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Elemental Evil Player's Companion
seek out a larger, more powerful wyrm to battle. Few goliath adventurers reach old age, as most die attempting to surpass their past accomplishments.
Fair Play
For goliaths, competition exists only
mock folk who rely on society’s structures or rules to maintain power.
Survival of the Fittest
Among goliaths, any adult who can’t contribute to the tribe is expelled. A lone goliath has
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Basic Rules (2014)
lend help.
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When I set my mind to something, I follow through no matter what gets in my way.
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I have a strong sense of fair play and always try to find the most equitable solution to
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Flaw
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The tyrant who rules my land will stop at nothing to see me killed.
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I’m convinced of the significance of my destiny, and blind to my shortcomings and the risk of
Backgrounds
Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
trouble, I’m always ready to lend help.
3
When I set my mind to something, I follow through no matter what gets in my way.
4
I have a strong sense of fair play and always try to find
with me to pursue my destiny.
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Flaw
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The tyrant who rules my land will stop at nothing to see me killed.
2
I’m convinced of the significance of my destiny, and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
and as a fair arbiter of the rules. Provide Fair Warning. Let characters face the consequences of their foolish actions, but make sure you give enough cues for the players to recognize self-destructive
Death Must Be Fair The best way to avoid hard feelings connected to the death of a beloved character is to make sure the players know you’re being fair. Keep these principles in mind: Don’t Cheat in
Backgrounds
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
When I set my mind to something, I follow through no matter what gets in my way.
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I have a strong sense of fair play and always try to find the most equitable solution to arguments.
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I
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The tyrant who rules my land will stop at nothing to see me killed.
2
I’m convinced of the significance of my destiny, and blind to my shortcomings and the risk of failure.
3
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver
reluctant to speak up, remember to ask them what their characters are doing.
Be fair. Use your powers as Dungeon Master only for good. Treat the rules and the players in a fair and impartial manner.
Pay
The Dungeon Master The Dungeon Master (DM) has a special role in the Dungeons & Dragons game. The DM is a referee. When it’s not clear what ought to happen next, the DM decides how to apply the rules
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
Competition. The DM isn’t competing against the other players. It’s your job to provide fun challenges and keep the story moving. Be Fair and Flexible. Treat your players in a fair, impartial manner. The
rules help you do this, but when you need to act as referee, try to make decisions that ensure everyone is having fun. Communicate with Your Players. Open communication is essential to a successful D&D
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Competition. The DM isn’t competing against the other players. It’s your job to provide fun challenges and keep the story moving. Be Fair and Flexible. Treat your players in a fair, impartial manner. The
rules help you do this, but when you need to act as referee, try to make decisions that ensure everyone is having fun. Communicate with Your Players. Open communication is essential to a successful D&D
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
Fair Play For goliaths, competition exists only when it is supported by a level playing field. Competition measures talent, dedication, and effort. Those factors determine survival in their home
. Goliaths rarely keep such opinions to themselves, and mock folk who rely on society’s structures or rules to maintain power.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon of Icespire Peak
. It’s not a competition. The DM isn’t competing against the player characters. Your job is to referee the rules, run monsters, and keep the story moving. Be consistent and fair. If you decide that a
rule works a certain way, make sure it works that way the next time it comes into play. Treat the rules and your players in a fair, impartial manner. Modify the adventure to suit your tastes. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Stranger Things
environment (like traps) — and the dice reveal how things turn out! All creatures written with an underline can be found in the Monsters section of the rulebook. Don’t worry too much about getting the rules
fair and move on. Like the rulebook says, my job as DM is to make sure everyone has a good time and that the story moves along smoothly.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
(with their input), arbitrate the rules, and settle arguments. And when you’re narrating the action of the game, the players should be paying attention. Player Die Rolling Players should roll their dice
reroll it? When it lands cocked against a book, do you pull the book away and see where it lands or reroll the die? Work with your players to answer these questions, and record the answers as house rules
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
(with their input), arbitrate the rules, and settle arguments. And when you’re narrating the action of the game, the players should be paying attention. Player Die Rolling Players should roll their dice
reroll it? When it lands cocked against a book, do you pull the book away and see where it lands or reroll the die? Work with your players to answer these questions, and record the answers as house rules
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
envision him. Tempus’s favor might be randomly distributed, but over the centuries his priests have made an effort to spread and enforce a common code of warfare — to make war a thing of rules, respect for
reputations, and professional behavior. This code, called Tempus’s Honor, has the purpose of making conflicts brief, decisive, and as safe as possible for those not directly involved. The rules in the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
traits of mountain dwarves in the Player’s Handbook. Their skin is usually fair, eyes green, hazel, or silver-blue, and they have brown, blond, or red hair. Full beards and mustaches are commonly seen
, Worldthrone, Wyrmslayer, and Yund.
Some dwarves hail from the family that founded or rules a given clan, and so they use the clan name as their family name. Others are simply “of” the clan, but bear the clan name with as much pride as their own surnames.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
bandit ambush interrupts their journey. The exploration rules in the Player’s Handbook give guidelines for determining travel time based on the characters’ pace. In most cases, it’s fine to estimate
encounters take less than 1 minute (10 rounds), but it’s fair to round up to a whole minute in most cases, assuming characters take a few seconds to pull themselves together after a fight. Use similar
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
height and build, with skin hues ranging from tawny to fair. Their hair is usually brown or black, and their eye color varies widely, though brown is most common. Damaran Names: (Male) Bor, Fodel, Glar
Illuskan Illuskans are tall, fair-skinned folk with blue or steely gray eyes. Most have raven-black hair, but those who inhabit the extreme northwest have blond, red, or light brown hair. Illuskan Names
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
effect, then follow the rules for that kind of area as normal (see the “Areas of Effect” section in chapter 10 of the Player’s Handbook). If an area of effect is circular and covers at least half a
square, it affects that square. That rule works, but it can require a fair amount of on-the-spot adjudication. This section offers two alternatives for determining the exact location of an area: the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
-character if the players enjoy those kinds of scenes — and the franchise could even set up a job fair for potential employees at a local market or tavern. If the characters have made any allies or hired
adjudicate the characters’ customization choices. A good rule of thumb is to allow the players full creative freedom while sticking to the mechanics (however loose) presented by the rules in chapter
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
. Poison, magic, or anything else that would directly interfere with beast or rider is strictly forbidden—though over the years we’ve certainly seen imaginative attempts to stretch the rules!
Dura
race is fair.
The beasts of Middle Dura are versatile. The Eagle represents Broken Arch and Stormhold in Middle Dura, and its supporters wear brown and gold. The clever Owl flies for Rattlestone and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
the dragon’s family.
3 A young blue dragon running a protection racket has run afoul of an efreeti, who has decided the area would be better off without dragons.
4 A tough but fair young
sign of power.
Adult Blue Dragon Connections d8 Connected Creatures
1 An adult blue dragon rules a city and applies exacting standards of aesthetic perfection to everything and everyone
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
implicit or explicit commitments to the following points: You will respect the players by running a game that is fun, fair, and tailored for them. You will allow every player to contribute to the
allow you to direct the campaign, arbitrate the rules, and settle arguments. When you are talking, the players are listening. The players will respect one another, listen to one another, support one
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
extra cost, and traveling on foot or by means the franchise provides). A majordomo is proficient in Charisma (Persuasion) and two skills of the DM’s choice. The DM is encouraged to use the rules for
band of ex-soldiers or reformed criminals) can add personality to the group. Consider using the rules in chapter 4 of the Dungeon Master’s Guide, applying the results of a single set of rolls to the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
trouble, I’m always ready to lend help. 3 When I set my mind to something, I follow through no matter what gets in my way. 4 I have a strong sense of fair play and always try to find the most equitable
childhood sweetheart had come with me to pursue my destiny. d6 Flaw 1 The tyrant who rules my land will stop at nothing to see me killed. 2 I’m convinced of the significance of my destiny, and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
Primus, leader of the modrons. As a creature of absolute law, Primus could be trusted to issue a fair and impartial verdict. Asmodeus drafted a contract to seal the deal, and the angels — after carefully
such souls put to good use against the demonic hordes, a power that if unchecked would scour the universe of all lawfulness and goodness? He further asserted that he was bound to the rules and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
Mordenkainen is Kas in disguise, it counts as a secret for the purposes of the Power of Secrets rules in this book’s introduction. If They Find Out? Diana Cearley Malaina van Talstiv Although it’s unlikely, the
, award the characters the appropriate number of milestone level-ups so they have a fair chance of defeating the threats in the adventure’s final chapters.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
wolf companion, so as to not have to share with other tribe members. The giant eats anything that isn’t obviously deadly, such as creatures known to be poisonous. Rotten meat is fair game, though, as
territory where other humanoids live, it rules strictly by terror and tyranny. Its decisions shift with its mood, and if it forgets the title it bestowed upon itself, it might eat its subjects on a whim.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
I don’t risk such a stopover if I can help it. One never knows when Ruathym is going to be at war, and any ship within sight of the island when it is will be fair prey. Tuern Well to the west of its
like any sailor with sense, I’ve avoided the island by a great distance, so I can’t tell you which bloodthirsty knave currently rules the roost. The Whalebones The tiny outcrops that make up the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
trouble, I’m always ready to lend help. 3 When I set my mind to something, I follow through no matter what gets in my way. 4 I have a strong sense of fair play and always try to find the most equitable
childhood sweetheart had come with me to pursue my destiny. d6 Flaw 1 The tyrant who rules my land will stop at nothing to see me killed. 2 I’m convinced of the significance of my destiny, and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
an explanation of the game’s rules). Rezran is an opportunist to his core, always chasing after riches. He is a devoted follower of Tiamat and covets the Dragon Queen’s amassed wealth. Gaining Rezran’s
allegiance to the Dragon Queen. Gaining Uvashar’s Favor. Uvashar holds great esteem for those who keep their promises and uphold their end of a deal—especially when it requires a fair amount of skill
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
Delour and has a knack for planning heists. Guild members consider him a brutal but fair leader. Some perceptive guild members—like Kathra Bitterwind—have noticed he’s become more reclusive recently
humanoid form if he dies.
Cunning Action. Augustus takes the Dash, Disengage, or Hide action.
Christopher Burdett Boss Delour Delour the wererat is a sly trickster and consummate thief who rules
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
. The bandit originally worked a fair deal with Thetsis and her lizardfolk tribe, whose members grow and harvest a nutrient-rich algae that is also a key ingredient for creating potions of water
lackey. Fair or foul? Weal or woe? Chant or howl? Friend or foe?”
This unfortunate wanderer is named Carkuss (N male human priest). A character who has an appropriate background or who succeeds on
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
battle that unfolds in the cavern, eager for its fair share of meat. Black Road Long ago, the Zhentarim built this trade route to connect its established footholds in the east with its lucrative
Cromm’s Hold, a keep on the edge of the Lizard Marsh (see the “Lizard Marsh” entry for details). Pencheska is using her position to infiltrate the Lords’ Alliance. She rules Daggerford much as Lady
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
. An old chandelier hangs from the domed ceiling. Characters could spend hours searching the crypt. Though the antiques here might fetch a fair amount of coin, they are hardly worth the trouble to
in the north wall. (See “Sample Traps” in chapter 5, “Adventure Environments,” of the Dungeon Master’s Guide for the rules on how this trap functions.) The trap resets when the weight is lifted and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
following blessing. This blessing adheres to the rules for blessings presented in the Dungeon Master’s Guide: Blessing of the Solipsistic Mind. You access esoteric truths from an ancient tome by focusing
accompanying a mind flayer, but the beholder considers anyone else fair game to reach its assigned tally. Mublinesh gushes with gratitude as it fights the characters, explaining how excited it is to