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The Book of Many Things
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After spending 1 hour calibrating the telescope, you can attempt to travel to the planet or celestial body at which the telescope is currently pointed. At the end of the hour, make a DC 17 Intelligence
is transformed into a different kind of creature, as if it had been subject to the Reincarnate spell.
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A creature from the Astral Sea (such as a githyanki knight) appears within 60 feet of the
Magic Items
Acquisitions Incorporated
” fanged mouth.
Wizard
A pocket dimension hidden up your sleeve or inside your hat
The living loot satchel is a kind of magical being that safeguards the franchise’s funds and
Dexterity (Sleight of Hand) check. On a success, you draw forth an item of your choice on the Adventuring Gear table in chapter 5 of the Player’s Handbook. The item must be of a size that can fit
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Elemental Evil Player's Companion
known as svirfneblin. Guarded, and suspicious of outsiders, svirfneblin are cunning and taciturn, but can be just as kind-hearted, loyal, and compassionate as their surface cousins.
When you create a
gnome character, you may choose the deep gnome as an alternative to the subraces in the Player’s Handbook.
Species
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
’s appearance might remind an onlooker of an animal, they remain clearly identifiable as shifters even when at their most feral.
Most shifters resemble a particular kind of lycanthrope. You can
choose the kind of lycanthrope in your past, or you can determine it randomly by rolling on the Lycanthrope Ancestor table. The table also provides a suggestion for the Shifting option you might have
Species
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
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Heir of Hags
One way hags create more of their kind is through the creation of hexbloods. Every hexblood exhibits features suggestive of the hag whose magic inspires their powers. This includes an
their own kind or that embodies the hexblood’s nature. This requires that both the hag and hexblood be in the same place and consent to the lengthy ritual—circumstances most hexbloods shun but
Backgrounds
Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
called the Chill. Unlike most of their kind, the Chill refrains from raiding the people of the North and maintains relatively good relations so that they can hire themselves out as warriors. Few city
chapter 8 of the Player’s Handbook).
Suggested Characteristics
Use the tables for the soldier background below as the basis for your traits and motivations, modifying the entries
Species
Acquisitions Incorporated
stature. But they soon learned that their kind were fated to eventually undergo a dramatic, painful, and random growth spurt that sees them transformed to hobgoblin size over a period of days.
At the
inexperience in the world and their racial amnesia sometimes lends the verdan a kind of innocence that works against them. Some are credulous and easily fooled by hucksters, but most verdan have an intuition
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
Using Inspiration If you have inspiration, you can expend it when you make an attack roll, saving throw, or ability check. Spending your inspiration gives you advantage on that roll. Additionally, if
you have inspiration, you can reward another player for good roleplaying, clever thinking, or simply doing something exciting in the game. When another player character does something that really
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
Using Inspiration If you have inspiration, you can expend it when you make an attack roll, saving throw, or ability check. Spending your inspiration gives you advantage on that roll. Additionally, if
you have inspiration, you can reward another player for good roleplaying, clever thinking, or simply doing something exciting in the game. When another player character does something that really
Backgrounds
Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
Suggested Characteristics
Use the tables for the soldier background in the Player’s Handbook as the basis for your traits and motivations, modifying the entries when appropriate to suit
, such as the brutal Warlock Knights of Vaasa. Other knighthoods are secular and nongovernmental organizations of warriors who follow a particular philosophy, or consider themselves a kind of extended
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
hero point whenever he or she makes an attack roll, an ability check, or a saving throw. The player can spend the hero point after the roll is made but before any of its results are applied. Spending
starts with 5 hero points at 1st level. Each time the character gains a level, he or she loses any unspent hero points and gains a new total equal to 5 + half the character’s level. A player can spend a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
Nihiloor The illithid Nihiloor works for Xanathar, spending its days creating intellect devourers and setting them loose in the sewers of Waterdeep. Each intellect devourer attacks the first
humanoid it encounters, using its victim as a puppet to spy on the city and relay information back to Nihiloor. Occasionally, an intellect devourer is instructed to seek out a particular kind of target, such
Actions
Player characters and monsters can also do things not covered by these actions. Many class features and other abilities provide additional action options, and you can improvise other actions. When
you describe an action not detailed elsewhere in the rules, the Dungeon Master tells you whether that action is possible and what kind of D20 Test you need to make, if any.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
next game (assuming the participant wants to keep playing). Life and Death Life and death is a dice game played between the house (represented by a dealer) and a player. While up to five players can
sit at a table, their only opponent is the house. To play, each player places a bet; once bets have been placed, the house and the players each roll a d20. If a player rolls lower than the dealer, the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Dice You need a full set of polyhedral dice: d4, d6, d8, d10, d12, and d20. It’s helpful to have at least two of each kind. Ideally, each player should also have their own set of polyhedral dice
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
Dice You need a full set of polyhedral dice: d4, d6, d8, d10, d12, and d20. It’s helpful to have at least two of each kind. Ideally, each player should also have their own set of polyhedral dice
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
foes, at which point the deep friendships between them forge the kind of fighting force needed to overthrow tyranny and eradicate evil. Harper scouts engaged in charting and blocking off Underdark
their ranks are researching how to defeat the demon lords and their kind. For long years, the Harpers have sworn to put an end to unbridled evil in all its forms — especially evil that wields dark
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Basic Facilities A character’s Bastion starts with two free basic facilities, which the character’s player chooses from the Basic Facilities list below. One of the chosen facilities is Cramped, and
introduce new NPCs. A character can add new basic facilities or enlarge existing ones by spending money and time, as discussed in the sections that follow. Any number of basic facilities can be added or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver
check; just tell the player what happens. Likewise, if there’s no way anyone could accomplish the task, just tell the player it doesn’t work. Otherwise, answer these three simple questions: What kind of
ability check? How hard is it? What’s the result? Use the descriptions of the ability scores and their associated skills in the Basic Rules to help you decide what kind of ability check to use. Then
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a7
adventure, and if your group is a hack-and-slay gathering, they will be unhappy! Only high-level characters stand a chance of surviving, but every player who braves the tomb will have the experience
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->Out of the Abyss
, spending 1 extra foot of movement for every foot of passage. Medium or smaller creatures can move through such areas normally.
Map 2.2: The Hook Horror Lair View Player Version
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
the conversation about the kind of game you want to play. If it’s just one player causing the trouble, it’s perfectly appropriate to issue an ultimatum: an out-of-control player who wants to continue
(with their input), arbitrate the rules, and settle arguments. And when you’re narrating the action of the game, the players should be paying attention. Player Die Rolling Players should roll their dice
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
combat, and the party might go for several sessions without seeing a monster. Again, make sure your players know ahead of time that you want to run this kind of campaign. Otherwise, a player might
this kind of game, the characters might care more about skill training and making contacts than about attack spells and magic weapons. Roleplaying and social interaction take on greater importance than
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
(with their input), arbitrate the rules, and settle arguments. And when you’re narrating the action of the game, the players should be paying attention. Player Die Rolling Players should roll their dice
in full view of everyone. If a player scoops up their dice before anyone else can see what they rolled, encourage that player to be less secretive. When a die falls on the floor, do you count it or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Settlements and Sites Valachan is beautiful, lush, and wild. Every kind of colorful creature and vibrant bloom flourishes here, and from its deep gulches to its heady mountain ridges, the domain
generations of inhabitants. These paths are easily spotted by those who know how to look for them. Every living thing in Valachan generates wily camouflage, venom, spines, tricks, or traps. Nothing here is safe, defenseless, or as it seems.Map 3.14: valachan View Player Version
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
they are spending too long in the village, read or paraphrase the following. As you prepare to step onto the garden path, you notice movement high up on the tower. A human male dressed in black robes
over his shoulder as another figure suddenly dashes out onto the balcony. A flash of blades and spell-fire erupts. Then the figure who spoke pitches his attacker over the railing before dashing back inside.
Map 15.1: Xonthal’s Tower
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Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a1
Rumors Heard in Oakhurst Player characters can discover the following additional information while spending time in the local tavern, or through asking the right questions of the locals. No one knows
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver
makes an ability check, an attack roll, or a saving throw. Spending inspiration gives the character advantage on the roll. A clever player might spend the inspiration to counteract disadvantage on a roll.
A character can have only one inspiration at a time.
Map of the Sword Coast View Player Version
possession. A flaw is a characteristic that someone else can exploit to bring the character to ruin or cause the character to act against his or her best interests.
When a player roleplays a negative
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Borderlands Quest: Goblin Trouble
. The tracks indicate that two people walked into the cave within the last hour on their tiptoes. Guiding Player Choices
The adventure here provides advice on how to handle characters doing two very
not entering the cave, remind them that there might be other exits to these caves somewhere else, so waiting or spending too much time doing other activities could mean that the bowl will get away from
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
Special NPCs In this chapter, each player runs not only a player character but also an NPC who has ties to the settlement that the characters are defending. Once you’ve determined where the adventure
ideal, and a flaw), and a stat block. When the giant attack begins, give one NPC to each player and tell the player where the NPC is at the start of the encounter, as noted in the encounter description
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
offer even if a legitimate buyer is found. Resources. A character can find a buyer for one magic item by spending one workweek and 25 gp, which is used to spread word of the desired sale. A character
must pick one item at a time to sell. Resolution. A character who wants to sell an item must make a Charisma (Persuasion) check to determine what kind of offer comes in. The character can always opt
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
Areas of the Alley The following locations are keyed to map 4.1. View Player Version L1. Alley Residence This old, one-story, windowless stone house with a slate roof is tucked in the middle of the
(Athletics) check. The interior is divided into two rooms, a kitchen with a fireplace and a plainly furnished bedroom. L2. Store This stone building is a store of one kind or another. If an encounter doesn’t
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
the most powerful figures in the Forgotten Realms.
Charlie Sanders, a lifelong D&D player, brought his experience writing for television to the project by helping flesh out the story bible months
Waterdeep, I wish to thank Ed Greenwood for making the City of Splendors what it is: the kind of magical place you wish in your heart was real.
Chris Perkins
December 2017
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
adventure matter in the next. Plotting and running that kind of campaign can be demanding on the DM, but the payoff is a great and memorable story. An episodic campaign, in contrast, is like a
television show where each week’s episode is a self-contained story that doesn’t play into any overarching plot. It might be built on a premise that explains its nature: the player characters are adventurers
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
one of these peoples. Not every intelligent race of the multiverse is appropriate for a player-controlled adventurer. Dwarves, elves, halflings, and humans are the most common races to produce the sort
affects many different aspects of your character. It establishes fundamental qualities that exist throughout your character’s adventuring career. When making this decision, keep in mind the kind of