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                                                    Keys from the Golden Vault
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     Construct. If she’s allowed to continue her work, she will achieve this apotheosis in a matter of weeks, after which her creature type changes to Construct. She also gains immunity to poison damage
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     while creating art might rise as a cairnwight and continue the work. Once the artwork is completed, the cairnwight remains as its undying guardian.
A cairnwight looks much like an emaciated stone
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Monsters
                                                    Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     potential rival and manipulates or quashes the ulitharid’s ambitions accordingly.
When an ulitharid finds sharing leadership with an elder brain insufferable, it breaks off from the colony
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     the colony.
This process doesn’t work on the brain of an ulitharid that dies a natural death, as such brains are too decrepit to be used. Instead, each ulitharid carries a psionically enhanced
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Monsters
                                                    Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     abishais when it comes to leadership ability and raw power. Red abishais lead other devils into battle or take charge of troublesome cults to ensure that they continue to carry out Tiamat’s commands
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     to Tiamat (and Asmodeus, when he chooses to use them). Other archdevils can command abishais to work for them, but most archdevils do so rarely, since it is never clear whether an abishai follows
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Monsters
                                                    Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     dragons often work together, with emerald dragons tracking the source of an incursion while sapphire dragons plan and execute a decisive purge—or recruit agents to do it for them.
Emerald
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     must be convinced to defend the school in a contest against a rival college.
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An emerald dragon invisibly tails a party of adventurers, causing trouble for the heroes so the dragon can watch how
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Monsters
                                                    Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    . These gem dragons often work together, with emerald dragons tracking the source of an incursion while sapphire dragons plan and execute a decisive purge—or recruit agents to do it for them
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     and must be convinced to defend the school in a contest against a rival college.
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An emerald dragon invisibly tails a party of adventurers, causing trouble for the heroes so the dragon can
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Monsters
                                                    Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     often work together, with emerald dragons tracking the source of an incursion while sapphire dragons plan and execute a decisive purge—or recruit agents to do it for them.
Emerald dragons&rsquo
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     convinced to defend the school in a contest against a rival college.
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An emerald dragon invisibly tails a party of adventurers, causing trouble for the heroes so the dragon can watch how they respond
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Monsters
                                                    Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     events makes them particularly useful to their sapphire dragon cousins, who hunt down Aberrations and seek evidence of Far Realm incursions into the Material Plane. These gem dragons often work
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     the school in a contest against a rival college.
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An emerald dragon invisibly tails a party of adventurers, causing trouble for the heroes so the dragon can watch how they respond.
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An
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                    Demilich (Variant)
                                                    
    
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                                                     Monsters
                                                    Monster Manual (2014)
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     souls of the insolent intruders to his tomb, magically transferring them to his phylactery.
Liches who follow Acererak’s path believe that by becoming free of their bodies, they can continue
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     creatures can’t teleport into or out of the tomb’s area or use planar travel to enter or leave it. Effects that allow teleportation or planar travel work within the tomb as long as they
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Backgrounds
                                                    Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    ;papers, and a purse containing 20 gp.
Role
You are always gathering information for your house. But when the barons come to you with a specific mission, what sort of work do you usually do? Choose
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     Characteristics
House agents are diverse. Consider the house you serve and the work you do when choosing characteristics.
D6
PERSONALITY TRAIT
1
I’m always looking to improve
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Backgrounds
                                                    Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    , and a purse containing 20 gp.
Role
You are always gathering information for your house. But when the barons come to you with a specific mission, what sort of work do you usually do? Choose your
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     Characteristics
House agents are diverse. Consider the house you serve and the work you do when choosing characteristics.
D6
PERSONALITY TRAIT
1
I’m always looking to improve efficiency
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Backgrounds
                                                    Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    .
Ideals
d6
Ideal
1
Guild. My guild is all that really matters. (Any)
2
Stoicism. All of us are part of the cyclical march of nature, which will continue with
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     meaningful connections with others.
Roll twice on the Golgari Contacts table (for an ally and a rival) and once on the Non-Golgari Contacts table.
Golgari Contacts
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Contact
1
One
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Backgrounds
                                                    Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     a purse containing 20 gp.
Role
You are always gathering information for your house. But when the barons come to you with a specific mission, what sort of work do you usually do? Choose your role or
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                    
House agents are diverse. Consider the house you serve and the work you do when choosing characteristics.
D6
PERSONALITY TRAIT
1
I’m always looking to improve efficiency
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Species
                                                    Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     Maglubiyet, who marshaled them as soldiers, but the fey realm left its mark; wherever they are in the multiverse, they continue to channel an aspect of the Feywild’s rule of reciprocity, which
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     some rules in the game affect creatures of certain types in different ways. For example, the cure wounds spell doesn’t work on a Construct or an Undead.
Life Span
The typical life span of a
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    Acquisitions Incorporated
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     Acquisitions Incorporated goes about its business. Why deal with the rest, when you can work for the best?
Perhaps the rival did not treat you as well as you were hoping, or you washed out of that organization
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                    You were an intern at a rival of Acquisitions Incorporated, and you gained a healthy respect for not just the job and the franchising opportunities, but for the ruthless and efficient way
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Backgrounds
                                                    Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     you can work your way into a more prominent position.
Regardless of your past and the wealth of your family, your initial status with the guild is near the bottom, until you have proven your value
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     activities in crime, banking, or debt collection could tie you to members of other guilds.
Roll twice on the Orzhov Contacts table (for an ally and a rival) and once on the Non-Orzhov Contacts table
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Backgrounds
                                                    Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    , and a purse containing 20 gp.
Role
You are always gathering information for your house. But when the barons come to you with a specific mission, what sort of work do you usually do? Choose your role
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     Characteristics
House agents are diverse. Consider the house you serve and the work you do when choosing characteristics.
D6
PERSONALITY TRAIT
1
I’m always looking to improve efficiency
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Backgrounds
                                                    Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     containing 20 gp.
Role
You are always gathering information for your house. But when the barons come to you with a specific mission, what sort of work do you usually do? Choose your role or roll on
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     agents are diverse. Consider the house you serve and the work you do when choosing characteristics.
D6
PERSONALITY TRAIT
1
I’m always looking to improve efficiency.
2
I
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Backgrounds
                                                    Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    Armed with an inventive intellect, a love of magical technology, and an unquenchable energy, you are an enthusiastic participant in the research work of the Izzet League. Though you’re likely
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     even the lowliest attendant to make friends (and enemies) in laboratories across Ravnica.
Roll twice on the Izzet Contacts table (for an ally and a rival) and once on the Non-Izzet Contacts table
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    Volo's Guide to Monsters
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     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 mercilessly eliminates the weak and the
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     who study its ebb and flow to expect the stalemate to continue. A different view is put forth by the archmage Tzunk, who notes that Maglubiyet has never faced a foe as ferocious and protective as
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                    Yuan-ti Pureblood
                                                    
    
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                                                    Volo's Guide to Monsters
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     keen intellect and magic to discover the secrets of making steel. Its military shattered rival tribes and developed advanced tactics for fighting in forests and open plains.
The civilization grew into a
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     Trait
1
I see omens in every event and action. The serpent gods continue to advise us.
2
I have very high standards for food, drink, and physical pleasures.
3
I prefer to be alone
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                    Hobgoblin
                                                    
    
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                                                     Species
                                                    Volo's Guide to Monsters
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     white paint. They work as a police force in hobgoblin society, making judgments about honor, mediating disputes, and otherwise enforcing discipline.
Rank, Status, and Title
As in any strict military
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     banners, each one made up of a group of interrelated families. Members of a banner live, work, and fight together, and each banner has a separate status within the legion that is reflected in the power of
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Compendium
                                                    
                                                    
                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Forgotten Realms: The Tenebrous Stone
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    Work Area Just inside the quarry lurk five Zombies, two Ghouls, and a Ghast. Once laborers here, they were corrupted by the stone but continue to swing picks and drive shovels in pointless labor. They fight anyone who disturbs them.
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Compendium
                                                    
                                                    
                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     owlbear. In recent years, he has also researched the prolonging of life—namely his own. Thessalar hopes that by becoming a lich, his research and experiments can continue indefinitely. Over time
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     piercing or slashing weapon. Several of Thessalar’s prized sculptors have been lured away from the temple by Moghadam, his rival artificer, with promises of false payment to help construct the Tomb of
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                    Bugbear
                                                    
    
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                                                     Species
                                                    Volo's Guide to Monsters
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     rather than perform the work or confront the foe. Even when subsumed into a goblinoid host and drawn into war, bugbears must often be roused from naps and bribed to get them to do their duties.
This
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     natural state. Thanks to Grankhul, they can use their size and strength to work as stealthy assassins rather than blundering around like ogres.
Bullying, murder, and engaging in battle are all holy
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Backgrounds
                                                    Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     purse containing 20 gp.
Role
You are always gathering information for your house. But when the barons come to you with a specific mission, what sort of work do you usually do? Choose your role or roll
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     agents are diverse. Consider the house you serve and the work you do when choosing characteristics.
D6
PERSONALITY TRAIT
1
I’m always looking to improve efficiency.
2
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Backgrounds
                                                    Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    ;papers, and a purse containing 20 gp.
Role
You are always gathering information for your house. But when the barons come to you with a specific mission, what sort of work do you usually do? Choose
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     Characteristics
House agents are diverse. Consider the house you serve and the work you do when choosing characteristics.
D6
PERSONALITY TRAIT
1
I’m always looking to improve
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Backgrounds
                                                    Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     purse containing 20 gp.
Role
You are always gathering information for your house. But when the barons come to you with a specific mission, what sort of work do you usually do? Choose your role or
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                    
House agents are diverse. Consider the house you serve and the work you do when choosing characteristics.
D6
PERSONALITY TRAIT
1
I’m always looking to improve efficiency
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Backgrounds
                                                    Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    ;papers, and a purse containing 20 gp.
Role
You are always gathering information for your house. But when the barons come to you with a specific mission, what sort of work do you usually do? Choose
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     Characteristics
House agents are diverse. Consider the house you serve and the work you do when choosing characteristics.
D6
PERSONALITY TRAIT
1
I’m always looking to improve
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Backgrounds
                                                    Tomb of Annihilation
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     disappeared on an expedition some time ago.
3
I have a friendly rival. Only one of us can be the best, and I aim to prove it’s me.
4
I won’t sell an art object or other treasure that
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     museum, or a university.
d6
Flaw
1
I have a secret fear of some common wild animal—and in my work, I see them everywhere.
2
I can’t leave a room without
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Backgrounds
                                                    Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     encounters with members of other guilds are more often violent than friendly, but occasional bonds do form.
Roll twice on the Gruul Contacts table (for an ally and a rival) and once on the Non-Gruul
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     spiritual guidance at times.
5
Roll an additional Gruul contact; you can decide if the contact is an ally or a rival.
6
An Izzet scientist blames the Gruul for the destruction of his life’s
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Compendium
                                                    
                                                    
                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    Rivals Rivals are NPCs who oppose the characters and make their presence felt whenever the characters are engaging in downtime. A rival might be a villain you have featured in past adventures or plan
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     good are all examples of rivals. A rival’s agenda changes over time. Though the characters engage in downtime only between adventures, their rivals rarely rest, continuing to spin plots and work against the characters even when the characters are off doing something else.
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Backgrounds
                                                    Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     our work is to hurry it along — no matter what must be upended along the way. (Chaotic)
3
Knowledge. Understanding the world is more important than what you do with your knowledge
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     members are former members of other guilds.
Roll twice on the Simic Contacts table (for an ally and a rival) and once on the Non-Simic Contacts table.
Simic Contacts
d8
Contact
1
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Backgrounds
                                                    Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    ;papers, and a purse containing 20 gp.
Role
You are always gathering information for your house. But when the barons come to you with a specific mission, what sort of work do you usually do? Choose
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     Characteristics
House agents are diverse. Consider the house you serve and the work you do when choosing characteristics.
D6
PERSONALITY TRAIT
1
I’m always looking to improve
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Backgrounds
                                                    Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    , and a purse containing 20 gp.
Role
You are always gathering information for your house. But when the barons come to you with a specific mission, what sort of work do you usually do? Choose your
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     Characteristics
House agents are diverse. Consider the house you serve and the work you do when choosing characteristics.
D6
PERSONALITY TRAIT
1
I’m always looking to improve
                                                
                                            
                                        






