, and perceptions. To keep herself from dissipating entirely into nothingness, the queen

inscrutable game, the rules of which are known only to her and the Lady of Pain. Others suggest that she is balancing the multiverse by having mortals complete various tasks, and some say that it is

Forests of Slaughter

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a5

likely to dawn on the trolls that the characters are fair game. Glyph Key. The female troll has a glyph key attuned to this zone, with which she and her allies can pursue fleeing characters. White Gate. A

of Renewal A pool in this cavern glows with pale yellow light. Northeast of the pool, the turf gives way to a stone floor with a black gate set into it. East of the gate is a contact stone. Pool

House of Cards Locations

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

can rest here whenever and for as long as they wish. If the characters refuse to participate in Bindle’s riddle game, he flees and brings some of the dungeon’s other inhabitants (such as the talon

. 19: Knight A being composed of golden light and clad in plate armor rests on one knee in the center of the room. Chains of shadow wrap around its neck, wrists, and waist, binding it to the floor. A

Goblins

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

often the best wolf riders and know the most about the territory farthest from the tribe’s lair. These individuals hunt game in peaceful times, and in combat they serve as scouts, foot soldiers, and

lower castes that give goblins their reputation for cowardice. Pariahs. Some goblin families are the lowest of the low, composed of the most dimwitted, least educated, and weakest goblins. They get the

Vault Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin

can respond by standing before his sphere and speaking. When he does, his helmeted face manifests, but it’s composed of the sphere’s silvery goo. (For more about Lord Soth, see appendix B.) Unknown to

represent a delicate balance of magical power, and Teremini’s ritual relies on this balance. If the lunar crystals’ magic is unbalanced, the ritual will be stopped. Moonlight Mirrors. The vault contains

Areas of the Earth Temple

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse

middle of this hall, and the walls display an ancient frieze that circles the room. The frieze depicts woodland images of deer, bears, and game fowl, along with parties of dwarven hunters. The

holds a ten-foot-tall statue depicting a crude humanoid form composed of earth, boulders, and sharp crystals. One massive, rocky fist is raised above its blunt head. Shattered rubble from an older

Roleplaying a Giant

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

of crystal with silver lids, or a scene in the sky depicted in a tapestry composed entirely of pearls. Another way for a family to demonstrate its wealth is by bestowing lavish gifts on other families

eye toward how the giving can elevate its status. Memnor and his trickery play a role in this “game.” The very best gift (from the giver’s perspective) is one that everyone believes to be far more

Locations I - L

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder

Ten-Towns is composed mostly of humans and dwarves, with the humans outnumbering the dwarves roughly twenty to one. In times of great peril, the leaders of Ten-Towns, known as town speakers, meet at

side of the trade route. Noteworthy establishments include a rustic inn called the Gilded Horseshoe and a friendly festhall called the Gambling Golem, where card games and a local marbles game known as

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