before bearer defining creation reside

Mark of Making Human

Species Eberron: Rising from the Last War

night at bay. Smith, carpenter, alchemist—the best all carry my seal. —Baron Merrix d’Cannith The Mark of Making guides its bearer through any act of creation. The bearer of the

Githyanki

Species Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

astral clouds. Githyanki who reside in the Astral Plane can live indefinitely. Creating Your Character At 1st level, you choose whether your character is a member of the human race or of a fantastical

race. If you select a fantastical race, follow these additional rules during character creation. Ability Score Increases When determining your character’s ability scores, increase one score

The Mark of Making

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

hold the night at bay. Smith, carpenter, alchemist—the best all carry my seal. —Baron Merrix d’Cannith The Mark of Making guides its bearer through any act of creation. The bearer of the mark can

Changeling

Species Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

With ever-changing appearances, changelings reside in many societies undetected. Each changeling can supernaturally adopt any face they like. For some changelings, a new face is only a disguise. For

level, you choose whether your character is a member of the human race or of a fantastical race. If you select a fantastical race, follow these additional rules during character creation. Ability

Using This Book

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

: Creating a Character. Chapter 2 walks you through the steps of character creation. Chapter 3: Character Classes. Characters’ capabilities are largely determined by class, such as Fighter or Wizard

. Chapter 3 offers twelve classes to choose from, along with forty-eight subclasses. Chapter 4: Character Origins. Background and species are key elements in defining a character’s origin, which further

Chapter 1: Dragonmarks

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

mark to find his prey. A human artificer touches a creation forge, and the symbol on her hand flares as the eldritch machine rumbles to life. Each of these people possesses a dragonmark, a symbol

the smith, while the Mark of Shadows helps its bearer avoid enemies. The power of a dragonmark can also manifest in more dramatic ways. The Mark of Storms can scatter enemies with a blast of wind

The Ring of Winter

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

identifies the location of the nearest creature that has Artus’s blood flowing through its veins. Artus has many living relatives, and a few of those reside in the North. The blod stone has pointed Storvald

of Winter is an elusive artifact, and neither it nor its bearer can be found in the course of this adventure. Characters who set out to find the ring for themselves will quickly hit one dead end after

Chapter 4: Dragonmarks

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron

his mark to find his prey. A human artificer touches a creation forge and the symbol on her hand flares as the eldritch machine rumbles to life. Each of these people possesses a dragonmark, a symbol

of the smith, while the Mark of Shadows helps its bearer avoid enemies. The power of a dragonmark can also manifest in more dramatic ways. An heir with the Mark of Storms can scatter enemies with a

The Dual Role of Abbathor

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

their creation, or actually steal them. Greed distorts the joy that dwarves normally take from their work. It focuses on the value of the end result, rather than the importance of the process of creation

dwarves discover new methods and techniques. Although he espouses greed and treachery, he is also the standard bearer for revision and innovation. His guidance is especially critical when a clan faces an

Arcane Workshop

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

been modified for use as a servant in the workshop. 5 Storm the workshop before the artificers complete a doomsday weapon. 6 Investigate the workshop for signs of the illegal creation of warforged. 7

workshop to give up one of their subordinates, who is wanted for crimes in another nation. 10 Escort a newly discovered bearer of the Mark of Making to the closest Cannith workshop. 11 Seek assistance from

Wood Elves: The Tairnadal

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

Tairn, the Silaes Tairn, and the Valaes Tairn. All three lines roam the northern plains of Aerenal, having left the forest long ago, but the Valaes Tairn now reside mostly in Valenar, being the

generally assumed to have been stolen or looted from a fallen foe, and a Valenar elf might feel entitled to demand its return or challenge the bearer to prove they’re worthy to wield it. A double-bladed

Finding Nim's Creation

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

Finding Nim’s Creation Jarlaxle Baenre Equipped with the nimblewright detector, the characters can search for Nim’s escaped creation. A ward-by-ward search is the best approach, but let the

meet the griffon and its trainer outside the River Gate the following morning shortly after dawn. (The griffon and its trainer normally reside in Peaktop Aerie atop Mount Waterdeep, but most civilians

New Ability Scores: Honor and Sanity

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

abilities function like the standard six abilities, with exceptions specified in each ability below. Here’s how to incorporate these optional abilities at character creation: If your players use the

social situations, much as Charisma would, when a character’s understanding of a code of conduct is the most defining factor in the way a social interaction will play out. You might also call for an

Running the Test

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

floating city of graceful marble spires. All around you, people flee as dragons dive from the sky, tearing swaths of destruction. The character taking the test finds themself in this re-creation of

situations to heighten the drama—like by turning innocents into allies or childhood friends. Timing. The test should last as long as feels dramatic and end after a character-defining moral choice. If it

Rock Gnomes

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

lean toward the creation of mechanical devices. Every warren has members of each persuasion, and they are all bound by mutual respect for what they do despite their different perspectives. Practical

reside in Bytopia and on other planes far from the Material Plane, locales where they can access and harness powerful energies. They have unlocked secrets of the multiverse that enable them to fashion

Vault Locations

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

connecting to area V32. V10: Trapped Black Rose Bearer Both doors to this room are locked. A character can take the key from Guerthel (see area V4), or as an action, a character can use thieves’ tools to

north wall of the room. The black rose bearer (see appendix A) trapped here is raging at everything in sight. Akaazi (see area V34) locked the bearer in here to prevent it from wreaking havoc

Tu'narath

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

. Population. Roughly one hundred thousand folk dwell in Tu’narath. The vast majority are githyanki, but visitors from other planes aren’t uncommon. Individuals who come to deal with the githyanki reside

for them. Mlar District. This area passes for an artisan’s district. Githyanki engaged in distractions that involve artistry or creation gather here, both to share their skills and to show off their

Lower Ward

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands

worth buying. Day in and day out, they wade through the ward’s dreary miasma to trade shifts at workshops that never stop. The Lower Ward is the beating heart of Sigil—an engine of creation that refines

Mortuary, which used to reside in the ward, have been bitten off by the neighboring Lady’s and Hive Wards, respectively. Still, the Lower Ward remains a necessary industrial powerhouse in the City of

Stone Giants

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

, mastery of an art ranks as the greatest virtue, and among all the arts, stone carving is held in highest regard. Most stone giants spend their lives in unending pursuit of the perfect artistic creation

the chamber inside each stone giant settlement where they “reside.” A dead (or sometimes merely dying) stone giant is carried into the ancestors’ chamber and leaned upright against the end of one of

Upper City Gazetteer

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus

will as they do, behold a vision to inspire their next creation. The reflective period can be dawn to dusk, midnight to midday, or any other period. As the Unrolling Scroll stands in the Upper City

morning. Longtime regulars and merchants who reside in the Upper City get most of the prime placements, while those who are less established — or stingy with Hiller’s expected bribes — get undesirable

Roleplaying a Giant

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

path. 2 As the most powerful beings in creation, we have a duty to use our strength for the benefit of all. 3 I take what I want. I don’t care who gets hurt. 4 A giant lives for a few centuries, but

clouds anymore, but most do reside atop high mountains, inside or even above a near-perpetual cloud layer. A select few — those at the apex of the clan’s ordning — claim the last of the ancient cloud

Upper City Gazetteer

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer

as they do, behold a vision to inspire their next creation. The reflective period can be dawn to dusk, midnight to midday, or any other period. As the Unrolling Scroll stands in the Upper City, though

. Longtime regulars and merchants who reside in the Upper City get most of the prime placements, while those who are less established — or stingy with Hiller’s expected bribes — get undesirable places

Illithinoch Locations

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

while engaging in telepathic conversation, but they aren’t expecting an attack. The fanatics have told the mind flayers to expect surface cultists, such as the aberrant zealots who reside elsewhere in

. The mind flayer raises its hands and the beholder shudders, its eye stalks writhing. The beholder telepathically squeals, “I will serve! I will serve!” (This scene shows the creation of Golcuus the

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