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Princes of the Apocalypse
physical contact with metal objects (for example, carrying metal weapons or wearing metal armor) takes 9 (2d8);{"diceNotation":"2d8","rollType":"damage","rollDamageType":"fire"} fire damage. Each creature
drastically, quadrupling in size (for example, a fire blazing in a 5-foot by 5-foot area expands to a 10-foot by 10-foot area). Pools or streams of lava or other molten material are also affected. Creatures
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
the quarry’s ability to escape, at your discretion. For example, a quarry with a Faerie Fire spell cast on it might have Disadvantage on checks made to escape because it’s much easier to spot. If the
total of the quarry’s check is greater than the highest Passive Perception score of the pursuers, the quarry escapes. If not, the chase continues for another round. Escape doesn’t necessarily mean the
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
check is greater than the highest passive score, that quarry escapes. If not, the chase continues for another round. The quarry gains advantage or disadvantage on its check based on prevailing
Disadvantage The lead pursuer is a ranger or has proficiency in Survival Disadvantage Other factors might help or hinder the quarry’s ability to escape, at your discretion. For example, a quarry with a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice Compendium
printings of the Player’s Handbook no longer include the wording that provoked this question.) Can a fighter have two fighting styles active at once? Dueling and Defense, for example. You can benefit from
only the damage roll of the weapon used with the feature. For example, if you use a greatsword with the feature, you can reroll any 1 or 2 you roll on the weapon’s 2d6. If you’re a paladin and use
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
of the towns contain trace evidence of the immigrant cultures that birthed them. This evidence is carved into houses, statues, and other fixtures. For example, the dinosaur carvings on the older
against one another as competition for resources becomes increasingly intense. The alliance of Ten-Towns won’t hold if the mounting tribalism continues to threaten the common good.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
is elsewhere while the rest of the party continues the adventure. Come up with in-game reasons for the character to temporarily leave the party and rejoin later, such as following up on a rumor or
same XP that the other characters earned each session, keeping the group at the same level. Some groups like to work out a policy regarding how many missing players is too many to proceed. For example
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crawl to make progress. In places where a tunnel opens into a chasm and continues on the other side, the kobolds might connect the two passages with a rope bridge or some other rickety structure
undetected and don’t give their targets reason to harm them. For example, a group of city kobolds might sneak into a cobbler’s house at night to loot it of knives, leather bits, nails, and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
crouched within its square of tiled precious metal. The gargoyles remain motionless until they are provoked. The slots in each pedestal are 4 feet above the floor and roughly the size of a standard coin. All
platinum coin into every pedestal could exit the room safely. A gargoyle will also accept a tithe of multiple coins of equal or greater value (10 cp instead of 1 sp in the east pedestal, for example
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
cultists’ path brings them close to wherever the characters happen to be staying. For example, if the characters are camped out near one of the Haunted Keeps, they spot the group as it exits the
large box engraved with a recurring elemental symbol. Inside, a magical orb resembling a crystal ball pulses and thrums with power. The priest holds the orb aloft and continues to chant while the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
plot point gets to add some element to the setting or situation that the group (including you) must accept as true. For example, a player can spend a plot point and state that his or her character
right must add a complication to the scene. For example, if the player who spends the plot point decides that her character has found a secret door, the player to the right might state that opening the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
example, if a player wants his or her character to take a swing at an orc, you say, “Make an attack roll” while looking up the orc’s Armor Class. The rules don’t account for every possible situation
that might arise during a typical D&D session. For example, a player might want his or her character to hurl a brazier full of hot coals into a monster’s face. How you determine the outcome of this
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica
a methodology that relies on unexpected outcomes: all results are informative, even if they completely defy expectations. For example, an experiment that begins as the creation of a “hypermana
, remains its guildmaster, just as the guild continues to fulfill its original mission (even as its experiments go far beyond the guild’s original mandate).
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
completed their turns. If more than two sides take part in a battle, each side rolls for initiative. Sides act from the highest roll to lowest. Combat continues in the initiative order until the battle
order to influence their decisions. For example, a badly wounded fighter might charge a troll because he knows that the cleric goes before the monster and can heal him. Speed factor is an option for
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
take a coastal map and translate it to an underwater environment or use the map as-is if the dragon turtle is content to lair near the surface. As an example, map 5.14 depicts a topaz dragon’s lair in a
, launched out in a skiff to feed the dragon turtle’s voracious appetite.
Aremag’s predation has occasionally provoked reprisal from Chult’s inhabitants, as attested to by his milky-white left eye and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
. For example, children (and even some adults) hop on one foot when crossing Asmagh’s Alley in the Castle Ward. Why? Well, Asmagh was an apothecary who poisoned many patients, then buried them upright
,” “bullyblades,” and “alleyblades” Those who boast of martial skill but who shrink from violence or lack real ability are “sharpjaws.” In sharp contrast are Waterdeep’s “fastfists” (any lout easily provoked to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
. The Meet continues until all items are resolved or half the participants leave. Crime in Godsbreath is rare, and justice in this land focuses on making the wronged party whole. Decisions on how to
’ example. The Covenant is a pantheon of deities with a particular interest in Godsbreath. They have varied alignments and interests. This local pantheon is for you to define and might include gods
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica
. If provoked to action, loxodons are true terrors — bellowing with rage, trumpeting and flapping their ears. Their serene wisdom, fierce loyalty, and unwavering conviction are tremendous assets to
Common and Loxodon. RULE TIP: AC CALCULATIONS DON'T STACK
When the game gives you more than one way to calculate your Armor Class, you can use only one of them. You choose the one to use. For example
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
rolls Initiative. Once everyone has taken a turn, the fight continues to the next round if neither side is defeated. Combat Step by Step Combat unfolds in these steps: Establish Positions. The Dungeon
Initiative roll. For example, if an ambusher starts combat while hidden from a foe who is unaware that combat is starting, that foe is surprised. Initiative Order. A combatant’s check total is called
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
rolls Initiative. Once everyone has taken a turn, the fight continues to the next round if neither side is defeated. Combat Step by Step Combat unfolds in these steps: Establish Positions. The Dungeon
Initiative roll. For example, if an ambusher starts combat while hidden from a foe who is unaware that combat is starting, that foe is surprised. Initiative Order. A combatant’s check total is called
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
the villains in ghost stories are often spirits or haunted places, they also could be the individuals who provoked a haunting to begin with. Choose from or roll on the Ghost Story Villains table to
continues to kill in death. 3 A ghostly ancestor who refuses to relinquish control of their kin. 4 A priest who marks the unworthy for sacrifice to the cathedral’s hungry spirits 5 A phantom rider who
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
example, you might build a campaign around the idea that Erebos, Mogis, and Pharika are conspiring to unleash slaughter and plague on the mortal realm. Perhaps heroic champions of Ephara, Heliod
quest or pursues opposite aims, they might suffer any of the following consequences: The character’s piety score might decrease by 1 each day, or each play session, for as long as the character continues
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
the table, that’s fine, but treat the monster as its official size for all rules. For example, you might use a miniature that has a Large base to represent a Huge giant. That giant takes up less
accuracy, use the following rule: the first diagonal square counts as 5 feet, but the second diagonal square counts as 10 feet. This pattern of 5 feet and then 10 feet continues whenever you’re counting
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
under a century ago, thanks to the maneuverings of the noble families that control its lands. Where once it was simply an example of the extent of Waterdeep’s reach, Amphail became the playground of that
can escalate into brawls when these miscreants are far from the watchful eyes of their parents. Duels have long been prohibited by mutual agreement, due to the blood feuds they provoked in the past
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
monster takes up an amount of space different from what’s on the table, that’s fine, but treat the monster as its official size for all other rules. For example, you might use a miniature that has a
moving diagonally on a grid, the first diagonal square counts as 5 feet, but the second diagonal square counts as 10 feet. This pattern of 5 feet and then 10 feet continues whenever you’re counting
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
of heat within 300 feet of himself. Each creature in the area in physical contact with metal objects (for example, carrying metal weapons or wearing metal armor) takes 9 (2d8) fire damage. Each
: Any fires in the lair flare up drastically, quadrupling in size (for example, a fire blazing in a 5-foot by 5-foot area expands to a 10-foot by 10-foot area). Pools or streams of lava or other molten
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
to end it or if she dies.
The changes wrought by this effect fail to hold up to physical inspection. For example, the hag could appear to have smooth skin, but someone touching her would feel her
. A coven is made up of hags of any type, all of whom are equals within the group. However, each of the hags continues to desire more personal power.
A coven consists of three hags so that any
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Acheron, the Nine Hells, Gehenna, Hades, Carceri, the Abyss, and Pandemonium. Tributaries of the Styx snake through lower layers of these planes. For example, a tendril of the Styx winds through every
expert guides to this vast cosmic network of branching pathways, constantly studying the ever-changing paths as the tree continues its eternal growth. Axel Defois A portal to the Beastlands opens amid the branches of the World Tree
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
continues to flow along the matrix through the hull, appearing as jagged, snaking lines of living energy that pulse and shift. These conduits of elemental energy take on an appearance associated with the
type of elemental bound into the vessel. A fire elemental, for example, sends tendrils of flame along the hull of its ship. At the command of the vehicle’s dragonmarked pilot, the bound elemental can
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Borderlands Quest: Goblin Trouble
been fixed. Keeping the Spirit Alive. Characters can use healing magic to give the Spirit more Hit Points, but its maximum is 10 Hit Points, and it continues to lose 1 HP each round unless the bowl is
the idea won’t work. However, it’s better to work with the players by figuring out how a similar action might work. Instead of smashing it, for example, a character might use their Strength to pound
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Forge of the Artificer
the distinctive ring attached to every airship. The appearance of a ring depends on the type of elemental spirit bound to the core; for example, a fire elemental spirit generates a blazing ring of
bound to it. The shard has AC 17; HP 10; and Immunity to Piercing, Poison, Psychic, and Slashing damage. If an airship’s elemental core is broken, the ship ceases to move (though it continues to hover if
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
add even more danger to the fight. After 3 rounds of combat, Mother Stag approaches and pretends to drive the treant away. See “Offer of Help” below. Perilous Exploration. As the party continues on
’ reactions as you see fit. For example, if the characters are too wary to follow Mother Stag back to the cottage, she can make her appeal immediately and give them the bridle and the crowns in the woods
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver
continues with the fight. Sildar takes 1d6 bludgeoning damage from the fall, which is enough to drop him to 0 hit points. Quick-acting characters can try to stabilize him before he dies (see “Damage and
do besides fighting. For example, an NPC might stabilize a dying character, guard a prisoner, or help barricade a door. If an NPC contributes greatly to the party’s success in a battle, the NPC should
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
redeeming quality the characters can appreciate—ideally a villain who isn’t preoccupied with killing or harming the characters. As your campaign continues, introduce new people and locations, and bring
a character’s player directly, but instead consider handing over your narrative reins and letting a player describe the perfect detail. For example, say you have a peaceful village you plan to feature
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
on its other magical properties. For example, the wearer could make a red robe appear blue, or make a gold ring look like it’s made of ivory. The item reverts to its true appearance when no one is
. (Other items already attuned to the bearer remain so until their attunement ends.) 11 Repulsive. The bearer feels a sense of distaste when in contact with the item, and continues to sense discomfort while
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
the creature is sheltered against the elements (for example, in an igloo). Veering Off Course. It’s easy to veer off course while traveling through a blizzard, and it’s also easy for party members to
throw or be pulled into the frigid water (see “Frigid Water” below). A character who is pulled out of the water is dripping wet and continues to suffer the effects of the frigid water until the wet