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Lorehold Student

Backgrounds Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos

You have spent your youth preparing to be a student of Lorehold College, reading every book on the college’s recommended reading list for prospective students. Your academic passions are in the

broad field of history. You might dream of using magic to contact great historical figures or your own ancestors or of recreating the mighty magic of a distant age. Skill Proficiencies

Yellowcrest Lore

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries

Yellowcrest Lore A thorough reading of the diary reveals the broad details of the lives of Sarah and the Yellowcrest family. Alternatively, if the characters call Sarah back (see below) and are able

Lorehold Student

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

Lorehold Student You have spent your youth preparing to be a student of Lorehold College, reading every book on the college’s recommended reading list for prospective students. Your academic passions

are in the broad field of history. You might dream of using magic to contact great historical figures or your own ancestors or of recreating the mighty magic of a distant age. Skill Proficiencies

High City

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Astral Adventurer’s Guide

ice is broken up into manageable pieces. A natural stone formation, called the Stonebridge, spans a narrow part of the lake. Festival Grounds and Arena of Frun The Festival Grounds is a broad parkland

exchange for a donation in coins, gems, or art objects of a certain value, as noted in the Helpful Spells table. Helpful Spells Spell Donation Commune 1,000 gp Legend lore 1,500 gp Lesser restoration 150 gp Raise dead 2,000 gp Remove curse 250 gp Scrying 1,000 gp

Questioning Seekers

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries

hopes to make the best out of their tenday-long visit by reading rare books and meeting likeminded people. Yalerion can be found in the House of the Binder, socializing with other followers of Oghma. They

. The Wide was too noisy and hectic for their liking. They arrived at Candlekeep five days ago and intend to stay for five more. Valor With broad shoulders and a permanent scowl on her face, Valor is an

Areas of the Villa

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

character can notice a slight gap beneath the secret door with a successful DC 18 Wisdom (Perception) check. C4. Reading Room This reading nook has the following features: Light pours into this room

the northern wall has a butterfly-shaped, stained-glass peephole. If Victoro Cassalanter (see appendix B) is here, he’s reading a historical text titled The Rise and Fall of Hellgate Keep and taking

Court of Orestes Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros

notices a movable wall panel. 7. Tomb of Orestes This chamber’s ancient masonry rises to form a corbelled dome. At the room’s center lies a pool of sludge. A broad sarcophagus rises from the pool, its

serves as the resting place of the oracle-thief Orestes. According to legend, Orestes could divine how long someone would live by reading a pool of the person’s blood. Those who, in his vision, bled

Eye in the Sky

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

. Doors circle the room. The light of the moons cascades through broad windows high above. At the center of the room stands a serene-looking woman with long, gray hair and red robes. She nods as you enter

carvings learns their meaning by succeeding on a DC 14 Intelligence (Arcana) check or by spending an hour studying them. The runes are an arcane cipher for the knock spell. Reading the spell from the wall

Occupied Mansion Locations

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

hears snarling within. When the characters open a door, read or paraphrase the following: This carriage house features horse stalls to the east and an open space to the west. Two broad doorways lead to

spends a minute reading the documents learns the following: Two Dragon Army leaders, Belephaion and Lohezet, work at the Threshold of the Heavens. The passphrase to gain entrance to the Threshold of the

Dimensional Caverns

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated

adventurers, as the characters soon discover. Approaching the Nest As the characters draw closer, they see a broad expanse of detritus and guano spread out below the nest. With a successful DC 10 Wisdom

Intelligence (Investigation) or Wisdom (Perception) check to quickly assess Raah’s reading material determines that the ancient deep crow is highlighting everything, no matter how good or bad the

D: Sunward Fortress

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

miss were it not for the excavation sites and abandoned tents surrounding them. The Sunward Fortress was once a hermitage for those seeking to commune with Sirrion’s greatest flame: the sun. The

minutes reading them learns the following details: Virruza was following orders from a Dragon Army commander named Belephaion. His mission was to investigate the monster-creating stone unearthed here. He

Temple Crypts

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

reading “Acont, Prince of Minotaurs.” Two skeletal knights (see appendix B) and a minotaur skeleton stand guard in this room and attack intruders on sight. Brickwork Seals. Each occupied crypt is

necromancy around the altar. The altar can be used to commune with the dead. If a corpse’s skull is placed on the altar, a creature wearing or holding a holy symbol of Chemosh can ask the skull five

Conservatory Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault

(Religion) check realizes that it’s used by worshipers of Graz’zt to commune with the demon lord, who requires a blood sacrifice. As an action, a character can spill some of their own blood into the bowl and

. Between the hours of 1 p.m. and 5 p.m., Sythian Skalderang (see the end of the adventure) is here, reading and writing letters, as well as reviewing applications from the families of young hopefuls who

Talhundereth Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk

and smoothed rock edges. The passage leads to area G11 in Gibbet Crossing. T2: Deepening Hall Elaborate carvings of mountain landscapes and treasure piles line the walls of this broad staircase as it

have used this kitchen recently are the drow explorers camped in the reading room (area T14). Treasure. One drow explorer left a backpack here. It contains 100 feet of silk rope, three daggers, a blank

Abyssal Prisons

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a5

Tam in which Var begs for another chance to bring the Sword Coast under Thayan domination. Inside the desk’s several drawers are a potion of mind reading and a duplicate of the steel key that Var

Intelligence check can remove the page from the box without inadvertently reading the runes. If the check fails, the character reads the runes accidentally, triggering the explosion. If the page explodes

Palace of Spires Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase

property again for 24 hours. P4: Entrance Porch A broad flight of porphyry steps ascends to a massive arched doorway. The arch over the double door protrudes from the wall and is supported by two stone

Fountain All Heal and resolved to stay. When first encountered here, Argus is on a couch reading, and Hamish is whittling. Both wear silk lounging robes and slippers, with no other weapons or equipment. The

Dungeon Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus

her tireless effort to win the Blood War. When the characters enter the room, set the scene by reading aloud the following boxed text: Two rows of tall wrought-iron candlesticks light this vaulted

two. V29. Prison Read the following boxed text when the characters open the door to this room: A broad-shouldered figure with purple skin and a beard of writhing snakelike tentacles stands in the

Locations on the Entrance Level

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a6

of it, when pulled down, causes the portal to swing inward. King Snurre is seated on the black seat of the throne. Over 19 feet tall, he is hugely muscled and extraordinarily ugly—very broad, with

running along its blade when it is swung. The king wears a necklace of coral skulls and has a broad girdle set with small gems. Around his shoulders is a cape made of white dragon hide. When he sits on

Specific Spells

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice Compendium

conjured. For example, find familiar gives the caster a list of animals to choose from. Other spells of this sort let the spellcaster choose from among several broad options. For example, conjure

: blade barrier cloudkill cloud of daggers Evard’s black tentacles forbiddance moonbeam sleet storm spirit guardians Reading the description of any of those spells, you might

Lower City Gazetteer

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus

always looking to hire daring “investigative reporters” willing to investigate rumors of strange happenings or procure proof of corruption by the city’s elite. Even just reading the broadsheet can

. Though they haven’t yet figured out how to commune with the chain devils yet, when they do, it’ll likely be without the safeguards Mandorcai managed to negotiate, potentially resulting in fiendish

Lower City Gazetteer

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer

always looking to hire daring “investigative reporters” willing to investigate rumors of strange happenings or procure proof of corruption by the city’s elite. Even just reading the broadsheet can

have broken into the house, seeking to harness its fell powers. Though they haven’t yet figured out how to commune with the chain devils yet, when they do, it’ll likely be without the safeguards

Supernatural Regions

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything

the region hears whispers from celestial beings or refrains of celestial choirs. The character can ask those voices one question as if using the commune spell. 49–54 Aberrations, fiends, and undead in

reading an eldritch tome written by those who have seen or otherwise interacted with the Far Realm. A Far Realm Incursion with Mind Flayer Nautiloids Far Realm Effects d100 Effect 01–09 A

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