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Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
upon their god’s power to blend into the shadows with ease, or even turn invisible for a crucial moment.
Cult Ranks. Low-ranking cultists of Bhaal are called night blade;night blades, whom Bhaal
Monsters
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
power to blend into the shadows with ease, or even turn invisible for a crucial moment.
Cult Ranks. Low-ranking cultists of Bhaal are called night blade;night blades, whom Bhaal blesses with
Monsters
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
the cities they inhabit. They can call upon their god's power to blend into the shadows with ease, or even turn invisible for a crucial moment.
Cult Ranks. Low-ranking cultists of Bhaal are called night
Hobgoblin
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
to them, are as follows:
1st rank: Warlord
2nd rank: General
3rd rank: Captain
4th rank: Fatal Axe
5th rank: Spear
6th rank: Fist
7th rank: Soldier
A legion is organized into units called
its officers. For instance, the captains of the highest-ranking banners can expect their orders to be followed by the captains of any banners of lower rank.
Rank and responsibility aren’t
Monsters
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
saving throw or bow until the end of its next turn. Until this bow ends, the target can’t take actions or reactions, and its speed is 0 and can’t be increased.
Indentured Spirits (Costs 3
traditionally called patriarchs, though they can be male or female. They are the oldest, wealthiest, and most influential oligarchs of the Orzhov Syndicate. They have been dead for centuries, but they refuse to
Monsters
Curse of Strahd
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Exile. Rahadin was exiled for refusing to bow down to a dusk elf prince whom he considered weak and corrupt. When the dusk elves later declined to pay fealty to King Barov, Rahadin helped Barov
desired above all. She told him of a vault of forbidden lore called the Amber Temple, where the secret of gaining immortality was hidden. While Strahd was off exploring the temple, Rahadin handled
Elf
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Basic Rules (2014)
skill with sword, bow, and strategy.
Hidden Woodland Realms
Most elves dwell in small forest villages hidden among the trees. Elves hunt game, gather food, and grow vegetables, and their skill and
time after the hundredth birthday, and before this period they are called by child names.
On declaring adulthood, an elf selects an adult name, although those who knew him or her as a youngster
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
, but it isn’t an interdiction they must often enforce. Illithids brook no masters but members of their own kind, so it isn’t in their nature to bow to any god or otherworldly patron
reality, a group of nine mind flayer arcanists used their arcane magic and psionics to weave a new truth. These nine called themselves the Alhoon, and those who follow in their footsteps are referred to by
Goblin
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
cruel in victory, goblins are fawning and servile in defeat, just as in their own society lower castes must scrape before those of greater status and as goblin tribes bow before other goblinoids
higher-ranking castes keep their status by not sharing their knowledge and skills with other families, while those in the lower castes have little hope of escaping their plight.
Outsiders who don&rsquo
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
want to get your hands on a master key, your best bet is to snatch it from Elix the Saint, who frequents a seedy tavern called the Tipsy Tankard.” Guildhouse Guards. “By late evening, most guild
members have gone to sleep. Senior guild members bully lower-ranking guild members into taking the late-night shifts.” Guild Membership. “Dusk isn’t accepting new guild members right now. I’ve been working
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Intro to Stormwreck Isle
Halfling Rogue You fell in with a thieves’ guild called the Gilded Gallows at an early age. The guild has prospered in recent years, and its influence is spreading across the Sword Coast. You
about a high-ranking member of the Gilded Gallows who turned traitor, killed their partner, and fled with a sovereign’s ransom in treasure. Thanks to details you’ve picked up here and there that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
door and uttering the command word “open” in Infernal. Doors that require key cards to unlock are color coded on map 17.2 and called out in the text. The color of the door indicates the type of key
card necessary to unlock it. Key cards come in three colors: Red Key Cards. The sphere’s workhands carried red key cards, which open red doors. Blue Key Cards. High-ranking stewards and technicians
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a5
room is called the Phylactery Vault because it houses the phylacteries of many of Szass Tam’s high-ranking lich servants.
“You must enter the vault, defeat its guardians, and disrupt the magic there
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
center of the table. The goal of the game is to amass the highest-ranking hand of cards. At the start of the game, the croupier deals each participant a pair of cards. The croupier draws three cards to
auction cards have been sold, all participants reveal their hands, and the highest-ranking hand wins the whole pot. To simulate play of this game, have each participant roll 2d12 in secret. Then, roll
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
to be of assistance. d6 Spirit Guardian
1 A half-orc enforcer called Joey Plantain, missing his right arm
2 A disgraced tax collector named Nibbin Clutchquill
3 An overly
enthusiastic morale liaison called Apricot Reese
4 A grumpy dwarf carriage driver nicknamed Bolt
5 A pair of identical twin circus performers called Stella and Bella
6 An elf bodyguard
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
The Ordning As described in the Monster Manual, the giants of many worlds organize themselves in a complex social ranking called the ordning. At the largest scale, the ordning establishes the
into hierarchical ranks. Only storm giants, largely solitary and imagining themselves above such petty concerns, have no interest in ranking themselves. Regardless of a giant’s ranking within its kind
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
Elix the Saint Characters can obtain one of the guildhouse’s master keys from Elix the Saint (lawful evil, human bandit captain), a high-ranking member of the Agile Hand and one of Guildmaster Dusk’s
more capable lieutenants. After questioning Grinky, the characters should know that Elix the Saint frequents a tavern called the Tipsy Tankard, which is about a 45-minute walk from the guildhouse. He
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
Djaynai is called the People’s Stewards, whose leadership ranks change whenever a significant number of citizens publicly call for new elections. All citizens of Djaynai are simultaneously seen as nobles
, workers, and potential Stewards. The anarchic spiritual group called the Night Revelers poses a challenge to the Stewards’ authority, arguing that Djaynai must abandon all government to truly be free
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Light of Xaryxis
to be around. Commodore Krux If he isn’t sulking, Krux practices his aim with his firearms, and he invites the characters to join him. Five wooden targets line the port bow, each bearing the poorly
. Grimzod Gargenhale The vampirate captain likes to gamble with other crew members in a game called Dead Hand’s Dice. The buy-in is 5 gp per game unless the characters are feeling lucky and want to up
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
cult’s operations are overseen by local leaders called Wearers of Purple for the ceremonial robes that they wear. All of the wyrmspeakers are Wearers of Purple, as are lower-ranking cultists appointed by the wyrmspeakers to preside over cult enclaves.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Adventure Atlas: The Mortuary
breaking an endless cycle of mortality for themselves and others. Alix Branwyn Symbol of the Heralds of Dust The Heralds of Dust—or the Dusters, as they’re commonly called—see death as a spectrum
largely indistinguishable from the faction’s detached, ghoulish living rank and file. Skall leads the Heralds of Dust as its factol, the highest-ranking position in the faction. A decrepit lich in an
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Intro to Stormwreck Isle
Welcome to Dragon’s Rest Jenn Ravenna The adventure continues at a tiny cloister on Stormwreck Isle called Dragon’s Rest, a haven where world-weary people come to seek peace, reconciliation, and
—now visible off the bow—promises rare wonders. Seaweed shimmers in countless brilliant colors below you, and rays of sunlight defy the overcast sky to illuminate the lush grass and dark basalt rock of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
cult’s operations are overseen by local leaders called Wearers of Purple for the ceremonial robes that they wear. All of the wyrmspeakers are Wearers of Purple, as are lower-ranking cultists appointed by the wyrmspeakers to preside over cult enclaves.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
Commander Portyr As the characters conclude their business with Captain Zodge, the meeting is interrupted by the arrival of a higher-ranking member of the Flaming Fist. Read or paraphrase the
?”
Until recently, Liara Portyr commanded a Flaming Fist outpost called Fort Beluarian on the distant tropical peninsula of Chult. Her uncle is Duke Dillard Portyr of Baldur’s Gate, one of the city’s two
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
ensuring the legions of devils are full of diabolic soldiers for the Blood War. Yoke of Evil Under constant pressure from both the Abyss and her infernal peers, Zariel and her high-ranking vassals work to
a basic unit called a legion. Each legion contains one thousand devils organized as follows:
1 legion = 10 cohorts, commanded by a legate 1 cohort = 10 lances, commanded by a signifier 1 lance = 10
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Light of Xaryxis
Gargenhale’s fleet. She is quick to add that Gargenhale’s flagship, a space galleon called the Last Breath, is not among the wreckage. Enough space exists between the wreckage for the Second Wind to pass through
over the bow of the ship, quickly flies around the mast, and settles a few feet above the main deck, changing colors as it hovers in place. In a soft voice it says, “Lost, are we? Maybe I can be of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
Theater: Winter As this encounter opens, the characters follow a fleeing Zhent swashbuckler into a theater in the Trades Ward called the Brizzenbright. Named after Malkolm Brizzenbright, its dead
Haventree (see appendix B), a member of the Harpers who suspects Agorn of being a high-ranking Zhent. She has been watching him for a while now, hoping to identify other Zhentarim leaders in Waterdeep
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
legion is organized into units called banners, each one made up of a group of interrelated families. Members of a banner live, work, and fight together, and each banner has a separate status within the
legion that is reflected in the power of its officers. For instance, the captains of the highest-ranking banners can expect their orders to be followed by the captains of any banners of lower rank. Rank
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
Nautiloids Mind flayers employ bizarre flying ships called nautiloids. Able to move through the Astral Plane, nautiloids can also transport mind flayers between the various worlds of the Material
sail between the stars? Next ye will spin tales of a talking hippopotamus that walks on two legs and carries a bow. I asked ye to research facts about other worlds, not spend a week in an opium den
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica
Obzedat, the Ghost Council The ghosts who make up the Obzedat are traditionally called patriarchs, though they can be male or female. They are the oldest, wealthiest, and most influential oligarchs
Wisdom saving throw or bow until the end of its next turn. Until this bow ends, the target can’t take actions or reactions, and its speed is 0 and can’t be increased.
Indentured Spirits (Costs 3
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
vessel’s exploits, rumors abound regarding the wondrous vehicle. Is it powered by a bound efreeti, as some have said? Does the hold contain clones of every high-ranking member of Acquisitions
furnace and directs forward thrust by way of a propeller located at the back of the ship, helming the craft with a wheel positioned in the bow. Metal runners below the ship allow a battle balloon to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
The Doom Raiders The Doom Raiders were five unscrupulous adventurers who liked to plunder lich lairs (called “dooms” by some). They gave up adventuring to join the Black Network and came to Waterdeep
, setting up a cover in the Trades Ward in the form of a cramped little shop called Weirdbottle’s Concoctions. Most of his potions and elixirs are nonmagical, but he crafts magical ones for his Zhent
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
Reclaiming Svardborg When Annam the All-Father shattered the ordning, Jarl Storvald and his frost giants set sail in an enormous ship called the Krigvind to reclaim Svardborg, a circle of immense
feet from bow to stern and requires a crew of at least ten creatures that are Large or bigger. A greatship has a speed of 6 mph, AC 15, a damage threshold of 20, and 3,000 hit points. It can hold up to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
convince him of the mission’s importance. If he decides to help, Neverember arranges for a galley called the Seabreaker to transport the characters. The Seabreaker’s captain is an uptight albino wizard
5,000 gp in its present condition. (For rules on ship repair, see the “Owning a Ship” section in chapter 5 of the Dungeon Master’s Guide.) The longship’s bow is carved and painted to look like the head
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragons of Stormwreck Isle
knowledge your friend never found. View Character Sheet Downloadable PDF Halfling Rogue You fell in with a thieves’ guild called the Gilded Gallows at an early age. The guild has prospered in recent years
fast riches you hoped for. You heard a story from a smuggler about a high-ranking member of the Gilded Gallows who turned traitor, killed their partner, and fled with a sovereign’s ransom in treasure