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tied monsters, and the players decide the order among tied characters. The DM decides the order if the tie is between a monster and a player character.Sometimes a DM might have combatants use their
Initiative scores instead of rolling Initiative. Your Initiative score equals 10 plus your Dexterity modifier. If you have Advantage on Initiative rolls, increase your Initiative score by 5. If you have Disadvantage on those rolls, decrease that score by 5.
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Descent into the Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth
with the players afterward, along with the group’s final score. Alternatively, you can announce these point fluctuations as they occur to your players for comedic or dramatic effect. After the
adventure, use the score sheet to tally the group’s points and calculate their final score, then report that score to the players. It’s possible—albeit unlikely—to earn a negative final score.
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Rolling Initiative Combat starts when—and only when—you say it does. Some characters have abilities that trigger on an Initiative roll; you, not the players, decide if and when Initiative is rolled
characters, just for monsters, or for both. Initiative Scores for Characters. A character’s Initiative score is typically 10 plus all modifiers to the character’s Initiative roll (including their Dexterity
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Descent into the Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth
other intangible benefits. Consider sharing your group’s final score as a lighthearted challenge to other players.
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Descent into the Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth
characters against one another, adventuring parties are scored as a group. These rules are optional. You don’t need to score your players to run this adventure. The scoring system included in this supplement is meant to spark joy, not contention.
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Descent into the Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth
Appendix C: Score Sheet Use this score sheet to tally the players’ points. Players can gain or lose points for each of these actions only once. Download Score Sheet Points by Area Action Points
Kasdu’ul the marid +2 Provided proof of Kashem’s demise or convinced Kasdu’ul of the dao’s defeat +1 Additional Points Condition Points Per character death −1 One or more players thanked the DM during or after the session +1
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
the NPC’s loyalty score accordingly. Tracking Loyalty Keep track of an NPC’s loyalty score in secret so that the players won’t know for sure whether an NPC party member is loyal or disloyal (even if
death for them. Loyalty can be roleplayed or represented by this rule. Loyalty Score An NPC’s loyalty is measured on a numerical scale from 0 to 20. The NPC’s maximum loyalty score is equal to the
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Descent into the Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth
Time Limit As a tournament scenario, this adventure has a strict time limit: a single game session equal to four hours of play. Encourage players at the onset not to dawdle—the clock is ticking! The
every area of the lesser caverns (presented later in this adventure). The characters descend to the greater caverns (see area L16 of the lesser caverns) or leave the Lost Caverns altogether. Let players
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
to resources. Players track renown separately for each group their characters are associated with. For example, an adventurer might have a Renown Score of 5 with one faction and a Renown Score of 20
or party’s Renown Score starts at 0, then increases as characters earn favor and reputation with respect to the group. You can tie benefits to a character’s renown, including ranks, titles, and access
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
only when—you say it does. Some characters have abilities that trigger on an Initiative roll; you, not the players, decide if and when Initiative is rolled. A high-level Barbarian can’t just punch their
Scores for Characters. A character’s Initiative score is typically 10 plus all modifiers to the character’s Initiative roll (including their Dexterity modifier and any special modifiers). If you want
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
abilities function like the standard six abilities, with exceptions specified in each ability below. Here’s how to incorporate these optional abilities at character creation: If your players use the
standard array of ability scores, add one 11 to the array for each optional ability you add. If your players use the optional point-buy system, add 3 points to the number of points for each optional
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Loyalty Score in secret so that the players won’t know for sure whether an NPC party member is loyal or disloyal. An NPC’s Loyalty Score increases by 1d4 if other party members help the NPC achieve a
a bond of loyalty, gratitude, or love. You can delegate decisions about an NPC’s actions to one of the players, especially in combat, but you can override the player’s decisions to reflect the NPC’s
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Random Complications Use the Grand Masquerade Complications table to arbitrarily introduce a new element to the ball and keep the players on their toes. Grand Masquerade Complications d6
the city’s elite.
3 The character with the highest passive Wisdom (Perception) score notices a nimble-fingered guest slipping a necklace off their dance partner.
4 An intoxicated guest
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
different one by 1, or increase all three by 1. None of these increases can raise a score above 20. Some players like to increase their class’s primary ability, while others prefer to increase a low score
. Point Cost. You have 27 points to spend on your ability scores. The cost of each score is shown on the Ability Score Point Costs table. For example, a score of 14 costs 7 of your 27 points. Ability
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
surrounded by a series of mechanical devices that function as Ioun stones, which add to its vast knowledge. The enhanced sphinx is a gynosphinx, with these changes: Its Intelligence score is 24 (+7). It
. With its enhanced knowledge, the sphinx can correctly answer almost any question. To simulate this around the table, you might challenge the players to stump you as the DM with a riddle or trivia
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
; increase one of those scores by 2 and a different one by 1, or increase all three by 1. None of these increases can raise a score above 20. Some players like to increase their class’s primary ability
six numbers. Point Cost. You have 27 points to spend on your ability scores. The cost of each score is shown on the Ability Score Point Costs table. For example, a score of 14 costs 7 of your 27 points
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
example, once a character’s ability score reaches 20, checks of DC 15 and lower using that ability become automatic successes. Smart players will then always match the character with the highest
easy task around 50 percent of the time. A moderate task requires a higher score or proficiency for success, whereas a hard task typically requires both. A big dose of luck with the d20 also doesn’t
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
Citlán. Once the players are ready, describe their characters’ approach to the village. Read or paraphrase the following description: Clouds rush overhead and dust swirls across the road to the
group’s lookout; when he sees the characters, he assumes they’re either a rival band of bounty hunters or Paloma’s bandit allies. Characters who have a passive Wisdom (Perception) score of 12 or higher
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
adventurers who need a break. This option is also ideal for players who don’t want to make use of the downtime system. Resources. Relaxation requires one week. A character needs to maintain at least a modest
restore one ability score that has been reduced to less than its normal value. This benefit cannot be used if the harmful effect was caused by a spell or some other magical effect with an ongoing
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
class contains a choice, you may make the choice or let the players make it. Starting Level The starting level of a sidekick is the same as the average level of the group. For example, if a 1st-level
1. Ability Score Increases Whenever the sidekick gains the Ability Score Improvement feature, adjust anything in its stat block that relies on an ability modifier that you increase. For example, if
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
signature traits? In the case of a new subrace, what sets it apart from the other subraces of the parent race? Compare the race you have in mind with the other race options available to players, to
make sure that the new race doesn’t pale in comparison to the existing options (which would result in the race being unpopular) or completely overshadow them (so that players don’t feel as if the other
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Borderlands Quest: Goblin Trouble
Introducing Characters To run this adventure, first present the character sheets in front of the players and read the following text, which covers the basics of a character sheet. You should use the
character sheets present on D&D Beyond as noted above. These are available to claim by navigating to Premade Characters. Instruct the players to find them on their D&D Beyond accounts by navigating
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver
miles northwest and ends at the Cragmaw hideout (see that section). Ask the players to determine the party’s marching order as the characters move down the trail. The order is important, because the
character in the lead spots the trap automatically if his or her passive Wisdom (Perception) score is 12 or higher. Otherwise, the character must succeed on a DC 12 Wisdom (Perception) check to notice the
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
players and let them choose. To help the party select a guide, you can give players copies of handouts 2 through 10 in appendix E. These handouts give players a sense of each guide’s personality. You can
give the players several handouts at once, or provide handouts only for the guides they track down. GUIDES AS PARTY MEMBERS
A guide who is hired by the adventurers becomes a NPC party member and
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
prisoner, but the kobold reveals its secrets anyway while shrieking at the top of its lungs, alerting other nearby monsters. By putting the choice of success at a cost in the players’ hands, and even
letting them choose the setbacks, you can give players more agency in crafting the story of their characters’ deeds. Degrees of Failure Sometimes a failed D20 Test has different consequences depending
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
have a combined Strength score of 20 or higher to force it open. 16C. Chamber of Command An empty pedestal stands in the middle of this chamber. Six statues face it from alcoves on the walls. They
pedestal finds a riddle inscribed on its base. (Give players a copy of handout 15 in appendix E.) Unlike other inscriptions in the trial chambers, this riddle is etched in Common: Comes with sunshine
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Resolving Outcomes You decide when a player makes a D20 Test based on what the character is trying to do. Players shouldn’t just roll ability checks without context; they should tell you what their
Ability Score Measures... Make an Ability Check To... Make a Saving Throw To... Strength Physical might Lift, push, pull, or break something Physically resist direct force Dexterity Agility, reflexes
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
character’s focus on one aspect of an ability. Among all the things a character’s Dexterity score describes, the character might be particularly skilled at sneaking around, reflected in proficiency in the
Constitution (Athletics) check, instead of a Strength (Athletics) check. Often, players ask whether they can apply a skill proficiency to an ability check. If a player can provide a good justification for
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
characters are following the road on foot, the party member who has the highest passive Wisdom (Perception) score notices something: You catch the scent of death on the air. The character can follow the
players “Kolyan Indirovich’s Letter (Version 2)” in appendix F. The letter is dated one week ago. Dalvan was instructed to place the letter at the gates, in the hope that visitors would find it and turn
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
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 block
’ scores, whichever is lower. (This increases the teenager’s passive Perception score to 10 as well.) Remove darkvision (unless the teenager is a stone giant) and adjust the teenager’s weapons and armor
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Initiative Variants This section offers different ways to handle initiative. Initiative Score With this optional rule, creature don’t roll initiative at the start of combat. Instead, each creature
has an initiative score, which is a passive Dexterity check: 10 + Dexterity modifier. By cutting down on die rolls, math done on the fly, and the process of asking for and recording totals, you can
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Divine Contention
is soon breached, so it doesn’t matter whether the party faces their foes on the ramparts or inside the town: more undead are always coming! In the first round, the players face three ghasts per
!”
The players must choose what to do next: repel the cultists of Talos at the north gate, or stop the zombies from assaulting the quayside. Once the players have made their choice, Jack gives each
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
field to score a point. Participants can use magic or physical means to steal their opponents’ mascot and defend their own, but they can’t damage any participants, the mascots, the audience, or the
facility. Making Ability Checks. Feel free to narrate or roleplay this encounter however your players find enjoyable. Ultimately, each character makes a single Strength (Athletics), Dexterity
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
snow alongside them, as if something was being dragged behind the creatures. Playing House By following the tracks, a character with a passive Wisdom (Perception) score of 13 or higher can pick up the
feel threatened by the humanoids in their presence. Clever players might devise creative ways to lure the chwingas out of hiding, perhaps by doing something odd to gain their attention (such as engaging in a snowball fight or dancing in the snow). As the DM, you determine the success of such efforts.
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
sheet. Saving Throws. For the saving throws you have proficiency in, add your Proficiency Bonus to the appropriate ability modifier and note the total. Some players also like to note the modifier for
determine whether your character notices something without asking you to make a Wisdom (Perception) check; the DM uses your Passive Perception instead. Passive Perception is a score that reflects a general