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Ghosts of Saltmarsh
hardship is essential to you and is at the heart of a personal philosophy or ethos that often guides your actions. You can roll on the following table to determine this hardship or choose one that best fits
of an enemy ship, surviving on brackish water and foolhardy rats. At the right moment, you crept up to the deck and took over the ship on your own.
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Leave None Behind. You carried an
Backgrounds
Tomb of Annihilation
An archaeologist learns about the long-lost and fallen cultures of the past by studying their remains — their bones, their ruins, their surviving masterworks, and their tombs. Those who
Signature Item table to see what you have, or choose an item from the table.
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10-foot pole
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Ranger
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Basic Rules (2014)
a magical connection to nature through the necessity of surviving in the wilds. What’s the source of your particular hatred of a certain kind of enemy? Did a monster kill someone you loved or
focus on two-weapon fighting make Strength higher than Dexterity.) Second, choose the outlander background. The Ranger Table Level ProficiencyBonus Features SpellsKnown
Druid
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nature, coming face to face with a giant eagle or dire wolf and surviving the experience. Maybe your character was born during an epic storm or a volcanic eruption, which was interpreted as a sign that
. First, Wisdom should be your highest ability score, followed by Constitution. Second, choose the hermit background.
The Druid Table
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ProficiencyBonus
Features
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
Natural Explorer You are particularly familiar with one type of natural environment and are adept at traveling and surviving in such regions. Choose one type of favored terrain: arctic, coast, desert
stealthily at a normal pace. When you forage, you find twice as much food as you normally would. While tracking other creatures, you also learn their exact number, their sizes, and how long ago they passed through the area. You choose additional favored terrain types at 6th and 10th level.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
Natural Explorer You are particularly familiar with one type of natural environment and are adept at traveling and surviving in such regions. Choose one type of favored terrain: arctic, coast, desert
stealthily at a normal pace. When you forage, you find twice as much food as you normally would. While tracking other creatures, you also learn their exact number, their sizes, and how long ago they passed through the area. You choose additional favored terrain types at 6th and 10th level.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
Natural Explorer You are particularly familiar with one type of natural environment and are adept at traveling and surviving in such regions. Choose one type of favored terrain: arctic, coast, desert
stealthily at a normal pace. When you forage, you find twice as much food as you normally would. While tracking other creatures, you also learn their exact number, their sizes, and how long ago they passed through the area. You choose additional favored terrain types at 6th and 10th level.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
Natural Explorer You are particularly familiar with one type of natural environment and are adept at traveling and surviving in such regions. Choose one type of favored terrain: arctic, coast, desert
stealthily at a normal pace. When you forage, you find twice as much food as you normally would. While tracking other creatures, you also learn their exact number, their sizes, and how long ago they passed through the area. You choose additional favored terrain types at 6th and 10th level.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
backstory and decide what terrain feels most like home, whether or not you were born there. What does that terrain say about your personality? Does it influence which spells you choose to learn? Have
group of nomads, you acquired the skills for surviving in the desert. 3 Your early life in the Underdark prepared you for the challenges of combating its denizens. 4 You dwelled on the edge of a swamp
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
backstory and decide what terrain feels most like home, whether or not you were born there. What does that terrain say about your personality? Does it influence which spells you choose to learn? Have
group of nomads, you acquired the skills for surviving in the desert. 3 Your early life in the Underdark prepared you for the challenges of combating its denizens. 4 You dwelled on the edge of a swamp
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
Scout You are skilled in stealth and surviving far from the streets of a city, allowing you to scout ahead of your companions during expeditions. Rogues who embrace this archetype are at home in the
down during a fight. You can move up to half your speed as a reaction when an enemy ends its turn within 5 feet of you. This movement doesn’t provoke opportunity attacks. Survivalist When you choose this
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
Scout You are skilled in stealth and surviving far from the streets of a city, allowing you to scout ahead of your companions during expeditions. Rogues who embrace this archetype are at home in the
down during a fight. You can move up to half your speed as a reaction when an enemy ends its turn within 5 feet of you. This movement doesn’t provoke opportunity attacks. Survivalist When you choose this
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
druid after being abandoned in the depths of a forest. Perhaps your character had a dramatic encounter with the spirits of nature, coming face to face with a giant eagle or dire wolf and surviving the
, choose the hermit background. Level
Proficiency
Bonus
Features
Cantrips
Known
— Spell Slots per Spell Level —
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th
7th
8th
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
a magical connection to nature through the necessity of surviving in the wilds. What’s the source of your particular hatred of a certain kind of enemy? Did a monster kill someone you loved or destroy
two-weapon fighting make Strength higher than Dexterity.) Second, choose the outlander background. Level
Proficiency
Bonus
Features
Spells
Known
— Spell Slots per Spell Level
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Viktal and the Tithe Those who come to Tepest inevitably arrive near the domain’s lone surviving settlement, Viktal. There, they find welcoming people, warm food and beds, and an unsettling sense
.
When the characters visit Viktal, roll or choose options from the Sights in Viktal table to set the tone of the village’s strangeness.
A visitor enjoys the hospitality
of Viktal during the Tithe
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Viktal and the Tithe Those who come to Tepest inevitably arrive near the domain’s lone surviving settlement, Viktal. There, they find welcoming people, warm food and beds, and an unsettling sense
.
When the characters visit Viktal, roll or choose options from the Sights in Viktal table to set the tone of the village’s strangeness.
A visitor enjoys the hospitality
of Viktal during the Tithe
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
druid after being abandoned in the depths of a forest. Perhaps your character had a dramatic encounter with the spirits of nature, coming face to face with a giant eagle or dire wolf and surviving the
, choose the hermit background. Level
Proficiency
Bonus
Features
Cantrips
Known
— Spell Slots per Spell Level —
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th
7th
8th
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
encourage players to roleplay these traits accurately, players can portray the NPCs as they choose. Rather than have each player roll initiative for a special NPC, assume that the NPC acts on the same
initiative count as the player’s character, immediately after that character’s turn. If an enemy is forced to choose between attacking a player character or an NPC, assume it attacks the NPC unless it
Kobold
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Species
Volo's Guide to Monsters
waking time is spent working, adversarial kobolds rarely have opportunities to exchange insults, let alone come to blows over their differences.
Kobolds choose mates primarily for convenience. Their
becomes an adult, or add additional word-syllables after important events such as completing its first hunt, laying its first egg, or surviving its first battle. The Kobold Names table presents kobold names
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
encourage players to roleplay these traits accurately, players can portray the NPCs as they choose. Rather than have each player roll initiative for a special NPC, assume that the NPC acts on the same
initiative count as the player’s character, immediately after that character’s turn. If an enemy is forced to choose between attacking a player character or an NPC, assume it attacks the NPC unless it
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
a magical connection to nature through the necessity of surviving in the wilds. What’s the source of your particular hatred of a certain kind of enemy? Did a monster kill someone you loved or destroy
two-weapon fighting make Strength higher than Dexterity.) Second, choose the outlander background. Level
Proficiency
Bonus
Features
Spells
Known
— Spell Slots per Spell Level
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
carrying light sources, in which case an encounter occurs on a roll of 1–3. Roll on the Silken Paths Encounters table or choose a suitable encounter when one occurs. d12 Encounter 1 Cocooned lightfoot
surviving quaggoths into his followers. Should Derendil perish, these quaggoths can’t be controlled and fight to the death. If any drow escape the encounter, increase the pursuit level of the party’s drow
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a7
until they are destroyed or the one who violated their area is dead. Surviving weapons and shields return to their former positions after the offender is hacked to pieces. Worse still, if the
of starvation, or open and enter the door to the south, where certain but quick death awaits.
“Whichever you choose, know that I, Acererak the Eternal, watch and scoff at your puny efforts and enjoy
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a7
until they are destroyed or the one who violated their area is dead. Surviving weapons and shields return to their former positions after the offender is hacked to pieces. Worse still, if the
of starvation, or open and enter the door to the south, where certain but quick death awaits.
“Whichever you choose, know that I, Acererak the Eternal, watch and scoff at your puny efforts and enjoy
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
spells. Development If two of the witches are killed or incapacitated, the surviving witch attempts to escape by flying away on her broom. Only the witches can use the brooms of animated attack in this
choose whether it is banished or destroyed.
A creature that touches the amber sarcophagus forms a telepathic link with the vestige inside. The vestige offers the creature a dark gift. The creature
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
spells. Development If two of the witches are killed or incapacitated, the surviving witch attempts to escape by flying away on her broom. Only the witches can use the brooms of animated attack in this
choose whether it is banished or destroyed.
A creature that touches the amber sarcophagus forms a telepathic link with the vestige inside. The vestige offers the creature a dark gift. The creature
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
carrying light sources, in which case an encounter occurs on a roll of 1–3. Roll on the Silken Paths Encounters table or choose a suitable encounter when one occurs. d12 Encounter 1 Cocooned lightfoot
surviving quaggoths into his followers. Should Derendil perish, these quaggoths can’t be controlled and fight to the death. If any drow escape the encounter, increase the pursuit level of the party’s drow
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
Other Routes Characters who can’t avail themselves of Vizeran’s secret route or choose not to use it must find another way to Menzoberranzan. There are many routes to choose from, such that the party
demon, with the drow elite warrior and 1d4 − 1 drow surviving the encounter. If the characters get involved, the encounter becomes a three-way fight, as neither the drow nor the demon are interested in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
Other Routes Characters who can’t avail themselves of Vizeran’s secret route or choose not to use it must find another way to Menzoberranzan. There are many routes to choose from, such that the party
demon, with the drow elite warrior and 1d4 − 1 drow surviving the encounter. If the characters get involved, the encounter becomes a three-way fight, as neither the drow nor the demon are interested in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
is less ideal for players who are inexperienced or get anxious at the thought of losing their characters. You must choose to run the adventure as a meat grinder from the very beginning. In this mode
surviving member of a doomed expedition, a guide who has lived in Chult for years, a lone explorer seeking glory or treasure, or someone racing against time to save a loved one affected by the death
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
. Even the Zhentarim are interested in trying to improve their relations with Mirabar by helping to solve the mystery. Whether the characters set out to search for the missing delegation or choose to
resourceful characters can find ways to destroy the portals instead of trying to slay these dire beings. With the portals shut, the elemental nodes revert to normal, and any surviving cultists scatter to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
personal philosophy or ethos that often guides your actions. You can roll on the following table to determine this hardship or choose one that best fits your character. d6 Hardship 1 Nearly Drowned
-handedly and led your comrades to victory. 5 Stowaway. For days, you hid in the bilge of an enemy ship, surviving on brackish water and foolhardy rats. At the right moment, you crept up to the deck and took
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
the Dessarin Valley to discover the cult broken. The cloud giant believes the air cultists were defeated because they were weak, so he imposes a brutal regime of self-denial and atonement on surviving
following tale. For the description, choose a settlement the characters aren’t in and that has not been destroyed. Refugees have been shuffling down from the hills north of the town. Some wear the white
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
personal philosophy or ethos that often guides your actions. You can roll on the following table to determine this hardship or choose one that best fits your character. d6 Hardship 1 Nearly Drowned
-handedly and led your comrades to victory. 5 Stowaway. For days, you hid in the bilge of an enemy ship, surviving on brackish water and foolhardy rats. At the right moment, you crept up to the deck and took
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
is less ideal for players who are inexperienced or get anxious at the thought of losing their characters. You must choose to run the adventure as a meat grinder from the very beginning. In this mode
surviving member of a doomed expedition, a guide who has lived in Chult for years, a lone explorer seeking glory or treasure, or someone racing against time to save a loved one affected by the death