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                                                    Storm King's Thunder
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    "} piercing damage.Veterans are professional fighters that take up arms for pay or to protect something they believe in or value. Their ranks include soldiers retired from long service and warriors who never
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     served anyone but themselves.
The city of Mirabar's defense falls to the Axe of Mirabar, a well-armed garrison. All members of the Axe of Mirabar are shield dwarves.
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     in Gracklstugh, a duergar city in the Underdark. They mass-produce and distribute a filthy duergar ale made from mushrooms. Xardorok has been eager to take a fourth wife and has had his eye on
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     at seduction. She has begun plotting with disenfranchised advisors and warriors in his ranks to overthrow him when the moment is right. Ironically, despite his paranoia, Xardorok is too blinded by his
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    Forgotten Realms: Heroes of Faerûn
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     Clothes, Manacles, Portable Ram, 4 GP; or (B) 50 GP
The chief law enforcement branch of Baldur’s Gate is the Flaming Fist, a brawny mercenary guild led by the city’s grand duke. You once
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     of the toughest, most resilient warriors along the Sword Coast, and you seek to maintain that reputation.
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    ’s lair.
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Powerful infernal creatures have opened a portal in the middle of a city square. The key to closing the portal is a mythical holy weapon that happens to be the pride and joy of a
                                                
                                            
                                                
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A sapphire dragon invites warriors to vie for the honor of studying military tactics under the dragon. The front-runner is an infamous bandit leader who will undoubtedly terrorize the area if
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     portal in the middle of a city square. The key to closing the portal is a mythical holy weapon that happens to be the pride and joy of a sapphire dragon’s hoard.
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A sapphire dragon
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     when a sapphire dragon took up residence nearby. Ridding the village of the spiders means tampering with the dragon’s food supply.
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A sapphire dragon invites warriors to vie for the honor
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     Serpents of the Dreaming City draws power from an ancient amethyst dragon, which the cultists keep in eternal slumber with braziers of enchanted smoke.
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A rogue purple worm swallowed a large
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     able to awaken psionic potential in others, and many of the greatest psi warriors in history were the dragon’s students.
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After centuries guarding the world against incursions from the Far
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     seeks adventurers to lead into battle against the mind flayer;mind flayers that usurped the dragon’s lair.
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Powerful infernal creatures have opened a portal in the middle of a city square
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     nearby. Ridding the village of the spiders means tampering with the dragon’s food supply.
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A sapphire dragon invites warriors to vie for the honor of studying military tactics under the
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     flayer;mind flayers that usurped the dragon’s lair.
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Powerful infernal creatures have opened a portal in the middle of a city square. The key to closing the portal is a mythical holy
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     tampering with the dragon’s food supply.
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A sapphire dragon invites warriors to vie for the honor of studying military tactics under the dragon. The front-runner is an infamous bandit leader
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                     danger they face. Guards are perceptive, but most have little martial training. They might be bouncers, lookouts, members of a city watch, or other keen-eyed warriors.
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     of mounted, heavily armored warriors of noble blood, most knightly orders in Faerûn don’t restrict their membership to such individuals. The goals and philosophies of the order are more
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                    , such as the brutal Warlock Knights of Vaasa. Other knighthoods are secular and nongovernmental organizations of warriors who follow a particular philosophy, or consider themselves a kind of extended
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     service to your hometown was to help police its populace, protecting the citizenry from lawbreakers and malefactors of every stripe.
You might have been part of the City Watch of Waterdeep, the baton
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                    -wielding police force of the City of Splendors, protecting the common folk from thieves and rowdy nobility alike. Or you might have been one of the valiant defenders of Silverymoon, a member of the
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    
You’ve always been fascinated by the glitter and glamor of city life, so different from the slow pace of life in your homeland. Now you’re here, ready to make your mark in the world, but
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     the path to Baldur’s Gate fully understanding the complex social morass that awaits. You enter the city an outsider, and it’s likely that—no matter how long you spend in the city&mdash
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                    Centaur
                                                    
    
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                                                    Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    In the sprawling city of Ravnica, where “open road” seems like a contradiction and “open plain” is sheer nonsense, centaurs nevertheless retain a love of wide spaces and the
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                    . Though they are smaller than a human rider mounted on a horse, they fill similar roles as cavalry warriors, messengers, outriders, and scouts.
Affinity for Nature
Centaurs have an affinity for the
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                    Kenku
                                                    
    
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                                                    Volo's Guide to Monsters
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    
The map we found showed the entrance to the Priest King’s treasure cache right in the middle of the ruined section of the city. We approached our destination without issue, but as we arrived
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     at the burned-out building, a sudden cacophony erupted around us. Birds squawked, cats hissed, and dogs growled. Lidda hustled us back to the city’s safer avenues. Only when we were back within
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                    Yuan-ti Pureblood
                                                    
    
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                                                    Volo's Guide to Monsters
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     cluster of allied city-states. Conquered neighbors were allowed to keep their leaders and culture so long as they paid tribute, swore allegiance to the victors, and incorporated their conquerors
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     one city-state were killed and eaten to create the first yuan-ti, and once the news of how to perform these rituals spread to other leaders, the call for slaves to fuel the process increased. As the
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     called the Chill. Unlike most of their kind, the Chill refrains from raiding the people of the North and maintains relatively good relations so that they can hire themselves out as warriors. Few city
                                                
                                            
                                                
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Might. In life as in war, the stronger force wins. (Evil)
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Live and Let Live. Ideals aren’t worth killing over or going to war for. (Neutral)
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Nation. My city, nation, or
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                    Folk Hero
                                                    
    
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                                                     home communities remain very important to them.
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Personality Trait
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I judge people by their actions, not their words.
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If someone is in trouble, I’m always ready to
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     failure.
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The people who knew me when I was young know my shameful secret, so I can never go home again.
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I have a weakness for the vices of the city, especially hard drink.
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                                                    Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    Baldur’s Gate is a city badly in need of heroes, and every so often, one rises from among its own. Ordinary people who rise to greatness are beloved in local history, but the popular
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     find a way to salvation.
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You helped break a Guild protection racket afflicting a community of immigrants in the Outer City. Now, you can’t travel through that part of the city without your
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                    Kobold
                                                    
    
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                                                    Volo's Guide to Monsters
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    , they might build a warren and make a permanent home there, while continuing to expand the town’s sewers as the community grows. These so-called “city kobolds” live underground but
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     undetected and don’t give their targets reason to harm them. For example, a group of city kobolds might sneak into a cobbler’s house at night to loot it of knives, leather bits, nails, and
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    . Once the characters are ready, the gnomes happily launch the characters one by one from the southwest city wall and over the Dragon Army forces below. After flying several hundred feet, the characters land a short distance from the tree line and Hawker’s Grove.
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                    Dragonnel Reinforcements When you’re ready for the characters to turn their focus to the flying citadel, read the following text: A scout rushes to you with a message. Only minutes ago, a small group
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     trouble, I’m always ready to lend help.
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When I set my mind to something, I follow through no matter what gets in my way.
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I have a strong sense of fair play and always try to find
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     city, especially hard drink.
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Secretly, I believe that things would be better if I were a tyrant lording over the land.
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I have trouble trusting in my allies.
 
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     Kalaman troops. Read the introduction to scenario 8 in Dragonlance: Warriors of Krynn, then play that scenario. This scenario details the flight of the Kalaman forces from the City of Lost Names. If the
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                    Escaping the Enemy Once the characters escape the City of Lost Names, they’ll want to rejoin the Kalaman forces. They can use the fargab to learn where Darrett and their allies are; otherwise, soon
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    Tier Breche The Great Stair of Tier Breche rises from the floor of Menzoberranzan to the cavern housing the three branches of the Academy: Melee-Magthere, a pyramid-shaped edifice where drow warriors
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     are forbidden from entering this part of the city. The stone steps are some three hundred feet wide and rise nearly the same distance. A pair of giant jade spiders flanks the stairway at the top
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    City of the Dead I could write a book about the City of the Dead. It is such a fascinating place, filled with so much history and so many stories. But alas, there would be few buyers for Volo’s Guide
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     to the City of the Dead, since it would be of interest mainly to Waterdavians — and the topic is one about which they are already intimately knowledgeable. The City of the Dead is no drab cemetery
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     left Mount Celestia and went to Elturel, where she rallied an army of warriors and trained them to fight in the Blood War. She promised them that when they were ready, she would lead them into battle on
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     to the archdevil Bel and his infernal legions. Many of Zariel’s warriors fought bravely, but for others, the horrors of the Nine Hells proved too great. They fled back through the portal, sealing it
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     adjoining caverns. The two southernmost caves serve as barracks for the rank-and-file drow warriors of the outpost. Six warriors dwell in each barracks, each set up with a pallet, a small zurkhwood
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     lit. One drow is present in each of the barracks caves at any time, resting in a meditative trance. A resting drow rises at any significant light or noise, ready to attack. Treasure The equipment of
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     trained drow warriors and mages, bolstered by armed slaves and magical wards; the citizens of the city create a formidable militia
 Commerce: Well-trained slaves; various fungi, molds, and exotic
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     city), the Church of Lolth (based in Arach-Tinilith), Bregan D’aerthe (company of drow spies, mercenaries, and assassins)
 The City of Spiders is carved out of and built within a great cavern the
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    Day of Dread When you’re ready to proceed with this section, the characters hear a commotion in Castle Kalaman or the city streets. Scouts have returned to the city with news: A flying citadel has
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     been spotted to the northwest of the city. Beneath it, the Red Dragon Army has begun to march toward Kalaman. This news ushers in an uneasy day of waiting as the city braces for battle. As the day
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    City Watch  You have served the community where you grew up, standing as its first line of defense against crime. You aren’t a soldier, directing your gaze outward at possible enemies. Instead, your
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     service to your hometown was to help police its populace, protecting the citizenry from lawbreakers and malefactors of every stripe. You might have been part of the City Watch of Waterdeep, the baton
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     attack on the city, Darrett urges the characters to rest. He sends scouts to learn where Lord Soth and his retinue went after fleeing the city. The following day, Darrett meets the characters with the
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     Dragon Army has split its forces. A contingent is inexplicably heading into the Northern Wastes. Darrett doesn’t know much beyond this at the moment. When the characters are ready, he leads them to meet with Marshal Vendri.
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     tend crops for the giants. In exchange, the giants leave them alone. The two kinds of yakfolk, warriors and priests, are described in appendix C. Also present in the village are Humanoid prisoners that
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     the dwarves from attacking Ironslag, mostly by assuring the citadel’s leaders that the yakfolk pose no immediate threat. They also stand ready to assassinate Adbar’s ruler, King Harnoth, if he tries to
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    Starting Point: Clifftop Sharn is a city with an appetite for adventure. It’s the gateway to Xen’drik, a land filled with mystery and danger. Eccentric nobles and dragonmarked barons alike need
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     adventurer with a reputation established, and you’re always ready for the next challenge. When you live in Clifftop every day brings a new thrilling challenge—a new chance to put your life on the line in pursuit of fame and fortune.
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     priests and warriors from Aerenal is sworn to destroy all evil undead. The Devout of the Celestial Crown. One of many liturgical councils that serve a mostly administrative role for the priests of the
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     Sovereign Host, the Devout manage a large portion of the city of Sharn. The Gatekeepers. This ancient druid sect seeks to defend nature against aberrations, fiends, and undead.
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     of a visitor. A priest from the House of Convalescence also attends the gate, ready to assist the ailing. It’s possible to bypass the Passage of Respite by teleporting or flying into the city, but anyone caught doing so faces massive fines, and repeat offenders risk banishment.
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                    Entering the Citadel Most visitors come to the city by passage on one of the Concord Jewels. However, it’s possible to find the Citadel through exploration of the Deep Ethereal. The Auroral Diamond
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Radiant Citadel
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     of a visitor. A priest from the House of Convalescence also attends the gate, ready to assist the ailing. It’s possible to bypass the Passage of Respite by teleporting or flying into the city, but anyone caught doing so faces massive fines, and repeat offenders risk banishment.
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                    Entering the Citadel Most visitors come to the city by passage on one of the Concord Jewels. However, it’s possible to find the Citadel through exploration of the Deep Ethereal. The Auroral Diamond
                                                
                                            
                                        






