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Lorehold Professor of Chaos

Monsters Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos

; plans under the weight of time and lash out with magical energy that often takes the appearance of books, scrolls, and sheets of parchment. Lorehold Scholars The archaeomancers of Lorehold

College draw their magical might from the flow of time and fate and the way those forces shape the course of history. Scholars of this broad mystical study divide between those who see history as an unpredictable jumble of chance and those who believe events form a perfect—and predictable—pattern.

Elf Legacy

Species Basic Rules (2014)

enjoy simple yet lovely jewelry. A Timeless Perspective Elves can live well over 700 years, giving them a broad perspective on events that might trouble the shorter-lived races more deeply. They are

insults with vengeance. Like the branches of a young tree, elves are flexible in the face of danger. They trust in diplomacy and compromise to resolve differences before they escalate to violence. They

Kobold

Species Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

a scale color more akin to that of a chromatic or a metallic dragon. A kobold’s cry can express a range of emotion: anger, resolve, elation, fear, and more. Regardless of the emotion expressed

that humans have in our world. If you’d like to determine your character’s height or weight randomly, consult the Random Height and Weight table in the Player’s Handbook, and choose the row in the table that best represents the build you imagine for your character.

Giff

Species Spelljammer: Adventures in Space

Giff are tall, broad-shouldered folk with hippo-like features. Some have smooth skin, while others have short bristles on their faces and the tops of their heads. As beings of impressive size and

determine your character’s height or weight randomly, consult the Random Height and Weight table in the Player’s Handbook, and choose the row in the table that best represents the build you imagine for your character.

Neighbors, Rivals, and Allies

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

, the city can count on the other members of the Lords’ Alliance to come to its defense. This arrangement infuriates Amn, which is not prepared to test the alliance’s resolve. To the east, the nations of

Elturgard and Cormyr view Baldur’s Gate as a lawless cesspool that might have to be dealt with someday. These nations especially frown on the city’s broad religious tolerance. Candlekeep To enter the

Neighbors, Rivals, and Allies

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

, the city can count on the other members of the Lords’ Alliance to come to its defense. This arrangement infuriates Amn, which is not prepared to test the alliance’s resolve. To the east, the nations of

Elturgard and Cormyr view Baldur’s Gate as a lawless cesspool that might have to be dealt with someday. These nations especially frown on the city’s broad religious tolerance. Candlekeep To enter the

Types of Espionage

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

Types of Espionage Espionage activities can be classified in three broad categories: counterintelligence, covert action, and intelligence gathering. Your party might focus on one of those areas, or

perhaps you’re the team that handles situations that other teams bungle. As a group, work with your DM and consult the Espionage Missions table to decide what kinds of missions you might undertake

Player's Handbook plus One

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything

official D&D source, such as a book or a PDF, to create a character. This restriction ensures that players don’t need to own a lot of books to make a character and makes it easier for DMs to know how all

the characters in the campaign work. Since a DM in a shared campaign must deal with a broad range of characters, rather than the same characters each week, it can be difficult to track all the

A Timeless Perspective

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)

A Timeless Perspective Elves can live well over 700 years, giving them a broad perspective on events that might trouble the shorter-lived races more deeply. They are more often amused than excited

branches of a young tree, elves are flexible in the face of danger. They trust in diplomacy and compromise to resolve differences before they escalate to violence. They have been known to retreat

A Timeless Perspective

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

A Timeless Perspective Elves can live well over 700 years, giving them a broad perspective on events that might trouble the shorter-lived races more deeply. They are more often amused than excited

branches of a young tree, elves are flexible in the face of danger. They trust in diplomacy and compromise to resolve differences before they escalate to violence. They have been known to retreat

Using This Book

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

2 and 3. If you come across a game concept in part 1 that you don’t understand, consult the book’s index. Part 2 (chapters 7–9) details the rules of how to play the game, beyond the basics described

in this introduction. That part covers the kinds of die rolls you make to determine success or failure at the tasks your character attempts, and describes the three broad categories of activity in the

Flavors of Fantasy

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)

Flavors of Fantasy Dungeons & Dragons is a fantasy game, but that broad category encompasses a lot of variety. Many different flavors of fantasy exist in fiction and film. Do you want a horrific

campaign inspired by the works of H. P. Lovecraft or Clark Ashton Smith? Or do you envision a world of muscled barbarians and nimble thieves, along the lines of the classic sword-and-sorcery books by

Questioning Seekers

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

Questioning Seekers If the characters question Yalerion Highscroll or Valor about the books they used to gain entry into Candlekeep, use the following information to roleplay these NPCs. Yalerion

concerning the history of Toril. They made the trip to Candlekeep because they’ve read all the books contained within the Font of Knowledge, a Waterdavian temple to Oghma, god of knowledge. Yalerion

Areas of the Alley

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

specify the goods sold here, roll a d20 and consult the Store Goods table to determine what the store sells. A small room serves as a cloakroom, where visitors can hang their heavier overgarments

. Past the cloakroom is the store proper, with wares on display. The room to the north is a storeroom or a workshop. The store owner (commoner) has keys to all doors. Store Goods d20 Goods 1 Art 2 Books

Introduction: How to Use a Monster

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual

books. This book is intended for Dungeon Masters (DMs) and provides game statistics for monsters: all sorts of creatures—whether friend or foe—controlled by the DM. Those statistics appear in stat blocks

the rules for monster customization and encounter building in the Dungeon Master’s Guide—to build your own adventures. Consult appendix B for monster lists that will help your adventure building. What’s

Navigation

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation

Navigation The city basin is densely packed with ruined villas and overgrown courtyards. Buildings in Omu are shaped from limestone. Thick, broad-leaved vines engulf most structures, while ferns and

. Whenever the party searches a ruined building, roll percentile dice and consult the Ruin Interior table to see what, if anything, the building contains. Ruin Interior d100 Ruin Contents 01–40

Abandoned Temple

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

guardian. 6 Consult with a hermit who lives in the temple. 7 Stop cultists from performing a destructive ritual in the temple. 8 Restore the temple to receive the patron deity’s blessing

. 9 Find a gate to the Underworld or Nyx. 10 Consult a demon living in the temple. 11 Discover why the temple was abandoned. 12 Restore the temple to reveal the truth hidden in

K37. Study

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

K37. Study A blazing hearth fire fills this room with rolling waves of red and amber light. The walls are lined with ancient books and tomes, their leather covers well oiled and preserved through

secret door provides access to area K38. Treasure The real treasure here is Strahd’s collection of books—over one thousand unique tomes in all. The collection is worth 80,000 gp. Transporting it would be

Step 3: Determine Ability Scores

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook

, and Charisma, keeping in mind your class’s primary ability. Fill in the ability modifiers as well. If you’re using the Standard Array option, consult the Standard Array by Class table for suggestions

. Backgrounds and Species from Older Books Backgrounds in older D&D books don’t include ability score adjustments. If you’re using a background from an older book, adjust your ability scores by

Gromph's Outer Sanctum

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss

if none of the adventurers knows it. The chamber beyond the door is floored in black marble, lined with shelves laden with books and scrolls, and dominated by a broad desk of polished bone. A plush

5th level or higher while in the demiplane, all creatures and objects in the demiplane instantly appear in Gromph’s inner sanctum instead. Treasure The collection of rare books and scrolls in the

Step 3: Determine Ability Scores

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

, Wisdom, and Charisma, keeping in mind your class’s primary ability. Fill in the ability modifiers as well. If you’re using the Standard Array option, consult the Standard Array by Class table for

, while others prefer to increase a low score. Backgrounds and Species from Older Books Backgrounds in older D&D books don’t include ability score adjustments. If you’re using a background from an older

Nonhuman Deities

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

domain is incredibly broad, and a cleric of any non-evil deity can choose it. A number of other deities, mostly evil ones, suggest the Death domain, which is detailed in the Dungeon Master’s Guide

. Most clerics who choose this domain are evil NPCs, but if you want to worship a god of death, consult your Dungeon Master. Nonhuman Deities Deity Alignment Suggested Domains Symbol Bahamut

Encounter Locations

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

this furniture have been pushed into a corner. A large wooden door to the north is ajar. Mounted on the wall next to the door, seemingly left untouched, is a shelf of books and scrolls. It has been

filled with colorful covers and attractive shades of parchment. Bookshelf. Characters who examine the contents of the bookshelf find that there’s no rhyme or reason to the organization of the books

Narbondellyn

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss

them. Largely untouched during Demogorgon’s rampage, the so-called “Broad Streets” district remains the bright center of Menzoberranzan, as the lesser houses vie to outdo each other in shows of

Narbondellyn district, roll a d20 and consult the Narbondellyn Encounters table, or choose an encounter that you like. The party can avoid random encounters in Narbondellyn by succeeding on a DC 13 Dexterity

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

otherwise. Library of the Spheres The Library of the Spheres boasts a vast collection of tomes, scrolls, and other manuscripts. The library doesn’t contain any books or scrolls of a magical nature

Lorehold Student

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

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

, and your spell effects might reflect the appearance of the reference books you study. Building a Lorehold Character Any class or subclass that deals with knowledge of the past can be a good fit in

3. Entrance to the Tomb

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

3. Entrance to the Tomb This broad tunnel is currently being shaped into the tomb’s elaborate entryway. This is an active site, featuring a number of artisans working by lantern light to plaster the

. Certain of the frescoes show the rooms of some building: a library filled with many books and scrolls, a torture chamber, a wizard’s workroom. Chairs, windows, boxes, bales, doors, chests, birds, bats

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

(Perception) check, a character notes that a great amount of that detritus appears to be shredded parchments and bound books — all works destroyed by Raah in various fits of pique. Either before or

Tower of the Heavens Locations

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

his fee is paid, Lurg announces he must consult the stars for the answers the visitors seek. Of course, Lurg can’t access the Books of Prophecy, since Shalfey still has them locked away in his sanctum

friendly and welcoming, and they know nothing of the attempted coup. They believe Shalfey died of natural causes and regard Piyarz as the legitimate keeper of the books unless proven otherwise. Hostel

Candlekeep

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide

with multiple books they suspect might meet with approval. Fortunately for some, the donation need not be utterly unique. Some tome or treatise the library doesn’t have in its archives is preferable, but

the monks are open to a few other possibilities: rare editions, books with a great deal of history tied to them, even tomes with insightful (or just interesting) notes scribbled in the margins have

Lost Spire Locations (P9-P16)

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

functional office. A table stands in the middle of the room, surrounded by small stacks of books. Lying on the table is a whirring amulet on a chain. Two figures stand behind the table. One is an undead

while the amulet and guardian are within 10 feet of each other. The amulet otherwise functions as described in the shield guardian’s entry in Monster Manual. Books. The simulacrum has been picking

Broken King Antigonos

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

had horns crudely painted on them to make them look like minotaurs. The broad-mouthed amphora is large enough to hold roughly 55 gallons of wine. When Antigonos spies the characters, he hails them

to attempt the test. Doing so requires the creature to climb into the amphora while Antigonos holds it upright. After someone has entered the amphora, roll a d20 and consult the Test of the Amphora

Terrain Encounters

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss

the former lair of a fearsome predator, the characters can potentially gather useful material for crafting among the bones. When the party enters a boneyard, roll a d20 and consult the table to

21 (6d6) fire damage on a failed save. Decrease the drow pursuit level by 1. Muck Pit The adventurers must wade through a broad, 3-foot-deep pit of slimy muck. The muck is difficult terrain and

Lorehold Deans' Wing Locations

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

from the Biblioplex. L3. Porch A three-foot-high stone railing surrounds this broad, paved porch, separating the space from the Lorehold campus beyond. These porches are used as sitting and meal

specializes in military history and is known for his perfect recall of countless battles and historic events. Beyond office supplies, books on military history (all scribed in the tactile lettering that

Nonhuman Deities

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)

associated with healing, protection, childbirth, nurturing, or fertility. As described in the Classes section, though, the Life domain is incredibly broad, and a cleric of any non-evil deity can

choose it. A number of other deities, mostly evil ones, suggest the Death domain, which is detailed in the Dungeon Master’s Guide. Most clerics who choose this domain are evil NPCs, but if you want to worship a god of death, consult your Dungeon Master.

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