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Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
sensations or visions of the past to come rushing back.
Rather than sleeping, reborn regularly sit and dwell on the past, hoping for some revelation of what came before. Most of the time, these are dark
Death isn’t always the end. The reborn exemplify this, being individuals who have died yet, somehow, still live. Some reborn exhibit the scars of fatal ends, their ashen flesh or bloodless
Backgrounds
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
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Contacts
The Selesnya Conclave is all about connections, so its members cultivate contacts throughout the guild. The guild also engages in energetic recruitment to draw converts from other
guilds, and often these new guild members maintain friendships with former guild mates.
Roll twice on the Selesnya Contacts table (for an ally and a rival) and once on the Non-Selesnya Contacts table
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Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
Personality Trait
1
Unlike people, the beasts of the wild are friends who won’t stab me in the back.
2
Go ahead and insult me — I dare you.
3
I scorn those who can
siblings or ancestors.]
Flaws
d6
Flaw
1
If you question my courage, I will never back down.
2
HrrrGGGAAAARRuuuh! [My anger in battle led to the death of a loved one
Criminal / Spy
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Basic Rules (2014)
You are an experienced criminal with a history of breaking the law. You have spent a lot of time among other criminals and still have contacts within the criminal underworld. You’re far closer
important was taken from me, and I aim to steal it back.
4
I will become the greatest thief that ever lived.
5
I’m guilty of a terrible crime. I hope I can redeem myself for it.
6
Backgrounds
Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
. What’s more, you aren’t alone, as a bounty hunter in the wild would be: you routinely interact with both the criminal subculture and other bounty hunters, maintaining contacts in both
to a generous benefactor.
2
My ill-gotten gains go to support my family.
3
Something important was taken from me, and I aim to steal it back.
4
I will become the greatest thief that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica
find Krenko’s hideout: a warehouse near a canal. A final showdown with the goblin mob boss, his retinue, and possible Shattergang interlopers ensues. Then it’s merely a matter of delivering Krenko back to Nassius before more trouble breaks out.
during a prison transfer, and it’s urgent that the characters locate him and bring him back to justice as soon as possible and with discretion. The characters can retrace the route of the transfer
Monsters
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
be certain that they will be reborn when they perish.
In an effort to rid themselves of this curse, they devoted themselves to the same Dark Powers with whom their master had communed. They were
within 5 feet of the priest, it can turn back into a tattoo as an action, reappearing on the priest’s flesh and regaining all its hit points.
Monsters
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
will be reborn when they perish.
In an effort to rid themselves of this curse, they devoted themselves to the same Dark Powers with whom their master had communed. They were given a mission: provide
the creature is within 5 feet of the priest, it can turn back into a tattoo as an action, reappearing on the priest’s flesh and regaining all its hit points.
Monsters
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
and that he himself would become one of the Dark Powers. As a result of that curse, a priest of Osybus can’t be certain that they will be reborn when they perish.
In an effort to rid themselves
’s mental commands (no action required) and takes its turn immediately after the priest. If the creature is within 5 feet of the priest, it can turn back into a tattoo as an action, reappearing on the priest’s flesh and regaining all its hit points.
Backgrounds
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
spent a lot of time among other criminals and still have contacts within the criminal underworld. You’re far closer than most people to the world of murder, theft, and violence that pervades the
realizing the connection. You got the Guild to back off demands for your death by offering to make amends by working for the criminals, but even so the kingpin still plots a personal revenge.
2
The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Crime Syndicate Contacts Everyone has a well-defined place in the Boromar Clan hierarchy. You report to a contact who oversees your work, giving you assignments, and collecting the syndicate’s cut
this contact. Syndicate Contact d8 Contact 1 A surrogate parent who views you as challenging but beloved children 2 A no-nonsense boss who treats the syndicate’s work as just another business 3 A
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Faded Memories A reborn with a phantom limb takes aim. Reborn suffer from some manner of discontinuity, an interruption of their lives or physical state that their minds are ill equipped to deal
with. Their memories of events before this interruption are often vague or absent. Occasionally, the most unexpected experiences might cause sensations or visions of the past to come rushing back
Monsters
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
become one of the Dark Powers. As a result of that curse, a priest of Osybus can’t be certain that they will be reborn when they perish.
In an effort to rid themselves of this curse, they
action required) and takes its turn immediately after the priest. If the creature is within 5 feet of the priest, it can turn back into a tattoo as an action, reappearing on the priest’s flesh and regaining all its hit points.
Monsters
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
reborn when they perish.
In an effort to rid themselves of this curse, they devoted themselves to the same Dark Powers with whom their master had communed. They were given a mission: provide a person
can turn back into a tattoo as an action, reappearing on the priest’s flesh and regaining all its hit points.
Monsters
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
himself would become one of the Dark Powers. As a result of that curse, a priest of Osybus can’t be certain that they will be reborn when they perish.
In an effort to rid themselves of this
mental commands (no action required) and takes its turn immediately after the priest. If the creature is within 5 feet of the priest, it can turn back into a tattoo as an action, reappearing on the priest’s flesh and regaining all its hit points.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
clubs, two daggers, and six wooden shields. Hark’s Larder At the north end of the cave is a smaller cave where Boss Hark keeps prisoners before feeding them to his giant rats. Cowering in the back of this
9. Boss Hark’s Cave This 10-foot-high cave contains Hark, the goblin boss, two female goblins (bodyguards) named Ratcha and Zukluk, and seven giant rats (Hark’s beloved pets). When the characters
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
Bargaining for a Wish If your characters have access to the Wish spell—for example, because they’ve drawn the Moon card from a Deck of Many Things—Boss Augustus makes them an offer they can’t refuse
draws the Moon card. She also has contacts looking for anyone who can cast the Wish spell on their own. Once she has a target, she resorts to one of three tactics: Extortion. Wanewort scries on the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
fill. If you want to use a giant as a patron for a group of adventurers, you can use the perks, contacts, and roles described in the “Group Patrons” chapter of Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything alongside
. Giant Patrons Giant Role Group Patron Type Boss Criminal Syndicate Financier Aristocrat Seer Ancient Being Sovereign Sovereign Tutor Academy Warleader Military Force Boss A giant boss wields
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
interests in intrigue and magic intensified when she discovered a hidden library beneath the Cerulean Citadel—a repository of insidious magic hearkening back to the rule of certain tyrannical Vasavadan
reborn as an arcanaloth, a state that horrifies her. When frustrated, she vents her rage by instructing her servants to abduct someone she considers beautiful and then overseeing that beauty’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
, the creature is complete and obeys her will. She uses this ability to create flesh golems and homunculi, as well as zombies, death’s heads, and brains in jars (see chapter 5). Reborn Maker. A side
effect of Dr. Mordenheim’s experiments is the creation of reborn (see chapter 1). It takes her 1d4 days and the dead bodies of two Medium or Small Humanoids to create one reborn. Brain Swap. Dr
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
upper class, but other characters can do so only if you judge that the character has made sufficient contacts. Alternatively, a character might use a disguise kit and the Deception skill to pass as a
noble visiting from a distant city. Resolution. After a workweek of carousing, a character stands to make contacts within the selected social class. The character makes a Charisma (Persuasion) check
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Story Overview Niho Koi, an imposing oni and Daask sub-boss in Sharn, ordered a half-ogre lieutenant named Garra to assemble a team and search the ruins of Old Sharn for arcane relics at the behest
Boromar Clan crime syndicate, whose members are enemies of Daask. Not wanting to put the Sharn Watch or herself between two criminal organizations at war, Germaine called in a few old contacts to meet with Coal and find out what’s going on.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
not without its own internal strife, as the adventurers discover when a cultist contacts them with the offer to turn over one of the dragon masks essential to Severin’s plans. The characters must
infiltrate a cult stronghold and claim the mask, then save a nearby village from the blue dragon that means to take the relic back. Mission to Thay The ritual that will bring Tiamat to Faerûn is too complex
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
not without its own internal strife, as the adventurers discover when a cultist contacts them with the offer to turn over one of the dragon masks essential to Severin’s plans. The characters must
infiltrate a cult stronghold and claim the mask, then save a nearby village from the blue dragon that means to take the relic back. Mission to Thay The ritual that will bring Tiamat to Faerûn is too complex
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica
suggested characteristics (personality traits, ideals, bonds, and flaws). Each guild entry also provides personal contacts; suggestions for your alignment, race, and class; and a list of spells that you can
you. Bonds and Contacts As a benefit of your guild membership, you have contacts both inside and outside the guild. Contacts are useful resources in the urban environment of Ravnica, where a friendly
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
University Contacts With a university as your patron, you are part of a sprawling bureaucracy—maybe deep in the tangles of it or, more likely, lingering at the edges. Wherever you sit in the network
7 A tired senior professor whose only joy in academia is seeing what you bring back from your adventures 8 An eager researcher who wants to come with you on every adventure because second-hand reports are always incomplete and unsatisfying
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
for bringing it back. You have the freedom to chart your own destiny, while still letting the patron shape the nature of your group and the adventures you undertake. It might help to think of the
, and universities are typically highly autonomous. In a player-directed organization, you don’t have a patron because your adventuring party is in charge. You’re the boss; you tell others what to do
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica
Morning, Day 1: Krenko meets with his gang and prepares a disguise for himself.
Noon, Day 1: Krenko and his gang secure an abandoned warehouse as a temporary hideout for the mob boss.
Sunset, Day 1
weapons back to Krenko’s hideout.
Late Evening, Day 2: Explosions rock Foundry Street as the Shattergang Brothers start violently coercing citizens who are known to have dealings with Krenko. The Lyev
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
An Unexpected Message Iskander’s message to the party can arrive in any manner you see fit, including through contacts in the Zhentarim. Whether it comes directly to the characters or to an NPC on
your help. Rescue me from the cult’s clutches, and I will deliver to you the prize of prizes: the Blue Dragon Mask. Without it, Severin faces an insurmountable setback in his effort to call Tiamat back
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
An Unexpected Message Iskander’s message to the party can arrive in any manner you see fit, including through contacts in the Zhentarim. Whether it comes directly to the characters or to an NPC on
your help. Rescue me from the cult’s clutches, and I will deliver to you the prize of prizes: the Blue Dragon Mask. Without it, Severin faces an insurmountable setback in his effort to call Tiamat back
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Tsien Chiang’s Daughters In her desperation to be reunited with her daughters, Tsien Chiang used the Nightingale Bell to wish her murdered children back into being. To her shock, each daughter reborn
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
groups you dealt with during your previous employment. You can communicate with your contacts, gaining information at the DM’s discretion. Suggested Characteristics If you were happy with your previous
relaxation, hobbies, and a social life?
4 I know I’m not the best and brightest, but if I put my best self forward, I can overcome anything.
5 My former boss was an idiot. So was my boss before
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Flee, Mortals! Rule Primer
, summon a lackey or three, buff the boss, debuff the characters, or move the creature into an advantageous position. They’re just a taste of what’s to come. The second villain action provides crowd
could push back a villain action if a creature is stunned or might stay alive for more than three rounds, or you could perform the recommended third action in round two after several surprise critical hits!
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
dissolves into a dense puddle of goo. Read the following boxed text as he expires: “You haven’t won! No! We will rise from our children! We will be reborn from the Faceless Lord! Juiblex will consume
friendly toward the characters after the battle. Development Back in Diggermattock Hall, the gnome leaders make good on their promise, giving the characters a stone of controlling earth elementals along with
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Ramya’s Powers and Dominion Reborn as a death knight, Ramya desperately tries to hold on to or retake the Sapphire Throne in a cycle of victory and loss with her equally uncompromising siblings
her subjects. She and her soldiers kill anyone who she considers a traitor, a status extended not only to those who back Arijani and Reeva, but even to those who don’t support her vociferously enough