broader blade diffusing continued recent

Karas Chembryl

Monsters Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn

instead.Multiattack. Karas makes two attacks using Dread Dagger or Tyrant’s Blade in any combination. Dread Dagger. Melee or Ranged Attack Roll: +8;{"diceNotation":"1d20+8", "rollType":"to hit

after a ranged attack. Tyrant’s Blade. Melee Attack Roll: +8;{"diceNotation":"1d20+8", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Tyrant's Blade"}, reach 5 ft. Hit: 8 (1d6 + 5);{"diceNotation":"1d6+5

Fazrian

Monsters Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage

(spell save DC 20). The planetar can innately cast the following spells, requiring no material components: At will: detect evil and good, invisibility (self only) 3/day each: blade barrier, dispel evil

","rollDamageType":"radiant"} radiant damage.Once an exemplar of courage and good judgment, Fazrian now seeks to destroy any creature it believes is undeserving of continued existence. Fazrian's views

Soldier Legacy

Backgrounds Basic Rules (2014)

battlefield. You might have been part of a standing national army or a mercenary company, or perhaps a member of a local militia who rose to prominence during a recent war. When you choose this background

, Intimidation Tool Proficiencies: One type of gaming set, vehicles (land) Equipment: An insignia of rank, a trophy taken from a fallen enemy (a dagger, broken blade, or piece of a banner), a set of bone dice

Soldier - Baldur's Gate

Backgrounds Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus

standing national army or a mercenary company, or perhaps a member of a local militia who rose to prominence during a recent war. When you choose this background, work with your DM to determine which

gaming set, vehicles (land) Equipment: An insignia of rank, a trophy taken from a fallen enemy (a dagger, broken blade, or piece of a banner), a set of bone dice or deck of cards, a set of common

Easthaven

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

since, as other towns have settled into a predictable pattern of existence, Easthaven has continued to grow and reinvent itself. After the Eastway was paved, Easthaven evolved into a frontier traders

, the duergar betray their presence only by the footprints they leave in the snow. Another occurrence of note is the recent capture of a Red Wizard of Thay who has been found guilty of killing a handful

Currency

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

based on the source, each of these factions has continued to use the same metals, weights, and denominations set forth in the days of Galifar, maintaining a simple standard for commerce across Khorvaire

, even the beggars have crowns.” The silver sovereign (sp) bears the face of a living or recent ruler. An unskilled laborer can expect to earn a sovereign for a day’s work. The gold galifar (gp) bears the

The Currency of Galifar

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron

on these coins vary based on the source, each of these forces has continued to use the same metals, weights, and denominations set forth in the days of Galifar, maintaining a simple standard for

spawned the saying “In Galifar, even the beggars have crowns.” The sovereign (SP) is made from silver, and bears the face of a living or recent ruler. An unskilled laborer can expect to earn a

Paladin Orders

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

for travelers. The Order of the Gilded Eye safeguards the hold and serves the surrounding community, but their mission has a much broader focus: to guard the world from dangers originating on other

planes of existence, especially on the Lower Planes. Many paladins and non-paladins have joined the order in response to its call to cast fiendish incursions out of the world. In recent years, many have

Adventure Background

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

scientist, accompanying the university’s archaeology crews on digs in the area. On a recent expedition into the nearby Murkmire, the archaeologists unearthed a strange object. Light green, opaque, and

Natural History offered a generous price for the stone, it was soon whisked from the dig site to the museum. Dr. Dannell continued to research the strange stone. Her concern turned to dread when she found

Adventure Summary

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh

might find clues hinting to broader connections to the recent murders. In part 3, “Hemlock Pit,” the characters seek the councillor out at his warehouse and the home he keeps behind it — a ship held

Episode 1: Right Place, Wrong Heroes

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

going to let that happen without a fight. The recent hostilities between groups such as the Xanathar Guild and the Zhentarim have been made even worse by the increasing sway of the company. A noble

merchant in the South Ward survived an assassination attempt last night. A female half-elf was seen fleeing the scene, bearing a deep cut on her shoulder from a bodyguard’s blade. A 50 gp bounty has been

Saidra d'Honaire

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

. Despite the family’s new wealth, Saidra continued to dress in rags and labor from dawn to dusk, acting as a housemaid to her stepmother and stepsisters. A harder blow descended when Saidra’s stepmother

discover this “duke” was no more a real duke than her father—and worse, that he was her brother, Saidra drew her blade and drove it into the pretender’s heart. She stumbled out of the palace, but the

Mount Ironrot Encounters

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin

Docents from these ruins, and that the pilgrims consider the items sacred. Mercy also talks about the pilgrims’ recent run-ins with rival salvagers. Mercy mentions two other groups in particular: a

. Blade Scouting Party As they pass between scorched thickets, the characters are ambushed by violent followers of a bloodthirsty warmonger called the Lord of Blades. These scouts have orders to search

Mirabar

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

Mirabar outside the walls. His threat to pull out of the Alliance following its failure to aid the northern cities against the most recent orc hordes, though considered by some an empty gesture, has brought

securely when they are moved, that its buildings and walls are strong and secure. Given the recent destruction of Sundabar’s surface city at the hand of orc armies, such expenditures are well justified

Exploring the Academy

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer Academy

checkpoints are set up throughout the academy, each guarded by three veterans. Each guard carries a shortsword that has a green-glowing blade. Any creature reduced to 0 hit points by one of these blades is

level. All personnel, be prepared for supernatural anomalies.” 8 Two sailors walk past, discussing how even in spite of recent improvements, three out of ten exploratory fleet missions still result in all hands lost.

Getting the Quest

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

a herd of moose. But today the local tavern is abuzz with news about a series of recent killings. Before the murders, the only question on everyone’s mind was, “Will summer ever return to Icewind

Icewind Dale. Out of boredom and a sense of moral decency, Hlin has taken it upon herself to investigate the recent murders because no one else—not even the Council of Speakers—can be bothered. Hlin

Dwarfholds of the North

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

back Gauntlgrym. Lost half my foot to an orc’s blade, and slew every damned one that got in my way marching home. If I want to sit and enjoy my old age now that we finally drove the orcs back, I’ll do

living realm of humans, even if their works have been forgotten by humans and dwarves alike. The greatest and most recent of these dwarven realms was Delzoun, also called the Northkingdom. It

Religious Institutions

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

pronouncements of this sort are often personal in scope and brief, and those edicts that concern broader matters tend to be open to interpretation or debate. Priesthood Priesthood is a vocation like any

worship of Torm, lest it inspire rebellion, and an otherwise fair-minded mayor of a river-mill community might demand that worshipers of Silvanus find elsewhere to live because of recent problems the timber-cutters have had with local druids.

Zhentarim

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

neither he nor his associates are responsible for the recent violence. Zhentarim Missions Party Level Mission Brief Mission Requirements and Reward 2nd “Someone is killing elf and half-elf sailors

in the Dock Ward — three dead so far, each one decapitated by a blade in the dead of night. Look into it, will you? Methinks the City Watch could use a little help.” Characters who spend three

The Remains of Tammeraut

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh

number of drowned ones that stayed behind from the most recent assault on Firewatch Island take notice. Three drowned blades, one drowned ascetic, and one drowned assassin lurk inside the ruined Tammeraut

can range abroad, Syrgaul is forever trapped within the rift near the source of his dark unlife. As the characters explore this area, Syrgaul and one drowned blade rise from the pile of bones and

Soldier

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

the battlefield. You might have been part of a standing national army or a mercenary company, or perhaps a member of a local militia who rose to prominence during a recent war. When you choose this

Proficiencies: One type of gaming set, vehicles (land) Equipment: An insignia of rank, a trophy taken from a fallen enemy (a dagger, broken blade, or piece of a banner), a set of bone dice or deck of cards, a

King Hekaton and His Daughters

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder

recent years, King Hekaton had become convinced that the age of the giants was past, as evidenced by the growing distance between the giants and their gods. Annam the All-Father didn’t answer prayers

respected his wife’s desire to treat with them on occasion. Neri continued to visit the small folk from time to time even after the upheaval — until the day came when she failed to return from one of

Patrons in the Realms

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

Forgotten Realms include the following: Baazka is the pit fiend behind the most recent incursion of infernal forces from Dragonspear Castle. Its plans for the Sword Coast were thwarted along with those of

harming each other. Wendonai is the balor lord who first tempted the dark elves to summon demons in the ancient wars between the elf peoples. It also turned them to the worship of Lolth and continued

Battle in the Skies!

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

crew is made up of a female hobgoblin captain named Garla, six hobgoblins, six goblins, six smoke mephits, and a hippogriff (serving as the captain’s mount). All these creatures are recent mercenary

Inc battle balloon airworthy again for the continued journey. Any Six operatives captured during the fight are keen to earn their freedom by telling everything they know. They were hired by Splugoth

Maze of Mists

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

mists. Creatures feeling their way along the walls find their sense of touch numbed, so they’re never quite sure if they rounded a corner or continued straight. Because of these effects, don’t show

axe juts from his chest. The axe is a Berserker Axe. The weapon’s name (“Enduval”) is inscribed into the blade. The axe stops shimmering once it’s removed from the corpse. P14i. Characters who have a

14. Obelisk

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

temporary — a fluke due to the recent disruption of faerzress throughout the Underdark. Both the potency and the nature of the effect could change within a week or two, and this teleport effect likely

the egg to Themberchaud. XP Awards Taking the coin and the notebook to Ylsa Henstak in the Blade Bazaar fulfills her quest and earns the characters 100 XP each. If the characters describe the obelisk

A Long History (in Brief)

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

all who sought to lay hands on him, Raurlor struck at the mage with his own sword. Ahghairon then rose into the air, just out of reach, and used his magic to transmute Raurlor’s blade into a hissing

— the most recent (and hopefully final). On all these occasions, the actions of gods at war with one another led to the loss or the twisting of magic in the world. During the Time of Troubles

Locations in Bryn Shander

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder

human commoner), runs the shop. Elza has expanded the business in recent years by offering a selection of adventuring supplies — rations, fur cloaks, leather gloves and boots, ice picks, snowshoes

town’s veteran sellswords disdain Garn’s smithcraft, and jokes told about hapless newcomers to Icewind Dale often end with the line “... an’ ’e was carryin’ a Blackiron blade, to boot!” B11. The

The Greyhawk Setting

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

line of defense against these varied threats. In recent years, they have mobilized against the rising threats of Iuz and Elemental Evil, forcing them to broaden the scope of their operations into

have also transcended their origin on this world to impact the broader multiverse. Two of these, Tharizdun and Vecna, are described in appendix A. The greater gods of Greyhawk rarely get directly

The Lords' Alliance

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen

lost many people in recent years, and the dwarves that remain are struggling to retain ancient lands only recently reclaimed. He knows the adventurers only by reputation, and desires tangible proof

is a stern warrior dedicated to discipline and results. Having risen through the ranks of the Flaming Fist by the might of his blade and the sharpness of his wits, he sometimes lacks sophistication and

The Lords' Alliance

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons

lost many people in recent years, and the dwarves that remain are struggling to retain ancient lands only recently reclaimed. He knows the adventurers only by reputation, and desires tangible proof

a stern warrior dedicated to discipline and results. Having risen through the ranks of the Flaming Fist by the might of his blade and the sharpness of his wits, he sometimes lacks sophistication and

The Lords' Alliance

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat

lost many people in recent years, and the dwarves that remain are struggling to retain ancient lands only recently reclaimed. He knows the adventurers only by reputation, and desires tangible proof

is a stern warrior dedicated to discipline and results. Having risen through the ranks of the Flaming Fist by the might of his blade and the sharpness of his wits, he sometimes lacks sophistication and

Dragon Organizations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

center around goals broader than a single dragon’s territory or concerns. This section discusses several organizations whose plots can unfold across small regions, whole worlds, or even multiple

between worlds whenever a dragon embraces undeath (see “Undeath” earlier in this chapter), the cult’s influence has been tremendous. In recent years, Tiamat has worked through a young member of the Cult

Red Larch Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse

in the vicinity, because she believes every monster that is slain makes Red Larch that much safer. If the characters don’t approach her, Kaylessa tells them of recent disturbances near Red Larch

a theory about the source of Red Larch’s recent troubles: it’s all related to an evil presence at Lance Rock. She says neither the constable nor the town elders have helped her, so she offers the

Random Encounters in Yon

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight

environment in which the characters stand. Marionettes representing each of the characters dance on the stage and begin to reenact a recent scene from the party’s time in Yon. The marionettes, the wagon, and

“To be continued!” unfurls in front of the scene, and then the curtains close. From the folds of its robes, the hooded figure presents a document to each character. Each one looks like a ticket with a

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