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Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
’s choice that she can see in that area must make a DC 17 Constitution saving throw. On a failed save, a creature takes 38 (7d10);{"diceNotation":"7d10", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Blood
starting its turn there must succeed on a DC 13 Dexterity saving throw or be restrained by the tentacles. A creature that starts its turn restrained by the tentacles takes 10 (3d6);{"diceNotation":"3d6
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
can’t make attacks while grappling a creature in this way.
Spellcasting. The hag casts one of the following spells, using Charisma as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 13):
3/day each
hag. Over time, “Granny” or “Grampy” convinces the child that it’s okay to do bad deeds—starting with breaking things or wandering without permission, then
Yeenoghu
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Monsters
Out of the Abyss
Innate Spellcasting. Yeenoghu’s spellcasting ability is Charisma (spell save DC 17, +9;{"diceNotation":"1d20+9","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Innate Spellcasting"} to hit with spell attacks
the space where the spike emerges must make a DC 24 Dexterity saving throw. On a failed save, the creature takes 27 (6d8);{"diceNotation":"6d8","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Iron Spike
Monsters
Curse of Strahd
spellcaster. His spellcasting ability is Wisdom (spell save DC 15, +7;{"diceNotation":"1d20+7","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Spellcasting"} to hit with spell attacks). Rictavio has the following
as he can, starting with evil Vistani.
Man with a Plan. Van Richten doesn’t know that his former protégé, a good-aligned Vistana named Ezmerelda d’Avenir, has come to Barovia
Magic Items
Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
sight of the servant, starting with those threatening the artifact— preferably using the servant, if possible.
Self-Destruct. By inputting a specific series of lever pulls and button presses
servant explodes. Every creature in a 100-foot-radius sphere centered on the servant must make a DC 25 Dexterity saving throw. On a failed save, a creature takes 87 (25d6) force damage, 87 (25d6) lightning
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Constitution saving throw. On a failed save, the creature takes 28 (8d6);{"diceNotation":"8d6", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Desiccating Breath", "rollDamageType":"necrotic"} necrotic damage and
Strength deal half damage. On a successful save, the creature takes half as much damage and isn’t weakened.
Spellcasting (Psionics). The dragon casts one of the following spells, requiring no spell
Entangle
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Grasping weeds and vines sprout from the ground in a 20-foot square starting from a point within range. For the duration, these plants turn the ground in the area into difficult terrain.
A creature
make a Strength check against your spell save DC. On a success, it frees itself.
When the spell ends, the conjured plants wilt away.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Starting Location Begin your campaign in a location you can detail, such as a village, a neighborhood in a larger city, an outpost, or a roadside tavern. Be prepared to give players enough
Free City of Greyhawk, described later in this chapter, is an ideal starting location and illustrates the kinds of things to consider as you detail a starting location. If you’re building your own
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
emotions, phantasmal force 3rd blink, plant growth 4th dominate beast, greater invisibility 5th dominate person, seeming Fey Presence Starting at 1st level, your patron bestows upon you the ability to
project the beguiling and fearsome presence of the fey. As an action, you can cause each creature in a 10-foot cube originating from you to make a Wisdom saving throw against your warlock spell save DC
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
Savant Beginning when you select this school at 2nd level, the gold and time you must spend to copy an enchantment spell into your spellbook is halved. Hypnotic Gaze Starting at 2nd level when you
, it must succeed on a Wisdom saving throw against your wizard spell save DC or be charmed by you until the end of your next turn. The charmed creature’s speed drops to 0, and the creature is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
starting from a point within range. For the duration, these plants turn the ground in the area into difficult terrain. A creature in the area when you cast the spell must succeed on a Strength saving throw
or be restrained by the entangling plants until the spell ends. A creature restrained by the plants can use its action to make a Strength check against your spell save DC. On a success, it frees itself. When the spell ends, the conjured plants wilt away.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
starting from a point within range. For the duration, these plants turn the ground in the area into difficult terrain. A creature in the area when you cast the spell must succeed on a Strength saving throw
or be restrained by the entangling plants until the spell ends. A creature restrained by the plants can use its action to make a Strength check against your spell save DC. On a success, it frees itself. When the spell ends, the conjured plants wilt away.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
proficiency with the disguise kit and the poisoner’s kit. Assassinate Starting at 3rd level, you are at your deadliest when you get the drop on your enemies. You have advantage on attack rolls against any
creature that hasn’t taken a turn in the combat yet. In addition, any hit you score against a creature that is surprised is a critical hit. Infiltration Expertise Starting at 9th level, you can unfailingly
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
understand the moments of their demise. They then use this knowledge to guide their understanding of martial arts, yielding a deadly fighting style. Touch of Death Starting when you choose this tradition at
required) to have 1 hit point instead. Touch of the Long Death Starting at 17th level, your touch can channel the energy of death into a creature. As an action, you touch one creature within 5 feet of you
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
, speak with dead 4th aura of life, death ward 5th contagion, legend lore Among the Dead Starting at 1st level, you learn the spare the dying cantrip, which counts as a warlock cantrip for you. You
a Wisdom saving throw against your spell save DC (an undead needn’t make the save when it includes you in an area effect, such as the explosion of fireball). On a failed save, the creature must choose
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
your spell save DC, taking 3d8 force damage on a failed save or half as much damage on a successful one. Fortified Position Starting at 15th level, you’re a master at forming well-defended emplacements
choice.
Artillerist Spells Starting at 3rd level, you always have certain spells prepared after you reach particular levels in this class, as shown in the Artillerist Spells table. These spells count
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
a successful save. Potent Cantrip Starting at 6th level, your damaging cantrips affect even creatures that avoid the brunt of the effect. When a creature succeeds on a saving throw against your
damage roll of any wizard evocation spell you cast. Overchannel Starting at 14th level, you can increase the power of your simpler spells. When you cast a wizard spell of 1st through 5th level that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
Ki Starting at 2nd level, your training allows you to harness the mystic energy of ki. Your access to this energy is represented by a number of ki points. Your monk level determines the number of
feature’s effects. The saving throw DC is calculated as follows: Ki save DC = 8 + your proficiency bonus + your Wisdom modifier Flurry of Blows Immediately after you take the Attack action on your
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
never know which one of those tropes might save your life. Acquisitions Incorporated is high fantasy by way of office comedy. Imagine the Fellowship of the Ring insisting they only trekked from nine to
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
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
starting, such as the name of the town, important locations in and around it, prominent NPCs they’d know about, and perhaps rumors that point to trouble that’s brewing. Keep this handout short and to the
point. Two pages is a reasonable maximum. Even if you have a burst of creative energy that produces twenty pages of great background material, save it for your adventures. Let the players uncover the details gradually in play.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
. (Knowing this language allows you to understand and be understood by those who speak its dialects: Aquan, Auran, Ignan, and Terran.) Tempestuous Magic Starting at 1st level, you can use a bonus action on
100-foot-radius sphere centered on you. The wind blows in that direction until the end of your next turn. This feature doesn’t alter the speed of the wind. Storm’s Fury Starting at 14th level, when
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
Ki Starting at 2nd level, your training allows you to harness the mystic energy of ki. Your access to this energy is represented by a number of ki points. Your monk level determines the number of
feature’s effects. The saving throw DC is calculated as follows: Ki save DC = 8 + your proficiency bonus + your Wisdom modifier
Flurry of Blows Immediately after you take the Attack action on your
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
sensing). The ray creates a line of destruction 10 feet wide starting from the target point and progressing 100 feet in a direction of the creature’s choice. Creatures and objects in that line take
controls can make a DC 20 Intelligence (Arcana) check. On a successful check, the creature can cast the scrying spell (spell save DC 17) from the device. A magical image of the target appears before the controls.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
Slayer Magic, Hunter’s Sense, Slayer’s Prey 7th Supernatural Defense 11th Magic-User’s Nemesis 15th Slayer’s Counter Monster Slayer Magic Starting at 3rd level, you learn an additional spell when you
of times equal to your Wisdom modifier (minimum of once). You regain all expended uses of it when you finish a long rest. Slayer’s Prey Starting at 3rd level, you can focus your ire on one foe
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
Magic Starting at 1st level, you can use a bonus action on your turn to cause whirling gusts of elemental air to briefly surround you, immediately before or after you cast a spell of 1st level or
speed of the wind. Storm’s Fury Starting at 14th level, when you are hit by a melee attack, you can use your reaction to deal lightning damage to the attacker. The damage equals your sorcerer level. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
1 Proficiencies and Starting Equipment, Tiebreaker
2 Absentee Ballot, Coin of Decisionry
3 Better Odds, Inspired Decision
4 Charming Misdemeanor, Clandestine Kit
Proficiencies
and Starting Equipment As a rank 1 decisionist, you gain proficiency with a musical instrument (horn). Head office also grants you the use of a musical instrument (your choice of horn), a voting kit
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
Dexterity saving throw. If the save fails by 5 or more, the creature is knocked off the engine into the magma. Otherwise, a creature failing its save slides down the spherical side of the engine but
succeed on a DC 15 Strength check at the start of its next turn or lose its grip on the fallen creature, which then plunges into the magma. At the end of each of its turns starting on round 9, the Maze
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
an exhalation of magical energy in a 15-foot cone. Each creature in that area must make a Dexterity saving throw (DC = 8 + your Constitution modifier + your proficiency bonus). On a failed save, the
creature takes 1d10 damage of the type associated with your Gem Ancestry. On a successful save, it takes half as much damage. This damage increases by 1d10 when you reach 5th level (2d10), 11th level
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
starting the adventure in Easthaven or have just arrived, they are present during Dzaan’s fiery execution. They’re too late to save Dzaan, but they might encounter a magical copy of him again in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
save, the creature takes 1d10 damage of the type associated with your Chromatic Ancestry. On a successful save, it takes half as much damage. This damage increases by 1d10 when you reach 5th level (2d10
Resistance. You have resistance to the damage type associated with your Chromatic Ancestry. Chromatic Warding. Starting at 5th level, as an action, you can channel your draconic energy to protect
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
starting at a point chosen by the caster within the spell’s range. An encounter with this mist typically covers 1d6 such areas (400–2,400 square feet). A giant or humanoid that comes into contact with the
mist must succeed on a DC 13 Constitution saving throw or become infected with blue mist fever. An infected creature begins seeing vivid hallucinations of blue monkeys 1d6 hours after failing the save
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
additional druid cantrip of your choice. This cantrip doesn’t count against the number of druid cantrips you know. Natural Recovery Starting at 2nd level, you can regain some of your magical energy by
shape 9th cloudkill, insect plague Land’s Stride Starting at 6th level, moving through nonmagical difficult terrain costs you no extra movement. You can also pass through nonmagical plants without being
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
save DC = 8 + your proficiency bonus + your Strength or Dexterity modifier (your choice)
Student of War At 3rd level, you gain proficiency with one type of artisan’s tools of your choice. Know Your
Enemy Starting at 7th level, if you spend at least 1 minute observing or interacting with another creature outside combat, you can learn certain information about its capabilities compared to your own
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
issue a challenge that compels other creatures to do battle with you. Each creature of your choice that you can see within 30 feet of you must make a Wisdom saving throw. On a failed save, a creature
(minimum of 1) if it has no more than half of its hit points. Divine Allegiance Starting at 7th level, when a creature within 5 feet of you takes damage, you can use your reaction to magically substitute
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
Wisdom saving throw. On a failed save, the attacker takes radiant damage equal to the damage it just dealt. On a successful save, it takes half as much damage. Aura of the Guardian Starting at 7th
they slay their enemies only when such a deed will clearly save other lives. Paladins who follow this path are known as redeemers. While redeemers are idealists, they are no fools. Redeemers know that