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Monsters
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
their lair’s comfort. Rather than retiring to crypts, they seek filthy or inaccessible fissures, places any living soul would avoid.
For a few moments after feeding, nosferatu are lucid and
capable of considering more than their next meal. In these instants, nosferatu recollect glimpses of what they once were, beings who knew pride, intention, and a world beyond the shadows. They might even
Bard
Legacy
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Classes
Basic Rules (2014)
of song, speech, and the magic they contain. Bards say that the multiverse was spoken into existence, that the words of the gods gave it shape, and that echoes of these primordial Words of Creation
still resound throughout the cosmos. The music of bards is an attempt to snatch and harness those echoes, subtly woven into their spells and powers. The greatest strength of bards is their sheer
Backgrounds
Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
the house assigns you a mission, it will usually provide you with the necessary supplies and transportation. Beyond this, you have many old friends, mentors, and rivals in your house, and you may
and for my own curiosity. (Any)
6
Comfort. I want to ensure that me and mine enjoy the best things in life. (Any)
D6
BOND
1
My house is my family, and I would do
Backgrounds
Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
enclave. When the house assigns you a mission, it will usually provide you with the necessary supplies and transportation. Beyond this, you have many old friends, mentors, and rivals in your house, and
my house and for my own curiosity. (Any)
6
Comfort. I want to ensure that me and mine enjoy the best things in life. (Any)
D6
BOND
1
My house is my family, and
Backgrounds
Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
. When the house assigns you a mission, it will usually provide you with the necessary supplies and transportation. Beyond this, you have many old friends, mentors, and rivals in your house, and you
house and for my own curiosity. (Any)
6
Comfort. I want to ensure that me and mine enjoy the best things in life. (Any)
D6
BOND
1
My house is my family, and I would
Backgrounds
Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
. When the house assigns you a mission, it will usually provide you with the necessary supplies and transportation. Beyond this, you have many old friends, mentors, and rivals in your house, and you may
and for my own curiosity. (Any)
6
Comfort. I want to ensure that me and mine enjoy the best things in life. (Any)
D6
BOND
1
My house is my family, and I would
Backgrounds
Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
house assigns you a mission, it will usually provide you with the necessary supplies and transportation. Beyond this, you have many old friends, mentors, and rivals in your house, and you may encounter
my own curiosity. (Any)
6
Comfort. I want to ensure that me and mine enjoy the best things in life. (Any)
D6
BOND
1
My house is my family, and I would do anything
Backgrounds
Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
house assigns you a mission, it will usually provide you with the necessary supplies and transportation. Beyond this, you have many old friends, mentors, and rivals in your house, and you may
my own curiosity. (Any)
6
Comfort. I want to ensure that me and mine enjoy the best things in life. (Any)
D6
BOND
1
My house is my family, and I would do
Backgrounds
Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
enclave. When the house assigns you a mission, it will usually provide you with the necessary supplies and transportation. Beyond this, you have many old friends, mentors, and rivals in your house, and
my house and for my own curiosity. (Any)
6
Comfort. I want to ensure that me and mine enjoy the best things in life. (Any)
D6
BOND
1
My house is my family, and I
Backgrounds
Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
the house assigns you a mission, it will usually provide you with the necessary supplies and transportation. Beyond this, you have many old friends, mentors, and rivals in your house, and you may
for my own curiosity. (Any)
6
Comfort. I want to ensure that me and mine enjoy the best things in life. (Any)
D6
BOND
1
My house is my family, and I would do
Backgrounds
Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
enclave. When the house assigns you a mission, it will usually provide you with the necessary supplies and transportation. Beyond this, you have many old friends, mentors, and rivals in your house
for my house and for my own curiosity. (Any)
6
Comfort. I want to ensure that me and mine enjoy the best things in life. (Any)
D6
BOND
1
My house is my family, and
Backgrounds
Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
enclave. When the house assigns you a mission, it will usually provide you with the necessary supplies and transportation. Beyond this, you have many old friends, mentors, and rivals in your house, and
my house and for my own curiosity. (Any)
6
Comfort. I want to ensure that me and mine enjoy the best things in life. (Any)
D6
BOND
1
My house is my family, and I
Backgrounds
Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
. When the house assigns you a mission, it will usually provide you with the necessary supplies and transportation. Beyond this, you have many old friends, mentors, and rivals in your house, and you
house and for my own curiosity. (Any)
6
Comfort. I want to ensure that me and mine enjoy the best things in life. (Any)
D6
BOND
1
My house is my family, and I
Backgrounds
Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
house assigns you a mission, it will usually provide you with the necessary supplies and transportation. Beyond this, you have many old friends, mentors, and rivals in your house, and you may
my own curiosity. (Any)
6
Comfort. I want to ensure that me and mine enjoy the best things in life. (Any)
D6
BOND
1
My house is my family, and I would do
Backgrounds
Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
the house assigns you a mission, it will usually provide you with the necessary supplies and transportation. Beyond this, you have many old friends, mentors, and rivals in your house, and you may
and for my own curiosity. (Any)
6
Comfort. I want to ensure that me and mine enjoy the best things in life. (Any)
D6
BOND
1
My house is my family, and I would do
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
Learning from Experience True bards are not common in the world. Not every minstrel singing in a tavern or jester cavorting in a royal court is a bard. Discovering the magic hidden in music requires
hard study and some measure of natural talent that most troubadours and jongleurs lack. It can be hard to spot the difference between these performers and true bards, though. A bard’s life is spent
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
Learning from Experience True bards are not common in the world. Not every minstrel singing in a tavern or jester cavorting in a royal court is a bard. Discovering the magic hidden in music requires
hard study and some measure of natural talent that most troubadours and jongleurs lack. It can be hard to spot the difference between these performers and true bards, though. A bard’s life is spent
Backgrounds
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
always straining to peer into another reality that seems to be just beyond my senses.
5
I’m uneasy if I can’t see plants growing or feel soil beneath my feet.
6
Seeing illness
.
3
I enjoy comfort and quiet, and prefer to avoid extra effort.
4
I have a fierce temper that doesn’t reflect the inner calm I seek.
5
I’m convinced that everyone else in the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Forge of the Artificer
House Ghallanda Yoren d’Ghallanda has expanded the holdings of his house far beyond its origins in the Talenta Plains and his headquarters in Gatherhold. Inns run directly by the house—each one a
little enclave of House Ghallanda’s authority, beyond the grasp of any local government—reach across Khorvaire, even in remote areas such as the edge of the Demon Wastes and the swamps of Q’barra. Even
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
Chapter 4: Beyond the Crystal Cave Jessica Fong Caerwyn and Porphura, two powerful spellcasters in love,
relax in the fairytale garden they created together The city of Sybar on the small island
garden. So does the Fountain All Heal, a miraculous fountain whose waters cure most ailments but also enchant those who drink from it, lulling imbibers into a comfort that makes them never want to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
stairs just inside the tunnel climb to the top of the wall, which is enclosed by stone battlements. There are no guards stationed atop the wall or beyond the portcullis. The winch to raise the portcullis
is inside the tunnel, just beyond the gate. The portcullis can also be lifted with a successful DC 25 Strength (Athletics) check. 4b–c. Side Caves Two cloakers lurk here, one in each cave. They team up
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
. Upon hearing creatures enter the area, the bandit retreats to warn its confederates in areas 6, 8, and 9. Characters in the room can hear the bandit’s soft, retreating footfalls with a successful DC
break apart if disturbed in any way. Written in blood on the wall, concealed behind one of the shields, is the following message in Elvish: Beyond the pillar forest, the Mad Mage waits. Casting spells behind magic gates.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
elves reach physical maturity at about the same age as humans, the elven understanding of adulthood goes beyond physical growth to encompass worldly experience. An elf typically claims adulthood and an
is rich and varied, and their songs and poems are famous among other races. Many bards learn their language so they can add Elvish ballads to their repertoires. Subrace. Ancient divides among the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
reaching the Pudding King as he retreats to his throne room (area 30). Princess Ebonmire engages in melee, protecting Prince Livid as it uses its Psychic Crush attack. Prince Livid prefers to slink and
killer, polymorph, stoneskin
The second spellbook, titled Magick from Beyond the Mirror, contains the following spells: 5th level: Bigby’s hand, cloudkill, hold monster, legend lore, passwall, Rary’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
counter juts from the wall across the room from the base of the stairs. It holds saws, knives, and other tools. Four skeletons stand beyond this tool bench, guarding a wide passage that exits the to
his tools on the tool bench. Otherwise, he watches warily from behind the four skeletons. In any case, if confronted, he shrinks from conflict and orders his skeletons to attack while he retreats into
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
attract. She is the patron of rangers in the same way that Milil is the patron of bards, but even rangers rarely pray to her directly. They instead pray to Gwaeron Windstrom, who they believe will
might be carved on a separate piece of wood and tacked to a living tree. These shrines typically mark the point in a forest beyond which locals know not to cut timber or hunt. Often these tributes
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
determining the fate of millions in the Material Plane and even places beyond. Characters traverse otherworldly realms and explore demiplanes and other extraplanar locales, where they fight savage balor
existence itself. Characters who reach 20th level have attained the pinnacle of mortal achievement. Their deeds are recorded in the annals of history and recounted by bards for centuries. Their
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Bard: College of Spirits Bards of the College of Spirits seek tales with inherent power—be they legends, histories, or fictions—and bring their subjects to life. Using occult trappings, these bards
of the spell equal to the number rolled. Tales from Beyond 3rd-level College of Spirits feature You reach out to spirits who tell their tales through you. While you are holding your Spiritual Focus
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
elves reach physical maturity at about the same age as humans, the elven understanding of adulthood goes beyond physical growth to encompass worldly experience. An elf typically claims adulthood and an
is rich and varied, and their songs and poems are famous among other races. Many bards learn their language so they can add Elvish ballads to their repertoires. Subrace. Ancient divides among the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
each year. The primary benefit of belonging to a guild is access to work, since the guildmaster can connect parties of adventurers with patrons and jobs suited to their talents. Beyond that, there are
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->Tomb of Annihilation
18. Nangnang’s Shrine Monoliths adorned with prancing, frog-like figures rise from the swamp. Beyond, a ruined edifice shaped like an arrowhead squats in the muddy water. Bushes and trees grow from
to the shrine stand ajar. If the tide of battle turns against Chief Yorb, he retreats into the shrine with his elite guards and bars the doors. A character can force open the barred doors with a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Divine Contention
. Mark one victory and advance to Event 2: “The Storm Breaks.” The party retreats. The undead spill into the town. Proceed to Event 5: “Streets of Rage.” Event 2. The Storm Breaks If the defenders hold
. From beyond, you hear the roaring of barbarians.
The anchorites of Talos are using a battering ram to demolish the burning gate. Each time they spot a defender on the wall, the barbarians hurl
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->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
physicians to the poor and hurt. However, to those beyond their help, they bring a swift end as an act of mercy. Those who follow the Way of Mercy might be members of a religious order, administering to the
until the end of your next turn. Flurry of Healing and Harm 11th-level Way of Mercy feature You can now mete out a flurry of comfort and hurt. When you use Flurry of Blows, you can now replace each of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
their lair’s comfort. Rather than retiring to crypts, they seek filthy or inaccessible fissures, places any living soul would avoid. For a few moments after feeding, nosferatu are lucid and capable
of considering more than their next meal. In these instants, nosferatu recollect glimpses of what they once were, beings who knew pride, intention, and a world beyond the shadows. They might even