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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
Dragonlance campaign setting. The introduction and chapter 1 cover broad details of the world but focus on the lands surrounding the city of Kalaman in the nation of Solamnia—the setting of the adventure
presented in this book. Prominent details about the setting are covered in these sections, but the wider world is left for you to detail as you please.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
, and the Underdark below, as a campaign setting in which you can base adventures of your own. All pertinent details about the setting are covered in this book, with room to add new locations and villains of your own design.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
adventuring party If you’re using a published campaign setting, pick any location in that setting and develop it as you like. A published setting or adventure might give you all the details you need. The
setting, start small by detailing only this starting area. The rest of your setting can remain undeveloped for now. Don’t spend too much time fleshing out the geopolitical landscape of your world or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
Chapter 11: Moon This chapter details the Moonstalkers, a thieves’ guild of evil lycanthropes that Dungeon Masters can use in any D&D setting as criminals, rival treasure hunters, or potential
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
setting in which you can base adventures of your own. All pertinent details about the setting are covered here, with room left to add new locations and villains of your own design. TENDAYS AND
DALERECKONING
In the Forgotten Realms setting, a week is ten days long and is referred to as a tenday. There are three tendays per month and twelve months in a year. For more information on the calendar of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
reflect the character you have in mind. TIKA AND ARTEMIS: CONTRASTING CHARACTERS
The details in this section make a big difference in setting your character apart from every other character. Consider
Character Details Your character’s name and physical description might be the first things that the other players at the table learn about you. It’s worth thinking about how these characteristics
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
Domain Details To reinforce the types of horror your adventures explore and give domains their own malicious personalities, consider these setting elements. Sylvain Sarrailh Those who enter the
create a unique adventure. Twisted Tropes. Wildly deviating from tropes can create unique locations, but doing so requires more explanation to help players understand the setting. Consider instead
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
reflect the character you have in mind. TIKA AND ARTEMIS: CONTRASTING CHARACTERS
The details in this chapter make a big difference in setting your character apart from every other character. Consider
Character Details Your character’s name and physical description might be the first things that the other players at the table learn about you. It’s worth thinking about how these characteristics
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
Setting the Adventure Use the following suggestions to help contextualize Zinda in a wider world: Through the Radiant Citadel. Characters traveling from the Radiant Citadel arrive in a jungle
clearing 2 miles from Zinda’s walls. Use the “Zinda Gazetteer” section at this adventure’s end to provide further details about the surrounding lands. Forgotten Realms. A trade city known for its wealth and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Eberron or any other D&D setting. Chapter 2 provides an overview of the nations of Khorvaire (and beyond) and the religions of Eberron, handy details whether you’re a player seeking inspiration for your
Using This Book This book is a gateway to using Eberron as a setting for your D&D campaign. It guides players and the Dungeon Master through the process of creating characters and adventures set in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
The Land of the Mists Sylvain Sarrailh This section provides you, the DM, an overview of Ravenloft. For details on specific Domains of Dread, see chapter 2.
Nightmare Logic Ravenloft cultivates
logic as nightmares: Whatever is the most terrifying is true. The Dark Powers, the Mists, and the nature of domains are purposefully mysterious. Mundane details and the lives of domain inhabitants are
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
It’s Your World In creating your campaign world, it helps to start with the core assumptions and consider how your setting might change them. The subsequent sections of this chapter address each
element and give details on how to flesh out your world with gods, factions, and so forth. The assumptions sketched out above aren’t carved in stone. They inspire exciting D&D worlds full of adventure
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
setting as a whole is made up of countless isolated domains, each one a perfect expression of a particular flavor of the macabre. Creating your own domain allows you to blend legendary evils, unexpected
process that starts by defining a Darklord—the villain at the heart of each sinister realm. Descriptions of various genres of horror also provide details to guide and inspire your creations. The rivalry between Darklords Strahd von Zarovich and
Azalin Rex spills through endless ages and countless domains
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Netheril’s Fall: Tales of Terror, Treasure, and Time Travel
Netheril’s fall, your players will experience the Forgotten Realms’ most arrogant civilization moments before its spectacular end. This chapter provides guidance on setting your game in Netheril and
details two ancient Netherese cities: Eileanar, a flying city of magical opulence, and Conch, where the conflicts between High and Low Netheril are on full display.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Featured Domains The following sections explore some of the most notorious Domains of Dread. Each of these realms is a setting unto itself and might host adventures of your design. These featured
talismans. Noteworthy Features. Details about the domain known by the domain’s residents and those who have traveled there appear in this section. Settlements and Sites. This section provides an
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
Ravenloft Setting Models What domains compose the Ravenloft setting is up to you. The Domains of Dread have no definitive map or proscribed orientation for how they relate to one another. This allows
you to shape the setting however best serves your adventures. Consider the following setting models for how you might use the Domains of Dread or use your favorite elements from multiple domains
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn
Realms. So if your characters visit Waterdeep, you can pick up the Waterdeep: Dragon Heist adventure to find a map of the city and details about its neighborhoods. All these products are available on
tremendous amount of fan-created content. Fan-created sites such as the Forgotten Realms Wiki collect information, art, and maps covering every corner of the setting. Particularly useful are the lists of books
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
with one the players have already encountered in your campaign, or add details from your campaign setting so the adventure involves your players’ characters in ways that the adventure’s designer never
setting and what is unique and fun about it. Step 2: Draw In the Players. Think about how the characters will get drawn into the situation you’ve established. Consider how the adventure might tie in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
don’t record a collectively remembered past, fictions spawn terrible facts, and sheltered villagers remain stubbornly ignorant about the world beyond. Ravenloft is a setting designed to cultivate
masterminds exist to foster terror. The details described in this section are true, but truth is malleable in Ravenloft. The exact limits of the Dark Powers’ influence, the Mists’ reach, and the Darklords
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
Djaynai and Janya Features Those familiar with Djaynai and Janya typically know the following details: Hallmarks. These lands are known for their ancestral legacies, political schisms, and
mahogany to the coppery glow of the setting sun. Gnomes, dragonborn, and other Humanoid folk are common and accepted in Djaynai. Djaynai’s Languages. The people of Djaynai speak Djaynaian, Common
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Divine Contention
things such as setting up camp and carrying gear. Ideally, a sidekick’s abilities should complement those of the main character. For example, a spellcaster makes a good sidekick for a fighter or
locations marked on both the DM’s map and the players’ map are described below in alphabetical order. This information is not secret and can be shared with players if they request details about a location.
Map 1: The Sword Coast View Player Version
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lorwyn: First Light
, details key features, and provides guidance on adventuring here. Although this introduction and chapter 1 are suitable for all players’ eyes, the remainder of this supplement is intended for Dungeon
in the multiverse of the Magic: The Gathering Trading Card Game. The first Lorwyn-Shadowmoor card set dates to 2007, and the game revisited the setting in 2015’s Magic Origins as well as 2023’s March of the Machine. The realm is the subject of a set forthcoming in early 2026.
compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Legends of Greyhawk
Guide for more details on the Greyhawk setting. Adjusting Encounters
If you have less than five players, a group of new players, or all level 1 characters, the adventure may suggest adjusting
compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Legends of Greyhawk: Secrets of the Free City
four hours or less. Sword in the Shadows occurs in the Free City of Greyhawk, located in the Domain of Greyhawk within the Central Flanaess on Oerth. See the Dungeon Master’s Guide for more details
on the Greyhawk setting. Adjusting Encounters
If you have less than five players, a group of new players, or all level 1 characters, the adventure may suggest adjusting certain encounters to be less
compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Legends of Greyhawk: Secrets of the Free City
four hours or less. Murder Among Thieves occurs in the Free City of Greyhawk, located in the Domain of Greyhawk within the Central Flanaess on Oerth. See the Dungeon Master’s Guide for more details
on the Greyhawk setting. Adjusting Encounters
If you have less than five players, a group of new players, or all level 1 characters, the adventure may suggest adjusting certain encounters to be less
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
nature of all yuan-ti in the setting. Monsters can be one-off flukes of nature or the products of insidious magic. For significant adversaries, use the tables in the “Genres of Horror” section of chapter
2 to inspire you as you craft a monster’s unique details. When it comes time for the final confrontation, it might not matter whether the bridge-haunting merrow was the product of an amoral
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
Menzoberranzan and take his revenge on the drow who cast him out. A player character spellcaster might be able to reproduce Vizeran’s work to create and perform the ritual, setting up the scenario in
chapter 17, “Against the Demon Lords.” Regardless of how the plan unfolds, though, the adventurers should get the opportunity to choose what they’ll do about Vizeran when they learn that the drow archmage has not been entirely truthful with them. See chapter 15, “The City of Spiders,” for details.
compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Legends of Greyhawk: Secrets of the Free City
for more details on the Greyhawk setting. Adjusting Encounters
If you have less than five players, a group of new players, or all level 1 characters, the adventure may suggest adjusting certain
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
. While Lord Soth is well known in tales of the Dragonlance setting, this adventure doesn’t assume the characters, or most of Kalaman’s people, know the death knight’s legend or expect him to be at work
in the world. The characters can learn relevant details about Lord Soth throughout the adventure. Even as the characters reach their highest levels, Lord Soth likely remains too great a threat for
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
fill the realms of Theros, a new setting for your Dungeons & Dragons campaign to explore. The roots of Theros lie in the myths of ancient Greece, tales dominated by gods, heroes, and monsters. This
world was created as a setting for the Magic: The Gathering trading card game, explored in card sets beginning in 2013. The lands of Theros serve as an example of how to take inspiration from real-world
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Part 1: Master of Worlds Every DM is the creator of his or her own campaign world. Whether you invent a world, adapt a world from a favorite movie or novel, or use a published setting for the D&D
adventures happen. Even if you’re using an established world such as the Forgotten Realms, your campaign takes place in a sort of mirror universe of the official setting where Forgotten Realms novels
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
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Part 2 details the rules of how to play the game, beyond the basics described in this introduction. That part covers the kinds of die rolls you make to determine success or failure at the tasks your
affect characters and monsters. Appendix B is a brief discussion of deities in the game, particularly those in the Forgotten Realms setting. Appendix C describes the five factions in the Forgotten Realms
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
information. When it would be helpful for a group to know something about the setting, ask such characters to make an Intelligence check using the relevant skill, then share plot-relevant details if their
the only relevant details of this history are those that feature in your adventures. Highlight significant in-world details by revealing them in the course of your adventures. Use the following
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
villains, and for keeping the action moving over the course of an adventure. It discusses how to use the Last War as a theme and a setting for adventures, and details the Mournland as an adventure location
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
players share, and record them in your campaign journal, as these details might be useful inspiration for later adventures. Scott Murphy In the Dragonlance setting, Tanis and Tika call their local
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Getting Players Invested To get your players excited about and invested in your campaign, create a setting that features people and places they recognize and where their characters’ choices matter