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Forgotten Realms: Heroes of Faerûn
desert are anathema to spellcasters and monsters that rely on magic—which is exactly why you made your life there. Perhaps you’re on the run from Red Wizards, or you ran afoul of a
powerful djinni in Calimshan. Whatever the case, you decided that living in Anauroch was your best option. After long months or years, you’re stronger, wiser, and armed with hard-earned knowledge of desert medicine and wasteland survival.
Monsters
Acquisitions Incorporated
, echoing from the darkness like a death knell. For by the time those glowing red eyes fix on you, it's far too late to run …
Some adventurers and sages whisper that deep crows were first spawned as
resembles a massive version of its namesake bird, this creature is a unique form of avian insect. Seen up close, it can easily be discerned from any other giant bird by its insectoid maw, its four-clawed
Monsters
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
, an unfurnished stone chamber 30 feet in every dimension. A creature too big to fit in this space succeeds on the saving throw automatically. Creatures in the chamber never run out of breathable air
extradimensional chamber are expelled, appearing as close to the living spell's previous location as possible. Each expelled creature appears in a randomly determined unoccupied space, along with whatever it is
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
behind when one Fiend kills another.
Because of their hunger for living prey, vargouilles are eager to escape the Lower Planes. On rare occasions, summoning a demon to another plane can bring a
’s curse. If the curse is allowed to run its course, an abyssal spirit invades the person’s body, causing a gruesome transformation. Over a period of hours, the victim’s head takes on
Monsters
The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
company of their eldest son, Urmius Umbrage—a brooding shadar-kai ne’er do-well with a cruel sense of humor. Naeryx and Urmius were close in age and got along well in all respects. Years later
, without informing the rest of his family, Urmius bought a run-down carnival and persuaded Naeryx to help him operate it. Naeryx and Urmius—now calling themselves Mister Witch and Mister Light
Charlatan
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Backgrounds
Player’s Handbook (2014)
weakness and secure their fortunes.
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I put on new identities like clothes.
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I run sleight-of-hand cons on street corners.
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I convince people that worthless junk is worth their hard
Charity. I distribute the money I acquire to the people who really need it. (Good)
4
Creativity. I never run the same con twice. (Chaotic)
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Friendship. Material goods come and go. Bonds of
Monsters
Curse of Strahd
for two years, helping him track down and slay many creatures of the night. But because van Richten could never bring himself to fully trust a Vistana, he kept secrets from her. The two vampire
.
The Great Vampire Hunt. While in the company of a Vistani caravan, Ezmerelda heard a rumor that Rudolph van Richten had gone to Barovia to slay the most powerful vampire of them all. She decided that
Backgrounds
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
stench.
Suggested Characteristics
Members of the Golgari Swarm are unmistakably products of the undercity, ill at ease amid the comforts of civilization. They bring about the same discomfort in others
, you are connected to every other member in some way or another. Convinced that the rest of the world is out to get you, you find it easy to form close bonds with your guild mates, and harder to make
Young Deep Dragon
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Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
skin, especially around the head and neck. Their wings are attached to their front legs and can fold in close to the body, allowing deep dragons to easily maneuver through relatively narrow tunnels
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A young deep dragon has captured a number of kuo-toa and has decided to try them out as servants instead of eating them.
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A young deep dragon maintains the guise of a handsome Humanoid
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
infirm. Orcs don’t revere their gods as much as they fear them; every tribe has superstitions about how to avert their wrath or bring their favor. This deep-seated uncertainty and fear comes forth
Centaur
Legacy
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Species
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
freedom to travel. As much as they can, centaurs run — in wide plazas, spacious parks, and expanses of rubble and ruin. They race the wind, hooves thundering and tails streaming behind them
the Gruul and the Selesnya they are voices of memory and history, preserving old ways and keeping alive the legends of ancestral heroes. They feel a close kinship with wild animals, perhaps because of
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
abandoned that path, you find yourself adrift. Or you might come from a segment of the Uthgardt that adheres to tradition, but you seek to bring glory to your tribe by achieving great things as a
Backgrounds
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
suspension.
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Great ideas are fine, but great results are what counts.
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If you can guess what I’m about to do, that means I’ve run out of imagination.
Ideals
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Azorius inspector seems interested in my work.
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I was ready to join the Boros before I decided on Izzet, and I sometimes still hear from the sergeant who tried to recruit me.
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One of my
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Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
.
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I run sleight-of-hand cons on street corners.
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I convince people that worthless junk is worth their hard-earned money.
FEATURE: FALSE IDENTITY
You have created a second
. (Lawful)
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Charity. I distribute the money I acquire to the people who really need it. (Good)
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Creativity. I never run the same con twice. (Chaotic)
5
Friendship. Material goods
Backgrounds
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
Guild. If either of them ever finds out, your life as you know it will be over.
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A close friend or relative joined the Guild and vanished mysteriously. You’ve worked your way into the lower
tail and run when things look bad.
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An innocent person is in prison for a crime that I committed. I’m okay with that.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
game is played. For instance, players need to know what happens when one of them misses a session. They need to know whether to bring miniatures, any special rules you’ve decided to use, and how to treat
Magic Items
Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
pouch, stitched with images of heroes and whimsical creatures. Where the teeth fall, they bring legends to life.
Using the Teeth. While you are holding the pouch, you can use an action to draw one tooth
no hole behind, or it vanishes into the water. The creatures noted in the Creatures Summoned column appear in an unoccupied space as close to where the tooth was sown as possible. The creatures are
Monsters
Curse of Strahd
intelligently and do everything you can to make him a terrifying and cunning adversary for the player characters.
When you run an encounter with Strahd, keep the following facts in mind:
Strahd
close as he wishes. Closed doors can be magically locked (needing a successful DC 20 Strength check to force open) until Strahd chooses to end the effect, or until Strahd uses this lair action again
Aarakocra
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Species
Elemental Evil Player's Companion
it hard not to pluck the treasure and bring it back to their settlement to beautify it. An aarakocra who spends years among other races can learn to inhibit these impulses.
Confinement terrifies the
lies on the slopes of the Star Mounts’ southernmost mountains. At the headwaters of the Unicorn Run, the Last Aerie is home to several dozen aarakocra. Recently, aarakocra elders detected
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
siblings that run the gang. They’ll tear apart the neighborhood to find him once they know he has escaped.” “Normally, we’d let the Azorius deal with this situation, but we suspect that Krenko might have
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
Rogue People forget that the entire point of venturing down into a dusty tomb is to bring back the prizes hidden away there. Fighting is for fools. Dead men can’t spend their fortunes.
— Barnabas
into and out of trouble in ways that few other characters can emulate. Some rogues who turn to adventuring are former criminals who have decided that dodging monsters is preferable to remaining one
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sleeping Dragon’s Wake
by 4 or less, the characters get close and run into undead (see “Undead Encounter”). On a check failed by 5 or more, the characters find nothing. Undead Encounter The characters run into random undead
from the Undead Encounters table. The undead run amuck in the forest on their way to Claugiyliamatar’s lair and fight the characters to the death. The undead are loyal to Viantha and do not lead the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
defenses and survival efforts. As such, they have decided to mount a quick and decisive strike against it. As the characters approach the High Hall, they see that a devilish assault on the fortress’s
cathedral is underway. The characters can enter the fray, defeat the perpetrators, and help bring temporary stability to the situation. After defeating the devils, the characters learn from the survivors
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
new techniques of performance and magic. 4 I felt a calling to recount the deeds of champions and heroes, to bring them alive in song and story. 5 I joined one of the great colleges to learn old lore
but found I needed to work in the world, to bring the message of my faith to the darkest corners of the land. 6 I realize that my god works through me, and I do as commanded, even though I don’t know
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes of the Borderlands
K: Shrine of Evil Chaos The Cult of Chaos performs evil rites in this cave, subtly drawing monsters to inhabit the Caves of Chaos and bring strife to the Borderlands. The current cult leader is Ivlis
, the keep’s former priest. Her cruel assistant, Narthus, is always here, and other cultists dwell close by (see cave G). Undead guardians defend the shrine and the Chaos Bell—the source of the cult’s
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
dragon’s psionic power manifests 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
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Connected Creatures
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An ancient topaz dragon has decided to set local ogre and bandit clans against one another, hoping they wipe each other out.
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An
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
, and most of your people abandoned the soft ways of civilization. You might have grown up in one of the tribes that had decided to settle down, and now that they have abandoned that path, you find
yourself adrift. Or you might come from a segment of the Uthgardt that adheres to tradition, but you seek to bring glory to your tribe by achieving great things as a formidable adventurer. See the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer Academy
: slip past the planet’s defenses, find the meteorite, and bring it back to Spelljammer Academy. This adventure is split into three parts: Part 1: The Spindle. While exploring the Spindle (a mountain
characters travel back to Toril, they cross paths with an asteroid and run into a githyanki agent of Vocath looking to retrieve Miken. Part 3: Homecoming. The characters return to the Spelljammer Academy
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
-haired doll wearing a patchwork tartan dress. Now, go in there and become campus legends. If you can bring her back, we’ll all pay for your lunches for a week. No, for a month!”
Extra Incentive If the
characters are hesitant to take this dare, a student with whom a character has at least 1 Relationship Point approaches them. The student misses their younger brother terribly and has decided that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
much more information about Loveage and the murders, and offers the characters a reward of 500 pp if they can find the real murderer and bring the culprit to justice. The mysterious contact is one of
the council by taking direct action against Dory, so she has decided to try using the characters as her tool. Thornwell suspects that Dory is the actual murderer (though she hasn’t an inkling of Mr
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm Lord’s Wrath
her tough demeanor. She is cold, calculating, charismatic, and knows how to run a business with ruthless efficiency and an eye for profit. The bartender is Backes Dunfield, a human with a scarred face
and a crooked smile. He started working for Martisha six months ago and quickly proved himself a valuable lieutenant. The cook is Cooragh Struckt, a half-orc who has been a close friend and confidante
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
Close to Home Vrakir has set his mind to conquering the characters’ homeland. The region’s brave defenders have rebuffed his army’s initial assaults, but they stand little chance of holding out once
opportunity to pass up. She asks the characters to undertake this perilous mission, promising them the title to a regional stronghold, along with its retinue of five knights and one hundred guards, if they bring her the book or proof of its destruction.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Adventure Examples This section contains example adventures that demonstrate the principles described throughout the chapter. Each provides enough information for you to run a one-session adventure
encounter. Monster names in bold point you to the stat blocks in the Monster Manual. Some encounters also specify treasure the characters might find. Use your imagination to bring the locations and encounters
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
zero.” Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything outlines how to run session zero discussions, but in general, use this session to discuss the game’s content, social contract, and house rules, and to create
be included. Emphasize that boundaries aren’t negotiable, and neither you nor any of the players should bring them into the game. Note that boundaries may change during play. Encourage players to bring
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
Wardens’ Aid Argentia gives the characters a Spell Scroll of Moonbeam. She also explains that if Valendar is stuck in his wolf or hybrid form, they must bring Valendar close to death before he’ll