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Human Legacy

Species Basic Rules (2014)

build cities to last for the ages, and great kingdoms that can persist for long centuries. An individual human might have a relatively short life span, but a human nation or culture preserves

, Greycastle, Tallstag Damaran Found primarily in the northwest of Faerûn, Damarans are of moderate height and build, with skin hues ranging from tawny to fair. Their hair is usually brown or

Factions and Organizations

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

and cities, with or without a similarly wide-ranging political authority. Organizations can play an important part in the lives of player characters, becoming their patrons, allies, or enemies just like

Heliod as Campaign Villain

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

. From there, it’s a small step to suppressing the open worship of other gods, then trying to spread both policies to other cities. If the characters are champions of other gods, they might find

a wide-ranging impact on the pantheon and the mortal world. The Heliod’s Divine Schemes table offers examples of how the god might have a mythic impact on the mortal world, embroiling the characters

Transportation

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

elemental engine pulls a train of linked coaches over a path of conductor stones, maintaining a speed of 30 miles per hour. The rail links most of the major cities of the Five Nations, though the

ranging between the modest coaches shared by most travelers (1 gp/day) and the wealthy luxury coaches (4 gp/day). People satisfied with squalid accomodations can try to stow away on a cargo car, but

Life in the Styes

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh

Styes, ranging from large public houses to holes-in-the-wall with two tables and nothing but acrid, home-brewed rotgut on tap. The clientele are uniformly glum and morose, and brawls and fights are

common. The best taverns in the Styes would be considered dives in most cities — and its inns are no better. Visitors are advised to bring their own bedding to avoid bugs, and to move the bed in front

The First Flowering

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

dwarf clans united as the nation of Delzoun, named for its forge-founder, with dwarfholds built on sites ranging from the Ice Mountains to the Nether Mountains and the Narrow Sea, and settlements and

the sunlit lands of the World Above into the Underdark. They abandoned all loyalty to the elven gods who betrayed and banished them, turning instead to Lolth, the Demon Queen of Spiders, as their patron. Wars soon began between the drow and the underground cities of the dwarves.

Thassa's Influence

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

Thassa’s Influence To most mortals, Thassa is the sea, and the sea is Thassa. The wind and waves, the tides, and the ocean’s bounty, ranging from small fish to the enormous krakens—all these are

for the gods who oversee work she believes best left to mortals: Ephara with her cities, Karametra with her fields, Pharika with her tinctures, Mogis and Iroas with their armies. To Thassa’s mind, her peers are building castles in the sand, unaware or unmindful that the tide will sweep them away.

Flavors of Fantasy

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

decadent cities, where the protagonists are often motivated more by greed and self-interest than by altruistic virtue. Sword-and-Sorcery Conflicts. In this flavor of campaign, magic-users often

knights and nobles. Calder Moore Fortresses on the backs of dragon turtles rise from the depths, heralding the return of a long-lost dynasty Epic Fantasy Conflicts. Conflicts like these highlight the

The Halfling Adventurer

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

a life of adventure are emboldened by the stories told by their elders — tales of halfling heroes slinking through human cities, plundering dungeons laden with treasure, and being received in the hall

grasslands or hills. They are lightly covered with hair over most of their bodies, especially on the backs of their hands and the tops of their feet, and they rarely wear shoes. The three subraces are the

Factions

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen

their backs and in their canoes. Second, they tend the giant lizards that are used to drag or carry especially heavy loads through the mere. Third, they do most of the hunting, fishing, and gathering

to feed everyone at the castle. Fourth, they act as the castle’s far-ranging scouts and outlying guards, since they are far superior to any bullywug at actively patrolling, ambushing, and laying traps

Factions

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons

work camp to the castle on their backs and in their canoes. Second, they tend the giant lizards that are used to drag or carry especially heavy loads through the mere. Third, they do most of the

hunting, fishing, and gathering to feed everyone at the castle. Fourth, they act as the castle’s far-ranging scouts and outlying guards, since they are far superior to any bullywug at actively patrolling

Uthgardt Lands

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

their adherence to the old Uthgardt ways. Ranging out from Raven Rock, their ancestral mound deep inside the mountains, they have been known to send raiding parties as far south as Silverymoon, but

cities, so I might as well have said I knew folk who lived on the moon. When I mentioned Yartar and Red Larch, places that I knew Gyrt’s band had passed near, she laughed still harder. To her I was too

Howling Hatred Cultists

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

Cult of the Black Earth, viewing its members as stubborn, unenlightened drones without vision or imagination. Feathergale Knight The Feathergale Knights are ambitious, wealthy folk from cities such

as Waterdeep seduced by the air cult’s promises of power. From the backs of hippogriffs or giant vultures, they survey the land around Feathergale Spire, guarding the entrance to the air cult’s hidden

Upper Level Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves

. The monks communicate with the outside world by writing letters and using trained falcons (see area M5) to deliver them to faraway cities. The letters are written using the supplies stored in the

paraphrase the following: This unlit room contains three statues standing with their backs against the walls, forming a triangle. Each statue depicts a robed monk whose face is obscured by a sagging cowl. The

Delphi Mansion Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault

. D11b: Markos’s Office This room contains a black wooden desk with a cushioned, high-backed chair behind it. Two smaller chairs face the desk with their backs to the door. A niche in the northeast corner

calligrapher’s supplies. D12: Gallery Framed portraits and alabaster busts of members of the Delphi family decorate the walls and corners of the room, with facial expressions ranging from proud to

Upper City Gazetteer

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus

working prototypes not yet ready for public view, the Hall of Wonders is meant to showcase Gond’s perfected inspirations. It holds marvels ranging from lockboxes cleverly disguised as ordinary furniture to

academic cities along the Sword Coast, in few other places could Gond’s faithful have access to more and rarer resources with less oversight. The city cares more about the clerics’ innovations than the

Roleplaying a Giant

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

blasphemous to aspire to anything higher or lower. 4 Though I can never rise above my clan’s position in the ordning, I can be a leader among my clan. 5 My own kind have turned their backs on me, so I

the best steel from the forge. When fire is controlled, it is the giants’ most powerful tool; when it rages unchecked, it can bring down forests and lay waste to cities. Because of the destructive

Upper City Gazetteer

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer

prototypes not yet ready for public view, the Hall of Wonders is meant to showcase Gond’s perfected inspirations. It holds marvels ranging from lockboxes cleverly disguised as ordinary furniture to

certainly more industrious and academic cities along the Sword Coast, in few other places could Gond’s faithful have access to more and rarer resources with less oversight. The city cares more about the

Locations A - D

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder

Neverwinter in the days when trade between the two cities flourished. It fell into disuse when that trade stopped after the eruption of Mount Hotenow (see the “Neverwinter” section). Now that

Morwen did, sternly but fairly, and does little to arouse suspicion. Recently, hill giants ranging south of the Forlorn Hills have begun to encroach upon the farmlands and noble estates around

Lower City Gazetteer

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus

blind, biting shrimp that dwell there. Though long-term incarceration is rare in the city, there are always a few inmates rotting in these cells, ranging from petty criminals to political prisoners

right price. Sewer Keep Like many port cities, Baldur’s Gate has traditionally dumped its sewage downstream and let the river carry its problems elsewhere. As the city grew, however, this began to

Locations E - H

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder

information on this location. Fallen Lands Countless ruins dot this rugged, barren land, where ancient cities once stood and great battles once raged. Strange witchlights float around the ruins at night

Emerald Enclave. Its harvests are crucial to cities throughout the North, Waterdeep in particular. See chapter 2 for more information on this location. Suggested Encounter If the adventure didn’t begin

Lower City Gazetteer

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer

always a few inmates rotting in these cells, ranging from petty criminals to political prisoners locked away on trumped-up charges. Characters who run seriously afoul of the law in Baldur’s Gate might wind

both its spying and its weird oracular abilities, and might be willing to sell them for the right price. Sewer Keep Like many port cities, Baldur’s Gate has traditionally dumped its sewage downstream

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