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Monsters
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
archfey named Zybilna, who had forged secret pacts with some of the fiends Isolde and her companions had slain. Rather than be angry at Isolde, Zybilna was impressed by her. She enlisted a powerful fiend
comfort to Isolde and quelled her thirst for vengeance.
Zybilna and Isolde enjoyed a strong partnership for years, but as time wore on, they grew distant until their relationship finally soured
Monsters
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
their lair’s comfort. Rather than retiring to crypts, they seek filthy or inaccessible fissures, places any living soul would avoid.
For a few moments after feeding, nosferatu are lucid and
Monsters
Mordenkainen's Fiendish Folio Volume 1
tasty, refined metal their victim carries, they quickly flee—and will flee before that rather than risk death.
Stealthy Couriers. A number of clans among the dwarves, duergar, and azers have trained
, digesting the dust but leaving the message lodged in its digestive tract. Trained over long years and with plentiful treats to learn the direction to different underground strongholds and outposts, the khargra carries its burden to its destination, then coughs up the message on command.
Backgrounds
Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
hundreds of miles of the Great Glacier and the Great Ice Sea. No one from your nation makes the effort to cross such colossal barriers without a convincing reason. You must fear something truly
can face any adversity in this strange land.
2
The gods of my people are a comfort to me so far from home.
3
I hold no greater cause than my service to my people.
4
My freedom is my
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
Ox An ox is mainly used for draft work rather than meat or milk. Oxen have the following additional trait: Beast of Burden. The oxen is considered to be a Huge animal for the purpose of determining its carrying capacity.
Backgrounds
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
1
I never raise my voice or lose my temper.
2
I feel the pains and joys of everyone around me, friend or foe.
3
I would rather make a friend than thwart an enemy.
4
I’m
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3
I enjoy comfort and quiet, and prefer to avoid extra effort.
4
I have a fierce temper that doesn’t reflect the inner calm I seek.
5
I’m convinced that everyone else in the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
, merciless, and resilient, and their dead flesh can carry on even after suffering grievous wounds. While they can follow simple orders, they rely on primal drives rather than thought. They fulfill
commands by working tirelessly or battering through foes, but they are easily stymied by barriers or unexpected circumstances. Zombies are usually created from Humanoid corpses, but the remains of other
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
such places, particularly those that serve as druid groves. Eldath is a goddess of comfort, healing, and calm. Her blessed waters heal the sick, cure madness, and comfort the dying. Most rural places
of Eldath avoid conflicts rather than attempting to quell them. Those who serve Eldath are happy to preside over peaceful negotiations and to certify treaties, but they can’t force others to engage in harmony.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
they proved themselves incapable of governing the world. The ordning might be necessary, or a burden giants are expected to bear, but giants who hold these views often look forward to Annam abolishing
among giant kinds reflecting a cultural or geographical distinction rather than an inherent one. They might live in bands composed of multiple giant kinds or family groups of a single kind. Or giants of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
the motivation to overcome my barriers, then their matter is unworthy of my attention.
8 On a long enough timescale, all actions are meaningless. So why should I deny myself anything?
Gold
right every wrong. I encourage others to solve their own problems, and I save my strength for tribulations only I can address. (Any)
3 Stewardship. I do not serve individuals, but rather
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
life to the fullest, knowing that tomorrow I might die. 4 I live for the thrill of the hunt. 5 I don’t talk about the thing that torments me. I’d rather not burden others with my curse. 6 I expect
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
other threats. In time, her heroics caught the eye of an archfey named Zybilna, who had forged secret pacts with some of the fiends Isolde and her companions had slain. Rather than be angry at Isolde
Zybilna hoped it would do: it brought comfort to Isolde and quelled her thirst for vengeance. Zybilna and Isolde enjoyed a strong partnership for years, but as time wore on, they grew distant until their
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
people are a comfort to me so far from home. 3 I hold no greater cause than my service to my people. 4 My freedom is my most precious possession. I’ll never let anyone take it from me again. 5 I’m
so secretly) convinced of the superiority of my own culture over that of this foreign land. 2 I pretend not to understand the local language in order to avoid interactions I would rather not have. 3 I
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
lifespan remains a mystery; so far, warforged have shown no signs of deterioration due to age. You are immune to magical aging effects. Alignment. Most warforged take comfort in order and discipline
least six hours in an inactive, motionless state, rather than sleeping. In this state, you appear inert, but it doesn’t render you unconscious, and you can see and hear as normal. Integrated
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
Amberdune Pack The jackalweres of the Amberdune Pack were the servants of Nidalia, an unusually kind and learned lamia. The jackalweres’ alignment is neutral evil rather than chaotic evil, and their
death. Though she is a capable leader in her own right, the burden of taking over from Nidalia is a heavy one. While she was alive, Nidalia taught Korvala the ritual to create gingwatzims. The other
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
needy and making grim choices rooted in reality rather than idealism. Some might be gentle-voiced healers, beloved by their communities, while others might be masked bringers of macabre mercies. The
until the end of your next turn. Flurry of Healing and Harm 11th-level Way of Mercy feature You can now mete out a flurry of comfort and hurt. When you use Flurry of Blows, you can now replace each of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Fiendish Folio Volume 1
magic button to bring things back to the way they should be, this person you love so much restored to who they really are rather than what cancer is grinding them down into. It’s easy to give in to
among my colleagues tell me that an informed multiverse is a safer multiverse. After all, why should we unhappy few endure the burden of protecting the multiverse from itself?
I am also told that this
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Fiendish Folio Volume 1
only when driven by hunger and a lack of safer options. After securing a meal of whatever tasty, refined metal their victim carries, they quickly flee—and will flee before that rather than risk death
plentiful treats to learn the direction to different underground strongholds and outposts, the khargra carries its burden to its destination, then coughs up the message on command. khargra
Small
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
. If an enemy force does approach, though, these barriers do a good job of delaying any incursion until the goblinoids can rally their defenses. Inside the surrounding bulwark, the goblinoids all have
protect it. Pens and Pits Goblins are responsible for tending to the camp’s slaves, battle beasts, and beasts of burden. These are hobbled, chained to posts, or placed in pens, cages, or pits as needed
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
their lair’s comfort. Rather than retiring to crypts, they seek filthy or inaccessible fissures, places any living soul would avoid. For a few moments after feeding, nosferatu are lucid and capable
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
Firebeard’s Firebrandy, sold only at Kelvin’s Comfort, located on yer right as you enter the market square!” (If the characters arrive at a different gate, you can relocate Augrek to that gate.) B2
. Kelvin’s Comfort The most popular tavern in town, owing to its extensive stock of dwarven ales and brandies, is Kelvin’s Comfort. The common room is bedecked with dwarven craft of Battlehammer make
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
hundred feet before impacting on a lower bridge. Though this alone might seem like small comfort, it’s also true that the major bridges in the upper and middle wards are enchanted with feather fall
between our safety and death caused by some rat who would rather spend gold on drink.
Falling in Sharn d8 Result 1 You fall hundreds of feet before striking the ground at the base of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
Gods of Good The gods of good provide healing and comfort to the mortals of Krynn. Although they oppose the evil gods’ attempts to rule the world, their goal isn’t the eradication of evil or its gods
. Rather, their highest pursuit is preserving mortal choice, despite the sorrowful knowledge that mortals sometimes choose ruinous paths. Symbols Left to Right: Paladine, Branchala, and Habbakuk
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
these fighters leave their lives of comfort to embark on glorious adventure. Cavalier Features Fighter Level Feature 3rd Bonus Proficiency, Born to the Saddle, Unwavering Mark 7th Warding Maneuver
, mounting or dismounting a creature costs you only 5 feet of movement, rather than half your speed. Unwavering Mark Starting at 3rd level, you can menace your foes, foiling their attacks and punishing them
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
takes some comfort in being able to live out the life he could’ve had. His time spent alone with his thoughts in Wisteria Vale has led him to suspect that the Harpers were never going to find a cure, and
have been drafted to serve as waiters during the party in the ballroom (see “Quill’s Party” later in the adventure). Renekor’s presence is slowly warping the demiplane, causing these servants to shift allegiance, becoming loyal and obedient to the beholder rather than to Quill or the Harpers.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
is as fearsome as your heavy morals, and your healing ability, bonuses to saving throws, and lack of fear create a trifecta of comfort. Your natural leadership role also comes into play, as the
squishier members of your party come to rely on your presence and protection. Things Best Left Unsaid Every character has a few private matters they’d rather not share, but the truth-and-honesty stakes
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
the spell’s power; rather, the particular combination of sounds, with specific pitch and resonance, sets the threads of magic in motion. Thus, a character who is gagged or in an area of silence, such
, although some rules refer to the schools.
Abjuration spells are protective in nature, though some of them have aggressive uses. They create magical barriers, negate harmful effects, harm
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
“civilized” folk for a short time — but occasionally, a strong hand or a skilled warrior can be culled from the bunch. While this event is going on, Yartar is overrun with visitors it would rather not welcome
where she hears audiences. Feasts are often held here, though more often, the hall sees activity in its side rooms, where merchants dealing in large quantities of goods, or making deals and proposals that affect the entire community, can meet in comfort.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
’ territory. Adventurers trying to eradicate a kobold infestation often find themselves stuck in low passages too narrow to turn around in, forcing them to move in single file and putting the burden of combat
idol behind the throne. Rather than entering the chamber to pay homage, kobolds offer prayers at its entrance with the belief that their god hears them. The location might include a basin where
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
barriers to gain access to the tunnel. As with the tunnels between chambers, escape tunnels are usually a steep climb or nearly vertical to make it difficult for non-flying creatures to follow. A tunnel
the beholder’s favorite pieces of sculpture. Vestibule Beyond the lair entrance lies the vestibule. Rather than being sculpted with tools or eye rays, the entrance and the vestibule are left in their
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes of the Borderlands
toward intruders, but it’s also naive. Rather than alerting the other kobolds when it spots the characters, it marches toward them and asks what they want.
Attitudes. Every creature has a starting
comfort the crying Copper Dragon Wyrmling by adding treasure to its meager hoard. It isn’t going well. The kobolds and the wyrmling are Indifferent toward all other creatures.
Svetlin Velinov
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
as much. If combat breaks out, the deep gnomes fight defensively and attempt to defuse the situation. They try to incapacitate the characters rather than kill them, hoping to resume peaceful
own comfort. The door to the eighth alcove is locked. As an action, a character can pick the lock with a successful DC 15 Dexterity (Sleight of Hand) check using thieves’ tools or they can break down
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer
extol the virtues of meditation and whatever calm faiths visitors might bring with them. Few seek the church’s services on their own. Rather, most who come to dwell at the church either have a room
As horses and other beasts of burden aren’t allowed inside the city walls, the Outer City overflows with stables and hostlers, ranging from muddy pens to barns nicer than most inns. Of these, the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
visitors might bring with them. Few seek the church’s services on their own. Rather, most who come to dwell at the church either have a room rented for them by concerned family or receive a somewhat
valuable magic potions, and eagerly encourages his shoppers to investigate — and then return to tell him the story. Garynmor Stables and Menagerie As horses and other beasts of burden aren’t allowed inside
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
brutal.
— Volo
Stealthy Shock Troops. Bugbears that are subsumed into a host function as a special cadre of spies, assassins, and bodyguards, answering to the senior leadership of the host rather
center of the army, dragging along the equipment of war while surrounded by its users. If slaves have yet to be acquired, goblins and beasts of burden perform this function. Conquest and Occupation