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Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
increase three different scores by 1. Follow this rule regardless of the method you use to determine the scores, such as rolling or point buy.
The âQuick Buildâ section for your
characterâs class offers suggestions on which scores to increase. Youâre free to follow those suggestions or to ignore them. Whichever scores you decide to increase, none of the scores can be
Species
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
forge, the cold of high mountain air, the spark of inspiration, and the scouring touch of acid that purifies.
Creating Your Character
When you create your D&D character, you decide whether your
. Follow this rule regardless of the method you use to determine the scores, such as rolling or point buy.
The âQuick Buildâ section for your characterâs class offers suggestions on which
Backgrounds
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
Species
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
forest, toxic and corrosive.
Creating Your Character
When you create your D&D character, you decide whether your character is a member of the human race or one of the gameâs fantastical races
rolling or point buy.
The âQuick Buildâ section for your characterâs class offers suggestions on which scores to increase. Youâre free to follow those suggestions or to ignore them
Species
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
echo of discoveryâbut also the desiccation of despair.
Creating Your Character
When you create your D&D character, you decide whether your character is a member of the human race or one of
determine the scores, such as rolling or point buy.
The âQuick Buildâ section for your characterâs class offers suggestions on which scores to increase. Youâre free to follow
Species
Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
Astral Plane can live to be more than 750 years old.
Creating Your Character
When you create your D&D character, you decide whether your character is a member of the human race or one of the game
determine the scores, such as rolling or point buy.
The âQuick Buildâ section for your characterâs class offers suggestions on which scores to increase. Youâre free to follow those
Species
Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
glide. Hadozees wrap these wings around themselves to keep warm.
Creating Your Character
When you create your D&D character, you decide whether your character is a member of the human race or one
use to determine the scores, such as rolling or point buy.
The âQuick Buildâ section for your characterâs class offers suggestions on which scores to increase. Youâre free to
Species
Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
impossible to duplicate. To interact with other folk, thri-kreen rely on a form of telepathy.
Creating Your Character
When you create your D&D character, you decide whether your character is a
regardless of the method you use to determine the scores, such as rolling or point buy.
The âQuick Buildâ section for your characterâs class offers suggestions on which scores to
Species
Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
blossom into hard feelings, loud arguments, and head-butting contests, but they rarely escalate beyond that.
Creating Your Character
When you create your D&D character, you decide whether your
. Follow this rule regardless of the method you use to determine the scores, such as rolling or point buy.
The âQuick Buildâ section for your characterâs class offers suggestions on which
Species
Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
use to determine the scores, such as rolling or point buy.
The âQuick Buildâ section for your characterâs class offers suggestions on which scores to increase. Youâre free to
follow those suggestions or to ignore them. Whichever scores you decide to increase, none of the scores can be raised above 20.
Languages
Your character can speak, read, and write Common and one
Species
Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
, determined to find a greater purpose.
Creating Your Character
When you create your D&D character, you decide whether your character is a member of the human race or one of the gameâs
, such as rolling or point buy.
The âQuick Buildâ section for your characterâs class offers suggestions on which scores to increase. Youâre free to follow those suggestions or
Species
Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
you create your D&D character, you decide whether your character is a member of the human race or one of the gameâs fantastical races. If you create a character using a race option
different score by 1, or increase three different scores by 1. Follow this rule regardless of the method you use to determine the scores, such as rolling or point buy.
The âQuick Build&rdquo
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
one catch your eye. If you have access to Magic: the Gathering cards from a Ravnica set, find a card that appeals to you and build that character. If youâre a Magic player and you already have a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
How to Use These Rules The best thing about being a DM is that you get to invent your own fantasy world and bring it to life, and nothing brings a D&D world to life more than the creatures that
the Dungeons & Dragons Starter Set, which demonstrates how to take a bunch of monsters and build an exciting adventure around them.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Masterâs 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 thievesâ 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 Masterâs Guide (2014)
should strive to keep the character alive and use resources wisely. Run the character yourself. Itâs an extra burden for you, but it can work. Decide the character isnât there. Invent a good reason for
Backgrounds
Guildmastersâ Guide to Ravnica
it was sabotage that destroyed my first laboratory and killed many of my friends, and I seek revenge against whoever did it.
4
I have the schematics for an invention that I hope to build one day
me with conflicted feelings.
5
I helped a minor Gruul chieftain acquire an Izzet weapon.
6
Roll an additional Izzet contact; you can decide if the contact is an ally or a rival.
7
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Masterâs Guide
Gaining a Bastion If you allow Bastions in your campaign, characters acquire their Bastions when they reach level 5. You and the players can decide together how these Bastions come into being. A
character might inherit or receive a parcel of land on which to build their Bastion (see âMarks of Prestigeâ in chapter 3), or they might take a preexisting structure and refurbish it. Itâs fair to assume
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
game, or if you are joining an existing D&D campaign, your DM might decide to have you begin at a higher level, on the assumption that your character has already survived a few harrowing adventures
-level character has 0 XP. A higher-level character typically begins with the minimum amount of XP required to reach that level (see âBeyond 1st Levelâ later in this chapter). QUICK BUILD
Each class
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon of Icespire Peak
, congratulate them on building their characters and begin the adventure with the next session. During character creation, your role as the DM is to let your players build the characters they want, and to help
let the player decide if they want the character to have a sidekick (see âRunning for One Playerâ below).
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Playerâs Handbook
Being the Dungeon Master If you want to be the mastermind of the game, consider being the DM. Hereâs what DMs do: Build Adventures. You prepare the adventures that the players experience. In the
the adventurers face. The players decide what their characters do as they navigate hazards and choose what to explore. Then you use a combination of imagination and the gameâs rules to determine the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
Being the Dungeon Master If you want to be the mastermind of the game, consider being the DM. Hereâs what DMs do: Build Adventures. You prepare the adventures that the players experience. Guide the
Story. You narrate much of the action during play, describing locations and creatures that the adventurers face. The players decide what their characters do as they navigate hazards and choose what to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Astral Adventurerâs Guide
Creating Your Character When you create your D&D character, you decide whether your character is a member of the human race or one of the gameâs fantastical races, which include the races presented
, such as rolling or point buy. The âQuick Buildâ section for your characterâs class offers suggestions on which scores to increase. Youâre free to follow those suggestions or to ignore them. Whichever
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurerâs 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->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
point buy. The âQuick Buildâ section for your characterâs class offers suggestions on which scores to increase. Youâre free to follow those suggestions or to ignore them. Whichever scores you decide to
, consult the Random Height and Weight table in the Playerâs Handbook, and choose the row in the table that best represents the build you imagine for your character.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
point buy. The âQuick Buildâ section for your characterâs class offers suggestions on which scores to increase. Youâre free to follow those suggestions or to ignore them. Whichever scores you decide to
Random Height and Weight table in the Playerâs Handbook, and choose the row in the table that best represents the build you imagine for your character.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Creating Your Character When you create your D&D character, you decide whether your character is a member of the human race or one of the gameâs fantastical races. If you select one of the dragonborn
increase a different score by 1, or increase three different scores by 1. Follow this rule regardless of the method you use to determine the scores, such as rolling or point buy. The âQuick Buildâ section
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
Chapter 5: Isle of the Abbey A local marinersâ guild would like to claim a small, strategically located island and build a lighthouse there. But so far, its representatives have not been able to
the island and its burned-out abbey. When the characters come across this information and decide to investigate the opportunity, the adventure officially gets under way. Isle of the Abbey is designed
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
. However, you get to decide how complicated the journey turns out to be. One big question is whether the characters should travel overland up the Sword Coast, or whether you want to let them teleport
own rewards, in the form of additional encounters and side treks that can help build a fun story. This episode provides one side trek that sees the characters stop in Neverwinter on their way to the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
once on the Performersâ Roles table to determine what role Stagefright assigns to that playerâs 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 hasnât already been assigned). Allow characters to invent new roles for themselves if they donât like the ones
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Masterâs Guide
, and it provides opportunities for a character to craft magic items, conduct research, harvest poisons, build ships, and carry out a range of other activities. As DM, you decide whether Bastions are
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tashaâs Cauldron of Everything
characterâs bond is, âIâm trying to pay off an old debt I owe to a generous benefactor.â If thatâs the characterâs bond, you should work with the player to decide who that generous benefactor is and build
relevant story lines into the larger campaign. Party Formation During session zero, your role is to let the players build the characters they want and to help them come up with explanations for how their
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Masterâs Guide (2014)
skill. When that skill is used for an ability check, it is usually used with Dexterity. Under certain circumstances, you can decide a characterâs proficiency in a skill can be applied to a different
ability check. For example, you might decide that a character forced to swim from an island to the mainland must succeed on a Constitution check (as opposed to a Strength check) because of the distance
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
A Note about Size As described in the Dungeon Master's Guide, magic items meant to be worn can fit a creature regardless of size or build. If your campaign features a lot of magic items made by
giants, you might decide to tweak this rule. Consider these two options: Everything Fits. Perhaps the ancient giants of your world lived among creatures of varying statures, and as such, they took great
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Masterâs Guide
the focus of pilgrims who travel long distances to partake in the holy power assumed to linger there. Build Your Own Pantheon
Most of the published D&D settings described in chapter 5 have their
own pantheons of gods. If youâre creating your own setting, you can use the list of Greyhawk gods in chapter 5 or build your own pantheon.
A simple way to build a basic pantheon is to create one god