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Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
you hold the banner, your weapon attacks and those of all allied creatures within 300 feet of you count as magical for the purposes of overcoming damage immunities and resistances.
Knight
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Backgrounds
Player’s Handbook (2014)
you need to determine your noble title, but you should also work with the DM to describe your family and their influence on you.
Is your family old and established, or was your title only recently
horse and a servant who polishes your armor (and even helps you put it on).
As an emblem of chivalry and the ideals of courtly love, you might include among your equipment a banner or other token from a
Geryon (Summoner Variant)
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Monsters
Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes
of Geryon until the end of its next turn.
Swift Sting (Costs 2 Actions). Geryon attacks with his stinger.
Teleport. Geryon uses his Teleport action.Geryon's Lair
Geryon has recently reclaimed his
took from Baphomet, raging against Asmodeus's betrayal while spitting oaths of vengeance and hatching mad schemes to reclaim his standing from Levistus.
Lair Actions. On initiative count 20 (losing
Noble
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you need to determine your noble title, but you should also work with the DM to describe your family and their influence on you.
Is your family old and established, or was your title only recently
, you might include among your equipment a banner or other token from a noble lord or lady to whom you have given your heart—in a chaste sort of devotion. (This person could be your bond
Geryon
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Monsters
Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes
recently reclaimed his ancient fortress, Coldsteel, a sprawling complex that rises from the ice and snow at the center of Stygia. He roams the passages of this place, scattering the ice devil;ice devils
initiative count 20 (losing initiative ties), Geryon can take a lair action to cause one of the following effects; he can't use the same effect two rounds in a row:
Geryon causes a blast of cold to burst
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
replacement for both.Geryon’s Lair
Geryon has recently reclaimed his ancient fortress, Coldsteel, a sprawling complex that rises from the ice and snow at the center of Stygia. He roams the
passages, spitting oaths of vengeance against Asmodeus and hatching schemes to reclaim his standing from Levistus.
Lair Actions
On initiative count 20 (losing initiative ties), Geryon can take one of the
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
competent replacement for both.Geryon’s Lair
Geryon has recently reclaimed his ancient fortress, Coldsteel, a sprawling complex that rises from the ice and snow at the center of Stygia. He roams
the passages, spitting oaths of vengeance against Asmodeus and hatching schemes to reclaim his standing from Levistus.
Lair Actions
On initiative count 20 (losing initiative ties), Geryon can take
Backgrounds
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
you need to determine your noble title, but you should also work with the DM to describe your family and their influence on you.
Is your family old and established, or was your title only recently
among your equipment a banner or other token from a noble lord or lady to whom you have given your heart—in a chaste sort of devotion. (This person could be your bond.)
Variant Feature
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
Folk Hero Saltmarsh has long relied on its local people to rise up and deal with threats to the village. Only recently has the king taken more than passing notice of the area. You are beloved by the
prompted your rise to heroic status or use the table below to tie your background to events in Saltmarsh. Use this table in place of the Defining Event table in the Player’s Handbook. Saltmarsh Defining
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
released, the quasit disappears in a cloud of smoke, and a new one appears in the cage, provided the cage is intact. While you hold the banner, your weapon attacks and those of all allied creatures within 300 feet of you count as magical for the purposes of overcoming damage immunities and resistances.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver
Human Fighter 1 Your family is no stranger to wealth, power, and privilege. In the glory days of Neverwinter, your parents were the count and countess of Corlinn Hill, a large estate located in the
ideas. A knight named Sildar Hallwinter recently set out for Phandalin in the company of a dwarf named Gundren Rockseeker. They plan to reclaim an ancient mine and restore Phandalin to a civilized
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes of the Borderlands
Quest: Chaos Unfurls Once Toryn learns the characters are adventurers, she tries to hire them. Read the following aloud: “I recently received a shipment of tempestuous magical scrolls. I need them
Initiative. Each round on Initiative Count 10 (losing Initiative ties), the scrolls fold themselves into weapons and deliver brutal paper cuts. Each character must succeed on a DC 10 Dexterity saving
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Divine Contention
recently disturbed: mud is splattered around the shore as though a wave of water was violently displaced here. The lake is very deep and connects via a murky underwater tunnel to the pool in area E8 of
tomb have collapsed over the centuries. Areas of loose rubble count as difficult terrain and grant half cover to creatures hiding there.
Wards. The mausoleum is under the permanent effect of a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
) hangs from a varnished wooden rod bolted to the door. The rod is mounted 20 feet above the floor, and the banner is 9 feet long. 20. Thullen’s Bedroom Sansuri’s younger brother, Count Thullen, sleeps in
Sansuri for a few months. She had him hurled from the battlements for joking about her quick temper and kept his harp as a memento. Banner of the Krig Rune. This magical war banner (see appendix B
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
trained to act alone and rely on their own resources. When they get into scrapes, they don’t count on fellow Harpers to rescue them. Sometimes Harper agents must band together to face world-threatening
passages leading to the surface world have recently brought back the terrifying news of the demon lords’ incursion into the Underdark. Word has spread quickly through their network, and the finest mages in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
Mount Hotenow. Lava from the volcano flowed toward the coast, laying waste to Neverwinter. The city is still rebuilding in the wake of that catastrophe. The fire giant duke Zalto recently sent a team of
Maegera’s initiative count. Maegera can’t use this action if it has 50 hit points or fewer. The fire elemental obeys Maegera’s commands and fights until destroyed.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
and Trees. This area has recently been blasted with flames. It still smolders, and smoke heavily obscures this area. The smoke disperses after 5 minutes or if exposed to wind moving at least 10 miles
Battlefield Events During this battle, roll on the Hawker’s Grove Battlefield Events table each round on initiative count 0. Also consider rolling on the table when a red dragon is slain or if a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
grace. She recently reclaimed her position as archdevil of Avernus after the cautious Bel proved inadequate at marshaling his forces to launch offensives against the encroaching demons. Now Bel advises
walls reinforced with high turrets. Devils of all kinds crawl over the structure, ensuring that no intruders breach their defenses. Lair Actions. On initiative count 20 (losing initiative ties), Zariel
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
in this long room. More recently, wolf heads have been painted on each figure. Webs stretch from wall to wall and are particularly thick to the southeast, around an open stone door. Two enormous
away the webs in a 10-foot-square section of the room. The old carvings depict chaos krakens from the Ruinous Sea, but a spyder-fiend recently used demonic ichor to draw wolf heads on all the krakens
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
determine your noble title, but you should also work with the DM to describe your family and their influence on you. Is your family old and established, or was your title only recently bestowed? How
ideals of courtly love, you might include among your equipment a banner or other token from a noble lord or lady to whom you have given your heart — in a chaste sort of devotion. (This person could be your
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
signs of having been recently used by visitors—either creatures welcomed by the dragon or ones that escaped the dragon’s notice. Wells. Four wells—three in the canyons leading to the main hall and
feet of the dragon, making the area lightly obscured until initiative count 20 on the next round. Regional Effects Any of these effects might appear in the area around a brass dragon’s lair, in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica
passed down through family lines. The name bestowed on a new foal is typically the name of the most recently deceased family member of the same gender, keeping alive the memory — and, the centaurs
them, you deal bludgeoning damage equal to 1d4 + your Strength modifier, instead of the bludgeoning damage normal for an unarmed strike. Equine Build. You count as one size larger when determining
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Boromar family proper has a team of personal bodyguards called the Clawfoots, who are mostly fierce halfling warriors recently relocated from the Talenta Plains. They primarily defend Boromar holdings and
safer to be an ally of the syndicate, or at least to stay out of its way, than it is to be its enemy—and it’s more lucrative to boot. The following groups count themselves among the Boromar Clan’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
hero’s defining event or the specialty of a criminal or a sage, it’s best to make that determination before using the pertinent table below. Acolyte d6 I became an acolyte because … 1 I ran away
to clear our name. 3 My family recently came by its title, and that elevation thrust us into a new and strange world. 4 My family has a title, but none of my ancestors have distinguished themselves
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
Fortune-Telling A silver-colored tent stands near the market’s center, marked with a banner bearing a colorful jester’s hat surrounded by the words “Oddlewin’s Tent of Many Fortunes.” When the
you’d like to make the party work harder for their card draw, Oddlewin can ask them to find Mustardseed, a rambunctious young sprite who recently ran away from Seelie Market. If the characters find
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
recently reclaimed his ancient fortress, Coldsteel, a sprawling complex that rises from the ice and snow at the center of Stygia. He roams the passages of this place, scattering the ice devils and
minotaur slaves he took from Baphomet, raging against Asmodeus’s betrayal while spitting oaths of vengeance and hatching mad schemes to reclaim his standing from Levistus. Lair Actions. On initiative count
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
remains with the griffons while the characters explore the frost giant fortress, and the characters can count on her to stick around for the return trip. Characters can secure flying mounts of a
, Laeral offers to give the characters a damaged longship that was recently captured by privateers. What the adventurers choose to do with it is up to them. The ship has 150 hit points and is worth
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
cacti grow in pots along the manor walls. The cacti have been overwatered recently, so they’re restless and attack anyone who moves into this area. Two cacti on each deck attack, using the needle blight
, each dragon head has blindsight out to a range of 30 feet and is blind beyond that distance. On initiative count 20, the black dragon head exhales a glob of acid while the red dragon exhales a fiery
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
). Geryon makes one Stinger attack.
Geryon’s Lair Geryon has recently reclaimed his ancient fortress, Coldsteel, a sprawling complex that rises from the icy center of Stygia. He roams the passages, spitting
initiative count 20 (losing initiative ties), Geryon can take one of the following lair actions; he can’t take the same lair action two rounds in a row: Banish. Geryon casts the banishment spell. Chill
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
was a lass.” Perhaps most surprising of the newest developments is the return of Laeral Silverhand to Waterdeep. Long thought dead, she reemerged only recently, and swiftly rallied the masked lords to
mainly the wealthy or influential who can’t count themselves among the nobility. Other structures are taken up by educational or religious concerns that primarily serve the city at large, not the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
visiting peddlers. Dominating the space is the two-story Tower of the Lord Protector, a simple stone keep that leans decidedly to the east. Hanging above the entrance is the dusty banner of the lord
protector, which depicts three black boars running toward the head of the banner on a blood-red field. The current Lord Protector of Triboar is Darathra Shendrel (see appendix D), a Harper agent from
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
the characters’ weapons in silver. The party can have up to six weapons silvered in this manner. Twenty pieces of ammunition count as one weapon for this purpose. About the Harpers. The Harpers is a
follower of Tyr recently arrived in Daggerford, gives a potion of heroism to each member of the order in the party. About the Order of the Gauntlet. Founded by paladins and clerics of Helm, Torm, and Tyr
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
. Ardeep Forest This forest east of Waterdeep and the Dessarin River was once part of the long-lost elven kingdom of Illefarn. Now it’s home to a small clan of wood elves recently arrived from Evermeet
-eyed “Senior Sword” and master of the militia. The largest inn, the Old Bargewright, was recently rebuilt as a substantial stone structure with thick walls and private chambers hidden behind secret
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
floor, indicating that one or more creatures were butchered here recently. (This is where the fishers from Easthaven met their end.) More obvious than the blood are all the bones: knucklehead trout
initiative count 1. The skeleton spends its first two turns in combat doing nothing other than breaking out of the ice and getting to its feet, which gives the characters time to flee or get in a few hits
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
hezrou joins the fight on initiative count 20 of the second round (losing initiative ties). Six more troglodytes arrive on initiative count 0 of the third and fourth rounds. Treasure. The hezrou’s
this area recently. Though their tunnels collapsed behind them, the creatures lurk just beyond the alcove. If the irritable umber hulks detect the characters, the monsters burst through the rubble and