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Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
The Simic Combine uses magic to fuse different life forms together. In recent years, the Simic Combine has extended this research to humanoid subjects, magically transferring the traits of various
usually bears the name given by their human, elf, or vedalken parents. Some hybrids assume a new name after their transformation - a name chosen personally or by those who transformed them.
Monsters
Storm King's Thunder
presided over a court that included representatives of every race of giant, from mighty storm giants to lowly hill giants. He used the power of the Wyrmskull Throne — a gift given to him by his wife
him. But in recent years, King Hekaton had become convinced that the age of the giants was past, as evidenced by the growing distance between the giants and their gods. Annam the All-Father didn&rsquo
Centaur
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Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
, they celebrate family and community as microcosms of that greater connection. Among the Gruul, they have a strong clan identity, and Selesnya centaurs are fiercely loyal to their individual communities
Centaurs’ given names are passed down through family lines. The name bestowed on a new foal is typically the name of the most recently deceased family member of the same gender, keeping alive the
Backgrounds
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
realizing the connection. You got the Guild to back off demands for your death by offering to make amends by working for the criminals, but even so the kingpin still plots a personal revenge.
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The
FEATURE: CRIMINAL CONNECTIONS
In Baldur’s Gate, crime is just another business. As a result, you can arrange a meeting with a low-ranking operative of nearly any business, patriar family, crew
Genasi
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, while those of air or fire tend to be lighter. A given genasi might have some features reminiscent of the mortal parent (pointed ears from an elf, a stockier frame and thick hair from a dwarf, small
, or a member of a desert tribe, is an auspicious event. Most Athasians believe a given genasi is destined for greatness—or infamy.
Those living on the frontier, though, have a much harder
backgrounds
(scalpel), Healer's Kit, Herbalism Kit, Bandages, Book of Remedies, Jar of Leeches, Robe;Robes, 10 GP; or (B) 50 GP
Your skills treating the sick and injured have given you a vast knowledge of
illnesses and remedies based on the latest science—or the most recent theories from those who like to push the limits of what science might allow.
You may have come into the field in a variety of ways
backgrounds
Once, even before your most recent travel to Druskenvald, you rode the deathly train known as the Ghostlight Express. Your memories of that journey might be hazy and dreamlike, or they could be sharp
and jarring in their clarity. You learned some of the workings of the ghostly engine and formed a connection with the conductor and fellow travelers that has stayed with you. At times, you are even
races
arisen is constructed and given the gift of life, usually by a creator. Arisen are people, to be sure. They have unique personalities, intellects, and experiences, as all humanoids. But do they possess
specification or plan. Others start out innocuously through experimentation to replace living limbs or organs, with repeated experiments inexorably pushing a creature to lose all connection to
Triton
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
elemental planes, and other dangerous spots far from the eyes of land-bound folk. Long-established guardians of the deep ocean floor, in recent years the noble tritons have become increasingly active in
, leaving the tritons vulnerable to deception. With their strong martial tradition, tritons can sometimes be too eager to leap into a fight.
Strangers to the Surface
Given their isolation, most tritons
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
her via an acquaintance. She invites the characters to Akharin Sangar to help protect her people during Shabe Taabaan. Impartial Guardians. Atash or a ranking member of the Brightguard invites
outsiders to Akharin Sangar to supplement the city’s guard during the festival. The group in power trusts that competent adventurers from outside the city will have no connection to the local revolutionary
Goblin
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
higher-ranking castes keep their status by not sharing their knowledge and skills with other families, while those in the lower castes have little hope of escaping their plight.
Outsiders who don&rsquo
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
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Intro to Stormwreck Isle
Halfling Rogue You fell in with a thieves’ guild called the Gilded Gallows at an early age. The guild has prospered in recent years, and its influence is spreading across the Sword Coast. You
about a high-ranking member of the Gilded Gallows who turned traitor, killed their partner, and fled with a sovereign’s ransom in treasure. Thanks to details you’ve picked up here and there that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
, robbing a hire-coach, or looting a warehouse. Among low-ranking guild members, rampant speculation goes on about the true nature of Xanathar. Few have any inkling that their boss is a beholder, and fewer
still have seen or spoken to the eye tyrant. Given that the faction is fundamentally evil, advancement is based on one’s wiles or one’s ability to dispose of rivals. Competition within the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
end of the world and explores how these can enliven your campaign. This chapter is intended for the Dungeon Master, though characters might have a connection to the cult as ex-members, or as friends
forward to the end of all worlds and planes of existence. Low-ranking members anticipate a new creation, a multiverse made right in the wake of the old cosmos’s destruction, but the leaders secretly
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer Academy
Part 1: Preflight Meal The adventure begins with the characters gathering in the academy’s refectory to eat breakfast with other cadets and discuss recent events at the academy. Spelljammer Academy
founder and chief financial officer. He manages the institution’s operations alongside a small group of powerful high-ranking officers, known collectively as “the Bridge.” While most of its candidates are
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
Journey into Death Those who are prepared for death, or who receive funeral rites, typically have or are given a coin (or similar token of value) interred with their corpse. When these individuals
given funeral rites have no means to pay Athreos’s toll and thus have no way of reaching their place of rest. These lost souls primarily collect along the Tartyx’s shores where they languish or beg
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
The Ordning As described in the Monster Manual, the giants of many worlds organize themselves in a complex social ranking called the ordning. At the largest scale, the ordning establishes the
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
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
characters discover signs of recent rituals tapping into the power of the Far Realm — and take on the monsters the attackers left behind. After dealing with the threats in the dungeon, the characters run
license to take over the failed Acquisitions Incorporated franchise. From there, they are set to investigate who was behind the attack on Acq Inc, and what connection the mysterious orrery might have to this new threat.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
character fought the cultists and defeated the cult’s archmage leader. 2 As a bodyguard for a high-ranking political or business figure, the character has staved off attacks from assassins and demons. 3
Neverwinter. The emergency involving the missing nobles is the character’s most recent assignment. 2 After a long struggle, the character defeated a powerful sorcerer. In the throes of death, the sorcerer’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
connection to Juiblex, and the demon lord sees and knows all that its minions encounter. Wherever Juiblex wanders, it leaves trailings in its wake that coalesce into new slimes and oozes. Most sages
believe that if Juiblex and its spawn were given free rein, they would one day overrun the universe, turning every realm into an ooze-infested wasteland. Cultists. Juiblex has few cultists, and most of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer Academy
Part 1: Tyrant Trap! The characters are roused from their slumber and given a mission: travel to the planet H’Catha and retrieve a meteor comprised of adamantine. Spelljammer Academy
While
financial officer. He manages the institution’s operations alongside a small group of powerful high-ranking officers, known collectively as “the Bridge.” While most of its candidates are from Toril, the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
. The details of the murders at Yellowcrest Manor can be learned from a few hours’ research into recent Waterdeep history, or by consulting any scholar at the library who has an interest in that
a good reputation, with no hint of personal or public impropriety. No one ever accused the grieving Lord Yellowcrest of having any connection to the murders. Sarah’s Ghost
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
Dougan’s Hole Dougan’s Hole is the smallest and most insular of the ten towns. Its residents aren’t fond of visitors, and inbreeding has caused the population to dwindle in recent years. It also has
given rise to often-seen physical deformities, including but not limited to small, misshapen ears and slightly pointed teeth. The town is a small cluster of dwellings perched on the edge of Redwaters
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
and get to know each other as prisoners of the drow. Players who would like their characters to have a stronger Underdark connection can choose from the background options in appendix A. “Prisoners
of the Drow” assumes the characters start at 1st level, and that they will achieve 2nd level (if not 3rd) by the end of this chapter of the adventure. Given the challenges of the adventure and the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
as inspiration for infusing your character with draconic flavor. The classes noted in parentheses at the end of each entry are particularly appropriate for a given tie, but you are not limited to those
connection to nature gives me a strange link to a dragon whose presence alters the fabric of nature around the dragon’s lair. (Druid, ranger)
9 I recently discovered that a person I loved and trusted was
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
harbinger of what lies ahead. A personal totem of this sort might be associated with a barbarian’s spirit animal, or might actually be the totem object for the animal, but such a connection is not essential
hunt 2 Three eagle feathers given to you by a wise shaman, who told you they would play a role in determining your fate 3 A necklace made from the claws of a young cave bear that you slew
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
Recent Events in Phandalin The Fellowship of the Golden Mongoose was the Acquisitions Incorporated franchise previously established in Phandalin. When that group arrived in town a few months ago
bloodstains. He failed to discover the single franchisee left alive in the manor, who was unconscious at the time. The townsfolk have given the ruins a wide berth since then, not wanting to risk
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Planar Portals A portal is a stationary, interplanar connection that links a specific location on one plane of existence to a specific location on another. Some portals function like doorways
. A portal can have any requirement, but the following are the most common: Command. The portal functions only if a particular command is given. A command is usually a word that can be invoked in any
Kobold
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
see magic as part of their connection to dragons, and are proud to be blessed with the ability to wield such power. Young kobold sorcerers are trained by elders, and the training has an almost
on. Even a stupid or physically weak kobold is given a role in the tribe, whether something as simple as picking mushrooms for food or watching over hatchlings, and they all understand that their
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
communication and cooperation between members of different cultures or species. Such Khoravar often become mediators, diplomats, translators, or bards. Others are fascinated by their distant connection to
shipping industry, and the recent development of the airship has increased its power and potential. House Lyrandar presents itself as a pillar for the Khoravar, and even if you don’t have a dragonmark you could work for the house, whether as a sailor or a house agent.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
that the woman is still breathing (unconscious with 0 hit points). Left for Dead The three cultists were low-ranking members of Victoro Cassalanter’s cult of Asmodeus. They were betrayed by two cult
forge a truce or an alliance) Completing a special mission for a faction (see “Joining Factions”) Investigating a false clue given to them as part of a scheme concocted by another villain Stealing
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
angel, now an archdevil, in his infernal service. Given her origin, Zariel has more than the normal share of devils plotting to overthrow her, the first among them being the pit fiend Bel, whom she
ensuring the legions of devils are full of diabolic soldiers for the Blood War. Yoke of Evil Under constant pressure from both the Abyss and her infernal peers, Zariel and her high-ranking vassals work to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
business partner, Narth Tezrin. Linene has written a letter to her friend, describing recent tribulations in Phandalin, and asks the characters to deliver it. In a note attached to the letter, Linene
guts to deliver the condescending letter. Zhentarim Connection The guildmaster of the Phandalin Miner’s Exchange, Halia Thornton, works for the Zhentarim. If the characters impress her, she recommends
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
Barovian royalty in her veins, Arabelle is unaware of her connection to Strahd. She acts more like an adult than a child. Despite her recent misadventure, she believes that a great destiny awaits her.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
the others might be neutral or good; conflicts with those rivals might be social or political, rather than manifesting as direct attacks. The best rivals have a connection with their adversaries on a
personal level. Find links in the characters’ backstories or the events of recent adventures that explain what sparked the rival’s actions. The best trouble to put the characters in is trouble they