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Player’s Handbook
’s Tools or Musical Instrument
Armor Training
None
Starting Equipment
Choose A or B: (A) Spear, 5 Dagger;Daggers, Artisan’s Tools or Musical Instrument chosen for the tool
to fuel their determination and discipline.
Monks generally view adventures as tests of their physical and mental development. They are driven by a desire to accomplish a greater mission than merely
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
power, while others trace it to strange events in their personal or family history. The blessing of a dragon or a dryad at a baby’s birth or the strike of lightning from a clear sky might spark a
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Combat. I despise most other dragons, but I meet them face to face without resorting to the base trickery I use on lesser creatures. (Lawful)
Topaz Dragon Adventures
The Topaz Dragon
Adventure Hooks table offers suggestions for stories and adventures involving topaz dragons.
Topaz Dragon Adventure Hooks
d8;{"diceNotation":"1d8","rollType":"roll","rollAction":"Adventure Hook
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
, my hoard brings me great joy. But the real treasures are the guests who stop by to see it. (Good)
Sapphire Dragon Adventures
The Sapphire Dragon Adventure Hooks table offers suggestions for
stories and adventures involving sapphire dragons.
Sapphire Dragon Adventure Hooks
d8;{"diceNotation":"1d8","rollType":"roll","rollAction":"Adventure Hook"}
Adventure Hook
1
Posing as
Classes
Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
members of this class. The strange technologies in the Barrier Peaks of the world of Greyhawk have inspired some folk to walk the path of the artificer, and in Mystara, various nations employ artificers
result of the wondrous ingenuity of artificers.
Creating an Artificer
To create an artificer, consult the following subsections, which give you hit points, proficiencies, and starting equipment. Then
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Experiment Trinkets. When you make your character, you can roll once on the Experiment Trinkets table instead of on the normal starting Trinkets table.
Experiment Trinkets
1d6
Thread
covered in incomprehensible notes and schematics
4
A spool of silver thread that matches stitches in your altered body part
5
A metal hip flask with strange runes scratched into one side
6
A smooth stone that comforts and soothes you when you hold it tightly
Firbolg
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
’ presence is marked by an absence of animals and a strange quiet, as if the forest wishes to avoid attracting attention to itself. The faster travelers decide to move on, the better.
If these
something that put their homeland at risk, such as starting a forest fire or killing a rare or beautiful wild creature. These firbolgs are loners who wander the world in hope of finding a new place to
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way out.
Crossroads Gambler Trinkets. When you make your character, you can roll once on the Crossroads Gambler Trinkets table instead of on the normal starting Trinkets table.
Crossroads
Gambler Trinkets
1d6
Trinket
1
A lucky coin made of a strange material, such as green steel or bone
2
A battered, blood-stained six of hearts playing card
3
A torn journal page
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Cultist Trinkets table instead of on the normal starting Trinkets table.
Cultist Trinkets
1d6
Trinket
1
A sealed scroll of esoteric knowledge
2
A steel ball bearing etched over its
entire surface with your cult’s sacred text
3
A crystal that feels strange to the touch
4
A ritual knife stained with blood, sap, or oils
5
A set of copper tattoo needles
6
An embroidered cloth half mask
Level
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Starting off at 1st level marks your character's entry into the adventuring life. As your character goes on adventures and overcomes challenges, he or she gains experience, represented by experience
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strange figure commissioned you to carve a headstone for someone who is very much in the prime of life.
2
In a time of desperation, you once accepted a sizeable bribe to look the other way when
their final rest.
Rest Warden Trinkets. When you make your character, you can roll once on the Rest Warden Trinkets table instead of on the normal starting Trinkets table.
Rest Warden Trinkets
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Story Threads
1d6
Thread
1
You have recurring dreams of someone you might recognize on your adventures.
2
You absent-mindedly doodle the same design or symbol over and over
in the mountains.
Amnesiac Trinkets. When you make your character, you can roll once on the Amnesiac Trinkets table instead of on the normal starting Trinkets table.
Amnesiac Trinkets
1d6
backgrounds
For a time, you traveled with the Lord of Fools’ strange and unsettling revelry. Whether you are still welcome in that company, or you’ve struck off on your own, your time with the troupe
lurking beneath the Lord of Fool’s jovial veneer.
Reveler Trinkets. When you make your character, you can roll once on the Reveler Trinkets table instead of on the normal starting Trinkets
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
Standalone Adventures Rather than playing the four adventures as a campaign, you can run them as standalone adventures. A section near the start of each adventure tells you how to use the adventure
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
Standalone Adventures Rather than playing the four adventures as a campaign, you can run them as standalone adventures. A section near the start of each adventure tells you how to use the adventure
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Starting at Higher Level Experienced players familiar with the capabilities of the character classes and impatient for more significant adventures might welcome the idea of starting a campaign with
, and probably starts with better equipment. Starting equipment for characters above 1st level is entirely at your discretion, since you give out treasure at your own pace. That said, you can use the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Starting at Higher Level Experienced players familiar with the capabilities of the character classes and impatient for more significant adventures might welcome the idea of starting a campaign with
, and probably starts with better equipment. Starting equipment for characters above 1st level is entirely at your discretion, since you give out treasure at your own pace. That said, you can use the
Sorcerer
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Basic Rules (2014)
apparent flukes. Some sorcerers can’t name the origin of their power, while others trace it to strange events in their own lives. The touch of a demon, the blessing of a dryad at a baby’s
enormous flexibility in using the spells they know. Creating a Sorcerer The most important question to consider when creating your sorcerer is the origin of your power. As a starting character, you&rsquo
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
Character Creation Before starting any of this book’s adventures, consult chapter 2 for guidance on making Strixhaven characters and uniting those characters in a group.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
Character Creation Before starting any of this book’s adventures, consult chapter 2 for guidance on making Strixhaven characters and uniting those characters in a group.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
. Starting with The Lost City, guide your players through the adventures in the order presented in this book. Each one provides sufficient XP that, on completing the adventure, the characters should be
Creating a Campaign The adventures in this book provide play across a broad range of levels. They can be strung together as a complete campaign using the Infinite Staircase to travel between them
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
. Starting with The Lost City, guide your players through the adventures in the order presented in this book. Each one provides sufficient XP that, on completing the adventure, the characters should be
Creating a Campaign The adventures in this book provide play across a broad range of levels. They can be strung together as a complete campaign using the Infinite Staircase to travel between them
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
Adventures in Yongjing Consider the plots on the Yongjing Adventures table when planning adventures in Yongjing. Yongjing Adventures d4 Adventure 1 The characters are hired to investigate strange
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
Adventures in Yongjing Consider the plots on the Yongjing Adventures table when planning adventures in Yongjing. Yongjing Adventures d4 Adventure 1 The characters are hired to investigate strange
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Adventures in Bluetspur While Bluetspur’s otherworldly hazards and the mind flayers’ defenses can challenge even the highest-level heroes, the domain’s menace proves most pernicious when it intrudes
on other domains. Taking inspiration from sci-fi horror and tales of alien abduction, adventures involving Bluetspur’s mind flayers might begin anywhere with bad dreams or a stranger’s impossible
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Adventures in Bluetspur While Bluetspur’s otherworldly hazards and the mind flayers’ defenses can challenge even the highest-level heroes, the domain’s menace proves most pernicious when it intrudes
on other domains. Taking inspiration from sci-fi horror and tales of alien abduction, adventures involving Bluetspur’s mind flayers might begin anywhere with bad dreams or a stranger’s impossible
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
or she might have been a soldier or a pirate and done dangerous things before. Starting off at 1st level marks your character’s entry into the adventuring life. If you’re already familiar with the
game, or if you are joining an existing D&D campaign, your DM might decide to have you begin at a higher level, on the assumption that your character has already survived a few harrowing adventures
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Light of Xaryxis
Starting Characters Princess Xedalli The adventure assumes that the characters start at 5th level. If your players have characters of lower level, they will need to go on some other adventures first
to gain enough experience to advance to 5th level. Both the Dungeons & Dragons Starter Set and the Dungeons & Dragons Essentials Kit contain adventures that will take characters from 1st level to 5th
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
or she might have been a soldier or a pirate and done dangerous things before. Starting off at 1st level marks your character’s entry into the adventuring life. If you’re already familiar with the
game, or if you are joining an existing D&D campaign, your DM might decide to have you begin at a higher level, on the assumption that your character has already survived a few harrowing adventures
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Light of Xaryxis
Starting Characters Princess Xedalli The adventure assumes that the characters start at 5th level. If your players have characters of lower level, they will need to go on some other adventures first
to gain enough experience to advance to 5th level. Both the Dungeons & Dragons Starter Set and the Dungeons & Dragons Essentials Kit contain adventures that will take characters from 1st level to 5th
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
activities that support adventuring. There’s endless opportunity for social interaction in such a bustling place, as well as places where characters can rest and recuperate between adventures, acquire new
adventuring gear, and spend their gold. Home Base As a home base for characters, Greyhawk can serve as a place to live, train, and recuperate between adventures. As described under “Getting Players
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
activities that support adventuring. There’s endless opportunity for social interaction in such a bustling place, as well as places where characters can rest and recuperate between adventures, acquire new
adventuring gear, and spend their gold. Home Base As a home base for characters, Greyhawk can serve as a place to live, train, and recuperate between adventures. As described under “Getting Players
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
specific starting point and endpoint. A good way to get around this restriction is to create an adventure with multiple possible endings. Location-based adventures also work well with this format. A
, adventures in a shared campaign are designed to take either 2 hours or 4 hours. In each hour of play, assume the characters can complete the following: Three or four simple combat encounters, or one or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
fey have strange powers, and villagers pushed to desperation seek them out in the hopes of bargaining for what fate has denied them. When planning adventures in this domain, consider the plots on the
Adventures in Tepest The horror of Tepest rises from its mysterious wilderness and the seemingly idyllic community of Viktal. Here, dread lies in contrasts. Tree branches grasp like claws while every
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
specific starting point and endpoint. A good way to get around this restriction is to create an adventure with multiple possible endings. Location-based adventures also work well with this format. A
, adventures in a shared campaign are designed to take either 2 hours or 4 hours. In each hour of play, assume the characters can complete the following: Three or four simple combat encounters, or one or