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Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
reflect various types of warriors. Each of these builds contains suggested fighting styles, maneuvers, and feats. Those suggestions are from the Player’s Handbook, except for the ones followed by an asterisk, which indicates an option introduced in this book.
combined with a fighting style and feats, allows you to create a broad range of fighters, each with its own flavor and play style. Below are recommendations for how you might build a Battle Master to
Backgrounds
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
commoner’s clothes, a book of research notes, an ink pen, a bottle of squid ink, a flask of oil (made from blubber), a vial of acid (derived from digestive juices), a vial of fish scales, a vial
interested in taking notes on monstrous anatomy than in fighting monsters.
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Every social situation I’m in seems to lead to my asking rude personal questions.
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I’m supremely
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Rulebooks As the Dungeon Master, you need this book plus the Player’s Handbook (which contains most of the rules of the game) and the Monster Manual. Your players need access to the Player’s Handbook
players to look up a monster in the Monster Manual (or the equivalent digital tool) while fighting that monster. If you’re running a published adventure, players should avoid reading that adventure so they don’t spoil any surprises.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
also includes a few special divisions that could cross the paths of the adventurers. The Blackened Book is an elite core of abjurers and diviners, charged with investigating and containing magical
threats. These wizards are highly dedicated to their work and their city, and generally don’t take bribes. It’s up to the higher-ups, however, to decide what missions to assign to the Blackened Book; if
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
Book Description The book’s browned pages have become swollen and wrinkled due to age and exposure to moisture. Crumbling yellow lichen obscures the title on the front cover, rendering it illegible
. Harmless spores puff into the air when the book is opened. Standing eight and a half inches tall and five inches wide, it has been cataloged as Xanthoria, titled after the author who is identified
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Forgotten Realms: Heroes of Faerûn
down and destroying copies of the Tome of the Dragon, the book that details how to turn a dragon into a dracolich. Mystra relies on Chosen more than most deities, and the ranks of her Chosen include
enemies. Eldritch Knights, Bladesingers, Paladins, Rangers, and other characters who combine fighting skill with magic make excellent Knights of the Mystic Fire. Individuals who seek to become a Knight
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
advice can be as important an encounter as fighting orcs. (And don’t expect the adventurers to fight the orcs at all unless they are motivated to do so.) A character will sometimes take actions
proficiencies take precedence over combat bonuses. Feel free to change or ignore rules to fit the players’ roleplaying needs, using the advice presented in part 3 of this book. A WORLD TO EXPLORE
Much
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
block later in the adventure). At the center of the chamber is an artificial pool filled with water and covered with floating lilies. The stolen pages from The Book of Inner Alchemy rest on an
come back from foraging. They arrive in the middle of combat. When the fighting begins, read: Stroking his well-kept white beard, the old man begins to mock you as his students take up fighting
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
goblinoids (goblins, hobgoblins, and bugbears), orcs, gnolls, lizardfolk, and kobolds. A variety of humanoids appear throughout this book, but the races detailed in the Player’s Handbook — with the
CREATURES
Despite the versatile collection of monsters in this book, you might be at a loss when it comes to finding the perfect creature for part of an adventure. Feel free to tweak an existing creature
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
Deneith. In Karrnath and Aerenal, undead are used as tools. You certainly could find yourself fighting a merciless minotaur in the slums of Sharn… but you’re just as likely to cross swords with a cruel
sourcebook that’s come before it, this book is intended to be a source of inspiration: use what inspires you, but always feel empowered to change the world to better suit the story you want to tell
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
fighting 5 Rabble; poorly trained and easily rattled 6 Brave; stands its ground 7 Joker; taunts its enemies 8 Bully; refuses to believe it can lose Monster Relationships Do rivalries, hatreds, or
used for encounter location, weird locales, and wilderness weather in chapter 5 of that book are a good starting point for outdoor encounters. The tables in appendix A can be useful for indoor and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
to kill every person in a town, just for the sake of claiming from its library an old book containing a map to a lost artifact. The fiends on both sides of the Blood War take the path of least
along its banks, making any of the Lower Planes the Styx touches a potential battleground. The devils view fighting demons on Avernus as a net benefit for their cause. Although most devils slain there
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
this area, the rug attacks intruders. It stops fighting if one of the jackalweres commands it to. Development. Noise from fighting the rug of smothering causes Marliza, a jackalwere in hybrid form, to
attracting too much attention. A gingwatzim isn’t particularly bright, but it obeys the orders of its creator. The ones Korvala creates are instructed to remain in book form, but a gingwatzim must
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
. She’s not interested in fighting, since fights make messes. Nikki Dawes Newmy Talking with Newmy. Newmy would rather talk than fight. She shares the following points: Crypt Cleaner. The Dolindars
it A Necklace of Adaptation bearing the inscription “My breath is yours, Kevetta—take it” A book titled Out of the Endless Prison, outlining methods of escaping the prison-plane of Carceri, worth 500
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
sets the temple ablaze.
9 Infiltrate the shrine to determine the accuracy of a particular oracle or prediction method.
10 Steal a book of recorded predictions from the shrine.
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villain in an oracular shrine is likely taking advantage of or fighting against the predictions of the future. Examples of such villains appear on the Oracular Conflux Villains table. Oracular Conflux
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer Academy
experience of traveling and fighting in Wildspace. Spelljammer Academy has been plagued by a rash of recent thefts, many of them targeting instructors. The thieves have yet to be identified or caught. In
Haverstance (see the accompanying sidebar). Though his head is buried deep in a book, he notices the characters and invites them to sit if they don’t do so themselves. If the characters strike up a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
level of the mansion; the Gralhunds are fighting to hold the upstairs. G1. Locked Gates Through a set of ornate iron gates, the characters can see a yard with several large trees, as well as two footpaths
. Great Hall Characters who enter this hall for the first time notice the following: The floor is strewn with bodies. Two thugs holding bloody maces stand over them. The sound of fighting can be heard
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
, reading a book. Large framed pictures of cities and landscapes hang on the walls, and a worn, blood-spattered rug covers the floor. Other furnishings include a pair of rocking chairs, a couch, and an
subjects. Among the volumes on one shelf is a false book titled The Man from Damara — a wooden block painted to resemble a book, which is wired to a secret compartment in the base of the shelf. A
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
time spent fighting and surviving in the Abyss. Such elevations are rare, however, for most demons are destroyed before they attain significant power. The greatest of those that do survive make up the
Demons. The Book of Vile Darkness, the Black Scrolls of Ahm, and the Demonomicon of Iggwilv are the foremost authorities on demonic matters. These ancient tomes describe techniques that can trap the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon of Icespire Peak
characters embark on a journey to a location, go to the section of this book that describes that location in detail. For example, if the players choose to undertake the Umbrage Hill Quest, go to the “Umbrage
fighting the monster is always an option, characters might decide to negotiate with the manticore instead. Be flexible, particularly when dealing with intelligent monsters. If every encounter becomes a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
cunning and clever. If combat breaks out here, he remains hidden in the water while the skum do the fighting. He makes a Dexterity (Stealth) check in an attempt to hide. As long as he remains unnoticed
alerted by fighting elsewhere. The aberration does not fight alone. Sgothgah recently bestowed another gift on the councillor — a unique flesh golem made from fish, monstrous lobsters, sharks, and octopi
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
based on devil worship and has written a manifesto that she reads to her “book club,” which is made up of the most fanatical group members. Inspired by her words, these zealots have created smaller cults
fine collection of wineglasses. The desk contains blank pieces of parchment, quill pens, jars of ink, wax candles, and a wax seal. Most of the Wachter family’s book collection was sold off years ago to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
with the Hag”). If Uncle Nibblecheek is slain, all creatures candied by his magic (see “Candied Creatures”) revert to their former forms. Fighting both the dragon and the hag might not end in the
of a book imparts a taste of the knowledge within, while consuming the tome altogether results in a sugar rush followed by mild cramps and gas. Hag’s Dentures. Uncle Nibblecheek’s dentures popped out
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
here, and a permanent unseen servant cleans on a regular basis. The ogres are docile and shun combat, fighting only in self-defense. Each one is trained to prepare a specific kind of meal: one handles
images of armored cloud giant warriors carved into it. Treasure Cressaro’s bracers of defense magically resize to fit whoever attunes to them. Each book in Cressaro’s collection is worth 500 gp to an
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
finds the notebook. Titled Verses of the Awakening Song, the notebook was written by a young man who identifies himself as Proclaimer Cirroc Coldwater, Acolyte of the Covenant. The book is valuable
peace and wishes them a safe journey home. Nakari won’t sell Verses of the Awakening Song for any price, despite paying only a single Copper Piece for it. Fighting Nakari. If combat seems likely
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
through four tall bay windows that look out on the butterfly garden (area C25). Furnishings include a luxurious armchair and a small side table where an empty wine glass sits atop a small book. A door in
notes in his journal. Journal. The small book on the side table is a journal that Victoro Cassalanter uses to take notes while reading. It mostly contains dry observations on atlases of Faerûn and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
aggressive action (fighting, looting, or even merely threatening) and any adults are alive when the characters depart, one or two adults try to sneak undetected to the nearest room that contains warriors
example, the guards in area 32 have beaten a fighting retreat here), twolizardfolk commoners (see appendix C) reside here, playing a game at the table. These lizardfolk try to avoid a fight, preferring to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
succeed, N’ghathrod allows them to claim the vessel as their own, accepting a demotion until it finds a way to get rid of them.
Lair Actions. When fighting aboard the Scavenger, N’ghathrod can take
leather, its contents written in a Braille-like script. The mind flayer uses its tentacles to read the script, which other creatures can decipher with a comprehend languages spell. The book contains
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
previous owner burned into its umber cover. This book contains the following spells: charm person, find familiar, identify, magic missile, sleep. Spellbook 3 is bound in scaly black reptile hide and
book has black leather covers and sports a tiny, skull-shaped locking mechanism. Flennis has the key to the lock stuck in her hair. A character can also pick the lock with a successful DC 10 Dexterity
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
check. This cabin contains fifteen watertight crates of various sizes, which hold hundreds of copies of St. Cuthbert and Common Sense, a short book used to explain the tenets of the deity’s faith to
deck of the Marshal. The undead attack the characters when they come below, fighting to the death. Ignoring the Threat. If the characters don’t kill the undead and recover the dagger, the undead attack
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes’ Feast: Saving the Children’s Menu
on almost every page. A character who searches through these books and succeeds on a DC 15 Intelligence (Investigation) check finds a legible passage scribbled in a book recording Arthur’s magical
successful DC 15 Charisma (Persuasion) check. However, if Ignis discovers an intruder here, she becomes hostile and attacks. A successful DC 20 Charisma (Persuasion) check convinces her to stop fighting, but
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
Varakkta doesn’t surrender or flee, particularly if she’s fighting to regain her silver greatsword, the warriors surrender if Varakkta falls. Talking to the Githyanki. If the characters surrender the sword
Temporal Lobe Creatures in this area can magically understand all signed or spoken communication. A spherical creature with eyestalks hovers at the back of this alcove. A large, open book rests on a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
. They are determined to vanquish intruders and prove their worth to the cult, even if it means fighting to the death. Secret Door. An urn in a nook on the south wall rotates, sliding aside a wall panel
wall, its top carved to look like pages of an open book. Engraved on the book’s pages is a name: Ayren Griffynstone.
Four chaotic evil cult fanatics are supervising two ghouls trying to reorganize
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
room. The floor is carpeted in a ragged green shag woven to depict a crashing wave. A low set of book-laden shelves sits against the east wall, and three wooden tables and several chairs fill the rest of
, one of them discovers a handwritten poem scrawled into the open cover of a book. The fragment was composed by Oloran, the chaplain of the garrison, the morning after Tammeraut sank. It was intended as
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
smiling ones appear in chapter 3 of this book.
Masks of Nobility Ancient depictions of Memnor often showed him wearing a two-faced mask. Because of this, cloud giant nobles seldom show their faces, but
the crafters couldn’t succeed. (See chapter 3 of this book for more information on fire giant dreadnoughts.) Fire giants don’t spend a lot of time crafting works of art, although they would maintain