most same with only advice for for live

Chapter 9: Knight

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

Chapter 9: Knight A character who draws the Knight card from a Deck of Many Things gains the service of a loyal warrior. This chapter includes advice for DMs on how to introduce this helpful

nonplayer character into the ongoing story of your campaign, as well as general advice about including helpful allies in a game without overshadowing the player characters. The chapter also introduces a new

Settlements

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

Settlements The places where people live — bustling cities, prosperous towns, and tiny villages nestled among miles of farmland — help define the nature of civilization in your world. A single

characters care about the settlement? The guidelines in this section are here to help you build the settlement you want for whatever purpose you have in mind. Disregard any advice here that runs counter to your vision for a settlement.

Students

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos

black, white, and gray. They’re encouraged to study broadly so that they become acquainted with a wide range of disciplines. First-year students live in dormitories located on the central campus and often

live on central campus after choosing a college, particularly if they pursue extensive studies in multiple colleges or work as resident advisers to first-year students. But most students move to

Aasimar Guides

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters

As DM, you take on the role of an aasimar’s angelic guide and decide what kind of advice or omens to send in dreams. The deva, or other celestial being, is your chance to add special roleplaying

, an aasimar is a prized student who must live up to high, sometimes inflexible standards. Angelic Guide d6 Name 1 Tadriel 2 Myllandra 3 Seraphina 4 Galladia 5 Mykiel 6 Valandras d6 Nature 1

Dimensional Caverns

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated

characters are hearing snippets from the adventures of the “C” Team and Acquisitions Incorporated. You might even use dialogue from an Acquisitions Incorporated live play session as background sound

filled with humanoid dating advice. At any point at which the characters offer to cease hostilities, or if they are clever enough to negotiate with Raah from the outset, proceed as follows. Dating Advice

7. Storage Area

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild

no sign of either item’s missing mate unless you want to have it found elsewhere in the adventure. 26–35 A live parrot in a wicker cage (captured by Barbatos and stashed here pending use in

laboratory experiments). The bird claims their name is ‘Hector.’ 36–45 A small barrel holds a live boggle, bound, gagged, and marinating in their own excreted oil. This is the former partner of the

Deathly Interludes

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros

don’t change. For characters who embrace heroic virtues and live as a beneficial force in the world, they might spend a few hours or days in the idyllic embrace of Ilysia. On the other hand, those who

insight into their current predicament or a portent of events to come. Maybe the soul of a long dead sage offers guidance or a legend the hero long idolized provides advice on how they defeated a

The Attack

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm Lord’s Wrath

and the followers of Myrkul independently decide they are too big a threat to let live. (If the characters have already dealt with both spies, this encounter doesn’t happen.) Use the Backlot Map to

appropriate. (See “Running a Three-sided Battle” sidebar for advice.) RUNNING A THREE-SIDED BATTLE Combat is a highlight of the game for a large number of players: they love the challenge, the

Menzoberranzan

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide

advantages over each other, they all live under the heel of House Baenre and the Matron Mother, who rules the city in Lolth’s name. On a large plateau high above the cavern floor is Tier Breche, also

are ever so unfortunate as to be enslaved by the drow of Menzoberranzan, my advice to you is simple and stern: do as you are commanded, avoid insulting their goddess (which means don’t even brush off a

A Treasury of Dragons

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

A Treasury of Dragons This book insists on sorting dragons into little, understandable boxes as if the readers had only 100 years or so to live and their tiny baby-brains could hold only so much

(supernatural gifts explicitly connected to a dragon’s power). Chapter 3 presents tips, advice, and tables to help Dungeon Masters build encounters, adventures, and whole campaigns around dragons

Glory of the Giants

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

live apart in remote steadings, undersea palaces, subterranean realms, and flying citadels. Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants explores giants’ role in D&D and their realms across the worlds. It delves

into the history of the giants and details the places where they live in isolation, as well as the ruins they left behind in their decline. Our guide in this exploration is the wizard Bigby, a former

Merchants' Ward

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

upper-class section of the city. The majority of the city’s merchants and traders actually live and work in the Market Ward. 4. Goldenthrone This palace serves as the meeting place for the merchant

depart with scowls on their faces. The characters’ timely arrival makes Zitembe predisposed to help them. If he’s approached for aid or advice in tracking down the Soulmonger, Zitembe’s first reaction

Sea Ward

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

. There’s no fee for these services, or for the advice and aid of the temple’s many pleasant attendants, but donations are encouraged. Two parks in the Sea Ward might also be worth your time. The Shrines

the Sea Ward without windows or doors. You can’t see it from the street, and those who live near it will not speak of it to others. You’ll know you are near it when you see blue tiles on the streets and

Aasimar Traits

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters

Aasimar Traits Your aasimar character has the following racial traits. Ability Score Increase. Your Charisma score increases by 2. Age. Aasimar mature at the same rate as humans, but they can live up

by the powers of good to guard the weak, to strike at evil wherever it arises, and to stand vigilant against the darkness. From a young age, a protector aasimar receives advice and directives that

Religious Institutions

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide

experiences are intensely personal, and it is common wisdom to keep them that way. After all, “advice” from one’s god that appears during morning prayer and gives one a good turn to the day is worthwhile only

worship of Torm, lest it inspire rebellion, and an otherwise fair-minded mayor of a river-mill community might demand that worshipers of Silvanus find elsewhere to live because of recent problems the timber-cutters have had with local druids.

Uthgardt Lands

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide

encounter with Uthgardt. I’m grateful to my friend Gyrt for teaching me so much about her people, for it has allowed me and many fellow travelers to see Uthgardt and live to tell the tale. Over the

view of the world and their place in it, their traditions and the laws they live by. I came to realize, as I came across other Uthgardt tribes in my travels, that much of what is true for the Elk tribe

Occultant

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated

franchise by determining whether foes should live or die, prognosticating correctly (or at least authoritatively), keeping the rest of the party attuned to the importance of karma, and making the right

somehow. 5 You’ve always owned a stuffed cat. You’re not sure where it came from, but it’s given you great career advice so far. 6 You’ve always worn a lot of black. 7 You really

Longsaddle

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide

serves as the local slaughterer and butcher for folk wishing to take meat, rather than live animals, away from Longsaddle. Rumor holds that the sausages have much improved down the years but buyers are

get blasted in the middle of the Low Road, there will be no one left to ask about the matter. My best advice is to be mindful of the scent of magic in the air and act accordingly.

Southern Isles

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide

auctions up and down the Sword Coast, and such golem-like constructs are usually the province of wizards, not tinkerers. Nelanther Take an old salt’s advice and beware the Pirate Isles of the Sea of Swords

, the Nelanther. Here, all manner of seafaring or sea-dwelling creatures live, from lizardfolk and minotaurs to orcs and ogres, with a smattering of humans and others thrown in for variety. Where some

Class Training

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

was overwhelmed with grief after losing someone close to me, and I sought the advice of philosophers to help me cope with my loss. 5 I could feel that a special sort of power lay within me, so I sought

live a life of discipline. Paladin d6 I became a paladin because … 1 A fantastical being appeared before me and called on me to undertake a holy quest. 2 One of my ancestors left a holy quest

Island Theme

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh

protect themselves and their property, or they simply enjoy the isolation a remote island affords. The creatures on sanctum islands usually live in permanent structures like abbeys, fortresses

on the island, but the inhabitants don’t allow the characters into any buildings. 2 The inhabitants like the characters and give them advice to help them impress the island’s leader. 3 Some unhappy

Stone Giants

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters

the seeking of treasure or ale, that they forgot how to live in any other way but in pursuit of it. That’s what stone giants do. — Elminster Speaking Stones Although they are unsurpassed masters of

were seen as no fault of Skoraeus. If Surtur had instead asked Skoraeus for advice about Memnor’s words, the legend would have ended differently. Skoraeus is considered the most knowledgeable of the

Locations R - U

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder

-ranking wizard) to send messages and aid to Rassalantar. Rauvin Mountains This purple-hued mountain range has peaks rising to heights of seven and eight thousand feet. Orcs live here in seemingly

, frozen landscape. Few dare to venture near the high walls of its easternmost edge, and little is known of what might live on or within the glacier. Rivermoot This small village stands at the west end of

The Walking Statues

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

, and thus locals call it the Hawk Man. I can reveal that in fact it bears much resemblance to an aarakocra, one of the bird-people said to live in the Star Mounts in the High Forest. The statue’s wings

to tell of it, but the appearance of the daggers is entirely a matter of chance, and unpredictable. So take my advice and don’t test Tymora’s favor.

Red Larch Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse

highly indeed. The clothing, boots, and accessories are all fine, warm, and sturdy, even though few Red Larchers can afford to buy them for everyday wear. The Tarnlars live in a comfortable apartment

wings and annexes untidily in all directions. The interior looks like a barn or attic, with exposed beams and posts. Pens with live chickens fill most of the odd corners and halls of the building

Fort Beluarian

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

as long as the characters do nothing to antagonize her, she can provide them with useful advice and material aid against the myriad threats lurking in the jungle. Liara is puzzled by reports coming

from her patrols to the south. They’ve crossed the trails of large creatures in the jungle that don’t match anything known to live in Chult. If the characters are planning to explore the region between

The Dark Seldarine

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

, masked bodyguards for the matrons of their house. HOLES IN LOLTH'S WEB Lolth is far from omniscient, despite what her priestesses say. There are drow who live without bending to the tyranny of her

surface on raids to retreat if they can see the moon — practical advice, it would seem. But an equally important reason is that Eilistraee is known to work her wiles under the light of the moon, so that

Locations E - H

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder

belligerently protective treants. Thus, it is best “forgotten.” An immortal druid named Pheszeltan dwells deep in the woods and is willing to offer advice to those with the skill to reach him. Fork

prowl its northern depths. Druarwood Uthgardt of the Black Lion and Red Tiger tribes live and hunt here. The two tribes share a spirit mound in the forest’s icy northern reaches (see the “Beorunna’s

Briny Maze Locations

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

. Two phase spiders live here and are responsible for the flimsy webbing. The spiders can’t use their Ethereal Jaunt ability in the Briny Maze and scuttle from known dangers like the encephalon cluster

Gossa. If the characters alert Lowarnizel to Shalfi’s digging, the dragon seeks their advice on whether to ambush the zealot here in a couple of days or to attack the zealot while he works. The dragon

Creating Adventures

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

and advice in this chapter expand on the material in chapter 3 of the Dungeon Master’s Guide. Monsters and nonplayer characters mentioned on the tables can be found either in the Monster Manual or in

, leading to various other small buildings. Several of these are open to the air, offering sheltered places for gatherings or quiet contemplation. Others are apartments where leaders of the vernadi live

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