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Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
requires the abomination to bathe in the blood of their enemies. The transformation is quick but painful.
Anathemas consider themselves demigods on the path to greater divinity. They demand obeisance
from weaker creatures and use every resource at their disposal to war against neighbors, seeking the captives, sacrifices, glory, and riches the anathemas believe they need to achieve true divinity
Classes
Xanathar's Guide to Everything
to consort with the powers of the Nine Hells, valuing the rule of law over the balm of mercy. The archdevil Bel, warlord of Avernus, counts many of these paladins — called hell knights &mdash
forever. A blade can end a life. Fear can end an empire.
Rule with an Iron Fist. Once you have conquered, tolerate no dissent. Your word is law. Those who obey it shall be favored. Those who defy it
Classes
Xanathar's Guide to Everything
to consort with the powers of the Nine Hells, valuing the rule of law over the balm of mercy. The archdevil Bel, warlord of Avernus, counts many of these paladins — called hell knights &mdash
forever. A blade can end a life. Fear can end an empire.
Rule with an Iron Fist. Once you have conquered, tolerate no dissent. Your word is law. Those who obey it shall be favored. Those who defy it
Backgrounds
Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
Faerûn for being eccentric, spoiled, venal, and, above all else, rich.
Whether you are a shining example of the reason for this reputation or one who proves the rule by being an exception, people
family alone, or it could be concerned with another noble house that sides with or opposes your own. Your ideal depends to some extent on how you view your role in the family, and how you intend to
Species
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
Harengons originated in the Feywild, where they spoke Sylvan and embodied the spirit of freedom and travel. In time, these rabbitfolk hopped into other worlds, bringing the fey realm’s
and increase a different score by 1, or increase three different scores by 1. Follow this rule regardless of the method you use to determine the scores, such as rolling or point buy. The “Quick
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Cleric: Death Domain The Death domain is concerned with the forces that cause death, as well as the negative energy that gives rise to undead creatures. Deities such as Chemosh, Myrkul, and Wee Jas
target two creatures within range and within 5 feet of each other. Channel Divinity: Touch of Death Starting at 2nd level, the cleric can use Channel Divinity to destroy another creature’s life force
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
so far as to consort with the powers of the Nine Hells, valuing the rule of law over the balm of mercy. The archdevil Bel, warlord of Avernus, counts many of these paladins — called hell knights — as
blade can end a life. Fear can end an empire. Rule with an Iron Fist. Once you have conquered, tolerate no dissent. Your word is law. Those who obey it shall be favored. Those who defy it shall be
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Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
While the petty squabbles of other creatures bore and irritate me, I might hear out those who demonstrate an appreciation for the finer things in life by bringing me delicacies like clams or aboleth
, they use local settlements—and any competent visitors—as pawns in their struggle.
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An ancient deep dragon has put the folk of a city to work building the dragon a metropolis to rule
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
positions: Becklin Uth Viharin. The knight is deeply concerned. She’s heard rumors of strange armies in the east, and now there’s a strange army close to her home. As the most experienced military leader in
. Allow the characters to guide the decision of Vogler’s leaders, who will largely support any plan that doesn’t involve a preemptive strike or bringing battle into the village.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica
else, rather than to a specific individual or the passing influence of emotion or popular rule. Clerics of order are typically concerned with how things are done, rather than whether an action’s results
multiverse. Order Domain Features Cleric Level Feature 1st Domain Spells, Bonus Proficiencies, Voice of Authority 2nd Channel Divinity: Order’s Demand 6th Embodiment of the Law 8th Divine Strike 17th
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
together the dead conquered the souls of Har’Akir. The ages have marched ever on. Ankhtepot has known treachery and conquest. He has known divinity and rule. But now he knows only boredom and despair
place, one with knowledge of rule and the deities’ blessing. On the day of the ritual that would consecrate the pharaoh’s connection with the gods, Ankhtepot rallied his loyal priests and murdered their
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
Bane The Black Hand, the Lord of Darkness Bane has a simple ethos: the strong have not just the right but the duty to rule over the weak. A tyrant who is able to seize power must do so, for not only
does the tyrant benefit, but so do those under the tyrant’s rule. When a ruler succumbs to decadence, corruption, or decrepitude, a stronger and more suitable ruler will rise. Bane is vilified in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
Duergar Despot The Reghed nomads who stalk the tundra and the Ten-Towners who keep civilization alive are so concerned with day-to-day survival that they typically pay little heed to the evil forces
duergar warlock formerly of the Underdark. His patron, Deep Duerra, has urged Xardorok to fulfill his destiny and become the first duergar to rule a kingdom on the surface. Icewind Dale is cold, dark
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
mortals her draconic subjects hunt, consume, and enslave. The glorious reign of dragons that Severin hoped to usher in and rule becomes a brutal world where evil dragons dominate all. This need not mean
the end of your campaign, however. The characters have lost a crucial battle, but they might survive to continue the war. Their new goal is to find a way to banish or destroy Tiamat for good, bringing peace to the world once more.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
mortals her draconic subjects hunt, consume, and enslave. The glorious reign of dragons that Severin hoped to usher in and rule becomes a brutal world where evil dragons dominate all. This need not mean
the end of your campaign, however. The characters have lost a crucial battle, but they might survive to continue the war. Their new goal is to find a way to banish or destroy Tiamat for good, bringing peace to the world once more.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
devote themselves expressly to protecting the innocent and spreading justice in the world, while others resolve to attain that goal by conquering those who stand defiant and bringing them under the rule of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
truly do search for evidence of the gods, many are more concerned with establishing and controlling local rule, and do not shy away from using coercion and threats to get their way.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
believe they need to achieve true divinity. Anathemas don’t age, allowing them to pursue their goals until the end of days. Truly powerful ones might rule multiple yuan-ti cities and bring entire
to greater divinity. They demand obeisance from weaker creatures and use every resource at their disposal to war against neighbors, seeking the captives, sacrifices, glory, and riches the anathemas
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
among its most popular scenes, describing how Diancastra convinced her father to imbue her with divinity even though her mother was a mortal giant. The story is unusual among the sagas of the giants
, fire, and water by pointing to Annam’s early efforts in the Elemental Planes. Diancastra’s Saga also summarizes the central tragedy of giantkind’s long history: Annam intended the giants to rule over
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
culture fall under Ephara’s influence. Scholarship is closely connected to Ephara, as is art—particularly poetry, sculpture, and architecture. Ephara is also highly concerned with civic wisdom and
justice, and many politicians and other leaders seek her guidance in how to rule. Ephara’s Goals Ephara seeks always to further cities: establishing them, protecting them, and seeing them grow. She supports
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
and take his power. Instead, Jergal calmly abdicated his throne of bones and allowed each of the three mortals to take part of his divinity. Thus it was that Bane assumed the portfolio of strife, Myrkul
tomb isn’t marked with the person’s name. Few people favor Jergal as a deity, and most who do are concerned with the dispensation of the dead in some way. Priests of Jergal serve communities as
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice Compendium
. A monster like a dragon exists because of that magic-enhanced nature. The second type of magic is what the rules are concerned about. When a rule refers to something being magical, it’s referring to
attack to make, either an attack in its stat block or a generic attack, like an unarmed strike. Multiattack doesn’t qualify, not only because it’s more than one attack, but also because the rule on
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
Ephara is almost by necessity an urban campaign, and likely one that primarily or entirely takes place within a single city. Ephara is concerned with the establishment, development, and protection of
past, either as Returned or Nyxborn, can also throw a community into disorder. Who has the greater right to rule: the current ruler or the city’s legendary founder?
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lorwyn: First Light
(Medium Spy Master). Morcant is the highest authority at the palace and secretly wishes to reimpose elven rule in Lorwyn. When it’s in Shadowmoor, Lys Alana is called Caer Ulios. Reasons to Visit
the statistics of Wyvern Poison (see the Dungeon Master’s Guide). He is concerned that someone within his inner circle wants to use the poison to sow chaos.
Orc
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
Luthic. He predicts that the war will end with Luthic the only deity standing, as the cave mother ascends to rule her warrior children.
Life in the Tribe
Orcs survive through savagery and force of
raid just as another group returns, laden with severed heads, sacks of loot, and armfuls of food. Warriors also serve as scouts, bringing back detailed reports about the surrounding area so that the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
concerned about a noted dwarf historian who was part of the delegation. The Emerald Enclave wants to know what happened to a pouch of magical seeds one of the delegation members was bringing to Goldenfields
townsfolk concerned, including reports of bandit attacks on the roads, piracy on the Dessarin River, and monster sightings too close to town. But the mystery that has keen observers of the region most
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
assistance. Too often, rebels and Brightguard members are harmed during altercations. Artavazda wants those who oppose Atash’s rule to have the opportunity to learn the error of their ways peaceably
moderation—and by disarming belligerents. Artavazda’s Mission Artavazda is concerned that the Ashen Heirs are planning to further disrupt the celebration of Shabe Taabaan. That morning, Ashen Heirs attacked
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
bolsters other troops. Emerald Enclave. Druids and rangers of the Emerald Enclave answer the call to arms by bringing their treant and griffon allies from the forests and mountains of the Sword Coast
, knowing that their own power will be curtailed in a world in which humanoids no longer rule. Agents of the Nine Hells are ferocious fighters, but their presence in the battle makes many other
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
addition to the council of such a power-hungry and ruthless individual would spell the end of the rule of law in the City of Splendors. The earthquake that hit the city two days ago wasn’t natural
offered for bringing her in alive for questioning. A killer is stalking the streets of the North Ward, murdering people in broad daylight. The victims’ feet are chopped off, as if by a powerful blow
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
etherealness spell, is the exception to this rule. A creature that enters the Border Ethereal from Undermountain is pulled back into the dungeon upon leaving that plane. Magic that summons creatures or
amount of space the drow take up on levels 3, 10, and 12. He’s also concerned that the conflict between the githyanki on level 16 and the mind flayers on level 17 could spiral out of control
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
. The maharani’s brutality increased distrust in her rule, and the fighting spread. After numerous battles, Reeva begged her sister to meet her brother and negotiate an end to the war. Ramya, who remained
Reeva denied their sister the honors befitting a maharani, dumping Ramya’s corpse into the sea. As they did, a terrible monsoon struck the Harvest Peninsula, bringing with it walls of supernatural mist
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
Gods of Good The gods of good provide healing and comfort to the mortals of Krynn. Although they oppose the evil gods’ attempts to rule the world, their goal isn’t the eradication of evil or its gods
and kender worship him above all other gods. Both groups revere him as a champion of life and laughter, bringing solace and joy to those who listen. Habbakuk Habbakuk, known as the Fisher King, oversees
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
decides to establish their own clan, though they often face judgment from their birth clans. Rule by Magistrates The city-state of Yeonido is ruled by the beloved Queen Jin-Mi, a dragonborn said to be
if they show proper respect for the process. Queen Jin-Mi Spirit Arbiter Magistrates called spirit arbiters specialize in bringing an end—peaceful or otherwise—to rogue gwishin. They investigate the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Dragon Relationships Some dragons rule sprawling criminal organizations devoted to plundering the surrounding region and swelling the dragons’ hoards. Others govern peaceful and prosperous towns
shadowy fringes of society, a dragon might rule a nation as an absolute monarch. The dragon’s word is law—but depending on the dragon, this might be the law of a benevolent autocrat with a cadre of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
coalesced to give shape to the entity now known as the Raven Queen. The Fortress of Memories Since achieving divinity, the Raven Queen has filled her realm with shadows and memories, obsessively
visitors, bringing forth visions from the deepest reaches of their psyches. Some of these visitors are the unwitting souls of departed people who have been pulled into the Raven Queen’s clutches, others