A Tiny Beast of your choice that you can see within range must succeed on a Charisma saving throw, or it attempts to deliver a message for you (if the target’s Challenge Rating isn’t 0, it automatically succeeds). You specify a location you have visited and a recipient who matches a general description, such as “a person dressed in the uniform of the town guard” or “a red-haired dwarf wearing a…

Level 2 Enchantment (Bard, Druid, Ranger) Casting Time: Action or Ritual Range: 30 feet Components: V, S, M (a morsel of food) Duration: 24 hours A Tiny Beast of your choice that you can see within range must succeed on a Charisma saving throw, or it attempts to deliver a message for you (if the target’s Challenge Rating isn’t 0, it automatically succeeds). You specify a location you have visited…

Grow Powerful from Strength in Numbers Vermin Lords cultivate loyal hordes of disease-bearing rodents to help them battle greater evils. For many of these Rangers, that greater evil is some kind of societal ill, but a rare few see their fellow Humanoids as an infestation that threatens the natural world. Regardless of their goal, they make their homes in sewers, slums, and other forgotten places…

Through your observation and meditation, you are attuned to the nature of pestilence and the creatures believed to carry it. You gain the following benefits. Inoculation. You have Advantage on saving throws to avoid or end the Poisoned condition or magical contagions, and you have Resistance to Poison and Necrotic damage. Vermin Kinship. Through chittering sounds and hand gestures, you can…

Wondrous Item, varies A Figurine of Wondrous Power is a statuette small enough to fit in a pocket. If you take a Magic action to throw the figurine to a point on the ground within 60 feet of yourself, the figurine becomes a living creature specified in the figurine’s description below. If the space where the creature would appear is occupied by other creatures or objects, or if there isn’t enough…

Wondrous Item, uncommon A Figurine of Wondrous Power is a statuette small enough to fit in a pocket. If you take a Magic action to throw the figurine to a point on the ground within 60 feet of yourself, the figurine becomes a living creature specified in the figurine’s description below. If the space where the creature would appear is occupied by other creatures or objects, or if there isn’t…

Baldur’s Gate Wares Our partners in the Zhentarim provide these remarkable pets, fully domesticated and trained to deliver messages. Always wear gloves when handling venomous creatures. Pet flying snakes use the Flying Snake stat block (see the Monster Manual).

This silver statuette of a raven can become a Raven for up to 12 hours. Once it has been used, it can’t be used again until 2 days have passed. While in raven form, the figurine grants you the ability to cast Animal Messenger on it. Conceptopolis Figurines of Wondrous Power (Ivory Goats, Serpentine Owl), Flame Tongue (Longsword), Frost Brand (Scimitar)

Wondrous Item (requires use by a warforged), uncommon A delicate winged creature, this homunculus was designed to facilitate communication between warforged soldiers during the Last War. A Final Messenger is a Tiny Construct with an AC of 20, 6 Hit Points, and a Fly Speed of 60 feet. It has Immunity to Poison damage and Psychic damage, and all conditions other than Unconsciousness. If it is…

Read or paraphrase the following speech from Thrul when the characters are ready to receive their second mission: “Operatives, you’ve taken three of the Hydra’s pawns off the board. Your next target is bigger. “The Hydra’s intel courier in Eltabbar, the Messenger, owns the Two Plateaus Shipping Company. The Messenger receives reports from the Hydra’s spies at his company’s headquarters and…

A large sign in front of this building depicts a man riding at breakneck speed on horseback as he balances a stack of packages in one hand. Owned and operated by Oloria Gallentine, a retired ranger from a distant forest called Immenwood, Gallentine Deliveries handles Otari’s post, both within town limits and beyond. Gallentine Deliveries Courier Employer, Garrison Address 120 Roseguard Road Wares…

Wondrous Item, rare This ornate silver tiara grants you power over certain flying creatures. While wearing the circlet, you can cast Animal Messenger or Speak with Animals from it. A target isn’t affected by these spells if it doesn’t have a Fly Speed. In addition, you can take a Magic action to touch a willing Beast with a Fly Speed. For 1 minute, you can see through the target’s eyes as well as…

Wondrous Item, Rare This ornate silver tiara grants you power over certain flying creatures. While wearing the circlet, you can cast Animal Messenger or Speak with Animals from it. A target isn’t affected by these spells if it doesn’t have a Fly Speed. In addition, you can take a Magic action to touch a willing Beast with a Fly Speed. For 1 minute, you can see through the target’s eyes as well as…

Dandelion dragons make their homes in open tundras, shrublands, grassy alpine slopes, and woodlands. Some even live in deserts and scrublands alongside succulent dragons. They prefer to live communally in trees or on rocky ledges. Areas with full sun are ideal, but they can survive in all but the coldest climates. Of all floral dragons, they are the most likely to live in humanoid settlements.…

Animal lords are the immortal spirits of legendary animals. They serve as the divine protectors of animals of their kind, and they appear as hybrids of humanoids and the animals they defend. They frequently change into giant, idealized versions of the animals they’re associated with—albeit with glowing eyes. When contending with people, they sometimes appear as humanlike beings with subtle,…

While I don’t deny the compliment, I assure you, I’m more akin to a god than a “pretty kitty.” —Brother of Shadows, Cat Lord Animal lords are the immortal spirits of legendary animals. They serve as the divine protectors of animals of their kind, and they appear as hybrids of humanoids and the animals they defend. They frequently change into giant, idealized versions of the animals they’re…

Large Beast, Unaligned AC 12 Initiative +1 (11) HP 19 (3d10 + 3) Speed 40 ft., Climb 40 ft.

The Brelish are practical people, with little time for the esoteric mysteries and enigmatic traditions of the fey. Where the people of Aundair entertain hosts of superstitions and have long made deals with the fey, the Brelish prefer to avoid the fey, ignoring their signs and avoiding their domains. Briar, a young, nonbinary elf and Greensinger druid, has come south from the Eldeen Reaches to…

The Messenger’s real name is Iskan Iskari. He is a Rakshasa disguised as a human Thayan. He uses the Disguise Self spell to cloak his true form, appearing as a bald, broad-shouldered, broad-chested human with a dark beard. Undisguised, he resembles a humanoid tiger covered in pale fur with dark stripes. In any form, Iskari has a forked tongue, hinting at his true nature. Iskari holds the keys to…

Animal lords are the immortal spirits of legendary animals. They serve as the divine protectors of animals of their kind, and they appear as hybrids of humanoids and the animals they defend. They frequently change into giant, idealized versions of the animals they’re associated with—albeit with glowing eyes. When contending with people, they sometimes appear as humanlike beings with subtle,…

Level 1 Divination (Bard, Druid, Ranger, Warlock) Casting Time: Action or Ritual Range: Self Components: V, S Duration: 10 minutes For the duration, you can comprehend and verbally communicate with Beasts, and you can use any of the Influence action’s skill options with them. Most Beasts have little to say about topics that don’t pertain to survival or companionship, but at minimum, a Beast can…

Wondrous Item, Artifact (Requires Attunement) Queen Ehlissa’s Marvelous Nightingale is named for its first owner, a queen from the eastern Flanaess in the world of Greyhawk. Its origin is unknown, but one legend holds that it was made to console the queen when a beloved pet songbird met its unfortunate end. This mechanical songbird has crystal eyes, golden feathers, and a small windup key on its…

Target a Beast that you can see within range. The target must succeed on a Wisdom saving throw or have the Charmed condition for the duration. If you or one of your allies deals damage to the target, the spell ends. Using a Higher-Level Spell Slot. You can target one additional Beast for each spell slot level above 1. Spell Tags: Control, Social Available For: Bard (Legacy), Druid (Legacy),…

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Characters may experience the following effects as manifestations of Tharizdun’s growing influence. Use these at your discretion to create ominous foreshadowing, weaving in subtle hints when thematically appropriate. For best effect, limit these moments to no more than once per part of the adventure. Divine Connections. Divine casters who call upon their powers may briefly feel a vast emptiness…

People in Faerûn use animals for transportation and other tasks.

Walk in Community with the Animal World Barbarians who follow the Path of the Wild Heart view themselves as kin to animals. These Barbarians learn magical means to communicate with animals, and their Rage heightens their connection to animals as it fills them with supernatural might.

Animal lords are the immortal spirits of legendary animals. They serve as the divine protectors of animals of their kind, and they appear as hybrids of humanoids and the animals they defend. They frequently change into giant, idealized versions of the animals they’re associated with—albeit with glowing eyes. When contending with people, they sometimes appear as humanlike beings with subtle,…