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Mythic Odysseys of Theros
ally, using it to defend their people or enact Thassa’s wishes. While dire threats from the land might bring them to coastal shallows, most masters of waves keep to the ocean’s depths
of the sea, tritons live rich lives unknown to most land-dwelling individuals. While the waves separate most tritons from land-dwellers, occasionally the inhabitants of the surface and the deep come
Backgrounds
Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
’s Handbook can be used for a character whose origin lies with one of the other barbarian tribes in Faerûn. You might be a fair-haired barbarian of the Reghed, dwelling in the shadow of the
abandoned that path, you find yourself adrift. Or you might come from a segment of the Uthgardt that adheres to tradition, but you seek to bring glory to your tribe by achieving great things as a
Magic Items
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
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I am too quick to judge others.
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I offer forgiveness too readily.
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I will sacrifice innocent lives for the greater good.
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Flaw? What flaw? I am flawless. Utter perfection
sword simply by grasping it. She couldn’t bring herself to do so when she was an angel, but as an archdevil she has no compunction about ridding the multiverse of the weapon. The sword is also
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Dragon Adventures Building on “Dragon Adventures” in chapter 3, this section starts with a collection of adventure hooks that might bring characters into contact with a dragon of a particular kind
. Use these tables to inspire adventures that feature dragons dwelling alongside other creatures, either as enemies or as allies.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
Savikas at Candlekeep. If invited to join the characters on their journey to Candlekeep, Reya and Falaster readily accept. Falaster has a modest dwelling in Little Calimshan, a walled neighborhood in
Goblin
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Species
Volo's Guide to Monsters
of farming of which goblins are capable and are charged with checking traps for captured people or beasts. Gatherers aren’t usually armed with weapons more deadly than a sling or a knife, but
Khurgorbaeyag seems to dislike sharing his divine power with his followers. And although many goblins would readily offer anything to have the abilities of a warlock, the patrons that grant such power
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
other subterranean and surface-dwelling races. Gracklstugh’s Blade Bazaar might be the ideal place to find traders or explorers heading to the surface world. If Buppido or Hemeth isn’t with the party
of new “merchandise,” and they might deceive or outright capture the characters and bring them to their city’s slave markets. The random encounters in chapters 2 and 3 can easily set up this scenario.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
: Diancastra, Hiatea, and Iallanis. They also tend to extol the same virtues as the giants they live alongside, so goliath giant-kin dwelling near frost giants boast of their might, while those dwelling with
stone giants cherish artistry. Few things bring me as much delight as goliaths who strive to celebrate their connection to the magnificent history of giants. When they sing me hymns, their voices are
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
that, her priests foster beauty in the world. They do so by creating art, by acting as patrons for promising talents, and by investing in merchants who bring luxuries to far-off places that have never
where one can say a prayer while checking one’s appearance. The spot might feature a shelf or a cupboard holding various perfumes and cosmetics so that those without the funds to purchase such items can still make themselves feel beautiful.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
Port Nyanzaru Encounters Port Nyanzaru has a lot going on even without random encounters, but if the characters spend time exploring the city, a few random incidents can help bring that experience to
life. Roll a d20 three times per day of game time, checking for encounters each morning, afternoon, and evening or night. An encounter occurs on a roll of 16 or higher. Roll a d20 and check the Port
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
instructions to bring back information and new ideas for the community. Most of these folk return to the burrow at the appointed time or even sooner, their curiosity having been satisfied. But a few
of them take readily to life in the outside world and don’t come back on schedule, returning to the burrow only after spending years or decades away as a member of an adventuring party. The Pull of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
splinter-realms. EIGHT AND THREE
As you run The Wild Beyond the Witchlight, look for ways to bring the numbers eight and three to the fore. For example, characters who take a long rest in the fey domain
originals, and you can alter a map’s features as you see fit. Nor do your maps need to be painstakingly rendered. You can omit details that are not readily visible (such as secret doors and other hidden
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
of the orrery to destroy Acquisitions Incorporated — and bring ruin to Faerûn. As the adventure unfolds, the characters travel hither and yon across the Sword Coast and the North, checking in on some
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Sir Baerdren would readily surrender his position, were it not for his distrust of his seneschal, Ofejjaia of Korth.
Lady Ofejjaia, it seems, has other issues on her personal agenda besides
Persuasion (or sometimes Intimidation) and Religion can be useful for this character. Many clerics fill this role, but devout bards can also be effective Teachers. Some Teachers bring skills from the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Indifferent; they live in the jungle and aren’t used to seeing other people. 20 Four Minotaurs of Baphomet prowl the jungle looking for Humanoids they can capture and bring back to the temple. Stage 3. Once
leading to the lower levels. Dwelling in the ruins are six Minotaurs of Baphomet who are Hostile to all intruders. They are spread out around the ruins but come quickly when they hear combat. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
other, but they abide by an ageless code of conduct. Hags announce their presence before crossing into another hag’s territory, bring gifts when entering another hag’s dwelling, and break no oaths
accumulate much knowledge of local lore, dark creatures, and magic, which they are pleased to sell. Hags enjoy watching mortals bring about their own downfall, and a bargain with a hag is always dangerous
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
Wilderness Encounters While the characters are exploring or camping in the wilderness, roll a d20 three times per day of game time, checking for encounters each morning, afternoon, and evening or
characters encounter, you can use the information presented later in this appendix to bring the encounter to life. The maps of Chult have regions marked as undead territory (lesser or greater). The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
return the stolen samovar. If the characters return the samovar without opening it, the halfling opens it while checking for damage and releases Baadi (see the previous section). To Navid’s Hideout The
can spend 15 minutes asking locals if they saw a flying carpet and make a DC 12 Charisma (Persuasion) check. On a success, they get vague directions that bring them to an abandoned temple (see the “Ashen Heir Hideout” section).
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
Triton Clever, far-ranging people of the sea, tritons live rich lives unknown to most land-dwelling individuals. While the waves separate most tritons from land-dwellers, occasionally the inhabitants
make the ocean their ally, using it to defend their people or enact Thassa’s wishes. While dire threats from the land might bring them to coastal shallows, most masters of waves keep to the ocean’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a2
outside the stronghold to recuperate after difficult battles. The party can readily find defensible campsites in the forest near the Stone Tooth.
Wait and Watch The characters might choose to observe
wood or stone. Characters can attempt various tasks before trying to open a door, including listening for sounds from the other side and checking for traps. If characters elect to listen at a door
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
Mountain Encounters While the characters are exploring or camping in the Yatil Mountains, roll a d20 three times per day of game time, checking for encounters each morning, afternoon, and night. An
mountain-dwelling gnomes. The gnomes raise goats and sheep in the valley and mine metals in the surrounding bluffs. Five guards (lawful neutral, gnome scouts) watch the canyon entrance at all hours. If
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
spice up the journey, to help bring the trip to life, and to give characters people to like and protect, or dislike and quarrel with, along the way. Achreny Ulyeltin (Male Human Merchant). Ulyeltin is
. She readily admits that she is traveling to Waterdeep in search of a remedy for her condition. The coloration doesn’t seem to bother her, but she becomes flustered if anyone asks how she came to be
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
archetypal giant seer is a storm giant driven by the search for signs of Annam’s activity. The seer might seek out omens written in natural phenomena, manipulate world events to bring about the fulfillment
exploit the settlement’s smaller inhabitants. 4 Bring gifts to a powerful dragon—and convince it not to destroy the settlement of giants. 5 Suppress (or secretly aid) an underground rebellion among the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
leading a group of cultists that was terrorizing the dwarves. Having killed Cheela’s drakes and subordinates, the dwarves bring their prisoner to the adventurers hoping for a reward. Cheela has useful
might use commune to discover the spy. The succubus has gained another victim by that point—a knight of the Order of the Gauntlet who regularly goes to meet her at her slum dwelling in the Field Ward of Waterdeep. This pattern of murder and suicide continues unless the spy’s true identity is discovered.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
spice up the journey, to help bring the trip to life, and to give characters people to like and protect, or dislike and quarrel with, along the way. Achreny Ulyeltin (Male Human Merchant). Ulyeltin is
green. She readily admits that she is traveling to Waterdeep in search of a remedy for her condition. The coloration doesn’t seem to bother her, but she becomes flustered if anyone asks how she came to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
separated from their clan mates, they can’t avoid dwelling on unpleasant memories. It’s the wise traveler who leaves alone the sole, drunken dwarf in the corner.
Giants Giants have no special enmity toward
dwarves, but they do consider them ideal slaves. Even when captured and put to work against their will, dwarves are innately driven to bring their full effort to a task at hand. Even simple toil
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
leading a group of cultists that was terrorizing the dwarves. Having killed Cheela’s drakes and subordinates, the dwarves bring their prisoner to the adventurers hoping for a reward. Cheela has useful
with dead, or they might use commune to discover the spy. The succubus has gained another victim by that point—a knight of the Order of the Gauntlet who regularly goes to meet her at her slum dwelling
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
leading a group of cultists that was terrorizing the dwarves. Having killed Cheela’s drakes and subordinates, the dwarves bring their prisoner to the adventurers hoping for a reward. Cheela has useful
with dead, or they might use commune to discover the spy. The succubus has gained another victim by that point—a knight of the Order of the Gauntlet who regularly goes to meet her at her slum dwelling
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
of the winds, the rustle of leaves, the ingenuity of land-dwelling inventors, or any of countless other surface-world charms, every triton living beyond the waves does so for their own reasons. In some
pay respects to many gods, they tend to revere Thassa, god of the sea, above all other deities. Her devotees see her as the primary god of the pantheon, believing she will bring their people to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
heart of a lion with a thunderous roar. The favored cleric of a deity of light, the Sunweaver, Forough is the voice of a god and can bring its might to bear. Those who mistake her mercy for weakness
prefer the cloud-topped comforts of the Chandelier, the gate-town’s aerial district. Winged chariots act as taxis between the two realms, ferrying townsfolk up to sky-dwelling businesses and hanging
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
its own realm.” Bond. “We serve Janya by defining the future instead of dwelling on the past.” Flaw. “Cross me and you’ll regret it more than you can imagine.” Caught in the Middle Both Zisatta and
bring her whatever lore they find so her people can learn more about their lost heritage. She asserts that it is her duty to share this cultural wisdom with the People’s Stewards (and believes that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation Supplement
Random Encounters Roll a d20 three times per day of game time, checking for encounters each morning, afternoon, and evening or night. A random encounter occurs on a roll of 18 or higher. Roll a d100
and check the Snout of Omgar Encounters table for the appropriate terrain. After determining what the characters encounter, you can use the information presented below to bring the encounter to life
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragons of Stormwreck Isle
), or they simply laugh away queries about her accommodations, explaining that she’s always in the temple, or in the library, or checking on the rest of the residents—she never seems to sleep! Kobolds
hints to the players if they’re having trouble putting things together. But don’t feel like you need to bring all nine of these kobolds to life! Pick one or two of these kobolds that you and the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
still respects his past. During the celebration, she asks Thoman, her family’s head of security, to go to the vault and bring out the suit of armor as a gift to her husband. Tannus Thunderwind. Tannus
checking the vault while Gwendolyn and Tannus are saying their vows, and must report any disturbances or thefts. Gorat Thunderwind. Gorat (CN male dwarf berserker) is Tannus’s cousin and oldest friend, and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
checking visitors’ identification papers Combat behind closed doors probably doesn’t raise an alarm, but any loud disturbance in the streets is likely to put the entire settlement on alert. As it
stand guard outside this building, one in front of each door. They allow registered visitors to enter after checking their identification papers. This structure once housed a dwarven smithy, and the