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Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
, colonies can be found in remote, gloomy areas of the surface world, warring against Lolth’s enemies.
The cult of Lolth still creates chitines as the need arises. Outside the presence of a choldrith
floors, walls, structures, objects, and traps that benefit the colony. A warrior might be responsible for crafting web armor (which is as tough as hide or leather), while a group of workers might be
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
especially cruel, the hag adopts the appearance of a kindly elder, approaches a child in a remote place, and gives them an iron token (described below), through which the child can magically confide in the
child.
Much as annis hags befriend children in order to corrupt them, they may adopt a group of ogres, trolls, or other creatures (ogre;ogres and troll;trolls appear in the Monster Manual), ruling them
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
are tied to a particular place or group of locales, and still others move erratically through the cosmos. Occasionally, a morkoth learns to direct its island’s movement.A Morkoth’s Lair
fragments that make up the island’s core are also located. Sections of the lair and its center might be kept dry to better protect and preserve collected objects and creatures, but most of the lair
Backgrounds
Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
use by the faction’s operatives), haven keepers, and message drop minders, to name a few. At the core of every faction are those who don’t merely fulfill a small function for that
: In recent years, the Zhentarim have become more visible in the world at large, as the group works to improve its reputation among the common people. The faction draws employees and associates
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
accidentally insulted a deep dragon is tormented by the dragon’s servants in ways that can’t be tied to the dragon conclusively.
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A group of cyclops;cyclopes wants a deep dragon to protect
away in a more remote chamber, draped in illusion spells and protected by traps and magical alarms. When triggered, those alarms summon the dragon’s minions and allies first, followed by the
Bugbear
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
indolence offers no clue to how vicious the creatures are. Bugbears are capable of bouts of incredible ferocity, using their muscular bodies to exact swift and ruthless violence. At their core
individuals in a group typically number fewer than a dozen, consisting of siblings and their mates as well as a handful of offspring and an elder or two. A gang lives in and around a small enclosure
Firbolg
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
; Gimble, Notes from a Treasure Hunter
Firbolg tribes cloister in remote forest strongholds, preferring to spend their days in quiet harmony with the woods. When provoked, firbolgs demonstrate
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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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
raid just as another group returns, laden with severed heads, sacks of loot, and armfuls of food. Warriors also serve as scouts, bringing back detailed reports about the surrounding area so that the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
Mephits The characters might encounter magma mephits, mud mephits, smoke mephits, or steam mephits (each appearing as a group of 2d6). The mephits don’t attack unless they outnumber the characters two to one, but they’re reluctant to be helpful unless they themselves are outnumbered.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
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
you can fill out the group with NPC followers, using the guidelines in chapter 4, "Creating Nonplayer Characters." You can also make the characters more resilient by using the healing surge option in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Unearthed Arcana
Expert Classes September 29, 2022
In this new Unearthed Arcana document for the 2024 Core Rulebooks, we explore material designed for the next version of the Player’s Handbook. This playtest
document presents the rules on character classes found in the Experts Class Group, new and revised Class features, Spells, Feats, Subclasses, and Epic Boons. You will also find an updated rules glossary that supercedes the glossary of any previous playtest document.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
experiences of dreamers. There is a dark core at the heart of the plane, shaped by the nightmare force known as the Dreaming Dark. For reasons unknown to the general populace, Dal Quor is always remote
influence. When the influence of a plane is especially strong it is said to be coterminous. When its influence is weak, a plane is remote. These states can be important for epic rituals, the creation of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
It’s Your World In creating your campaign world, it helps to start with the core assumptions and consider how your setting might change them. The subsequent sections of this chapter address each
, but they’re not the only set of assumptions that can do so. You can build an interesting campaign concept by altering one or more of those core assumptions, just as well-established D&D worlds have done
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
Worldroot Sapling In a remote corner of the world, immense, thorny tree roots twist across the barren ground. In the center of this desolate tangle, an enormous sapling gleams with the green of fresh
world tree Yggdrasil, planted and nurtured by an enigmatic group of giants called the Worldroot Circle (described in chapter 2). Some tales speak of the world tree stretching through every plane and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
Scarlet Sash, a group of wereravens known for stealing magic items from evil individuals and hiding evil items from the world at large. He chose the Book of the Raven as a hiding place for the map
because anyone interested in its subject matter might also be interested in following the map to its destination: a ruined chalet nestled in remote highlands.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
Running the Adventures To run each of these adventures, you need the fifth edition core rulebooks: the Player’s Handbook, Dungeon Master’s Guide, and Monster Manual. Spells and equipment mentioned in
giving a small group additional resources, as explained in the Dungeon Master’s Guide. Each of the adventures can take place in any world you choose, as long as the location has the basic elements listed at the beginning of each adventure.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
the syndicate, who occasionally pulls you in to criminal affairs. Or you could even be the reluctant heir of a Boromar leader; perhaps you’ve gone on the run rather than take your appointed place in
the criminal empire, but your past may yet catch up with you. You could also be the point of contact who has made the Boromar Clan your party’s group patron, as described later in this chapter.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
Dragon, and can be counted on to be present at the Well of Dragons when Tiamat makes her triumphant return from the Nine Hells. Arauthator’s chief lair is beneath a remote peak known as Lonefang
primarily as a meeting ground for him and his mate, the ancient white dragon Arveiaturace (“the White Wyrm”). She is aware of the cult’s activity but has been reluctant to join forces with it, and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
Dragon, and can be counted on to be present at the Well of Dragons when Tiamat makes her triumphant return from the Nine Hells. Arauthator’s chief lair is beneath a remote peak known as Lonefang
primarily as a meeting ground for him and his mate, the ancient white dragon Arveiaturace (“the White Wyrm”). She is aware of the cult’s activity but has been reluctant to join forces with it, and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
character’s player to do while their character is inactive?
This chapter presents the House of Cards, a dungeon in a remote demiplane created when the Void card is drawn. This is where the character’s
has a backup character in mind, the problem is solved. But some players are reluctant to swap characters. If they joined the game to play a particular character, they might not have fun playing a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
of the Sea of Moving Ice, the prison is a single-story structure topped with battlements. Rising from the core of the panopticon is a tower that holds the prison’s administrative offices and guard
amenities. If the council needs a tie-breaking vote to determine whether to commute a prisoner’s sentence, the prison warden—a neutral arbiter with no ties to any Lords’ Alliance member—casts the deciding vote. The remote prison of Revel’s End contains many of the Sword Coast’s most dangerous criminals
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
driven here by war, even a small band of warforged. Westbridge is as safe as Callestan gets, while anything goes in Eastbridge. Westbridge has a significant halfling population. In Eastbridge, a group of
here. Callestan is an inner district, which means that it’s largely enclosed in one of the massive core towers of Dura Quarter. However, it’s large enough that it extends out to the walls of the tower. Many people live in or on the walls, in tenements or shops carved into the thick stone.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver
adventures, like the prisoner in the goblin lair or the innkeeper in town. Who should be the DM for your gaming group? Whoever wants to be! The person who has the most drive to pull a group together and
for your group. Rules to game by
As the Dungeon Master, you are the final authority when it comes to rules questions or disputes during the game. Here are some guidelines to help you arbitrate
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Build Your Group A military unit, like most adventuring parties, incorporates a range of useful skills while covering each member’s weaknesses with another’s strengths. Thus, characters of any class
can find a home in such a unit, and a diversity of different skills and backgrounds benefits the group as a whole. Consider some or all of these roles for characters in your party: Commander. Every
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
to other Underdark races, relying more on trade flowing through Mantol-Derith (see chapter 9). The paranoid duergar are reluctant to share known routes to the surface world, so the adventurers need to
Afield Various other tunnels and passages wend their way to the surface in places around the Evermoors or even more remote locations. You can place these wherever you like, if an opportune time for
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
Escaping the Sphere The “Donjon Core Locations” section later in this chapter includes a variety of areas where prisoners could be found; in particular, a trapped character is likely to be found in
sphere. If it would better fit your group, a trapped character can mysteriously reappear after a few in-game hours or days, rejoining the party on their own. Those who return from the sphere in this
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
system has failed them. Daask makes its money through acts of violence, from mugging to armed robbery to outright pillaging. The group has diversified in recent years, building an extortion racket
Droaamites who make up the core of Daask aren’t merely criminals; they are elite soldiers of Droaam working for Sora Katra, and part of an operation that is taking root in larger cities across Khorvaire
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
by foot). On any other result, their caution is rewarded, and they travel the same distance as a group moving at a normal pace. Characters moving at a slow pace can move stealthily. As long as they’re
per day at a normal pace, 15 miles per day at a fast pace, or 9 miles per day at a slow pace), but this is likely to be more bother than it’s worth if the group switches pace from day to day. A
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes’ Feast: Saving the Children’s Menu
. Otherwise, the characters must hide and succeed on a DC 16 group Dexterity (Stealth) check to avoid attracting her attention. Negotiating with Ignis Ignis speaks only Giant, but she is intelligent and can
ingredients from the farm, so long as the characters don’t trample the plants or harm the animals. Ignis is suspicious of intruders, but she’s also reluctant to start a fight. If the party displeases
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Light of Xaryxis
, saying, “Let it never be said that Grimzod Gargenhale failed to give a lovely lady a hand.” Commodore Krux is reluctant to entrust the ring of shooting stars to the vampirate. A character must succeed
all-consuming core.
Death of a Star When Xaryxis is destroyed, read: The star flares, becoming a thousand times brighter. Moments later, it is gone.
The exploding star destroys everything within
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
of warforged who fought in the Last War. What They’ll Settle For. Ultimately, Kalyth’s group wants money, and Mercy’s group wants respect. If both parties get what they want, the dispute ends. Settling
the Dispute Mercy doesn’t understand that the Cyran veterans’ true motivation is money, nor does Mercy recognize the value of the items in the pilgrims’ possession. Though reluctant to bargain with
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
that these are trained lizards moving ahead of a lizardfolk encounter group. If so, those lizardfolk (see below) appear on the scene at the start of the sixth round of combat. Giant Spiders. The
spiders’ web is nearly invisible in an area of heavy fog. Spiders of the Mere of Dead Men have the Hold Breath trait. Lizardfolk. The lizardfolk of the mere are reluctant allies of the cult, mostly because
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
that these are trained lizards moving ahead of a lizardfolk encounter group. If so, those lizardfolk (see below) appear on the scene at the start of the sixth round of combat. Giant Spiders. The spiders
’ web is nearly invisible in an area of heavy fog. Spiders of the Mere of Dead Men have the Hold Breath trait. Lizardfolk. The lizardfolk of the mere are reluctant allies of the cult, mostly because
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica
was called the Lord of Chaos, and his guild’s original function as maintainers of Ravnica’s natural places meant keeping his faction as remote as possible from the civilized parts of the world. The
neighborhoods. They fight fiercely when threatened, punctuating their attacks with hisses and growls. When battle fury takes hold of a Gruul raiding group, it typically starts with the goblins, and after the battle, the surviving goblins are still frothing at the mouth and looking for someone to hit.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
Caer-Konig The white, snow-covered slopes of Kelvin’s Cairn loom large behind this quiet lakeside town. Caer-Konig started as a camp for a group of mountaineers from the northern Moonsea region. As
lasts in this corner of the world. Travel to and from this remote town was expedited by the ferry that ran out of Easthaven, but with the ferry shut down, Caer-Konig is completely cut off by mountains