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Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
advancing civilization, nature needs some help from biomancers and terraformers. If, along the way, you happen to create super-soldiers and mutant monsters that can bolster the combine’s defenses
protection and durability
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Fin Clade, focused on movement
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Gyre Clade, focused on cyclical patterns and metamagic
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Guardian Project, focused on creating guard monsters and super
Backgrounds
Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
operate up and down the Sword Coast and throughout the North. Most are small-scale operations that employ a dozen to a hundred folk who offer security services, hunt monsters and brigands, or go to war in
promote elven causes or involve destroying orcs, gnolls, and the like. Prospective employers must leave written word (in Elvish) near Evereska, and the Silent Rain sends a representative if interested. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Exploring Players who desire exploration want to experience the wonders that a fantasy world has to offer. They want to know what’s around the next corner or hill. They also like to find hidden clues
and treasure. Engage players who like exploration by… dropping clues that hint at things yet to come. letting them find things when they take the time to explore. providing rich descriptions of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
separate from the other monsters, as far from the characters as reasonably possible and hiding if it can, attacking once the characters are distracted. Lurkers might include Humanoid foes like bandits, as
Constructing Your Deck An encounter deck consists primarily of cards representing monsters. You can use cards from The Deck of Many Things card set, oracle cards, playing cards, cards from Magic: The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
Appendix E: Concept Gallery Just as most adventurers don’t walk into a dragon’s lair without a plan, neither were D&D’s iconic monsters developed without considerable forethought. This gallery
explores some of the behind-the-scenes development that went into creating Tyranny of Dragons, as well as defining a spectrum of monsters, allies, and enemies that would feature in Dungeons & Dragons
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
in your game. Sourcebooks include things like new character options, new monsters, and inspiration for building your own adventures and campaigns. You can play D&D without any of these additional
to help set the mood for your game. You don’t need a physical screen to hide things if you’re playing online, but it can be helpful to have ready access to important information like condition
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver
The Forgotten Realms Just like a fantasy novel or movie, an adventure is set in a larger world. In fact, the world can be anything that the DM and players can imagine. It could be a swords-and
D&D settings are somewhere between those two extremes: worlds of medieval high fantasy with knights and castles, as well as elven cities, dwarven mines, and fearsome monsters. The world of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
Never Alone As the characters explore the Temple of Moloch, keep in mind that this is an active, living dungeon filled with guards, servants, and monsters. Different areas provide information on
lizardfolk guards heading out on patrol and monsters potentially breaking free and running amok. When that happens, keep a rough idea of where those guards and monsters might be heading, and let the
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
: Emphasize Wrongness. Focus on the features that make the creature alien, inhuman, and out of place. The Whistling Fiend looks like a humanoid skeleton dripping its own gelatinous musculature. Its skull
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Magic Items Magic items are gleaned from the hoards of felled monsters or discovered in long-lost vaults. Such items grant capabilities a character could rarely have otherwise, or they complement
qualifies if it can cast at least one spell using its traits or features, not by using a magic item or the like.
Items Made for Specific Creatures. Magic items that are meant to be worn tend to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
full of fangs, claw-like nails, and feathered wings. Two guards cover the retreat of panicked locals as the gargoyles attack traders’ wagons or anything that threatens them. The gargoyles fight until
stoically go about their business again as if nothing had happened. If asked about the fog, the monsters, or other occurrences within the fog, they react with bewilderment. Locals have had their
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
half their cost when sold in a market. Weapons and armor used by monsters are rarely in good enough condition to sell. Magic Items. Selling magic items is problematic. Finding someone to buy a potion or
Goods. On the borderlands, many people conduct transactions through barter. Like gems and art objects, trade goods — bars of iron, bags of salt, livestock, and so on — retain their full value in the market and can be used as currency.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation Supplement
Snout are hospitable folk who like to hunt, catch fish, build things, and trade with visitors. Not long after the island was formed, a pirate ship captained by a cleric of the sea goddess Umberlee was
occasionally try to explore it as a rite of passage. Few of them get far before strange monsters frighten them away.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
service with the templars. Church or Crown? Do you fully support the theocracy? Or would you like to see Queen Diani restored to the throne? There are many people of faith who believe that miring the
corruption and greed? Are you a compassionate person who seeks to lead people to the light, or a zealot determined to crush all darkness? How will you react when you encounter monsters—minotaurs, ogres, gnolls—in a civilized setting?
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
Faerûn’s western shore—the Sword Coast. A thin strip of civilization stretches down this coast, where widely spaced cities are arranged like beads on a string. Roads loosely connect the cities that
monsters and magic items not described in this book. Both of these supplements are available as free downloads on DungeonsandDragons.com.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
the aboleth’s phantasmal force lair action for the next 24 hours, although such a creature can choose to be affected. Pools of water within 90 feet of the aboleth surge outward in a grasping tide. Any
looks, sounds, and can move like the aboleth. The aboleth can sense, speak, and use telepathy from the image’s position as if present at that position. If the image takes any damage, it disappears. If the aboleth dies, the first two effects fade over the course of 3d10 days.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
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
Guide and Monster Manual. The first of these books guides the DM through creating and running adventures, and the second holds hundreds of monsters to fill those adventures. Dice. You need a set of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
of creatures mill about or are lining up into ordered infantry ranks. In the air above, dozens of chromatic dragons wheel and shriek like a flock of immense crows, awaiting the bloodshed of the
numbers have swelled. Only cultists live and work in the warrens beneath the caldera. The thousands of mercenaries, giants, devils, and monsters serving the cult are camped chiefly along the north and east slopes.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
Wandering Monsters Wyllowwood is a thriving ecosystem. The woods support awakened shrubs, awakened trees, bats, bears, blink dogs, boars, deer, elk, rodents, small birds, and other denizens of
encounter of your own design. Bear with Us A timid black bear shadows the characters, hoping to scavenge a tasty offering. If they feed the bear, it follows them like a companion and expects to be fed
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
of creatures mill about or are lining up into ordered infantry ranks. In the air above, dozens of chromatic dragons wheel and shriek like a flock of immense crows, awaiting the bloodshed of the
numbers have swelled. Only cultists live and work in the warrens beneath the caldera. The thousands of mercenaries, giants, devils, and monsters serving the cult are camped chiefly along the north and east slopes.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
rulebooks. Heroic Fantasy Conflicts. Heroic fantasy campaigns often revolve around delving into ancient dungeons in search of treasure or to destroy monsters or villains. Consider conflicts like these
symbolize the decadence and corruption of civilization, and mages are the classic villains of these settings. Magic items are therefore rare and often dangerous. Consider conflicts like these to drive the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
crumbling, lighthouse-like spire pierces the surface and marks the location of the ruins below. Shard of Chaos When Dragon Army scouts discovered the ruins of the Sunward Fortress, the black-robed wizard
power of the Spawning Stone—the source of the vicious monsters called slaadi. The Dragon Army evacuated the ruin, but not completely. The evil cleric Belephaion, Lohezet’s peer, was fascinated with
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
. Portals and gates that open onto the plane become one-way only. Secret passages out of the plane exist, but they are hidden and well guarded by traps and deadly monsters. And though the River Styx
passions and poisons, and of realm-shattering betrayals. Hatreds run like a deep, slow-moving river, and there’s no telling what the flood of treachery will consume next. It is said that prisoners can
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes of the Borderlands
add monsters, such as Giant Fire Beetles, to the cave to make this scenario longer and more difficult, or you can reduce the number of Kobold Warriors to make it easier and shorter.
Getting
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Boxed Text. Text that appears in a box like the one in this section is meant to be read aloud or paraphrased for the players when their characters first arrive at a location or under a specific
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
itself, called the Firehive, resembles a gargantuan wasp nest with an open top. Aurnozci’s power causes the Firehive to throb like a beating heart, and the nest’s surface is hot to the touch. Halfway up
a time, Gorewood rebirths the recycled demons, excreting each into its own chrysalis-like pod made from the tree’s fleshy inner wood. The massive hollow chamber in Gorewood from which these
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
they are not entirely strange on the Sword Coast. If questioned, Jos claims to be just another Thayan expatriate trying to find refuge while his country is controlled by undead monsters. In fact, other
thieves guild. Secretly, its leaders seek to extend their shadowy fingers into every throne room and ruling council chamber in Faerûn. Like the Harpers, the Zhentarim too are aware that the Cult of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
—yet they need not do so alone. Groups like the Harpers, the Lord’s Alliance, and even the wicked Zhentarim might be rallied to oppose the Cult of the Dragon, but only if clever souls convince them to
, magic items, and monsters from both adventures into comprehensive references. Additionally, an entirely new concept art gallery reveals a glimpse behind the scenes at the work that went into bringing
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
tall. Lurking here are three monsters that look like floating brains with beaks. Against the north wall lies a moldy backpack.
Two grells lair here with their leader, a grell psychic (see the
frustrated the goblins in the rear guard. The other townspeople and goblins had gone ahead. According to the miners, flying tentacle-monsters suddenly attacked, killing several goblins. (These are the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
“goats of coin,” for they will cling like such animals to the most precarious of mountain ridges while seeking the opportunities that wait beyond. My own journeys with the goats of coin have impressed
upon me the skill of these folk, who brave crumbling paths, avalanche-ridden passes, terrible howling blizzards, and monsters of all sorts to reach Hartsvale and get safely out of the vale again. It
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
the thumbs to create an X-shape linked by a line across the bottom. It stands for water’s eternal surge and retreat, a cycle of unending change. Tactics and Philosophy Crushing Wave cultists are
opportunistic in their overall philosophy than the earth cultists are. Like a flood that seeks the weak point in a levee and then bursts through with ever-growing strength, water cultists are quick to sense an
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a5
predators that use oversized clawed forelimbs to move like a gorilla might. A character who succeeds on a DC 15 Intelligence (Nature) check recognizes the traits of hook horrors. Creatures. Four hook
spotted. The horrors hesitate to attack those dressed like Thayans but do so if no food is quickly offered. The horrors fight mostly to defend a mound in the northwest section of the cavern, which contains
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
OK for them to invalidate the hard work you’ve done preparing the adventure by willfully going in a different direction. If you feel like you’re keeping up your end of the bargain but your players
prefer to let the DM make a call and continue playing. If you gloss over a rules issue in play, make a note of it and return to the issue later. Some players like to use the rules to argue against
Equipment
tones, and glow brightly at night or when exposed to magic. Deposits are found throughout Drakkenheim, often fused into stone streets and buildings like crystalline moss.
A typical delerium fragment is
level of contamination (see Appendix C of Monsters of Drakkenheim).
Arcane Anomalies
1d100
Arcane Anomalies
01–02
A resonant cascade of eldritch phenomena! The resulting
Equipment
tones, and glow brightly at night or when exposed to magic. Deposits are found throughout Drakkenheim, often fused into stone streets and buildings like crystalline moss.
A typical delerium fragment is
level of contamination (see Appendix C of Monsters of Drakkenheim).
Arcane Anomalies
1d100
Arcane Anomalies
01–02
A resonant cascade of eldritch phenomena! The resulting
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation Supplement
their leather and meat, and they use the lizards’ bones and teeth to make crude jewelry. Giant Snapping Turtle These aggressive monsters like to bask on the island’s warm rocks and shores, but
uncut gemstone (10 gp). Dimetrodons If the characters are traveling near the shore, they see 1d4 dimetrodons (see Tomb of Annihilation or Volo’s Guide to Monsters) wallowing in shallow pools of water