Dungeon Master's Guide 5e

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If the Wisdom (Survival) check succeeds, the party

travels in the desired direction without becoming lost.

If the check fails, the party inadvertently travels in the

wrong direction and becomes lost. The party's navigator

can repeat the check after the party spends ld6 hours

trying to get back on course.

WILDERNESS NAVIGATION

Terrain

Forest, jungle, swamp, mountains, or open sea

with overcast skies and no land in sight

Arctic, desert, hills, or open sea with clear skies

and no land in sight

Grassland, meadow, farmland

SETTLEMENTS

DC

15

10

5

A village, town, or city makes an excellent backdrop for

an adventure. The adventurers might be called on to

track down a criminal who's gone into hiding, solve a

murder, take out a gang of wererats or doppelgangers,

or protect a settlement under siege.

When creating a settlement for your campaign, focus

on the locations that are most relevant to the adventure.

Don't worry about naming every street and identifying

the inhabitants of every building; that way lies madness.

RANDOM SETTLEMENTS

The following tables allow you to quickly create a

settlement. They assume that you've a lready determined

its size and its basic form of government.

RACE RELATIONS

d20 Result

1-10 Harmony

11 - 14 Tension or rivalry

15-16 Racial majority are conquerors

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18

19

20

Racial minority are rulers

Racial minority are refugees

Racial majority oppresses minority

Racial minority oppresses majority

RULER'S STATUS

d20 Ruler

1-5 Respected, fair, and just

6-8 Feared tyrant

9 Weakling manipulated by others

10 Ill egitimate ruler, simmering civil war

11 Ruled or controlled by a powerful monster

12 Mysterious, anonymous cabal

13 Contested leadership, open fighting

14 Cabal seized power openly

15 Doltish lout

16 On deathbed, claimants compete for power

17-18 I ron-willed but respected

19-20 Religious leader

CHAPTER 5 I ADVENTURE ENVIRONMENTS

NOTABLE TRAITS

d20 Trait

Canals in place of streets

2 Massive statue o r monument

3 Grand temple

4 Large fortress

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Verdant parks and orchards

River divides town

Major trade center

Headquarters of a powerful family or guild

Population mostly wealthy

Destitute, rundown

Awful smell (tanneries, open sewers)

Center of trade for one specific good

Site of many battles

Site of a mythic or magical event

Important library or archive

Worship of all gods banned

Sinister reputation

Notable library or academy

Site of important tomb or graveyard

Built atop ancient ruins

KNOWN FOR ITS •••

d20 Feature d20 Feature

Delicious cuisine 11 Piety

2 Rude people^12 Gambling

3 Greedy merchants^13 Godlessness

4 Artists and writers 14 Education

5 Great herojsavior^15 Wines

6 Flowers^16 High fashion

(^7) Hordes of beggars 17 Political intrigue
8 Tough warriors^18 Powerful guilds
9 Dark magic 19 Strong drink
10 Decadence 20 Patriotism
CURRENT CALAMITY
d20
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Calamity
Suspected vampire infestation
New cult seeks converts
Important figure died (murder suspected)
War between rival thieves' guilds
Plague or famine (sparks riots)
Corrupt officials
Marauding monsters
Powerful wizard has moved into town
Economic depression (trade disrupted)
Flooding
Undead stirring in cemeteries
Prophecy of doom
Brink of war
Internal strife (leads to anarchy)
Besieged by enemies
Scandal threatens powerful families
19 Dungeon discovered (adventurers flock to town)
20 Religious sects struggle for power