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Adventure Atlas: The Mortuary
"} piercing damage at the start of each of its turns. The animated coffin can grapple only one creature at a time.Animated coffins are heavy, macabre Constructs designed to ferry the dead to places of rest
boxes with simple fittings to elaborate, gilded sarcophagi and reverent, fabric-lined caskets.
Beyond the City of Doors, animated coffins serve similar—albeit less industrial—roles
Monsters
Quests from the Infinite Staircase
, which double as weapons if the robots are threatened or drafted for security purposes. A worker robot’s voice is often utilitarian, programmed to use simple phrases without embellishment. Worker
robots designed to be in public view—such as units that carry out deliveries, repairs, or transportation—have voices that more closely mimic those of their creators. These robots employ
Monsters
Mordenkainen's Fiendish Folio Volume 1
. Long ago, a green hag gathered a small army of ogres to serve as her enforcers along the desolate coast she had claimed. The hag found the ogres' simple minds and brutal strength useful, but too often
minds a few simple commands to help them with their tasks. She gave them the tenacity and toughness of a crab to augment their strength, grasping claws to help them claim the treasures she loved, and a
Magic Items
Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
(roll a d6): (1–2) detect evil and good or (3–6) detect magic. The docent decides when to cast the spell.
Personality. A docent is designed to advise and assist the warforged it’s
attached to. One of the simple functions of a docent is to serve as a translator. The docent’s properties are under its control, and if you have a bad relationship with your docent, it might refuse to assist you.
Gnome
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Species
Basic Rules (2014)
whenever they can. Their homes are well hidden by both clever construction and simple illusions. Welcome visitors are quickly ushered into the bright, warm burrows. Those who are not welcome are
over time. Gnome names are typically variants on the names of ancestors or distant relatives, though some are purely new inventions. When dealing with humans and others who are “stuffy” about
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Forge of the Artificer
Airships in Combat Noor Rahman Though few airships are designed for warfare, the skies of Khorvaire are rife with potentially dangerous encounters. The following rules are designed to make aerial
combat simple and exciting—whether it’s combat between two airships, combat between characters on an airship and one or more flying creatures, or combat between characters and other creatures on the deck of an airship.
Kobold
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
, designed to collapse under the weight of any creature heavier than a kobold. On occasion, the route through a kobold lair runs along a ledge that borders a cavern or a crevasse, and the kobolds might
races have little good to say about kobolds, but they do admit that the little reptilians do respectable tunnel work using simple tools. If a band of kobolds is enslaved by more powerful creatures
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Flee, Mortals! Rule Primer
Minions A minion is a weak foe, designed to allow GMs to create dramatic combat encounters with hordes of enemies without overwhelming the characters. In fact, an encounter with minions makes
characters can’t just shrug off damage from minion attacks. So how do minions make running a horde of enemies quick and easy for the GM? Minions are simple to run. Their stat blocks are small and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Survivors Terror doesn’t come just for the brave and prepared—often quite the opposite. Some of the most harrowing horror stories involve the least likely heroes, individuals who find their simple
provides guidance for using survivors, characters designed for one- to three-session adventures focused on survival rather than saving the day. Using survivors helps create horror experiences focused on
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
, it’s a simple matter to create your own grid of hidden words. Raising the Difficulty You can increase this puzzle’s difficulty by changing the word search’s letters to use another alphabet, such as
can undertake the puzzle and cross the room safely. You can also increase the difficulty by introducing trap variants, as described below. Trap Variants Rather than have the same poison gas trap on
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
, adventures in a shared campaign are designed to take either 2 hours or 4 hours. In each hour of play, assume the characters can complete the following: Three or four simple combat encounters, or one or
can be different for each group. For more narrative adventures, try to focus on simple but flexible encounters or events. For instance, an adventure requires the characters to protect a high priest of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
and can cast it at will, requiring no components (roll a d6): (1–2) detect evil and good or (3–6) detect magic. The docent decides when to cast the spell. Personality. A docent is designed to advise
and assist the warforged it’s attached to. One of the simple functions of a docent is to serve as a translator. The docent’s properties are under its control, and if you have a bad relationship with your docent, it might refuse to assist you.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Skill Variants A skill dictates the circumstances under which a character can add his or her proficiency bonus to an ability check. Skills define those circumstances by referring to different aspects
the following variants. Choose whichever one best suits your campaign. Ability Check Proficiency With this variant rule, characters don’t have skill proficiencies. Instead, each character has
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
security purposes. A worker robot’s voice is often utilitarian, programmed to use simple phrases without embellishment. Worker robots designed to be in public view—such as units that carry out deliveries
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
and can cast it at will, requiring no components (roll a d6): (1–2) detect evil and good or (3–6) detect magic. The docent decides when to cast the spell. Personality. A docent is designed to advise and
assist the warforged it’s attached to. One of the simple functions of a docent is to serve as a translator. The docent’s properties are under its control, and if you have a bad relationship with your docent, it might refuse to assist you.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
ongoing campaign, or as a series that forms a campaign, bringing characters from level 1 to a climactic conclusion at level 12.
These adventures are designed to require minimal preparation (see
adventure’s locale. Each adventure’s beginning includes a simple setting description, such as “a village with a nearby forest.” Beyond these basic details, feel free to alter the adventure’s location
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Fiendish Folio Volume 1
claimed. The hag found the ogres’ simple minds and brutal strength useful, but too often, their lack of cunning foiled her plans. Many tumbled into the sea and drowned, too simpleminded and impatient to
, the hag wove a spell to adapt them to the coastal terrain while planting in their minds a few simple commands to help them with their tasks. She gave them the tenacity and toughness of a crab to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
traps become more dangerous over time, as they accumulate power or gain speed. Complex traps are also more difficult to disable than simple ones. A single check is not enough. Instead, a series of
checks is required to slowly disengage the trap’s components. The trap’s effect degrades with each successful check until the characters finally deactivate it. Most complex traps are designed so that they
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Astral Adventurer’s Guide
Ship-to-Ship Combat The following rules are designed to make ship-to-ship combat simple yet exciting. Starting Distance At the start of an engagement, the DM decides how far a ship is from its
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
Step 3: Determine Numbers and Challenge Ratings The process for building fights that feature only one legendary monster is simple. The Solo Monster Challenge Rating table shows you which challenge
treat each character as being of that level for the purpose of selecting appropriate monsters. The above guidelines are designed to create a fight that will challenge a party while still being winnable
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
Designing Simple Traps You can create your own simple traps by using the following guidelines. You can also adapt the example traps for different levels and severity of threat by modifying their DCs
and effects. Described below are a few of the general purposes a trap might have. Use them to inspire the creation of your own traps. Alarm. An alarm trap is designed to alert an area’s occupants of
Compendium
- 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
weapon or casts a simple spell is more likely to act before a creature armed with a heavy or slow weapon. See the Speed Factor Initiative Modifiers table for details. If an action has no modifier listed
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Using Survivors Survivors are premade characters that are simple and easy for players to master, while being customizable enough to fill broad roles in your adventures—whether they be farmers or
survivors are designed to engage with terrifying circumstances, but their triumph over such threats is not assured. Players’ decisions will certainly impact the survivors’ fates, but if it seems like doom
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
, or even pieces of candy if miniatures are unavailable. Many software tools designed to facilitate online D&D play provide a battle grid. Even without such tools, though, many online D&D games use
screen sharing in combination with drawing programs, shared whiteboards, or similar tools as simple battle grids. Some DMs are comfortable with software that allows them to control lighting and show the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
, or even pieces of candy if miniatures are unavailable.
Many software tools designed to facilitate online D&D play provide a battle grid. Even without such tools, though, many online D&D games use
screen sharing in combination with drawing programs, shared whiteboards, or similar tools as simple battle grids. Some DMs are comfortable with software that allows them to control lighting and show
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Adventure Atlas: The Mortuary
Animated Coffin Animated coffins are heavy, macabre Constructs designed to ferry the dead to places of rest. They waddle the Mortuary’s halls unbothered, scooping up corpses and carrying them to the
retractable spikes. Like their inanimate counterparts, animated coffins range from plain wooden boxes with simple fittings to elaborate, gilded sarcophagi and reverent, fabric-lined caskets. Beyond
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Flee, Mortals! Rule Primer
Statistics Retainers are designed to be easy to run so their player (who is already managing a complex character) doesn’t get overwhelmed with even more details. Each retainer has a simple stat block
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
, and he will do anything to win his freedom. Taraz’s conversation with the adventurers covers the following points—many of which are utter lies designed to help him gain the characters’ trust: Xonthal
efreeti’s ability to bestow a wish.) Freeing Taraz is as simple as breaking the line of salt across the entryway. (True.) In the end, Taraz is desperate to escape the dungeon, and he will promise almost
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
, and he will do anything to win his freedom. Taraz’s conversation with the adventurers covers the following points — many of which are utter lies designed to help him gain the characters’ trust: Xonthal
efreeti’s ability to bestow a wish.) Freeing Taraz is as simple as breaking the line of salt across the entryway. (True.) In the end, Taraz is desperate to escape the dungeon, and he will promise almost
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
opens into a chasm and continues on the other side, the kobolds might connect the two passages with a rope bridge or some other rickety structure, designed to collapse under the weight of any creature
admit that the little reptilians do respectable tunnel work using simple tools. If a band of kobolds is enslaved by more powerful creatures, the kobolds are usually put to work enlarging their masters
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
speak it truthfully.”
The characters need not resort to violence to obtain the deva’s mace-key. Here are some alternate approaches: Clever Deception. The characters can pose as emissaries of a
tries to leave the train. The Stranger (see below) happens to know Dardo’s true name: a simple math equation. The characters can use this knowledge to keep the nycaloth from attacking them, or to force
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
artificer’s inventions might include items such as a lock box that opens with a verbal command or a series of gestures, a clockwork critter designed to respond to simple commands, or a common magic item (such
Makes Perfect Rock gnomes who take a more scientific approach to inventing are the ones responsible for creating technological devices that make life easier. Even an invention as simple as a new kind
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
features, as well as any encounter that plays out there. The adventure key turns a simple sketch of numbered areas on graph paper into encounters designed to entertain and intrigue your players. See “Creating Encounters” later in this chapter for guidance on crafting individual encounters.
adventurers chase the villain while dodging obstacles designed to thwart them, leading to a final confrontation in or outside the villain’s refuge. 3 The actions of the adventurers or the villain result in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
Beholder Lairs The lair of a beholder is a reflection of the creature’s mind-set — designed to anticipate, and thwart, any plan that would-be invaders might devise. Each of its chambers is isolated
few possibilities are described here. Covered Pit. Simple yet effective, a covered pit trap is a hole covered with a false floor and perhaps concealed by a sprinkling of dirt or gravel. The pit might
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
. Half Plate. Half plate consists of shaped metal plates that cover most of the wearer’s body. It does not include leg protection beyond simple greaves that are attached with leather straps. Heavy Armor
Of all the armor categories, heavy armor offers the best protection. These suits of armor cover the entire body and are designed to stop a wide range of attacks. Only proficient warriors can manage