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identity. Roll on the Faceless Persona table to determine your persona, or work with the DM to create a persona thatâs unique to your character and suits the tone of your game.
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Persona
people donât realize how much they need me.
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Iâve seen too many in need. I must not fail them as everyone else has.
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I stand in opposition, less the wicked go unopposed.
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Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
essence of their ancestorsâ mountainous home, goliaths stand between 7 and 8 feet tall and have a wide array of skin tones resembling different types of stone.
Creating Your Character
At 1st level
âs creature type is.
Hereâs a list of the gameâs creature types in alphabetical order: Aberration, Beast, Celestial, Construct, Dragon, Elemental, Fey, Fiend, Giant, Humanoid
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal
Tomb of Horrors Before there was much of anything else in the world of the D&D game, there was the Tomb of Horrors. The first version of the adventure was crafted for Gary Gygaxâs personal campaign
Advanced D&D game, came in 1978. As a proving ground for characters and players alike, fabricated by the devious mind of the gameâs cocreator, Tomb of Horrors has no equal in the annals of D&Dâs greatest
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Astral Adventurerâs Guide
Introduction: Vast Oceans of Adventure In a D&D game, adventures can unfold in any corner of the multiverseânot just in the dungeons and wildernesses of the Material Plane but also on other planes of
existence, including what celestial navigators refer to as Wildspace. When you stand on a Material Plane world and look up at the night sky, what youâre seeing is Wildspace and, beyond that, the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Playerâs Handbook
Chapter 2: Creating a Character DMITRY BURMAK World-traveling explorers Hank, Bobby, Sheila, Diana, and
Presto stand on the threshold of their next adventure You can make a character for Dungeons
& Dragons using the building blocks in this book. Your character is a combination of game statistics, roleplaying hooks, and your imagination. You choose a class (such as Fighter or Wizard), a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal
take our chances,â he says, whether he is breaking up a card game that has turned violent or refusing the pleas of adventurers trapped at the bottom of the well who are unable to pay for a ride up
to fend for themselves. Self-sufficiency is the only path to success. Ideal: Independence. Someone who can stand alone can stand against anything. Bond: The Yawning Portal. This place is my only home
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
in the pot. Each player rolls three dice. Play then proceeds clockwise around the table, with the host of the game going last. On their turn, a player can choose to âstandâ or âroll.â If the player
rolling additional dice until they either stand or break. After everyone has had a turn, the highest point total (excluding players who busted) wins the game and takes the pot.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver
and what they want. You donât need to be an actor or stand-up comedian to get good drama or humor out of your NPCs, but if you want to ham it up, hereâs some advice: Relax. Donât worry about
, and television. Adjust the volume as appropriate. An NPC can be loud, soft-spoken, or something in between. Keep the game moving. Let the players steer the interactions with the NPCs. The characters
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Masterâs Guide
Using Your Journal Use your journal to plan out your next game session (see âPreparing a Sessionâ in chapter 1). Then, when the game session is over, use the journal to capture anything else of
importance that might have bearing on future sessions, such as the name of an NPC you created on the fly or a critical piece of information the characters learned. During a game session, you can use your
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
Card Collector âCome one, come all!â A satyr wearing a velvet cloak beams at you from a stand full of card decks. He waves with a dramatic flourish, and a set of cards appears in his hand ⊠or did he
pull it from his sleeve?
A satyr named Hugo Clovenhorn sells card decks from this stand, performing card tricks as he talks. He might pause a conversation to pull a card from behind a characterâs
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice Compendium
The Role of Rules Why even have a column like Sage Advice when a DM can just make a ruling? Rules are a big part of what makes D&D a game, rather than simply improvised storytelling. The gameâs rules
contingency. If the rules tried to do so, the game would become unplayable. An alternative would be for the rules to severely limit what characters can do, which would be counter to the open-endedness of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Masterâs Guide
What If Everyone Dies? Misadventure can wipe out an entire group. (Youâll sometimes hear players refer to this as a âtotal party killâ or âTPK.â) Such a catastrophe doesnât have to end the whole game
ârather, it presents an opportunity to take the game in a new direction. Consider these possibilities. A Fresh Start Everyone makes new characters, and the campaign starts anew. This might be the most
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
Being Prone Combatants often find themselves lying on the ground, either because they are knocked down or because they throw themselves down. In the game, they are prone. You can drop prone without
using any of your speed. Standing up takes more effort; doing so costs an amount of movement equal to half your speed. For example, if your speed is 30 feet, you must spend 15 feet of movement to stand
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
Being Prone Combatants often find themselves lying on the ground, either because they are knocked down or because they throw themselves down. In the game, they are prone. You can drop prone without
using any of your speed. Standing up takes more effort; doing so costs an amount of movement equal to half your speed. For example, if your speed is 30 feet, you must spend 15 feet of movement to stand
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice & Errata
The Role of Rules Why even have Sage Advice when a DM can just make a ruling? Rules are a big part of what makes D&D a game, rather than simply improvised storytelling. The gameâs rules are meant to
the rules tried to do so, the game would become unwieldy. An alternative would be for the rules to severely limit what characters can do, which would be counter to the open-endedness of D&D. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortuneâs Wheel
. âGreetings! It appears youâve stumbled on our ballgame,â reports the modron. âCare to participate?â
The quadrone, G041, is an impartial umpire appointed to observe the ball-and-stick game, which
field. Three low pedestals at each of the triangleâs points serve as bases. The last of these, where batters take their swings, is known as home plate. During the game, batters navigate these bases in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richtenâs Guide to Ravenloft
Horror Atmosphere Atmosphere is the overall mood of your game. Itâs the sense of levity, excitement, or dread that stems from a storyâs content and playersâ perception of it. Atmosphere can be
challenging to build and easy to disrupt, but any D&D gameâparticularly scary gamesâbenefit from your work to cultivate an atmosphere consistent with the experience youâre trying to create. Consider the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
Devils: Archdevils At the top of the hierarchy of the Nine Hells stand the archdevils, a vicious and backbiting group made up of the Hellsâ elite devils. They include the various lords, the nobles
, Moloch â they are pawns. Even the lords of layers such as Zariel and Mammon are merely more powerful pieces. Archdevils may make dramatic moves, but it is Asmodeus who plays the game best.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
6. Three Hounds Parlor The stout beams overhead are stained black with smoke. A comfortable table and chairs, a small wardrobe, and suit of dull black armor stand in the room. A large tapestry shows
forest, about five miles from the lodge. It often places the travelers near a deer, mountain goat, or other wild game. The tapestry weighs about 50 pounds and works only when it is hanging on a wall
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
6. Three Hounds Parlor The stout beams overhead are stained black with smoke. A comfortable table and chairs, a small wardrobe, and suit of dull black armor stand in the room. A large tapestry shows
into the surrounding forest, about five miles from the lodge. It often places the travelers near a deer, mountain goat, or other wild game. Treasure The tapestry weighs about 50 pounds and works only
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
stand atop a causeway of frost-covered ice that stretches toward the city like the dead, frozen tongue of some hideous behemoth out of whose mouth youâve just stepped.
Show your players map 7.1
. Permission is granted to photocopy this player-friendly map of the necropolis for home game use. Map 7.2 is the DMâs version of the same map. Because the city is magically lit, the characters can see
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Masterâs Guide
run, ask your players what they prefer. If your players have different preferences, you can intersperse episodic, stand-alone adventures among serialized adventures to break up the bigger story
. Episodes An episodic campaign is a campaign in which the component adventures donât combine to form an overarching story. Episodic adventures are stand-alone quests, and the villains who appear in one
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
1 A hammered metal brazier elaborately etched and set with polished obsidian, which sits atop a stand holding rare incense blends
2 A beautifully inlaid mosaic map of the region within a 100
from the fountain
6 A statue of the red dragon with gemstones for eyes
7 A detailed, life-sized elf skull cast in precious metal
8 A game board and a complete set of pieces, all carved
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
that look like honey mixed with mushroom pieces. Off to the side, more students stand, laughing and holding curious-looking wands.
A student shouts through uncontrollable giggling: âGross! Look at
to physically manipulate them. In this game, the other mascots jovially participate in the stacking contest. The spirit statues offer to serve as each stackâs base. The art elementals, fractals, and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
each otherâs company while singing, dancing, and playing games. Argantle is playing a chess-like game called Crowns with her cousin, Jagu, when a howling wind warns her of the partyâs approach, giving
center of this henge, a small, checkered game board with stone playing pieces rests on the ground near the dying embers of a campfire.
Each of the eight standing stones is about 20 feet tall and hewn
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
Introduction The Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game is about storytelling in worlds of swords and sorcery. It shares elements with childhood games of make-believe. Like those games, D&D is driven by
portcullis, green with growth, hangs in the entry tunnel. Beyond this, the main doors of Castle Ravenloft stand open, a rich warm light spilling into the courtyard.
Phillip (playing Gareth): I want
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
Introduction The Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game is about storytelling in worlds of swords and sorcery. It shares elements with childhood games of make-believe. Like those games, D&D is driven by
portcullis, green with growth, hangs in the entry tunnel. Beyond this, the main doors of Castle Ravenloft stand open, a rich warm light spilling into the courtyard.
Phillip (playing Gareth): I want
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a4
for a party to investigate all three branches of the dungeon. If this is the case, it would be best if the party were required to leave the dungeon and reenter upon resumption of the game. If they stay
armies of Takhisis.
Eberron. On the continent of XenâDrik, the mountain could stand in the range known as the Fangs of Argarak.
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->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
, becoming a living prison that could forever hold the darkness within. And this is the foundation of our reality. Eberron is the Dragon Between, the world on which we stand. Khyber is the Dragon Below
determine the path of the Prophecy, and player characters may be pawns in this great game. As one of the heroes of the age, you surely have a role in the Draconic Prophecy. Will you be a tool of one of these ancient forces, or will you master the game and determine your own destiny?
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
17. Main Entrance There isnât a stoop or other surface to stand on outside this castle entrance, but hanging on the front door is a crude wooden sign inscribed with the words âOttoâs Castleâ in
visitors have arrived, though neither creature makes any effort to greet them. The room contains the following: Pedestals. Four white marble pedestals stand near the west and east walls. Atop each
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Masterâs Guide (2014)
adventurers are in a living world. Strive for responses and actions that introduce twists into the game. For example, an old woman whose family was killed at the hands of an evil wizard might regard
expressions with an unusual voice, a character truly comes to life. Though you donât need to stand up out of your chair, you can use your arms to bring even more life to an NPC. A noble could chop the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
world and take on the challenges that lesser women and men canât stand against. Class is the primary definition of what your character can do. Itâs more than a profession; itâs your characterâs
terms of strategy and maneuvering, and see herself as just a pawn in a much larger game. A cleric, by contrast, might see himself as a willing servant in a godâs unfolding plan or a conflict brewing
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Flee, Mortals! Rule Primer
Caregiver Every companion has a player character caregiver who commands the creature. The caregiverâs player controls the companion most of the time during the game, though the GM can step in to take
incapacitated or dies, the GM determines who controls the companionâtypically, the caregiverâs player can maintain control of their companion as they take a heroic stand against the enemy. However, in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Masterâs Guide
Small Groups A group that contains fewer than four players might find combat encounters difficult, especially if the party lacks important capabilities (such as armored characters to stand toe-to-toe
characters. Running two characters at once is a challenge, so make sure those players are comfortable taking on multiple characters. This approach works best in a game thatâs focused on combat, since it