court works ranger

Ancient Crystal Dragon

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

baubles that refract light, collections of prophecy, works on astronomy, and star charts. When it comes to magical treasure, they seek items and spells that predict the future, create or manipulate

future. 2 An ancient crystal dragon is stalked by a villainous ranger who has already claimed a dozen draconic trophies. 3 An ancient crystal dragon follows a pod of whales from one sea to

Darkvision

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook

Darkvision Level 2 Transmutation (Druid, Ranger, Sorcerer, Wizard) Casting Time: Action Range: Touch Components: V, S, M (a dried carrot) Duration: 8 hours For the duration, a willing

creature you touch has Darkvision with a range of 150 feet. DAVID ASTRUGA An elf Cleric uses the spell Daylight to bring the light of dawn to a vampire court

Gatekeeper NPCs

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War

in a deep, croaking voice. 2 A half-orc Gatekeeper works in House Tharashk as an investigator, searching for signs of planar disturbances. 3 A human Gatekeeper is on a pilgrimage, carrying an amulet

that serves as a seal on a journey to a number of sacred sites to restore its power. 4 An old orc ranger is murdering people in Sharn, claiming that they’ve been corrupted by the daelkyr.

Favored Foe

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything

Favored Foe 1st-level ranger feature, which replaces the Favored Enemy feature and works with the Foe Slayer feature When you hit a creature with an attack roll, you can call on your mystical bond

Learning from Experience

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

beyond the horizon — makes an adventuring career a natural calling. Every adventure is an opportunity to learn, practice a variety of skills, enter long-forgotten tombs, discover lost works of magic

Learning from Experience

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

beyond the horizon — makes an adventuring career a natural calling. Every adventure is an opportunity to learn, practice a variety of skills, enter long-forgotten tombs, discover lost works of magic

Background

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel

eternal suffering. The demon lord allowed Orencio to remain in his court and serve him in exchange for the soul of the sorcerer’s firstborn child, to be taken when the child reached the age of twenty

consume the young man. While waiting for Serapio’s final fall into corruption, the demon lord sent a faithful worshiper named Itzmin del Prado to watch over the youth. Itzmin works to convince

Upper Northedge

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War

embassy and a temple to the Undying Court. The priests of the Undying Court don’t share this information with outsiders, but many residents believe that an actual member of the Court—an ancient undead elf

every expectation. Month after month in recent times, the Diamond has struck us to the quick with emotional works about the Last War and the psychic wounds we’re still struggling with. Who is the

Southern Ward

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist

, enjoy the best singers of Calishite music, and examine the most stunning works of dwarven crafting — but the first challenge is finding where these treats are housed. The Southern Ward has long been a

known as the Dancing Court. Any creatures that enter the sphere find that they can fly about inside it just by willing themselves to do so. For centuries, Waterdavians have used these supernatural events

Feywild

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide

the animals that occupy his domain. Gloaming Court The Queen of Air and Darkness rules the Gloaming Court, a realm of twilight, fireflies, cobwebs, and autumn leaves accompanied by the music of hooting

owls and croaking frogs. The Fey of the Gloaming Court shun the formalized etiquette and rituals of the Summer Court (see below), instead prizing behavior that is intuitive and instinctual. Prismeer

Cyric

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide

claims to be heresy. Their Prince of Lies isn’t a twisted madman, but a god of dark majesty who proves that, ultimately, all bonds between folk corrupt and wither away. Cyric’s church works openly in Amn

has risen o’er this court” might be spoken as a warning that intrigues and infighting have gotten out of hand in a noble household; and married couples know to seek advice from others if “a Dark Sun shines through the window” in their relationship.

Skill Variants

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)

Wisdom Monk Strength, Dexterity, or Intelligence Paladin Strength, Wisdom, or Charisma Ranger Strength, Dexterity, or Wisdom Rogue Dexterity, Intelligence, Wisdom, or Charisma Sorcerer Intelligence or

Charisma Warlock Intelligence or Charisma Wizard Intelligence or Wisdom The Expertise feature works differently than normal under this rule. At 1st level, instead of choosing two skill proficiencies, a

Words of the Oracle

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder

to stop the giants? “Find a magic conch of the storm giant king, Hekaton. Use it to visit Hekaton’s court. Root out the evil therein.” If the characters already have a conch of teleportation in their

possession, the oracle says, “Use the conch to visit Hekaton’s court. Root out the evil therein.” Where is the conch? “In the clutches of a giant lord.” If the oracle is asked for the name of the

Trades Ward

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist

of wicks is kept lit day and night, while being continually built up with adhered candles. Inside, the best works of the guild are put on display and sold, including not just candles of various

candles. Magic users should be wary in the Court of the White Bull. Long ago, this plaza was a grazing area for livestock, including an albino calf that was born here. The calf’s owner built the White

Rogue

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice Compendium

. That other enemy of the target is creating a close-up distraction, regardless of the weapon in hand. Does Uncanny Dodge work automatically against every attack a rogue or ranger gets hit by? Spell

attacks too? A use of Uncanny Dodge works against only one attack, since it expends your reaction, and only if you can see the attacker. It works against attacks of all sorts, including spell attacks

The Dark Fate of Lord Vanrak Moonstar

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage

moon), which he blamed for his father’s untimely death. Consumed with bitterness, the Dark Ranger, as Vanrak came to be known, secretly embraced Selûne’s sister: Shar, the Lady of Loss. By the Year of

court and asked the Lords of Waterdeep to strip her brother of his title and banish him from the city. She also presented evidence of her brother’s numerous crimes, including slavery, arson, theft

Ecstasy

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands

materials, dot the idyllic landscape. Their origins unknown, the plinths are works of art: marble columns adorned with breathtaking sculptures, intricately carved wooden poles, natural standing stones

Ecstasy from waking nightmares that seek to corrupt the town in its lightless hours. When danger isn’t imminent, the Nightwhisperer hears matters from sleepless citizens in their nocturnal court. The

D5. Chattering Heads

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight

King Gullop XIX. All the heads agree he is a weak ruler. They’ve heard rumors of yet another coup in the works. Sir Talavar, Bavlorna’s escaped prisoner, had help from bullywugs of the Soggy Court

Court often lose their heads during violent changes in leadership. The severed heads are impaled on rows of spikes north of the bridge, and they verbally accost anyone who steps onto the bridge, each one

Life in Yongjing

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel

teas, and carry symbols of longevity such as long-lived animals or plants. Court Intrigue and Succession In the imperial court, tradition dictates that the social standing of each member of the

members, secret offspring, and pretenders produce evidence of being the past emperor’s favorite. These squabbles ultimately devolve into secret wars, as the Inner Butterfly Court becomes beset by intrigue

Hartsvale

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide

both humans and giants that keep them separate. In my time in Hartsvale, I saw no giants, but surely I saw their works. At the boundaries of lands where humans (and other folk smaller than giants) may

young ranger who has recently returned from a three-year journey to explore the North. He came back with a wife, the sorceress Ylienna of Silverymoon, and has begun to take on more of his father’s

Candlekeep

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide

part ranks to allow the seeker inside to the Court of Air. Visitors are instructed to cross that area and stand before the Emerald Door, where another monk receives them, offers them food, bath, and

sleeping quarters, and arranges for each to meet a monk who will help to plan and then supervise the seeker’s visit to the library. The Court of Air The Court of Air is aptly named. This cobbled

Faerie Dragon Adventures

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

faerie dragon has noticed raiders tracking a defenseless caravan and is eager to warn someone who can help. 2 A faerie dragon seeks revenge on the monsters that killed the dragon’s ranger

receive in exchange for their labor. 2 A faerie dragon is in love with a member of a pixie royal court and is constantly searching for some grand deed capable of impressing their beloved. 3

Intrigue

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)

to open a trade route through enemy lands are the stuff of intrigue. Like all adventures, an intrigue adventure works only if the players and their characters are invested in the outcome. If no one

goals, motivations, and methods. The adventurers might be drawn into the struggle of a court full of nobles vying for the throne in the wake of the king’s sudden death, or could find themselves

Life in Zinda

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel

free from oppression by the elite. The group’s name originates from its members’ desire to drain the greed from Zinda like blood from a wound. Under the leadership of Captain Adann, the group works in

open defiance of the Kings of Coin. The Bloodletters’ attacks upon the Court of Flowers and sabotage of the jeli gardens make the group a frequent target of the Silent Verse. Class Divide Zinda has a

Court of Air

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries

Court of Air This wide courtyard has nary a tree nor a well cluttering its cobblestone expanse. House of Rest This three-story bunkhouse in the Court of Air provides seekers with a place to rest and

, four 2nd-level spells, and six 1st-level spells (20 spell levels total) costs 1,000 gp to copy over to a new book. Works of the Avowed. Each year, Candlekeep releases a small book stamped with the

M17. Prison

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight

before the mouth snaps shut. Each of the following tricks works once: A character who yawns within 10 feet of the door causes the door to yawn as well, enabling one creature to slip through its mouth. A

minds. Appendix D has additional roleplaying notes for Glister. Tales from the Gloaming Court, Vol. 8. The book Glister is reading is a hefty, green-covered tome with a withered frog stitched into its

The Giant Lords

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder

Kayalithica After fleeing Hekaton’s court, Kayalithica, an inscrutable stone giant thane, withdrew to her canyon sanctuary of Deadstone Cleft. There, in its hallowed halls, she hoped to elevate her

. She intends to wipe the land clean of their “filth,” thus restoring the “dream world” to its rightful state. Kayalithica’s stone giants strike forth from Deadstone Cleft to destroy the works of humans

Class Training

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything

but found I needed to work in the world, to bring the message of my faith to the darkest corners of the land. 6 I realize that my god works through me, and I do as commanded, even though I don’t know

consequence of my unwavering faith. In taking my vows, I became the holy sword of my religion. Ranger d6 I became a ranger because … 1 I found purpose while I honed my hunting skills by bringing down

Dragon Turtle Adventures

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

back. 8 An ultroloth works with an adult dragon turtle living in the River Styx, using magic to protect the dragon turtle from the river’s effects and charging travelers for safe passage to the

that has been going on for centuries. 2 An ancient dragon turtle serves as counsel to an empyrean court, tempering the Celestials’ passions with the dragon turtle’s endless patience. 3 A geas

Ironmaster

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide

anvil on a diamond. Such a mark is your only warning, and those ignorant of its meaning court death at the hands of dwarf patrols that will attack any interlopers. Some innocents have been spared and

adamantite mined from their island to the smiths of Ironmaster, and they render finished works of adamantine back to the Northlanders in return. Of course, not all the adamantine makes it back to the

Rillyn House

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries

laziness, or the arrogance of other patriars.” What Yvandre Knows Yvandre works to conceal her anger as she talks about how her uncle, Machil, squandered the Rillyn fortune. Instead of establishing a

be free of her. But it is too late for me.” (Machil wrote the letter when he knew he was being pursued by agents of the Gloaming Court but was killed before he could send it.) A piece of parchment is

Hoardsperson

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated

thick, battle-scarred iron lockbox Paladin A metal case with fine engraving and scrollwork Ranger A fur-lined bindle Rogue A nondescript coin pouch Sorcerer A battered leather

party. Sometimes it works. — K’thriss Drow’b That Expensive Thing You Need Also at rank 4, when you use your That Thing You Need feature, you can requisition any item of up to 250 gp in value, as

Lower Palace Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight

tower and the staircases suspended above it. P13. Court of Storms The double door on the stone balcony between this area and area P22 is sealed with a lion crown lock (see “Crown Locks” earlier in the

part of the Court of Storms (area P13) and leads to one of the turrets of the central tower (area P48g on the upper level). P14b. The spiral staircase ascends 30 feet to area P14f. To the northwest

Chamber Purpose

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)

are held 13–14 Storage, mostly nonperishable goods 15 Throne room where the lair’s leaders hold court 16 Torture chamber 17 Training and exercise room 18 Trophy room or museum 19 Latrine or bath 20

Cistern providing drinking water 22–25 Dining room for intimate gatherings or informal meals 26 Dressing room featuring a number of wardrobes 27–29 Gallery for the display of expensive works of art and

Hirelings

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish

ranger. The vampire has long been imprisoned within a magical iron coffin mounted atop animated golem legs (an early Kwalish design), forced to atone for his evil deeds by working for the Cartophile

and kindly monodrone modron, Gearbox has been sent as an agent of Mechanus to investigate Kwalish’s works and experiments. Its mechanical body has been programmed with several unique utility powers

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