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Xanathar's Guide to Everything
might use a circus troupe as cover for nefarious deeds such as assassination, robbery, and blackmail. Other blades strike at the wicked, bringing justice to bear against the cruel and powerful. Most
weapon skills and magic, these blades either take up work as enforcers for thieves’ guilds or strike out on their own as adventurers.
College of Swords Features
Bard Level
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Xanathar's Guide to Everything
might use a circus troupe as cover for nefarious deeds such as assassination, robbery, and blackmail. Other blades strike at the wicked, bringing justice to bear against the cruel and powerful. Most
weapon skills and magic, these blades either take up work as enforcers for thieves’ guilds or strike out on their own as adventurers.
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Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
gift to share in another’s joy, even if sometimes you must bear their pain, too. (Good)
3
Hospitality. We all live beautiful lives—it would be a shame not to share our lives with others
quartz that was once the abode of an ancient crystal dragon is found deserted, with no clue as to whether its master will return or whether some other creature has claimed it.
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Prismatic shards
Monsters
Eberron: Rising from the Last War
cities, the hatred against warforged and Cyran refugees, the calls for a return to war — all these things bear the mark of Rak Tulkhesh's malign influence.
Minions of Rak Tulkhesh. Any organization that
to bear on the world. But he can influence events in the vicinity of any of his shards, drawing power from acts of violence.
The Last War was a boon that allowed Rak Tulkhesh to darken the hearts of
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
. Everything is a complex interaction of forces that must be kept in a delicate and carefully maintained balance. (Neutral)
2
Knowledge. We are the whole of creation, seeking to understand itself
. (Any)
3
Self-Improvement. I am a complex gem, and I constantly polish and refine my many facets to make the whole that much more perfect. (Any)
4
Responsibility. Having knowledge and
Monsters
Monstrous Compendium Vol. 1: Spelljammer Creatures
lich against destruction, reviving the lich a few days after death. Canny foes can sabotage an eldritch lich’s revival by slaying the lich in a magic circle, thereby forcing the lich to return in
share those whispers with the minds around it.
Form of the Great Old One
Multiple entities bear the title Great Old One. You may roll on the Great Old Ones table to determine which entity gave an
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
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Balance. Everything is a complex interaction of forces that must be kept in a delicate and carefully maintained balance. (Neutral)
2
Knowledge. We are the whole of creation
, seeking to understand itself. (Any)
3
Self-Improvement. I am a complex gem, and I constantly polish and refine my many facets to make the whole that much more perfect. (Any)
4
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
. It’s a gift to share in another’s joy, even if sometimes you must bear their pain, too. (Good)
3
Hospitality. We all live beautiful lives—it would be a shame not to share our
palace of ice and quartz that was once the abode of an ancient crystal dragon is found deserted, with no clue as to whether its master will return or whether some other creature has claimed it.
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Bugbear
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Species
Volo's Guide to Monsters
, often a natural cave or an old bear den, and it might have supplementary dens elsewhere in its territory that it uses temporarily when it goes on long forays for food.
In good times, a bugbear gang
. Cunning Grankhul is the younger one, and in the stories bugbears tell, he gifted them with stealth but in return he sapped their vigor, so that bugbears sleep in his stead while he remains eternally alert
Tabaxi
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
stories, artifacts, and lore. Those who survive this period of wanderlust return home in their elder years to share news of the outside world. In this manner, the tabaxi remain isolated but never ignorant
on a particularly interesting item when an owner refuses to sell or trade it.
Tabaxi Names
Each tabaxi has a single name, determined by clan and based on a complex formula that involves astrology
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
. (Chaotic)
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Empathy. It’s a gift to share in another’s joy, even if sometimes you must bear their pain, too. (Good)
3
Hospitality. We all live beautiful lives—it would be a
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A towering palace of ice and quartz that was once the abode of an ancient crystal dragon is found deserted, with no clue as to whether its master will return or whether some other creature has
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Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
something new. (Chaotic)
2
Empathy. It’s a gift to share in another’s joy, even if sometimes you must bear their pain, too. (Good)
3
Hospitality. We all live beautiful lives—it
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A towering palace of ice and quartz that was once the abode of an ancient crystal dragon is found deserted, with no clue as to whether its master will return or whether some other
Orc
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
serve as a battering ram if a settlement dares to close its gates, blocking the way to the treasures and tasty food that lie within.
A heavily laden wagon that requires the strongest orcs to return it to
authority and cause the tribe to collapse into chaos, with the survivors scattering either to join new tribes or to strike out on their own. At the other extreme, warriors that return home with a heavily
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
Speak with Animals Level 1 Divination (Bard, Druid, Ranger, Warlock) Casting Time: Action or Ritual
Range: Self
Components: V, S
Duration: 10 minutes
For the duration, you can comprehend and
, but at minimum, a Beast can give you information about nearby locations and monsters, including whatever it has perceived within the past day. JESPER EJSING A human Druid uses Speak with Animals to chat with his best bear friend
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
risen as a zombie, terrifying the hamlet of Toadhop. In this heist, the characters must track down Golden Axe from the music school owner who stole it and return it to Froderic so the bard can rest
Axe from the Grave An Adventure for 6th-Level Characters Famed bard Froderic Dartwild is dead, and his beautiful mandolin, called Golden Axe, has been stolen from his grave. Even worse, Froderic has
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
Story of the Cave This cavern complex was hollowed out by dwarf prospectors and miners looking for precious gems and metals. That effort bore no fruit, and the cave was abandoned. The Tribe of the
Bear later used it as a shelter until the chardalyn berserkers forced them to abandon it. The berserkers worship the Frostmaiden and no longer consider themselves members of the Bear tribe. They allow
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
ceremonies (area T27) If the characters uncover any of these items from the complex and return them to Laysa, she is ecstatic. For each item returned, Laysa pays the characters five gemstones worth 500 gp
also gain the spirits’ favor. Should the characters return to the camp partway through exploring the complex, Talo and Vogren offer to use magic to heal them. Marian Xavere, Resident Mage The human
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
Key Plot Points The following information is key to the adventure’s story: Heat Breaker. The remains of the giant Elakdras bear the record of a magical ritual necessary to end a deadly heat wave
Elakdras’s remains, but they’ve had a falling-out in Challidax’s lair, splitting their followers into rival factions. Into the Ice Caves. The adventurers enter the frosty cave complex where the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
1. Catacombs These catacombs are part of a temple complex formerly dedicated to the dwarven god Dumathoin, patron of mining and exploration and the protector of the dwarven dead. The catacombs have
the following features: Carvings. The smooth-carved walls bear engraved imagery of mountains marbled with veins of glittering minerals, and the marble floor is caked in dust.
Tombs. Shelf-like niches
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
deals a sharp setback to the affected cults, but unless the characters follow up on their initial successes by infiltrating the temple complex, the cults recover quickly from their early defeats and return in greater force.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
... Primary Ability Complexity Barbarian Battle Strength Average Bard Performing Charisma High Cleric Gods Wisdom Average Druid Nature Wisdom High Fighter Weapons Strength or Dexterity Low Monk Unarmed
, but more importantly, they bring a balanced mix of capabilities to adventures. You’re welcome to use that party setup or modify it using these guidelines:
Cleric: Replace with Bard or Druid
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
silver wires to a third creature that appears to be a two-headed owlbear. More silver wire connects their restraints to a complex control panel standing between them.
The experiment underway in this
process by which two owlbears are fueling the creation of a new creature—a two-headed owlbear nicknamed Bear-Bear (see appendix B for its stat block). If the lizardfolk shamans are attacked, they
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
Likes... Primary Ability Complexity Barbarian Battle Strength Average Bard Performing Charisma High Cleric Gods Wisdom Average Druid Nature Wisdom High Fighter Weapons Strength or Dexterity Low
the game, but more importantly, they bring a balanced mix of capabilities to adventures. You’re welcome to use that party setup or modify it using these guidelines:
Cleric: Replace with Bard or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
24. Troglodyte Takeover Every surface of these caves is coated with slime. Sound travels easily through the caves, though as one moves toward the center of the complex, echoes from the underground
Quarters Troglodytes. Unless they’ve been drawn elsewhere, twelve enslaved troglodytes rest atop sawed-off stalagmites in the middle of this 40-foot-high cave.
Pictographs. The walls bear pictographs
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
(level 9) a few months ago to serve as her assistant, only to find him too obnoxious to bear. She cast a feeblemind spell on him and gave him to her mind flayer assistant, who promptly forced him to
happened to his spellbook (Arcturia hid it in area 40b), but once his faculties return, he recalls the layout of this level and how to return to the surface.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
revelation, the characters receive a message via a Sending spell from Alustriel offering to provide more help once the characters are ready. If the characters don’t plan to return to Sigil, encourage them to
do so. If the characters return to the sanctum in Sigil, Alustriel and Tasha convey the following information: Demiplanes. Alustriel and Tasha know that Vecna’s plans for the multiverse hinge on the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a2
Resolving the Character Hooks If the characters return to Blasingdell, their fame as adventurers spreads. Townsfolk hail them on the street, and some might approach them with problems that can lead
longsword from area 22, the +2 greataxe in area 53, the handaxe from area 14, and the warhammer from area 23. All bear Durgeddin’s smith-mark; Baron Althon pays 500 gp above the market price for each
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
bring the strength of their faith, their hearts, and their weapons to bear against villainy. The order has committed considerable resources toward quelling the undead menace in Chult. Its forward base
noble named Niles Breakbone. His lieutenants are more likely to share useful information or offer aid, but only if the characters offer some form of assistance to Camp Vengeance in return. All members
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes of the Borderlands
the talking.
Standoffish. Kalista is curt toward people she doesn’t know, especially adventurers.
Stern. Kalista never cracks a smile.
Rumors
“Every now and then, adventurers return from the
stout posts support the upper floor. They bear hanging tools and everyday metal goods: cast-iron pots, horseshoes, and so on.
Private Rooms. Two doors at the rear of the smithy lead to storerooms
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
Speak with Dead Level 3 Necromancy (Bard, Cleric, Wizard) Casting Time: Action
Range: 10 feet
Components: V, S, M (burning incense)
Duration: 10 minutes
You grant the semblance of life to a
spell doesn’t return the creature’s soul to its body, only its animating spirit. Thus, the corpse can’t learn new information, doesn’t comprehend anything that has happened since it died, and can’t speculate about future events.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
Buried Again If Golden Axe is returned to Frody Dartwild, read: Froderic Dartwild plucks the strings of the mandolin and plays a happy tune. Meanwhile, the news of your return spreads through Toadhop
take more than a few hours. While Frody waits, he performs his favorite music to an enrapt crowd outside My Left Boot. If there’s a bard or another musically inclined individual among the player
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
characters return to the theater, Remallia Haventree (see appendix B) waves them over and tells them that she saw two people exit the theater shortly after they did and then depart together in a hire
-coach shortly thereafter. One of them is a bard named Agorn Fuoco, the other a woman unknown to Lady Haventree. Both Remallia and Vevette know that Agorn spends time around the dangerous dockside neighborhood of Mistshore. Next Encounter Proceed with encounter 2, “Mistshore.”
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
into thin air for no reason, then return in a fury if the characters try to call her back. If the party manages to converse with Ilda, they might learn that yuan-ti dwell in the innermost parts of the
complex. Ilda knows nothing about the cultists, who have not entered this area. If the characters gain her confidence, Ilda can also offer the following information: Diderius’s passion was powerful
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
pursuit of the characters if their allies don’t return within a few minutes. Arrow Slit An arrow slit opens up in a gap in the stairwell stones, and provides a view of any creatures descending the stairs
mechanical guide spend 1 charge in this area causes the guards to change shifts, leaving here for the barracks (area 6). Spending 2 charges causes them to instead head into the temple complex to search
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
; although it’s quite warm, it makes him look like a teddy bear. If the characters talk to Copper, he tells them he’s worried about a friend named Macreadus, who is conducting research at an old cabin
in the wilderness (see “Black Cabin”). He says that if the characters find themselves nearby, he would appreciate it if they looked in on Macreadus, who’s trying to build a device that could end the Frostmaiden’s eternal winter and return summer to Icewind Dale.






