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Stranger Things: Welcome to the Hellfire Club
, the better. Goblin raids are often as much opportunities to enjoy setting fires and tormenting livestock as they are parts of more disruptive plots.
Goblin warriors excel at causing mischief, but some devote themselves to nobler pursuits.Nimble Escape. The goblin takes the Disengage or Hide action.
Oath of Devotion
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shining armor, acting with honor in pursuit of justice and the greater good. They hold themselves to the highest standards of conduct, and some, for better or worse, hold the rest of the world to the
while causing the least amount of harm.
Duty. Be responsible for your actions and their consequences, protect those entrusted to your care, and obey those who have just authority over you.
Magic Items
The Book of Many Things
This gleaming brass shield bears a relief of the legendary medusa druid Euryale.
While wielding this shield, you gain the following benefits:
Blessing of Euryale. You have resistance to poison
damage and are immune to the petrified condition.
Petrifying Heraldry. As a bonus action, you can make the front of the shield flare with a medusa’s petrifying magic, causing the relief’s
Folk Hero
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after I led a symbolic act of protest against it.
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A celestial, fey, or similar creature gave me a blessing or revealed my secret origin.
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Recruited into a lord’s army, I rose to
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
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
create illusions, allowing them to better conceal their treasures from prying eyes and divinations.
Creating an Emerald Dragon
Use the Emerald Dragon Personality Traits and Emerald Dragon Ideals
must be convinced to defend the school in a contest against a rival college.
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An emerald dragon invisibly tails a party of adventurers, causing trouble for the heroes so the dragon can watch how
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Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
spells that create illusions, allowing them to better conceal their treasures from prying eyes and divinations.
Creating an Emerald Dragon
Use the Emerald Dragon Personality Traits and Emerald Dragon
and must be convinced to defend the school in a contest against a rival college.
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An emerald dragon invisibly tails a party of adventurers, causing trouble for the heroes so the dragon can
Yuan-ti Pureblood
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— yuan-ti make perfect courtiers. And, worse for the rest of us, rulers.
— Elminster
The physical and magical prowess of the yuan-ti empire allowed the former humans to retain their
human society, so they gain influence by controlling enemy rulers — and those close to them — through blackmail, drugs, magic, and the subterfuge of disguised purebloods.
From Calimshan and
Backgrounds
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
help by paying for improved roofs and lamps in your neighborhood, causing the entire community to celebrate your deed.
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Fueled by alcohol, you faced down a carrion crawler that slunk out of the
;
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
Magic Items
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
conduct myself determines my reward in the afterlife. (Lawful)
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Redemption. All creatures are capable of change for the better. (Good)
Bonds
D6
BOND
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I have a
have disadvantage on attack rolls made within the weapon’s radius of bright light.
As a bonus action, you can intensify the sword’s light, causing it to shed bright light in a 15-foot
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
only when the adventure text instructs you to do so. Dragon’s Blessing When the rulers of Yongjing reach an advanced age, they use potions of longevity to increase their life span. These potions are
supplemented with a rare reagent called Dragon’s Blessing. The primary ingredient of this reagent is powdered eggshell from a legendary being known as the Dragon of Heavenly Blessings. Normally, a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
and craftspeople to build social and professional connections, better their craft, and organize for improved labor conditions. Each city-state has its own chapter of the guild that pushes back when
local rulers make unfair demands of miners for personal benefit—often placing the guild in conflict with those rulers. Life and Legends The empire is known for its rich tradition of oral storytelling, in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes of the Borderlands
Noble Royal and Rich Folk Nobles encompass a variety of people with social influence. They might be rulers, wealthy merchants, callous bureaucrats, or the idle elite. Noble Medium or Small Humanoid
languages
CR 1/8 (XP 25; PB +2)
Actions
Rapier. Melee Attack Roll: +3, reach 5 ft. Hit: 5 (1d8 + 1) Piercing damage.
Reactions
Parry. Trigger: The noble is hit by a melee attack roll while holding a weapon. Response: The noble adds 2 to its AC against that attack, possibly causing it to miss.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
dress with a veiled hat stares at you from where it sways in a wooden rocking chair.
The skeleton is all that remains of Theodora Halvhrest. It is not undead, but a blessing laid upon this room causes
the children. Ezra’s Blessing. Thanks to the fervent prayers of Theodora Halvhrest, the god Ezra warded this room with a hallow spell that affects only this room and prevents all Undead (besides Regan
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
great blessing by those around you, and you are expected to use them in service to your community. 2 Your powers caused destruction and even a death when they became evident, and you were treated as a
criminal. 3 Your neighbors hate and fear your power, causing them to shun you. 4 You came to the attention of a sinister cult that plans on exploiting your abilities. 5 People around you believe that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
, call the Noble Jewel—once the royal palace—their headquarters. Occasionally, Atash appears on the palace’s garden terrace to issue a proclamation, much like the rulers who preceded him. Ruz Bazaar
fertile, blessing farmers with bountiful harvests of juicy pomegranates, buttery pistachios, and crimson strands of saffron. Rebellion also flourishes, as the Brightguard has a smaller presence here, and
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
illusions, allowing them to better conceal their treasures from prying eyes and divinations.
Creating an Emerald Dragon
Use the Emerald Dragon Personality Traits and Emerald Dragon Ideals tables to
convinced to defend the school in a contest against a rival college.
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An emerald dragon invisibly tails a party of adventurers, causing trouble for the heroes so the dragon can watch how they respond
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
, allowing them to better conceal their treasures from prying eyes and divinations.
Creating an Emerald Dragon
Use the Emerald Dragon Personality Traits and Emerald Dragon Ideals tables to inspire your
the school in a contest against a rival college.
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An emerald dragon invisibly tails a party of adventurers, causing trouble for the heroes so the dragon can watch how they respond.
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An
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
, the Land. Strahd is bound to Barovia and it to him in a way few rulers or Darklords understand. As part of this relationship, Strahd knows when any creature enters or dies violently within Barovia
—and takes personal offense when his agents or the domain’s wolves are slain. Strahd can also manifest a variety of dramatic effects, such as causing his voice to be heard on the wind, making his visage
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
secrets that might have better remained hidden, causing untold harm in the process. Whether true or false, stories like these tend to cling to inquisitive agencies and color their reputations. What
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
from all as Grand Secretary, the leader of the government of Yongjing. Since the nation’s rulers’ source of extreme longevity has vanished, Secretary Wei is determined to hold the country together (as
rulers for the benefit of future ones. Historians believe that the palace of the last ruler of the Yun dynasty—known as the Mountain Cloud Empress—lies in the Old City beneath present-day Yongjing. Wei
Kobold
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provoke retaliatory attacks from the creatures they steal from. It’s better to be cautious and overlooked than to be considered dangerous and a threat.
In a couple of situations, kobolds might
being able to fly is an incredible gift, and it would be expected for kobolds to interpret the wings as a blessing from Tiamat, ordinary kobolds resent urds and don’t get along with them. Fragments
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
enter the gates of paradise itself. Such wealth brought greed. Omu’s hunger for forced labor made her rulers demand ever greater tribute from their neighbors. Vassals who couldn’t satisfy Omu’s demands
paid in blood. Omu’s feared legions marched across Chult. The Omuans’ greed and hubris angered the god Ubtao, causing him to turn his back on Omu two hundred years ago — long before he abandoned the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes of the Borderlands
Holy Symbol Impromptu Blessing A married couple asked Fazzir to give them a blessing for safe travel for a romantic getaway. Fazzir needs two assistants to perform the ceremony. To conduct the ceremony
admire Andrella and enjoy her goodhearted mentorship.
Rumors
“A dastardly bandit, Pral, accosts travelers along the trail. Apparently he’s quite handsome; I’m sure he’ll look even better behind
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Immersive Storytelling Waterdeep is threatened by political turmoil. The adventurers must convince the Masked Lords, the city’s secret rulers, to resolve their differences, but can do so only after
against the player’s better judgment, because “that’s what the character would do.” Since combat isn’t the focus, game rules take a back seat to character development. Ability check modifiers and skill
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
city, with individuals serving as tyrants over city districts. The city’s rulers rarely meet in council, and when they do, the quarrelsome tyrants rarely find common cause or any basis for agreement
starting point, they pursue their vision of a better way of life, aspiring to nobler principles than senseless slaughter and better governance than iron-fisted tyranny. Under the leadership of the temple’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
little they know about her plans or Dragon’s Blessing. Any investigation of the bodies in the room reveals them to be humans and dwarves, some only a few months deceased. A character who succeeds on a DC
information: Secretary Wei believes the emperor is dying. She has secretly been sending agents to ancient imperial sites across the land to search for something called Dragon’s Blessing (the document
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver
world a better place. But you have no interest in causing suffering or making things worse than they already are. View Character Sheet Downloadable PDF
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
powerful demon usually has an intent that goes beyond merely causing carnage, and a plan to achieve it. DEMONIC AMULETS: BLESSING AND CURSE
Some demon lords have a way of cheating death, but this great
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
. The researcher’s blessing alleviates the pox but leaves the survivors delusional and violent.
5 After the characters witness a miracle, an apothecary (mage) seeks their blood as a medicinal
Basilisk* MM
6 Medusa* MM
8 Assassin MM
8 Hydra MM
8 Spirit naga MM
17 Hythonia MOoT
* See chapter 6 for details about these creatures in Theros. Pharika’s clerics believe that they are better healers because they are so well acquainted with death
(CHASE STONE)
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
the cosmos,
The teeming worlds, full of wonders.
“Six sons, goddess-born, you sanctioned as rulers
To govern the mortal multitudes.
Boorish and bumbling, they bungled the task!
Surely I am
challenge:
Bring me pure perfection—
Something my craft cannot better.”
Diancastra, undaunted, departed the sanctum
And journeyed to the waters beyond worlds.
She sailed forgotten seas into
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
larger powers, has kept the ambitions of Luskan in check, and has taught the rulers of many cities that it is better to cooperate, even for a time, then to merely shut one’s doors and allow the storms
. Better instead to look to the future, repair the walls, and wait for word from the watching sentries.
— Andwe Cururen, agent of the Lords’ Alliance
The Lords’ Alliance isn’t a nation unto itself, but
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
Kessel found an artifact suffused with demonic magic called Crenshinibon (better known as the Crystal Shard) and used it to erect a great black tower in Icewind Dale. When this tower was destroyed
that has become suffused with demonic magic can warp a creature’s mind, causing madness that usually fades away once the contact is broken.
Chardalyn is cold to the touch and readily accepts
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
lost language, to learn the proper intonation of a complex song, or to better understand the cryptic writings of a long-dead sage, there is no better place to seek aid than Silverymoon. It is an easy
the mythal. Should a foe try to traverse the Moonbridge, the span can be willed (by the city’s rulers, and certain others specially attuned to the mythal) out of existence, dropping attackers into the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
battle, the better to imbue their victims with the magic needed to spawn more gnolls. Gnoll Warriors Common gnolls comprise the bulk of a war band. They fight mainly with spears fashioned from wood and
bone. While they lack any particular blessing of Yeenoghu, their ferocity makes them formidable enemies. Gnoll Hunters When a war band is on the move, the hunters travel in a wide arc around the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
always short-lived, ending with Netherskull destroying the ghost and causing it to re-form elsewhere in the dungeon. Fidelio’s ghost is looking for a potential host who is willing to be possessed by it. A
, either as a ghost or when in possession of a host, Fidelio’s ghost is laid to rest. “Victory at last!” says the ghost as it fades away. Afterward, Tyr bestows a blessing of protection (see