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Player's Handbook plus One

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

Refugees at the Shore

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

Hardships table to determine what challenges the survivors need help with. After you’ve run as many of these encounters as you like, proceed with the “Darrett’s Armor” section. Survivor Camp Hardships d4

using any magic that restores hit points. 3 A couple sits shivering beside an unlit stack of firewood, staring off in the direction of Vogler. Lighting the fire through any means calms the couple and

Details

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd

it, and might distract from the real danger. Here are a couple of tricks you can use: In a given encounter area, choose one object or feature to describe in some detail. It need not be important to

To the Scriptoria Collections

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

on scriptology in archaeomancy, but it’s eating into my prep time for my classes. “I need you to track down a tome in the Biblioplex’s Scriptoria Collections. It’s an ancient treatise on interpreting

bring it to me, and extra credit for the rest of the term is yours!” Once the characters talk with Blackstone, they’re free to go to the Scriptoria Collections. However, Blackstone doesn’t need the

Divine Intervention

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

Gifts” in this chapter) to help a character in need. Emissaries. A god might send a Celestial, a Fiend, or some other kind of emissary to aid a character with information, guidance, or combat

. Miracles. As the simplest form of miracle, a god can produce the effect of any spell that devotees of that god might cast (typically Cleric or Druid spells). But a god’s direct intervention can take any form you choose, often reflecting the god’s nature.

Zil Characters

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War

Zil Characters As you develop a Zil character, consider the following factors: Family Ties. In a nation shaped by intrigue, you need someone you can rely on. For the Zil, that’s family. Unless you’re

appropriate, reflecting their love of intrigue. Classes that specialize in melee combat are rare among the Zil. The soldiers of Zilargo include rogues, bards, wizards, and artificers. The Trust. In

Lionshield Coster

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

Lionshield Coster Linene Graywind, a middle-aged woman, runs the coster, and she sells the horses that the characters need for Leilon. She doesn’t have any carts for sale but tells the characters

hasn’t seen her wearing it in a couple of days. If the characters approach Velleen about her lost brooch, the cultist and her kobold servants attack. If they are defeated, the characters do not have to face them later as they pack to leave the town.

1. South Gate

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

the fort ends at a wooden double door. Two guards stand watch atop the wall east of the gate. They look like overgrown, bipedal turtles armed with crossbows. Outside the gate is a beach where a couple

at the south gate is unlocked but can be barred shut if the need arises. Forcing open the barred door requires a successful DC 27 Strength (Athletics) check. The barred door can also be smashed open

Black Swords

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

lap if the characters decide to visit the Caer. Here are a couple reasons why the characters might go there: Looking for a good night’s rest in Caer-Dineval, the characters are directed to the castle

need him to make a public appearance. They can also use him as a hostage if the Ten-Towners take up arms against them. These devil worshipers keep a low profile while seeking out new members to join their ranks.

27. The Poisoned Quill

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

27. The Poisoned Quill There’s not much need for an expert forger in Skullport these days, but that doesn’t concern the owner of the Poisoned Quill, Tasselgryn Velldarn, who makes money from visitors

latest news and gossip. When they are together, Halaster and Tasselgryn act like an old married couple. If the characters come seeking an escape from Skullport, Tasselgryn offers to cast the

Encounters in Phandalin

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver

Encounters in Phandalin When the characters explore Phandalin, you don’t need to keep track of how much time is spent at each location. Instead, imagine that you’re directing an old-style western

movie. Your goal is to present several scenes in which the adventurers walk into a store or saloon and meet the people there. By interacting with these NPCs, the adventurers learn what the NPCs need or

Encounter Chains

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

.” Don’t feel bound by an encounter chain. Let the characters’ decisions and actions drive the story. You can change the order in which encounters happen, remove encounters you don’t need, or create new

encounters. You can also modify encounters to suit your tastes. If the characters stray, they might find themselves at a loss for what to do next. You have a couple of easy ways to guide them back on

Welcome to Phandalin

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon of Icespire Peak

has no walls and no garrison, but most of the adults keep weapons within easy reach in case the need for arms should arise. Visitors are welcome here, particularly if they have coin to spend or

news to share. The Stonehill Inn at the center of town offers modest lodging and meals. A couple of doors down from the inn, posted outside the townmaster’s hall, is a job board for adventurers. When the adventurers are ready to inspect the job board, proceed to the “Townmaster’s Hall” section.

Reporting Back

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

paying for rooms at the Steady Beacon. Reinforcements A couple hours later, several wagons and a contingent of soldiers from Kalaman reach the survivors’ camp with food and supplies. They aid the

people most in need first, eventually assisting everyone in relocating to an unoccupied group of simple wooden buildings north of Kalaman’s Trade Gate. The survivors find dry, safe housing and pitch in

Travel to Phandalin

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

excellent goatherd, she is less capable as a fighter. She and her goats need an escort from Leilon to Phandalin. The town council of Leilon also asks the characters to buy wagons to bring back a plethora

trip to Phandalin a seven-day ordeal. And with a couple hundred unruly goats, what could possibly go wrong?

Using an Overarching Story

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

Using an Overarching Story This section presents a couple of examples of overarching stories which have, over the years, fueled many classic D&D campaigns. The adventurers’ goal in the first example

is to amass the power they need to defeat a powerful enemy that threatens the world. Their goal in the second example is to defend something they care about by destroying whatever threatens it. The

Inner Planes

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

mingle together as they do in the Material Plane, forming land, sea, and sky. But the dominant element exerts a strong influence on the environment, reflecting its fundamental qualities. The

spirits that spellcasters can bind into galeb duhrs, golems, invisible stalkers, magmins, and water weirds. These elemental creatures don’t need food or other sustenance on their home planes, because they are sustained by the elemental energies that saturate those planes.

1b. Buppido's Lair

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss

1b. Buppido’s Lair The derro Buppido discovered the Whorlstone Tunnels months ago but never dared to explore beyond the first couple of chambers. He settled in this area and erected a grisly altar to

. Characters can identify the remains as belonging to several derro, deep gnomes, and goblins, as well as a couple grimlocks. Buppido is a typical derro and attacks the characters regardless of their

Getting the Quest

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

, “Well met! I’m Hruna, and these are my friends, Korux and Storn. We need help, and you look capable.” The three dwarves work in a mine located in the valley at the base of Kelvin’s Cairn. This mine

yeti surprised us and killed a member of our group. The rest of us fled as the yeti tore Oobok limb from limb. Now we need someone to go back and get the sled for us. As payment, we offer each of you a

Flumph

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)

Flumph The mysterious flumphs drift through the Underdark, propelled through the air by the jets whose sound gives them their name. A flumph glows faintly, reflecting its moods in its color. Soft

from psionic creatures, and they can be found lurking near communities of mind flayers, aboleths, githyanki, and githzerai. As passive parasites, they take only the mental energy they need, and most

Barthen's Provisions

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver

“Adventuring Gear” in the Basic Rules.) Characters in need of weapons or armor are directed to the Lionshield Coster (see that section). The proprietor is Elmar Barthen, a lean and balding human male shopkeeper

of fifty years with a kindly manner. He employs a couple of young clerks (Ander and Thistle), who help load and unload wagons and who wait on customers when Barthen isn’t around. Delivering the

Roleplaying

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

personal anecdotes, and a desperate need to make himself or herself the subject of every conversation. Using Your Voice Most of what you say during a session will be at a consistent level. For dramatic

Palace of Spires Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase

reflecting pool dances with the twilight colors of the sky above. Luminous butterflies flit above vivid flower beds that stand to the left and right of the pool. Just outside the gatehouse stands a

perpetually in full bloom. The reflecting pool is 1 foot deep. Sundial. The sundial here functions identically to the one in the hedge maze (area G21), but the leaves required to operate it don’t grow within

Gnomes of Zilargo

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron

Persuasion, these skills are common in Zil society; you could take the charlatan or criminal background as a way of reflecting your Zil upbringing. As a player character, one question is why you’ve left

waiting for the day when your skills will be put to use. Zil Schemes 1d10 Scheme 1 Your family is working on a new form of elemental binding, but they need Khyber dragonshards—lots of them

Deadstone Cleft

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

stream runs through the canyon, with stone embankments on both sides. In a couple of places, bridges made of petrified logs span the stream. Characters can traverse these logs without needing to make

darkvision and don’t need light sources to see. Nevertheless, some of the caves in Deadstone Cleft are dimly lit with giant torches to keep them warm and dry. Also, many of the caves inhabited by

Finding Nim's Creation

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

players tell you how their characters conduct the search. Depending on where they go, the search could take days. A character mounted on a griffon can complete a city-wide search in a couple of hours. To

the Dock Ward, the nimblewright detector starts to whir when it comes within range of a couple of the ships in port. Dock Ward Distraction Zardoz Zord, owner of the Sea Maidens Faire, has brought his

Detailed NPCs

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

Running Allies

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

ally a couple of distinguishing personality traits or mannerisms—such as greed, a love of beer, or a favorite expression—to make it easier to roleplay the ally on a moment’s notice. If you don’t want

. The important thing is that the ally is available when the characters want them and retreats into the background when the characters don’t want or need the help. Consider ways the ally could help the

Stand and Fight

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss

The characters might have a couple NPC companions around to help them defeat the drow (see “Bidding Farewell”), but if they need more assistance, consider the following options: Having pushed themselves

Roleplaying

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

Roleplaying You don’t need to be a practiced thespian or comedian to create drama or humor through roleplaying. The key is to pay attention to the story elements and characterizations that make your

focuses attention on that character. Some NPCs might pay particular attention to characters with whom they feel kinship. If a couple of players are doing most of the talking in a social interaction, take a

Creating a Race or Subrace

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

questions: Why does my campaign need the race to be playable? What does the race look like? Where do the members of this race live? Are there interesting conflicts built into the race’s history that make

way to modify an existing race is to change its appearance. Changes to a race’s appearance need not affect its game elements. For example, you could transform halflings into anthropomorphic mice

Part 1: Goblin Arrows

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver

the city of Neverwinter, a dwarf named Gundren Rockseeker asked you to bring a wagonload of provisions to the rough-and-tumble settlement of Phandalin, a couple of days’ travel southeast of the city

how their characters are traveling. Who’s in front, and who’s bringing up the rear? If the characters are escorting Gundren’s wagonload of supplies, then one or two characters need to be driving the

Sun Temple

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

, light-reflecting stone, and art depicting legendary heroes make every sun temple a bright, inspiring space. The rites conducted in sun temples include marriages, ceremonies to honor heroes, dawn worship

feel its warmth. Sun Temple Adventures Sun temples honor heroes and record their deeds. An adventure in which the characters need to meet, research, protect, or confront a legendary figure might happen

Journey Stage Challenges

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

much food (in pounds) the character finds per day of the journey stage, then repeat the roll for water (in gallons). Do Players Need to Track Rations? You might decide that tracking Rations is

such a campaign should approach a long wilderness journey as a challenge in logistics: how many pack animals do they need to carry the food for the journey, and how do they feed the animals? As always

Locations in Wisteria Vale

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries

), both constructed commoners. They are a married couple. The tavern is the heart of the village, a place where people gather to talk and share meals. Even though the villagers don’t need to eat or drink

all the villagers have been invited. Like their neighbors, Josephus and Henrietta have reservations about Quill’s strange houseguest. Without any need for a check, the characters can convince

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