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The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
made him the envy of many rival spellcasters.
Ringlerun has a good heart, but he’s easily distracted by intellectual pursuits. He would rather spend time in quiet contemplation or reading than in
attack at range using his staff’s formidable spells (cone of cold being his favorite).
Valor's Call
The noble adventuring party known as Valor’s Call was founded by Strongheart, a
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
command, Hutijin can easily crush any rival who gets in his way while also defending Mephistopheles against armies seeking to contest his dominion. Hutijin has amassed enough power to challenge the
rivals. Other archdevils know how much Hutijin despises mortals and have secretly disseminated the means to call him from the Nine Hells in the hope of distracting the archdevil long enough for them to
Backgrounds
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
Spells
Cantrip
produce flame, shocking grasp
1st
chaos bolt, create or destroy water, unseen servant
2nd
heat metal, rope trick
3rd
call lightning,
even the lowliest attendant to make friends (and enemies) in laboratories across Ravnica.
Roll twice on the Izzet Contacts table (for an ally and a rival) and once on the Non-Izzet Contacts table
Moonblade
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Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
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97–98
The moonblade functions as a ring of spell storing.
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You can use an action to call forth an elfshadow, provided that you don’t already have one serving you. The elfshadow
has decided on an owner, it believes that only that person should wield it, even if the owner falls short of elven ideals.
Backgrounds
Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
reflect the agenda, sentiment, or philosophy of one’s order.
KNIGHTLY ORDERS OF FAERÛN
Many who rightfully call themselves “knight” earn that title as part of an order in
again in ruins, Dove Falconhand decided to reform the group with the primary goal of building alliances and friendship between the civilized races of the world and goodly people in order to combat evil
Backgrounds
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
meaningful connections with others.
Roll twice on the Golgari Contacts table (for an ally and a rival) and once on the Non-Golgari Contacts table.
Golgari Contacts
d8
Contact
1
One
elf lich is determined to see me become a lich someday, too.
7
A medusa decided it would be more fun to recruit me into the guild than to kill me.
8
I know a findbroker who can locate
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
; you hope to prove yourself in the wider world.
3 Your clan has arranged your marriage and your future; you’ve decided to have a few adventures before you settle down.
4 You’re pursuing a
Backgrounds
Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
in the Chondalwood, or the magic-hating human tribes of the sweltering jungles of Chult.
You might have grown up in one of the tribes that had decided to settle down, and now that they have
you normally would when you forage there.
Additionally, you can call upon the hospitality of your people, and those folk allied with your tribe, often including members of druid circles, tribes of
Orc
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Species
Volo's Guide to Monsters
hatred of the civilized races of the world and their need to satisfy the demands of their deities, the orcs know that if they fight well and bring glory to their tribe, Gruumsh will call them home to
. It is also not unheard of for an exceptionally strong and charismatic evil human to lead stray orcs that no longer have a tribe to call their own.
When Tribes Team Up
An orc tribe typically has no
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
hope to make a name for yourself in the wider world. 3 Your clan has arranged your marriage and your future, and you’ve decided to have a few adventures before you settle down. 4 You’re pursuing a
Yuan-ti Pureblood
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Species
Volo's Guide to Monsters
keen intellect and magic to discover the secrets of making steel. Its military shattered rival tribes and developed advanced tactics for fighting in forests and open plains.
The civilization grew into a
one city-state were killed and eaten to create the first yuan-ti, and once the news of how to perform these rituals spread to other leaders, the call for slaves to fuel the process increased. As the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
increase the number of people who, when faced with peril, will call on that god for help. It’s that trust, that reliance, that faith that gives the gods their power, not merely ideas and concepts. Mortal
champion who acts as an agent of a god among other people helps increase those people’s devotion to the god. And if a hero should happen to strike down the agents of a rival god along the way, all the better. The Vanquisher, and the Hunter
(CHUCK LUKACS)
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
troupe, to a dragonmarked warlord of House Deneith who has decided to establish their own fiefdom. Examples of NPCs from dragonmarked houses appear in the Dragonmarked NPCs table. Dragonmarked NPCs
inns, discrediting rival businesses while attacking the houses. 4 During a plague, a House Jorasco healer chooses which victims to cure and which to let die — and worse, which ones live to spread the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Forge of the Artificer
Rival Houses Conflicts, rivalries, and feuds among the thirteen dragonmarked houses drive a dragonmarked intrigue campaign. As tremendously powerful magical and mercantile forces, the houses seek
endanger both people and property. Goals of Rival Houses Rivalries among the dragonmarked houses are described below. Cannith and Tharashk. In its interactions with the other houses, House Cannith has a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Ability Checks An ability check is a test to see whether a character succeeds at a task that he or she has decided to attempt. The Player’s Handbook includes examples of what each ability score is
creature’s efforts. In a contest, the ability checks are compared to each other, rather than to a target number. When you call for a contest, you pick the ability that each side must use, deciding
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
could best use it. 4 I befriended a druid and was moved by druidic teachings. I decided to follow my friend’s guidance and give something back to the world. 5 While I was growing up, I saw spirits all
, and so I joined a war college. 2 I squired for a knight who taught me how to fight, care for a steed, and conduct myself with honor. I decided to take up that path for myself. 3 Horrible monsters
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
the dragon’s family.
3 A young blue dragon running a protection racket has run afoul of an efreeti, who has decided the area would be better off without dragons.
4 A tough but fair young
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->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
scenes. You can call in a favor for a wide range of benefits: A legal case against you might be suddenly dropped. A rival might disappear. A much-needed magic item might be delivered to you. These
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
families prevented their union begin exacting revenge on the living.
4 A pair of rival fiends, Athos and Diche, break loose from idols in the collection at Heather House. Members of the Weathermay
family call for aid.
5 The citizens of the village of Crawford spread tales of a gigantic raven. Sheriff Perkins hires the characters to hunt down the creature, which is actually a wereraven
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
by rival captains, but death couldn’t keep Pietra. She awoke in the Sea of Sorrows, water in her lungs and sea creatures making their homes in her flesh. Her crew stirred with her, now fish-eaten
that the light doesn’t call out to the sea, but down to what lurks in the pit hidden within. Vigilant’s Bluff. An undead paladin holds vigil atop this drowned island. Weary travelers can find refuge
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica
inmates at this prison a week ago. The warden decided enough was enough and put through his transfer.” “Krenko has made a lot of enemies, but the Shattergang Brothers are his biggest threat. They’re a
rival goblin gang specializing in illicit weapons, and they want Krenko dead in reprisal for the murder of one of their lieutenants. The dead lieutenant also happens to be the youngest of the three
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
, sentiment, or philosophy of one’s order. KNIGHTLY ORDERS OF FAERÛN
Many who rightfully call themselves “knight” earn that title as part of an order in service to a deity, such as Kelemvor’s Eternal
its name to honor the great but fallen city, just as the new Knights of Myth Drannor do today. With the city once again in ruins, Dove Falconhand decided to reform the group with the primary goal of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
family members living abroad and brought them to live with him in a twisted, underground version of Shadowdusk Hold. Among those who answered the call was Margaraste Shadowdusk, a distant cousin whom
and their plots, even as he allows the family free rein in their corner of his domain. The Mad Mage has decided that these are the kinds of nobles that need to be making decisions and wielding power in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
Waterdeep. The Lords of Waterdeep have decided to reestablish their own navy, and they’ve told the soldiers of Mintarn to leave the city or take a commission among the navy or the city’s other armed
forces. Now in Neverwinter, Lord Neverember has decided to do away with a mercenary force as well. He says he wants to instill a sense of civic pride among the folk of Neverwitner, but many in Mintarn
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
secrets of making steel. Its military shattered rival tribes and developed advanced tactics for fighting in forests and open plains. The civilization grew into a cluster of allied city-states
the first yuan-ti, and once the news of how to perform these rituals spread to other leaders, the call for slaves to fuel the process increased. As the serpent gods began to demand more and more
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Boromar Clan can call in a favor to secure an audience with one of these councilors, though such does not guarantee aid. Sharn Watch. The Boromars have been bribing captains of the Sharn Watch for
generations. What’s more, if the Boromar Clan collapsed, the underworld would erupt in anarchy as dozens of petty crime lords fought for territory and position. As a result, a member of the Boromars can call
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
), Caerhan returned from a research trip to Candlekeep to find his fellow party members all dead. Recognizing too late that the orrery housing channeled dark power, the grieving Caerhan decided that the
into contact with the orrery, they discover that two of the artifact’s components have been claimed by Acquisitions Incorporated franchises that have come under recent attack by unknown foes. The rival
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
scenic beauty that he decided to settle there. Queen Ravenovia lamented the death of Barov and was fearful of Strahd. War had made him cold and arrogant. She kept her younger son, Sergei, away from the
wizards and artisans, brought them to the valley of Barovia, and commanded them to raise a castle to rival the magnificent fortresses of his ancestral homeland. Strahd named the castle Ravenloft, after
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
, damaging their equipment, insulting them, or showing how ineffectual their attacks are.
5 The dragon has a way to call for help hidden deep inside the lair, such as a magic horn that summons
rival who notices the characters approaching the dragon’s lair and keeps tabs on the fight. This rival might step in to help the characters or the dragon, depending on the circumstances, or might
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
guest stole.
6 An intelligent magic item in a brass dragon’s hoard sends out a telepathic distress call, wanting to be rescued so it can be used for its intended purpose.
7 A windstorm
lair, and they harass the dragon whenever they can.
5 A guardian naga charged with protecting an ancient artifact has decided that the artifact—as well as the naga—would be safer in an adult brass
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
your group as the adventuring arm of the organization, or perhaps a legion of paladins who call on your group’s finesse where swords and shields fail. You might receive orders directly from the immortal
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->Princes of the Apocalypse
Cult of the Howling Hatred The followers of elemental air call themselves the Cult of the Howling Hatred. They worship the destructive power of wind and storms, believing that those who venerate
her from the conflicts of Faerûn, and she came of age with a tender and fragile disposition. Eventually her parents decided it was time for their daughter to engage in elven society, and they brought
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
moonblade functions as a ring of spell storing. 99 You can use an action to call forth an elfshadow, provided that you don’t already have one serving you. The elfshadow appears in an unoccupied space within
meant to serve. Once it has bonded with an owner who shares its ideals, its loyalty is absolute. If a moonblade has a flaw, it is overconfidence. Once it has decided on an owner, it believes that only that person should wield it, even if the owner falls short of elven ideals.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Ability Checks An ability check is a test to see whether a character succeeds at a task the character has decided to attempt. The Abilities, Ability Checks, and Saving Throws table summarizes what
the player how long the task takes. Alternatively, you can call for a single ability check and use the result to determine how long it takes for the character to complete the task. Group Checks Group
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
adventurers called the Knights of the Silver Horn found the place and commenced an exploration of the ruins. The adventurers came back to Tyar-Besil again and again, and when they decided to establish
-hungry villains, and monsters of all description began to trickle into the valley, drawn by the dark call of Elemental Evil. Meanwhile, the prophets experimented with their new toys, nurturing the seeds of