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charismatic bard who carries himself with a quiet confidence that doesn't hint at the full extent of his skills or powers. A scar cuts across his handsome face, curving from the top of his left
cheekbone down to his jaw. If asked about the scar, he explains that he got it years ago when the man who burned down his home village slashed his face with a dagger. It serves as a constant reminder of his
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Xanathar's Guide to Everything
The College of Glamour is the home of bards who mastered their craft in the vibrant realm of the Feywild or under the tutelage of someone who dwelled there. Tutored by satyrs, eladrin, and other fey
are so eloquent that a speech or song that one of them performs can cause captors to release the bard unharmed and can lull a furious dragon into complacency. The same magic that allows them to quell
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
Q’barran Characters Q’barra is home to the settlers and prospectors from the west—mostly humans but including members of all races found in the Five Nations. It’s also a possible origin for
your newly formed mining village. Your cleric could be the town preacher. As a sorcerer or bard with a criminal background, you could be a dashing wandslinger looking for trouble and gold. Q’barra can
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
performer. She gives the characters an Uncommon Instrument of the Bards and will allow them to keep it if they return Frantosh home safely. Along the way to Harmonia, the characters are plagued by Wolves and
people-eating Goblins. Levels 3–6. In Harmonia, the characters find Frantosh has begun performing with a skilled bard named Harkon Lukas. Harkon encourages the characters to help Frantosh follow his
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
could be a lone sheriff seeking to protect your newly formed mining village. Your cleric could be the town preacher. As a sorcerer or bard with a criminal background, you could be a dashing
didn’t commit? Are you fleeing from a broken heart? Q’barra has also drawn Cyran refugees and newly freed warforged, both seeking a home in the wild east. Lizardfolk. The lizardfolk’s primitive culture
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sleeping Dragon’s Wake
Desert. Learning that it longed for its old home, Fheralai kidnapped a local bard, Tarbin Tul, and forced him to regale the ship with songs from its lost homeland. The ruse worked. As long as Tarbin
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Humans Dwarves are stoic. Elves are wise. Gnomes are cunning. And humans? They can’t make up their mind, so they try to be all of these things at once.
— Kessler, bard of Sharn
The first human
the Mourning and is now stranded with no home 4 A barbarian from the Demon Wastes who repented from a life of cruelty and hopes to atone for past evils 5 A kindly druid from the Eldeen Reaches who wants
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
. While he excelled at none of the instruments, he realized he could pay off his family’s debts by turning his home into a conservatory for young musicians from wealthy families. One of his current
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
Students Sythian has opened his home to four students: Embry Hale (chaotic good) is a loud, 17-year-old human who plays a mean horn. He also composes his own songs and lyrics, recording them on
scraps of parchment. He plans to become an adventuring bard but hasn’t the courage to tell his parents, who would never tolerate such a pedestrian, dangerous life for their son. Mazia Foulard (lawful good
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Home, Sweet Home If you're creating a campaign based in Sharn, it's a good idea to establish a location that serves as a home base for the adventurers. You can use the Home Base table as a source of
inspiration, or you can develop a unique location. Work with the players to develop the connections that each character has to the site. If the location is a tavern, for instance, a bard character
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
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
Ephara’s Champions Alignment: Usually lawful, often neutral Suggested Classes: Bard, cleric, monk, paladin, wizard Suggested Cleric Domains: Knowledge, Light Suggested Backgrounds: Acolyte, athlete
likely involved the polis you call home. The Ephara’s Favor table provides just a few possibilities. Ephara’s Favor d6 Circumstance
1 You grew up in a polis like Meletis and never feel safe
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
can find a home in such a unit, and a diversity of different skills and backgrounds benefits the group as a whole. Consider some or all of these roles for characters in your party: Commander. Every
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
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
I could make them laugh or cry with my stories or songs. 3 I ran away from home to follow a minstrel troupe. 4 I saw a bard perform once, and I knew from that moment on what I was born to do. 5 I
from home at an early age and found refuge in a temple. 2 My family gave me to a temple, since they were unable or unwilling to care for me. 3 I grew up in a household with strong religious convictions
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
College of Glamour The College of Glamour is the home of bards who mastered their craft in the vibrant realm of the Feywild or under the tutelage of someone who dwelled there. Tutored by satyrs
legend. These bards are so eloquent that a speech or song that one of them performs can cause captors to release the bard unharmed and can lull a furious dragon into complacency. The same magic that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Build Your Group Newspapers employ a wide range of adventurers to bring news back to the home office. Consider some or all of these roles for the characters in your party: Voice of
BRELAND
as a bard or sorcerer) can supplement natural Charisma with magical persuasion. A character with the charlatan background, proficiency in Deception, or proficiency with a Disguise kit might also fill
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
Teleport Level 7 Conjuration (Bard, Sorcerer, Wizard) Casting Time: Action
Range: 10 feet
Components: V
Duration: Instantaneous
This spell instantly transports you and up to eight willing
your group (or the target object) appear in a different area that’s visually or thematically similar to the target area. You appear in the closest similar place. If you are heading for your home
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
Teleport Level 7 Conjuration (Bard, Sorcerer, Wizard) Casting Time: Action
Range: 10 feet
Components: V
Duration: Instantaneous
This spell instantly transports you and up to eight willing
your group (or the target object) appear in a different area that’s visually or thematically similar to the target area. You appear in the closest similar place. If you are heading for your home
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
beholder Arrant Quill and the Fake Quill Neutral evil human (age 36) Quill is a charismatic bard who carries himself with a quiet confidence that doesn’t hint at the full extent of his skills or
home village slashed his face with a dagger. It serves as a constant reminder of his past. Although outwardly friendly, Quill is driven by three selfish desires: to preserve his well-being, to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
and divorce her from Waterdeep’s high society. She was allowed to keep her home, but her works and her reputation were destroyed, slowly and methodically. Kalain’s spirit was broken, leading to the
life, and commands it to attack them. Kalain is a half-elf bard (see appendix B), with these changes: She is chaotic evil. She has these racial traits: She has advantage on saving throws against being
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
and investigations. If you and your friends are searching for adventure, you’ve come to the right place, and you don’t have to do it alone. Sharn is home to two organizations that provide adventurers
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
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
Tu’narath They call it the City of Death. I would mock such a tired excuse for a name, but if it fits, who am I to argue?
— Gimble, gnome bard
When the githyanki fled from the illithids
occupied by a mighty demigod who claimed The One in the Void as its home before the githyanki occupied it. Coteries of Red Wizards from the land of Thay on Toril, accompanied by githyanki knights, have
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
save DC 14, +6 to hit with spell attacks). He has the following bard spells prepared:
Cantrips (at will): mage hand, mending, minor illusion, vicious mockery
1st level (4 slots): cure wounds
off without so much as a whisper. Where he comes from — if he even has a home — remains a mystery, as does the question of where he might show up next. Treasure. Ziraj wears +2 leather armor and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
town is home to three young treants. If the town or the abbey comes under attack, their job is to animate nearby trees and aid in the town’s defense. The grove is also home to an awakened tree named
. Visitors aren’t allowed in the brewery, which is locked up tight at night. Longhouses in the brewery’s front yard are home to the sixty commoners who comprise the brewery staff. In the same area is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
.
Bayleaf (bard) is in this room exchanging war stories with one of the guards (veteran) unless they hear a disturbance outside. This former armory of the clerics and the abbey guards is now devoid of such
stacked neatly in the corner.
The four disciples make this room their home. A single cultist is here most of the time, scribing a scroll. Overly cautious, the disciples dare not heat the room for fear
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer
fellow Calishite in the Outer City. There they used what little wealth they’d been able to bring with them to construct a new home — a traditional Calishite settlement that would be precisely as friendly
, of course, every patriar in the city has visited the famous Oasis Theater, home of the city’s most daring — and sometimes dangerous — productions. Oasis Theater Baldur’s Gate plays home to a variety of
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
last-ditch defense of the tribe’s home. When the mouth of Grolantor has slaughtered and eaten its fill of the tribe’s enemies, it passes out amid the gory remains of its victims, making it easy to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
wealth they’d been able to bring with them to construct a new home — a traditional Calishite settlement that would be precisely as friendly to Baldur’s Gate as the Baldurians had been to them. Though
city has visited the famous Oasis Theater, home of the city’s most daring — and sometimes dangerous — productions. Oasis Theater Baldur’s Gate plays home to a variety of small theaters and cabarets, but
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a2
grateful for their rescue, but they will not join the characters in their quest—neither is skilled at fighting, and they just want to go home. Treasure. The characters can free the prisoners and escort
. (The ogre would never stoop to wielding the delicate blade like some prancing bard.) 13. Dwarven Statue At the end of the passage stands a statue of a fierce-looking dwarf in heavy mail armor. The stone
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
Aerisi ran away from home to become the air prophet, she took Windharrow with her. At Aerisi’s insistence, Windharrow recruited a band of flutists from the ranks of new converts to the air cult
.
Spellcasting. Windharrow is an 8th-level spellcaster. His spellcasting ability is Charisma (spell save DC 13, +5 to hit with spell attacks). Windharrow knows the following bard spells:
Cantrips
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
area’s prisoners. Cell Occupants Cell Prisoners A A male half-ogre named Groz, a minotaur named Umpok, and a female orog named Charworl B Kidnapped Waterdavians: Xia Shung (NG female Shou human bard
hands the characters his apron, mistaking them for the actual kitchen staff. Bepis Honeymaker is a honey merchant who was kidnapped from his Trades Ward home a month ago. The Xanathar Guild tried to