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Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn
formative influence.
Manshoon made many enemies and sought to preserve his power by crafting several clones. A magical accident decades ago caused all his clones to activate at once and fight against
duplicate himself, his allies, and even his rivals. Manshoon knows that keeping people guessing about hidden identities makes them easier to manipulate.
Manshoon usually wears a mask and concealing
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
toward her house—and a sign of the demon lord’s disregard for the family’s rivals, who were not thus gifted. The creation prompts the leaders of the house to begin crafting new plans
’s plans to triumph over rivals.
A draegloth is an ogre-sized, four-armed biped with purple skin and pale hair. Two of its arms are muscular, tipped with sharp claws; the other two are the size and
Shield of Far Sight
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Magic Items
Volo's Guide to Monsters
A mind flayer skilled at crafting magic items creates a shield of far sight by harvesting an eye from an intelligent humanoid and magically implanting it on the outer surface of a nonmagical shield
Blast action as though it were standing behind the shield.
If a shield of far sight is destroyed, the mind flayer that created it is blinded for 2d12 hours.
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Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
consort is assured for long, though; Lolth’s priestesses are notoriously fickle, and a consort must often contend with rivals.
Some favored consorts work behind the scenes to undermine the evils
. Combining the roles of advisor, protector, and beloved, some favored consorts are content with a supporting role, while more ambitious consorts aspire to be the power behind the throne—or even to
Monsters
Candlekeep Mysteries
with her.Three Green Hag (Coven Variant);green hags named Dread Morgan, Vile Sazha, and Auntie Greenbones were once rivals who dwelled in an area of the Feywild coterminous with the High Forest. A
. The covetous hags each knew part of a ritual for crafting magic paintings that could bind mortal creatures with a terrible curse. After agreeing to share their knowledge and work together, they
Changeling
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Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Long ago there was a woman named Jes, and she had one hundred children. Her rivals conspired against her and swore to kill her children. Jes begged the Sovereigns for help, but their only answer
specific purpose and then might never be used again. However, many changelings develop identities that have more depth. They build an identity over time, crafting a persona with a history and beliefs. This
Monsters
Eberron: Rising from the Last War
effects.
Rejuvenation. Illmarrow’s body turns to dust when she drops to 0 hit points, and her equipment is left behind. She gains a new body after 1d10;{"diceNotation":"1d10","rollType":"roll
Lady Illmarrow is no folk tale. She is the greatest necromancer in Eberron, and after centuries of silence, she is setting ancient plots into motion at last. She is the power behind the Order of the
Backgrounds
Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
traveled in Waterdeep’s baroque and sometimes cutthroat conglomeration of guilds, nobles, adventurers, and secret societies. You might have been one of the behind-the-scenes law-keepers or
from guild coffers.
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I’m never satisfied with what I have—I always want more.
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I would kill to acquire a noble title.
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I’m horribly jealous of anyone who can outshine my handiwork. Everywhere I go, I’m surrounded by rivals.
Backgrounds
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
construction and architecture — primarily in crafting the infrastructure that allows Ravnicans to enjoy running water, levitating platforms, and other magical and technological wonders.
You have a
basic knowledge of the structure of buildings, including the stuff behind the walls. You can also find blueprints of a specific building in order to learn the details of its construction. Such
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
rivals in the Arcane Brotherhood. Dzaan assumes his rivals are hiding out in Ten-Towns and paints an unflattering portrait of each one: “Avarice is a tiefling evoker who delights in destruction. Her
others by reading their thoughts. Her weakness is that she’s always looking ahead, never behind her.” “Vellynne Harpell is a human necromancer, as cold and uncaring as the corpses she animates. She’s a withered old fool whose greatest asset—her family name—does her no good in Icewind Dale.”
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
family’s rivals, which were not thus gifted. The birth prompts the leaders of the house to begin crafting new plans to strike at its rivals when the draegloth is fully grown. These plans always use
of its mother’s house, lending its thirst for destruction to that house’s plans to triumph over its rivals. A draegloth is an ogre-sized, four-armed humanoid with purple-black skin and yellow-white
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
of Lolth’s favor toward her house—and a sign of the demon lord’s disregard for the family’s rivals, who were not thus gifted. The creation prompts the leaders of the house to begin crafting new plans
its thirst for destruction to the creator’s plans to triumph over rivals. A draegloth is an ogre-sized, four-armed biped with purple skin and pale hair. Two of its arms are muscular, tipped with sharp
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
conflict is part of the very nature of sapphire dragons. Militant and territorial, they defend their lairs fiercely, ambushing intruders and plotting assaults against their rivals. The sonic pulse of their
caverns hold the bulk of the dragon’s hoard, particularly art objects that are impressive but not irreplaceable.
Sleeping Chamber. At the heart of the lair, protected behind more thin crystal walls
Kobold
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
sent Kurtulmak to retrieve it. Garl lured his pursuer into a maze-like cavern, then collapsed the exits behind him, trapping Kurtulmak for all eternity. Kurtulmak is a hateful deity, one who despises
behind from a kill, eating everything that’s edible and using the rest to make tools or adornments.
Kobolds shed teeth as they wear out and grow new ones their entire lives. Many wear their own
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
allow you to select the items you want. Either way, take a moment to come up with the story behind these items. How did you acquire them? Were they treasures found on your adventures? Heirlooms from
, home to valued comrades and rivals. It’s where you get your next job. But as a Clifftop adventurer you’ll be venturing to exotic locales. You may delve into the ruins below Sharn or crash an airship into Skyway. You may head to Xen’drik or other distant lands. Wherever you go, adventure awaits!
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Remarkable Villains Eberron is rich in villains, from two-bit hoods to continental masterminds. It might be a long time before you’re ready to face the sinister leader behind the Order of the Emerald
Claw in battle. But part of the flavor of pulp adventure includes recurring villains who closely match the heroes—rivals who advance in power as you do. To create a compelling villain, the DM and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
actually raw stones used in the crafting of spell gems. Werz met Kazook in Mantol-Derith (see chapter 9), and the two have been trading recently behind their superiors’ backs. He declines to mention this
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
unapproachable, or they are curious and manipulative, pulling strings behind the scenes or trying to influence the world in arcane ways. Most dragons live on the mystery-shrouded continent of Argonnessen and
Khorvaire without contact with Argonnessen, and some dragons have been twisted by the daelkyr or corrupted by fiends; any of these could be an antagonist if the adventure you’re crafting calls for a cruel
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
characters’ goals through research, crafting, social encounters, and so forth. This lets the players direct behind-the-scenes activities even as the characters focus on the more rarefied pursuits of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
prepared to end its threat. Of course, there are ways to create threats distinct to this genre, such as when villains view detectives as rivals or targets. When creating an occult detective adventure
? What crime is it committing, or how is it a problem? Who wants the villain stopped? Do they have a personal reason for this? What evidence has the villain left behind? How is the evidence initially
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Invested” in this chapter, Greyhawk offers a host of potential friends, rivals, villains, and resources. Use the people and locations mentioned in this chapter as a starting point for fleshing out
of power, dangers lurk around every corner. Bruce Brenneise The Free City of Greyhawk rises up behind the teeming city docks
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
sapphire dragons. Militant and territorial, they defend their lairs fiercely, ambushing intruders and plotting assaults against their rivals. The sonic pulse of their breath weapon sows weakness, leaving
, particularly art objects that are impressive but not irreplaceable.
Sleeping Chamber. At the heart of the lair, protected behind more thin crystal walls, the largest cavern serves as the dragon’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
they’re after, spend 24 hours crafting the outfit, then make a successful DC 10 Dexterity check using leatherworker’s tools, weaver’s tools, or similarly appropriate artisan’s tools. If the check fails, no
activities detailed in the “Fashion Modeling” section. Magic and style are on full display
at a Strixhaven fashion show Rival Designers. Characters’ Rivals might submit their own outfits to the fashion show
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
ever match me in the Art is Gromph Baenre. I think we knew from the moment we met that we were destined to be rivals. But where I sought only to master the Art, Gromph was also an astute political
was crafting a unique ritual — one that somehow drew on the energy of faerzress to channel incalculable arcane power. When Gromph performed this ritual, the walls between the planes shuddered. Then
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
. Khyber dragonshards are deep blue or dark violet, laced with gleaming veins. Khyber dragonshards have an affinity for binding magics. Elemental binding — which is behind airships, the lightning rail
dragonshards are used in the crafting of magic items that require dragonmarks for attunement. Larger ones may be required for eldritch machines or the creation of legendary items or artifacts.
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Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
adventurers in the hopes of pitting them against fire giant rivals.
Hoarded Histories
Emerald dragons prize knowledge, particularly local histories that focus on magical events and individuals. They usually
creators abandoned them, taking great interest in the artifacts and architecture they left behind. Visitors who manage to convince the dragon they are not a threat are treated to a tour of the vaults, with
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
of pitting them against fire giant rivals.
Hoarded Histories
Emerald dragons prize knowledge, particularly local histories that focus on magical events and individuals. They usually know of places
of the remaining areas of the vaults as they were when their creators abandoned them, taking great interest in the artifacts and architecture they left behind. Visitors who manage to convince the
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
ambitious consorts aspire to be the power behind the throne—or even to claim the throne themselves. Those favored consorts who prove their cunning gain the ear, and perhaps even the heart, of their
priestess and are relied on to provide useful advice. No position of consort is assured for long, though; Lolth’s priestesses are notoriously fickle, and a consort must often contend with rivals. Some
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
energy cells, and the like. The controls that operate the antimagic field are set into a wall and completely hidden behind a pile of junk. More piles of junk hide the monastery’s treasure, including
that wires lead from the journal into another pile of junk, behind which stands the canister of the final brain in a jar. If the journal is removed from this area, has its wires cut, or is opened
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
35. Office of the Demogorgon This area houses an ettin, originally brought here for Thessalar’s experiments. The giant is kept both for his blood supply, which Thessalar uses in the crafting of new
, pigs, and goats kept behind wicker barricades, raised as food for the ettin. They are tended by the boggle who is steward to both the ettin’s heads (see areas 36 and 37). Manipulating Time Having a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
(shield), rare A mind flayer skilled at crafting magic items creates a shield of far sight by harvesting an eye from an intelligent humanoid and magically implanting it on the outer surface of a
its Mind Blast action as though it were standing behind the shield. If a shield of far sight is destroyed, the mind flayer that created it is blinded for 2d12 hours.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
place within the larger framework of the ordning, and each kind of giant has a different way of assigning that place. Cloud giants rank themselves based on wealth, fire giants based on crafting skill
collection. 3 Wishing to one-up rivals, a cloud giant seeks adventurers to hunt exotic monsters for a lavish banquet. 4 With two nations on the brink of war, the characters discover cloud giants are
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
the palace, the Hourglass Coven ensured that Kelek’s rivals from Valor’s Call were close behind. The two factions clashed inside the palace. IGGWILV THE WITCH QUEEN
Iggwilv has a long and storied
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Forge of the Artificer
hidden behind the veneer of respectability. See the “Sharn Neighborhoods” section later in this chapter for more details about the quarters where characters might establish their headquarters. Finders
of House Tharashk. Finders Guild agencies often end up as rivals to the Sharn Watch and can rarely count on the Watch for support. Inquisitives of House Medani’s Warning Guild detect and disrupt the
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behind. It’s sure to be dangerous, but the rewards defy imagination.”
The agent, Bannik Vorl (lawful neutral, human spy), can offer the following details: Bannik’s Employer. Bannik avoids naming
appendix A). The margrave is most concerned with ensuring his rivals don’t get the treasure, but the lantern is of special interest. Iggwilv’s Verse The scroll provided by Bannik contains a map of the Yatil