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Exploration Encounters

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide

Exploration Encounters An encounter centered on exploration might involve the characters trying to disarm a trap, find a secret door, or discover something about the adventure location. An

exploration encounter could also involve the characters spending a day crossing a rolling plain or traversing vast caverns. The “Running Exploration” section in chapter 2 can help you craft these encounters as

The Moving MacGuffin

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault

The Moving MacGuffin Many of this book’s heists involve procuring a MacGuffin. Part of preparing for these heists is determining where the MacGuffin in question is located. If the characters are

the museum’s attic overnight. The characters could learn this detail by reading notes they discover in the curator’s office or by questioning one of the museum guards. If you use the moving MacGuffin

The Dreaming Dark in the War

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War

opportunity to call attention to a detail the characters overlooked. Clearly, this character’s subconscious registered the detail as important! Involve a current villain. This can help build the

Returning to Vizeran

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss

characters accuse Vizeran of having ulterior motives, the drow smiles thinly and agrees. Still, he insists his goal is the same as the characters’ own, and he doesn’t ask them to involve themselves in his

and stronghold, where they can discuss the matter further. There, he can demonstrate what he intends to do and why he needs the heroes’ help. He refuses to discuss plans in detail in Gravenhollow

Adventures in Borca

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

. Adventures set in Borca often involve characters participating in the machinations of the domain’s nobles, whether as involuntary pawns or as part of schemes to see them indebted to amoral patrons. The

obsessions—but could also learn that the best way to undermine these villains is to play them against one another. The following sections detail the schemes of the domain’s nobles and Darklords, while

Starting Points

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron

happen?” You Meet at a Tavern … But Which Tavern? Where do you spend your off hours? As a group, once you settle on a location, each player can add one cosmetic detail about it. This could involve a

Encounters

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide

and places and for characters to make choices. Encounters can involve exploration (interacting with the environment, including puzzles), social interaction with creatures, or combat. The Player’s

detail at once. Most players begin to lose focus after about three sentences of descriptive text. As characters search rooms, open drawers and chests, and examine things more closely, give players

Encounters

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules

and places and for characters to make choices. Encounters can involve exploration (interacting with the environment, including puzzles), social interaction with creatures, or combat. The following

initial description of a room or situation should focus on what the characters can perceive. You don’t have to reveal every detail at once. Most players begin to lose focus after about three

All for One: The Clan

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes

parents rightfully think of their children as the greatest legacy they can leave the clan, and they raise them with the same care and attention to detail that they give to the items they create. A

vigilant warrior; the clan needs a wide range of labor and talents to meet all the needs of the group. Filling the second role are an equally large number of dwarves whose occupations involve the crafting of

Detailed NPCs

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)

table. The alignment connections here are suggestions only; an evil character could have beauty as an ideal, for instance. NPC Ideals d6 Good Ideal Evil Ideal 1 Beauty Domination 2 Charity Greed

in the Player’s Handbook explore bonds in more detail, and player characters who uncover an NPC’s bond can use what they’ve learned to influence the NPC in a social interaction (as discussed in

Silverymoon

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide

the bridge when no one else is watching. Given its beauty, a visit to Silverymoon is among the most memorable experiences most non-Silvaeren might have. Even among those that regularly fight monsters or

handle magic, Silverymoon is a place of quiet, contemplative beauty, splendid opportunities for learning, and respite from the harsher realities of the North. Folk seeking knowledge that has been

1: Outer Gatehouse

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes of the Borderlands

daydreaming, might involve you pretending to yawn mid-sentence or getting distracted by a butterfly. Perhaps he confides with the characters that he’d rather be doing something else. Descriptive

guard who hopes to ascend in rank, might involve you describing her dutiful posture or no-nonsense expression. You might tell the players that she cautions the characters not to cause trouble as they

Creating a Rival

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything

worried that recent misdeeds will be revealed To add the right amount of detail to a rival you want to create, give some thought to what that NPC is trying to accomplish and what resources and

if the characters aren’t directly involved, the event becomes the talk of the town. Some elements of a rival’s plans might involve events in the world that aren’t under the rival’s control. Whether

Campaign Characters

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide

might appear in the campaign. Should these background characters become important to the campaign, work with the player to develop them in detail. Revealing a character’s lost sibling or childhood

characters buy a tavern using the treasure they’ve amassed, you can adjust the campaign so that the tavern has a role in future adventures. One adventure might involve a competitor trying to put the

The Seldarine

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes

eyes Gadhelyn CN Independence, outlawry Nature, Trickery Leaf-shaped arrowhead Hanali Celanil CG Love, beauty, the arts Life Golden heart Kirith Sotheril NG Divination, illusion

Adventurer’s Guide Corellon Larethian The creator of all elves is both chaos and beauty personified. Corellon is as fluid and changeable as a breeze or a brook — quick to anger, but equally quick to

Character Advancement

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes of the Borderlands

. Treasure. Treasure entries detail loot in an area, such as Gold Pieces (GP). Whenever a player character finds gold, give that player Gold Pieces equal to the listed value, which is tracked on

on a role. You still need to describe things that can’t reasonably be acted out. An active approach to roleplaying Haldryck in the “Game Trail” encounter might involve you pretending to hide behind

Annam and the Ordning

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

a manifestation of Grolantor. These encounters typically involve the god demanding something he wants from the priests, such as a fresh kill or a precious trinket. His priests then demand (and often

. Stone giants frequently appeal to her as an artistic muse, trusting that her love of beauty will inspire their work. Karontor Karontor is the elder twin of Grolantor. In a handful of myths, Karontor

Tool Descriptions

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything

Tool Descriptions The following sections go into detail about the tools presented in the Player’s Handbook, offering advice on how to use them in a campaign. Components. The first paragraph in each

Intelligence (History) checks concerning events that involve alcohol as a significant element. Medicine. This tool proficiency grants additional insight when you treat anyone suffering from alcohol poisoning or

World-Shaking Events

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)

presaged this event, or a series of signs and omens. Describe the omen in detail. Describe or name the creature that warned the populace about the oncoming disaster. Who listened? Who were the lucky

one) can shape the destiny of nations. The scale of a revolution need not involve the common masses against the nobility. A revolution can be as small as a merchants’ guild revolting against its

A Detour to Neverwinter

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated

Request Omin Dran contacts the characters via the franchise documancer’s documancy satchel or some other form of magic. When he does, read the following to detail his request: “Yeah, so I’m going to need

in a city divided — quite literally. Part of the metropolis is magnificent, with breathtaking architecture, marvelous spires, and opulent decorations. And amid that beauty is a terrible scar caused

Daoine Gloine

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish

common element — that Daoine Gloine was populated by creatures made of living glass, tended to by kenku in love with those creatures’ shining beauty. These occasional tales drove more explorers — including

multiple pieces of the laboratory’s equipment. The wire can be recognized as a form of astral silver cord with a successful DC 15 Intelligence (Arcana) check. Notes scattered about the area detail how

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