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Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn
A wizard named Damara created this orb while devising a way to become a dragon. Aided by a mysterious magician (actually an aspect of Tiamat in disguise), Damara eventually created an Artifact that
Artifact has the following random properties (see chapter 7 of the Dungeon Master’s Guide):
2 minor beneficial properties
2 minor detrimental properties
Spellcasting. The orb has 6 charges
Species
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
sensations or visions of the past to come rushing back.
Rather than sleeping, reborn regularly sit and dwell on the past, hoping for some revelation of what came before. Most of the time, these are dark
of Dread (detailed in chapter 3):
Har’Akir. You died and endured the burial rites of this desert realm, yet somehow a soul—yours or another’s—has taken refuge in your
Backgrounds
Ghosts of Saltmarsh
the normal amount of time (up to 16 hours) each day before being subject to the effect of a forced march (see “Travel Pace” in chapter 8 of the Player’s Handbook). Additionally
died, you had a revelation about your existence.
2
Captured. You spent months enduring thirst, starvation, and torture at the hands of your enemy, but you never broke.
3
Sacrifice.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
Proficiencies Choose any 3 skills (see chapter 1) Weapon Proficiencies Simple weapons Tool Proficiencies Choose 3 Musical Instruments (see chapter 6) Armor Training Light armor Starting Equipment
Choose A or B: (A) Leather Armor, 2 Daggers, Musical Instrument of your choice, Entertainer’s Pack, and 19 GP; or (B) 90 GP Invoking magic through music, dance, and verse, Bards are expert at inspiring
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Light of Xaryxis
session with a cliffhanger. The adventure already has one at the end of each chapter, but you can create your own cliffhanger by ending a session with an unexpected threat, twist, or revelation. When
you’re ready to begin a new chapter, read or paraphrase the recap that appears at the start of the chapter, embellishing it with pertinent events or memorable quotes from earlier game sessions.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Forge of the Artificer
as the Tyrants, House Tarkanan, the Aurum, or the Sharn Watch—or ones of your own devising. If the characters’ inquisitive agency aligns with a dragonmarked house whose operations include inquisitive
work (House Tharashk’s Finders Guild or House Medani’s Warning Guild), you also can incorporate conflicts with rival houses, as described in chapter 5. This section outlines the three conflicts suggested above, the goals of the villainous groups involved, and possible plot arcs tied to them.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
A Bard’s Muse Naturally, every bard has a repertoire of songs and stories. Some bards are generalists who can draw from a wide range of topics for each performance, and who take pride in their
versatility. Others adopt a more personal approach to their art, driven by their attachment to a muse — a particular concept that inspires much of what those bards do in front of an audience. A bard who
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
Character Creation Options Next are four chapters of character-focused content: Chapter 6: Rogue. This chapter provides advice and new magic items suited to bards, rangers, rogues, and other
characters who prioritize their skills. The “Rogues’ Gallery” section presents treacherous adversaries for when a player draws the Rogue card from the deck. Chapter 7: Sage. This chapter focuses on sorcerers
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
the cult. The adventurers are summoned to Waterdeep for a summit that will come to be known as the Council of Waterdeep (see chapter 9 for details). Four council sessions take place over the course of
reference. You can even add more chapters of your own devising, or which expand on ideas the players generate.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
the bards, each of which is named after one of the colleges. See chapter 7 of the Dungeon Master’s Guide for the game statistics of these magic instruments. Long ago, bards who sought the rank of
the Player’s Handbook. Musical Instruments In addition to the common musical instruments listed in chapter 5, “Equipment,” of the Player’s Handbook, bards in the Realms play the following instruments
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
the cult. The adventurers are summoned to Waterdeep for a summit that will come to be known as the Council of Waterdeep (see chapter 9 for details). Four council sessions take place over the course of
reference. You can even add more chapters of your own devising, or which expand on ideas the players generate.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
the cult. The adventurers are summoned to Waterdeep for a summit that will come to be known as the Council of Waterdeep (see chapter 9 for details). Four council sessions take place over the course of
reference. You can even add more chapters of your own devising, or which expand on ideas the players generate.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
chapter, the lore and maps in chapter 1 might inspire you. Similarly, the racial traits in chapter 2 can be applied to the stat blocks in appendix B to create such memorable NPCs as goliath champions, kenku master thieves, and tabaxi bards.
Chapter 3: Bestiary Within this bestiary, you will find game statistics and lore for nearly one hundred monsters suitable for any D&D campaign. Many of these monsters, such as the froghemoth and the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
Insulted satyr revelers (see chapter 6) channel Klothys’s magic to drive a polis’s priests into embarrassing debauchery.
5 An oracle (see chapter 6) knows it is a character’s destiny to serve
Klothys. The seer manufactures tragedy for the individual to provoke this revelation.
6 A cult fanatic of Klothys believes that the characters’ deeds mark them as servants of the titans, destined to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
his own ka, making this revelation part of any successful hunt. Roll or choose an option from the Hunt for the Ka table to determine what form the domain-spanning quest takes. Hunt for the Ka d6
characters die, Pharaoh Ankhtepot resurrects them (perhaps as reborn; see chapter 1). Their continued existence is contingent on searching for and finding his ka.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
Chapter 2: The Sinister Secret of Saltmarsh Four miles east of Saltmarsh, just inland of the old coast road, stands a haunted house. Until twenty years ago, it had been the residence of an aged
a revelation at the time, marking the first appearance in a D&D adventure of a haunted house and a raid on a sailing ship. It also set the tone for TSR UK’s subsequent output, which often featured
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
its description. You could tell the players that they see a merrow or hold up the creature’s picture from the Monster Manual. But that first moment of revelation is the best time to paint a
horrifying picture of the monster in the players’ imaginations. In addition to the techniques described in the “Running Horror Games” section of chapter 4, consider these concepts as you describe a monster
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
Reunion in Sigil At the end of chapter 10, the characters learned that Vecna is performing his ritual at a site in Pandesmos called the Cave of Shattered Reflection. At some point after this
revelation, the characters receive a message via a Sending spell from Alustriel offering to provide more help once the characters are ready. If the characters don’t plan to return to Sigil, encourage them to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Halflings of the Five Nations Quick and charming, many halflings put their natural talents to use as bards, barristers, merchants, and politicians throughout Khorvaire. Of course, these same talents
the criminal empire, but your past may yet catch up with you. You could also be the point of contact who has made the Boromar Clan your party’s group patron, as described later in this chapter.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
Talentan Characters Review the halfling section in chapter 3 for quirks and other things relevant to characters from the Plains. Also consider the following. Wild Warriors and Tricksters. You were
, and bards and rogues certainly have a place on the plains. Outlander is a logical background, but you could easily be a bold folk hero, a dashing entertainer, or a clever charlatan. You could even be an
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
area 10) are devising a means of escape using a set of superior mason’s tools hidden there, and that these tools can also weaken the eidolon in the Temple of Moloch (see area 25 in chapter 4). They also
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
Bleeding Citadel — a celestial sanctuary trapped in Avernus. The quest for the sword forms the crux of chapter 4, leading to the revelation that Zariel can be redeemed. The characters’ success doesn’t hinge
To the Nine Hells! Chapter 2 opens with the characters’ arrival in Elturel, which is anchored by enormous chains and trapped under the baleful light of the Companion. If the characters do nothing
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
like these exist in your world. Wizards (and bards and druids) might be so rare that a player character learns from a single mentor and never meets another character of the same class, in which case
for organizations presented earlier in this chapter. A player character necromancer might cultivate renown within the Cabal of Thar-Zad, while a bard seeks increasing renown within the College of Mac-Fuirmidh.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
existence itself. Characters who reach 20th level have attained the pinnacle of mortal achievement. Their deeds are recorded in the annals of history and recounted by bards for centuries. Their
point, but they can still advance in meaningful ways and continue performing epic deeds that resound throughout the multiverse. Chapter 7 details epic boons you can use as rewards for these characters to maintain a sense of progress.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
, faith, family, or teacher to continue a vaunted legacy.
9 Promise. My life is no longer my own. I must fulfill the dream of someone who’s gone.
10 Revelation. I need to know what lies
there.
10 I’m exceptionally cautious, planning laboriously and devising countless contingencies.
11 I have a reputation for defeating a great evil, but that’s a lie and the wicked force
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
of the spectrum, even a hag without lofty status is likely to have strange, single-use items that don’t emulate common spells or even follow the normal rules of magic. For inspiration in devising the
effects of such weird items, see “Charms” in chapter 7 of the Dungeon Master’s Guide. If you want a hag to use a weird object of this sort in a combat situation, provide her with an item that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
, Elemental Evil cults, and Iuz and his followers. You can replace one or more of these conflicts with ones of your devising or with ones from the “Flavors of Fantasy” section earlier in this chapter. If you
aggressive chromatic dragon wyrmling. (You can use the adventure “The Winged God” from chapter 4.)
Levels 5–10. The adventurers might face a handful of ambitious young chromatic dragons, without hinting at a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
College of Creation One bard’s song of creation is the score to another person’s nightmares.
Tasha
Bards believe the cosmos is a work of art—the creation of the first dragons and gods. That
creative work included harmonies that continue to resound through existence today, a power known as the Song of Creation. The bards of the College of Creation draw on that primeval song through dance
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
focus to the divided tribes. A brilliant hobgoblin, Haruuc, united the Ghaal’dar and under his leadership they seized control of what is now Darguun (see chapter 2). The aging Lhesh Haruuc remains as
Dhakaani. The Heirs of Dhakaan are an agnostic society and don’t have clerics, paladins, or druids. Their focus is on martial excellence, and their spiritual leaders are bards, who inspire their warriors
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
what they were looking for. Landro This unusually large colossus contains the third piece of the Rod of Seven Parts. Landro is described later in this chapter. Veterans’ Camp A crumbling stone bridge
two companions (see the “Cyran Veterans” section later in this chapter). The veterans rest here between expeditions around Mount Ironrot. If the characters meet the veterans here and aren’t hostile
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
Chapter 1: Welcome to the Realms In the world of Toril, between the windswept Sea of Swords to the west and the mysterious lands of Kara-Tur to the east, lies the continent of Faerûn. A place of
others. News and gossip are carried between population centers by caravans and ships that bring in supplies for trade and by traveling bards and minstrels who recount (or invent) stories to inform and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
the Strixhaven Initiate feat (presented later in the chapter) and must choose Silverquill within it. In addition, if you have the Spellcasting or Pact Magic feature, the spells on the Silverquill
bards find a home in Silverquill, putting the power of their voices to use with Silverquill magic. Wizards (especially those who study the Schools of Illusion and Enchantment) are common in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Battalion. This elite unit fought at the forefront of the Last War, and Brelish bards still sing of the exploits of Khandan the Hammer and Meira the Huntress. At the end of the war, the battalion was split
already established as members of the Redcloaks (see “Starting at Higher Level” in chapter 1 of the Dungeon Master’s Guide). In this case, you might also begin with magic items and other gear
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
Feature: Lorehold Initiate You gain the Strixhaven Initiate feat (presented later in the chapter) and must choose Lorehold within it. In addition, if you have the Spellcasting or Pact Magic feature
Lorehold. Bards thrive in Lorehold, and wizards (particularly those of the School of Divination) are numerous among its students. Clerics (often with the Knowledge or Light domains) are also quite common
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
’ base in Ialos (see “Ialos” earlier in this chapter). Mercy and the pilgrims happily travel with the characters, though they hide if violence breaks out, emerging only when it’s safe. If the characters
the characters’ reaction to this revelation or whether they offer to look for Filch, learning it counts as a secret for the purposes of the Power of Secrets rules in this book’s introduction. Cyran