deity involved are brandish

Charlatan Legacy

Backgrounds Player’s Handbook (2014)

weapons of choice. 7 I keep multiple holy symbols on me and invoke whatever deity might come in useful at any given moment. 8 I pocket anything I see that might have some value. d6

there’s money involved. 5 I can’t resist swindling people who are more powerful than me. 6 I hate to admit it and will hate myself for it, but I’ll run and preserve my own hide if the going gets tough.

Charlatan - Baldur's Gate

Backgrounds Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus

insults are my weapons of choice. 7 I keep multiple holy symbols on me and invoke whatever deity might come in useful at any given moment. 8 I pocket anything I see that might have some

resist taking a risk if there’s money involved. 5 I can’t resist swindling people who are more powerful than me. 6 I hate to admit it and will hate myself for it, but I’ll run and preserve my own hide if the going gets tough.

Lich Spirit Jars

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual

Lich Spirit Jars The process of becoming a lich is involved, dangerous, and unique to each would-be lich. If the rite succeeds, the lich’s soul is bound to a spirit jar, a specially prepared magical

the lich created. 4 A hollow figurine of a deity or monster. 5 An hourglass with its sands floating in stasis. 6 A locket or signet ring with a noble crest. 7 A rune-etched egg. 8 The skull of the lich’s mentor.

Broken Silence

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen

steadfast followers. Characters who draw their magic from gods won’t have access to spells or magical class features until the end of the encounter, as this prelude details a meeting with their deity

. Characters with no special interest in serving a deity might participate in the “Scales of War” prelude instead. The prelude unfolds in a surreal, dreamlike situation where characters can follow a

Should They or Shouldn't They?

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

her family is involved with the Black Network and claims the Zhents were holding her family hostage (a false claim also parroted by her husband, her bodyguard, her children, and her staff). If the

characters assault any member of the household or brandish weapons in an attempt to intimidate, the Gralhunds inform the City Watch of the party’s crimes. During the characters’ invasion of Gralhund Villa

Membership

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things

opportunities for adventurers to become involved with the work of the Solar Bastion or even become knights themselves. Because the knights’ resources are spread thin, the Solar Bastion welcomes assistance

founder and sole leader of the Solar Bastion is a neutral good solar angel named Hilarion. Hilarion was once the trusted lieutenant of a lawful good deity, and when a mighty cleric of that deity drew the

Ephara's Villains

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros

work that they deem antithetical to proper society. Ephara’s Monsters Ephara isn’t often associated with monsters. Even so, a few monsters common in urban settings might be involved with the

deity or her worshipers. Since many of Ephara’s most devout followers are scholars, they commonly use magically constructed creatures in their plans. The vast majority of villains associated with Ephara

Archaeologist Camp

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin

neutral good priests of Celestian, the enigmatic deity of stars and wanderers on Oerth. Though apprehensive about exploring the complex, the couple are dear friends to Laysa and support her efforts. Talo

, Marian admits that she once admired the archlich and even considered studying necromancy. When Marian realized the great evil involved, though, she eschewed this grim path. Regardless of the

Charlatan

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)

weapons of choice. 7 I keep multiple holy symbols on me and invoke whatever deity might come in useful at any given moment. 8 I pocket anything I see that might have some value. d6 Ideal 1

luxuries faster than I bring them in.. 3 I’m convinced that no one could ever fool me the way I fool others. 4 I’m too greedy for my own good. I can’t resist taking a risk if there’s money involved. 5 I

Wandering Emporium Businesses

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus

weeks in advance and can be costly. Mahadi charges from five to ten soul coins for an exotic request, depending on the difficulty involved in fulfilling it. Consuming a meal at Infernal Rapture has the

her service to Bahamut: Unless Burney decided otherwise, once any creature less powerful than a deity has taken three steps from her, they can no longer remember her or having interacted with her

Children of the All-Father

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters

regional, and usually involved bragging rights or hunting territory. Differences were settled by individual contests of might, wits, or skill. That situation persisted for generations, until the red

entities, or any non-giant deity, is considered a great sin against the ordning. Being discovered means being cast out from family and clan.

Fortune's Wheel Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel

-deity with a petty portfolio, such as dust mites, scheduling conflicts, gazebos, or three-toed sloths. Celestials and Fiends acknowledge the participant’s godly status, but with no followers to boast

exceptionally rare platinum razorleaf chip. Those who brandish such a chip and step into the alcove emerge into the Platinum Rooms, which are detailed in chapter 14.

Zorzula's Rest Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk

ashen husk of a gray-skinned dwarf. All three pantomime metalwork in eerie synchronization. As they turn toward you, they brandish sharp chunks of black rock. With gasping, angry cries, the figures surge

shrine as that of Ilsensine, the patron deity of the illithid empire. The shrine was built atop a broken duergar statue, and someone has recently defaced it. After Ruxithid assumed leadership of the

Temple Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Scions of Elemental Evil

Cultist Fanatics of the Order of Falling Ash camp here. All ten are ashen creatures (see the “Ashen Creatures” sidebar). Ashen Creatures Many Humanoids involved with the Order of Falling Ash are

ice. The cultists are under a magical effect originating from Cryonax, the deity the cult venerates. Thanks to the effect, the four cultists have the Paralyzed condition until Blayne orders them to

Greater Caverns Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase

Iggwilv’s experiments. Eighteen troglodyte warriors live in the warrens. The clan is led by a bloated hezrou servant of Laogzed, a lesser demonic deity of mindless gluttony venerated by these troglodytes

humanoids with bull heads emerge from the darkness. They brandish axes and lead metallic bulls whose nostrils exude a noxious vapor. This immense labyrinth is part of the Endless Maze—a layer of the Abyss

Fortress Level 2

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh

of a lizardfolk. The head is about twice as large as life size. When the lizardfolk lived here, one of their proudest possessions was a 10-foot-high statue of Semuanya, their deity. When the sahuagin

complaining about offensive remarks made by another sahuagin. The sahuagin wants the baron to punish the offender. The baron is growing impatient with the pettiness and is close to feeding all involved

The Fissure

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

can be haughty, proud, entitled, demanding, self-involved, and prone to violence. (Okay, maybe they are like people.) Dabshabah is less than a year old, and she shares the story of how a green dragon

back out. Development. If a character tries to identify the runes on the altar, a successful DC 15 Intelligence (Arcana or Religion) check determines only that they are connected to no known deity, but

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