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Dimir Operative

Backgrounds Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica

have documentation, established acquaintances, and disguises that allow you to assume that persona and fit into the secondary guild. Whenever you choose, you can drop this identity and blend into the

. 6 I didn’t discover the identity of my guild contact until after we had begun a romantic relationship. 7 My superior maintains an elaborate identity as a young street urchin &hellip

Warlock

classes Basic Rules (2014)

relationship between warlock and patron is like that of a cleric and a deity, though the beings that serve as patrons for warlocks are not gods. A warlock might lead a cult dedicated to a demon

pact, and how did you make contact with your patron? Were you seduced into summoning a devil, or did you seek out the ritual that would allow you to make contact with an alien elder god? Did you search

Relationships: Before We Go

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos

personal importance to each character. If a player wishes to cement a Beloved Relationship when they normally couldn’t or gain a Friend even if they don’t have enough Relationship Points, allow them

this adventure’s climax and conclusion. As such, this Relationship encounter is more free-form than others. Since this is the last such encounter before the adventure’s finale, this scene should be of

Masquerade Events

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos

Masquerade Events The Magister’s Masquerade includes the events below; run them in the order shown. Between the events, allow opportunities for characters to socialize. Moments to mingle or dance can

serve as the culmination of some Relationships or as turning points for others. Linger on opportunities to socialize as long as you and the players please, and adjust Relationship Points as necessary. From spell mishaps to pigment storms, plenty could go wrong the day of the Magister’s Masquerade

Cleric

classes Basic Rules (2014)

expected to protect their deities’ worshipers, which can mean fighting enemy raiders, negotiating peace between warring nations, or sealing a portal that would allow a demon prince to enter the world

includes lists of many of the gods of the multiverse. Check with your DM to learn which deities are in your campaign. Once you’ve chosen a deity, consider your cleric’s relationship to

Adversary

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything

deal with than the average member of the city watch. If your character’s backstory doesn’t already include a personage of this sort, you could work with your DM to come up with a reason why an

could be the basis for an upcoming adventure. Does your rogue character have an adversary who also happens to be a criminal? If so, how is this relationship affecting your life? Adversaries d6 Adversary

Introducing the NPCs

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos

are at a Job or participating in an Extracurricular, and draw from the entries whenever you want to roleplay an NPC in a classroom setting. When it comes time for a Relationship encounter, you might

Job might encounter an NPC associated with that endeavor. You may also allow your players to browse the “Fellow Students” section to learn more about the NPCs.

Creating a Warlock

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)

make contact with your patron? Were you seduced into summoning a devil, or did you seek out the ritual that would allow you to make contact with an alien elder god? Did you search for your patron, or

of relationship do you have with your patron? Is it friendly, antagonistic, uneasy, or romantic? How important does your patron consider you to be? What part do you play in your patron’s plans? Do you

Yellowcrest Lore

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries

to communicate with her, you can allow the poor servant’s spirit to reveal some of this information: Yellowcrest Manor stands on Delzorin Street in Waterdeep’s North Ward. Lord Viallis and Lady Maria

closest business associate was an elf named Faerl, who visited Lord Viallis twice a tenday. Sarah had a romantic relationship with a young squire named Vecken, who lived close to the manor on Immar Street

Giants and Magic

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters

Giants and Magic Giants have a paradoxical relationship with magic. The most outwardly magical are the cloud giants, followed closely by storm giants. Both types have an innate ability to use some

surface holds. For example, a storm rune carved into a stone might allow the stone’s possessor to control the weather. The same rune carved into door or chest might deal thunder damage to anyone who opens it.

Character and Party Creation

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything

identity of the deceased and each character’s relationship to them will need to be fleshed out. Party Origin d6 Origin Story 1 The characters grew up in the same place and have known each other for

working with that player to come up with their character’s backstory, then let the player decide if they want the character to have a sidekick (see the “Sidekicks” section in this chapter). You might

Respect for the Players

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules

Respect for the Players Your players need to know from the start that you’ll run a game that is fun, fair, and tailored for them; that you’ll allow each of them to contribute to the story; and that

seeing the people and places they care about threatened or destroyed. Other players gleefully detail a backstory full of beloved NPCs, fully expecting the DM to use those people as bait, tragic

Respect for the Players

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide

Respect for the Players Your players need to know from the start that you’ll run a game that is fun, fair, and tailored for them; that you’ll allow each of them to contribute to the story; and that

seeing the people and places they care about threatened or destroyed. Other players gleefully detail a backstory full of beloved NPCs, fully expecting the DM to use those people as bait, tragic

Ez d'Avenir

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

reconnect with Erasmus, now a ghost. She and the spirit renewed their friendship and ultimately discovered paths beyond Rudolph van Richten’s obsession. Rather than let her relationship with the

after a werewolf attack. She hopes that her explorations and her old mentor’s wisdom eventually allow her to create a place that feels safe enough to call home. Ez d’Avenir’s Traits Ideal. “Evil that

Rose Stage Festival

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos

that complements the action on stage requires a successful DC 13 Wisdom (Insight) check. When a character handles props, allow them to choose the props they like most from the Festival Props table or

has disadvantage on their ability check to perform. Relationship Encounter During the festival, characters might mingle with other students. If there are students the characters wish to earn

Creating a Warlock

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)

make contact with your patron? Were you seduced into summoning a devil, or did you seek out the ritual that would allow you to make contact with an alien elder god? Did you search for your patron, or

of relationship do you have with your patron? Is it friendly, antagonistic, uneasy, or romantic? How important does your patron consider you to be? What part do you play in your patron’s plans? Do you

Spirits of the Past

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War

studies are just preparation. Now it’s your sacred duty to be a revenant of your ancestor: to live your life as they did and allow the champion to walk the world again through you. (This title of revenant

important is your relationship with the ancestor. Are you proud of your ancestor and excited to live as they did, or is your duty a burden? Since the rise of Valenar, half-elves and even some humans have

The Challenge

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos

events that have occurred over the past two years. They can’t prove it, but they want to punish the characters anyway. Love Polygon. The Rival blames a character for a relationship disappointment

. Allow characters to spend the intervening time as they please, likely with their first day of studies or other responsibilities. A character who spends time seeking information about Furygale easily

Episode 6: Showdown with the Six

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated

characters, unless they can determine that it’s suffering from a deep depression and desperately seeks a mate. Successfully playing the part of deep crow relationship counselor allows the characters to

members. Oh, and there’s a thing where the ritual keeps resurrecting Splugoth every time the characters kill him. In the end, clever thinking and a measure of luck might allow the heroes to keep

Dimensional Caverns

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated

advice might be — and with no thought given to the fact that relationship advice for humanoids has no bearing on its own needs. Raah needs better guidance. Allow the characters to give Raah any

attempt to communicate with an otherworldly creature stricken with all-too-worldly relationship woes, using the following points and ability checks as guidelines. If the characters are supportive and

Dragon Relationships

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

have to their followers (whether the followers are aware their leader is a dragon or not). Each style of relationship suggests a variety of adventure possibilities, as shown on the Relationships and

ruses (posing as their own children and grandchildren, for example) that allow them to reign across multiple generations. The size of a dragon’s territory is irrelevant to the “emperor” role. A dragon

Monster Behavior

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide

relationships within a monster group. Monster Relationships 1d6 Relationship 1 Two monsters have a bitter rivalry; each wants the other to suffer. 2 One monster, bullied by the others, hangs back and flees

feel alive—particularly an organized base or stronghold—is to allow its denizens to react to the presence of the adventurers. Once they are aware of trespassers, sapient creatures might either fortify

Carousing

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything

if that character doesn’t come into play. Alternatively, you can allow the player to make an NPC into a contact on the spot, after carousing. When the characters are in the area in which they caroused

reasonable explanation for this relationship and work it into the game. Using a mix of the two approaches is a good idea, since it gives you the added depth of specific contacts while giving players the

Secretarian

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated

franchise is a potential customer to a secretarian, who does whatever they can to bring that relationship to fulfillment. A secretarian seeks always to promote their franchise and gain greater value than they

have the card allow its recipient to contact you through your sending stone as if they had cast a sending spell. A business card loses this power seven days after it has been given out, and no more

Special Features

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)

Special Features You can add distinctiveness to a magic item by thinking about its backstory, in much the same way you would for a location. Who made the item? Is anything unusual about its

. The bearer experiences a harmless flash of pain when using the item. 10 Possessive. The item demands attunement when first wielded or worn, and it doesn’t allow its bearer to attune to other items

Warlock's Quest

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight

Roslof The players will undoubtedly want to know more about the rewards Madryck is offering. See “Madryck’s Treasure” later in this section for a summary. (If you allow your players to make wish lists

of magic items for their characters, you can replace one or more of Madryck’s magic item rewards with items from those lists.) Madryck doesn’t need to have a past relationship with any of the

Waterdeep

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide

famed sisters is cause for her to cut short whatever conversation may be in progress at the time. Her relationship with the current Blackstaff, Vajra Safahr, is cordial, but the two are seldom seen in

Neverember’s tenure it became legal for impoverished houses to sell their titles, and thus allow others to become noble, many leaders of the old-blood houses were apoplectic, particularly after some purchasers

Nine Hells

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide

deals with night hags, rakshasas, incubi, succubi, and other Fiends. Contracts signed on his layer contain special provisions that allow Dispater to collect a cut of the deal. Dispater is one of

home to its previous ruler, the serpentine archdevil Geryon, who was dismissed by Asmodeus to allow the imprisoned Levistus to regain his rule. Geryon’s fall from grace has spurred much debate within

Candlekeep

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide

part ranks to allow the seeker inside to the Court of Air. Visitors are instructed to cross that area and stand before the Emerald Door, where another monk receives them, offers them food, bath, and

. Nearest the western wall of the courtyard stand two buildings: the House of the Binder, a large temple of Oghma with plenty of space to allow his faithful to camp and socialize, and the Baths, a public

The Nine Hells

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)

. Stygia is also home to its previous ruler, the serpentine archdevil Geryon, who was dismissed by Asmodeus to allow the imprisoned Levistus to regain his rule. Geryon’s fall from grace has spurred much

might turn them against each other. Mephistopheles is also a godfather of sorts to Glasya, further complicating the relationship. Mephistopheles is a tall, striking devil with impressive horns and a cool

Dungeon Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus

Dungeon Locations Before the characters descend into the dungeon, allow them to advance to 4th level. The following area descriptions are keyed to map 1.6. V20. Cellar The characters might enter this

city’s fall. Neither story holds up under scrutiny. Thavius also lies about his relationship with Duke Vanthampur. He claims the duke’s guards captured him shortly after his arrival in Baldur’s Gate, and

Lower Ward

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands

raw materials from every corner of the multiverse, transmuting them through sweat, heat, and magic into the components that allow Sigil to flourish. Over the years, civic fixtures like the Armory and

relationship with the Athar and are happy to call in a favor if anyone, especially god worshipers, disrupt their tavern. Ezmerath is also a secret member of the Sha’sal Khou, a faction of githyanki and githzerai

Silent Sound Lighthouse

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated

SHIP! OR IS IT … ? If the characters make a deal with Belle Mare and succeed in taking the Tortured Tortle, how they benefit is up to you. Before you decide to allow the Tortured Tortle and its crew

ship’s business relationship with the franchise, creating potential trouble for the characters. Map 3.1: Silent Sound Lighthouse View Player Version Beachside Tents On the beach behind the

A Detour to Neverwinter

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated

entertaining hallmark of assignments handed down from Head Office, and plausible deniability is one of the core competencies of any successful Acquisitions Incorporated franchise.) The Backstory

. He is reluctant to allow anyone other than worshipers of Oghma into the Vault of Tomes, but characters with his favor have an easy time convincing him of their need to do obscure research or similar

Locations V - Z

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder

scholarly and cautious cloud giant named Count Nimbolo. His wife, Countess Mulara, is distrusting of “small folk” and doesn’t allow the characters to move about her home unescorted. Although these giants

’ Alliance, and Ruthiol considers that relationship vital to her city’s survival and prosperity. She knows that the Harpers and the Zhentarim are well established in the city, but her path crosses with

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