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destroy Nafas is to take his place.
Nafas as a Patron
In addition to linking the adventures in this book, you can use Nafas as a group patron (detailed in Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything). In
, ushering them safely to the nearest staircase. Such creatures descend at a rate of 60 feet per round and take no damage from falling. Aberrations, Fiends, Undead, and creatures that fall due to Nafas&rsquo
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single mistake can bring doom to an entire tribe, while an individual’s heroic effort can ensure the entire group’s survival.
Goliaths thus place a premium on self-sufficiency and
the goliath concept of fair play.
A permanently injured goliath is still expected to pull his or her weight in the tribe. Typically, such a goliath dies attempting to keep up, or the goliath slips
races
. Founded in the Bürach Empire by a group of ambitious wizards who chafed under the limitations imposed upon them by government bureaucracy, Ulmyr’s Gate boasted free study for all mages who sought
determine.Speed: 30 feetAge: The Disembodied mature at a much slower rate than the Humanoids they once were, with their life expectancy doubled or even tripled.
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
diplomacy. They care only for satisfying their insatiable desire for battle, to smash their foes and appease their gods.
Booming Birth Rate
In order to replenish the casualties of their endless warring
warriors are commanded to scour the surrounding landscape for any opportunity to spill blood and bring glory to their gods. Often, bands of warriors work on a rotation, with one group heading out on a
Kobold
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undetected and don’t give their targets reason to harm them. For example, a group of city kobolds might sneak into a cobbler’s house at night to loot it of knives, leather bits, nails, and
actions contribute to the survival of the group. The tribe practices for the eventuality of defending the lair against intruders, and their plans always include knowing the best escape routes and who is
Firbolg
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the group’s needs, but the effect each action will have on the forest and the rest of the natural world. Firbolg tribes would rather go hungry than strain the land during a famine.
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adopt elven names when they must deal with outsiders, although the concept of names strikes them as strange. They know the animals and plants of the forest without formal names, and instead identify the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Character Names Part of your campaign style has to do with naming characters. It’s a good idea to establish some ground rules with your players at the start of a new campaign. In a group consisting
names, that’s fine. If the group would rather take the characters and their names a little more seriously, urge Bob’s player to come up with a more appropriate name. Player character names should match
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
can be a good idea in a game that features nonstop peril and a high rate of character death. If your group agrees to the premise, have each player keep one or two additional characters on hand, ready
Small Groups Most of the time, each player runs one character. The game plays best that way, without overwhelming anyone. But if your group is small, players can control more than one character. Or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Special Travel Pace The rules on travel pace in the Player’s Handbook assume that a group of travelers adopts a pace that, over time, is unaffected by the individual members’ walking speeds. The
-powered gnomish contraption doesn’t travel at a normal rate, since the magic, engine, or wind doesn’t tire the way a creature does and the air doesn’t contain the types of obstructions found on land. When a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
pays each member of your group an amount equal to 10 gp × the average level of your characters per day you spend on the mission. House Services. When you require the services provided by your patron
house, you can secure them at a discounted rate (10 percent off the normal charge). You might also be able to trade in a favor to get extraordinary services or a larger discount. Independence. Each
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
Returning to the Silent Roar If the characters free Afsoun, the rebel leader accompanies them to the city to reunite with her sister. Though the Silent Roar has little money to offer, Laleh and
free treats from the Ghorbani Bakery. Afsoun must lie low now that she has defied the Brightguard, but the Silent Roar as a whole is invigorated by their leader’s recovery. The group redoubles its efforts to oppose the Brightguard and Atash.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
, where they go next is up to them. Shemeshka will avoid them for the rest of the adventure. To continue with this chapter, the group should meet with R04M, either by returning to the walking castle or by
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
adventurers to solve a mystery or to acquire a harmless curio. A Concordian could be tied to the party’s group patron (see chapter 1) — the owner of the newspaper, a major donor to the university, or
mercenaries who are increasing in power and status at the same rate they are. Whether they interact with the Aurum as ally or enemy, at some point the adventurers might well realize that the Concordians
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
terrain. They can travel 2 hexes per day if they’re traveling by canoe on a river or lake. The rate of travel up or down river is the same; the rivers are so sluggish that current is almost imperceptible
. Without canoes, the normal rate of travel along a river is the same as through the surrounding terrain. Canoes move 1 hex per day through swamp. If characters move at a fast pace, the easiest way to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
a new class, the artificer, that reflect the flavor of the world. It also presents group patrons, a new concept that adds a shared purpose to your party of adventurers. You can use this material in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
in-game explanation. Monsters don’t attack the character, who returns the favor. On returning, the player resumes playing as if the absence never happened. Narrative Contrivance. Decide the character
same XP that the other characters earned each session, keeping the group at the same level. Some groups like to work out a policy regarding how many missing players is too many to proceed. For example
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
actual time spent at the table. The reward for completing an adventure designed for 2 hours of play is 2 checkpoints, even if a group spends more than 2 hours playing through it. If a character
designed to take 2 hours, the character reaches 3 checkpoints. Playing time might seem like an odd way to measure experience awards, but the concept is in keeping with how a shared campaign is meant to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
the player how long the task takes. Alternatively, you can call for a single ability check and use the result to determine how long it takes for the character to complete the task. Group Checks Group
checks are a tool you can use when the party is trying to accomplish something together and the most skilled characters can cover for characters who are less adept at the task. To make a group
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Giants of the Star Forge
party must make a group Dexterity (Stealth) check. The DC is 23 to avoid the notice of Akaanvaerd. On a failed check, Akaanvaerd spots the characters, but he doesn’t pursue them immediately. At your
DC of the group Dexterity (Stealth) check is 16. If the characters fail this check, two fire giants break off and attack the party on the crater’s rim. Wrestlers’ Aid. If any Fireside giant wrestlers
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
R04M’s story that Shemeshka is up to no good, Zaythir or another ally can suggest the group should be wary on returning to Fortune’s Wheel. When they arrive in Sigil, the characters find it unchanged
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
at a rate that some people find alarming. Even people who admire these adventurers for their energy and their acts of valor might have misgivings: what horrors will be unleashed if adventurers
extraplanar exploration, “Faerûn” is more than large enough of a concept for them to comprehend. Except in the most remote or insular places, Faerûnians are accustomed to seeing people of different
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
the Watchful Knight inn, spoke with the delegation leaders and learned they planned to head south on the Dessarin Road. They intended to visit Summit Hall next, returning the body of a knight slain
group of five warriors in sky-blue armor and white cloaks, flying on giant vultures. The aerial riders flew overhead and turned south, heading in the same direction as the delegation. Eann, a cattle
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
briefly described below: Hruna speaks for the group in a voice made raspy by years of smoking. She has lost her right ear and two fingers to frostbite. Korux stares in silence and doesn’t talk much
. If the characters are interested in hearing what Hruna has to say, she presents the quest: “We’re the survivors of a group of dwarves tasked with delivering a sled of iron ingots to Bryn Shander. A
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
hard to keep a campaign going. Enter the concept of the shared campaign. In a shared campaign, more than one member of the group can take on the role of DM. A shared campaign is episodic rather than
take part. In order to be successful, a shared campaign needs a champion — someone who takes on the responsibility of organizing and maintaining the group. If you’re interested in learning more about
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
of a rare metal, willing to travel the world high and low in search of it. Even a deep gnome might be born with an irrepressible urge to leave the Underdark and join a group to pursue a life of shared
of them take readily to life in the outside world and don’t come back on schedule, returning to the burrow only after spending years or decades away as a member of an adventuring party. The Pull of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
inspiration to each character about once per session of play. Over time, you might want to award inspiration more or less often, at a rate that works best for your table. You might use the same rate for
group’s preferences. What helps make the game more fun for your group? What type of actions fit in with your campaign’s style or genre? Your answers to those questions help determine when you award
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
toward the southeast, and their trail is easy to spot. A small, stealthy group could follow the trail to the raiders’ camp and gather information.
Governor Nighthill approaches the characters with a
. I fear that he might have tried to infiltrate their group when they retreated, or worse, was captured and carried away as a prisoner. No one understands these bandits better than he does, and his
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
, with no adult staying longer than a few months and none ever returning for a second stint. The instruction that young githyanki undergo is unrelenting and unforgiving. As a crop of youngsters grows
weakling to die in training than to undertake a mission and imperil a war band. Final Test of Loyalty By the time a group of githyanki come of age, they have heard years of stories of Vlaakith and her
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
for more information.) A svirfneblin caravan returning from Whiteshell Mines encountered a parade of dancing myconids. Through their rapport spores, the myconids told the gnomes about a “wedding
Foaming Mug. If they do, they gain advantage on their next group Charisma check made to improve the deep gnomes’ attitude.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
, after which the third signal flashes from the ship. It drops anchor and waits for the arrival of a boat from shore. A small group of smugglers approaches the ship in a rowboat. When it arrives, the
delay and the Sea Ghost sails away, returning the next night. The smugglers will drop anchor if the characters send any kind of return signal to the ship — not necessarily the correct one. The crew of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm Lord’s Wrath
them in front of the group. She asks if anyone saw anything strange happening in the town as they were evacuating. One of the stonemasons claims that she saw something strange happening in the water
out on the swampland, past the marsh islands, but then she picked up her tools and ran as the soldiers ordered her to evacuate. Another stonemason claims to have seen heard some of the returning
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
. Choose whichever one corresponds with the result from the “Reactivating X01” section. This determines how the characters’ actions and the released modrons affect the planes. Accurate On returning to
suffer the multiversal glitch the characters experienced. Inconsistent Unless the characters intervene, it takes months for X01 and a much-diminished group of modrons to return to Mechanus. When they
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
than you’d hoped. Ridiculous rumors talk about how prospective interns of Acq Inc aren’t always treated with respect, dignity, or care. Even more ridiculous tales of interns dying at an alarming rate
other, they were ushered into the conference room as a group. If they came to Head Office separately, they were each brought in alone and asked to wait with the others, and have a chance to introduce
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Stranger Things
same time as a returning hunting party of 8 troglodytes. They must defeat the hunting party before they can enter the caves. Area 1: Cave Entrance. A successful DC 15 Intelligence (Investigation) or
five troglodyte leaders sleep. The head trog is a fair and noble ruler (like a trog version of Sir Tristan). He’d rather talk than fight (unlike most trogs, he speaks Common). But if the group angers
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
Membership The Heralds of the Comet is a small, close-knit community. Through the process of severing their ties to the doomed world, members become entirely dependent on the group and its leaders
their concerns and ridicule their beliefs, so they expect a low success rate in their recruitment efforts. The group’s carefully crafted recruitment message has its appeal: all your suffering and all the