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Bavlorna Blightstraw

Monsters The Wild Beyond the Witchlight

within 10 feet of Bavlorna uses at least 10 feet of movement to run in place counterclockwise, Bavlorna is overcome by a fit of sneezing and can’t cast spells until the end of her next turn. In

moment, is all that matters.” Bond. “I’m safe in my cottage. Why should I leave it when I can make others come to me?" Flaw. “Watching someone run widdershins makes me sneeze

Rictavio

Monsters Curse of Strahd

in search of new actors, he began regaling locals with tales of distant lands. Monster Hunter. The half-elf ringmaster is, in fact, a legendary human vampire hunter named Rudolph van Richten. Van

;while trying not to expose the secret society to their mutual enemy. He thinks the wereravens might prove helpful when the time comes. Van Richten also wants to take out as many of Strahd’s spies

Pirate Legacy

Backgrounds Player’s Handbook (2014)

distant line of the horizon, but the time has come to try your hand at something new. Discuss the nature of the ship you previously sailed with your Dungeon Master. Was it a merchant ship, a naval

board—boatswain, captain, navigator, cook, or some other position? Who were the captain and first mate? Did you leave your ship on good terms with your fellows, or on the run? You spent your youth

Divine Soul

Classes Xanathar's Guide to Everything

Sometimes the spark of magic that fuels a sorcerer comes from a divine source that glimmers within the soul. Having such a blessed soul is a sign that your innate magic might come from a distant but

Sailor Legacy

Backgrounds Player’s Handbook (2014)

distant line of the horizon, but the time has come to try your hand at something new. Discuss the nature of the ship you previously sailed with your Dungeon Master. Was it a merchant ship, a naval

board—boatswain, captain, navigator, cook, or some other position? Who were the captain and first mate? Did you leave your ship on good terms with your fellows, or on the run? Skill

Divine Soul (XGtE)

Classes Xanathar's Guide to Everything

Sometimes the spark of magic that fuels a sorcerer comes from a divine source that glimmers within the soul. Having such a blessed soul is a sign that your innate magic might come from a distant but

Rogue Legacy

Classes Basic Rules (2014)

their target — a notorious slaver — passes the alleyway, the accomplice cries out, the slaver comes to investigate, and the assassin’s blade cuts his throat before he can make a sound

skills that help them in a dungeon environment, such as climbing, finding and disarming traps, and opening locks. When it comes to combat, rogues prioritize cunning over brute strength. A rogue

Sage Legacy

Backgrounds Basic Rules (2014)

can obtain it. Usually, this information comes from a library, scriptorium, university, or a sage or other learned person or creature. Your DM might rule that the knowledge you seek is secreted away in

information. 2 Most people scream and run when they see a demon. I stop and take notes on its anatomy. 3 Unlocking an ancient mystery is worth the price of a civilization. 4 I overlook

Sailor - Baldur's Gate

Backgrounds Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus

the bottomless depths. Your first love is the distant line of the horizon, but the time has come to try your hand at something new. Discuss the nature of the ship you previously sailed with your

fellows, or on the run? Skill Proficiencies: Athletics, Perception Tool Proficiencies: Navigator’s tools, vehicles (water) Equipment: A belaying pin (club), 50 feet of silk rope, a lucky

Shifter Legacy

Species Eberron: Rising from the Last War

personality: a feline shifter may be cool and distant, driven by predatory instincts, while a shifter with a lupine spirit might be drawn to find and protect a pack. When a shifter fully embraces this beast

bear or boar: stoic, stubborn, and thick-skinned. Longtooth shifters typically have lupine traits and prefer to run with a pack. Swiftstride are often predatory and feline, but a swiftstride could

Sage - Baldur's Gate

Backgrounds Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus

: RESEARCHER When you attempt to learn or recall a piece of lore, if you do not know that information, you often know where and from whom you can obtain it. Usually, this information comes from a

back. d6 Flaw 1 I am easily distracted by the promise of information. 2 Most people scream and run when they see a demon. I stop and take notes on its anatomy. 3

Barbarian Legacy

Classes Basic Rules (2014)

character, think about where your character comes from and his or her place in the world. Talk with your DM about an appropriate origin for your barbarian. Did you come from a distant land, making you a

Topaz Dragon Wyrmling

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

visibly in the gem-like spines that run in a ridge from the crown of the head to the tip of the tail. These spines hover above a living topaz dragon’s back, dancing and shifting with the dragon

. Consistency is stagnation. (Chaotic) 3 Mental Superiority. I hone my mental powers so I can confuse, control, or kill any who annoy me. (Evil) 4 Territoriality. Any creature that comes into

Young Topaz Dragon

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

spines that run in a ridge from the crown of the head to the tip of the tail. These spines hover above a living topaz dragon’s back, dancing and shifting with the dragon’s mood. Embodiment of

. (Chaotic) 3 Mental Superiority. I hone my mental powers so I can confuse, control, or kill any who annoy me. (Evil) 4 Territoriality. Any creature that comes into my territory has

Urban Bounty Hunter

Backgrounds Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide

comes in the form of a contact in any city you visit, a person who provides information about the people and places of the local area. Suggested Characteristics Use the tables for the

If there’s a plan, I’ll forget it. If I don’t forget it, I’ll ignore it. 4 I have a “tell” that reveals when I’m lying. 5 I turn tail and run when

Lizardfolk Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

skilled allies. Alien Minds The lizardfolk’s reptilian nature comes through not only in their appearance, but also in how they think and act. Lizardfolk experience a more limited emotional life than

emotion and empathy. The same label serves as an apt depiction of lizardfolk. Lacking any internal emotional reactions, lizardfolk behave in a distant manner. They don’t mourn fallen comrades or

Warlock Legacy

Classes Basic Rules (2014)

stars overhead, a wild-eyed tiefling chants the mystic ritual that will open a doorway to a distant world. Warlocks are seekers of the knowledge that lies hidden in the fabric of the multiverse. Through

that are not fiendish. Sometimes a traveler in the wilds comes to a strangely beautiful tower, meets its fey lord or lady, and stumbles into a pact without being fully aware of it. And sometimes

Goblin Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

traps, snares, and nets to catch the unwary, and when their hunting patrols encounter other beings, they always look for ways to capture their foes instead of killing them. Goblins that run up against

, or secret backstabbing and outright fights over the title. Most often, the victor in such a struggle comes from another family of the lasher caste, and any allies of the previous boss count themselves

Vi Aroon

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel

. What Vi Aroon Knows Renown Gossip 0 Vi shares that he and Kasem had a fight earlier but doesn’t reveal why. 1 Vi explains he is getting married and moving to a distant land where his betrothed lives

days longer to perform the regular supply run. He returned with extra crates that he keeps in the Spicy Brothers’ private tent.

Halflings of the Five Nations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War

prove equally useful for burglars, grifters, and other criminals. Of particular note is the halfling-run criminal enterprise of the Boromar Clan, the most powerful crime syndicate in Breland. The

Boromars are based in Sharn, but their influence reaches across the nation and even to the distant city of Stormreach. If you decide to play a halfling rogue, or a character with a criminal or charlatan

Introduction

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Divine Contention

setting. By the end of the adventure the characters should reach 13th level. You can run the adventure for as few as one player or as many as six players. You can run Divine Contention as a stand-alone

trilogy can be played as a sequel to Dragon of Icespire Peak, the adventure that comes with the D&D Essentials Kit.

Introduction

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sleeping Dragon’s Wake

adventure the characters should reach 11th level. You can run the adventure for as few as one player or as many as six players. You can run it as a stand-alone adventure or as the middle adventure in a

trilogy called Beyond the Dragon of Icespire Peak (of which Storm Lord’s Wrath is the first adventure and Divine Contention is the last). This adventure trilogy can be played as a sequel to Dragon of Icespire Peak, the adventure that comes with the D&D Essentials Kit.

Introduction

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild

uncover additional components scattered across distant places — and times. The now-lost Temple of Moloch and the construction site of the legendary Tomb of Horrors are two of those locations. However

2019, we’re pleased to present the following adventure scenario. Infernal Machine Rebuild can be run as a standalone adventure or connected to last year’s Lost Laboratory of Kwalish. A fallen clock

Approaching the Mansion

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd

the surrounding architecture. Out of the fog comes a distant peal of thunder, quickly accompanied by the howling of wolves in the woods below, but the house stands silent, seeming like the fossilized remains of some long-dead thing smote upon the mountainside.

Chapter 6: City of Lost Names

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen

ancient, magical ruin fly as it did in the distant past. The characters must find the source of the ancient city’s magic and prevent Dragon Army commanders from taking control. This chapter presents

a vast ruin the characters can explore as they please while dodging the occupying Dragon Army forces. Here, the Dragon Army’s plan in the Northern Wastes comes into view: to reactivate the City of

Simic Scientist

Backgrounds Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica

scientific fact, if you don’t know that information, you know where and from whom you can obtain it. Usually, this information comes from a Simic laboratory, or sometimes from an Izzet facility, a

fungus field. 5 I can’t fathom what could have made my childhood friend run off and join the Gruul. 6 I love comparing notes with my friend in the Izzet, though our fields of research are

Portents of War

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh

Portents of War Sanbalet and his smugglers have little interest in the larger goings-on of the region. They most highly value gold, drink, and the freedom that comes with pursuing a life of crime

. They have no concern for the implications of their actions, which could be a precursor to war. The smugglers currently run weapons for a clan of lizardfolk living near Saltmarsh whose queen, Othokent

Every DM Is Unique

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide

Every DM Is Unique The preceding example of play shows how one Dungeon Master might run an encounter, but no two DMs run the game in exactly the same way—and that’s how it should be! You’ll be most

to and enjoy. If everyone comes to the table prepared to contribute to the game, the entire table is likely to have a wonderful and memorable time.

Every DM Is Unique

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules

Every DM Is Unique No two DMs run the game in exactly the same way—and that’s how it should be! You’ll be most successful as a DM if you choose a play style that works best for you and your players

many different ideas about what makes D&D fun. The “right way” to play D&D is the way you and your players agree to and enjoy. If everyone comes to the table prepared to contribute to the game, the entire table is likely to have a wonderful and memorable time.

Halflings of the Five Nations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron

influence can be felt across the nation and even in the distant city of Stormreach. If you decide to play a halfling rogue—or any character with a criminal or charlatan background—you should decide if you

, who occasionally pulls you into their problems. Or you could even be the reluctant heir of a powerful Boromar leader; you’ve gone on the run rather than taking your place in this criminal empire, but someday your past may catch up with you.

Starting the Adventure

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel

following information: The Goldwarren is Anisa’s famous gold mine. It’s run by a group called the Aurum Guild. At least seven miners are trapped in the mine. Prince Simbon, the son of Anisa’s king, is not

widely respected in the empire. Prince Kirina comes from the neighboring city of Niba. He’s a charismatic figure who’s well-liked by the Aurum Guild. Feel free to supplement this information with any

What Happens Next?

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos

What Happens Next? Once the characters have defeated Murgaxor’s guardians, they might be tempted to run into the fortress’s basement immediately. Taking a short rest beforehand might be the wiser

without making them wait an hour. Below are some suggestions for handling this without pulling the party out of the moment: The party comes together, dramatic speeches are given, and the power of

Umizu

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel

Umizu Residents of the city-state of Umizu enjoy their fair share of luck, but good fortune comes at a cost: a season of bad luck that arrives with the yearly monsoon. During this time, locals pray

-simmering tension. Daimyo Hogishi Takemi does his best to rein in crime, but the city’s lackluster bureaucracy is run by complacent samurai administrators and riddled with corruption. Crime syndicates

Creating a Barbarian

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)

Creating a Barbarian When creating a barbarian character, think about where your character comes from and his or her place in the world. Talk with your DM about an appropriate origin for your

barbarian. Did you come from a distant land, making you a stranger in the area of the campaign? Or is the campaign set in a rough-and-tumble frontier where barbarians are common? What led you to take up the

Order of the Gauntlet

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist

natives; others hail from distant settlements and have come to the city on temple business. Order of the Gauntlet support comes in these ways: If the adventurers require healing or other magic, a member

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