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Oerth as Iggwilv the Witch Queen, a peerless wizard and conqueror. It was she who wrote the Demonomicon of Iggwilv—the greatest of all treatises on the Abyss and its demonic inhabitants. (The book
and across planes to escape the worst of them. She eventually took a page from her mother’s book and sequestered herself in the Feywild, where she assumed the guise of an archfey and carved out
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Candlekeep Mysteries
shirt and trousers.
Personality Trait. “I judge others by their actions. Words mean nothing.”
Ideal. “Knowledge. The Book of Inner Alchemy will help me leave behind the sins of my
past by giving me an unending future.”
Bond. “I will lead my students to a life unstained by the problems of the world. We will rise above all into eternity.”
Flaw. “I am
Monsters
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
serve her as bodyguards and scouts. Avarice uses her Rary's telepathic bond spell to stay in telepathic contact with her gargoyles before sending them off on any mission. Avarice also has the support of
. The book contains the spells Avarice has prepared plus the following additional spells: burning hands, cone of cold, find familiar, ice storm, lightning bolt, rope trick, thunderwave, tongues, wall of fire, and wall of force.Cold, Fire
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your cloister, a writing kit (small pouch with a quill, ink, folded parchment, and a small penknife), a borrowed book on the subject of your current study, and a pouch containing 10 gp
FEATURE
appropriate to suit your identity as a cloistered scholar.
Your bond is almost certainly associated either with the place where you grew up or with the knowledge you hope to acquire through
Magic Items
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following tables. These traits override any conflicting personality trait, ideal, bond, or flaw.
Personality Traits
D8
PERSONALITY TRAIT
1
I treat all beings, even enemies, with respect
conduct myself determines my reward in the afterlife. (Lawful)
6
Redemption. All creatures are capable of change for the better. (Good)
Bonds
D6
BOND
1
I have a
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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
affect their mannerisms and ideals. Their flaws might be some hidden hypocrisy or heretical idea, or an ideal or bond taken to an extreme.
d8
Personality Trait
1
I idolize a
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historians all participate with passing scholars from Candlekeep in a lively exchange of ideas, debating and collaborating in book-filled halls across the Upper and Lower City. The city is also rife
convey the impression of great erudition.
2
I’ve read every book in the world’s greatest libraries—or I like to boast that I have.
3
I’m used to helping out those who
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, sometimes as a means toward other ideals.
d8
Personality Trait
1
I use polysyllabic words that convey the impression of great erudition.
2
I’ve read every book in the
of oneself. (Any)
d6
Bond
1
It is my duty to protect my students.
2
I have an ancient text that holds terrible secrets that must not fall into the wrong hands.
3
I
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
Making Friends and Rivals While a character has 2 Relationship Points or more with a student NPC, that NPC becomes a Friend, and the character receives a Bond Boon from that person as long as the NPC
is a Friend. While a character has −2 Relationship Points or less with a student NPC, that NPC becomes a Rival, and the character receives a Bond Bane from that person as long as the NPC is a Rival
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
: Biblioplex book clerk
Bond Boon: Drazhomir writes you poetry, and the smile it puts on your face makes you likable to everyone on campus except the most stone-hearted.
Bond Bane: Other students who work
spending his time in the Biblioplex, where he works as a book clerk, assisting students in finding required texts and shelving returns. He moves silently through the stacks, and he has given more
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Ghosts of Saltmarsh
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Skill Proficiencies: History, Perception
Tool Proficiencies: Carpenter’s tools, vehicles (water)
Equipment: A set of well-loved carpenter’s tools, a blank book, 1 ounce of
Reflection. Muddied water always clears in time. (Any)
6
Hope. The horizon at sea holds the greatest promise. (Any)
D6
BOND
1
I must visit all the oceans
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Divine Contention
sidekick stat block to represent her.
Personality. “I’d rather talk to a book than most people.”
Ideal. “We all have a little magic in us. The trick is finding it and bringing it forth.”
Bond. “I
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sleeping Dragon’s Wake
sidekick stat block to represent her.
Personality. “I’d rather talk to a book than most people.”
Ideal. “We all have a little magic in us. The trick is finding it and bringing it forth.”
Bond. “I
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon of Icespire Peak
stat block to represent her.
Personality. “I’d rather talk to a book than most people.”
Ideal. “We all have a little magic in us. The trick is finding it and bringing it forth.”
Bond. “I want
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm Lord’s Wrath
sidekick stat block to represent her.
Personality. “I’d rather talk to a book than most people.”
Ideal. “We all have a little magic in us. The trick is finding it and bringing it forth.”
Bond. “I
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trinket
4
An article of clothing
5
A piece of jewelry
6
An arcane book or formulary
7
A written story, song, poem, or secret
8
A tattoo or other body marking
inheritor.
Your bond might be directly related to your inheritance, or to the person from whom you received it. Your ideal might be influenced by what you know about your inheritance, or by what you
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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
be some hidden hypocrisy or heretical idea, or an ideal or bond taken to an extreme.
d8
Personality Trait
1
I idolize a particular hero of my faith, and constantly refer to that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
extradimensional space when the bond breaks. Pact of the Tome Your patron gives you a grimoire called a Book of Shadows. When you gain this feature, choose three cantrips from any class’s spell list (the three
your pact weapon if you die, if you perform the 1-hour ritual on a different weapon, or if you use a 1-hour ritual to break your bond to it. The weapon appears at your feet if it is in the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
following spells: detect thoughts, intellect fortress,* Rary’s telepathic bond, sending, telekinesis, Tasha’s mind whip,* and Tenser’s floating disk (spells with an asterisk appear in this book). It
you know the mage hand, mind sliver (appears in this book), and message cantrips if you don’t already know them. The crystal has 3 charges, and it regains 1d3 expended charges daily at dawn. You can
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
extradimensional space when the bond breaks. Pact of the Tome Your patron gives you a grimoire called a Book of Shadows. When you gain this feature, choose three cantrips from any class’s spell list
ceases being your pact weapon if you die, if you perform the 1-hour ritual on a different weapon, or if you use a 1-hour ritual to break your bond to it. The weapon appears at your feet if it is in the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
Protectors Prerequisite: Level 9+ Warlock, Pact of the Tome Invocation A new page appears in your Book of Shadows when you conjure it. With your permission, a creature can take an action to write its
Simple or Martial Melee weapon of your choice with which you bond—or create a bond with a magic weapon you touch; you can’t bond with a magic weapon if someone else is attuned to it or another Warlock is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
Protectors Prerequisite: Level 9+ Warlock, Pact of the Tome Invocation A new page appears in your Book of Shadows when you conjure it. With your permission, a creature can take an action to write its
or Martial Melee weapon of your choice with which you bond—or create a bond with a magic weapon you touch; you can’t bond with a magic weapon if someone else is attuned to it or another Warlock is
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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
agent. (For instance, consider the words “faith” and “faction” to be interchangeable.)
Your bond might be associated with other members of your faction, or a location or an
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
to Candlekeep, though she is unaware that the book was the cause of the malaise. Varnyr is a noble with the following changes: Varnyr speaks Common and Elvish, and she has darkvision out to a range of
place, and everyone has their role.” Bond. “Candlekeep is the beacon of enlightenment in an otherwise bleak and backward world.” Flaw. “When something irritates me, I try to ignore it, but I usually end up snapping at someone.”
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
6. Caretaker’s Quarters Phosphorescent lichen clings to the walls of this 30-foot-high cavern. Stronk, a brutish fomorian, lairs here. Somehow the giant formed a bond with the purple worms, becoming
All the treasure Stronk has taken from his victims has been placed under his sleeping skins for safekeeping: 40 pp, an electrum brooch worth 120 gp, six gems worth 50 gp each, two potions of greater healing, and a book of drow poetry worth 100 gp.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
; whether that NPC confers Beloved Inspiration; and that NPC’s Bond Boon or Bond Bane, whichever is applicable. Report Cards. This section includes places to track the results of each Exam
combine with the adventures in this book to enhance the flavor of life at a university of magic.
If you find these rules aren’t the best fit for your group, you can run this book’s adventures without those rules, simply narrating the effects of related encounters without using rules to resolve them.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
wish to explore jungles, lost cities, and dungeons. Friendly taverns and bawdy festhalls are more my style.”
Bond. “Planning an expedition? You really should buy a copy of my latest book, Volo’s Guide
Volothamp “Volo” Geddarm The bombastic world traveler Volothamp Geddarm has come to Chult to deliver signed copies of his latest book, Volo’s Guide to Monsters. In addition to setting up audiences
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commoner’s clothes, a book of research notes, an ink pen, a bottle of squid ink, a flask of oil (made from blubber), a vial of acid (derived from digestive juices), a vial of fish scales, a vial
interfere with the conclusions of logic. (Lawful)
6
Superiority. My vast intellect and strength are directed toward increasing my sway over others. (Evil)
Bonds
d6
Bond
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
about what makes your character stand out. “I’m smart” is not a good trait, because it describes a lot of characters. “I’ve read every book in Candlekeep” tells you something specific about your
than with moral or ethical perspectives. Bonds Create one bond for your character. Bonds represent a character’s connections to people, places, and events in the world. They tie you to things from your
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
the ones Bak Mei entrusted to attack Candlekeep and obtain the pages he needed from The Book of Inner Alchemy. Bak Mei Lawful evil human monk (age 70) Bak Mei was once an agile and skilled Shou monk
black sash over a form-fitting black shirt and trousers. Personality Trait. “I judge others by their actions. Words mean nothing.” Ideal. “Knowledge. The Book of Inner Alchemy will help me leave behind
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feeling about who might fulfill their duties strictly by the book.
Suggested Characteristics
The horrors of war combined with the rigid discipline of military service leave their mark on all
. (Neutral)
6
Nation. My city, nation, or people are all that matter. (Any)
d6
Bond
1
I would still lay down my life for the people I served with.
2
Someone saved my
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
Spells 1st Dissonant Whispers, Silvery Barbs (in this book) 2nd Calm Emotions, Darkness 3rd Beacon of Hope, Daylight 4th Compulsion, Confusion 5th Dominate Person, Rary’s Telepathic Bond Consider
: Intimidation, Persuasion Languages: Two of your choice Equipment: A bottle of black ink, an ink pen, a book of poetry, a school uniform, and a pouch containing 15 gp Feature: Silverquill Initiate You gain
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Dragon as Schemer Most of the adventure hooks in this book involve the schemes a dragon might put into motion over the course of a long life, potentially using followers as agents in the world. In
characters. The adventure begins when the dragon or the dragon’s minions confront the characters.
2 …threaten a character’s bond or an NPC who’s important to one or more characters.
3
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
juices. The varnish also protects against water damage. A svirfneblin archmage named Lesla Carrowil authored both spellbooks. The wizard spells contained in each book are listed below; feel free to swap
telepathic bond, telekinesis, wall of stone
6th level: chain lightning, disintegrate, Drawmij’s instant summons, eyebite, flesh to stone, Otto’s irresistible dance, true seeing
7th level: forcecage
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
Eldritch Invocation Options When you choose eldritch invocations, you have access to these additional options. A tiefling warlock calls
on the power of his talisman. Bond of the Talisman
Scribe Prerequisite: 5th-level warlock, Pact of the Tome feature A new page appears in your Book of Shadows. With your permission, a creature can use its action to write its name on that page, which can