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Red Ruin

Monsters Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen

, leading to speculation about her actual identity. She also speaks little, relying on sharp hand gestures to direct dragonnel-riders in flight.Fire

Find the Path

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook

Find the Path Level 6 Divination (Bard, Cleric, Druid) Casting Time: 1 minute Range: Self Components: V, S, M (a set of divination tools—such as cards or runes—worth 100+ GP) Duration

: Concentration, up to 1 day You magically sense the most direct physical route to a location you name. You must be familiar with the location, and the spell fails if you name a destination on another plane

Find the Path

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules

Find the Path Level 6 Divination (Bard, Cleric, Druid) Casting Time: 1 minute Range: Self Components: V, S, M (a set of divination tools—such as cards or runes—worth 100+ GP) Duration

: Concentration, up to 1 day You magically sense the most direct physical route to a location you name. You must be familiar with the location, and the spell fails if you name a destination on another plane

High Netheril

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Netheril’s Fall: Tales of Terror, Treasure, and Time Travel

sword, or start a fire without magic. Some couldn’t write or read altogether, relying on enchanted quills and speaking parchment instead. Society High Netherese society was full of beautiful people

aimed to create or curate outrageous magical inventions that flaunted their ingenuity and avant-garde tastes. Even government officials and military officers favored dramatic, decadent magic over direct solutions.

Command

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook

Command Level 1 Enchantment (Bard, Cleric, Paladin) Casting Time: Action Range: 60 feet Components: V Duration: Instantaneous You speak a one-word command to a creature you can see within

direct route, ending its turn if it moves within 5 feet of you. Drop. The target drops whatever it is holding and then ends its turn. Flee. The target spends its turn moving away from you by the

Locate Creature

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook

Locate Creature Level 4 Divination (Bard, Cleric, Druid, Paladin, Ranger, Wizard) Casting Time: Action Range: Self Components: V, S, M (fur from a bloodhound) Duration: Concentration, up to 1

spell can’t locate a creature if any thickness of lead blocks a direct path between you and the creature.

Locate Object

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook

Locate Object Level 2 Divination (Bard, Cleric, Druid, Paladin, Ranger, Wizard) Casting Time: Action Range: Self Components: V, S, M (a forked twig) Duration: Concentration, up to 10 minutes

, such as a certain kind of apparel, jewelry, furniture, tool, or weapon. This spell can’t locate an object if any thickness of lead blocks a direct path between you and the object.

Command

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules

Command Level 1 Enchantment (Bard, Cleric, Paladin) Casting Time: Action Range: 60 feet Components: V Duration: Instantaneous You speak a one-word command to a creature you can see within

direct route, ending its turn if it moves within 5 feet of you. Drop. The target drops whatever it is holding and then ends its turn. Flee. The target spends its turn moving away from you by the

Locate Creature

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules

Locate Creature Level 4 Divination (Bard, Cleric, Druid, Paladin, Ranger, Wizard) Casting Time: Action Range: Self Components: V, S, M (fur from a bloodhound) Duration: Concentration, up to 1

spell can’t locate a creature if any thickness of lead blocks a direct path between you and the creature.

Locate Object

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules

Locate Object Level 2 Divination (Bard, Cleric, Druid, Paladin, Ranger, Wizard) Casting Time: Action Range: Self Components: V, S, M (a forked twig) Duration: Concentration, up to 10 minutes

, such as a certain kind of apparel, jewelry, furniture, tool, or weapon. This spell can’t locate an object if any thickness of lead blocks a direct path between you and the object.

Red Ruin

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen

identity. She also speaks little, relying on sharp hand gestures to direct dragonnel-riders in flight. Red Ruin Medium Humanoid, Lawful Evil Armor Class 20 (plate, shield) Hit Points 150 (20d8

Types of Officers

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

experts to direct a crew’s efforts. Other roles focus on keeping the crew’s health and morale in order. The roles are meant to provide a sense of the types of ability checks useful to managing a ship

. Quartermaster. The quartermaster plots the ship’s course, relying on knowledge of nautical charts and a study of weather and sea conditions. A reliable quartermaster tends to have a high Wisdom score, as

Bard: College of Spirits

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

Bard: College of Spirits Bards of the College of Spirits seek tales with inherent power—be they legends, histories, or fictions—and bring their subjects to life. Using occult trappings, these bards

conjure spiritual embodiments of powerful forces to change the world once more. Such spirits are capricious, though, and what a bard summons isn’t always entirely under their control. Guiding Whispers

Creating a Rival

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

the others might be neutral or good; conflicts with those rivals might be social or political, rather than manifesting as direct attacks. The best rivals have a connection with their adversaries on a

solve 3 High priest who worries the characters are diminishing the temple’s prestige 4 Wizard who blames the characters for some recent troubles 5 Rival adventuring party 6 Bard who loves a scandal

Brass Dragon Lairs

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

everything any other one is aware of. Aasterinian encourages all dragons to think for themselves rather than relying on the ideas or opinions of others. She cherishes learning and invention and

direction as the creatures do, remaining interposed between them and the direct glare of the sun, and grants them advantage on saving throws to resist the effects of extreme heat (see the Dungeon Master’s

Asmodeus

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

most epic of all his achievements is chronicled in The Trial of Asmodeus, a play based on purportedly true events as researched by the aasimar bard Anodius. In ancient times, as the Blood War raged

. Asmodeus dwells in a great fortress somewhere in the wasteland, at the bottom of its deepest pit. Only his most trusted followers and most important advisors know the route to it. He remains inside, relying on messengers and magic to convey his dictates.

Ability Checks

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

guards’ attention, and there’s not much that stealthier characters can do about it, so relying on individual checks makes more sense. Similarly, don’t use a group check when a single successful check

topics and about research methods in general can tell the other characters the most likely places to direct their search. If the group check is successful, the characters find enough different

The Direct Approach

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

The Direct Approach Although he doesn’t like unexpected guests, Sythian has enough grace to briefly entertain visitors who arrive at the conservatory without an appointment. Characters who knock on

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

Ancient Being

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything

scroll. Research. Relying on an ancient being’s network of contacts, the being’s vast collection of lore, or perhaps the being’s direct teaching helps you unearth hidden secrets. If you can contact

perhaps you work as its direct agents, enacting its will. Whether you chose this arrangement or were tricked into it, you can count on the strange resources of your benefactor as long as you serve its

Mind Flayer Thralls

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

to use humanoids as thralls, since they have a good balance of physical attributes and proper anatomy. Animals, in contrast, require a lot of direct oversight and lack the ability to use tools to help

modifications. The quaggoths’ chaotic tendencies eventually motivate most colonies to convert them into thralls or food, rather than relying on the quaggoth thonot to keep them under control. Humanoids Only

Class Training

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

me push beyond my limitations. 6 My anger needed to be channeled into battle, or I risked becoming an indiscriminate killer. Bard d6 I became a bard because … 1 I awakened my latent bardic

abilities through trial and error. 2 I was a gifted performer and attracted the attention of a master bard who schooled me in the old techniques. 3 I joined a loose society of scholars and orators to learn

Step 3: Determine Ability Scores

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook

table to guide where you place your highest and lowest scores. Standard Array by Class Class Str. Dex. Con. Int. Wis. Cha. Barbarian 15 13 14 10 12 8 Bard 8 14 12 13 10 15 Cleric 14 8 13 10 15 12

Weak 2 Sinewy Slight 3 Protective Self-conscious 4 Direct Indirect Dexterity 1d4 High Dexterity Low Dexterity 1 Lithe Jittery 2 Dynamic Clumsy 3 Fidgety Hesitant 4 Poised Unsteady

Step 3: Determine Ability Scores

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules

this table to guide where you place your highest and lowest scores. Standard Array by Class Class Strength Dexterity Constitution Intelligence Wisdom Charisma Barbarian 15 13 14 10 12 8 Bard 8 14

Strength 1 Muscular Weak 2 Sinewy Slight 3 Protective Self-conscious 4 Direct Indirect Dexterity 1d4 High Dexterity Low Dexterity 1 Lithe Jittery 2 Dynamic Clumsy 3 Fidgety Hesitant 4 Poised

Hirelings

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish

ignored as he attacks them. Garret Levistusson CN male tiefling bard/rogue The Cartophile’s first choice to join the characters’ expedition, Garret is an untrustworthy bon vivant and magpie. His mapmaking

the merrenoloth (area C3). Secret Agendas. Mary’s biggest secret is that she is actually her cat familiar, polymorphed from human form, and using magic to create and direct the human simulacrum of

Illithinoch Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk

know how many pieces of the obelisk exist. The mind flayers direct characters who express interest in worship to the adjacent feeding room (area X11). The mind flayers don’t prolong the discussion, and

flayer empire, its mind flayer denizens shared knowledge and plans with their minions in this lecture hall (they only rarely shared knowledge with each other here, relying instead on the elder brain to

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