Spellcasting Services. 129 'Running a Business'. I think it's extremely important to note that the only people who would reasonably have the money to pay for your services are other adventurers. The common blacksmith or tailor or whatever only makes 1 gp a day because most common folk deal in copper and silver, not gold. A character possessing the acolyte background requesting spellcasting services at a temple of his or her faith can request one spell per day from the Spellcasting Services table for free. The only cost paid for the spell is the base price for the consumed material component, if any. Acolyte Temples. Season: Region – Deities 1: Phlan – Kelemvor.

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Dungeon Master’s Guide Version 9.1
Avernus Rising A Campaign Supporting
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
Credits D&D Staff-Head Dungeon Master: Chris Lindsay D&D Adventurers League Administrators: Alan Patrick, Amy Lynn Dzura, Travis Woodall, Lysa Penrose, Claire Hoffman, Greg Marks
Effective Date September 17, 2019
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Part 1. Getting Started This document is a guide to getting started as a Dungeon Master (DM) for the Forgotten Realms campaign managed by the D&D Adventurers League. These rules are supplemented by the Adventurers League FAQ (also found in the Adventurers League DM’s Pack).
Adventurers League play is broken up into storyline seasons, but all sanctioned adventures can be played regardless of their season.
• Players. Adventures League play is designed for a table of five players but can be adjusted for as few as three to as many as seven players. Tables smaller or larger than those limits not recommended as they promote an extremely suboptimal play experience.
D&D Adventurers League Play
Optional Items
Storyline Seasons
D&D Adventurers League play can take place practically ANYWHERE--whether at home, a friendly local game and hobby store, a library or school, or even a convention. The possibilities are endless. DMs and players alike participate in Adventurers League play utilizing a variety of adventure content options. These currently include D&D Introductory Adventures, D&D Premiere Play, and playing through the published D&D adventures (called hardcover adventures). Additionally, many convention organizers have created approved D&D Adventurers League adventures called Convention-Created Content adventures (CCC) specifically for their conventions. D&D Introductory Adventures. These adventures accompany new Wizards of the Coast print products and premier at participating friendly local game and hobby stores and are meant to introduce you to new content. D&D Premiere Play. These adventures support Wizards of the Coast storyline product releases. They’re purchased from the Dungeon Masters Guild. Dungeon Masters purchasing Premier Play adventures can run them as often as that DM likes.
Being a Dungeon Master Being an Adventurers League DM is easy and fun. The adventures can be prepared in a short period of time, and you don’t have to worry about creating all sorts of background material.
What You Need to Run a Game In order to run a game as a DM in D&D Adventurers League games, you’ll need the following: • Player’s Handbook or the D&D Basic Rules. The basic rules .pdf document is free on the Wizards of the Coast website and contains all the basic rules of the game. • Adventures. If you’re running games in a public venue on behalf of an event organizer, check with that individual to see what adventures they have available. Otherwise, adventures are available for purchase at your local gaming store (hardcover adventures only) or online at www.dmsguild.com.
These things aren’t necessary to run D&D Adventurers League games but might be nice to have. Dungeon Master’s Guide (DMG). This book contains valuable advice on preparing and running games. The DMG also contains descriptions of magic items that might be awarded during the course of play, so it is suggested that you bring that information with you to the table if it is not provided in the adventure. Monster Manual (MM). While the statistics for most monsters can be found here, special monsters created specifically for a given season’s published adventure are found in that product. Index Cards. Great for writing down initiative, handing notes to players, and as cheap table tents. Dungeon Master Screen. Helpful to hide the adventure and your notes and schemes from the players. Miniatures and Map Surfaces. If you and your players enjoy playing a more tactical game of D&D, you can use these to help depict combats and detailed areas.
Cheating D&D Adventurers League play is meant to be fun and inclusive—not competitive. As the DM, correct cheating players quickly and discreetly (if possible) by resolving the issue and making a fair ruling on what happens. You can review paperwork (character sheets, adventure logsheets, and certificates) at any time. If something seems amiss or inappropriate—either with the paperwork or during the game—discuss it with the player and resolve irregularities. You can disallow something that seems outside the rules or have a player reroll dice. Be professional—make every effort to avoid embarrassing the player or assume wrongdoing. We’re all here to have fun and enjoy the challenge!
Not for resale. Permission granted to print and photocopy this document for personal use only. Adventurers League Dungeon Master’s Guide v9.1
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Part 2. Running Adventures You can DM one group of players at a time—each player must have their own character within the adventure’s level range. Characters that play a hardcover adventure can continue to play it if they advance out of its level range, but if they later play a different hardcover adventure, they can’t return to the first one.
Playing the Dungeon Master You have the most important role. You provide the narrative and bring the words on the pages of the adventure to life. While telling the story, it is also your responsibility to make everyone feel welcomed at the table creating a fun and fair environment. You’re Empowered. Make decisions about how the group interacts with the adventure; adjust or improvise but maintain the adventure’s spirit. You can’t implement new rules. Challenge Your Players. Gauge the experience level of your players, as well as what they seem to enjoy in a game and attempt to deliver what they’re after. Everyone should be able to shine. You can adjust the encounter by adding or removing thematically appropriate monsters. Keep the Adventure Moving. When the game gets bogged down, provide hints and clues to your players facing puzzles or engaging in combat and roleplay interactions that get frustrating. This gives players “little victories” for making good choices based on clues received. When playing within a given time constraint, such as at a convention, it is important to gauge the pacing of your game. It’s okay to make adjustments to the content when you get bogged down in order to promote a play experience that feels complete.
Character Disease, Death, and Recovery Bad things happen to characters; adventuring is a risky job. Diseases, poisons, and other similar effects last until removed, but characters can spend downtime days to receive spellcasting services or to recuperate (see Player’s Handbook). Dead characters or those afflicted with lycanthropy or vampirism can’t start a new session until returned to life or cured. Characters returned to life suffer the effects from the ordeal as normal, but each downtime day spent reduces any penalties to attack rolls, saving throws, and ability checks by 1. Bodies are recovered unless otherwise specified in the encounter. If the group can’t return a character to life or cure conditions that remove it from play

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