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Eberron: Forge of the Artificer
sinister cultists of the Hurricane Harvest. The power of their dragonmarks manifests as easy control of wind, thunder, and lightning, which they wield as readily in combat as in navigating the sea and
monsters of the deep.Lightning, ThunderJump (2/Day). The scion casts Jump, requiring no spell components and using the same spellcasting ability as Spellcasting.
Halfling
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marauding monsters and clashing armies; a blazing fire and a generous meal; fine drink and fine conversation. Though some halflings live out their days in remote agricultural communities, others form
avoid unwanted attention.
Halflings work readily with others, and they are loyal to their friends, whether halfling or otherwise. They can display remarkable ferocity when their friends, families, or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
Bestiary The following pages include descriptions and stat blocks for inhabitants of Theros. The majority are presented in alphabetical order. At the end of this section, you’ll find a selection of mythic monsters, foes designed to pose challenges worthy of legend.
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
, position, and orientation. You can use The Deck of Many Things card set, tarokka cards, a tarot deck, or any other cards you can readily assign symbolic meanings to. This method works best for a
journey you expect to last at least as many days as you have players. You can improvise encounters, other challenges, and rewards based on cards as they’re revealed, or you can build a small deck in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Awarding XP Each monster has an XP value based on its Challenge Rating. When adventurers overcome one or more monsters—typically by killing, routing, capturing, or cleverly avoiding them—they divide
the total XP value of the monsters evenly among themselves. If the party received substantial assistance from one or more NPCs, count those NPCs as party members when dividing up the XP, since the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm Lord’s Wrath
nefarious schemes and terrible monsters await. Storm Lord’s Wrath is a D&D adventure designed for 7th-level characters. You can run this adventure for as few as one or as many as six players. By the time the
characters complete the challenges presented, they will be 9th level and ready to take on the challenges of the next adventures in this series: Sleeping Dragon’s Wake and Divine Contention.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Stocking a Dungeon Creating a map for your dungeon is only half the fun. Once you have the layout, you need to decide what challenges and rewards are to be found in the dungeon’s passages and
nothing more than a list of monsters, a list of treasures, and a list of one or two key elements for each dungeon area.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
Athreos’s Villains Athreos’s champions readily forsake their connections to other mortals. Working among endless throngs of the dead and grieving can sap one’s empathy and harden any soul. As a
shouldn’t exist.
Athreos’s Monsters Most creatures that serve Athreos aid the god in destroying the undead. Beyond that, the Athreos’s Monsters table presents a few creatures likely to serve the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragons of Stormwreck Isle
The Dungeon Master The Dungeon Master has a special role in D&D games. The DM is a storyteller. The DM presents the challenges and encounters that the characters must overcome. The DM is the players
to happen next, the DM decides how to apply the rules and keep the story going. The DM is a roleplayer. The DM plays the monsters in the adventure, choosing their actions and rolling dice for their attacks. The DM also plays all the other people the characters meet, including helpful ones.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragons of Stormwreck Isle
Overview A D&D adventure is a collection of locations, quests, and challenges that inspire you to tell a story. The outcome of that story is determined by the actions and decisions of the adventurers
site, Dragon’s Rest, serves as the characters’ home base during the adventure, where they can rest and get supplies between their visits to the other sites. Magic Items and Monsters. Two appendixes describe rules for magic items and monsters that characters might find in the course of the adventure.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
between what characters think and how they behave. When creating adventures rooted in psychological horror, consider common fears and anxieties. These readily become metaphors for villains and monsters
monster is a stand-in for something people fear, what do your favorite monsters embody? Can your adventures accentuate that? Why might a character think everyone around them is lying to them? Might this be
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
adventurers are allies who face challenges and fantastical situations together. Each character brings distinctive capabilities, which ideally complement those of the other characters. Venture Forth
. Your character’s group explores locations and events presented by the DM. You can respond to them in any way you can imagine, guided by the rules in this book. Although the DM controls all the monsters
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
party. These adventurers are allies who face challenges and fantastical situations together. Each character brings distinctive capabilities, which ideally complement those of the other characters
the monsters you encounter, the DM isn’t your adversary. The DM guides your party’s journey as your characters become more powerful.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
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.
Most of the monsters that appear in
this adventure are from the Monster Manual, along with new creatures and NPCs, and monsters from Volo’s Guide to Monsters and Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes. For easy reference, all the stat blocks for the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
incorporate these fearsome foes into your campaign in other ways. Characters might stumble across evidence of heinous deeds performed by one of these monsters or its servants, or you could make opposing
Fiends more suitable challenges for your characters. The possibilities are as endless as the layers of the Abyss.
Harry Conway
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes of the Borderlands
classes in mind, but any class will do. Team Up. Your character joins the other players’ characters to form an adventuring party. These adventurers are allies who face challenges and fantastical
respond to them however you can imagine, guided by the rules. Although the DM controls all the monsters you encounter, the DM isn’t your adversary. The DM guides your party’s journey as your characters become more powerful.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a2
come to the Stone Tooth in search of a reputed cache of Durgeddin’s superior blades and find the stronghold inhabited by dangerous monsters. The complex consists of the following five sections: The
largest level of Khundrukar, the Glitterhame is an expanse of beautiful natural caverns now infested by troglodytes and other cave-dwelling monsters. The Sinkhole. Streams in the Glitterhame descend to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
their criminal operation, and brought Irena to justice, but not before suffering her curse: “Live you always among monsters, and see everyone you love die beneath their claws.” In the weeks that
followed, the curse took hold. Before Rudolph could track down and slay Baron Metus, the vampire murdered both Ingrid and Erasmus. In the decades since, van Richten has hunted monsters and armed others
Goblin
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
out while still getting decent performance out of the slaves. But humanoids and monsters that are especially capable or that provide unusual services find themselves treated like favored (though
Khurgorbaeyag seems to dislike sharing his divine power with his followers. And although many goblins would readily offer anything to have the abilities of a warlock, the patrons that grant such power
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver
and keep the story going. The DM is a narrator. The DM sets the pace of the story and presents the various challenges and encounters the players must overcome. The DM is the players’ interface to the
D&D world, as well as the one who reads (and sometimes also writes) the adventure and describes what happens in response to the characters’ actions. The DM plays monsters. The DM plays the monsters
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Journey Stage Challenges Challenges that adventurers might face during a journey stage include the following, which are discussed in the sections that follow: Encounters with Other Creatures The
possibilities: Ambush. Monsters set up an ambush along a route they expect travelers to follow. Attack from Above. Flying monsters swoop down to attack the characters. Distant Sighting. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
includes magic items and other treasures for an Eberron campaign. It also explores the vital role of dragonshards. Chapter 6 presents new monsters and NPCs drawn from the world of Eberron. From mighty
archfiends to helpful homunculi, these creatures add challenges to your adventures in Eberron (or any other D&D world).
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
Arriving at Blingdenstone Blingdenstone has a reputation for being a dangerous ruin inhabited only by monsters and other undesirables. Others think of it as a budding settlement well on its way to
characters win the gnomes’ trust, they are welcomed into Inner Blingdenstone, and to what food and comfort the locals can readily provide. ROLEPLAYING THE SVIRFNEBLIN
Deep gnomes are a dour lot
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
of which adventurers might be called upon to retrieve. Many of these temples hold dangerous phenomena (such as gates to the Underworld), which might have been their undoing. Monsters and brigands often
the ancient secrets hidden inside.
3 Retrieve the remains of a dead humanoid from the temple.
4 Kill monsters infesting the temple.
5 Find a replacement for the temple’s current
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
personality or behavior of the monsters, perhaps determining whether they can be communicated with or whether they’re all acting in concert. Other possible factors include the nature of the physical
simply jot down a few notes based on a creature’s Monster Manual description. During the battle, you can use these ideas to inform how you portray the monsters and their actions. To keep things simple
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
character classes is helpful, since the adventurers will face a variety of challenges. Each character class will certainly have its moment to shine. A CLASSIC RETOLD
This adventure is a retelling of
Monster Manual. The Monster Manual contains stat blocks for most of the monsters and nonplayer characters (NPCs) found in this adventure. Descriptions and stat blocks for new monsters and NPCs are
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
smuggling. In addition, it governs a wide network of lesser gangs and crime lords across the city. In the past, the clan’s reputation was sufficiently strong to prevent any challenges. Over the last decade
, however, the Boromars have been fending off a serious challenge from Daask. Those monsters have been aggressively targeting Boromar agents and holdings, and the feud between the two forces grows more
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Random Treasure
The following pages contain tables that you can use to randomly generate treasures carried by monsters, stashed in their lairs, or otherwise hidden away. The placement of
treasure is left to your discretion. The key is to make sure the players feel rewarded for playing, and that their characters are rewarded for overcoming dangerous challenges.
Treasure Tables Treasure
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
Gladiator Competitor and Prizefighter Habitat: Any; Treasure: Armaments, Individual Gladiators are professional fighters who pit themselves against one another, monsters, and other challenges to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
. The characters might decide to avoid the place entirely. Or they could free the monsters—hopefully avoiding the hungry ones—and confront the zoo’s enraged owner. Day 3 Reward or Ruin: Gem. If the
characters overcome the challenges of the menagerie, they discover valuable treasures there; if not, they must face one additional trap or monster that uses the appearance of treasure as bait, such as a mimic.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
and foes they meet along the way. Even though the DM challenges the adventurers, the DM always strives to delight the whole group. Players. Each player creates an adventurer who teams up with the
adventurers also solve puzzles, talk with other characters, battle fantastic monsters, and discover magic items and other treasure—all while supporting each other’s fun. Learn by Watching
A great
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Daask Campaign Themes On the surface, Daask appear to be nothing more complicated than a gang of violent monsters wreaking havoc in the worst parts of the city. If you want, this can be the only role
against Daask will escalate as the adventurers become more powerful; Daask will unleash ever more powerful monsters, and its forces might start targeting the adventurer’s allies and loved ones. Those
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
realm on occasion. When the other gods displease him, he sends mortal agents or Nyxborn monsters to kill the worshipers of the offending gods and spread despair. Many of Erebos’s schemes target those
, certain that his lesser brother can’t possibly prevail within Erebos’s own territory. Erebos holds a special grudge against Phenax. Phenax readily teaches others how to escape the Underworld as the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
cottage exudes a warm glow. Smiles come readily but last too long. Wildflowers grow from the carcasses of mutated lambs. The Mists deposit visitors to Tepest near Viktal, whose folk encourage
the characters view the villagers as victims or monsters? The following section, “Viktal and the Tithe,” explores how to draw characters into the village’s eerie traditions. Beyond Viktal, the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Borderlands Quest: Goblin Trouble
. Communicating with monsters, tricking them or frightening them away, or avoiding a fight while cleverly sneaking past a challenge can be just as much fun.
Listen to Your Players. Encourage your players
adventure is divided into “encounters,” which are like scenes from a movie or show. Each encounter has specific challenges. Once the players complete the challenges, move on to the next scene. The flow of