Dungeon Master's Guide 5E

(Nancy Kaufman) #1

:;RAMING EVENTS


·.·ou can base an entire adventure on a framing event
~use such an event to grab the pl ayers' interest. The
:C ~aming Events table presents several ideas, or you can
· -e it to inspire your own framing event.


RAMING EVENTS
dlOO
1 -02
3- 04
0 5- 06
7 -08
0 9-10
11 -12
13 -14
15 -16
1 7- 18
9- 20
21- 22
23 -24
25- 26
27- 28
29 -30
31 - 32

Event
Anniversary of a monarch's reign
Anniversary of an important event
Arena event
Arrival of a caravan or ship
Arrival of a circus
Arrival of an important NPC
Arrival of marching modrons
Artistic performance
Athletic event
Birth of a child
Birthday of an important N PC
Civic festival
Comet appearance
Commemoration of a past tragedy
Consecration of a new temple
Coronation
33 - 34 Council meeting
35- 36 Equinox or solstice
37- 38
39 -40
41- 42
4 3-44
45 -46
4 7-48
49 -50
51-52
53-54
55-58
59-60
61-62
63 -64
65 -66
67 -68
69 - 70
7 1-72
7 3-74
75-76
77-78
79 -80
81-82
83-84
85-86
87 -88

Execution
Ferti I ity festiva I
Full moon
Funeral
Graduation of cadets or wizards
Harvest festival
Holy day
Investiture of a knight or other noble
Lunar eclipse
Midsummer festival
Midwinter festival
Migration of monsters
Monarch's ball
New moon
New year
Pardoning of a prisoner
Planar conjunction
Planetary alignment
Priestly investiture
Procession of ghosts
Remembrance for soldiers lost in war
Royal address or proclamation
Royal audience day
Signing of a treaty
Solar eclipse
89 -91 Tournament
92 - 94 Trial
95-96 Violent uprising
97-98 Wedding or wedding anniversary
99-00 Concurrence of two events (roll twice, ignoring
results of99 or 100)





Complications

Sometimes an adventure isn't as straightforward as it
might seem.

MORAL QUANDARIES
If you want to give the characters a crisis that no amount
of spellcasting or swordplay can resolve, add a moral
quandary to the adventure. A moral quandary is a
problem of conscience for which the adventurers must
make a single choice-but never a simple one.

MORAL QUANDARIES
d20 Quandary d20 Quandary
1-3 Ally quandary 13-16 Rescue quandary
4 - 6 Friend quandary 17-20 Respect quandary

7- (^12) Honor quandary
CHAPTER 3 I CREATING ADVENTURES
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