game connect locking

Ancient Amethyst Dragon

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

connections with other creatures. When they do connect with others, it is most often for intellectual and philosophical pursuits or to fulfill some arcane purpose involving the dragons’ echoes across

ceiling, casting dim light in a 30-foot radius. Chimneys. Two chimneys connect the main caves to the three chambers above. Each chimney appears to continue up through the ceiling of the upper level and

Adult Amethyst Dragon

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

and rarely cultivating connections with other creatures. When they do connect with others, it is most often for intellectual and philosophical pursuits or to fulfill some arcane purpose involving the

connect the main caves to the three chambers above. Each chimney appears to continue up through the ceiling of the upper level and down through the floor of the lower level, but the dragon’s

Introduction

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes of the Borderlands

’ characters. An Ongoing Game. Each time you gather to play D&D, you’re playing a single game session. These sessions connect to form adventures like the one in this set. The next time you play, the story picks up where you left off.

Introduction Dungeons & Dragons is a cooperative game in which players create exciting fantasy stories guided by a Dungeon Master, or DM. Imagination and chance determine the fate of the players

Mapping a Settlement

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)

Mapping a Settlement When you draw a map for a settlement in your game, don’t worry about the placement of every building, and concentrate instead on the major features. For a village, sketch out

the roads, including trade routes leading beyond the village and roads that connect outlying farms to the village center. Note the location of the village center. If the adventurers visit specific

Aarakocra Legacy

Species Elemental Evil Player's Companion

distinct tribal variations. Sky Wardens Nowhere are the aarakocra more comfortable than in the sky. They can spend hours in the air, and some go as long as days, locking their wings in place and

miles on a side, with each tribe hunting in the lands nearest to their colony, ranging farther should game become scarce. A typical colony consists of one large, open-roofed nest made of woven vines

Starglass Waypoint Features

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves

; the door remains unlocked for 1 minute. Once opened, such a door can be propped open to keep it from locking again. Levels and Elevators The outpost has an upper level and a lower level; the Astral

gate chamber (area S12) lies 10 feet below the lower level. Glass staircases connect these levels, as do four elevators powered by magic and hidden gears. Elevators. Each elevator consists of a

Adventurers and Organizations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)

Adventurers and Organizations At the start of a campaign, backgrounds are a great way to connect adventurers to your world. As the game progresses, though, background ties often become less important

Continuing or Episodic Campaigns

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)

Continuing or Episodic Campaigns The backbone of a campaign is a connected series of adventures, but you can connect them in two different ways. In a continuing campaign, the connected adventures

episodic game like this lets you create adventures — or buy published ones — and drop them into your campaign without worrying about how they fit with the adventures that came before and follow after.

Primordial Nexus

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Scions of Elemental Evil

a Large monster made of elemental energy; use the game statistics of a Fire Elemental. When the Fire Elemental would be destroyed, Vox transforms into an unharmed, Chaotic Evil human Cultist Fanatic

. The transformation doesn’t require Vox to use an action. Vox’s Minions. One Para-elemental minion is next to each pool. Each minion uses the game statistics of an Ogre, except its weapons deal damage

61. Control Room

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation

Crawlway” above), the slime does not accumulate in the room and instead pours into the crawlspace. The lever’s locking mechanism can be released with a successful DC 15 Dexterity check made by a

doorways connect area 58 to areas 60 and area 63. Area 59 is cut off, as are exits to areas 61, area 62, and area 67. Configuration 2. An open doorway connects areas 58 and area 63, but a doorway leading

Getting Players Invested

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide

. Consider featuring recurring elements such as these in your game: Community. Introduce a small group or community the characters can think of as their people, like a village, neighborhood, guild, or crew

across several adventures. You hope the characters will connect with the place and treat it as home. As the characters enter the community, they smell something amazing. At this point, you could

Platinum Room Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel

god of misfortune floating at a far-flung edge of the Astral Plane. From here, portals connect to locations across the multiverse. Colcook. Colcook (lawful evil, tiefling assassin) is friendly and eager

, Colcook encourages them to play and win at the Platinum Rooms’ games to gain access to Shemeshka’s chambers with minimum disruption. Platinum Room Portals. Three portals here connect to the gaming events

E8: Jail Car

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault

following: Two iron balconies protrude from the side walls of this train car. Iron stairwells connect these balconies to the lower level. Lining the walls on both levels are cell doors made of riveted iron

release. Friendly Game. A character who has a gaming set can challenge the deva to a friendly game. Omid loves games and is too proud (and bored) not to accept. If the character wins the game, Omid allows

Cavalier

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything

modifier (minimum of once), and you regain all expended uses of it when you finish a long rest. Hold the Line At 10th level, you become a master of locking down your enemies. Creatures provoke an

the cinematic, heroic element of both archetypes in the game, rather than create an accurate historical representation of either one.

Detailed NPCs

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)

Unbelievably lucky 4 Perfect memory 5 Great with animals 6 Great with children 7 Great at solving puzzles 8 Great at one game 9 Great at impersonations 10 Draws beautifully 11 Paints beautifully 12 Sings

characters who uncover an NPC’s ideal can use what they’ve learned to influence the NPC in a social interaction (as discussed in chapter 8). Ideals can connect to alignment, as shown on the NPC Ideals

Circle of Stars

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything

starry form, rather than transforming into a beast. While in your starry form, you retain your game statistics, but your body becomes luminous; your joints glimmer like stars, and glowing lines connect

L5. Granny Nightshade's Garden

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight

(see “Skabatha’s Ring of Keys” earlier in the chapter). Three balconies overlooking the garden connect to areas area L8, area L9, and L12, respectively. The balcony outside area L9 is only 5 feet above

plants (see Where’s Skabatha? earlier in the chapter). Characters who won the game of hide-and-seek in the Witchlight Carnival’s Pixie Kingdom have advantage on any Dexterity (Stealth) checks made to hide

Neverdeath Catacomb Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin

excursion to a distant plane. Until her magic naturally returns, Sarcelle has the game statistics of a neutral mage without Spellcasting. She responds to some questions with cryptic-sounding

and four hand-turned wheels connect to the pipes. Coupleofkooks Many of Vecna’s cultists in Neverdeath Graveyard bear tattoos of the lich-god’s unholy symbol The wheels control the water pressure

Designing Simple Traps

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything

escape, but it serves its purpose by impeding intruders. Other examples of delaying traps include collapsing walls, a portcullis that drops from the ceiling, and a locking mechanism that shuts and bars a

intended effect. Spells are a good starting point because they are compact pieces of game design that deliver specific effects. If you are using a spell as a starting point, check to see if you need to

Daoine Gloine

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish

extradimensional space hidden beneath the ooze. She can also inform the characters about the garage’s apparatus of Kwalish, and its ability to connect with the glass baubles. She suspects that one of the baubles

construct such spaces within baubles of glass and crystal. These notes explain how the apparatus’s biomechanical umbilicus (an atropal’s augmented umbilical cord) can be used to connect with the baubles

Druid Subclasses

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook

starry form rather than shape-shifting. While in your starry form, you retain your game statistics, but your body becomes luminous, your joints glimmer like stars, and glowing lines connect them as on a

Illithinoch Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk

light emanates from the seam. The door is normally sealed with a complicated locking mechanism, but the fanatics have left it unlocked to let their minions bring the Netherese obelisk fragments to them

goblins drank in a recent game of drink-or-dare. Rift in Reality. The rift leads into the Far Realm to a location called the Feeder Trenches. The Feeder Trenches are described in the “Far Realm Rifts

Connected Creatures

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

) 8 2 ettins (attitude: 1d8) playing cards, with each head as an individual player in a four-player game 9 2 ogre chain brutes† (attitude: 1d4 + 1) demolishing a small structure 10 1

goose* (attitude: 1d8) running with an item from a hill giant’s bag (see “Giant Bags” in chapter 5) in its mouth 4 2 mammoths (attitude: 1d6) locking tusks in a territory dispute 5 1 gigant

City Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide

City Locations The locations detailed here can serve as a good starting point for your campaign. Use them as examples when fleshing out new locations for your game. Black Dragon Inn This three-story

Silver Dragon’s food and accommodations. Characters who plan to visit distant lands might connect with these esteemed visitors. Place to Stay. The Silver Dragon is centrally located in the city and has

Tomb Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin

engraving of a leering skull. The platinum circles are the locking mechanisms for the crypt doors. A character who can read Draconic sees the letters a through z in Draconic on each circle. When the

robe is one of the treasures Laysa mentioned earlier in this chapter. The mundane treasure within the vault includes the following: 479 sp, 342 gp, and 179 pp Jade game board with platinum playing pieces

Locations A - D

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

the Crags, hunting wild game and occasionally preying on caravans that travel the Long Road. Daggerford Built on a hillside in the floodplain of the Delimbiyr River, the walled town of Daggerford is

Locations on the Fortress Level

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a1

is trapped with a tripwire that the kobolds connect after shutting the door. Hitting this tripwire, 2 inches off the ground stretched between opposite door frames and running up the frame, causes the

might try to knock the characters unconscious and imprison them in area 34, locking victims into manacles. They take captured equipment to the goblin chief in area 41. The bandits are likely to try to

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