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Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
fervent desire to share the joy you have experienced with Ravnica. Along with the rest of the conclave, you are committed to resisting the ambitions of the other guilds — with military force if
for understanding the complexities of life.
Ideals
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Ideal
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Guild. My guild is all that really matters. (Any)
2
Harmony. Nothing is more beautiful than
Bard
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Classes
Basic Rules (2014)
of song, speech, and the magic they contain. Bards say that the multiverse was spoken into existence, that the words of the gods gave it shape, and that echoes of these primordial Words of Creation
set bards apart from their fellows. Only rarely do bards settle in one place for long, and their natural desire to travel—to find new tales to tell, new skills to learn, and new discoveries
Orc
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Species
Volo's Guide to Monsters
diplomacy. They care only for satisfying their insatiable desire for battle, to smash their foes and appease their gods.
Booming Birth Rate
In order to replenish the casualties of their endless warring
dwarfhold, the orcs will butcher any dwarf that stands against them, but it’s really all about the property—they would be just as happy if all the dwarves ran away.
Strength Respects
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
words. A successful DC 16 Intelligence (Investigation) check detects this illusion. The hags’ cottage is built from three trees entwined together. These trees might contain the three true dryads whose
free the dryads to set the woods back to order. Instead of the hags being disguised as goodly dryads, you might instead choose to reverse the scenario. The Three Mothers might really be dryads in need
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver
human banker named Harbin Wester—a fat, pompous old fool. Completely intimidated by the Redbrands, he claims that they’re “just a mercenary guild, and not all that much trouble, really.” The
the alias Glasstaff to conceal his identity. (The Redbrands call him that because he carries a glass staff.) Once he learns the truth about Iarno, Sildar expresses a desire to have the wizard captured
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
Roleplaying Gnolls and Cultists of Yeenoghu When you’re roleplaying a cultist or gnoll of Yeenoghu, the following tables contain possible inspiration. They suggest characteristics that the NPC might
flee from opponents that can match my strength. 3 My supposed allies are my first victims. 4 Deep down inside, I am terrified I will fail Yeenoghu. 5 My desire to torment my foes sometimes gives them the opportunity to outwit me. 6 My arrogance causes me to overlook opportunities.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a4
really the magician of legend, after thirteen hundred years?), the wealthy collectors have promised to grant them whatever they desire, if it is within their power to do so.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
Incorporated franchise. After that, the players and characters can take their treasure-hunting activities in any direction that you and they desire. Between episodes, characters will use downtime to
campaign, and in life. Maybe you having a bit of an inside track is just what this adventure needs to make it really pop, and to keep the DM from getting all, “Ooh, look at me! I’m the one with the secrets!” I mean, can you believe how smug they are? It’s like they’re just begging you to turn the page …
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
answer! Ruin
I’ll consume anything but contain nothing. Where there’s emptiness, I am there. If you see me, despair. Click to see the answer! Void
Most are well hidden, though adventurers can
always find one. It’s a criminal’s worst fear, and a despot’s secret weapon. Click to see the answer! Donjon
Found in crown, in dirt, or in humble ring—just a pebble, really, but a splendid thing
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
“just a mercenary guild, and not all that much trouble, really.” The townmaster’s hall has a small but serviceable jail with two cells. Harbin eventually admits to the characters that the Redbrands
carries a glass staff.) Once he learns the truth about Iarno, Sildar expresses a desire to have Iarno captured and transported to Neverwinter to face the judgment of a higher authority. Regardless of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
numerous gourds, most of which contain failed alchemical elixirs.
Stone Block. A rough-hewn block of stone in the middle of the cave serves as a table. It is covered with a set of alchemist’s supplies
equipment. What it’s really looking for is its control gem, which it senses is close by (see area 21a). It doesn’t want help finding the gem, though, for fear that the treasure might fall into the hands of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
swiftly as a breeze. They might be as serene as drifting clouds or as tempestuous as storms, but most djinn relish their freedom and desire to discover the wonders of the multiverse. Djinn often know many
cities is the Citadel of Ice and Steel, in which wind-sculpted towers contain a city-size trove of incredible knowledge and treasures that defy belief.
Michael Broussard
Djinni Large
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
described later in its own section. Ranch. The ranch consists of a barn, granaries, and a half-story house that rambles up and down a small hill. The house, barn, and granaries are ordinary and contain
” of a grandfather. The youngest Nettlebee, at twelve, Ignatius is really just a little boy. Everyone (even Wiggan) favors him, so he’s a happy kid, but the fire witch has him so scared that he has night
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
three tabaxi hunters. Each of these groups can play as much of a role in the story as you desire. They could serve as enemies or as allies brought together by mutual interests. Yuan-ti Yuan-ti offer
territory and are unified only in their reverence of the Great Rift. Even if the vegepygmies could communicate with the characters, they have little desire to work with them. Their chiefs aren’t clever
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
in the Palace of Heart’s Desire, home of the archfey Zybilna. The two groups fought a mighty battle, during which Elkhorn believes he was knocked out. He woke up here, in Loomlurch. Granny Nightshade
the children are rescued, Elkhorn rounds them up and cares for them. When Elkhorn and his friends first arrived in Prismeer, they traveled to the Palace of Heart’s Desire by following the stone causeway
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
Caves of Hunger Locations (H22-H31) H22. Borehole This cave might contain a psychic haunting (see “Psychic Hauntings”). This thirty-foot-high cave has exits to the north and south. Along the western
warm, a pool’s surface freezes over in 1 hour. After 24 hours, the pool is frozen solid. H25. Empty Side Caves Although these caves are empty, one or both of them might contain a psychic haunting (see
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Domains of Delight: A Feywild Accessory
. “Responsibility isn’t really my thing.”
Ideal. “What’s yours is mine; it’s only a matter of time.”
Bond. “I have a reputation to uphold. I can’t have it sullied by silly concepts like honesty and
extraordinary voice, creating astounding displays of aquatic magic. Palasha’s distant yet demanding nature has earned her a reputation for being haughty, but really, she’s just slow to trust.
Alignment
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
. “Responsibility isn’t really my thing.”
Ideal. “What’s yours is mine; it’s only a matter of time.”
Bond. “I have a reputation to uphold. I can’t have it sullied by silly concepts like honesty and
extraordinary voice, creating astounding displays of aquatic magic. Palasha’s distant yet demanding nature has earned her a reputation for being haughty, but really, she’s just slow to trust
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
driven berserk, she fights until the Abbot reasserts control or until she is destroyed. She has the supernatural strength of a typical flesh golem despite her smaller size. The Abbot has no desire to
mongrelfolk, and he considers their imprisonment to be necessary, to contain their madness. With regard to Strahd’s bride, he believes that she is the key to freeing the land from its curse. The insane Abbot
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
shelves contain books of Feywild lore, all written in Elvish, each of which has a withered frog’s body stitched into its spine. Kissing the frog or stroking it with a moistened finger causes the frog to
their magic to drive others to do the opposite of what they desire. All the book’s writing is backward. Pity He’s an Elf is a collection of illustrated short stories about an elf adventurer named Aethyn
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
typically small and often nomadic. In part, this is a reflection of the desire to keep the woods untouched, but there are ruins here, such as those of Ascalhorn — now called Hellgate Dell — that
often goes awry here, and the caverns deep beneath the site are rumored to contain all manner of magical portals. If it isn’t the elves, the fey, or the trees themselves watching visitors, it might be
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
whatever they desire can be obtained without violating a legal precedent. Her petitioners want power, money, and love, but they want to come by it within the bounds of the law. An ambitious prince who is
contracts contain loopholes. In return for giving their souls to her instead, such individuals learn how to break the contract and negate whatever price the contract says they must pay.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
(see appendix D) commands the castle for Rezmir. The half-dragon needs to show up occasionally to remind the bullywugs and lizardfolk that the Cult of the Dragon is really in charge, but Borngray runs
of his life will be the day when Borngray can leave the Mere of Dead Men and scrape its mud and stink off his boots. He has never mentioned his desire to leave to the bullywugs, whom he considers
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
(see appendix D for statistics) commands the castle for Rezmir. The half-dragon needs to show up occasionally to remind the bullywugs and lizardfolk that the Cult of the Dragon is really in charge, but
second-best day of his life will be the day when Borngray can leave the Mere of Dead Men and scrape its mud and stink off his boots. He has never mentioned his desire to leave to the bullywugs, whom
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
Upper Palace Locations Palace of Heart’s Desire, Upper View Player Version P32. Minstrels’ Gallery This balcony extends out over the banquet hall (area P18). The door on the west wall is sealed with
. Small, misshapen creatures nesting in the cradles reach toward the symbols with their claws but can’t quite grab them.
The cradles contain eight dretches—manifestations of Zybilna’s darkest
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
battling demons in the fields when they suddenly felt an overwhelming desire to consume humanoid flesh. These guards are eager to return to the battle in the fields, disappearing as they pass through the
enters your mind. “Nice work. Take a break. You’ve got an hour before the really bad stuff happens.”
The characters can spend the next hour interacting with Lulu’s memory of Idyllglen. They can
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
aren’t interested in treaties, trade negotiations or diplomacy. They care only for satisfying their insatiable desire for battle, to smash their foes and appease their gods. Booming Birth Rate In order
stands against them, but it’s really all about the property — they would be just as happy if all the dwarves ran away. Strength Respects Strength Orcs appreciate physical prowess and formidable combat
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
, silently watching.
The library is a replica of one of the Harper libraries that Quill frequented. The books contain well-known stories and plays, research on monsters, and information about the
during the first few months of his captivity, with the entries becoming more sporadic until the arrival of Renekor. Quill believes that a year has passed in Wisteria Vale, when it really has been
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
currently enjoying.
Bath and Steam House Avowed and seekers alike use this building as a place to relax. Spacious rooms in the building contain heated pools for respite while engaging in casual
a facsimile takes weeks or even months for large tomes, so those who desire such a work must commission it in writing, provide payment in advance, and then return to the front gates to pick up the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
the warforged were, though, House Cannith never lost interest in building a better titan. Cyre didn’t lose its desire for deadly weapons that could give it an edge over its enemies, and tremendous
unusually large size, cut into a specific pattern that allows the dragonshard to contain raw magical energy without exploding. A single power core is about the size of a wine barrel, hooked up to an elaborate
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a6
(Perception) check, that contains spell scrolls of two random 7th-level spells of a particular class (DM’s choice). All but one of the copper coffers contain unguents and the like; the third coffer
you desire). The containers in the room hold the personal gear of King Snurre, consisting of clothing, footwear, and bits of armor. Arrayed on the table are several small items including pieces of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
employees, I can’t stress this enough — you really need to make sure they have at least six fingers.
— Donaar Blit’zen
4. Kitchen and Larder The doors to this area, once opened and after the
in one room — a ring of free action, forgotten by a guest. 8. Shared Study These areas connect to the four rooms adjacent to them, and contain a table, chairs, and bookshelves. The shared study
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
This room is empty. 3 A laser rifle with a depleted energy cell rests under a rusty bed. 4 Display cases against the walls contain a collection of rocks and minerals from other worlds. 5 Parts of a
within 20 feet of the android, it springs up and attacks, exulting about how it fooled them and “wasn’t really damaged at all,” despite the pipe in its head. Treasure. The android carries a paralysis
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
an answer other than, “Well, I can’t really talk about that.” Its answers are as follows: Eliphas. “Eliphas has been staying in the guest room on the opposite side of Paliset Hall. If you see him
exquisite. The dresser’s drawers contain enough materials (wigs, cosmetics, and whatnot) to assemble one disguise kit. P14: Guest Bedroom The door to this room is closed and unlocked. This bedroom is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
contain walled-in shrines with steps leading up to them. Tangled mushrooms and roots have extended beyond a central garden to cover every visible surface.
Rising from the garden is a staircase that
has an opening big enough for Medium or smaller creatures to crawl through. Shrines. The shrines in the northwest, northeast, and southwest corners of the room contain statues representing gods of