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Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn
rival and an equal. The Zlan Liches table gives a brief description of each component.
Zlan Liches
Name
History
Argent Black
Emerged from the Negative Plane, fed on hate and
through the accumulation of chardalyn from across Icewind Dale. Zlan’s affinity with chardalyn allows it to access information across the region and use chardalyn to corrupt those who could
Backgrounds
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
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Feature: Rubblebelt Refuge
You are intimately familiar with areas of the city that most people shun: ruined neighborhoods where wurms rampaged, overgrown parks that no hand has tended in decades, and the
encounters with members of other guilds are more often violent than friendly, but occasional bonds do form.
Roll twice on the Gruul Contacts table (for an ally and a rival) and once on the Non-Gruul
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
Pazuzu’s Servant When the wicked sorcerer Orencio was executed, his protégé, Itzmin, made his own pact with Pazuzu. Two decades later, Itzmin has become a corrupt politician in San Citlán who serves
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
1 A feud with a rival clan has gotten out of hand, and it’s best that you leave the Holds for a few decades.
2 You’re in a large family and there’s no room for you to shine in your hold
vendetta with a personal rival. Are you seeking to defeat them in battle or in business?
5 You’re searching for a legendary dwarven artifact, removed from the Mror Holds centuries ago by a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
Creating a Rival In essence, a rival is a somewhat specialized NPC. You can use chapter 4 of the Dungeon Master’s Guide to build a new NPC for this purpose, or pick one from your current cast of
created for themselves. Example Rivals d20 Rival 1 Tax collector who is convinced the characters are dodging fees 2 Politician who is concerned that the characters are causing more trouble than they
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
retired with honor decades ago. You’ve got an endless supply of stories of your heroic deeds. It’s been a long time since you’ve been in combat and your skills are a little rusty. But you’re sure that
Watch by a group of corrupt officers. You still have friends among the guards, but there’s a lot of bad apples in the barrel. Do you want to clean up the Watch, or are you content to enforce justice on your own?
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
character is why you have left the Holds. The Leaving the Mror Holds table offers some suggestions that might spark further ideas. Leaving the Mror Holds d8 Reason for Leaving 1 A feud with a rival clan
has gotten out of hand, and it’s best that you spend a few decades away from the Holds while things cool down. 2 You come from a large family and there’s no room for you to shine in your hold, so you
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
Dran Enterprises Dran Enterprises is the biggest rival of Acquisitions Incorporated — and has the strongest possible connection to that august organization. Founded by a false version of Auspicia
thwarted. They say acquisition is a family business, and it’s certainly true for those of my house. I hadn’t seen my sister, Auspicia Dran, for years. Decades, in fact. And then out of nowhere, she returns
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
Rockblight When the drow attacked Blingdenstone, Ogrémoch’s Bane retreated to the far corners of the ruined city, waiting for the time to reemerge and seek out earth elementals to corrupt. The
. Unfortunately, the magical pacts she struck eventually transformed the vain priestess into a medusa. Enraged by her fate, Neheedra turned her servants to stone and descended into madness. Over decades
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Calamity d20 Calamity 1 Suspected vampire infestation 2 New cult seeks converts 3 Important figure died (murder suspected) 4 War between rival thieves’ guilds 5–6 Plague or famine (sparks riots) 7
Corrupt officials 8–9 Marauding monsters 10 Powerful wizard has moved into town 11 Economic depression (trade disrupted) 12 Flooding 13 Undead stirring in cemeteries 14 Prophecy of doom 15 Brink of war 16
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
convinced to defend the school in a contest against a rival college.
7
An emerald dragon invisibly tails a party of adventurers, causing trouble for the heroes so the dragon can watch how they respond
up to the city was sealed to prevent the fumes from spilling into the streets above. Decades later, once the volcano’s activity had subsided, the dragon moved in.
The lair has the following
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
the school in a contest against a rival college.
7
An emerald dragon invisibly tails a party of adventurers, causing trouble for the heroes so the dragon can watch how they respond.
8
An
halls with boiling water and noxious fumes. The stairwell leading up to the city was sealed to prevent the fumes from spilling into the streets above. Decades later, once the volcano’s activity
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
Enemies Everywhere Elder brains seek stability and safety for their colonies, and a colony can remain in a relatively peaceful state for decades if it can evade discovery while it acquires food. Two
that the mind flayers can’t rebuild their shattered empire without expanding their reach. It might resent its new rival, but it can take comfort that soon enough the ulitharid will strike out on its own and the colony will return to normal.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
manipulator. No more devout than I in the service of the Spider Queen, he arranged for my disgrace and exile. Deprived of my considerable skills, my house fell to our rival, House Do’Urden. Gromph became
insanity of the demon lords spreads. Gromph Baenre vanished following the ritual. Vizeran has not been able to detect any trace of his rival archmage using any of the resources at his command. Demogorgon
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
and water.
Corrupt Water. At the start of each of the wastrilith’s turns, exposed water within 30 feet of it is befouled. Underwater, this effect lightly obscures the area until a current clears it
damage and isn’t pulled.
The corruption left behind when a wastrilith visits the world can persist for decades. If left unchecked, it can become a bridge to the Abyss.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
pit fiend named Gargauth. Until recently, the shield was sealed in a tomb under the city, but Thalamra’s sons recently stole it and transported it to the dungeon below their villa. So corrupt is the
shield that its mere presence in Baldur’s Gate has contributed to the city’s moral decay for decades. To keep Baldur’s Gate from falling into Zariel’s clutches, the characters must take the shield far
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
local hags. Grandmothers and aunties are more likely than other hags to take up permanent residence in unfriendly terrain, since their long-range plans sometimes require spending decades or years in
form and seeks to attack, deface, or corrupt it so it has the opposite effect on its viewers. One is more likely to defile the inspiring statue in a town square, making it into a symbol of fear and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Forge of the Artificer
unopened crates holding uncatalogued treasures—some of which have been there for decades. Above the Dezina Museum, the Morgrave University Library fills the top levels of Dalannan Tower. While it doesn’t
nevertheless finds time to publish more papers on giant-made pottery than any other scholar, past or present. If you use rival explorers in your campaign who are connected to Morgrave University, they work
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
in it, swiftly disposing of anyone who fails to meet those standards.
2 An adult blue dragon and an efreeti have formed a friendship over the decades. They now share a territory and assist one
another in protecting it.
3 Feeling unappreciated and disrespected in one family, an adult blue dragon offers allegiance to a rival dragon family, setting off a blood feud.
4 A pair of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
at such beauty, one can easily overlook the terrible force bound within it. Gargauth is, I believe, its name, though it calls itself the Hidden Lord. It was a pit fiend sent by Asmodeus to corrupt
mortals on the Material Plane, and there it amassed such a following as to rival that of gods. In that way, Gargauth became a sort of demigod, and having worshipers increased its power exponentially. My
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
stave off otherworldly invasions, to protect the powerless from oppression, or to spread the teachings of your religion in a hostile land. Or perhaps you serve a corrupt hierarchy by making its
deity. Religious Order Contact d6 Contact 1 Shadow Tongue. A mysterious speaker for your order advises your next steps but fears being discovered by a powerful rival faith. 2 Inspired Creator. A
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
hero’s firsthand account of a battle with a unique monster among the temple’s records before a rival group of adventurers does.
Sun Temple Map The sun temple shown in map 4.4 presents a common design
champion of Heliod, seeks to destroy all sun temples in the hopes of bringing about everlasting night.
4 A corrupt oracle (see chapter 6) of Heliod sells counterfeit heroic artifacts to those he can’t
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
used it as the center of a small kingdom, which also bore his name, north and east of the Trade Way, though it lasted only a few decades before falling to threats from the Fields of the Dead. The
her entire retinue near the bridge. Although an investigation was undertaken, no sign of Tamal or any of the others was discovered. Thavius Kreeg, Tamal’s rival for the post, was elevated to the post of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
has been raiding distant farmlands, procuring gifts of food for a mate with a taste for unusual cuisine.
7 A white dragon has been exacting vengeance on a rival silver dragon by killing off the
dragon can lead it to a lost font of magical power.
4 An adult white dragon, captured by devils decades ago, now serves as a mount for an ice devil.
5 A beholder manipulates an adult white
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
spraying an alchemical defoliant on local farmland to push people living in the area away from the dragon’s lair. The resulting famine is devastating the countryside.
3 Rival realms are
to become an elder brain dragon (described in chapter 6), so the elder brain can wreak ruin upon its rivals.
3 The decades-long machinations of an ancient black dragon and an evil archmage are
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica
. A defining characteristic of the Orzhov for decades was the tension between Teysa, living in the complex political realities of the world, and the inflexible, avaricious Obzedat. Teysa argued
envoy, and canceled all dealings with other guilds. Teysa remains in prison to this day, and the Ghost Council extorts corrupt officials to make sure they keep her locked away.
MAGALI VILLENEUVE
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
, with a different beholder taking over every few decades. Paranoid Megalomania The Xanathar, like its forerunners, is an eye tyrant — a type of beholder that chooses to live among other creatures in a
a human megalomaniac rises to power in an evil organization, that individual is always at risk of being killed or replaced by a power-hungry rival. When such a group is led by a beholder rather than
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Netheril’s Fall: Tales of Terror, Treasure, and Time Travel
in this district devoted to higher learning.
The Last Academies, a collection of rival institutions, are named as such because once you finish here, there’s nowhere else to learn. Each institution
Good Spy) is the High Netherese warehouse owner. Secretly, under the alias Liberax Volt, he is also the leader of the Free Warriors, an underground network dedicated to overthrowing the corrupt
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
raid on the surface, the matron of a rival house being struck down by an inexplicable illness, or an heiress to the house being born under propitious omens. DROW TRANCE: ENTERING THE VOID
Drow enter
him. Some succeed admirably and achieve great things beyond the reach of most males, but many more succumb to excesses of the flesh, dissipation, and disease, or they are ruined or murdered by a rival
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica
Azorius Senate. For decades, she worked in almost complete anonymity, her gifts unappreciated. But with the senate displaying an increased interest in the talents of precognitive mages, Geetra has been
, tactics that they supplement with rigorously developed mental abilities. To ensure that no secrets slip through Dimir’s fingers, they infiltrate rival guilds. In addition to traditional means of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer
weapons and other possessions with her. Merilyn’s reputation, and that of her highly capable attendants, is formidable enough that even rival crews or businesses engaged in the tensest of negotiations
, regularly renting out and conducting meetings in its vast central pool. Insight Park Forty years ago, an lawful neutral shield dwarf druid named Torimesh arrived home in the city after decades of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
that even rival crews or businesses engaged in the tensest of negotiations never violate the house’s rule against violence. This establishment’s commitment to discretion also makes the bathhouse the
dwarf druid named Torimesh arrived home in the city after decades of adventuring abroad and purchased this small portion of the hillside. Too steep to build on, the area had long been an illegal junkyard
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
empty estate owned by the mercantile Szarr family, with only a few family crypts near the cliffs. When a business rival murdered the entire family in their beds, no one was eager to move into their former
increases the chaos, as bodies get exhumed and reburied wherever it’s convenient. Most significantly, a major landslide decades ago dropped a large portion of the cemetery’s cliff into the river below
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer
professional mourners. Long ago, the graveyard was an empty estate owned by the mercantile Szarr family, with only a few family crypts near the cliffs. When a business rival murdered the entire
brigands and necromancy-obsessed followers of Myrkul only increases the chaos, as bodies get exhumed and reburied wherever it’s convenient. Most significantly, a major landslide decades ago dropped a large
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
stretch of woods. Sonna and Yvra were once knights in service to rival Fey courts who fell in love. As punishment for defying their rulers to pursue a relationship, they were bound to oak trees and
. They enjoy walking the paths of the hedge maze (area G21) and occasionally assist the Gardener in protecting the domain. It’s been decades since their help was required, but they remain vigilant and