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Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
Riddles A riddle is a verbal puzzle. Riddles can be simple or complex, brief or protracted, and low stakes or deadly. This section includes basic guidance for DMs who want to design and use riddles in adventures.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
Improvised Weapons An improvised weapon is an object wielded as a makeshift weapon, such as broken glass, a table leg, or a frying pan. A Simple or Martial weapon also counts as an improvised weapon
if it’s wielded in a way contrary to its design; if you use a Ranged weapon to make a melee attack or throw a Melee weapon that lacks the Thrown property, the weapon counts as an improvised weapon. An
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
Improvised Weapons An improvised weapon is an object wielded as a makeshift weapon, such as broken glass, a table leg, or a frying pan. A Simple or Martial weapon also counts as an improvised weapon
if it’s wielded in a way contrary to its design; if you use a Ranged weapon to make a melee attack or throw a Melee weapon that lacks the Thrown property, the weapon counts as an improvised weapon. An
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
and grass. The writing is neat and steady, each line inscribed in practiced calligraphy. Although the design of the book is simple, the crafting and materials are of the highest quality. In fact, the book is a magic object that transforms into a portal when the activation phrase is spoken.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
bedroom is cold and simple and features little more than a hard cot. Nearby, she maintains a war room full of maps and reports where she obsesses over desperate battle scenarios. Across the hall is a well
-used chamber full of torture devices, many of her own design. Plaza Stairs. Daily, Talons disseminate meager rations to Lekar’s citizens while other soldiers execute supposed traitors by impaling them on pikes.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Commerce Even small villages can provide characters access to the gear they need to pursue their adventures. Provisions, tents, backpacks, and simple weapons are commonly available. Traveling
the griffon eggs they’ve found, or an architect to design their castle, they’re better off going to a large city than looking in a village.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
chapter 2. Not all domains need to be elaborately detailed settings. As the domains in this section demonstrate, creating a simple concept for a Darklord and the horrors surrounding them can be a
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77–78 Scaena
79–81 Sea of Sorrows
82–83 Shadowlands
84–85 Souragne
86–87 Staunton Bluffs
88–90 Tepest*
91–92 Tovag
93–95 Valachan*
96–97 Vhage Agency
98–99 Zherisia
100 DM’s design
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
The Grand Design The first priority of any mind flayer colony is to survive. The elder brain and its servants seek to remain hidden, typically deep within the earth, while harvesting enough
intelligent humanoids to nourish themselves and allow for slow but steady growth. Once a colony is secure, it focuses on the Grand Design — the mind flayers’ plan to rebuild their lost empire. The illithids
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
8. Ballroom Broken boards mar the weblike design worked into this ballroom’s wooden floor. A short stage for long-departed musicians stands at the room’s far end, overlooked by cracked stained-glass
the first time, read the following text: A hollow, mocking voice reaches you, echoing as if from far away. “I’ll give you a simple choice, my misguided knights. You can join Lady Silvra, and I’ll
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
. Macreadus’s device was similar in design to a mythallar (see appendix D), but much smaller. Unfortunately for him, it had a serious design flaw. When Macreadus tried to use it three days ago, it malfunctioned
characters try to finish his work, Macreadus helps as much as his bodiless form allows. To lay his spirit to rest, the characters must fix his creation’s design flaw and then activate it, all within the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Forge of the Artificer
Smith’s Tools in hand. Dreadnaught. You design your armor to become a towering juggernaut in battle. It has the following features: Force Demolisher. An arcane wrecking ball or sledgehammer projects
from your armor. The demolisher counts as a Simple Melee weapon with the Reach property, and it deals 1d10 Force damage on a hit. If you hit a creature that is at least one size smaller than you with
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
, and a dizzying array of tools. Mounted on one wall is an iron ladder that ends before a trapdoor in the ceiling.
Inscribed on the floor is a complex geometric design that pulsates with light. In the
middle of this design, embedded in the floor, is a one-foot-square metal box with a keyhole in the top of it.
This workshop is where Tockworth creates her clockwork automatons. Two suits of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
modify existing classes to better serve your game’s needs. Changing Proficiencies Changing a class’s proficiencies is a safe and simple way to modify a class to better reflect your world. Swapping
tell you how to design new class features. The best place to start is by looking at other class features, or at spells, feats, or any other rules for inspiration. You’re almost certainly going to have
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
. Several doors lead from the room.
The kitchen of the Halvhrest home now lies in shambles. The debris and broken furnishings make the entire area difficult terrain. Oven. This simple oven is little
form one letter or a similar design. The witch’s baked goods are delicious but sometimes have tiny, harmless surprises hidden within—perhaps a key the party overlooked, a fingertip, or a twitching
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
Designing Simple Traps You can create your own simple traps by using the following guidelines. You can also adapt the example traps for different levels and severity of threat by modifying their DCs
simple. Their effects include poisoned needles that spring out when a lock is tampered with, blasts of fire that fill a room, poison gas, and other lethal measures. Saving throws — usually Dexterity
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragons of Stormwreck Isle
of kobolds. These small, reptilian folk eye you curiously while a couple of humans watch from a distance. All the cloister’s residents are dressed in simple clothes, and no one carries a visible
into view, descending gracefully from the upper part of the cloister. She’s an elderly human woman with weathered brown skin, white hair in tight braids, and kindly hazel eyes, dressed in a simple white
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
rest, provided you have smith’s tools in hand. Guardian. You design your armor to be in the front line of conflict. It has the following features: Thunder Gauntlets. Each of the armor’s gauntlets
counts as a simple melee weapon while you aren’t holding anything in it, and it deals 1d8 thunder damage on a hit. A creature hit by the gauntlet has disadvantage on attack rolls against targets other than
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
, like a hole torn in the fabric of the cosmos. Other Visions As you build your own cosmology, consider the following alternatives. The Omniverse. This simple cosmology covers the bare minimum: a Material
myth have a similar Spirit World. INVENTING YOUR OWN PLANES
Each of the planes described in this chapter has at least one significant effect on travelers who venture there. When you design your own
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
island, giving rise to all manner of magical properties. Island Environments While a mystical island could be a simple spur of rock and sand jutting from the ocean depths, there’s the potential to make
properties of your own design. Bliss Island. Those who visit the island risk being enchanted so they never want to leave. At the end of each long rest it takes on this island, a visitor must succeed on a DC
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Light of Xaryxis
calls “Lefty,” was later animated as a crawling claw. The disembodied hand can play instruments and communicate using simple gestures. If Topolah is in sight, Captain Gargenhale’s posture briefly slumps
shall be marooned.
Article 4: No Shipboard Conflicts. All disputes shall be settled on land.
At your discretion, Captain Gargenhale’s code can include additional rules, perhaps of your own design
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
simple workrooms contain one combat robot and three worker robots programmed to haul, manage, and protect cargo in the adjacent cargo holds (see area S33). The robots are inactive and indifferent
characters’ techniques and gloat about their own martial prowess. Physical Training Androids. The androids fill the following roles: Boxing Android. This android (sentry design) is programmed to train
compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Legends of Greyhawk: Secrets of the Free City
settled, as though she’s been on her feet the whole day, then fixes her gaze upon the group, lip tight.
“Let’s keep things clean and simple. I haven’t got all day.”
Vera Moenbrys NG female (she/her
, Investigation, and Perception inside the library. Library Exterior The following clues and information can be observed while examining the library’s exterior. Temple Design. As a Study action, a character
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
shelter is surprisingly warm, thanks to a small stove and simple lamps burning aromatic whale oil. Carpets are heaped on the floor in thick layers, and tapestries from every culture in Faerûn hang
at the writing desk is a female tiefling wearing a blazing crimson cloak over tailored furs. The cloak is fastened with a silver-and-ivory brooch bearing a design reminiscent of a stylized, branching
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Purpose Except in the case of a natural cavern, a dungeon is crafted and inhabited for a specific purpose that influences its design and features. You can choose a purpose from the Dungeon Purpose table
, such as a wizard, vampire, or dragon, and it is larger and more complex than a simple lair. Temple or Shrine. This dungeon is consecrated to a deity or other planar entity. The entity’s worshipers
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
shelter is surprisingly warm, thanks to a small stove and simple lamps burning aromatic whale oil. Carpets are heaped on the floor in thick layers, and tapestries from every culture in Faerûn hang suspended
at the writing desk is a female tiefling wearing a blazing crimson cloak over tailored furs. The cloak is fastened with a silver-and-ivory brooch bearing a design reminiscent of a stylized, branching
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
options are inferior). When the time comes to design the game elements of the race, such as its traits, take a look at the game’s existing races and let them inspire you. Cosmetic Alterations A simple
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
ranger. The vampire has long been imprisoned within a magical iron coffin mounted atop animated golem legs (an early Kwalish design), forced to atone for his evil deeds by working for the Cartophile
can be found as a prisoner in area M6 of the monastery. If he does start out with the party, he might choose to leave them at the monastery, joining with the Grand Master. Gearbox LN monodrone A simple
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
bearing a design of two ki-rins stands in one wall. Dozens of alcoves holding jade statues of soldiers line the rest of the chamber’s perimeter. Bodies are scattered around the room—some clothed in finery
alchemical devices. Muttering figures cluster around these stations. Four simple cots stand nearby.
Imperial alchemists work in secret here, trying to recreate the lost secrets of Dragon’s Blessing. Passages
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
(Stealth) check while doing so. Once the grate is open, characters can drop down into area D7. The chains holding the ship aloft are too sturdy to be broken by any quick or simple method. Severing one
rumors of Dory’s terrible skin condition are partly true. Several of the Tharizdun cultists were turned to skum to better serve Sgothgah, but Dory was too clever and important to be reduced to a simple
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
players and the DM. Group Design When selecting a feature, the characters must make decisions together — meaning the players must do the same. Deciding on the features of a headquarters should be a team
’ collective skill proficiencies, tool proficiencies, backgrounds, and positions within their franchise could all impact the design and construction of a headquarters. A glassblower might make beautiful
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
spent helping to craft the item. Normally, a character who undertakes this activity creates a magic item described in chapter 7, "Treasure." At your discretion, you can allow players to design their
scandal. A rumor needs to be simple, concrete, and hard to disprove. An effective rumor also has to be believable, playing off what people want to believe about the person in question. Sowing a rumor
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
scripts and determine if they are legitimate, since a calligrapher’s training involves long hours of studying writing and attempting to replicate its style and design. Components. Calligrapher’s
the rest. Because it was fashioned quickly from whatever wood was available, the shelter collapses 1d3 days after being assembled. Carpenter’s Tools Activity DC Build a simple wooden structure 10
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
everything not bolted down. Only empty counter space, unused food trays, and the equipment built into each room’s design remain. Temperature Prep Cubes. The boxes along the wall were used to chill and warm
! It appears I have fallen. Would you mind helping me up?” asks the robot.
This malfunctioning android (aerialist design) was damaged during the ship’s robotic uprising. When a character comes
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
the west, while a simple stone door stands in the wall to the east.
Upon entering this chamber, Ishvern directs the characters to the west archway leading to area C3. He encourages them to cleanse
who has a passive Wisdom (Perception) score of 16 or higher notices a design on its lid resembling the layout of the shrine. Although the crypt has no other visible exits, the room on the map
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
dwarves, humans, and half-elves. Neighbors here generally stand together to deal with any trouble. Lower Northedge North Market The open market in this region largely deals in simple, locally produced
tied to a royal decree. In fact, when the Tains built their mansion on Skyway, they ordered the architects to design a banquet hall that would seat sixty families and their servants. The original Sixty