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Approaching the Vineyard

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd

trail, which skirts north of a sprawling vineyard before bending south toward a stately building. The fog takes on ghostly forms as it swirls between the neatly tended rows of grapevines. Here and

beckoning figure is one of nine wereravens (LG male and female humans) hiding in the grove north of the vineyard. If the characters ignore the cloaked figure and continue on to the winery, the wereravens keep their distance and wait to see what happens.

Roleplaying Vellynne

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

Roleplaying Vellynne Vellynne is a pragmatist who tries to stay one step ahead of her competition, in particular her rivals in the Arcane Brotherhood (of whom she rarely speaks). To continue her

Ras Nsi

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation

nor his yuan-ti priests have been able to ascertain the cause or find a remedy. As Ras Nsi’s power wanes, his rivals are preparing to dispose of him and continue their holy mission. Acererak promised

Lord of Blades Campaign Themes

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

Lord of Blades Campaign Themes The Voice of THRANE Do They Know the War Is Over? Against all logic and reason, people in Breland continue to argue that the warforged — creations of House

dead land of Cyre continue to fight as if the war had not ended, launching raids out of the “dead-gray mist” to the neighboring lands — including, of course, Thrane. Proclaiming allegiance to something

Mass Suggestion

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook

Mass Suggestion Level 6 Enchantment (Bard, Sorcerer, Wizard) Casting Time: Action Range: 60 feet Components: V, M (a snake’s tongue) Duration: 24 hours You suggest a course of activity

deal damage to the target. Each Charmed target pursues the suggestion to the best of its ability. The suggested activity can continue for the entire duration, but if the suggested activity can be

Suggestion

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook

Suggestion Level 2 Enchantment (Bard, Sorcerer, Warlock, Wizard) Casting Time: Action Range: 30 feet Components: V, M (a drop of honey) Duration: Concentration, up to 8 hours You suggest a

target pursues the suggestion to the best of its ability. The suggested activity can continue for the entire duration, but if the suggested activity can be completed in a shorter time, the spell ends for the target upon completing it.

Suggestion

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Uni and the Hunt for the Lost Horn

Suggestion Level 2 Enchantment (Bard, Sorcerer, Warlock, Wizard) Casting Time: Action Range: 30 feet Components: V, M (a drop of honey) Duration: Concentration, up to 8 hours You suggest a

target pursues the suggestion to the best of its ability. The suggested activity can continue for the entire duration, but if the suggested activity can be completed in a shorter time, the spell ends for the target upon completing it.

Mass Suggestion

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

Mass Suggestion Level 6 Enchantment (Bard, Sorcerer, Wizard) Casting Time: Action Range: 60 feet Components: V, M (a snake’s tongue) Duration: 24 hours You suggest a course of activity

deal damage to the target. Each Charmed target pursues the suggestion to the best of its ability. The suggested activity can continue for the entire duration, but if the suggested activity can be

Suggestion

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

Suggestion Level 2 Enchantment (Bard, Sorcerer, Warlock, Wizard) Casting Time: Action Range: 30 feet Components: V, M (a drop of honey) Duration: Concentration, up to 8 hours You suggest a

target pursues the suggestion to the best of its ability. The suggested activity can continue for the entire duration, but if the suggested activity can be completed in a shorter time, the spell ends for the target upon completing it.

Creating a Rival

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

supporting characters and embellish that NPC as described below. It’s possible for the characters to have two or three rivals at a time, each with a separate agenda. At least one should be a villain, but

the others might be neutral or good; conflicts with those rivals might be social or political, rather than manifesting as direct attacks. The best rivals have a connection with their adversaries on a

Horror in Your Game

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

types of horror stories are right for your group. Do your prefer gothic moodiness, mind-bending mysteries, or something else entirely? Use this book to discover your group’s perfect horror experience and

book are right for your game and promise the most fun for all players. Uncle Rudolph, We continue our pursuit of that were-wretch, Natalia Vhorishkova. Before she fled our last confrontation, she

Building a Party

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica

can also help you create connections among the characters in your party. Those tables describe family relationships, current and former romantic connections, random acquaintances, past rivals, and many

warlock, Rakdos rogue 7 Nature Party. Selesnya druid, Gruul barbarian, Simic wizard or Selesnya bard, Golgari rogue 8 Benevolent Party. Selesnya cleric, Boros paladin, Azorius wizard, Selesnya bard

Redcloak Battalion

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

of the Last War; if the group is to continue, the Redcloaks of the future have to learn the soldier’s trade in different battles. To such ends, senior members of the battalion send your party on

run both ways. Among the Redcloaks, tensions still run hot regarding their former rivals, particularly those from the following nations: Darguun. The hobgoblins of Darguun fought alongside Brelish

Starting Points

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron

give an initial focus to the campaign—setting a tone and giving players an initial investment in the story. The player characters may be meeting in a tavern—but it’s their favorite tavern. The bard

your home—what does it say about your character that this place is your home? Friends and Rivals. Who do you know in the district? The DM should work with each player to develop a friend or rival in the

Kruphix's Influence

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

disputes of the gods, but like any other god, he has both rivals and allies. Chief among the former is the sun god Heliod, whom Kruphix sees as an arrogant, dangerous threat to the balance of power

and into death, Kruphix respects both Erebos and Athreos. He sees Erebos as a necessary check on Heliod’s power, and he even allowed Athreos to continue his vital work on the fringes of the mortal

Deathly Interludes

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

be quite sudden—or to give them a way to continue engaging in the quest while their companions attempt to bring them back to life. These interludes can be played as brief scenes where the player of

character’s dead rivals could have known. Whatever a character learns during their temporary death, they can carry with them back into the mortal world. Such might make dying one of the most helpful things to happen in a character’s greater heroic career.

Area Information

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rrakkma

advantage of their shadowy surroundings to get the drop on the adventurers and continue to hide in the shadows throughout combat. EXPLORATION The water is not drinkable and attempting to do so

during combat, and share a language in common with Ven’delen, the bard. If conversation transpires, it is certainly possible for the adventurers to learn that the illithid made a deal with a powerful

Fierna and Belial

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes

claim dominion over Phlegethos as partners and rivals. Fierna’s charisma, equaled only by that of Asmodeus, makes her a brilliant manipulator capable of filling mortal and immortal hearts with

. Her prodigious intellect allows her to glean the best information from the mountains of reports generated by her agents on the Material Plane. Fierna sometimes personally takes a role in bending a

Feasting Orchard

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

1d8 custard damage. Subtract custard damage from the contestant’s hit points as normal. Any contestant reduced to 0 hit points by custard damage is unable to continue, loses the contest, and has custard

functions like a potion of invisibility. The whole cupcake must be eaten to gain its benefit. Ellywick Tumblestrum This gnome bard (“Tumblestrum” to her friends) is in the Feasting Orchard when the characters

Build Your Group

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

command by virtue of birth. A Commander might be a fighter, bard, cleric, paladin, or even wizard—as magic proves valuable in military engagements. Medic. Keeping soldiers alive is essential to military

warforged characters have spent the years since the end of the Last War trying to find a new way of life. For some warforged, the answer is to continue fighting the war one way or another, often as part

Undersigil

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

points along its mind-bending circumference, imprisoned creatures might spot their own backs or torchlight in the distance. Rarely, through determination or sheer luck, creatures do escape the Loop

. Occasionally called Many-as-One by its multitude of wererat thralls, the hive mind’s combined intellect rivals that of a god. If the Us was ever connected to an elder brain, its psychic link has long

College of Creation

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

creative work included harmonies that continue to resound through existence today, a power known as the Song of Creation. The bards of the College of Creation draw on that primeval song through dance

. The item must appear on a surface or in a liquid that can support it. The gp value of the item can’t be more than 20 times your bard level, and the item must be Medium or smaller. The item glimmers

Asmodeus

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes

most epic of all his achievements is chronicled in The Trial of Asmodeus, a play based on purportedly true events as researched by the aasimar bard Anodius. In ancient times, as the Blood War raged

least as Asmodeus views such a thing. Of course, as he sees it, Asmodeus is the only being with the charisma, strength, and insight necessary to shepherd in this ideal future. His rivals are inferiors

Cloud Giant Destiny Gambler

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

invite potential rivals to name the terms of a wager. Those who are foolish enough to issue a combat challenge quickly find these giants’ magical prowess is nearly unmatched. Destiny Gambler Spell

. Cloud Giant Destiny Gambler Huge Giant (Bard), Any Alignment Armor Class 15 (natural armor) Hit Points 337 (27d12 + 162) Speed 40 ft., fly 40 ft. (hover) STR 27 (+8) DEX 12 (+1) CON

Guilds and Groups

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

how his members do their jobs, as long as they don’t fail. The Circle of Song A bard is a versatile individual, equally skilled at entertainment and espionage. These talents are perfectly matched to the

bard who knows its customs and who can find an outpost. It has no membership dues; you’re expected to make a donation if you make significant use of the group’s resources. Membership provides the

Amphail

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

city’s noble families, a place where they can scheme against their rivals and send their more rambunctious offspring to unleash some of their destructive tendencies without harming the family’s

the area, and House Eagleshields has holdings near Amphail that it uses to continue its long tradition of caring for unhealthy animals from nearby farms, and offers fine tack and other gear for sale

Island Theme

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

challenged by rivals to survive a night on the island. 4 An eloquent invitation from the island’s leader invites the characters for a hunt. Sanctum The inhabitants of sanctum islands use the seas to

provide what aid they can and might even put themselves in harm’s way for the characters if a friendship is established. Welcoming Island Leader d6 Leader 1 Bard (see appendix C) 2 Druid 3 Guardian

Caves of Hunger Locations (H22-H31)

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

here that they are no longer on track to find Ythryn. Their only options are to return to the Caves of Hunger or continue exploring the Underdark. The latter option is beyond the scope of this

discovery with potential rivals, nor does he trust surface-dwellers. For these reasons, characters can’t persuade Yilsebek to join forces with them. Treasure. The source of the room’s heat is a thermal cube

Cragmaw Hideout Locations

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

, they yank the rods loose, bending the rods so their chains are freed. They then attack any intruders they can perceive. H4: Steep Passage From this point on, characters without darkvision will need a

as much damage only. H5: Overpass The stream continues beyond another set of uneven steps ahead, bending eastward. A waterfall burbles in a larger cavern somewhere ahead of you. The goblins have

Shipwreck Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragons of Stormwreck Isle

follows: 19 Tarsakh Our journey is ended, though I fear my own is to continue in the most horrible way imaginable. Compass Rose wrecked on a shoal south of Neverwinter. Many sailors perished with

Blood Lord, the demon lord Orcus is a fiend whose power rivals that of the gods. Ruling over hordes of demons in the nightmarish plane of existence called the Abyss, Orcus yearns to transform the

Mortuary Basement Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel

unsuspecting occupants. Shortly after the characters arrive, a corpse tumbles down the chute and lands with a splat, disgorging a hostile black pudding. As the ooze accosts the party, bodies continue to spill

, read, and write Common. Once a tabaxi bard of great renown, Thaeziagnuz has a case of writer’s block. Piles of crinkled obituaries surround the skull’s desk. The cranky demilich is initially

The Dark Seldarine

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes

companion nearby to hold culpable for your crimes. Gossip can be as deadly as the venom on an assassin’s blade. Use the poison of words to destroy your rivals, that you may claim for yourself all they

, masked bodyguards for the matrons of their house. HOLES IN LOLTH'S WEB Lolth is far from omniscient, despite what her priestesses say. There are drow who live without bending to the tyranny of her

The Mountain Door

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a2

. The orcs in area 4 continue to fire at characters in areas 1 and 2. One orc from area 4 moves through the secret door leading to area 3, intending to close and bar the double doors leading to area 2

other archers continue to fire at exposed characters. The orcs in the eastern half of area 3 cut the rope bridge and prepare to defend the doors that lead to area 5. Round 8. The orcs in area 14 arrive

Giants

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

spellcaster. Its spellcasting ability is Charisma (spell save DC 15, +7 to hit with spell attacks). The giant has the following bard spells prepared: Cantrips (at will): minor illusion

ability. With these gifts, the frost giant can swiftly claim the title of jarl and easily fend off rivals for decades. However, if the frost giant doesn’t give enough honor to Vaprak or fails to heed

World-Shaking Events

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

: a prominent playwright, bard, or court fool in whose words, art, or performance the people perceive universal truth. On a smaller scale, this might be an influential local poet, minstrel, satirist

event on a grand scale, since it will take time to come true (or be averted). Imagine that a world-shaking prophecy comes to light. If events continue on their present course, the prophecy will come

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