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A Bard's Muse

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

Lost Treasures

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation

characters’ part and might result in them receiving an ominous Ytepka Society token. Magic Items of the Trickster Gods Certain magic items — specifically those in which the spirits of the nine trickster

of the bards (area 48), and Unkh’s robe of scintillating colors (area 55). If, in your estimation, a player did an extraordinary job roleplaying a trickster god’s flaw, the god’s spirit might reward

Bard Subclasses

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

Bard Subclasses A Bard subclass is a specialization that grants you features at certain Bard levels, as specified in the subclass. Bards form loose associations, which they call colleges, to preserve

Harmony with the Cosmos Bards of the College of Dance know that the Words of Creation can’t be contained within speech or song; the words are uttered by the movements of celestial bodies and flow

Guilds and Groups

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

city of Sharn, which is both the cultural heart of Breland and a nexus for intrigue and diplomacy. Bards have much to gain from the company of other bards, as they exchange news, stories, and songs

. For this purpose, long ago a group of the finest bards in Sharn founded the Circle of Song, an alliance of entertainers and adventurers. The Circle of Song is an informal organization, open to any

College of Creation

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

Mortuary Encounters

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Adventure Atlas: The Mortuary

characters interrupt or otherwise ruin the tune, 1d4 irascible specters emerge from the walls and attack, causing the bards to flee. 10 Three skeleton farmers quietly tend to corpse-white grave

to expel a dybbuk† from a corpse. The exorcist asks the characters to help in dispatch the Fiend. 9 Two bards† in the Heralds of Dust approach the characters and sing a ballad honoring the dead. If the

Castle Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin

) psychic damage on a failed save or half as much damage on a successful one. K3: Receiving Room An armored knight with red, glowing eyes stands on the dais at the far end of this vaulted chamber. The

. If the Kas in this unreality is destroyed, the fountain activates, causing another imagined Kas to emerge from the burbling liquid mere moments later. Kas is then supernaturally teleported into area

Mogis's Champions

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

invests in his followers with the expectation of receiving great returns. Those who disappoint, proving themselves incapable of sufficient cruelty or bloodshed, might find themselves on the wrong end of

Mogis, you have shown yourself to be a brutal combatant. You can call on Mogis’s favor and cast wrathful smite with this trait. Mogis’s blessing manifest as a blood-red glow around your weapon, causing

Mortuary Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Adventure Atlas: The Mortuary

; flesh these areas out as you see fit. Corpse Receiving and Shipping For Characters of 3rd–4th Level Martin Mottet The Dusters examine and sort freshly received bodies in the bowels of the Mortuary

Bodies delivered to the Mortuary filter through corpse receiving and shipping, an industrial stretch where corpses are collected, sorted, and shipped off to the next stage of the funerary process. In this

Master Manipulators

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

visitor likely had to approach the hag in secret for fear of causing an uproar in town, and is probably eager to return home before being missed, which adds time pressure to the process and tips the

trust a hag. Hags are curious about other creatures of power. They enjoy receiving news and gossip about other hags and influential creatures such as dragons, demons, genies, and certain mortals

Chamber Purpose

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

guardians 09–10 Audience chamber for receiving visitors 11–19 Barracks used by the portal’s guards 20–23 Bedroom for use by the high-ranking members of the order that guards the portal 24–30 Chapel

Study, including a writing desk 93 Throne room, elaborately decorated 94–96 Waiting room where lesser guests are held before receiving an audience 97–98 Latrine or bath 99–00 Crypt belonging to the

Factions of Gracklstugh

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss

succeed on a Constitution check or be unable to complete the spell, causing the spell to fail with no effect. The DC for each check is 10 + the creature’s current exhaustion level. If a creature’s

city’s smelters and forges ablaze, receiving treasure, free meals, and constant pampering in exchange. Themberchaud doesn’t know that, like other Wyrmsmiths before him, he is doomed to be slain before he

City Celebrations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist

. Although some of the dancing is wanton and performed for show, large-scale ring dances in the street for all ages are also popular. All the dancing ends at dusk, after which bards and minstrels perform at

is a festival of both Waukeen and Lathander, and is used for planning business, making treaties and agreements, and receiving envoys from unknown lands and traditional foes. Much wine is drunk over

Gate of Illumination Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel

the ages receiving blessings from the gods. A stone double door stands at the far end of the room, while stairs rise to the west and another hall opens to the east. People who bring their offerings to

offerings, causing other tlexolotls to stir. Izel doesn’t understand or care that the awakening tlexolotls endanger the region’s populace. The Elemental has little experience with Humanoids or the concept of

Lyn Armaal, Level 3

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder

. Two magic items are displayed here as well. Anstruth Harp. An exquisitely crafted harp sized for a human rests on a shelf. This instrument of the bards was acquired from a human bard who counseled

the constructs in area 27 to assist. If one or more characters surrender after causing harm to him or his family, he spares their lives but commands them to leave Lyn Armaal at once. If they refuse, or if they leave only to return at a later time, Thullen turns hostile and attacks them.

The Seldarine

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

be with. Stories of Hanali’s romantic adventures among elves and other mortals are perennial favorites when sung by elf bards and poets. In Arvandor, Hanali maintains a hidden pool called Evergold

least a century. More than a few elves claim to have experienced this benefit, and the truth of it is attested by many bards — sometimes in all earnestness, sometimes with a knowing wink. Priests of

Ironslag: Upper Level

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder

fragments are hanging at the same level as the gantries. They are too heavy for the characters to unhitch, but each crane has a winch that can be released, causing the fragment to fall to the floor with

creatures along the bucket chain (in areas 12, 18, and area 34) begin receiving empty buckets. The empty buckets don’t immediately cause concern, for shift changes and work breaks are common. But if 15

Lair Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves

cave appears to hold nine boulders, but three are Galeb Duhr that are singing while rolled up. Their song is quiet but deep and resonant, causing vibrations in the floor. If the galeb duhr notice the

clasps an Instrument of the Bards (Ollamh harp), which she acquired in her youth. Taking the harp, plucking one of its strings, or removing the glass key from around Yemi’s neck ends the Sequester spell

Eternal Garden Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase

story imparted by the character who offers it. After receiving an acceptable gift, the fairies disclose that several of them spent some time at a picnic with Juliana and Orlando on the couple’s first

throw, taking 31 (7d8) piercing damage from its thorns on a failed save or half as much damage on a successful one. Roses. The lovely scent of the roses fills the arbor inside the hedge walls, causing a

Locations R - U

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder

are even more formidable than the knights and have served the city well for years. Silverymoon is also a haven for Harpers — not surprising, given that many Harpers are wizards and bards. Grand and

mountains, forcing flying creatures away or causing them to veer suddenly and crash against the rocks. Starmetal Hills The Starmetal Hills are a range of rocky knolls between Neverwinter Wood and the

Lower Palace Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight

keyhole magically appears on the door’s surface. Turning the key clockwise in the keyhole unlocks both carriage doors and animates the glass pegasi, causing them to stamp their hooves impatiently

one of the cubicle hooks receives the benefit of an invisibility spell that lasts for 1 hour or until the creature ends the effect on itself by attacking or casting a spell. After receiving this

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