Dungeon Master's Guide 5e

CONTENTS

• INTRODUCTION 4 Unusual Environments
  
  
  • The Dungeon Master
  
  
  • How to Use This Book.
    
    
    • Traps
    
    
    • CHAPTER 6: BETWEEN ADVENTURES
    
    
    
    
  
  
  • Know Your Players 6 Linking Adventures
    
    
    • Campaign Tracking
    
    
    
    
  
  
  
  


• PARTl 7 Recurring Expenses
  
  
  • Downtime Activities
  
  
  • CHAPTER 1: A WORLD OF YOUR OWN
    
    
    • The Big Picture
    
    
    • Gods of Your World
    
    
    • Mapping Your Campaign
    
    
    • Settlements
      
      
      • Languages and Dialects
      
      
      • Factions and Organizations
      
      
      • Magic in Your World
        
        
        • CHAPTER 7: TREASURE
          
          
          • Types of Treasure
          
          
          • Random Treasure
          
          
          • Magic Items
          
          
          • Sentient Magic Items
          
          
          • Artifacts
          
          
          • Other Rewards
          
          
          
          
        
        
        
        
      
      
      
      
    
    
    • Creating a Campaign
    
    
    • Campaign Events
      
      
      • PART3
      
      
      
      
    
    
    • Play Style 34 CHAPTER 8: RUNNING THE GAME
    
    
    • Tiers of Play 36 Table Rules
    
    
    • Flavors of Fantasy : 38 The Role of Dice
    
    
    
    
  
  
  • CHAPTER 2: CREATING A MULTIVERSE 43 Using Ability Scores
    
    
    • The Planes 43 Exploration
    
    
    • Planar Travel 44 Social Interaction
    
    
    • Astral Plane : 46 Objects
    
    
    • Ethereal Plane 48 Combat
    
    
    • Feywild : 49 Chases
    
    
    • Shadowfell .' 51 Siege Equipment ,
    
    
    • Inner P lanes 52 Diseases
    
    
    • Outer P lanes 57 Poisons
    
    
    • Other Planes 67 Madness
    
    
    • Known Worlds of the Material Plane 68 Experience Points
    
    
    
    
  
  
  
  


• PART2
  
  
  • WORKSHOP CHAPTER 9: DuNGEON MASTER' s
  
  
  • CHAPTER 3: CREATING ADVENTURES
    
    
    • Elements of a Great Adventure
    
    
    • Published Adventures
    
    
    • Adventure Structure
    
    
    • Adventure Types
      
      
      • Complications
      
      
      • Creating Encounters
        
        
        • Ability Options
        
        
        • Adventuring Options
        
        
        • Combat Options
        
        
        • Creating a Monster
        
        
        • Creating a Spell..
        
        
        • Creating a Magic Item
        
        
        • Creating New Character Options
        
        
        
        
      
      
      
      
    
    
    • Random Encounters 85 APPENDIXA: RANDOM DUNGEONS
    
    
    
    
  
  
  • CHARACTERS CHAPTER 4 : CREATING NONPLAYER
    
    
    • Designing NPCs
    
    
    • NPC Party Members
    
    
    • Contacts
    
    
    • Hirelings
    
    
    • Extras
    
    
    • Villains
      
      
      • Starting Area
      
      
      • Passages
      
      
      • Doors
      
      
      • Chambers
      
      
      • Stairs
      
      
      • Connecting Areas
      
      
      • Stocking a Dungeon
      
      
      
      
    
    
    • Villainous Class Options 96 APPENDIX B: MONSTER LISTS
    
    
    
    
  
  
  • CHAPTER 5: ADVENTURE ENVIRONMENTS
    
    
    • Dungeons 99 APPENDIX C: MAPS
    
    
    • Wilderness Mapping a Dungeon 102 ----------------------
      
      
      • Mapping a Wilderness
      
      
      
      
    
    
    • Wilderness Survival
      
      
      • MASTER INSPIRATION APPENDIX D: DUNGEON
      
      
      • Mapping a Settlement.. 114 INDEX Settlements 112 -------------------