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Eberron: Forge of the Artificer
philosophy often become bards, diplomats, mediators, or translators. Others, fascinated by their distant connection to the Fey, seek to build bridges between the Material Plane and the Feywild of
Magic Items
The Book of Many Things
This enormous telescope allows you to view distant celestial objects, including stars, Wildspace systems, and Astral Sea phenomena like the cities of deities or the petrified husks of dead gods
chosen by the DM.
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Excess cosmic energy overloads the telescope, causing it to explode. Each creature within 60 feet of the telescope takes 8d6 necrotic damage. Any Humanoid who survives this damage
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
gifts of gold, is causing nightmares among the local nobility.
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A powerful spellcaster is forcing a captive moonstone dragon to invade the dreams of adventurers, sending parties on quests to
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A young moonstone dragon on the cusp of adulthood refuses to settle down and build a lair. To protect the local populace from the dragon’s chaotic activities, a minor deity sends a deva
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
lazy, but when Linene came around looking for a missing broach, she was out the door before I could blink an eye.
— Toblen Stonehill, innkeeper
Hailing from a strange and distant land
tabaxi rarely stay in one place for long. Their innate nature pushes them to leave no secrets uncovered, no treasures or legends lost.
Wandering Outcasts
Most tabaxi remain in their distant
Monsters
Quests from the Infinite Staircase
retains its name, alignment, and personality. The creature also inherits Nafas’s palace and all it contains.
If the creature refuses, Nafas gains a new body in 1d10;{"diceNotation":"1d10", "rollType
this role, Nafas sends adventurers to distant worlds to fulfill the wishes of creatures beyond his reach. Adventurers who return to Nafas successful receive gifts as rewards. As a noble genie, Nafas
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
Balloon Crash Before the characters descend from their perch on the Queen’s Way, the one with the highest passive Wisdom (Perception) score notices something: In the distant sky, you spot a great
balloon made of patchwork material. It spins out of control as though punctured, causing the wicker basket that hangs from it to swing wildly. The balloon plunges out of sight, disappearing into the fog
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
Halflings of the Five Nations Halflings can be found in every city in Khorvaire. Quick and charming, halflings are often found as merchants, politicians, barristers, and bards. Of course, these same
influence can be felt across the nation and even in the distant city of Stormreach. If you decide to play a halfling rogue—or any character with a criminal or charlatan background—you should decide if you
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Halflings of the Five Nations Quick and charming, many halflings put their natural talents to use as bards, barristers, merchants, and politicians throughout Khorvaire. Of course, these same talents
Boromars are based in Sharn, but their influence reaches across the nation and even to the distant city of Stormreach. If you decide to play a halfling rogue, or a character with a criminal or charlatan
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
brighten as a brilliant light streaks across the heavens and plummets to the earth. As the falling star lands in the mountains ahead, a distant rumble accompanies the impact, causing flocks of birds
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
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
the bards, each of which is named after one of the colleges. See chapter 7 of the Dungeon Master’s Guide for the game statistics of these magic instruments. Long ago, bards who sought the rank of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Forge of the Artificer
become bards, diplomats, mediators, or translators. Others, fascinated by their distant connection to the Fey, seek to build bridges between the Material Plane and the Feywild of Thelanis. These
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
A Bard’s Muse Naturally, every bard has a repertoire of songs and stories. Some bards are generalists who can draw from a wide range of topics for each performance, and who take pride in their
versatility. Others adopt a more personal approach to their art, driven by their attachment to a muse — a particular concept that inspires much of what those bards do in front of an audience. A bard who
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
severe, causing it to grow darker and colder or causing portraits to animate in unsettling ways. By the end of this séance, the spirit has either set the party on the path to wake the house or has
doesn’t deny it and insists they’ll never escape without his help. The séance ends with Dalk’s message followed by the house awakening and the sound of Mara’s distant scream. Mara Silvra: “FIND ME BELOW
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
communication and cooperation between members of different cultures or species. Such Khoravar often become mediators, diplomats, translators, or bards. Others are fascinated by their distant connection to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
Bard Subclasses A Bard subclass is a specialization that grants you features at certain Bard levels, as specified in the subclass. Bards form loose associations, which they call colleges, to preserve
Harmony with the Cosmos Bards of the College of Dance know that the Words of Creation can’t be contained within speech or song; the words are uttered by the movements of celestial bodies and flow
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
The Draakhorn Sounds Shortly after the crash or capture of Skyreach Castle, operatives of the Cult of the Dragon sounded the Draakhorn at the distant Well of Dragons. An ancient magic relic, the
council meeting. She flatly refuses to tell anyone the source of her knowledge if asked. This makes Ulder Ravengard, King Connerad, and Ontharr Frume suspicious, but others take the secrecy in stride
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
The Draakhorn Sounds Shortly after the crash or capture of Skyreach Castle, operatives of the Cult of the Dragon sounded the Draakhorn at the distant Well of Dragons. An ancient magic relic, the
first council meeting. She flatly refuses to tell anyone the source of her knowledge if asked. This makes Ulder Ravengard, King Conneerad, and Ontharr Frume suspicious, but others take the secrecy in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
, is causing nightmares among the local nobility.
7 A powerful spellcaster is forcing a captive moonstone dragon to invade the dreams of adventurers, sending parties on quests to assist the
dragon wyrmling has convinced a lost white dragon wyrmling that the latter is also a moonstone dragon, cursed by an archfey of winter. The two travel together, causing trouble in the name of lifting
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
assist the thieves charged with stealing the gemstone eyes from the statue of Moloch in area 25, she was captured and put to work. If the characters talk of rescuing her, Seodra refuses to leave unless
. Manipulating Time Having a mechanical guide spend 1 charge in this area taps into the ritual magic Seodra is using to craft the demilich’s skull, causing a random character to age by one year. This effect can be reversed by casting a remove curse spell using a 6th-level spell slot.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
. 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
Frody’s restless spirit heard the halflings refer to each other by name before they inadvertently animated his corpse. Frody refuses to return to his grave until the mandolin is returned to him. If the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
rock rises into the sky, its peak lost in the clouds.
Glitch grows fidgety and impatient. Suddenly, the distant blare of a horn draws Glitch’s attention—and yours—to a column of smoke on the horizon
permitted to explore the rest of the train. If one or more characters refuse to get their tickets punched, the duodrone whistles (no action required), causing four tridrones to emerge from hidden compartments
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
effect, causing all the stacks to fall. Each creature on the floor of the room when the stacks topple must succeed on a DC 15 Dexterity saving throw or take 11 (2d10) bludgeoning damage and be knocked
distant worlds and are unfamiliar to most of Toril’s population. Labels written in Gith reveal some of the crates’ more savory contents, such as infinity vine stalks, H’cathan doom radishes, aartuk tongues, giant space hamster hocks, dried mortiss meat, pickled jammer leeches, and puffer steaks.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Light of Xaryxis
. The rest fell prey to ships under the command of Vael, whom Gargenhale calls the scourge of pirates, raiders, and anyone else who refuses to bow to the might of Xaryxis. Despite these cautionary
the Second Wind, Krux refuses to bend his knee to a vampirate, but a character can convince the giff to swallow his pride and yield to Gargenhale’s authority by succeeding on a DC 16 Charisma
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
teleported 5d20 miles in a random direction. Conjuration When conjuration magic churns within a storm’s heart, creatures of wind and rain emerge from distant realms to attack anything they encounter. The
, the ship’s crew suffers disadvantage on all quality checks. Enchantment Storms infused with enchantment magic disarm a creature’s sense of danger, enthralling mariners and causing them to speed into
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
the siege with zombies approaching Lekar’s walls. The characters might pick off distant zombies or enact plans to destroy dozens at a time. The characters’ strategies are likely successful, but the
consult the “Concluding the Siege” section to guide the battle toward its climax. Zombie Siege Encounters d6s Encounter
1 Zombies rip apart a soldier, causing those nearby to freeze or flee
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
communication and cooperation between members of different cultures or species. Khoravar who follow this philosophy often become bards, diplomats, mediators, or translators. Others are fascinated by their
distant connection to the fey and seek to build bridges between the Material Plane and the Feywild of Thelanis. These Khoravar often become Greensinger druids or warlocks with Archfey patrons
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
city of Sharn, which is both the cultural heart of Breland and a nexus for intrigue and diplomacy. Bards have much to gain from the company of other bards, as they exchange news, stories, and songs
. For this purpose, long ago a group of the finest bards in Sharn founded the Circle of Song, an alliance of entertainers and adventurers. The Circle of Song is an informal organization, open to any
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Adventure Atlas: The Mortuary
characters interrupt or otherwise ruin the tune, 1d4 irascible specters emerge from the walls and attack, causing the bards to flee. 10 Three skeleton farmers quietly tend to corpse-white grave
to expel a dybbuk† from a corpse. The exorcist asks the characters to help in dispatch the Fiend. 9 Two bards† in the Heralds of Dust approach the characters and sing a ballad honoring the dead. If the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
are in the broad field of history. You might dream of using magic to contact great historical figures or your own ancestors or of recreating the mighty magic of a distant age. Skill Proficiencies
Lorehold. Bards thrive in Lorehold, and wizards (particularly those of the School of Divination) are numerous among its students. Clerics (often with the Knowledge or Light domains) are also quite common
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
College of Creation One bard’s song of creation is the score to another person’s nightmares.
Tasha
Bards believe the cosmos is a work of art—the creation of the first dragons and gods. That
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
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
Camlash’s forces, and the lower entrance is guarded by spyder-fiends. Vaeve points out both entrances to the cliffside redoubt, two miles distant and barely visible through the blowing fog. If the
least the characters can do in exchange for the useful information Vaeve shared. She refuses to go with them into the conflict.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
was born in a distant land but has been traveling abroad for nearly twenty years. He arrived in Oztocan a few months ago and is working on a play inspired by the town’s local legends. As a playwright
refuses to touch it. In the course of a conversation, Leandro shares the following information with the characters: Earthquakes. “Oztocan hasn’t felt earthquakes in years, but quakes have become common
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
leaps onto one of the characters. It is terrified and refuses to leave them during the invasion. 4–5 Airborne Assassin (see below) 6–7 Direct Attack (see below) 8 Ominous Riders (see below) 9–10
the invasion: A distant flash of light catches your attention. Atop the cliffs north of town, three figures on motionless horses sit in the shadows of the trees. You make out the glint of light on
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
the goblins smashed the well winch before fleeing underground. The Miner’s Exchange, where the goblins stole one of the building’s cornerstones, causing the building to tilt. The Shrine of Luck, which
. The woman (use the commoner stat block) aggressively fights the goblins. 3 Three goblins stole a goat and are attempting to run away with it. The goat, however, refuses to move. 4 A pair of goblin
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
the School of Transmutation. Marambra Nyghtsteel is a striking woman with long auburn hair and an empty, distant gaze. She wears a black robe and holds a staff topped with a rune. A successful DC 10
close …” If the portrait is repaired using a mending cantrip or similar magic, the image appears to come alive momentarily. Within the portrait, Jhesiyra removes the ring from her finger, causing the