build beating diffusing city relatively

Carouser

Backgrounds Astarion's Book of Hungers

, Gaming Set (same as above), Fine Clothes, Glass Bottle, Mirror, Perfume, Pouch, Tinderbox, 19 GP; or (B) 50 GP You grew to adulthood in the beating heart of a large city, such as Baldur’s

Gate. You spent countless evenings in taverns, playhouses, parlors, and gambling dens, savoring all the city had to offer. You’re a natural at interacting with people to learn their secrets

Lord's Ensemble

Magic Items Waterdeep: Dragon Heist

, an amulet, and a robe — that function as a single magic item when worn together, but only within the city of Waterdeep and its sewers. You become attuned to the ensemble as a single item. Lord

. Lord’s Robe. This elegant robe functions as a ring of free action, and it creates the illusion that you have a nondescript, androgynous humanoid build and stand 6 feet tall.

Fighter Legacy

Classes Basic Rules (2014)

combatants on battlefields and in dungeons alike. Trained for Danger Not every member of the city watch, the village militia, or the queen’s army is a fighter. Most of these troops are relatively

left behind. There are greater risks, perhaps, but also much greater rewards—few fighters in the city watch have the opportunity to discover a magic flame tongue sword, for example. Creating a

Young Deep Dragon Legacy

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

","rollType":"roll","rollAction":"Adventure Hook"} Adventure Hook 1 Unfamiliar drow adventurers have been prowling a city’s streets at night and have been overheard talking about the dragon

Deep Dragon Wyrmling Legacy

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

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. Deep dragons often hoard secrets, delighting in

":"roll","rollAction":"Adventure Hook"} Adventure Hook 1 Unfamiliar drow adventurers have been prowling a city’s streets at night and have been overheard talking about the dragon they

Mark of Hospitality Halfling

Species Eberron: Rising from the Last War

Ghallanda don’t sell information; they prefer to build friendship and deal in favors. But should a Ghallanda baron ever truly need something, they likely have a favor they can call in. Ghallanda has

a number of “bound businesses”—franchises run directly by the house. The Gold Dragon Inn is such a business, with Gold Dragon Inns being found in every major city, each serving a

Sailor - Baldur's Gate

Backgrounds Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus

Baldur’s Gate was founded by sailors, and its harbor is still the city’s beating heart. Several patriars are descended from captains of yore, the commerce of the Lower City is built on

the port, and even the Outer City’s rhythms are dominated by the ebb and flow of river trade. Because sailors are as fundamental and ubiquitous to Baldur’s Gate as the cobbles on its streets

Halfling Legacy

Species Basic Rules (2014)

that, avoiding offense. Standing about 3 feet tall, they appear relatively harmless and so have managed to survive for centuries in the shadow of empires and on the edges of wars and political strife

communities are threatened. Pastoral Pleasantries Most halflings live in small, peaceful communities with large farms and well-kept groves. They rarely build kingdoms of their own or even hold much

Human Legacy

Species Basic Rules (2014)

build cities to last for the ages, and great kingdoms that can persist for long centuries. An individual human might have a relatively short life span, but a human nation or culture preserves

shorter lives that they strive to achieve as much as they can in the years they are given. Or maybe they feel they have something to prove to the elder races, and that’s why they build their mighty

Githyanki

Species Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

psionic powers and built a great city called Tu’narath. They have since spread throughout the multiverse, starting in outposts outside the Astral Plane, called creches, where time passes and their

;Quick Build” section for your character’s class offers suggestions on which scores to increase. You can follow those suggestions or ignore them, but you can’t raise any of your scores

Ancient Deep Dragon Legacy

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

attached to their front legs and can fold in close to the body, allowing deep dragons to easily maneuver through relatively narrow tunnels. Deep dragons often hoard secrets, delighting in knowledge of

":"Adventure Hook"} Adventure Hook 1 Unfamiliar drow adventurers have been prowling a city’s streets at night and have been overheard talking about the dragon they serve. 2

Folk Hero - Baldur's Gate

Backgrounds Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus

Baldur’s Gate is a city badly in need of heroes, and every so often, one rises from among its own. Ordinary people who rise to greatness are beloved in local history, but the popular

find a way to salvation. 2 You helped break a Guild protection racket afflicting a community of immigrants in the Outer City. Now, you can’t travel through that part of the city without your

Mercenary Veteran

Backgrounds Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide

called the Chill. Unlike most of their kind, the Chill refrains from raiding the people of the North and maintains relatively good relations so that they can hire themselves out as warriors. Few city

) 4 Might. In life as in war, the stronger force wins. (Evil) 5 Live and Let Live. Ideals aren’t worth killing over or going to war for. (Neutral) 6 Nation. My city, nation, or

Folk Hero Legacy

Backgrounds Basic Rules (2014)

, I love the land, and I will protect the land. 3 A proud noble once gave me a horrible beating, and I will take my revenge on any bully I encounter. 4 My tools are symbols of my past life

failure. 3 The people who knew me when I was young know my shameful secret, so I can never go home again. 4 I have a weakness for the vices of the city, especially hard drink. 5

Ranger Legacy

Classes Basic Rules (2014)

defense. This fierce independence makes rangers well suited to adventuring, since they are accustomed to life far from the comforts of a dry bed and a hot bath. Faced with city-bred adventurers who

in a fight against monstrous foes are worth any extra burden. Coddled city folk might not know how to feed themselves or find fresh water in the wild, but they make up for it in other ways. Creating a

Rogue Legacy

Classes Basic Rules (2014)

avoiding danger, and a few learn magical tricks to supplement their other abilities. A Shady Living Every town and city has its share of rogues. Most of them live up to the worst stereotypes of the

. QUICK BUILD You can make a rogue quickly by following these suggestions. First, Dexterity should be your highest ability score. Make Intelligence your next-highest if you want to excel at

Adult Deep Dragon Legacy

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

attached to their front legs and can fold in close to the body, allowing deep dragons to easily maneuver through relatively narrow tunnels. Deep dragons often hoard secrets, delighting in knowledge

"} Adventure Hook 1 Unfamiliar drow adventurers have been prowling a city’s streets at night and have been overheard talking about the dragon they serve. 2 Svirfneblin hire the

Kobold Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

, they might build a warren and make a permanent home there, while continuing to expand the town’s sewers as the community grows. These so-called “city kobolds” live underground but

sewer tunnels, paying them with food and tools the kobolds wouldn’t have access to on their own. If they are treated well and left alone to do the job, the kobolds work industriously and build a

Autognome

Species Spelljammer: Adventures in Space

autognome might have an actual beating heart in its chest cavity, while another might be powered by stardust or intricate clockwork gears. Roll on the Autognome History table or choose an entry that

, such as rolling or point buy. The “Quick Build” section for your character’s class offers suggestions on which scores to increase. You’re free to follow those suggestions or

Ancient Sapphire Dragon

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

seeks adventurers to lead into battle against the mind flayer;mind flayers that usurped the dragon’s lair. 4 Powerful infernal creatures have opened a portal in the middle of a city square

top of the map) provides the main access to the lair by way of two sections of relatively thin crystal walls. The dragon can use a lair action to open or close passages through these walls throughout

Tortle Legacy

Species The Tortle Package

dozen) in a fortified compound enclosed by stone walls that are easily defensible. If no such compound exists, they build one. The parents spend the remainder of their lives guarding the compound

fortifications. They marvel at the works of other civilized creatures, humans in particular, and can lose themselves for years in a city, studying its architectural wonders and learning skills they can

Variety in All Things

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

settled. When they settle, though, they stay: they build cities to last for the ages, and great kingdoms that can persist for long centuries. An individual human might have a relatively short life span

Carouser

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Astarion's Book of Hungers

: Choose A or B: (A) Dagger, Gaming Set (same as above), Fine Clothes, Glass Bottle, Mirror, Perfume, Pouch, Tinderbox, 19 GP; or (B) 50 GP You grew to adulthood in the beating heart of a large city, such

as Baldur’s Gate. You spent countless evenings in taverns, playhouses, parlors, and gambling dens, savoring all the city had to offer. You’re a natural at interacting with people to learn their

Variety in All Things

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

settled. When they settle, though, they stay: they build cities to last for the ages, and great kingdoms that can persist for long centuries. An individual human might have a relatively short life span

Conclusion

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

Conclusion If Jhaeros’s still-beating heart is delivered to Naevys outside the city, it disappears in her hands. When the heart vanishes, the following things happen: Charmayne Dies. Charmayne

with all their hit points, materializing in unoccupied spaces within the city. Characters whose souls are released from the void are deposited in area S9, as is King Jhaeros (lawful good, human archmage

Using the Golden Vault

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

stopping the ritual will restore the city and its people. This quest, should you choose to undertake it, requires you to retrieve the king’s still-beating heart and remove it from the city to stop the

box, the lid pops open and a soothing voice says the following: “Greetings, operatives. The city of Ghalasine is under a terrible curse, and the Golden Vault has learned that the evil spellcaster

Inheritor

Backgrounds Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide

them again. 2 I worked the land, I love the land, and I will protect the land. 3 A proud noble once gave me a horrible beating, and I will take my revenge on any bully I encounter. 4

city, especially hard drink. 5 Secretly, I believe that things would be better if I were a tyrant lording over the land. 6 I have trouble trusting in my allies.

Sailor

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

Sailor Baldur’s Gate was founded by sailors, and its harbor is still the city’s beating heart. Several patriars are descended from captains of yore, the commerce of the Lower City is built on the

Heart of the Matter

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

, Charmayne’s ritual can be reversed and Ghalasine restored to its former glory by removing Jhaeros’s still-beating heart from the city. This might be the only way to repair the damage Charmayne has wrought and

that reflect her braided red-brown hair, and her skin is freckled. She is friendly toward the characters and asks to speak with them privately: “My city is in trouble,” Naevys says. “It deteriorates

Sailor

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

Sailor Baldur’s Gate was founded by sailors, and its harbor is still the city’s beating heart. Several patriars are descended from captains of yore, the commerce of the Lower City is built on the

Trained for Danger

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

Trained for Danger Not every member of the city watch, the village militia, or the queen’s army is a fighter. Most of these troops are relatively untrained soldiers with only the most basic combat

also much greater rewards — few fighters in the city watch have the opportunity to discover a magic flame tongue sword, for example.

Lifestyle and Society

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Radiant Citadel

lifestyle. Food, water, and green spaces are equally accessible throughout the city. The House of Convalescence turns no one away; healing is priced according to one’s means, and the poorest are

served without charge. All housing is public, distributed, and administered through the city’s councils. Since the city’s resources are limited due to the Citadel’s relatively small area and its strange

Lifestyle and Society

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel

lifestyle. Food, water, and green spaces are equally accessible throughout the city. The House of Convalescence turns no one away; healing is priced according to one’s means, and the poorest are

served without charge. All housing is public, distributed, and administered through the city’s councils. Since the city’s resources are limited due to the Citadel’s relatively small area and its strange

Fireball!

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

Fireball! As time goes on, the characters attract the attention of local factions hoping to recruit them while they settle into the city. Eventually, these relatively peaceful times are shattered

enemies — they have made in the city, the characters become embroiled in the chase for the stone and the hoard it protects.

Adult Topaz Dragon

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

the survivors (including the dragonborn ship captain) back to the city they came from. Topaz Dragon Lairs Topaz dragons are happiest by the sea. They spend most of their time basking in the

sun and have no desire to get wet, beyond enjoying a bit of sea spray in the air. But they love being able to see the water, so they build their lairs on the heights of seaside cliffs or near perfect

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