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grung also swing it about by a sturdy cord (attached) to create a sound recognizable by other grung, so they know each other’s approximate location. Additionally, grung that know Thieves’ Cant can use a whistle stick in this manner to communicate over distance.
Equipment
This bone whistle is carved in the shape of a gargath. When blown, it produces a high-pitched sound that can only be heard clearly by certain creatures. When you blow this whistle, any beast within
100 feet of you that hears it can discern its distance from and direction to you. Friendly beasts can be trained to understand signals given with this whistle, and if you spend at least 24 hours
Monsters
Monstrous Compendium Vol. 4: Eldraine Creatures
mischievous manipulators who delight in disguising themselves with magic to vex other creatures. Their reasons for deception vary, ranging from harmless pranks to malicious infiltration. When a high fae
regard for mortal values of honor and law, but they nonetheless operate under inviolable rules of their own: gifts must always be repaid, promises must be honored, and outright lies must never be
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
howler. Even at a distance, listeners’ minds cringe at the sound and fill with horror at the realization that the noise is drawing closer. When howlers go on the prowl, courage isn’t
Monsters
The Book of Many Things
, and the drone knows the distance and direction to the amulet. If the drone is within 60 feet of the drone’s wearer, half of any damage the wearer takes (rounded up) is transferred to the drone
a +2 bonus to the wearer’s AC if the drone is within 5 feet of the wearer.Detention drones vary in size, strength, and shape, though most are shaped like some kind of mechanical animal or plant.Poison
Species
Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
that extend from their back and shoulders.
Like owls, owlin are graced with feathers that make no sound when they move or fly, making it easy for them to sneak up on you in the library.
Your owlin
additional rules during character creation.
Ability Score Increases
When determining your character’s ability scores, increase one of those scores by 2 and increase a different score by 1, or
Magic Items
Storm King's Thunder
their materials and properties vary.
The Korolnor Scepter is a tapered mithral rod as thick and long as a dwarf’s forearm, with a small platinum knob at the bottom and a rounded disk adorned
underwater, you can use an action to expend 1 charge to determine the distance to the surface.
As an action, you can expend 2 charges to cast the sending spell from the scepter.
As an action, you can
Dhampir
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Species
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
others embrace the solitude of the hunt, striving to distance themselves from those who’d tempt their hunger.
Dhampir Hungers
Every dhampir knows a thirst slaked only by the living. Those who
lineage option, follow these additional rules during character creation.
Ability Score Increases
When determining your ability scores, you increase one of those scores by 2 and increase a different
Folk Hero
Legacy
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Backgrounds
Basic Rules (2014)
to sound smarter.
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I get bored easily. When am I going to get on with my destiny?
d6
Ideal
1
Respect. People deserve to be treated with dignity and respect. (Good
.
d6
Flaw
1
The tyrant who rules my land will stop at nothing to see me killed.
2
I’m convinced of the significance of my destiny, and blind to my shortcomings and the risk of
Species
Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
internal organs of the usual sort. Their bodies are composed of cells, fibers, plasma-like ooze, and clusters of nerves. These nerves enable a plasmoid to detect light, heat, texture, sound, pain, and
constrict to produce sound.
When plasmoids sleep, they lose their rigidity and spread out and are thus sometimes mistaken for a rock or some other feature of the environment.
Creating Your Character
When
Species
Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
autognome bears a resemblance to its creator, and most autognomes are programmed to speak and understand Gnomish. The internal components used in an autognome’s manufacture can vary wildly; one
fantastical races. If you create a character using a race option presented here, follow these additional rules during character creation.
Ability Score Increases
When determining your character’s
Backgrounds
Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
.
7
I misuse long words in an attempt to sound smarter.
8
I get bored easily. When am I going to get on with my destiny?
d6
Ideal
1
Respect. People deserve to be treated
with me to pursue my destiny.
d6
Flaw
1
The tyrant who rules my land will stop at nothing to see me killed.
2
I’m convinced of the significance of my destiny, and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
(areas 1–5), so a fight in any of these can be heard in the others. Elsewhere, normal sounds echo confusingly and are lost in the background noise. The sound of a scream carries a long distance, however
3 and 4 are dimly lit by outside light. All other areas are in darkness unless the area notes otherwise. Sound. The caverns are filled with faint sounds: dripping water, scratching rodents
Backgrounds
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
’m confident in my own abilities and do what I can to instill confidence in others.
6
Thinking is for other people. I prefer action.
7
I misuse long words in an attempt to sound smarter
1
The tyrant who rules my land will stop at nothing to see me killed.
2
I’m convinced of the significance of my destiny, and blind to my shortcomings and the risk of failure.
3
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
speed never close the distance between each other. This set of rules can make chases more exciting by introducing random elements.
Chases Strict application of the movement rules can turn a potentially exciting chase into a dull, predictable affair. Faster creatures always catch up to slower ones, while creatures with the same
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
background noise. The sound of a scream carries a long distance, however, and the sound of a fight travels through 30 feet of tunnel and attracts attention if the fight lasts more than 3 rounds.
. During daytime, areas 1 and area 2 are brightly lit, and areas 3 and area 4 are dimly lit by outside light. All other areas are in darkness unless the area notes otherwise. Sound. The caverns are filled
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
Damage Types Attacks and other harmful effects deal different types of damage. Damage types have no rules of their own, but other rules, such as Resistance, rely on the types. The Damage Types table
-rending energy Radiant Holy energy, searing radiation Slashing Claws, cutting objects Thunder Concussive sound
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
Damage Types Attacks and other harmful effects deal different types of damage. Damage types have no rules of their own, but other rules, such as Resistance, rely on the types. The Damage Types table
-rending energy Radiant Holy energy, searing radiation Slashing Claws, cutting objects Thunder Concussive sound
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
, gray fog shrouds this small, gloomy village. Dismal houses and outbuildings line the cobblestone streets. The sound of a child weeping echoes preternaturally from a tall house looming in the distance
village’s far side, where the sound of weeping is coming from. Mark Behm Barovian villagers confront the characters when they arrive, believing they’re villains
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
Movement and Position In combat, characters and monsters are in constant motion, often using movement and position to gain the upper hand. On your turn, you can move a distance up to your speed. You
can use as much or as little of your speed as you like on your turn, following the rules here. Your movement can include jumping, climbing, and swimming. These different modes of movement can be
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
and predictable. Faster creatures always catch up to slower ones, while creatures with the same Speed never close the distance between each other. Use the following rules to introduce random elements
Chases Simon Dominic An exciting chase nears its conclusion The rules for movement in combat don’t translate to every situation. In particular, they can make a potentially thrilling chase seem dull
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
of blue scales crossing the end of a tunnel. Huge, clawed footprints can be seen marking the ceilings of multiple caverns, and the sound of lightning and thunder erupts from time to time in the distance.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
Chapter 9: Combat The clatter of a sword striking against a shield. The terrible rending sound as monstrous claws tear through armor. A brilliant flash of light as a ball of flame blossoms from a
. This section provides the rules you need for your characters and monsters to engage in combat, whether it is a brief skirmish or an extended conflict in a dungeon or on a field of battle. Throughout this
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
of Ice, while a clammy bridge of basket fungus weaves toward a cavernous door to the Underdark. Landings are frequent along the staircase but vary in distance from one another. Every landing contains at least one door. Travel between landings can take minutes, hours, or days.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fated Flight of the Recluse
arriving before their supplies run out. This section references the rules and guidance in the “Journeys in the Skies” section of chapter 7 of Eberron: Forge of the Artificer. Weather At the beginning of each
travel day, roll 1d6 and consult the Airship Travel Weather table to determine the weather the characters face that day. This weather also determines the encounter distance and DC for Wisdom
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
Characters of most races are Medium, a size category including creatures that are roughly 4 to 8 feet tall. Members of a few races are Small (between 2 and 4 feet tall), which means that certain rules
of the game affect them differently. The most important of these rules is that Small characters have trouble wielding heavy weapons, as explained in chapter 5. Speed Your speed determines how far you
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
Movement and Position In combat, characters and monsters are in constant motion, often using movement and position to gain the upper hand. On your turn, you can move a distance up to your speed. You
can use as much or as little of your speed as you like on your turn, following the rules here. Your movement can include jumping, climbing, and swimming. These different modes of movement can be
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
, roll twice and use the higher result. Wisteria Vale Events d8 Event 1–2 None. 3 Light rain falls from a clear sky. 4 The sky turns dark as thunderclouds roll in. Lightning flashes in the distance
, but it doesn’t rain. 5 An object near the characters suddenly loses its color and becomes gray and dull. 6 An object near the characters suddenly becomes saturated with bright colors. 7 An incongruous smell or sound manifests. 8 A smell or sound that should be present is noticeably absent.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
Chapter 9: Combat The clatter of a sword striking against a shield. The terrible rending sound as monstrous claws tear through armor. A brilliant flash of light as a ball of flame blossoms from a
chapter provides the rules you need for your characters and monsters to engage in combat, whether it is a brief skirmish or an extended conflict in a dungeon or on a field of battle. Throughout this
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rrakkma
nonmagical open flames such as torches and campfires. It also makes conversation possible only by yelling, and even then, only to a maximum distance of 10 feet. Creatures have disadvantage on any ability
to take shelter in places where the winds die down until they sound like distant cries of torment. The information above is available to the adventurers if they succeed at a DC 20 Intelligence (Arcana) check. Two or more of them may confer to grant one of them Advantage on this check.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
(Athletics) check, setting the jump’s DC based on the distance between the two vehicles (as well as other factors, as appropriate). Keep it fun and fast-paced, and push the rules aside when they get in the way.
patrols. The rules for infernal war machines in appendix B are meant to help you adjudicate situations that arise during encounters, but combat involving infernal war machines works best with “theater
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
cobblestones. The tall shapes become recognizable as village dwellings. The windows of each house stare out from pools of blackness. No sound cuts the silence except for mournful sobbing that echoes
through the streets from a distance. The sobbing comes from Mad Mary’s townhouse (area E3). With the exception of areas E1 and E2, all the shops in the village are permanently closed, and the unoccupied
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
their late teens and live less than a century. Size. Humans vary widely in height and build, from barely 5 feet to well over 6 feet tall. Regardless of your position in that range, your size is Medium
HUMAN TRAITS
If your campaign uses the optional feat rules from chapter 6, your Dungeon Master might allow these variant traits, all of which replace the human’s Ability Score Increase trait
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
conduct their business; and the Outer City, which lies outside the walls and where most of the city’s laborers reside in conditions that vary from crowded but clean to squalid. Depending on timing
he sells all the material needed for long-distance freight hauling: wagons, rope, netting, grease, chains, wheels, and so on. His shop also repairs wagons. He is not directly involved in the hiring of
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
enemies. Three possibilities are provided in the Starting Encounter Distance table. The shorter the distance, the less time crews have to load weapons and make other preparations. Starting Encounter