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Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
“the Great Dialogue” in the dragon’s mountaintop lair. But only the dragon knows that the Great Dialogue has no end, and no one can leave the lair once it has begun.
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A crystal
decades unexpectedly retires to the Elemental Plane of Air. Monstrous forces immediately move into the area—and might take control of the pass unless the dragon can be convinced to return.
6
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
uses its duplicate for only a short time before returning its consciousness to its body.
The knowledge that berbalangs accumulate makes them great sources of information for powerful people traveling
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
, encourage great thinkers, and spur adventurers to heroic deeds. They sometimes give guidance to those in need or request help from adventurers to encourage them to greatness.
As a rule
wonders? (Chaotic)
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Beauty. There is beauty to be found in even the simplest things if you look hard enough. (Good)
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Inspiration. Great are history’s artists and creators. But
Monsters
Sleeping Dragon’s Wake
Bahamut, which the dragon can use to commune with the deity.
In recent decades Lhammaruntosz has retreated inside the shrine, becoming reclusive due to a attack by a disguised demon which has driven her
mad. She leaves on rare occasions to hunt for food, returning as soon as possible. Members of the Scaly Eye still live within the Bronze Shrine, as Lhammaruntosz has ordered them to stay on as her
Monsters
Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse
experiences, particularly great meals, with the monster. Some might even convince a darkweaver to release them if they promise to return with rare spices or one-of-a-kind meals. Those who manage to
escape a darkweaver should think twice about returning to the creature’s lair, though, as darkweavers prioritize their appetites over bargains.A Darkweaver’s Lair
Darkweavers dwell in
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
travels farther than the sprawling city that lies outside his palace.
Dispater is correct to fear, but the true threat comes not from without. The lord’s great error was allowing himself to be
, Titivilus has manipulated everyone along his path to power, either to win them over to his cause or to remove them as a threat.
Since gaining his position, Titivilus has convinced Dispater that countless
Monsters
Curse of Strahd
threatened to spill her blood. Ezmerelda convinced him that she genuinely wanted to help him find his missing son, whereupon van Richten told her the saddest of tales. He had found his son, who had been
.
The Great Vampire Hunt. While in the company of a Vistani caravan, Ezmerelda heard a rumor that Rudolph van Richten had gone to Barovia to slay the most powerful vampire of them all. She decided that
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
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
a constant battle against deep gnome miners, who scour the tunnels of the dragon’s lair in search of emeralds.
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An adult silver dragon tries to befriend and draw out a reclusive adult
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Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
As a child, you were inquisitive when your playmates were possessive or raucous. In your formative years, you found your way to one of Faerûn’s great institutes of learning , where you
of knowledge.
The most well known of Faerûn’s fonts of knowledge is Candlekeep. The great library is always in need of workers and attendants, some of whom rise through the ranks to
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
to partake in “the Great Dialogue” in the dragon’s mountaintop lair. But only the dragon knows that the Great Dialogue has no end, and no one can leave the lair once it has begun
mountain pass for decades unexpectedly retires to the Elemental Plane of Air. Monstrous forces immediately move into the area—and might take control of the pass unless the dragon can be convinced to
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Elemental Evil Player's Companion
At the highest mountain peaks — far above the slopes where trees grow and where the air is thin and the frigid winds howl — dwell the reclusive goliaths. Few folk can claim to have seen a
goliath, and fewer still can claim friendship with them. Goliaths wander a bleak realm of rock, wind, and cold. Their bodies look as if they are carved from mountain stone and give them great
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Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
research, often at the expense of my own health and safety.
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I’m convinced there’s not a soul in Ravnica, except maybe the great Niv-Mizzet, who can match my boundless intellect.
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suspension.
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Great ideas are fine, but great results are what counts.
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If you can guess what I’m about to do, that means I’ve run out of imagination.
Ideals
d6
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Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
published in Baldur’s Mouth, you can surmise a great deal about Baldurians’ secrets — who’s practicing necromancy, who’s involved in spying or smuggling, who would purchase or
convey the impression of great erudition.
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I’ve read every book in the world’s greatest libraries—or I like to boast that I have.
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I’m used to helping out those who
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Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
affairs of other guilds is a great way to get squashed like a bug. (Neutral)
Bonds
d6
Bond
1
I cherish the finger of a family member who was petrified by a
bother to couch my opinions in flattering words.
5
I can’t help but pocket any trinket or coin I come across, no matter how worthless.
6
I’m convinced that I’m better and
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Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
.
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The sea around a wizard’s tower is too stormy for ships to sail through, but a resident dragon turtle might be convinced to ferry the characters across.
5
A royal bathhouse was
, though some dragon turtles prefer coastal lairs with easier access to settlements they can trade with—or prey upon. Particularly reclusive dragon turtles seek lairs in even more remote locales
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
bards and philosophers to partake in “the Great Dialogue” in the dragon’s mountaintop lair. But only the dragon knows that the Great Dialogue has no end, and no one can leave the lair
can be convinced to return.
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A royal heir goes missing while secretly visiting a crystal dragon. The heir’s family, the heir’s friends, and the dragon all want to find the heir, but
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
the greatest bards and philosophers to partake in “the Great Dialogue” in the dragon’s mountaintop lair. But only the dragon knows that the Great Dialogue has no end, and no one can
unless the dragon can be convinced to return.
6
A royal heir goes missing while secretly visiting a crystal dragon. The heir’s family, the heir’s friends, and the dragon all want to
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
dragon are terrorizing a nearby halfling settlement. One solution is to get rid of the dragon.
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An emerald dragon is the headmaster in absentia of a bardic college and must be convinced to defend
had subsided, the dragon moved in.
The lair has the following features:
Lava Tubes. When the volcano is quiet, the dragon uses the lava tubes to come and go from the lair.
Great Hall. The emerald
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Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
convinced that everyone I know is plotting against me.
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I’ll brave any risk if the monetary reward is great enough.
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I am convinced that I am far more important than anyone else is
Backgrounds
Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
hundreds of miles of the Great Glacier and the Great Ice Sea. No one from your nation makes the effort to cross such colossal barriers without a convincing reason. You must fear something truly
locations discussed here, it is far more unnatural. You hail from one of the settlements in the Underdark, each of which has its own strange customs and laws. If you are a native of one of the great
Backgrounds
Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
You are the heir to something of great value — not mere coin or wealth, but an object that has been entrusted to you and you alone. Your inheritance might have come directly to you from a
with me to pursue my destiny.
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Flaw
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The tyrant who rules my land will stop at nothing to see me killed.
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I’m convinced of the significance of my destiny, and
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Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
.]
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I’m as stubborn as a batterboar.
4
I’m so convinced of my superiority over soft, civilized people that I’ll take great risks to prove it.
5
I’m easily
Centaur
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Basic Rules (2014)
body of a great horse topped by a humanoid torso, head, and arms. Reclusive wanderers, they avoid conflict but fight fiercely when pressed.
Berbalang
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Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes
berbalang typically uses its duplicate for only a short time before returning its consciousness to its body.
Weird Oracles. The knowledge that berbalangs accumulate makes them great sources of
Gith
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Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes
The story of the gith is rooted in a cruel twist of cosmic fate. Inspired by the great leader for whom the race is named, the gith rose up to overthrow the mind flayers that held them in
by revenge and convinced that they deserved to take whatever they wanted from the worlds they traveled. Ranging out from the titanic city of Tu’narath on the Astral Plane, they send raiders out
Monsters
Mordenkainen's Fiendish Folio Volume 1
bound to their fey lord and unable to bargain away their souls. So rather than claim them, Fierna warped and twisted them before returning them to the Feywild, content that the corruption of the satyrs
hero achieves some great deed only to see their sinister, diabolical side surface. Deceiving their companions during their most daunting trials, the forlarren then betrays those companions at the worst moment possible.
Triton
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
to escape so easily. A great conclave of tritons chose volunteers skilled in weapons and magic as part of an expeditionary force to enter the Material Plane and seek out their enemies.
Those tritons
of truth. Few know of the tritons’ great victories over dreadful undersea threats. The tritons make little allowance for such ignorance and are delighted to expound upon the great debt others owe
Sage
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, sometimes as a means toward other ideals.
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Personality Trait
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I use polysyllabic words that convey the impression of great erudition.
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I’ve read every book in the
situations.
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I’m convinced that people are always trying to steal my secrets.
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Ideal
1
Knowledge. The path to power and self-improvement is through knowledge. (Neutral
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sleeping Dragon’s Wake
Lhammaruntosz has retreated inside the shrine, becoming reclusive due to a attack by a disguised demon which has driven her mad. She leaves on rare occasions to hunt for food, returning as soon as possible
Orc
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
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
strongholds, and then decorated with uniquely orcish accessories.
A war wagon is a source of great pride for a war chief, comparable to a human army’s banner or flag. Many are clad in armor and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
Tazmikella Female Copper Dragon Tazmikella is fond of humans and has spent a great deal of time living among them, but she has reservations about supporting the factions. Her lair and hoard have been
themselves. However, she is not convinced they would succeed, and having humanoid allies would reduce casualties for both sides. Attitude. Neutral. If any character is a dragonborn, Tazmikella is instead
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
Tazmikella Female Copper Dragon Tazmikella is fond of humans and has spent a great deal of time living among them, but she has reservations about supporting the factions. Her lair and hoard have been
themselves. However, she is not convinced they would succeed, and having humanoid allies would reduce casualties for both sides. Attitude. Neutral. If any character is a dragonborn, Tazmikella is instead
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Competition for a Hoard Shadowy cults, reclusive scholars, rival adventurers, and mysterious organizations might seek out a dragon’s hoard, either trying to claim it from a dragon or trying to
dragon’s hoard to perform some great ritual. The Hoard Magic table suggests some possibilities. Hoard Magic d6 Magical Motivation
1 Create a permanent protective ward covering a city-state or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
the frigid winds howl — dwell the reclusive goliaths. Few folk can claim to have seen a goliath, and fewer still can claim friendship with one. Goliaths wander a bleak realm of rock, wind, and cold
. Their bodies look as if they are carved from mountain stone and give them great physical power. Their spirits take after the wandering wind, making them nomads who wander from peak to peak. Their
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
share a sense of a larger purpose or a recurring theme (or themes). The adventures might feature returning villains, grand conspiracies, or a single mastermind who’s ultimately behind every adventure of
the campaign. A continuing campaign designed with a theme and a story arc in mind can feel like a great fantasy epic. The players derive the satisfaction of knowing the actions they take during one