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Returning 35 results for 'bards blessed diffusing craft ritual'.
Monsters
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
faces. Some have other features that give them a fearsome aspect.
Verbeeg craft their own armor and weapons. They prefer thrown spears above all other weapons, and a verbeeg usually has several spears
for that purpose.
Longstriders. Some verbeeg worship gods of nature and help defend the natural world. These even-tempered verbeeg are called longstriders and are blessed with innate spellcasting abilities.
College of Glamour
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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
, these bards learn to use their magic to delight and captivate others.
The bards of this college are regarded with a mixture of awe and fear. Their performances are the stuff of legend. These bards
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Brass Dragons Bards sometimes seek out brass dragon lairs in hopes that the dragons’ whimsy will enhance their creativity, like a muse. The more experienced bards know not to overstay their welcome
, lest they awaken cradling a skunk cabbage.
-Fizban
Use the tables, map, and other information in this section to craft unique encounters with brass dragons.
Tortle
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The Tortle Package
. Tortles tend to be most uncomfortable underground, where neither the sun nor the moon is visible to them.
Blessed are the days when both the sun and moon are visible in the sky at the same time
watch a frog croaking on a lily pad, or to stand in a crowded human marketplace.
Tortles like to learn new skills. They craft their own tools and weapons, and they are good at building structures and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
Serpent Cults Some humans believe that not only are the yuan-ti superior to humans and worthy of emulation, but they are also the blessed emissaries of the serpent gods. From these entwined beliefs
encourage cults to gather the special herbs and magic they need to perform the ritual for evolving into a more powerful form. And just as the yuan-ti have rituals to transform their own bodies, they
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
, the drow archmage uses those components to craft a talisman that looks and feels like a five-pound black heart carved of black stone. Imbued with arcane and fiendish power, the dark heart talisman
acts as a beacon when Vizeran’s ritual is performed, drawing all demons presently loose in the Underdark. The talisman radiates faint conjuration magic even before it is activated, but it’s primarily a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
Chapter 13: The Wormwrithings Two of the components that Vizeran needs to craft the talisman for his ritual (see chapter 12) can be found relatively close to the archmage’s tower. The Wormwrithings
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
, eladrin, and other fey, these bards learn to use their magic to delight and captivate others. The bards of this college are regarded with a mixture of awe and fear. Their performances are the stuff of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Bard: College of Spirits Bards of the College of Spirits seek tales with inherent power—be they legends, histories, or fictions—and bring their subjects to life. Using occult trappings, these bards
next turn.
Spirit Session 6th-level College of Spirits feature Spirits provide you with supernatural insights. You can conduct an hour-long ritual channeling spirits (which can be done during a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
Shell Shark These impressive creatures, swimming through the sahuagin stronghold in The Final Enemy, are chosen by priestesses of Sekolah to serve as protectors and messengers. The sharks are blessed
in a ritual during which plates of shell and coral are permanently affixed to their bodies. Shell Shark
Medium monstrosity, unaligned
Armor Class 18 (shell plate armor)
Hit Points 32 (5d8 + 10
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
wizard’s spell or a ritual bath in dragon’s blood. In all these cases, the result is a creature that combines the essence of a dragon with the form of its original race. Regardless of their origins
offspring. Those that wish to propagate must find other ways to do so, almost always involving magic. By way of compensation, half-dragons are blessed with long life. Barring unforeseen misfortune, a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
. Followers of these gods take great pride in their work, and they are willing to craft and use heavy armor and powerful weapons to protect them. Deities of this domain include Gond, Reorx, Onatar
hour-long ritual that crafts a nonmagical item that must include some metal: a simple or martial weapon, a suit of armor, ten pieces of ammunition, a set of tools, or another metal object (see
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
humanoid rather than reflecting the creature’s physical form. Sages postulate that the first perytons were humans transformed by a hideous curse or magical experiment, but bards tell a different tale
of a man whose infidelity caused his scorned wife to cut out the heart of her younger, more beautiful rival and consume it in a ritual intended to forever win her husband’s heart. The ritual succeeded
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
Evermeet Uaul’Selu’Keryth. In your tongue, the name might be translated as “At War with the Weave.” When twelve High Mages last performed this ritual, the world was torn asunder. It is a power no
suffers their presence only for a short time, forcing them to vacate the realm or be overcome by it. It was, in part, this situation that led to the creation of Evermeet. By means of a cataclysmic ritual
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
of Kas’s impersonation. When Kas arrives in the sanctum, he realizes that Alustriel plans to combine her magic with Tasha’s and Mordenkainen’s to craft a Wish spell to thwart Vecna. Alustriel intends
to dispel the collective power of the secrets Vecna gathered, rendering the lich’s Ritual of Remaking useless. Despite looking identical to Mordenkainen, Kas has no significant magical power. This
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Adventure Atlas: The Mortuary
grave dirt 6 A cadaver room where maimed Undead can peruse replacement limbs 7 A craft room for caskets, ships, and other containers used in funerary ceremonies 8 A ritual chamber affected by a
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->Tomb of Annihilation
talks of the great ritual to summon Nangnang. Once the characters are rested, Groak commands them to help Krr’ook make final preparations. If the party looks capable of putting up a good fight, they are
help her, Krr’ook will find a way to free the party members to aid in her task. Prisoners who are deemed “not useful” will either be roasted over a fire or sacrificed to Nangnang during the Great Ritual
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
cloak or disguise one’s appearance), and proficiency with skills such as Deception, Performance, and Sleight of Hand all greatly benefit the Chameleon. Bards and rogues, as well as characters with
can be a crucial skill, which many characters in this role combine with magical means of scrying to learn about their enemies and objectives. Bards and wizards make natural Investigators, especially
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
. 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->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
Rumors and Legends Countless legends have arisen regarding the mysterious Barrier Peaks, and those tales circulate constantly among adventurers, explorers, and bards. Rumors specific to Kwalish and
Rumors d100 Rumor 1–15 The Barrier Peaks have long been damned, ever since a craft of some kind crashed there ages ago. A ship that could navigate the very planes, it was. Things that should not
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
Verbeeg Verbeeg are giants that resemble oversized humans with gangly limbs and elongated faces. Some have other features that give them a fearsome aspect. Verbeeg craft their own armor and weapons
-tempered verbeeg are called longstriders and are blessed with innate spellcasting abilities. Verbeeg Longstrider
Large giant, neutral
Armor Class 14 (hide armor)
Hit Points 119 (14d10 + 42)
Speed 50
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
ability. The spell save DC is 12 + the hag’s Intelligence modifier, and the spell attack bonus is 4 + the hag’s Intelligence modifier.
Hag Eye. A hag coven can craft a magic item called a hag eye, which
takes 3d10 psychic damage and is blinded for 24 hours.
A hag coven can have only one hag eye at a time, and creating a new one requires all three members of the coven to perform a ritual. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
bonus is 4 + the hag’s Intelligence modifier.
Hag Eye. A hag coven can craft a magic item called a hag eye, which is made from a real eye coated in varnish and often fitted to a pendant or other
hag eye at a time, and creating a new one requires all three members of the coven to perform a ritual. The ritual takes 1 hour, and the hags can’t perform it while blinded. During the ritual, if the hags take any action other than performing the ritual, they must start over.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
an extended magical ritual. Constructed Nature. A homunculus doesn’t require air, food, drink, or sleep. Expeditious Messenger An expeditious messenger is a speedy flier, designed to quickly carry
the form of animals. More creative artificers craft iron defenders in the shape of hybrid animals or other fantastical creatures. Iron Defender
Medium construct, neutral
Armor Class 17 (natural
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
rays from its eyes and dreadful spells called up from the dark recesses of its memory. Dark spellcasters fashion flameskulls from the remains of dead wizards. When the ritual is complete, green flames
carries out the directives given to it when it was created, and it interprets those commands to the letter. A flameskull’s master must craft its instructions with care to ensure that the creature
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
taste for humanoid flesh. Prisoners are often taken back to their camps to become the centerpieces of great feasts and rites involving dancing, storytelling, and ritual combat. Victims are either
cooked and eaten by the tribe, or are sacrificed to Semuanya, the lizardfolk god.
Canny Crafters. Though they aren’t skilled artisans, lizardfolk craft tools and ornamental jewelry out of the bones of their kills, and they use the hides and shells of dead monsters to create shields.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
acts of Bahamut and Tiamat, dragons craft their eggs through painstaking labor, then breathe the gift of life into them.
5 Draconic Transformation. Enlightened non-dragons (most often Humanoids
) are transformed into dragon eggs when they die, when they experience profound enlightenment, or when they undergo a ritual that might involve bathing in dragon blood or being devoured by a dragon
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
, sage, or artificer, you might have learned your craft here. Fairhaven The capital of Aundair is one of the most beautiful cities in Eberron. Stunning displays of magical light and other arcane wonders
of Arcanix. But no treaty or ritual can easily dispel the tensions of a century of war. Over the last year we’ve reported on a number of hate crimes in the towers fueled by nationalist passions
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
and unimaginable joy. THE BLESSED OF CORELLON
Ever changing, mirthful, and beautiful, the primal elves could assume whatever sex they liked. When they bowed to Lolth’s influence and chose to fix
their physical forms, elves lost the ability to transform in this way. Yet occasionally elves are born who are so androgynous that they are proclaimed to be among the blessed of Corellon — living symbols
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
, both of which hold woodcarving tools and strange wooden objects.
Cultists work here to craft the wooden symbols that mark membership in the cult—a distended tongue with a torn root. Fifty newly carved
creature that looks like a giant, tentacled brain.
Viallis Yellowcrest Lord Viallis Yellowcrest (a chaotic evil human mage) is performing a lengthy ritual that requires his undivided attention. He is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
sobbing and confessions of regret Enchanted Springs Enchanted springs brim with miraculous waters, whether they tap into magical sources hidden beneath the earth or they’re blessed by eldritch beings
enchanted spring’s water removes its magical properties, unless the bottle is a specially prepared vial blessed by whatever being enchanted the spring in the first place. Enchanted Spring Enchanted
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
magic to decipher. It reads, “Chambers of Hashutu, most refined and chosen, who is blessed with writhing gifts for hands.” This chamber contains a large tub crusted with blue stains, a desk and shelves
Far Realm to commune with their newfound god and perform their ritual. Oshundo knows they had some trouble erecting their gate to the Far Realm and doesn’t know how they solved that problem—likely by
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
least discretion. Bards and wizards are their most prominent members. Harpers operate in small cells throughout the North. One is based in Triboar: Darathra Shendrel, the Lord Protector, belongs to the
, holding to ancient customs of ritual and taboo. They are notorious for their hatred of magic, disavowal of any gods but their own, and hostility to anyone not of their tribes. Most in the North consider
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
. Although some of the dancing is wanton and performed for show, large-scale ring dances in the street for all ages are also popular. All the dancing ends at dusk, after which bards and minstrels perform at
“love feasts” for families. Couples — or those desiring to become couples — slip away together to kiss, exchange promises, and trade small tokens of affection (often rings blessed by clergy with prayers