before band divinity completed relatively

Fensir Skirmisher

Monsters Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

can transform even a pinch of mud or gravel into a boulder suitable for hurling, and the thrown stone grows in flight to knock its target flat on impact. Fensirs Long ago, a band of frost giants

. They retain prominent noses and a hint of green in their skin but otherwise resemble relatively small frost or stone giants. They use armor and weapons similar to what other combatants on Ysgard use

Fensir Devourer

Monsters Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

an insatiable hunger. These fensir devourers use their great size and strength to overwhelm foes. They can also issue a baleful curse in their final moments. Fensirs Long ago, a band of frost

appearance. They retain prominent noses and a hint of green in their skin but otherwise resemble relatively small frost or stone giants. They use armor and weapons similar to what other combatants on Ysgard

Mercenary Veteran

Backgrounds Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide

a large outfit such as the Zhentarim or the soldiers of Mintarn, or a smaller band of sell-swords, maybe even more than one. (See the “Mercenaries of the North” sidebar for a collection of

called the Chill. Unlike most of their kind, the Chill refrains from raiding the people of the North and maintains relatively good relations so that they can hire themselves out as warriors. Few city

Arriving at the Masquerade

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

Arriving at the Masquerade The Magister’s Masquerade starts at dusk. Once characters have completed their preparations (or time has run out), they should head to Kollema Hall. As they arrive at

mingle. Beyond a check-in stand attended by student hosts, tables are arranged with whimsical ice sculptures and ornate refreshments. A band plays energetic music near the demonstration stage, which

Play Style

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

kick in the dungeon door, fight the monsters, and grab the treasure. This style of play is straightforward, fun, exciting, and action-oriented. The players spend relatively little time developing

bugbear lair. Don’t track money or time spent in town. Once they’ve completed a task, send the adventurers back into the action as quickly as possible. Character motivation need be no more developed than a desire to kill monsters and acquire treasure.

Forge Domain

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

burned? Oh, the fire must be for the wax seals! Forge Domain Features Cleric Level Feature 1st Domain Spells, Bonus Proficiencies, Blessing of the Forge 2nd Channel Divinity: Artisan’s Blessing

this feature, you can’t use it again until you finish a long rest. Channel Divinity: Artisan’s Blessing Starting at 2nd level, you can use your Channel Divinity to create simple items. You conduct an

Cults of the Dragon Below

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

believing that if completed, this monstrosity could reunite the shattered kingdom. When pressed to comment, Patriarch Dalin d’Vadalis denied any connections to this cult. “These are difficult times

. However, your character could be a member of a relatively benign cult. You might have been raised in a cult but broke free from its influence. If your character was or is part of a cult, work with your DM to develop the details of your sect.

Kobold Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

races have little good to say about kobolds, but they do admit that the little reptilians do respectable tunnel work using simple tools. If a band of kobolds is enslaved by more powerful creatures

, since food is relatively scarce in such areas. Partly out of fear and partly because their eyes are sensitive to sunlight, kobolds prefer the security of a cave to living in the open air, and can be

Ten-Towns Quests

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

. Roll again if the characters have already completed the quest associated with that town. Ten-Towns Rumors d10 Rumor 1 In Bremen, fishers are being terrorized by a monster that lives in

probably use some help. 9 In Targos, a band of adventurers is planning an expedition up the side of Kelvin’s Cairn, hoping to find Oyaminartok, a goliath lycanthrope who can transform into a polar bear

Leilon Point Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sleeping Dragon’s Wake

keeps order, a relatively easy job until the sahuagin arrived. Marciano refuses to answer questions shouted through the door unless a character first succeeds on a DC 15 Charisma (Persuasion) check to

information: A tenday ago, a band of violent shark people appeared out of nowhere on the eastern edge of town and began burning fields and killing animals. The attack stopped almost as soon as it began

People of Akros

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

the vast majority of Akros’s population, the serfs largely reside outside the protection of the Kolophon, laboring to grow the staple crops that support Akros’s citizens and its trade. A relatively

centaurs of the Pheres band. Members of those peoples rarely find a warm welcome in Akroan territory. However, Akroans respect prowess, loyalty, and self-sacrifice, and might welcome any who embody such

Trielta Hills

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

— not to mention monsters that prey on unlucky or ill-prepared miners who unknowingly invade their territory. The most intense traveling I’ve done through these hills was in pursuit of a band of

marauding lizardfolk. The head of the kindly gnome family I was staying with was taken prisoner, along with his oldest son. I helped the local halfling sheriff and the small band of militia he put

Enemies All Around

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

away the location of its lair. One might appear before a band of dwarves traveling through the area and demand a toll for safe passage through its territory, expecting payment in the form of gems — and

by creatures it can catch in the open, including the travelers that enter and exit the place. On occasion, this state of (relatively) peaceful coexistence is shattered when a devious rival dragon with

Staff

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

band of ex-soldiers or reformed criminals) can add personality to the group. Consider using the rules in chapter 4 of the Dungeon Master’s Guide, applying the results of a single set of rolls to the

other skilled hirelings from helping with franchise tasks and downtime activities until the mission is completed. As with untrained hirelings, detailing a group background and assigning personality

Fensirs

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

Fensirs Arash Radkia Two fensirs bring an offering of food to a hungry devourer that has outgrown her hut Long ago, a band of frost giants led trolls in a campaign to win Annam’s favor by conquering

resemble relatively small frost or stone giants. They use armor and weapons similar to what other combatants on Ysgard use in the eternal battle. The transformation that created fensirs left them with an

Waterdeep

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

another contract within the city, or provide the backing an ambitious adventuring band needs to find fame and great wealth. The only true competition nobles face is from one another. Such rivalries

neighborhood of many winding streets, where folk are comfortable making deals that might in other places provoke the displeasure of the law. Field Ward. Of relatively recent vintage, the Field Ward stands

The Knucklebones Gang

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

The Knucklebones Gang Maggie’s band consists of Chukka, Clonk, a fiendish flesh golem named Mickey, a pair of conniving imps, a flameskull, and a host of murderous fey creatures. Chukka and Clonk

Infernal War Machines Fort Knucklebone contains the hulks of infernal war machines in varying states of disrepair and cannibalization. Of the lot, two appear relatively intact. The smaller one is a Devil’s

Orcs

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

healed. The hands cultivate the sickness of these nurtured ones, turning them into instruments of defense and weapons of war. When orcs go to battle, a band of nurtured ones might charge in first — to

Fang of Shargaas Shargaas is the orc deity of deep darkness and sneakiness, a murderous god who hates anything that lives that isn’t an orc. Orcs consider Shargaas to be a divinity suited to pariahs and

Haven Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries

in this area. The furniture here is of similar construction to that seen in area H3, surviving for centuries in the relatively dry environment of the haven but eventually succumbing to rot. The room is

and are impervious to damage until the ritual to destroy the Princess of the Shadow Glass is completed. Closer examination of the ritual circle reveals that it contains a semicircle of candle stubs

Ascendant Factions

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands

transcend their potential and attain the power of gods. Even still, Seekers suspect that divinity isn’t the ultimate expression of their core beliefs, but rather a stepping stone to an unknowable

state of superior being. Factol Saladryn (neutral, elf archmage) guides the relatively young faction. She rarely sojourns beyond Sigil anymore, sacrificing her own journey of personal discovery to lead

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