before build deity compound reflective

Tortle Legacy

Species The Tortle Package

dozen) in a fortified compound enclosed by stone walls that are easily defensible. If no such compound exists, they build one. The parents spend the remainder of their lives guarding the compound

, defending their offspring, and sharing a lifetime of knowledge before they die. When the children are old enough to leave the compound, they pick up whatever weapons and tools their parents left behind and

Cleric Legacy

Classes Basic Rules (2014)

a troublemaker? What are your ultimate goals? Does your deity have a special task in mind for you? Or are you striving to prove yourself worthy of a great quest? QUICK BUILD You can make a cleric

spells relies on devotion and an intuitive sense of a deity’s wishes. Clerics combine the helpful magic of healing and inspiring their allies with spells that harm and hinder foes. They can

Young Moonstone Dragon

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

1 A young moonstone dragon on the cusp of adulthood refuses to settle down and build a lair. To protect the local populace from the dragon’s chaotic activities, a minor deity sends a deva

Life of a Tortle

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation Supplement

by stone walls that are easily defensible. If no such compound exists, they build one. The parents spend the remainder of their lives guarding the compound, defending their offspring, and sharing a

skills. When a tortle nears the end of its natural lifespan, it seeks out a mate and procreates. Tortles lay their eggs (numbering as few as one or as many as a dozen) in a fortified compound enclosed

Sorcerer Legacy

Classes Basic Rules (2014)

, the lich who created you as an experiment, or the deity who chose you to carry this power. QUICK BUILD You can make a sorcerer quickly by following these suggestions. First, Charisma should be your

birth, or a taste of the water from a mysterious spring might spark the gift of sorcery. So too might the gift of a deity of magic, exposure to the elemental forces of the Inner Planes or the maddening

Druid Legacy

Classes Basic Rules (2014)

of nature itself or from a nature deity. Many druids pursue a mystic spirituality of transcendent union with nature rather than devotion to a divine entity, while others serve gods of wild nature

? Perhaps your homeland was befouled by evil, and you took up an adventuring life in hopes of finding a new home or purpose. QUICK BUILD You can make a druid quickly by following these suggestions

New Downtime Activity: Establish an Outpost

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss

build, assuming its location is clear of creatures and hazards. Multiple characters can combine their efforts to reduce the completion time. Each Underdark outpost is basically a fortified encampment

. It can take one of the following forms: A small cave, roughly 20 feet square, with one or more gated or barricaded exits A walled compound, up to 20 feet square, within a much larger cavern A island with boats or rafts A hard-to-reach ledge, pinnacle, or promontory accessed by ladders and/or ropes

Warlock Legacy

Classes Basic Rules (2014)

relationship between warlock and patron is like that of a cleric and a deity, though the beings that serve as patrons for warlocks are not gods. A warlock might lead a cult dedicated to a demon

their patrons in dreams or waking visions, or deal only with intermediaries. QUICK BUILD You can make a warlock quickly by following these suggestions. First, Charisma should be your highest ability

Creating Religions

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide

circumstances. A person might burn incense to a hearth or family deity at a kitchen altar in the morning, pray to a deity of the hunt while hunting in the afternoon, and join a communal harvest feast at the

temple of an agricultural deity in the evening. Cities and large towns can host numerous temples dedicated to individual gods important to the community, while smaller settlements might have a single

Chapter 3: Dwarves and Duergar

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes

bitterness and resentment. Once the dwarves were unified in their worship of Moradin, the deity who crafted the first dwarves from metal and fire. Today, the race is splintered into those who still embrace him

duergar are joyless, hateful creatures who create their works out of an urge to build and acquire. They come closest to feeling true joy when they raid dwarven strongholds to satisfy their lust for blood and treasure.

Creating a Cleric

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)

goals? Does your deity have a special task in mind for you? Or are you striving to prove yourself worthy of a great quest? Quick Build You can make a cleric quickly by following these suggestions

Creating a Cleric As you create a cleric, the most important question to consider is which deity to serve and what principles you want your character to embody. Appendix B includes lists of many of

Deck of Many More Things

Magic Items The Book of Many Things

draw the same card multiple times. The DM can use the physical cards provided in The Deck of Many Things card set to build a combined Deck of Many Things and Deck of Many More Things, including

of 22. Temple. A deity or entity of similar power becomes bound to aid you. At any point in time between drawing the card and when you die, you can use your action to call on this entity for divine

Kobold Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

sent Kurtulmak to retrieve it. Garl lured his pursuer into a maze-like cavern, then collapsed the exits behind him, trapping Kurtulmak for all eternity. Kurtulmak is a hateful deity, one who despises

sewer tunnels, paying them with food and tools the kobolds wouldn’t have access to on their own. If they are treated well and left alone to do the job, the kobolds work industriously and build a

Ephara's Villains

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros

system. 5 A group of mages who follow Ephara want to build a city on an island, heedless of the current residents. 6 An oracle (see chapter 6) leads a cadre of scholars secretly destroying

deity or her worshipers. Since many of Ephara’s most devout followers are scholars, they commonly use magically constructed creatures in their plans. The vast majority of villains associated with Ephara

Loose Pantheons

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)

the affairs of the universe. People gather in public shrines to worship gods of life and wisdom, or meet in hidden places to venerate gods of deception or destruction. Each deity in a pantheon has a

gods the locals revere. To quickly build a pantheon for your world, create a single god for each of the eight domains available to clerics: Death, Knowledge, Life, Light, Nature, Tempest, Trickery

Building a Dungeon

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)

creatures that typically build dungeons. You can choose a creator from the table or roll randomly, or choose some other dungeon builder appropriate for your campaign. Dungeon Creator d20 Creator

Demon-worshiping cult 2 Devil-worshiping cult 3–4 Elemental Air cult 5–6 Elemental Earth cult 7–8 Elemental Fire cult 9–10 Elemental Water cult 11–15 Worshipers of an evil deity 16–17 Worshipers of a good

Minions and Pets

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters

beholder can kill them whenever it wants and it is in their best interest to stop resisting and just obey the beholder’s orders. Minions build walls in the beholder’s lair, distribute food to other

residents, and carve out new living spaces for themselves and other minions — tasks that the beholder considers beneath its personal attention. Some even worship the beholder as an angry, capricious deity

Creating a Sorcerer

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)

powerful individual in the world — the fey creature that blessed you at birth, the dragon who put a drop of its blood into your veins, the lich who created you as an experiment, or the deity who chose

you to carry this power. Quick Build You can make a sorcerer quickly by following these suggestions. First, Charisma should be your highest ability score, followed by Constitution. Second, choose the

Worshiping Kruphix

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros

created the divine artisan Nykthos and ordered him to build altars to the gods. Nykthos’s story isn’t widely known among mortals, but the Shrine to Nyx is still called Nykthos in his honor. Kruphix’s

Mysteries. Some of Kruphix’s worshipers don’t identify with their inscrutable deity, but with Theophilia, a legendary naiad who entered Nyx and whose transcendent encounter with Kruphix each initiate strives

A World of Giants

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

for countless generations. As you build such a world, consider these four key questions: How do different kinds of giants live together? The world might have a single empire of giants where giants

giants ruling the world as Annam intended, perhaps the All-Father hasn’t turned his back on his children. He might be a much more active deity here, and giants might be more engaged in his worship

Villains

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)

pawn in a position of power 3 Magic (d6) 1 Obtain an ancient artifact 2 Build a construct or magical device 3 Carry out a deity’s wishes 4 Offer sacrifices to a deity 5 Contact a lost deity or power

Gnome Gods

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes

important to the folk who take inspiration and pride from the stories of their gods, because each legend is true in its own way. Each deity in the gnome pantheon is an expert in multiple fields of activity

who is capable of incredible feats. Yet these heroes also display shortcomings, such as hesitance or selfishness. Only the chief gnome deity, Garl Glittergold, can convince the others to set aside

Mages of High Sorcery

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen

, warlocks, and other spellcasters—members are divided into three orders. Each order dedicates itself to virtues extolled by a god of magic and honors the moon its deity is associated with. The three orders

ambitions, then pursue the goals of their order, and then support the continued well-being of the Conclave. Towers of High Sorcery Thousands of years ago, the Mages of High Sorcery cooperated to build

Yuan-ti

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)

creatures in any way they can, growing and nurturing the fears of humanoids to feed the Night Serpent. Merrshaulk, Master of the Pit. Merrshaulk is the long-slumbering chief deity of the yuan-ti. As

yuan-ti claiming to be an avatar of Merrshaulk. Speaking with Merrshaulk’s voice, Sseth vowed to pull the yuan-ti out of decline and build a new empire. Many of Merrshaulk’s devout turned to the

Moonstone Dragon Adventures

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

on the cusp of adulthood refuses to settle down and build a lair. To protect the local populace from the dragon’s chaotic activities, a minor deity sends a deva to temper the dragon’s mischievous

Gods of the Orcs

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters

predicts that the war will end with Luthic the only deity standing, as the cave mother ascends to rule her warrior children. Gruumsh, “He Who Watches” Gruumsh, the undisputed ruler of the orc

weakness of their enemy like a pack of hungry wolves. Bahgtru, “the Leg Breaker” Despite the influence of Ilneval, orcs are and will forever be brutal and feral in how they wage war. Bahgtru is the deity who

Modifying a Class

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)

your world might worship a patron deity, performing secret missions in that deity’s name. To reflect this cultural detail, you could add Religion to the list of skills that a rogue character can choose

world. For example, you could decide that the clerics of a particular deity belong to an order that forbids the accumulation of material goods, other than magic items useful for their divine mission

Drow

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)

Drow Children of Lolth. The drow worship Lolth, a deity who resides in the Abyss. Known as the Spider Queen or the Demon Queen of Spiders, she is the figure around which the drow have built their

in their subterranean realm, where they feel secure and in control. Underdark Cities. The drow build fantastic cities in enormous caverns where food and water are abundant. Their ability to sculpt

Halfling Gods and Myths

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes

rarely worship a single deity exclusively; they revere all the gods equally and pay their respects in modest ways. Halflings speak of Yondalla the way humans would describe a strong and protective parent

areas of interest and responsibility), suggested domains for clerics who serve the god, and a common symbol of the god. Each of the gods in the table is described below. Halfling Deities Deity

Roleplaying a Giant

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters

Religion. Of Annam’s many sons, none is greater than my patron deity. (Any) Giant Bonds d6 Bond 1 My clan is the most important influence on my life; our collective place in the ordning depends on

our devotion to one another. 2 My clan mates who serve in our deity’s temples are the closest companions I’ll ever know. 3 My place in the ordning is ordained by our patron deity, and it would be

Deck of Many More Things

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things

reappears in the deck, making it possible to draw the same card multiple times. The DM can use the physical cards provided in The Deck of Many Things card set to build a combined Deck of Many Things

. The petrification lasts until you are freed with the Greater Restoration spell or similar magic. Tavern. Your Charisma score increases by 2 to a maximum of 22. Temple. A deity or entity of similar

Supernatural Regions

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything

Aberrations, fiends, and undead in the region have disadvantage on attack rolls and ability checks for the next 24 hours. 19–24 Each creature carrying the holy symbol of a deity from a non-evil plane while

bleeding also stops if the target receives magical healing. 47–52 Mirrors and other highly reflective surfaces allow magical transport while in the region. Any creature that touches its reflection in an

Najara

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide

desire to help his king build a nation whose status equals or outmatches other realms across the face of Faerûn. Jarant keeps him near, it is said, because of all the king’s courtiers, Dhosun is the

hangers-on can be found within Jarant’s court, which is a dangerous place. A trio of yuan-ti warlocks, who claim to have tapped into the vestiges of the ancient serpent deity once worshiped at

Lady's Ward

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands

for 300 gp apiece. Barracks Riccardo Moscatello Factol Sarin of the Harmonium Hushed streets surround the Barracks, a wide compound of cold granite at the opposite end of the Lady’s Ward from the

Concordance. Elsewhere within the High Courts lies the Hall of Concordance, an embassy of law where contracts are forged under the unblinking eyes of the inevitables, constructs created by the modron deity

Locations A - D

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder

Calling Horns and report their fire giant sighting to Tamalin, she is satisfied and gives them her letter. Carnath Roadhouse This walled compound served as a hostelry on the High Road between Waterdeep and

summon them to their throne hall for an audience. King Morinn and Queen Tithmel tell the characters about their suspicions concerning Ironslag and ask them to investigate. In return, they offer to build

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