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Vecna: Eve of Ruin
shade’s next turn. On a successful save, the target takes half as much damage only.
“She was great at picking locks but had a terrible cruel streak. When the cloaker got her, we were glad we
’d never see her again—then, to our horror, we did.”
—Hopewell Lightfinger, Sword Coast Adventurer
When the spirit of a malevolent trickster or callous rogue refuses to
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
, the force of the dragon’s will and mind sometimes refuses to pass on. This essence lingers in the form of a psychic remnant called a draconic shard.
A draconic shard in its true form resembles a
. In this vessel, a draconic shard continues to pursue the interests and struggles that drove the dragon, perhaps even accompanying adventurers in the guise of an intelligent magic item and steering
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into the realm of dreams to communicate with the creatures that sleep near their lairs. In this way, they inspire artists and poets, encourage great thinkers, and spur adventurers to heroic deeds
in even the simplest things if you look hard enough. (Good)
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Inspiration. Great are history’s artists and creators. But greater still are those who inspire them. (Any)
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Power
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Mythic Odysseys of Theros
world, and so great were its size and strength that the gods Nylea and Heliod combined their power to bind the monster deep within the Nessian Wood. That incarnation was slain, but the eternal ideal
period of hibernation during which it continues to grow. When it awakens, it goes on a feeding rampage, so beginning the cycle once again. These rhythms of destruction sometimes become so ingrained in
Backgrounds
Ghosts of Saltmarsh
You were trained for battle on sandy beaches and rocky shores. You have launched midnight raids from swift ships whose names evoke terror in the hearts of your adversaries. The water is your second
;You enabled the escape of your fellow soldiers, but at great cost to yourself. Some of your past comrades may think you’re dead.
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Juggernaut. No reasonable explanation can explain
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gravity with flight that doesn’t rely solely upon their great wings, and gravitational force empowers both their devastating breath weapon and the exploding amethyst crystals they spit at their
A cult devoted to a Great Old One of the Far Realm seeks an alien monolith that can summon its master, but the site is guarded by an amethyst dragon.
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An amethyst dragon wyrmling is actually
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physical laws affect them. They defy gravity with flight that doesn’t rely solely upon their great wings, and gravitational force empowers both their devastating breath weapon and the exploding
before swapping back.
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A cult devoted to a Great Old One of the Far Realm seeks an alien monolith that can summon its master, but the site is guarded by an amethyst dragon.
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An amethyst
backgrounds
revealed some of its nature to you—that the Lord of Fools serves some great entity who prizes humor and merriment, often at the expense of the mighty. But he is no mere jester. Beneath the mask
string of colorful handkerchiefs tied together
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A tarnished silver bell that sometimes refuses to jingle
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A pair of boots or slippers that squeak comically with each step
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A short scepter or baton with a horn on the cap
monsters
great numbers, tapping into the magic of this Mythos entity to multiply and thrive.
Twisted Promises. Cults of Shub-Niggurath begin innocently enough. A village deep in a primal forest, or a group
rely on culling the weak among their own numbers. The community seeks outsiders. Brutal and vicious cults rely on raids, but more cunning ones lure strangers to their lands with promises of food and
Orc
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created the orcs and continues to direct their destiny. He is aided and abetted by the other warrior deities, Bahgtru and Ilneval, who bring strength and cunning to the battlefield. The followers of all
great unknown.
NISHREK AND THE ETERNAL WAR
Orcs believe that if they die with honor, their spirits go to the plane of Acheron, the Infinite Battlefield — specifically the layer of Nishrek
Tabaxi
Legacy
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relics, magical items, and other rare objects. Aside from the power such items might confer, a tabaxi takes great joy in unraveling the stories behind their creation and the history of their use
on a particularly interesting item when an owner refuses to sell or trade it.
Tabaxi Names
Each tabaxi has a single name, determined by clan and based on a complex formula that involves astrology
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
Threshold’s floating island ceases to rise. However, the rest of the city continues breaking apart and rising into the sky. Even if Belephaion is taken alive, he refuses to lower the city. The characters
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
Threshold’s floating island ceases to rise. However, the rest of the city continues breaking apart and rising into the sky. Even if Belephaion is taken alive, he refuses to lower the city. The characters
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
survivors. If the characters have access to zone of truth or similar magic, he flatly refuses to take part in any further questioning. Galin will not respond to intimidation. However, effective roleplaying
Altand intact in exchange for information on other settlements that would become the targets of the cult’s next round of raids. Galin does not know the identity of the green wyrmspeaker, or the location
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
survivors. If the characters have access to zone of truth or similar magic, he flatly refuses to take part in any further questioning. Galin will not respond to intimidation. However, effective roleplaying
Altand intact in exchange for information on other settlements that would become the targets of the cult’s next round of raids. Galin does not know the identity of the green wyrmspeaker, or the location
Yuan-ti Pureblood
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people who became yuan-ti were one of the original human civilizations. Their society built great temples of stone and forged metal into armor, tools, and weapons. In their ceremonies they paid homage to
serpent gods began to demand more and more sacrifices, the yuan-ti stepped up their raids on bordering settlements to meet this need.
Calm long-view schemers, innate deceivers, and immune to poison
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a2
The Forge of Fury Two centuries ago, the great dwarf smith Durgeddin the Black and his clan were driven from their home by a horde of fierce orcs and trolls. They plundered the dwarves’ ancestral
halls and slew all they could catch. Fleeing his enemies, Durgeddin led the destitute remnants of his clan in search of a new home. After years of wandering, the dwarves discovered a great cavern system
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a2
The Forge of Fury Two centuries ago, the great dwarf smith Durgeddin the Black and his clan were driven from their home by a horde of fierce orcs and trolls. They plundered the dwarves’ ancestral
halls and slew all they could catch. Fleeing his enemies, Durgeddin led the destitute remnants of his clan in search of a new home. After years of wandering, the dwarves discovered a great cavern system
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
minions to do its dirty work. Summary The stone is delivered to Grinda Garloth, a mage who has worked for Xanathar in the past. When she refuses to give up the stone, members of the Xanathar Guild try to
, a halfling necromancer, raids the Garloth mausoleum and takes the stone shortly before the characters arrive (encounter 4, “Mausoleum”). As they emerge from the mausoleum, members of the Xanathar
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
bandits and fugitives, and outlanders have to watch their step. Tensions remain high on the border with Breland, resulting in constant skirmishes and raids. Deeper within the nation, the Daughters of
Sora Kell build their power. Graywall and the Great Crag are constantly expanding, with goblins and ogres laboring through the night. Warlords drill their troops, forcing all manner of monsters to work
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
minions to do its dirty work. Summary The stone is delivered to Grinda Garloth, a mage who has worked for Xanathar in the past. When she refuses to give up the stone, members of the Xanathar Guild try to
, a halfling necromancer, raids the Garloth mausoleum and takes the stone shortly before the characters arrive (encounter 4, “Mausoleum”). As they emerge from the mausoleum, members of the Xanathar
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
to be properly time-consuming, use the following optional rule. When you fall from a great height, you instantly descend up to 500 feet. If you’re still falling on your next turn, you descend up to
500 feet at the end of that turn. This process continues until the fall ends, either because you hit the ground or the fall is otherwise halted.
compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Grim Hollow: Player’s Guide
raids was for the glory of Clan Völgr and for the well-being of the entire world. The speakers of the Prismatic Circle told us that the Great Wyrm Gormadraug was wakening, and we had to ensure its
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
bandits and fugitives, and outlanders have to watch their step. Tensions remain high on the border with Breland, resulting in constant skirmishes and raids. Deeper within the nation, the Daughters of
Sora Kell build their power. Graywall and the Great Crag are constantly expanding, with goblins and ogres laboring through the night. Warlords drill their troops, forcing all manner of monsters to work
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
erupts from the water on the starboard side of the ship and takes to the sky. Its bronze scales gleam in the sunlight. With great flaps of its wings, it continues its ascent.
The Young Bronze Dragon
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
to be properly time-consuming, use the following optional rule. When you fall from a great height, you instantly descend up to 500 feet. If you’re still falling on your next turn, you descend up to
500 feet at the end of that turn. This process continues until the fall ends, either because you hit the ground or the fall is otherwise halted.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
the Elemental Plane of Earth. Perhaps a night hag hawking rare spell components refuses all currency but fresh larvae from Hades, while a bone devil might siphon years off the buyer’s life as payment
for a diabolical blade. Buyers can find goods of every shape, size, and sort in one of Sigil’s many marketplaces, the largest of which is the Great Bazaar (see the “Market Ward” section later in this chapter), though individual businesses lie scattered among the wards.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
great respect for the Harpers, however; a character who belongs to this faction and produces a Harper pin to prove it can pry the information from her with a successful DC 13 Charisma (Persuasion) check
Dwarvish, demands the Stone of Golorr, and refuses to believe that they don’t have it. If the stone isn’t turned over to them promptly, the duergar enlarge themselves and attack. Xanathar watches the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
the Elemental Plane of Earth. Perhaps a night hag hawking rare spell components refuses all currency but fresh larvae from Hades, while a bone devil might siphon years off the buyer’s life as payment
for a diabolical blade. Buyers can find goods of every shape, size, and sort in one of Sigil’s many marketplaces, the largest of which is the Great Bazaar (see the “Market Ward” section later in this chapter), though individual businesses lie scattered among the wards.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
great respect for the Harpers, however; a character who belongs to this faction and produces a Harper pin to prove it can pry the information from her with a successful DC 13 Charisma (Persuasion) check
Dwarvish, demands the Stone of Golorr, and refuses to believe that they don’t have it. If the stone isn’t turned over to them promptly, the duergar enlarge themselves and attack. Xanathar watches the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
raiders who pillage and destroy any caravan or homestead they come across. The Uthgardt take their name from Uthgar Gardolfsson, a great hero-chief who battled giants and conquered much of the North before
clans, each with its own chieftain and tribal shaman. The chieftains of a particular tribe choose one among them to become the great chief of the tribe, with power comparable to a monarch. The Uthgardt
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
god’s potential objectives. Athreos’s Divine Schemes d4 Scheme
1 Athreos tires of his responsibilities but refuses to abandon them. Secretly, he has allowed the same spirit to be reborn
again and again, allowing it to see all of life and death so it might one day take his place. When this apprentice disappears, Athreos refuses to ferry any more souls until his student is returned
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
god’s potential objectives. Athreos’s Divine Schemes d4 Scheme
1 Athreos tires of his responsibilities but refuses to abandon them. Secretly, he has allowed the same spirit to be reborn
again and again, allowing it to see all of life and death so it might one day take his place. When this apprentice disappears, Athreos refuses to ferry any more souls until his student is returned
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
conflict is a great war of attrition — the combatants don’t often gain or lose territory as the result of battle. But on a personal scale, combat is brutal, with no quarter given or expected. The duergar
fight a persistent guerrilla war of sudden raids and brutal attacks against isolated groups of dwarves. Duergar often begin an attack by burrowing into a dwarf settlement from below, then bursting out
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
goblin raids is a tragedy for some, but the event provides an opportunity for the wilderness to grow up and make the land fertile again, which in turn provides new challenges for those who would
be not only wasteful but blasphemous. Silvanus often receives veneration from travelers in wild lands, explorers, and residents of rural communities far from the protection of a local lord or a great