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Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
keep them roaming the wilds for years after their murderers are slain.
A frostmourn looks like a desiccated corpse mummified by exposure to bitter cold. It carries the marks of its death on its body: a
Monsters
Quests from the Infinite Staircase
see the attacker and be wielding a melee weapon.Champions of Madarua represent the most skilled warriors in the faction. Hardened by battle, they lead the charge into the fray and inspire their
, death, and the seasons. Each member bears a small tattoo of a sickle on the inside of their left wrist.
Warriors of Madarua recognize and respect the ever-changing complexity of life. In combat
Monsters
Mythic Odysseys of Theros
damage whenever the eater of hope hits it with an attack. On a successful save, the target takes half as much damage and isn’t cursed.An eater of hope is bitter to the core, resentful of all forms
death. The worst of these hateful dead, through ages of bitterness, gradually transform into fiends, the tormentors of the Underworld. The people of Theros know these fiends as demons.
Immortal Nature
Monsters
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
shocking recklessness. Smiler thinks he can accomplish anything with a positive attitude and some death-defying stunt. Although he admits others might end up getting killed by his actions, he believes he
terrified the other warlords of Avernus for a while.
Three of Smiler’s rivals — Bitter Breath, Feonor, and Princeps Kovik — joined forces to wipe out Smiler’s Defilers
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The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
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At will: detect magic, mage hand
2/day each: augury, polymorph
1/day: plane shift (self only)Endelyn, also known by the names Creeping Lyn and Bitter End, is the youngest member of the Hourglass
waste my time.”
Bond. “My world is the stage, and my theater is of paramount importance to me.”
Flaw. “My death will occur during an eclipse. That is my doom, and I can
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
bluish hue of a person who has frozen to death. The hag’s hair is white, and the hag is emaciated, with pale eyes surrounded by bruise-colored flesh. A bheur hag carries a twisted gray wooden
inspire horror. When near a recently slain foe, the hag may forgo an attack to feed on the corpse. The sight of this butchery is enough to terrify most witnesses.Cold
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
to inspire and strengthen the side of good or to rescue heroes from certain death.
Ki-rins are attracted to the worship of deities of courage, loyalty, selflessness, and truth, as well as to the
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
the necrotic energy of the Negative Plane that suffuses them. Their psionic power manifests the fundamental entropic principle that mortal beings and their creations are ultimately doomed to death and
by Undead, sometimes keeping them in their hoards as curios.
Creating a Topaz Dragon
Use the Topaz Dragon Personality Traits and Topaz Dragon Ideals tables to inspire your portrayal of distinctive
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
creations are ultimately doomed to death and decomposition, and the dragons’ demeanor is typically morbid and curmudgeonly as a result.
Gleaming Gold
Upon hatching, topaz dragon wyrmlings&rsquo
are particularly intrigued by Undead, sometimes keeping them in their hoards as curios.
Creating a Topaz Dragon
Use the Topaz Dragon Personality Traits and Topaz Dragon Ideals tables to inspire your
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Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
immense power.
Creating a Sapphire Dragon
Use the Sapphire Dragon Personality Traits and Sapphire Dragon Ideals tables to inspire your portrayal of distinctive sapphire dragon characters.
Sapphire
discuss how they might reunite and restore Sardior, the Ruby Dragon.
2
A horde of revenant;revenants led by a death knight has one goal—destroying the ancient sapphire dragon who defeated
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Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
creations are ultimately doomed to death and decomposition, and the dragons’ demeanor is typically morbid and curmudgeonly as a result.
Gleaming Gold
Upon hatching, topaz dragon wyrmling;topaz
to inspire your portrayal of distinctive topaz dragon characters.
Topaz Dragon Personality Traits
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Trait
1
I seek
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Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
beings and their creations are ultimately doomed to death and decomposition, and the dragons’ demeanor is typically morbid and curmudgeonly as a result.
Gleaming Gold
Upon hatching, topaz
Topaz Dragon Ideals tables to inspire your portrayal of distinctive topaz dragon characters.
Topaz Dragon Personality Traits
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Species
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Death isn’t always the end. The reborn exemplify this, being individuals who have died yet, somehow, still live. Some reborn exhibit the scars of fatal ends, their ashen flesh or bloodless
veins making it clear that they’ve been touched by death. Other reborn are marvels of magic or science, being stitched together from disparate beings or bearing mysterious minds in manufactured
Species
Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Thuranni, Regalport (Lhazaar Principalities)
Elves have carried the Mark of Shadow for thousands of years. The mark’s bearers left Aerenal after the conflict that wiped out the Mark of Death
assassins within House Phiarlan. Only special clients—nobles, merchant lords, and the like—have access to these spies.
Toward the end of the Last War, a bitter feud broke out between the
Entertainer
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You thrive in front of an audience. You know how to entrance them, entertain them, and even inspire them. Your poetics can stir the hearts of those who hear you, awakening grief or joy, laughter or
I get bitter if I’m not the center of attention.
7
I’ll settle for nothing less than perfection.
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I change my mood or my mind as quickly as I change key in a song
Gith
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Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes
distanced themselves from one another to pursue their separate agendas. They remain bitter enemies today, each side willing to fight to the death whenever they cross paths.
The githyanki were motivated
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Mordenkainen's Fiendish Folio Volume 1
of Avernus attempted an expedition to the Feywild long ago, and the forlarren are the bitter reminder of that doomed excursion. The archdevil Fierna—co-ruler of Phlegethos, the fourth layer of the Nine
its nature. That aspect might drive it to drink itself nearly to death, or to throw itself into caring for others with such relentless energy that it eventually collapses from exhaustion
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Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
, entertain them, and even inspire them. Your poetics can stir the hearts of those who hear you, awakening grief or joy, laughter or anger. Your music raises their spirits or captures their sorrow. Your
, since I can defuse any amount of tension.
5
I love a good insult, even one directed at me.
6
I get bitter if I’m not the center of attention.
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I’ll settle for nothing
Hobgoblin
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
the dreams that inspire them. Its horrors don’t feature in their nightmares. Cowardice is more terrible to hobgoblins than dying, for they carry their living acts into the afterlife. A hero in
death becomes a hero eternal.
Young hobgoblins start soldiering when they can walk and heed the mustering call as soon as they can wield their weapons capably. Every legion in the hobgoblins&rsquo
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Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
disguise with animalistic or monstrous characteristics, meant to inspire fear
FEATURE: DUAL PERSONALITIES
Most of your fellow adventurers and the world know you as your persona. Those who
I am exceptional. I do this because no one else can, and no one can stop me.
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I do everything for those who were taken from me.
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Flaw
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I am callous about death. It
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Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
;sacred flame
1st
guiding bolt, heroism
2nd
aid, scorching ray
3rd
beacon of hope, blinding smite
4th
death ward, wall of fire
5th
flame strike
Boros emphasis on order and community, or bitter enemies among the guilds that represent chaos and destruction.
Roll twice on the Boros Contacts table (for an ally and a rival) and once on the Non
Orc
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
tribe to the death.
2
Every serious choice I make must be decided by signs or omens from the gods.
3
I carry the teeth of a great warrior. They inspire me to commit great deeds in battle
gather and celebrate, dwell the followers of Yurtrus, the god of disease and death, and Shargaas, the god of darkness and the unknown. Orcs too weak for battle (because of bodily weakness, malformation
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
Path of the Zealot Some deities inspire their followers to pitch themselves into a ferocious battle fury. These barbarians are zealots — warriors who channel their rage into powerful displays of
divine power. A variety of gods across the worlds of D&D inspire their followers to embrace this path. Tempus from the Forgotten Realms and Hextor and Erythnul of Greyhawk are all prime examples. In
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
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 Memories table to inspire its details. Lost Memories d6
Memory
1 You recall a physically painful moment. What mark or scar on your body does it relate to?
2 A memory brings tears to your eyes. Is it a bitter or cheerful memory? Does recalling
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Vigila Forest Towering black deciduous trees pierce the canopy of Falkovnia’s dense, whispering forests. Called “sentries of death,” these trees inspire grim stories suggesting that their wood is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
except inspire and encourage members 2 A retired adventurer who works hard to connect member groups with employment opportunities that match their skills 3 A petty rival who continually tries to claim
jobs, bounties, and rewards before you can 4 A bitter enemy who nurtures a grudge over some past wrong (real or imagined) and does everything possible to undermine you 5 A naive adventurer who admires
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
Specter Spirit of Wrath and Servant of Death Habitat: Underdark, Urban; Treasure: None Aaron J. riley Specters are loath to attack a cleric surrounded by divine light Specters are bodiless, life
. Specters seek creatures and locations that exude evil and feed on the suffering they inspire. Roll on or choose a result from the Specter Haunts table to inspire where a specter lurks. Specter Haunts
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
enough of a premise to launch an adventure. A brewing war between two small nations, the death of a leader and the accession of a new one, a migration of dangerous monsters, the appearance of a comet
away in a dungeon.” Browsing the magic items in chapter 7 can inspire you to create a simple adventure seed.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
from the Death Dog Malady Symptoms table to inspire symptoms spread by a death dog’s bite. These symptoms are cosmetic and don’t alter the effects of the death dog’s Bite action. The symptoms vanish
Death Dog Two-Headed Spreader of Disease Habitat: Desert; Treasure: None Daren Bader ...and his sorrows will stalk your land like hungry dogs until the seas turn to sand and the sun burns to cinders
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
Sea Hag Hag of Despair and the Dismal Deep Habitat: Coastal, Underwater; Treasure: Arcana Lorenzo Mastroianni
Sea hags loathe peace and beauty. Bitter, jealous creatures, they spread chaos
frightened by their appearance.
Sea hags cloak themselves in illusions to work their schemes. Roll on or choose a result from the Sea Hag Disguises table to inspire a sea hag’s illusion and how they
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
The Houses of Shadow The elves have carried the Mark of Shadow for thousands of years. The families that carry the mark left Aerenal after the conflict that wiped out the Mark of Death and
spies. Toward the end of the Last War, a bitter feud broke out between the major families of the house. Known as the Shadow Schism, it resulted in a split withinin Phiarlan — and the foundation of House
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Adventure Atlas: The Mortuary
Mortuary Campaigns The Mortuary’s size and the multiversal scope of its operations make it well suited to longer adventures, especially those surrounding life, death, and the planes. Use this section
many planar portals, the Path of Graves connects
the Mortuary to places of death across the multiverse The Path of Graves is a hub of portals to and from morbid sites across the planes. Characters
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Hoard Quirks A dragon’s hoard has features similar to those of a powerful magic object, and plundering a hoard can have lingering effects long after the death of its draconic owner. Any number of
growth. Haunted Hoards It’s not unusual for one or more items in a dragon’s hoard to be haunted. Restless spirits might haunt objects that held special significance to them in life, and the death of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
Cultists Doomsayers and Fanatics Habitat: Any; Treasure: Individual, Relics Aurore Folny A death cultist and his followers summon Orcus, Demon Lord of Undeath Cultists use magic and extreme measures
Cultist Agendas table to inspire what a cultist seeks to achieve. Cultist Agendas 1d6 The Cultist Strives To... 1 Bring about the end of a dominant order, an age, or the world. 2 Burn away the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
The Last War For hundreds of years, the continent of Khorvaire was united under the kingdom of Galifar. This peace came to an end with the death of King Jarot in 894 YK, just over a century ago
. Conflict over the succession spiraled into outright war between the Five Nations. The Last War was a bitter struggle that forever changed the shape of Khorvaire. It was a century marked by shifting