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Player’s Handbook
Armor, Sickle, 2 Dagger;Daggers, orb;Arcane Focus (orb), Book (occult lore), Scholar's Pack, and 15 GP; or (B) 100 GP
Warlocks quest for knowledge that lies hidden in the fabric of the
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Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
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inheritor.
Your bond might be directly related to your inheritance, or to the person from whom you received it. Your ideal might be influenced by what you know about your inheritance, or by what you
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
Book Description This thin book bears no title inside or out, though the keepers of Candlekeep cataloged it as the Book of the Raven based on how it was received. Its covers are cracked, unvarnished
wrinkled from moisture. Each page bears tiny, blotchy brown script written in an unsteady hand by an unidentified author. If the book is left open and unattended, its pages flutter and rustle as though stirred by a silent wind.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
Finding the Book The characters have been hired by Ryllia (a female human archmage) on behalf of the Harpers to administer the newfound cure to Quill. They received directions on how to find The
Curious Tale of Wisteria Vale in Candlekeep and a promise of 5,000 gp if they successfully complete their task. The Avowed of Candlekeep furnish the characters with the book and a private room in which to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
Vrakir unleashes the fell power of the Book of Vile Darkness. Syr Isbeth, the human leader of the defense effort, received a missive from the arcanaloth Nebukath professing the arcanaloth’s sympathies
for her cause and providing information about the book’s location. Syr Isbeth doesn’t know whether Nebukath can be trusted, but stealing the book would stymie Vrakir’s war effort—it’s too good an
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
It’s All Optional Everything in this book is optional. Each group, guided by the DM, decides which of these options, if any, to incorporate into a campaign. You can use some, all, or none of them. We
encourage you to choose the ones that fit best with your campaign’s story and with your group’s style of play. Whatever options you choose to use, this book relies on the rules in the Player’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
bound within the tome known as The Scrivener’s Tale. When the characters run afoul of the book’s magic, they must find a way to defeat the archfey before they succumb to her power. Candlekeep received
The Scrivener’s Tale ten years ago from Machil Rillyn, a noble and a former adventurer from the city of Baldur’s Gate. The terms of Machil’s gift stipulated that the book was to be locked away and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
, the elves are hesitant to attack possible guests of Neronvain or Chuth, but they remain suspicious. The elves are terrified of Chuth, and the cunning dragon has convinced them that he will free them in
. If the characters received the garlands from the druid and place them on the elves, this automatically convinces them to safely flee. Forgotten Shrine An ancient shrine stands in the southwest corner
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
, the elves are hesitant to attack possible guests of Neronvain or Chuth, but they remain suspicious. The elves are terrified of Chuth, and the cunning dragon has convinced them that he will free them
them. If the characters received the garlands from the druid and place them on the elves, this automatically convinces them to safely flee. Forgotten Shrine An ancient shrine stands in the southwest
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
Introducing the Deck This book provides several ways to introduce the Deck of Many Things to your campaign, depending on the interests of your players and the kind of story you want to tell. The
directly, but where might is insufficient, guile and cunning can prevail. Finally, the characters might simply be given a deck by someone who wants them to have it. Rifflers, mischievous fey
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
Boon option produces a special creature or an object that reflects your patron’s nature.
Pact of the Chain. Your familiar is more cunning than a typical familiar. Its default form can be a
the Tome. Your Book of Shadows might be a fine, gilt-edged tome with spells of enchantment and illusion, gifted to you by the lordly Archfey. It could be a weighty tome bound in demon hide studded with
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
leather-bound book open across his lap and is mouthing the words he reads on the pages. Without looking up, he says, “Have you no herald to announce your presence before King Gullop the Nineteenth?” He
slams the book closed as if to punctuate his question, regarding you for the first time.
Sleepy bullywug guards standing around their monarch snap to attention and ready their weapons.
King
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
Boon option produces a special creature or an object that reflects your patron’s nature.
Pact of the Chain. Your familiar is more cunning than a typical familiar. Its default form can be a
the Tome. Your Book of Shadows might be a fine, gilt-edged tome with spells of enchantment and illusion, gifted to you by the lordly Archfey. It could be a weighty tome bound in demon hide studded with
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
the Wind Howlers, whose leader, Callain of the Bloody Word, despises the hags. Kethelrax the Cunning. The kobold lord Kethelrax has laid claim to Shaarat Kol in the south of Droaam and leads host of
kobolds and goblins — creatures that have been traditionally enslaved and oppressed by the larger and more powerful inhabitants of the region. Though his epithet, “the Cunning,” is used mockingly by
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
3 feet tall. Raxivort spent centuries watching over the treasury of Graz’zt (appears in this book), and in time, Raxivort plundered his lord’s vault. One of the treasures he stole was the Infinity
target is a Medium or smaller creature.
Sling. Ranged Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, range 30/120 ft., one target. Hit: 4 (1d4 + 2) bludgeoning damage.
Bonus Actions
Low Cunning. The xvart takes the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
(first in Bullywug and then in Common), “Push the note under the door.” The bullywug is referring to the secret message the characters received in area D6. If the characters comply, the bullywug lifts the
the dagger. If Illig views the characters as coconspirators, he’s eager to hear what they think of his cunning plan. If they have a better one, he wants to hear it. If the characters try to leave
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
(appears in this book). It is said that when Glasya wounded Graz’zt with her sword, the first babaus arose where his blood struck the ground. Their sudden appearance helped rout Glasya and secured Graz’zt’s
place as one of the preeminent demon lords of the Abyss. A babau demon has the cunning of a devil and the bloodthirstiness of a demon. It has leathery skin pulled tight over its gaunt frame and a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
your adventures. You could discover a spell recorded on a scroll in an evil wizard’s chest, for example, or in a dusty tome in an ancient library.
Copying a Spell into the Book. When you find a
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Replacing the Book. You can copy a spell from your own spellbook into another book—for example, if you want to make a backup copy of your spellbook. This is just like copying a new spell into your
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Adventure Atlas: The Mortuary
never received one in life. Merle lies in the casket but occasionally sits up to hear his own eulogies. The Dusters ask the characters if they’d like to say anything on behalf of the deceased. 6 A lost
(†) appear in Monsters of the Multiverse. Roll a d6 if you don’t have that book. *See the appendix. Mortuary Encounters, Tier 2 (Levels 5–10) d10 Encounter 1 Three ghosts of long-dead nobles invite the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
during your adventures. You could discover a spell recorded on a scroll in an evil wizard’s chest, for example, or in a dusty tome in an ancient library.
Copying a Spell into the Book. When you find a
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Replacing the Book. You can copy a spell from your own spellbook into another book—for example, if you want to make a backup copy of your spellbook. This is just like copying a new spell into your
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
Protectors Prerequisite: Level 9+ Warlock, Pact of the Tome Invocation A new page appears in your Book of Shadows when you conjure it. With your permission, a creature can take an action to write its
that damage. Lessons of the First Ones Prerequisite: Level 2+ Warlock You have received knowledge from an elder entity of the multiverse, allowing you to gain one Origin feat of your choice (see
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
Protectors Prerequisite: Level 9+ Warlock, Pact of the Tome Invocation A new page appears in your Book of Shadows when you conjure it. With your permission, a creature can take an action to write its
that damage. Lessons of the First Ones Prerequisite: Level 2+ Warlock You have received knowledge from an elder entity of the multiverse, allowing you to gain one Origin feat of your choice (see
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
books for several scholars at the same time, Ramilir guesses that he must have accidentally taken The Scrivener’s Tale instead of a book intended for another scholar, then placed the unrecognized tome in
spells. The Princess of the Shadow Glass has the ability to misdirect such inquiries.
The Scrivener’s Tale. Questions asked about the book with commune or divination spells yield only the information
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
on her divinatory abilities. If The Canopic Being is discussed, Shir doesn’t recognize the name of the book. If its contents are described, she is horrified, but she says that the dark rituals the book
describes have nothing to do with Savras’s work. If she is told that Xemru Thaal sent the book to Candlekeep nine months ago, she has no idea why that happened. If the characters ask to see Xemru
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
Drow Favored Consort Nearly every priestess of Lolth, including the powerful drow matron mother in this book, takes an attractive drow as consort. Chosen as much for beauty as for magical might, a
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
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
: fierceness, cunning, courage, strength, and sailing skill.
Gundarlun The fisherfolk and merchants of Gundarlun are more like their mainland cousins than most island folk. Unlike other Northlanders, they are
I received was nearly as warm as I might have found among the Gunds, and I found the Rocklanders to be a fine audience for my tales of travel and adventure. However, something makes me think I
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
favor, the font lies at the end of a series of fierce traps and riddles. It exists both in and out of Nyx, hidden to all but the most diligent of seekers.
Lightning Diadem. Years ago, Keranos received
, which flowed from Keranos himself. Bemused, the storm lord arranged for the oracle to meet a particularly cunning sphinx and engage in an epic battle of wits. The objective set forth by Keranos was
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
his cunning;
A flash of his scarf, he’ll take off running.
Quick as a bolt, his long scarf trailing,
Gasping, grasping, you’ll end up flailing.
You’ll pout, you’ll moan, you’ll huff, you’ll sneer
. She demands that each character surrender the feeling of delight they remember from when they were given the best gift they ever received. Jebbek produces a stoppered gourd that can hold these
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
the components and the information noted above. If Bracus dies, they might still find a valuable book and some treasure, as described below. Unfashionably Late If the Six operatives arrive at the
spilled contents of Bracus’s satchel, they find a book entitled Great Dwarven Halls, with a page turned down. It mentions the dwarves of Horn Enclave as being noted for their work of securing items of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
Blingdenstone, paying adventurers to scout and keep an eye on the territory while they organized their people across the dwarven holds and surface-world cities that had received them. After a decade of
wererats claims a large chunk of the ruins under the name of Clan Goldwhisker, holding territory against new settlers and engaging in urban warfare against them. The pack leader is the cunning and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
Demogorgon in chapter 6 is an ettin cultist who has received Demogorgon’s hideous gifts. Kostchtchie. Though he is not terribly important in the Abyss, the demon lord Kostchtchie is revered by many giants
, making them an even more significant force in the world. Intelligent and charismatic giants might enter positions of leadership in an elemental cult, while less cunning giants might become lieutenants
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
, Light Intertwined silver rings
Clangeddin Silverbeard LG War, strategy War Crossed silver battleaxes
Dugmaren Brightmantle CG Discovery Knowledge Open book
Dumathoin N Buried
of Battle, Clangeddin Silverbeard is the patron of dwarf warriors. Impetuous and brave yet a cunning strategist, Clangeddin embodies the warrior’s spirit that makes dwarven armies such formidable
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
+5
Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 14
Languages Abyssal, Common, Gnomish, Undercommon
Challenge 6 (2,300 XP)
Gnome Cunning. Skeemo has advantage on Intelligence, Wisdom, and
type. The City Watch has received reports of a figure who haunts the rooftops of Waterdeep — a hulking shadow that glares from its perch, rains down death in the form of long black arrows, and slinks
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
cunning and clever. If combat breaks out here, he remains hidden in the water while the skum do the fighting. He makes a Dexterity (Stealth) check in an attempt to hide. As long as he remains unnoticed
task, and bring the candidate to the temple, where we shall appraise its worth.
Dory received this note from one the Whisperer’s minions in response to Jarme’s arrest. It tasks Dory with finding more
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
halfling’s home is much like opening a book of tales. Every nook and cranny contains some quaint curio or another, and its owner is more than happy to tell the story of where it came from. A halfling
who has retired after a life of adventuring might own mementos as diverse as a spoon from Sigil’s Great Bazaar, a pan pilfered from an elven kitchen in Evermeet, a rake received as a gift from a