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Outlander - Baldur's Gate

Backgrounds Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus

Coming to Baldur’s Gate might seem like a good idea for a spectrum of reasons. Profit, excitement, and cosmopolitan opportunities all present tempting prospects, but rarely does one start on

unsure how to begin. 3 War, plague, famine, or a marauding monster ravaged your home, forcing you to flee for your life. You don’t even know how many of your people survived or where to find

Saving Throws Legacy

Rules

; you are forced to make one because your character or monster is at risk of harm. To make a saving throw, roll a d20 and add the appropriate ability modifier. For example, you use your Dexterity

proficiency in at least two saving throws. The wizard, for example, is proficient in Intelligence saves. As with skill proficiencies, proficiency in a saving throw lets a character add his or her proficiency

Cloistered Scholar

Backgrounds Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide

were apprenticed and taught that knowledge is a more valuable treasure than gold or gems. Now you are ready to leave your home—not to abandon it, but to quest for new lore to add to its storehouse

Personality Trait 1 I use polysyllabic words that convey the impression of great erudition. 2 I’ve read every book in the world’s greatest libraries—or I like to boast that I

Witchlight Hand

Backgrounds The Wild Beyond the Witchlight

to determine whom or what you’ve befriended, or you can choose an option that you like. Work with your DM to flesh out this friendship. This companion hangs around you while you’re in the

companions. Statistics for the other companions appear in the Monster Manual. Carnival Companion d8 Companion 1 Old, cantankerous Witchlight hand 2 Young, impressionable Witchlight

Monsters with Classes

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

the barbarian class (such a monster would be expressed as “Werewolf, 4th-level barbarian”). Start with the monster’s stat block. The monster gains all the class features for every class level you add

, with the following exceptions: The monster doesn’t gain the starting equipment of the added class. For each class level you add, the monster gains one Hit Die of its normal type (based on its size

Environmental Hazards

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

Environmental Hazards When your earliest memories are of growing up in the Feywild, things like time-warping mushrooms, mind-bending fruit, and giant tabby cats seem far less whimsical and way more

, “Could we please just move to the Material Plane so I can have some scrap of a normal childhood?!” Tasha This section explores how to add fantastical challenges to any locale and ways to further

What actions can monsters use to make Opportunity Attack? Are Multiattack and breath weapon actions allowed?

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice & Errata

its stat block. A monster also has the option to make an Unarmed Strike as an Opportunity Attack, following the normal rules of an Unarmed Strike. An action, such as a breath weapon effect, that doesn’t

What actions can monsters use to make Opportunity Attack? Are Multiattack and breath weapon actions allowed? When making an Opportunity Attack, a monster can make any single melee attack listed in

Criminal - Baldur's Gate

Backgrounds Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus

work, do what needs to be done, and get paid. Anyone who pursues crime for thrill-seeking, to strike back at unjust authorities, or anything else are amateurs, and they’re liable to get you

Characteristics Criminals might seem like villains on the surface, and many of them are villainous to the core. But some have an abundance of endearing, if not redeeming, characteristics. There might be honor

Tool Proficiency

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules

Tool Proficiency If you have proficiency with a tool, add your Proficiency Bonus to any ability check you make that uses the tool. If you have proficiency in a skill that’s used with that check, you

have Advantage on the check too. Your features might give you proficiency with a tool. A monster has proficiency with any tool in its stat block.

Warlock Spells

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)

Warlock Spells Cantrips (0 Level) Blade Ward Chill Touch Eldritch Blast Friends Mage Hand Minor Illusion Poison Spray Prestidigitation True Strike 1st Level Armor of

Banishment Blight Dimension Door Hallucinatory Terrain 5th Level Contact Other Plane Dream Hold Monster Scrying 6th Level Arcane Gate Circle of Death

Constructing Your Deck

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things

Gathering, or even index cards with your handwritten notes. Any kind of card works as long as each card can correlate with a specific monster. You can also add special cards for unusual events, as

creatures need to belong to groups. You can add as many unaffiliated creatures as you like to your encounter deck. Create groups depending on how you’d like the characters to encounter the creatures

Bard Spells

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)

Bard Spells Cantrips (0 Level) Blade Ward Dancing Lights Friends Light Mage Hand Mending Message Minor Illusion Prestidigitation True Strike Vicious Mockery 1st

Person Dream Geas Greater Restoration Hold Monster Legend Lore Mass Cure Wounds Mislead Modify Memory Planar Binding Raise Dead Scrying Seeming Teleportation Circle

Sorcerer Spells

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)

Prestidigitation Ray of Frost Shocking Grasp True Strike 1st Level Burning Hands Charm Person Chromatic Orb Color Spray Comprehend Languages Detect Magic Disguise Self

Level Animate Objects Cloudkill Cone of Cold Creation Dominate Person Hold Monster Insect Plague Seeming Telekinesis Teleportation Circle Wall of Stone 6th Level

Ability Checks

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)

Ability Checks An ability check tests a character’s or monster’s innate talent and training in an effort to overcome a challenge. The DM calls for an ability check when a character or monster

DCs. Typical Difficulty Classes Task Difficulty DC Very easy 5 Easy 10 Medium 15 Hard 20 Very hard 25 Nearly impossible 30 To make an ability check, roll a d20 and add the relevant ability modifier

Level 5: Wyllowwood

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage

Level 5: Wyllowwood Wyllowwood is designed for four 8th-level characters. Those who defeat the monsters on this level should gain enough XP to reach 9th level. In some cases, defeating a monster can

be accomplished without slaying it. If the characters strike a truce with a creature, award them XP as if they had defeated it in combat. The characters will most likely arrive here by way of the

Barbarian Subclass

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules

your turn with a Strength-based attack. To determine the extra damage, roll a number of d6s equal to your Rage Damage bonus, and add them together. The damage has the same type as the weapon or

Unarmed Strike used for the attack. Level 6: Mindless Rage You have Immunity to the Charmed and Frightened conditions while your Rage is active. If you’re Charmed or Frightened when you enter your Rage, the

Monstrous Traits

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

monster can help it feel like a bloodthirsty horror, for example. Traits such as a troglodyte’s Chameleon Skin or a doppelganger’s Ambusher can help make a monster feel more sinister as it lurks in

hiding and ambushes its foes. Some traits, such as a night hag’s Etherealness or an imp’s Invisibility, can help a monster escape from an encounter so it can return to haunt the adventurers another day

Running the Adventure

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

Running the Adventure The following adventure requires the fifth edition D&D rulebooks (Player’s Handbook, Dungeon Master’s Guide, and Monster Manual). You should read an entire adventure before

attempting to run it. If you’d prefer to play this adventure, you shouldn’t read any further or you risk spoiling it. The Monster Manual contains statistics for many of the creatures found in this

Running the Adventure

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica

Running the Adventure This adventure requires the fifth edition D&D rulebooks (Player’s Handbook, Dungeon Master’s Guide, and Monster Manual). You should read the entire adventure before attempting

to run it. If you’d prefer to play, you shouldn’t read any farther. Text that appears in a box like this is meant to be read aloud or paraphrased for the players when their characters first arrive at a

Describing Monsters

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

Describing Monsters The Whistling Fiend is notorious for being heard long before it’s seen When adventurers encounter a monster for the first time, especially if its reputation precedes it, dwell on

its description. You could tell the players that they see a merrow or hold up the creature’s picture from the Monster Manual. But that first moment of revelation is the best time to paint a

Appendix C: Creatures

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

Appendix C: Creatures This appendix describes new creatures that appear in the adventure, presenting them in alphabetical order. The introduction of the Monster Manual explains how to interpret a

creature’s stat block. Several of the creatures in this appendix are common beasts—foxes, hares, mountain goats, seals, sperm whales, and walruses—that live among other beasts from the Monster Manual

Creating a Monster Stat Block

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

. Ability Scores and Modifiers Monsters, like player characters, have the six ability scores. A monster can’t have a score lower than 1 or higher than 30 in any ability. A monster’s score in any

of molten lava to have immunity to fire damage. Giving a monster resistances and immunities to three or more damage types (especially bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing damage) is like giving it

Running the Adventure

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen

Running the Adventure To run the adventure, you need the fifth edition core rulebooks (Player’s Handbook, Dungeon Master’s Guide, and Monster Manual). Text that appears in a box like this is meant to

, that’s a visual cue pointing you to its stat block as a way of saying, “Hey, DM, you better get this creature’s stat block ready. You’re going to need it.” The Monster Manual contains stat blocks for

Running the Adventure

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Descent into the Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth

Running the Adventure To run the adventure, you need the fifth edition core rulebooks: the Player’s Handbook, Dungeon Master’s Guide, and Monster Manual. When a creature’s name appears in bold type

, that’s a visual cue pointing you to its stat block as a way of saying, “Hey, DM, you should get this creature’s stat block ready. You’re going to need it.” The Monster Manual contains stat blocks for

21. Hydra's Lair

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

21. Hydra’s Lair An underground river widens to form a flooded grotto. To the west, a pebble-strewn bank rises to a door recessed in the cavern wall. Near the middle of the lake, bones cling like a

tide mark to a rocky pillar. A hydra lurks underwater in this vicinity. Ras Nsi treats the monster as his beloved pet and regularly feeds it prisoners and subordinates who’ve defied him. The hydra’s

Ranged Attacks

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)

Ranged Attacks When you make a ranged attack, you fire a bow or a crossbow, hurl a handaxe, or otherwise send projectiles to strike a foe at a distance. A monster might shoot spines from its tail

Cult of Geryon

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes

ability to strike bargains. He deals especially with those who seek brute strength. Any warlike monster — such as orcs, ogres, and trolls — can be lured into Geryon’s cult. His cultists typically form

Running the Adventure

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

Running the Adventure To run the adventure, you need the fifth edition core rulebooks (Player’s Handbook, Dungeon Master’s Guide, and Monster Manual). Text that appears in a box like this is meant to

be read aloud or paraphrased for the players when their characters first arrive at a location or under a specific circumstance, as described in the text. The Monster Manual contains stat blocks for

Specific Spells

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice & Errata

Strike doesn’t work with Extra Attack or any other feature that requires the Attack action. Like other spells with a casting time of an action, casting True Strike requires you to take the Magic action

dispel a magical effect like a Druid’s Wild Shape? Dispel Magic has a particular purpose: to break other spells. It has no effect on a magical effect that isn’t created by a spell unless the text

New Ability Scores: Honor and Sanity

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

ability you add. If your players roll their ability scores, have them roll for the added ability scores. If you ever need to make a check or saving throw for Honor or Sanity for a monster that lacks the

abilities function like the standard six abilities, with exceptions specified in each ability below. Here’s how to incorporate these optional abilities at character creation: If your players use the

Mapping a Settlement

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

be important: the lord’s keep, significant temples, and the like. For cities, add internal walls and think about the personality of each ward. Give the wards names reflecting their personalities

Mirror Shade

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

, in their true forms, look like person-shaped blobs of shining light. More often, though, mirror shades are encountered on reflective surfaces such as mirrors or panes of glass. There, they blend in

seamlessly with their reflected surroundings and wait until the moment is right to strike. Mirror shades can be found throughout the multiverse but are particularly common in the Outer Planes. “She was

Mapping a Dungeon

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

mapped on a grid like graph paper, with each square on the paper representing an area of 5 feet by 5 feet. Appendix B shows several examples. If you play with miniatures on a grid, this scale makes it

. Multiple Pathways. Add multiple entrances and exits—to the dungeon as a whole and to individual rooms. By offering multiple paths the characters can follow, you present meaningful decision points to

Troll and Friends

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist

climbs up out of the shaft in the middle of the taproom — a monster with warty green skin, a tangled nest of wiry black hair, a long, carrot-shaped nose, and bloodshot eyes. As it bares its yellow teeth

and howls, you can see that a half-dozen bat-like creatures are attached to its body, with three more circling above it like flies. Everyone in the tavern reacts in fear except for the barkeep

Legend of the Nine Gods

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

’ hearts and decided to lance it like a troublesome boil. The kamadan fashioned a holy spear, but she left it by the riverbank and a crafty grung stole it. In her rage, Shagambi the kamadan forgot all about

the Omuans and chased Nangnang the grung forever across the sky. When evening came, a wily eblis stepped from his reed hut. He didn’t like the Omuans, but without them he’d have no one to play his

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