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Bard Legacy

Classes Basic Rules (2014)

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 hard study

a master, following the more experienced bard until you were ready to strike out on your own? Or did you attend a college where you studied bardic lore and practiced your musical magic? Perhaps you

Elf Legacy

Species Basic Rules (2014)

insults with vengeance. Like the branches of a young tree, elves are flexible in the face of danger. They trust in diplomacy and compromise to resolve differences before they escalate to violence. They

humans translate their family names into Common, but others retain the Elvish version. Child Names: Ara, Bryn, Del, Eryn, Faen, Innil, Lael, Mella, Naill, Naeris, Phann, Rael, Rinn, Sai, Syllin

Kobold

Species Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

a scale color more akin to that of a chromatic or a metallic dragon. A kobold’s cry can express a range of emotion: anger, resolve, elation, fear, and more. Regardless of the emotion expressed

can speak, read, and write Common and one other language that you and your DM agree is appropriate for the character. The Player’s Handbook offers a list of languages to choose from. The DM is

Schools of Magic

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

, a few class options suggest the existence of magic-using organizations in the world — bardic colleges and druid circles — which are up to you to flesh out. You could decide that no formal structures

wizards would learn their school specialization without any formal training. However, if magic is more common, academies can be the embodiments of the schools of magic. These institutions have their

Bardic Colleges

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

bardic colleges of the distant past, particularly the seven elder colleges: Fochlucan, Mac-Fuirmidh, Doss, Canaith, Cli, Anstruth, and Ollamh. These seven are said to be the origin of the instrument of

Running Allies

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things

. Healing, tracking, and proficiency with thieves’ tools (to disarm traps and unlock doors) are common examples of such skills. A group without magical healing isn’t going to complain when an NPC cleric

the Bless spell or Bardic Inspiration. Perhaps the ally prefers to use the Help action, and if a character’s ability check or attack succeeds with the ally’s help, the ally grants an additional benefit

Cultist

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes of the Borderlands

Cultist Doomsayer and Fanatic Cultists devote themselves to their faith’s leaders and otherworldly masters. While this zeal grants cultists no magical powers, it gives them remarkable resolve in the

Cha 10 +0 +0 Skills Deception +2, Religion +2 Gear Leather Armor, Sickle Senses Passive Perception 10 Languages Common CR 1/8 (XP 25; PB +2) Actions Ritual Sickle. Melee Attack Roll: +3, reach 5 ft. Hit: 3 (1d4 + 1) Slashing damage plus 1 Necrotic damage.

Character Creation

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

of the corruptible, the resolve of the truly heroic—the Dark Powers savor these traits. Whether for a night or an eternity, Ravenloft seeks heroes of all sorts and pits them against their greatest

nightmares. This chapter explores how to create a character prepared to face the horrors of Ravenloft, while also forging ties to the haunted pedigrees and grim fates common to the Domains of Dread

Frequency of Bastion Turns

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

Frequency of Bastion Turns By default, a Bastion turn occurs every 7 days of in-game time. Here are common examples of players taking one or more Bastion turns: The characters are on a long journey

in your Bastions. Go ahead and resolve six Bastion turns.” The characters return to their Bastions in the midst of an adventure. You might say, “You have just enough time to take a Bastion turn

Aftermath of the Last War

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

strengthen Thrane resolve. The common people are united by their faith and sure of the righteousness of their cause. The Silver Flame urges people to stand together in the face of evil, and across the nation

Noteworthy Sites

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel

victims into the saltwater salamanders (use the lizard stat block) common among Djaynai’s mangroves. Ancestors’ Danse House Home to the spiritual faction known as the Night Revelers, the Ancestors’ Danse

ships and mysterious sites. Cerulean Lyceum A center of culture in Janya, the Cerulean Lyceum is a great bardic college with a connected series of vaulted halls set around a broad quadrangle. Icicle

Cult Members

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual

gives them remarkable resolve in the face of threats. Cultists perform much of a cult’s mundane work, which might include evangelism, criminal acts, or serving as sacrifices. Cultist Medium or Small

10 +0 +0 Wis 11 +0 +2 Cha 10 +0 +0 Skills Deception +2, Religion +2 Gear Leather Armor, Sickle Senses Passive Perception 10 Languages Common CR 1/8 (XP 25; PB +2

Cult of the Black Earth

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

, and unyielding resolve. They are deliberate and slow to act, careful to consider their plans and gather their strength before beginning any new enterprise. Once earth cultists resolve to act, they

common courtesy as a way for the weak to put limits on the behavior of the strong, and they scorn empathy or friendship as weakness. In battle, Black Earth cultists are brutal and straightforward. They

Decisionist

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated

franchise party. Noteworthy Decisionists: Donaar Blit’zen (“C” Team), Kelshi Annab Essential Functions: Receive one extra vote on franchise matters; resolve interparty conflicts Position Proficiencies: In

in this capacity for years. When she leverages her coin of decisionry, glinting with its final, unswerving resolve, it is because she has heard all. The Decisonist Franchise Rank Features

Neighbors, Rivals, and Allies

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus

, the city can count on the other members of the Lords’ Alliance to come to its defense. This arrangement infuriates Amn, which is not prepared to test the alliance’s resolve. To the east, the nations of

Chult, seen nowhere else on the Sword Coast, regularly trickle into the port and market stalls of Baldur’s Gate. The sea routes between Baldur’s Gate and Chult are far from safe. Pirates, Amnian privateers, and sea monsters are common in these waters.

Making an Attack

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)

target. In addition, spells, special abilities, and other effects can apply penalties or bonuses to your attack roll. Resolve the attack. You make the attack roll. On a hit, you roll damage

determined at character creation, whereas the AC of a monster is in its stat block. Modifiers to the Roll When a character makes an attack roll, the two most common modifiers to the roll are an

Hoplites

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

relentlessly and possess unflinching resolve. In the annals of Akros, tales abound of squads of stratians that defended a key location against a much larger force or crept behind enemy lines and wreaked havoc

) CON 14 (+2) INT 11 (+0) WIS 14 (+2) CHA 13 (+1) Saving Throws Str +5, Dex +5 Senses passive Perception 12 Languages Common Challenge 3 (700 XP) Hold the Line

Neighbors, Rivals, and Allies

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer

, the city can count on the other members of the Lords’ Alliance to come to its defense. This arrangement infuriates Amn, which is not prepared to test the alliance’s resolve. To the east, the nations of

, rarities from the depths of Chult, seen nowhere else on the Sword Coast, regularly trickle into the port and market stalls of Baldur’s Gate. The sea routes between Baldur’s Gate and Chult are far from safe. Pirates, Amnian privateers, and sea monsters are common in these waters.

Upper Northedge

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

playwright of the Diamond Theater responsible for these stirring stories? Her name is Luca Syara, but beyond that, she’s an enigma. There’s no such person on the rolls of the bardic colleges of Breland

sample Syara’s latest work. Five Lives is a gutwrenching tragedy that forces us to look at our darkest hours, and to consider the suffering of our enemies and the common threads that unite us all. If

Silverquill Scholars

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

Languages Common plus any two languages Challenge 2 (450 XP) Proficiency Bonus +2 Actions Ink Blade. Melee or Ranged Spell Attack: +4 to hit, reach 5 ft. or range 60 ft., one target. Hit: 5 (1d6

12 (+1) WIS 11 (+0) CHA 17 (+3) Saving Throws Dex +5, Wis +2, Cha +5 Skills Deception +5, Performance +7, Persuasion +7 Senses passive Perception 10 Languages Common

Silverymoon

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

, peaceful realm, where many races live together for common knowledge, celebration, and defense. The city is peopled primarily by the “goodly” races (humans, dwarves, gnomes, elves, halflings, and half-elves

the city a green cast. Despite its arboreal architecture, Silverymoon is very much civilized, boasting schools of music and magic, a great library, bardic instruction, and temples or shrines to

Acererak

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

powerful adventurers. Their deaths and souls are my nourishment.” Flaw. “I underestimate the resolve of my enemies.” Acererak Medium undead, neutral evil Armor Class 21 (natural armor) Hit Points

, Common, Draconic, Dwarvish, Elvish, Giant, Infernal, Primordial, Undercommon Challenge 23 (50,000 XP) Special Equipment. Acererak carries the Staff of the Forgotten One (see Appendix C). He wears a

Mutual Respect

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

behavior is interfering with everyone else’s enjoyment, everyone has a stake in helping to resolve the issue. Setting Expectations Before you assemble a group around a game table, pitch the

soft limit), incorporate it with care, if at all, and be ready to quickly veer away from it if needed. Common in-game limits apply to topics such as intraparty romance, sex, exploitation, racism

Quandrix Scholars

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

, Nature +4 Senses passive Perception 12 Languages Common plus any two languages Challenge 2 (450 XP) Proficiency Bonus +2 Actions Multiattack. The apprentice makes two Exponential Lash attacks

Throws Int +5, Wis +4 Skills Arcana +7, Investigation +7, Nature +5 Senses passive Perception 12 Languages Common plus any two languages Challenge 4 (1,100 XP) Proficiency Bonus +2 Actions

Mutual Respect

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

behavior is interfering with everyone else’s enjoyment, everyone has a stake in helping to resolve the issue. Setting Expectations Before you assemble a group around a game table, pitch the

it with care, if at all, and be ready to quickly veer away from it if needed. Common in-game limits apply to topics such as intraparty romance, sex, exploitation, racism, enslavement, and violence

Bavlorna Blightstraw

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

tragic tale of woe and misery puts her in a bargaining mood. If these visitors enter into an agreement with Bavlorna, she’ll use her powers to resolve their pressing problem in exchange for something of

, Deception +5, Perception +4, Stealth +3 Senses truesight 60 ft., passive Perception 14 Languages Common, Elvish, Sylvan Challenge 7 (2,900 XP) Proficiency Bonus +3 Amphibious. Bavlorna can

Zodiac Phenomena

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things

creatures in the region. 4 Throne. The resolve of the law-abiding is bolstered, while rebels are emboldened to passionately pursue their causes. Creatures in the region are immune to the frightened

suppressed in the region. Common magic items, cantrips, and 1st-level spells don’t function within this area. 12 Jester. Misfortune besets people in the region. Whenever a Humanoid in the region makes an

Longsaddle

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

, or shifting forms are fairly common sights in Longsaddle, not surprising to locals though they might give visitors pause. Given the Harpells’ reputation as powerful wizards, and the sheer number of

generations, and influence most of the daily life there. They set the market days, help resolve disputes among families, and broker purchases when a farmer or businessperson dies without an heir. They settle

Gnome Gods

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

personal concerns to embark on a grand excursion or to work together toward a common goal. And according to the gnomes, it is proven that their gods can accomplish the impossible when they band together

alignment, province (the god’s main areas of interest and responsibility), suggested domains for clerics who serve the god, and a common symbol of the god. Several of the gods in the table are described

Monsters F - M

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish

+4, Cha +5 Skills Deception +7, Investigation +4, Performance +5, Persuasion +5 Damage Resistances cold, fire Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 11 Languages Abyssal, Common

, Infernal, thieves’ cant Challenge 2 (450 XP) Special Equipment. Garret wears a ring of warmth (included in his statistics) and wields a gambler’s blade longsword (see appendix D). Bardic Inspiration

Factions of Gracklstugh

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss

Deepking. The lairds hold council to resolve disputes and discuss future plans. Each clan has its own holdings in Gracklstugh and specializes in a certain craft or service. Duergar Clans Smithing Clan

(“Empty-Scabbard Killers” in Common) are a folktale in Gracklstugh, their name derived from an ancient, obscure Dwarvish dialect. They are an order of psionic assassins practicing disciplines unknown to

The Grand Dame

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder

, with the following changes: Lord Drylund is unarmored (AC 11) and speaks Common, Dwarvish, and Elvish. He wields a rapier with a bejeweled octopus-shaped hilt (worth 2,500 gp). As long as Lord Drylund

watchful eye of Lord Drylund’s banker and security officer, Pow Ming (N female Shou human). Pow Ming has the statistics of a mage, with the following changes: Pow Ming speaks Common, Draconic, Dwarvish

Combat

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice Compendium

a Bardic Inspiration die and an action to cast healing word? No. Actions and bonus actions aren’t interchangeable. In the example, the bard could use Bardic Inspiration or healing word on a turn, not

during an action. One of the most common object interactions is drawing or stowing a weapon. Interacting with a second object on the same turn requires an action. You need a feature like the Dual Wielder

Expanded Ziggurat

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase

mind flayer stat block, though he can also speak Common. Four of the tentacles under the high priest’s mask are alive, writhing subtly as he speaks. Zekrikitch telepathically probes the minds of any

impressed by the characters’ foolish resolve, the elder evil might offer to make them minions, lieutenants, or priests—but not before threatening to eat them. Zargon spares those who tremble before

Necropolis Locations (Y1-Y9)

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

team is on offense. Resolve a tie with a Strength (Athletics) contest. Step 2. To simulate the ball being passed around, every player makes a DC 15 Dexterity (Athletics) check. If the team on

series of experiments, and in between cast sequester spells on the doppelganger as a precaution to keep it from escaping. If questioned, Xerophon speaks Loross but switches to Common if no one in the

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