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Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn
dracoliches, magically bound dragons to his service, and learned how to drive dragons across Faerûn into a berserk rage. He considered his intellect beyond morality and became paranoid, resentful, and
for his demise. He drew on the warped resurrection of dracoliches to become a lich himself. He continues to lead the Cult of the Dragon from the shadows, developing new ways to control and corrupt
Monsters
Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn
bound dragons to his service, and learned how to drive dragons across Faerûn into a berserk rage. He considered his intellect beyond morality and became paranoid, resentful, and megalomaniacal
. He drew on the warped resurrection of dracoliches to become a lich himself. He continues to lead the Cult of the Dragon from the shadows, developing new ways to control and corrupt dragonkind
Magic Items
Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn
powerful Undead scions. Should a wearer prove unworthy of this honor, the crown teleports away to find a new mortal to corrupt for its master.
Cursed. The crown is cursed. Attuning to the crown extends
the curse to you. Only a Wish spell or the will of Myrkul can remove this curse. As long as you remain cursed, the following properties apply to you:
Bound. You are unwilling to part with the crown
Monsters
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
, it would also hunt the seeds of evil that can corrupt a person.
Ulmed and his friends Cosima, Ansel, and Tristian organized the inquisition into three orders, with each one specializing in a type of
members became the inquisition’s scholars, represented by a tome.
Today the inquisition rules the city of Malitain, a vast city-state to the north of Barovia’s original site, and the
Monsters
The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
on the politics of Prismeer.
Once she is no longer petrified, Raezil is bound by the rule of reciprocity (see “Rules of Conduct” in chapter 2) to help the characters complete any
Monsters
Monstrous Compendium Vol. 4: Eldraine Creatures
branch to seal the promise.
“The Kindly Lord does not issue invitations to their court lightly. I suggest you accept.”
—Gwyddion, messenger of Talion
High Fae
Ageless and
operate under inviolable rules of their own: gifts must always be repaid, promises must be honored, and outright lies must never be spoken (though misdirection and riddles are always welcome). To
Monsters
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
, Ulmed was heartbroken at his friend’s transformation and changed the inquisition’s mission. Instead of focusing on hunting monsters, it would also hunt the seeds of evil that can corrupt a
by a tome.
Today the inquisition rules the city of Malitain, a vast city-state to the north of Barovia’s original site, and the inquisition sends its members throughout the multiverse, seeking
Species
Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
Hadozees’ progenitors were mammals no bigger than house cats. Hunted by larger natural predators, they took to the trees and evolved wing-like flaps that enabled them to glide from branch to
branch.
Today, hadozees are sapient, bipedal beings eager to leave behind the fearsome predators of their home world and explore other worlds.
In addition to being natural climbers, hadozees have feet
Species
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
birdfolk. Only when they roost on a branch or walk across the ground is their Humanoid nature clear. Standing upright, aarakocra are typically about 5 feet tall, and they have long, narrow legs that
At 1st level, you choose whether your character is a member of the human race or of a fantastical race. If you select a fantastical race, follow these additional rules during character creation
Monsters
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
hunting monsters, it would also hunt the seeds of evil that can corrupt a person.
Ulmed and his friends Cosima, Ansel, and Tristian organized the inquisition into three orders, with each one
order’s members became the inquisition’s scholars, represented by a tome.
Today the inquisition rules the city of Malitain, a vast city-state to the north of Barovia’s original site
Criminal / Spy
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Backgrounds
Basic Rules (2014)
than most people to the world of murder, theft, and violence that pervades the underbelly of civilization, and you have survived up to this point by flouting the rules and regulations of society
; specifically, you know the local messengers, corrupt caravan masters, and seedy sailors who can deliver messages for you.
Variant Criminal: Spy
Although your capabilities are not much different
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
constantly stymied by politically shrewd rivals.
Bael prefers to make servants out of his adversaries, and mortals bound to his service earn their wretched place by falling victim to his superior
stratagems. Bael gladly spares the lives of those he defeats—if they pledge their souls and service to him. Demons are an exception; although he is willing to corrupt almost any other foes, he always
Folk Hero
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Basic Rules (2014)
disaster.
3
I stood alone against a terrible monster.
4
I stole from a corrupt merchant to help the poor.
5
I led a militia to fight off an invading army.
6
I broke into a tyrant
.
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Flaw
1
The tyrant who rules my land will stop at nothing to see me killed.
2
I’m convinced of the significance of my destiny, and blind to my shortcomings and the risk of
Monsters
Quests from the Infinite Staircase
Dimensionally Bound. Nafas can’t leave the Infinite Staircase or be trapped within a container (such as an Iron Flask). Attempts to transport Nafas to another plane are wasted.
Last Wish. When
of twinkling stardust follows Nafas wherever he goes, as evidence of his cosmic might.
No bottle, vase, ring, or lamp can contain Nafas. The genie is bound to the Infinite Staircase itself, anchored
races
The Ruinbound are mutants that can be born to any humanoid species that has contact with the Daelkyr or their minions. A Ruinbound is born with a personal symbiont—an unnatural entity bound to
Mutations table for ideas, or create your own. These secondary mutations are disturbing, but they don’t change the rules of how that character is played or grant mechanical benefits. For example
Species
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
changed you and forced you from your home.
6
A slighted druid transformed you and bound you to live only so long as a sacred tree bears fruit.
Hexbloods in the Domains of Dread
When
might come to accept over the course of centuries. Once a hexblood undergoes this irreversible ritual, they emerge as a hag NPC no longer under the control of the hexblood’s player, unless the DM rules otherwise.
Backgrounds
Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
Many organizations active in the North and across the face of Faerûn aren’t bound by strictures of geography. These factions pursue their agendas without regard for political boundaries
relic of my faith that was lost long ago.
2
I will someday get revenge on the corrupt temple hierarchy who branded me a heretic.
3
I owe my life to the priest who took me in when my
Backgrounds
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
underbelly of civilization, and you have survived up to this point by flouting the rules and regulations of society.
Skill Proficiencies: Deception, Stealth
Tool Proficiencies: One
to and from your contact, even over great distances; specifically, you know the local messengers, corrupt caravan masters, and seedy sailors who can deliver messages for you.
BALDUR’S GATE
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
Embedded in the wall at the end of the westward hallway is an arch gate (see “Gates”). Close inspection reveals the image of a dead tree carved into its keystone. The rules of this gate are as follows
: Touching the arch with a dead twig or branch causes the gate to open for 1 minute. Characters must be 8th level or higher to pass through this gate (see “Jhesiyra Kestellharp”). The first creature to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
Embedded in the wall at the end of the westward hallway is an arch gate (see “Gates”). Close inspection reveals the image of a dead tree carved into its keystone. The rules of this gate are as follows
: Touching the arch with a dead twig or branch causes the gate to open for 1 minute. Characters must be 8th level or higher to pass through this gate (see “Jhesiyra Kestellharp”). The first creature to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
Embedded in the wall at the end of the westward hallway is an arch gate (see “Gates”). Close inspection reveals the image of a dead tree carved into its keystone. The rules of this gate are as follows
: Touching the arch with a dead twig or branch causes the gate to open for 1 minute. Characters must be 8th level or higher to pass through this gate (see “Jhesiyra Kestellharp”). The first creature to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Adventure Atlas: The Mortuary
shaped loosely like a massive stone tree or open-air monument. Low, gloomy domes spiked with bladed buttresses branch from the towers, belching ash, crematorium smoke, and incense day and night
elegies, and weeping with remorse. The stench of embalming fluids and rotting flesh wafts from its numerous morgues to stuffy undercrofts and dusty libraries filled with death certificates, funerary tomes, and grimoires bound in still-living flesh.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Adventure Atlas: The Mortuary
shaped loosely like a massive stone tree or open-air monument. Low, gloomy domes spiked with bladed buttresses branch from the towers, belching ash, crematorium smoke, and incense day and night
elegies, and weeping with remorse. The stench of embalming fluids and rotting flesh wafts from its numerous morgues to stuffy undercrofts and dusty libraries filled with death certificates, funerary tomes, and grimoires bound in still-living flesh.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Adventure Atlas: The Mortuary
shaped loosely like a massive stone tree or open-air monument. Low, gloomy domes spiked with bladed buttresses branch from the towers, belching ash, crematorium smoke, and incense day and night
elegies, and weeping with remorse. The stench of embalming fluids and rotting flesh wafts from its numerous morgues to stuffy undercrofts and dusty libraries filled with death certificates, funerary tomes, and grimoires bound in still-living flesh.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
local branch of House Jorasco. Boromars can be seen at every Skyway gala. But it’s an open secret that they’ve been running crime in Sharn since the first days of the city. They’ve been bribing the Sharn
values tradition and prefers to avoid violence. However, you’ll be expected to respect the hierarchy and follow the rules… and you may be targeted by Daask.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
local branch of House Jorasco. Boromars can be seen at every Skyway gala. But it’s an open secret that they’ve been running crime in Sharn since the first days of the city. They’ve been bribing the Sharn
values tradition and prefers to avoid violence. However, you’ll be expected to respect the hierarchy and follow the rules… and you may be targeted by Daask.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
local branch of House Jorasco. Boromars can be seen at every Skyway gala. But it’s an open secret that they’ve been running crime in Sharn since the first days of the city. They’ve been bribing the Sharn
values tradition and prefers to avoid violence. However, you’ll be expected to respect the hierarchy and follow the rules… and you may be targeted by Daask.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
your territory. 4 Internal Affairs. Your task is to keep all the corrupt, headstrong, and avaricious members of your syndicate in line with the goals and rules of the group. 5 Assassination. Your work
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
your territory. 4 Internal Affairs. Your task is to keep all the corrupt, headstrong, and avaricious members of your syndicate in line with the goals and rules of the group. 5 Assassination. Your work
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Dark Fantasy Vampires brood on the battlements of their accursed castles. Necromancers toil in dark dungeons to create horrid servants made of dead flesh. Devils corrupt the innocent, and werewolves
full of creatures that perfectly suit a storyline of supernatural horror. The most important element of such a campaign, though, isn’t covered by the rules. A dark-fantasy setting requires an
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Dark Fantasy Vampires brood on the battlements of their accursed castles. Necromancers toil in dark dungeons to create horrid servants made of dead flesh. Devils corrupt the innocent, and werewolves
full of creatures that perfectly suit a storyline of supernatural horror. The most important element of such a campaign, though, isn’t covered by the rules. A dark-fantasy setting requires an
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
your territory. 4 Internal Affairs. Your task is to keep all the corrupt, headstrong, and avaricious members of your syndicate in line with the goals and rules of the group. 5 Assassination. Your work
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Dark Fantasy Vampires brood on the battlements of their accursed castles. Necromancers toil in dark dungeons to create horrid servants made of dead flesh. Devils corrupt the innocent, and werewolves
full of creatures that perfectly suit a storyline of supernatural horror. The most important element of such a campaign, though, isn’t covered by the rules. A dark-fantasy setting requires an
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
scattered. Do you still feel bound to protect your people, are you only looking out for yourself?
4 Your ties aren’t to the traditional military; they’re to the Sharn Watch. You were forced out of the
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->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
scattered. Do you still feel bound to protect your people, are you only looking out for yourself?
4 Your ties aren’t to the traditional military; they’re to the Sharn Watch. You were forced out of the
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?






