better bad diffusing calls realms

Cadaver Collector

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

of a conquering army on the Material Plane. These fearsome Constructs obey their summoners until they are dismissed back to Acheron, but if a summoner comes to a bad end, a cadaver collector might

time.Necrotic, Poison, Psychic; Bludgeoning, Piercing, and Slashing from Nonmagical Attacks that aren't AdamantineSummon Specters (Recharges after a Short or Long Rest). The collector calls up the

Cadaver Collector Legacy

Monsters Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes

collector calls up the enslaved spirits of those it has slain; 1d6;{"diceNotation":"1d6","rollType":"roll","rollAction":"Summon Specters"} specter;specters (without Sunlight Sensitivity) arise in

back to Acheron, but if a summoner comes to a bad end, a cadaver collector might wander the Material Plane for centuries, collecting corpses while searching for a way to return home. Sweeping the Dead

Môrgæn

Monsters Acquisitions Incorporated

the person you've shot first is already dead? Still, when the situation calls for it, this protector of the woodlands is equally at home on missions of subterfuge and social interaction in the big city, provided her well-known love of ale, wine, and other intoxicants doesn't get the better of her.

Skabatha Nightshade

Monsters The Wild Beyond the Witchlight

. Personality Trait. “When dealing with outsiders, I present myself as a kindly old grandmother.” Ideal. “Children are better off working for me than picking up lots of bad habits

Hourglass Coven. Better known as Granny Nightshade, she offers her assistance to those who are haunted by regret. Her deals often result in cruel twists; for example, a petitioner who asks to be reunited

Path of the Ancestral Guardian (XGtE)

Classes Xanathar's Guide to Everything

barbarian who follows this path rages, the barbarian contacts the spirit world and calls on these guardian spirits for aid. Barbarians who draw on their ancestral guardians can better fight to protect

Path of the Ancestral Guardian

Classes Xanathar's Guide to Everything

barbarian who follows this path rages, the barbarian contacts the spirit world and calls on these guardian spirits for aid. Barbarians who draw on their ancestral guardians can better fight to protect

Folk Hero Legacy

Backgrounds Basic Rules (2014)

You come from a humble social rank, but you are destined for so much more. Already the people of your home village regard you as their champion, and your destiny calls you to stand against the

you. Suggested Characteristics A folk hero is one of the common people, for better or for worse. Most folk heroes look on their humble origins as a virtue, not a shortcoming, and their

Urchin Legacy

Backgrounds Player’s Handbook (2014)

securely for at least ten days. How did you come by that money? What allowed you to break free of your desperate circumstances and embark on a better life? Skill Proficiencies: Sleight of

shaped by lives of desperate poverty, for good and for ill. They tend to be driven either by a commitment to the people with whom they shared life on the street or by a burning desire to find a better

Half-Elf Legacy

Species Basic Rules (2014)

Flint squinted into the setting sun. He thought he saw the figure of a man striding up the path. Standing, Flint drew back into the shadow of a tall pine to see better. The man’s walk was

friends and loved ones age while time barely touches them. Others live with the elves, growing restless as they reach adulthood in the timeless elven realms, while their peers continue to live as

Lesser Star Spawn Emissary

Monsters Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

and just as readily appear as people, animals, or other creatures—the more unassuming, the better. Should it reveal its true form, an emissary appears as a roughly bipedal mass of agitated organs

emissaries are the fingers of alien realms, digits that tip the scales of reality toward terror. Heralded by ominous astrological events, these ravenous invaders make worlds ready for unimaginable masters or

Plaintiff

Backgrounds Acquisitions Incorporated

and realms of magic and mystery just a dungeon away, you left your old life behind. Now a world of adventure is yours. Just initial here and sign here and here. Absolve Acq Inc of all former claims, and

’re talking about. With common folks who don’t know any better, you might be able to intimidate or deceive to get favors or special treatment.

Aarakocra Legacy

Species Elemental Evil Player's Companion

changes in the prevailing winds that they regarded as a bad omen. Unlike the aarakocra of other worlds on the Material Plane, the aarakocra of the Realms rarely travel to the Elemental Plane of Air

. The eldest acts as leader with the support of a shaman. AARAKOCRA IN THE FORGOTTEN REALMS Never well established in Faerûn, aarakocra have only four major colonies: in the Star Mounts

Yuan-ti Pureblood Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

odds aren’t in their favor. A short retreat might be just the thing to reach a better tactical position, find allies, or to allow the yuan-ti the opportunity to study their opponents and

implement better tactics. Any enemy who chases a group of fleeing yuan-ti might be on the victorious side of a rout or could be heading into a trap; if the enemy has been encountered before, it is likely

Urchin - Baldur's Gate

Backgrounds Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus

circumstances and embark on a better life? Skill Proficiencies: Sleight of Hand, StealthTool Proficiencies: Disguise kit, thieves’ toolsEquipment: A small knife, a map of the city you grew up

of desperate poverty, for good and for ill. They tend to be driven either by a commitment to the people with whom they shared life on the street or by a burning desire to find a better life &mdash

Keresta Delvingstone

Monsters Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage

the target, or takes a bonus action to end the effect. Children of the Night (1/Day). Keresta magically calls 2d4;{"diceNotation":"2d4","rollType":"roll","rollAction":"Children of the Night"} swarm

stranger to hardship. Hoping to make a better life for herself, she became an adventurer and sought fame and fortune in Undermountain. Keresta met her end in the lair of a vampire and became a vampire spawn

Folk Hero - Baldur's Gate

Backgrounds Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus

their champion, and your destiny calls you to stand against the tyrants and monsters that threaten the common folk everywhere. Skill Proficiencies: Animal Handling, Survival Tool

; Suggested Characteristics A folk hero is one of the common people, for better or for worse. Most folk heroes look on their humble origins as a virtue, not a shortcoming, and their home communities

Dragonmarked Characters

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron

Dragonmarked Characters Here are examples of characters with the Mark of Warding. Artificer House Agent. Some people want to build a better mousetrap. Better isn’t enough for you — you want to build

. Criminal Rogue. It’s not that you’re a bad person. You’ve just never met a lock you didn’t want to open. It’s like they speak to you, whispering “Free me! Free me!” You’re not even in it for the gold

Saving Throws

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

Saving Throws A saving throw is an instant response to a harmful effect and is almost never done by choice. A save makes the most sense when something bad happens to a character and the character has

else. Most of the time, a saving throw comes into play when an effect — such as a spell, monster ability, or trap — calls for it, telling you what kind of saving throw is involved and providing a DC for

Pickled Pete

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sleeping Dragon’s Wake

Pickled Pete Pickled Pete Human Expert Pete likes ale and tends to function better while tipsy. At his best, he’s quite the handyman and comes up with all sorts of crazy ways to get things

can’t be solved with a little ingenuity?” Bond. “A full flask of wine is worth ten pockets full of gold.” Flaw. “All this drinking is bad for my memory. Seriously, I can’t remember my last name.”

Pickled Pete

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm Lord’s Wrath

Pickled Pete Pickled Pete Human Expert Pete likes ale and tends to function better while tipsy. At his best, he’s quite the handyman and comes up with all sorts of crazy ways to get things

can’t be solved with a little ingenuity?” Bond. “A full flask of wine is worth ten pockets full of gold.” Flaw. “All this drinking is bad for my memory. Seriously, I can’t remember my last name.”

Invidia

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

Invidia Darklord: Gabrielle Aderre Hallmarks: Bad parents, possessed children Gabrielle Aderre is convinced that her son, Malocchio, is destined for greatness. From her estate outside the village of

board, she calls upon supernatural forces to guide and protect her son. Spirits, angels, fiends, and worse answer her summons, but as long as they chart Malocchio’s path to glory, Gabrielle eagerly accepts their gifts.

Pickled Pete

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon of Icespire Peak

Pickled Pete Pickled Pete Human Expert Pete likes ale and tends to function better while tipsy. At his best, he’s quite the handyman and comes up with all sorts of crazy ways to get things done

be solved with a little ingenuity?” Bond. “A full flask of wine is worth ten pockets full of gold.” Flaw. “All this drinking is bad for my memory. Seriously, I can’t remember my last name.”

Pickled Pete

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Divine Contention

Pickled Pete Pickled Pete Human Expert Pete likes ale and tends to function better while tipsy. At his best, he’s quite the handyman and comes up with all sorts of crazy ways to get things

can’t be solved with a little ingenuity?” Bond. “A full flask of wine is worth ten pockets full of gold.” Flaw. “All this drinking is bad for my memory. Seriously, I can’t remember my last name.”

Saving Throws

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

Saving Throws In contrast to an ability check, a saving throw is an instant response to an effect and is almost never made by choice. A saving throw makes the most sense when something bad threatens

a character and the character has a chance to avoid or resist it. Most of the time, a saving throw comes into play when an effect—such as a spell, monster ability, or trap—calls for it, telling you

Druid Legacy

Classes Basic Rules (2014)

Holding high a gnarled staff wreathed with holly, an elf summons the fury of the storm and calls down explosive bolts of lightning to smite the torch-carrying orcs who threaten her forest. Crouching

of Greyhawk and the Forgotten Realms, druidic circles are not usually connected to the faith of a single nature deity. Any given circle in the Forgotten Realms, for example, might include druids who

Backgrounds

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated

world a better place than they found it. You’re not one of them. Somewhere along the way, something went wrong. Maybe it was bad luck. Circumstances might have conspired to put you in an impossible

Quentillius Antiphiun Melentor III

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos

not at all. Quentillius is a member of the university’s Playactors Drama Guild, where his dedication to what he calls “the craft” is absolute. He looks down on other actors who are slow to memorize

lines or who miss cues. Backstage crew members fare better, as Quentillius regards them as crucial and often brings them and the director flowers or notes of thanks. While Quentillius is a powerful

Running the Adventure

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver

set a short distance from the city of Neverwinter in the Sword Coast region of the Forgotten Realms setting. The Sword Coast is part of the North — a vast realm of free settlements surrounded by

wilderness and adventure. You don’t need to be a Forgotten Realms expert to run the adventure; everything you need to know about the setting is contained in this content. If this is your first time

How Patrons Work

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

as a launchpad tailored for organizations of your design. For example, the guild group patron could represent the Harpers or the Zhentarim of the Forgotten Realms, the Clifftop Adventurers’ Guild in

Eberron, or a homebrew league of caravan guards. Or perhaps a criminal syndicate, military force, or other category of patron better fits the party’s goals. Choose and customize the group patron that works best for your party and the types of adventures you want to explore.

Other Elements

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse

Other Elements Replace any mention of deities specific to the Forgotten Realms setting with appropriate Greyhawk deities. For example, the knights based in Summit Hall should be followers of

Heironeous instead of Helm or Tyr. (They could be followers of Saint Cuthbert, but that would mean that one of the player character factions has an important stronghold in the region; better if they are

Conclusion

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated

makes the whole company look bad). Either way, read: “I’ve been told about the misunderstanding regarding your identities. I can’t say much for your relative inexperience and lack of skill. But it looks

answering any calls.” Omin snaps his fingers, and a paper, a pen, and an ink pot leap from his satchel. “This note gives you the right to travel to Phandalin and investigate the franchise there on my behalf

Vistani Lore

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries

for the group’s travels, and preserving the Vistani way of life. The Vistani have the power—some say gift—to travel through the mists that lead to forlorn realms within the Shadowfell known as the

believe that ravens carry lost souls within them. Hence, killing a raven is considered bad luck in Vistani culture.

Foreword

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist

. We’ve visited Waterdeep before, but not like this. Clever heroes will respect the city’s rules. Those who get on the city’s bad side are in for a rough time, as the City of Splendors is home to some of

the most powerful figures in the Forgotten Realms. Charlie Sanders, a lifelong D&D player, brought his experience writing for television to the project by helping flesh out the story bible months

Adversary

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything

1 The pirate captain on whose ship you once served; what you call moving on, the captain calls mutiny 2 A master spy to whom you unwittingly fed bad information, which led to the assassination of

Goblin Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

was conquered by Maglubiyet, after all, and now when the Mighty One calls for it, even their souls are forfeit. It is this realization that drives them to dominate other creatures whenever they can

new leader can act as the real boss. If the creature brushes aside such manipulation, the tribe falls into line behind the new tyrant—better to abide the new rule than conspire against it and be

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