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Monsters
Out of the Abyss
choose to be pushed 5 feet back or to the side of the cube. A creature that chooses not to be pushed suffers the consequences of a failed saving throw.
On a failed save, the cube enters the creature's
the Underdark has granted Glabbagool sentience and awareness. The ooze is genuinely curious about other creatures and wants to learn more about the world. It defends itself if attacked, but doesn't
Monsters
Candlekeep Mysteries
for dead.â
Flaw. âMy pride wonât let me back down from a challenge or forgive any insult.âPoisonNimble Escape. Jade Tigress takes the Disengage or Hide action.
Entertainer
Legacy
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Backgrounds
Playerâs Handbook (2014)
for that âspecial someone.â
4
Nobody stays angry at me or around me for long, since I can defuse any amount of tension.
5
I love a good insult, even one directed at me.
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)
d6
Bond
1
My instrument is my most treasured possession, and it reminds me of someone I love.
2
Someone stole my precious instrument, and someday Iâll get it back
Gladiator
Legacy
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Backgrounds
Playerâs Handbook (2014)
defuse any amount of tension.
5
I love a good insult, even one directed at me.
6
I get bitter if Iâm not the center of attention.
7
Iâll settle for nothing less than
I love.
2
Someone stole my precious instrument, and someday Iâll get it back.
3
I want to be famous, whatever it takes.
4
I idolize a hero of the old tales and measure my deeds
Backgrounds
Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
in a situation. Never tell me the odds.
7
The best way to get me to do something is to tell me I canât do it.
8
I blow up at the slightest insult.
d6
Ideal
1
to a generous benefactor.
2
My ill-gotten gains go to support my family.
3
Something important was taken from me, and I aim to steal it back.
4
I will become the greatest thief that
Criminal / Spy
Legacy
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Backgrounds
Basic Rules (2014)
I canât do it.
8
I blow up at the slightest insult.
d6
Ideal
1
Honor. I donât steal from others in the trade. (Lawful)
2
Freedom. Chains are meant to
important was taken from me, and I aim to steal it back.
4
I will become the greatest thief that ever lived.
5
Iâm guilty of a terrible crime. I hope I can redeem myself for it.
6
Orc
Legacy
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Species
Volo's Guide to Monsters
fraught with tests of strength, fierce competition and nothing in the way of maternal or paternal love. From the time a child can wield a stick or a crude knife, it asserts itself and defends itself
raid just as another group returns, laden with severed heads, sacks of loot, and armfuls of food. Warriors also serve as scouts, bringing back detailed reports about the surrounding area so that the
Backgrounds
Guildmastersâ Guide to Ravnica
Personality Trait
1
Unlike people, the beasts of the wild are friends who wonât stab me in the back.
2
Go ahead and insult me â I dare you.
3
I scorn those who can
siblings or ancestors.]
Flaws
d6
Flaw
1
If you question my courage, I will never back down.
2
HrrrGGGAAAARRuuuh! [My anger in battle led to the death of a loved one
Backgrounds
Baldurâs Gate: Descent into Avernus
realizing the connection. You got the Guild to back off demands for your death by offering to make amends by working for the criminals, but even so the kingpin still plots a personal revenge.
2
The
work, do what needs to be done, and get paid. Anyone who pursues crime for thrill-seeking, to strike back at unjust authorities, or anything else are amateurs, and theyâre liable to get you
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm Lordâs Wrath
A Decision At some point, the characters must decide which vessel and captain they prefer. The town covers the cost of passage there and back for the characters, and both captains ask the same fare
are. If for any reason the characters attack Kristoffen because they learn of his affiliation with the Cult of Talos, he defends himself. Kristoffen (use half-red dragon veteran statistics but
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
fullest.
3
I remember every insult Iâve received and nurse a silent resentment toward anyone whoâs ever wronged me.
4
I am slow to trust members of other races, tribes, and
Backgrounds
Baldurâs Gate: Descent into Avernus
, since I can defuse any amount of tension.
5
I love a good insult, even one directed at me.
6
I get bitter if Iâm not the center of attention.
7
Iâll settle for nothing
me of someone I love.
2
Someone stole my precious instrument, and someday Iâll get it back.
3
I want to be famous, whatever it takes.
4
I idolize a hero of the old tales and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
. If the characters confront the dusk elf, he defends himself but wonât cause them any permanent harm. Strahdâs chamberlain would sooner die than allow himself to be captured. Rahadin doesnât divulge
his reason for visiting the temple, or even who is he or what role he serves. Left to his own devices, he rides back to Castle Ravenloft.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
canât willingly move out of line of sight of them and defends them to the death. If forcibly moved away from the lights, the creature tries to find its way back to them. The creature canât take a short
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
sits at Tordekâs table and tries to strike up a conversation with the dwarf. Chris says, âTordek spits on the floor, growls an insult at the bard, and stomps over to the bar. He sits on a stool and
things that canât be reasonably acted out. Going back to the example of Chris roleplaying Tordek above, hereâs how the scene might play out if Chris used active roleplaying: Speaking as Tordek, Chris
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
sits at Tordekâs table and tries to strike up a conversation with the dwarf. Chris says, âTordek spits on the floor, growls an insult at the bard, and stomps over to the bar. He sits on a stool and
things that canât be reasonably acted out. Going back to the example of Chris roleplaying Tordek above, hereâs how the scene might play out if Chris used active roleplaying: Speaking as Tordek, Chris
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
prestidigitation to blow your hair back, making it look like you have the speed and grace of Corellon themself. Cutting Wit and Wicked Barbs When others pick on you about being a bard, you need only remind
them that you and you alone have the power to insult creatures to death. Just the other day, your harsh word about a goblinâs haircut caused it to keel over, bleeding from its ears. But with such great
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
Minions and Pets Although they are solitary by nature, hags sometimes feel the need for companionship. Usually one scratches this itch by acquiring servants she can insult and slap around as she
to fire, able to transform into a flock of crows, or able to teleport through shadows â whatever the hag thinks best defends or serves her. Random Hag Minions To determine the minions and helpers in a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
halfling pluck and dark devotion make the wicked Nettlebees unlikely to back down easily. In fact, Wiggan tries to bribe the characters into defending Bertram and him âagainst these savages.â He also uses
only temporary. Wigganâs Gambit. If the party defends the Nettlebees and Wiggan survives, the characters are still in danger. Wounded foes make tempting targets, especially if the party knows of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
several sculptors from Thessalarâs temple to help construct his tomb, with false promises of vast salaries. To add insult to injury, Moghadam then sent back a party of mercenary thieves and a master
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
who were not born in the place. The native elves are boisterous, tempestuous, and ready to draw blood over the slightest insult or lapse of tradition. The planeâs beauty is both overpowering and
an addictive drug on visitors: the longer they remain, the more likely they will never want to leave. Anyone who stays more than a month might need to be dragged back to their home plane by well
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
cyclops defends itself if attacked, and killing them changes nothing. The characters still need to propel a stone farther than the cyclops did to get back to the sundial. When the characters beat the
challenge, the stone that the cyclops threw splits in half, revealing a topaz gemstone inside. If the topaz is carried out of this area, either path leads the characters back to the sundial. If the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
cyclops defends itself if attacked, and killing them changes nothing. The characters still need to propel a stone farther than the cyclops did to get back to the sundial. When the characters beat the
challenge, the stone that the cyclops threw splits in half, revealing a topaz gemstone inside. If the topaz is carried out of this area, either path leads the characters back to the sundial. If the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
, read or paraphrase the following: Thunderous footsteps shake the ground as you approach a horned, red-furred demon over twenty feet tall. Two winged shapes flank its towering form. On its back is a
palanquin to defeat the demons within while the characters slay the goristro. The goristro defends itself. If the vrocks see that the goristro is losing, they join the fight. The three erinyes easily dispatch
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
1 gp each to watch Noskaâs back. The characters can turn them against Noska by offering a larger bribe (at least 5 gp each). If the characters turn the hooligans against Noska or reduce the dwarf to
15 or higher can spot the gazer shortly after the party enters the City of the Dead. The gazer defends itself if attacked. Next Encounter Armed with directions to the Garloth mausoleum, the characters can head for the City of the Dead. The spring chain continues with encounter 4, âMausoleum.â
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
fight. The unicorn Banrion defends her home and its inhabitants with her life. If the characters threaten or attack her here, she fights to the finish, refusing to teleport away. But if the characters
manipulate the fallen clock tower back to its standing position. This seals off her plateau defensively, denying it to the hags in case she falls. (If she survives, the unicorn remains able to teleport
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
Zarielâs Wrath If the characters fail to redeem Zariel and donât make a deal with her (see âMaking a Deal with Zarielâ), she attacks. Her first goal is to destroy the adventurers who dared insult her
Yeenoghu are fighting to claim Avernus for themselves, and Kostchtchie (assuming the characters released him in chapter 3) wants his hammer back. None of them can be trusted. Demon lords are savagery
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richtenâs Guide to Ravenloft
remote groups of lizardfolkâmight provide assistance to outsiders, but they donât tolerate those who insult their ways or bring Chakunaâs wrath upon them. Parties without experience exploring dangerous
to Pantara Lodge, obeying Urik von Kharkovâs will.
7 The merchant ship Zodiac runs aground on Kiru Island. The sailors seek help salvaging other shipwrecks and escaping back to seaâpreferably
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
, and steam billows out of it.
Nagas. Unless they have been drawn elsewhere, two spirit nagas named Excrutha and Serakath lounge on the floor near the back of the cave (see âThe Ssethian Scourges
battle here attracts the thralls from areas 11b and 15f, assuming theyâre still around. While Agorra is under the effect of the rod of rulership, she believes the nagas to be her allies and defends them
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
the gnome Tatina Rookledust is under attack by ten goblins andâstanding well back from the chaosâtheir hobgoblin leader. The goblinoids wear dark armor with a spiral symbolâthe same colors and symbol
turn. The inventor Tatina Rookledust defends her home from Dragon Army goblins The goblins flee after half their number are defeated. The hobgoblin tries to make the goblins hold their ground but
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
situation. Never tell me the odds. 7 The best way to get me to do something is to tell me I canât do it. 8 I blow up at the slightest insult. d6 Ideal 1 Honor. I donât steal from others in the trade
aim to steal it back. 4 I will become the greatest thief that ever lived. 5 Iâm guilty of a terrible crime. I hope I can redeem myself for it. 6 Someone I loved died because of a mistake I made. That
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
cityâs own. Seventy-eight noble family lines are found here, many of which can trace their lineage back to the cityâs founding. Books have been written about individual families â histories of their
. Seeking patronage from a noble without having been introduced to that person is considered an insult, so you must first befriend someone in a nobleâs employ or circle of influence. Doing so is no
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
his brow, and one of his horns ends in a jagged stump. He drags a rusty greataxe in the dirt, and tied to his back is a 30-pound, clay amphora painted with images of warring hoplitesâall of whom have
, Antigonos attacks any characters who insult him or try to rob him. Despite his age, he can still muster a flash of his past prowess. He gets distracted easily, though, using his greataxe and amphora (if
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
situation. Never tell me the odds. 7 The best way to get me to do something is to tell me I canât do it. 8 I blow up at the slightest insult. d6 Ideal 1 Honor. I donât steal from others in the trade
aim to steal it back. 4 I will become the greatest thief that ever lived. 5 Iâm guilty of a terrible crime. I hope I can redeem myself for it. 6 Someone I loved died because of I mistake I made. That
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
romantic, always searching for that âspecial someone.â 4 Nobody stays angry at me or around me for long, since I can defuse any amount of tension. 5 I love a good insult, even one directed at me. 6 I get
Someone stole my precious instrument, and someday Iâll get it back. 3 I want to be famous, whatever it takes. 4 I idolize a hero of the old tales and measure my deeds against that personâs. 5 I will do