confession readily given to have rejection

Sword of Zariel

Magic Items Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus

misquote) religious texts. 6 I anger quickly when I witness cruelty or injustice. 7 My praise and trust are earned and never given freely. 8 I like everything clean and organized

1 I am too quick to judge others. 2 I offer forgiveness too readily. 3 I will sacrifice innocent lives for the greater good. 4 Flaw? What flaw? I am flawless. Utter perfection

Halfling Legacy

Species Basic Rules (2014)

avoid unwanted attention. Halflings work readily with others, and they are loyal to their friends, whether halfling or otherwise. They can display remarkable ferocity when their friends, families, or

wide and wonder-filled world. For them, adventuring is less a career than an opportunity or sometimes a necessity. Halfling Names A halfling has a given name, a family name, and possibly a nickname

Human Legacy

Species Basic Rules (2014)

sang from every page. Long into the night Liriel read, lighting candle after precious candle. She’d never given much thought to humans, but these stories fascinated her. In these yellowed

shorter lives that they strive to achieve as much as they can in the years they are given. Or maybe they feel they have something to prove to the elder races, and that’s why they build their mighty

Triton Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

. The tritons’ limited view of the world leaves them ignorant of the kingdoms, wars, and other struggles of the surface world. Tritons readily see such concerns as minor events, a sideshow to

readily sacrifice themselves for the common good. They will fight and die for humans, merfolk, and other creatures without question. Their self-absorbed nature makes them overlook the history of other

Goblin Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

the symbols used are rarely the same between different tribes and often make little sense to other creatures. Some possible status symbols are given in the Status Symbols table. A caste or a boss

patience needed to learn and practice wizardry, and they fare poorly even when given access to the necessary training and knowledge. Sorcerers are less prevalent among them than in many other races, and

Using the Maps

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

the DM’s eyes only. As the characters explore locations on a given map, you can redraw portions of the map on graph paper, a wet-erase mat, or other surface to help your players visualize locations that

rendered. You can omit details that are not readily visible (such as secret doors and other hidden features) until the characters are able to detect and interact with them. Slopes and Staircases. On all

Using the Maps

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen

locations on a given map, you can redraw portions of the map on graph paper, a wet-erase mat, or another surface to help your players visualize locations that might have unusual shapes or features. Your maps

don’t need to be exact replicas of the originals, and you can alter their features as you see fit. Omit details that aren’t readily visible (such as secret doors and other hidden features) until the

Using the Maps

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk

the DM’s eyes only. As the characters explore locations on a given map, you can redraw portions of the map on graph paper, a wet-erase mat, or other surface to help your players visualize locations that

rendered. You can omit details that are not readily visible (such as secret doors and other hidden features) until the characters are able to detect and interact with them. Poster Map The double-sided poster

Area Information

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rrakkma

alchemy supplies, can readily tell the difference given 10 minutes and use of his supplies (no check required). The high priest used to hang from the bar by leather straps. There he'd sleep as the

Using the Maps

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin

Using the Maps This book contains a number of interior maps. Interior Maps Maps that appear in this book are for the DM only. As the characters explore locations on a given map, you can redraw

, and you can alter a map’s features as you see fit. Nor do your maps need to be painstakingly rendered. Omit details that aren’t readily visible (such as secret doors and other hidden features) until

Mogis's Champions

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros

disposed to acts of wanton violence. Over the eons, he has found that the betrayed, the disgusted, and the disfavored are readily turned to a life of murderous service, to be discarded just as easily

instrument of his wrath. 6 You have no idea why Mogis chose you, but his hate seeps into your being day by day nonetheless. Devotion to Mogis Following Mogis is a definitive rejection of ethical

Thornwall Keep

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen

-floor library. If Darrett is with the characters, he distributes the hand pies he bought for breakfast. If he’s not, he arrives soon after the characters and does the same. Becklin readily makes small

. The characters all recall hearing Ispin’s story of being given the shield by a unicorn in the far-off forest of Darken Wood. None can say if this is true or another of Ispin’s tall tales. Becklin gives

Arriving at Blingdenstone

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss

characters win the gnomes’ trust, they are welcomed into Inner Blingdenstone, and to what food and comfort the locals can readily provide. ROLEPLAYING THE SVIRFNEBLIN Deep gnomes are a dour lot

, reserved and careful in their dealings with outsiders. They make the assumption that every non-svirfneblin means to do them harm — which is understandable given their history. They speak softly in caves

Using the Maps

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight

to keep track of where the characters are in the carnival at any given time. The reverse side of the poster map shows the Feywild domain of Prismeer, now divided into three splinter-realms called

numbers eight and three. Can you find them all? Interior Maps Maps that appear in this book are for your eyes only. As the characters explore locations on a given map, you can redraw portions of

Converted Windmill: Autumn

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist

the subject of faithful commitment, he treated her poorly, for his true love was Neverwinter. Kalain became enraged after Dagult’s rejection and turned to painting monsters that, in her mind

unlocks the outer doors of Kalain’s residence. Displayed in every room except area W5 is one of Kalain’s paintings. To determine the subject of any given painting, roll a d12 and consult the Painting

Goblins

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters

used are rarely the same between different tribes and often make little sense to other creatures. Some possible status symbols are given in the Status Symbols table. A caste or a boss might display

. Goblins typically lack the intelligence and patience needed to learn and practice wizardry, and they fare poorly even when given access to the necessary training and knowledge. Sorcerers are less

Landgrave's Folly

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh

. The characters can’t proceed into the temple without some means of breathing underwater, such as caps of water breathing or the potions found in area T6. Potions of water breathing are also readily

characters give the aboleths a reason to be paranoid (which is easy to do, given their natural inclinations), these creatures attack. L3. Landgrave’s Pit The light that fills the pit originates in the

Guild

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything

adventurers and other individuals who deal with large sums of wealth. They exchange coin for gemstones as readily as they find buyers for historical relics and recovered art. 5 Philosophical Faction

DM decides if the guild has tutors available for a given subject. Guild Contact Even as a member in good standing of the guild, you can’t simply stroll up to the guild master and demand their attention

Lower Level Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves

necessary to protect Ronnom from enemies who seek to destroy him and House Daamos. Convincing Skalanthas of Ronnom’s villainy is difficult, given the dragon’s fondness for Ronnom’s mother and history with

Ronnom to confess his crimes in exchange for his life. If Skalanthas witnesses this confession, the dragon feels betrayed and enforces any agreement Ronnom is forced to make with the characters. See

The Dark Seldarine

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes

cunning — a trait that drow attach more importance to than they do to sanity. Give no quarter to drow, for none shall be given to you. Capture by drow means certain death, either as a sacrifice or after

many centuries, spurning both Lolth and Corellon, for he was not wholly given over to evil but neither was he fully aligned with the forces of light. Eventually his path crossed that of Eilistraee

Dragon Relationships

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

. One key to this devotion is the fact that a dragon’s power is more concrete than the power of most gods; the supernatural fear inspired by a dragon’s presence readily translates into reverence among

from powerful adventurers who can protect the nation from conquest. (Emperor) 8 As the characters become powerful enough that they might conceivably threaten a dragon ruler, they are given a

Dungeon Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus

Gate. Given time, Thavius thinks he can use the shield to drag Baldur’s Gate down into Avernus. Thavius craves power and the appreciation of his hellish masters. However, he abhors violence and avoids

innocent of wrongdoing. His altered shadow is not damning enough evidence. Convincing Reya that Thavius is corrupt can be accomplished by forcing a confession out of him with a successful DC 15

The Foundry

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a2

fell. Unlike the Mountain Door or the Glitterhame, which offer exits to the surface world, the Foundry isn’t readily accessible. The area isn’t abandoned, though. Undead horrors wait in its darkest

and there a remnant of something valuable can be salvaged from the trash. Roll a d10 the first time a character searches a given room; on a result of 10, the character uncovers a semiprecious stone

Howling Hatred Cultists

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse

melee attack. Howling Hatred Initiate Howling Hatred initiates are attracted by the cult’s philosophy of non-attachment and the rejection of material things, unaware of the cult’s true nature. The

rake and bandit formerly known as Harald Grayspear, Windharrow was given his new name by Aerisi Kalinoth. When Aerisi was still with her family, Harald charmed and flattered his way into her favor. When

Faerûn

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide

have been given special dispensation by one of the oligarchs. So pervasive is the sway of Amn’s oligarchy that few crimes merit physical punishment but those that involve the use of arcane magic or an

revere Silvanus, Malar, and occasionally Selûne. Given the Dambrathans’ history of domination by the Crinti, a ruling caste of half-drow, it is no surprise that they reserve their greatest hatred for

Maelstrom Level 2

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder

Serissa’s trust, the characters might try to convince her that Mirran and Nym are complicit in the assassination of their mother and the abduction of their father. Without evidence or a confession from

whalebone blades lined with shark teeth. The shields and the weapons aren’t particularly valuable, especially given their weight. A concave wall to the south has a giant-sized secret door set into it. It

Locations R - U

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder

by a griffon-shaped indentation in the earth, the form of which isn’t readily apparent until one takes to the air or climbs to the top of the rocky spire. The stone giants smashed the marble altar to

are even more formidable than the knights and have served the city well for years. Silverymoon is also a haven for Harpers — not surprising, given that many Harpers are wizards and bards. Grand and

Locations E - H

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder

feet tall, its surfaces worn smooth by time. The enormous basin surrounding the altar mound is shaped like the silhouette of a leaping elk stag, although this image isn’t readily apparent when the area

Drow of House Xorlarrin infiltrate Gauntlgrym through secret passageways of which not even the dwarves are aware. Bearing an iron flask given to them by the great fire giant chief Duke Zalto, they

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