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Monsters
Mythic Odysseys of Theros
called stratians, number among the fiercest soldiers on Theros. They train relentlessly and possess unflinching resolve. In the annals of Akros, tales abound of squads of stratians that defended a
glorification of the warrior's spirit, the basis of an ethos that forges an unbreakable bond between members of a military unit. In combat, hoplites typically work in groups and use coordinated tactics to
Magic Items
Storm King's Thunder
This wooden gavel is small by giant reckoning but nearly the size of a warhammer in human hands. The venn (friend) rune is inscribed in mithral in the base of the haft. Among giants, this item is
used as part of rituals to resolve disputes. The gavel has the following properties.
Arbiter’s Shield. At the start of every combat, attack rolls against you have disadvantage before the start of
Magic Items
Storm King's Thunder
This triangular fire opal measures about three inches on each side and is half an inch thick. The ild (fire) rune shimmers within its core, causing it to be slightly warm to the touch. The opal has
much fire to extinguish in that radius.
Gift of Flame. You can transfer the opal’s magic to a nonmagical item — a weapon or a suit of armor — by tracing the ild rune there with your
Backgrounds
Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
, and their members operate anywhere the organization deems necessary. These groups employ listeners, rumormongers, smugglers, sellswords, cache-holders (people who guard caches of wealth or magic for
use by the faction’s operatives), haven keepers, and message drop minders, to name a few. At the core of every faction are those who don’t merely fulfill a small function for that
Bugbear
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Species
Volo's Guide to Monsters
indolence offers no clue to how vicious the creatures are. Bugbears are capable of bouts of incredible ferocity, using their muscular bodies to exact swift and ruthless violence. At their core
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Gang Mentality
Since bugbears aren’t a particularly fecund race, their overall population is small and spread over a wide area. Bugbears live in family groups that operate much like gangs. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
Opal of the Ild Rune Wondrous item, rare (requires attunement) This triangular fire opal measures about three inches on each side and is half an inch thick. The ild (fire) rune shimmers within its
core, causing it to be slightly warm to the touch. The opal has the following properties, which work only while it’s on your person. Ignite. As an action, you can ignite an object within 10 feet of you
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Splitting Up Creatures being chased can split up into smaller groups. This tactic forces pursuers to either divide their forces or allow some of the quarry to escape. If a pursuit splits into several
smaller chases, resolve each chase separately. You can keep all the creatures in Initiative order, but track the distances separately for each group.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
Gavel of the Venn Rune Wondrous item, rare (requires attunement) This wooden gavel is small by giant reckoning but nearly the size of a warhammer in human hands. The venn (friend) rune is inscribed
in mithral in the base of the haft. Among giants, this item is used as part of rituals to resolve disputes. The gavel has the following properties. Arbiter’s Shield. At the start of every combat
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
Running the Adventures To run each of these adventures, you need the fifth edition core rulebooks: the Player’s Handbook, Dungeon Master’s Guide, and Monster Manual. Spells and equipment mentioned in
adventures in this anthology. Each adventure is designed for four to six characters of a particular level, but you can adjust for larger or smaller groups by changing the number of foes in an encounter and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
the overall history of giants. Unlike various religious groups among giants, such as the destructive priests of Surtur and the hopeful followers of Iallanis, the giants of the Hidden Rune do not
Hidden Rune Irina Nordsol Giants of the Hidden Rune explore a ruin
with help from smaller assistants To the giants of the Hidden Rune, the children of Annam are in a temporary state of decline, a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
, and their members operate anywhere the organization deems necessary. These groups employ listeners, rumormongers, smugglers, sellswords, cache-holders (people who guard caches of wealth or magic for
use by the faction’s operatives), haven keepers, and message drop minders, to name a few. At the core of every faction are those who don’t merely fulfill a small function for that organization, but
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Large Groups The biggest considerations with large groups are maintaining order at the table and keeping combat from becoming too slow. Structured Turns If you find yourself in a situation where
Information. If you tell the players what the Armor Class of their opponents is, you reduce the steps of interaction needed to resolve an attack. Instead of telling you a number and asking if it hits
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
with the skills of a ranger or rogue. High Dexterity and Wisdom scores, combined with proficiency in the Nature, Perception, Stealth, and Survival skills, support this character’s core capabilities
. Scouts are often recruited from people who are more familiar with the wilds than with city streets, including folk heroes, hermits, and outlanders. Soldier. Soldiers make up the core of most military
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
agent of the Sunweaver—deemed service in the Brightguard a holy calling, the group’s ranks swelled. Most members have unshakable resolve, but recent revolutionary acts have the order on edge. The
they defend the order and its members like lions protect their prides. They resent other revolutionary groups whose violent ways cause the people to distrust the Silent Roar by extension. Many Silent
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
hit the fighter. According to the table, for every three orcs that attack the fighter, one of them hits. There are enough orcs for two groups of three. The remaining two orcs fail to hit the fighter
attack bonus, assume that it hits once with each of those attacks. If a creature’s attacks have different attack bonuses, resolve each attack separately. This attack resolution system ignores critical
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
, saying, “No closer, friends! This is a private matter, and we don’t wish to be disturbed.” Unferth presents himself with a false joviality, making light of the fact that two groups of upstanding
citizens should find themselves engaged in an ugly bit of skulduggery involving opening a tomb. Underneath the self-deprecating manner is a stern resolve. The Kraken Society paid good money for the orb
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
Wizardly Groups Many wizardly groups exist in the Forgotten Realms, but two, in particular, stand out. The Red Wizards The most infamous group of wizards in the Realms are the Red Wizards of Thay
teleport nearby with attack spells already in the midst of being cast. MAGE SIGILS
Wizards and many other arcane spellcasters develop a signature rune, which they use to identify their belongings, sign as
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
’ wealth and influence. Whose interest, then, does the Chronicle serve?
All the more reason, loyal readers, to rely on the Voice of Breland for unbiased news you can use.
Civilian. Some groups include
sensational story. High Intelligence and proficiency in Investigation often aids the core work of the Snoop, and knowledge of Arcana, History, or Religion can be helpful for background research. Divination
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
only the most powerful flinds and pack lords bother to name the groups they lead. The War Band Composition table determines how many gnolls and hyenas the band contains. The War Band Leadership table
2d4 maw demons* 19 1 shoosuva* 20 1d3 trolls Shared Physical Trait d10 Shared Physical Trait 1 Rune branded on forehead 2 Bone piercings 3 Ritual scarring 4 Surrounded by clouds of flies 5
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
smaller organizations with more specialized areas of operation. These groups are summarized in the Criminal Organizations of Sharn table and described in the later sections that follow. Each of these
organizations has a core of operatives and enterprises under the direct control of its leaders. But each also has a network of secondary relationships. For example, the Little Fingers are a group of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
character might belong to one of these groups or another ideological faction, perhaps one of your own creation. The primary factions of Sigil, which are further detailed in chapter 2, adhere to the
include the following details:
A core philosophy centered on an assumption or fundamental truth about the multiverse or its workings
A building that serves as the faction’s headquarters in the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
collapse any time soon. Membership. The core membership of the Boromar Clan—comprising about one in six of its members—is an extended family of halflings descended from immigrants who came to Sharn from
safer to be an ally of the syndicate, or at least to stay out of its way, than it is to be its enemy—and it’s more lucrative to boot. The following groups count themselves among the Boromar Clan’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Light of Xaryxis
their grievances against the Xaryxian Empire, while Xeleth attempts to twist every point against them. Resolve this debate by having one of the characters—whichever one is leading the argument in favor
to the radiant core of Xaryxis, along with anything it is wearing or carrying. (The zodar is immune to this effect.) A creature that enters the star or ends its turn there takes 132 (24d10) radiant
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
being a defender is core to your identity as a ranger. As a member of Acquisitions Incorporated, you channel your natural proclivity for protectiveness into a razor-sharp focus on the franchise. Pure
members of your franchise might panic when that crate of figurines of wondrous power you acquired turns out to all be self-activating obsidian steeds. But you have the steady nerves and earnest resolve
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
marshal. Does the character have enough money to pay bribes or to hire a small gang of mercenaries? Does the rival hold sway over any guilds, temples, or other groups? Make a list of the rival’s assets
you resolve one or more workweeks of downtime, pick one of the ways a rival’s plans might be advanced and introduce it into play. Think about how a rival might operate in order to bring specific
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
members of a military unit. In combat, hoplites typically work in groups and use coordinated tactics to win victories. The three Hoplite Unit Names tables present the sorts of titles used by hoplite
relentlessly and possess unflinching resolve. In the annals of Akros, tales abound of squads of stratians that defended a key location against a much larger force or crept behind enemy lines and wreaked havoc
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
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
can accommodate groups of acolytes, each learning under the direction of one or more mentors responsible for training them in the duties and skills of the priesthood. Once acolytes complete their
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
oversees the city administration. An elected city council represents the middle class and might hold more actual power than the lord mayor. Other groups serve as important power centers as well. Defense
are easily identified by the expansion of the walls beyond the central core. These internal walls naturally divide the city into wards (neighborhoods defined by specific features), which have their own
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
behavior is interfering with everyone else’s enjoyment, everyone has a stake in helping to resolve the issue. Setting Expectations Before you assemble a group around a game table, pitch the
, including mind-control magic, helplessness, and death. That said, D&D is a game that has in-world conflicts and mayhem. Certain core elements of the game are difficult to ignore. For example, taking damage
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
behavior is interfering with everyone else’s enjoyment, everyone has a stake in helping to resolve the issue. Setting Expectations Before you assemble a group around a game table, pitch the
befall characters, including mind-control magic, helplessness, and death. That said, D&D is a game that has in-world conflicts and mayhem. Certain core elements of the game are difficult to ignore. For
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
allies. Rizzeryl works for two groups: House Auvryndar, a low-ranking drow house from Menzoberranzan that is slowly and secretly consolidating its power in Undermountain, and the Zhentarim, which is
, a copper tankard similar to those found in area 22a (5 gp), a battered and tarnished silver scepter topped with a Dwarvish rune meaning “justice” (25 gp), and three worthless, dog-eared chapbooks entitled Out of the Inferno, Vols. 1, 2, and 3 (a tawdry series about a tiefling romance).
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
ship power the wards. Kycera knows one rune was placed in the ship’s stateroom, but she doesn’t remember the second rune’s location. She believes that magic or a pass phrase can deactivate the runes
is fueled by two runes in different locations aboard the ship. Both runes must be dispelled to access the room that holds the rod piece. Figaro knows the runes are invisible. He also knows one rune is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
particularly stout dwarf wearing a helm shaped like a boar’s head. He says the gemstone is a spherical emerald roughly three inches in diameter, with a small imperfection in its core shaped vaguely like
will help to ensure Waterdeep’s security (a true statement). He describes the Runestone as a large, glowing, disk-shaped gem with Halaster’s rune floating in it. He does not mention a monetary reward
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
empty streets. Investigating the Town. A successful DC 12 Wisdom (Survival) check reveals infrequent tracks belonging to different humanoid creatures. Some travel alone, while others go in small groups
appears to trigger the duergar’s sudden growth and battle prowess, but they drink only to firm up their resolve. See “Development” below.) The duergar are too inebriated to turn invisible. Because night
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Baldur’s Gate or through the spiderweb-filled alleys of Menzoberranzan might inspire you to create your own table. Splitting Up Creatures being chased can split up into smaller groups. This tactic forces
pursuers to either divide their forces or allow some of the quarry to escape. If a pursuit splits into several smaller chases, resolve each chase separately. Run a round of one chase, then a round of