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, Medicine, Persuasion, or Religion
Weapon Proficiencies
Simple weapons
Armor Training
Light and Medium armor and Shields
Starting Equipment
Choose A or B: (A) Chain Shirt, Shield
devotion through prayer and rituals, not through magic. Many mortals claim to speak for the gods, but few can marshal the power of those gods the way a Cleric can.
Becoming a Cleric...
As a Level 1
Backgrounds
Acquisitions Incorporated
Maybe you come from a long line of merchants. Perhaps you were an entrepreneur. Regardless, your ventures ended poorly. Whether it was because of outside influences, bad luck, or simply because your
clothes, and a belt pouch containing 10 gp
Feature: Supply Chain
From your time as a merchant, you retain connections with wholesalers, suppliers, and other merchants and entrepreneurs. You can call upon these connections when looking for items or information.
Monsters
Princes of the Apocalypse
in the black depths of vast seas or enthroned among jagged reefs. Olhydra waits for the chance to enter the Material Plane through elemental water nodes or when called by the proper rituals. Whether
— bad weather, strong tides, and increasing aggression from dangerous sea life.
Violent downpours become frequent within 10 miles of the lair. A downpour occurs once every 2d12;{"diceNotation
Backgrounds
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
, government institution, or — certainly — the Guild. This operative will hear you out and, at their discretion, take your information or request up their chain of command. These meetings almost
tail and run when things look bad.
6
An innocent person is in prison for a crime that I committed. I’m okay with that.
Backgrounds
Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
;t a native, your reason for leaving “home” probably has something to do with getting away from a bad situation.
Feature: All Eyes on You
Your accent, mannerisms, figures of
traditional rituals that are unfamiliar to those around me.
6
Sarcasm and insults are my weapons of choice.
d6
Ideal
1
Open. I have much to learn from the kindly folk I meet
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
goddess, and many are the prayers that beg her for protection from illness and poison. Various rituals to placate her involve the use of three drops of blood or three tears — to be dropped into a well that
has gone bad, dripped into the handkerchief of someone beset by coughing, dropped into a fire made by burning a withered crop, dripped into the mouth of a plague sufferer, and so on. It’s common
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes of the Borderlands
cult’s ranks through macabre rituals, conscripting the dead to serve the cult’s depraved goals. Narthus Medium Humanoid (Human), Chaotic Evil
AC 13 Initiative +0 (10)
HP 22 (4d8 + 4)
Speed 30 ft
Medicine +4, Religion +2
Gear Chain Shirt, Mace
Senses Passive Perception 12
Languages Common
CR 1 (XP 200; PB +2)
Actions
Multiattack. Narthus makes two attacks using Vile Mace or Fateful
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
Rip Tide Priest Priests of the Rip Tide cult gather in secret cabals to perform dark rituals that glorify Olhydra, the elemental Princess of Evil Water, as the embodiment of water’s destructiveness
. They believe that using water to kill their enemies, such as through ritual drowning, earns them Olhydra’s favor. Rip Tide Priest
Medium humanoid (human), neutral evil
Armor Class 13 (chain shirt
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
expression. “Bad things have been happening at the carnival for a while. People and things have been going missing. My bosses know more than they’re telling, but their hands are tied somehow. You’re the first
to the happiness of the carnival. The monarch is also given a charm that lets them fly.” “Mister Witch’s Witchlight watch is attached to his waistcoat by a chain, so whoever tries to steal it needs
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
Proficiencies Choose 2: History, Insight, Medicine, Persuasion, or Religion Weapon Proficiencies Simple weapons Armor Training Light and Medium armor and Shields Starting Equipment Choose A or B: (A) Chain
devotion through prayer and rituals, not through magic. Many mortals claim to speak for the gods, but few can marshal the power of those gods the way a Cleric can. Becoming a Cleric... As a Level 1 Cleric
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
, Persuasion, or Religion Weapon Proficiencies Simple weapons Armor Training Light and Medium armor and Shields Starting Equipment Choose A or B: (A) Chain Shirt, Shield, Mace, Holy Symbol, Priest’s Pack, and 7
Planes. Not every member of a temple or shrine is a Cleric. Some priests are called to a simple life of temple service, carrying out their devotion through prayer and rituals, not through magic. Many
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
Winter Encounter Chain Now is the winter of Waterdeep’s discontent. The Zhents who serve Manshoon believe their master to be all-powerful, which has made them reckless. Against a frigid backdrop
(encounter 4, “Mausoleum”). Weather Effects Until the encounter chain is complete, the following weather effects are in play. Blizzard. Shrieking wind and falling snow impose disadvantage on Wisdom
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
the Tome feature You can now inscribe magical rituals in your Book of Shadows. Choose two 1st-level spells that have the ritual tag from any class’s spell list (the two needn’t be from the same list
). The spells appear in the book and don’t count against the number of spells you know. With your Book of Shadows in hand, you can cast the chosen spells as rituals. You can’t cast the spells except as
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a4
, and discovered the system of old lava-tubes that riddle the cone and the underlying strata. With a little alteration, he thought, these would be perfect for his purposes. The area already had a bad
Wave, you must do battle
With the Beast in the Boiling Bubble
Crost cavern vast, where chain-links rattle
Lies Whelm, past water-spouts double.
Blackrazor yet remains to be won
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
D3. Courtyard This courtyard is open to the sky, and its walls have been carved with scenes of dwarves engaged in rituals, often in pairs, of a friendly or amorous nature. A twenty-foot-tall statue
passive Wisdom (Perception) score of 13 or higher notice that the dwarves are wearing chain shirts under their robes; these characters aren’t surprised when the dwarves attack. Instead of spears and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
statistics of a drow, with the following modifications: Hanne’s AC is 12, or 15 with mage armor. She doesn’t wear a chain shirt. Her Intelligence is 17 (+3). Add Arcana +5 and Investigation +5 to her skills
Hallen, leads the Dark Hunters — drow explorers who steal purple worm eggs. These eggs are prized by wizards, who use them in various arcane rituals. Hanne was on her first egg run with her mother’s team
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
stones, and make sure no one disturbs the Delvers, who are entombed here. The Believers watch the moving stones carefully, because it’s a bad sign when they move, and they have to figure out what it
cage back to its original position by hauling on its chain. Inscription. The inscription on the standing stone reads, in Common: “Displease not the Delvers.”
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
seems like a transparently bad idea. What were those giants thinking?
—Bigby
And yet, can we fairly say that the existence of fensirs is “transparently bad”? Some might argue they are a
significant improvement over trolls. At the very least, the diversity of life in the multiverse increased, and new wonders were revealed. That’s only bad if you think a small universe that fits within your
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
face a tragic end.
2 I’m convinced something is after me, appearing in mirrors, dreams, and places where no one could.
3 I’m especially superstitious and live life seeking to avoid bad luck
immediately.
6 I’m a skeptic and don’t believe in the power of rituals, religion, superstition, or spirits.
7 I know my future is written and that anything I do will lead to a prophesied end
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
bad things in the world are proof that the world is unraveling—and most importantly, none of it is your fault. Those drawn to this message are called aspirants. Each aspirant meets regularly with an
, and in the formal context of rituals, an initiate might be identified by their new name and brood number: for example, “Aphellis, Initiate of the Twenty-Sixth Brood.” Leadership The leaders of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
gate-towns come knocking on their doors, residents feign ignorance or offer up false clues to throw off the nose of justice. Residents remain smugly aloof, fending off bounty hunters like bad suitors
Carceri, creating one or more of the following effects in and around the gate-town: Ball and Chain. Creatures in Curst feel as though they’re dragging a ball and chain behind themselves and have their
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
page by touching it. Investment of the Chain Master Prerequisite: Level 5+ Warlock, Pact of the Chain Invocation When you cast Find Familiar, you infuse the summoned familiar with a measure of your
ends if you use this feature’s Bonus Action again, if the weapon is more than 5 feet away from you for 1 minute or more, or if you die. A conjured weapon disappears when the bond ends. Pact of the Chain
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
page by touching it. Investment of the Chain Master Prerequisite: Level 5+ Warlock, Pact of the Chain Invocation When you cast Find Familiar, you infuse the summoned familiar with a measure of your
if you use this feature’s Bonus Action again, if the weapon is more than 5 feet away from you for 1 minute or more, or if you die. A conjured weapon disappears when the bond ends. Pact of the Chain
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
Failed Merchant Maybe you come from a long line of merchants. Perhaps you were an entrepreneur. Regardless, your ventures ended poorly. Whether it was because of outside influences, bad luck, or
pouch containing 10 gp Feature: Supply Chain From your time as a merchant, you retain connections with wholesalers, suppliers, and other merchants and entrepreneurs. You can call upon these connections
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
(area K2) or lifted by an iron chain from the upper floor of the gatehouse (area K3). One bandit stands watch on the wall section just north of the gatehouse. If he spots the party approaching, he
gatehouse features doors that lead out to the tops of the walls to the north and to the east. Stairs lead down to the floor below. A chain mechanism in the northern half of the room positioned over the main
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
the black depths of vast seas or enthroned among jagged reefs. Olhydra waits for the chance to enter the Material Plane through elemental water nodes or when called by the proper rituals. Whether she
Olhydra’s presence in an elemental node creates a number of widespread effects — bad weather, strong tides, and increasing aggression from dangerous sea life. Violent downpours become frequent within 10
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
responsible for keeping guard over the gate that separates the entrance from the rest of the lair. The gate is normally closed and down. It is raised and lowered by means of a chain and pulley mechanism
. 2. Guard Post This bare, spartan room has a stone bench along the south wall that continues around the angle to the west wall. A chain-and-pulley mechanism is mounted on the north wall, next to the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
. Sometimes a mystery cult is a type of worship within a pantheon. It acknowledges the myths and rituals of the pantheon, but presents its own myths and rites as primary. For instance, a secretive order of
substance.
Vestiges are deities who have lost nearly all their worshipers and are considered dead, from a mortal perspective. Esoteric rituals can sometimes contact these beings and draw on their latent
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
causes wracking pain, paralysis, and disorientation in those struck by it. Flind
Medium humanoid (gnoll), chaotic evil
Armor Class 16 (chain mail)
Hit Points 127 (15d8 + 60)
Speed 30 ft
violent urges. Eventually, they fight among themselves. The survivors devour the flesh of their slain comrades but preserve the bones. Then, by invoking rituals to Yeenoghu, they bring the remains back to a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
on a wooden shield. Linene Graywind (NG female human commoner) manages the store, which is one of a chain of mercantile outposts spread up and down the Sword Coast. Mother to Minghee (see “People of
Phandalin” above), Linene works tirelessly to keep the coster operational through good times and bad. Most of the goods in the Player’s Handbook can be purchased here. Linene can special order items
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
season that lasts a tenday. Among the rituals in homage to the goddess of wealth and trade are these: Caravance (Tarsahk 1). This gift-giving holiday commemorates the traditional arrival of the first
merchandise — and it doesn’t matter if you can’t afford what you see, because you can’t buy it that day anyway. Kythorn 20: Dragondown This day in Kythorn is celebrated with bonfires and rituals to “tame” or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
offer 10 gp or more to each of them, they walk away and leave their boss to his fate. Rasqel, who is indebted to bad people, fights to the death. If the situation looks grim for the adventurers
that Beshaba sends her favored souls out into the world as a focus for bad luck and calamity, and that dealing with a favored soul of the Lady of Misfortune is a risky situation. Interacting with such
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
stench of animals. Three chained wolves snarl and rattle their chains as you approach the cave mouth. Each wolf’s chain leads to an iron rod driven into the base of a stalagmite.
The Cragmaws keep a
. Development. A goblin in this area can use an action to release one wolf from its chain. If the wolves are goaded by enemies beyond their reach, they are driven into a frenzy. Each round that any
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
who command the consuls. Fist of Bane
Medium humanoid (human), lawful evil
Armor Class 18 (chain mail, shield)
Hit Points 22 (4d8 + 4)
Speed 30 ft.
STR
16 (+3)
DEX
11 (+0
16 (chain mail)
Hit Points 45 (6d8 + 18)
Speed 30 ft.
STR
17 (+3)
DEX
11 (+0)
CON
16 (+3)
INT
12 (+1)
WIS
15 (+2)
CHA
16 (+3)
Saving Throws Wis +4
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
humanoid to squeeze through. IMPRISONED CHARACTERS
If the characters are defeated in Vanthampur Villa or the dungeon below, you can have the bad guys stabilize dying party members, strip them of their
unlit, half-melted red candles surround the circle.
The cultists use this chamber to perform diabolical rituals that duplicate the effect of a divination spell, except that the spell’s contact is a