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Storm King's Thunder
"} piercing damage.Veterans are professional fighters that take up arms for pay or to protect something they believe in or value. Their ranks include soldiers retired from long service and warriors who never
served anyone but themselves.
The city of Mirabar's defense falls to the Axe of Mirabar, a well-armed garrison. All members of the Axe of Mirabar are shield dwarves.
Monsters
Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
Misdirecting Defense. The AC of the recruiter includes its Charisma modifier while it isn’t wearing armor or wielding a shield.
Oriq Mask. The recruiter wears an Oriq mask. While wearing the
will: disguise self, silent image
2/day: charm person
1/day: suggestionOriq recruiters are subtle mages who infiltrate Strixhaven in service to their order. They are adept at blending in, watching
classes
Forgotten Realms: Heroes of Faerûn
settlements, such as those along the Sword Coast, and wield their magic in service of the common good. Others realize their own strange powers by roaming equally strange lands, from the magic-blasted wastes
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Legendary Resistance (1/Day). If the dragonborn fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.
Mental Defense. While the dragonborn is wearing no armor, its AC includes its Intelligence
Sardior's divine essence survives within every gem dragon. This philosophy is central to the teachings of Sardior's dragonborn champions, who wield psionic power in the service of their mysterious cause
Backgrounds
Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
You have served the community where you grew up, standing as its first line of defense against crime. You aren’t a soldier, directing your gaze outward at possible enemies. Instead, your
service to your hometown was to help police its populace, protecting the citizenry from lawbreakers and malefactors of every stripe.
You might have been part of the City Watch of Waterdeep, the baton
Monsters
Mordenkainen's Fiendish Folio Volume 1
of druids (possibly in service to Malar or Talos) who cultivated the first of these creatures. However, it remains unknown whether their intent was to create a benign means of breaking down monstrous
continue their horrid life cycle.
An Unnatural Plague. Whole settlements along the frontier have been wiped out by plagues of assassin bugs. Without a quickly organized defense, even a single bug can
Soldier
Legacy
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Backgrounds
Basic Rules (2014)
combined with the rigid discipline of military service leave their mark on all soldiers, shaping their ideals, creating strong bonds, and often leaving them scarred and vulnerable to fear, shame, and
solution is the best path to success.
d6
Ideal
1
Greater Good. Our lot is to lay down our lives in defense of others. (Good)
2
Responsibility. I do what I must and obey just
Backgrounds
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
feeling about who might fulfill their duties strictly by the book.
Suggested Characteristics
The horrors of war combined with the rigid discipline of military service leave their mark on all
Greater Good. Our lot is to lay down our lives in defense of others. (Good)
2
Responsibility. I do what I must and obey just authority. (Lawful)
3
Independence. When people follow orders
classes
Basic Rules (2014)
nearby towns or villages and exchanging their service for food and other goods. As versatile warriors, monks often end up protecting their neighbors from monsters or tyrants.
For a monk, becoming an
your formative years. Were you an orphan or a child left on the monastery’s threshold? Did your parents promise you to the monastery in gratitude for a service performed by the monks? Did you
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
defense—until someone bests the dragon’s security measures.
3
A sapphire dragon seeks adventurers to lead into battle against the mind flayer;mind flayers that usurped the dragon
;gelatinous cubes and ochre jelly;ochre jellies.
2
A band of minotaur;minotaurs in service to Baphomet has captured a sapphire dragon wyrmling to learn from the wyrmling’s strategies
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
immediately. Otherwise, they mock the party but don’t fight except in self-defense. Roaming Ooze The presence of the Pudding King (see “The Pudding Court” later in this chapter) is drawing oozes to
spiders 16 1 ghost 17 Mephit gang 18 Roaming ooze 19 1d4 + 1 svirfneblin wererats 20 1 xorn Animated Drow Statues Once part of a expedition from Menzoberranzan, these drow were petrified by a medusa
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
its eyes in his honor. Tribes Like Plagues. Orcs gather in tribes that exert their dominance and satisfy their bloodlust by plundering villages, devouring or driving off roaming herds, and slaying
, instead converting ruins, cavern complexes, and defeated foes’ villages into fortified camps and strongholds. Orcs build only for defense, making no innovation or improvement to their lairs beyond
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
Quaggoth Thonot Quaggoth thonots possess psionic abilities, which they use to give themselves an edge in combat and to coerce the service of other quaggoths. Quaggoth Thonot Medium Monstrosity
spellcasting ability (spell save DC 12):
At Will: Mage Hand (the hand is Invisible), Minor Illusion
2/Day: Mind Spike
Reactions
Psionic Defense (3/Day). The quaggoth casts Feather Fall or Shield in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
City Watch You have served the community where you grew up, standing as its first line of defense against crime. You aren’t a soldier, directing your gaze outward at possible enemies. Instead, your
service to your hometown was to help police its populace, protecting the citizenry from lawbreakers and malefactors of every stripe. You might have been part of the City Watch of Waterdeep, the baton
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragons of Stormwreck Isle
in the service of gods wield mace and spell, defending against the terrifying powers that threaten the land. Wizards plunder the ruins of the fallen Netherese empire, delving into secrets too
-capped peaks, alpine forests, bitter winds, and roaming monsters, the coast holds renowned bastions of civilization such as the city of Neverwinter, in the shadow of the fuming volcano known as Mount
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
to the teachings of Sardior’s dragonborn champions, who wield psionic power in the service of their mysterious cause. Many of these champions are associated with the Inheritors of the First World (see
Sardior’s breath. Dragonborn of Sardior
Medium Humanoid, Typically Neutral
Armor Class 17 (Mental Defense)
Hit Points 75 (10d8 + 30)
Speed 30 ft., fly 30 ft. (hover)
STR
14 (+2)
DEX
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
4. Flumph Cloister Flumphs. Stalactites cling to the roof of this 20-foot-high cavern. Lurking among them are nine flumphs. The flumphs are passive creatures that fight only in self-defense.
Secret
of whom are kept as “cattle.” The rest are turned into mindless thralls in service to Extremiton. The flumphs don’t need to enter the mind flayer colony to feed on the illithids’ immense psionic
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
allied forces have devised a simple but effective plan. They begin with an attack by Saltmarsh’s militia against the entrance (area 1). Once the sahuagin commit troops to the defense of the gate, the
alert 25 The Defense By the time the party returns to the fortress, the sahuagin have reinforced their numbers. Every area of level 1 now holds sahuagin defenders preparing for battle, acting as
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
daughter Bloppblippodd, archpriest of Leemooggoogoon the Deep Father.
Defense: All kuo-toa rally to the village’s defense, including whips and monitors serving the priesthood.
Commerce: The kuo-toa
trade with various races of the Underdark near the Darklake, in addition to providing ferry service and navigation.
Organizations: Two major shrines and several other minor ones.
Sloobludop is a kuo
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
respect all beings who risk their lives in defense of something greater than themselves.
2 My payment is a matter of principle. Requiring even a small fee for my service allows those I help to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
monastery’s threshold? Did your parents promise you to the monastery in gratitude for a service performed by the monks? Did you enter this secluded life to hide from a crime you committed? Or did you
Movement
Features
1st
+2
1d4
—
—
Unarmored Defense, Martial Arts
2nd
+2
1d4
2
+10 ft.
Ki, Unarmored Movement
3rd
+2
1d4
3
+10 ft.
Monastic Tradition, Deflect
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
Oriq The Oriq are a secret society of mages who wield forbidden magic in the service of their leader, Extus Narr. Narr was in consideration for elevation to the role of Oracle of Strixhaven, but when
necrotic damage.
Oriq Recruiter Oriq recruiters are subtle mages who infiltrate Strixhaven in service to their order. They are adept at blending in, watching for powerful but underperforming mages and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
defense. Some citizens might hail them as heroes, while others are suspicious of them—particularly when one of the disasters they foretell seems likely to be Thassa’s doing. They might get caught up in
the schemes of other gods’ minions who resent their growing influence over the community. Thassa knows nothing is permanent, including her champions’ service. If they fail to uphold her wishes, she
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
War, and our service demands respect. 2 Evil without law is a pointless exercise in destruction. Rules make us what we are. 3 Those who follow me rely on my wisdom to ensure their prosperity. 4 One
defense of all. 5 I’m so reliant on the laws of the Nine Hells that I panic without their guidance. 6 I am secretly jealous of the freedom that mortals enjoy.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon of Icespire Peak
ruins of long-lost kingdoms. Amid a lawless wilderness of jagged, snow-capped peaks, alpine forests, bitter winds, and roaming monsters, the coast holds such great bastions of civilization as the city of
abandoned for years. Its inhabitants hail from Neverwinter and are in the paid service of the city’s Lord Protector, who has tasked them with turning Leilon into a fortified settlement that can ward
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
kind of slave or minion creature living with or near them as a defense against attackers, even if it’s just a common animal. Hags particularly delight in using mortals bound to their service as
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
minotaur terror closed in on her, Rygyra whispered a prayer to Iroas and braced her flimsy wooden shield, knowing it would offer no defense against the giant’s strikes. Yet, when the blow came, the
the temptations of Mogis.
Kalemne, Disciple of Iroas. One of the greatest of Iroas’s champions, Kalemne is a stone giant sworn to the service of the god of war. A warrior of tremendous strength and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
curiosities. On the seven days surrounding the full moon, outsiders are even allowed into the market, though they are still prohibited from roaming the rest of the polis. Visitors who try to explore beyond the
caryatids, capable of animating in defense of the groves or the city (as animated trees) but otherwise resting in silent stillness. Nature and civilization meld harmoniously in the polis of Setessa
(ADAM PAQUETTE)
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
interested not only in punitive justice, but also in the establishment of fair and equitable relationships among people and gods, in service to the common good. He also takes an interest in the bonds of
while Heliod stands for justice, Iroas actually fights for it, taking up arms against brutality and injustice in defense of what is good and right. Heliod hates and fears Erebos, his dark twin and his
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
wooden sleds pulled by canines as big as wolves. The closest driver calls out, “Can we be of service?”
The figure calling to the party is Vellynne Harpell (see appendix C), a wizard of the Arcane
for last, because Xardorok knows that refugees from the smaller towns have nowhere else to go but there. Bryn Shander’s walls provide no defense against the dragon’s attacks from the sky, and the closer Ten-Towners huddle together, the easier it becomes for the dragon to annihilate them.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
elder brain. Although such missions risk attracting unwanted attention, they can yield a treasure trove of knowledge and insights to be shared throughout the entire colony when a roaming mind flayer
illithid remains fearful of gith attacks, and likely sets about creating a sort of colony of its own, the better to remain undetected. It gathers minions, establishes a lair, and makes defense of its
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
oversees all of Blingdenstone’s mines, as well as the mining, cutting, and enchanting of spell gems (see appendix B), both for the settlement’s defense and for trade export. Stoneheart Enclave This group
a century ago. Believed to be sentient, it is found roaming the Rockblight section of the settlement. Elemental creatures touched by the cloud fall under its control. The cloud’s origin remains a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
an ancient pact to advise a monarchy on matters of defense—until someone bests the dragon’s security measures.
3 A sapphire dragon seeks adventurers to lead into battle against the mind flayers
dragon wyrmling installs new guardians that have no interest in material riches: gelatinous cubes and ochre jellies.
2 A band of minotaurs in service to Baphomet has captured a sapphire dragon
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
, named after the Companion sun. These paladins swore to uphold the Creed Resolute, an oath of service to Elturgard and all good people. And thus Elturgard now has both the Companions and the
, outside assistance is essential to the continued defense of the realm. FORT MORNINGLORD
Several years ago, the entire complement of paladins at Fort Morninglord simply disappeared in a calamitous
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
. Entering the service of one or more gods seemed natural. 4 An impassioned sermon struck a chord deep in my soul and moved me to serve the faith. 5 I followed a childhood friend, a respected
acquaintance, or someone I loved into religious service. 6 After encountering a true servant of the gods, I was so inspired that I immediately entered the service of a religious group. Charlatan d6 I became a