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Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
prefer for the DM to invent these details as part of the game, allowing you to learn more about your inheritance as your character does.
The Dungeon Master is free to use your inheritance as a story
your adventuring career, you can decide whether to tell your companions about your inheritance right away. Rather than attracting attention to yourself, you might want to keep your inheritance a secret
Kenku
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
. Most kenku use a combination of overheard phrases and sound effects to convey their ideas and thoughts.
By the same token, kenku have no ability to invent new ideas or create new things. Kenku can
clang of a mace against armor or the sound made by a breaking bone. Non-kenku refer to the kenku by describing this noise. Examples of this type of name include Smasher, Clanger, Slicer, and Basher
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
languages can add an element of mystery to inscriptions and tomes that characters encounter. You might invent additional secret languages, besides Druidic and thieves’ cant, that allow members of certain
organizations or political affiliations to communicate. You could even decide that each alignment has its own language, which might be more of an argot used primarily to discuss philosophical concepts
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
should strive to keep the character alive and use resources wisely. Run the character yourself. It’s an extra burden for you, but it can work. Decide the character isn’t there. Invent a good reason for
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica
Choosing a Guild Chapter 2 describes the ten guilds of Ravnica in detail. How do you decide what guild you want your character to belong to? You can choose one of these approaches: Look at the
within guilds, or the DM can invent contacts for you that aren’t associated with the guilds of Ravnica in any way. If you want your character to join a guild at a later time, the same guidelines apply as if the person were changing guilds, as described in chapter 2.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
important, and what is its full story? You might prefer for the DM to invent these details as part of the game, allowing you to learn more about your inheritance as your character does. The Dungeon
conditions are met. When you begin your adventuring career, you can decide whether to tell your companions about your inheritance right away. Rather than attracting attention to yourself, you might
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
Chapter 3: Avernus - Path of Devils Demon Zapper
For characters of level 8
“The purest of souls lures fiends into a hellish trap. Zap! Zap!”
Bone Brambles
For characters of level 8
grandeur? I’ll leave that one for you to decide.”
Arkhan’s Tower
For characters of level 9
“He wears the hand of evil, yet his goal remains just beyond his fingertips.”
Tiamat’s Monument
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
once on the Performers’ Roles table to determine what role Stagefright assigns to that player’s character. If two players get the same result, Stagefright lets them decide which one of them takes that
role before suggesting another role for the other character (choose a table entry that hasn’t already been assigned). Allow characters to invent new roles for themselves if they don’t like the ones
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
Animate Dead Level 3 Necromancy (Cleric, Wizard) Casting Time: 1 minute
Range: 10 feet
Components: V, S, M (a drop of blood, a piece of flesh, and a pinch of bone dust)
Duration: Instantaneous
multiple creatures, you can command any of them at the same time, issuing the same command to each one). You decide what action the creature will take and where it will move on its next turn, or you
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
Animate Dead 3rd-level necromancy Casting Time: 1 minute Range: 10 feet Components: V, S, M (a drop of blood, a piece of flesh, and a pinch of bone dust) Duration: Instantaneous This spell creates an
decide what action the creature will take and where it will move during its next turn, or you can issue a general command, such as to guard a particular chamber or corridor. If you issue no commands, the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
Animate Dead 3rd-level necromancy Casting Time: 1 minute Range: 10 feet Components: V, S, M (a drop of blood, a piece of flesh, and a pinch of bone dust) Duration: Instantaneous This spell creates an
decide what action the creature will take and where it will move during its next turn, or you can issue a general command, such as to guard a particular chamber or corridor. If you issue no commands, the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
Animate Dead Level 3 Necromancy (Cleric, Wizard) Casting Time: 1 minute
Range: 10 feet
Components: V, S, M (a drop of blood, a piece of flesh, and a pinch of bone dust)
Duration: Instantaneous
creatures, you can command any of them at the same time, issuing the same command to each one). You decide what action the creature will take and where it will move on its next turn, or you can issue a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
end of the nave, a throne resembling a twisted metal captain’s chair rises from a metallic dais backed by an ornate arch. There sits the Grand Master of the Distressed Body — a bone devil flanked by
Master welcomes the characters. The bone devil is an arrogant bully, and assumes that the characters have come to join its cult. However, it also comes across as whiny and petulant, reliant on the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Object Armor Class table provides suggested AC values for various substances. Object Armor Class Substance AC Cloth, paper, rope 11 Crystal, glass, ice 13 Wood, bone 15 Stone 17 Iron, steel 19
Gargantuan object’s hit points if you like, or you can simply decide how long the object can withstand whatever weapon or force is acting against it. If you track hit points for the object, divide it into
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
Object Armor Class table provides suggested AC values for various substances. Substance AC Cloth, paper, rope 11 Crystal, glass, ice 13 Wood, bone 15 Stone 17 Iron, steel 19 Mithral 21 Adamantine 23
you can simply decide how long the object can withstand whatever weapon or force is acting against it. If you track hit points for the object, divide it into Large or smaller sections, and track each
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
notes on new places you invent. Local Color A settlement might serve as a place where the characters stop to rest and to buy supplies. A settlement of this sort needs no more than a brief description
. Include the settlement’s name, decide how big it is, add a dash of flavor (“The smell of the local tanneries never lifts from this town”), and let the adventurers get on with their business. The history
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragons of Stormwreck Isle
Shipwreck Overview Ever since the violent death of a gold dragon on the rocky shoal on the north side of Stormwreck Isle, the bone-strewn rocks have been the site of many shipwrecks through the
. OTHER SHIPWRECKS
This chapter assumes the characters heed Runara’s advice and search Compass Rose for clues to the recent shipwrecks. If the characters decide to explore other recent wrecks, you can
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
floating nodule resembles an open maw. A structure akin to a small tent but made of bone or pale stone stands in the back of the cave.
The tent is an aperture made of bone as dense as solid rock. It
decide whether to be outside the Nematode or inside its closed mouth. There is no light in the cave once it shuts unless the characters have light sources with them. When the mouth closes, two intellect
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a6
utensils they have available. If you decide to change any giant’s melee weapon to some other giant-sized weapon, adjust its damage accordingly: Huge giants deal three times normal weapon damage, and
wool or hide cloak 31–32 Bone comb and hairpins 33–40 Iron cooking pot 41–43 Drinking horn 44–47 Skinning knife 48–53 Various soiled and patched linens 54–60 Haunch of meat 61–64 Coins, copper (100 to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sleeping Dragon’s Wake
character who searches her body, making a successful DC 10 Wisdom (Medicine) check finds the tip of a blade made of bone in a fatal wound in Manda’s stomach, and with a successful DC 18 Intelligence
characters might decide to wait for the sahuagin to exit the cave to raid the town rather than assault the cave. If they take this course of action, roll a d10. The result equals the number of hours
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
; characters reduced to 0 hit points by the mimics are stable rather than dying, giving the hag a chance to decide what to do with the unconscious victims. Dragon-in-the-Box. The wooden box with the crank is one
bone, insisting that the characters drink up. On occasion, she reaches around with one of her arms and winds up her key. If the characters belittle or threaten her, Granny Nightshade orders her mimics
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
determining which items are for sale and their final price, no matter what the tables say. If the characters seek a specific magic item, first decide if it’s an item you want to allow in your game. If so
Complications table or invent your own complication. Magic Item Purchase Complications d12 Complication 1 The item is a fake, planted by an enemy.* 2 The item is stolen by the party’s enemies.* 3 The item is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
sought out the Castle of Bone. Through armies of skeletons, legions of zombies, hordes of wraiths, and a gauntlet of liches they battled. Eventually they reached the object of their lifelong quest
— the Bone Throne.
“I claim this throne of evil,” Bane the tyrant shouted to Jergal.
“I’ll destroy you before you can raise a finger,” threatened Bhaal the assassin.
“And I shall imprison your
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
Roleplaying Bel Bel oversees the manufacture of weapons and armor for the Blood War. Though Asmodeus has instructed Zariel to accept Bel as her advisor, Bel and Zariel loathe each other and invent
infernal war machines. Twelve merregons under the command of a bone devil named Krinjak operate the barge’s oars. Krinjak’s instructions are to take the characters where they need to go. Although it
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
, who slowly applies those features to the headquarters. A majordomo of a franchise modeling itself after a spy organization might constantly invent devices for the franchise, making continuing progress
, though the DM can decide otherwise. If a mobile franchise headquarters requires more crew than is granted by the franchise’s rank, the characters must hire the remainder (typically at the skilled
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
decide that the priest has revived with one or more of these boons of your choice. If you do so, the priest is Undead rather than Humanoid. A priest can receive each boon only once. Boons of Undeath d6
were difficult terrain, but it takes 5 (1d10) force damage if it ends its turn inside a creature or an object. 6 Deathly. The priest’s visage becomes bone white, and its challenge rating increases by 1
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
the journal from Kwalish’s original expedition — and a final brain in a jar. Creature. The brain in a jar in this area belongs to the bone devil that founded the monastery. It is in charge of the
which is worth 750 gp if the characters decide to shop it elsewhere) 515 cp, 11,215 sp, 1,925 gp, and 85 pp stored in various containers and coffers 425 tiny gemstones worth 1 gp each, 44 small
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
disaster takes whatever form you want, but it’s always a big, bold, unsubtle sign of a deity’s displeasure. You might decide to wipe a town, region, or nation off the map of your world. A disaster ravages
. What are the ongoing effects of this cataclysm? The following points can help you define the nature and consequences of the disaster: Decide what caused this cataclysm and where it originated. An omen
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
, first decide whether their previous investigation has alerted Dran Enterprises. If they allowed Rakeem to eavesdrop and report their conversations, alerted Eriss the broker of their antagonistic
whips out a bone saw and asks which of the characters she can help first. When she realizes the characters aren’t customers, Arla is disappointed, but she’s open to their questions. She despises Dran
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a6
Ice Cave This bone-strewn cave is the den of two adult winter wolves and their three half-grown pups (use the dire wolf statistics). If the young are harmed, the parents fight recklessly, risking
the place by the various giants in the upper area. If the characters decide to look through the refuse, it takes 10 minutes to search a 10-foot-square area, and the toads from area 12 come into the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a5
-Threat Monsters” above). Each creature sits atop a different bone mound, and they all attack when it becomes clear that the characters have not brought food. Bone Piles. These 1-foot-high piles of bones
, dominant female that lazes near the black gate. They wait to be fed or given prisoners to play with, which allows the characters a few moments to decide on a course of action. If the party lingers, it’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
monster might be based on a real-world creature or a monster from myth, in which case its name might be obvious. If you need to invent a name, keep in mind that the best names either reflect the
ability determines its ability modifier, as shown in the Ability Scores and Modifiers table in the Player’s Handbook. If you can’t decide what a monster’s ability scores should be, look for comparable
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
decide otherwise if they claim the stone from the alchemist, see the unlikely golden objects, and also decipher the book.
They might become excited at the idea of possessing an actual philosopher’s stone
fathom …”
Treasure. The alchemist wears an empty bag of holding at the waist. One rib bone on each of the skeletons is dipped in gold and is worth 5 gp. The alchemist also carries a cursed luckstone
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Domains of Delight: A Feywild Accessory
, bone, or some other substance, which allow the archfey to raise the dead. They shed their antlers and grow new ones every hundred years, prompting thieves to sneak into the domain to acquire the shed
magic item that can be used to defeat a powerful monster. As the DM, you decide whether such a gift is warranted. To randomly determine what kind of gift your archfey might bestow on a character, roll on
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
character drips their blood upon the sarcophagus lid, though, you can decide if their blood turns black or not—choosing if you want the character’s story to go in that direction (and you think the character’s
. Callisos spends much time here, etching grimly poetic prayers to Athreos on the walls with ink and bone chisels. If called to battle by Antiophes, or if audible conflict continues in area 7 for more