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Returning 30 results for 'desire immortal are bards'.
Monsters
Mythic Odysseys of Theros
. 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. A demon
in Theros—the Underworld's a big place with room for all the incarnate wickedness you desire.
PoisonCold, Necrotic
Monsters
Eberron: Rising from the Last War
down to the Material Plane. One sin led to their fall: the desire to be worshiped by mortals. Now in the mortal realm, most radiant idols gather cults of devoted followers.
Fallen Angels. The insatiable
material power, it begins twisting its followers, leading them ever deeper into ominous ritualism, hedonistic folly, and fanatical doom.
Immortal Nature. A radiant idol doesn't require food, drink, or sleep.Radiant; Bludgeoning, Piercing, and Slashing from Nonmagical Attacks
Monsters
Mythic Odysseys of Theros
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
, feel free to use whatever fiends you wish when telling stories in Theros—the Underworld’s a big place with room for all the incarnate wickedness you desire.
PoisonCold, Necrotic
Monsters
Mythic Odysseys of Theros
the Underworld. The people of Theros know these fiends as demons.
Immortal Nature. A demon of Theros doesn’t require food, drink, or sleep.
FIENDS OF THEROS
On Theros, the term “demon
plane might consider it a rarity from some undiscovered Abyssal layer. In general, feel free to use whatever fiends you wish when telling stories in Theros—the Underworld’s a big place with room for all the incarnate wickedness you desire.
PoisonCold, Necrotic
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
magic set bards apart from their fellows. Only rarely do bards settle in one place for long, and their natural desire to travel — to find new tales to tell, new skills to learn, and new discoveries
Learning from Experience True bards are not common in the world. Not every minstrel singing in a tavern or jester cavorting in a royal court is a bard. Discovering the magic hidden in music requires
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
magic set bards apart from their fellows. Only rarely do bards settle in one place for long, and their natural desire to travel — to find new tales to tell, new skills to learn, and new discoveries
Learning from Experience True bards are not common in the world. Not every minstrel singing in a tavern or jester cavorting in a royal court is a bard. Discovering the magic hidden in music requires
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Build Your Group No common thread unites adventurers with an immortal patron, except perhaps uncommon openness to the mysterious and unknown. You haven’t been chosen because of your capabilities
from an immortal patron, but puts faith in the dreams and inspiration of others, following such omens with an eager heart. This character is under no illusions of having a special role to play in the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Endless Torment In every domain, instruments of suffering from the Darklord’s past ensure their greatest desire remains in view but ever out of reach. Even though a Darklord is effectively immortal
reminders of the Darklord’s inadequacies. When symbolism is too subtle, the literal specters from the Darklord’s past return to haunt them. Unpleasant Hope. The Darklord’s desire—commonly their bond—is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
, surrounded by the petrified remains of past admirers and would-be heroes. Immortal Splendor. Men and women who desire eternal youth, beauty, and adoration might pray to malicious gods, beg dragons for
Medusa As deadly as they are ravishing, the serpent-haired medusas suffer an immortal curse brought on by their vanity. They lurk in quiet exile among the tumbled ruins of their former lives
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
exist only to serve a deathless god-king. This realm of fierce deserts and mysterious monuments is ruled by the mummy Ankhtepot, speaker for the gods and immortal pharaoh. From his golden pyramid in
the City of the Dead, the Darklord watches over his domain, careless of the passage of mortal lives as he sends his servants in search of his only remaining desire: his ka, the missing piece of his
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
a way of life in this forested domain, with everyone from the bards of Skald to the actors of Emherst pursuing dazzling dreams. Here, the people live by a simple rule: never let an audience grow bored
after their extended spring, while songbirds sing themselves hoarse. And every local, from the youngest child to the most venerable elder, knows that dreams, fame, and immortal adulation are theirs for
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Dark Powers Control All. Sinister entities known as the Dark Powers manipulate the Domains of Dread and all who dwell within. Immortal, unknowable, and omnipotent, the Dark Powers revel in sowing
and falling as the Dark Powers desire. Tales attribute ominous powers to the Mists, from cloaking monsters to causing entire villages to vanish. The Mists are not bound to Ravenloft and slip across
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
soul. It’s said that when a soul waits on the Fugue Plane for a deity to take it to its appropriate afterlife, devils approach the soul and offer it a chance at power and immortal pleasures. All a soul
and distractions they desire most from life. Those who transgress in great ways often ask Asmodeus to hide their sins from the gods, and priests say that he will do so, but with a price after death.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Radiant Idol A radiant idol was an angel that was banished from the celestial realm of Syrania and cast down to the Material Plane. One sin led to their fall: the desire to be worshiped by mortals
, hedonistic folly, and fanatical doom. Immortal Nature. A radiant idol doesn’t require food, drink, or sleep. Radiant Idol
Large celestial, lawful evil
Armor Class 18 (natural armor)
Hit Points
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
firmly in the world by associating the class with a particular race or culture. For example, you might decide that bards, sorcerers, warlocks, and wizards represent the magical traditions of four
. You could break that down still further: bards of the College of Lore could be high elves, and bards of the College of War could be wood elves. Gnomes discovered the school of illusion, so all wizards
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
When Clans Collapse We have but one desire — revenge against those who drove us out of our home.
— Queen Helgret Deephammer,
of the Deephammer clan in exile
For all the attention dwarves pay to
their defenses and the security of their homes, no clan is immortal and no stronghold unassailable. Threats to a clan can come from the outside or the inside, and it’s often the latter variety that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
claim dominion over Phlegethos as partners and rivals. Fierna’s charisma, equaled only by that of Asmodeus, makes her a brilliant manipulator capable of filling mortal and immortal hearts with
contrast to the stiff regimentation of the rest of the Nine Hells, the laws that govern Abriymoch allow the place to operate as a carnival in which any wanton desire can be fulfilled. Justice in All Its
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
themselves. Even though she is immortal, there have been no new legends of her deeds since the advent of Galifar, but that’s when her daughters rose to infamy. All three of the Daughters of Sora Kell
in the vaults of the Great Crag. If you’d rather use the Daughters as straightforward villains, they could be driven by a thirst for power or a desire to end humanity’s dominance over Khorvaire. Sora
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
unswerving loyalty, without which that fiendish plane would become as anarchic as the Abyss. At the same time, it is in the nature of devils to scheme, creating in some a desire to rule that eclipses
power and boons they can provide. A soul is usually forfeited when a mortal dies naturally, for devils are immortal and can wait years for a contract to play out. If a contract allows a devil to claim a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
filled with Janyans enraptured by the low-toned, hypnotic music of a group of bards. Xoese-Addae leads the characters to a private audience suite overlooking the quad, occupied by a single Janyan wearing
—signs of her fervent desire to prove her connection and dedication to Djaynai. Personality Trait. “I have more important matters to attend to than you.” Ideal. “Tradition must be preserved at all costs
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
, but given the extent of the losses against the orcs, it would be little surprise if their newer recruits were more smiths than warriors, serving their realm out of a sense of duty rather than a desire
known written copies have ever been reported. Only a privileged few non-dwarves have ever heard the Dirge in its entirety, and dwarf bards who want to perform this epic must demonstrate great skill in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
Scholars, wizards, druids, and bards of other races have different ideas about how halflings escape peril, suggesting that by virtue of something in their nature, they occupy a special place in the
, uncaring of the events of the world. They remarked on how the halflings enjoyed the simple pleasures of the moment, such as food and music, family, and friendship, and how they seemed to desire no more than
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
of Aristocrats From the heads of scheming merchant families to immortal sorcerer-queens, each member of the aristocracy holds a measure of wealth and power—and they desire more. The rulers of a barony
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
encompass the complexities of the strange relationships formed by beings of immortal evil.
Coin Legions Taking a cue from the sword, shield, and dreg legions into which the devils’ armies are
whatever they desire can be obtained without violating a legal precedent. Her petitioners want power, money, and love, but they want to come by it within the bounds of the law. An ambitious prince who is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
bitterness, gradually transform into fiends, the tormentors of the Underworld. The people of Theros know these fiends as demons. Immortal Nature. A demon of Theros doesn’t require food, drink, or sleep
the incarnate wickedness you desire.
(SLAWOMIR MANIAK) Abhorrent Overlord Abhorrent overlords are gaunt, bipedal creatures whose gray, leathery skin is in stark contrast to the gleaming jewelry made
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
of dealing with the characters honestly, since inferior beings don’t merit such treatment. Using its Probing Telepathy, it discerns each character’s greatest desire, then uses this information
a tightly sewn oilcloth — an instrument of the bards (Cli lyre) found by a cultist years before. The lyre is the cult’s greatest treasure, and has been kept as a gift for the leader that the cultists
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
, to try new things, to imagine what they desire and then pursue it, and to be kind to others. In return for this freedom from the usual requirements of religion, Corellon expects them to address
be with. Stories of Hanali’s romantic adventures among elves and other mortals are perennial favorites when sung by elf bards and poets. In Arvandor, Hanali maintains a hidden pool called Evergold
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
by drow. They revere a host of divine entities, which they refer to as the Dark Seldarine in mockery of the surface elves’ deities. The Dark Seldarine are mighty, immortal beings, survivors from the
spirit and a desire for change. In some stories, Zinzerena is Lolth’s daughter, who was spirited away and hidden from her by illusions. In other tales, she begins life as a mortal elf who uses glamors
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
abilities of changelings to develop doppelgangers, while implanting a desire to cause chaos in the communities around them.—even when there’s no benefit in it for the doppelganger. Some doppelgangers
more urgency than the daelkyr themselves do. The immortal daelkyr can afford to wait for another ten thousand years; the illithids aren’t so patient. CHARACTERS WITH TIES TO THE DAELKYR
Player
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
an avalanche as it attacks. Overlords and Minions. Blue dragons covet valuable and talented creatures whose service reinforces their sense of superiority. Bards, sages, artists, wizards, and assassins
with no provocation, especially when dealing with potential threats to its territory. When dealing with sentient creatures, a green dragon demonstrates a lust for power that rivals its draconic desire