Dungeon Master's Guide 5e

MASTER INSPIRATION APPENDIX D: DUNGEON J ~ ERE A RE SEVERA L I NSPIRING WORKS T H AT CAN help you become a better storyteller, w ...

SwoRD OF KAs Wondrous item, artifact (requires attunement) When Vecna grew in power, he appointed an evil and ruthless lieutenan ...

INDEX bringing back the dead,^24 creating a campaign (cont.) creating an encounter, 81-85, brow n mold, 105 story, 125 102 aasim ...

WAND OF 0RCUS Wand, artifact (requires attunement) The ghastly Wand of Orcus rarely leaves Orcus's side. The device, as evil as ...

creating a wilderness, 14 , Elemental Chaos, 52-53 greater deity, 11 magic, 9-10, 23-24. See 25-26, 73 , 106-112, Elemental Plan ...

A character should receive only a blessing that is useful to him or her, and some blessings come with expectations on the part o ...

monsters (cont.) as NPCs, 91-92 by challenge rating, 306-309 by terrain, 302-305 challenge rating, 82 hit points, 247-248 mobs, ...

A letter of recommendation is worth only as much as the person who wrote it and offer no benefit in places where its writer hold ...

shipwrecks, 118 structure (adventure), 72 training, 131, 231 short rest, 84, 267 stuck doors, 103 to gain levels, 131 shove asid ...

230 more·concerned about doing right by the adventurers, honoring any obligations without worrying too much about personal risk ...

TRAINING A character might be offered pecial training in lieu of a financial reward. This kind of training isn't wid ely availab ...

232 BooN OF CoMBAT PROWESS When you miss with a melee weapon attack, you can choose to hit instead. Once you use this boon, you ...

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CHAPTER 8: RUNNING THE GAME ULES ENABLE YOU AND YOUR PLAYERS TO HAVE fun at the table. The rules serve you, not vice versa. Ther ...

Have another player run the missing player's character. The player running the extra character should strive to keep the charact ...

bonuses and abilities and paying attention to the game and immersing themselves in its world. Remember that dice don't run your ...

CONTESTS A contest is a kind of ability check that matches two creatures against each other. Use a contest if a character attemp ...

VARIANT: AUTOMATIC SUCCESS Sometimes the randomness of a d20 roll leads to ludicrous results. Let's say a door requires a succes ...

For example, imagine a wizard is running down a dungeon cor~idor to escape from a beholder. Around the corner ahead, two ogres l ...