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Aasimar
Legacy
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Species
Volo's Guide to Monsters
receives visions and guidance from celestial entities via dreams. These dreams help shape an aasimar, granting a sense of destiny and a desire for righteousness.
Each aasimar can count a specific
secrecy they desire is never worth endangering the innocent.
Aasimar Guides
An aasimar, except for one who has turned to evil, has a link to an angelic being. That being—usually a deva&mdash
Species
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
, silent stretches. Occasionally, though, in a moment of peace, stress, or excitement, a reborn gains a glimpse of what came before. When you desire to have such a dreamlike vision, roll on the Lost
alongside complex designs for clockwork organs.
6
You were released after being petrified for generations. Your memories have faded, though, and your body isn’t what it once was.
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Your
Magic Items
Acquisitions Incorporated
This delicate and exquisitely crafted clockwork orrery features multiple geared components whose sweeping hands and dials represent the complex interplay of planar and magical realms. Standing two
planes. Eventually, it would impress upon its owner a desire to open portals into the most cursed and dangerous worlds, including the Far Realm.
To prevent the orrery from ever being so used, Lottie
Tabaxi
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
mull over the stories and rumors they collected like a miser counting coins.
Although material wealth holds little attraction for the tabaxi, they have an insatiable desire to find and inspect ancient
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Fleeting Fancies
Wandering tabaxi are mercurial creatures, trading one obsession or passion for the next as the whim strikes. A tabaxi’s desire burns bright, but once met it disappears to be
Acolyte
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Basic Rules (2014)
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Skill Proficiencies: Insight, Religion
Languages: Two of your choice
Equipment: A holy symbol (a gift to you when you entered the priesthood), a prayer book or prayer wheel, 5 sticks of
worthy of my god’s favor by matching my actions against his or her teachings. (Any)
d6
Bond
1
I would die to recover an ancient relic of my faith that was lost
Backgrounds
Ghosts of Saltmarsh
value on friendship. (Any)
6
Daring. I am most happy when risking everything. (Any)
D6
BOND
1
My vessel was stolen from me, and I burn with the desire to
recover it.
2
I intend to become the leader of the network of smugglers that I belong to.
3
I owe a debt that cannot be repaid in gold.
4
After one last job, I will retire from the
Backgrounds
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
to you when you entered the priesthood), a prayer book or prayer wheel, 5 sticks of incense, vestments, a set of common clothes, and a pouch containing 15 gp
FEATURE: SHELTER OF THE FAITHFUL
As
his or her teachings. (Any)
d6
Bond
1
I would die to recover an ancient relic of my faith that was lost long ago.
2
I will someday get revenge on the corrupt temple
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
deals a sharp setback to the affected cults, but unless the characters follow up on their initial successes by infiltrating the temple complex, the cults recover quickly from their early defeats and return in greater force.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a2
they recover. He will pay the characters 20 gp each just for bringing back information about the dwarven complex, and an additional 100 gp if they provide detailed maps.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
Features of the Tomb Unless otherwise stated, the areas of the complex have the following features. Ceilings, Doors, Floors, and Walls The ceilings, floors, and walls of the complex are constructed
magic concealing it. A hidden door is otherwise identical to other doors in the complex. Locations of hidden doors are marked on map 7.3. Lighting The interior of the complex is brightly lit by crystal
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
they can profit from it. The golem appears inactive, but the party can figure out how to activate the golem from the book. By talking with the Bedine, the adventurers learn about a ruined cave complex
Adventure Overview This adventure begins when the characters read the story of the lost golem in Alkazaar’s Appendix and discover the magic picture in the book. The picture-portal can teleport the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
Book Description The Price of Beauty is bound in soft green leather, eight inches wide and fourteen inches tall, and set with golden clasps. The book gives off the unmistakable scent of lilies. Set
into its cover is a polished oval mirror with a delicate gold frame styled like locks of hair, which appear to spill down around the face of anyone who looks into the mirror. The book is filled with
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
victory or by cleaving to stubbornly held ideas. Although a campaign against Iroas might be straightforward in how the action plays out, the underlying causes of conflict could be quite complex
, involving attacks on people who may seem unrelated to the initial conflict. As a campaign villain, Iroas is most likely driven by his desire to win in battle, to confront Mogis, or to avenge an insult to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Schloss Mordenheim This imposing complex perches on a dramatic cliff overlooking the icy sea and serves as the abode of Dr. Viktra Mordenheim, Lamordia’s Darklord. The doctor lives in a small portion
assistant. The doctor also regularly hires mercenaries, supposedly to find rare components for her experiments, recover stolen inventions, or fend off the mysterious figures that lurk in the lands around her home.
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Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
choice, as appropriate to your factionLanguages: Two of your choiceEquipment: Badge or emblem of your faction, a copy of a seminal faction text (or a code-book for a covert faction), a set of common
)
6
Aspiration. I seek to prove myself worthy of my god’s favor by matching my actions against his or her teachings. (Any)
d6
Bond
1
I would die to recover an ancient
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
Book Description The book’s browned pages have become swollen and wrinkled due to age and exposure to moisture. Crumbling yellow lichen obscures the title on the front cover, rendering it illegible
. Harmless spores puff into the air when the book is opened. Standing eight and a half inches tall and five inches wide, it has been cataloged as Xanthoria, titled after the author who is identified
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
sun and have no desire to get wet, beyond enjoying a bit of sea spray in the air. But they love being able to see the water, so they build their lairs on the heights of seaside cliffs or near perfect
almost never show them to anyone else.
Topaz Dragon Lairs
Topaz dragons are happiest by the sea. They spend most of their time basking in the sun and have no desire to get wet, beyond enjoying a bit of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
Book Description Kandlekeep Dekonstruktion is bound in sturdy black leather, with the title and Isajar’s name neatly engraved on the front cover and spine. Images of a smiling dwarf and a builder’s
hammer are stamped into the front cover. Its crisp white pages, which measure fifteen inches square, are marred by an occasional smudge or tear from a reader’s thumb. A quick flip through the book
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Morte’s Planar Parade
1 The characters are hired to recover cargo from a crashed vessel brimming with rare technology, but the wreckage is overrun with rust monsters. 2 The characters have to retrieve a treasure from a
(detailed later in this book) that, when fed to her spiders, will allow them to produce a remarkable type of silk.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
”). Alternatively, if you arrange for the book to be stolen from Vizeran before the characters can deal with it, they might need to recover it to ensure its powers are never misused again. If you prefer to
knowledge and power the book represents are dangerous in anyone’s hands — especially Vizeran DeVir’s, given what the characters know of him. However, the drow archmage doesn’t give up the grimoire
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
of the adventure and familiarize yourself with the maps as well, perhaps making notes about complex areas or places where the characters are certain to go, so you’re well prepared before the action
the text.
The Monster Manual contains stat blocks for most of the monsters and NPCs found in this book. When a creature’s name appears in bold type, that’s a visual cue pointing you to its stat
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Boo’s Astral Menagerie
A Lunar Dragon’s Lair The cave complex where a lunar dragon makes its lair contains ample space for food, as well as one or more hidden chambers where the dragon keeps its treasure. Depending on the
elemental that deals cold damage instead of bludgeoning damage. If the dragon dies, the moaning stops, the moon devils dissipate, and the black frost disappears over the course of 1d10 days, allowing plant life in the area to recover.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
and powders. Books are stacked between the glassware and chemicals. Yellowed paper charts and blackboards full of complex formulas cover the walls.
The books here cover chemical science and alchemy
alchemical materials. In addition, two of the vials contain potions of healing. Puzzle Book. The puzzle book with the letter B on its spine is propped up against a large beaker. M18. Summoning Room This dark
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
characters can move between these splinter-realms only if they have the right fey guides to help them. Chapter 5 describes the Palace of Heart’s Desire, where the archfey Zybilna and her court are frozen in
time by the magic of Iggwilv’s Cauldron. The palace is where the characters need to go if they hope to thwart the Hourglass Coven by freeing Zybilna or destroying the cauldron. The book concludes with
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
of the complex (map 7.2) and can lead the party to its entrance when they’re ready. Stolen Treasures. Laysa hopes to recover six ancestral treasures stolen from her people. Some of these treasures
hanging from their necks, and their hands glow with divine magic. On the opposite side of camp, a human woman pores over a spellbook.
The archaeologists are investigating the ancient complex in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
It’s Cosmopolitan Strixhaven draws students and faculty from across the world and from other realms in the multiverse. The university’s students and faculty are united by a desire to learn and
D&D book to select a character’s race, if the DM approves. For nonplayer characters, you’re as likely to meet a pixie, a dryad, a giant, a treant, or another fantastical creature on campus as you are
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
adventurers. Characters might be able to appease a hungry beast by offering it food, and smarter creatures have complex motivations. The Monster Motivation table lets you use a monster’s goals to define its
d20 Goals 1–2 Find a sanctuary 3–5 Conquer the dungeon 6–8 Seek an item in the dungeon 9–11 Slay a rival 12–13 Hide from enemies 14–15 Recover from a battle 16–17 Avoid danger 18–20 Seek wealth
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal
of the adventure all the way through and familiarize yourself with the maps as well, perhaps making notes about complex areas or places where the characters are certain to go, so you’re well prepared
circumstance, as described in the text.
The Monster Manual contains stat blocks for most of the monsters and NPCs found in this book. When a monster’s name appears in bold type, that’s a visual cue pointing
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
A Campaign of Heists You can combine the adventures in this book to form a campaign. Each adventure would be an episode in the campaign, with you filling in the details of the characters’ stories
. Masterpiece Imbroglio 5 Infiltrate a thieves’ guild to retrieve a stolen painting. Axe from the Grave 6 Recover a stolen mandolin to lay a dead bard’s spirit to rest. Vidorant’s Vault 7 Retrieve a stolen
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
learned that another acolyte had filled a book with the song’s lost verses. This happened so long ago, the acolyte is surely dead and mostly forgotten.
“The scroll I gave you holds ‘Copper for a Song
offers to give them a Figurine of Wondrous Power (onyx dog) once they recover the lost verses of the Awakening Song. The figurine occasionally serves as a temple guardian, but Proclaimer Ward is willing to part with it.
Magic Items
The Book of Many Things
whichever cards they desire. Alternatively, roll on the Deck of Many More Things table below to randomly determine what cards are drawn.
Deck of Many More Things
d100
Card
01
Aberration
02
Balance*
03
Beast
04
Book
05
Bridge
06
Campfire
07
Cavern
08
Celestial
09
Comet*
10
Construct
11
Corpse
12
Crossroads
13
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
. (The book speculates that this divine intervention is courtesy of Selûne, who has been waiting for Malar’s plan to come to fruition so that she might demonstrate to him the utter futility of his
desire to hold sway over the forest.) Divine magic pours from Lurue’s horn and turns the tainted pool back into silvery, glistening pure water. The Pool of Eternal Spring is restored to its former nature
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
two complex ones Three or four scenes involving significant exploration or social interaction Within these constraints, it can be difficult to create open-ended adventures. A time limit assumes a
dungeon presents a natural limit on character options, while still giving the players choices. The adventure could be a quest to defeat a creature or recover an item, but the path to achieving that goal
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
the original palace on the site of Cair Ophidian decide the new complex is an outrageous insult. With a retinue of extraplanar servants, they drive Euryale out. This conflict could be resolved
. Euryale discovers a wounded traveler in the Outlands and brings them to Cair Ophidian to recover. This guest remembers nothing from before Euryale found them, not even their name. Euryale asks the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
. Perhaps a beloved ally has expressed a desire to come on adventures before. Temples, governments, guilds, and other societies the party has previously dealt with can all provide allies to help the
has been tracking the party’s Deck of Many Things. This character is eager to help recover the lost soul; after all, the Solar Bastion was founded in response to a mortal being imprisoned by the Void






