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Vladeska Drakov

monsters

":"Piercing"} Piercing damage, and the target’s Speed is halved until the end of its next turn.General of a demoralized occupying army, Vladeska Drakov rules what little of Falkovnia hasn’t been

domain. Falkovnia’s borders are usually closed, but they open one week every month starting on the night of the new moon. Endless War. Whenever a creature other than Drakov or her allies finishes a

Githyanki

Species Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

psionic powers and built a great city called Tu’narath. They have since spread throughout the multiverse, starting in outposts outside the Astral Plane, called creches, where time passes and their

race. If you select a fantastical race, follow these additional rules during character creation. Ability Score Increases When determining your character’s ability scores, increase one score

Gem Dragonborn

Species Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

, and topaz—gleam in these dragonborn’s scaled skin and course through their veins. Theirs are the wonders of the mind, the force of will, the brilliant light of insight, and the resounding

the game’s fantastical races. If you select one of the dragonborn races in this chapter, follow these additional rules during character creation. Ability Score Increases When determining your

Reborn Legacy

Species Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

veins making it clear that they’ve been touched by death. Other reborn are marvels of magic or science, being stitched together from disparate beings or bearing mysterious minds in manufactured

, but you aren’t any longer. You now possess only your lineage’s racial traits. When you create a character using a lineage option, follow these additional rules during character creation

Earth Genasi

Species Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

of stone and earth or a human skin tone with glittering sparkles like gem dust. Some earth genasi have lines marking their skin like cracks, either showing glimmering gemlike veins or a dim, yellowish

your character is a member of the human race or of a fantastical race. If you select a fantastical race, follow these additional rules during character creation. Ability Score Increases When

Sorcerer

classes Basic Rules (2014)

Golden eyes flashing, a human stretches out her hand and unleashes the dragonfire that burns in her veins. As an inferno rages around her foes, leathery wings spread from her back and she takes to

world, and it’s unusual to find a sorcerer who is not involved in the adventuring life in some way. People with magical power seething in their veins soon discover that the power doesn’t

Artificer

classes Eberron: Forge of the Artificer

one type of Artisan’s Tools of your choice Armor Training Light and Medium armor and Shields Starting Equipment Choose A or B: (A) Studded Leather;Studded Leather Armor, Dagger

Artificer’s level 1 features, which are listed in the Artificer Features table. See the multiclassing rules in the Player’s Handbook to determine your available spell slots, adding half your

Ranger

classes Player’s Handbook

Shields Starting Equipment Choose A or B: (A) Studded Leather;Studded Leather Armor, Scimitar, Shortsword, Longbow, 20 Arrows, Quiver, Druidic Focus (sprig of mistletoe), Explorer's Pack, and 7 GP

. Gain the Ranger’s level 1 features, which are listed in the Ranger Features table. See the multiclassing rules to determine your available spell slots. Ranger Features

Druid

classes Player’s Handbook

Starting Equipment Choose A or B: (A) Leather;Leather Armor, Shield, Sickle, Druidic Focus (Quarterstaff), Explorer's Pack, Herbalism Kit, and 9 GP; or (B) 50 GP Druids belong to ancient

. Druids are concerned with the delicate ecological balance that sustains plant and animal life and with the need for people to live in harmony with nature. Druids often guard sacred sites or watch over

Druid

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook

Shields Starting Equipment Choose A or B: (A) Leather Armor, Shield, Sickle, Druidic Focus (Quarterstaff), Explorer’s Pack, Herbalism Kit, and 9 GP; or (B) 50 GP Druids belong to ancient orders that

concerned with the delicate ecological balance that sustains plant and animal life and with the need for people to live in harmony with nature. Druids often guard sacred sites or watch over regions of

Druid

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules

, Medicine, Nature, Perception, Religion, or Survival Weapon Proficiencies Simple weapons Tool Proficiencies Herbalism Kit Armor Training Light armor and Shields Starting Equipment Choose A or B: (A

deity, or both, and they typically unite with other Druids to perform rites that mark the passage of the seasons and other natural cycles. Druids are concerned with the delicate ecological balance that

Class Features (p. 164)

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice & Errata

Class Features (p. 164) The second sentence has been changed to “You don’t, however, receive the class’s starting equipment, and a few features have additional rules when you’re multiclassing: Channel Divinity, Extra Attack, Unarmored Defense, and Spellcasting.”

Leveling Up

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon of Icespire Peak

Leveling Up Characters advance in level by completing quests, using the guidelines for leveling up in the Basic Rules. Regardless of the number of characters in the party, the rate of advancement is

as follows: Characters gain a level each time they complete a starting quest, until they reach 3rd level. Once they are 3rd level or higher, completing a starting quest has no effect on their level

Introduction

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)

&D tabletop roleplaying game. If you haven’t played before, the Dungeons & Dragons Starter Set is a great starting point for new players and DMs. These rules have two important companions: the Player’s

live. Whether you’re running a D&D game already or you think it’s something you want to try, these rules are for you. The Dungeon Master’s Guide assumes that you know the basics of how to play the D

Class Features

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)

Class Features When you gain a new level in a class, you get its features for that level. You don’t, however, receive the class’s starting equipment, and a few features have additional rules when you’re multiclassing: Channel Divinity, Extra Attack, Unarmored Defense, and Spellcasting.

Bard

classes Player’s Handbook

Weapon Proficiencies Simple weapons Tool Proficiencies Choose 3 Musical Instruments Armor Training Light armor Starting Equipment Choose A or B: (A) Leather;Leather Armor, 2 Dagger

, proficiency with one Musical Instrument of your choice, and training with Light armor. Gain the Bard’s level 1 features, which are listed in the Bard Features table. See the multiclassing rules to

Wizard

classes Player’s Handbook

, History, Insight, Investigation, Medicine, Nature, or Religion Weapon Proficiencies Simple weapons Armor Training None Starting Equipment Choose A or B: (A) 2 Dagger;Daggers, Staff

Features table. See the multiclassing rules to determine your available spell slots. Wizard Features ——Spell Slots per Spell Level—— Level Proficiency Bonus

Creating Your Character

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook

Creating Your Character Creating a higher-level character uses the same character-creation steps outlined in this chapter and the rules for advancing beyond level 1 provided in the “Level Advancement

” section. You begin with the minimum amount of XP required to reach your starting level. For example, if the DM starts you at level 10, you have 64,000 XP.

Creating Your Character

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules

Creating Your Character Creating a higher-level character uses the same character-creation steps outlined in this chapter and the rules for advancing beyond level 1 provided in the “Level Advancement

” section. You begin with the minimum amount of XP required to reach your starting level. For example, if the DM starts you at level 10, you have 64,000 XP.

Paladin

classes Player’s Handbook

: Athletics, Insight, Intimidation, Medicine, Persuasion, or Religion Weapon Proficiencies Simple and Martial weapons Armor Training Light, Medium, and Heavy armor and Shields Starting

level 1 features, which are listed in the Paladin Features table. See the multiclassing rules to determine your available spell slots. Paladin Features —Spell Slots per

Warlock

classes Player’s Handbook

, Deception, History, Intimidation, Investigation, Nature, or Religion Weapon Proficiencies Simple weapons Armor Training Light armor Starting Equipment Choose A or B: (A) Leather;Leather

level 1 features, which are listed in the Warlock Features table. See the multiclassing rules to determine your available spell slots. Warlock Features Level Proficiency Bonus Class Features

Standalone Adventures

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos

in this way. If you run any of these adventures separately, you should ask the players to create characters of the appropriate starting level for the adventure, as shown in the Adventure Levels table

. Adventure Levels Adventure Starting Level Chapter Campus Kerfuffle 1st 3 Hunt for Mage Tower 4th 4 The Magister’s Masquerade 6th 5 A Reckoning in Ruins 8th 6 Relationships If you run chapter 4, 5

Creating a Sorcerer

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)

Creating a Sorcerer The most important question to consider when creating your sorcerer is the origin of your power. As a starting character, you’ll choose an origin that ties to a draconic bloodline

powerful individual in the world — the fey creature that blessed you at birth, the dragon who put a drop of its blood into your veins, the lich who created you as an experiment, or the deity who chose you to carry this power.

Earth Genasi Traits

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

colors of stone and earth or a human skin tone with glittering sparkles like gem dust. Some earth genasi have lines marking their skin like cracks, either showing glimmering gemlike veins or a dim

proficiency bonus, regaining all expended uses when you finish a long rest. Starting at 5th level, you can cast the pass without trace spell with this trait, without requiring a material component. Once you

Session Zero

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide

players are experienced, start the campaign at level 3 instead. (See the Player’s Handbook for rules on starting at higher levels.) Bringing the Party Together During session zero, help the players come

, and discuss house rules, with the goal of ensuring the game is a fun experience for everyone involved. The “Ensuring Fun for All” section in chapter 1 covers some of the most important groundwork you

16. Heart of the Mountain

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage

follows: Door Handles. The black basalt doors leading to the dais (area 15b) have handles on this side and are easily pulled open from within. Mithral Veins. Thin veins of mithral spread across the

(see “Gates”). Its rules are as follows: The gate opens for 1 minute when an invisible creature stands directly in front of the mirror. Characters must be 11th level or higher to pass through this

Sorcerer

classes Player’s Handbook

: Arcana, Deception, Insight, Intimidation, Persuasion, or Religion Weapon Proficiencies Simple weapons Armor Training None Starting Equipment Choose A or B: (A) Spear, 2 Dagger;Daggers

Gain the Hit Point Die from the Core Sorcerer Traits table. Gain the Sorcerer’s level 1 features, which are listed in the Sorcerer Features table. See the multiclassing rules to determine

Rakish Audacity (p. 136)

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice & Errata

Rakish Audacity (p. 136) Several adjustments have been made to the Rakish Audacity feature. For clarity, the feature is reprinted with these adjustments here. Rakish Audacity Starting at 3rd level

need advantage on your attack roll to use Sneak Attack against a creature if you are within 5 feet of it, no other creatures are within 5 feet of you, and you don’t have disadvantage on the attack roll. All the other rules for Sneak Attack still apply to you.

Ship-to-Ship Combat

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

Gem Dragonborn

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

colors and mysterious powers of gem dragons—amethyst, crystal, emerald, sapphire, and topaz—gleam in these dragonborn’s scaled skin and course through their veins. Theirs are the wonders of the mind

language with the creature for it to understand these messages, but it must be able to understand at least one language to comprehend them. Gem Flight. Starting at 5th level, you can use a bonus action to

Draegloth

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters

hair. Two of its arms are huge and muscular, tipped with sharp claws; the other two are the size and shape of drow arms, capable of delicate movements. Although the creature is heavily muscled, it is

Magic. A draegloth loves the feeling of tearing opponents apart with its claws and teeth and of wielding the magic that courses through its veins. Most are too impatient to bother with complicated

Adventure Structure

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd

realm of Barovia. If the characters are 1st level, the character background in appendix A is available to them, and consider starting their time in Barovia with the mini-adventure “Death House” in

appendix B. Chapter 2, “The Lands of Barovia,” provides an overview of the realm and includes special rules for it and its people, including the mysterious Vistani. Chapters 3–15 detail areas that

Class Features

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)

Class Features When you gain a new level in a class, you get its features for that level. You don't, however, receive the class's starting equipment, and a few features have additional rules when

What Is Acquisitions Incorporated?

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated

Men toward a pyramid scheme. Starting your own Acquisitions Incorporated franchise means stepping into a world of possibility. It opens up countless adventure hooks, rules for building and growing your

5. Choose Equipment

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)

5. Choose Equipment Your class and background determine your character’s starting equipment, including weapons, armor, and other adventuring gear. Record this equipment on your character sheet. All

such items are detailed in the Equipment section. Instead of taking the gear given to you by your class and background, you can purchase your starting equipment. You have a number of gold pieces (gp

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