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Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn
one another in a devastating conflict called the Manshoon Wars. The original Manshoon and all but three of his clones were killed, and today only a single Manshoon is believed to be active in Faer
robes when meeting with others, even with loyal lieutenants and the Zhentarim’s inner circle. Even his allies aren’t sure when they’re meeting with the actual Manshoon, a clone, or
Monsters
Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
maw ringed with teeth. Psurlons adorn themselves in richly colored robes and rarely wear armor or carry weapons.
Psurlons live for thousands of years because they spend most of their time in the
Astral Sea. Every hundred years or so, psurlons leave their astral strongholds, invade Wildspace systems, and indulge in a seven-year-long ceremony called the Feast of Worlds, during which they consume as
Monsters
Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
robes and rarely wear armor or carry weapons.
Psurlons live for thousands of years because they spend most of their time in the Astral Sea. Every hundred years or so, psurlons leave their astral
strongholds, invade Wildspace systems, and indulge in a seven-year-long ceremony called the Feast of Worlds, during which they consume as many sentient life-forms as they can before returning to the Astral
Monsters
Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
richly colored robes and rarely wear armor or carry weapons.
Psurlons live for thousands of years because they spend most of their time in the Astral Sea. Every hundred years or so, psurlons leave
their astral strongholds, invade Wildspace systems, and indulge in a seven-year-long ceremony called the Feast of Worlds, during which they consume as many sentient life-forms as they can before
Classes
Xanathar's Guide to Everything
Bards of the College of Swords are called blades, and they entertain through daring feats of weapon prowess. Blades perform stunts such as sword swallowing, knife throwing and juggling, and mock
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
Feature
Classes
Xanathar's Guide to Everything
Bards of the College of Swords are called blades, and they entertain through daring feats of weapon prowess. Blades perform stunts such as sword swallowing, knife throwing and juggling, and mock
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
Feature
Monsters
Vecna: Eve of Ruin
fails.Lady Alustriel Silverhand, called the Shining Lady, has been an influential wizard and proponent of good across Toril for centuries. Alustriel is one of the Seven Sisters—immortal daughters
gives no hint of her supernaturally extended life span. She typically wears long robes and wields a unicorn-headed staff, her Staff of Silverymoon.
Personality
Alustriel’s primary concerns
Monsters
Curse of Strahd
);{"diceNotation":"1d6+1","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Silvered Sword","rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage (silvered sword).Several months ago, a colorfully dressed half-elf bard came to Barovia in a
Richten’s tale is a sad one. A scholar and doctor from a land called Darkon, he married his childhood sweetheart, Ingrid, and together they had a son, Erasmus. When he was fourteen, Erasmus was
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
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
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
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
Alustriel Silverhand Lily Abdullina Lady Alustriel Silverhand, called the Shining Lady, has been an influential wizard and proponent of good across Toril for centuries. Alustriel is one of the Seven
woman with silver hair gives no hint of her supernaturally extended life span. She typically wears long robes and wields a unicorn-headed staff, her Staff of Silverymoon.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
hierarchy, he is allowed to wear the red and green robes of a master. Of course, when he wears these robes, his occupation is easily identified by those who know of the cabal. This recognition could be a
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->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
living storehouses of history and folklore. Bards know a great deal, and they tend to be willing to share what they know, or at least barter for it. The arrival of a renowned bard is a special occasion
, akin to the visit of a dignitary. A bard can reasonably expect at least a hot supper and a clean place to sleep from a local landlord or inn in exchange for a few songs or stories. A noble might host a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
Krynn in the guise of Fizban, a befuddled old human mage in faded robes. Branchala Called the Bard King, Branchala is the god of music, poetry, and the inner beauty of all living things. Many elves
good magic, is patron of the Mages of High Sorcery’s Order of the White Robes and other benevolent mages. His power manifests through the white moon of Krynn, the brightest of its three moons. Along
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
confident her guidance can get them there. Called the Fallbacks, the team includes Anson, a human Fighter too stubborn to stay down; Cazrin, a self-taught, human Wizard determined to test her
theoretical mettle against the real world; Baldric, a dwarf Cleric who refuses to tie himself to a single deity when he can trade favors with them all; Lark, a tiefling Bard with as many secrets as songs; and Uggie, a pet otyugh.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
killed the real priest, stole his robes, and threw his body and holy symbol off the train. The slaad works for an evil, multiverse-spanning organization called the Syndicate of Terror, Extortion
altar is a serene priest in sunny robes.
The priest is, in fact, a gray slaad using its Change Shape ability to fool the characters. The slaad was sent here to kill them, plain and simple. It
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
Candlekeep with another group of adventurers, given to them by a villager who found it among her grandfather’s old possessions. Her grandfather—a traveling bard in his youth—claimed to have written it
death of a mountain village called Vermeillon by slow, unknown means. Following a terrible accident in the platinum mine, survivors and other villagers began disappearing. Eventually Vermeillon’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
Asphodel and the Despair Lands The influence of the Underworld leaches life and color from a peninsula south of the Nessian Wood. Here, the necropolis of Asphodel sprawls amid the bleak region called
tragically ironic home for those who risked so much to escape the land of the dead. Coliseum of the Aphonai Three ancient Returned called the Aphonai rule Asphodel. They wear simple, identical golden masks
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
Adventure Background Froderic Dartwild—Frody to those who knew him well—was a gifted human bard born and raised in the hamlet of Toadhop. He could play the mandolin by age three and performed
. So gifted a musician was he that an admiring wizard gave Frody an instrument of the bards—a famous Canaith mandolin called Golden Axe. The mandolin’s magic served Frody well during his many
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Boo’s Astral Menagerie
with three long fingers. A psurlon’s eyeless head resembles that of an earthworm, capped by a maw ringed with teeth. Psurlons adorn themselves in richly colored robes and rarely wear armor or carry
indulge in a seven-year-long ceremony called the Feast of Worlds, during which they consume as many sentient life-forms as they can before returning to the Astral Plane. Psurlons prefer the flesh of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
called to you from the balcony of the tower. His dark robes are charred and torn, and a blue dragon maskis clutched in his red-stained hands.
In addition to his mastery of spatial magic, Xonthal dabbled
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
curve up over their heads and—most disconcerting of all—the far side of the city directly overhead. Called the City of Doors, this bustling planar metropolis holds countless portals to other planes
human, although she most definitely isn’t. She wears ornate robes that shroud her body, and a mantle of blades coated in blue-green verdigris surrounds her masklike face. No one is certain who or what
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
turn meetings into fraught debates. The security forces of Janya are called the Billowing Patrol, named for their flowing, dark robes. Their headquarters is a looming silvery fortress guarded by
Djaynai is called the People’s Stewards, whose leadership ranks change whenever a significant number of citizens publicly call for new elections. All citizens of Djaynai are simultaneously seen as nobles
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Scions of Elemental Evil
cultists must wear their silver masks and black robes at all times or the temple’s cultists attack them. A character posing as a cultist must make a DC 10 Charisma (Deception) check each time a
devotee of Chlimbia, Prince of Magma. Vox recently developed terrifying elemental abilities, but the cultists know no further details. The cultists helped excavate a chamber called the Primordial Nexus
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
called to you from the balcony of the tower. His dark robes are charred and torn, and a blue dragon mask is clutched in his red-stained hands.
In addition to his mastery of spatial magic, Xonthal dabbled
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
Bard There is nothing I would like to do more than explain to you why I’m standing here with stolen goods and my rapier sticking out of this still-warm corpse, officer. I assure you, I have a
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
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
Emperor Umyatin, who ruled an ancient human civilization called Imaskar that spanned much of Faerûn ten millennia ago. Collectors aware of its history will pay up to 2,500 gp for the set. 34b. Closet This
closet is stuffed with robes, sleeping gowns, shoes, and slippers hanging on racks or stacked neatly on shelves.
Compendium
- 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
master bard attended each of the elder colleges, seeking to learn its musical and magical secrets. Traditionally, the colleges were attended in the order given above, starting with Fochlucan. That
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
cult’s operations are overseen by local leaders called Wearers of Purple for the ceremonial robes that they wear. All of the wyrmspeakers are Wearers of Purple, as are lower-ranking cultists appointed by the wyrmspeakers to preside over cult enclaves.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a3
the north end of the chamber are a group of statues that must have been an honor guard. These warriors wear feathered robes and headdresses and are armed with pitted bronze spears. Each of these figures
, worth 15 gp. Creature. Lifting the lamp will open a hidden door in the floor, releasing a wight called Ayocuan from the compartment in which he has been trapped. Ayocuan wears another amulet of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
cult’s operations are overseen by local leaders called Wearers of Purple for the ceremonial robes that they wear. All of the wyrmspeakers are Wearers of Purple, as are lower-ranking cultists appointed by the wyrmspeakers to preside over cult enclaves.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
crafting clothes to wear, and the latter will dress in elaborate robes. This phenomenon extends to all displays of culture, from modes of architecture to the decorations that adorn illithid funerary
process called ceremorphosis. First, a captured humanoid is rendered docile by a blast of psionic power. A newly hatched tadpole is inserted into the victim’s cranium, usually through a nostril or ear canal
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
fine, billowing robes—this is Zisatta. Zisatta Zisatta The aloof Zisatta is a member of the High Court and commands Janya’s security forces, called the Billowing Patrol for their sable robes that
undulate like jellyfish. She is lawful neutral and one of the Nightsea chil-liren (see the “Nightsea Chil-liren” section). Tattoos of ancient Djaynaian symbols peak out from beneath her flowing robes
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
join one of eight arcane towers, each one dedicated to a different school of magic.
5 The wizards of Ythryn were entertained by a competitive sport called Chain Lightning.
6 Every wizard
world of Toril were sold at the enclave’s Bazaar of the Bizarre.
10 The city’s elite wore robes of silk that displayed shifting, illusory patterns.
11 Many of the city’s residents owned
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
Background Centuries ago, a family living in a remote water mill endured a string of unfortunate events. A malevolent spirit called Shemshime attached itself to the family and caused the “accidents
cautionary tale meant to warn people to keep their attention on their chores. When a traveling gnome bard heard the tale, he was so intrigued that he set the story down in the book, Shemshime’s Bedtime
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
called the “Lord of Blades,” these warforged don’t seem to recognize the people of Thrane as living people with souls, so it’s hard to appreciate why we should treat them that way.
The Lord of
. What do they do? Another way to explore the facets of this issue is to introduce a warforged supporter of the Lord of Blades who doesn’t engage in violence personally, such as a bard who moves among the






