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Lizardfolk
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
. For example, humans confronted by an angry troll experience fear on a basic level. Their limbs shake, their thinking becomes panicked and jumbled, and they react by instinct. The emotion of fear takes
’t scared of a troll; instead, they understand that a troll is a fearsome, dangerous creature and react accordingly.
Lizardfolk never become angry in the way others do, but they act with
Species
Mythic Odysseys of Theros
need in their shimmering homeland and knowing the treachery of strangers.
Still, some leonin wonder what lies beyond Oreskos’s border mountains and seek to test themselves in a wider world
exercise their minds and bodies. It follows, too, that leonin aren’t inclined to carry grudges. A warrior might react with sudden violence to an insult, but when the fight is over (and the leonin
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
official D&D source, such as a book or a PDF, to create a character. This restriction ensures that players don’t need to own a lot of books to make a character and makes it easier for DMs to know how all
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
terrors: Before It Arrives. Foreshadow the horror’s approach. How do the environment, nearby animals, the weather and nature, and the light and shadows react? Approaches. What sounds does it make as it
flesh, or is it a supernatural force that warps what it comes in contact with? Wounded. When it’s wounded, how does it react? What does its blood look like? What is inside it instead of flesh and blood
Orc
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hatred of the civilized races of the world and their need to satisfy the demands of their deities, the orcs know that if they fight well and bring glory to their tribe, Gruumsh will call them home to
for survival in the material world, but to keep Maglubiyet at bay in the conflict on the planes. Her children will remain in her care, and if need be she wouldn’t hesitate to take to the field
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver
and what they want. You don’t need to be an actor or stand-up comedian to get good drama or humor out of your NPCs, but if you want to ham it up, here’s some advice: Relax. Don’t worry about
impressing your players with your thespian skills (or lack thereof). Get inside the NPCs’ minds. Imagine how they might react to the characters, and strive to be realistic. Mug it up. Scowl, smile, snarl
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
an elite team that can bring back the needed information. They will likely need to fight some of the sahuagin, but must remain quiet as often as possible to avoid becoming overwhelmed. If they can
’ efforts to move past areas filled with sahuagin undetected, but do not hesitate to have the sahuagin react if the characters behave carelessly.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
players in the process. You don’t need to be a practiced thespian or comedian to create drama or humor. The key is to pay attention to the story elements and characterizations that make your players
laugh or feel emotionally engaged and to incorporate those things into your roleplaying. Being the NPC Imagine how a character or monster you bring to life would react to the adventurers. Consider what it
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
everything a player needs to create Eberron characters in the fourth edition of the Dungeons & Dragons Roleplaying Game. Explorer’s Handbook (3.5E): This book gives players everything they need to
. Forge of War (3.5E): This comprehensive overview of the Last War provides all you need to know about the events, armies, battlefields, and themes of Eberron’s greatest clash of nations. Magic of Eberron
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
the succubi interact with the characters depends on how the characters react to this situation: The Party Helps. If the party intervenes, the knight thanks the characters for their courage and offers
the exchange is over. Time of Need During an especially harrowing fight, Hulgaz appears to the party. She teleports to the most hard-pressed character and casually offers to help in the battle. All she
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
need a name for any NPC who plays a prominent role in your campaign. You can pick a given name and a surname from any of the accompanying tables; a name can include options from different tables. If
game statistics. You don’t need to do this if you don’t expect the NPC to engage in combat or use any special abilities (such as casting spells). You can customize the stat block using the guidelines
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
around them, and the priests of a tribe are entrusted with the responsibility of identifying these signs and omens — both good and bad — and deciding how the tribe should react to them. As a race, orcs
have a written language adapted from that of the dwarves, but they aren’t a literate culture and rarely keep records or write down their thoughts. When orcs need to communicate in writing, they use
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
characters react to this scrutiny or as the characters prepare to leave the gate. An official wearing a red and blue outfit embroidered with phoenix designs approaches. “I apologize for my impertinence
am, and I know my limits.” Bond. “Magistrates should do everything in our power to serve those who need assistance.” Flaw. “I have to check to reassure myself that my work has been done right, even if
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
pain. The tiefling can share the following news, assuming the characters don’t react with violence: Aberrant Mind and Body. Something that feels like a magical presence is affecting Wheel-of-Fortune
the sinkhole to find Illithinoch, rescue the missing townspeople, and stop the ritual. Additional Clues
If the characters don’t talk with Wheel-of-Fortune, they might need help finding the sinkhole
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon of Icespire Peak
Hill” section. Each location includes an overview that briefly describes what characters can expect to find there. This overview is followed by information you’ll need to run the encounters at that
location’s inhabitants react to the characters’ arrival.
No encounter has a predetermined outcome. For example, characters who explore Umbrage Hill are likely to encounter a manticore. Although
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Uni and the Hunt for the Lost Horn
Sheila Downloadable PDF Human Traits As a Human, you have these special traits. Resourceful. You gain Heroic Inspiration whenever you finish a Long Rest. Skillful. You gain proficiency in one skill
creature you hit with an attack roll if you have Advantage on the roll and the attack uses a Finesse or a Ranged weapon. The extra damage’s type is the same as the weapon’s type. You don’t need Advantage on
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
following categories: Goal. A character’s goal is a short-term reason for the character to adventure. At the start of a campaign, this might be a desire for treasure, a thirst for excitement, or some need
characters’ tavern out of business. Another might use the tavern as the setting for a murder mystery. Downloadable PDF
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
, requiring opponents to create light at a distance in order to return fire with any accuracy. Even intruders who don’t need light to see have to contend with the beholder’s superior senses — the monster can
Actions The beholder’s ability to use legendary actions effectively doubles the number of times it can shoot rays in a round. Each legendary action a beholder takes gives it an opportunity to react to a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
they need in their shimmering homeland and knowing the treachery of strangers. Still, some leonin wonder what lies beyond Oreskos’s border mountains and seek to test themselves in a wider world. Noble
their minds and bodies. It follows, too, that leonin aren’t inclined to carry grudges. A warrior might react with sudden violence to an insult, but when the fight is over (and the leonin’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
Starting the Adventure Once the players are ready to begin, explain to them that their characters are among a group of travelers on the road headed into one of Theros’s great poleis. They don’t need
, though, the beast’s legs give way. Both mount and rider topple, crashing into the dust with a piercing whinny and a sound like snapping branches.
Give the characters a moment to react, encouraging
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
the characters convince Kopoha to leave the Yearning Timbers, they need someplace to take her; otherwise, she returns to arguing with Manalath. Kopoha’s Bad Day Kopoha recently endured a crushing
should be god of? How characters react to these confessions affects how Kopoha’s visit to Sylvania ends (see the “Closing Time” section).
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
depraved killer is behind the murders.
If you need additional inspiration, consider a few different options for how the villain’s actions unfold over the course of the adventure. Event-Based
characters you need to create, as well as how much detail you need to generate for each one. NPCs unlikely to become involved in combat don’t need full combat statistics, for example, just as characters
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes of the Borderlands
, use each nonplayer character’s NPC Card to determine how they react to the character’s words and actions.
Active Roleplaying. In active roleplaying, you speak with a character’s voice and might echo
their body language, like an actor taking on a role. You still need to describe things that can’t reasonably be acted out.
An active approach to roleplaying Bartho, an inexperienced guard prone to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
that Endelyn has one or more things that the characters need, she is willing to trade away these possessions one by one, but only after the characters agree to perform on her stage. Regardless of what
call for aid (see appendix C for their stat blocks).
If one or more characters cry out for assistance in Motherhorn, the brigganocks and korreds hear the call for help and react quickly. The korreds
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
conversations about content to be embraced and avoided. You don’t need to reveal the major plot points or twists in your story, but share the themes you’re interested in exploring, the kinds of stories you’re
seriously, and make sure they take yours just as seriously. Ideally, you’ll find a style of play that suits everyone. Downloadable PDF Using the Game Expectations Sheet
The Game Expectations tracking
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
conversations about content to be embraced and avoided. You don’t need to reveal the major plot points or twists in your story, but share the themes you’re interested in exploring, the kinds of stories you’re
take yours just as seriously. Ideally, you’ll find a style of play that suits everyone. Downloadable PDF Using the Game Expectations Sheet
The Game Expectations tracking sheet is a tool you can use
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
. They also can’t trust the moronic squidlings to accomplish such a delicate task. For these reasons, the gnome ceremorphs need help. They have built a device that can detect the presence of psi
threatened, the ceremorphs react with deadly intent; otherwise, they shun combat. Roleplaying the Gnome Squidlings The gnome squidlings have a blind hunger for brains that often overrides their common sense
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
feast on their flesh and gnaw on their bones. If the characters tell Guh a story that explains why they need her conch of teleportation, she wiggles uncomfortably but refuses to give up the item
Grudd Haug, putting the entire den on alert; see the Grudd Haug Roster table for notes on how the den’s occupants react. With the conch, the characters might try to escape the den. The surviving denizens
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
town guard in case of an emergency. He is loath to use it, as the locals might react to his seizure of power with an open revolt. Personality Traits. Caution guides Eliander’s thoughts and his every
. Manistrad occupies an awkward place on the council. She was placed in her position by royal decree; the crown decided that if Saltmarsh is to support a mining operation, the miners would need a political
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Dhakaan for sale! Recovered from the ruins below!" 16–18 A man dressed in the livery of House Vadalis descends a tower wall mounted on the back of a giant spider. He shouts, "Need a ride? No faster way
at a table with a sign attached to it that reads, "I say Breland would have won the Last War. Change my mind." 63–64 Two changelings sit on a bench in front of a tavern, sharing a flask. They take
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
player until each character has an NPC. (If your group has more than seven players, you’ll need to come up with additional NPCs and secrets.) Describe the NPCs and their relationships to all the
players have come up with a savvy approach to entering the enclave that didn’t make use of the ritual, you don’t need to use this option. But if your group will have fun with it, Flabbergast hears the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a5
magic on the pool keeps most of the puddings in a torpid state so that they react only to stimulation from a nearby source. A creature that enters the pool for the first time on a turn, or starts its
holds its breath or doesn’t need to breathe has advantage on the saving throw. Ooze Pool. Filled with the remains of dead oozes, the pool is 2 feet deep and difficult terrain. A creature that enters the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
Goblins Goblins occupy an uneasy place in a dangerous world, and they react by lashing out at any creatures they believe they can bully. Cunning in battle and cruel in victory, goblins are fawning
places where they can get the raw materials to make weapons and armor. Their need for iron and other metals sometimes puts them in conflict with other races, but just as often, goblins get what they
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes of the Borderlands
on a role. You still need to describe things that can’t reasonably be acted out.
An active approach to roleplaying Haldryck in the “Game Trail” encounter might involve you pretending to hide behind
React. In combat, the characters and the bandits act on their turns. Use the D&D Beyond Basic Rules to run this encounter.
Treasure. Stashed in the bushes are the recent ill-gotten gains stolen
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
unoccupied space within 30 feet of it, provided that both the space it’s teleporting from and its destination are in dim light or darkness. The destination need not be within line of sight.
Mind
authority. Through the writings of the wizard who penned it, the illithid perceives the workings of a highly intelligent mind. Most mind flayers who find a spellbook react with abhorrence or