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Species
Player’s Handbook
Dwarves were raised from the earth in the elder days by a deity of the forge. Called by various names on different worlds—Moradin, Reorx, and others—that god gave dwarves an affinity for
of dwarves were built in hills or mountains, and the families who trace their ancestry to those settlements call themselves hill dwarves or mountain dwarves, respectively. The Greyhawk and Dragonlance
Monsters
The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
always sit well with their more cautious companions.
Alignment. Chaotic good.
Personality Trait. “I’m a bit rash, to put it mildly.”
Ideal. “I have no tolerance for bullies and
, they try to use their boots of levitation to escape.
Valor's Call
The noble adventuring party known as Valor’s Call was founded by Strongheart, a resolute human paladin committed to
Infernal Tack
Legacy
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Magic Items
Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes
A narzugon binds a nightmare to its service with infernal tack, which consists of a bridle, bit, reins, saddle, stirrups, and spurs. A nightmare equipped with infernal tack must serve whoever wears
the spurs until the wearer dies or the tack is removed.
You can use an action to call a nightmare equipped with infernal tack by clashing the spurs together or scraping them through blood. The
Magic Items
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
A rider binds a nightmare to its service with infernal tack, which consists of a bridle, bit, reins, saddle, and stirrups, along with spurs that are worn by the rider. A nightmare equipped with
infernal tack must serve whoever wears the spurs until the wearer dies or the tack is removed.
You can use an action to call a nightmare equipped with infernal tack by clashing the spurs together or
Half-Orc
Legacy
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Species
Basic Rules (2014)
fierceness, and his wits. Human ancestry was no blemish against a warrior—provided he was every bit as strong, enduring, and bloodthirsty as his full-blooded kin. Half-orcs who were weaker than their
orc comrades didn’t last long among the Bloody Skulls or any other orc tribe for that matter. But it was often true that a bit of human blood gave a warrior just the right mix of cunning
Acolyte
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Backgrounds
Basic Rules (2014)
, from the Forgotten Realms setting. Were you a lesser functionary in a temple, raised from childhood to assist the priests in the sacred rites? Or were you a high priest who suddenly experienced a call
near your temple, you can call upon the priests for assistance, provided the assistance you ask for is not hazardous and you remain in good standing with your temple.
Suggested
Monsters
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
Icy Doom. When Avarice dies, her corpse freezes for 9 days, during which time it can’t be thawed, harmed by fire, animated, or raised from the dead.
Special Equipment. Avarice wields a staff
the Knights of the Black Sword, if she needs to call on their talents.
Familiar. Avarice’s familiar throughout the adventure is a squawking raven named Skelm. It uses the raven stat block in
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
adventurers to find the dragon.
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A clutch of moonstone dragons has discovered a portal to the Material Plane and is wreaking havoc on nearby villages, pilfering every bit of silver the locals
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Connected Creatures
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An abandoned moonstone dragon wyrmling is being raised by a family of faerie dragon (older);faerie dragons, who eagerly encourage
Backgrounds
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
religious service. The Gods of the Multiverse section contains a sample pantheon, from the Forgotten Realms setting. Were you a lesser functionary in a temple, raised from childhood to assist the priests in
the sacred rites? Or were you a high priest who suddenly experienced a call to serve your god in a different way? Perhaps you were the leader of a small cult outside of any established temple structure
Monsters
The Book of Many Things
Devotion’s Call (1/Day). The medusa can cast the Resurrection spell, requiring no material components and using Wisdom as the spellcasting ability.
Legendary Resistance (4/Day). If the medusa
often decorated with the petrified bodies of creatures that raised arms against the medusa or its followers. The lair is typically a rich repository of knowledge, with lore both worldly and esoteric
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
hoard contains that conflict’s most significant artifacts.
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I am constantly aware of a call from beyond this world. I must prepare to answer that call by amassing powerful arms and armor
, the largest cavern serves as the dragon’s sleeping chamber. A raised section studded with sapphire crystals offers a vantage from which the dragon can keep an eye on the chamber’s access
Backgrounds
Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
you normally would when you forage there.
Additionally, you can call upon the hospitality of your people, and those folk allied with your tribe, often including members of druid circles, tribes of
fiddling with them, and sometimes accidentally breaking them.
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I feel far more comfortable around animals than people.
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I was, in fact, raised by wolves.
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Ideal
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Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
significant artifacts.
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I am constantly aware of a call from beyond this world. I must prepare to answer that call by amassing powerful arms and armor.
3
I secretly look forward to
sleeping chamber. A raised section studded with sapphire crystals offers a vantage from which the dragon can keep an eye on the chamber’s access points. The dragon’s most valuable treasures
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
, which consists of a bridle, bit, reins, saddle, stirrups, and spurs. A nightmare equipped with infernal tack must serve whoever wears the spurs until the wearer dies or the tack is removed. You can use
an action to call the nightmare equipped with infernal tack by clashing the spurs together or scraping them through blood. The nightmare appears at the start of your next turn, within 20 feet of you
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
their lust for magical power. When the characters come through the portal, read the following: The desert sun blinds your eyes, and you feel the heat trying to pull every bit of moisture from your
sand. Intent on their investigation of the golem, they don’t notice your arrival.
The two desert nomads (use the bandit stat block) and a camel they call Old Stink (for good reason) hail from a Bedine
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal
Leucrotta The leucrotta is every bit as horrible as its grotesque appearance would suggest: the body of a hyena perched atop the spindly legs of a deer and topped with the head of a giant badger. A
group of these creatures lurks inside a location in the Doomvault (Dead in Thay), where they use their talent for mimicry to call for help — enticing would-be prey to come to their rescue before
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
Dwarf Dwarves were raised from the earth in the elder days by a deity of the forge. Called by various names on different worlds—Moradin, Reorx, and others—that god gave dwarves an affinity for stone
were built in hills or mountains, and the families who trace their ancestry to those settlements call themselves hill dwarves or mountain dwarves, respectively. The Greyhawk and Dragonlance settings have
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lorwyn: First Light
Mudbutton Warren Huts built into trees and atop ruined mounds rise out of the swamp. Twisting, raised wooden pathways stand above the pungent muck, connecting one place to another with little rhyme
boggarts under his care. Gobgot is a skilled alchemist in the peculiar manner of boggarts, since his concoctions often inspire a bit of disgust from visitors. Gobgot insists on greeting visitors in his hut
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
Dwarf MIKE PAPE Dwarves were raised from the earth in the elder days by a deity of the forge. Called by various names on different worlds—Moradin, Reorx, and others—that god gave dwarves an affinity
dwarves were built in hills or mountains, and the families who trace their ancestry to those settlements call themselves hill dwarves or mountain dwarves, respectively. The Greyhawk and Dragonlance
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
creature’s efforts. In a contest, the ability checks are compared to each other, rather than to a target number. When you call for a contest, you pick the ability that each side must use, deciding
Constitution Stamina and health Endure a marathon, grasp hot metal without flinching, win a drinking contest Intelligence Memory and reason Recall a bit of lore, recognize a clue’s significance
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
swords Then charge into the hellish fray And scatter devil hordes. O sing a song of Elturel And when the night does fall Sleep safe beneath Companion’s light Until the dawn does call. We’re bound by
succeeds on a DC 20 Intelligence (History) check recalls that the Hellriders were so-named long ago when they descended into the Nine Hells on horseback to fight devils. Most of them never returned. It’s possible that one of Alan’s other patrons knows this bit of history.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
reputation that others know about, especially those who have high Honor scores themselves. Unlike other abilities, Honor can’t be raised with normal ability score increases. Instead, you can award
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
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
Monk Some call the unseen energy flowing through all things “ki.” I call it the invisible hand of the marketplace. Now let’s negotiate your surrender.
THE BUSINESS OF APPLIED KI
Ki is a magical
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4 Frightened Gnome — Curled in the fetal position (excellent when about to take a lot of damage)
5 Ambitious Student — Standing with one armed raised (useful when trying to be seen)
6
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
live below.
Mountain Dwarves Led by the aristocratic Hylar clan, mountain dwarves are the unquestioned rulers of Thorbardin. Many great fighters, engineers, and artisans call these magnificent
following the Cataclysm on the surface. Now known as hill dwarves, they lived among the lands and peoples of the surface for centuries. Few still call themselves by their old name, the Neidar
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
, opening portals to the outside only as needed. Most fortresses drift through Limbo at random, but none of them are ever isolated. When Menyar-Ag sends out a call to them, the anarchs of the other
rely on crops and livestock they appropriate from elsewhere. Plants are grown in hydroponic chambers, and livestock are raised in pens where light, temperature, and other conditions are tailored to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
assistance before they leave Head Office. Or they might just wander around lost for a bit. Either way, Jim Darkmagic approaches the group with some words of … well, let’s call it wisdom. When it’s time for Jim
are told throughout the city. Thankfully, you don’t believe a word of any of that.
So far, everyone at Head Office has treated you with kindness, and even a bit of deference. You were shown into
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a5
the Doomvault and find the entrance to the phylactery vault, they could strike a deathblow to Szass Tam’s hold on power. She can provide them access and a little bit of guidance, but the bulk of the
godhood. If it is part of ruins, it could even be the Tower of Istar, which Nuitari took at the end of the Chaos War. Or it might be the same tower, after Mina raised it and the black-robed wizards took it
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
motivates the slaves of drow. If you’re lucky, you’ll only feel normal shackles and the occasional whip or light spell-blast. A bit less luck or more malice, and the serpent-headed whips of the
called the Academy, where the city trains its priestesses, mages, and noble warriors. The city’s market is centrally located, and rothé are raised on an isle toward the eastern edge of the city. If you
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
a bit about everyone’s business. She wears a simple yellow dress and keeps her hair short. When Friendly, Aunt Dellie shares the following: “Past the farms of the Ribbon is a wild, unsettled land
called the Rattle. We sometimes call its bald hills ‘hills of gold’ because of their color. The phrase ‘beyond the settled land’ must refer to the Rattle—a land of monsters.” Hurch Henley Hurch Henley
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
of Tiamat, hopeful that the queen of evil dragons will reward him with untold power. He is, however, a bit on the dim side, thinking of visitors as either servants (who bring him food) or as enemies
cult players on Skyreach Castle will call out the ogres, wake the vampire, and ask the Red Wizards to find the intruders. If the characters are still around after the dragon is slain, the entire castle is on high alert until they are found and killed.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
of Tiamat, hopeful that the queen of evil dragons will reward him with untold power. He is, however, a bit on the dim side, thinking of visitors as either servants (who bring him food) or as enemies
players on Skyreach Castle will call out the ogres, wake the vampire, and ask the Red Wizards to find the intruders. If the characters are still around after the dragon is slain, the entire castle is on high alert until they are found and killed.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
; draped in a cape of girallon fur and monkey tails; and wielding the traditional oval shield and yklwa of Chult. Residents call it Na N’buso, the Great King. The statue isn’t nearly as ancient as the
Nyanzaru The fort contains a winch for raising and lowering an immense iron chain stretched between the fort and the lighthouse. When the chain is raised, no ship can sail into or out of the harbor. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm Lord’s Wrath
: Roughly fifty people stand in a clearing just off the High Road, where the forest to the northeast and the swampland to the southwest give way to grassland for a bit on each side of the road. The
his shield to quiet the tumult.
The dwarf is Grizzelda Copperwraught, who the settlers call “the Growler,” but never within earshot of her. She was personally hired by Lord Neverember to oversee the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
the answer! Moon
Though always shiny, in daylight I hide. At night, I’m one of many spread far and wide. Click to see the answer! Star
Clutch your purse, call the guards, but don’t turn your back
secrets we keep in trust. Click to see the answer! Euryale
Aimless wanderer, nonsense ponderer—I’ve been called it all. Some think my wit is a bit amiss, but if you ask me, ignorance is bliss! Click to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
, permeating every bit of matter and present in every manifestation of energy throughout the multiverse.
Mortals can’t directly shape this raw magic. Instead, they make use of a fabric of magic, a
kind of interface between the will of a spellcaster and the stuff of raw magic. The spellcasters of the Forgotten Realms call it the Weave and recognize its essence as the goddess Mystra, but casters