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Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Bards of the College of Spirits seek tales with inherent power—be they legends, histories, or fictions— and bring their subjects to life. Using occult trappings, these bards conjure
spiritual embodiments of powerful forces to change the world once more. Such spirits are capricious, though, and what a bard summons isn’t always entirely under their control.
Classes
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Bards of the College of Spirits seek tales with inherent power—be they legends, histories, or fictions— and bring their subjects to life. Using occult trappings, these bards conjure
spiritual embodiments of powerful forces to change the world once more. Such spirits are capricious, though, and what a bard summons isn’t always entirely under their control.
Monsters
Storm King's Thunder
Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If the dragon fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.
Change Shape. Iymrith magically polymorphs into a female storm giant or back into her true form
. In this guise, she has infiltrated Hekaton’s court. While concealing her true nature and agenda from the giants, Iymrith offers counsel to Princess Serissa and at the same time secretly feeds
Monsters
The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
’t change it, but I will do everything in my power to forestall it.”
Endelyn’s Appearance
Endelyn’s emaciated form is hidden under the layers of her elaborate costume. Part dress
this power to trap Iggwilv and her court in temporal stasis. The hags then carved up Iggwilv’s domain, splitting it between them. The sisters couldn’t agree on which of them should keep
Monsters
Curse of Strahd
"} hit points and is freed from any curse, disease, poison, blindness, or deafness.
Change Shape. The Abbot magically polymorphs into a humanoid or beast that has a challenge rating equal to or less
some much-needed light to Barovia. His efforts worked for a while, but then the Dark Powers began to corrupt him.
Imperfections. The Abbot's fall from grace started when the Belviews—a family of sickly
Backgrounds
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
court. At such a place, you receive free lodging and food of a modest or comfortable standard (depending on the quality of the establishment), as long as you perform each night. In addition, your
less than perfection.
8
I change my mood or my mind as quickly as I change key in a song.
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Ideal
1
Beauty. When I perform, I make the world better than it was. (Good
Backgrounds
Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
among the people as living embodiments of his power. Perhaps they needed a reminder of who they were and from whence they came. The Chosen of Uthgar led bands back to the old ways, and most of your people
Change. Life is like the seasons, in constant change, and we must change with it. (Chaotic)
2
Greater Good. It is each person’s responsibility to make the most happiness for the whole tribe
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Prismatic shards rain from the sky in a beautiful but dangerous display. Rumors quickly spread that a crystal dragon is responsible.
3
A crystal dragon invites the greatest bards and philosophers
winter wolf;winter wolves loyal to a frost giant, intent on convincing the wolves to change their evil ways.
4
A lonely werebear enjoys long conversations with a young crystal dragon but doesn
Backgrounds
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
and care at a temple, shrine, or other established presence of your faith, though you must provide any material components needed for spells. Those who share your religion will support you (but only
traditions of worship and sacrifice must be preserved and upheld. (Lawful)
2
Charity. I always try to help those in need, no matter what the personal cost. (Good)
3
Change. We must help bring
Backgrounds
Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
knowledge, rather than brute force. Harper agents are often proficient in Investigation, enabling them to be adept at snooping and spying. They often seek aid from other Harpers, sympathetic bards and
try to help those in need, no matter what the personal cost. (Good)
3
Change. We must help bring about the changes the gods are constantly working in the world. (Chaotic)
4
Power. I hope
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you need—but you’re always at the mercy of those institutions as well.
You may have a specialized role within the system, such as a court jester or sommelier. Or you may occupy a more
generic role as a hanger-on, whose role is undefined but whose power rests in simply being connected to someone with the power to get what is needed.
monsters
cult of Cthulhu, protecting the cult from its enemies and lending the Mythos lore needed to enact the cult’s aims. Invariably, when one of those horrors appears, the Cthulhu cult is on the rise in
“speak” to susceptible subjects. Much like Cthulhu itself, the star-spawn seeks to create a subtle but relentless change in a person’s behavior, compelling the victim to seek lore
monsters
agents in the world. They venture forth from the ocean depths when called by a cult of Cthulhu, protecting the cult from its enemies and lending the Mythos lore needed to enact the cult’s aims
relentless change in a person’s behavior, compelling the victim to seek lore regarding Cthulhu and work to free both the star-spawn and its master. A Cthulhu cult might arise when an ambitious and
Entertainer
Legacy
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Player’s Handbook (2014)
but possibly with a circus, at a theater, or even in a noble’s court. At such a place, you receive free lodging and food of a modest or comfortable standard (depending on the quality of the
I get bitter if I’m not the center of attention.
7
I’ll settle for nothing less than perfection.
8
I change my mood or my mind as quickly as I change key in a song
Bard
Legacy
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Classes
Basic Rules (2014)
from Experience True bards are not common in the world. Not every minstrel singing in a tavern or jester cavorting in a royal court is a bard. Discovering the magic hidden in music requires hard study
of song, speech, and the magic they contain. Bards say that the multiverse was spoken into existence, that the words of the gods gave it shape, and that echoes of these primordial Words of Creation
monsters
’t take into account uncertain intervening circumstances that might change the outcome, such as the casting of additional spells or the loss of a companion. If the check succeeds by 5 or more, the
, Wrin had a vision of the disaster. She warned her parents and neighbors, and their trust in her visions gave the town the time it needed to relocate everyone in the village to safety. When the demons
Acolyte
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Basic Rules (2014)
must provide any material components needed for spells. Those who share your religion will support you (but only you) at a modest lifestyle.
You might also have ties to a specific temple dedicated to
the personal cost. (Good)
3
Change. We must help bring about the changes the gods are constantly working in the world. (Chaotic)
4
Power. I hope to one day rise to the top of my faith
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
Court of Whispers The denizens of the Court of Whispers barter for current knowledge. Heralds, criers, bards, and griots buy and sell information from the fifteen founding civilizations active in the
identify crisis points where their operatives are needed. Even common citizens might hire folk from the Court to find missing loved ones, locate lost family treasures, or gather information on rivals
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
Court of Whispers The denizens of the Court of Whispers barter for current knowledge. Heralds, criers, bards, and griots buy and sell information from the fifteen founding civilizations active in the
identify crisis points where their operatives are needed. Even common citizens might hire folk from the Court to find missing loved ones, locate lost family treasures, or gather information on rivals
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
Learning from Experience True bards are not common in the world. Not every minstrel singing in a tavern or jester cavorting in a royal court is a bard. Discovering the magic hidden in music requires
hard study and some measure of natural talent that most troubadours and jongleurs lack. It can be hard to spot the difference between these performers and true bards, though. A bard’s life is spent
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
Learning from Experience True bards are not common in the world. Not every minstrel singing in a tavern or jester cavorting in a royal court is a bard. Discovering the magic hidden in music requires
hard study and some measure of natural talent that most troubadours and jongleurs lack. It can be hard to spot the difference between these performers and true bards, though. A bard’s life is spent
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
Learning from Experience True bards are not common in the world. Not every minstrel singing in a tavern or jester cavorting in a royal court is a bard. Discovering the magic hidden in music requires
hard study and some measure of natural talent that most troubadours and jongleurs lack. It can be hard to spot the difference between these performers and true bards, though. A bard’s life is spent
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
Learning from Experience True bards are not common in the world. Not every minstrel singing in a tavern or jester cavorting in a royal court is a bard. Discovering the magic hidden in music requires
hard study and some measure of natural talent that most troubadours and jongleurs lack. It can be hard to spot the difference between these performers and true bards, though. A bard’s life is spent
compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Grim Hollow: Player’s Guide
are far from allies. None of them achieved a high seat on the court by being kind sovereigns, and none of them committed the atrocious, dangerous acts needed to attain their position in expectation of
The Crimson Court Klyde Sosa
“I have slept since the world was young. Yet now that I’m awake, all I feel is hunger.”
The sun-starved nation of Ostoya is ruled by a cabal of vampire nobles
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Faceless Court change, but their masks remain the same: grimly ornate visages inspired by Borca’s mysterious first inhabitants. The court sends iron-masked circuit judges into the surrounding lands to
local nobles, the city council of Sturben reinstituted a severe court system from Borca’s past, where anyone can bring and argue cases before five masked judges. The judges who hear cases at the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Faceless Court change, but their masks remain the same: grimly ornate visages inspired by Borca’s mysterious first inhabitants. The court sends iron-masked circuit judges into the surrounding lands to
local nobles, the city council of Sturben reinstituted a severe court system from Borca’s past, where anyone can bring and argue cases before five masked judges. The judges who hear cases at the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
? Ah, then what manner of music they would bring to this world!
— Fletcher Danairia, master bard
Bards bring levity during grave times; they impart wisdom to offset ignorance; and they make the
ridiculous seem sublime. Bards are preservers of ancient history, their songs and tales perpetuating the memory of great events down through time — knowledge so important that it is memorized and passed
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
? Ah, then what manner of music they would bring to this world!
— Fletcher Danairia, master bard
Bards bring levity during grave times; they impart wisdom to offset ignorance; and they make the
ridiculous seem sublime. Bards are preservers of ancient history, their songs and tales perpetuating the memory of great events down through time — knowledge so important that it is memorized and passed
compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Grim Hollow: Player’s Guide
Rise of the Crimson Court The old aristocracy of the Ostoyan Empire reacted to this crisis by sending soldiers into the gaping fissures at Nov Ostoya, the nation’s capital. They hoped to stem the
skill the immortal gift. Any folk who showed defiance or cowardice were claimed as the beginning of the blood tax. Far from mindless devourers, the vampires who formed the Crimson Court dressed themselves
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
distance in the Feywild are mutable, as is the plane’s geography. Roads are uncommon, and the ones that exist change as frequently as the land around themselves. Feywild natives are accustomed to the
ruler. Some domains are bright and cheery, bathed in perpetual sunlight and awash in colorful wildflowers, while others are gloomy and drab, cast in unending twilight. Most of them change with the
compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Grim Hollow: Player’s Guide
need—but you’re always at the mercy of those institutions as well. You may have a specialized role within the system, such as a court jester or sommelier. Or you may occupy a more generic role as a
hanger-on, whose role is undefined but whose power rests in simply being connected to someone with the power to get what is needed.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
distance in the Feywild are mutable, as is the plane’s geography. Roads are uncommon, and the ones that exist change as frequently as the land around themselves. Feywild natives are accustomed to the
ruler. Some domains are bright and cheery, bathed in perpetual sunlight and awash in colorful wildflowers, while others are gloomy and drab, cast in unending twilight. Most of them change with the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
. Over the course of the adventure, the characters might discover secrets that reveal new goals or change their original goal. Their understanding of what’s going on around them might change. Maybe
rumors of treasure were a trick to lure them into a death trap. Perhaps the so-called spy in the queen’s court is actually a scheme concocted by the monarch herself to seize even more power. At the same
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Tiers of Play As characters grow in power, their ability to change the world around them grows with them. It helps to think ahead when creating your campaign to account for this change. As the
characters make a greater impact on the world, they face greater danger whether they want to or not. Powerful factions see them as a threat and plot against them, while friendly ones court their favor in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Tiers of Play As characters grow in power, their ability to change the world around them grows with them. It helps to think ahead when creating your campaign to account for this change. As the
characters make a greater impact on the world, they face greater danger whether they want to or not. Powerful factions see them as a threat and plot against them, while friendly ones court their favor in