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Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
wilderness away from Kalakeri’s cities. Scattered refugee groups hide in the wilds and organize dangerous, desperate attacks on the Vasavadan factions.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Desperate Allies and Rivals The Darkon Allies table describes characters and groups who strive to save the domain, while the Darkon Rivals table notes those who scheme to ruin it. Darkon Allies d6
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
roads and paths that crisscross Anauroch. Some of these paths are invisible on the ground, and the Bedine navigate by using the stars at night. Groups of Bedine might be traders carrying goods
, scouts looking for food, or bandits hoping to raid merchant caravans that try to shortcut their way across the desert rather than circumnavigate it. The Bedine nomads can act as guides for lost characters, offer clues for stuck players, and provide food and water for adventurers in desperate need.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Netheril’s Fall: Tales of Terror, Treasure, and Time Travel
result. Using their abilities to siphon magic from the Weave, the phaerimm began to assault the mighty empire above. The phaerimm’s magic caused the fall of some flying cities. Additionally, groups
who weren’t their own. The phaerimm’s assaults on Netheril chipped away at the empire’s already crumbling facade, and the Netherese mages became desperate.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
desperate of Outer City residents prowl the snuff streets, hoping to find a missed copper piece or a salvageable boot to pawn. They strip the teeth from bodies, cut off hair that might fetch a coin, and
, murder is less common but remains a threat. Long-time residents know to travel in groups after dark. Those looking to earn a few coins sometimes linger outside of taverns, hiring out as escorts for
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
likewise be remarkable or have a desperate reason to have braved the Mists. Learning about such wanderers can drive the characters from a single adventure into a larger campaign that explores other
domains. The following sections present groups and individuals who routinely travel the Mists. The Strangers in the Mists table also suggests the kinds of people characters might encounter amid the Mists
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
him for leadership as a sort of king in exile. He hopes to one day gather all of Cyre’s displaced children to a rebuilt Cyre. Prince Oargev is obsessed with the Mourning. He is desperate to discover
outreach to Cyran refugees across Khorvaire. He has a great deal of popular sympathy, as well as allies in every nation, including the following groups and individuals: King Boranel. The ruler of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
; sometimes it originates from groups of elf musicians, but just as often the faint tune is merely the wind curling through the boles of the great trees. Layers of Arborea Layer Description
Arborea and then leave sometimes experience a desperate desire to return—a yearning so intense that it can interfere with day-to-day life. What secrets lie buried in the sands of Mithardir? An expedition
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer
desperate of Outer City residents prowl the snuff streets, hoping to find a missed copper piece or a salvageable boot to pawn. They strip the teeth from bodies, cut off hair that might fetch a coin, and
, murder is less common but remains a threat. Long-time residents know to travel in groups after dark. Those looking to earn a few coins sometimes linger outside of taverns, hiring out as escorts for
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
and the future uncertain, the High King of Thorbardin sealed the gates of the kingdom to all outsiders, including the Neidar. Betrayed and hungry, these surface dwarves allied with other desperate
groups eke out lives in ruins or harsh lands as reclusive survivalists. As a hill dwarf, you might come from lands near the great mountain dwarf nations or from a diverse town far away. Or perhaps you come from everywhere, having been raised in a traveling community that’s seen most corners of Ansalon.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
, two chasmes fight a hezrou. All three demons are glowing.
Drow. Two opposing groups of drow are peppering one another with spells and crossbow bolts, ignoring the demons. Ten drow spread out north
for his safe release. But the drow mage’s offer is merely a desperate ploy to please his superiors, which characters can ascertain with a successful Wisdom (Insight) check contested by his Charisma
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
Cults and Cultists The following groups vie for power on and under Innsmouth. Following each cult’s name are the ritual words cult members use in their blasphemous practices, along with other details
became a Vampire Umbral Lord. Death Cultists, along with desperate and deluded souls, have flocked to the ancient stargazer, forming the cult around Grayl and her discoveries despite their leader’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
rise 5 Medium Contented 6 Medium In a state of decline 7 Low Despairing after years of steady decline 8 Low Desperate to improve 9 Low Resigned to that status 10 Outcast Shunned by giant society
defeated foe’s head as a trophy; the foe’s family wants justice—and the head back—and asks adventurers for help. 5 Two groups of frost giants meet near a mountain pass. When their wrestling matches cause
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
approach them, stopping when the two groups are 10 feet apart. One of them welcomes the characters to Telemy Hill and asks how long they plan to stay. If asked about Jingle Jangle, the awakened trees
!” Jingle Jangle’s obsession with keys serves as a cautionary tale for those who would enter into a bargain with Bavlorna Blightstraw. The goblin once sought the hag’s help in a desperate attempt to undo
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
Anatomy of a War Band A gnoll war band is likely to contain a variety of gnolls and other creatures, and no two of these groups have the same composition. The gnolls that make up the rank and file
Yeenoghu. When a war band grows desperate for food, its members turn on each other. Those who succumb to the violence are devoured, but their service to the war band doesn’t end at that point. The survivors
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
the most desperate colonies bother using goblins, kobolds, gnomes, and other small humanoids for anything except food. Small humanoids do make a good food source because they tend to gather in large
groups, and their fear and despair in the face of a mind flayer incursion make their brains tasty to the illithid palate. They are also relatively easy for larger, stronger humanoid thralls to control
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
guiding both groups are the purple grungs, which serve as administrators and commanders. (Use the grung stat block to represent members of the green, blue, and purple castes.) Red grungs are the
. The poisoned creature must shout loudly or otherwise make a loud noise at the start and end of its turn.
Purple. The poisoned creature feels a desperate need to soak itself in liquid or mud. It can’t
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
Guild There’s power in groups. One bee’s a pest, but nobody messes with the swarm.
Tasha
Your group has ties to a powerful consortium of professionals who work together for mutual benefit. You
due, and they are desperate to avoid paying. You must defeat whatever’s coming to collect the master’s debt or find another acceptable payment.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
labor, the neogi designed and built sleek vessels, some capable of traversing the planes, to carry them to their new frontiers. Some neogi groups still create and use such vehicles, which have a distinct
they are as devious as devils when doing so. Neogi buy and sell, but they pose a grave risk to potential patrons that might instead be easily enslaved, so their customers generally consist of desperate
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Masters: Living Spells Play-Along Pack
groups, often posing as new recruits or long-absent members from other lands. The Ninth Quill has a few popular catchphrases that members use as meaningful mantras—or excuses for criminality. These
sells them to wealthy patrons to fund its operations. Desperate buyers rebuffed by other factions, such as a necromancer rejected by the Covenant of the Grave or a transmuter suspicious of the Bringers
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
exploring these noir themes in the stories you develop. It can be fun for some people to wrestle with moral quandaries in adventures, but it doesn’t work for all play groups. In particular, if there’s no
aberrant dragonmarks in the desperate hope of preventing another War of the Mark. 2 The villain is suffering under a terrible curse, and their increasingly serious crimes are an effort to fight off the curse
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
trees and great swarms of biting insects. None but the desperate venture into this place, making it the ideal hiding place for outlaws or raiders. Stinging Insects. The vast number of mosquitoes and
. The Wild Flame Pact — an alliance struck between the elves, the kingdom of Keoland, and the treants of the region — commits all three groups to repelling the monsters that emerge from the forest. At