Search Results
All Results
Characters
Compendium
Spells
Items
Monsters
Vehicles
Forums
Returning 28 results for 'blessed bards diffusing career relatively'.
Monsters
Acquisitions Incorporated
and earnest debate, he demonstrates an equal flair for planning and forethought, mad combat moves (involving leaping off high places whenever possible), and dark vengeance.
Viari's career as an
adventurer was nearly cut short during a battle of which the bards still sing. Unleashing a devastating attack with the aptly named Apocalypse Dagger, the rogue destroyed a giant single-handedly — and lost
Halfling
Legacy
This doesn't reflect the latest rules and lore.
Learn More
Species
Basic Rules (2014)
that, avoiding offense. Standing about 3 feet tall, they appear relatively harmless and so have managed to survive for centuries in the shadow of empires and on the edges of wars and political strife
wide and wonder-filled world. For them, adventuring is less a career than an opportunity or sometimes a necessity.
Halfling Names
A halfling has a given name, a family name, and possibly a nickname
Bard
Legacy
This doesn't reflect the latest rules and lore.
Learn More
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
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
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
Backgrounds
Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
organization, but who serve as its hands, head, and heart.
As a prelude to your adventuring career (and in preparation for it), you served as an agent of a particular faction in Faerûn. You might have
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
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (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 what
, Artemis is not an ideal adventurer. He began his career as a villain, and only cooperates with heroes when he must — and when it’s in his own best interests. In most games, evil adventurers cause
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
vengeance. Viari’s career as an adventurer was nearly cut short during a battle of which the bards still sing. Unleashing a devastating attack with the aptly named Apocalypse Dagger, the rogue destroyed a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
3 3 — — — — — — 7 +3 Blessed Strikes 3 4 11 4 3 3 1 — — — — — 8 +3 Ability Score Improvement 3 4 12 4 3 3 2 — — — — — 9 +4 — 3 4 14 4 3 3 3 1 — — — — 10 +4 Divine Intervention 3 5 15 4 3 3 3 2
— — — — 11 +4 — 3 5 16 4 3 3 3 2 1 — — — 12 +4 Ability Score Improvement 3 5 16 4 3 3 3 2 1 — — — 13 +5 — 3 5 17 4 3 3 3 2 1 1 — — 14 +5 Improved Blessed Strikes 3 5 17 4 3 3 3 2 1 1 — — 15 +5 — 3 5 18 4 3
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
relatively harmless and so have managed to survive for centuries in the shadow of empires and on the edges of wars and political strife. They are inclined to be stout, weighing between 40 and 45 pounds
them, adventuring is less a career than an opportunity or sometimes a necessity. AFFABLE AND POSITIVE
Halflings try to get along with everyone else and are loath to make sweeping generalizations
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
4 3 3 — — — — — — 7 +3 Blessed Strikes 3 4 11 4 3 3 1 — — — — — 8 +3 Ability Score Improvement 3 4 12 4 3 3 2 — — — — — 9 +4 — 3 4 14 4 3 3 3 1 — — — — 10 +4 Divine Intervention 3 5 15 4 3 3 3 2
— — — — 11 +4 — 3 5 16 4 3 3 3 2 1 — — — 12 +4 Ability Score Improvement 3 5 16 4 3 3 3 2 1 — — — 13 +5 — 3 5 17 4 3 3 3 2 1 1 — — 14 +5 Improved Blessed Strikes 3 5 17 4 3 3 3 2 1 1 — — 15 +5 — 3 5 18 4 3
Kobold
Legacy
This doesn't reflect the latest rules and lore.
Learn More
Species
Volo's Guide to Monsters
see magic as part of their connection to dragons, and are proud to be blessed with the ability to wield such power. Young kobold sorcerers are trained by elders, and the training has an almost
, since food is relatively scarce in such areas.
Partly out of fear and partly because their eyes are sensitive to sunlight, kobolds prefer the security of a cave to living in the open air, and can be
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
, and the relatively small stature of present-day humans is a mark of their degeneracy. Others imagine remote realms—cloud castles or lost continents—where Brobdingnagian people dwell, set apart from
apprentice of Mordenkainen and creator of the spell Bigby’s hand. Though he began his career determined to use magic to dominate and control others, he eventually changed his ways and has worked hard
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
or their family estates and go about the leisured life of aristocrats. Their households are run by a class of servants made up of lektoi who were unable or unwilling to undertake a military career
the vast majority of Akros’s population, the serfs largely reside outside the protection of the Kolophon, laboring to grow the staple crops that support Akros’s citizens and its trade. A relatively
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
perfectly still and pose no threat as long as the tomb remains relatively quiet. If any character talks loudly, steps on a piece of broken pottery, or makes any other equivalent noise while in the tomb, read
heaped around Shagambi’s bones: 200 gp, five moonstones (50 gp each), the fine music box activated by the trap (250 gp), and an instrument of the bards (Canaith mandolin). The instrument turns to dust and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
Maegera, a being of fire and destruction, harnessing its incredible powers to heat the forge. On anvils of adamantine blessed by priests of Moradin, great items of power were forged, their base
ancient glory. By no means is the city fully occupied. Indeed, given the relatively small size of Bruenor’s occupying force, keeping track of anyone within Gauntlgrym is nearly impossible.
Light. In
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
evil character, Artemis is not an ideal adventurer. He began his career as a villain, and only cooperates with heroes when he must—and when it’s in his own best interests. In most games, evil
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
4 3 3 3 1 18 +6 Aura Expansion 3 14 4 3 3 3 1 19 +6 Epic Boon 3 15 4 3 3 3 2 20 +6 Subclass feature 3 15 4 3 3 3 2 Level 1: Lay On Hands Your blessed touch can heal wounds. You have a pool of
. Blessed Warrior. You learn two Cleric cantrips of your choice (see the Cleric class’s section for a list of Cleric spells). Guidance and Sacred Flame are recommended. The chosen cantrips count as
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
4 3 3 3 1 18 +6 Aura Expansion 3 14 4 3 3 3 1 19 +6 Epic Boon 3 15 4 3 3 3 2 20 +6 Subclass feature 3 15 4 3 3 3 2 Level 1: Lay On Hands Your blessed touch can heal wounds. You have a pool of
. Blessed Warrior. You learn two Cleric cantrips of your choice (see the Cleric class’s section for a list of Cleric spells). Guidance and Sacred Flame are recommended. The chosen cantrips count as Paladin
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
and unimaginable joy. THE BLESSED OF CORELLON
Ever changing, mirthful, and beautiful, the primal elves could assume whatever sex they liked. When they bowed to Lolth’s influence and chose to fix
their physical forms, elves lost the ability to transform in this way. Yet occasionally elves are born who are so androgynous that they are proclaimed to be among the blessed of Corellon — living symbols
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Domains of Delight: A Feywild Accessory
.”
Flaw. “My words are laced with veiled threats, even when I’m pretending to be nice.”
Gleam the Elf Acrobat
CHAPTER 4: YON
Gleam is blessed with kindness, grace, and the power of moonlight. She
.”
Dirlagraun the Displacer Beast
CHAPTER 1: WITCHLIGHT CARNIVAL
Dirlagraun was raised by a noble high elf family of the Summer Court and blessed with the ability to speak and understand Common and Sylvan
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
.”
Flaw. “My words are laced with veiled threats, even when I’m pretending to be nice.”
Gleam the Elf Acrobat
CHAPTER 4: YON
Gleam is blessed with kindness, grace, and the power of moonlight
.”
Dirlagraun the Displacer Beast
CHAPTER 1: WITCHLIGHT CARNIVAL
Dirlagraun was raised by a noble high elf family of the Summer Court and blessed with the ability to speak and understand Common and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
. Although some of the dancing is wanton and performed for show, large-scale ring dances in the street for all ages are also popular. All the dancing ends at dusk, after which bards and minstrels perform at
“love feasts” for families. Couples — or those desiring to become couples — slip away together to kiss, exchange promises, and trade small tokens of affection (often rings blessed by clergy with prayers
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
patriars, traveling nobles, famed bards, and socially ambitious Lower City residents hoping to rub shoulders with the elite. The inn is unfussy, but conducts its service with flawless technique and the
companies — a career that began in rebellion against her stodgy family. Realizing that her family needed a long term source of financial support, Yvandre opened a sword-wielding school in a guest
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer
patriars, traveling nobles, famed bards, and socially ambitious Lower City residents hoping to rub shoulders with the elite. The inn is unfussy, but conducts its service with flawless technique and the
Flaming Fist and other mercenary companies — a career that began in rebellion against her stodgy family. Realizing that her family needed a long term source of financial support, Yvandre opened a sword
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
priests dead and no one of higher authority to help her, she does her best to keep people calm and quiet. A simple sage and an expert on possession and exorcism, she is only just starting her career as a
doesn’t break the agreements that bind the souls of Elturel’s people to Avernus. Holy Water Fonts. The two wide fonts here contain water that has been blessed by priests, enough to fill fifty flasks
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
here when he isn’t conducting business in area B25 or entertaining visitors in area B26. Treasure. The lyre is an instrument of the bards (Cli lyre) decorated with carvings of phoenixes. Jarazoun
and cracked, and the room’s walls are veined with narrow fissures that disappear into darkness.
The Book of Vile Darkness If the characters had a relatively easy time getting here, add two
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
. Despite how strong the doors and magic of the vaults are, the walls between adjacent vaults are relatively thin. Dealing 40 bludgeoning or force damage to an inner wall creates a hole wide enough for a
passes herself off as an accomplished mage and merchant, though she’s actually a career rogue — and a member of an Acquisitions Incorporated franchise. After looting the treasury of a religious order