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;Daggers, Musical Instrument of your choice, Entertainer's Pack, and 19 GP; or (B) 90 GP
Invoking magic through music, dance, and verse, Bards are expert at inspiring others, soothing hurts
, disheartening foes, and creating illusions. Bards believe the multiverse was spoken into existence and that remnants of its Words of Creation still resound and glimmer on every plane of existence. Bardic
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Basic Rules (2014)
, ensuring that her companions’ words will be well received. Whether scholar, skald, or scoundrel, a bard weaves magic through words and music to inspire allies, demoralize foes, manipulate minds
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
Backgrounds
Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
more, as a member of an Uthgardt tribe.
Your people have always tried to hold to the old ways. Tradition and taboo have kept the Uthgardt strong while the kingdoms of others have collapsed into chaos
fullest.
3
I remember every insult I’ve received and nurse a silent resentment toward anyone who’s ever wronged me.
4
I am slow to trust members of other races, tribes, and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
manifesting among the halflings about the same time that the elves of Aerenal received their first marks — centuries before the arrival of humans on Khorvaire. Sometimes halflings of House Ghallanda joke
halfling houses helped enable the spread of humanity across the continent. With its powers related to food and shelter, the Mark of Hospitality was a boon to the early halfling nomads, but now it allows
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
Entertainment While true bards are uncommon, magewright entertainers learn to weave magic into their performances. Illusion is a common tool, used both to enhance a mundane performance or as an art
form in its own right. A gymnastic performance might incorporate jump or feather fall. The effects of the thaumaturgy cantrip—booming voice, influence flames, spontaneous sounds—are a boon for any
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
and drives a person toward acts of chaos, evil, and madness. Rejecting a boon likely provokes a demon’s wrath. The Abyss’s infinite varieties of evil are not born only from the souls of mortals
of creatures that can receive their boons. Boons from demons are fickle gifts. They remain in place only as long as the demon is pleased. Accepting such a boon is a damning act that corrupts the soul
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
for rangers, Milil or Corellon for poets and bards, and so forth. Many half-elves worship Sune or Hanali Celanil in appreciation for the love their parents felt for one another, and the two goddesses
are seen as boon companions. Some half-elves are drawn to outsiders such as Auril, Eldath, Erevan Ilesere, and Ilmater, or to nature gods like Mielikki, Rillifane Rallathil, and Silvanus. Half-elves from Aglarond often choose Chauntea, Selûne, or one of the Seldarine as their patron.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
of the Strixhaven Show Band Association and has moved from playing to conducting. No previous student conductor has demanded and received such unwavering respect as Rubina. With merely a look and a
raised eyebrow, she can quiet even the most raucous orchestra sections.
Extracurriculars: Playactors Drama Guild, Strixhaven Show Band Association
Job: None
Bond Boon: Rubina’s gravitas has
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
. If the characters received the garlands from the druid and place them on the elves, this automatically convinces them to safely flee. Forgotten Shrine An ancient shrine stands in the southwest corner
shrine. Characters who pray for her assistance in fighting the dragon can receive a boon at your discretion, including water breathing, bless, or other useful spells.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
like these exist in your world. Wizards (and bards and druids) might be so rare that a player character learns from a single mentor and never meets another character of the same class, in which case
boon or a nuisance, since the Cabal of Thar-Zad has a fearsome reputation. If you go this route, you can treat schools of magic, bardic colleges, and druid circles as organizations, using the guidelines
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
them. If the characters received the garlands from the druid and place them on the elves, this automatically convinces them to safely flee. Forgotten Shrine An ancient shrine stands in the southwest
shrine. Characters who pray for her assistance in fighting the dragon can receive a boon at your discretion, including water breathing, bless, or other useful spells.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
attract. She is the patron of rangers in the same way that Milil is the patron of bards, but even rangers rarely pray to her directly. They instead pray to Gwaeron Windstrom, who they believe will
Unicorns and the actual goddess of their kind. But most tales depict Mielikki as a beautiful woman whom Lurue allows upon her back as a rider, and the two are thought to be boon companions. Mielikki’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
The Dreaming Dark in the War The chaos that reigned during the Last War enabled the agents of the Dreaming Dark to move and act with absolute freedom throughout Khorvaire. Any direct conflict among
Eberron’s humanoid populations is a boon to this group, which wants to destabilize all of them. Many of the intense battles near the end of the war might have been avoided, if not for Dreaming Dark
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes of the Borderlands
Quest: Chaos Unfurls Once Toryn learns the characters are adventurers, she tries to hire them. Read the following aloud: “I recently received a shipment of tempestuous magical scrolls. I need them
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Adventure Atlas: The Mortuary
never received one in life. Merle lies in the casket but occasionally sits up to hear his own eulogies. The Dusters ask the characters if they’d like to say anything on behalf of the deceased. 6 A lost
to expel a dybbuk† from a corpse. The exorcist asks the characters to help in dispatch the Fiend. 9 Two bards† in the Heralds of Dust approach the characters and sing a ballad honoring the dead. If the
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
or evil, law or chaos. According to myth, the gods who created these folk gave them free will to choose their moral paths. Alignment is an essential part of the nature of celestials and fiends. Both
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
the ruler of Darguun, and many fear that his death could throw the region into chaos. Among the Ghaal’dar, you hold your place through cunning and strength. As a Ghaal’dar goblinoid, you may have been
Dhakaani. The Heirs of Dhakaan are an agnostic society and don’t have clerics, paladins, or druids. Their focus is on martial excellence, and their spiritual leaders are bards, who inspire their warriors
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
seize a higher position among the squabbling raklupises. One phisarazu stands in front of the door in its normal form while the other two continue their ruse of being mundane crabs. Kalzak received
phisarazus time to scuttle into position for an attack, uttering odd prophecies such as “When the winds blowing from chaos bring order, the lawmakers must falter.” The door opens with a noisy groan
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
Scholars, wizards, druids, and bards of other races have different ideas about how halflings escape peril, suggesting that by virtue of something in their nature, they occupy a special place in the
this tome, the elves set down thoughts regarding the power of innocence. They recounted how they had long observed the halfling race, watching as the chaos of the world swept around them and left
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Scions of Elemental Evil
Falling Ash is known to us. This cult has long plotted to sow chaos in Celene; an undercover cult member recently failed to poison me. I have no doubt the other cults are equally dangerous.
“My spies
Destroy Celene? “Those who worship Elemental Evil want to wipe out order and replace it with chaos. They hate my realm because they hate all that is good.” Why Choose Us? “My knights are trained to face
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
you to determine which magic items end up in the characters’ possession. Are Magic Items Necessary?
The D&D game assumes that magic items appear sporadically and that they are a boon unless an item
the Armaments tables for Barbarians, Fighters, Paladins, and Rangers. Use the Implements tables for Bards, Monks, and Rogues. Use the Relics tables for Clerics and Druids. Feel free to vary the tables
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Fiendish Folio Volume 1
believe that their appearance derives from the primal fear inspired by fiendish creatures, while bards assert that panic, being such a repulsive emotion, is embodied by an equally ugly creature
after Primus unleashed the Spawning Stone upon Limbo. A powerful being suffused with entropic power, Ygorl delights in the act of unmaking and bringing chaos to any ecosystem it visits. Lesser slaadi
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
to organizing dragon factions in your world. The Metallic Orders Perhaps the chromatic dragons in your world are a force of chaos, with five factions of metallic dragons shouldering the responsibility
to the highest standards of behavior, and wields cold magic. The Brass Order could be a loose affiliation of good-hearted scoundrels, including rogues and bards, who favor fire magic and trickery. An
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
additional boon to any interested character, granting the use of his laboratory to craft or summon any item or creature they desire (within any limits you set). However, the price for this service is one
. He then turns on the monitor and ducks down to stay out of the medusa’s field of view. During the subsequent chaos, the gnome attempts to don the powered armor, then wreak havoc.
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
of good or evil, law or chaos. According to myth, the gods who created these folk gave them free will to choose their moral paths.
Alignment is an essential part of the nature of celestials and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
by a diviner. Roll twice on the Life Events table, but don’t apply the results. Instead, the DM picks one event as a portent of your future (which might or might not come true). Boons d10 Boon 1 A
acquitted yourself well in battle and are remembered as a hero. You might have received a medal for your bravery. Weird Stuff d12 What Happened 1 You were turned into a toad and remained in that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
many silver rings Malyk CE Chaos, rebellion, wild magic Tempest, Trickery A flame in a tear or a multihued vortex Lolth CE Primary god of drow, spiders Trickery, War Spider Selvetarm CE Warriors
a life as a slave or a plaything.
Malyk Malyk embodies rebellion and chaos. Drow know of his influence from the appearance of wild mages among their number. Such an individual, possessed of
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
you? Flamerule 7: Lliira’s Night Originally a celebration held only in Waterdeep, this holiday has since spread up and down the Sword Coast. It has received a recent boost in popularity from the custom
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
the dais is a sun blade placed there by Valin. It came into her possession years before, after she had received two visions about it—one in which she used the weapon to slay a great enemy, and one in
come to me. It is part of me.”
Flaw. “Each future that allows a chance for my failure to occur must be tracked, must be focused on, and must be destroyed.”
Fate’s Boon. All creatures in the room
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
result, in recent weeks Distant Shores has suffered vandalism and the owners have received threatening letters. Eomane House The four Eomane siblings are notorious throughout the Upper City for the
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
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
Adventurer’s Guide
Corellon Larethian The creator of all elves is both chaos and beauty personified. Corellon is as fluid and changeable as a breeze or a brook — quick to anger, but equally quick to
be with. Stories of Hanali’s romantic adventures among elves and other mortals are perennial favorites when sung by elf bards and poets. In Arvandor, Hanali maintains a hidden pool called Evergold
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer
result, in recent weeks Distant Shores has suffered vandalism and the owners have received threatening letters. Eomane House The four Eomane siblings are notorious throughout the Upper City for the
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
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
light exits the orb.
The Supertemporal Arena drifts at the edge of the Elemental Chaos in an infinity of dissipating energies. Time in the Arena. The arena moves rapidly through time. Every minute
). Treasure. A character who searches the room finds curios worth 15,000 gp, a dagger of venom, a suit of demon armor, and an instrument of the bards (Anstruth harp), all designed with vulpine shapes
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
tricks with good humor. Copper dragons are particularly fond of bards. A dragon might carve out part of its lair as a temporary abode for a bard willing to regale it with stories, riddles, and music. To
are well received by a gold dragon, as long as they aren’t bribes. Reserved Shapeshifters. Gold dragons are respected by the other metallic dragons for their wisdom and fairness, but they are the most






