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archer or a group of them.
Archer Fletching
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Fletching
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Feathers from an owlbear's mane
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Dryad leaf vanes
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Drake scale vanes
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Stirge wing vanes
Archer’s Eye (3/Day). Immediately after making an attack roll or a damage roll with a ranged weapon, the archer can
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Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
scale walls and battlements, and they perch on tower tops and other high vantages to keep an eye on the surrounding area.
When girallons can’t climb, they stalk the forest floor, lurk in narrow
of several individuals and their offspring, usually led by a dominant adult that also tends to be the oldest member of the group. When on the hunt away from their lair, girallons use roars and body
Backgrounds
Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
operate up and down the Sword Coast and throughout the North. Most are small-scale operations that employ a dozen to a hundred folk who offer security services, hunt monsters and brigands, or go to war in
Bloodaxes. Founded in Sundabar nearly two centuries ago, the Bloodaxes were originally a group of dwarves outcast from their clans for crimes against the teachings of Moradin Soulforger. They began
Kobold
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
undetected and don’t give their targets reason to harm them. For example, a group of city kobolds might sneak into a cobbler’s house at night to loot it of knives, leather bits, nails, and
actions contribute to the survival of the group. The tribe practices for the eventuality of defending the lair against intruders, and their plans always include knowing the best escape routes and who is
Orc
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the world. For no matter how thick its walls, skilled its archers, or brave its knights, few settlements have ever withstood a full-scale onslaught of orcs.
Every soldier who lives through a fight
warriors are commanded to scour the surrounding landscape for any opportunity to spill blood and bring glory to their gods. Often, bands of warriors work on a rotation, with one group heading out on a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
mountain: a sheer cliff they must scale. Climbing the cliff requires each character to succeed on a DC 15 Strength (Athletics) check. If the characters rope themselves together, they can instead make a
group check, succeeding as a group if at least half of them succeed on the check. Each character who fails the check—or every character, in the case of a failed group check—falls 60 feet.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
with another, based on the character’s interaction with each group. You can use renown over the course of an entire campaign or within a single adventure. At a campaign scale, you might set up factions
Renown Renown is an optional rule you can use to track characters’ standing, individually or as a party, within a particular group, such as a faction, an organization, or a community. A character’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes of the Borderlands
representing the most important person at a location, such as an establishment’s owner or highest ranking representative. The map of the keep isn’t to scale, but you can use it to track the characters
’ current whereabouts. If this is your first time as Dungeon Master, ask your players to keep the party together; it’s easier if the player characters visit each location as a group. Stacey Allan & William Doyle Map: Keep on the Borderlands View Unlabeled Version
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
stronghold and provides guidance on how to play out those events. If you and the group want to move on to other challenges instead, a full-scale assault on the fortress takes place about fourteen days after
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
. Alternatively, the scale can be as dramatic as humanity rising to overthrow the gods. Imagine that part of your campaign world erupts in revolution. Pick a power group in your current campaign and
include the heads of local militias, gangs, and other martial organizations. At the broadest scale, a criminal or underworld leader wields power through a network of spies, bribes, and black-market trade
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
immediate threat from raiders loose in the keep, since it’s more a probe that got out of hand rather than a full-scale assault. Escobert is most concerned about resealing the sally port, and he seeks out
. Before the door can be repaired, a second group of raiders consisting of two guards, three cultists, and three kobolds attacks. These foes can come from outside the keep, or they might be a group of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
immediate threat from raiders loose in the keep, since it’s more a probe that got out of hand rather than a full-scale assault. Escobert is most concerned about resealing the sally port, and he seeks out
. Before the door can be repaired, a second group of raiders consisting of two guards, three cultists, and three kobolds attacks. These foes can come from outside the keep, or they might be a group of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
studded leather armor or scale mail thieves’ tools and a dungeoneer’s pack If you forgo this starting equipment, as well as the items offered by your background, you start with 5d4 × 10 gp to buy your
equipment. MULTICLASSING AND THE ARTIFICER
If your group uses the optional rule on multiclassing in the Player’s Handbook, here’s what you need to know if you choose artificer as one of your
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
have the same powers. The earliest extant examples of these magical obelisks can rewrite reality on a grand scale. A mysterious group called the Weavers created the obelisks to undo great calamities
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
archers and groups of archers are known for the special fletching of their arrows. You may roll on the Archer Fletching table to determine the distinctive fletching used by an individual archer or a group
Vrock feathers 9 Peryton feathers 10 Dryad leaf vanes 11 Drake scale vanes 12 Stirge wing vanes Archer
Medium Humanoid, Any Alignment
Armor Class 16 (studded leather)
Hit Points 75 (10d8 + 30
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
the player how long the task takes. Alternatively, you can call for a single ability check and use the result to determine how long it takes for the character to complete the task. Group Checks Group
checks are a tool you can use when the party is trying to accomplish something together and the most skilled characters can cover for characters who are less adept at the task. To make a group
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Morgrave University, but they still celebrate the two institutions’ common purpose of pursuing knowledge. If Morgrave’s own libraries are insufficient for the task at hand, your group can probably find
had the opportunity to do just that, and many others have nurtured connections to the Twelve in an attempt to secure that honor. Those connections can give your group access to powerful magic and the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
The Frostfell’s and Everice’s Influence in Khorvaire In Khorvaire, you might… Clash with a cabal of winter warlocks serving a sinister power stirring in Everice. Encounter a group of frost giants or
dragon sculpted from ice that doesn’t melt 7 A key carved from ice that doesn’t melt 8 A single scale from a white dragon
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
spirits. Then, when the destruction of the old kingdoms was complete, a group of bold champions — Inspired vessels of the Dreaming Dark — formed a new nation from the ashes of the old. Having conquered
light. Given those objectives, the Dreaming Dark can drive events on a small scale, by setting bandits in motion or triggering local feuds, or the adventurers might uncover evidence of plans that could reignite the Last War or bring an entire nation or religion under the sway of the Dreaming Dark.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
are indeterminate and ever-changing. Map 4.1 shows the approximate positions of locations around Mount Ironrot relative to one another. The map doesn’t include a scale due to this effect. Whenever the
Wisdom (Survival) check on behalf of the group each time the characters travel. On a failed check, double the number of hours the party must travel to reach their destination. Dangers There is no safe
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
trust its new franchisees. Not at all! No! It’s just so much easier to support a group when they start in a focused area. Don’t worry at all that a rival Acquisitions Incorporated franchise will
a small kingdom — typically up to 50 miles across, with your starting settlement somewhere within. (For mapping purposes, this area is roughly the same scale as a province-scale map. See “Mapping Your
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
the characters explore the carnival. Certain carnival events occur only when the Time Tracker reaches a certain point. Though it’s not necessary, your group can place tokens or miniatures on the map
features) until the characters are able to detect and interact with them. Slopes and Staircases. An arrow on a slope or staircase always points in the ascending direction. Landmarks Not to Scale The poster
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
your motivation for fighting. MERCENARIES OF THE NORTH
Countless mercenary companies operate up and down the Sword Coast and throughout the North. Most are small-scale operations that employ a dozen
written word (in Elvish) near Evereska, and the Silent Rain sends a representative if interested.
The Bloodaxes. Founded in Sundabar nearly two centuries ago, the Bloodaxes were originally a group of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
throughout the night. When you’re ready to conclude this section, move on to the “Bakaris Defects” encounter. Night Encounters d4 Encounter 1 Six kapak draconians scale the walls and attack a group of
Shape Theft. 3 Testing the Defenses (see below) 4 Highmaster’s Message (see below) A sivak draconian swoops down to attack Testing the Defenses A warning horn sounds from a group of soldiers crewing
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
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
highest Charisma score among all adventurers in the party, and its starting loyalty score is half that number. If the highest Charisma score changes — perhaps a character dies or leaves the group — adjust
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
scale walls and battlements, and they perch on tower tops and other high vantages to keep an eye on the surrounding area. When girallons can’t climb, they stalk the forest floor, lurk in narrow ravines or
individuals and their offspring, usually led by a dominant adult that also tends to be the oldest member of the group. When on the hunt away from their lair, girallons use roars and body language to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
on an enormous scale. They often seem to be walking across the dome of the sky, with their feet disappearing just below the horizon. Any part of a god’s body that isn’t directly lit takes on the
against a god by mortals would require the assistance of at least one other god, and ideally more than one, to have any hope of success. A group of adventurers might try to convince a group of gods
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
provoke them by bringing the castle closer. If the characters treated Reenee well, she thanks each character personally and gifts the group one of her scales. She then flaps off. Scales of Time If Reenee
time dragon (see Morte’s Planar Parade). She departs before the characters can act. The scale Reenee left begins to glow as it transforms into the following charm (a type of supernatural gift detailed in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Built beneath a city in catacombs or sewers 27–29 Built beneath or on top of a mesa or several connected mesas 30–32 Built by a religious group to serve as a temple and linked to the energy of other
powerful spellcaster (perhaps a lich) as a site for magical research and experimentation 79–81 Made by giants at a vast scale 82–84 Natural caverns featuring a range of strikingly beautiful rock and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
powerful figures that might have political or warlike aspirations. Whether you create a cluster out of a small group of your favorite domains or meld many (or all) the domains into a continent-sized core is
… Encourage characters to roam between domains. Highlight villains who are infamous in multiple domains or who must be pursued (or evaded). Explore large-scale plots, such as wars between or the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
whether their attacks hit or miss or whether their adventurers can scale a cliff, roll away from the strike of a magical lightning bolt, or pull off some other dangerous task. Anything is possible, but the
together, the group might explore a dark dungeon, a ruined city, a haunted castle, a lost temple deep in a jungle, or a lava-filled cavern beneath a mysterious mountain. The adventurers can solve puzzles
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
dominant adult that also tends to be the oldest member of the group. When on the hunt away from their lair, girallons use roars and body language to communicate with one another over distance. Each
succeed, everyone in the group shares the spoils, with the best parts going to mothers caring for their young. Wall Climbers. The ruins of humanoid habitations, especially those found in deep forests and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
As a member of another group of heroes, Niko first joined Sheila, Diana, Eric, and Presto as an NPC healer Loyalty Loyalty is an optional rule you can use to determine how far an NPC party member will
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 highest Charisma score among all adventurers in the party, and its starting Loyalty
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
their attacks hit or miss or whether their adventurers can scale a cliff, roll away from the strike of a magical lightning bolt, or pull off some other dangerous task. Anything is possible, but the
, the group might explore a dark dungeon, a ruined city, a haunted castle, a lost temple deep in a jungle, or a lava-filled cavern beneath a mysterious mountain. The adventurers can solve puzzles, talk
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
The Ordning As described in the Monster Manual, the giants of many worlds organize themselves in a complex social ranking called the ordning. At the largest scale, the ordning establishes the
creatures of the Giant type—such as ettins, fomorians, and trolls—are not counted as part of the ordning, placing them functionally below the hill giants. At a smaller scale, every giant has a precise