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Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
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 conjure
spiritual embodiments of powerful forces to change the world once more. Such spirits are capricious, though, and what a bard summons isn’t always entirely under their control.
Classes
Xanathar's Guide to Everything
against others through extortion and threats.
Many other bards hate the College of Whispers, viewing it as a parasite that uses a bard’s reputation to acquire wealth and power. For this reason
Most folk are happy to welcome a bard into their midst. Bards of the College of Whispers use this to their advantage. They appear to be like other bards, sharing news, singing songs, and telling
Classes
Xanathar's Guide to Everything
against others through extortion and threats.
Many other bards hate the College of Whispers, viewing it as a parasite that uses a bard’s reputation to acquire wealth and power. For this reason
Most folk are happy to welcome a bard into their midst. Bards of the College of Whispers use this to their advantage. They appear to be like other bards, sharing news, singing songs, and telling
Classes
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
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 conjure
spiritual embodiments of powerful forces to change the world once more. Such spirits are capricious, though, and what a bard summons isn’t always entirely under their control.
Magic Items
Mythic Odysseys of Theros
cold damage.
Blessing of the Deep. If you are a worshiper of Thassa, you gain all the following benefits for which you have the required piety:
Piety 10+. You can breathe underwater, and you gain a
Guide for details on randomly determined properties.
Command the Deep. The bident holds the power to command the waves and its creatures. As an action, you can change the condition of the sea
Monsters
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Fiendish Blessing. The AC of Isolde includes her Charisma bonus.
Innate Spellcasting. Isolde’s spellcasting ability is Charisma (spell save DC 14). Isolde can innately cast the following
. Eladrin crave change, yet Isolde felt like she was frozen in time. She wished to leave the fey carnival and pursue other dreams, but Zybilna wouldn’t hear of it and secretly used wish spells to make
Kobold
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
undetected and don’t give their targets reason to harm them. For example, a group of city kobolds might sneak into a cobbler’s house at night to loot it of knives, leather bits, nails, and
, giving each individual and every generation a reason to feel pride and self-respect. The kobolds prefer to run away than fight, to live off the scraps of others, and they are often dominated by larger
Tortle
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The Tortle Package
prefer simple, non-gender-specific names that are usually no more than two syllables. If a tortle doesn’t like its name for whatever reason, it can change it. A tortle might change its name a dozen
Monsters
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
away. Auril instantly reappears in her Auril (Second Form);second form, in an unoccupied space within 60 feet of where her first form disappeared. Her initiative count doesn’t change.
Innate
can’t truly die (although the characters can rid the world of her for a time). Thus, she has no reason to capitulate to mortals’ demands. As the embodiment of winter’s cruelty, she is
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Prismatic shards rain from the sky in a beautiful but dangerous display. Rumors quickly spread that a crystal dragon is responsible.
3
A crystal dragon invites the greatest bards and philosophers
winter wolf;winter wolves loyal to a frost giant, intent on convincing the wolves to change their evil ways.
4
A lonely werebear enjoys long conversations with a young crystal dragon but doesn
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
good fortune. They consider seeing a ki-rin fly overhead a blessing and events that happen on such a day especially auspicious. If a ki-rin alights during a ceremony such as a birth announcement or a
change in weather to persist.
Pure Waters. Water flows pure within 3 miles of a ki-rin’s lair. Any purposeful corruption of the water lasts for no longer than 3 minutes.
Realm of Respite. Curses
Backgrounds
Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
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
try to help those in need, no matter what the personal cost. (Good)
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Change. We must help bring about the changes the gods are constantly working in the world. (Chaotic)
4
Power. I hope
Monsters
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
ice, whereupon Auril instantly reappears in her Auril (Third Form);third form, in an unoccupied space within 60 feet of where her second form was destroyed. Her initiative count doesn’t change
might prove helpful:
So long as she has mortal worshipers, Auril can’t truly die (although the characters can rid the world of her for a time). Thus, she has no reason to capitulate to mortals
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
? Ah, then what manner of music they would bring to this world!
— Fletcher Danairia, master bard
Bards bring levity during grave times; they impart wisdom to offset ignorance; and they make the
ridiculous seem sublime. Bards are preservers of ancient history, their songs and tales perpetuating the memory of great events down through time — knowledge so important that it is memorized and passed
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation Supplement
Tortle Names Tortles prefer simple, non-gender-specific names that are usually no more than two syllables. If a tortle doesn’t like its name for whatever reason, it can change it. A tortle might
change its name a dozen times in its life. Tortles don’t have surnames or family names. Male and Female Names: Baka, Damu, Gar, Gura, Ini, Jappa, Kinlek, Krull, Lim, Lop, Nortle, Nulka, Olo, Ploqwat, Quee, Queg, Quott, Sunny, Tibor, Ubo, Uhok, Wabu, Xelbuk, Xopa, Yog
Ranger
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Classes
Basic Rules (2014)
the creature while he readies his bow. Far from the bustle of cities and towns, past the hedges that shelter the most distant farms from the terrors of the wild, amid the dense-packed trees of
in protecting the borderlands, or a significant change? What made you join up with a band of adventurers? Do you find it challenging to teach new allies the ways of the wild, or do you welcome the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
, she witnesses the discovery of the potions of longevity, the lack of Dragon’s Blessing, and any slips Zhong Yin makes when talking about the reason for the investigation. After this, whenever the
reason for the collapse and suspects that tons of rock lie between the ruins and the surface. Characters who have the Stonecunning trait have advantage on this check.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lorwyn: First Light
Traversing Lorwyn-Shadowmoor The borders of Lorwyn and Shadowmoor are mostly set. However, they can change for myriad unexpected reasons. Sometimes, boundary shifts are caused by notable births or
deaths. Other times, boundaries shift for no reason at all. Boundaries usually shift slowly, giving people time to pack their belongings and move before their land is subsumed. However, a sudden
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
worshipers into driders, as either a blessing or a curse. These driders often become fanatical servants of their god, or they are overwhelmed by their transformation and live only to indulge their
underground or in dense forests where they can make the most of their spiderlike traits. Driders with non-drow features are uncommon but possible. Roll on or choose a result from the Drider
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
Training Time To change your subclass, your DM might require you to spend time devoted to the transition, as you study the ways of the new specialization. This transition requires a number of days
required to receive blood, a blessing, or both from an ancient dragon. If you return to a subclass that you previously held, you forgo the gold cost, and the time required for the transition is halved.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
presented as a divine blessing. Changing Spell Lists Modifying a class’s spell list usually has little effect on a character’s power but can change the flavor of a class significantly. In your world
out one skill or tool proficiency for another doesn’t make a character any stronger or weaker, but doing so can change the flavor of a class in subtle ways. For example, a prominent guild of rogues in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
Into the Forest Neronvain’s stronghold lies thirty miles from Altand through dense, fog-filled forest. As they seek the wyrmspeaker and his dragon, the characters meet an old druid and must deal with
!” she says. “How many might fall back in fear at the sight of a stranger in the woods, or think first of their own safety before helping another? I grant you my blessing. May your hearts prove true
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
. Later that day, at dusk, Chakuna pursues the contenders with hunting partners of her choice, attempting to slay anyone she encounters outside a shrine. Contenders may kill one another for any reason
—particularly to take a shrine. The trial does not stop for any reason until Chakuna arrives at both shrines and acknowledges the winners there. Winners are escorted to Shuaran, and from there, out of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Khorvaire. They bind the fabric of society together, and they are responsible for much of the change that occurs in the world—often by means of agents that include parties of adventurers. An
adventuring group that has a powerful backer as a patron has a clear place in the world, access to additional resources, and a reason to work together in pursuit of a common cause.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
Drow Pursuers The svirfneblin settlement is a haven for the characters. For good reason, the deep gnomes rarely allow drow into Blingdenstone, and only then with a heavily armed escort. A drow
your discretion. The party’s drow pursuers won’t attempt to follow the characters into Blingdenstone. The party’s pursuit level (see “Drow Pursuit” in chapter 2) doesn’t change while they are in the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
adventure hooks that might attract characters to the enclave or give them a reason to draw on its magic. The adventure hooks also suggest specific creatures or encounter tables appearing in the “Encounters
a hostile giant is the driving force behind an adventure seed, how does the adventure change if that giant is indifferent or even friendly to the characters?
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
particular affinity for their own kind, which is the biggest reason why they seldom cooperate with one another unless they are forced to submit to a demon lord or other leader. Going even farther, every
powerful demon usually has an intent that goes beyond merely causing carnage, and a plan to achieve it. DEMONIC AMULETS: BLESSING AND CURSE
Some demon lords have a way of cheating death, but this great
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
Into the Forest Neronvain’s stronghold lies thirty miles from Altand through dense, fog-filled forest. As they seek the wyrmspeaker and his dragon, the characters meet an old druid and must deal with
injury.
“Heroes at last!” she says. “How many might fall back in fear at the sight of a stranger in the woods, or think first of their own safety before helping another? I grant you my blessing. May your
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
god should never guarantee success or victory, nor should a god’s interference portend immediate defeat. Gods can act to change the balance of an encounter or offer an avenue of escape, but they count
on mortal heroes to act like heroes. With those principles in mind, you might have gods intervene in dire situations in one of these ways: Blessings. A god might bestow a Blessing (see “Supernatural
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
120 ft., one target. Hit: 9 (1d12 + 3) radiant damage.
Prophetic Blessing. The living portent magically infuses the power of its prophecy into another willing creature the living portent can see
ability check or saving throw or misses an attack roll, it can roll the prophecy die and add the number rolled to the total, potentially changing the outcome. The blessing ends after 1 hour or when the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
College of Whispers Most folk are happy to welcome a bard into their midst. Bards of the College of Whispers use this to their advantage. They appear to be like other bards, sharing news, singing
songs, and telling tales to the audiences they gather. In truth, the College of Whispers teaches its students that they are wolves among sheep. These bards use their knowledge and magic to uncover
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
Noteworthy Sites Volcanic eruptions and earthquakes constantly change the landscape of Tletepec, moving landmarks and destroying roads. Yet, several noteworthy sites have endured for generations
when the gods moved mountains to create Xoxotla’s plain. Itzimico As volcanic ash drifts into the sea, it turns the coastal waters of the Obsidian Gulf dense and acidic, making docking a challenge
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Build Your Group Naturally, a large portion of the Boromar Clan’s members come from a criminal background. There’s no reason characters with other backgrounds can’t be part of the syndicate, though
give them a broad range of knowledge to support their schemes. Bards, rogues, and wizards are often drawn to this role. Safecracker. The “breaking” part of “breaking and entering” is the Safecracker’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
Cultural Melancholy The reason that elves are seldom frivolous and carefree is rooted in an inborn malaise or sorrow that infused the primal elves when they chose to stop following Corellon’s path
healed unless Corellon has a change of heart. And as changeable as Corellon is, the god has been adamant on one point: as long as Lolth remains in existence, the responsibility for her betrayal falls
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
Alignment A monster's alignment provides a clue to its disposition and how it behaves in a roleplaying or combat situation. For example, a chaotic evil monster might be difficult to reason with and
might attack characters on sight, whereas a neutral monster might be willing to negotiate. The alignment specified in a monster's stat block is the default. Feel free to depart from it and change a