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Ranger Legacy

Classes Basic Rules (2014)

hiding themselves in brush and rubble. Rangers focus their combat training on techniques that are particularly useful against their specific favored foes. Thanks to their familiarity with the wilds

druidic circles. Many rangers, though, are independent almost to a fault, knowing that, when a dragon or a band of orcs attacks, a ranger might be the first—and possibly the last—line of

General Features

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen

General Features Boulders. The boulders are difficult terrain and provide three-quarters cover. Brush. The brush around the site grows to a height of 4 to 6 feet. It is tough and dense, making it

difficult terrain and providing three-quarters cover to targets sheltering among it. Caves. The steep sides of the plateau are dotted with shallow caves. Boulders or brush conveniently conceals many of

General Features

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons

General Features Map 2.1: Raider CampView Player Version Boulders. The boulders are difficult terrain and provide three-quarters cover. Brush. The brush around the site grows to a height of 4 to 6

or brush conveniently conceals many of the cave mouths. Characters who need to take a long rest can easily find a secure cave in which to hide. Guard Towers. The cultists have built two guard towers

Fiery Fangs

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse

Fiery Fangs The fire cult is less concerned with maintaining appearances than the other elemental cults. When Vanifer or her lieutenants receive word that a band of adventurers is trying to ferret

Githzerai Zerths

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage

see the outcome of the Seadeeps conflict but stand ready to assist should the githyanki need help. The leader of this githzerai band, Yrlakka, is a member of the Sha’sal Khou, a faction of renegade

githyanki, but also to the younger githzerai zerths who follow him. Yrlakka is concerned because his most headstrong pupil, a githzerai named Ezria, has disappeared. He fears (correctly) that Ezria was captured by the githyanki on level 16 while trying to find weak spots in their defenses.

Mogis's Villains

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros

, unambiguous foe. Mogis’s followers could be anything from a disgraced politician seeking revenge against their enemies to a roving band of minotaurs pillaging the countryside. Mogis’s faithful tend to

sports. 2 A band of minotaurs directed by a champion of Mogis forges a trail of devastation through the countryside. 3 A serial killer (assassin) stalks the streets of the polis, taking

Wiltroot Hall Locations (W1-W7)

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

covered in moss, it’s easily traversable in comparison to the surrounding brush. A raised wooden walkway nearby overlooks this open area. This clearing appears to be empty. However, a DC 13 Wisdom

(Perception) check reveals movement in the western part of the surrounding brush. If the characters linger here for a round, they catch the attention of two ankhegs. The aggressive creatures attack

Camp Reconnaissance

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen

Camp Reconnaissance When the characters or other scouts return to Vogler, they’re directed to report to Mayor Raven, who has been at the Brass Crab with Becklin and other concerned villagers all

large and organized to be a mere mercenary band. This is the same army the characters likely spotted, and Jeyev’s scouts can confirm everything from the “Sighting the Enemy” section. Jeyev Veldrews

Gnolls

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

Gnolls A gnoll war band might include one or more of the special kinds of gnolls described in this section. When gnolls are weakened, they seek out isolated settlements, maim and disable its

inhabitants, and feed upon them as they rest and regain strength. — Elminster Flind A flind is an exceptionally strong and vicious gnoll that commands and directs the war band it is a part of. It wields a

Dellmon Ranch

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse

father’s never-give-in mentality. Perd is concerned for the safety of the children and privately wonders if staying was a mistake. Perd’s wife, Marka (female Tethyrian human scout) worries about

defending the weak and meting out justice to the Iceshield tribe. He has been trying to bring retribution to the orcs for their depredations, and he just arrived with news that a large orc war band

Undersigil

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

impromptu forums as desperate factols hope to rekindle interest in outdated ideologies and poach each other’s members. One Pixel Brush Dead factions cling to life in Nowhere, a depressing refuge

beneath the streets of Sigil The following are just a few of the non-ascendant factions headquartered in Nowhere: The Coterie of Cakes (Cakers) is a destitute band of rosy-cheeked bullies who assert the

Plague-Mort

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

throne’s despotic inheritor is doomed to defend the seat from an unending torrent of assassins and usurpers. Their pattern of betrayal has one exception. Periodically, the townsfolk band together to

and cast into the noxious void. Moments later, the Pit belches up a demon to serve in the ranks of the Hounds. One Pixel Brush A grim fortress, Blightsteel Keep, looms over the demon-infested town of

6. Goblin Den

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver

Waterdeep. He is an agent of the Lords’ Alliance, a group of allied political powers concerned with mutual security and prosperity. Members of the order ensure the safety of cities and other settlements

first two paragraphs of the “Background” section to the players at this time.) Klarg, the bugbear who leads this goblin band, had orders to waylay Gundren. Sildar heard from the goblins that the Black

L13. Granny Nightshade's Kitchen

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

bedraggled and grumpy dwarf named Elkhorn (see appendix B), one of the members of the adventuring band known as Valor’s Call. If Rubin Sugarwood was lured through the mirror in the Witchlight Carnival’s

has lost interest in Elkhorn and is not concerned if he starves to death. The children toss him scraps of food to keep him alive. Elkhorn happily joins the characters if he is freed from the cell

Scarlet Brotherhood

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh

two personalities. He appears to be a concerned, fatherly figure, a loyal retainer who worries about his young master. With a few moments of focus, however, he can shift to become a cold-blooded

sinister means to turn an important member of another faction into an ally. 17–18 A small band of escaped slaves arrives in town. They claim that several sailors at the docks once worked as slave traders

Cragmaw Hideout Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk

to be watching this area, but they aren’t paying attention. However, if the characters make a lot of noise here—for example, loudly arguing about what to do next, setting up camp, cutting down brush

Sword Coast concerned with mutual security and prosperity. The order ensures the safety of the cities and other settlements of Faerûn by proactively handling violent threats, and order members work to

Criminal Syndicate

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

takes, the syndicate is largely concerned with increasing wealth for its members at the expense of society at large. Conversely, the syndicate could be an underground organization of good-hearted people

fighting against a wicked power structure. Criminal syndicates with a heroic bent include the band of plucky outlaws who hijack taxes from the cruel baron and return them to the downtrodden and a hard

Adventure Models

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

other and against nearby Humanoids. Eliminating the giant will return the volatile situation to an uneasy status quo. 6 A frost giant leads a mixed band of weaker giants in a campaign of bloodlust to

there serve them while they recover. 2 A dragon and a giant, in the middle of a fierce battle, suddenly fall from the sky into a town square. Neither combatant is concerned about protecting the people

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