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Dungeon Master’s Guide
blood. If the sword doesn’t taste blood on its blade within 1 minute of being drawn from its scabbard, its wielder makes a DC 15 Charisma saving throw. On a successful save, the wielder takes
Initiative rolls.
Blade of Defense. When you take an action to attack with the sword, you can transfer some or all of its attack bonus to your Armor Class instead. The adjusted bonuses remain in
Magic Items
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engaged in acts of destruction, but worsens if the blade is left inactive too long.
The weapon’s purpose is to ruin and unmake existing objects, so that its owner can rebuild the world from a
version of the green devil face of the Tomb of Horrors is fashioned into the hilt of the weapon, with the blade extending from its open mouth. The blade always appears ruined and rusting, and causes its
Classes
Xanathar's Guide to Everything
Bards of the College of Swords are called blades, and they entertain through daring feats of weapon prowess. Blades perform stunts such as sword swallowing, knife throwing and juggling, and mock
combats. Though they use their weapons to entertain, they are also highly trained and skilled warriors in their own right.
Their talent with weapons inspires many blades to lead double lives. One blade
Classes
Xanathar's Guide to Everything
Bards of the College of Swords are called blades, and they entertain through daring feats of weapon prowess. Blades perform stunts such as sword swallowing, knife throwing and juggling, and mock
combats. Though they use their weapons to entertain, they are also highly trained and skilled warriors in their own right.
Their talent with weapons inspires many blades to lead double lives. One blade
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Basic Rules (2014)
Humming as she traces her fingers over an ancient monument in a long-forgotten ruin, a half-elf in rugged leathers finds knowledge springing into her mind, conjured forth by the magic of her song
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
Classes
Xanathar's Guide to Everything
forever. A blade can end a life. Fear can end an empire.
Rule with an Iron Fist. Once you have conquered, tolerate no dissent. Your word is law. Those who obey it shall be favored. Those who defy it
shall be punished as an example to all who might follow.
Strength Above All. You shall rule until a stronger one arises. Then you must grow mightier and meet the challenge, or fall to your own ruin
Classes
Xanathar's Guide to Everything
forever. A blade can end a life. Fear can end an empire.
Rule with an Iron Fist. Once you have conquered, tolerate no dissent. Your word is law. Those who obey it shall be favored. Those who defy it
shall be punished as an example to all who might follow.
Strength Above All. You shall rule until a stronger one arises. Then you must grow mightier and meet the challenge, or fall to your own ruin
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
, and can act independently to fulfill simple instructions. Some animated objects (including many of those created in the Feywild) might converse fluently or adopt a persona, but most are simple
. Imagine my surprise when the blade flew from his bony grasp!
Still got the scar.”
— Levity Quickstitch,
halfling rogue
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
mood improves when the sword is actively engaged in acts of destruction, but worsens if the blade is left inactive too long. The weapon’s purpose is to ruin and unmake existing objects, so that its
use the weapon as his own phylactery.) A small jade version of the green devil face of the Tomb of Horrors is fashioned into the hilt of the weapon, with the blade extending from its open mouth. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
College of Swords Bards of the College of Swords are called blades, and they entertain through daring feats of weapon prowess. Blades perform stunts such as sword swallowing, knife throwing and
lives. One blade might use a circus troupe as cover for nefarious deeds such as assassination, robbery, and blackmail. Other blades strike at the wicked, bringing justice to bear against the cruel and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
teleportation Wondrous item Yes Horn of blasting Wondrous item No Horn of Valhalla (silver or brass) Wondrous item No Instrument of the bards (Canaith mandolin) Wondrous item Yes (bard) Instrument of
the bards (Cli lyre) Wondrous item Yes (bard) Ioun stone (awareness) Wondrous item Yes Ioun stone (protection) Wondrous item Yes Ioun stone (reserve) Wondrous item Yes Ioun stone (sustenance) Wondrous
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
10. I’jin’s Shrine Cracked monoliths flank the entrance to this ruin. Saw-edged ferns grow in the courtyard between broken flagstones. A pair of stone doors provide entry to a large, flat-roofed ruin
dusty maze. Hidden pressure plates in the floor are located in the positions marked X on the shrine map. If more than 20 pounds of pressure is exerted on a pressure plate, a sharpened axe blade swings
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
. Bloodthirst. The sword thirsts for blood. If the sword doesn’t taste blood on its blade within 1 minute of being drawn from its scabbard, its wielder makes a DC 15 Charisma saving throw. On a successful
Initiative rolls. Blade of Defense. When you take an action to attack with the sword, you can transfer some or all of its attack bonus to your Armor Class instead. The adjusted bonuses remain in effect
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
(use the veteran stat block) armed with crossbows stop them and question them about their origins, business, and destination. Attack on the Final Steps As the characters converse with the sentries, a
agree, in the course of their discussions a soldier relates recent gossip about a scouting troop that returned from a ruin called Sorrow’s Zenith and described strange vegetation that “breathed with
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Adventure Atlas: The Mortuary
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
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
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
others. News and gossip are carried between population centers by caravans and ships that bring in supplies for trade and by traveling bards and minstrels who recount (or invent) stories to inform and
, heedless or unknowing of the danger, unlock a ruin or a tomb and release an ancient evil into the world? Most of the people who populate the continent have little or no knowledge of lands outside Faerûn
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
Bladesinging When faced with the endless onslaught of magical possibilities, many wizards suffer identity crises. Some overcome, some break, and some become sword-bards.
Tasha
Bladesingers master
bladesinger at work remember the display as one of the more beautiful experiences in their life, a glorious dance accompanied by a singing blade. A Drow and a High Elf Bladesinger Training in War and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
Lorehold. Bards thrive in Lorehold, and wizards (particularly those of the School of Divination) are numerous among its students. Clerics (often with the Knowledge or Light domains) are also quite common
of a broken statue that houses the consciousness of a snarky sage 5 A sheet of parchment embossed with tactile lettering, glowing red 6 A broken dagger with a wavy blade and a serpentine hilt
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
, you huddle by my side. I destroy, I dance; I forge swords, I eat plants. Click to see the answer! Flames
I have teeth yet cannot bite. I have no blade, yet I’m worth more to most adventurers than any
answer! Ruin
I’ll consume anything but contain nothing. Where there’s emptiness, I am there. If you see me, despair. Click to see the answer! Void
Most are well hidden, though adventurers can
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
blade can end a life. Fear can end an empire. Rule with an Iron Fist. Once you have conquered, tolerate no dissent. Your word is law. Those who obey it shall be favored. Those who defy it shall be
punished as an example to all who might follow. Strength Above All. You shall rule until a stronger one arises. Then you must grow mightier and meet the challenge, or fall to your own ruin
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
missing. The interior of the sunken ship is a ruin. The decks have all but collapsed, creating a tangled maze where ooze and muck cling to sundered timbers and beams. An eerie, many-colored light
can range abroad, Syrgaul is forever trapped within the rift near the source of his dark unlife. As the characters explore this area, Syrgaul and one drowned blade rise from the pile of bones and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
guide the conversation. Ylch recently discovered this ruin, created by ancient Janyan stewards of knowledge. Ylch was attracted here by the aura of the Undead still suffering from the legacy of the
creatures with non-Humanoid anatomies. However, two magic items inscribed with Djaynaian symbols are usable and remain intact: a sun blade and a staff of frost.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
understands Abyssal can translate the demonic whispers: Wrack and ruin, flash and thunder,
Let them claim the dragon’s plunder;
Death is close! Her doom has come!
To blade and spell she will succumb
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
townsfolk. Chaotic Neutral. (CN) creatures follow their whims, holding their personal freedom above all else. Many rogues and bards are chaotic neutral. Lawful Evil. (LE) creatures methodically take
exploit to bring you to ruin or cause you to act against your best interests. More significant than negative personality traits, a flaw might answer any of these questions: What enrages you? What’s the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Fiendish Folio Volume 1
believe that their appearance derives from the primal fear inspired by fiendish creatures, while bards assert that panic, being such a repulsive emotion, is embodied by an equally ugly creature
word for death inscribed across the blade, which can reduce living creatures to ash. The lord of entropy also bears a set of obsidian tablets slung about its waist, upon which it inscribes destructive
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
yet, Glaive and one of her blade scout companions attack the characters from both ends of this narrow tunnel. After all combatants have taken a turn, the attackers flee into Landro and hide for another
feet above the eastern passage.
Assuming they haven’t both been defeated, one of Glaive’s blade scouts (see appendix A) hides on the overhang here while the other scout hides down the eastern tunnel
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
mission to restore Ythryn from ruin. In the years since its creation, Everlast has seen Iriolarthas crumble into dust and his apprentices transform into nothics. With nothing to do except uphold his
Strength check. A living blade of disaster is a powerful, annihilating spell given a will of its own. Y19k. Dome The following boxed text assumes that the characters arrive by moving up the shaft from
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
with Knight Sarlamir. If the characters converse with her, she introduces herself as Knight Jandin, a knight of the Order of the Sword who died during the Cataclysm. She shares the information from
Sarlamir as a skeletal knight (see appendix B). The Undead knight wears ancient Solamnic armor and wields a blade blazing with violet flame. He attacks the characters as soon as he emerges and fights until
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Descent into the Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth
blade in Gnomish. Once the golem is destroyed, the sword can easily be freed from its chest. L3: Guano-Covered Cave The floor of this vaulted cave is covered in pungent piles of bat guano. Large leather
enters his lair—especially hardened adventurers. When he notices the characters, Lludd greets them in Common. Parleying with Lludd. If the characters converse with Lludd, he offers to point them toward a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
that immersion in saltwater will ruin them. The sahuagin have removed for storage or use elsewhere all the nonmagical gear found on Elmo’s and his companions’ bodies. Coffer. The locked coffer can be
opened by a character who makes a successful DC 14 Dexterity check using thieves’ tools. It is also trapped with a thrusting blade trap. Noticing the trap requires a successful DC 14 Intelligence
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a2
the party succeeds in getting her to converse: The doors to the north lead to halls infested with undead and cursed magic. The door to the southwest leads into the old kitchens, guarded by more
rushes from west to east through the center of the room, crossed by two stone bridges. On the other side of the stream, three bald, gray dwarves work at a roaring forge, beating a white-hot blade into
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Nest of the Eldritch Eye
What was once a serene crypt now lies in ruin. Two chipped stone pillars brace the vaulted ceiling. Tombs are cracked open, and reanimated corpses prowl the room. At the center of the room’s back wall
holy symbol of Oghma, god of knowledge and patron to bards and wizards. If the check succeeds by 3 or more, the character intuits that rededicating the shrine to Oghma could help against the zombies
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
, they plead with the characters to represent them in court. 5 When the coast is clear, a shady-looking Doomguard rot blade (see Morte’s Planar Parade) opens their long overcoat in front of the characters
, supposedly impartial magistrate appointed by the Guvners. Punishments are tailored to fit the crime, and advocates are strongly encouraged. Lawyers and orators, these civil servants include bards
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
Necropolis Locations (Y20-Y29) Y20. Tower of Evocation The top of this tower is shaped like an axe blade. Red light shines out from a slender window high overhead.
The tower’s interior is damaged
room made of glass that offers a panoramic view of the city. This chamber once served as an opulent and intimate meeting place for the upper echelons of Ythryn’s society. Now it lies in ruin, with
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
ablaze the stockpile of material that was meant to become permanent barracks. All that remains is a burnt-out ruin. Treasure. A silver holy symbol of Torm (25 gp) still hangs by a leather thong from a
the check with disadvantage. 6B. Blade Trap The ceiling here is 23 feet high and draped with cobwebs. Each individual that passes through this section of the corridor has a 50 percent chance of