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order from the encroachments of Fiends and other extraplanar threats. Gruumsh’s blessings have made orcs tireless guardians and mighty allies wherever they are found, even when they turn their
three different scores by 1. Follow this rule regardless of the method you use to determine the scores, such as rolling or point buy. The “Quick Build” section for your character’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
God-Based Adventures Three elements combine to form the adventures recounted in the epics of Theros: heroes, gods, and monsters. Each god’s section in this chapter provides the ingredients to build
your own epics: champions and blessings, villains and monsters, divine schemes, and adventure locations.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
of Arijani and Reeva. Ramya’s skeletal soldiers continue to build the tower as part of her plan to rid Kalakeri of evil and receive the gods’ blessings.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
wealth for the benefit of a charity or a just cause. On the side of evil, it embodies the worst aspects of greed. It speaks to the power of gold, and how that power can build or destroy nations. Coins
, innocence, friendship, or reputation Eight of coins Tax Collector Corruption; honesty in an otherwise corrupt government or organization Nine of coins Miser Hoarded wealth; those who are irreversibly unhappy or who think money is meaningless
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
blessings to use as they see fit in service to him. Purphoros is eccentric, however, and he could suddenly appear to hand down commands to his champions after months or years of silence. Priests, other
has fallen into the hands of minotaurs.
4 Resist the corrupt authority of a powerful priest of Heliod or a cruel village elder.
5 Triumph in a contest of strength or crafting to bring
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
souls can. That peak fills even the most jaded of travelers with awe. The pervasive goodness of Mount Celestia bestows blessings on creatures on the plane (see “Environmental Effects” in chapter 3
, but in truth Mount Celestia’s nature makes it the target of unrelenting attacks by evil forces. The devils of the Nine Hells, in particular, long to corrupt the goodness of the Seven Heavens. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
you haven’t met.” Tletepecs build villages near the land’s many volcanoes, but travel between villages can be challenging, as the dirt paths that connect them often shift or are blocked. Therefore
, every village assembles a communal offering to the gods to request blessings, chief among them protection from disaster. The gathered offerings are carried by a caravan of walkers and wagons to a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
system.
5 A group of mages who follow Ephara want to build a city on an island, heedless of the current residents.
6 An oracle (see chapter 6) leads a cadre of scholars secretly destroying
few foes likely to serve the god’s will. Ephara’s urn is a fountain of blessings
(NOAH BRADLEY) Ephara’s Monsters Challenge Creature Source
1/8 Guard MM
1/2 Anvilwrought raptor MOoT
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
populace. Some become death-crazed killers or dispassionate murderers, unable to see the difference between dying now and dying later. Others abuse their blessings to cheat death for themselves or their
daughter is restored as a potent Returned who now terrorizes the polis.
4 A wealthy noble drives tenants out of a poor part of a polis so he can build a temple to Erebos.
5 The queen of a remote
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
called infernal blessings. When a character attracts the attention of Hulgaz, she or her servants confront the character and offer a boon. But any boon on offer is fated to make the recipient miserable
. Even those who choose to not take part in Hulgaz’s schemes eventually suffer at her hands. Examples of infernal blessings Hulgaz can offer characters are provided below, followed by sample encounters
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
feast. On holy days, priests invite people to wash their feet in the fountain and receive blessings from the gods. Map 4.2: Agora View Player Version Agora Villains An agora villain could be almost
any humanoid, from a corrupt politician to a common criminal thug. Some of these folks use monsters to do their dirty work. Examples of such villains appear on the Agora Villains table. Agora Villains
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
, and blessings the god might bestow. Serving Two or More Masters Often, each of the characters in an adventuring party is the champion of a different god—or no god at all. What brings the characters
example, you might build a campaign around the idea that Erebos, Mogis, and Pharika are conspiring to unleash slaughter and plague on the mortal realm. Perhaps heroic champions of Ephara, Heliod
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
created the divine artisan Nykthos and ordered him to build altars to the gods. Nykthos’s story isn’t widely known among mortals, but the Shrine to Nyx is still called Nykthos in his honor.
Kruphix’s
, he etched all their names—including his own—in the bark of his great tree at the edge of the world. Immediately, the gods’ oracles could no longer hear them, their blessings faded, and the night sky
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm Lord’s Wrath
corrupt. Two other persons of note are here as well: Merrygold Brightshine and Valdi Estapaar. Merrygold is a priest of Lathander, the Morninglord. He and his church were given the rights to build the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
, and most are stout or have a medium build rather than being thin or emaciated. Night hags enjoy corrupting the dreams of good people, compromising the ideals of their victims to get them to
form and seeks to attack, deface, or corrupt it so it has the opposite effect on its viewers. One is more likely to defile the inspiring statue in a town square, making it into a symbol of fear and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
religious rites and festivals. Priests at such sites relate stories of the gods, teach the ethics of their patron deities, offer advice and blessings, perform religious rites, and provide training in
gods the locals revere. To quickly build a pantheon for your world, create a single god for each of the eight domains available to clerics: Death, Knowledge, Life, Light, Nature, Tempest, Trickery
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
with the trade guilds each family controls. Lands of Intrigue. The war is over, and the nations of Khorvaire now try to build a new age of peace and prosperity. Ancient threats linger, however, and the
by any means short of all-out war. Dragonmarked houses, churches both pure and corrupt, crime lords, monster gangs, psionic spies, arcane universities, secret societies, sinister masterminds, dragons
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
describes in detail how discovering the conspiracy and purging the corrupt will earn her great favor with the Deepking. Errde swears (truthfully) that she will arrange for the characters to get safe passage
characters if they bring her evidence of such corruption that has escaped the eyes of her warriors. The characters can build a case if they witness odd events throughout Gracklstugh, such as some of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
Creating a Rival In essence, a rival is a somewhat specialized NPC. You can use chapter 4 of the Dungeon Master’s Guide to build a new NPC for this purpose, or pick one from your current cast of
interest 16 Political opportunist seeking a scapegoat 17 Traitorous noble looking to foment a revolution 18 Would-be tyrant who brooks no opposition 19 Exiled noble looking for revenge 20 Corrupt official
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
fortresses defend routes to lower layers. Azzagrat Graz’zt’s corrupt, decadent city is split across layers 45, 46, and 47. The Demonweb On layer 66, Lolth’s web snares all and hides portals to other planes
figure into the schemes of the Spider Queen. Lolth’s servants also build dungeons amid the webbing, trapping and hunting Lolth’s hated enemies within crisscrossing corridors of web-mortared stone. Far
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
and the blessings it gives unto this land.”
If translated, the south wall’s hieroglyphs read: “In the years that followed, I learned of the passing of the pharaohs and how our tombs could guarantee a
that I would not be cheated of my place in the great beyond. I would build a tomb to end all tombs—one that none could ever despoil.”
Secret Door. The statue of Amun Sa conceals a secret door that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
sometimes makes his presence or his desires known through wrathful signs and magical blessings: the crack of a whip without a visible source, chains or ropes that move of their own accord, or a glowing
single entrance, but the goblins might build a number of escape tunnels that emerge far from that location. Close inside the entrance, if a suitable area exists, the goblins set up a den for their wolves
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
: Stoneshar Stoneshar is an all-faiths day during which folk strive not to be idle. Even children at play are encouraged to dig holes, build sand castles, or construct crude models. Waterdavians
Stoneshar can expect blessings upon their works in the coming year, whereas individuals who do nothing constructive on this day can expect all manner of misfortune to rain down on them in the year ahead
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
people often turn to Lady Luck for help. The Lady’s Hall is there to hear their pleas, and to accept their offerings in exchange. While such intercession often takes the form of blessings, magical or
. Ramazith had not been known as either an exceptional mariner or an exceptional arcanist before he came into enough money to build his tower, and the source of his success remains a mystery. Not long after
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer
blessings, magical or otherwise, clergy moved by a tale of exceptional injustice might be swayed to petition the church elders to intercede. Such happens rarely, the church being unwilling to
equally vast wealth. Ramazith had not been known as either an exceptional mariner or an exceptional arcanist before he came into enough money to build his tower, and the source of his success remains a