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Mythic Odysseys of Theros
in ages past, today their prides largely avoid contact with other peoples and spurn the gods that ignored their plight. Since then, the leonin have flourished, finding strength in their bonds with
one another and the land. Only in recent times have some leonin started guardedly looking beyond their homeland and wondering what role they might take in the wider world.
Most leonin hunters are tribal
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Backgrounds
Basic Rules (2014)
battlefield. You might have been part of a standing national army or a mercenary company, or perhaps a member of a local militia who rose to prominence during a recent war.
When you choose this background
combined with the rigid discipline of military service leave their mark on all soldiers, shaping their ideals, creating strong bonds, and often leaving them scarred and vulnerable to fear, shame, and
Backgrounds
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
standing national army or a mercenary company, or perhaps a member of a local militia who rose to prominence during a recent war.
When you choose this background, work with your DM to determine which
soldiers, shaping their ideals, creating strong bonds, and often leaving them scarred and vulnerable to fear, shame, and hatred.
d8
Personality Trait
1
I’m always polite and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon of Icespire Peak
play an all-dwarf party or a troupe of adventuring entertainers. Character Options Races Classes Backgrounds Dwarf Bard Acolyte Elf Cleric Criminal Halfling Fighter Entertainer Human Rogue Sage
characters were before becoming adventurers, and also include roleplaying hooks in the form of ideals, bonds, and flaws — things that you, as the DM, want to know. For example, if a player chooses the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
informants across the Sword Coast that Leosin has been researching the cult’s history and recent activity. The wyrmspeaker wants to know how much Leosin has learned and with whom he shared his
their bonds. Leosin’s absence is noticed within five minutes if he is taken away, and an alarm goes up throughout the camp. Rigging up a dummy in his place delays the discovery by twenty minutes
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
past, today their prides largely avoid contact with other peoples and spurn the gods that ignored their plight. Since then, the leonin have flourished, finding strength in their bonds with one another
and the land. Only in recent times have some leonin started guardedly looking beyond their homeland and wondering what role they might take in the wider world. Most leonin hunters are tribal warriors
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
spirit. Rezmir knows from informants across the Sword Coast that Leosin has been researching the cult’s history and recent activity. The wyrmspeaker wants to know how much Leosin has learned and with whom
cut their bonds. Leosin’s absence is noticed within five minutes if he is taken away, and an alarm goes up throughout the camp. Rigging up a dummy in his place delays the discovery by twenty minutes
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
in treacherous currents, storm-tossed waves, or areas of thick seaweed. Or another creature tries to push or pull you underwater or otherwise interfere with your swimming. Other Strength Checks The DM
might also call for a Strength check when you try to accomplish tasks like the following: Force open a stuck, locked, or barred door Break free of bonds Push through a tunnel that is too small Hang on
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
in treacherous currents, storm-tossed waves, or areas of thick seaweed. Or another creature tries to push or pull you underwater or otherwise interfere with your swimming. Other Strength Checks The DM
might also call for a Strength check when you try to accomplish tasks like the following: Force open a stuck, locked, or barred door Break free of bonds Push through a tunnel that is too small Hang
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
solve 3 High priest who worries the characters are diminishing the temple’s prestige 4 Wizard who blames the characters for some recent troubles 5 Rival adventuring party 6 Bard who loves a scandal
personal level. Find links in the characters’ backstories or the events of recent adventures that explain what sparked the rival’s actions. The best trouble to put the characters in is trouble they
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
sits at Tordek’s table and tries to strike up a conversation with the dwarf. Chris says, “Tordek spits on the floor, growls an insult at the bard, and stomps over to the bar. He sits on a stool and
, and personality. You might be able to determine an NPC’s personality traits, ideals, flaws, and bonds, then play on them to influence the NPC’s attitude. Interactions in D&D are much like interactions
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
sits at Tordek’s table and tries to strike up a conversation with the dwarf. Chris says, “Tordek spits on the floor, growls an insult at the bard, and stomps over to the bar. He sits on a stool and
, and personality. You might be able to determine an NPC’s personality traits, ideals, flaws, and bonds, then play on them to influence the NPC’s attitude. Interactions in D&D are much like interactions
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
owner, the establishment has struggled in recent years. It stays open in the winter for its own survival, but the theater is wickedly cold this time of year. Brizzenbright’s Ghost Malkolm Brizzenbright
includes thirty commoners. Also present is a Zhentarim spy named Agorn Fuoco (NE male Turami bard; see appendix B) and his companion, Amath Sercent (LE female Mulan priest of Bane). Agorn is swept up in the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
travel. They seldom work to improve their lairs, but when they do, it is often to channel wind currents to create effects the dragon finds pleasing. The labyrinthine tunnels and the mirror-like icy
chamber adjoining the stream just inside the cave’s entrance is the dragon’s dining hall; it contains the horrid remnants of recent meals. Rocky Grotto. Past the topmost cascade is the grotto floor
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
V7. Tower, Fourth Floor Unlike the levels below, this room shows signs of recent habitation, and although the place reeks of mold and mildew, it has plenty of creature comforts, including a cozy bed
with dead spell is cast on his head (which would need to be taken somewhere away from the tower’s spell drain effect), Yan reveals that he was banished from his clan for stealing. A half-elf bard named
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
untold generations, the aloof Silvanesti elves lived in a stratified society closed to outsiders. They don’t hate their cousins in Qualinesti, but they consider their ways misguided. In recent years
, they have deep bonds with the sea and all life within. Both groups of sea elves are rarely seen by the peoples of Ansalon and keep to their own aquatic communities. Though sea elves are exceptionally
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Proficiencies by Class Class Ability Check Barbarian Strength, Dexterity, or Wisdom Bard Any one Cleric Intelligence, Wisdom, or Charisma Druid Intelligence or Wisdom Fighter Strength, Dexterity, or
different characters’ traits — positive and negative—come into play with about the same frequency. Don’t let a player get away with a positive trait that always seems to apply and a negative trait that never does. At your discretion, you can also tie a character’s ideals, bonds, and flaws to this system.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
the battlefield. You might have been part of a standing national army or a mercenary company, or perhaps a member of a local militia who rose to prominence during a recent war. When you choose this
, creating strong bonds, and often leaving them scarred and vulnerable to fear, shame, and hatred. d8 Personality Trait 1 I’m always polite and respectful. 2 I’m haunted by memories of war. I can’t get the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
beloved monarch or a despised tyrant—by addressing them as “Your Majesty.” In recent years, Xaos has become a haven for the Sha’sal Khou, a group of githyanki and githzerai who fervently believe in
that resist the town’s volatile nature—nothing remains for long. Most homes and businesses are owned by githzerai, sculpted from currents of instability into ordered redoubts: towers of latticed
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
most epic of all his achievements is chronicled in The Trial of Asmodeus, a play based on purportedly true events as researched by the aasimar bard Anodius. In ancient times, as the Blood War raged
manipulating demigods and beings of similar station. Occasionally, he lures such a being into a contract and adds a new, unique devil to the ranks of the Hells. His most recent recruit is Zariel, a former
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
(lawful good strongheart halfling commoner), a self-styled bard kept around to entertain guests, is fond of plucking his fiddle while recounting his tale: that the White Lady’s husband was a miser who
instead. Once it answers three questions, the spirit departs, and Rinaldo can’t try to summon it again until he finishes a long rest. Here’s what the White Lady knows about the recent happenings around
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
temporary — a fluke due to the recent disruption of faerzress throughout the Underdark. Both the potency and the nature of the effect could change within a week or two, and this teleport effect likely
Flame. The 4-foot-tall, 3-foot-diameter egg weighs 180 pounds, and without fire to keep it warm, the egg can’t hatch. If and when the egg does hatch, a red dragon wyrmling emerges and bonds with the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
Tu’narath They call it the City of Death. I would mock such a tired excuse for a name, but if it fits, who am I to argue?
— Gimble, gnome bard
When the githyanki fled from the illithids
ventured into this area in recent years. Supposedly, the Thayans once emerged with a huge adamantine container that rumbled and shook, as if to the beat of a monstrous heart. SURVIVOR COMMUNITIES
As
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
female human commoner) works as a wagon driver out of Neverwinter, and her hired help all fled after a failed bandit attack during her most recent run north. She made it safely to Luskan alone, but her
helping the bard land a paying gig at a tavern, or seeking out one of the Ships or the loremasters of the Arcane Brotherhood to learn of his father. Helping Dabahl could lead to an encounter with a guild
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
navigated the twisting routes of the Darklake for many years. He hopes to share his enlightenment with his fellow kuo-toa, although he isn’t aware of recent events in Sloobludop (see chapter 3 for
easier to manage, it helps the players get to know them and strengthens the bonds between the NPCs and the adventurers.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
in the Fane of the Eye. Iron Post. The iron post is a recent addition to the cavern, planted haphazardly into the rock of the staircase. When the characters arrive in the chamber for the first time, a
skeletons droop from the rigging or lay in tangled piles, and seaweed hangs from the gunwales. The rain renders the entire area lightly obscured, and strong currents on either side of the wreckage pull
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
advantage if the character accepts Rahi’s guidance. If the check fails, the character is unable to tame the griffon. If the check succeeds, the character tames the griffon and bonds with it for life
who succeeds on a DC 15 Intelligence (History) check can determine that the oldest carvings are roughly 400 years old and the newest ones are quite recent. The earliest carvings tell the story of how
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
pool requires DC 10 Strength (Athletics) checks due to the swirling currents. Any creature that fails such a check is swept into the stream. The stream is 4 feet deep, cold, and swift. Any creature
Battle This room smells of blood and death. The debris of several recent battles is scattered throughout this rough-hewn chamber. A dozen dead warriors, clearly of the earth and water cults, lie amid
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
looking for new performers, at the moment he needs more than just a talented bard or contortionist. The cost of putting on his outrageous shows has landed him deep in debt, and his compulsive need to
that will “finally strip away the bonds of capital and free the people to flourish,” but security around the project has been unusually tight, keeping even many members of the commune in the dark. While
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer
individual. While Goodnight is always looking for new performers, at the moment he needs more than just a talented bard or contortionist. The cost of putting on his outrageous shows has landed him deep in
strip away the bonds of capital and free the people to flourish,” but security around the project has been unusually tight, keeping even many members of the commune in the dark. While most people
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
area’s prisoners. Cell Occupants Cell Prisoners A A male half-ogre named Groz, a minotaur named Umpok, and a female orog named Charworl B Kidnapped Waterdavians: Xia Shung (NG female Shou human bard
trying to free himself of his bonds but is making no progress. Drow Captive. The drow, Zaibon Kyszalt, was captured in Skullport and brought here for interrogation. His superior, Raelyn Auvryndar, was
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
bequeath one (but no more than one) to the party. The tressym bonds with the first character to earn its trust, which requires some obvious sign of affection accompanied by a successful DC 17
remnant of a bygone realm. Although the region attracts many prospectors, no kingdom or civilization in recent history has been able to tame it. Hill giants, ettins, ogres, orcs, and trolls dwell here in