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Player’s Handbook
strongholds into mountainsides and under the earth. Their oldest legends tell of conflicts with the monsters of mountaintops and the Underdark, whether those monsters were towering giants or
of dwarves were built in hills or mountains, and the families who trace their ancestry to those settlements call themselves hill dwarves or mountain dwarves, respectively. The Greyhawk and Dragonlance
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Player’s Handbook
magic of primeval forests within themselves. They are known by many other names, including wild elves, green elves, and forest elves. Grugach are reclusive wood elves of the Greyhawk setting, while
the Kagonesti and the Tairnadal are wood elves of the Dragonlance and Eberron settings, respectively.
Elf Traits
Creature Type: HumanoidSize: Medium (about 5–6 feet tall)Speed: 30 feet
Goliath
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Elemental Evil Player's Companion
At the highest mountain peaks — far above the slopes where trees grow and where the air is thin and the frigid winds howl — dwell the reclusive goliaths. Few folk can claim to have seen a
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
Hobgoblin
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
banners, each one made up of a group of interrelated families. Members of a banner live, work, and fight together, and each banner has a separate status within the legion that is reflected in the power of
. Suitably (and somewhat ironically), the outward politeness and civility that they demonstrate among each other enables them to avoid conflicts in daily life. This same form of “courtesy&rdquo
Kobold
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
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
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
the other DMs in your group could divide it thematically. Using the setting in chapter 5 of this book as an example, each DM could focus their campaign on one of the three overarching conflicts of that
setting. This approach allows the same group of adventurers to sink their teeth into all three overarching conflicts while ensuring that each storyline feels distinct.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
Robes, the Red Robes, and the Black Robes, respectively. As it unfolds, give the character the opportunity to choose any order they please. If the character makes a surprising choice, consider asking the
player how they reconcile their choice with their character’s values. If the character feels strongly about a choice that conflicts with their values or alignment, their player might use this as a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
strongholds into mountainsides and under the earth. Their oldest legends tell of conflicts with the monsters of mountaintops and the Underdark, whether those monsters were towering giants or subterranean
were built in hills or mountains, and the families who trace their ancestry to those settlements call themselves hill dwarves or mountain dwarves, respectively. The Greyhawk and Dragonlance settings have
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
and strongholds into mountainsides and under the earth. Their oldest legends tell of conflicts with the monsters of mountaintops and the Underdark, whether those monsters were towering giants or
dwarves were built in hills or mountains, and the families who trace their ancestry to those settlements call themselves hill dwarves or mountain dwarves, respectively. The Greyhawk and Dragonlance
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
and Dark Gifts presented later in this chapter provide such opportunities. How a character engages with the evil inside themself can make for exciting conflicts. Be sure that your choices allow your
character to remain a reliable part of your adventuring group, though, and not a near-villain the other heroes only tolerate.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
behavior is interfering with everyone else’s enjoyment, everyone has a stake in helping to resolve the issue. Setting Expectations Before you assemble a group around a game table, pitch the
adventures you’re thinking about running to your prospective players. Note the in-world conflicts that might arise, the setting’s overall tone, and the themes you’d like to explore. (The “Every DM Is Unique
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Set Expectations Well before you assemble a group around a game table, pitch the adventures you’re thinking about running to your prospective players. Note the types of conflicts that might arise
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
everyone has a great time at that one session, it can be easier to get them to make a long-term commitment.
Scheduling conflicts are sometimes inescapable. The “Group Size” section in chapter 2 offers some advice on what to do when a player has to miss a session.
A Place to Play The bare minimum of space you need to play D&D is room for everyone in your group to gather and participate. When choosing the space you’ll be playing in, enlist your players’ help
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
GRASH-ah ME-ghan Dwarf matron of a reclusive clan Chapter 5 Ishvern ish-VERN Sea elf leader of a group of Dimernesti elves Chapter 5 Ispin Greenshield ISS-pin GREEN-shield Deceased storytelling human
ROO-kel-dust Reclusive gnome inventor Chapter 4 Than THAWN Gnome inventor from Vogler Chapter 3 Vingaard VIN-gard Mighty Solamnic river Chapter 3 Virruza vee-RUE-zah Obsessed bozak draconian at the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
behavior is interfering with everyone else’s enjoyment, everyone has a stake in helping to resolve the issue. Setting Expectations Before you assemble a group around a game table, pitch the
adventures you’re thinking about running to your prospective players. Note the in-world conflicts that might arise, the setting’s overall tone, and the themes you’d like to explore. (The “Every DM Is Unique
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
ascetic scholars who practiced Ramsana, a way of life whose central tenet advises nonattachment to the material world. Now only a small, reclusive group of these scholars remains, led by the elderly
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Ending a Campaign A campaign’s ending should conclude the last of the major conflicts and tie up most of the threads of its beginning and middle. (It’s OK to leave some loose ends for characters to
run a new campaign for the same group of players in the same setting, using their previous characters’ actions as the basis for legends is one way to invest your players in the new campaign. Let the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Locathah Rising
launched an assault on the sea elf city of Myth Nantar! Outrageous!
During these conflicts, each of you have assisted the Turmish in driving these foul undead creatures away, and in this endeavor you
strangeness remains unknown. The Turmish and Thayans are too busy with their conflicts to notice, and so it is up to you brave heroes to travel into the darkening and discover what evil has come to reside so
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
each group separately. Fallen Sloobludop If the characters visit Sloobludop, they find the kuo-toa community in ruins. Demogorgon smashed and crushed many of the structures of the settlement, killing
, including piles of skulls and bones, strange maze patterns, spore clouds, and fetid pools of ooze. Conflicts are rapidly rising between the various “sects” that have formed. If Shuushar the Awakened (see
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
forests within themselves. They are known by many other names, including wild elves, green elves, and forest elves. Grugach are reclusive wood elves of the Greyhawk setting, while the Kagonesti and the
Tairnadal are wood elves of the Dragonlance and Eberron settings, respectively. JEDD CHEVRIER A ship departs from a city built by high elves Elf Traits Creature Type: Humanoid
Size: Medium (about 5–6
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
themselves. They are known by many other names, including wild elves, green elves, and forest elves. Grugach are reclusive wood elves of the Greyhawk setting, while the Kagonesti and the Tairnadal are
wood elves of the Dragonlance and Eberron settings, respectively. Elf Traits Creature Type: Humanoid
Size: Medium (about 5–6 feet tall)
Speed: 30 feet
As an Elf, you have these special traits
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
in the group check is a success or a failure, respectively. Determining Hazards Traveling by sea is an innately dangerous proposition. When running an ocean adventure, you can select hazards based on
of common hazards sailors might face on the sea. Group Checks To determine how a ship fares against these hazards, each threat requires the ship’s officers and crew to make a special group check (see
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Dragon Factions Draconic factions and the conflicts between them can provide a useful framework to organize your entire campaign around. Characters might swear their allegiance to a dragon or trade
conflicts among overlords. If different characters owe allegiance to different dragons, they might cooperate smoothly for a while but then find themselves in conflict when tensions erupt between the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Build Your Group A head of state like Prince Oargev requires a variety of adventurers to do the range of tasks they require. Depending on the kinds of work you do, your party might include some or
, History, Nature, and Religion. Diplomat. Negotiating treaties, de-escalating conflicts, and issuing ultimatums are tasks that fall within the purview of the Diplomat, who typically puts their high
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
interview Merosska now, they can do so. He might answer questions on the following topics: The Feathergale Society, an “elite” group of aerial-mount enthusiasts from Waterdeep The origins of
cliffs.
Hunting the Manticore The knights ride giant vultures and stay together as a group. Characters can join the knights’ group, form their own group, or split up into multiple groups. A character
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
Semuanya’s Bog In this encounter, a group of lizardfolk petitioners invite the characters to join them in visiting the realm of the lizardfolk deity Semuanya. Use this encounter wherever and whenever
you please, particularly to lighten the mood after exploring a somber gate-town like Curst or Rigus. The encounter starts when the characters hear a group of jovial cheers outside the walking castle
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Dungeons Some dungeons are old strongholds abandoned by the folk who built them. Others are natural caves or lairs carved out by monsters. Dungeons attract cults, groups of monsters, and reclusive
Built beneath a city in catacombs or sewers 27–29 Built beneath or on top of a mesa or several connected mesas 30–32 Built by a religious group to serve as a temple and linked to the energy of other
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
monsters and kidnap travelers and isolated miners to work as slaves in their mines, but they’re careful to eliminate witnesses. So far no one suspects that “those reclusive monks” are behind the troubles. In
characters are selling, the Sacred Stone monks don’t want any of it. A group of strangers that knocks on the door is turned away. Insistent visitors are told, “The abbess doesn’t allow visitors to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
.
Dukha explains this is where he met the riverine Tinjhorna. He moors the boat amid the islands opposite the falls so the group can attempt to call upon the riverine—and to keep it safe in case the spirit
any future conflicts where they need aid. Tiger Talk If the characters converse with the weretigers, or if they run the weretigers off and then question Dukha, it becomes clear that Dukha and the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
to slip away, continue: A portly, well-dressed male human on the stage points unexpectedly at your group and shouts. “You see? This is exactly what I mean! Just when things start to calm down in
and potential conflicts of interest. The characters can become involved in the mayoral debate if the players wish. If they don’t, wrap it up and let the characters interact with the townsfolk as they
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
Military Force The whole machine of war is barbaric. In a sane world, conflicts would be resolved by contests of apocalyptic magics or by continent-reshaping brawls between titanic, soul-fueled
reptiles. You know, reasonable options.
Tasha
Your group serves as a team of soldiers in a larger military force, one dedicated to combat missions or other dangerous tasks. You could be a band of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
and each group of identical monsters, placed in Initiative order in a stack you cycle through A hidden list allows you to track combatants who haven’t been revealed yet, and you can use the list as a
following tools: A whiteboard on a wall or propped up nearby A battle mat you use for miniatures Folded index cards for each character and each group of identical monsters, placed like tents in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
mushrooms for food or watching over hatchlings, and they all understand that their actions contribute to the survival of the group. The tribe practices for the eventuality of defending the lair
placed in a common tribal hatchery with no effort to keep track of who each one’s mother is. This practice and the communal raising of the hatchlings mean that the tribe operates like a group of cousins
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
the dragon’s lair in search of emeralds.
2 An adult silver dragon tries to befriend and draw out a reclusive adult emerald dragon.
3 An adult emerald dragon unwillingly serves a fire
back the soul of a legendary hero.
2 A group of adult red and silver dragons set aside their differences to learn wisdom from an ancient emerald dragon.
3 Two balors act as jailers for an
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
alcoves: The two southernmost alcoves contain secret doors to areas 20b and 20d, respectively. The alcove to the north has an arch embedded in its back wall. Carved into the arch’s keystone is an image of
: Bugbears. Three bugbears have broken away from the main group in area 20b to search this room for treasure. They have worked their way to the east end of the room and aren’t expecting trouble.
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