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Returning 35 results for 'changelings work rival'.
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
potential rival and manipulates or quashes the ulitharid’s ambitions accordingly.
When an ulitharid finds sharing leadership with an elder brain insufferable, it breaks off from the colony
the colony.
This process doesn’t work on the brain of an ulitharid that dies a natural death, as such brains are too decrepit to be used. Instead, each ulitharid carries a psionically enhanced
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
dragons often work together, with emerald dragons tracking the source of an incursion while sapphire dragons plan and execute a decisive purge—or recruit agents to do it for them.
Emerald
must be convinced to defend the school in a contest against a rival college.
7
An emerald dragon invisibly tails a party of adventurers, causing trouble for the heroes so the dragon can watch how
Backgrounds
Acquisitions Incorporated
Acquisitions Incorporated goes about its business. Why deal with the rest, when you can work for the best?
Perhaps the rival did not treat you as well as you were hoping, or you washed out of that organization
You were an intern at a rival of Acquisitions Incorporated, and you gained a healthy respect for not just the job and the franchising opportunities, but for the ruthless and efficient way
Backgrounds
Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
a purse containing 20 gp.
Role
You are always gathering information for your house. But when the barons come to you with a specific mission, what sort of work do you usually do? Choose your role or
House agents are diverse. Consider the house you serve and the work you do when choosing characteristics.
D6
PERSONALITY TRAIT
1
I’m always looking to improve efficiency
Backgrounds
Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
;papers, and a purse containing 20 gp.
Role
You are always gathering information for your house. But when the barons come to you with a specific mission, what sort of work do you usually do? Choose
Characteristics
House agents are diverse. Consider the house you serve and the work you do when choosing characteristics.
D6
PERSONALITY TRAIT
1
I’m always looking to improve
Backgrounds
Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
, and a purse containing 20 gp.
Role
You are always gathering information for your house. But when the barons come to you with a specific mission, what sort of work do you usually do? Choose your
Characteristics
House agents are diverse. Consider the house you serve and the work you do when choosing characteristics.
D6
PERSONALITY TRAIT
1
I’m always looking to improve efficiency
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
. These gem dragons often work together, with emerald dragons tracking the source of an incursion while sapphire dragons plan and execute a decisive purge—or recruit agents to do it for them
and must be convinced to defend the school in a contest against a rival college.
7
An emerald dragon invisibly tails a party of adventurers, causing trouble for the heroes so the dragon can
Backgrounds
Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
, and a purse containing 20 gp.
Role
You are always gathering information for your house. But when the barons come to you with a specific mission, what sort of work do you usually do? Choose your role
Characteristics
House agents are diverse. Consider the house you serve and the work you do when choosing characteristics.
D6
PERSONALITY TRAIT
1
I’m always looking to improve efficiency
Backgrounds
Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
containing 20 gp.
Role
You are always gathering information for your house. But when the barons come to you with a specific mission, what sort of work do you usually do? Choose your role or roll on
agents are diverse. Consider the house you serve and the work you do when choosing characteristics.
D6
PERSONALITY TRAIT
1
I’m always looking to improve efficiency.
2
I
Backgrounds
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
Armed with an inventive intellect, a love of magical technology, and an unquenchable energy, you are an enthusiastic participant in the research work of the Izzet League. Though you’re likely
even the lowliest attendant to make friends (and enemies) in laboratories across Ravnica.
Roll twice on the Izzet Contacts table (for an ally and a rival) and once on the Non-Izzet Contacts table
Backgrounds
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
you can work your way into a more prominent position.
Regardless of your past and the wealth of your family, your initial status with the guild is near the bottom, until you have proven your value
activities in crime, banking, or debt collection could tie you to members of other guilds.
Roll twice on the Orzhov Contacts table (for an ally and a rival) and once on the Non-Orzhov Contacts table
Backgrounds
Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
purse containing 20 gp.
Role
You are always gathering information for your house. But when the barons come to you with a specific mission, what sort of work do you usually do? Choose your role or roll
agents are diverse. Consider the house you serve and the work you do when choosing characteristics.
D6
PERSONALITY TRAIT
1
I’m always looking to improve efficiency.
2
Backgrounds
Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
;papers, and a purse containing 20 gp.
Role
You are always gathering information for your house. But when the barons come to you with a specific mission, what sort of work do you usually do? Choose
Characteristics
House agents are diverse. Consider the house you serve and the work you do when choosing characteristics.
D6
PERSONALITY TRAIT
1
I’m always looking to improve
Backgrounds
Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
purse containing 20 gp.
Role
You are always gathering information for your house. But when the barons come to you with a specific mission, what sort of work do you usually do? Choose your role or
House agents are diverse. Consider the house you serve and the work you do when choosing characteristics.
D6
PERSONALITY TRAIT
1
I’m always looking to improve efficiency
Backgrounds
Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
;papers, and a purse containing 20 gp.
Role
You are always gathering information for your house. But when the barons come to you with a specific mission, what sort of work do you usually do? Choose
Characteristics
House agents are diverse. Consider the house you serve and the work you do when choosing characteristics.
D6
PERSONALITY TRAIT
1
I’m always looking to improve
Backgrounds
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
our work is to hurry it along — no matter what must be upended along the way. (Chaotic)
3
Knowledge. Understanding the world is more important than what you do with your knowledge
members are former members of other guilds.
Roll twice on the Simic Contacts table (for an ally and a rival) and once on the Non-Simic Contacts table.
Simic Contacts
d8
Contact
1
Backgrounds
Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
;papers, and a purse containing 20 gp.
Role
You are always gathering information for your house. But when the barons come to you with a specific mission, what sort of work do you usually do? Choose
Characteristics
House agents are diverse. Consider the house you serve and the work you do when choosing characteristics.
D6
PERSONALITY TRAIT
1
I’m always looking to improve
Backgrounds
Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
, and a purse containing 20 gp.
Role
You are always gathering information for your house. But when the barons come to you with a specific mission, what sort of work do you usually do? Choose your
Characteristics
House agents are diverse. Consider the house you serve and the work you do when choosing characteristics.
D6
PERSONALITY TRAIT
1
I’m always looking to improve
Backgrounds
Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
purse containing 20 gp.
Role
You are always gathering information for your house. But when the barons come to you with a specific mission, what sort of work do you usually do? Choose your role or roll
agents are diverse. Consider the house you serve and the work you do when choosing characteristics.
D6
PERSONALITY TRAIT
1
I’m always looking to improve efficiency.
2
Backgrounds
Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
a purse containing 20 gp.
Role
You are always gathering information for your house. But when the barons come to you with a specific mission, what sort of work do you usually do? Choose your role or
House agents are diverse. Consider the house you serve and the work you do when choosing characteristics.
D6
PERSONALITY TRAIT
1
I’m always looking to improve efficiency
Backgrounds
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
complimented me on my work.
Non-Azorius Contacts
d10
Contact
1
Roll an additional Azorius contact; you can decide if the contact is an ally or a rival.
2
The person who
the entire city, your place in the Azorius can easily bring you into contact with members of other guilds, for good or ill.
Roll twice on the Azorius Contacts table (for an ally and a rival) and
Backgrounds
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
As a member of the Boros Legion, your life is devoted to the service of angels and consecrated to the work of establishing justice and peace on the streets of Ravnica. You might be a true believer
the more warfare-oriented aspects of the legion’s work.
Personality Traits
d8
Personality Trait
1
I approach every task with the same high degree of military precision
Backgrounds
Tomb of Annihilation
disappeared on an expedition some time ago.
3
I have a friendly rival. Only one of us can be the best, and I aim to prove it’s me.
4
I won’t sell an art object or other treasure that
museum, or a university.
d6
Flaw
1
I have a secret fear of some common wild animal—and in my work, I see them everywhere.
2
I can’t leave a room without
Backgrounds
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
encounters with members of other guilds are more often violent than friendly, but occasional bonds do form.
Roll twice on the Gruul Contacts table (for an ally and a rival) and once on the Non-Gruul
spiritual guidance at times.
5
Roll an additional Gruul contact; you can decide if the contact is an ally or a rival.
6
An Izzet scientist blames the Gruul for the destruction of his life’s
Backgrounds
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
motivation behind another strike performed in a different part of the city, or simply to spread fear.
As part of your covert work for House Dimir, you maintain a false identity as a member of another guild
Contacts table, giving you an ally who serves as your contact in Dimir. Then roll twice on the table for your secondary guild. The first roll gives you an ally there, and the second roll gives you a rival
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
often work together, with emerald dragons tracking the source of an incursion while sapphire dragons plan and execute a decisive purge—or recruit agents to do it for them.
Emerald dragons&rsquo
convinced to defend the school in a contest against a rival college.
7
An emerald dragon invisibly tails a party of adventurers, causing trouble for the heroes so the dragon can watch how they respond
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
events makes them particularly useful to their sapphire dragon cousins, who hunt down Aberrations and seek evidence of Far Realm incursions into the Material Plane. These gem dragons often work
the school in a contest against a rival college.
7
An emerald dragon invisibly tails a party of adventurers, causing trouble for the heroes so the dragon can watch how they respond.
8
An
races
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
With ever-changing appearances, changelings reside in many societies undetected. Each changeling can supernaturally adopt any face they like. For some changelings, a new face is only a disguise. For
other changelings, a new face may reveal an aspect of their soul.
The first changelings in the multiverse appeared in the Feywild, and the wondrous, mutable essence of that plane lingers in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
work of the Jhorash’tar, a rival clan, or some force from below the mountains. Other clans have tried to claim the Noldrun lands, but this has always met with disaster.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
the Monster Manual. You may use some, all, or none of these tools, and feel free to customize how they work. Your group’s enjoyment is paramount, so make these rules your own, aiming to match your group’s tastes. Tasha prepares to win another game of wizardly chess against her rival Mordenkainen.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
work of the Jhorash’tar, a rival clan, or some force from below the mountains. Other clans have tried to claim the Noldrun lands, but this has always met with disaster.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
Rivals Rivals are NPCs who oppose the characters and make their presence felt whenever the characters are engaging in downtime. A rival might be a villain you have featured in past adventures or plan
good are all examples of rivals. A rival’s agenda changes over time. Though the characters engage in downtime only between adventures, their rivals rarely rest, continuing to spin plots and work against the characters even when the characters are off doing something else.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
the Monster Manual. You may use some, all, or none of these tools, and feel free to customize how they work. Your group’s enjoyment is paramount, so make these rules your own, aiming to match your group’s tastes. Tasha prepares to win another game of wizardly chess against her rival Mordenkainen.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
Healthy Competition When the characters make their choice of which agent they want to work with, whatever agent they turn down immediately arranges to send out their own competing expedition. (If the
characters agree to work for both agents, both agents might still send out second redundant expeditions as insurance.) These expeditions are composed of five cultist servants, led either by the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
. If questioned about his motivations, he claims that Acererak took his family hostage, and will not release them until Moghadam completes his work. The truth is that the artificer has no family. He
delights in creating despair, and works on the tomb in the hope that his name will go down alongside Acererak’s in legend. Moghadam competes with a rival artificer named Thessalar, who operates out of a