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Basic Rules (2014)
experience earns renown among other bards. Indeed, after telling so many stories about heroes accomplishing mighty deeds, many bards take these themes to heart and assume heroic roles themselves
of song, speech, and the magic they contain. Bards say that the multiverse was spoken into existence, that the words of the gods gave it shape, and that echoes of these primordial Words of Creation
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
experience earns renown among other bards. Indeed, after telling so many stories about heroes accomplishing mighty deeds, many bards take these themes to heart and assume heroic roles themselves.
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
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
experience earns renown among other bards. Indeed, after telling so many stories about heroes accomplishing mighty deeds, many bards take these themes to heart and assume heroic roles themselves.
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
Backgrounds
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
’ve learned that most of the real business of entertainment (or any other venture) happens behind the scenes. It’s easy for you to case what sorts of audiences attend what venue — like
Flaw
1
I’ll do anything to win fame and renown.
2
I’m a sucker for a pretty face.
3
A scandal prevents me from ever going home again. That kind of trouble seems to
Backgrounds
Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
: Founded more than a millennium ago, disbanded and reorganized several times, the Harpers remain a powerful, behind-the-scenes agency, which acts to thwart evil and promote fairness through
knowledge, rather than brute force. Harper agents are often proficient in Investigation, enabling them to be adept at snooping and spying. They often seek aid from other Harpers, sympathetic bards and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
connections and opportunities. Depict the public’s interest in the characters by using the renown system presented in the Dungeon Master’s Guide. Start the characters with high renown scores, but let their
renown scores decay if they don’t work to keep the public’s interest. At the height of their fame, characters might be recognized by strangers on the streets, given free room and board, or invited to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
like these exist in your world. Wizards (and bards and druids) might be so rare that a player character learns from a single mentor and never meets another character of the same class, in which case
for organizations presented earlier in this chapter. A player character necromancer might cultivate renown within the Cabal of Thar-Zad, while a bard seeks increasing renown within the College of Mac-Fuirmidh.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica
they don’t, they join groups of another sort, such as mercenary companies or cults. Simic hybrids are all created within the Simic Combine, so it’s rare for them not to be part of it.
Renown As you
right hand of the guildmaster — or even becoming the master yourself! Your status in your guild is measured by your renown score. As you increase that score, you gain the opportunity to advance in the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Forge of the Artificer
Did the barons of House Phiarlan and House Thuranni plan the whole thing together to eliminate a mutual enemy? Whatever the truth behind the schism, it stands as the most significant consequence of the
house’s artistic endeavors, the entertainers and artisans of House Thuranni are also its spies and assassins—and its assassins outnumber its spies. House Thuranni Renown Perks When you request a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
completely reasonable and plausible explanation. Singing songs and strumming lutes might be fine for most bards. Who doesn’t like a rousing shanty now and then? But standing in a crowded tavern playing for
copper pieces tossed by commoners isn’t for everyone — and it certainly isn’t for bards in the Acq Inc world. The power and magic tied up in the voice of a franchise bard is meant for greater things
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
6. Reading Niche Desks. In the middle of the room stands a row of desks. Seated behind one of the desks is Spite Harrowdale (NE male Rashemi human archmage who speaks Abyssal, Common, Dwarvish
Dumara confront the characters as soon as they can do so privately (see “Evil Students”). The notebooks stored here are small and thin enough that they can be curled up and stuffed in pneumatic tube
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
breaks off all contact with the characters for the time being. On the other hand, if the characters try to confront the drow spies, they avoid contact but leave behind a black eye patch as a calling
characters for the hanky. Reward: Each Bregan D’aerthe character gains 1 renown. 3rd “This mission is so easy, a gang of street urchins could pull it off. I want you to deliver an exposé to Gaxly
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
and fingers curled like talons, as though ready to leap down and claw at anyone who stands before it (see “Halaster Statue” below).
Frescoes. Six 10-foot-square painted frescoes adorn the walls around
behind the fresco that depicts Halaster stretching and yawning is a secret door.
Targeting an animated fresco with a dispel magic spell has no effect other than to cause Halaster’s image to silently
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
Harpers Any smart, non-evil character can join the Harpers of Waterdeep. Bards and wizards are especially welcome. Harpers are altruists who work behind the scenes to keep power out of the hands of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
The Old Dartwild Cabin As the characters approach the cabin, read the following text: The front door of the cabin is wide open, and a rotten stench emanates from it. A noise behind you signals the
more than harmless spectators. When the characters enter the cabin, read the following text: The cabin is full of buzzing flies. Seated in a dark corner behind a rickety kitchen table is what’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
their gods, questing against the terrifying powers that threaten the land. Wizards plunder the ruins of the fallen Netherese empire, delving into secrets too dark for the light of day. Bards sing of
destroyed by the eruption of Mount Hotenow. Waterdeep, the City of Splendors, is a seaside metropolis where people from all walks of life gather behind high walls.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
8. Operation: Eat Them All The mind flayers have spawned a neothelid and trapped it behind magic walls of force controlled from area 16c. The illithids are waiting for Extremiton to give the order to
) is curled up in the middle of the cavern, waiting to be fed.
Ceiling. The ceiling is uneven — ranging in height from 60 to 90 feet — and festooned with stalactites.
Ledge. A ledge climbs the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Adventure Atlas: The Mortuary
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
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
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
and reorganized several times, the Harpers remain a powerful, behind-the-scenes agency, which acts to thwart evil and promote fairness through knowledge, rather than brute force. Harper agents are often
proficient in Investigation, enabling them to be adept at snooping and spying. They often seek aid from other Harpers, sympathetic bards and innkeepers, rangers, and the clergy of gods that are
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
hall, a thick purple drape hangs wall to wall. At the upper end, the hallway terminates.
The hall slopes down toward area 62C. Area 62D lies to the west, behind a secret door that spans the entire
Crawlway. Hidden behind a bas-relief depicting a crocodile-headed humanoid holding up a trapezoidal chest, a crawlway leads to area 62D. Close inspection of the relief reveals that the chest’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
Stygian Maze This area’s foyer is carved from glistening obsidian. An austere, fanged man in a high-collared cloak sits at an intricately carved desk, next to which is a simple stone doorway. Behind
the desk, a floor-to-ceiling window overlooks a stone maze shrouded in fog.
The man behind the desk is the maze’s pit master, the vampire Kaylan Renaudon (see the “Casino Pit Masters” section
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
to it, so it can't be behind total cover. If you place an area of effect at a point that you can't see and an obstruction, such as a wall, is between you and that point, the point of origin comes into
magic depends on the Weave, though different kinds of magic access it in a variety of ways. The spells of wizards, warlocks, sorcerers, and bards are commonly called arcane magic. These spells rely on
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
behind an open grave. After the halflings fled with the mandolin, Frody awakened, crawled from his coffin, shambled to his mother’s old cabin, and knocked on the door. The young family living there
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Scions of Elemental Evil
Elf Queen’s Palace Read or paraphrase the following text to start the adventure: Your adventuring group has earned renown, and word of your brave exploits reached Queen Yolande, ruler of the elven
you don them, ask me your questions.”
The queen snaps her fingers, and an elven man in green-and-gold courtier attire emerges from behind a nearby curtain. In his arms are enough sets of black
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
is holding a shortsword hidden behind his back. The statue wears a mask over its eyes. The statue represents Vhaeraun, drow god of thieves. A character who succeeds on a DC 15 Intelligence (Religion
ceiling on a 6-foot-tall statue of a scantily clad female drow with flowing hair, frozen in a pirouette with her arms outstretched and her hands curled, as though they were meant to be holding something
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
connection to the divine. This character might be the driving force behind the group’s quests, steering them according to divine will. Proficiency in skills such as Insight and Religion can help reflect
Persuasion (or sometimes Intimidation) and Religion can be useful for this character. Many clerics fill this role, but devout bards can also be effective Teachers. Some Teachers bring skills from the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
otherwise avoid combat. Southeast Door This door has a stone wall behind it, inscribed upon which is an elder rune (see “Elder Runes”). Determine the rune randomly by drawing a card from the Elder Rune Deck
butterfly swarm is an instrument of the bards (Anstruth harp). The yellow sapphires carried by the animal-headed guards fit into the pillars in area 8. Each gemstone is worth 1,000 gp.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Light of Xaryxis
behind him.
Gargenhale’s tone of voice is inviting, but his dead-black eyes glint with malice. “It’s dangerous out here. That menace from Xaryxis, Commander Vael, keeps sending ships to our system, but
sensitive to holy praise. While aboard the ship, bards and other musicians are allowed to play only secular tunes.
Article 3: Coward’s Consequence. Those who abandon their post or shirk their duty
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
lair (see “Death-at-Sunset’s Lair”). The missing elf council member, Armin Whisperwind (Medium Scout), and his Mastiff, Fletcher, hide here behind roots near the opening’s northeast corner and watch
Giant Centipede skitter from behind the bark and roots to fight the characters. R7: Gruesome Camp To the northeast of this redwood is a burned-out campfire, around which are three humanoid corpses
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
holds Gleam’s twin, Glister (use the Selenelion twin stat block in appendix C). Describe the cell and its occupant as follows: An elf, her face partially hidden under a sun mask, is curled up on a divan
moon prop in storage. If I were to stand behind it while wearing my sun mask, the moon would eclipse the sun. Were this configuration to occur in Endelyn’s presence, she would know her doom is at hand
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
three times as long. If the characters rescued Trekaila and Argentia in area H2 before coming here, the dryads follow closely behind the characters, eager to find their missing dryad companion, Hanah
inside: Curled up on the floor is a dryad. Her arms and legs are bound, and she appears to be unconscious.
This unconscious dryad is Hanah. If Trekaila and Argentia are present, they try to rush to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
, roiling nebulae beyond. At the room’s center, a tiefling with barbs protruding from his scalp stands behind a desk of polished bone.
“Welcome to the Platinum Rooms, illustrious guests,” the
various desserts. Behind them, a furious woman in crimson regalia screams, “Off with their heads!” Dungeonland Results. It takes an hour for a game of Dungeonland to play out, after which the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a6
characters make could awaken the sleeping guards in the area. Guards at the Gate. Two snoring hill giants, supposedly guarding the entrance, lie curled up blissfully asleep just inside the front gate, a
on the walls and the floor. Hidden Door. Near the southwest corner is a door concealed behind a manticore hide hung on the wall. Someone looking around the room can notice the shape of the door behind
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
lies curled in a corner.
This room held the ashes of priests who sought to be interred near the gods, along with small remembrances for the dead. Salamanders have raided this room and thrown most of
the memorial items into the volcano, leaving little behind. The salamander resting here is named Xind, and it was wounded during an encounter with Xocopol. Xind the Salamander. Xind is a salamander with
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
paintings on the walls. A fluffy black cat is curled up on one of the chairs.
If the characters enter the room, the cat sits up, meows plaintively, and approaches. If they feed it or pet it and make a
. Secret Door. There is a secret door behind the left bookcase on the far wall. When the bottom leftmost book in the bookcase is pulled, the bookcase slides forward to reveal the passage behind it. A