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College of Glamour Legacy

Classes Xanathar's Guide to Everything

beasts can also bend minds. Villainous bards of this college can leech off a community for weeks, misusing their magic to turn their hosts into thralls. Heroic bards of this college instead use this

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

Elf Legacy

Species Basic Rules (2014)

have been known to retreat from intrusions into their woodland homes, confident that they can simply wait the invaders out. But when the need arises, elves reveal a stern martial side, demonstrating

might continue to use the child name. Each elf’s adult name is a unique creation, though it might reflect the names of respected individuals or other family members. Little distinction exists

Simic Scientist

Backgrounds Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica

spellcasting, forming spirals that reflect the mathematical perfection of nature. Suggested Characteristics The bizarre science of the Simic Combine attracts a certain type of personality and encompasses

confident in my ability to adapt to any situation and handle any danger. 5 I’ll take any risk to earn recognition for my scientific brilliance. 6 I have a tendency to take shortcuts in

Selesnya Initiate

Backgrounds Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica

finally know peace. (Any) Bonds d6 Bond 1 I would give my life in the defense of the small enclave where I first encountered Mat’Selesnya. 2 I love beasts and

. 3 I enjoy comfort and quiet, and prefer to avoid extra effort. 4 I have a fierce temper that doesn’t reflect the inner calm I seek. 5 I’m convinced that everyone else in the

Build Your Group

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War

some developing skills as clerics, rogues, wizards, or other classes. Such characters often come from the sage background and have proficiency in skills that reflect their studies, such as Arcana

Charisma to work in the service of the state. These characters often come from a noble background and bring proficiency in skills such as Intimidation and Persuasion to their work. Bards are natural fits in

Favored Enemy

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)

Favored Enemy Beginning at 1st level, you have significant experience studying, tracking, hunting, and even talking to a certain type of enemy. Choose a type of favored enemy: aberrations, beasts

language of your choice that is spoken by your favored enemies, if they speak one at all. You choose one additional favored enemy, as well as an associated language, at 6th and 14th level. As you gain levels, your choices should reflect the types of monsters you have encountered on your adventures.

Second Bandit Attack

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse

again on the second night, repeating the same tactics but refining their targets to reflect what they’ve learned of the caravan’s strengths and weaknesses. Oxen are of little use to the bandits except

as food, so they target the beasts this time around, hoping to strand the wagons along the road so they can harry the caravan defenders at will. Use the rhinoceros statistics for the oxen, but remove

Favored Enemy

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)

Favored Enemy Beginning at 1st level, you have significant experience studying, tracking, hunting, and even talking to a certain type of enemy. Choose a type of favored enemy: aberrations, beasts

language of your choice that is spoken by your favored enemies, if they speak one at all. You choose one additional favored enemy, as well as an associated language, at 6th and 14th level. As you gain levels, your choices should reflect the types of monsters you have encountered on your adventures.

Zil Characters

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War

appropriate, reflecting their love of intrigue. Classes that specialize in melee combat are rare among the Zil. The soldiers of Zilargo include rogues, bards, wizards, and artificers. The Trust. In

agent or acquire a particular object from their base. While the spy background is a logical choice for a Trust agent, the agency recruits characters of every class and background. Your class abilities reflect specialized training and granted abilities—the magical equivalent of spy gadgets!

Eldeen Characters

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War

farmers from bandits and beasts. Natural Magic. Druidic traditions play an important role in Eldeen society. If you’re a druid or ranger, are you a stoic Warden of the Wood or a grim Child of Winter? Even

if you’re not a spellcaster, the Magic Initiate feat can provide you with a few spells to reflect a basic initiation into the druidic mysteries. A Land with No Lords. The Reachers are fiercely

Modifying a Class

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)

modify existing classes to better serve your game’s needs. Changing Proficiencies Changing a class’s proficiencies is a safe and simple way to modify a class to better reflect your world. Swapping

your world might worship a patron deity, performing secret missions in that deity’s name. To reflect this cultural detail, you could add Religion to the list of skills that a rogue character can choose

Milil

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide

the music. He represents the finished thought, the result of the process that takes an idea from conception to realization. Milil is most venerated by bards, troubadours, and other entertainers, but

his identity is always apparent because of his five-stringed harp made of silvery leaves, which he carries constantly. He is the ideal to which all performers aspire: poised and confident, winningly

College of Glamour

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything

allows them to quell beasts can also bend minds. Villainous bards of this college can leech off a community for weeks, misusing their magic to turn their hosts into thralls. Heroic bards of this college

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

Introduction

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)

critters such as the beholder and the displacer beast next to more recent creations such as the chuul and the twig blight. Common beasts mingle with the weird, the terrifying, and the ridiculous. In

collecting monsters from the past, we’ve endeavored to reflect the multifaceted nature of the game, warts and all. D&D monsters come in all shapes and sizes, with stories that not only thrill us but

Talentan Characters

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron

, and bards and rogues certainly have a place on the plains. Outlander is a logical background, but you could easily be a bold folk hero, a dashing entertainer, or a clever charlatan. You could even be an

the form of dinosaurs. However, you could reflect a strong bond to spirits by playing an Archfey warlock, Nature cleric, Oath of the Ancients paladin, or a Beast Totem or Ancestral Guardian barbarian

Charisma

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)

. The Deception, Intimidation, Performance, and Persuasion skills reflect aptitude in certain kinds of Charisma checks. Deception Your Charisma (Deception) check determines whether you can convincingly

, rumors, and gossip Blend into a crowd to get the sense of key topics of conversation Spellcasting Ability Bards, paladins, sorcerers, and warlocks use Charisma as their spellcasting ability, which helps determine the saving throw DCs of spells they cast.

Charisma

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)

. The Deception, Intimidation, Performance, and Persuasion skills reflect aptitude in certain kinds of Charisma checks. Deception. Your Charisma (Deception) check determines whether you can convincingly

, rumors, and gossip Blend into a crowd to get the sense of key topics of conversation Spellcasting Ability Bards, paladins, sorcerers, and warlocks use Charisma as their spellcasting ability, which helps determine the saving throw DCs of spells they cast.

Chapter 3: Bestiary

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters

blocks. Appendix A gathers a handful of beasts that don’t warrant longer entries. Appendix B provides generic NPCs whose statistics can be customized to serve your campaign. This chapter and

chapter, the lore and maps in chapter 1 might inspire you. Similarly, the racial traits in chapter 2 can be applied to the stat blocks in appendix B to create such memorable NPCs as goliath champions, kenku master thieves, and tabaxi bards.

Individual Quests

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragons of Stormwreck Isle

, Runara invites the character to consider how their reaction to the zombies on the beach might reflect their destiny—or not. If the character talks to Runara after having completed one or more of the

the character to continue on their path: “If your destiny is not clear to you yet, I’m confident it soon will be.” The Paladin Disillusioned with the corruption of Neverwinter, the paladin comes to

Halflings

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes

Scholars, wizards, druids, and bards of other races have different ideas about how halflings escape peril, suggesting that by virtue of something in their nature, they occupy a special place in the

moment to pause and reflect in such a place, or stop for a quick snack. Set flowers in your cap or hair to protect against evil faeries. When the hair on your neck stiffens or the skin on your arm

Peryton

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

consumes a heart, its shadow changes for a brief time to reflect its true monstrous form. When attacking a humanoid, a peryton is single-minded and relentless, fighting until it or its prey dies. If a

Lorehold Student

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos

, and your spell effects might reflect the appearance of the reference books you study. Building a Lorehold Character Any class or subclass that deals with knowledge of the past can be a good fit in

Lorehold. Bards thrive in Lorehold, and wizards (particularly those of the School of Divination) are numerous among its students. Clerics (often with the Knowledge or Light domains) are also quite common

Dark Six

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War

positive forces, the Dark Six are the source of fears. Arawai and Balinor reflect the positive aspects of nature. The devastating storm, the earthquake, the wildfire? These are the work of the Devourer

These common names and attributes describe the Dark Six as they are known in Khorvaire: The Devourer governs the destructive power of nature, both pure elemental force and savagery in beasts

Leonin of Oreskos

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros

sun-loving people and prefer to be outside—even sleeping outdoors—whenever weather permits. Numerous beasts migrate across Oreskos during the spring and fall. During this time, hunters from nearly

the grasslands for countless generations. They know the way of Oreskos’s beasts and seasons better than any. Both mystical and knowledgeable, the Sun Guides read the messages in plant growth and

The Grand Design

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters

its advantage. The mind flayers can become more expansion-minded, confident that any response from the humanoids will be too scattered to threaten them. Special Goals Many of the esoteric research

topics pursued by a colony reflect the ambitions and priorities of the elder brain that controls it. Each one has particular ideas about how best to contribute to the ultimate success of the Grand Design

Build Your Group

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

17. Arcturia's Court

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage

between eight pillars are six humanoids that have the heads of beasts. Three wear servants’ uniforms and carry feather dusters, and three wear heavy armor and carry swords. Arcturia Arcturia is a

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.

The Planes of Eberron

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron

home to massive beasts, lycanthropes, elementals, and other things that reflect the power of nature. Mabar: The Endless Night. Mabar is the darkness that hungers to consume light and life. It is the

Amphail

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide

capable and confident of their position, despite my warning. I wasn’t allowed the opportunity to explore the property fully, but I did note signs that the Hemzars are prepared to rear and train far more

dangerous beasts than horses and cattle. I was then tempted to warn the Oglyntyrs, but that family can be as odious as the worst nobles. These things tend to sort themselves out. The noble families of

Druid

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated

the ancient dance of bigger creatures consuming smaller creatures. And let’s face it, those smaller creatures probably had it coming to them. Druids are natural-born leaders. We are beasts of war and

of Wild Shape d6 Feature 1 Your pelt is rich hues of gold and silver so bright that they reflect light. 2 When you take wild shape form, it’s a painful, squelchy process that usually

The Seldarine

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes

Danuvien NG Winter, harsh weather Tempest Spear between two circles Rillifane Rallathil CG Nature, beasts, the seasons Nature Oak Sarula Iliene CG Lakes, streams Tempest, Trickery

be with. Stories of Hanali’s romantic adventures among elves and other mortals are perennial favorites when sung by elf bards and poets. In Arvandor, Hanali maintains a hidden pool called Evergold

Connected Creatures

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

companions and beasts of burden—perhaps using deinonychus as hunting hounds or herding triceratops like cattle. Domesticated dinosaurs might have a variety of trappings—markings, brands, harnesses, collars

, or saddles—that reflect the culture and nature of the giants who care for them. Hill giants might use crude twisted rope or rough leather cords, while storm giants could use bridles of spun copper

Kobold Lair Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes of the Borderlands

centipedes—a fact they report to any who mention the beasts. If the characters slay the centipedes and show proof to a kobold, this deed earns the kobold’s respect, improving its attitude toward them

’ recommendation. Advantage/Disadvantage. Sometimes a D20 Test is modified by special situations called Advantage and Disadvantage, which reflect positive and negative circumstances, respectively

Clockwork Dragon

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated

Clockwork Dragon These intricately crafted constructs are typically made to reflect the forms of the metallic dragons. Plated in brass, bronze, copper, or faux gold and silver, they are often taken

can be heard coming from all directions within 6 miles of the lair. Subterranean beasts within 1 mile of the ancient deep crow’s lair serve as the creature’s eyes and ears, alerting it to the presence

Tour of the Planes

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War

contains every possible natural environment. It is home to great beasts, lycanthropes, and other beings that reflect the power of nature. The splendor of nature in this place is intoxicating to druids

regions of Irian reflect the idea of beginnings and of resurgent life: fertile lands untouched by any tool, glittering crystal forests, and thriving homesteads and communities. Angels dwell in a grand

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