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The Book of Many Things
provoking opportunity attack;opportunity attacks.
Wrathful Blast (Costs 2 Actions). The medusa makes one Wrathful Strike attack.
Final Slash (Costs 3 Actions). The medusa makes one Final Blade attack
gather and inspire followers, protecting their people and guiding them to fulfill the medusa’s divine purpose. The Divine Purpose table offers suggestions for motivations. Roll on the table, or use
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
adventure, then adventures are the building blocks of a D&D campaign, for a campaign is what you get when you string two or more adventures together. A campaign setting is the world in which those
adventures take place—both a backdrop for your adventures and a hotbed of conflicts and personalities that can inspire and drive adventures.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
setting as a whole is made up of countless isolated domains, each one a perfect expression of a particular flavor of the macabre. Creating your own domain allows you to blend legendary evils, unexpected
process that starts by defining a Darklord—the villain at the heart of each sinister realm. Descriptions of various genres of horror also provide details to guide and inspire your creations. The rivalry between Darklords Strahd von Zarovich and
Azalin Rex spills through endless ages and countless domains
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
song — knowledge of the people who constructed the monument and the mythic saga it depicts. A stern human warrior bangs his sword rhythmically against his scale mail, setting the tempo for his war chant
, ensuring that her companions’ words will be well received. Whether scholar, skald, or scoundrel, a bard weaves magic through words and music to inspire allies, demoralize foes, manipulate minds, create illusions, and even heal wounds.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
It’s Your World In creating your campaign world, it helps to start with the core assumptions and consider how your setting might change them. The subsequent sections of this chapter address each
element and give details on how to flesh out your world with gods, factions, and so forth. The assumptions sketched out above aren’t carved in stone. They inspire exciting D&D worlds full of adventure
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
song — knowledge of the people who constructed the monument and the mythic saga it depicts. A stern human warrior bangs his sword rhythmically against his scale mail, setting the tempo for his war chant
, ensuring that her companions’ words will be well received. Whether scholar, skald, or scoundrel, a bard weaves magic through words and music to inspire allies, demoralize foes, manipulate minds, create illusions, and even heal wounds.
classes
Basic Rules (2014)
—knowledge of the people who constructed the monument and the mythic saga it depicts.
A stern human warrior bangs his sword rhythmically against his scale mail, setting the tempo for his war chant
, ensuring that her companions’ words will be well received.
Whether scholar, skald, or scoundrel, a bard weaves magic through words and music to inspire allies, demoralize foes, manipulate minds
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Featured Domains The following sections explore some of the most notorious Domains of Dread. Each of these realms is a setting unto itself and might host adventures of your design. These featured
domains share the following format: Overview. Each domain has a brief overview with its Darklord’s name, the horror genres that inspire it (explored in chapter 2), distinctive hallmarks, and related Mist
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
nature of all yuan-ti in the setting. Monsters can be one-off flukes of nature or the products of insidious magic. For significant adversaries, use the tables in the “Genres of Horror” section of chapter
2 to inspire you as you craft a monster’s unique details. When it comes time for the final confrontation, it might not matter whether the bridge-haunting merrow was the product of an amoral
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
facility comes with nonmagical furnishings and decor appropriate for that facility. Basic facilities don’t have any game effects, but they can inspire roleplaying opportunities and enhance a Bastion’s
verisimilitude. A Bastion with a kitchen is functionally the same as one without, but the former gives you and your players a fun setting to start game sessions, have in-character discussions, or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
might inspire your character’s backstory, starting from the moment that character was born. If you’re a DM, this zodiac can inspire countless adventures themed around prophecy and fate, or it could be a
worlds of the Material Plane.
Different Wildspace systems drift about the Astral Plane. Greyspace is the system of the Greyhawk campaign setting, for example, and Realmspace encompasses Toril and the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
Secrets of Ravenloft Untold mysteries pervade the Domains of Dread, but these truths underpin the setting: 1: Ravenloft Is Malleable. The domains of Ravenloft are disconnected demiplanes. They don’t
rely only on themselves, and they might inspire others or attract greater terrors. 6: Isolated Islands. The Domains of Dread are isolated from one another and the rest of the multiverse. Magic that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Chapter 5: Adventure Environments Many D&D adventures revolve around a dungeon setting. Dungeons in D&D include great halls and tombs, subterranean monster lairs, labyrinths riddled with death traps
, takes many forms, and urban settings aren’t always the safe havens they seem to be. This chapter provides an overview of these three environments plus a few unusual environments, taking you through the process of creating an adventure location, with plenty of random tables to inspire you.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
legendary power of dragons. A dracolich retains a breath weapon, but it is a chilling necrotic blast. These terrors gradually sicken the land near their lairs and attract sinister followers—usually
from the Dracolich Soul Gem Vessels table to inspire what holds a dracolich’s soul gem. Dracolich Soul Gem Vessels 1d10 A Dracolich’s Soul Gem Is Hidden In... 1 Another dragon’s treasure hoard. 2
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
inspire some youngsters to take such risks. Whatever the reason, from time to time a halfling feels the call of adventure and sets off with a walking staff, a satchel, and a few biscuits. The first
of a dwarven king. Each new would-be hero hopes to have adventures that merit exciting stories of their own, to inspire and delight new generations for years to come. Of course, not every journey
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
in this section to inspire your campaign. Campaign Characters Characters exploring the Mists are the protagonists of horror stories. Chapter 1 provides advice for players creating such characters
considering the following questions: Horror Inspirations. What horror stories or media inspire your campaign? Horror Icons. Is there a classic monster or villain that inspires the foes in your campaign
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
around it, revealing itself to be a pair of mighty black wings. With one powerful motion and a blast of chill air, the wings sweep and the vague figure is gone.
The characters have no way of knowing
the Mists table in chapter 3 to inspire other events. No matter what the characters do, the Mists lead the characters back to the crossroads. Development. As the realization that they’re trapped
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
into your adventures and setting higher stakes through play, you’ll help characters grow in exciting ways. You can use the DM’s Character Tracker sheet to keep track of key information about each
just to help their companion. Avoid focusing adventures on one character too often, and look for opportunities to have character-focused adventures for each character from time to time. Setting New
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
different forms. Forgotten Realms The most comprehensive histories suggest Toril (the world of the Forgotten Realms setting) has not always known dragons, at least not in their current forms. Many
), they have always had a part to play in the world’s divine drama. Greyhawk Myths concerning the creation of Oerth (home to the Greyhawk setting) are few and often contradictory. Still, a number of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
inspire villains appropriate to this genre. Ghost Story Villains 1d10 The Villain Is … 1 A medium who gains power over spirits by feeding victims to them. 2 The spirit of a long-dead murderer who
it—might seem straightforward, ghost story plots can explore philosophical issues like the burden of ancestry and the nature of the soul. Choose from or roll on the Ghost Story Plots table to inspire
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
variety of contemporary and historical cultures in your game’s setting, it’s enough to tell your players that some of the coins are unfamiliar in their size, shape, or inscription—but their value is
unchanged. Mundane Items A dragon’s hoard often includes mundane items that can be clues to their owner’s personality and history, and that might inspire further investigation by curious adventurers
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
went on to inspire the creation of a campaign setting of the same name in 1990: Ravenloft, home of the Domains of Dread.
Module I6: Ravenloft, written by Tracy and Laura Hickman, broke new ground by
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
Tatyana’s Reincarnation and Connection to Strahd tables to inspire a new chapter in the count’s tale of obsession. Tatyana’s Reincarnation 1d10 Tatyana’s Reincarnation Is… 1 Anna, the keeper of what
setting. Some Darklords might have emerged from the Mists first in Barovia, encountered Strahd, and found their ways to their own domains later. Others might have a particular interest in Barovia and in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
goals and setting of the adventure. Let the entries in the Adventure Introduction table inspire you. Adventure Introduction d12 Introduction 1 While traveling in the wilderness, the characters
. Each step provides tables from which you can select the basic elements of your adventure. Alternatively, roll on the tables and see how the random results inspire you. You can mix up the order of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
inspire followers, protecting their people and guiding them to fulfill the medusa’s divine purpose. The Divine Purpose table offers suggestions for motivations. Roll on the table, or use the entries as
creature’s turn. The medusa regains spent legendary actions at the start of its turn.
Move. The medusa moves up to its speed without provoking opportunity attacks.
Wrathful Blast (Costs 2 Actions
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
, thunderwave Healer: cure wounds, guidance, sacred flame Prodigy: eldritch blast, healing word, light The Cantrips Known and Spells Known columns of the Spellcaster table shows when the sidekick
modifier when setting the saving throw DC for a spell it casts and when making an attack roll with one. Spell save DC = 8 + sidekick’s proficiency bonus + spellcasting ability modifier Spell attack modifier
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
in direct conflict with the other two factions, but that doesn’t always inspire cooperation. For example, the Chromatic Circle might focus on self-aggrandizement, as each member of the faction tries
allegiance to a dragon overlord in exchange for the dragon’s protection. The result might be a feudal society, where dragons fill the highest ranks of the aristocracy. In such a setting, characters
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
establish the setting of the adventure, or use them in a nonhostile capacity. For example, if you’re creating encounters for a 6th-level party, a fight against two storm giants would make for a dreadfully
inspiration to fit the encounter into the location you’re populating. If that context doesn’t make sense for the situation you’re building, consider using the context to inspire the creature’s general
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes of the Borderlands
Quest: Official Errands Each official in the fortress spurs the characters to explore a different adventure setting. Dwern the Scribe The castellan’s scribe, a dwarf man named Dwern, sits at a tidy
Castellan’s Letter Handout, which might inspire future adventures involving the Keep on the Borderlands. Castellan’s Letter Handout Noble Adventurers,
I extend to you my deepest thanks. Your gallant
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Adventure Setting Many D&D adventures revolve dungeons—interior spaces such as great halls and tombs, subterranean monster lairs, mazes riddled with traps, natural caverns extending for miles beneath
that can inspire your mapmaking. Bringing a Location to Life An inhabited adventure location has its own ecosystem. The creatures that live there need to eat, drink, breathe, and sleep. Predators
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
DECISIONRY
Inspired Decision Starting at rank 3, whenever a serious franchise vote is taken and the result goes the way you voted, you can inspire the rest of the franchise team with a brief speech
to the rest of their team. Do the opposite of whatever they want, even if you want to do that thing too. It’s about setting an example and establishing a pecking order.
— Donaar Blit’zen
Why Be a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
blast out of this cramped cell. The walls are scribed with relief carvings showing volcanoes setting cities ablaze. Rows of tiny holes are bored into the floor and the ten-foot-high ceiling. A human
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
nearby stone surfaces
18 Manifests small signs of the breath weapon, such as exhaling smoke rings, setting arc lightning dancing over teeth, or blowing acid bubbles
19 Sighs restlessly, giving
’ names resonate with power and inspire terror: Ashardalon, Dragotha, Klauth, Khellendros, Malystryx, Vaskar. Others are intricate and obscure, reflecting the grandeur of dragons’ ancient language
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
all the canvas is at the point of disintegration from mildew and jungle rot. 3. Burned-Out Shrine During the battle, overturned lamps started fires in the templars’ partially built shrine, setting
their balance or the rider will fall off. Any moment when they’re not carrying or riding one another, they risk setting off traps like anyone else. If the rider is at least one size category smaller than
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
slots, which it regains after finishing a short or long rest, and knows the following warlock spells:
Cantrips (at will): chill touch, eldritch blast, mage hand
1st level: armor of Agathys
powers of ice and cold. To gain the frigid power of elemental water, the shiver removes one eye and replaces it with a frosty white orb that can blast foes with an icy ray. When the orb isn’t in use, the