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Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
live like the cats they resemble, naturally curious and at home in playful environments. In other places, tabaxi live as other folk do, not exhibiting the feline behavior the Cat Lord intended
Random Height and Weight table in the Player’s Handbook, and choose the row in the table that best represents the build you imagine for your character.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
Charting a Course Using the map to chart a course from one location to another is unreliable at best. It helps if the characters have visited a destination before, but even that is no guarantee
they’ll end up where they intended. When charting a course through Avernus, ask the player whose character is overseeing navigation to roll two dice: Roll 2d4 if the characters are traveling to an
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
Joint Effort Players — and especially new players — should keep in mind the amount of creativity and collaboration a company position requires when determining which position is the best fit for
their character. In addition to their various mechanical benefits, the features of each company position are intended to offer players and DMs the opportunity to collaborate on crafting campaign narrative
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
Maccath the Crimson
Maccath the Crimson
The Arcane Brotherhood is a league of mages based in the city of Luskan at the fabled Hosttower of the Arcane. The Hosttower is an academy for the best
best and brightest when she journeyed to the Hosttower seeking admission. Her knowledge of dragon lore and draconic relics was already vast, but she wanted to know more about the dragons’ magic. Even
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
Maccath the Crimson Maccath the Crimson The Arcane Brotherhood is a league of mages based in the city of Luskan at the fabled Hosttower of the Arcane. The Hosttower is an academy for the best and
brightest mages of Faerûn. Only the most promising are accepted as members in the Arcane Brotherhood, and only members of the order can study at the Hosttower. Maccath the Crimson was one of those best
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
end of the world and explores how these can enliven your campaign. This chapter is intended for the Dungeon Master, though characters might have a connection to the cult as ex-members, or as friends
believe the end really is the end; after the multiverse’s destruction, only a formless void will remain.
Vallez Gax
The Heralds of the Comet is best suited for use as an antagonist in an
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
Dispater The cosmos is a grand game. He who knows its rules the best shall win the prize.
— Dispater
Dispater is the foremost arms dealer of the Nine Hells, and perhaps the greatest weapons
of an imp. The imp wears a leather vest that conceals the message, and the laces of the vest are knitted into the imp’s heart. If the vest is removed by anyone other than the intended recipient, that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
NPC companions have destinations of their own in mind, and are the ones best able to navigate the subterranean realms. As such, the adventurers will be dependent on their guidance. The NPCs can offer
. Sarith Kzekarit is the best potential guide in the group, but also the most deceptive. He can navigate to any region of the Underdark shown on the map, but will encourage the characters to travel to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
Episode 6: Showdown with the Six THE DRAN & COURTIER The characters (now 6th level) have learned that the Orrery of the Wanderer channels magic even more powerful than intended by its creator, the
characters, unless they can determine that it’s suffering from a deep depression and desperately seeks a mate. Successfully playing the part of deep crow relationship counselor allows the characters to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice Compendium
what’s on the page or what the designers intended, D&D is meant to be fun, and the DM is the ringmaster at each game table. The best DMs shape the game on the fly to bring the most delight to their
. RAI. Some of you are especially interested in knowing the intent behind a rule. That’s where RAI comes in: “rules as intended.” This approach is all about what the designers meant when they wrote
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice & Errata
the designers intended, D&D is meant to be fun, and the DM is the ringmaster at each game table. The best DMs shape the game on the fly to bring the most delight to their players. Such DMs aim for RAF
you are especially interested in knowing the intent behind a rule. That’s where RAI comes in: “rules as intended.” This approach is all about what the designers meant when they wrote something. In a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Light of Xaryxis
the characters do something unexpected, improvise as best you can while gently steering them toward their main goal. Each chapter ends with a cliffhanger to set the stage for the next session, assuming
Doomspace, where the coalition they had intended to join turns out to be a bunch of quarreling factions. They must find a way to unite the factions before attacking the Xaryxian Empire. Part 4: Saviors of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
above all else, even if it doesn’t benefit anyone.
Horror Character Bonds d12 Bond
1 I desperately need to get back to someone or someplace, but I lost them in the Mists.
2
within me. I will fight against it and the world’s other evils for as long as I can.
9 I’m desperately seeking a cure to an affliction or a curse, either for someone close to me for myself
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
the tome came to Valin. The names Valin has added at the end are those of the oracle’s current and intended victims, as seen in her visions: Alessia Baseer, Valin Sarnaster’s longtime attendant (and
tiefling gladiator (and another of Valin’s golem servants) Mayastan Sadaar, the dragonborn sage Each of the characters, using whatever names they are best known by The sections that follow have more information on Valin Sarnaster’s servants.
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
actions contribute to the survival of the group. The tribe practices for the eventuality of defending the lair against intruders, and their plans always include knowing the best escape routes and who is
against the wall can become a miniature storm of fangs and claws as it desperately tries to defend its life. Likewise, kinship to their own tribe can prompt kobolds to battle another kobold tribe for
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
might provide the next step in enacting the Grand Design. Strategic Principles Since mind flayers need to settle near a source of food, they must determine how best to interact with the humanoids they
intend to conquer. A colony usually adopts one of three approaches to dealing with its neighbors. Control. A colony that desperately needs to increase its population concentrates on capturing humanoids
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
questions from the characters as best he can, then makes his proposal. Use the points laid out in the following sections to play out the negotiations, utilizing whatever combination of ability checks
, the Prince of Demons, arrived in the Claw Rift of Menzoberranzan and rampaged through the city before escaping into the wider Underdark. The intended purpose of Gromph’s ritual is unclear, but
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
. This guideline is especially important for characters of level 1 or 2. Adjustments. A player’s absence might warrant removing creatures from an encounter to keep it at the intended difficulty. Also
, die rolls and other factors can result in an encounter being easier or harder than intended. You can adjust an encounter on the fly, such as by having creatures flee (making the encounter easier) or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer
Distraction. While all eyes were on you, your friends were making off with the goods. 4 Lockpicker. Every lock is just a puzzle to be mastered. 5 Lookout. Watching out for trouble is the best way to
anyone else. 5 What you stole belonged to someone other than your intended mark. Now a deadly organization such as the Guild is after you. 6 You were caught! The owner demands their property’s return, threatening death or worse, but it’s already been taken from you.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
mastered.
5 Lookout. Watching out for trouble is the best way to avoid it.
6 Mole. You knew the job inside out, particularly because you were on the inside all along.
Theft
you have. Multiple dangerous groups have approached you to buy it, and will be offended if you sell to anyone else.
5 What you stole belonged to someone other than your intended mark. Now a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
region around Etizalan is suffering a spate of earthquakes and incursions from fiery monsters. Three days ago, Ameyali sent four of the town’s best warriors to seek insight from the Watchers of the Ashes
travelers intended to look for the warriors and then take offerings to the Gate of Illumination, a shrine to the gods, in hopes of placating them and quelling the earthquakes. The group has traveled only a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
fleeing Thither, Clapperclaw was waylaid by Agdon Longscarf and his harengon brigands, who stole its head, which the scarecrow describes as a most glorious stag skull. It desperately wants its head back
scarecrow does its best to stay out of harm’s way while the characters continue to explore Hither. It fears Bavlorna Blightstraw too much to enter her cottage, but it will patiently wait for the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
teleported creatures arrive in an empty space near this oval, regardless of their intended destination in the Mournland. A creature that studies the reflection of the Mournland in the oval clearly sees the
. The items are long gone, and Kalyth fears that the other veterans would reject her—or worse—if they found out she once had the money they desperately need and lost it. Regardless of the characters
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
absence might warrant removing creatures from an encounter to keep it at the intended difficulty. Also, die rolls and other factors can result in an encounter being easier or harder than intended. You can
, particularly ones that are worth 0 XP, should be used sparingly. If you want to include many CR 0 critters in an encounter, use swarms from the Monster Manual instead. Number of Stat Blocks. The best
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
repeated mind flayer attacks, a young deep dragon refuses to leave the cave where the dragon’s best friend—an adventurer who won the dragon’s respect and affection—lingers as a ghost.
Adult Deep Dragon
developed a taste for deep dragon blood.
5 An adult deep dragon craves the knowledge stored in an aboleth’s nearby lair.
6 A spirit naga desperately wants to claim the key to a mysterious
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
-related, secrets are an important component of gaining leverage over others. Moreover, your successful franchise will eventually have many secrets of its own that you desperately need to keep quiet
relative ambivalence toward the laws underlying fair trade and honoring deals makes Waukeen a perfect fit for an Acquisitions Incorporated cleric. Regardless of your best intentions, ensuring the success
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
known for fear the pirates will return and finish them off. Even though the survivors desperately want to leave the island, their superiors would not approve of their abandoning the island to the
himself to the best of his abilities. If the characters attempt to negotiate, Ozymandias is treacherous and unlikely to keep any agreement (except at sword point). He wants to get word of the abbey’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
the counter. The Clue. The legible parts of the graffiti read, “Zorz ws here.” This is intended to say, “Zorzula was here,” and the goblins left the graffiti in reference to Zorzula’s Rest. The graffiti
fireplace, through which the goblins fled. Checking out the roof triggers the “Encounter: Rooftop Stash” section. Talking to Wheel-of-Fortune Wheel-of-Fortune tries their best to help the characters and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
. A trap intended to be a setback is unlikely to kill or seriously harm characters of the indicated levels, whereas a dangerous trap is likely to seriously injure (and potentially kill) characters of
the usual ways. For example, a trap that causes a room to slowly flood works best as a complex trap. On the trap's turn, the water level rises. After several rounds, the room is completely flooded.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica
Boros Angels Angels of the Boros Legion view themselves as the embodiments of what their creator intended. They are fierce warriors devoted to justice and dedicated to protecting the weak against
angels are paragons of goodness, wisdom, and mercy. The reality is that angels aren’t immune to the temptations of corruption, and the necessities of political machination can compromise the best of them
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
severity. A trap intended to be a setback is unlikely to kill or seriously harm characters of the indicated levels, whereas a dangerous trap is likely to seriously injure (and potentially kill) characters of
bypassed in the usual ways. For example, a trap that causes a room to slowly flood works best as a complex trap. On the trap’s turn, the water level rises. After several rounds, the room is completely flooded.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
you’re crafting a whole adventure around a dragon or just want to throw a dragon with an interesting personality into the party’s path, how do you put a dragon to best use in an encounter? Start by
minions, an iron flask with a powerful Fiend inside, or a magic portal to an echo’s lair. The characters must prevent the dragon from summoning aid or face a new threat.
6 The dragon is desperately
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
against intruders, and their plans always include knowing the best escape routes and who is responsible for blocking tunnels to deter pursuit. Kobolds feel a cool affinity or something like kinship for
it desperately tries to defend its life. Likewise, kinship to their own tribe can prompt kobolds to battle another kobold tribe for resources or territory. Such conflicts aren’t common, because two
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
jackalweres or from a disturbance in the hideout, Korvala is expecting them. Otherwise, she is shocked but keeps her composure, silently assessing how to best take out the characters in a fight if it
occasionally feed on the energy of the living to survive. Korvala has created eight gingwatzims so far, six disguised as books and two more to guard her office. Korvala never intended her gingwatzims to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
, Kaynen becomes Friendly. He answers questions to the best of his ability and gladly allows the characters to harvest a tree bark sample.
The dryad has heard rumors that a dragon wyrmling lurks down in
month ago when the elf entered the grove to study its corruption. The wyrmling spent days tormenting Armin until the desperate elf agreed to drive away anyone who approaches the lair. Armin desperately