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                                                    Acquisitions Incorporated
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     Brahma Lutier left the group. In fact, his first assignment was to assist in the team's attempts to apprehend the wandering bard. An adopted child of the âCâ Team's Rosie Beestinger, Pendragon is his
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     himself in the process. Despite his having been resurrected at Rosie's request, things remain cool between the two.
Pendragon was kicked out of wizarding school as a result of the dark rumors following
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richtenâs Guide to Ravenloft
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    Krezk Nestled on the edge of Barovia, Krezk is a hardy and self-sustaining village. Burgomaster Dmitri Krezkov scours the land for wine and other small luxuries, hoping to infuse some happiness into
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     and striking abbot. Some believe the abbot to be Strahd in disguise, although in truth he is a celestial being who has been corrupted by the Dark Powers.
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richtenâs Guide to Ravenloft
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     marquees, and fawning crowds attracts the ambitious to Skald, aspiring to the fame of stars such as the renowned bard Akriel Lukas. Yet behind the facade of creativity and freethinking, business owners
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     and aging celebrities prey on youth and creativity, while critics and struggling performers create a culture of desperate deceptions. Vice, criminality, dark bargains, and supernatural predators flourish in Skald, like a pack of wolves hiding behind glamorous masks.
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richtenâs Guide to Ravenloft
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     whether the Dark Powers of Ravenloft have exerted their influence upon you, granting you a double-edged supernatural gift. Subclass Options. Consider choosing the College of Spirits bard or the
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     of the corruptible, the resolve of the truly heroicâthe Dark Powers savor these traits. Whether for a night or an eternity, Ravenloft seeks heroes of all sorts and pits them against their greatest
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     3rd Filled with a rage that channels the primal magic of the storm Barbarian Path of the Zealot 3rd Fueled by a religious zeal that visits destruction on foes Bard College of Glamour 3rd Wields the
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     beguiling, glorious magic of the Feywild Bard College of Swords 3rd Entertains and slays with daring feats of weapon prowess Bard College of Whispers 3rd Plants fear and doubt in the minds of others
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    College of Whispers  Most folk are happy to welcome a bard into their midst. Bards of the College of Whispers use this to their advantage. They appear to be like other bards, sharing news, singing
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     Whispers Features  Bard Level Feature   3rd Psychic Blades, Words of Terror 6th Mantle of Whispers 14th Shadow Lore  Psychic Blades When you join the College of Whispers at 3rd level, you gain the ability
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    , then takes on the identities of its victims. 4 A changeling bard gathers incriminating information about members of the Kingâs Dark Lanterns, then blackmails them. 5 A Brelish changeling veteran of the
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm Lordâs Wrath
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     and dwell there. However, they probably did not learn all of its secrets! Most of the staff employed at the Wayside Inn are cultists of Talos who follow the dark teachings of Fheralai Stormsworn, a
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                    . The rest of the cultists at the Wayside Inn see Backes as their leader however, to be protected and obeyed in any circumstance. The local cultists have received orders to kidnap a local bard, Tarbin
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    A Bardâs Muse Naturally, every bard has a repertoire of songs and stories. Some bards are generalists who can draw from a wide range of topics for each performance, and who take pride in their
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     versatility. Others adopt a more personal approach to their art, driven by their attachment to a muse â a particular concept that inspires much of what those bards do in front of an audience. A bard who
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    . Ebony, onyx, and similar dark-hued valuables bring shadow dragons no particular joy, but they arenât as inherently repellent as silver, platinum, and diamonds. Beauty fills shadow dragons with contempt
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     
   7  A pile of loose sheet music representing the lost dirges of a famous shadar-kai bard 
   8  An exquisitely crafted mirror that drains all color from the reflections of those who look into it
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    Banderhobb A banderhobb is a hybrid of shadow and flesh. Through dark magic, these components take on an enormous and vile humanoid shape, resembling a bipedal toad. In this form, a banderhobb
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     banderhobb. A hag that knows the ritual might be willing to teach it for the right price. Some other dark fey and powerful fiends also know of the process, as do a few mortal mages. Instructions might also be
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     apprehend the wandering bard. An adopted child of the âCâ Teamâs Rosie Beestinger, Pendragon is his motherâs foil in almost every way â including his goal of wanting to mainstream some of the familyâs
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     between the two. Pendragon was kicked out of wizarding school as a result of the dark rumors following the Beestinger clan. Now a self-taught mage, he specializes in making use of the dangerous spells
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     audience. 19â20 A destitute bard plays the harp with mediocre skill while asking for donations. 21â22 A deaf couple communicate with each other by sign language, but suddenly stop when they notice they are
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     faces of the guests. Not all of them are amused. 31â32 A shifter glowers in a corner booth, looking angry at the world. 33â34 A warforged bard uses its body as a percussion instrument to entertain the
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     Ward to drop off his lady friend. She now has the stone â a fact that characters can discover by questioning the man, a bard named Agorn Fuoco. Agorn made such a good impression on Manshoon that he
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     doesnât know how long she is expected to wait, but her patience has limits. A Cold Reception A blizzard is tearing through Mistshore, turning its rotten tenements into dark, looming shapes behind veils of
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     me push beyond my limitations. 6 My anger needed to be channeled into battle, or I risked becoming an indiscriminate killer.  Bard  d6 I became a bard because ⌠  1 I awakened my latent bardic
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     abilities through trial and error. 2 I was a gifted performer and attracted the attention of a master bard who schooled me in the old techniques. 3 I joined a loose society of scholars and orators to learn
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     give an initial focus to the campaignâsetting a tone and giving players an initial investment in the story. The player characters may be meeting in a tavernâbut itâs their favorite tavern. The bard
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     gang conflict. A Callestan campaign is a dark neo-noir story. Clifftop in Upper Dura is a district catering to established adventurers. This is a place for pulp heroes, established explorers whose
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     how his members do their jobs, as long as they donât fail. The Circle of Song A bard is a versatile individual, equally skilled at entertainment and espionage. These talents are perfectly matched to the
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     bard who knows its customs and who can find an outpost. It has no membership dues; youâre expected to make a donation if you make significant use of the groupâs resources. Membership provides the
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a5
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     Oozes. One of the many experiments in the Doomvault is an effort to infuse oozes with intelligence. The Red Wizards have met with some success, though the process requires the sacrifice of many
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     from bodies destroyed in attempts to infuse oozes with humanoid intelligence. The piles are 3 feet high. It costs 15 feet of movement to move 5 feet across a pile. A creature that enters or starts its
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    Purphorosâs Champions Alignment: Usually chaotic, often neutral Suggested Classes: Barbarian, bard, cleric, fighter, sorcerer Suggested Cleric Domains: Forge (described in Xanatharâs Guide to
                                                
                                            
                                                
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   6  Rage. I follow my passions, no matter how dark they might seem to others. (Evil) 
   Earning and Losing Piety You increase your piety score to Purphoros when you expand the godâs
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     (lawful good strongheart halfling commoner), a self-styled bard kept around to entertain guests, is fond of plucking his fiddle while recounting his tale: that the White Ladyâs husband was a miser who
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     the characters decline, Rinaldo is disappointed and tries to get them to change their minds by saying, âWe live in dark times. Perhaps the spirit of the White Lady can help. Arenât you curious to hear
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     and worn, her dark green skin covered in bark and fungus. Insects crawl across her and hide in the thick braid of white hair that curls around her shoulders like a serpent. Anyone who stares into her
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     with bloodshot eyes. Auntie Greenbones knows how to infuse demon ichor into the paints needed to create the cursed paintings that drive the covenâs evil bargains. This recipe is inscribed on the
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    , learning their ways.  Cursed Cursed islands are steeped in dark magic from a ritual cast by necromancers, hag covens, evil spellcasters, foul deities, or worse. The island might still hold some hint as to
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     off their brutality. 3 The leader needs humanoid remains to perform a ritual with a dark purpose. 4 The leader never ages because it consumes the souls of creatures its followers kill.   Hostile
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     magic items and spellbooks, Obaya hires a small squad of bodyguards, books passage on a merchant ship heading to Chult, and returns to Port Nyanzaru with her trove. Pay a Harper Debt A lawful good bard
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     initial descent into Undermountain and asks them to keep an eye out for Kressando, a 22-year-old man with fair skin and dark curly hair, trained in the arts of stealth and thievery. She also tells
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     ignored as he attacks them. Garret Levistusson CN male tiefling bard/rogue The Cartophileâs first choice to join the charactersâ expedition, Garret is an untrustworthy bon vivant and magpie. His mapmaking
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     been made with those ancestorsâ spirits, but she manages her relationship with them carefully, lest she fall too far under their dark influence.  She also claims past tutelage by Thingizzard, a witch
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
                                                    
                                                
                                            
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 Bayleaf (bard) is in this room exchanging war stories with one of the guards (veteran) unless they hear a disturbance outside. This former armory of the clerics and the abbey guards is now devoid of such
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     spell scroll of command, a spell scroll of hold person, a gilded tome of dark ritual incantations written in Aquan and Infernal (25 gp), and a large silver holy symbol (50 gp). 10. Disciplesâ Quarters
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     at night, meaning that the party has a 100 percent chance of landing unnoticed when itâs dark. During the day, the survivors might be above ground getting water, fishing, or gardening, or they might be
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     Bayleaf (LE male elf bard; see appendix C) is a mercenary who works for the highest bidder. He was hired by the abbey as a training instructor for the guards. If the party does not attack him immediately
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     to the fireplace is an unoccupied raised stage where a bard might strike up a tune. The bar is to your left, where a half-elf in a heavy leather duster receives a drink from a tall female elf wearing a
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     for resale (at regular wholesale discounts) and for franchise parties (at full cost; less drinking, more working, okay?):
 War Priest Dark Ale â˘ Red Larch Regular â˘ Velvet Curtain â˘ Waelvurâs Wood
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    . Pink light pours out of the highest windowâa single point of illumination in a dark and out-of-the-way region of the city.
 A detect magic spell cast here reveals an aura of enchantment magic. The
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     This enormous, boot-shaped structure is capped with three pipes that resemble the arteries of a titanic heart. Tall doors open into the structureâs dark interior.
 Old posters are plastered to the
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a1
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    -Durbuluk creatures to be potential prey, so he attacks any he meets, roaring in Goblin, âGet ready to meet the cook pot!â
 Underdark Access. In the dark of the northern cavern section, a crude
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     fruit-like. Its tumors stem from an elixir Belak created to infuse twig blight traits into giant rats. On a stand in the corner is a fancy crystal vial (worth 5 gp) that contains the elixir. Drinking
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     athleticism and grace. Those who canât infuse artistry into every aspect of their lives fall to the lowest rungs of the ordning and are often pushed literally to the perimeter of stone giant society
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     the sea, so that Stronmaus could find the chain-tunnels that allowed him to pull the tarrasque down to the bed of the ocean where at last it would drown.
 Life in the Dark Stone giants see well in
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    , she points toward the sky and whispers, âThe stars arenât right. The dark times are coming.â 
   9  Several cackling, half-dressed gnomes are covered in body paint and drive a wheeled contraption down
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     looking for new performers, at the moment he needs more than just a talented bard or contortionist. The cost of putting on his outrageous shows has landed him deep in debt, and his compulsive need to
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldurâs Gate Gazetteer
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     unbelievable stage production. 8 A bleary-eyed astronomer stumbles into the party, while fearfully watching the heavens. If asked, she points toward the sky and whispers, âThe stars arenât right. The dark times
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     individual. While Goodnight is always looking for new performers, at the moment he needs more than just a talented bard or contortionist. The cost of putting on his outrageous shows has landed him deep in
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     cultists stop playing. Frustrated with the mediocre initiates, Windharrow asks if the characters are skilled musicians and if they would like to audition for the band. If a bard character or a character
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     over a waterfall into a dark abyss. The sound of rushing water echoes like thunder within this vault, the ceiling of which glitters with mineral deposits like a perpetual starry night.
 A skyweaver
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
                                                    
                                                
                                            
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 Spellcasting. Windharrow is an 8th-level spellcaster. His spellcasting ability is Charisma (spell save DC 13, +5 to hit with spell attacks). Windharrow knows the following bard spells:
 Cantrips
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     creature. Hit: 7 (1d8 + 3) piercing damage.
 Aerisi Kalinoth Aerisi Kalinoth is the air prophet of the Elder Elemental Eye and leader of the Cult of the Howling Hatred. Tall and slender, with dark
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Masterâs Guide (2014)
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    : a prominent playwright, bard, or court fool in whose words, art, or performance the people perceive universal truth. On a smaller scale, this might be an influential local poet, minstrel, satirist
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     tragedies and predict dark ages. Unlike other world-shaking events, the outcome doesnât happen immediately. Instead, individuals or factions strive to fulfill or avert the prophecy â or shape the exact
                                                
                                            
                                        






