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What are easy ways to familiarise yourself with the D&D world/universe?
There is no royal road to D&D lore
There is no single D&D world
D&D started in 1974 and has gone through 7 editions (1-5, plus 0, plus B/X) and has had official and unofficial products adding to the lore …
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The description of politics, geography etc of Forgotten Realms
In addition to the Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide, each of the flagship hardbound adventures describes some part of the Forgotten Realms in detail. For example, Tomb of Annihilation describes Chult.
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What are familiars really?
A familiar in dnd-3.5 is:
... a normal animal that gains new powers and becomes a magical beast when summoned to service by a sorcerer or wizard.
The concept of a familiar is steeped in European …
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Where can I find storylines or background information about fiends?
Out of the Abyss
Is an adventure module specifically about demon lords (fiends) invading the material plane.
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How to deal with a non-force-sensitive character trying to harvest a saber crystal?
Should I let him take any crystal he find?
If you think that would be the most fun way for your game to go.
Should I not let him find any crystal?
If you think that would be the most fun …
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Are there female djinn?
Yes
Support for your plan is right there in the core rules, MM (p.141):
A genie usually retains no connection to the soul
that gave it form. That life force is a building block that
determine …
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Are a Redcap's boots actually its feet?
Couldn’t druids just wear metal armour?
I mean, they must know that it’s superior to leather or hide?
A redcap without iron boots would not be a redcap just like a Druid in plate mail would not be a d …
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Does the Marut have a reason to hunt and kill Strahd?
Strahd is dead
He's a vampire: one of the undead. Strahd the human died many, many centuries ago. Vampires are supposed to unlive forever.
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Where can I find information about the characters named in official D&D 5e books?
Most of these characters go back to the early days of D&D
Tasha
Iggwilv (aka Tasha) is a fictional wizard from the Greyhawk campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game. She was creat …
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Can a person make a magical pact for something other than warlock abilities?
A warlock’s pact is a special, specific, long-term deal with their patron.
Anything with intelligence (in the general sense) can make a deal with anyone else of intelligence on any terms within their …
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What published resource first introduced the svirfneblin?
D2 Shrine of the Kuo-Tua
The svirfneblin first appeared in the adventure module D2 Shrine of the Kuo-Tua, published by TSR in 1978.
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Which races existed before the gods?
According to the Forgotten Realms wiki, Ao, a god, created the multiverse.
So, Aboleths and the mortal life they enslaved would need to have existed before or outside the multiverse. Which they were …
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Is there a class for being a shard of a deity in 5e?
NPCs don’t have classes
Classes are for PCs.
Simply decide what you think a “shard of a deity” can do and either steal actions/reactions/features etc. from other monsters or make up your own to allo …
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How exactly do "Domains of Dread" function?
It's a collection of demiplanes
Specifically, the Domains of Dread or Demiplane of Dread are demiplanes controlled by the Dark Powers about whom very little is known, save that they attract evil or d …
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What is the lore reason for Giant Spiders being immune to mind-affecting spells?
Because Pathfinder is derived from Dungeons and Dragons 3rd edition
Spiders did not have this feature prior to the 3rd edition of D&D. 3rd edition tried to systematize monsters by giving traits to mo …