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Returning 35 results for 'player arguments and his child'.
Species
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
or choose an option from the Hexblood Origins table to determine how your character gained their lineage.
Hexblood Origins
d6
Origin
1
Seeking a child, your parent made a bargain
with a hag. You are the result of that arrangement.
2
Fey kidnappers swapped you and your parents’ child.
3
A coven of hags lost one of its members. You were created to replace the
Species
Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
blossom into hard feelings, loud arguments, and head-butting contests, but they rarely escalate beyond that.
Creating Your Character
When you create your D&D character, you decide whether your
speak, read, and write Common and one other language that you and your DM agree is appropriate for the character. The Player’s Handbook offers a list of widespread languages to choose from. The
Backgrounds
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
Origins table for an event that started you down your heroic path..
d10
Origin
1
You helped get healing for a sick child. Now the sick come to you, knowing you’ll help them
When I set my mind to something, I follow through no matter what gets in my way.
4
I have a strong sense of fair play and always try to find the most equitable solution to arguments.
5
I
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
(with their input), arbitrate the rules, and settle arguments. And when you’re narrating the action of the game, the players should be paying attention. Player Die Rolling Players should roll their dice
in full view of everyone. If a player scoops up their dice before anyone else can see what they rolled, encourage that player to be less secretive. When a die falls on the floor, do you count it or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
(with their input), arbitrate the rules, and settle arguments. And when you’re narrating the action of the game, the players should be paying attention. Player Die Rolling Players should roll their dice
in full view of everyone. If a player scoops up their dice before anyone else can see what they rolled, encourage that player to be less secretive. When a die falls on the floor, do you count it or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
(with their input), arbitrate the rules, and settle arguments. And when you’re narrating the action of the game, the players should be paying attention. Player Die Rolling Players should roll their dice
in full view of everyone. If a player scoops up their dice before anyone else can see what they rolled, encourage that player to be less secretive. When a die falls on the floor, do you count it or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
(with their input), arbitrate the rules, and settle arguments. And when you’re narrating the action of the game, the players should be paying attention. Player Die Rolling Players should roll their dice
in full view of everyone. If a player scoops up their dice before anyone else can see what they rolled, encourage that player to be less secretive. When a die falls on the floor, do you count it or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
Motherhood. Hags propagate by snatching and devouring human infants. After stealing a baby from its cradle or its mother’s womb, the hag consumes the poor child. A week later, the hag gives birth to a
daughter who looks human until her thirteenth birthday, whereupon the child transforms into the spitting image of her hag mother. Hags sometimes raise the daughters they spawn, creating covens. A hag might
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
Motherhood. Hags propagate by snatching and devouring human infants. After stealing a baby from its cradle or its mother’s womb, the hag consumes the poor child. A week later, the hag gives birth to a
daughter who looks human until her thirteenth birthday, whereupon the child transforms into the spitting image of her hag mother. Hags sometimes raise the daughters they spawn, creating covens. A hag might
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
accompanied by a threatening gesture or ominous interaction. On a failed check, the characters record the citizen’s contempt instead. Joy. The Sensate points the characters to a sobbing child
bombastic arguments have drawn a small crowd of spectators. Three Arguments The crux of their arguments are as follows: The Athar vigorously asserts that the gods are false powers, pointing to their
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
accompanied by a threatening gesture or ominous interaction. On a failed check, the characters record the citizen’s contempt instead. Joy. The Sensate points the characters to a sobbing child
bombastic arguments have drawn a small crowd of spectators. Three Arguments The crux of their arguments are as follows: The Athar vigorously asserts that the gods are false powers, pointing to their
compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Grim Hollow: Player’s Guide
impoverished farmer stealing vital medicine from their elderly neighbor to treat their own sickly child, the people of Etharis are rarely given a fair choice when deciding between decency and survival
privilege sustained by societal structures such as religion or birthright. Dealing with non-player characters (NPCs) is a cornerstone of roleplaying, but the aforementioned conditions in Etharis
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
appear. Each character in the adventuring party visited the Witchlight Carnival when they were a child—in fact, they snuck in without buying a ticket—and had something stolen from them. Fate brings
sneaking into the carnival as a child without paying for a ticket. That memory has grown foggy over time, though it still conjures a weird admixture of emotions—wonder and awe mixed with loss and regret
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
appear. Each character in the adventuring party visited the Witchlight Carnival when they were a child—in fact, they snuck in without buying a ticket—and had something stolen from them. Fate brings
sneaking into the carnival as a child without paying for a ticket. That memory has grown foggy over time, though it still conjures a weird admixture of emotions—wonder and awe mixed with loss and regret
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
implicit or explicit commitments to the following points: You will respect the players by running a game that is fun, fair, and tailored for them. You will allow every player to contribute to the
ongoing story and give every character moments to shine. When a player is talking, you are listening. The players will respect you and the effort it takes to create a fun game for everyone. The players will
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
implicit or explicit commitments to the following points: You will respect the players by running a game that is fun, fair, and tailored for them. You will allow every player to contribute to the
ongoing story and give every character moments to shine. When a player is talking, you are listening. The players will respect you and the effort it takes to create a fun game for everyone. The players will
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Proficiency Bonus comes into play. You might specifically ask for an Intelligence (Arcana) check, or you can ask for an Intelligence check and let the player negotiate with you to see if one of the
character’s skill or tool proficiencies applies. Trying Again Sometimes a character fails an ability check and the player wants to try again. In many cases, failing an ability check makes it impossible to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Proficiency Bonus comes into play. You might specifically ask for an Intelligence (Arcana) check, or you can ask for an Intelligence check and let the player negotiate with you to see if one of the
character’s skill or tool proficiencies applies. Trying Again Sometimes a character fails an ability check and the player wants to try again. In many cases, failing an ability check makes it impossible to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
Shankha Trials, the Riverine’s Shankha, don’t see it. Map 9.1: forest heartView Player Version Amanisha Manivarshi Amanisha Manivarshi is an accomplished dancer and the most recent champion of the
Manivarsha proud by bringing home the Riverine’s Shankha.” Bond. “The folk of the Manivarshi diaspora cling too much to memories. I will give them something new to celebrate.” Flaw. “I am both a child
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
ornaments from the eaves. Scores of ravens are trapped in each one. They squawk and flutter their wings excitedly as you approach.
Map 10.2: Baba Lysaga’s Creeping HutView Player Version Baba Lysaga
reinforced with brass bands, and an iron tub stained with blood. In the middle of the room is a ghastly wooden crib with a small, angelic child sitting in it. All the furnishings except for the crib
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
ornaments from the eaves. Scores of ravens are trapped in each one. They squawk and flutter their wings excitedly as you approach.
Map 10.2: Baba Lysaga’s Creeping HutView Player Version Baba Lysaga
reinforced with brass bands, and an iron tub stained with blood. In the middle of the room is a ghastly wooden crib with a small, angelic child sitting in it. All the furnishings except for the crib
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
Shankha Trials, the Riverine’s Shankha, don’t see it. Map 9.1: forest heartView Player Version Amanisha Manivarshi Amanisha Manivarshi is an accomplished dancer and the most recent champion of the
Manivarsha proud by bringing home the Riverine’s Shankha.” Bond. “The folk of the Manivarshi diaspora cling too much to memories. I will give them something new to celebrate.” Flaw. “I am both a child
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
forgotten childhood memory of her, which you can determine by having that character’s player roll on the Childhood Memories table. Childhood Memories d8 Memory 1 When you were a small child, a
allowing that character’s player to choose Zybilna as the warlock’s patron. Warlocks who make pacts with Zybilna regard her as a generous, fairy godmother-like figure.
Setting the Stage Identify which
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
forgotten childhood memory of her, which you can determine by having that character’s player roll on the Childhood Memories table. Childhood Memories d8 Memory 1 When you were a small child, a
allowing that character’s player to choose Zybilna as the warlock’s patron. Warlocks who make pacts with Zybilna regard her as a generous, fairy godmother-like figure.
Setting the Stage Identify which
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
makeshift crenellations on the roof lines for missile combatants. They also stockpiled weapons and caches of ammunition. Map 6.5: Dellmon RanchView Player Version The Dellmon Family Kerbin Dellmon
know, the ranch’s defenders are on their own. Other Dellmon family members present at the ranch include the following people: Kerbin’s oldest child, Perd (male Tethyrian human noble), agrees with his
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
makeshift crenellations on the roof lines for missile combatants. They also stockpiled weapons and caches of ammunition. Map 6.5: Dellmon RanchView Player Version The Dellmon Family Kerbin Dellmon
know, the ranch’s defenders are on their own. Other Dellmon family members present at the ranch include the following people: Kerbin’s oldest child, Perd (male Tethyrian human noble), agrees with his
Goblin
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Species
Volo's Guide to Monsters
the foresight to declare a successor, often a child or other family member the boss has been able to trust. But such a declaration doesn’t always prevent a mad scramble for influence and allies
darkvision and the Nimble Escape traits common to all goblins. Each time the goblin casts a spell, there is an accompanying surge of wild magic; roll on the Wild Magic Surge table in the Player’s Handbook to determine the wild magic effect.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
Noteworthy Sites The Sensa Empire is structured around the three city-states of Anisa, Niba, and Tarikh, each a wealthy oasis in an arid and unforgiving landscape. Map 7.2: sensa empireView Player
his inevitable retirement. While the king’s heir—his oldest child, Simbon—waffles on how seriously he takes his responsibilities, Diara’s daughter, Zahra, seeks to replace her brother as heir to the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
see?”
Nepartak magically senses the presence of intruders, using telepathy to question all the characters. Roleplay her as a terrified child lost in the dark. In her panic, she might ask any of the
! I promise to be good.”
If the spirit successfully inhabits the character, give the player Moa’s card (see appendix F). If the attempt fails, the spirit returns to the staff and waits for another character to touch it.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
Noteworthy Sites The Sensa Empire is structured around the three city-states of Anisa, Niba, and Tarikh, each a wealthy oasis in an arid and unforgiving landscape. Map 7.2: sensa empireView Player
his inevitable retirement. While the king’s heir—his oldest child, Simbon—waffles on how seriously he takes his responsibilities, Diara’s daughter, Zahra, seeks to replace her brother as heir to the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
see?”
Nepartak magically senses the presence of intruders, using telepathy to question all the characters. Roleplay her as a terrified child lost in the dark. In her panic, she might ask any of the
! I promise to be good.”
If the spirit successfully inhabits the character, give the player Moa’s card (see appendix F). If the attempt fails, the spirit returns to the staff and waits for another character to touch it.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Light of Xaryxis
Temple of Light The interior of the Temple of Light is large enough to accommodate dozens of people, while hundreds more gather outside. Temple of LightView Player Version Entering the Temple As the
refute their arguments. You can run this scenario as a tense series of verbal thrusts and parries, with Xedalli prompting the characters as needed to recount the various episodes of their mission and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Light of Xaryxis
Temple of Light The interior of the Temple of Light is large enough to accommodate dozens of people, while hundreds more gather outside. Temple of LightView Player Version Entering the Temple As the
refute their arguments. You can run this scenario as a tense series of verbal thrusts and parries, with Xedalli prompting the characters as needed to recount the various episodes of their mission and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
. You might primarily attempt to convince others through charismatic arguments, or through force of will or intellectual cunning. You might lead by example, or by extolling the examples of other people
both.
8 As a child, you had a sibling make you choose which of your toys lived or died. You were never the same.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Everyone Has Regrets Player characters are remarkable people, but they aren’t perfect. As you consider a flaw for your character, you can add a little hard-boiled flavor by considering the past: Did
. You don’t know if you can ever trust anyone again. 3 You murdered a rival. Your actions may have been justified, but their face still haunts you. 4 You made a promise to a child or a lover that you