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Investigator

Backgrounds Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

the mysteries you’re embroiled in are local crimes or realm-spanning conspiracies, you’re driven by a personal need to hunt down even the most elusive clues and reveal what others would

one believed you. You’re still trying to prove what you know is true. 8 You got a job with an agency that investigates crimes that local law enforcement can’t solve. You often wonder which you value more, the truth or your pay.

Aarakocra Legacy

Species Elemental Evil Player's Companion

Sequestered in high mountains atop tall trees, the aarakocra, sometimes called birdfolk, evoke fear and wonder. Many aarakocra aren’t even native to the Material Plane. They hail from a world

. Beak and Feather From below, aarakocra look much like large birds. Only when they descend to roost on a branch or walk across the ground does their humanoid appearance reveal itself. Standing

Fighter

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

keep your allies safe as you reveal how much fight you still have in you. 2 You always keep a small pouch of salt or sand at your belt. If you can blind an opponent, even momentarily, you can

opportune moment, making your foe wonder what other tricks you might play. 4 Swearing, name-calling, political satire — you do it all. You make use of a range of down-and-dirty fighting epithets

Keeper Societies

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

don’t reveal themselves to those not of their kind. Rather, they infiltrate Keeper societies as reclusive members, traveling experts, or foreign scholars. Some Keepers also tell of sightings or

visitations involving giant raven-like beings that appear, speak some prophecy or deliver some message, then vanish, often presaging either wonder or disaster. The wereravens take little issue with these

Sea Ward

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

walls, go to where Diamond Street and Delzorin Street cross, nigh to Mystra’s House of Wonder, and simply spin in a circle. Blue and gold are the Sea Ward’s colors in competitions, and the ward’s mascot

over the heads of a crowd. It is a sight you shouldn’t miss. You should also visit the House of Wonder. This is surely the most splendid temple dedicated to the gods of magic — with Mystra foremost

Rearguard

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

fact, that would be the smart thing to do, both because it negates a damaging fight and because if the rearguard is wiped out, leaders in the cult will wonder why it never reported back. The best

(Intimidation) check can pry any information from them. Even with that, all they reveal is that they are initiates in the Cult of the Dragon, the names of their leaders (Rezmir, Frulam Mondath, and Langdedrosa

Ythryn Lore

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

Ythryn Lore As the characters explore Ythryn, they piece together a picture of what life was like in the enclave. Whenever a location instructs you to reveal some of Ythryn’s lore, roll a d20 and

only they could pass through. 18 An abracadabrus is a magic box that can create food and drink, among other things. 19 Meditation in the Hall of Weightless Wonder was an invaluable

Rearguard

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

the smart thing to do, both because it negates a damaging fight and because if the rearguard is wiped out, leaders in the cult will wonder why it never reported back. The best result for the

any information from them. Even with that, all they reveal is that they are initiates in the Cult of the Dragon, the names of their leaders (Rezmir, Frulam Mondath, and Langdedrosa Cyanwrath), and that

Thornhold

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

they still have a right to Thornhold. The fortress sits on the reestablished High Road leading to Neverwinter, so it is no wonder that the nobles wish to profit from the fortress’s location along that

of their defenses. For the same reason, only the Stoneshaft elders know and plan all the details of those defenses, so any single dwarf doesn’t know everything and can’t reveal it. Stoneshafts like

Aristocrat

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything

obtain a wonder your patron believes is the key to their financial fortunes. 3 Sabotage Rival. You break into the business or estate of an enemy noble family and undermine their political or

professional ventures. 4 Lost Lineage. You seek evidence of a lost branch of a noble family or proof that individuals don’t possess a noble pedigree. 5 Origin of Nobility. You reveal the secret reason why

The Walking Statues

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

, and thus locals call it the Hawk Man. I can reveal that in fact it bears much resemblance to an aarakocra, one of the bird-people said to live in the Star Mounts in the High Forest. The statue’s wings

leader of the House of Wonder, but is more infamous for its Circle of Skulls. This infrequent and unpredictable haunting takes the form of seven floating skulls, which hover in a circle and argue with one

Attack on Goldenfields

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

withdrew to nurse their wounds, leaving Goldenfields’ defenders to wonder when the next attack would come. The attack hasn’t changed the mood among the residents, who place great stock in the strength of

to the wall. By this time, the sky to the east has lightened enough to reveal the presence of giants, ogres, and goblins outside the wall. The invaders close to within 120 feet of the wall and begin

Locations on the Fortress Level

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a1

quite a while, and rats have gnawed at them. The bodies have been looted. If someone removes the spear pinning the goblin to the wall, the body slumps to reveal Draconic runes on the wall behind it

-foot-wide hall is liberally strewn with sharp caltrops. On the northern wall, passage to the room beyond is partially blocked by a roughly mortared, three-foot-high wall, complete with crenellations

The Seldarine

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes

develops unusual ailments in old age and appears headed for decrepitude, other elves might wonder if these are the repercussions for not paying Labelas his due. Most settlements have only one or two

they mark her symbol on graves and tombs to invoke her protection of the dead. In these comforting aspects, Sehanine is often imagined as a willowy, gentle male elf with shining eyes that reveal both

Paliset Hall Locations

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

spellcasting ability (save DC 15): At will: light, minor illusion, prestidigitation 2/day each: detect magic, fog cloud 1/day each: phantasmal force, shatter If the characters reveal who they are

weird anomalies, Eliphas begins to wonder if Zorhanna is causing the anomalies because she is trapped somewhere in Paliset Hall and trying to reach out to them. If a character suggests the anomalies

Locations M - P

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

to make ice slides. There is no shortage of stone and weaponry. Even the docks have battlements and fortifications. Visitors to Mirabar often wonder why they don’t see more dwarves, as humans make up

, but characters who capture one can attempt an interrogation. Any character who succeeds on a DC 15 Charisma (Intimidation) check convinces a captured cultist to reveal that the individual is a member of

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