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Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
Players Players who aren’t the Dungeon Master take on the roles of the heroes, also known as the characters or the adventurers. D&D plays best with four to six players in addition to the DM, but it’s
possible to run a game with fewer or more adventurers. Finding Players Where do you find players? Here are a handful of suggestions: Game or hobby stores (the Store Locator on the Wizards of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
Players Players who aren’t the Dungeon Master take on the roles of the heroes, also known as the characters or the adventurers. D&D plays best with four to six players in addition to the DM, but it’s
possible to run a game with fewer or more adventurers. Finding Players Where do you find players? Here are a handful of suggestions: Game or hobby stores (the Store Locator on the Wizards of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Players Players who aren’t the Dungeon Master take on the roles of the heroes, also known as the characters or the adventurers. D&D plays best with four to six players in addition to the DM, but it’s
possible to run a game with fewer or more adventurers. See the “Group Size” section in chapter 2 for advice on doing so. Finding Players Where do you find players? Here are a handful of suggestions
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Players Players who aren’t the Dungeon Master take on the roles of the heroes, also known as the characters or the adventurers. D&D plays best with four to six players in addition to the DM, but it’s
possible to run a game with fewer or more adventurers. See the “Group Size” section in chapter 2 for advice on doing so. Finding Players Where do you find players? Here are a handful of suggestions
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Missing Players How should you deal with the characters of missing players? Consider these options: Have another player run the missing player’s character. The player running the extra character
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Absent Players When one of your players is absent, what do you do with that player’s character? Consider the following options: Fading into the Background. Have the character simply fade into the
same XP that the other characters earned each session, keeping the group at the same level. Some groups like to work out a policy regarding how many missing players is too many to proceed. For example
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
New Players When a new player joins the group, allow the new player to create a character of a level equal to the lowest-level member of the party. The only exception to this guideline is when the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Absent Players When one of your players is absent, what do you do with that player’s character? Consider the following options: Fading into the Background. Have the character simply fade into the
same XP that the other characters earned each session, keeping the group at the same level. Some groups like to work out a policy regarding how many missing players is too many to proceed. For example
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Missing Players How should you deal with the characters of missing players? Consider these options: Have another player run the missing player’s character. The player running the extra character
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
New Players When a new player joins the group, allow the new player to create a character of a level equal to the lowest-level member of the party. The only exception to this guideline is when the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Draw Players’ Attention Good narration invites the players to examine details of the environment that lead to encounters or important information. Anything you describe with extra, subtle details
draws the players’ attention. Give them just enough to invite further exploration, but don’t create the equivalent of a flashing neon sign reading “This way to adventure!” When using narration to guide
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Know Your Players While your players’ role is to create characters (the protagonists of the campaign), breathe life into them, and steer the campaign through their actions, your role as Dungeon
Master is to keep the players immersed in the world you’ve created and to give the characters the opportunity to do awesome things. Knowing what your players enjoy most about the D&D game helps you create
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Know Your Players While your players’ role is to create characters (the protagonists of the campaign), breathe life into them, and steer the campaign through their actions, your role as Dungeon
Master is to keep the players immersed in the world you’ve created and to give the characters the opportunity to do awesome things. Knowing what your players enjoy most about the D&D game helps you create
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Incorporating New Players When introducing a new player to the group, revisit the group’s expectations and limits (see “Ensuring Fun for All” in chapter 1). Then have the new player create a
story hooks for incorporating new players can also work for occasions when you want to bring a player into the group for a single session. For example, you might have a friend visiting from out of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Respect for the Players Your players need to know from the start that you’ll run a game that is fun, fair, and tailored for them; that you’ll allow each of them to contribute to the story; and that
you’ll pay attention to them when they take their turns. Your players also count on you to make sure an adventure’s threats don’t target them personally. Never make players feel uncomfortable or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
Respect for the Players Your players need to know from the start that you’ll run a game that is fun, fair, and tailored for them; that you’ll allow each of them to contribute to the story; and that
you’ll pay attention to them when they take their turns. Your players also count on you to make sure an adventure’s threats don’t target them personally. Never make players feel uncomfortable or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Respect for the Players Your players need to know from the start that you’ll run a game that is fun, fair, and tailored for them; that you’ll allow each of them to contribute to the story; and that
you’ll pay attention to them when they take their turns. Your players also count on you to make sure an adventure’s threats don’t target them personally. Never make players feel uncomfortable or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon of Icespire Peak
Running for Multiple Players If you have two or more players, the easiest way to start the adventure is to assume that the characters know each other and have some sort of history together, however
staying at the local inn. Questions to Ask Here are some questions you can ask the players as they create characters: Are any of the characters related to each other? What keeps the characters together as a party? What does each character like most about every other member of the adventuring party?
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Draw In the Players If an adventure situation directly affects the characters or the people and places they care about, that is often enough motivation for the characters to get involved. (However
, see “Respect for the Players” in chapter 1 for advice about harming the people and places characters love.) If the adventure situation doesn’t have an obvious impact on the characters or the people or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
Respect for the Players Your players need to know from the start that you’ll run a game that is fun, fair, and tailored for them; that you’ll allow each of them to contribute to the story; and that
you’ll pay attention to them when they take their turns. Your players also count on you to make sure an adventure’s threats don’t target them personally. Never make players feel uncomfortable or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Know Your Players The success of a D&D game hinges on your ability to entertain the other players at the game table. Whereas their role is to create characters (the protagonists of the campaign
), breathe life into them, and help steer the campaign through their characters’ actions, your role is to keep the players (and yourself) interested and immersed in the world you’ve created, and to let
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Getting Players Invested To get your players excited about and invested in your campaign, create a setting that features people and places they recognize and where their characters’ choices matter
. The following sections suggest ways to help you create a world your players will be excited to explore. Recurring Elements When characters form relationships—friendships, business arrangements, or even
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Know Your Players The success of a D&D game hinges on your ability to entertain the other players at the game table. Whereas their role is to create characters (the protagonists of the campaign
), breathe life into them, and help steer the campaign through their characters’ actions, your role is to keep the players (and yourself) interested and immersed in the world you’ve created, and to let
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Getting Players Invested To get your players excited about and invested in your campaign, create a setting that features people and places they recognize and where their characters’ choices matter
. The following sections suggest ways to help you create a world your players will be excited to explore. Recurring Elements When characters form relationships—friendships, business arrangements, or even
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Draw Players’ Attention Good narration invites the players to examine details of the environment that lead to encounters or important information. Anything you describe with extra, subtle details
draws the players’ attention. Give them just enough to invite further exploration, but don’t create the equivalent of a flashing neon sign reading “This way to adventure!” When using narration to guide
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon of Icespire Peak
Running for Multiple Players If you have two or more players, the easiest way to start the adventure is to assume that the characters know each other and have some sort of history together, however
staying at the local inn. Questions to Ask Here are some questions you can ask the players as they create characters: Are any of the characters related to each other? What keeps the characters together as a party? What does each character like most about every other member of the adventuring party?
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Draw In the Players If an adventure situation directly affects the characters or the people and places they care about, that is often enough motivation for the characters to get involved. (However
, see “Respect for the Players” in chapter 1 for advice about harming the people and places characters love.) If the adventure situation doesn’t have an obvious impact on the characters or the people or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Incorporating New Players When introducing a new player to the group, revisit the group’s expectations and limits (see “Ensuring Fun for All” in chapter 1). Then have the new player create a
story hooks for incorporating new players can also work for occasions when you want to bring a player into the group for a single session. For example, you might have a friend visiting from out of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
Handout 12: Players’ Map of Omu
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
Handout 12: Players’ Map of Omu
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
Handout 1: Players’ Map of Chult
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
Handout 1: Players’ Map of Chult
Monsters
Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
can raise abundant moral questions for good-aligned characters. At minimum, make sure all your players are comfortable with that kind of quandary before presenting it in your game.
If you need a stat
Monsters
Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
necrotic damage.After giving the characters their quest, Professor Lang hands them a file with information the faculty members have collected about Murgaxor from university records. Tell the players
Monsters
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
unfeeling entity.
Have Auril speak only when necessary. The less she talks, the less risk you have of unintentionally demystifying her in the eyes of your players. Let her actions, not her words