delving insults are better

Charlatan Legacy

Backgrounds Player’s Handbook (2014)

a born gambler who can’t resist taking a risk for a potential payoff. 5 I lie about almost everything, even when there’s no good reason to. 6 Sarcasm and insults are my

there, I have a child who doesn’t know me. I’m making the world better for him or her. 4 I come from a noble family, and one day I’ll reclaim my lands and title from those who

Waterdhavian Noble

Backgrounds Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide

expect things of you when they know your surname and what it means. Your reasons for taking up adventuring likely involve your family in some way: Are you the family rebel, who prefers delving in

hide a truly scandalous secret that could ruin my family forever. 3 I too often hear veiled insults and threats in every word addressed to me, and I’m quick to anger. 4 I have an

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

. 3 Somewhere out there, I have a child who doesn’t know me. I’m making the world better for him or her. 4 I come from a noble family, and one day I’ll reclaim my lands and

Far Traveler

Backgrounds Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide

pilgrimage to understand the gods that others worship, so that you might better appreciate your own deities. The Underdark. Though your home is physically closer to the Sword Coast than the other

traditional rituals that are unfamiliar to those around me. 6 Sarcasm and insults are my weapons of choice. d6 Ideal 1 Open. I have much to learn from the kindly folk I meet

Manifested Secret

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

lets a character take the Sword of Kas if convinced the characters can destroy Vecna, better yet, if convinced that relinquishing his weapon will enable him to destroy Vecna someday. A character can make

a DC 25 Charisma (Persuasion) check to try to convince Kas using either line of reasoning. If the characters fail to persuade him to relinquish the sword, Kas snarls and insults them, but he won’t

Kobold Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

provoke retaliatory attacks from the creatures they steal from. It’s better to be cautious and overlooked than to be considered dangerous and a threat. In a couple of situations, kobolds might

waking time is spent working, adversarial kobolds rarely have opportunities to exchange insults, let alone come to blows over their differences. Kobolds choose mates primarily for convenience. Their

Roleplaying a Hag

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

1 I have made subtle insults into an art form. 2 I always act unpleasant so others never learn of my secret affections. 3 I enjoy wagers as parts of my bargains, which increase the risk and the

stakes. 4 I laugh at my own jokes — the darker, the better. 5 I never volunteer information, and I respond only to questions. 6 I offer generous terms in my deals, but the cost for defaulting is

Charlatan

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

for getting what I want. 4 I’m a born gambler who can’t resist taking a risk for a potential payoff. 5 I lie about almost everything, even when there’s no good reason to. 6 Sarcasm and insults are my

mentor — a horrible person who’s probably rotting in jail somewhere. 3 Somewhere out there, I have a child who doesn’t know me. I’m making the world better for him or her. 4 I come from a noble family, and

Bard

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

zingers at hand to add the perfect insult to the ultimate injury. Insults to Die For d20 Insult 1 Did your mother have any children who lived? 2 Who dressed you, a grimlock? 3 You

looks that a full-face helmet wouldn’t improve. 19 You’re about as useful as an orc horde at a tea party. 20 I’ve seen better-looking faces on a gibbering mouther. The Wrong Kind of

Adventure Models

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

and a dragon are oblivious to the destruction they’re causing Delve into the Past The best reason for delving into the past is to discover a path to a better future. —Diancastra In the world of

storm giants tend flocks of sheep the size of horses, delving deep into the Underdark where stone giants ride mammoths across vast subterranean plains, washing up on an uncharted island whose giant

More Downtime Activities

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)

hours each of those days. Thus, creating an uncommon magic item takes 20 days and 500 gp. You are free to adjust the costs to better suit your campaign. If a spell will be produced by the item being

(described in chapter 4 of the Player’s Handbook) at the start of each day for the next 2d6 days. Running a Business Adventurers can end up owning businesses that have nothing to do with delving into

Maglubiyet's Will Be Done

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

other legions when a host forms. The warlords of rival legions don’t seek to depose the leader of the host unless the fortunes of war create the opportunity. Each legion records all the insults directed

on each head that direct the beast by controlling the view of its blinkered eyes. Former slaves, often soldiers who once fought against the host, who now fight alongside the host to gain better

Stone Giants

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

they dare to visit the surface world — at night, the better to avoid the glaring dreams and visions that would assail them during daylight. A stone giant that visits the surface for too long or is

delving into Ostorian ruins that have been sealed for millennia. The less obvious one is that certain portents, if confirmed to be true, would indeed bring about the return of Annam, upending the giants

Locations in Triboar

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder

in profit than quality. Lacking the carpentry skills of his ancestors, he relies on underpaid apprentices to assemble wagons that are little better than ordinary, yet they cost five times as much. The

Tezrin (see appendix D), as well as a hidden vault containing their wealth. Alaestra and Narth run a successful business even in the face of local insults and mild harassment. They have an agreement with

Lower City Gazetteer

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer

House — but anyone who succeeded would likely be set for life. Eastway Expeditions Eastway Expeditions used to buy dubious exploration and dungeon-delving gear on the cheap — often from hollow-eyed

, and he has to admit it’s a better deal than paying protection money himself. Water Queen’s House The oldest temple in Baldur’s Gate, the Water Queen’s House clings to its enormous pier like a monster of

Lower City Gazetteer

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

the Counting House — but anyone who succeeded would likely be set for life. Eastway Expeditions Eastway Expeditions used to buy dubious exploration and dungeon-delving gear on the cheap — often from

keep suspicion away from him, and he has to admit it’s a better deal than paying protection money himself. Water Queen’s House The oldest temple in Baldur’s Gate, the Water Queen’s House clings to its

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