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have done so, Drown can’t be used this way again until the next dawn.
Tears of Endless Anguish. While inside a water node, you can perform a ritual called the Tears of Endless Anguish, using
until the next dawn.
Flaw. Drown makes its wielder covetous. While attuned to the weapon, you gain the following flaw: “I demand and deserve the largest share of the spoils, and I refuse to
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.
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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
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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
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
themselves at odds with a sapphire dragon if they cross into the dragon’s territory. But sapphire dragons sometimes forge peaceful relationships with rock gnomes or deep gnomes, relying on these folk
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An ancient sapphire dragon has called a conclave of ancient gem dragons to
Cleric
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their combat training to let them wade into melee with the power of the gods on their side.
Divine Agents
Not every acolyte or officiant at a temple or shrine is a cleric. Some priests are called to
.
Most adventuring clerics maintain some connection to established temples and orders of their faiths. A temple might ask for a cleric’s aid, or a high priest might be in a position to demand it
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->Tyranny of Dragons
frost giant named Harshnag lives on Mount Sar north of Waterdeep, and he is sometimes called upon when the Sword Coast faces dire threats. The player characters could fly the citadel to him or—in a more
dramatic interlude—he might come to a council meeting and demand the citadel’s return on behalf of his kin so that he might rally them against their ancient foes. If the player characters did not
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
frost giant named Harshnag lives on Mount Sar north of Waterdeep, and he is sometimes called upon when the Sword Coast faces dire threats. The player characters could fly the citadel to him or—in a more
dramatic interlude—he might come to a council meeting and demand the citadel’s return on behalf of his kin so that he might rally them against their ancient foes. If the player characters did not
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
frost giant named Harshnag lives on Mount Sar north of Waterdeep, and he is sometimes called upon when the Sword Coast faces dire threats. The player characters could fly the citadel to him or—in a more
dramatic interlude—he might come to a council meeting and demand the citadel’s return on behalf of his kin so that he might rally them against their ancient foes. If the player characters did not
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->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
The Goblins’ Story The goblins at the heart of this chapter’s adventure are part of an enclave whose ancestors have inhabited an abandoned duergar mining outpost called Zorzula’s Rest for generations
mind flayers eventually left, but the goblins remained, sequestered from the rest of the world until recently when the mind flayer fanatics called on them. Some of these goblins’ descendants possess
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
Students?” A character who is a bard (or pretends to be one) can petition Sythian to become a student at Skalderang Conservatory. The character must first prove they can afford Sythian’s tutelage (by
different location in the conservatory.
“Surrender the Mandolin or Else!” If the characters use their audience with Sythian to demand that Golden Axe be handed over to them, Sythian lets out a haughty
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica
Horncaller Specialized shamans called horncallers use their magic to call wild beasts to fight alongside Selesnya troops. In quieter times, they tend the animals associated with Selesnya enclaves and
community, and she has many non-Selesnya friends aside from the Guildpact. One of the most active advocates of cooperation among the guilds, she is relying on personal connections with members of other guilds to help that effort.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
Divine Agents Not every acolyte or officiant at a temple or shrine is a cleric. Some priests are called to a simple life of temple service, carrying out their gods’ will through prayer and sacrifice
between warring nations, or sealing a portal that would allow a demon prince to enter the world. Most adventuring clerics maintain some connection to established temples and orders of their faiths. A temple might ask for a cleric’s aid, or a high priest might be in a position to demand it.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
Divine Agents Not every acolyte or officiant at a temple or shrine is a cleric. Some priests are called to a simple life of temple service, carrying out their gods’ will through prayer and sacrifice
their faiths. A temple might ask for a cleric’s aid, or a high priest might be in a position to demand it.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
Forging an Alliance King Bruenor has called representatives of the Harpers, the Order of the Gauntlet, the Emerald Enclave, the Lords’ Alliance, and the Zhentarim to Gauntlgrym to hear about the
factions to help — and in some cases, can’t even openly negotiate with them. As King of Gauntlgrym, he can’t be seen to favor one faction over another. He is therefore relying on the characters to do the
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->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
stand watch in the middle of this 20-foot-high cave.
Fungus. A shelf-like fungus resembling a mass of rotting flesh clings to the north wall. The fungus is called ripplebark (see “Ripplebark
”).
If the characters approach from the south, heading toward Azrok’s Hold (area 21), the hobgoblins demand to know their business but allow them to pass if the group’s intentions aren’t hostile. If the
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->Basic Rules (2014)
specific radius. Dim light, also called shadows, creates a lightly obscured area. An area of dim light is usually a boundary between a source of bright light, such as a torch, and surrounding
its surroundings without relying on sight, within a specific radius. Creatures without eyes, such as oozes, and creatures with echolocation or heightened senses, such as bats and true dragons, have
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
Mantol-Derith I soon learned that I was not bought entirely for my brute strength, but also for what knowledge I had of the duergar. My new owner was a member of some group he called the Zhentarim
, and when I told him all I knew, he offered me my freedom and a place among his agents. Together we would journey to a place called Mantol-Derith, where I would serve as his bodyguard. From there we
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
lands. Thus, goblins have long been a disenfranchised people, living in the shadows of newer nations or in wild lands shunned by humans. The land now called Darguun was once part of Cyre. The hobgoblin
clans known as the Ghaal’dar were based in the Seawall Mountains, but during the war, the demand for mercenaries drew an ever-increasing number of goblins out of the mountains to fight for Cyre and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
illumination within a specific radius. Dim light, also called shadows, creates a lightly obscured area. An area of dim light is usually a boundary between a source of bright light, such as a torch, and
blindsight can perceive its surroundings without relying on sight, within a specific radius. Creatures without eyes, such as oozes, and creatures with echolocation or heightened senses, such as bats and true
Kobold
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
, they might build a warren and make a permanent home there, while continuing to expand the town’s sewers as the community grows. These so-called “city kobolds” live underground but
unnoticed by their larger rivals. If it’s lucky, a tribe of kobolds that is discovered by a group of larger humanoids might form a mutually beneficial arrangement, relying on the humanoids for
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->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
that might be called majestic. They create delicate web globes, which they fill with their venom and hurl at foes. Raklupises are keen strategists, and most of them command legions of lesser spyder
, Telekinesis, Teleport
Bonus Actions
Demand Loyalty. The raklupis magically ends the charmed and frightened conditions on itself and on any number of allies within 60 feet of itself.
Conceptopolis
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
escape the shadow of his father’s legacy, Strahd made the valley his home and named it Barovia after the late King Barov, his father. The land now called Barovia is no longer part of the world that
to the Vistani people. As a soldier centuries ago, he suffered a grievous injury in battle, and the Vistani tended his wounds and returned him safely to his family without making any demand for
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
treks themselves. Some are directly related to the elemental cults, and others are situations unconnected to the cults that demand immediate attention. These short adventures can provide a good change of
pace. New Management. When the innkeeper of the Bargewright Inn is called away, the characters are asked to step in and manage things for a few days. Zhentarim infighting makes what should be a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
light with a completely transformed perspective. INFERNAL ORDER OF BATTLE
Whereas demons attack in disorganized mobs, relying on shock and overwhelming numbers to carry the day, devils organize into
a basic unit called a legion. Each legion contains one thousand devils organized as follows:
1 legion = 10 cohorts, commanded by a legate 1 cohort = 10 lances, commanded by a signifier 1 lance = 10
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
lake bed called Obsession’s End. A sapient war machine or an iron golem escapes the midden and asks the party to help it find a way to live an ordinary life.
3 Innumerable gremishkas (see
.
4 A cult forms around the Philosopher’s Egg, an eight-story citrine egg perched atop a mesa in the region called Seething. The cultists hunt for someone who has never been touched by magic to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
give an initial focus to the campaign—setting a tone and giving players an initial investment in the story. The player characters may be meeting in a tavern—but it’s their favorite tavern. The bard
services are in demand. Morgrave University is in Upper Menthis Plateau. This is a college for adventurers, and an opportunity to add a little levity to your story. Choosing and developing a starting point
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Netheril’s Fall: Tales of Terror, Treasure, and Time Travel
of Eileanar’s favorite forms of entertainment. Another is watching outrageous clashes at the Coliseum of Karsus, where pure spectacle delights even the most jaded mages. Supply and Demand Every day
of storms; Mystra (called Mystryl in her previous incarnation), god of magic; Selûne, god of the moon; Shar, god of darkness and loss; and the god of fortune the Netherese know as Tyche, who
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
fattest, heaviest member — the most successful and thus the most admired one in the group. The qualities that other creatures expect or demand of their leaders — such as intellect, decision-making ability
, but most of them recover and don’t learn anything from the experience. The rare exceptions are called mouths of Grolantor — giants that are confined and starved to the point of emaciation before being