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Drakewarden

Classes Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

dragon’s hoard, creating your bond through that token’s lingering draconic magic. 2 A secret order of rangers who collect and guard draconic lore taught you their ways. 3 A

power. 5 An ancient Draconic inscription on a standing stone empowered you when you read it aloud. 6 You had a vivid dream of a mysterious figure accompanied by seven yellow canaries, who warned you of impending doom. When you awoke, your drake was there, watching you.

Drakewarden (FToD)

Classes Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

dragon’s hoard, creating your bond through that token’s lingering draconic magic. 2 A secret order of rangers who collect and guard draconic lore taught you their ways. 3 A

power. 5 An ancient Draconic inscription on a standing stone empowered you when you read it aloud. 6 You had a vivid dream of a mysterious figure accompanied by seven yellow canaries, who warned you of impending doom. When you awoke, your drake was there, watching you.

Criminal - Baldur's Gate

Backgrounds Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus

, working for someone who has more than they deserve. But the Guild offered you a way to fix that. You keep doing what you’ve always done — guard work, dock labor, business accounting &mdash

matter what the situation. I never raise my voice or let my emotions control me. 3 The first thing I do in a new place is note the locations of everything valuable—or where such things

Aasimar Legacy

Species Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

. You can follow those suggestions or ignore them, but you can’t raise any of your scores above 20. Languages Your character can speak, read, and write Common and one other language that you and

Balhannoth Legacy

Monsters Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes

well-traveled roads and paths, snatching people who come along. A balhannoth that has been captured and exploited by drow might lair in caves near Underdark passages and guard the ways in and out of a

in the area reshapes to assume the appearance of a location sought by one intelligent creature whose mind the balhannoth has read (see Regional Effects below). The transformation affects nonliving

Lizardfolk

races Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

follow those suggestions or ignore them, but you can’t raise any of your scores above 20. Languages Your character can speak, read, and write Common and one other language that you and your

survive with just their wits in situations that would be deadly for other folk. Because of that fact, many lizardfolk myths state that their people were placed by the gods in the Material Plane to guard

Hint Checks

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

Hint Checks Any character has the option of making these ability checks to receive a hint: Intelligence (Investigation) DC 15. The character deduces there is no mathematical equation that connects

the numbers exchanged between the guard and visitors. Wisdom (Insight) DC 15. The character suspects that the answer has to do with the word, not the number.

Hint Checks

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

Hint Checks Any character has the option of making these ability checks to receive a hint: Intelligence (Investigation) DC 15. The character deduces there is no mathematical equation that connects

the numbers exchanged between the guard and visitors. Wisdom (Insight) DC 15. The character suspects that the answer has to do with the word, not the number.

Hobgoblin

races Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

;Quick Build” section for your character’s class offers suggestions on which scores to increase. You can follow those suggestions or ignore them, but you can’t raise any of your scores

above 20. Languages Your character can speak, read, and write Common and one other language that you and your DM agree is appropriate for the character. The Player’s Handbook offers a list of

Githyanki

races Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

;Quick Build” section for your character’s class offers suggestions on which scores to increase. You can follow those suggestions or ignore them, but you can’t raise any of your scores

above 20. Languages Your character can speak, read, and write Common and one other language that you and your DM agree is appropriate for the character. The Player’s Handbook offers a list of

Tortle

races Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

” section for your character’s class offers suggestions on which scores to increase. You can follow those suggestions or ignore them, but you can’t raise any of your scores above 20

. Languages Your character can speak, read, and write Common and one other language that you and your DM agree is appropriate for the character. The Player’s Handbook offers a list of languages to

Yuan-ti

races Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

suggestions on which scores to increase. You can follow those suggestions or ignore them, but you can’t raise any of your scores above 20. Languages Your character can speak, read, and write Common and

Firbolg

races Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

to increase. You can follow those suggestions or ignore them, but you can’t raise any of your scores above 20. Languages Your character can speak, read, and write Common and one other

Goliath Legacy

races Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

follow those suggestions or ignore them, but you can’t raise any of your scores above 20. Languages Your character can speak, read, and write Common and one other language that you and your DM

Sea Elf

races Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

increase. You can follow those suggestions or ignore them, but you can’t raise any of your scores above 20. Languages Your character can speak, read, and write Common and one other language

Aarakocra

races Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

increase. You can follow those suggestions or ignore them, but you can’t raise any of your scores above 20. Languages Your character can speak, read, and write Common and one other language that you

Harengon

races Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

Build” section for your character’s class offers suggestions on which scores to increase. You can follow those suggestions or ignore them, but you can’t raise any of your scores

above 20. Languages Your character can speak, read, and write Common and one other language that you and your DM agree is appropriate for the character. The Player’s Handbook offers a list of

Satyr

races Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

, but you can’t raise any of your scores above 20. Languages Your character can speak, read, and write Common and one other language that you and your DM agree is appropriate for the character

Shadar-kai

races Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

character’s class offers suggestions on which scores to increase. You can follow those suggestions or ignore them, but you can’t raise any of your scores above 20. Languages Your

character can speak, read, and write Common and one other language that you and your DM agree is appropriate for the character. The Player’s Handbook offers a list of languages to choose from. The DM is

Water Genasi

races Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

suggestions or ignore them, but you can’t raise any of your scores above 20. Languages Your character can speak, read, and write Common and one other language that you and your DM agree is

1: Outer Gatehouse

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes of the Borderlands

arrive at the outer gatehouse, read the following boxed text aloud: Two stone towers flank an archway that leads into the keep. A sturdy-looking gatehouse spans the archway and connects the towers

citizens and peaceful visitors. Summary. The beginning of each location summarizes its function in the keep and the NPCs who can be found at it. Don’t read this aloud. When the characters

Air Genasi

races Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

increase. You can follow those suggestions or ignore them, but you can’t raise any of your scores above 20. Languages Your character can speak, read, and write Common and one other language that

Bugbear

races Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

ignore them, but you can’t raise any of your scores above 20. Languages Your character can speak, read, and write Common and one other language that you and your DM agree is appropriate for the

Kenku

races Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

you can’t raise any of your scores above 20. Languages Your character can speak, read, and write Common and one other language that you and your DM agree is appropriate for the character. The

Shifter

races Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

raise any of your scores above 20. Languages Your character can speak, read, and write Common and one other language that you and your DM agree is appropriate for the character. The Player’s

X2. Entrance

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd

X2. Entrance If the characters pass through the archway between the statues, read: Icy steps descend ten feet to a time-ravaged hallway with arrow slits in the walls. Beyond the hall lies a vast

, sepulchral darkness. The hall connects areas X1 and X4. There are no guards in the rooms behind the arrow slits (areas X2a and X2b).

Returning to Kalaman

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

Returning to Kalaman As the characters near the gates of Kalaman, read the following text: A crowd mills at the gate ahead, dozens of commoners murmuring and excitedly looking past the closed

portcullis. “There’s nothing to see!” shouts a guard, “Please move along.” Solamnic knights mysteriously arrive in Kalaman The characters learn the following from a gate guard or anyone in the crowd: An

X2. Entrance

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd

X2. Entrance If the characters pass through the archway between the statues, read: Icy steps descend ten feet to a time-ravaged hallway with arrow slits in the walls. Beyond the hall lies a vast

, sepulchral darkness. The hall connects areas X1 and X4. There are no guards in the rooms behind the arrow slits (areas X2a and X2b).

Returning to Kalaman

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

Returning to Kalaman As the characters near the gates of Kalaman, read the following text: A crowd mills at the gate ahead, dozens of commoners murmuring and excitedly looking past the closed

portcullis. “There’s nothing to see!” shouts a guard, “Please move along.” Solamnic knights mysteriously arrive in Kalaman The characters learn the following from a gate guard or anyone in the crowd: An

30. Mad Elemental

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage

30. Mad Elemental This area consists of a zigzagging hall (area 30a) and a guard room (area 30b). A berserk air elemental is trapped here. Its howls can be heard throughout the area. Assume it’s in

area 30b when the characters first arrive. The elemental can tell when someone opens the door at either end of the zigzagging hall or the secret door in the guard room. As soon as it hears a door open

Inner Alchemy

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries

Inner Alchemy Characters who read from The Book of Inner Alchemy learn the following information about ki: Though commonly thought of by those outside the monastic orders as mystical energy, ki has

strong ties to elemental air, for breath is what connects one’s soul to one’s essence (body). Ki is a vital force present in all living things. Medical techniques and training can be used to control

30. Mad Elemental

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage

30. Mad Elemental This area consists of a zigzagging hall (area 30a) and a guard room (area 30b). A berserk air elemental is trapped here. Its howls can be heard throughout the area. Assume it’s in

area 30b when the characters first arrive. The elemental can tell when someone opens the door at either end of the zigzagging hall or the secret door in the guard room. As soon as it hears a door open

Inner Alchemy

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries

Inner Alchemy Characters who read from The Book of Inner Alchemy learn the following information about ki: Though commonly thought of by those outside the monastic orders as mystical energy, ki has

strong ties to elemental air, for breath is what connects one’s soul to one’s essence (body). Ki is a vital force present in all living things. Medical techniques and training can be used to control

Wrap Up

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Intro to Stormwreck Isle

Wrap Up When the characters have dealt with the merrow, one way or another, read this text to wrap up: With a splash, the merrow disappears into the ocean deeps and the ship continues on its way. The

sailors raise a cheer, and the storm brewing overhead seems not quite so threatening now. And that brings us to the end of your first taste of adventure.

Wrap Up

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Intro to Stormwreck Isle

Wrap Up When the characters have dealt with the merrow, one way or another, read this text to wrap up: With a splash, the merrow disappears into the ocean deeps and the ship continues on its way. The

sailors raise a cheer, and the storm brewing overhead seems not quite so threatening now. And that brings us to the end of your first taste of adventure.

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