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Monsters
Mordenkainen's Fiendish Folio Volume 1
predictable patterns of movement like migrating birds. They strip a region bare of the lichens, fungus, and vermin that comprise their diet before moving on to a fresh feeding ground. Underdark
monsters fall upon them.
Strange Escort. Certain Underdark explorers—judged inventive by some and lunatics by others—have learned to travel among the dire corbies. After blocking their ears to
Barbarian
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Classes
Basic Rules (2014)
the latest challenger to her authority over their tribe, ready to break his neck with her bare hands as she did to the last six rivals.
Frothing at the mouth, a dwarf slams his helmet into the face
fraught with peril: rival tribes, deadly weather, and terrifying monsters. Barbarians charge headlong into that danger so that their people don’t have to.
Their courage in the face of danger makes
Backgrounds
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
-minted 1-zino coins)
Feature: Legal Authority
You have the authority to enforce the laws of Ravnica, and that status inspires a certain amount of respect and even fear in the populace. People mind
the entire city, your place in the Azorius can easily bring you into contact with members of other guilds, for good or ill.
Roll twice on the Azorius Contacts table (for an ally and a rival) and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
it makes. The creature can wait until after it rolls the d20 before deciding to use the Bardic Inspiration die, but must decide before the DM says whether the roll succeeds or fails. Once the Bardic
regain any expended uses when you finish a long rest. Your Bardic Inspiration die changes when you reach certain levels in this class. The die becomes a d8 at 5th level, a d10 at 10th level, and a d12 at 15th level.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
it makes. The creature can wait until after it rolls the d20 before deciding to use the Bardic Inspiration die, but must decide before the DM says whether the roll succeeds or fails. Once the Bardic
regain any expended uses when you finish a long rest. Your Bardic Inspiration die changes when you reach certain levels in this class. The die becomes a d8 at 5th level, a d10 at 10th level, and a d12 at 15th level.
Magic Items
The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
with images of bare-branched trees, falling leaves, and broomsticks. In its second form, the cauldron is made of iron and embossed on the outside with images of bats, toads, cats, lizards, and snakes
dissipates quickly. At the same time, all Humanoid creatures within a certain radius of the cauldron fall unconscious for 1 hour, except those that are attuned to the cauldron or immune to being charmed. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
How and When to Use the Tables If you’re comfortable with letting the dice decide a certain fact about your character, go ahead and roll. If not, you can take charge and make the decision, choosing
, they don’t occupy a specific place in that process. You can use some of them early on — for instance, it’s possible to determine your parents and other family members immediately after deciding your
Backgrounds
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
spellcasting, forming spirals that reflect the mathematical perfection of nature.
Suggested Characteristics
The bizarre science of the Simic Combine attracts a certain type of personality and encompasses
members are former members of other guilds.
Roll twice on the Simic Contacts table (for an ally and a rival) and once on the Non-Simic Contacts table.
Simic Contacts
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Contact
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Orc
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Species
Volo's Guide to Monsters
rival orcs first and foremost as competitors for food and victims.
On some occasions, though, tribes that have a common concern band together. The result is an orc horde — a sea of slavering
everywhere in the world around them, and the priests of a tribe are entrusted with the responsibility of identifying these signs and omens — both good and bad — and deciding how the tribe should
Backgrounds
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
unmasked and killed. My revenge on the killers will be thorough and painful.
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I spend as much time as I can in the Ismeri Library because I’m certain an information hub operates behind its
Contacts table, giving you an ally who serves as your contact in Dimir. Then roll twice on the table for your secondary guild. The first roll gives you an ally there, and the second roll gives you a rival
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
their patron’s affiliation. Aurum Missions d6 Mission 1 Retrieve a journal from a ship that sailed to Xen’drik and never returned. 2 Locate the grave of a certain dragonmarked scion, and retrieve
during the Last War. 5 Capture an officer from a rival nation’s army, or convince the officer to defect, to gain access to their specialized knowledge. 6 Sabotage the negotiations between a dragonmarked house and the local government on a plan that will undermine the Aurum’s status.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
horns. The mark fades after you finish a long rest. Involuntary Change. Certain circumstances can activate your Dark Gift. After you experience this catalyst, at the start of your next turn you must
Catalyst table to determine what triggers your involuntary change. Change Catalyst d6 Catalyst
1 Seeing a particular phase of the moon
2 The smell of a certain type of flower
3 The
Yuan-ti Pureblood
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Species
Volo's Guide to Monsters
keen intellect and magic to discover the secrets of making steel. Its military shattered rival tribes and developed advanced tactics for fighting in forests and open plains.
The civilization grew into a
royal family could poison a meal and declare it “safe” after taking a bite.
There are legends of certain yuan-ti infiltrating human cities and forming deadly covert societies that sell
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
.) When a complication occurs during a downtime or franchise activity, the DM determines whether and how that complication connects to a rival. Certain complications might be caused by rivals, as when
, and how the franchise’s enemies — or potential enemies — might get caught up in those complications. When a complication or a rival comes into play during downtime or franchise activities, the DM
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
his skin while two strong, bare-chested human men with spears look on.
The oval stone is 8 feet tall and made of porous rock. Situated atop a volcanic vent, it transfers heat evenly throughout the
temple, Yahru knows the following: Ras Nsi commands the yuan-ti of Omu, but his command is tenuous. The high priest, Fenthaza, is Ras Nsi’s chief rival. Ras Nsi is slowly being eaten away by a magical
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
Dran Enterprises Dran Enterprises is the biggest rival of Acquisitions Incorporated — and has the strongest possible connection to that august organization. Founded by a false version of Auspicia
the false Auspicia, Dran Enterprises was taken over by Omin’s other sister, Portentia, who had operated in the shadows of the organization for some time beforehand. Certain personal secrets no doubt
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
Necropolis Encounters table (see chapter 3), refuse to rest in peace. Head to Head to Head Two rival factions of giant kin vie to claim the throne. An ettin and a fensir skirmisher (see chapter 6
. Infernal Bargain A bone devil knows the power of Hiatea’s Hearth and is tempting a fire giant to claim the throne, but the giant’s wife knows the throne’s curse will mean her love’s certain doom. She begs
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
Business Rival: Emmek Frewn Emmek Frewn, a salty northerner (NE male Illuskan commoner), recently tried to buy the tavern in Trollskull Alley but was outbid by Volothamp Geddarm. Stung by the loss
, he bought a smaller, less impressive building in the same alley and turned it into a pub, which he calls Frewn’s Brews. If you decide to introduce Emmek as a business rival, choose an unmarked building
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
Nymosyne had her contest interrupted by a cyclops attack, she threw her rival at the creature, then snapped the brute’s neck with her bare hands.
Perhaps most dramatically, though, was the recent victory
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
determines its nature. Favors earned need not be expended immediately, but only a certain number can be stored up. A character can have a maximum number of unused favors equal to 1 + the character’s
sect in the temple offers you membership. 4 Another temple tries to recruit you as a spy.* 5 The temple elders implore you to take up a holy quest. 6 You accidentally discover that an important person in the temple is a fiend worshiper. *Might involve a rival
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
Strixhaven Tracking Sheet The sections on the following pages give special rules for certain aspects of university life. Players can use the sheet below to keep track of the effects of those rules on
each student NPC with whom their character has a Relationship. The player should track how many Relationship Points their character has with each NPC; whether that NPC is a Friend, a Rival, or a Beloved
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
around them, and the priests of a tribe are entrusted with the responsibility of identifying these signs and omens — both good and bad — and deciding how the tribe should react to them. As a race, orcs
have to meditate for hours or days to get a vision of its meaning. Every group of orcs has particular superstitions and recognizes certain omens. These tenets vary from tribe to tribe, and are often
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
offering so she can examine it more closely, even if this makes it obvious she is interested. If she doesn’t have anything else like it, or can think of a use for it, or if having it means a rival
appearance and my cruel heart. (Evil) Hag Bonds d8 Bond 1 I hate a certain mortal family and steal one of their children each generation for my own purposes. 2 I am involved in a centuries-long feud
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a7
opens the door, read: You see a bare chamber, with a small door on the north wall, and pairs of swords crossed behind shields hung upon the walls. There are three such sets on each of the walls to either
of starvation, or open and enter the door to the south, where certain but quick death awaits.
“Whichever you choose, know that I, Acererak the Eternal, watch and scoff at your puny efforts and enjoy
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Fiendish Folio Volume 1
overwhelms their prey. Flocks of Doom. Dire corbies wander the Underdark in vast flocks, following predictable patterns of movement like migrating birds. They strip a region bare of the lichens, fungus
song has left countless Underdark creatures and travelers unable to flee as these monsters fall upon them. Strange Escort. Certain Underdark explorers—judged inventive by some and lunatics by others—have
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
tomorrow’s target. The only things that are certain are the variety of your patron’s whims and that tomorrow there will surely be more. The Aristocrat Quests table presents the sorts of work you might
conduct at your highborn patron’s request. Aristocrat Quests d6 Quest 1 Noble Union. You work within multiple noble factions to unite rival families. 2 Business Breakthrough. You track down and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica
with three contacts: an ally in their guild, a rival in their guild, and an ally or rival in another guild. (House Dimir is an exception.) Tables in each guild section help you determine who these
Contacts table for your guild, unless you’re in House Dimir (as explained in that guild’s section). Your first roll gives you an ally. Your second roll gives you a rival, who might be friendly
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
humanoid would use its hand. A beholder can’t attune to items that require attunement by a spellcaster or a member of a certain class. A gift is a treasure the beholder can’t use itself but that would
rival beholder (or any parts it can recover from a battle) would certainly be a prized trophy, as would be the skull of a defeated dragon, the clothing of a famous adventurer the beholder killed, or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
the whereabouts of one. The Lost Giant Relics table summarizes which relics are buried where, and which enemy the characters can choose to defeat if a certain relic is offered up as tribute to the
depicting the giant lord associated with that relic (see the Lost Giant Relics table) protrudes from one of the chamber’s five bare walls. For example, if the characters offer up the cracked horn found
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
your entire DMing career, or you might change it with each campaign. Offering inspiration as a reward encourages certain types of behavior in your players. Think of your style as a DM and your
those conventions. Players and Inspiration. Remember that a player with inspiration can award it to another player. Some groups even like to treat inspiration as a group resource, deciding collectively
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
fight and offers the characters a tiny amount of treasure if they’ll leave.
3 The dragon hates a certain type of character (sneaky rogues, healers, or heavily armored fighters, perhaps) and
rival who notices the characters approaching the dragon’s lair and keeps tabs on the fight. This rival might step in to help the characters or the dragon, depending on the circumstances, or might
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
in the death, defeat, or loss, or was the opportunity serendipitous? Despite the leader’s virtues, one flaw in particular outrages a certain segment of the populace. What is that flaw? What person or
reaction that affects every creature that uses or relies on it. You can eliminate a people, place, or thing that previously existed in a certain location or area in your campaign world. On a small scale, the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
a shadow dragon wyrmling and teaches the dragon about the Shadowfell.
2 A group of wicked duergar has discovered that dragon eggs hatched in a certain part of the Underdark produce shadow dragon
fomorian army for some mysterious purpose.
6 A recently transformed adult shadow dragon uses the new power of shadow to terrorize the adult silver dragon who has been a rival for centuries.
7 An
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
some rival skulls, that’s just the way of war. And if those skulls sometimes turn out to belong to people on your own side of the ledger, well, that’s just business. You are anything but reckless
, however, recognizing the effort that goes into doing a job right. Berserkers flailing about the battlefield and challenging all comers have a certain amount of flamboyance, sure. But you can’t spend the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
has access to certain magic items. You can purchase common magic items from your patron contact. The DM determines the available stock or can call for a group Intelligence (Investigation) check to
compromised. Perhaps they are defecting to a rival, attempting to seize the ancient being’s power. Whatever the case, you must catch them to end their threat. 6 Astral Heist. A powerful rival of your patron






