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Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes
Everything dies eventually. Why bother building anything that is supposedly meant to last?
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Nothing matters to you, and you allow others to guide your actions.
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Your needs come first. In
’t stay still.
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Spring Flaw
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You overdrink.
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Toil is for drudges. Yours should be a life of leisure.
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A pretty face infatuates you in an instant, but your
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Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
order’s cause.
The “Knightly Orders of Faerûn” sidebar details several of the orders that are active at present and is designed to help inform your decision about which group
again in ruins, Dove Falconhand decided to reform the group with the primary goal of building alliances and friendship between the civilized races of the world and goodly people in order to combat evil
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Acquisitions Incorporated
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Reality is a descent into chaos punctuated by brief flashes of order, whence we arose and so imagine it to be the norm rather than a distant outlier. That-Which-Endures held entropy back for a mere instant
— especially those designed to protect the power and wealth of the elite. When living among enlightened folk, verdan are still the first to speak out against cultural restraints on individuals
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
Alpha, the adventure—which involves a crashed spaceship, futuristic weaponry, and humorously malfunctioning robots—became an instant classic. The updated adventure is designed for 11th-level characters.
, a one-eyed elder evil once entombed beneath the Cynidicean ziggurat. The updated adventure is designed for 1st-level characters. When a Star Falls When a Star Falls was the first adventure to bear a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
scoops and cargo carts dramatically accelerating the loading and unloading process. Though designed by the Church of Gond, these marvels are run by the Harborhands, the most powerful crew in the city
port’s operations and taxation from a small, heavily fortified brick building set well apart from other structures. The port itself is a tangle of piers, floating docks, and anchorages, from the massive
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer
scoops and cargo carts dramatically accelerating the loading and unloading process. Though designed by the Church of Gond, these marvels are run by the Harborhands, the most powerful crew in the city
port’s operations and taxation from a small, heavily fortified brick building set well apart from other structures. The port itself is a tangle of piers, floating docks, and anchorages, from the massive
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
above the floor. Illumination. The repository’s scintillating walls shed bright light out to a range of 20 feet and dim light for an additional 20 feet. Magic Protections. The repository is designed to
they’re dueling or not. After taking damage in the repository, a creature still in the building is healed to full hit points after not taking damage for 1 minute. Wild Magic. Once per turn, when a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
Everything (2017) and Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything (2020)
Based on the Player’s Handbook (2014) designed by Jeremy Crawford (lead), Bruce R. Cordell, Tom LaPille, Peter Lee, Mike Mearls, Robert J
. Schwalb, Rodney Thompson, James Wyatt
Building on the original game created by Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson and then developed by many others over the past 50 years
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
Adjusting for Party Level Harrowhall is designed to be a challenge for four 8th-level characters who explore the keep in a single session. Decrease the challenge for characters lower than 8th level
and phase spiders in the keep, using the rules for encounter building in the Dungeon Master’s Guide to create an appropriate challenge. Weaker Construct. The stone golem in area 4 can be replaced with
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
Challenge A monster’s challenge rating tells you how great a threat the monster is, according to the encounter-building guidelines in chapter 3 of the Dungeon Master’s Guide. Those guidelines specify
a greater challenge than even a typical 20th-level party can handle. These monsters have a challenge rating of 21 or higher and are specifically designed to test player skill. Experience Points The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
in your game. Sourcebooks include things like new character options, new monsters, and inspiration for building your own adventures and campaigns. You can play D&D without any of these additional
, or even pieces of candy if miniatures are unavailable.
Many software tools designed to facilitate online D&D play provide a battle grid. Even without such tools, though, many online D&D games use
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
in your game. Sourcebooks include things like new character options, new monsters, and inspiration for building your own adventures and campaigns. You can play D&D without any of these additional
, or even pieces of candy if miniatures are unavailable. Many software tools designed to facilitate online D&D play provide a battle grid. Even without such tools, though, many online D&D games use
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
yuan-ti content themselves with maintaining these ancient places rather than building new ones for their needs. Although these sites are hundreds or even thousands of years old, they don’t look or feel
traps to keep intruders, spies, and rebellious slaves out of sensitive areas. Traps are commonly placed on door locks, chests, and fake objects designed to attract looters. One insidious delivery
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
characters go out into the wider world. Designed well, a home base can hold a special place in the adventurers’ hearts, particularly if they care about one or more NPCs who live there. To make a home base
. For an event-based adventure, note the NPCs who play a part in the adventure. This work is adventure preparation as much as it is world building, and the cast of characters you develop for your adventure — including allies, patrons, enemies, and extras — can become recurring figures in your campaign.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
Magical Effects The following magical effects are present throughout the necropolis: Continual flame spells illuminate street lamps as well as building interiors and exteriors. A powerful enchantment
ritual was designed to test visitors’ magical aptitude but can be performed without casting spells. For example, an adventurer could light a handful of lamp oil to “summon a flame” (taking 1 fire damage
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
Step 3: Determine Numbers and Challenge Ratings The process for building fights that feature only one legendary monster is simple. The Solo Monster Challenge Rating table shows you which challenge
treat each character as being of that level for the purpose of selecting appropriate monsters. The above guidelines are designed to create a fight that will challenge a party while still being winnable
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
forever. d4 Winter Flaw 1 Everything dies eventually. Why bother building anything that is supposedly meant to last? 2 Nothing matters to you, and you allow others to guide your actions. 3 Your
You overdrink. 2 Toil is for drudges. Yours should be a life of leisure. 3 A pretty face infatuates you in an instant, but your fancy passes with equal speed. 4 Anything worth doing is worth doing again
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
Strength (Athletics) check.
Desk. A beautiful rolltop desk contains quill pens, jars of ink, blank scrolls, notes, notebooks, and 1d6 empty copper scroll canisters designed to fit inside the pneumatic
building in Arcturiadoom (level 14). Treasure. Skrianna’s dresser contains ten sets of fine clothes and a set of traveler’s clothes. Her chest, which has a mirror attached to the inside of the lid
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Building a Dungeon When you set out to create a dungeon, think about its distinctive qualities. For example, a dungeon that serves as a hobgoblin stronghold has a different quality from an ancient
dungeon. You can roll on the table or choose an entry that inspires you. Dungeon Location d100 Location 01–04 A building in a city 05–08 Catacombs or sewers beneath a city 09–12 Beneath a farmhouse 13
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
reflect whatever trial you endured to secure your new destiny and to model the knowledge and abilities imparted to you by whatever force transformed your life. Building a Rewarded Character Rewarded
city 4 A motto or symbol whose meaning eludes you, etched on a piece of your equipment 5 A crisp playing card that never seems to tear or soil, depicting the card that affected you 6 Half a medallion designed to be rejoined to its other half
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
Locations in Wisteria Vale In an attempt to make the demiplane as comforting and familiar as possible for Quill, the Harpers designed it to resemble his hometown, down to the buildings, the villagers
village’s everyday events. W6. Manor The manor on the northern edge of Wisteria Vale stands out as the biggest and most ornate building in the village, two stories tall and made of white stone that gleams when the light catches it.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
Outside Combat As described in the Monster Manual, a beholder’s use of its eye rays in combat is random, governed by die rolls instead of by choice. This rule is an abstraction, designed to keep the
. Telekinetic Ray In addition to functioning as the beholder’s arms and hands for everyday tasks, the telekinetic ray is essential for building traps and other lair defenses, such as positioning the weights for a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
trying different command words for the last half hour to get the portal to reopen. Matreous takes on a thoughtful expression and pauses for an instant, tapping his chin in thought. The mansion must be
wall opposite the entrance. M2. Patio A semicircular patio paved with gray flagstones is nestled against the building, lit by the swirling indigo miasma that surrounds the mansion. M3. Library Tall
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
designed to amplify sound, allowing the ringing of each gong to be heard as far as two miles away. Any other watch posts within that range ring their gongs as well, putting more of the compound on
alert. The watch posts were designed to warn Goldenfields of approaching armies and dragons. Even though the watch posts and the wall patrols provide a great measure of security, a small group of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
type of dungeon described in “Dungeon Purpose” section of chapter 5, "Adventure Environments" has its own table featuring chambers geared to the dungeon’s purpose. For example, if you’re building a tomb
important treasures, accessible only by locked or secret door (75 percent chance of being trapped) 12–14 Room containing a puzzle that must be solved to bypass a trap or monster 15–19 Trap designed to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
offerings such as metal nuggets, raw gems, and teeth can be left. Traps Kobolds are amazingly creative at building traps, especially when adapting natural hazards and salvaged materials. They pound nails
look flimsy or poorly designed, but a creature that gets hit with a bent sapling adorned with sharpened butter knives is liable to come away with a newfound respect for the little creatures. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
building has fallen into the cavern. Inside the collapsed structure are strewn wooden heads and decaying hats.
A stone golem hides under a pile of shattered wood and feathery hats. Demelin (see
using the scrying spell to monitor the characters and has judged they might be useful in ridding the ruins of the Dragon Army invaders. The gem Demelin breaks is an elemental gem. An instant later, an
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
Outer Planes and countless material worlds. The bank’s principal office is a monument to opulence and stability: a palatial building constructed from marble. Elite private security, the best that money
hoards too large to defend, they can store excess treasure in secure vaults beneath the Bank of Abbathor. The guarded rows of armored doors are pure theater, empty repositories designed to comfort
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
currently enjoying.
Bath and Steam House Avowed and seekers alike use this building as a place to relax. Spacious rooms in the building contain heated pools for respite while engaging in casual
when winter comes calling. The stables accommodate a wide range of mounts. Most of the stalls are designed for horses and ponies, but specialized stalls offer secure lodging and care for hippogriffs
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
the building. The tower’s vents are 50 feet from the ground and open into a 10-foot-wide shaft that descends into the center of area A2. This shaft is marked with a dotted circle on map 11.2. A
designed to look like an efreeti’s face stands nearby.
This cylindrical chamber once housed a lush garden, but Navid torched it to create more comfortable surroundings. The man here is Navid, leader
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
1 A Hands of Havoc fire starter (see Morte’s Planar Parade), flame in hand and a wild look in their eyes, stands outside an abandoned building. “Care to help?” they ask the characters. 2 A kelubar
from a desperate human commoner and flees into a nearby alley. The victim cries for help from the characters. 8 Two ettercaps hiss at the characters from an abandoned tenement building cocooned in thick
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
False Tomb The lowest floor of the pyramid is a false tomb designed to discourage would-be tomb robbers. The people of Bakar also once used it as a temple. The following locations are keyed to map
creature, concealing it completely and teleporting it to area P13 of the pyramid’s second floor. To an onlooker, the object or creature appears to be consumed by the flame, vanishing in an instant. An
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
hounds detect the characters and attack, day or night. G3. Coach House This stone building contains a beautifully maintained coach and clean stables that house four draft horses and Lady Gralhund’s jet
worth 250 gp each. G4. Guard Barracks This one-story stone building attached to the mansion serves as quarters for twenty house guards. The main room contains ten bunk beds. Each comes with a pair of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
once-famous hunting lodge, the White Hart Inn, stands amid low stone cottages and stables. The creaky building is well maintained on the inside, offering a bit of grandeur in an otherwise rustic
building has three stories, corner turrets, and rooftop battlements. One of the turret rooftops has collapsed, leaving a gaping hole through which birds and other creatures can enter. All the windows
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
the arrow slits. They torment the characters by replicating the screams and pleas of the tormented victims of the kenku torturer (area A12). Arrow Slit Corners. The gatehouse was designed in a zigzag
are returned to their homes, their families offer a reward of 50 gp per prisoner returned. A13. Vergadain’s Hall This building was once a dwarven hall for feasting. Old wooden tables lay scattered and