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Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
psionic powers and built a great city called Tu’narath. They have since spread throughout the multiverse, starting in outposts outside the Astral Plane, called creches, where time passes and their
the type of creature they are. Most player characters are of the Humanoid type. A race tells you what your character’s creature type is.
Here’s a list of the game’s creature types
races
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
: cheerfulness and celebration, marked by merriment and hope as winter’s sorrow passes
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Summer: boldness and aggression, a time of unfettered energy and calls to action
Creating Your
Every creature in D&D, including each player character, has a special tag in the rules that identifies the type of creature they are. Most player characters are of the Humanoid type. A race tells
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Basic Rules (2014)
their target — a notorious slaver — passes the alleyway, the accomplice cries out, the slaver comes to investigate, and the assassin’s blade cuts his throat before he can make a sound
variety of skills as they do to perfecting their combat abilities, giving them a broad expertise that few other characters can match. Many rogues focus on stealth and deception, while others refine the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
and all routes to the site. As such, as the characters follow the notes found in Kwalish’s journal, they find that the narrow mountain passes begin to tighten around them the closer they come to the
location where the city is said to be. Many of the passes, tunnels, and trails the characters follow are deliberately blocked off with rockslides and other unexplained disasters. The need to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
and all routes to the site. As such, as the characters follow the notes found in Kwalish’s journal, they find that the narrow mountain passes begin to tighten around them the closer they come to the
location where the city is said to be. Many of the passes, tunnels, and trails the characters follow are deliberately blocked off with rockslides and other unexplained disasters. The need to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
After Neverdeath It’s up to you whether the events of this chapter happen after some time passes or immediately following the characters’ experience in Neverdeath Graveyard. If you wish to emphasize
urgency, this chapter’s events happen a few days after the characters report their success to Lord Neverember in Neverwinter. If you’d rather emphasize the methodical nature of an eternal lich-god
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
Chapter 2: Trollskull Alley Trollskull Alley is filled with people who can shape the characters’ day-to-day lives in Waterdeep. The characters will likely return to Trollskull Alley many times
during the adventure and get to know their neighbors as time passes. The locations described below are keyed to the map of Trollskull Alley (map 2.1). Buildings not specifically identified on the map are
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
After Neverdeath It’s up to you whether the events of this chapter happen after some time passes or immediately following the characters’ experience in Neverdeath Graveyard. If you wish to emphasize
urgency, this chapter’s events happen a few days after the characters report their success to Lord Neverember in Neverwinter. If you’d rather emphasize the methodical nature of an eternal lich-god
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
entire extent of the characters’ experience on campus that year. Unless explicitly stated, assume that anywhere from a few days to a few weeks passes between the events of an adventure. You can decide
how quickly the year passes and work with your players to decide what else they get up to. You can conduct roleplaying scenes with the characters’ fellow students, taking into account their Friends
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Bastion Turns As time passes in the campaign, players take Bastion turns to reflect the activity occurring in their Bastions, whether or not the characters are present. On a Bastion turn, a character
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
, saying, “Ispin was right to call you friends. I’m glad I’ve had the chance to do the same.” Becklin and Cudgel then ride out. An hour passes before news arrives. In the meantime, keep the characters occupied with the evacuation’s preparations, such as finding missing villagers and corralling ships.
Invasion of Vogler Before Becklin and Cudgel leave Vogler to join the Ironclad Regiment, Becklin shares a brief, formal goodbye with Darrett. She then thanks the characters for all they’ve done
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
Chapter 2: Trollskull Alley Trollskull Alley is filled with people who can shape the characters’ day-to-day lives in Waterdeep. The characters will likely return to Trollskull Alley many times
during the adventure and get to know their neighbors as time passes. The locations described below are keyed to the map of Trollskull Alley (map 2.1). Buildings not specifically identified on the map are
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
, saying, “Ispin was right to call you friends. I’m glad I’ve had the chance to do the same.” Becklin and Cudgel then ride out. An hour passes before news arrives. In the meantime, keep the characters occupied with the evacuation’s preparations, such as finding missing villagers and corralling ships.
Invasion of Vogler Before Becklin and Cudgel leave Vogler to join the Ironclad Regiment, Becklin shares a brief, formal goodbye with Darrett. She then thanks the characters for all they’ve done
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
entire extent of the characters’ experience on campus that year. Unless explicitly stated, assume that anywhere from a few days to a few weeks passes between the events of an adventure. You can decide
how quickly the year passes and work with your players to decide what else they get up to. You can conduct roleplaying scenes with the characters’ fellow students, taking into account their Friends
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon of Icespire Peak
Travel to Axeholm The day-long journey to Axeholm from Phandalin takes the characters across grassy lowlands that skirt the rocky foothills of the Sword Mountains. The trek passes without incident, though cool winds and rain blowing in from the Sword Coast make the trip far from pleasant.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon of Icespire Peak
Travel to Axeholm The day-long journey to Axeholm from Phandalin takes the characters across grassy lowlands that skirt the rocky foothills of the Sword Mountains. The trek passes without incident, though cool winds and rain blowing in from the Sword Coast make the trip far from pleasant.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Bastion Turns As time passes in the campaign, players take Bastion turns to reflect the activity occurring in their Bastions, whether or not the characters are present. On a Bastion turn, a character
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
face her wrath. One hour after making this announcement, Auril leaves the tower and prowls through the streets in search of the characters. For every hour that passes, there is a 20 percent chance that
Final Showdown If the characters defeat most of Auril’s minions, the god’s cool voice echoes across the city from the high balcony of the Spire of Iriolarthas, demanding that they leave Ythryn or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
face her wrath. One hour after making this announcement, Auril leaves the tower and prowls through the streets in search of the characters. For every hour that passes, there is a 20 percent chance that
Final Showdown If the characters defeat most of Auril’s minions, the god’s cool voice echoes across the city from the high balcony of the Spire of Iriolarthas, demanding that they leave Ythryn or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
until it passes. The wolves’ presence also prevents the characters from getting lost or separated. Also crossing the tundra are a pack of 1d6 + 1 wolves, prowling the white in search of food
Crossing the Tundra The wilderness around Dougan’s Hole is a frozen tundra. Snow falls frequently, adding to the snowpack and erasing tracks. There is a 50 percent chance that the characters get
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
hoard first, the agent offers what little information they have about the caverns’ whereabouts. While navigating treacherous mountain passes, the characters must avoid rockslides, contend with
Adventure Summary “The Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth” begins with a meeting between the characters and an agent serving the margrave of a nation whose rivals surround the Yatil Mountains, where the Lost
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
until it passes. The wolves’ presence also prevents the characters from getting lost or separated. Also crossing the tundra are a pack of 1d6 + 1 wolves, prowling the white in search of food
Crossing the Tundra The wilderness around Dougan’s Hole is a frozen tundra. Snow falls frequently, adding to the snowpack and erasing tracks. There is a 50 percent chance that the characters get
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
hoard first, the agent offers what little information they have about the caverns’ whereabouts. While navigating treacherous mountain passes, the characters must avoid rockslides, contend with
Adventure Summary “The Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth” begins with a meeting between the characters and an agent serving the margrave of a nation whose rivals surround the Yatil Mountains, where the Lost
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
Charcoal Figurines With the help of scrying magic, the mages with whom Naevys consulted obtained the following additional information, which Naevys passes along to the characters just before they set
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer Academy
Part 2: Like Clockwork! This encounter begins when the characters investigate strange sounds coming from the tyrant ship’s Hollow Deck. The sounds begin after the ship is well underway and millions
deck. A character who is within 5 feet of the hatch hears the sound automatically. Any character who passes through the hatch experiences mild vertigo—the result of passing through the tyrant ship’s gravity plane.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer Academy
Part 2: Like Clockwork! This encounter begins when the characters investigate strange sounds coming from the tyrant ship’s Hollow Deck. The sounds begin after the ship is well underway and millions
deck. A character who is within 5 feet of the hatch hears the sound automatically. Any character who passes through the hatch experiences mild vertigo—the result of passing through the tyrant ship’s gravity plane.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
Charcoal Figurines With the help of scrying magic, the mages with whom Naevys consulted obtained the following additional information, which Naevys passes along to the characters just before they set
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
T7. Western Arch When the characters approach the bridge, read: The snowy pass comes to a gorge spanned by a stone bridge. At each end of the bridge is a thirty-foot-tall, thirty-foot-wide stone arch
. Atop each one are two statues of armored knights on horseback with lances, charging toward one another. The wind bites and howls like wolves as it passes through the gorge. The western arch contains
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
T7. Western Arch When the characters approach the bridge, read: The snowy pass comes to a gorge spanned by a stone bridge. At each end of the bridge is a thirty-foot-tall, thirty-foot-wide stone arch
. Atop each one are two statues of armored knights on horseback with lances, charging toward one another. The wind bites and howls like wolves as it passes through the gorge. The western arch contains
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
you now!” Have the characters roll initiative. Any attack or spell that hits “Strahd” passes through, revealing that he is an illusion. On initiative count 0, the illusory vampire chuckles and melts away like a wax doll in a bonfire, leaving no trace behind, and the glyph disappears.
into area K72. Landing Inscribed on the landing, hidden under years of dust, is a glyph of warding. If the characters brush away the dust, someone can spot the glyph with a successful DC 15
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
you now!” Have the characters roll initiative. Any attack or spell that hits “Strahd” passes through, revealing that he is an illusion. On initiative count 0, the illusory vampire chuckles and melts away like a wax doll in a bonfire, leaving no trace behind, and the glyph disappears.
into area K72. Landing Inscribed on the landing, hidden under years of dust, is a glyph of warding. If the characters brush away the dust, someone can spot the glyph with a successful DC 15
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
Arches of Ulloch Only fools step through Ulloch’s gates. They lead to nowhere a wise person wants to go. — The Cartographer When the characters arrive at this location, read or paraphrase the
significantly, but there’s still enough magic left in each one to transport creatures to another location in the Nine Hells. Characters who use a detect magic spell or similar magic to examine the arches discern
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
Day 1 The first day’s travel is by foot through tangled marsh. The ground is what passes for dry in the mere: even “solid ground” is soggy, with water very near the surface. Lizardfolk porters carry
. On those stretches, blaze marks are cut into trees to keep porters on the right course. No skill checks are needed to avoid getting lost as long as characters stick to the trail. If characters leave
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon of Icespire Peak
T1. Haunted Cave Rough-hewn steps climb a 7-foot-high tunnel that passes all the way through a 30-foot-tall natural pillar of rock. A damp, 8-foot-high cave encrusted with lichen is connected to this
took her spellcasting focus — an opalescent conch — as a trophy. The banshee demands that the characters retrieve the conch and bring it to the cave, which will set her spirit to rest. It tries to kill the characters if they refuse, pursuing them as far as it can if they flee.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
Day 1 The first day’s travel is by foot through tangled marsh. The ground is what passes for dry in the mere: even “solid ground” is soggy, with water very near the surface. Lizardfolk porters carry
. On those stretches, blaze marks are cut into trees to keep porters on the right course. No skill checks are needed to avoid getting lost as long as characters stick to the trail. If characters leave