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Forgotten Realms: Heroes of Faerûn
you’re just good at getting the job done by any means necessary. Whatever your reason, you enlisted with the Zhentarim, the most notorious mercenary guild in the Realms. Though the Zhentarim&rsquo
;s leaders insist the organization is more like a family than a shadowy syndicate, few families exhibit as much dishonesty, nepotism, and corruption as this one. You’ve honed your cunning, reflexes, and blade to climb the guild’s ranks.
Yuan-ti Malison (Type 3)
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Monsters
Monster Manual (2014)
their race, allowing them to shed their frail humanity like dead skin. Those that did not transform eventually became slaves or food for the blessed of the serpent gods. The yuan-ti empires withered
are cunning and ruthless tacticians who readily sacrifice lesser yuan-ti if potential victory justifies such losses. They have no sense of honorable combat and strike first in decisive ambush if they
Backgrounds
Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
provided. The following section, discussing possible homelands, includes some suggested reasons that are appropriate for each location.
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Pilgrim
hundreds of miles of the Great Glacier and the Great Ice Sea. No one from your nation makes the effort to cross such colossal barriers without a convincing reason. You must fear something truly
Tortle
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Species
The Tortle Package
. Tortles tend to be most uncomfortable underground, where neither the sun nor the moon is visible to them.
Blessed are the days when both the sun and moon are visible in the sky at the same time
prefer simple, non-gender-specific names that are usually no more than two syllables. If a tortle doesn’t like its name for whatever reason, it can change it. A tortle might change its name a dozen
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
Orog Orogs are orcs blessed with a surprisingly keen intellect that ordinary orcs believe is a gift from the orc goddess Luthic. Like Luthic, orogs prefer to live underground, although the scarcity
of food often brings them to the surface to hunt. Orcs respect an orog’s strength and cunning, and a lone orog might command an orc war band. Stronger and Smarter. An orog uses its strength to bully
Kobold
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
undetected and don’t give their targets reason to harm them. For example, a group of city kobolds might sneak into a cobbler’s house at night to loot it of knives, leather bits, nails, and
, giving each individual and every generation a reason to feel pride and self-respect. The kobolds prefer to run away than fight, to live off the scraps of others, and they are often dominated by larger
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
Arcane Magic Users Unlike some other humanoids, kobolds don’t fear or shun arcane magic. They see magic as part of their connection to dragons, and are proud to be blessed with the ability to wield
damaging magic (which can also be used in mining), augmentation (of materials or allies), or divination (to find raw materials and foresee threats to the tribe). The main reason why kobolds depend on
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
. Har’Akir’s people say this oasis’s waters are poison, as the oasis was given by the gods to the beasts of the land. Prides of cunning lions hunt nearby, frequently washing their kills here. Sek’s Tears
to die soon, for one reason or another, and seek to cleanse themselves with the White Oasis’s waters before meeting their end.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
Helmed Horror This construct possesses intelligence, the ability to reason and adjust its tactics, and an unswerving devotion to its maker that persists even after its maker’s demise. Resembling an
understand the difference between an order’s intent and its exact wording. Unlike many constructs, it seeks to fulfill the former rather than slavishly follow the latter. Tactical Cunning. A helmed horror
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Astral Adventurer’s Guide
most of their time on the Astral Plane. For this reason, astral travelers avoid using years as a measurement of time.
Travel by Thought Alone A creature doesn’t need a vessel to travel through the
can move in any direction at a flying speed in feet equal to 5 × its Intelligence score. Astral Sea Navigation One doesn’t need a map to navigate the Astral Sea. Here, all creatures are blessed with
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica
horrors — a variety of things that lurk in the dark and embody the deepest fears of Ravnica’s people. All are evil creatures with dim reason and preternatural cunning. At least three guilds have been
Orc
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
created the orcs and continues to direct their destiny. He is aided and abetted by the other warrior deities, Bahgtru and Ilneval, who bring strength and cunning to the battlefield. The followers of all
she uses this power and tends to frown upon the one so “blessed.”
Future Warriors
Young orcs must mature quickly in order to survive their perilous upbringing. Their early years are
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
Orc War Chief The war chief of an orc tribe is its strongest and most cunning member. The reign of a war chief lasts only as long as it commands the fear and respect of other tribe members, whose
slivers of his savagery. A war chief so blessed finds that his weapons cut deeper into his enemies, allowing him to inflict more carnage. Orc War Chief
Medium humanoid (orc), chaotic evil
Armor
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
assassins kill for a reason, perhaps hiring themselves out to wealthy patrons or slaying for an unscrupulous cause. They use poisons and other deadly tools, and they might carry equipment to help them
) Piercing damage plus 21 (6d6) Poison damage.
Bonus Actions
Cunning Action. The assassin takes the Dash, Disengage, or Hide action.
Awakened Plants Vegetation Given Magical Life
Habitat: Forest
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
goals — of which there are many — often still prefers to use trickery and cunning rather than the unreliable tools of honesty or brute force. Most Zil gnomes belong to the forest gnome subrace. Their
Zilargo: why you have left, and what ties do you still have to it? Your scheme could provide a good reason for you to leave. Or you could be a sage gathering information for the Library of Korranberg or an
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
that did not transform eventually became slaves or food for the blessed of the serpent gods. The yuan-ti empires withered or were defeated by those who fought against their cannibalism and slavery, and
-ti that acts honorably or lends aid in a time of trouble does so only as part of a grander design. Yuan-ti leaders are cunning and ruthless tacticians who readily sacrifice lesser yuan-ti if potential
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
Healing Pools Healing pools are naturally occurring springs and tidal pools said to have magical curative properties because Pharika has blessed them. Sick or injured people come to the pools and
characters might have good reason to seek out healing pools when a malady is beyond their ability to treat. Medical tests that are being conducted near healing pools could also present opportunities for
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
priesthood depends on the tenets of that god: the cunning rogues who venerate Mask have little in common with the upright law-keepers of Tyr, and the delightful revelers who revere Lliira are different from
marriages and funerals. Temples are places where worshipers go either to spend personal or family time in a space consecrated to a deity or to seek the aid of the priests for some reason. Small
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
Evermeet What I tell you now is truth as pure as Garl’s nugget, and the only reason I’ve written it in a book for all to see is that no one else shall ever achieve the feat: I stowed away on a ship
bound for Evermeet, and my feet touched its blessed ground! Any who’re knowledgeable about the place might scoff at my claim, and those ignorant of it like as not think the deed not the feat of legend
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
do so, they become cringing, fawning things, eager to please and thereby escape the cold gaze of the being who brought them so low. All of the original thirteen remain alive, thanks to their cunning
power, barring them from any source except for the ruins left behind from fallen civilizations and great calamities. For this reason, nagpas turn their efforts to bringing about such ends, so they
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
. You might primarily attempt to convince others through charismatic arguments, or through force of will or intellectual cunning. You might lead by example, or by extolling the examples of other people
Decisionist? d8 Reason
1 It’s always you who picks where everyone has lunch.
2 Roughly half your choices are the right ones. You might as well just toss a coin for it.
3 You have
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
live as the gods demand. Rich fields and the bounty of the sea support most people throughout Meletis. The people have reputations for being accomplished weavers, skilled sailors, and cunning
. Nyklean philosophers teach that reason or destiny underlies all of reality, so that everything that takes place must unfold just as it does. These philosophers train themselves to accept and endure
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
demon lords rule through cunning or brute force, hoping to one day claim the prize of absolute control over all the Abyss. Reward for Outsiders. Although most demon lords rise up from the vast and
matriarch when she manifests to her followers in the mortal realm, which she does with unusual frequency. When battle breaks out — or if she has a reason to remind her followers to fear her — Lolth’s lower
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Domains of Delight: A Feywild Accessory
precarious situations when he has an audience, confident that his speed and cunning will see him through danger. He leads by example rather than by dictate.
Alignment. Chaotic evil.
Personality Trait
.”
Flaw. “My words are laced with veiled threats, even when I’m pretending to be nice.”
Gleam the Elf Acrobat
CHAPTER 4: YON
Gleam is blessed with kindness, grace, and the power of moonlight. She
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
precarious situations when he has an audience, confident that his speed and cunning will see him through danger. He leads by example rather than by dictate.
Alignment. Chaotic evil.
Personality Trait
.”
Flaw. “My words are laced with veiled threats, even when I’m pretending to be nice.”
Gleam the Elf Acrobat
CHAPTER 4: YON
Gleam is blessed with kindness, grace, and the power of moonlight
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
others await death at the hands of the drow or their pets. Regardless of what they might think of the adventurers — and each other — outside the slave pens, all the NPCs have good reason to cooperate in
order to escape and survive. Prisoners of the Drow Buppido Talkative and cunning derro Prince Derendil Quaggoth who claims to be a cursed elf prince Eldeth Feldrun Shield dwarf scout from Gauntlgrym
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
Serpent Hills, where we were taken prisoner by yuan-ti patrolling the borders of their domain. The half-elf was hauled away in slaver’s chains, but for some reason I was taken to the court of Jarant
escape, and I know he has done likewise for others in the past. I owe him a debt I intend to repay one day. Another figure of note in the court is the cunning green dragon Emikaiwufeg, often called the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
they imbued it with splinters of their malignant intellects. This desecration is a major reason the crypt remains haunted. The Talhund blessed the gemstone so that it can’t be shattered, but it can
information about the Crypt of the Talhund from his own scouting and from He of the Hidden Gemstone: Blessed Site. Talhundereth was once a significant holy site for followers of Dumathoin. Generations of their
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
to Elturel. The devout, the curious, the afflicted — all came to bathe in its warmth and see its blessed light by night. Paladins had always been small in number among the Hellriders, but the
and flags of its two groups of guardians, the Hellriders and the Companions. It might be fairly said that the only reason Elturgard can exist as a nation is because of these knights, for it faces
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
, nigh-immortal figures known to have been blessed by Mystra. (Some even say they are the goddess’s daughters.) Her spellcasting ability is impressive but is beginning to wane, and she focuses more on
sees his infirmity as a reminder from his god Lathander of the dangers of hubris. As befits his deity’s ethos, Isteval has chosen to treat his injury as a reason to encourage the heroics of others
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
, nigh-immortal figures known to have been blessed by Mystra. (Some even say they are the goddess’s daughters.) Her spellcasting ability is impressive but is beginning to wane, and she focuses more on
sees his infirmity as a reminder from his god Lathander of the dangers of hubris. As befits his deity’s ethos, Isteval has chosen to treat his injury as a reason to encourage the heroics of others
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
, nigh-immortal figures known to have been blessed by Mystra. (Some even say they are the goddess’s daughters.) Her spellcasting ability is impressive but is beginning to wane, and she focuses more on
sees his infirmity as a reminder from his god Lathander of the dangers of hubris. As befits his deity’s ethos, Isteval has chosen to treat his injury as a reason to encourage the heroics of others
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
is Gruumsh One-Eye, who created the orcs and continues to direct their destiny. He is aided and abetted by the other warrior deities, Bahgtru and Ilneval, who bring strength and cunning to the
their emotions and instincts rather than out of reason and logic. Only certain charismatic orcs, those who have been directly touched by the will and might of Gruumsh, have the capacity to control the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
their tongues to emulate their deity, for a reason similar to why an eye of Gruumsh puts out one of its eyes. Orc Hand of Yurtrus
Medium humanoid (orc), chaotic evil
Armor Class 12 (hide armor)
Hit
Challenge 3 (700 XP)
Cunning Action. On each of its turns, the orc can use a bonus action to take the Dash, Disengage, or Hide action.
Hand of Shargaas. The orc deals an 2 extra dice of damage when it
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
arrival of Thrym’s blue-skinned, icy children. Ordning of Might Position within the frost giant ordning is determined by sheer, brute strength. Frost giants know that those that use cunning, agility, and
a tribe but could earn a place of honor as one blessed by Thrym. Ruthless Raiders Frost giant society has no industry to speak of. It takes what it needs from others, and if it can’t take something






