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Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
good that even if some people you meet have heard of your homeland, they know merely the name and perhaps a few outrageous stories. You have come to this part of Faerûn for your own reasons, which
you might or might not choose to share.
Although you will undoubtedly find some of this land’s ways to be strange and discomfiting, you can also be sure that some things its people take for
Magic Items
Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
With covers made of skin and fittings of bone, this tome is cold to the touch, and it whispers faintly. When found, the book contains the following spells, which are wizard spells for you while you
following ways while holding it:
If you spend 1 minute studying the book, you can expend 1 charge to replace one of your prepared wizard spells with a different spell in the book. The new spell must be
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
maggots, and contorting their limbs in impossible ways as they scuttle across the ground.PoisonAcid, Cold, Fire, Lightning, Thunder; Bludgeoning, Piercing, and Slashing from Nonmagical AttacksControl
vehicle, rousing the body from death. Dybbuks delight in terrorizing other creatures by making their host bodies behave in horrifying ways—throwing up gouts of blood, excreting piles of squirming
Species
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
. Their reasons are often deeply personal. Some seek danger, imagining monsters as personifications of their own hungers. Others pursue revenge against whatever turned them into a dhampir. And still
overindulge their thirst risk losing control and forever viewing others as prey. Those who resist might find exceptional ways of controlling their urges or suppress them through constant, molar-grinding
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
than a blurry streak of color. Only when it stops running do its small, slender form and cold, cruel eyes become apparent.
Quicklings owe their existence—and their plight—to the Queen of
looking.
Tricks of that sort are hardly the limit of their artful malice, however. They don’t commit outright murder, but quicklings can ruin lives in plenty of other ways, such as by stealing an important letter, swiping coins collected for the poor, or planting a stolen item in someone’s bag.
Backgrounds
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
Coming to Baldur’s Gate might seem like a good idea for a spectrum of reasons. Profit, excitement, and cosmopolitan opportunities all present tempting prospects, but rarely does one start on
nomad, an explorer, a recluse, a hunter-gatherer, or even a marauder. Even in places where you don’t know the specific features of the terrain, you know the ways of the wild.
Skill
Monsters
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
kept them alive through countless harsh winters. The Reghed wear heavy furs as well as gloves, boots, and masks made of animal hide, to protect themselves from the bitter cold.
Although they originally
Reghed tribes, but the others have all disbanded over the past century, with many of their former members settling in Ten-Towns and abandoning their traditional ways.
The Reghed tribes rely on a nomadic
Monsters
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
through countless harsh winters. The Reghed wear heavy furs as well as gloves, boots, and masks made of animal hide, to protect themselves from the bitter cold.
Although they originally descended from
the others have all disbanded over the past century, with many of their former members settling in Ten-Towns and abandoning their traditional ways.
The Reghed tribes rely on a nomadic lifestyle to
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
to please and thereby escape further attention from her cold gaze. All the original thirteen remain alive, thanks to their cunning and their willingness to do whatever is necessary to survive
bear an array of spells to turn other creatures into their agents, influencing their decisions in subtle ways and making them unwitting accomplices in their own destruction. Nagpas are extraordinarily
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
of their former selves. Coral encrusts them. Barnacles cling to their cold skin. Lungs that once filled with air can now breathe in water as well.
Tales provide myriad reasons for these strange
Goliath
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Elemental Evil Player's Companion
away in the night to seek the cold will of fate.
In some ways, the goliath drive to outdo themselves feeds into the grim inevitability of their decline and death. A goliath would much rather die in
goliath, and fewer still can claim friendship with them. Goliaths wander a bleak realm of rock, wind, and cold. Their bodies look as if they are carved from mountain stone and give them great
Species
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
forge, the cold of high mountain air, the spark of inspiration, and the scouring touch of acid that purifies.
Creating Your Character
When you create your D&D character, you decide whether your
affect creatures of certain types in different ways. For example, the cure wounds spell doesn’t work on a Construct or an Undead.
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
in platinum scales, his physical features combine various elements of the five kinds of metallic dragons—according to some scholars, combining them in different ways with each manifestation of
allies enjoy the full benefit of his mercy. His breath can wreak monumental destruction and work miraculous healing, and few things in the mortal world can cause him lasting harm.Acid, Cold, Fire
Species
Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
“But you do see the way people look at you, devil’s child.”
Those black eyes, cold as a winter storm, were staring right into her heart and the sudden seriousness in his voice
personality to any great degree. Years of dealing with mistrust does leave its mark on most tieflings, and they respond to it in different ways. Some choose to live up to the wicked stereotype, but others
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
winter wolf;winter wolves loyal to a frost giant, intent on convincing the wolves to change their evil ways.
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A lonely werebear enjoys long conversations with a young crystal dragon but doesn
’s act, in exchange for a portion of the take from the charlatan’s clients.
Cold, Radiant
Yuan-ti Malison (Type 3)
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Monster Manual (2014)
bound themselves to the worship of the serpent gods and imitated their ways, indulging in cannibalism and humanoid sacrifice. Through foul sorcery, the yuan-ti bred with snakes, utterly sacrificing
or were defeated by those who fought against their cannibalism and slavery, and the serpent folk were left in the ruins of their great capitals, far removed from other races.
Cold of Heart. Humanoid
Halfling
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Basic Rules (2014)
among them usually venture into the world for reasons of community, friendship, wanderlust, or curiosity. They love discovering new things, even simple things, such as an exotic food or an unfamiliar
land beyond their quiet shires. They typically don’t recognize any sort of halfling nobility or royalty, instead looking to family elders to guide them. Families preserve their traditional ways
Ranger
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Classes
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wave of fear that emanates from the dragon like the cold of its breath, she sends one arrow after another to find the gaps between the dragon’s thick scales. Holding his hand high, a half-elf
in a fight against monstrous foes are worth any extra burden. Coddled city folk might not know how to feed themselves or find fresh water in the wild, but they make up for it in other ways. Creating a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
ways. If the characters stopped Elemental Evil in its tracks, just think of all the other threats and rivals one could deploy them against. The characters have proved themselves capable of mighty deeds
five factions are strident about getting those nodes closed, though their reasons, methods, and encouragements vary.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
must be offset with creatures that are kind and lovable, giving the characters even more reasons to stand against the darkness. Here are a couple of ways to add glimmers of light to a tragic tale: In a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
following reasons: To encourage a party to discover information through teamwork To provide an opportunity for characters to use their skills in uncommon ways To make a setting feel more whimsical
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
ways. If the characters stopped Elemental Evil in its tracks, just think of all the other threats and rivals one could deploy them against. The characters have proved themselves capable of mighty deeds
five factions are strident about getting those nodes closed, though their reasons, methods, and encouragements vary.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
must be offset with creatures that are kind and lovable, giving the characters even more reasons to stand against the darkness. Here are a couple of ways to add glimmers of light to a tragic tale: In a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
following reasons: To encourage a party to discover information through teamwork To provide an opportunity for characters to use their skills in uncommon ways To make a setting feel more whimsical
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
exceptional ways of controlling their urges or suppress them through constant, molar-grinding restraint. In any case, temptation haunts dhampirs, and circumstances conspire to give them endless reasons to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
might be reasons to have one or more characters make saving throws to resist being frightened: The character experiences one of their Seeds of Fear. An enemy is immune to the character’s attacks or
spells. An enemy demonstrates it can deal enough damage to reduce a character to 0 hit points in one blow. A creature is alien or monstrous in ways the character never could have imagined. An object undermines a character’s understanding of reality.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
exceptional ways of controlling their urges or suppress them through constant, molar-grinding restraint. In any case, temptation haunts dhampirs, and circumstances conspire to give them endless reasons to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
might be reasons to have one or more characters make saving throws to resist being frightened: The character experiences one of their Seeds of Fear. An enemy is immune to the character’s attacks or
spells. An enemy demonstrates it can deal enough damage to reduce a character to 0 hit points in one blow. A creature is alien or monstrous in ways the character never could have imagined. An object undermines a character’s understanding of reality.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
and turned a skull-shaped fortress formerly occupied by frost giants into her abode. Her presence makes the island the most frigid place in the Far North. The cold is unbearable for many visitors
. They might visit the island for either of the following reasons: Vellynne Harpell, a member of the Arcane Brotherhood, invites the characters to join her on an expedition to the island (see chapter 4
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
and turned a skull-shaped fortress formerly occupied by frost giants into her abode. Her presence makes the island the most frigid place in the Far North. The cold is unbearable for many visitors
. They might visit the island for either of the following reasons: Vellynne Harpell, a member of the Arcane Brotherhood, invites the characters to join her on an expedition to the island (see chapter 4
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
are good that even if some people you meet have heard of your homeland, they know merely the name and perhaps a few outrageous stories. You have come to this part of Faerûn for your own reasons, which
you might or might not choose to share. Although you will undoubtedly find some of this land’s ways to be strange and discomfiting, you can also be sure that some things its people take for granted
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
are good that even if some people you meet have heard of your homeland, they know merely the name and perhaps a few outrageous stories. You have come to this part of Faerûn for your own reasons, which
you might or might not choose to share. Although you will undoubtedly find some of this land’s ways to be strange and discomfiting, you can also be sure that some things its people take for granted
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Stranger Things
The Upside Down The Upside Down is a kind of alternate dimension — an echo of the Material Plane (where we all live). That means in some ways it’s very similar to our world, but in others it’s
completely different. The Upside Down is a cold, dark place. It’s always night there, and the air is always cold (like just before a snow storm). You never feel warm in the Upside Down. Also, characters get
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
excellent refuge against the extreme cold. She tries to be as useful as possible while staking claim to her fair share of whatever treasure is found in Ythryn. She is particularly interested in magic items
, especially those of a wizardly bent (such as Iriolarthas’s staff of power). Vellynne’s Fall If the characters part ways with Vellynne for any reason, she tries to explore Ythryn alone and contracts the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Stranger Things
The Upside Down The Upside Down is a kind of alternate dimension — an echo of the Material Plane (where we all live). That means in some ways it’s very similar to our world, but in others it’s
completely different. The Upside Down is a cold, dark place. It’s always night there, and the air is always cold (like just before a snow storm). You never feel warm in the Upside Down. Also, characters get