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Monsters
Curse of Strahd
a return to the old ways.
Dreams of the Damned. Kasimir's sister, Patrina Velikovna, is sealed in the catacombs below Castle Ravenloft. Convinced that she was the concubine of the devil Strahd
led her down a path of evil and deceit. For that reason, Kasimir wants to see the vampire destroyed so that his sister can be rescued from her eternal damnation.
Secrets of the Amber Temple. Patrina
Charlatan
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Backgrounds
Player’s Handbook (2014)
a born gambler who can’t resist taking a risk for a potential payoff.
5
I lie about almost everything, even when there’s no good reason to.
6
Sarcasm and insults are my
luxuries faster than I bring them in...
3
I’m convinced that no one could ever fool me the way I fool others.
4
I’m too greedy for my own good. I can’t resist taking a risk if
Backgrounds
Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
provided. The following section, discussing possible homelands, includes some suggested reasons that are appropriate for each location.
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Reason
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Reason
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Emissary
4
Pilgrim
hundreds of miles of the Great Glacier and the Great Ice Sea. No one from your nation makes the effort to cross such colossal barriers without a convincing reason. You must fear something truly
Backgrounds
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
want.
4
I’m a born gambler who can’t resist taking a risk for a potential payoff.
5
I lie about almost everything, even when there’s no good reason to.
6
Sarcasm and
gains on decadent luxuries faster than I bring them in...
3
I’m convinced that no one could ever fool me the way I fool others.
4
I’m too greedy for my own good. I can’t
Aarakocra
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Species
Elemental Evil Player's Companion
brightly colored, with feathers of red, orange, or yellow. Females have more subdued colors, usually brown or gray. Their heads complete the avian appearance, being something like a parrot or eagle with
.
Great Purpose
Aarakocra enjoy peace and solitude. Most of them have little interest in dealing with other peoples and less interest in spending time on the ground. For this reason, it takes an
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
is home to treants of gigantic size, stags with antlers as wide across as a wagon, brown bears bigger than large sheds, owlbears, wolves, and unicorns. Woodcutters and even outlaws on the run dare
trees that is an important meeting-place for the Emerald Enclave. Foes of the enclave have to fight to reach it, but members can readily find aid, healing, and advice in the grove. Reason to Visit
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
29. Trapped Halls A unusual pit and an unusual painting await adventurers in these tunnels. 29a. Pit of Brown Mold This hidden pit (see “Covered Pits”) is 50 feet deep, but the floor of the pit is
lined with a 10-foot-square patch of brown mold. A creature that falls the distance takes 17 (5d6) bludgeoning damage plus damage from the brown mold (see “Dungeon Hazards” in chapter 5 of the Dungeon
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
outlaws and monsters) and are eager for news. Homesteaders can usually point the way to the nearest town or neighboring homesteads (there is usually another homestead within one or two hexes). Reason to
Visit. If the characters speak with homesteaders in the area east of the Sumber Hills, they learn that raiders in brown cloaks sacked a few farms and dragged off their inhabitants. (These captives
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
town openly are met by a haggard orchardist named Jendon (a human commoner), who wears a cloak with a brown patch made of the same fabric as the robes the earth cultists wear. Jendon tries to persuade
“heroes” have managed to stop the catastrophes ravaging the area. Jendon knows some might call him a coward, but he is convinced that submission to the forces of elemental earth is what any rational person
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
organizations with global reach, the cults have no organizing structure or principle. They are an infection inflicted on the world without reason. “Cult of the Dragon Below” is a term that outsiders use
of Rak Tulkhesh has sprung up among a local militia. Its members are convinced that refugees from the war are secretly inhuman monsters, and must be destroyed.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Sports and Games The
Sharn Inquisitive
The Race of Eight Winds Begins!
Banners are flying across Dura today, and the streets are full of color. Walk through Oldkeep wearing brown and red, and
race is fair.
The beasts of Middle Dura are versatile. The Eagle represents Broken Arch and Stormhold in Middle Dura, and its supporters wear brown and gold. The clever Owl flies for Rattlestone and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
upon Lekar’s walls. The people might want to abandon their homes, but Vladeska Drakov will not know defeat. FALKOVNIAN CHARACTERS
Characters from Falkovnia have good reason to be in other domains
, having fled their homeland’s zombie plague. Such individuals have likely seen horrors and know tragedy. Falkovnia’s residents often have brown hair and varied skin tones with warm undertones. Their names
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
her soft shoulders. She seems lost in her own thoughts.
The Abbot is normally here. If he is here, add: A handsome young man in a brown monk’s robe gently takes the woman by her hand. A painted
harm the characters. He knows that Strahd has brought them to Barovia for a reason and doesn’t want to thwart Strahd’s plans for them. His calm, pleasant demeanor changes if they become hostile or if
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
brown cloak clasped with a sunflower brooch and sports a sturdy, wooden prosthetic leg.
Derwyth’s attitude toward the characters depends on whether they passed or failed her test. Passing Derwyth’s
wooden vessels of water or wine. Until she’s fully convinced of the characters’ intentions, however, Derwyth actively discourages characters from snooping around her homestead. During their meal, Derwyth
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
Pseudodragon The elusive pseudodragon dwells in the quiet places of the world, making its home in the hollows of trees and small caves. With its red-brown scales, horns, and a maw filled with sharp
companion shares the pseudodragon’s Magic Resistance trait. At any time and for any reason, the pseudodragon can end its service as a familiar, ending the telepathic bond.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
return to the old ways. Dreams of the Damned. Kasimir’s sister, Patrina Velikovna, is sealed in the catacombs below Castle Ravenloft. Convinced that she was the concubine of the devil Strahd, Kasimir and
down a path of evil and deceit. For that reason, Kasimir wants to see the vampire destroyed so that his sister can be rescued from her eternal damnation. Secrets of the Amber Temple. Patrina has told
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
successful DC 15 Charisma (Persuasion) check. They have advantage on the check if the party includes one or more modrons. Once convinced of the characters’ friendly intentions, the tridrone tells
them that it and its fellows are on a mission of supreme importance, though it doesn’t reveal the nature of that mission. A character can puzzle out the reason why the modrons might be here by making a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragons of Stormwreck Isle
into view, descending gracefully from the upper part of the cloister. She’s an elderly human woman with weathered brown skin, white hair in tight braids, and kindly hazel eyes, dressed in a simple white
danger sense and is convinced he’s supernaturally lucky. His prized possession is an ordinary dagger he claims is magical. Frub has limitless energy and desperately needs help finding productive
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
hunt. Their brown or black fur is stained with the blood of fallen foes, and they carry the stench of death. The Beast Within. Most minotaurs are solitary carnivores that roam labyrinthine dungeons
tearing of flesh, and the cracking of bones spur a minotaur’s lust for carnage, overwhelming all thought and reason. In a blood rage, a minotaur charges anything it sees, butting and goring like a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
case in one of their tents. Hc2. Cult Camp Two human men in robes stand before the bonfire. On the other side of it, leashed to a peg pounded into the ground, is a brown bear.
The humans are two
Eternal Flame priests (see chapter 7) claiming to be Aylbrith and Ingulf, posing as druids of the Circle of the Scarlet Moon. They have a captured brown bear with them to improve their disguise. They
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
tries to speak or write about these forbidden topics, she painfully coughs up brown tree sap, or mushrooms blister on her fingers until she ceases her attempts. The carousel’s wooden unicorns, however
, and Yon. The coven is so riddled with distrust that each hag is convinced her sisters are plotting against her.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer Academy
conversation with Miken, he expresses anxiety about the upcoming training exercises, having already convinced himself that he doesn’t have what it takes to be a recruit. But he’s even more afraid of
battered pocket notebook he always keeps on him. Miken has light-olive skin, dark-brown eyes, and short, disheveled black hair framing a round face. He wears the same uniform as the other cadets.
Quote: “I’d like to be a great spelljammer, but I don’t know if I’ve got it in me.”
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Locathah Rising
plan to use the kraken’s blood—or if they did learn his plan, but never told Fhenimore and Whymsee about it. Regardless of the reason, the kraken priests are not alarmed or on guard when Gar
plans from either
the map in area 7 or from Shoalar Quanderil, and have convinced the kraken priests that Gar means to kill their charge. Fhenimore and Whymsee are on alert when Gar arrives, and things
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
created for themselves. Example Rivals d20 Rival 1 Tax collector who is convinced the characters are dodging fees 2 Politician who is concerned that the characters are causing more trouble than they
methods the rival can bring to bear against the characters. Goals. An effective rival has a clear reason for interfering with the characters’ lives. Think about what the rival wants, how and why the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
this reason, members of this college rarely reveal their true nature. They typically claim to follow some other college, or they keep their actual calling secret in order to infiltrate and exploit royal
secret. You gain no knowledge of this secret, but the target is convinced you know it. The charmed creature obeys your commands for fear that you will reveal its secret. It won’t risk its life for you or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
very personal reason to hate them with a fiery passion. Her bond might be phrased as “I will do whatever it takes to punish the dragonarmies for the destruction of the Inn of the Last Home.”
Artemis
principles if she’s convinced that a particular achievement would demonstrate her maturity. Artemis Entreri is completely walled off from any personal relationship and just wants to be left alone.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
for getting what I want. 4 I’m a born gambler who can’t resist taking a risk for a potential payoff. 5 I lie about almost everything, even when there’s no good reason to. 6 Sarcasm and insults are my
luxuries faster than I bring them in.. 3 I’m convinced that no one could ever fool me the way I fool others. 4 I’m too greedy for my own good. I can’t resist taking a risk if there’s money involved. 5 I
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Rings piercing crest or wing edges
11 Draped in some semblance of clothing, from a stole to a full robe
12 Unusual coloration (for example, a red dragon with an orange, brown, or purple cast
convinced that I’ll meet my doom at their hands one day.
2 One item in my possession is worth as much as the rest of my hoard combined, and the fear that it might be stolen consumes me.
3
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
. Creatures on the Astral Plane don’t age or suffer from hunger or thirst. For this reason, creatures that live on the Astral Plane (such as githyanki) establish outposts on other planes, often the
Gold 17 Nine Hells Ruby 18 Outlands Leather brown 19 Pandemonium Magenta 20 Ysgard Indigo Wildspace Bobbing in the Astral Plane like corks in an ocean are vast, airless expanses called Wildspace systems
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
benefit enormously from the fruits of their ambition. Roll or pick from the Aristocrat Types table to determine what kind of noble you serve. Aristocrat Types d6 Aristocrats 1 Local Lord. Convinced
professional ventures. 4 Lost Lineage. You seek evidence of a lost branch of a noble family or proof that individuals don’t possess a noble pedigree. 5 Origin of Nobility. You reveal the secret reason why
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
origin. For this reason, I immersed myself in the study of the druidic mysteries and became a champion of the natural order. Fighter d6 I became a fighter because … 1 I wanted to hone my combat skills
reason not to remain in one place for too long. 4 I have seen what happens when the monsters come out from the dark. I took it upon myself to become the first line of defense against the evils that lie
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
help. 5 The inhabitants see the characters as no more than insects and refuse to interact with them unless forced. 6 The inhabitants see the characters as gods and can be convinced to worship them
Island Encounters d20 Encounter 1 2d8 baboons 2 1d4 brown bears 3 1 owlbear 4 2d6 giant toads 5 2d10 giant wasps 6 2d4 giant spiders 7 4d4 pixies or 4d4 sprites 8 1d4 blink dogs 9 1 pirate captain
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
others await death at the hands of the drow or their pets. Regardless of what they might think of the adventurers — and each other — outside the slave pens, all the NPCs have good reason to cooperate in
victims and arranging their organs. Although mad, Buppido is cunning and capable of hiding his true nature to serve his own ends. Because he believes he is a god, he is convinced that he can’t be killed
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
smaller folk of the settlement. 6 While pretending to entertain visiting diplomats, try to discover their secret reason for visiting. Tutor I have learned a great deal from several important tutors in
with their eager students.
The archetypal giant tutor is a stone giant who is convinced the surface world—the world of dreams—has important wisdom to impart, just as the gods sometimes speak through
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
destruction by the marauding dragonarmies gives Tika a very personal reason to hate them with a fiery passion. Her bond might be phrased as “I will do whatever it takes to punish the dragonarmies for
ago. She might even be tempted to act against her principles if she’s convinced that a particular achievement would demonstrate her maturity. Artemis Entreri is completely walled off from any personal relationship and just wants to be left alone.