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Eberron: Rising from the Last War
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bred to be such vessels. They have no choice in this destiny, since they can’t resist quori possession. Physically, Inspired resemble the kalashtar, possessing an almost supernatural beauty
Monsters
Eberron: Rising from the Last War
":"Vicious Mockery","rollDamageType":"psychic"} psychic damage and have disadvantage on the next attack roll it makes before the end of its next turn.The rulers of distant Sarlona are known as the Inspired
choice in this destiny, since they can’t resist quori possession. Physically, Inspired resemble the kalashtar, possessing an almost supernatural beauty.
Most of the people of the Five Nations have
Monsters
Eberron: Rising from the Last War
disadvantage on the next attack roll it makes before the end of its next turn.The rulers of distant Sarlona are known as the Inspired. These noble families are said to be bound to celestial spirits
who can dream can volunteer to serve as a quori vessel. But the Inspired of Sarlona are humans bred to be such vessels. They have no choice in this destiny, since they can't resist quori possession
Monsters
Eberron: Rising from the Last War
disadvantage on the next attack roll it makes before the end of its next turn.The rulers of distant Sarlona are known as the Inspired. These noble families are said to be bound to celestial spirits that guide
can volunteer to serve as a quori vessel. But the Inspired of Sarlona are humans bred to be such vessels. They have no choice in this destiny, since they can't resist quori possession. Physically
Magic Items
Storm King's Thunder
Built by dwarven gods and entrusted to the rulers of Shanatar, an ancient dwarven empire, the Wyrmskull Throne was a symbol of dwarven power and pride for ages untold. The throne hovers a foot off
breaking at least five Ruling Scepters of Shanatar simultaneously on it. This fact has never been recorded or sung of among the dwarves or any bards or storytellers, and it can’t be discovered
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
bards and philosophers to partake in “the Great Dialogue” in the dragon’s mountaintop lair. But only the dragon knows that the Great Dialogue has no end, and no one can leave the lair
university, but the students must travel to the dragon’s mountain lair for class.
Crystal Dragon Lairs
Crystal dragons seek out frigid, picturesque locations with clear views of the sky
Backgrounds
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
lifestyle between adventures.
Boros Guild Spells
Prerequisite: Spellcasting or Pact Magic class feature
For you, the spells on the Boros Guild Spells table are added to the spell list of your
spellcasting class. (If you are a multiclass character with multiple spell lists, these spells are added to all of them.)
Boros Guild Spells
Spell Level
Spells
Cantrip
fire bolt,
Backgrounds
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
the crime. Most people are too daunted by you to report your wrongdoing to the Azorius.
Rakdos Guild Spells
Prerequisite: Spellcasting or Pact Magic class feature
For you, the spells on the Rakdos
Guild Spells table are added to the spell list of your spellcasting class. (If you are a multiclass character with multiple spell lists, these spells are added to all of them.)
Rakdos Guild Spells
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Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
food and fresh water in these areas for yourself and up to five other people each day.
Gruul Guild Spells
Prerequisite: Spellcasting or Pact Magic class feature
For you, the spells on the Gruul
Guild Spells table are added to the spell list of your spellcasting class. (If you are a multiclass character with multiple spell lists, these spells are added to all of them.)
Gruul Guild Spells
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Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
occupation or social class that frequents the establishment. This contact is delighted to talk with you, and to listen.
Variant Entertainer: Gladiator
A gladiator is as much an
, since I can defuse any amount of tension.
5
I love a good insult, even one directed at me.
6
I get bitter if I’m not the center of attention.
7
I’ll settle for nothing
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
Bards Bards hold a special place of responsibility and respect in the Forgotten Realms. They are bearers of news, gossip, and messages in their travels from place to place, in addition to being
living storehouses of history and folklore. Bards know a great deal, and they tend to be willing to share what they know, or at least barter for it. The arrival of a renowned bard is a special occasion
Backgrounds
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
with the law, the guild can’t shield you from the repercussions.
Izzet Guild Spells
Prerequisite: Spellcasting or Pact Magic class feature
For you, the spells on the Izzet Guild Spells table
are added to the spell list of your spellcasting class. (If you are a multiclass character with multiple spell lists, these spells are added to all of them.)
Izzet Guild Spells
Spell Level
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
Lords' Alliance The Lords’ Alliance is an association of rulers from cities and towns across Faerûn (primarily in the North), who believe that solidarity is needed to keep evil at bay. The rulers of
agents include sophisticated bards, zealous paladins, talented mages, and grizzled warriors. They are chosen primarily for their loyalty and are experts in observation, stealth, innuendo, and combat
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
in the Bard College class feature in the Player’s Handbook. The College of Fochlucan is naturally allied with the Harpers, although its master bards are careful to stress that its mission is separate
memorization and the study of ancient songs, sagas, and history. Most bards of New Olamn belong to the College of Lore, as described in the Bard College class feature in the Player’s Handbook. The Cliffride
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
.
Cloud Giant Destiny Gambler Huge Giant (Bard), Any Alignment
Armor Class 15 (natural armor)
Hit Points 337 (27d12 + 162)
Speed 40 ft., fly 40 ft. (hover)
STR
27 (+8)
DEX
12 (+1)
CON
Cloud Giant Destiny Gambler Cloud giants rise in the ordning by amassing valuable and beautiful treasures—often by gambling. While many cloud giants are content with risking their wealth in games
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
the templar order. Flamekeep is also home to Thalingard, the ancestral palace of the rulers of Thrane and current residence of Queen Diani ir’Wynarn. Shadukar Shadukar is a grim reminder of the cost
of the war. Once known as the Jewel of the Sound, this coastal city was destroyed in a bitter siege against Karrnathi forces. The city has yet to be reclaimed, and it’s said to be haunted both by
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
lost decades earlier to Darguun and Valenar. Cyrans who survived the war must now carve out a new destiny in the lands of their enemies or in foreign nations beyond what was once the Kingdom of Galifar
has taken in refugees and created refugee camps. Thrane also accepted refugees but has worked to disperse and integrate them into the general population. Are you grateful or bitter? Do you have family
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
Yongjing Features Those familiar with Yongjing know the following details: Hallmarks. Yongjing is known for its courtly drama and labyrinthine bureaucracy. Its rulers enjoy exceptionally long
. Languages. Xingyu is the primary language of Yongjing, and most residents are also fluent in Common. Xingyu is written in the Dwarvish script, though scholars and upper-class citizens often also learn the language’s older and more complicated pictograph representations.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
College of Lore Bards of the College of Lore know something about most things, collecting bits of knowledge from sources as diverse as scholarly tomes and peasant tales. Whether singing folk ballads
in taverns or elaborate compositions in royal courts, these bards use their gifts to hold audiences spellbound. When the applause dies down, the audience members might find themselves questioning
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
Woe Strider Woe striders form from the souls of those who’ve broken the bonds of destiny. Over centuries, these cosmic blasphemers transform into hunched, long-limbed horrors. Sadistic things, woe
striders seek ways to reweave themselves into the tapestry of destiny. This leads them to search for answers within the bowels of other beings, performing murderous haruspicy in pursuit of their
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
College of Lore Bards of the College of Lore know something about most things, collecting bits of knowledge from sources as diverse as scholarly tomes and peasant tales. Whether singing folk ballads
in taverns or elaborate compositions in royal courts, these bards use their gifts to hold audiences spellbound. When the applause dies down, the audience members might find themselves questioning
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
Fate Hag Fate hags are servants of destiny that mostly reside in the Feywild and Shadowfell or near crossings to those realms from the Material Plane. The aspects of fate to which a fate hag is most
. These shears are frightful weapons, severing a foe’s destiny as well as its flesh. Fate hags often glimpse others’ destinies when truths are revealed to them, when they lay curses, and when they offer
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
firmly in the world by associating the class with a particular race or culture. For example, you might decide that bards, sorcerers, warlocks, and wizards represent the magical traditions of four
Modifying a Class The classes in the Player’s Handbook capture a wide range of character archetypes, but your campaign world might have need of something more. The following section discusses ways to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
appropriate, reflecting their love of intrigue. Classes that specialize in melee combat are rare among the Zil. The soldiers of Zilargo include rogues, bards, wizards, and artificers. The Trust. In
agent or acquire a particular object from their base. While the spy background is a logical choice for a Trust agent, the agency recruits characters of every class and background. Your class abilities reflect specialized training and granted abilities—the magical equivalent of spy gadgets!
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Inspired The rulers of distant Sarlona are known as the Inspired. These noble families are said to be bound to celestial spirits that guide and empower them, but the truth is far darker. The Inspired
Inspired of Sarlona are humans bred to be such vessels. They have no choice in this destiny, since they can’t resist quori possession. Physically, Inspired resemble the kalashtar, possessing an almost
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
College of Glamour The College of Glamour is the home of bards who mastered their craft in the vibrant realm of the Feywild or under the tutelage of someone who dwelled there. Tutored by satyrs
, eladrin, and other fey, these bards learn to use their magic to delight and captivate others. The bards of this college are regarded with a mixture of awe and fear. Their performances are the stuff of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
Riffler Rifflers are diminutive Fey reminiscent of gnomes and obsessed with destiny and fate. The oldest stories of rifflers suggest these dangerously curious spirits manifested as physical beings
possess and understand this new instrument of destiny. Rifflers wander the Feywild and Material Plane, searching for Decks of Many Things. They collect the cards, trade them, hoard them, and scatter
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
presence is courted as a sign of status among rulers. Champion
Medium humanoid (any race), any alignment
Armor Class 18 (plate)
Hit Points 143 (22d8 + 44)
Speed 30 ft.
STR
20(+5)
DEX
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
like these exist in your world. Wizards (and bards and druids) might be so rare that a player character learns from a single mentor and never meets another character of the same class, in which case
, a few class options suggest the existence of magic-using organizations in the world — bardic colleges and druid circles — which are up to you to flesh out. You could decide that no formal structures
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Levels 1-4: Local Heroes Characters in this tier are still learning the range of class features that define them, including their choice of specialization. But even 1st-level characters are heroes
, set apart from the common people by natural characteristics, learned skills, and the hint of a greater destiny that lies before them. At the start of their careers, characters use 1st- and 2nd-level
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
their presence is courted as a sign of status among rulers. Champion
Medium humanoid (any race), any alignment
Armor Class 18 (plate)
Hit Points 143 (22d8 + 44)
Speed 30 ft.
STR
20 (+5
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
Spy Rulers, nobles, merchants, guildmasters, and other wealthy individuals use spies to gain the upper hand in a world of cutthroat politics. A spy is trained to secretly gather information. Loyal
spies would rather die than divulge information that could compromise them or their employers. Spy
Medium humanoid (any race), any alignment
Armor Class 12
Hit Points 27 (6d8)
Speed 30 ft
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
College of Whispers Most folk are happy to welcome a bard into their midst. Bards of the College of Whispers use this to their advantage. They appear to be like other bards, sharing news, singing
songs, and telling tales to the audiences they gather. In truth, the College of Whispers teaches its students that they are wolves among sheep. These bards use their knowledge and magic to uncover
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
Bard Bards are gifted poets, storytellers, and entertainers who travel far and wide, but are commonly found in taverns or in the company of jolly bands of adventurers, rough-and-tumble mercenaries
, and wealthy patrons. Bard
Medium humanoid (any race), any alignment
Armor Class 15 (chain shirt)
Hit Points 44 (8d8 + 8)
Speed 30 ft.
STR
11 (+0)
DEX
14 (+2)
CON
12 (+1
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
years. It was crippled by a long and bitter conflict with the daelkyr and their aberrant armies; even though the daelkyr were defeated, the seeds of madness took root in the empire and tore it apart
Dhakaani. The Heirs of Dhakaan are an agnostic society and don’t have clerics, paladins, or druids. Their focus is on martial excellence, and their spiritual leaders are bards, who inspire their warriors