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Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
exploration and discovery through the lens of creating a direct conduit to the past.
She founded Lorehold College to ensure mortals would never forget the lessons of the past. After living for centuries
, Velomachus has grown tired of watching the same mistakes repeated continually. She hopes her college’s teachings will foster the skills to either predict future pitfalls by taking lessons from those
Monsters
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
polymorph into a Large bear–humanoid hybrid or into a Large polar bear, or back into its goliath form. Its statistics, other than its size and AC, are the same in each form. Any equipment it is
the weather and the geography of Icewind Dale can be brutal. They know the safest routes across the tundra, and they can help guide travelers through the Sea of Moving Ice and across its ever-shifting
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
dragon ages. Eventually, the scales become translucent and shimmer in the light, rippling as the dragon moves. The dragon’s horns and spines hover above the body, moving and shifting along the back
I repeat what others have said back to them to make sure I have remembered it correctly.
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I might not like you, but I will endeavor to treat you with respect, if not kindness.
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I like
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Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
the back and tail to mirror the dragon’s mood.
Clever Concealment
The shyest of the gem dragons, emerald dragons are also the most curious. They love to observe local settlements and peoples
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“Yer late, elf!” came the rough edge of a familiar voice. Bruenor Battlehammer walked up the back of his dead foe, disregarding the fact that the heavy monster lay on top of his elven
mountains they love, weathering the passage of centuries with stoic endurance and little change. They respect the traditions of their clans, tracing their ancestry back to the founding of their most
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
scales become translucent and shimmer in the light, rippling as the dragon moves. The dragon’s horns and spines hover above the body, moving and shifting along the back and tail to mirror the
said back to them to make sure I have remembered it correctly.
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I might not like you, but I will endeavor to treat you with respect, if not kindness.
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I like to impress visitors by
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Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
. Eventually, the scales become translucent and shimmer in the light, rippling as the dragon moves. The dragon’s horns and spines hover above the body, moving and shifting along the back and tail
what others have said back to them to make sure I have remembered it correctly.
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I might not like you, but I will endeavor to treat you with respect, if not kindness.
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I like to impress
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
raid just as another group returns, laden with severed heads, sacks of loot, and armfuls of food. Warriors also serve as scouts, bringing back detailed reports about the surrounding area so that the
area is at risk. If orcs come upon a target that is too large to assault directly, they will lurk along supply routes, taking out their frustration on caravans and travelers. Left unchecked, a tribe can
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
Prismari College robes. If a character examines the portrait, they find a plaque that reads: “At Strixhaven we were all inspired.” Below the plaque is a small lever. If a character uses an action to pull
the lever, a box pops out of the wall containing a Strixhaven pennant (see chapter 2) for each character in the party. Once it dispenses the pennants, the box disappears back into the wall and doesn’t work for the characters again.
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
Bardic Colleges In addition to the tradition of apprenticing with a master bard, the Sword Coast has some bardic colleges where masters teach students the bardic arts. They hark back to the great
tradition fell when the colleges went into decline, but some bards dream of restoring it. College of Fochlucan The original College of Fochlucan once stood on the northeastern edge of Silverymoon. Many years
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
, Widdershins Hall is the heart of Witherbloom College Lisette, Dean of the Root Dean Lissette (neutral good human Witherbloom professor of growth) is a world-class healer and herbalist; it’s even said she once
to be Willowdusk’s roots. She protected them from a pack of hungry groffs and shepherded them back to Widdershins Hall, offering a lecture on proper herb-gathering practices during the journey. Her
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Bluetspur for all manner of experiments. Many abductees are returned with only psychic scars, while others are never seen again. An unlucky few find themselves set upon strange routes leading back to the alien realm, arriving only to realize they’ve visited Bluetspur before.
mind flayers work desperately to reconcile their god’s demented whims even as they struggle to delay its demise. To those ends, their tentacles slip through the Mists to drag unwitting souls back to
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
Sea Voyage If the characters need further persuasion, Mitor Jans tells them that he and his ship, the Dog Ear, have made the trip from Candlekeep to the trading post and back again more times than he
(Insight) check is all it takes to verify the truth of his claims. In fact, this is the faster of the two routes. The trip takes a day and a half (36 hours), with no encounters en route. Mitor Jans
Yuan-ti Pureblood
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’ serpent gods into their religions. These victories sent a constant influx of food, ore, and slaves back to the home cities.
The wealth of the empire allowed the ruling elite plenty of time to
the Lake of Steam out along the trade routes to cross the world, yuan-ti poisons and potent liquors are covertly sold. Beware! Some of the latter slowly and subtly bring imbibers under the sway of
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actions contribute to the survival of the group. The tribe practices for the eventuality of defending the lair against intruders, and their plans always include knowing the best escape routes and who is
some other convenient way (or, in a cannibalistic tribe, eaten). Kobolds believe that if they die in service to their tribe, Kurtulmak immediately sends each of them back to life as the next egg laid in
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
Underdark with active trade routes. For the characters, this means a potential chance to find a way back to the surface world — and just as importantly, to shake off the drow that pursue them. However, the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
them. Survival for a solitary drow underground is nearly impossible. The main routes through the Underdark are dotted with drow guard posts, and the back ways are prowled by ropers, mind flayers
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
students—along with any others who came to the infirmary during the “Sick Leave” event—are back on their feet, though something is clearly wrong. The afflicted students are all suffering from the Visions
as they try to escape Kollema Hall; use one or more of the college apprentice stat blocks in chapter 7 to represent them. Any characters in the infirmary are among the first people the delirious
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
Other Routes Characters who can’t avail themselves of Vizeran’s secret route or choose not to use it must find another way to Menzoberranzan. There are many routes to choose from, such that the party
can approach the City of Spiders from literally any direction. However, all of these routes are known to the drow. The characters might have encountered a drow force on a previous attempt to reach
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
convenient access from their homes to their business concerns and back. Privately funded by the patriars, and thus serving as a display of their personal success, these gates are more ornate and
several patriar staffs know exactly which guards to bend. Regardless, the visible double standard imposed at these gates is a constant gall to Lower City residents forced to take longer routes through the public gates because they cannot use the ones in their own neighborhoods.
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer
convenient access from their homes to their business concerns and back. Privately funded by the patriars, and thus serving as a display of their personal success, these gates are more ornate and
several patriar staffs know exactly which guards to bend. Regardless, the visible double standard imposed at these gates is a constant gall to Lower City residents forced to take longer routes through the public gates because they cannot use the ones in their own neighborhoods.
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
devastating. Gauntlgrym was swarmed by rampaging armies of orcs, and the empire of Delzoun was overrun in the terrible fighting. Ultimately, the dwarves of Delzoun drove back the orcs, but at great cost
tribute to Menzoberranzan. In recent years, the dwarf hero Bruenor Battlehammer was able to seize the fabled city back from its drow masters. Bruenor, along with his companions Wulfgar, Cattie-brie, Regis
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer
question, selling them at a high markup. Travelers seeking a specific book also hire mercenaries or adventurers to venture into dungeons or ruins and bring back the prize. If information can’t be
serves as a departure point for smuggling the region’s treasures back the Sword Coast, as well as other ventures the Baldurians would prefer the native Chultans don’t learn about. As a result
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
question, selling them at a high markup. Travelers seeking a specific book also hire mercenaries or adventurers to venture into dungeons or ruins and bring back the prize. If information can’t be
departure point for smuggling the region’s treasures back the Sword Coast, as well as other ventures the Baldurians would prefer the native Chultans don’t learn about. As a result, rarities from the depths of
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
legendary emerald dragon are terrorizing a nearby halfling settlement. One solution is to get rid of the dragon.
6 An emerald dragon is the headmaster in absentia of a bardic college and must be
convinced to defend the school in a contest against a rival college.
7 An emerald dragon invisibly tails a party of adventurers, causing trouble for the heroes so the dragon can watch how they
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
the answer! Moon
Though always shiny, in daylight I hide. At night, I’m one of many spread far and wide. Click to see the answer! Star
Clutch your purse, call the guards, but don’t turn your back
. Click to see the answer! Gem
I’m an expert in arcane knowledge, as smart as anyone in college. I’ve the answer to every question, but you’ll pay for my erudition. Who am I? Click to see the answer! Sage
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
enough to accommodate the dragon’s body, and they typically loop around and reconnect with themselves so the dragon can double back without having to reverse direction. Map 5.6: copper dragon lair
tumbled stone. These openings allow the dragon to enter and depart the lair via multiple routes. Additionally, the sunken areas shown on the surface map correspond to areas where the dragon can burst
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
and discovery through the lens of creating a direct conduit to the past. She founded Lorehold College to ensure mortals would never forget the lessons of the past. After living for centuries, Velomachus
effects resembling tomes and scrolls composed of golden light, perceptible distortions as time doubles back on itself, and thunderous sounds. Velomachus Lorehold
Gargantuan Dragon (Wizard), Lawful
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
typically works alongside five older student employees, one from each college, though she sometimes hires younger students who express interest in working for her (see the “Jobs” section earlier in the
chapter). The front counter of the barista station is a whirl of chaos while Ellina and the other employees deal with the orders of dozens of students and faculty members. The back of the station is
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
use consistently. Butcher the Weak Gnolls seek only to kill, and as such prefer to deal with weak, easy targets. An enemy that can fight back is an enemy to save for later. Gnolls have no sense of
bow shot becomes easy prey for any gnolls near it. Some particularly clever gnolls have been known to use burning arrows to spark fires, cutting off their prey’s escape routes and driving victims into
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
dragon.
4 An item stolen from a white dragon’s hoard has been passed down to an adventurer as a family heirloom—and the dragon is coming to get it back.
5 After driving away a white dragon, a
group of adventurers discovered a mighty demon trapped in the ice in the dragon’s lair. Now the ice is melting and the demon will soon awaken—so the dragon must be lured back.
6 A white dragon
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
sigils at the bottom of the Sea of Moving Ice and brought it back to Ythryn for study in the fall of −343 DR, the Year of Chilled Marrow. During one of their experiments, something went wrong—a flash of
handful of apprentices who had used their spells in ingenious ways to escape death. Some of those inside tried to flee Ythryn, but glacial ice blocked all conventional routes of escape, and attempts to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
are art pieces representative of various media. Students from Prismari College typically tend this space, and three Prismari pledgemages (see chapter 7) can be found here most days, either cleaning
the gallery or studying the techniques used in the displayed pieces. A storage area at the back holds supplies and artwork waiting to go on display. The Distinguished Society of Fine Artists often meets
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
Uniting War against the Deepkingdom, but were swiftly crushed, and the survivors brought back to Gracklstugh in chains. Though their status as slaves was eventually set aside, the derro have always been
who sit at this council make sure that trade and commerce flow smoothly. They employ slave labor to maintain trade routes in the dangerous Underdark, and are always open to hiring explorers to check out
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
collect along the Tartyx River and reclaiming wayward souls that try to slip back to the mortal world. This means lampads are most often spotted in graveyards, crumbling crypts, and tunnels that bore
, either. Naiads are known to befriend aquatic creatures, or even to keep modest menageries. The occasional star-crossed castaway has even been known to become part of such collections. Secret Routes of