before better down completed respected

Minotaur Legacy

Species Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica

, are much better known and respected. Boros minotaurs choose the precision of the legion over the fury of the pack. Minotaurs tend to vent their outrage through violence, but they aren’t

Azorius Functionary

Backgrounds Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica

modeled my career after a highly respected lawmage or arrester, but I fear that my role model might be involved in something illegal. Flaws d6 Flaw 1 I’m

best at everything in my legal training, and now I work with the person who was always just a little bit better. 6 A good friend was promoted into work they can’t tell me about. 7 I

Life in the Sensa Empire

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel

Life in the Sensa Empire Those who live in the Sensa Empire or who travel through the land experience its wealth, both in riches and deep traditions. Aurum Guild Gold mining is a respected career

and craftspeople to build social and professional connections, better their craft, and organize for improved labor conditions. Each city-state has its own chapter of the guild that pushes back when

Getting the Quest

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

evening, so the characters should have no trouble finding her once the job is completed. If the characters accept her quest, Dannika gives them her lantern (see appendix D) and explains how it works

. She then tells them she’s been looking all over town and hasn’t found any chwingas. She suggests the characters might have better luck in one of the other settlements. She could continue the search

Kobold Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

provoke retaliatory attacks from the creatures they steal from. It’s better to be cautious and overlooked than to be considered dangerous and a threat. In a couple of situations, kobolds might

the hatchery. If a particularly important or respected member of a tribe dies, the hatchery is closely monitored. The next egg laid is immediately separated from the rest and carefully protected. Once

Acquisition as a Holy Chore

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated

fundamental urge for survival. If gold is power and power is life, then the more gold you accumulate, the better and longer your life will be. Why is it that people who have money and power are admired

and respected, yet people who stop at nothing to attain money and power are “avaricious” or “materialistic” or “felons”? Abbathor might be looked down upon and called evil for the lengths his

M5. Dressing Room

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight

remain at the theater. The hag assures Hurly that his talent is becoming more refined and respected with every performance—but the magic mirrors in this room tell him a different story. It’s clear to

win over audiences is due in part to his missing shadow, as explained in the “Shadowless” sidebar earlier in the chapter. If Hurly regains his shadow, his performances will garner a better reception

Adventure Summary

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild

many of the missing components as they can. And even then, they must contend with the agents who hired them, and ensure that a completed Infernal Machine of Lum the Mad does not fall into the wrong

of these elements of D&D canon with artifacts and NPCs more relevant to more recent official storylines, or for better resonance with your own home campaign.

Minotaur

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica

Boros Legion, are much better known and respected. Boros minotaurs choose the precision of the legion over the fury of the pack. Minotaurs tend to vent their outrage through violence, but they aren’t

Masquerade Preparations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos

Masquerade Preparations The following tasks must be completed to transform Kollema Hall: Remove all the tables from the first floor. Unpack the supplies delivered from the Biblioplex. Hang banners

infirmary, Professor DeSantos doesn’t find anything wrong with the student and encourages them to lie down in the sickroom (area K7 on map 5.2) until they feel better.

Leonin of Oreskos

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros

make decisions for most prides, these leaders rising from among the oldest or best-respected women of the pride. Generally, leonin communities avoid outsiders, particularly armed groups of soldiers and

the grasslands for countless generations. They know the way of Oreskos’s beasts and seasons better than any. Both mystical and knowledgeable, the Sun Guides read the messages in plant growth and

B: Elven Encampment

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

B: Elven Encampment Dalamar leads the characters to his expedition’s encampment about twelve miles northwest of the hidden cove. The journey takes the better part of the day, during which Dalamar

once-respected member of House Mystic—an elven clan known for magical prowess—is reaching a venerable age even by elven standards. He’s keenly aware this expedition is a fool’s errand analogous to

Fierna and Belial

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

who are desperate to attain positions of power and status entreat her, as do those who — for whatever reason — need to be loved, feared, or respected. Fierna takes a direct interest in the soul trade

mortal’s emotions to her will, as a way to better understand the workings of mortal hearts and minds. What she or Belial intends to do with their accumulated knowledge none can definitively say, but

Xvarts

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

. They lack the physical equipment to reproduce, as well as the inclination to do so. They are greedy, conniving, and obsessed with the acquisition of valuables — the more ornate or bizarre, the better

. They know they are flawed, and this minor amount of self-awareness only magnifies their other deficiencies. They hate almost any creature they perceive as better than they are, which includes almost

Monastic Orders

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide

Order of the Yellow Rose is a solitary monastery of Ilmater worshipers in the Earthspur Mountains of Damara. It is known for loyalty to its allies and destruction to its enemies. Greatly respected on

death. Some of the monks consider themselves to be nothing less than visionaries whose work will pave the way for a better future for all Faerûn. When death is truly understood, it can be harnessed and

Adventure Types

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

3–4 Local ruler 5–6 Military officer 7–8 Temple official 9–10 Sage 11–12 Respected elder 13 Deity or celestial 14 Mysterious fey 15 Old friend 16 Former teacher 17 Parent or other family member 18

completed. 5 The villain and two or three lieutenants perform separate rites in a large room. The adventurers must disrupt all the rites at the same time. 6 An ally betrays the adventurers as they’re about

The Twelve

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

large, the Twelve is widely respected. Some of their closest allies include the following groups: Headquarters of the Twelve Dragonmarked Houses. Above all, the Twelve has the almost universal

and better arcane discoveries, but the animosity sometimes escalates to sabotage and researchers taking excessive risks. Mordain the Fleshweaver. Not many personal grudges jeopardize the Twelve, but

Documancer

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated

organizations, a documancer makes sure that the language benefits both the franchise and Acquisitions Incorporated. As a documancer, you are respected for having the commitment and mental fortitude required to

better process Head Office communications, as well as to understand what pleases your superiors. You can cast the augury spell, with the spell’s omens of weal or woe based solely on the perspective of

A Disorienting Orientation

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated

kept waiting in a conference room at Head Office. Read or paraphrase the following to begin: Your inquiries into internships and franchise opportunities at Acquisitions Incorporated have gone even better

the fate of the guards who went missing, and then come back to me with the signed City Watch papers confirming your completed work.” Then without another word, Omin Dran turns and leaves the room

Class Training

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything

unmistakable sign. I dropped everything to serve the divine. 4 Although I was always devout, it wasn’t until I completed a pilgrimage that I knew my true calling. 5 I used to serve in my religion’s bureaucracy

or a thief wronged me, so I focused my training on mastering the skills of my enemy to better combat foes of that sort. 3 An experienced rogue saw something in me and taught me several useful tricks

Appendix: Roleplaying Cards

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Domains of Delight: A Feywild Accessory

the worst of Waterdeep’s slumlords: ruthless, miserly, and coldhearted. I suppose I’d better do some good before I die.” Bond. “My spinning wheel is the key to my redemption.” Flaw. “Yes, I’m

Zybilna is the archmage Iggwilv in a new form—a change for the better, in his estimation. He would never cross Zybilna, to whom he owes his career. Shon and his “hump” (a giant wolf spider named Gray

Appendix D: Roleplaying Cards

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight

was the worst of Waterdeep’s slumlords: ruthless, miserly, and coldhearted. I suppose I’d better do some good before I die.” Bond. “My spinning wheel is the key to my redemption.” Flaw. “Yes, I’m

Zybilna is the archmage Iggwilv in a new form—a change for the better, in his estimation. He would never cross Zybilna, to whom he owes his career. Shon and his “hump” (a giant wolf spider named

Black Cabin Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

completed in a few hours. Step 4: Activate the Item. A character must attune to the modified Summer Star to use it. While holding the device, the attuned character can use an action to cast the control

incessantly complain to, you’ll finally snap out of your obsession. If you truly insist on dedicating your remaining days to this doomed project, might I suggest that three is better than two. I

Daoine Gloine

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish

streets. O2. Tower Level As the characters draw closer to the city, they get a better view of the stone towers rising above the ooze. Many of the glass statues set along the exteriors of the towers are

chapter 9 of the Player’s Handbook. O3. Street Level Several trails lead down into the city, granting a better view of the tableau beneath the ooze. Unlike the figures seen standing staidly along the edges

Spaceship Locations, Level 2

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase

toward entrants unless disturbed, at which point they activate and attack. Aphelion’s Aid. If the characters have completed at least one task for Aphelion and face combat in a cargo hold on this level

music halts with an abrupt record-scratching sound, and the androids attack. Digital DJ. If the characters are working for Aphelion, the computer offers to change the music to a genre that better

Encounter Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries

completed her transformation into a lichen lich, she had no more need of it. At the back of the cave lurks a strange bundle of white poison ivy with a single bulbous eye in the center (use the death tyrant

vivisected deer splayed across a moss-covered table. Ten feet away, a young boy bounces excitedly in an iron cage, swinging it to get a better view of what the robed figure is working on. He is not

Locations in Triboar

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

in profit than quality. Lacking the carpentry skills of his ancestors, he relies on underpaid apprentices to assemble wagons that are little better than ordinary, yet they cost five times as much. The

or more characters are members of the Black Network, in which case he gives them a quest. If they complete the quest, he gives them another until they’ve completed three quests. The three quests are

Areas of the Earth Temple

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse

the temple, they need to talk fast, because Nartham craves an excuse to kill. The cooking fire and bedrolls belong to the hobgoblins, who have not yet been allocated better quarters in the temple. They

addition, the dao has completed one set of claws of the umber hulk for the cult (see chapter 7). The claws sit on a singed square of leather on one of the workbenches. B16. Armory A single thick pillar

Red Larch Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse

much of the troubles, but she tells Eldras and their children none of it. Life is better undarkened by such matters, she figures. 10. Drouth Fine Poultry This largest of the two Red Larch poultry

inherited the business from her father, who was a respected town elder, but she hasn’t yet been approached for membership in the Believers. 11. Jalessa Ornra, Butcher Next door to Drouth’s Fine

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