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Curse of Strahd
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Pidlwick II is basically an oversized toy—a 4-foot-tall mechanism stuffed with gears, springs, and other components expertly fitted together to impart a semblance of life to it. Its skin is made of stitched
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
offers examples to help a DM assign a type to a new effect. Damage Types Type Examples Acid Corrosive liquids, digestive enzymes Bludgeoning Blunt objects, constriction, falling Cold Freezing
water, icy blasts Fire Flames, unbearable heat Force Pure magical energy Lightning Electricity Necrotic Life-draining energy Piercing Fangs, puncturing objects Poison Toxic gas, venom Psychic Mind
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
offers examples to help a DM assign a type to a new effect. Damage Types Type Examples Acid Corrosive liquids, digestive enzymes Bludgeoning Blunt objects, constriction, falling Cold Freezing
water, icy blasts Fire Flames, unbearable heat Force Pure magical energy Lightning Electricity Necrotic Life-draining energy Piercing Fangs, puncturing objects Poison Toxic gas, venom Psychic Mind
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
or she might have been a soldier or a pirate and done dangerous things before. Starting off at 1st level marks your character’s entry into the adventuring life. If you’re already familiar with the
description in chapter 3 includes a section offering suggestions to quickly build a character of that class, including how to assign your highest ability scores, a background suitable to the class, and starting spells.
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Acquisitions Incorporated
the head with a single ring to keep them from flapping about.
Changes in gender are also a known and accepted part of verdan life. These fluid aspects of form and identity are seen as blessings
different ways. The verdan assign no cultural or biological relevance to any particular coloration, physical features, or gender.
Cultural Chameleons
The clan homes of the Underdark goblinoids who
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
about. Changes in gender are also a known and accepted part of verdan life. These fluid aspects of form and identity are seen as blessings, allowing an individual to experience more of the world and grow
in empathy and understanding. There is no pattern to any verdan’s mutations, as verdan from the same family can shift in drastically different ways. The verdan assign no cultural or biological relevance to any particular coloration, physical features, or gender.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
fundamental ways, controlling magic, the nature of life and death, and the means of escaping from their nightmare realms. Mysterious Magic In some domains, magic is an everyday part of life, while in
magic-using characters as figures of awe or terror, or to assign storied origins to common magic items. Corrupted Magic. The Dark Powers influence magical effects, imparting them with sinister qualities
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a7
balanced floor of this room sets a mechanism into motion. Each round they remain in the place, on initiative count 0, roll a die. An odd-numbered result means that the floor of the room will jump and
. Tapestries. The wall hangings, which depict weed-grown rocks and green and golden tan scenes of undersea life, are special, antimagic-treated creations made of green slime and brown mold (see “Dungeon
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
mechanism with a prominent winch.
At any given time, three Dragon Army soldiers (see appendix B) are in the courtyard patrolling, training, or running errands. Gate Controls. The north and south gates
each have a mechanism to open and close that gate. Unlocking a gate mechanism requires using one of the outpost’s three gate keys or succeeding on a DC 14 Dexterity check using thieves’ tools. Once
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
center. The walls are decorated with life-sized frescoes showing the lost gods of Netheril and Anauria. If the party benefits from the boon granted in area 1, all the characters sense it would be
the northern wall is a secret door that requires a successful DC 20 Wisdom (Perception) check to find. Knocking on the stone wall reveals a hollow echo beyond, but the mechanism for opening the door is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
walls are decorated with life-sized frescoes showing the lost gods of Netheril and Anauria. If the party benefits from the boon granted in area 1, all the characters sense it would be disrespectful to
the mechanism for opening the door is on the other side. A knock or stone shape spell can open it, or the door can be forced with a successful DC 20 Strength check.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica
the Holdfast and the Upwelling. The Holdfast principle, named for the biological mechanism that keeps kelp and sponges anchored to the sea floor, advises members of the Simic Combine never to stray so
an ideal world in which nature and civilization exist in balance, in which natural life adapts to life in the midst of modern civilization and the civilized world adapts to accommodate these
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
marks your character’s entry into the adventuring life. If you’re already familiar with the game, or if you are joining an existing D&D campaign, your DM might decide to have you begin at a higher
character of that class, including how to assign your highest ability scores, a background suitable to the class, and starting spells.
Hit Points and Hit Dice Your character’s hit points define how tough
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
provides help once, not help for life. The contact remains friendly, which can influence roleplaying and how the characters interact with them, but doesn’t come with a guarantee of help. You can assign
players concrete options. It brings the campaign to life and seeds the area with NPCs that the characters care about. On the other hand, it can prove difficult to track and might render a contact useless
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer Academy
signals her imminent arrival.
Quote: “Listen to what I tell you; it might just save your life.”
Assigning Roles Saerthe explains that each team of cadets must assign crew roles to its members. This
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
, you can assign the same personality traits to an entire group of monsters. For example, one bandit gang might be an unruly mob of braggarts, while the members of another gang are always on edge and
a frenzy. On the other hand, a monster might decide to flee if its spouse is killed, or a mistreated toady might be eager to surrender and betray its master in return for its life. d6 Relationship
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
4-foot-tall mechanism stuffed with gears, springs, and other components expertly fitted together to impart a semblance of life to it. Its skin is made of stitched leather pulled taut over an
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
mechanism, or clog a valve that leaks poisonous gas into a room. A Strength check is often the method for thwarting traps that can be destroyed or prevented from operating through the use of brute force. A
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
responsible for keeping guard over the gate that separates the entrance from the rest of the lair. The gate is normally closed and down. It is raised and lowered by means of a chain and pulley mechanism
. 2. Guard Post This bare, spartan room has a stone bench along the south wall that continues around the angle to the west wall. A chain-and-pulley mechanism is mounted on the north wall, next to the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
with gemstones (see “Treasure”). “Guarding” the throne on either side are two life-size statues of cloud giants — one male, one female — standing at attention, wearing tall helmets with feather
, and commands the griffons to take flight and circle the castle, attacking intruders on sight and returning here when she calls them off. A simple clasp mechanism, 10 feet above the floor, secures each
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
’ entries in the Monster Manual, or you can use the Monster Personality table to inform how you portray the monsters and their actions. It’s simplest to assign the same personality traits to an entire group
if its hunting companion is killed, or a mistreated toady might be eager to surrender and betray its boss in return for its life. You can use the Monster Relationships table to inspire such
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
a life of piracy, following in the enormous footsteps of Huzza, a hill giant in the world of the Forgotten Realms. The Boss Assignments table suggests the kinds of missions a giant boss might send
my life. My advice is to heed those whose minds are as expansive as their deeds.
—Bigby
A giant who serves as a tutor to adventurers is often an exile from giant society, dwelling by necessity or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica
that you maintain your association with it throughout your life. As a result, your choice of guild can play a more significant role than most backgrounds do in shaping what your character does now
met during your adventures or someone who seeks you out because of your fame. Your DM will assign you a contact or have you roll on the Contacts table for the appropriate guild. Some guilds — notably
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
or raised. The true monster of the mine reveals itself M7. Bucket Lift Landing The mechanism creaks as the bucket lift descends to the floor of a small cave where two dusty tunnels lead in opposite
the underside of the upper structure earlier, they spot the little saboteurs from this 30-foot-lower vantage point. Bucket Shuttle. This rope-and-pulley mechanism is used to transport miners and ore
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
creature you can see within 30 feet of yourself and drain its life force. The target must succeed on a DC 17 Constitution saving throw or take 4d8 necrotic damage. You then regain a number of hit points
action, you can hold this card aloft and magically disable each trap within 60 feet of you that isn’t behind total cover. A trap, for the purpose of this property, includes any object or mechanism that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
. Assign Hit Dice. Alternatively, you can assign a number of Hit Dice to a monster, then calculate its average hit points. Don’t worry if the hit points aren’t matching up with the expected challenge
the Player’s Handbook for descriptions of the various damage types). Assign a vulnerability, resistance, or immunity to a monster only when it’s intuitive. For example, it makes sense for a monster made
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
the keep. The mechanism to lower the portcullis is in area 2. Were the portcullis to be dropped, lifting it manually would require a successful DC 22 Strength (Athletics) check. Scaling the Walls. The
the dining table are the ghostly figures of three dwarves: one wearing vestments and two in sturdy armor. They murmur to each other in somber tones.
In life, the three ghosts were an adventuring
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Netheril’s Fall: Tales of Terror, Treasure, and Time Travel
well to seek her out. Entertainment. For adventurers seeking the fine life, the court offers the most elevated performances, the most elegant dances, and stunningly romantic gardens. Place to Stay
investigating the Free Warriors, or who wish to join its cause, can seek out Liberax Volt. If they prove their trustworthiness, the rebellion leader reveals himself. He might assign the characters tasks
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Adventure Atlas: The Mortuary
this effect reduces its hit point maximum to 0. A Humanoid that dies in the reservoir rises from its corpse as a hostile specter 1d4 hours later unless the Humanoid is restored to life or its body is
the direction, roll a d6 and assign a direction to each die face. Each creature in the line must make on a DC 18 Dexterity saving throw, taking 35 (10d6) necrotic damage on a failed save, or half as
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
keep the ogre from tripping over them and to discourage the cave bear from rooting through them. Lowering a basket by using its mechanism requires an action. The baskets contain sheep shears, milk
tries to flee for its life. The bear’s niche contains the gnawed skull and bones of a shield dwarf named Artin Glanhig (see area V3). Statue of Silvanus. The statue in the frozen pool, crafted using
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
about ancient plant life.
One guard patrols this area. Hallways to the north and south connect to area V4. Alarms. The short hallways that connect this area to the grand entrance (area V1) have
Cultures Exhibit Glass display cases boast objects related to life in ancient Varkenbluff. Clay pots, stone tools, and scraps of leather clothes are interspersed with informational placards about their
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
THE YAKFOLK
Most of the prisoners in the yakfolk village aren’t given identities. You can assign names and genders to them as needed. Prisoners of the yakfolk who are set free try to return to their
lever protruding from it. The lever is mounted 10 feet above the floor and is in the up position. Pulling it down triggers a mechanism in the elevator’s suspension rig that disengages the elevator from
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Scions of Elemental Evil
: “Welcome to the Primordial Alliance. Your Para-elemental Queen, Ulsedra Vox, awaits your service in the coming calamity. First, I must assign you to your order. To which element do you pledge: ash, ice
Cinderhide’s utterance portends another attempt on Queen Yolande’s life. If the characters warn the queen when they return to her palace, Queen Yolande gives them each an extra 500 GP gem from her
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
as they try in vain to cross through.
Creatures. Two hell hounds are presently held within magical wards in this area. Hoobur summoned these fiends but has yet to assign them a task, so he keeps them
slaughtered everyone. Since then, Rainbow has remained in this area. The spider can feel that its master is not dead, but is also not truly alive. Rainbow believes Wizzy persists in some sort of half-life at
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
small collection that Marlos Urnrayle assembled during his life as a human aristocrat. The tomes include academic texts on the elemental planes, holy texts that refer to earth deities or elemental powers
this room was once the bedchamber of someone important.
When Renwick first established himself in the old monastery, he claimed this room, though he has no need for the trappings of life. If he decides