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Thieves’ Gallery
relies on charisma first—rather than magic or muscle—to escape trouble. Once a member of the Harpers, a spy organization dedicated to protecting Faerûn’s common folk, Edgin has
confidence and rakish demeanor make him a natural leader. With carefully chosen words, he inspires the members of his thieves’ crew to greatness. But when his past mistakes come calling, Edgin must
Monsters
Acquisitions Incorporated
adventure. But adventure of the wrong kind came calling for the trio one day, when an underground ruin they had often explored — actually a creature called the Wandering Crypt — took Auspicia from the
world.
Omin Dran built the organization called Acquisitions Incorporated to facilitate and expand his quest to find his true sister, at least in part. For despite his unprecedented success in
Monsters
Candlekeep Mysteries
can snare foes with their tongues to make them easier targets. Grippli villages are generally built from mud bricks and other natural materials harvested from the immediate vicinity.
Young grippli
are raised by the community rather than by a single set of parents, and all of a community’s eggs are kept in freshwater pools until they mature. Protecting their eggs is a major concern for
Spells
Acquisitions Incorporated
Jim Darkmagic is said to have invented this spell, originally calling it I said what?! Have you ever been talking to the local monarch and accidentally mentioned how their son looks like your
favorite hog from when you were growing up on the family farm? We’ve all been there! But rather than being beheaded for an honest slip of the tongue, you can pretend it never happened — by
Backgrounds
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
Baldur’s Gate was founded by sailors, and its harbor is still the city’s beating heart. Several patriars are descended from captains of yore, the commerce of the Lower City is built on
you served on, or another ship you have good relations with (perhaps one captained by a former crewmate). Because you’re calling in a favor, you can’t be certain of a schedule or route
Backgrounds
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
You are a member of a blessed community, built on the ideals of harmony. Here, nature and civilization coexist peacefully, living and growing in accordance with the will of the Worldsoul, Mat&rsquo
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I never raise my voice or lose my temper.
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I feel the pains and joys of everyone around me, friend or foe.
3
I would rather make a friend than thwart an enemy.
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I’m
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monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
rather enjoy the company of people—as long as they remain unaware of my true nature.
Deep Dragon Ideals
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of my power. (Evil)
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Patience. All creatures might teach me something, and I’m willing to wait and find out what that might be rather than acting in haste. (Good)
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Ancient Deep Dragon
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Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
rather enjoy the company of people—as long as they remain unaware of my true nature.
Deep Dragon Ideals
d6;{"diceNotation":"1d6","rollType":"roll","rollAction":"Ideal"}
Ideal
of my power. (Evil)
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Patience. All creatures might teach me something, and I’m willing to wait and find out what that might be rather than acting in haste. (Good)
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Backgrounds
Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
your adventuring career, you can decide whether to tell your companions about your inheritance right away. Rather than attracting attention to yourself, you might want to keep your inheritance a secret
. (Neutral)
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Destiny. Nothing and no one can steer me away from my higher calling. (Any)
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Bond
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I have a family, but I have no idea where they are. One day, I hope to see
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
beyond the horizon — makes an adventuring career a natural calling. Every adventure is an opportunity to learn, practice a variety of skills, enter long-forgotten tombs, discover lost works of magic
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
a greater calling? Folk Hero Bard. You served as a medic in the Last War, using humor and stories to keep up the spirits of your patients. You’ve seen too much suffering, and you need to do something
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hold Back The Dead
wish. Consider the following suggestions: Dragonlance. The old fortress rises in the Hinterlund region of Solamnia. It was built before the Cataclysm and has been uninhabited until recently. Corlie
Halvachar is a Knight of the Crown. Lord Soth’s forces are marching from Dargaard Keep. Eberron. Dwarves built the fortress in the Mror Holds long ago but abandoned it when a local mine was depleted
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
monarch or following the tenets of a deity. A noble who keeps such a bard as a herald or advisor knows that the bard would rather be honest than politic. The college’s members gather in libraries and
choose must be of a level you can cast, as shown on the Bard table, or a cantrip. The chosen spells count as bard spells for you but don’t count against the number of bard spells you know. Peerless Skill
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
General Features The lodge is built in a comfortable but rustic style, and good tapestries and some hunting trophies festoon its rooms. The wooden floors are heavily scarred by claws. A successful DC
20 Intelligence (Nature) check reveals that these are not the marks of normal hunting hounds, but rather ambush drakes (see appendix D). Ceilings. Most hunting lodge ceilings are 8 feet high. Light
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
have invented this spell, originally calling it I said what?! Have you ever been talking to the local monarch and accidentally mentioned how their son looks like your favorite hog from when you were
growing up on the family farm? We’ve all been there! But rather than being beheaded for an honest slip of the tongue, you can pretend it never happened — by ensuring that no one knows it happened. When
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
Ghallanda tavern. Inside, the halfling bartender uses prestidigitation to chill and flavor an array of exotic beverages. A Phiarlan bard entertains the crowd with song and a dazzling display of
. Arcane magic is a form of science, and the Five Nations are built on this foundation. Magewrights are professional spellcasters who use rituals and cantrips to provide a host of services. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica
guilds that have seized an outsized measure of power, those who need to be taken down a peg, rather than piling further humiliation onto those who are already struggling. They use masks, marionettes
save DC 14, +6 to hit with spell attacks). It knows the following bard spells:
Cantrips (at will): dancing lights, minor illusion, vicious mockery
1st level (4 slots): bane, dissonant whispers
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
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 of song, speech, and the magic they contain
swords and armor. Their spells lean toward charms and illusions rather than blatantly destructive spells. They have a wide-ranging knowledge of many subjects and a natural aptitude that lets them do
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
Character Advancement If you want to use story-based level advancement, the characters receive experience points for achieving the following milestones rather than defeating monsters: Escape the Maze
compelling narrative. A year later, the Hickmans built on those same strengths when they introduced the world to the vampire Strahd von Zarovich in I6: Ravenloft.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
the mountain rather than built from fitted stonework.
Two dwarf guards stand watch atop this stony shelf. Instead of spears and shields, they carry warhammers that they wield with two hands (1d10 + 1
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
Haunted Keeps In the southwestern Sumber Hills stand four ruined keeps built centuries ago by a band of adventurers, the Knights of the Silver Horn. According to most locals, these crumbling stone
across the Sumber Hills. It can be seen from afar by anyone traversing the hills and is used as a private retreat by an elite hippogriff flying club comprised of rich Waterdhavians calling themselves
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
me push beyond my limitations. 6 My anger needed to be channeled into battle, or I risked becoming an indiscriminate killer. Bard d6 I became a bard because … 1 I awakened my latent bardic
abilities through trial and error. 2 I was a gifted performer and attracted the attention of a master bard who schooled me in the old techniques. 3 I joined a loose society of scholars and orators to learn
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
guidelines, and it’s fine to err on the side of affecting more creatures. For example, if eight zombies are crowded around a Fighter when the Bard centers a Shatter spell on the Fighter’s space, the
-foot 30-foot-radius — 20 *Use this column for Cylinders, Emanations (using the size of the Emanation rather than its radius), and Spheres.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
hunting. Some individuals feel a calling to a particular deity’s service and claim that god as a patron. Particularly devoted individuals become priests by setting up a shrine or helping to staff a holy
site. Much more rarely, those who feel such a calling become clerics or paladins invested with the responsibility of true divine power. Shrines and temples serve as community gathering points for
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
College of Whispers Most folk are happy to welcome a bard into their midst. Bards of the College of Whispers use this to their advantage. They appear to be like other bards, sharing news, singing
this reason, members of this college rarely reveal their true nature. They typically claim to follow some other college, or they keep their actual calling secret in order to infiltrate and exploit royal
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
and a seat on the Triumvirate that governs the nation; the Trust reports to the Triumvirate. The Zil gnomes built this system, and they are quite happy with it. Their streets are safe, and as long as
gnome—as long as the charlatan accomplishes the deed through cunning, negotiation, or deception rather than violence or outright theft, and as long as the mine stays in Zil hands. The same applies to
compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lorwyn: First Light
Lys Alana This elegant city is built into the majestic trees of an ancient forest. High balconies and wide, sweeping arches lead from tree to tree. Carvings cover all surfaces and glitter in the
Adventurers might visit Lys Alana for one of the following reasons. Artistry. Committed to leaving the past behind, Perfect Gecoran seeks new decorations for the village through trade rather than theft. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
. There, the rogue finds a small rock that looks like a grinning face, but otherwise you encounter nothing out of the ordinary.” The trick is to focus on a few details that reinforce the desired mood rather
different random encounter tables. Finally, a wilderness trek can be enhanced by calling attention to the weather. “You spend the next three days crossing the swamp” sounds less harrowing than, “You
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
basic physiology, the centaur bands are commonly associated with their own distinct traits. Lagonna band centaurs tend to be sleek and muscular, with powerful legs built for endurance rather than
fortune before sending young centaurs on their way, guiding the first steps of their journey. While most centaurs return to the band eventually, some find their calling elsewhere. When the Lagonna tell
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver
Old Owl Well Built thousands of years ago by a long-vanished empire, Old Owl Well is a ruined watchtower that now consists of little more than a few crumbling walls and the broken stump of a tower
to Kost, even by calling out a greeting or answering his questions during combat, he temporarily calls off his zombies. The Red Wizard is not particularly aggressive, and he is willing to strike a deal
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
. Rather, their highest pursuit is preserving mortal choice, despite the sorrowful knowledge that mortals sometimes choose ruinous paths. Symbols Left to Right: Paladine, Branchala, and Habbakuk
Krynn in the guise of Fizban, a befuddled old human mage in faded robes. Branchala Called the Bard King, Branchala is the god of music, poetry, and the inner beauty of all living things. Many elves
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica
surveillance and precognition. Most adventuring characters, by their nature and because of their capabilities, are associated with the active work of the Lyev Column rather than the behind-the-scenes
harmony. A society’s values, they contend, are reflected in the laws it creates. Something is good if it is lawful. To the Azorius, the highest virtue is a society built on stability and order, and the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
Sundabar Like Mirabar, Sundabar was a dwarven settlement atop which a human city was built. Sundabar’s recent fall should serve as an example to my fellow dwarves of what can happen when the balance
recognition of a human saving his life during the fight, the Forgemaster permitted the refugees to settle on the surface, rather than forcing them to depart once the battle was done. The partnership that grew
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
. Rather, they roll up their sleeves and work harder to increase their prestige through the fruits of their labor. All the honor and honesty the duergar apply among themselves doesn’t apply to
allowed to hold honest jobs, and their rights are hardly ever recognized by the duergar. Even slaves are held in higher regard. Derro scuttle about like vermin and are mostly confined to hovels built
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
. Uthgar’s followers buried the half-ogre’s bones alongside a relic stolen from their enemies, the giants, and built an altar upon the burial site. When the Uthgardt call upon Uthgar for guidance or
battle that unfolds in the cavern, eager for its fair share of meat. Black Road Long ago, the Zhentarim built this trade route to connect its established footholds in the east with its lucrative