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Returning 35 results for 'could into came being some name'.
Monsters
Storm King's Thunder
be wielding a melee weapon.
Roleplaying Information
Othovir is a gifted harness-maker who doesn’t talk about his family or where he came from. He cares about his business, his clients, and his
good name.
Ideal: “Find what you do well, and do it to the best of your ability.”
Bond: “I won’t allow my name to be tarnished.”
Flaw: “I get angry when others pry into my private life.”
Monsters
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
has an unnerving smile — hence his name.
A more apt name for this eladrin would be Smiler the Beguiler, as he’s constantly trying to intoxicate others with his relentless optimism and
nycaloth warlord named Yarrasto. Smiler took control of the nycaloth’s warband and their infernal war machines. Smiler’s gang came to be known as Smiler’s Defilers, and their ferocity
Monsters
The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
","rollType":"roll","rollAction":"Witchlight watch"}; on a roll of 3 or 8, Witch can’t cast the spell again until the next dawn), messageWitch, who used to go by the name Naeryx Krumple, spent his
to reckless acts.”
Bond. “This carnival is our opportunity for a new life, far away from the gloomy world we came from.”
Flaw. “I’m too confident in my own authority to
Monsters
Acquisitions Incorporated
thinking of his older brother as the successful one.) But he can be quick to show self-consciousness when talking of where he came from, and he never speaks of the name he bore in that former life.
After
Monsters
Curse of Strahd
in her seventies, but she is, in fact, much older.
Royal Blood. Madam Eva is Strahd’s half-sister, though Strahd is unaware of this fact. Her real name is Katarina, and she is the daughter of a
through her veins.
Mother Night. Over four hundred years ago, Katarina came to Barovia and insinuated herself into Strahd’s court, working as a maid in Castle Ravenloft. She came to know the
Species
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
sensations or visions of the past to come rushing back.
Rather than sleeping, reborn regularly sit and dwell on the past, hoping for some revelation of what came before. Most of the time, these are dark
, silent stretches. Occasionally, though, in a moment of peace, stress, or excitement, a reborn gains a glimpse of what came before. When you desire to have such a dreamlike vision, roll on the Lost
Spells
Xanathar's Guide to Everything
for the sixth time, it is released, and the spell ends. While a soul is trapped, the dead humanoid it came from can’t be revived.
Steal Life. You can use a bonus action to drain vigor from
before the start of your next turn, it is lost.
Eyes of the Dead. You can use an action to name a place the humanoid saw in life, which creates an invisible sensor somewhere in that place if it
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
suggest that when the gods came to the First World and tried to populate it with their Humanoid followers, a clever dragon fled to the Feywild to hide a clutch of eggs. The magic of that faerie
trouble in the name of lifting the “curse.”
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Ettercap;Ettercaps captured a moonstone dragon wyrmling, who has so far avoided becoming dinner by teaching the ettercaps to create wild
Monsters
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
feeling unwanted. After much thought, however, Nass came around to the idea. She could put her magic to the test and carve out a name for herself.
As she was preparing to leave the Hosttower, Nass
Magic Items
Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
pestle, you can use your action to say the name of any nonmagical plant, mineral, or fluid and an amount of the material worth 10 gp or less. The mortar instantly fills with the desired amount of
command the mortar to travel, you can instead throw out the dust or paste of something ground by the mortar and name a location on a different plane of existence or a different world on the Material
Backgrounds
Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
good that even if some people you meet have heard of your homeland, they know merely the name and perhaps a few outrageous stories. You have come to this part of Faerûn for your own reasons, which
course, you followed an equally long route when you came north from your place of birth. Though it isn’t unusual for Zakharans to visit the southern extremes of Faerûn for trading purposes, few
Dwarf
Legacy
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Species
Basic Rules (2014)
“Yer late, elf!” came the rough edge of a familiar voice. Bruenor Battlehammer walked up the back of his dead foe, disregarding the fact that the heavy monster lay on top of his elven
friend. In spite of the added discomfort, the dwarf’s long, pointed, often-broken nose and gray-streaked though still-fiery red beard came as a welcome sight to Drizzt. “Knew I’d find
backgrounds
. Consider how your character came to lose their memory. Was it lost through injury or illness, or did something more sinister steal it with a toxin or curse? You might decide to leave this choice up to the
identify
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A short note addressed to you signed with a name you don’t recognize
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A thin silk scarf with a fading scent that stirs familiarity
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A toy horse with unfamiliar initials inked on it
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A locket whose portrait is burnt and unrecognizable
Tabaxi
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
lazy, but when Linene came around looking for a missing broach, she was out the door before I could blink an eye.
— Toblen Stonehill, innkeeper
Hailing from a strange and distant land
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->Curse of Strahd
death. My army settled in the valley of Barovia and took power over the people in the name of a just god, but with none of a god’s grace or justice.
I called for my family, long unseated from their
ancient thrones, and brought them here to settle in the castle Ravenloft. They came with a younger brother of mine, Sergei. He was handsome and youthful. I hated him for both.
From the families of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
world and to reinforce the principles of any training or practice undertaken while awake. At the same time, the memories of long ago that came so easily during childhood now arise less and less
frequently. The Drawing of the Veil is the name that elves give to the occasion when a young elf no longer experiences primal memories during trance but instead recalls only the events of its current mortal existence.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
mere legends and scriptures, and few credit their details as fact. Next came the Age of Dreams, a time when heroes battled the forces of evil. Many modern cultures and institutions saw their origins
swaths of the continent of Ansalon in the name of good. But the triumph of the Age of Might sowed the seeds of its downfall. Over the centuries, the city of Istar in eastern Ansalon grew into a continent
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
business making collapsible cages (their well-crafted hanging cages gave the crossroads its name), and the duergar came to rely on mithral that the svirfneblin supplied. The drow provided the duergar with
through the area, as cave-ins and flooding have made it inconvenient as a thoroughfare. A group of thieves who recently obtained an obelisk fragment came to plunder an abandoned vault in Gibbet Crossing
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
-red leather armor. She declines to give the characters her name, but asks whether they’re interested in a well-paying job. If the characters haven’t learned about the murders yet, she provides them a
. Thornwell has wanted to be rid of Dory ever since she came to believe that her fellow councillor was responsible for the death of one of her allies. But she doesn’t want to jeopardize her standing on
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica
original mission was to oversee issues of public health, but the Simic came to believe that complete health — of individuals and of society as a whole — depends on the mutual adaptation of nature and
laboratories protects most Simic guild members from immediate harm. Little is known about the combine’s founder, except that this individual’s first or family name was Simic.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
4. Describe Your Character Once you know the basic game aspects of your character, it’s time to flesh him or her out as a person. Your character needs a name. Spend a few minutes thinking about what
bonds, and the flaws that could one day undermine him or her. Your character’s background describes where he or she came from, his or her original occupation, and the character’s place in the D&D world
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
About Joster Mareet Sythian Skalderang has an incubus acquaintance who goes by the name Joster Mareet. This servant of the demon lord Graz’zt usually takes the form of a tall, beautiful, male
tiefling. The incubus has telepathy out to a range of 60 feet, enabling the fiend to have telepathic conversations with Sythian even when they’re not in the same room. Joster came knocking shortly after
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
castle’s walls. Calling them cowards, Mara drove her troops harshly on, suffering daily ambushes and desertions. When Castle Laventz finally came into view, Mara led less than a dozen irresolute knights
castle whose walls cried. Mara was never seen again, and Castle Laventz came to be called the Castle of Lament. Centuries passed, and Castle Laventz fell to ruins. Eventually, the successful merchant
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Lords of Dust. Over time they drifted away from their duties, building a nation in eastern Khorvaire and clashing with the goblinoids of the Dhakaani Empire. This dragonborn nation came crashing down
gathering in the name of a fiendish Overlord. To date the dragonborn have largely ignored the humans of Q’barra, and the few humans who’ve encountered dragonborn believe they’re some exotic type of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
. When ancient peoples came upon these gems, their greed led them to gather as many as possible, and to build a temple at the site to honor Moloch. They built an ornate statue to the exiled archdevil
his name (including the thessalhydra), as well as unnatural beasts such as the owlbear that would one day spread across the world. Several of the missing components of the Infernal Machine of Lum the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
Scroll. This was to be his last adventure before retiring. In the Anauroch desert, he came across a wandering stone golem. Alkazaar believed this golem was the legendary Sapphire Sentinel, rumored to
have been created by Netherese wizards to protect one of the fabled Nether Scrolls under the control of Prince Hamukai. The golem recognized its master’s name, Hamukai, when Alkazaar mentioned it. From
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver
gold and platinum in the nearby foothills, you came to Phandalin as well, not to earn a living, but to prey on those who struck it rich. You joined a gang calling itself the Redbrands and made some
name. Personal Goal: Get Your Revenge. Someone in the Redbrands nearly got you killed, and you sure would like to know who it was. And then you’d like to take your revenge—on that person, on Glasstaff
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
translucent crystal.
A’lai describes the book as a treatise on dark rituals and tells how it arrived at Candlekeep as a donation from a high priest of Savras. She talks of how Mayastan came to her, clearly
: “Those Who Have Been Bestowed.” At the bottom of the page is Mayastan Sadaar’s name—followed by the names of each of you.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
creatures, they traveled in Corellon’s shadow, sparkling like the reflections from a finely cut gem. When Corellon came to notice these glorious echoes, the god tarried with them in the place that became
the realm of Arvandor. While enjoying the company of these primal elves, Corellon came to appreciate their ideas, which were both novel and familiar, and singled out those of great repute for special
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
retired fisherman and noncombatant. As she performs her daily chores, Marta sings the following song to herself: Ahead of winter’s wind she came—
The lovely woman with no name;
Draped in a fur-lined
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
she approaches you. Cradled in her arms is a green book. “Please forgive the interruption,” she says. “My name is Pelk, and I speak for the Avowed. You’re adventurers, are you not?”
Pelk is a
village.”
Pelk tells the characters that this news came by way of Mitor Jans, a ship captain who makes a living transporting crab meat to Candlekeep. Pelk also reveals that Jans, eager for shipments to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes’ Feast: Saving the Children’s Menu
traveled far and wide to make names for themselves, Arthur stayed home and took care of his aging parents. The Holrow name is well known, and many members of the family became accomplished magicians
Homestead covers a slumbering giant, a grandchild of Annam known as a scion of Grolantor. This enormous giant came down from the foothills and lay down to sleep here many centuries ago. A sleeping scion
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
name of your god.
Charlatan Your cons and deceptions nearly got the better of you. You needed to disappear for a while, and Icewind Dale was the perfect place to do so. Nothing could prepare
Ten-Towns, the cold heart of Icewind Dale. Thankfully, nobody in Ten-Towns cares who you are—or what you’ve done.
Entertainer You came to Icewind Dale three years ago seeking inspiration for a new
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
Cult The Livestock is the name of Stonky’s secret cult of custodial engineers, chosen as a play on the Barn Door tower’s name. All the cult’s members came to Candlekeep hoping to be accepted as
Members Alias Real Name Notes Alpaca Macadamia Nuts Marci Plumpitter Human cultist; speaks Common Chicken Peach Baff Boltlock Rock gnome cultist with darkvision 60 ft.; speaks Common and Gnomish
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
among the god’s followers, as the summer holiday of Polidrysion, which gives its name to the fourth month in the Meletian calendar.
Earthquake in Meletis. The temple of Ephara in Meletis is the
on the city’s wall came to life. The walls of the city grew impossibly high and strong, and the kraken could do no more than dash its head against the impassable barrier. The monster soon returned to