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Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
spellcasting ability (spell save DC 12):
At will: mage hand (the hand is invisible), minor illusionEmerald dragons are the most curious, cunning, and manipulative of the gem dragons, wielding
and tail to mirror the dragon’s mood.
Clever Concealment
The shyest of the gem dragons, emerald dragons are also the most curious. They love to observe local settlements and peoples, using
Species
Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
she danced toward the chieftain. In a moment the song of steel was over.
Caerys watched as the warlord fell to the ground. With a contemptuous snap of her wrist, she flicked the blood from her blade
particular rival who channels the same ancestor, or one who channels a rival of your ancestor?
It’s also important to think about why you are traveling with a group of player characters
Monsters
Eberron: Rising from the Last War
island domain.
Long ago, it was revealed that the elven line of Vol — a house that practiced the art of necromancy and bore the Dragonmark of Death — was engaged in secret blood rites
attack on House Vol was nothing more than an excuse to eliminate a political rival. But others believe that what the Undying Court truly feared was a path shown in the Draconic Prophecy — that a
Species
Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
she danced toward the chieftain. In a moment the song of steel was over.
Caerys watched as the warlord fell to the ground. With a contemptuous snap of her wrist, she flicked the blood from her blade
particular rival who channels the same ancestor, or one who channels a rival of your ancestor?
It’s also important to think about why you are traveling with a group of player characters
Monsters
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
by Vellynne’s rival, Nass Lantomir), but Vellynne animated their corpses, turning them into zombies.
If she is wounded, Vellynne can cast vampiric touch and use the spell to regain hit points
’s blood on the title page. The tome contains the spells Vellynne has prepared plus the following additional spells: bestow curse, blindness/deafness, false life, find familiar, magic weapon, polymorph, protection from evil and good, remove curse, shield, and Tenser's floating disk.
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
hand is invisible), minor illusion
1/day each: detect thoughts, invisibility, silent imageEmerald dragons are the most curious, cunning, and manipulative of the gem dragons, wielding psionic power to
the back and tail to mirror the dragon’s mood.
Clever Concealment
The shyest of the gem dragons, emerald dragons are also the most curious. They love to observe local settlements and peoples
Backgrounds
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
draw the blood of your enemies, or even directly touch their souls.
Suggested Characteristics
Members of the Orzhov Syndicate range from the decadent nobility at the top of the oligarchy to the debt
activities in crime, banking, or debt collection could tie you to members of other guilds.
Roll twice on the Orzhov Contacts table (for an ally and a rival) and once on the Non-Orzhov Contacts table
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
use this opportunity to replace his hated rival.
Among the archdevils, Geryon is known for his martial prowess. He is a ferocious hunter and a relentless tracker. He often joins his troops in battle
; he loves to feel flesh and steel sundered beneath his claws and to taste his foes’ blood. Yet Geryon’s ferocity has also limited his ability to collect souls and forge an effective
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
opportunity to replace his hated rival.
Among the archdevils, Geryon is known for his martial prowess. He is a ferocious hunter and a relentless tracker. He often joins his troops in battle; he loves
to feel flesh and steel sundered beneath his claws and to taste his foes’ blood. Yet Geryon’s ferocity has also limited his ability to collect souls and forge an effective hierarchy
Backgrounds
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
concepts explained to them.
5
I describe everything that happens as if it were going into my research notes (and it often is).
6
I am insatiably curious about the seemingly infinite forms and
members are former members of other guilds.
Roll twice on the Simic Contacts table (for an ally and a rival) and once on the Non-Simic Contacts table.
Simic Contacts
d8
Contact
1
Species
Acquisitions Incorporated
turned the color of jade and their blood began to flow black. Their ears grew pointed, and they gained a limited form of telepathy — but at the cost of forgetting their history. The underground homes
, particularly those based on physical characteristics such as gender, race, or appearance.
Wide-Eyed and Curious
Verdan are hungry to undertake new challenges and absorb new experiences. When they meet
Backgrounds
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
smear the blood of my enemies over my skin.
7
I was, in fact, raised by maaka.
8
HarrRRAAGGHH! [I rarely form a coherent sentence and prefer to express myself by breaking things
encounters with members of other guilds are more often violent than friendly, but occasional bonds do form.
Roll twice on the Gruul Contacts table (for an ally and a rival) and once on the Non-Gruul
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Morte’s Planar Parade
the hounds to Fiends participating in the Blood War. 2 After being ambushed by a rival, a night hag merchant offers a reward to characters who help her recover her lost inventory: several dozen stray
Fiends Denizens of the Lower Planes regularly invade the Outlands, seeking to shift the balance of the realm toward evil. The Blood War, the endless conflict between demons and devils, regularly
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
":"damage", "rollAction":"Emerald Embers", "rollDamageType":"fire"} fire damage.Emerald dragons are the most curious, cunning, and manipulative of the gem dragons, wielding psionic power to weave illusions to
to mirror the dragon’s mood.
Clever Concealment
The shyest of the gem dragons, emerald dragons are also the most curious. They love to observe local settlements and peoples, using their psionic
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
":"Emerald Embers", "rollDamageType":"fire"} fire damage.Emerald dragons are the most curious, cunning, and manipulative of the gem dragons, wielding psionic power to weave illusions to deceive and
dragon’s mood.
Clever Concealment
The shyest of the gem dragons, emerald dragons are also the most curious. They love to observe local settlements and peoples, using their psionic abilities to
Backgrounds
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
Boros emphasis on order and community, or bitter enemies among the guilds that represent chaos and destruction.
Roll twice on the Boros Contacts table (for an ally and a rival) and once on the Non
; you can decide if the contact is an ally or a rival.
3
I showed mercy to an injured, now-grateful Dimir spy.
4
I suspect someone I know is a Golgari assassin, but I can’t prove it
Backgrounds
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
the same performance troupe for years, and these people mean everything to me.
2
A blood witch told me I have a special destiny to fulfill, and I’m trying to figure out what it is.
3
in different troupes, which allows for the possibility of a widespread network of contacts.
Roll twice on the Rakdos Contacts table (for an ally and a rival) and once on the Non-Rakdos Contacts table
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
teachers and storytellers who anchor Feywild communities. The worst of them are pompous and ill behaved, but even those remain gentle by nature and curious about all things—especially travelers from
of an arcanaloth seeking a powerful Feywild artifact.
5
An adult moonstone dragon attempts to help a beholder worried that its dreams will soon give birth to a rival beholder.
6
Members of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Rival Outfit Some criminals believe you can’t do a job without betraying your partners. Perhaps you have your own share of adversaries you’ve angered. The Group Rivals table presents a host of groups
and individuals who might—legitimately or otherwise—hold a grudge against you. Group Rivals d6 Rival 1 The Law. Someone in the Sharn Watch has vowed to put you in prison or die trying. 2 Gang
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
A telepathic collective that townsfolk join by ingesting a rare fungus
4 Tunnels where sewer dwellers assure that the “blood of the city” ever flows
5 A glacier that residents never
leave, lest the icy spirits haunting their community escape
6 Rival villages engaged in a private, age-old war
Adult Deep Dragon
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Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
them from mind flayer;mind flayers, but the dragon is uninterested in meeting with them despite their repeated petitions.
4
A nest of vampire;vampires has developed a taste for deep dragon blood
underground lakes.
Deep dragons’ lairs serve as bases for the dragons’ explorations, as well as providing safe storage for their hoards. When these curious creatures are away from home
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
in the Ashen Grotto ask the characters to help them remove a rival faction claiming it for themselves. The friendly giants respect the grotto’s traditions and refuse to shed another giant’s blood
lightning if they retrieve the bone, which she intends to use to make a more powerful item. A behir agent of a rival storm giant and creatures from the Storm Giant Encounters table (see chapter 3) try to
Yuan-ti Pureblood
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
keen intellect and magic to discover the secrets of making steel. Its military shattered rival tribes and developed advanced tactics for fighting in forests and open plains.
The civilization grew into a
the blood, as it once did.
Because their population is so small, the yuan-ti are aware they are vulnerable in open warfare. Instead, their current plans assume they will never rule outwardly in
Orc
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
warriors are commanded to scour the surrounding landscape for any opportunity to spill blood and bring glory to their gods. Often, bands of warriors work on a rotation, with one group heading out on a
rival orcs first and foremost as competitors for food and victims.
On some occasions, though, tribes that have a common concern band together. The result is an orc horde — a sea of slavering
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
Desired Offering 1 Your soul 2 A desecrated holy object 3 Blood from a living or recently slain loved one 4 Breaking a sacred promise in the fiend’s presence Giants d4 Desired Offering 1 A dwarf
admitting giant-craft to be superior to dwarf-craft 2 A strong working animal 3 Multiple barrels of ale 4 Treasure stolen from a rival giant Humanoids d4 Desired Offering 1 Promising to find a lost
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Forge of the Artificer
Rival Houses Conflicts, rivalries, and feuds among the thirteen dragonmarked houses drive a dragonmarked intrigue campaign. As tremendously powerful magical and mercantile forces, the houses seek
endanger both people and property. Goals of Rival Houses Rivalries among the dragonmarked houses are described below. Cannith and Tharashk. In its interactions with the other houses, House Cannith has a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
leading into area 8. This chamber serves as the office and apartment of Andras, the temple’s torturer and rival of the warden. It holds a bed, a desk, and mundane gear. The desk contains notes on
triggers the trap, which deals 1 piercing damage and delivers a dose of blood of the lycanthrope poison (see appendix C). The strongbox can be smashed open with a successful DC 20 Strength check. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
offering so she can examine it more closely, even if this makes it obvious she is interested. If she doesn’t have anything else like it, or can think of a use for it, or if having it means a rival
exceedingly high. 7 I require all of my bargains to be put in writing and signed in the other party’s blood. 8 I am very superstitious, and I see omens in every event and action around me. Hag Ideals d6
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
event, never to be repeated. If that turns out not to be the case, another such shift could be a major turning point in the Blood War.
Cultists. Graz’zt attracts most of his followers from the
other works of art that depict encounters with him. Upstanding folk regard these works as vulgar, wretched, and obscene, but the delights they depict or describe sometimes lure a curious soul into
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
ancient room with scrying pools filled with blood that has barely a trace of dust. A sturdy iron door protects the temple’s vault. Map 4.8: Abandoned Temple View Player Version Abandoned Temple
hiding in a temple hopes to open its vault to find treasure, not knowing that a demon is trapped inside.
5 Blood-toll harpies make an abandoned temple their nest and devour any creatures that get
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
of Spiders and her brood rarely take part directly in the Blood War; rather, her agents in the Abyss contrive to lure her enemies into throwing themselves into the struggle. Her servitors spy on both
sides, playing demon and devil against each other.
Lolth’s plan, as far as those who study the Abyss understand it, is to tempt her rival demon lords into venturing onto other planes or to send them
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
remarkable, but there, in the midst of a wilderness with nothing to set it apart for greatness, a mortal man murdered Bhaal, the god of murder. This is no tall tale. Even a century after Bhaal’s blood was
her entire retinue near the bridge. Although an investigation was undertaken, no sign of Tamal or any of the others was discovered. Thavius Kreeg, Tamal’s rival for the post, was elevated to the post of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
sleep? Acq Inc allows employees to work all night if that fits their skill set. And if it was ordained at your birth by the seers and mystics that your destiny would one day see you bathe in the blood
spells with a decidedly financial flair. And finally, you’ll get to meet some of the rival factions your characters will inevitably crash up against in the frenzied race for franchise success.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Forge of the Artificer
control.
Cannith East Headquartered in Korth (in Karrnath) and led by Zorlan d’Cannith, Cannith East enjoys close ties to the government of Karrnath and the faith of the Blood of Vol. This branch of
rival the old house headquarters in Whitehearth as a hotspot of innovation. Additional cells in Breland, Zilargo, Darguun, and even Stormreach (in Xen’drik) carry out Merrix’s plans and produce
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
and the altar, often anointed with fresh blood. Inside, a massive bronze minotaur head hangs above the black marble altar. Legend holds that if anyone, minotaur or otherwise, kills a hated rival or
they are far enough inland that they have little cause to honor Thassa, and many of them view Iroas as an enemy of their people. They worship a more ancient aspect of Karametra, who demands blood to