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Dungeon Master’s Guide
this damage disappears in a flash and is destroyed, leaving its possessions behind. The book then vanishes, and the creature’s Attunement to it ends.
Benefits granted by the Book of Exalted Deeds
minor beneficial properties
2 major beneficial properties
Destroying the Book. The Book of Exalted Deeds can’t be destroyed. However, drowning the book in the River Styx removes all writing and imagery from its pages and renders the book powerless for 1d100 years.
Monsters
The Book of Many Things
substance through which the riffler moves aside like cards to form a tunnel that closes behind the riffler.Multiattack. The riffler makes two Spectral Card attacks.
Spectral Card. Melee or Ranged
the total (riffler’s choice), potentially changing the outcome.Rifflers are diminutive Fey reminiscent of gnomes and obsessed with destiny and fate. The oldest stories of rifflers suggest these
Book of Exalted Deeds
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Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
in a blinding flash and is destroyed, leaving its possessions behind.
Benefits granted by the Book of Exalted Deeds last only as long as you strive to do good. If you fail to perform at least one act
disadvantage.
Destroying the Book
It is rumored that the Book of Exalted Deeds can’t be destroyed as long as good exists in the multiverse. However, drowning the book in the River Styx removes all writing and imagery from its pages and renders the book powerless for 1d100 years.
Monsters
Mordenkainen's Fiendish Folio Volume 1
, but looted cheap, bulky trade goods while leaving valuable smaller treasures behind. Frustrated by her servants, the hag wove a spell to adapt them to the coastal terrain while planting in their
bad luck a gull might happen to land near a crab folk lair and utter the right combination of cries to summon up this ancient compulsion. Driven to action, the crab folk rampage along the coast
Tabaxi
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
relics, magical items, and other rare objects. Aside from the power such items might confer, a tabaxi takes great joy in unraveling the stories behind their creation and the history of their use
, Mountain Tree, Rumbling River, Snoring Mountain
Tabaxi Personality
A tabaxi might have motivations and quirks much different from a dwarf or an elf with a similar background. You can use the following
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
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Underground River. A river flows along the right and bottom edges of the map, providing the dragon with fresh water and an alternative entrance. Originating on the surface, the river descends through narrow
caverns hold the bulk of the dragon’s hoard, particularly art objects that are impressive but not irreplaceable.
Sleeping Chamber. At the heart of the lair, protected behind more thin crystal walls
Satyr
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Mythic Odysseys of Theros
song of a bird, a warm breeze, the smell of a tasty pie, relaxing by a river in the sunshine. Life freely offers these gifts, and for a satyr, they are more valuable than gold or glory. To revel means
amazing things ever. I want to pick them, wear them, and discover their silent secrets.
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There isn’t a tree or statue that isn’t fun to climb.
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Nothing wards off bad luck like a
Backgrounds
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
the port, and even the Outer City’s rhythms are dominated by the ebb and flow of river trade. Because sailors are as fundamental and ubiquitous to Baldur’s Gate as the cobbles on its streets
. Fear and bloodshed are no strangers to you, and you’ve garnered a somewhat unsavory reputation in many a port town.
Variant Feature: Bad Reputation
If your character has a sailor
Monsters
Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
temporary hit points per level of the slot.Halaster, the Mad Mage of Undermountain, is the deranged individual behind most of the traps and horrors found in the great dungeon under Waterdeep
. Undermountain is his home, an amusement gallery in which others perform to entertain him.
The Mad Mage knows the ever-changing ways of Undermountain as no one else does, for he is the one who controls those
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
dragon spends little time in this part of the lair, visiting only when the spiders there need tending—or when the dragon needs a snack.
Underground River. A river flows along the right and bottom
edges of the map, providing the dragon with fresh water and an alternative entrance. Originating on the surface, the river descends through narrow tunnels that eventually lead to the Underdark.
Hoard
Backgrounds
Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
;n. Recent events in your homeland have led to the abolition of slavery, and a corresponding increase in the traffic between Mulhorand and the distant parts of Faerûn.
Those who leave behind
;t a native, your reason for leaving “home” probably has something to do with getting away from a bad situation.
Feature: All Eyes on You
Your accent, mannerisms, figures of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
forage among large rocks west of the river. During the day, when the sky is clear, they use their longbows to take shots at characters. At night, they huddle behind the rocks, gnawing on fish from the
V4. The Lost River A river courses through the canyon, winding around tall spires and through the base of a plateau. Coarse green shrubs huddle along its banks.
A gnoll pack lord and three gnolls
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
Salted Legacy An Adventure for 1st-Level Characters A series of disturbances plagues the Dyn Singh Night Market, an endlessly changing maze of stalls filled with incredible wares, enticing smells
’ conflict from escalating, the characters must earn the trust of the market’s vendors and gain their help to unmask who’s behind a rash of vandalism and thefts.
Orc
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
laden wagon or after heroically defending it from thieves gain great respect and advance higher in the tribe’s pecking order.
All Are Fighters
Most of the orcs that stay behind when the
everywhere in the world around them, and the priests of a tribe are entrusted with the responsibility of identifying these signs and omens — both good and bad — and deciding how the tribe should
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
whip stands watch by the river while the others rest on pallets. All the kuo-toa are poisoned from eating bad fish.
Caltrops. Caltrops made of sharpened bones lie scattered along the river’s edge
. (The caltrops are meant to discourage the aboleth from beaching itself in the cave. Characters can easily spot and avoid them.)
The presence of the aboleth has tainted the underground river and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Divine Contention
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Personality. “Nice set of teeth you got there. Be a shame if something bad happened to ’em.”
Ideal. “No challenge is too big to overcome. As Papa Bartho always says, the bigger they are, the harder
they fall.”
Bond. “Nothing’s more important than friendship. That’s why I’ll never leave a friend behind.”
Flaw. “I can’t resist punching tall folk in the groin. I call it the Halfling Hello.”
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon of Icespire Peak
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Personality. “Nice set of teeth you got there. Be a shame if something bad happened to ’em.”
Ideal. “No challenge is too big to overcome. As Papa Bartho always says, the bigger they are, the harder
they fall.”
Bond. “Nothing’s more important than friendship. That’s why I’ll never leave a friend behind.”
Flaw. “I can’t resist punching tall folk in the groin. I call it the Halfling Hello.”
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sleeping Dragon’s Wake
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Personality. “Nice set of teeth you got there. Be a shame if something bad happened to ’em.”
Ideal. “No challenge is too big to overcome. As Papa Bartho always says, the bigger they are, the harder
they fall.”
Bond. “Nothing’s more important than friendship. That’s why I’ll never leave a friend behind.”
Flaw. “I can’t resist punching tall folk in the groin. I call it the Halfling Hello.”
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm Lord’s Wrath
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Personality. “Nice set of teeth you got there. Be a shame if something bad happened to ’em.”
Ideal. “No challenge is too big to overcome. As Papa Bartho always says, the bigger they are, the harder
they fall.”
Bond. “Nothing’s more important than friendship. That’s why I’ll never leave a friend behind.”
Flaw. “I can’t resist punching tall folk in the groin. I call it the Halfling Hello.”
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Netheril’s Fall: Tales of Terror, Treasure, and Time Travel
constant tug-of-war between the interests of the ruling mages and the underhanded influence of river smugglers, who deal in all manner of illicit goods and are based in the city. Most residents do their
mages. The council keeps tenuous order by staying on the good side of river smugglers. Nenek Tril (Chaotic Evil Lizardfolk Sovereign), a powerful smuggler boss, has murdered more than one council mage
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
Chapter 4: Shadow of War Vogler is gone, devastated by the Red Dragon Army. After escaping the village by following the Vingaard River, the characters and other survivors seek refuge in the city of
lands around Kalaman, they learn more about the Dragon Army’s goals and the terrifying shadow behind this war. Kalaman’s defenders march forth to confront the Dragon Army
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
the sluggish River Sargauth and is filled with web curtains that undulate in the howling wind. Behind these curtains, carved into the west wall, is an old pirate rhyme: If Skullport’s where ye wish
to be, With the Sargauth’s flow go ye. If pirate booty is what ye crave, Fight the surge to the captain’s grave. Downriver. Characters who follow the river southwest eventually reach Skullport. Upriver
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lorwyn: First Light
vibrant community of expressive individuals. Its snowy peaks also house a settlement of rimekin and are the headwaters of the Wanderwine River (see below). Porringer Basin Formed from the now-flooded
commemorate it. Wanderwine River A sprawling river network that stretches across Lorwyn, the Wanderwine River is used to transport and store goods, primarily by merrow. Ports and trade hubs dot the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer
— behind the original walls of Gray Harbor — and the Lower City, built on the slopes leading down to the Chionthar River. Patriar houses were ransacked, family heirlooms were lost forever, and heirs were
banner, that of the Flaming Fist. Eltan used the mercenaries to quash what pockets of disorder he found, punishing lawbreakers for their crimes. Though plenty of theft, blackmail, and assassination continued behind closed doors, the founding of the Flaming Fist marked a new chapter in the city’s story.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
aboleth and knows nothing about its conflict with the kuo-toa.) The water in the river has started to taste bad. (The ettin has not yet been poisoned by the water, which the aboleth has tainted with its
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
Fallen Farmhouse Workers have vanished from several farmhouses that bear conspicuous X marks As the characters continue on their journey, they notice the environment changing around them after only
another hour of travel. After they’ve traveled about a mile from Uncle Polder’s home, read or paraphrase the following description: The open fields have all but vanished behind sparse woods at the far
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
, except for a few isolated outposts where Chultans and their allies take refuge behind walls. Map 2.1 shows where the undead are thickest. Characters passing through territories marked with black skull-and
well. Where undead are concerned, traveling by river is safer than traveling by land, both because undead are poor swimmers at best and because it’s easier to pour on speed in canoes and escape across the water than to flee through tangled jungle.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
descendants are behind the attack. 4 A street child named Anita approaches the characters for help. Her friends were taken by a banshee that wanders the streets near the Calaveras River at night.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
, and Ilythiir. They settled Illefarn along the Sword Coast, from the Spine of the World to the River Delimbiyr — its capitol Aelinthaldaar in the shadow of what is now Mount Waterdeep. Wood elves and
their race. The spell succeeded, but it rippled backward and forward in time, and the land was sundered, changing the face of the world. The largest continent of this new world is now called Faerûn
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
those abyssal troops are lowly manes and dretches, who die quickly in vain attempts to drag down devils so that stronger demons behind them can strike killing blows.
A dark river cuts a path across
Battle of Elturel Legions of devils camped on the shores of the River Styx below Elturel are the biggest threats for characters attempting to flee the city. Characters who fly, glide, or balloon over
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
— behind the original walls of Gray Harbor — and the Lower City, built on the slopes leading down to the Chionthar River. Patriar houses were ransacked, family heirlooms were lost forever, and heirs were
banner, that of the Flaming Fist. Eltan used the mercenaries to quash what pockets of disorder he found, punishing lawbreakers for their crimes. Though plenty of theft, blackmail, and assassination continued behind closed doors, the founding of the Flaming Fist marked a new chapter in the city’s story.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Traveling the Outer Planes Described in the sections that follow are four planar features that connect multiple Outer Planes: The Infinite Staircase The River Oceanus The River Styx Yggdrasil, the
entrances aren’t common knowledge and are occasionally guarded by devas, sphinxes, yugoloths, and other powerful monsters. River Oceanus The water of the Oceanus is sweet and fragrant, as befits its
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
15. Slippery Slope Stench. A rotting stench fills this 30-foot-high cavern.
Slimy Corpses. The slime-coated floor slopes toward an underground river. Lying in the slime are the putrid corpses of
. It suggests the characters take the south passage to the river, then follow the current down to Wyllowwood (level 5). It’s happy to let them descend to lower levels of Undermountain, for it plans to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
Barthen’s Well The well the goblins vandalized is located behind Barthen’s Provisions. Years ago, the well was built using material scavenged from the nearby area—including an obelisk shard, which
Barthen’s clerks. The goblins fled with the shard, jumping into the well and caving in a tunnel so they couldn’t be followed to Zorzula’s Rest. This escape, however, not only dammed the underground river
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a2
The Sinkhole The stream that flows through the Glitterhame descends through the chasm in area 25 to an even lower level of caverns—the Sinkhole. Here it joins a subterranean river that traverses dark
its submerged areas, using the river as a back door to its lair. A narrow staircase winds down along the chasm walls until reaching bottom, where it offers access to area 28. Map 2.4: The Sinkhole






