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Basic Rules (2014)
, ensuring that her companions’ words will be well received. Whether scholar, skald, or scoundrel, a bard weaves magic through words and music to inspire allies, demoralize foes, manipulate minds
, create illusions, and even heal wounds. Music and Magic In the worlds of D&D, words and music are not just vibrations of air, but vocalizations with power all their own. The bard is a master
Monsters
The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
a loyal vassal of the Summer Queen. Many of Sir Talavar’s squires have gone on to become knights of great renown. The venerable faerie dragon has an encouraging, can-do demeanor and an
artifact called Iggwilv's Cauldron, the coven has frozen time in Zybilna’s palace, trapping the archfey inside.
A goblin named Jingle Jangle has the key to Sir Talavar’s birdcage. She lives
Classes
Xanathar's Guide to Everything
Bards of the College of Swords are called blades, and they entertain through daring feats of weapon prowess. Blades perform stunts such as sword swallowing, knife throwing and juggling, and mock
weapon skills and magic, these blades either take up work as enforcers for thieves’ guilds or strike out on their own as adventurers.
College of Swords Features
Bard Level
Feature
Classes
Xanathar's Guide to Everything
Bards of the College of Swords are called blades, and they entertain through daring feats of weapon prowess. Blades perform stunts such as sword swallowing, knife throwing and juggling, and mock
weapon skills and magic, these blades either take up work as enforcers for thieves’ guilds or strike out on their own as adventurers.
College of Swords Features
Bard Level
Feature
Monsters
Curse of Strahd
);{"diceNotation":"1d6+1","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Silvered Sword","rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage (silvered sword).Several months ago, a colorfully dressed half-elf bard came to Barovia in a
Richten’s tale is a sad one. A scholar and doctor from a land called Darkon, he married his childhood sweetheart, Ingrid, and together they had a son, Erasmus. When he was fourteen, Erasmus was
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Forge of the Artificer
Devourer called the Hurricane Harvest, which teaches dragonmarked heirs to use their power for destruction and domination.
House Lyrandar Renown Perks
CLAUDIO POZAS
When you request a favor from
your house, it can take one of these special forms. Favored in House (Renown 3+). You can secure passage on a House Lyrandar sailing ship for yourself and your party at no cost, or on an elemental
Magic Items
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
access to privileged places in its guild’s headquarters and outposts. At the DM’s discretion, a character might be given a keyrune upon attaining a renown score of 25 in their guild
it is an artificial human.
Dimir Keyrune (Very Rare). This keyrune, carved from black stone accented with steel, resembles a stylized horror. On command, it transforms into an intellect devourer that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
Learning from Experience True bards are not common in the world. Not every minstrel singing in a tavern or jester cavorting in a royal court is a bard. Discovering the magic hidden in music requires
, decipher old tomes, travel to strange places, or encounter exotic creatures. Bards love to accompany heroes to witness their deeds firsthand. A bard who can tell an awe-inspiring story from personal
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
or pantheon with goals, doctrine, and taboos that you have created. Any renown he or she earns is called piety. A character gains piety for honoring his or her gods, fulfilling their commands, and
Renown Renown is an optional rule you can use to track an adventurer’s standing within a particular faction or organization. Renown is a numerical value that starts at 0, then increases as a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
Learning from Experience True bards are not common in the world. Not every minstrel singing in a tavern or jester cavorting in a royal court is a bard. Discovering the magic hidden in music requires
, decipher old tomes, travel to strange places, or encounter exotic creatures. Bards love to accompany heroes to witness their deeds firsthand. A bard who can tell an awe-inspiring story from personal
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
for organizations presented earlier in this chapter. A player character necromancer might cultivate renown within the Cabal of Thar-Zad, while a bard seeks increasing renown within the College of Mac-Fuirmidh.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
featuring these age-old rivals. Gith Conflicts 1d8 The Characters Are... 1 Called on to deliver a message or mysterious parcel to or from Vlaakith the Lich Queen. 2 Encouraged by a disguised intellect
devourer to seek out an elusive gith leader. 3 Entreated to aid githzerai fleeing the githyanki who destroyed their sanctuary. 4 Entrusted with renewing or disrupting the githyanki’s alliance with red
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
Bard There is nothing I would like to do more than explain to you why I’m standing here with stolen goods and my rapier sticking out of this still-warm corpse, officer. I assure you, I have a
copper pieces tossed by commoners isn’t for everyone — and it certainly isn’t for bards in the Acq Inc world. The power and magic tied up in the voice of a franchise bard is meant for greater things
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
the alley followed by eight kobolds disguised as children wearing troll masks. A bugbear named Morga and an intellect devourer hide in a doorway halfway down the alley and can be spotted with a
successful DC 16 Wisdom (Perception) check. When the characters reach Morga’s hiding spot, the bugbear and the kobolds attack. The intellect devourer stays hidden and tries to take control of a character
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
out missions designed to tax the characters’ resources and test their loyalty to Waterdeep. Characters who complete these missions won’t gain enough renown to join Force Grey yet, but they will gain
oblique reference to Manshoon.) The characters can descend the mountain safely. Reward: Each Gray Hand character gains 1 renown. 3rd “A young bronze dragon has taken up residence in Deepwater Harbor
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Forge of the Artificer
bonds that link the heads of the families. These three leaders, called the Triumvirate, manage the house together from the city of Zarash’ak in the Shadow Marches.
Aashta The Aashta and their allies
accommodating and too willing to placate the other leaders of the house. House Tharashk Renown Perks When you request a favor from your house, it can take one of these special forms. Favored in House (Renown
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
Axe from the Grave An Adventure for 6th-Level Characters Famed bard Froderic Dartwild is dead, and his beautiful mandolin, called Golden Axe, has been stolen from his grave. Even worse, Froderic has
risen as a zombie, terrifying the hamlet of Toadhop. In this heist, the characters must track down Golden Axe from the music school owner who stole it and return it to Froderic so the bard can rest
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica
philosophical objections to the very idea of guilds. The so-called guildless are especially common in areas that might be considered rural: places farther from the heart of the city and the larger exurban
they don’t, they join groups of another sort, such as mercenary companies or cults. Simic hybrids are all created within the Simic Combine, so it’s rare for them not to be part of it.
Renown As you
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
Barghest
Devourer
Draegloth
Maw demon
Shoosuva
Tanarukk
Vargouille
Giants Cloud giant smiling one
Fire giant dreadnought
Frost giant everlasting one
Mouth of Grolantor
Stone giant
dreamwalker
Storm giant quintessent
Humanoids Abjurer
Apprentice wizard
Archdruid
Archer
Bard
Blackguard
Champion
Conjurer
Deep scion
Diviner
Enchanter
Evoker
Firenewt warrior
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
23. Worg’s Eye Watch Post The Xanathar Guild maintains a watch post here, called “Worg’s Eye” by the bugbears that command it. The goblinoids stationed here, two bugbears and fifteen goblins, can’t
intellect devourer in its skull cavity.
Noise. The goblins in the adjoining room (area 23a) are noisy enough to be heard here.
Shattered Statue. The remains of a shattered statue lie in the middle
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
sorcerer
Maw demon
Nilbog
Quickling
Sea spawn
Thorny
Vargouille
Xvart warlock of Raxivort
Challenge 2 (450 XP) Aurochs
Bard
Darkling elder
Grung elite warrior
Guard drake
)
Warlord
Yuan-ti anathema
Challenge 13 (10,000 XP) Devourer
Neothelid
Challenge 14 (11,500 XP) Elder brain
Fire giant dreadnought
Challenge 16 (15,000 XP) Storm giant quintessent
Challenge 22 (41,000 XP) Mind flayer lich (Illithilich)
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
living storehouses of history and folklore. Bards know a great deal, and they tend to be willing to share what they know, or at least barter for it. The arrival of a renowned bard is a special occasion
, akin to the visit of a dignitary. A bard can reasonably expect at least a hot supper and a clean place to sleep from a local landlord or inn in exchange for a few songs or stories. A noble might host a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
disperse the would-be brawlers. Reward: Each Order of the Gauntlet character gains 1 renown. 3rd “A notorious thief called the Black Viper, long thought dead, has apparently returned to Waterdeep. She
griffons for the Griffon Cavalry. Savra is trying to regain her honor by serving Tyr, thus atoning for the evil acts she committed as a member of an evil elemental cult called the Howling Hatred
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
confident her guidance can get them there. Called the Fallbacks, the team includes Anson, a human Fighter too stubborn to stay down; Cazrin, a self-taught, human Wizard determined to test her
theoretical mettle against the real world; Baldric, a dwarf Cleric who refuses to tie himself to a single deity when he can trade favors with them all; Lark, a tiefling Bard with as many secrets as songs; and Uggie, a pet otyugh.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
characters for the hanky. Reward: Each Bregan D’aerthe character gains 1 renown. 3rd “This mission is so easy, a gang of street urchins could pull it off. I want you to deliver an exposé to Gaxly
Rudderbust, the publisher of a local broadsheet called The Waterdeep Wazoo, without his knowing who wrote it or where it came from. You’ll find his office at the corner of Immar Street and Stallion Street, in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Flee, Mortals! Rule Primer
average number. Soul Devourer Demons can gain more souls by slaying other creatures, as described in their Soul Devourer trait. Unlike hit points, there is no maximum limit to a demon’s soul count. Soul
, seeking only to consume. See a demon’s Lethe trait for more information. Soulsight Demons have a special sense called soulsight, allowing them to perceive each creature, other than Constructs and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
Candlekeep with another group of adventurers, given to them by a villager who found it among her grandfather’s old possessions. Her grandfather—a traveling bard in his youth—claimed to have written it
death of a mountain village called Vermeillon by slow, unknown means. Following a terrible accident in the platinum mine, survivors and other villagers began disappearing. Eventually Vermeillon’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
Wisdom (Perception) check. Soluun flees if reduced to half his hit points or fewer. Reward: Each Zhentarim character gains 1 renown. If Heldar survives Soluun’s attack, each character receives 50 gp
. 3rd “There’s a shop in the Trades Ward called Weirdbottle’s Concoctions. The gnome who runs it is a friend of ours named Skeemo. He’s made some potions of mind reading for a client. Pick up the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
Adventure Background Froderic Dartwild—Frody to those who knew him well—was a gifted human bard born and raised in the hamlet of Toadhop. He could play the mandolin by age three and performed
. So gifted a musician was he that an admiring wizard gave Frody an instrument of the bards—a famous Canaith mandolin called Golden Axe. The mandolin’s magic served Frody well during his many
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
taken over by an intellect devourer.
6 An inventor requests the characters’ insight into a pill-sized device she extracted from her own body. As the characters examine it, the device projects a map
the Apparatus (see “Mordent” later in this chapter). All it needs is a relic called the Rod of Rastinon, which it wants the characters to retrieve for it.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
Eberron The world of Eberron has many different religions, but the most important revolves around a pantheon called the Sovereign Host and their malign shadow, the Dark Six. The gods of the Sovereign
imprisoned in Eberron’s Underdark (called Khyber, the Dragon Below). The followers of the Path of Light believe that the world is heading toward a glorious future where the shadows that cloud this world
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
corpses, to preserve them while the investigation is ongoing. Any character who has a renown of 1 or higher in Force Grey (the Gray Hands), the Harpers, the Lords’ Alliance, the Order of the Gauntlet, or
information from Dalakhar’s corpse if the right questions are asked: Dalakhar stole an artifact called the Stone of Golorr from the lair of a beholder known as Xanathar, in a dungeon deep below the city
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
39. Big Ears Watch Post These chambers house the level’s main Xanathar Guild watch post, called “Big Ears” by the bugbears that command it. Instead of posting lookouts, the watch post’s defenders
has an intellect devourer in its skull, which is controlling it like a puppeteer. Because of the intellect devourer’s Detect Sentience trait, the bugbears can’t be surprised by the adventurers. When
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
, Falkir Gravelfist, is believed to have stolen a famous emerald called the Eye of the Spider from the Mirabarran embassy in Waterdeep weeks prior to his disappearance. Joroth believes Falkir is dead
’ Alliance gain 3 renown (see “Renown” in chapter 1 of the Dungeon Master’s Guide) for returning the Eye of the Spider to Joroth. Both the gemstone and Falkir’s Fist can be found on level 10. Retrieve
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
Bardic Colleges In addition to the tradition of apprenticing with a master bard, the Sword Coast has some bardic colleges where masters teach students the bardic arts. They hark back to the great
master bard attended each of the elder colleges, seeking to learn its musical and magical secrets. Traditionally, the colleges were attended in the order given above, starting with Fochlucan. That






