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Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Chapter 8: Running the Game Rules enable you and your players to have fun at the table. The rules serve you, not vice versa. There are the rules of the game, and there are table rules for how the
game is played. For instance, players need to know what happens when one of them misses a session. They need to know whether to bring miniatures, any special rules you’ve decided to use, and how to treat
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Chapter 2: Running the Game Sidharth Chaturvedi The fiendish villain Venger uses a Crystal Ball to scry on his nemesis, Tiamat Building on the basics laid out in chapter 1, this chapter goes into more depth on running a D&D game as Dungeon Master.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
Chapter 15: Running the Game This section contains rules that help will help Dungeon Masters run the game. For more information to help with being a Dungeon Master, see the Dungeon Master's Guide.
Monsters
Monster Manual
vampire has these weaknesses:
Forbiddance. The vampire can’t enter a residence without an invitation from an occupant. Running Water. The vampire takes 20 Acid damage if it ends its turn in running
sunlight or running water, it shape-shifting;shape-shifts into a Tiny bat (Speed 5 ft., Fly Speed 30 ft.) or a Medium cloud of mist (Speed 5 ft., Fly Speed 20 ft. [hover]), or it returns to its vampire
Monsters
Astarion's Book of Hungers
.
Running Water. The vampire takes 20 Acid damage if it ends its turn in running water.
Stake to the Heart. If a weapon that deals Piercing damage is driven into the vampire’s heart while the
running water, it shape-shifts into a Tiny imp (Speed 20 ft., Fly Speed 40 ft.), or a Medium cloud of mist (Speed 5 ft., Fly Speed 20 ft. [hover]), or it returns to its vampire form. Anything it is
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
itself on a success.
Standing Leap. The grung’s long jump is up to 25 feet and its high jump is up to 15 feet, with or without a running start.
Water Dependency. If the grung isn’t
":"poison"} poison damage.The grung stat block represents a typical grung warrior or hunter, met either in a grung community or traveling elsewhere as a mercenary, game warden, guard, or bandit
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Running Combat This section builds on the combat rules in the Player’s Handbook and offers tips for keeping the game running smoothly when a fight breaks out.
Monsters
Vecna: Eve of Ruin
flaws:
Harmed by Running Water. While in running water, Strahd takes 20 acid damage if he ends his turn there, and he can’t use his Change Shape.
Sunlight Hypersensitivity. While in sunlight
form, he can’t speak, and he retains his game statistics other than his size and speed.
Mist Form. Strahd transforms into a Medium cloud of mist. While in this form, Strahd has a flying speed
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Combat This section builds on the combat rules in the Player’s Handbook and offers tips for keeping the game running smoothly when a fight breaks out.
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
character fade into the background. This solution requires everyone to step out of the game world a bit and suspend disbelief, but might be the easiest solution. You act as if the character’s not there
Monsters
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
slime to make itself look and feel like any creature that is Medium or Small, while retaining its game statistics. This transformation lasts for 8 hours or until the priest drops to 0 hit
power. Taking the form of a shadowy tattoo, this boon allows the priests to steal souls as their master did and to cheat death and become undead horrors.
The threat posed by Osybus and his disciples
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Players Although some players enjoy roleplaying more than others, social interactions help immerse all players in the game. Consider the following approaches to make an interaction-heavy game session
strong character needs to bodily prevent the NPC from running away. Dexterity. An NPC is Hostile toward intruders, so the characters must talk from hiding. Or the social interaction provides a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
. Taking turns ensures that everyone has the chance to do something. Use this approach sparingly, as it can feel artificial and sometimes slows down the game. Party Leader Consider having the players
order to your players so they each know when their character’s turn is coming up and can think ahead about what their character will do on their next turn. Using Initiative scores (see “Running
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
characters. Running two characters at once is a challenge, so make sure those players are comfortable taking on multiple characters. This approach works best in a game that’s focused on combat, since it
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal
Tomb of Horrors Before there was much of anything else in the world of the D&D game, there was the Tomb of Horrors. The first version of the adventure was crafted for Gary Gygax’s personal campaign
Advanced D&D game, came in 1978. As a proving ground for characters and players alike, fabricated by the devious mind of the game’s cocreator, Tomb of Horrors has no equal in the annals of D&D’s greatest
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
occupy several game sessions. You decide how to break up the journey, though your decision can be shaped by the characters’ plan for navigating the journey. When the characters know the route they must
something hidden, or a chance of getting lost, as described under “Journey Stage Challenges.” Running the Stages. For each stage of the journey, follow these steps in order: Step 1: Set the Pace. Have the
Monsters
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
, Osybus gifted them with a trace of his power. Taking the form of a shadowy tattoo, this boon allows the priests to steal souls as their master did and to cheat death and become undead horrors.
The
. In addition, as an action, the priest can use the slime to make itself look and feel like any creature that is Medium or Small, while retaining its game statistics. This transformation lasts for 8
Monsters
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
cheat death and become undead horrors.
The threat posed by Osybus and his disciples raised alarms far and wide. In response, the Ulmist Inquisition and the then-mortal Count Strahd von Zarovich
, until which the creature is covered by ectoplasm. In addition, as an action, the priest can use the slime to make itself look and feel like any creature that is Medium or Small, while retaining its game
Monsters
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
shadowy tattoo, this boon allows the priests to steal souls as their master did and to cheat death and become undead horrors.
The threat posed by Osybus and his disciples raised alarms far and wide. In
itself look and feel like any creature that is Medium or Small, while retaining its game statistics. This transformation lasts for 8 hours or until the priest drops to 0 hit points.
3
Priest of
Monsters
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
master did and to cheat death and become undead horrors.
The threat posed by Osybus and his disciples raised alarms far and wide. In response, the Ulmist Inquisition and the then-mortal Count Strahd
retaining its game statistics. This transformation lasts for 8 hours or until the priest drops to 0 hit points.
3
Priest of Osybus (Vampiric);Vampiric. When the priest deals necrotic damage to any
Monsters
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
of a shadowy tattoo, this boon allows the priests to steal souls as their master did and to cheat death and become undead horrors.
The threat posed by Osybus and his disciples raised alarms far and
make itself look and feel like any creature that is Medium or Small, while retaining its game statistics. This transformation lasts for 8 hours or until the priest drops to 0 hit points.
3
Priest
Monsters
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
as their master did and to cheat death and become undead horrors.
The threat posed by Osybus and his disciples raised alarms far and wide. In response, the Ulmist Inquisition and the then-mortal Count
, while retaining its game statistics. This transformation lasts for 8 hours or until the priest drops to 0 hit points.
3
Priest of Osybus (Vampiric);Vampiric. When the priest deals necrotic
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a5
network of which the Bloodgate was a part gave her the ability to open portals directly into the Doomvault. The following sections contain details on the logistics of running an adventure set there. When
originally produced in 2014 as an adventure for the D&D Encounters organized play program. At that time, it also served as a playtest for the rules that eventually became the fifth edition of the game. This
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal
Dead in Thay Dead in Thay, written by Scott Fitzgerald Gray, was created when the fifth edition D&D game was in the testing stages. In its original form, it was used as the story of the D&D
Encounters season in the spring of 2014. Featuring an immense and lethal dungeon known as the Doomvault, the adventure serves as a tribute to Tomb of Horrors, Ruins of Undermountain, and other “killer dungeons
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
Running This Chapter Before running your first game session in the necropolis, review the “Iriolarthas the Demilich” and “The Fall of Ythryn” sections below, as well as the “Dealing with the Arcane Brotherhood” and “Auril’s Wrath” sections at the end of the chapter.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a7
Running the Adventure As clever players will gather from the information in the “Legend of the Tomb,” this dungeon has more tricks and traps than it has monsters to fight. This is a thinking person’s
of a lifetime. Negotiation of the tomb will require quite a long time, so be prepared to spend several sessions with this material. When the game ends for the day, assume the expedition is spending
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
Running an Acquisitions Incorporated Campaign The grand buffet that is an Acquisitions Incorporated campaign features plenty of the exciting locations and high adventure common to all great fantasy
campaigns. But an Acq Inc game adds a unique helping of humor and corporate intrigue to the mix, creating a rich narrative familiar to anyone who’s watched an Acquisitions Incorporated livestream game. To take full advantage of the potential of an Acq Inc campaign, keep the following concepts in mind.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragons of Stormwreck Isle
Running the Adventure This is for the Dungeon Master. It contains a complete Dungeons & Dragons adventure, as well as descriptions for the magic items and creatures in the adventure. It also teaches you how to run a D&D game.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
Introduction This bestiary is for storytellers and world-builders. If you have ever thought about running a Dungeons & Dragons game for your friends, either a single night’s adventure or a long
-running campaign, this tome contains page after page of inspiration. It’s your one-stop shop for creatures both malevolent and benign. Some of the creatures that inhabit the worlds of D&D have origins
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
Running NPC Party Members Nonplayer characters (NPCs) are normally controlled by the DM. However, there are times in this adventure when a friendly NPC might join the party for one or more game
should make characters feel stressed and anxious, your players should be relaxed and having fun. Before running the adventure, have a candid out-of-game conversation with your players about hard and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
live. Whether you’re running a D&D game already or you think it’s something you want to try, these rules are for you. The Dungeon Master’s Guide assumes that you know the basics of how to play the D
&D tabletop roleplaying game. If you haven’t played before, the Dungeons & Dragons Starter Set is a great starting point for new players and DMs. These rules have two important companions: the Player’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Astarion's Book of Hungers
Introduction
Vampires Own the Night The elf vampire spawn Astarion Ancunín charmed his way into the hearts of Forgotten Realms fans in the video game Baldur’s Gate 3. In that game, Astarion is an
adventuring companion and potential paramour, and players can urge him toward redemption or tyranny.
But before the events of the video game, Astarion was the victim and unwilling servant of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon of Icespire Peak
Running the Adventure This book is written for the Dungeon Master. It contains a complete Dungeons & Dragons adventure, as well as descriptions for every creature that appears in the adventure. It also teaches you how to run a D&D game.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon of Icespire Peak
First Session: Character Creation Dungeons & Dragons is a game that requires several hours to play, but you can stop the game at any time and continue it later. The first session should focus on
character creation — one of the most fun aspects of the game. If the players create and equip their characters with time to spare, you can begin the adventure once they’re ready to go. Otherwise
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
Who Dwells Here? This version of the Tomb of Horrors takes place in the distant past, when various legendary figures of in-game history (Acererak included) still operate as mere mortals. Several of