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Eberron: Rising from the Last War
one of its weapons.
Greatsword. Melee Weapon Attack: +7;{"diceNotation":"1d20+7","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Greatsword"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 11 (2d6 + 4);{"diceNotation":"2d6+4
hit, range 150/600 ft., one target. Hit: 5 (1d8 + 1);{"diceNotation":"1d8+1","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Longbow","rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage.Bone knights are the champions of
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the realm, knighthood is among the highest honors one can receive. Knights of the realm, who are all addressed with the honorific “Syr,” are revered as champions, heroes, and paragons of
virtue. They have many responsibilities, from protecting townsfolk to embarking on adventures in the wilds. Knights are often equipped with fine armor and weapons, and they ride noble steeds of various
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to escape so easily. A great conclave of tritons chose volunteers skilled in weapons and magic as part of an expeditionary force to enter the Material Plane and seek out their enemies.
Those tritons
the tritons’ role as the world’s true protectors.
Staunch Champions
Despite their off-putting manners, tritons are benevolent creatures at heart, convinced that other civilized races
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Rites The services of the Blood of Vol focus on drawing the faithful together as a community and encouraging people to find power within themselves. The most important ritual of the faith is the
Sacrament of Blood. After a sermon, each member of the congregation sheds a small amount of blood into a basin. This is a symbol of unity, and a message that members of the community would shed their blood to defend one another. In some temples, this blood is donated to vampire champions of the faith.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Emerald Claw. The Odakyr Rites. The nation of Karrnath has a proud martial heritage, and its soldiers are unmatched in discipline. But in the early years of the Last War, Karrnath was crippled by famine and
as cannon fodder. Over decades, a high priest named Malevanor worked with the necromancers of the Blood of Vol to develop the Odakyr Rites, which grant Karrnathi undead the ability to make tactical
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
kraken is defeated, Thassa sends her champions to collect the beast’s heart so they might resurrect the creature. Characters might then face off against Thassa’s champions while they attempt this
resurrection, or fight several younger krakens her champions are training. Such a campaign might end with the adventurers convincing other gods to placate Thassa, or paying penance in the form of treasure
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
devastating blows, withstand peril, and garner glory. Whether in athletic contests or bloody battle, Champions strive for the crown of the victor. Level 3: Improved Critical Your attack rolls with weapons and
Physical Excellence in Combat A Champion focuses on the development of martial prowess in a relentless pursuit of victory. Champions combine rigorous training with physical excellence to deal
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
Heliod as Campaign Villain Whether Heliod is a villain from the beginning of the campaign or takes a villainous turn against his former champions, a campaign centered on Heliod’s arrogance and
kingship over everything: Nyx, the mortal world, and the Underworld. He might begin, through his agents, by enacting laws that make participation in Heliod’s rites mandatory for the citizens of a polis
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
rites never meant to see the light of day. Many such items, including drow armor, weapons, and piwafwi cloaks, permanently lose their magic if they are exposed to sunlight for 1 hour without interruption. Charged items such as a wand of viscid globs are destroyed after 1 hour’s exposure to sunlight.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
Athreos’s Villains Athreos’s champions readily forsake their connections to other mortals. Working among endless throngs of the dead and grieving can sap one’s empathy and harden any soul. As a
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4 A group of cult fanatics charges exorbitant prices for funeral rites, threatening to lead the dead astray unless they’re shown proper respect.
5 A priest of Athreos speaks out against healers
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
, Animal Handling, Athletics, History, Insight, Intimidation, Persuasion, Perception, or Survival Weapon Proficiencies Simple and Martial weapons Armor Training Light, Medium, and Heavy armor and
, Dungeoneer’s Pack, and 11 GP; or (C) 155 GP Fighters rule many battlefields. Questing knights, royal champions, elite soldiers, and hardened mercenaries—as Fighters, they all share an unparalleled prowess
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
Constitution Skill Proficiencies Choose 2: Acrobatics, Animal Handling, Athletics, History, Insight, Intimidation, Persuasion, Perception, or Survival Weapon Proficiencies Simple and Martial weapons
, Scimitar, Shortsword, Longbow, 20 Arrows, Quiver, Dungeoneer’s Pack, and 11 GP; or (C) 155 GP Fighters rule many battlefields. Questing knights, royal champions, elite soldiers, and hardened mercenaries
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Light of Xaryxis
. Vocath enjoys blood sports, and his base houses a gladiatorial arena where champions do battle with fearsome creatures that Vocath has transported from Fyreen. Factions send their greatest warriors to fight in the arena to get Vocath’s attention or to win supplies, weapons, or both.
seems to have offended them.
“The only thing these factions seem to have in common is their hunger for ships, spelljamming helms, and weapons—things I can’t provide. War is everyone’s native tongue here
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
Mogis and regularly hold bloody rites in his honor. Warchanters, the minotaur clergy of Mogis, whip their marauders into a near-mindless frenzy before battle; the ensuing slaughter gives glory to
their creator and they were made in his image.
Revel in Ruin. The summer festival of the Megasphagion is a domesticated version of Mogis’s typical rites. It involves the sacrifice of many cattle to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
Mummy Common mummies are the remains of priests, nobles, or champions of faith that underwent magical burial rites. Some are preserved through processes using linen wrappings or clay, but others are
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
& Dragons. Questing knights, conquering overlords, royal champions, elite foot soldiers, hardened mercenaries, and bandit kings — as fighters, they all share an unparalleled mastery with weapons and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
weapons are prefered. Battlemasters and Champions are both sound archetypes for fighters, while Karrnathi wizards are typically Evokers or Necromancers. Heavy Armor Master, Sentinel, and Tough are all
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
& Dragons. Questing knights, conquering overlords, royal champions, elite foot soldiers, hardened mercenaries, and bandit kings — as fighters, they all share an unparalleled mastery with weapons and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
nation, the dwarves have recovered many weapons of war created in the final days of the empire. Some of these weapons were forged by the dwarves to wield against the daelkyr, but others were made by
the use of these symbiotic weapons and any exploration of daelkyr magic, notably the prominent Clan Mroranon. Others, particularly Clan Soldorak, have embraced this magic to use against the daelkyr
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Goblinoids (Heirs of Dhakaan) War drums are sounding in the depths beneath Darguun. Bugbear champions hone their adamantine greatswords, and hobgoblin dirge singers call the legions to battle. The
clan, or kech, believes its leader has the right to control all the others. And so the champions of Dhakaan continuously compete with each other to prove their right to rule. The Kech Sharaat
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
Proficiencies Choose 2: History, Insight, Medicine, Persuasion, or Religion Weapon Proficiencies Simple weapons Armor Training Light and Medium armor and Shields Starting Equipment Choose A or B: (A) Chain
and rites that help them draw on power from the Outer Planes. Not every member of a temple or shrine is a Cleric. Some priests are called to a simple life of temple service, carrying out their
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
, Medicine, Nature, Perception, Religion, or Survival Weapon Proficiencies Simple weapons Tool Proficiencies Herbalism Kit Armor Training Light armor and Shields Starting Equipment Choose A or B: (A
deity, or both, and they typically unite with other Druids to perform rites that mark the passage of the seasons and other natural cycles. Druids are concerned with the delicate ecological balance that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
and Rites. Thanks to his prolonged absence from mortal giants’ affairs, Annam has few priests. On some worlds, he has no priests and his name is all but forgotten. On other worlds, a priest of Annam
they recognize is “might makes right.” Priests and Rites. Grolantor’s priests often boast of having experienced a personal interaction with their god—a dream, waking vision, or even an encounter with
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
Athreos’s Champions Alignment: Usually lawful, often evil Suggested Classes: Cleric, monk, rogue, wizard Suggested Cleric Domains: Death, Grave (described in Xanathar’s Guide to Everything) Suggested
stands for. (Any)
2 Tradition. Honor the dead through rites of respect and by continuing their ways. (Lawful)
3 Dread. Mortals put their fear out of mind, but through me, they will remember the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
Proficiencies Choose 2: Arcana, Animal Handling, Insight, Medicine, Nature, Perception, Religion, or Survival Weapon Proficiencies Simple weapons Tool Proficiencies Herbalism Kit Armor Training Light armor and
, individual Druids gain their magic from nature, a nature deity, or both, and they typically unite with other Druids to perform rites that mark the passage of the seasons and other natural cycles. Druids are
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
, Persuasion, or Religion Weapon Proficiencies Simple weapons Armor Training Light and Medium armor and Shields Starting Equipment Choose A or B: (A) Chain Shirt, Shield, Mace, Holy Symbol, Priest’s Pack, and 7
deity or other immortal force that unlocked their magic. Harnessing divine magic doesn’t rely on specific training, yet Clerics might learn prayers and rites that help them draw on power from the Outer
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
general hands-off attitude toward his champions means that groups of his followers could easily find themselves on opposite sides in a conflict, and in extreme cases Purphoros himself sends heroes to
Purphoros turns to Mogis to enhance his craft, engaging in bloody rituals to produce exquisite cursed weapons.
2 An aging veteran seeks to replace her body with living bronze and enlists a genius
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
most often saved for trading opportunities with other giants more adept at crafting metal weapons and armor.
Rulers by Might. Frost giants respect brute strength above all else, and a frost giant’s
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When frost giants of different clans meet and their status is unclear, they wrestle for dominance. Such meetings might resemble festivals where giants cheer on their champions, making bold boasts and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
associated with particular springs and groves (such as Eldath). Druids revere nature as a whole and might serve one of these deities, practicing mysterious rites and reciting all-but-forgotten prayers in their
own secret tongue. But many of these gods have clerics as well, champions who take a more active role in advancing the interests of a particular nature god. These clerics might hunt the evil
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
only the barest minimum of technology—tattered clothes, piecemeal armor, and heavy weapons, all scavenged from their fallen foes. They wander alone or gather in bands under the leadership of the
rites among the Felhide minotaurs involve devouring those who fell in battle, to remove their shame from memory and fuel the survivors’ revenge. Should another scavenger reach a fallen Felhide before the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
use magic and blessed weapons to protect the just and root out wickedness across the Multiverse. These angels act where they can against overwhelming evil, but to avoid the attention of the Lower
Planes, they prefer to let mortals attend to affairs on the Material Plane. Planetars often choose mortal champions to oppose threats they’re loath to face directly, involving themselves only if
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
buckles (1 gp each), and an anemone stuck in a glass bottle. 49. Champions’ Armory Two stone racks run the length of this room, forming aisles. The racks hold spears, tridents, and warhammers.
This
fish-like humanoid on the rack. As you watch, a wheel is turned, the victim emits another shriek, and the torturers hiss with pleasure.
Three sahuagin champions are torturing a locathah here (see
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
the pack to move in for the kill. Gloom provides a shadow mastiff with supernatural protection, granting it resistance to nonmagical weapons while in dim light or darkness. Shadow mastiffs can
tolerate bright light, but they shun sunlight. Summoned for Service. Some faiths devoted to deities of gloom and night, such as Shar in the Forgotten Realms, perform unholy rites to summon shadow mastiffs
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
, and the flesh gnawers, which rely on natural savagery rather than weapons to tear apart their foes. A pack of hyenas is always part of the band, and sometimes these beasts are as numerous as the
Pack Lord Most war bands are led by pack lords. These champions of Yeenoghu curry their lord’s favor with living sacrifices. They mark their hides with bloody runes, which sometimes grant supernatural
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
alignment. It’s a place where magic has been harnessed as a tool — used to build cities, to sail ships through the skies, to create both wonders and weapons. Eberron embraces swashbuckling action and pulp
encourages cinematic action and swashbuckling adventure. Neo-Noir Intrigue. Eberron is a world of difficult choices. The line between hero and villain is easily blurred, and even the champions of the