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Returning 22 results for 'rhythm make down'.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Passing Time The game has a rhythm and flow that includes periods of action and excitement interspersed with lulls. Think of how movies show time passing between scenes. When an encounter ends, you
uneventfully, tell the players that and move on. Don’t make the players spend time discussing which character cooks what for dinner unless they enjoy such descriptions. It’s OK to gloss over mundane details
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes of the Borderlands
memorize every rule before you play, but you should understand the rhythm of play and where to find relevant information when needed. Choose an Adventure Setting. Pick one of the three adventure locations
. Access it at DnDBeyond.com/games and you’ll find this quickplay adventure already set up—complete with maps, monsters, and tokens ready for your party to play. Want to make it your own? Use those same components (and any others in your collection) to forge entirely new adventures all in Maps VTT.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
first clue initially, then the second and third if the characters ask for a hint. Rhyming. Though it’s not always possible or necessary to give a riddle rhythm and rhyme, doing so is a good way to help
, and let them make multiple guesses. In the game, characters might have hours or days to answer a particularly challenging riddle. In the real world, you could pose a riddle near the end of a game
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
bones of ancient, mysterious creatures festoon the ship. Potent runes crawl across these remains, emitting a sickly green radiance. When a humanoid dies aboard the ship, that creature must make a DC
produce a thundering rhythm. For the next minute, the ship gains one additional action, as long as it has at least one action. Once this item is used, it can’t be activated again for 2d10 hours.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
Passing Time The game has a rhythm and flow that includes periods of action and excitement interspersed with lulls. Think of how movies show time passing between scenes. When an encounter ends, you
can move on to the next one. You can often gloss over hours of travel with a quick narrative summary. Similarly, if a rest period passes uneventfully, tell the players that and move on. Don’t make the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
Rhythm of Play The three main pillars of D&D play are social interaction, exploration, and combat. Whichever one you’re experiencing, the game unfolds according to this basic pattern: The Dungeon
tries to open a door, the DM might say the door opens and describe what lies beyond. But the door might be locked, the floor might hide a trap, or some other circumstance might make it challenging for an
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
, slashing swords, and beady goblin eyes. Men planted themselves — no running and leaping now — to hew steadily, like harvesters with scythes and many fields in front of them, in a rhythm of death
who don’t make a career of soldiering find other ways to demonstrate their prowess. Mercenaries find employment with those who need skilled warriors but who lack the time or means to train them. Such
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
Rhythm of Play The three main pillars of D&D play are social interaction, exploration, and combat. Whichever one you’re experiencing, the game unfolds according to this basic pattern: The Dungeon
tries to open a door, the DM might say the door opens and describe what lies beyond. But the door might be locked, the floor might hide a trap, or some other circumstance might make it challenging for an
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
knows when one might come in handy. This one recently found its way into my possession.” Payment. The darklings make one of the following demands as compensation for any single item the characters
mine.” Robbed of their color, the buyer’s irises turn transparent. Destroying the marble restores the buyer’s eye color to normal. Bauble demands the rhythm in the buyer’s step. If the buyer agrees to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
and places and for characters to make choices. Encounters can involve exploration (interacting with the environment, including puzzles), social interaction with creatures, or combat. The Player’s
Handbook outlines the general rhythm of play in an encounter. The following sections offer more detailed information on how an encounter typically unfolds, in three steps. Step 1: Describe the Situation As
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
armor or a shield, or if you use two hands to make an attack with a weapon. You can also dismiss the Bladesong at any time you choose (no action required). While your Bladesong is active, you gain the
gain a bonus to any Constitution saving throw you make to maintain your concentration on a spell. The bonus equals your Intelligence modifier (minimum of +1). You can use this feature a number of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Plane of Water The nature of water is to flow, not like the gusting wind or the leaping flame, but smoothly and steadily. It is the rhythm of the tide, the nectar of life, the bitter tears of
inhabitants of the plane engage in a never-ending battle to prove their strength and ensure their survival. Its dangerous monsters and bitter cold make the Frostfell a dangerous place to travel. Most
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
of thing. In time, this hunger to define and make official the rhythm of daily life found its expression in documancy, a kind of mystic bureaucratic art founded by Omin Dran. Anything you put a
information. Not everyone truly appreciates the art of documancy, and only the best and brightest are chosen for this most important work. Come to think of it, I’m not sure you make the cut.
— Walnut
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
move purposefully through Automata’s perfect street grid. Most travel in sync with the reverberating rhythm of the great, toothed gear that rises like an arch at the gate-town’s center. As you near the
Council of Order of your intentions. If you take care of something that’s been vexing us, though, that gesture of good faith could make all the difference.
“There are discordant elements operating in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Divine Contention
day, the death knight can hurl a magical ball of fire that explodes at a point it can see within 240 feet of it. Each creature in a 20-foot-radius sphere centered on that point must make a DC 18
beat out a rowing rhythm on pair of bone drums. The undead attack any intruders who enter here. D8. Ironhide’s Cabin This cabin belongs to Stormsworn’s current second-in-command, Kata Ironhide, who
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes of the Borderlands
easily.
A character falling into the pit alerts the kobold in area A2, who approaches the pit and crows, “Got ’em!” The encounter in that area then occurs here.
Rhythm of Play. Here’s an
try to appease the kobold and make one of the following ability checks. Consider these examples:
DC 10 Charisma (Deception). The character tricks the kobold with an outlandish lie.
DC 10 Charisma
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
proficiencies of your choice. Level 2: Jack of All Trades You can add half your Proficiency Bonus (round down) to any ability check you make that uses a skill proficiency you lack and that doesn’t otherwise use
your Proficiency Bonus. For example, if you make a Strength (Athletics) check and lack Athletics proficiency, you can add half your Proficiency Bonus to the check. A Bard’s Repertoire
Does your Bard
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
of your choice. Level 2: Jack of All Trades You can add half your Proficiency Bonus (round down) to any ability check you make that uses a skill proficiency you lack and that doesn’t otherwise use
your Proficiency Bonus. For example, if you make a Strength (Athletics) check and lack Athletics proficiency, you can add half your Proficiency Bonus to the check. A Bard’s Repertoire
Does your Bard
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
Constitution saving throw or contract the disease. Symptoms strike when a victim starts a long rest or next becomes excited, as during combat. A victim suffers severe cramps, and their bowels make sounds
the start of each of its turns. A creature can end this damage by using its action to make a DC 10 Dexterity check to extinguish the flames. Treasure. If the characters spot the trap, any character who
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
, you might allow them to make a DC 14 Intelligence or Wisdom check (perhaps modified by proficiency in Arcana, Nature, or Religion) to determine the nature of simple omens, with a success indicating that
shades of gray.
5 83 Creatures’ mouths momentarily vanish and they can’t make sounds or speak.
6 84 The sun momentarily melts, raining gold coins that vanish soon after landing.
Omens
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragons of Stormwreck Isle
intruders. They are susceptible to intimidation, though; as an action, a character can make a DC 13 Charisma (Intimidation) check, convincing them to back down on a success. D4: Isolated Study No
ways to cross the gap. See the sidebar called “Clever Solutions” for advice to help you determine whether these solutions work. The rhythm of the waves below echoes throughout this cramped tower. Part
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Divine Contention
attempt to rally his troops, or retreat with him to the town square. If they stay, the players must describe what they say or do to rally the troops, and then make an appropriate ability check opposed
the Dragon The dragon attacks the forces gathered in the town square. Read the following boxed text aloud: Chaos reigns in the town square. On one side, Leilon’s defenders make a valiant stand against