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Also known as a whistlecane, a simple and easy-to-make wind instrument cut from a reed. They are so simple, in fact, that skilled bards frequently make and give them away to children — to the parents’ delight or regret.
Monsters
Acquisitions Incorporated
adventurer was nearly cut short during a battle of which the bards still sing. Unleashing a devastating attack with the aptly named Apocalypse Dagger, the rogue destroyed a giant single-handedly — and lost
Monsters
Storm King's Thunder
Xanathar Thieves’ Guild in Waterdeep. After serving ten years in prison for his crimes, he cut all ties to the city and moved north to be a campground caretaker.
Ideal: “You can run from
your past, but you can’t hide from it.”
Bond: “I’ve made a new life in Triboar. I’m not gonna run away this time.”
Flaw: “I have no regrets. I do whatever it takes to survive.”
Bard
Legacy
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Classes
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
Monsters
The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
a loyal vassal of the Summer Queen. Many of Sir Talavar’s squires have gone on to become knights of great renown. The venerable faerie dragon has an encouraging, can-do demeanor and an
.”
Bond. “I am but a humble vassal of Her Magnificence, the Summer Queen.”
Flaw. “My knightly oaths are tested most strongly by my craving for hard candy.”
Roleplaying Sir
Backgrounds
Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
filthy dungeons to sipping zzar at a ball? Or have you taken up sword or spell on your family’s behalf, ensuring that they have someone of renown to see to their legacy?
Work with your DM to come
and raised in a different world from the one that most folk know—one that grants you privilege but also calls you to fulfill a duty befitting your station. Your bond might be associated with your
Gladiator
Legacy
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Backgrounds
Player’s Handbook (2014)
. Art should reflect the soul; it should come from within and reveal who we really are. (Any)
D6
BOND
1
My instrument is my most treasured possession, and it reminds me of someone
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 follow me around
Monsters
Curse of Strahd
, Kasimir and his fellow dusk elves stoned Patrina to death. As punishment for depriving him of his bride, Strahd butchered all the women in the dusk elf tribe, and Kasimir's ears were cut off to punish him
is to become as powerful a vampire as Strahd.
Kasimir Velikov's Traits
Ideal. “I failed my people and my sister, and now I must atone or be damned.”
Bond. “I seek to return my long-dead sister, Patrina
Entertainer
Legacy
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Player’s Handbook (2014)
)
d6
Bond
1
My instrument is my most treasured possession, and it reminds me of someone I love.
2
Someone stole my precious instrument, and someday I’ll get it back
hated rival.
6
I would do anything for the other members of my old troupe.
d6
Flaw
1
I’ll do anything to win fame and renown.
2
I’m a sucker for a pretty
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
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
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
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->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
Magic Items
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
following tables. These traits override any conflicting personality trait, ideal, bond, or flaw.
Personality Traits
D8
PERSONALITY TRAIT
1
I treat all beings, even enemies, with respect
.
2
I won’t tell a lie.
3
I enjoy sharing my philosophical worldview and experiences with others.
4
I cut right to the chase in every conversation.
5
I often quote (or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm Lord’s Wrath
.
Personality. “I love a good insult, even one directed at me.”
Ideal. “I like seeing the smiles on people’s faces when I perform. That plus their adoration is all
that matters.”
Bond. “My fiddle was
gifted to me by a good friend. I cherish it above all other things.”
Flaw. “I’ll do anything to win fame and renown.”
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Divine Contention
.
Personality. “I love a good insult, even one directed at me.”
Ideal. “I like seeing the smiles on people’s faces when I perform. That plus their adoration is all
that matters.”
Bond. “My fiddle was
gifted to me by a good friend. I cherish it above all other things.”
Flaw. “I’ll do anything to win fame and renown.”
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm Lord’s Wrath
.
Personality. “I love a good insult, even one directed at me.”
Ideal. “I like seeing the smiles on people’s faces when I perform. That plus their adoration is all
that matters.”
Bond. “My fiddle was
gifted to me by a good friend. I cherish it above all other things.”
Flaw. “I’ll do anything to win fame and renown.”
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sleeping Dragon’s Wake
.
Personality. “I love a good insult, even one directed at me.”
Ideal. “I like seeing the smiles on people’s faces when I perform. That plus their adoration is all
that matters.”
Bond. “My fiddle was
gifted to me by a good friend. I cherish it above all other things.”
Flaw. “I’ll do anything to win fame and renown.”
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm Lord’s Wrath
.
Personality. “I love a good insult, even one directed at me.”
Ideal. “I like seeing the smiles on people’s faces when I perform. That plus their adoration is all
that matters.”
Bond. “My fiddle was
gifted to me by a good friend. I cherish it above all other things.”
Flaw. “I’ll do anything to win fame and renown.”
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sleeping Dragon’s Wake
.
Personality. “I love a good insult, even one directed at me.”
Ideal. “I like seeing the smiles on people’s faces when I perform. That plus their adoration is all
that matters.”
Bond. “My fiddle was
gifted to me by a good friend. I cherish it above all other things.”
Flaw. “I’ll do anything to win fame and renown.”
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon of Icespire Peak
. “I love a good insult, even one directed at me.”
Ideal. “I like seeing the smiles on people’s faces when I perform. That plus their adoration is all
that matters.”
Bond. “My fiddle was gifted
to me by a good friend. I cherish it above all other things.”
Flaw. “I’ll do anything to win fame and renown.”
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Divine Contention
.
Personality. “I love a good insult, even one directed at me.”
Ideal. “I like seeing the smiles on people’s faces when I perform. That plus their adoration is all
that matters.”
Bond. “My fiddle was
gifted to me by a good friend. I cherish it above all other things.”
Flaw. “I’ll do anything to win fame and renown.”
Backgrounds
Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
traditions of your people. You will never cut down a still-living tree, and you may not countenance such an act being done in your presence. The Uthgardt ancestral mounds—great hills where the
totem spirits were defeated by Uthgar and where the heroes of the tribes are interred—are sacred to you.
Your bond is undoubtedly associated with your tribe or some aspect of Uthgardt philosophy or
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->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->Divine Contention
.
Personality. “I love a good insult, even one directed at me.”
Ideal. “I like seeing the smiles on people’s faces when I perform. That plus their adoration is all
that matters.”
Bond. “My fiddle was
gifted to me by a good friend. I cherish it above all other things.”
Flaw. “I’ll do anything to win fame and renown.”
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sleeping Dragon’s Wake
.
Personality. “I love a good insult, even one directed at me.”
Ideal. “I like seeing the smiles on people’s faces when I perform. That plus their adoration is all
that matters.”
Bond. “My fiddle was
gifted to me by a good friend. I cherish it above all other things.”
Flaw. “I’ll do anything to win fame and renown.”
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon of Icespire Peak
. “I love a good insult, even one directed at me.”
Ideal. “I like seeing the smiles on people’s faces when I perform. That plus their adoration is all
that matters.”
Bond. “My fiddle was gifted
to me by a good friend. I cherish it above all other things.”
Flaw. “I’ll do anything to win fame and renown.”
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon of Icespire Peak
. “I love a good insult, even one directed at me.”
Ideal. “I like seeing the smiles on people’s faces when I perform. That plus their adoration is all
that matters.”
Bond. “My fiddle was gifted
to me by a good friend. I cherish it above all other things.”
Flaw. “I’ll do anything to win fame and renown.”
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.
Backgrounds
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
Honesty. Art should reflect the soul; it should come from within and reveal who we really are. (Any)
d6
Bond
1
My instrument is my most treasured possession, and it reminds
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
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
agent. (For instance, consider the words “faith” and “faction” to be interchangeable.)
Your bond might be associated with other members of your faction, or a location or an
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






