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multiverse. They often begin their search for magical power by delving into tomes of forbidden lore, dabbling in invocations meant to attract the power of extraplanar beings, or seeking places of power where
typically means some kind of adventure.
Becoming a Warlock...
As a Level 1 Character
Gain all the traits in the Core Warlock Traits table.
Gain the Warlock’s level 1 features, which are listed
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Classes
Basic Rules (2014)
treasure seekers, explorers, delvers, and investigators. In addition to improving your agility and stealth, you learn skills useful for delving into ancient ruins, reading unfamiliar languages, and using magic items you normally couldn’t employ.
Backgrounds
Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
You filled your childhood with rudimentary alchemical experiments, all in the hope of becoming a student of Witherbloom College. The life sciences are the focus of your reading, which include biology
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
Background Eons ago, a planar craft of unknown origin crashed within the Barrier Peaks. The scholar Kwalish would later find this craft, converting it into his laboratory and studying its technology
to fuel his own experiments. However, Kwalish was not the first explorer to do so. Earlier expeditions also chanced upon the crash site, and although most parties perished while delving through the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
treasure seekers, explorers, delvers, and investigators. In addition to improving your agility and stealth, you learn skills useful for delving into ancient ruins, reading unfamiliar languages, and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
treasure seekers, explorers, delvers, and investigators. In addition to improving your agility and stealth, you learn skills useful for delving into ancient ruins, reading unfamiliar languages, and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
delving into tomes of forbidden lore, dabbling in invocations meant to attract the power of extraplanar beings, or seeking places of power where the influence of these beings can be felt. In no time, each
power can’t be slaked with mere study. Most Warlocks spend their days pursuing greater power and deeper knowledge, which typically means some kind of adventure. Becoming a Warlock... As a Level 1
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
multiverse. They often begin their search for magical power by delving into tomes of forbidden lore, dabbling in invocations meant to attract the power of extraplanar beings, or seeking places of power
means some kind of adventure. Becoming a Warlock... As a Level 1 Character Gain all the traits in the Core Warlock Traits table. Gain the Warlock’s level 1 features, which are listed in the Warlock
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
Background In centuries long past, a common scholar named Kwalish took an unlikely path to becoming one of the most powerful arcane inventors of all time, after his discovery of strange magic in the
Barrier Peaks. His studies of an ancient, crashed planar craft set him on a path that might have seen him rival Ioun and Heward — until his experiments overtook him, and he became lost to the ages
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
the tribe was becoming increasingly frustrated. The goblins felt like they were working harder for less, and a few are beginning to suspect that Chief Yarb-Gnock is a fraud. Cooped up in the cold with
jettisoned from an illithid nautiloid soon before it crashed in the mountains to the east, as described in “Id Ascendant”), Chief Yarb-Gnock thinks the crate might hold something wondrous, and getting it open has become his new obsession.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
Witherbloom Student You filled your childhood with rudimentary alchemical experiments, all in the hope of becoming a student of Witherbloom College. The life sciences are the focus of your reading
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
shatter on the floor, becoming useless. Any character underneath the chest can try to catch a falling potion using a free hand, doing so with a successful DC 10 Dexterity saving throw. P6. Upside
illusion magic was required reading in many Netherese classrooms. It describes clever ways to use common illusion spells. The Unfettered Mind. This lunatic text discusses how one might exist solely as a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
malfunctioned when the ship crashed, and now teleportation magic used within the wreck is warped. Instead of teleporting creatures, the magic instead spawns a portal that leads somewhere else in the
, Ilren claims to come from a similar background: the giff is an adventurer with heroic dreams who became stranded on this wreck when his skiff crashed into Havock. Ilren claims that nothing of his skiff
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
characters use the “Rime of the Frostmaiden” to cut a path to the dungeon. Reading the poem creates an opening in the ice wall that’s 100 feet high, 30 feet wide, and 20 feet deep. A tunnel at the back
return or until hunger forces them to abandon their post. H2. Crashed Skycoach You come to a thirty-foot-high cavern. In its center, the remains of a wooden ship hull rest on the floor.
If Professor
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
current state of the Underdark and the giant kingdoms. Current Affairs. Reading the tablets in these archives provides a good overview of what is going on in the Underdark at the present time. The latest
news has a delay of a few days and is often incomplete, becoming more detailed as Urmas obtains more information from his messengers and informants. The reports about the demons’ invasion are sketchy
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
rating of 10 (5,900 XP). It is blinded and deafened, giving it disadvantage on all its attack rolls, and it can’t use its Poison Breath. The golem was decapitated when Ythryn crashed into the Reghed
crashed. Y15. Observatory This conical tower is held relatively upright by a ring of arched buttresses. Expressionless humanoid figures stand in silence around it. The roof has a large, ragged hole
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
gently clockwise, completing one full rotation in 1 minute.
Storm. The clouds around the castle darken and churn, becoming rumbling thunderclouds over a period of 1 minute. Until then, the calm rune
characters and various NPCs. Crashed by Blagothkus. If the cloud giant is slain, his wife’s spirit in the steering chamber is replaced by his spirit. Enraged, he avenges his death by moving the castle
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
clockwise, completing one full rotation in 1 minute.
Storm. The clouds around the castle darken and churn, becoming rumbling thunderclouds over a period of 1 minute. Until then, the calm rune cannot
the characters and various NPCs. Crashed by Blagothkus. If the cloud giant is slain, his wife’s spirit in the steering chamber is replaced by his spirit. Enraged, he avenges his death by moving the
Magic Items
Infernal Machine Rebuild
known today. However, its true origins derive from a planar craft that crashed in the Barrier Peaks, for the Infernal Machine once functioned as this craft’s central command console.
Explorers who
(your choice).
The cure wounds spell restores no hit points for you.
13
You have an innate sense of direction. You automatically succeed on ability checks made to avoid becoming lost.
Whenever
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
rulebooks. Heroic Fantasy Conflicts. Heroic fantasy campaigns often revolve around delving into ancient dungeons in search of treasure or to destroy monsters or villains. Consider conflicts like these
venerable monarch clings to power by worshiping Orcus and becoming a lich. Intrigue Political intrigue, espionage, sabotage, and similar cloak-and-dagger activities can provide the basis for an exciting
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
becoming a brain in a jar (see appendix C). The three wizards have been driven mad by their undead existence. Dispelling the illusion drives them into a furious rage. Visitors who ruin the ball in any
know why the city crashed, but she believes that the broken obelisk (see area Y21) can turn back time to repair the damage. To activate its magic, Veneranda says she needs Iriolarthas’s staff of power
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
room. There are small reading desks with cozy scarlet chairs in the corners.
The shelves contain books on Fistandia’s favorite subjects: arcana, natural science, religion, astrology, and planar
successful DC 15 Strength (Athletics) check. Treasure. Sitting on the reading desk is a jeweled letter opener worth 20 gp. Puzzle Book. The puzzle book with the letter R on its spine is on one of the shelves
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
air becoming hot and heavy with the scent of sulfur. Glowing vents of magma fill a huge cavern with a dull red glow. From somewhere ahead, you hear a deep, echoing caw, sounding like the call of some
Intelligence (Investigation) or Wisdom (Perception) check to quickly assess Raah’s reading material determines that the ancient deep crow is highlighting everything, no matter how good or bad the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
carvings learns their meaning by succeeding on a DC 14 Intelligence (Arcana) check or by spending an hour studying them. The runes are an arcane cipher for the knock spell. Reading the spell from the wall
now ready to take the next step on the path to becoming members of the Mages of High Sorcery. After completing the Trial of the
Barb, an adventurer receives
this scroll and instructions
to take
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
dwarf prospectors (veterans; attitude: 1d12) delving into areas full of stone giant dream carvings
11 2 korreds† (attitude: 1d8) exchanging their cut hair with 1 stone giant (attitude: 1d10) for
storm giant oracle who is an ancient enemy
11 1 kraken priest† and 3 deep scions† (attitude for all: 1d4 + 1) studying storm giant runes
12 1 storm giant quintessent† (attitude: 1d12) reading
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
beginning a great work. The best carvers are honored as the leaders and shamans of the tribe, and their hands are seen as holy — literally becoming the hands of Skoraeus Stonebones as they work. Of course
forced out from underground risks becoming lost in the realm of dreams, living ever after as a twisted version of its former self that the giants call a dreamwalker (see chapter 3 for more information on
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a2
smashed furniture and other debris are scattered about the floor. Hallways lead off to the east and the west.
A weird moaning fills the area, slowly becoming recognizable as Dwarvish curses. The sound
. Bookshelves stand against the walls. Piles of books rest on a reading table in the middle of the room. The air reeks of moldy paper. Doors exit to the north, east, and south.
A beautiful, slender
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
first time a creature picks up the Summer Star, its core glows with a golden radiance as bright as a candle flame. Unless the creature drops the device immediately, the light suddenly blossoms, becoming
letter that Macreadus angrily threw into the hearth after reading it. Copper’s Letter. The scroll is stained with soot but remains intact, since Macreadus never got around to burning it. Characters who
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
court-facing towers in the north wall, called the “necessariums” by the monks, are the main places in which visitors interact with the treasures of Candlekeep. They are honeycombed with reading rooms
scriptoria to facilitate the copying of books becoming worn, binderies to repair the same, and even magical storage that preserve rare books from any further decay or damage. I’ve never made a detailed study
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
overhead. Narrow windows pierce its walls, gargoyles cling to its eaves, and a doorway at the tower’s base gapes open.
Two of the outer spires have broken off. One crashed in Icewind Dale (see
the cells contain the frozen bodies of prisoners who died when Ythryn crashed or who perished from starvation not long afterward. Infirmary. If the characters spend at least 30 minutes searching the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Divine Contention
of Leilon! Mysteriously, Aubrey the shopkeeper is fighting alongside them. Before reading further, count any victories scored so far: The party achieved three or more victories. Read the following
the ruinstone and the Swords of Leilon are lost. To resolve the quest, go to Event 15: “Divine Contention.” Event 14. Old Gnawbone The characters corner the dragon where it crashed in the ruined
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
port. Three years ago the mission launched, but the Marshal never made it to the first stop. Harpies serenaded the travelers, luring the vessel shoreward until it crashed into the rocks near Saltmarsh
repeat the saving throw, becoming subject to the effect again on a failure. A character who examines the dagger and succeeds on a DC 15 Intelligence (Arcana) check discerns that casting dispel magic
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
material component of a simulacrum spell. Manshoon can use it to create a new simulacrum if his current one is destroyed. E8. Reading Room This room contains the following features: Delightful warmth
other far corner, Manshoon’s spellbook rests atop a black marble lectern protected by an invisible helmed horror. The construct attacks anyone other than Manshoon who disturbs the book (becoming visible
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
always looking to hire daring “investigative reporters” willing to investigate rumors of strange happenings or procure proof of corruption by the city’s elite. Even just reading the broadsheet can
the Counting House — but anyone who succeeded would likely be set for life. Eastway Expeditions Eastway Expeditions used to buy dubious exploration and dungeon-delving gear on the cheap — often from
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer
always looking to hire daring “investigative reporters” willing to investigate rumors of strange happenings or procure proof of corruption by the city’s elite. Even just reading the broadsheet can
House — but anyone who succeeded would likely be set for life. Eastway Expeditions Eastway Expeditions used to buy dubious exploration and dungeon-delving gear on the cheap — often from hollow-eyed






