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Mythic Odysseys of Theros
Erebos wields Mastix, a whip capable of extending like an impossibly long shadow. In the hands of the god of the dead, the whip snares the reluctant dead and drags them into his realm. When Erebos
’t be used again until the next dusk.
Blessing of the Dead. If you are a worshiper of Erebos, you gain all the following benefits for which you have the required piety:
Piety 1+. The whip has 1
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
private thoughts and concerns. If the characters read Grin’s thoughts or compel him to speak using magic or torture, Grin reveals that he has misgivings about Vizeran’s plan. Though he has no
Demogorgon’s rampage through the city, he becomes even more reluctant to see Vizeran’s plan through (see “A Change of Heart” later in this chapter). If the characters prod Grin for information about
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
winning.” Business Concerns Lady Dre was horrified by the attack, and she wants to make sure no other folk in the Rattle are in danger. Characters who succeed on a DC 12 Wisdom (Insight) check recognize
pick of the harvest. If the characters are reluctant to allow Lady Dre to accompany them, she tries to win them over by offering the use of her horses and a comfortable wagon. She remarks that if the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
Unscarred Like the great hero Haktos, you are resistant to physical harm. Use the Unscarred Origin table to determine how you gained your legendary invulnerability. Additionally, you gain the
mortal injuries.
2 I swallowed a magic stone that fell from Nyx, which made my skin hard as rock.
3 When I was wounded as a child, a god healed me. Now wounds are reluctant to undo the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
Nora Ann Wu Neutral Good Human Second Year (Prismari)
Rarely without a smile on her face, Nora is a kind person who is generous with her time and attention. This has led her to gain employment
thoughtfully handles concerns ranging from students’ homesickness to matters that require her to act as an advocate for another student.
Nora is a passionate member of the Distinguished Society of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
conflict is a great war of attrition — the combatants don’t often gain or lose territory as the result of battle. But on a personal scale, combat is brutal, with no quarter given or expected. The duergar
activity or to recover stolen treasures if they can do so without attracting too much attention. This eternal enmity between duergar and dwarves doesn’t consume either side; both have other concerns
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
enchantments protect the golem’s skin, deflecting spells and all but the most potent weapons. “Two of my gravediggers were caught and hanged yesterday. The other two are understandably reluctant to meet a
similar fate, but I shan’t let their concerns stall my progress. I need fresh corpses, and if those bumpkins can’t get them for me, I’ll use theirs instead.”
— From the diary of Evangeliza Lavain
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
concerns mid-game and support one another in doing so. Techniques for facilitating this are further explored in chapter 4. Add to Your Own Terror. Feel free to make horrific circumstance worse for
expect to escape a horror story unscathed. While your character should do everything they can to survive and triumph over challenges, any scars they gain along the way are part of what makes the horror meaningful and memorable.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
primarily as a meeting ground for him and his mate, the ancient white dragon Arveiaturace (“the White Wyrm”). She is aware of the cult’s activity but has been reluctant to join forces with it, and
Arauthator seeks a way to gain her commitment. At one time, Arveiaturace served a wizard named Meltharond, whose corpse remains strapped to a saddle on the dragon’s back. She has never accepted his death
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
primarily as a meeting ground for him and his mate, the ancient white dragon Arveiaturace (“the White Wyrm”). She is aware of the cult’s activity but has been reluctant to join forces with it, and
Arauthator seeks a way to gain her commitment. At one time, Arveiaturace served a wizard named Meltharond, whose corpse remains strapped to a saddle on the dragon’s back. She has never accepted his death
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
sits nearby.
If the castle alarms have not sounded, the characters gain a surprise round. The two stone giants, Wiglof and Hulda, are guests of the cloud giant. They are worried that Blagothkus’s
19) accessible from the upper courtyard, and that only giants can gain entry to the tower. Treasure The stone giants collect small-but-perfect gemstones, primarily amethysts but also diamonds, opals
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
sits nearby. If the castle alarms have not sounded, the characters gain a surprise round. The two stone giants, Wiglof and Hulda, are guests of the cloud giant. They are worried that Blagothkus’s
) accessible from the upper courtyard, and that only giants can gain entry to the tower. Treasure The stone giants collect small-but-perfect gemstones, primarily amethysts but also diamonds, opals, rubies
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
complex. Ilda knows nothing about the cultists, who have not entered this area. If the characters gain her confidence, Ilda can also offer the following information: Diderius’s passion was powerful
could drive a user insane unless the questions asked were specific and dealt only with the physical world, avoiding metaphysical concerns. Gazing into the pool without first offering a sacrifice was
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
it can to prevent the adventurers from leaving with Gromph’s grimoire (see “Treasure”). The characters can bargain with the trapped or defeated demon. It is reluctant to tell them what it knows, but
Lolth stands to gain from Gromph casting the ritual, the demon replies, “Chaos.” If the yochlol is killed, a character who investigates the grimoire can confirm beyond doubt that Gromph was responsible
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
dwell in the innermost parts of the complex. Ilda knows nothing about the cultists, who have not entered this area. If the characters gain her confidence, Ilda can also offer the following information
divination magic. The pool’s revelations could drive a user insane unless the questions asked were specific and dealt only with the physical world, avoiding metaphysical concerns. Gazing into the pool
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
world. Tenets of the Ancients The tenets of the Oath of the Ancients have been preserved for uncounted centuries. This oath emphasizes the principles of good above any concerns of law or chaos. Its
. Let the light of your joy and courage shine forth in all your deeds. Oath Spells You gain oath spells at the paladin levels listed. Oath of the Ancients Spells Paladin Level
Spells
3rd
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
is beauty. INSIDE THE MIND OF A GNOLL
From a journal recovered from a slain cultist of Yeenoghu:
Day 2: The subject continues to growl and struggle, despite the removal of its arms and legs. I
hands instead. The flesh was warm. I fed myself. I fed Yeenoghu.
Day 16: Third use of ritual. As my connection to my lord deepens, I leave my old concerns behind. His hunger is all that matters. It is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a5
scours Thay while the lich lord ignores all concerns other than his quest to become a god. If his mad plans are left to run their course, none will be left alive here to worship him.
“This is a
contact stones, the characters can also gain glyph key attunements for the zone in which the contact stone is situated. Syranna initially provides the party with one glyph key. The characters have three
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
takes 250 days to gain mastery of a language, consider allowing characters to navigate basic social interactions—such as asking for directions or conveying peaceful intentions—after 7 days of training
privately worship ancestral gods—deities of their family’s tradition with whom they form deep, personal connections. Divergent faiths abound, and some that begin as charlatanry inexplicably gain the power
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
gain surprise in the blizzard. Characters who have a passive Perception score of 16 or higher aren’t surprised. The bugbears were sent by Xanathar to retrieve a prisoner being held in the Zhent safe
armor. If the characters do Sora the courtesy of warning her about the meat, she happily shares her concerns about her naughty neighbors, along with descriptions of them. One is a pale, gaunt woman in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
into hierarchical ranks. Only storm giants, largely solitary and imagining themselves above such petty concerns, have no interest in ranking themselves. Regardless of a giant’s ranking within its kind
Cloud Giant Wealth d6 Adventure Hook 1 A cloud giant seeks to gain wealth by investing in an adventuring party (perhaps giving the characters magic items or other valuables) in exchange for a share
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
Mummy Lord Helge C. Balzer Those desperate to escape death sometimes make terrible bargains with wicked deities. Devoting their hearts to evil forces, these villains gain power over death and a
cursed immortality that binds their minds and spirits within a desiccated corpse. Freed from mortal concerns, these mummy lords pursue their obsessions across ages. Most mummy lords linger amid the ruins
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
Side Quests As the characters explore Port Nyanzaru, they might encounter NPCs who need their help. Given the urgency of their mission, characters might be reluctant to take on side quests. They are
for shedding the armor. If characters gain Undril’s respect, she’ll intercede strongly on their behalf if any difficulties arise with Commander Breakbone (as they’re likely to, as discussed in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
also force their agents to do their bidding under threat of annihilation. As creatures that don’t favor either cause, because they care nothing for the philosophical concerns of law and chaos, other
devils employ such creatures as scouts, who use their magic and other abilities to navigate the Abyss and gain intelligence about the demons’ activities. Adventurers hired by an agent of the Nine Hells to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
rafters and remain out of melee weapon range while attacking with her breath weapon or waiting for it to recharge, but she isn’t reluctant to drop down on ranged attackers. If the characters attempt to
parley with the dragon, she agrees to let them live in exchange for returning her eggs to her. Isendraug doesn’t gain lair actions and can’t cause regional effects in the vicinity of her lair
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
through the secret tunnel startle the dragon, who is reluctant to leave his treasures unguarded. Roleplaying Ashgarlyth. The characters can fight Ashgarlyth or attempt to negotiate with him. The dragon
companions were the ones who found Zikran’s Zephyrean Tome and used it to gain entry into Candlekeep.) A stray map describes a route to a mountain range farther south, labeled the Cloud Peaks. A
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
crotchety old dwarf with serious doubts regarding Tannus Thunderwind. However, Amara loves her daughter and is willing to trust her judgment. She carries no weapons at the wedding. Amara’s secret concerns
guests carry weapons, for the safety of all attending. Character-Building Exercise If the characters use an alternative plan to gain access to Horn Enclave, they might not play out the NPCs’ secret
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
wound or soothe with equal ease. As the Open Lord of Waterdeep, she holds great sway with all the delegates except Dagult Neverember, who believes that she engineered his removal from the position of Open
truth, Isteval has been drafted by Cormyr to gain insight into what looks to be a war brewing on its western border. Isteval has too much respect for the other delegates to hide this information from
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
wound or soothe with equal ease. As the Open Lord of Waterdeep, she holds great sway with all the delegates except Dagult Neverember, who believes that she engineered his removal from the position of Open
truth, Isteval has been drafted by Cormyr to gain insight into what looks to be a war brewing on its western border. Isteval has too much respect for the other delegates to hide this information from
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
wound or soothe with equal ease. As the Open Lord of Waterdeep, she holds great sway with all the delegates except Dagult Neverember, who believes that she engineered his removal from the position of Open
truth, Isteval has been drafted by Cormyr to gain insight into what looks to be a war brewing on its western border. Isteval has too much respect for the other delegates to hide this information from
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
). Reluctant Little Tyrants. One of the first steps hobgoblins take when a tribe of goblins joins the host is to train the gatherers and the pariahs as soldiers, effectively elevating those goblins
on each head that direct the beast by controlling the view of its blinkered eyes. Former slaves, often soldiers who once fought against the host, who now fight alongside the host to gain better
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
sacrifices, which they offer up to Auril to gain the Frostmaiden’s favor. King Gunvald Halraggson The thirty-year-old Bear King cuts an impressive figure and is renowned for his size and strength. He
, Froya, so the future of his royal line remains uncertain. Auril’s unyielding winter concerns Jarund deeply, and he often turns to his shaman, Mjenir, for guidance. The king respects the shaman’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
vanish from a creature before it can gain any more charms by eating purple pears. A creature that eats three or more purple pears within 1 hour is poisoned for 24 hours thereafter and suffers painful
as far as the dryad’s grove (area H36) before taking refuge in this cave. The nothics use their Weird Insight to glean secrets from the characters. They are reluctant to provoke a well-armed group of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
reluctant to share her concerns with strangers. Trouble in Red Larch. When orders for her stone are backed up, Mellikho usually has her stonecutters work a night shift by torchlight. Over the last month or
human commoner). She is the fortyish matriarch of her family and a pleasant, sturdy woman. She is increasingly worried about “what’s gathering in the dark” in Red Larch and brings up her concerns with
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
find easier work for more money elsewhere in the city. Quick-thinking characters can seize this opportunity to pretend to be masons, carpenters, or other craftspeople to gain access to the basement
. He is reluctant to allow anyone other than worshipers of Oghma into the Vault of Tomes, but characters with his favor have an easy time convincing him of their need to do obscure research or similar