compared rites great to her records

Book of Vile Darkness

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide

disappears, your Attunement to it ends immediately, and you lose all benefits granted by it. If you die while attuned to the book, an entity of great evil claims your soul. You can’t be restored to life

, foul rites that allow one to transform into a death knight or lich, or long-lost spells crafted by beings so evil their names ought never to be spoken aloud. Vile Speech. While the book is on your

Cloistered Scholar

Backgrounds Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide

As a child, you were inquisitive when your playmates were possessive or raucous. In your formative years, you found your way to one of Faerûn’s great institutes of learning , where you

of knowledge. The most well known of Faerûn’s fonts of knowledge is Candlekeep. The great library is always in need of workers and attendants, some of whom rise through the ranks to

Circle of Stars Legacy

Classes Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything

revealing and understanding these secrets, the Circle of the Stars seeks to harness the powers of the cosmos. Many druids of this circle keep records of the constellations and the stars’ effects on the

underground temples— any construction durable enough to protect the circle’s sacred knowledge even against a great cataclysm.

Titivilus

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

travels farther than the sprawling city that lies outside his palace. Dispater is correct to fear, but the true threat comes not from without. The lord’s great error was allowing himself to be

seduced by Titivilus, who beguiled his way into being the primary advisor in Dispater’s household. Although Titivilus is inferior in physical strength and power when compared to other

Sage - Baldur's Gate

Backgrounds Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus

published in Baldur’s Mouth, you can surmise a great deal about Baldurians’ secrets — who’s practicing necromancy, who’s involved in spying or smuggling, who would purchase or

convey the impression of great erudition. 2 I’ve read every book in the world’s greatest libraries—or I like to boast that I have. 3 I’m used to helping out those who

Courtier

Backgrounds Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide

gain access to the records and inner workings of any noble court or government you encounter. You know who the movers and shakers are, whom to go to for the favors you seek, and what the current

1 The workshop where I learned my trade is the most important place in the world to me. 2 I created a great work for someone, and then found them unworthy to receive it. I’m still

Lady Illmarrow

Monsters Eberron: Rising from the Last War

island domain. Long ago, it was revealed that the elven line of Vol — a house that practiced the art of necromancy and bore the Dragonmark of Death — was engaged in secret blood rites

is destroyed. Thus, even Erandis herself doesn’t know the location or form of her phylactery. Restoring the Mark. Though she takes great pleasure in fighting the dragons and elves who destroyed

Young Sapphire Dragon