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Barbarian
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Classes
Basic Rules (2014)
fraught with peril: rival tribes, deadly weather, and terrifying monsters. Barbarians charge headlong into that danger so that their people don’t have to.
Their courage in the face of danger makes
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 adventuring life? Were you lured to settled lands
Backgrounds
Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
my house and take pride in my looks.
6
I’m critical of monarchies and limits on the houses.
D6
IDEAL
1
Common Good. My house serves a vital function, and
anything for my family.
2
I love someone from another house, but the relationship is forbidden.
3
Someone I love was killed by a rival faction within my house, and I will have revenge
Monsters
Storm King's Thunder
might rival him in power, in a fighting style marked by sudden attacks and just as sudden disappearances.
Klauth spends many waking hours scrying Faerûn with his spells, and he probably knows more
legendary red dragon’s lair is warped by the dragon’s magic, which creates one or more of the following effects:
Small earthquakes are common within 6 miles of the dragon’s lair.
Water
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Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
their champion, and your destiny calls you to stand against the tyrants and monsters that threaten the common folk everywhere.
Skill Proficiencies: Animal Handling, Survival
Tool
Proficiencies: One type of artisan’s tools, vehicles (land)
Equipment: A set of artisan’s tools (one of your choice), a shovel, an iron pot, a set of common clothes, and a pouch containing 10 gp
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Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
I represent my house and take pride in my looks.
6
I’m critical of monarchies and limits on the houses.
D6
IDEAL
1
Common Good. My house serves a vital
I would do anything for my family.
2
I love someone from another house, but the relationship is forbidden.
3
Someone I love was killed by a rival faction within my house, and I will have
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Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
represent my house and take pride in my looks.
6
I’m critical of monarchies and limits on the houses.
D6
IDEAL
1
Common Good. My house serves a vital function
do anything for my family.
2
I love someone from another house, but the relationship is forbidden.
3
Someone I love was killed by a rival faction within my house, and I will have revenge
Magic Items
Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
attempting to slay you. If the Grand Master has already been defeated, you gain the enmity of Garret Levistusson’s patron — a similarly powerful devil.
Fool. For the duration of the
common or uncommon magic weapon with which you are proficient, or a spell scroll featuring a spell of a level you can cast, appears in your hands. The DM chooses the weapon or spell, which you
Backgrounds
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
Sylvan
Equipment: A Selesnya insignia, a healer’s kit, robes, a set of common clothes, and a belt pouch containing 5 gp (Azorius 1-zino coins)
Feature: Conclave’s Shelter
As a
voices and actions aligned in common purpose. (Good)
3
Order. Like a well-pruned tree, society thrives when everything is kept in good order. (Lawful)
4
Life. Preserving life and
Triton
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Species
Volo's Guide to Monsters
spread across the world’s oceans and established protectorates to watch over deep sea trenches, portals, undersea caves, and other locations where their enemies might lurk. They defeated their
readily sacrifice themselves for the common good. They will fight and die for humans, merfolk, and other creatures without question. Their self-absorbed nature makes them overlook the history of other
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Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
represent my house and take pride in my looks.
6
I’m critical of monarchies and limits on the houses.
D6
IDEAL
1
Common Good. My house serves a vital function
do anything for my family.
2
I love someone from another house, but the relationship is forbidden.
3
Someone I love was killed by a rival faction within my house, and I will have revenge
Backgrounds
Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
house and take pride in my looks.
6
I’m critical of monarchies and limits on the houses.
D6
IDEAL
1
Common Good. My house serves a vital function, and its
for my family.
2
I love someone from another house, but the relationship is forbidden.
3
Someone I love was killed by a rival faction within my house, and I will have revenge.
4
I
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Tomb of Annihilation
disappeared on an expedition some time ago.
3
I have a friendly rival. Only one of us can be the best, and I aim to prove it’s me.
4
I won’t sell an art object or other treasure that
museum, or a university.
d6
Flaw
1
I have a secret fear of some common wild animal—and in my work, I see them everywhere.
2
I can’t leave a room without
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
; of course the clan of duergar moving into its territory is because a rival is trying to oust it, of course the gang of adventurers in its lair were sent to kill it by a cowardly rival, and so on
might be merciful and pacify the creature with a charm ray or a sleep ray instead of killing it outright. Of course, this mercy has a purpose; the defeated opponent is interrogated, subjugated, and
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Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
house and take pride in my looks.
6
I’m critical of monarchies and limits on the houses.
D6
IDEAL
1
Common Good. My house serves a vital function, and its
anything for my family.
2
I love someone from another house, but the relationship is forbidden.
3
Someone I love was killed by a rival faction within my house, and I will have revenge.
4
I
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Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
I represent my house and take pride in my looks.
6
I’m critical of monarchies and limits on the houses.
D6
IDEAL
1
Common Good. My house serves a vital
would do anything for my family.
2
I love someone from another house, but the relationship is forbidden.
3
Someone I love was killed by a rival faction within my house, and I will have
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Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
my house and take pride in my looks.
6
I’m critical of monarchies and limits on the houses.
D6
IDEAL
1
Common Good. My house serves a vital function, and
anything for my family.
2
I love someone from another house, but the relationship is forbidden.
3
Someone I love was killed by a rival faction within my house, and I will have revenge.
4
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Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
I represent my house and take pride in my looks.
6
I’m critical of monarchies and limits on the houses.
D6
IDEAL
1
Common Good. My house serves a vital
I would do anything for my family.
2
I love someone from another house, but the relationship is forbidden.
3
Someone I love was killed by a rival faction within my house, and I will have
Backgrounds
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
and twisted remains of a failed experiment, a hammer, a block and tackle, a set of common clothes, and a belt pouch containing 5 gp (Azorius 1-zino coins)
Feature: Urban Infrastructure
The popular
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
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
Sibling or ally of defeated enemy 12 Official seeking to restore a tarnished reputation 13 Deadly foe disguised as a social rival 14 Fiend seeking to tempt the characters to evil 15 Spurned romantic
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
Lizardfolk
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Species
Volo's Guide to Monsters
have more in common with iguanas or dragons than they do with humans, dwarves, or elves. Lizardfolk possess an alien and inscrutable mindset, their desires and thoughts driven by a different set of
notable deeds or actions. For example, Garurt translates as “axe,” a name given to a lizardfolk warrior who defeated an orc and claimed his foe’s weapon. A lizardfolk who likes to
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Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
: Choose one of Elvish, Giant, or Kraul
Equipment: A Golgari insignia, a poisoner’s kit, a pet beetle or spider, a set of common clothes, and a belt pouch containing 10 gp worth of mixed
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
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Contact
1
One
Orc
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
rival orcs first and foremost as competitors for food and victims.
On some occasions, though, tribes that have a common concern band together. The result is an orc horde — a sea of slavering
; their loyalty by turning them into slaves.
If a tribe is defeated and driven from its lair, the survivors might come under the sway of a strong but dimwitted creature, such as a hill giant or an ogre
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
, as appropriate 3 A dragon whose servants dog your steps 4 A high priest who sees you as a misguided fool and wants you to abandon your religion 5 A rival paladin who trained with you but became an oath
-breaker and holds you responsible 6 A vampire who has sworn revenge against all paladins after being defeated by one
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Rival Coin Wondrous Item, Common This gold coin has a creature embossed on each side. The two depicted creatures must be famous rivals or enemies of each other. For example, a Rival Coin might show
, Aurore Folny Ring of X-ray Vision,
Rival Coins, Robe of Eyes
Drawbacks. A Light spell cast on the robe or a Daylight spell cast within 5 feet of the robe gives you the Blinded condition for 1 minute
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
, sought to undermine them before they became threats. Moreover, they deemed Hazlik’s transformation of Indreficus an abomination. As punishment, they ruled that every rival Hazlik had defeated could exact
one competitor Hazlik was unable to defeat: the Red Wizard Indreficus. Hazlik gradually came to fixate on Indreficus as his true rival. Indreficus shared Hazlik’s genius and arrogance, and they spent
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
skin supple and to ease the shedding of their skin. The ointment is not valuable. Unless they have been fought and defeated elsewhere, two enslaved men (NE male Chultan human gladiators) watch Yahru
playing them off against each other. If his bodyguards are defeated and he is facing death, Yahru offers small bits of information for the promise of freedom. In addition to the layout and defenses of the
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;s wing, a tattered piece of a Boros banner (a souvenir from a famous battle), a set of common clothes, and a belt pouch containing 2 gp (Boros-minted 1-zino coins)
Feature: Legion Station
You have
important to me than my life.
6
Dangerous work is best accomplished by an orderly group working with common purpose.
7
I treat my weapons, uniform, and insignia with reverence, for they
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
its complex study. The most common arcane traditions in the multiverse revolve around the schools of magic. Wizards through the ages have cataloged thousands of spells, grouping them into eight
Enchantment. In other institutions, the schools are more like academic departments, with rival faculties competing for students and funding. Even wizards who train apprentices in the solitude of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
its complex study. The most common arcane traditions in the multiverse revolve around the schools of magic. Wizards through the ages have cataloged thousands of spells, grouping them into eight
of Enchantment. In other institutions, the schools are more like academic departments, with rival faculties competing for students and funding. Even wizards who train apprentices in the solitude of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
Leader of the Pack This event doesn’t occur if the characters previously encountered and defeated Kiril’s hunting pack (see “Pack Attack” in the “Special Events” section in chapter 11). Kiril
upper hand, the pack is willing to negotiate with them. If Emil Toranescu is present when Kiril returns, Emil is determined to kill his rival and become the new pack leader. If he succeeds, he allows
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
Creatures from the Giant Kin Encounters table (see chapter 3) have taken control of the hall but are plagued by restless spirits. The ghosts and wraiths of defeated foes, along with creatures from the Giant
Necropolis Encounters table (see chapter 3), refuse to rest in peace. Head to Head to Head Two rival factions of giant kin vie to claim the throne. An ettin and a fensir skirmisher (see chapter 6
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
Spirits’ Plea When the wraith is defeated, any surviving haints remain, lingering in the center of the common room. If both haints were destroyed, their voices emerge from silhouettes drifting in the
’ questions, the mist filling the common room swirls faster, and the characters hear the distant sound of howling wind and pounding waves. The spirits cry out, “Something terrible threatens our precious lore
Backgrounds
Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
represent my house and take pride in my looks.
6
I’m critical of monarchies and limits on the houses.
D6
IDEAL
1
Common Good. My house serves a vital
would do anything for my family.
2
I love someone from another house, but the relationship is forbidden.
3
Someone I love was killed by a rival faction within my house, and I will have
Backgrounds
Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
represent my house and take pride in my looks.
6
I’m critical of monarchies and limits on the houses.
D6
IDEAL
1
Common Good. My house serves a vital function
would do anything for my family.
2
I love someone from another house, but the relationship is forbidden.
3
Someone I love was killed by a rival faction within my house, and I will have revenge
Backgrounds
Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
house and take pride in my looks.
6
I’m critical of monarchies and limits on the houses.
D6
IDEAL
1
Common Good. My house serves a vital function, and its
anything for my family.
2
I love someone from another house, but the relationship is forbidden.
3
Someone I love was killed by a rival faction within my house, and I will have revenge.
4
I






