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Player’s Handbook
Plumb the Depths of Magical Knowledge
Bards of the College of Lore collect spells and secrets from diverse sources, such as scholarly tomes, mystical rites, and peasant tales. The college’s
Monsters
Eberron: Rising from the Last War
effects.
Rejuvenation. Illmarrow’s body turns to dust when she drops to 0 hit points, and her equipment is left behind. She gains a new body after 1d10;{"diceNotation":"1d10","rollType":"roll
Lady Illmarrow is no folk tale. She is the greatest necromancer in Eberron, and after centuries of silence, she is setting ancient plots into motion at last. She is the power behind the Order of the
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
to inspire and strengthen the side of good or to rescue heroes from certain death.
Ki-rins are attracted to the worship of deities of courage, loyalty, selflessness, and truth, as well as to the
working behind the scenes, or they might be champions of their master’s cause, out to defeat villainy wherever it is found.
When viewed from the outside, a ki-rin’s lair is indistinguishable
Backgrounds
Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
: Founded more than a millennium ago, disbanded and reorganized several times, the Harpers remain a powerful, behind-the-scenes agency, which acts to thwart evil and promote fairness through
knowledge, rather than brute force. Harper agents are often proficient in Investigation, enabling them to be adept at snooping and spying. They often seek aid from other Harpers, sympathetic bards and
Backgrounds
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
effects, such as flames smoldering behind your eyes or dancing over your hands.
Suggested Characteristics
Gruul ways aren’t the ways of civilized folk, and the Gruul have little patience for
siblings or ancestors.]
Flaws
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If you question my courage, I will never back down.
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HrrrGGGAAAARRuuuh! [My anger in battle led to the death of a loved one
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
rites. In the center of the west wall is a tattered curtain hanging in an open doorway. Three tall, slender stained-glass windows set into the opposite wall depict figures in white robes with orange
sunrises behind their heads. From north to south, the three stained-glass windows portray Saint Andral, the Morninglord, and Saint Markovia.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
Bard Subclass A Bard subclass is a specialization that grants you features at certain Bard levels, as specified in the subclass. Bards form loose associations, which they call colleges, to preserve
their traditions. This section presents the College of Lore subclass. College of Lore Plumb the Depths of Magical Knowledge Bards of the College of Lore collect spells and secrets from diverse sources
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Basic Rules (2014)
shines from her hands, the man’s wounds knit closed, and his eyes open wide with amazement.
A dwarf crouches behind an outcrop, his black cloak making him nearly invisible in the night, and watches
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Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Bring It to an End The climactic ending of an adventure fulfills the promise of all that came before. The best climax is one the players see coming, so if a dragon is the mastermind behind all the
conclusion, arriving just as that plan is about to be completed. 5 A villain and two or three lieutenants perform separate rites in a large room. The adventurers must disrupt all the rites. 6 An ally
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
an eye patch. It clutches a whip in one bony hand.
Along the east wall are three rusty gates with mold-covered cells beyond them.
Cultists used to perform ghastly rites here. Human prisoners were
appears empty but contains a hidden compartment behind a loose stone in the east wall. A character who takes the Search action and succeeds on a DC 13 Wisdom (Perception) check discovers the loose
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
the goddess gazing down on the world, and the trailing motes of light behind it her tears. She is also a goddess of stars and navigation as well as motherhood and reproductive cycles. She is seen as
lights that follow the moon around the sky, are thought to be brought about by the goddess’s joy, sorrow, or both. Milk, a symbol of motherhood, is used in many rites performed by the worshipers of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
behind natural columns of rock. She uses her Stone Camouflage trait to blend in with her surroundings.
Xorta has a mind to explore more of Undermountain, but her parents won’t let her stray far. She
lacks the courage to defy them and knows they won’t let her leave. She has a 4-foot-long stone flute and likes to play it here because the acoustics are favorable. She’s still learning how to play
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
Bard Subclasses A Bard subclass is a specialization that grants you features at certain Bard levels, as specified in the subclass. Bards form loose associations, which they call colleges, to preserve
Harmony with the Cosmos Bards of the College of Dance know that the Words of Creation can’t be contained within speech or song; the words are uttered by the movements of celestial bodies and flow
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
Harpers Any smart, non-evil character can join the Harpers of Waterdeep. Bards and wizards are especially welcome. Harpers are altruists who work behind the scenes to keep power out of the hands of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Levels 11-16: Masters of the Realm By 11th level, characters are shining examples of courage and determination — true paragons in the world, set well apart from the masses. At this tier, adventurers
spells that completely change the way adventurers interact with the world. Their big, flashy spells are significant in combat — disintegrate, blade barrier, and heal, for example — but behind-the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
The Old Dartwild Cabin As the characters approach the cabin, read the following text: The front door of the cabin is wide open, and a rotten stench emanates from it. A noise behind you signals the
more than harmless spectators. When the characters enter the cabin, read the following text: The cabin is full of buzzing flies. Seated in a dark corner behind a rickety kitchen table is what’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
. Located in the Clifftop district of Upper Dura, this organization has a sterling reputation as a source of reliable explorers and champions. Clifftop adventurers are known for their courage and integrity
city of Sharn, which is both the cultural heart of Breland and a nexus for intrigue and diplomacy. Bards have much to gain from the company of other bards, as they exchange news, stories, and songs
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
, beating the tree-lined paths with heavy winds. The storms pass within minutes and leave behind warm arcs of sunlight filtering through the forest canopy. Music always seems to be playing in the distance
celebrating each other’s courage and integrity, all in a single evening. For those who aren’t accustomed to this candor, though, it can lead to hurt feelings and lingering resentment. Creatures that visit
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
pull it from his sleeve?
A satyr named Hugo Clovenhorn sells card decks from this stand, performing card tricks as he talks. He might pause a conversation to pull a card from behind a character’s
stock. He explains he has always admired Merriweather the birdkeeper (see “Rare Birds”), but he has never mustered the courage to strike up a conversation with her. He asks the characters to get her to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
companions The characters in your adventures should feel special if they travel the Mists, as few have the courage to do so. When characters encounter travelers from other domains, those individuals should
carrying a message from the Keepers of the Feather
4 Curious members of the Keepers of the Feather led by a wereraven (see chapter 5) in disguise
5 A band of Vistani
6 A spirit that cries out before being yanked back into the Mists, leaving behind a Mist talisman
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
. Khyber dragonshards are deep blue or dark violet, laced with gleaming veins. Khyber dragonshards have an affinity for binding magics. Elemental binding — which is behind airships, the lightning rail
dragonshards can also be used for necromantic rites. Siberys dragonshards fall from the Ring of Siberys, the ring of crystals that encircles the world. While rare in Khorvaire, there are significant Siberys
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Library behind a locked or secret door. Research: Helpful Lore. When you issue the Research order to this facility, you commission the facility’s hireling to search the Archive for helpful lore. The work
(Religion) check you make when you take the Study action to recall lore about deities, rites and prayers, hierarchies, holy symbols, and the practices of secret cults. Enlarging the Facility. You can
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
their gods, questing against the terrifying powers that threaten the land. Wizards plunder the ruins of the fallen Netherese empire, delving into secrets too dark for the light of day. Bards sing of
destroyed by the eruption of Mount Hotenow. Waterdeep, the City of Splendors, is a seaside metropolis where people from all walks of life gather behind high walls.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
succeeds on a DC 15 Intelligence (Religion) check discerns that these materials describe various rites practiced by Orcus worshipers. Ghostly Librarian. The spectral figure in the alcove is the Ghost of
advises them to search for secret doors behind every statue, claiming there are “secret vaults throughout.” Melindra doesn’t know how to find peace in the afterlife. A character who takes the Study
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
characters failed to ascertain the story behind Ravengard’s stunned state, Pherria can assist them in putting things together. Working with the acolyte, the characters (especially those who have
break evil’s hold on Grand Duke Ulder Ravengard’s mind. A powerful symbol of courage and self-sacrifice is needed to empower the ritual. Pherria suggests the greatsword of the Unknown Hero in area H15
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Adventure Atlas: The Mortuary
to expel a dybbuk† from a corpse. The exorcist asks the characters to help in dispatch the Fiend. 9 Two bards† in the Heralds of Dust approach the characters and sing a ballad honoring the dead. If the
characters interrupt or otherwise ruin the tune, 1d4 irascible specters emerge from the walls and attack, causing the bards to flee. 10 Three skeleton farmers quietly tend to corpse-white grave
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
and reorganized several times, the Harpers remain a powerful, behind-the-scenes agency, which acts to thwart evil and promote fairness through knowledge, rather than brute force. Harper agents are often
proficient in Investigation, enabling them to be adept at snooping and spying. They often seek aid from other Harpers, sympathetic bards and innkeepers, rangers, and the clergy of gods that are
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
. Zerthimon shall return, and I will be worthy to walk beside him. 2 Courage. The mind can master anything if it is unfettered by fear. 3 Duty. My people survive only because those like me place their
footsteps. 4 I will not rest until the last elder brain is destroyed. Githzerai Flaws d4 Flaw 1 I see githyanki machinations behind every threat. 2 I believe in the supremacy of the gith and that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
to it, so it can't be behind total cover. If you place an area of effect at a point that you can't see and an obstruction, such as a wall, is between you and that point, the point of origin comes into
magic depends on the Weave, though different kinds of magic access it in a variety of ways. The spells of wizards, warlocks, sorcerers, and bards are commonly called arcane magic. These spells rely on
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
. So gifted a musician was he that an admiring wizard gave Frody an instrument of the bards—a famous Canaith mandolin called Golden Axe. The mandolin’s magic served Frody well during his many
behind an open grave. After the halflings fled with the mandolin, Frody awakened, crawled from his coffin, shambled to his mother’s old cabin, and knocked on the door. The young family living there
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
in cobwebs. Continual flame spells flicker behind the eye holes of their helms, and their iron greataxes are raised high.
23b. Hall of Final Judgment The floor of this 40-foot-high chamber is
molten silver sits on a bone throne in a raised alcove. Lurking in the shadows behind the throne is Raxxus, a nycaloth. (The yugoloth passively guards the wall behind it, which contains a secret door
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
left the daily miseries of your old life behind in favor of a life of adventure and excitement. Your old debts have been paid, responsibilities you thought inescapable are behind you, or you suddenly
attain, and I won’t waste my fortune. (Star, Sun) 3 I try to be a source of inspiration and joy to others. Life is never as bad as you think! (Euryale, Jester) 4 Courage and boldness can carry the day
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
position of the Church. Now eleven years old, Jaela Daran continues to astound all who encounter her. She possesses poise and wisdom beyond her years, and she displays the blend of courage and
Krozen was behind the death of Keeper Tagor in 992 YK, suggesting that he supported the child Keeper to solidify his own influence. Is Krozen the true power behind the Flame?
The church’s templars
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
Seasons Four holy sites, corresponding to the four seasons, stand in or near the polis and serve as temples—primarily for the rites of Karametra and Nylea, but also to the other gods to an extent. These
. The four nexuses are each distinct in their own ways. Spring Nexus. Associated with Karametra, the Spring Nexus is located in a lavish garden just behind her temple in the city of Setessa. A large
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
Scholars, wizards, druids, and bards of other races have different ideas about how halflings escape peril, suggesting that by virtue of something in their nature, they occupy a special place in the
from a questionable individual and advising others to do the same. This aspect of the halfling mind-set accounts for what members of other races often characterize as courage. A halfling about to enter






