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Returning 35 results for 'consisting religious gives to have resolve'.
Monsters
Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
priests draw their strength from the pantheon of elven gods and oversee religious practices in astral elf society. It’s common for them to serve aboard spelljamming ships, not only as emissaries
thousands (in some cases tens of thousands) of years old. Whatever their disposition, their longevity gives astral elves a perspective on time that few other kinds of creatures can appreciate
Backgrounds
Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
and worried about secret societies and hidden demons.
3
My house and bloodline make me the best!
4
My secret could get me expelled from my house.
5
My religious beliefs aren’t
widespread in my house.
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I’m working for a hidden faction in my house that gives me secret assignments.
Backgrounds
Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
about secret societies and hidden demons.
3
My house and bloodline make me the best!
4
My secret could get me expelled from my house.
5
My religious beliefs aren’t widespread
in my house.
6
I’m working for a hidden faction in my house that gives me secret assignments.
Backgrounds
Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
theories and worried about secret societies and hidden demons.
3
My house and bloodline make me the best!
4
My secret could get me expelled from my house.
5
My religious beliefs aren
’t widespread in my house.
6
I’m working for a hidden faction in my house that gives me secret assignments.
Backgrounds
Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
and worried about secret societies and hidden demons.
3
My house and bloodline make me the best!
4
My secret could get me expelled from my house.
5
My religious beliefs aren’t
widespread in my house.
6
I’m working for a hidden faction in my house that gives me secret assignments.
Magic Items
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
This longsword belonged to the angel Zariel before her fall from grace. Fashioned from celestial steel, it gives off a faint glow and hum. The weapon chooses who can attune to it and who can’t
misquote) religious texts.
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I anger quickly when I witness cruelty or injustice.
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My praise and trust are earned and never given freely.
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I like everything clean and organized
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
. Having knowledge and power gives one a responsibility to those who have less of either. (Lawful)
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Noble Obligation. My superior experience, intellect, and insight give me a duty to mediate
amethyst dragon wyrmling is in the care of a cloistered religious order of scribes.
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A half-amethyst dragon cares for an amethyst dragon wyrmling sibling after the disappearance of their dragon
Backgrounds
Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
worried about secret societies and hidden demons.
3
My house and bloodline make me the best!
4
My secret could get me expelled from my house.
5
My religious beliefs aren’t
widespread in my house.
6
I’m working for a hidden faction in my house that gives me secret assignments.
Backgrounds
Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
theories and worried about secret societies and hidden demons.
3
My house and bloodline make me the best!
4
My secret could get me expelled from my house.
5
My religious beliefs aren
’t widespread in my house.
6
I’m working for a hidden faction in my house that gives me secret assignments.
Backgrounds
Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
worried about secret societies and hidden demons.
3
My house and bloodline make me the best!
4
My secret could get me expelled from my house.
5
My religious beliefs aren’t
widespread in my house.
6
I’m working for a hidden faction in my house that gives me secret assignments.
Backgrounds
Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
theories and worried about secret societies and hidden demons.
3
My house and bloodline make me the best!
4
My secret could get me expelled from my house.
5
My religious beliefs aren
’t widespread in my house.
6
I’m working for a hidden faction in my house that gives me secret assignments.
Backgrounds
Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
worried about secret societies and hidden demons.
3
My house and bloodline make me the best!
4
My secret could get me expelled from my house.
5
My religious beliefs aren’t
widespread in my house.
6
I’m working for a hidden faction in my house that gives me secret assignments.
Backgrounds
Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
theories and worried about secret societies and hidden demons.
3
My house and bloodline make me the best!
4
My secret could get me expelled from my house.
5
My religious beliefs aren
’t widespread in my house.
6
I’m working for a hidden faction in my house that gives me secret assignments.
Backgrounds
Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
theories and worried about secret societies and hidden demons.
3
My house and bloodline make me the best!
4
My secret could get me expelled from my house.
5
My religious beliefs aren&rsquo
;t widespread in my house.
6
I’m working for a hidden faction in my house that gives me secret assignments.
Backgrounds
Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
worried about secret societies and hidden demons.
3
My house and bloodline make me the best!
4
My secret could get me expelled from my house.
5
My religious beliefs aren’t
widespread in my house.
6
I’m working for a hidden faction in my house that gives me secret assignments.
Backgrounds
Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
worried about secret societies and hidden demons.
3
My house and bloodline make me the best!
4
My secret could get me expelled from my house.
5
My religious beliefs aren’t
widespread in my house.
6
I’m working for a hidden faction in my house that gives me secret assignments.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Hierarchy Some religious orders are viewed with suspicion by the priestly hierarchies of their faiths; others are viewed as champions who act as the gods’ hands in the world. Within a religious order
? Reference the Order Reputation table to determine how you’re viewed by your larger religious institution. Order Reputation d6 Reputation 1 Faithful Few. You are seen as righteous crusaders
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes of the Borderlands
Cultist Doomsayer and Fanatic Cultists devote themselves to their faith’s leaders and otherworldly masters. While this zeal grants cultists no magical powers, it gives them remarkable resolve in the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
cooperated survived and grew, so cooperation has become the central tenet in Tletepec. Offerings and Celebrations Offerings are an integral part of life and religious celebrations in Tletepec. Twice a year
shrine at the nearest volcano, accompanied by a priest to perform the offering. Villagers with individual requests might follow the caravan to make their own offerings. These offerings—typically consisting
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
friends and foes. Chapter 1 gives an overview of life and study at Strixhaven. It introduces the main features of the central campus and each of the five colleges. Chapter 2 is your guide to creating a
. Whether student adventurers get caught up in a duel with their rivals or face a dreaded mage hunter, the stat blocks in this chapter give you the information you need to resolve the situation.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer
, the city can count on the other members of the Lords’ Alliance to come to its defense. This arrangement infuriates Amn, which is not prepared to test the alliance’s resolve. To the east, the nations of
Elturgard and Cormyr view Baldur’s Gate as a lawless cesspool that might have to be dealt with someday. These nations especially frown on the city’s broad religious tolerance. Candlekeep To enter the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
, the city can count on the other members of the Lords’ Alliance to come to its defense. This arrangement infuriates Amn, which is not prepared to test the alliance’s resolve. To the east, the nations of
Elturgard and Cormyr view Baldur’s Gate as a lawless cesspool that might have to be dealt with someday. These nations especially frown on the city’s broad religious tolerance. Candlekeep To enter the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
books, scrolls, or carved tablets; tapestries or woven “tomes” of embroidered cloth; complex scientific instruments; and religious icons or objects. They are fond of unique and unusual art objects
crystal that gives off eerie sounds when touched, with the tone varying up and down the length of the rod
3 A life-sized human skull carved from a single piece of crystal, including a hollow interior
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
manifestations of the gods. The more religious members of the Stoneheart Enclave cast augury and commune spells within the circle, interpreting the responses to their entreaties through subtle changes
to undertake a task in a closed-off area of the old city known as Rockblight, where the temple of his god stands desecrated. If the characters agree, he gives them a ruby spell gem (see appendix B
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
situation, ask the players what their characters want to do. Note what the players say, and identify how to resolve their actions. Ask them for more information if you need it. Sometimes the players
characters don’t need to take turns, but you need to give each player a chance to tell you what their character is doing so you can decide how to resolve everyone’s actions. In combat, everyone takes
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
in action.) In such situations, have the characters take turns, though it’s usually not necessary to roll Initiative as you would in a combat encounter. Resolve one character’s actions before moving
attributes to provide direction. A character who succeeds on an Intelligence (Investigation) check might notice a clue that gives the players a hint to the puzzle’s solution.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica
, military and religious leaders in each vernadi regularly communicate with its members. Ordinary members of the conclave spend a few hours every day training with a military instructor and studying
with a religious teacher. Goals of the Selesnya Despite the growing tensions that now grip the world, in the long view of the Selesnya Conclave, not much has changed. Ravnica is troubled, but Ravnica
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
veteran). Reporting to them is a fighting force comprised of eight veterans and twenty-four guards. This is supplemented by a religious corps of six acolytes led by Sister Cyas (LG female Chondathan
human priest of Helm). Technically, the religious templars are part of the fighting force, but in practice, they spend most of their time tending the sick and wounded. Finally, the fort is supported by
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
it presents a link to a lost past is what gives that relic its value. Black dragons also love conventional treasures such as gems (particularly opals), precious metals that don’t corrode easily, and
embossed silver hilt and a blade of amber
6 A lavishly illustrated genealogy kept in a magically sealed container that disputes a current monarch’s right to the throne
7 Heretical religious
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
Those other clerics don’t love your deity like you do.
8 You were raised religious, but you only really go to church on the high holidays.
9 Your deity’s grace gives you peace. Their anger
others than to make sure the value of faith is measured in gp. In addition to your franchise’s regular operations, you always keep a sideline going in religious paraphernalia, selling specialized signature
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
could expand, or do you prefer not to dwell on such things? If you’re religious, did the shocking tragedy of the Mourning cause you to question your faith, or did it reinforce it? If you’re an
represents you channeling these vengeful ghosts. Is there a way to lay these spirits to rest? Do they have unfinished business they want you to resolve? As a sorcerer your arcane powers could be the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
Religious Institutions Those who serve as priests of a god aren’t necessarily clerics. Indeed, the power invested in clerics and other divine spellcasters by the gods is given out only rarely (see
both. Temples and Shrines The core religious institutions of Faerûn are temples and shrines. Whether a small, out-of-the-way building, or a complex made up of multiple structures and tracts of land
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
. There are ways to resolve these problems, but the answers aren’t always simple or obvious. There can certainly be times when decisions are straightforward. If the Emerald Claw is about to detonate a
better off under their rule. There are ancient and primordial forces at work in Eberron. But there are also misguided patriots, religious extremists, and dragonmarked houses looking to wring a few more
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
religious rites and festivals. Priests at such sites relate stories of the gods, teach the ethics of their patron deities, offer advice and blessings, perform religious rites, and provide training in
, and War. You can invent names and personalities for these deities, or borrow deities from other pantheons. This approach gives you a small pantheon that covers the most significant aspects of existence
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
gives them remarkable resolve in the face of threats. Cultists perform much of a cult’s mundane work, which might include evangelism, criminal acts, or serving as sacrifices. Cultist Medium or Small