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Player’s Handbook (2014)
comprehend, and enjoyed the solitude of being the only thinking creature for miles in any direction. The wilds are in your blood, whether you were a nomad, an explorer, a recluse, a hunter-gatherer, or
Origin
You’ve been to strange places and seen things that others cannot begin to fathom. Consider some of the distant lands you have visited, and how they impacted you. You can roll on the following
Spells
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Dexterity saving throw or be blinded until the start of your next turn as the flowers spray water in their faces.
3
Each creature in the cube must succeed on a Wisdom saving throw or begin giggling
until the start of your next turn. A giggling creature is incapacitated and uses all its movement to move in a random direction.
4
Drops of molasses hover in the cube, making it difficult terrain until the start of your next turn.
Backgrounds
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
, survived weather more extreme than any city-dweller could comprehend, and enjoyed the solitude of being the only thinking creature for miles in any direction. The wilds are in your blood, whether you were a
unsure how to begin.
3
War, plague, famine, or a marauding monster ravaged your home, forcing you to flee for your life. You don’t even know how many of your people survived or where to find
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
. When you’re ready to begin this event, read or paraphrase the following, altering the text to incorporate the student’s name or other details: As students mill around the central campus, whoops of
excitement fill the air. It’s 6:00 p.m., and Bow’s End Tavern is open! On the tavern’s patio, three student mages with brightly colored hair begin to sing a jaunty tune and pluck at dulcimers as a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
, which also serves as a drill for Vogler’s militia, is followed by a feast at the Brass Crab. The event is scheduled to begin in the afternoon. About an hour before, Mayor Raven rallies Vogler’s militia
villager finds the characters as the parade begins and encourages the party to walk with them. If the characters agreed to honor Ispin’s last wishes, they easily find the other participants gathering at High Hill, either at the direction of this villager or by following momentum from the parade.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
direction for your character than if the DM is planning for swashbuckling on the high seas. Think about the kind of adventurer you want to play in this game. If you don’t know where to begin, look at the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Light of Xaryxis
following text to begin the session: Krux takes a drag from his pipe. “Settle in, everyone. We could be here for a while.”
The characters have enough time to take a short rest before the kindori arrive
. Lassoing or riding a kindori doesn’t cause it to attack. A kindori lashed to the Second Wind with rope pulls the ship across space in whatever direction it is headed. Krux knows the way to Topolah’s tower
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
News from the Front When you’re ready to begin this section, give the characters a reason to be near the River Gate, such as fetching Becklin’s box from Thornwall Keep or looking for a lost villager
. When the characters are within earshot, read the following: Pounding hooves sound from the direction of the River Gate as a mercenary of the Ironclad Regiment rides toward the village circle. As she
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
order or their stated positions in the room or other location, the DM figures out where the adversaries are--how far away and in what direction.
3. Roll initiative. Everyone involved in the combat
encounter rolls initiative, determining the order of combatants' turns.
4. Take turns. Each participant in the battle takes a turn in initiative order.
5. Begin the next round. When everyone involved in the combat has had a turn, the round ends. Repeat step 4 until the fighting stops.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
start of your next turn as the flowers spray water in their faces.
3 Each creature in the cube must succeed on a Wisdom saving throw or begin giggling until the start of your next turn. A
giggling creature is incapacitated and uses all its movement to move in a random direction.
4 Drops of molasses hover in the cube, making it difficult terrain until the start of your next turn.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
Refugees at the Shore As the survivors of Vogler pull their ships ashore, the reality of their situation sets in, and minor troubles begin confounding the refugees. Roll on the Survivor Camp
using any magic that restores hit points. 3 A couple sits shivering beside an unlit stack of firewood, staring off in the direction of Vogler. Lighting the fire through any means calms the couple and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
order or their stated positions in the room or other location, the DM figures out where the adversaries are — how far away and in what direction.
Roll initiative. Everyone involved in the combat
encounter rolls initiative, determining the order of combatants’ turns.
Take turns. Each participant in the battle takes a turn in initiative order.
Begin the next round. When everyone involved in the combat has had a turn, the round ends. Repeat step 4 until the fighting stops.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
The Masquerade’s Conclusion After Kollema’s pronouncement, students begin slipping away. Within the next couple of hours, half the guests funnel out, heading back to their lodgings or to clandestine
after-parties. Dean Tullus soon leaves as well. A character who’s been watching the dean and who succeeds on a DC 12 Wisdom (Perception) check notices her slip out, headed in the direction of Archaeo
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
provides no clue to direction, however. Characters who see the tower to the left one moment might spot it to the right, or behind, or closer or farther away a moment later. When trying to focus on the
tower’s new location, characters suddenly find that they can’t remember its old location clearly, or begin to wonder if it was in its current spot all along. If a character who entered the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
, the veiled medusas emerge from their alcove and begin to dance around him as the sand swirls and forms little dust devils. Jarûk is evil and cruel, but his current predicament motivates him to be a
. Jarûk’s reward consists of a gem of brightness and two common wondrous items: boots of false tracks and an orb of direction (both described below). These items appear only after the characters complete
Magic Items
Infernal Machine Rebuild
object on the same plane as you and have the compass point constantly in the direction of the named target. You gain no knowledge of the distance to the target.
A specialized clockwork compass floats
(your choice).
The cure wounds spell restores no hit points for you.
13
You have an innate sense of direction. You automatically succeed on ability checks made to avoid becoming lost.
Whenever
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
provides no clue to direction, however. Characters who see the tower to the left one moment might spot it to the right, or behind, or closer or farther away a moment later. When trying to focus on the
tower’s new location, characters suddenly find that they can’t remember its old location clearly, or begin to wonder if it was in its current spot all along. If a character who entered the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
“enter” the book, their literal path through the demiplane is dictated by the story that Ecamane Truesilver penned long ago. The characters begin a short distance south of where a meadow meets the edge of
several noteworthy locations, each one equivalent to a major section in the book. No map is necessary for the adventurers to get from one place to the next; if they try to deviate from the direction the story takes them, the same barrier of force prevents them from making any progress.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
Character Advancement Characters begin the adventure at 1st level and gain XP by defeating monsters. After each game session, add up all the XP earned and distribute it evenly among the party members
. Again, let the Suggested Character Levels table guide you. For example, if the characters are 4th level and about to stumble into Omu (chapter 3), you might want to steer them in a different direction
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
sense of growing urgency and point characters in the right direction. Starting at 5th Level You can begin the adventure with 5th-level characters by skipping over chapter 1 and starting in one of the
story, hoping to take the adventure in interesting new directions. The adventure allows for a fair amount of wandering. If you begin to think the party has wandered too far away from the main plot, you
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
through water, mud, and quicksand with ease. Horrifying Cacophony. When a gibbering mouther senses prey, its mouths begin to murmur and chatter, each with a different voice: deep or shrill, wailing or
determined direction. On a 7 or 8, the creature makes a melee attack against a randomly determined creature within its reach or does nothing if it can’t make such an attack.
Actions
Multiattack. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
begin to break over the ship. The port half of area 1 is 3 feet below water, while the starboard edge remains 5 feet above it. Round 14 If the rowboat began its approach on round 4, it arrives at the
. Everyone in area 1 is thrown into the sea, 2d20 feet in a random direction away from the capsized hull. The rowboat moves 20 feet away from the hull in a bid to avoid any monsters. Any creature that ends
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm Lord’s Wrath
sidekicks, approach from the other direction. Velleen is a female Damaran master thief (see appendix A). As the combat begins, the two evil groups recognize each other, and also attack one another when
characters. When the adventurers begin to feel a sense of hopelessness or peril beyond their capability, then have the other sides focus on each other for a while, giving the characters a chance to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Light of Xaryxis
Astral Blights When you are ready to begin play, read: Your adventures have taken you to a coastal community, where local fishing boats share the harbor with trade vessels from far and wide. Lately
outside. Joining them, you see a sinuous, crystalline vine erupting from the ground a few blocks away—tall enough to be seen above the rooftops. Screams of panic rise from the same direction.
A
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
between the warring parties are isolated events along the lines of the world-shaking events described in “Campaign Events.” You might begin the campaign with one such battle, have the adventurers
spend months or even years dealing with the aftereffects of the cataclysmic battle, then send your campaign in a new direction with a second battle. Maybe a third, truly cataclysmic battle—in which the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
square with great haste, disappearing into their hovels. As spear-toting guards with grim faces move with purpose toward the southwest gate, you hear a booming voice from that direction as it calls out
out to a range of one mile. If her demands aren’t met immediately, Drufi uses the horn to signal the other frost giants, who advance to within 100 feet of the town and begin hurling rocks over the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
Starting the Adventure Once the players are ready to begin, explain to them that their characters are among a group of travelers on the road headed into one of Theros’s great poleis. They don’t need
, read the following text: The sound of racing hooves rises like rolling thunder from the direction the fallen rider emerged. Two more riders round the bend, both wearing dark tunics. The fading light
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
could comprehend, and enjoyed the solitude of being the only thinking creature for miles in any direction. The wilds are in your blood, whether you were a nomad, an explorer, a recluse, a hunter-gatherer
strange places and seen things that others cannot begin to fathom. Consider some of the distant lands you have visited, and how they impacted you. You can roll on the following table to determine
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes of the Borderlands
fill the air, and a sudden forest fire spreads through the dry canyon.
The conflagration roars in the party’s direction, engulfing everything in its path. To escape the fire unscathed, each character
the characters their next meal. Some characters begin this encounter trapped in the spiders’ sticky web (see the “Giant Web” section). Roll a die for each character. On an odd number, the character
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
is nearby and heading in the ranch’s direction. There’s not enough time to flee, and everyone is hunkering down to defend the compound as best as they can. Stowal and Branikan are brothers (male shield
defense of the ranch. The rest of the defenders listen to them and do their best to carry out the characters’ plans. Give the players a few minutes to situate themselves, then begin the attacks.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
with Clever Twists It might seem stereotypical to build an adventure around dragons, orcs, and wizards in towers, but these are staples of fantasy storytelling. It might also seem trite to begin an
vast expanses of unchanging terrain. Dungeons that have branching corridors and similar decision points give players the opportunity to choose which direction their characters should go. Presenting
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
. If the characters approach from the south, the giant beavers poke their heads above the barrier for a moment, then begin slapping their tails on the water. This calls the hunters in area L2, who
star fell south of Therno Lake, in the direction where the derro raiders typically come from. They know the location of the derro lair, and they can point the characters to it. Quest to the Derro
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Outer Planes If the Inner Planes are the raw matter and energy that make up the multiverse, the Outer Planes provide the direction, thought, and purpose for its construction. These are realms of
physical one. At your discretion, a creature that spends a long time on an Outer Plane that is not its home plane can begin to take on aspects of that plane’s ethos. Visitors to the Upper Planes
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
adventurers to his domain. Characters can follow the werewolves’ tracks into the Misty Forest. After hours of fruitless searching, the characters are engulfed by thick fog: The woods darken as the trees begin
see more than a few feet in any direction. Soon, even the werewolf tracks disappear. No matter which direction they go, the characters come to a lonely dirt road that cuts through the woods, leading to area A (see chapter 2). As an alternative, you can have them enter Barovia near Krezk (see chapter 8).
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
. Machinery. The engine is a quasi-magical machine that controls the submarine’s propulsion and depth and powers the fins and rudder that control direction. A detect magic spell or similar magic reveals
Intelligence check to figure out the controls. From the control panel, the pilot can detach the submarine from the Eyecatcher, as well as control its speed, direction, and depth. The pilot can






