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Spells
Player’s Handbook
Wish is the mightiest spell a mortal can cast. By simply speaking aloud, you can alter reality itself.
The basic use of this spell is to duplicate any other spell of level 8 or lower. If you use it
a reroll of any die roll made within the last round (including your last turn). Reality reshapes itself to accommodate the new result. For example, a Wish spell could undo an ally’s failed
Monsters
The Book of Many Things
encounter.
Variant: Servants of Living Stars
Some stars in the sky are Elder Evils, alien beings of godlike power from the reality-defying Far Realm.
A living portent can be a fragment of these beings
power to defy death.
RadiantChange Shape. The living portent magically transforms into a Humanoid while retaining its game statistics (other than its size and Brilliance trait). The transformation ends if the living portent is reduced to 0 hit points or uses a bonus action to end it.
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
typically reserves the Wish spell for creatures he deems worthy of its gifts, he isn’t above leveraging that power against formidable threats, rewriting reality to forcibly tilt the scales in his
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
experience a thing is to truly understand it. Direct and personal experience is the most valuable form of knowledge.
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I see a far more kaleidoscopic reality than you do … or than any of
magically transforms into any creature that is Medium or Small, while retaining its game statistics (other than its size). This transformation ends if the dragon is reduced to 0 hit points or uses a bonus
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
foundations of creation.
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To experience a thing is to truly understand it. Direct and personal experience is the most valuable form of knowledge.
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I see a far more kaleidoscopic reality than
retaining its game statistics (other than its size). This transformation ends if the dragon is reduced to 0 hit points or uses a bonus action to end it.
Psychic Step. The dragon magically teleports to an unoccupied space it can see within 60 feet of it.
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
convinced to defend the school in a contest against a rival college.
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An emerald dragon invisibly tails a party of adventurers, causing trouble for the heroes so the dragon can watch how they respond
Shape. The dragon magically transforms into any creature that is Medium or Small, while retaining its game statistics (other than its size). This transformation ends if the dragon is reduced to 0 hit
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
the school in a contest against a rival college.
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An emerald dragon invisibly tails a party of adventurers, causing trouble for the heroes so the dragon can watch how they respond.
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An
, but new ones form at a normal rate.Fire, PsychicChange Shape. The dragon magically transforms into any creature that is Medium or Small, while retaining its game statistics (other than its size). This
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Spells
Basic Rules (2014)
Wish is the mightiest spell a mortal creature can cast. By simply speaking aloud, you can alter the very foundations of reality in accord with your desires.
The basic use of this spell is to
). Reality reshapes itself to accommodate the new result. For example, a wish spell could undo an opponent's successful save, a foe's critical hit, or a friend's failed save. You can force the reroll to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
4. Reaction Timing Certain game features let you take a special action, called a reaction, in response to an event. Making opportunity attacks and casting the shield spell are two typical uses of
reactions. If you’re unsure when a reaction occurs in relation to its trigger, here’s the rule: the reaction happens after its trigger, unless the description of the reaction explicitly says otherwise. Once you take a reaction, you can’t take another one until the start of your next turn.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
The Contest Stacking mascots without the creatures toppling over is a major bragging right, and the characters have the opportunity of earning that now. Further, Greta Gorunn (chaotic good dwarf
Lorehold apprentice; see chapter 3) has offered a belt of dwarvenkind as the prize for this contest. Her parents sent her the belt as a gift, but she thinks it’s more fun to offer the belt as a trophy. In
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
archery contest or a game of darts. Assign an Armor Class to the target, decide whether the character is proficient with the weapon used, then have the player make an attack roll. (See also “Degrees of Success” in this chapter.)
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
of games are summarized in the Carnival Games table and described below, and you can create others as you see fit using these as models. Carnival Games Game Key Ability Almiraj Ring Toss
Dexterity Catch the Dragon by the Tail
Wisdom Gnome Poetry Contest
Charisma Goblin Wrestling
Strength Guess the Number of Feathers
Intelligence Outstare the Cyclops
Constitution If a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes of the Borderlands
Quest: Chug Champion The tavern’s signature game is a nightly contest called chug champion. Playing the Game To play chug champion, participants—called “chuggers”—line up at the bar and pay 5 GP
proceed to the next round. A character who succeeds on all three saves wins the game.
If multiple characters succeed on all three saving throws, compare the results of those chuggers’ last saves
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
to physically manipulate them. In this game, the other mascots jovially participate in the stacking contest. The spirit statues offer to serve as each stack’s base. The art elementals, fractals, and
those goofs, covered in pest bait! I don’t know what’s in it, but the pests love it. We’ll give them their snacks—we were just waiting on you. We knew you’d want in on this mascot-stacking contest! The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
the worlds of D&D exist within the Material Plane, making it the starting point for most campaigns and adventures. The rest of the multiverse is defined in relation to the Material Plane. The worlds of
abandoned. The best-known worlds in the multiverse are the ones that have been published as official campaign settings for the D&D game over the years — Greyhawk, Blackmoor, Dragonlance, the Forgotten
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
created by the reality-altering power of the deck. Turncoat. The villain is someone the characters know and have had positive dealings with. The villain’s attitude toward the character who drew the
card changes, either because of a revelation the villain receives about the character or because the deck reshuffles reality to spin the character’s actions into something harmful. The Rogue card’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
reality is a contest played out under secret rules. If he can discover the principles that define the true nature of the cosmos, he can learn how to ascend to the top of the Nine Hells’ hierarchy and
Dispater The cosmos is a grand game. He who knows its rules the best shall win the prize.
— Dispater
Dispater is the foremost arms dealer of the Nine Hells, and perhaps the greatest weapons
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Action Options This section provides new action options for combat. They can be added as a group or individually to your game. Climb onto a Bigger Creature If one creature wants to jump onto another
) check. If it wins the contest, the smaller creature successfully moves into the target creature’s space and clings to its body. While in the target’s space, the smaller creature moves with the target and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
Using These Rules The D&D Basic Rules document has four main parts.
Part 1 is about creating a character, providing the rules and guidance you need to make the character you’ll play in the game. It
.
Part 2 details the rules of how to play the game, beyond the basics described in this introduction. That part covers the kinds of die rolls you make to determine success or failure at the tasks your
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
alien intelligence, inhuman forms of perception, and the ability to shape reality through force of will — or even by their mere presence. Inside the comfortable confines of its subterranean lair, a
a game — which is still no match for what a beholder can accomplish with its superior intelligence and awareness. The mind of a beholder is powerful and versatile enough that it can envision literally
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
+12 A Contest of Wits Any character who wins a game in the experts’ section gains Nyssa’s attention. The pit master approaches the character after the game and offers a challenge of wits. Read or
with dragon wings.
The blue devil is the room’s pit master, Nyssa Otellion (see the “Casino Pit Masters” section). Nyssa stoically moves between game tables, searching for a worthy opponent. Games in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
different from rolling dice? And how can Dungeon Masters make interesting use of those differences?
This chapter addresses some of the unique randomizing elements cards can provide, even for a game that
card spread, each card’s intrinsic meaning changes depending on whether that card is upright or reversed (top oriented downward), or where it lies in relation to other cards in a spread. Stacked Deck
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
dissatisfied with simpler prey, she draws sapient quarry into a fatal contest. Pitted against other conscripted players in a game of cat and mouse, Chakuna’s prey struggle to survive the deadly Valachan
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
Appendix C: The Planes of Existence Incredibly vast is the cosmos of the Dungeons & Dragons game, which teems with a multitude of worlds as well as myriad alternate dimensions of reality, called the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
cyclopes chatting idly with each other. When the cyclopes notice the characters, they exchange a few unheard words, then play some sort of game analogous to rock/paper/scissors. One loses, and both
cyclopes approach the characters. They don’t appear to be carrying weapons. When the cyclopes are within 20 feet of the characters, the one that lost the game scoops up a small boulder from the ground
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
contest. Zelraun’s experience gives him a +9 modifier to his Intelligence checks. Zelraun loans the shield guardian and its control amulet to the first character to beat him at the game. If Zelraun proves
his family’s considerable income on the finer things in life. He’s a confident sort who likes to gamble. Winning over Roaringhorn requires a willingness to dine, drink, and potentially game with him
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
cyclopes chatting idly with each other. When the cyclopes notice the characters, they exchange a few unheard words, then play some sort of game analogous to rock/paper/scissors. One loses, and both
cyclopes approach the characters. They don’t appear to be carrying weapons. When the cyclopes are within 20 feet of the characters, the one that lost the game scoops up a small boulder from the ground
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
What Is Planescape? Planescape is the D&D multiverse and so much more. Beyond the Great Wheel cosmology (detailed in the Dungeon Master’s Guide), Planescape focuses on reality-bending adventures and
in Planescape campaigns often focus on the following themes: Backstage of Reality. Planescape adventures provide glimpses of the daily lives of unfathomable beings—like gods, angels, and demons—and how
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
might challenge one or more characters to an athletic contest. If the characters accept this challenge, roll on the Athletic Contests table to determine what game the goliaths propose. The goliaths are
to hunt for wild game on the tundra or on the shores of the Sea of Moving Ice. If the characters hide in the snow and keep their distance, the giant and its mount continue unimpeded, and the encounter
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
Angels in the Outlands CoupleOfKooks “If you think you’re prepared for the ultimate struggle between good and evil, the deciding contest between all that is righteous and all that is foul, then to
. “Greetings! It appears you’ve stumbled on our ballgame,” reports the modron. “Care to participate?”
The quadrone, G041, is an impartial umpire appointed to observe the ball-and-stick game, which
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
fictional reality of the game and in terms of the rules of the game. This means that when an enemy with a Crossbow takes the Ready action to cover the area in front of a door, the players should have a
Narration in Combat Although it’s important that the players understand what’s going on in terms of the rules, the game can get dull if everyone uses only “gamespeak”: “That’s an 18 to hit,” “You hit
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
’ control over their domains are purposefully vague. As with any nightmare, the Domains of Dread aren’t shackled to the laws of reality. Domains exist not to simulate a believable world, but to terrify
players. While the Land of the Mists is rife with sinister plots and terrifying tales, they’re meant to stay within the world of your game, not to prey upon the fears of players. Chapter 4 details ways to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Consequences As a DM, you can use a variety of approaches when adjudicating success and failure to tailor the game to your liking. Success at a Cost When a character fails a D20 Test by only 1 or 2
archery contest, you might decide that the more an attack roll exceeds the target’s AC, the higher the character’s score. The archery target might have AC 11, but it has five concentric rings indicating
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
very foundations of reality in accord with your desires. The basic use of this spell is to duplicate any other spell of 8th level or lower. You don’t need to meet any requirements in that spell
event by forcing a reroll of any roll made within the last round (including your last turn). Reality reshapes itself to accommodate the new result. For example, a wish spell could undo an opponent’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Material Plane Worlds of the Material Plane are infinitely diverse, but it was not always so. Some legends speak of a primordial state, a single reality called the First World, where many of the
) distortions of that original reality. Some myths describe a great tree that grew on the First World at the dawn of time. Planted and tended by the god Corellon, this tree was a seedling of Yggdrasil, the