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Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
blossom into hard feelings, loud arguments, and head-butting contests, but they rarely escalate beyond that.
Creating Your Character
When you create your D&D character, you decide whether your
rules themselves, but some rules in the game affect creatures of certain types in different ways. For example, the text of the cure wounds spell specifies that the spell doesn’t work on a
Backgrounds
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
a collection of religious texts stuffed into an attic and forgotten when a believer’s patron deity died. In this solitary work, you’ve learned secrets no one else knows.
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You killed
hermitage gave you access to a unique and powerful discovery. The exact nature of this revelation depends on the nature of your seclusion. It might be a great truth about the cosmos, the deities, the
Backgrounds
Ghosts of Saltmarsh
died, you had a revelation about your existence.
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Captured. You spent months enduring thirst, starvation, and torture at the hands of your enemy, but you never broke.
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Sacrifice.
who rarely lose composure on the battlefield. Marines who leave the service tend to work as mercenaries, but their combat experience also makes them excellent adventurers. Though they are self-reliant
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Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
member of your family, by right of birth, or it could have been left to you by a friend, a mentor, a teacher, or someone else important in your life. The revelation of your inheritance changed your life
determine your inheritance from among the possibilities in the table below. Work with your Dungeon Master to come up with details: Why is your inheritance so important, and what is its full story? You might
Hermit
Legacy
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Player’s Handbook (2014)
changed to allow you to end your solitude? You can work with your DM to determine the exact nature of your seclusion, or you can choose or roll on the table below to determine the reason behind your
was exiled for a crime I didn’t commit.
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I retreated from society after a life-altering event.
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I needed a quiet place to work on my art, literature, music, or manifesto.
6
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
, and you will see reality through new eyes. The Korranberg
Chronicle
Raid Reveals Cult Chaos
The people of Fairhaven were shocked by the revelation of bizarre cult activity in the center of one of
for all of us. I assure you that House Vadalis will conduct a full investigation of this incident and work to regain the trust of the good people of Fairhaven.”
The Cults of the Dragon Below are
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
only in extreme situations.
2 Balance. I strive to counter the deeds of someone for whom I feel responsible.
3 Bound. I’ve wronged someone and must work their will to avoid their curse
Misdirection. I work vigorously to keep others from realizing my flaws or misdeeds.
7 Obsession. I’ve lived this way for so long that I can’t imagine another way.
8 Obligation. I owe it to my people
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
adventurers are undercover agents of the king. If the rogue loses a contest of Charisma (Deception) against the guard’s Wisdom (Insight), the same lie told again won’t work. The characters can come up with a
. Contests A contest is a kind of ability check that matches two creatures against each other. Use a contest if a character attempts something that either directly foils or is directly opposed by another
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
allow you to end your solitude? You can work with your DM to determine the exact nature of your seclusion, or you can choose or roll on the table below to determine the reason behind your seclusion
commit. 4 I retreated from society after a life-altering event. 5 I needed a quiet place to work on my art, literature, music, or manifesto. 6 I needed to commune with nature, far from civilization. 7 I
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
. Stone giants frequently appeal to her as an artistic muse, trusting that her love of beauty will inspire their work. Karontor Karontor is the elder twin of Grolantor. In a handful of myths, Karontor
keeper of secrets. Priests and Rites. Giants invoke Skoraeus’s name when they begin any work of art or craft, particularly stonework, and they often dedicate the final product to his glory. Stone giants
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
, Alustriel suggests the characters use the Chime of Exile to return Kas to Tovag, his Domain of Dread. Alustriel notes that the characters need to significantly weaken Kas before the magic item will work on
late. Regardless of the characters’ reaction to this revelation, learning it counts as a secret for the purposes of the rules in the “Power of Secrets” section in this book’s introduction.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
on Gehenna. It is widely believed that Asmodeus, Lord of the Nine Hells, commissioned the work, in the hope of creating an army of fiends that were not bound to the Nine Hells. In the course of making
opportunities to misinterpret them. The General of Gehenna. Somewhere in the brimstone wastes of Gehenna, there roams an ultroloth so strong that none contests his power: the General of Gehenna. Many
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
. Each summer, except in years when Shieldmeet occurs, a vast Hiring Fair is held in Yartar, during which all sorts of undesirable folk gather north of the town looking for work as guards, miners
Fortuitous Happenstance. The Shieldmeet festival features a number of games of chance, skill, and bravery, from dice and darts, to drunken running, to wrestling and other physical contests
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
undercarriages of the cranes that hang below the amphitheater. The cavernous underbelly of the stage is noisy and hot. Goblins work a forge, saw wood, and daub paint onto wooden backdrops. A woman in a
using a lever on the adjacent wall. Eighteen unarmed goblin noncombatants (twelve neutral adults and six unaligned children) work here, overseen by an evil warlock named Skylla (see appendix B). The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
. You hid underwater to avoid detection by enemies and held your breath for an extremely long time. Just before you would have died, you had a revelation about your existence. 2 Captured. You spent
by their superiors. They are veteran warriors who rarely lose composure on the battlefield. Marines who leave the service tend to work as mercenaries, but their combat experience also makes them
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
Inside the Temple The temple of Gond is open and abuzz with activity during daylight hours, then closes from sunset until sunrise. At night, acolytes retire to their private quarters to work on pet
light of this revelation, Valetta angrily orders acolytes to remove Nim’s tools and unfinished inventions from the attic, while she forces Nim to look on. Nimblewright Detector. Characters who search
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
Military Force The whole machine of war is barbaric. In a sane world, conflicts would be resolved by contests of apocalyptic magics or by continent-reshaping brawls between titanic, soul-fueled
, Sage, Soldier Scout Hermit, Outlander, Sailor, Soldier, Urchin Provocateur Acolyte, Charlatan, Criminal, Entertainer, Noble Spy Any Military Quests The wide-ranging work of a military unit calls for
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
of prophecies, or work to prepare the world and its peoples for an impending catastrophe of apocalyptic scale. The Seer Assignments table suggests quests a giant seer might lay on adventurers. Seer
Assignments d6 Assignment 1 Help the giant re-create an ancient ritual that should reveal an omen or revelation from Annam. 2 Steal the research notes of some ancient sage (perhaps a dragon or a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a5
) check discerns how these shrines and the black gates in this sector work together to shield the Phylactery Vault. The character understands that if the black gates in the Temples of Extraction can be
chamber, as if someone is whipping the air and it is bleeding.
Mennek, Red Wizard Enchanter Creatures. A Red Wizard enchanter and a Thayan apprentice work here, guarded by two dread warriors (see
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
celebrated events on the calendar, from the first of Hammer to the last of Nightal. Hammer 1: Wintershield Marking the start of the new year, this observance is a widely recognized day off work, when
. Many festhalls sponsor Founders’ Day costume contests, with prizes going to those who wear the best recreations of the garb of historical personages. Once banned as frivolous and distracting, the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
new spells. Apprentice Wizard Apprentices are novice arcane spellcasters who serve more experienced wizards or attend school. They perform menial work like cooking or cleaning in exchange for
) radiant damage.
Overwhelming Revelation (Recharge 5–6). The diviner magically creates a burst of illumination in a 10-foot-radius sphere centered on a point within 120 feet of it. Each creature in that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
place in the ordning not to their crafting ability but to their extraordinary physical prowess. They take on a lot of the work of guarding the forges and keeping them stoked — effort without which
shapes. The most striking of these works are collected and displayed inside the stronghold, not unlike how other cultures create topiary gardens. If you want forge work fit for a king, you have two options
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
d6 Adventure Hook
1 An agent of the Chamber has plundered the research of an eccentric sage whose work is widely considered nonsense, suggesting that something important is hidden in the
another. Awakening Dragonsight. The work of the Inheritors of the First World consists largely of developing dragonsight, which is latent in all dragons. Leaders within the group have perfected multiple
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
beginning a great work. The best carvers are honored as the leaders and shamans of the tribe, and their hands are seen as holy — literally becoming the hands of Skoraeus Stonebones as they work. Of course
yet, since the revelation of that fact would herald Annam’s return. Ever since Ostoria fell and Annam abandoned his children, no sole king or emperor has ruled over giantkind. According to legend, the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
Gods of the Orcs Orcs believe their gods to be invincible. They see the principles that define them and their deities at work every day in the world around them — nature rewards the strong and
their superior strength and endurance through cruel contests against their tribe mates, acts of unprovoked belligerence, and great success in battle. It is through these tests of strength that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
drinking a potion of greater healing (see “Treasure”). Reinforcements. These hobgoblins are often loud, engaging in training or contests. The forces in area E6, E7, and E8 might investigate a
fighting taking place outside the immediate vicinity. An efreeti aided by one razerblast and two Eternal Flame guardians (see chapter 7 for both) drives a salamander and three azers, forcing them to work
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
those trapped within it to oblivion, and thus alhoons often work together to create elaborate protections about the periapt and their preferred ritual site. Sometimes a single alhoon is entrusted with
Charisma (Deception) check with advantage to deceive the target’s mind into thinking it believes one idea or feels a particular emotion. The target contests this attempt with a Wisdom (Insight) check
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
fault, and he’s glad that no one else was captured in the assault. Regardless of the characters’ reaction to this revelation, learning it counts as a secret for the purposes of the Power of Secrets
occupy this grim chamber, ready for deployment at a moment’s notice. Unless the soldiers have been called elsewhere to defend the vault or perform drudge work, the garrison contains sixteen skeletons
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
traverse. Regardless of the characters’ reaction to this revelation, learning it counts as a secret for the purposes of the Power of Secrets rules in this book’s introduction. Ward Rune. The ward rune is
made, Inda knows she can tinker with the wing enough that it will eventually work. Inda is grateful to the characters for their help fixing the broken wing, even if their efforts are unsuccessful. If