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Monsters
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
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Blood Disgorge (Recharge 5–6);{"diceNotation":"1d6","rollType":"recharge","rollAction":"Blood Disgorge"}. The nosferatu vomits blood
in a 15-foot cone. Each creature in that area must make a DC 16 Constitution saving throw. On a failed save, a creature takes 18 (4d8);{"diceNotation":"4d8","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Blood
Monsters
The Book of Many Things
Grim Harrow, Jyn is desperate to destroy the deck and end her painful existence. If she could, she’d take the entire multiverse with her.
The Grim Champion of Desolation rides a malevolent
champions rarely agree on anything is a major check on the group’s power. Instead of the Grim Harrow acting as a unified force, each of the three champions usually pursues their own interests, seldom
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
). Bael makes one Hellish Morningstar attack.With the Blood War between devils and demons raging for eons and no end in sight, opportunities abound for ambitious archdevils to win fame, glory, and power
interests at Mammon’s court, which leaves him free to pursue his battle lust.
Despite his lack of interest in affairs outside battle, or perhaps because of it, Bael has gained a small
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
can endure their abrasive demeanor, caustic observations, and morbid interests can form a lasting bond with a powerful ally.
Entropic Hoards
Topaz dragons prize information on destruction and
dragon’s clutches.
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A topaz dragon has developed a taste for merfolk, and the merfolk community near the dragon’s lair is desperate for help.
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A topaz dragon is intent on
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
demeanor, caustic observations, and morbid interests can form a lasting bond with a powerful ally.
Entropic Hoards
Topaz dragons prize information on destruction and creation, whether abstract or
.
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A topaz dragon has developed a taste for merfolk, and the merfolk community near the dragon’s lair is desperate for help.
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A topaz dragon is intent on destroying the homes of all
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
. But anyone who can endure their abrasive demeanor, caustic observations, and morbid interests can form a lasting bond with a powerful ally.
Entropic Hoards
Topaz dragons prize information on
who escaped the dragon’s clutches.
7
A topaz dragon has developed a taste for merfolk, and the merfolk community near the dragon’s lair is desperate for help.
8
A topaz dragon is
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
irritated when disturbed. But anyone who can endure their abrasive demeanor, caustic observations, and morbid interests can form a lasting bond with a powerful ally.
Entropic Hoards
Topaz dragons prize
one treasure hunter who escaped the dragon’s clutches.
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A topaz dragon has developed a taste for merfolk, and the merfolk community near the dragon’s lair is desperate for help
Backgrounds
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
draw the blood of your enemies, or even directly touch their souls.
Suggested Characteristics
Members of the Orzhov Syndicate range from the decadent nobility at the top of the oligarchy to the debt
priests.
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A Gruul druid hates me but would never dare to touch me.
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I know an Izzet engineer who is desperate to pay off a debt accrued by a deceased relative.
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Roll an additional
Backgrounds
Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
up with the family you are part of —there are around seventy-five lineages in Waterdeep, each with its own financial interests, specialties, and schemes. You might be part of the main line of
.
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Despite my noble birth, I do not place myself above other folk. We all have the same blood.
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My favor, once lost, is lost forever.
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If you do me an injury, I will crush you, ruin
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
related to one of the houses by blood, you act on behalf of a house to advance its interests. You might function openly as representatives of the house, wearing its badge and exerting its authority, or you
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
of high levels of radioactivity in the strange mineral deposits that vein the region. Warped beasts with lopsided anatomy, extra heads, and stranger qualities roam here, ambushing the desperate
veins of strange minerals were the beast’s bones and blood. They punished anyone who harvested minerals from the Sleeping Beast, since doing so risked waking the beast and precipitating an apocalyptic disaster.
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Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Underdark settlements are about to go to war, having been carefully manipulated by a deep dragon. A desperate ruler offers a reward to anyone who can uncover the true cause of the hostility.
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them from mind flayer;mind flayers, but the dragon is uninterested in meeting with them despite their repeated petitions.
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A nest of vampire;vampires has developed a taste for deep dragon blood
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
Sacrifices to Auril The desperate people of Ten-Towns, hoping to appease Auril so that summer can return to Icewind Dale, make sacrifices to the Frostmaiden on nights of the new moon. This is a new
interests at meetings of the Council of Speakers, which are infrequent and take place at the Council Hall in Bryn Shander. These meetings are called to discuss matters of shared interest and to settle disputes between towns.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
Introducing the Deck This book provides several ways to introduce the Deck of Many Things to your campaign, depending on the interests of your players and the kind of story you want to tell. The
, Asteria or Euryale, detailed in chapter 22, might give a deck to characters desperate to change their destiny. Hello there! I’ve snuck some notes throughout this book—it felt appropriate, given my experience with this wondrous deck. May my words provide you with insight and inspiration!
−Asteria
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
flesh, or is it a supernatural force that warps what it comes in contact with? Wounded. When it’s wounded, how does it react? What does its blood look like? What is inside it instead of flesh and blood
? When it becomes desperate, how does it react? Let Players Fill Gaps Invite players to turn their imaginations against themselves. Leave details intentionally blank, describing just enough to reveal
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
found in the whisper-markets of Baldur’s Gate, then Candlekeep becomes a logical next stop. Adventurers are sometimes hired to guard a desperate traveler on the road south, or to guard the outrageously
created bad blood between the two cities, though neither city has been eager to test the military might of the other. Port Nyanzaru Baldur’s Gate serves as one of the main ports from which ships depart
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer
found in the whisper-markets of Baldur’s Gate, then Candlekeep becomes a logical next stop. Adventurers are sometimes hired to guard a desperate traveler on the road south, or to guard the outrageously
religious viewpoints has created bad blood between the two cities, though neither city has been eager to test the military might of the other. Port Nyanzaru Baldur’s Gate serves as one of the main ports
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
subterranean people who plots to manipulate the moon to blot out the sun’s searing light
3 A high priest intent on shifting an entire nation into their god’s otherworldly realm
4 A desperate general
blood of angels
8 The commander of a legion of soul-addicted templars who punish crimes by burning criminals into psychoactive spirit dust
9 An ancient dragon whose godlike magic drains the domain of life
10 A god who killed all their peers and now rules the mortal realm
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Mist Talismans: Arms marked with the Blood Falcon, bloody spear head, correspondence from Lekar, sample of zombie flesh The days of the living are numbered in Falkovnia. The people would flee if they
the soldiers claim—because time is short and the dead are coming. Falkovnia is a land besieged. Empty countryside surrounds ruined or crumbling cities. A few desperate pockets of civilization survive
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
went on the offensive. One by one she attacked her former benefactors, burning villages, pressing citizens into service, and impaling anyone with a drop of noble blood. Though it took years, Drakov
the first alarms were raised. The First Siege of Lekar raged for four days. Drakov’s strategies, both brilliant and desperate, eventually turned back the zombie horde, but at the cost of most of her
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
the service of a god (whether a member of the Ordning or an interloper god) and pursuing that god’s interests in the world. A band could also be a group of young giants who want to experience the
dissuade the giants from coming any closer.
2 A raiding band of giants draws disaffected citizens of the region to join its ranks. The region’s desperate despot hires adventurers to fight the giants
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
dragonmarked houses or house members with eccentric interests and deep pockets. Guilder. Every dragonmarked house is more than a single family. Each house encompasses at least one guild that operates just
some other set of skills suited to the specialties of your patron house’s guilds. Heir. The Heir is a member of your dragonmarked house patron, related by blood and carrying the house name. This
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Nosferatu Vicious, undead hunters, nosferatu possess the endless thirst of vampires but none of their grace. For them, existence is nothing more than an everlasting string of cold, desperate nights
punctuated by crimson splashes of momentary warmth and lucidity. These joys are fleeting, as their blood addiction can never be quelled. Nosferatu feed on anything with blood. Heaps of mutilated rats
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
characters for aid.
2 A desperate rogue seeks the characters’ aid when the rest of her band is trapped within the abandoned Fiox Estate by a haywire security system.
3 A band of students plot a
requests the characters’ aid in solving murders in which the victims have been drained of blood. The murderer is a strigoi (see chapter 5) that haunts a sunken chapel in the swamp known as the Gardens
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
devils — fodder for the front lines of the Blood War. The characters have several ways to save the city at its most desperate hour (see “Endgame in Elturel”). To save Elturel without redeeming Zariel, the
freshly forged weapon must be quenched in the blood of a celestial, a demon lord, and an archdevil. Zariel can supply her own blood, but her servants must collect the other two sacrifices. Zariel names
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
and sate that hunger by drinking the blood of the living. Vampires abhor sunlight, for its touch burns them. They never cast shadows or reflections, and any vampire wishing to move unnoticed among the
such as torture devices or trophies from creatures they have killed. Born from Death. Most of a vampire’s victims become vampire spawn — ravenous creatures with a vampire’s hunger for blood, but under
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
them. The merchant found with his throat cut and pockets emptied, the husband murdered so his wife can marry her young mistress, the tyrannical shop owner stabbed by a desperate underling — residents
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
serve the guild’s interests well, it promises to take care of you. Guilds hate to waste valuable assets, after all—that’s just bad business. Types of Guild The guild structure covers a swath of business
legal commodities using the guild’s resources, and any prices tip in your favor by 10 percent. Training. The guild retains knowledgeable tutors in subjects pertinent to its interests. When you undertake
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
headquarters. Recruitment As they travel across the multiverse, knights of the Solar Bastion frequently encounter other individuals whose goals and interests align with their own. These encounters offer
take in orphaned children and people in similarly desperate situations. These people might become squires to the knights, accompanying them on adventures and learning the order’s ways, although Hilarion
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
failed to take into account the unpredictability of the Blood War. A sudden offensive from the Abyss struck Avernus just as Baalzebul was about to put his plan in motion. Baalzebul directed most of his
within. The Price of Redemption Baalzebul and his agents recruit mortals that are desperate for redemption of some sort, perhaps the restoration of lost status or the recovery of resources that were
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
destitute drunkard. He’s desperate to catch some fish and trade them for wine at the Blue Water Inn. After he was unable to catch a single fish for a week, he kidnapped Arabelle, believing that Vistani
returned to her family’s camp outside Vallaki (chapter 5, area N9). She is certain that her father, Luvash, will give the characters a reward for doing so. A descendant of Madam Eva with the blood of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
direction.
3 The sky turns sickly green or bruised purple.
4 The water of a river or a lake or along a coastline turns to blood, acid, or blue sand.
5 All creatures born on a
particular day (including livestock and wild animals) have a common feature, such as incandescent eyes, a fiery halo, or brightly glowing blood that is visible through the skin.
6 Locusts, cicadas, wasps
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
drugs are just two of the most notorious substances available in the City of Towers and beyond.
Dragon’s Blood. Introduced into Sharn by Daask, dragon’s blood is a potent and highly addictive
in a crowded street. The specific effects of dragon’s blood are up to you, but you can take inspiration from the Wild Magic Surge table in the Player’s Handbook.
Dreamlily. A psychoactive liquid that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
. Halaster Blackcloak compounded Vanrak’s woes by urging other Undermountain dwellers to invade Vanrakdoom from time to time. In a desperate move, the few remaining priests of Shar performed rituals
(1436 DR), he renounced his faith in Shar and begged Selûne’s forgiveness for the destruction of her temple and its followers. In a desperate act of redemption, the death knight destroyed his undead
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
Nylea’s Champions Nylea is one of the more active of the gods in the mortal realm, but she can’t be everywhere at once. Her heroes are her eyes, ears, and arrows on Theros, defending her interests
her or trying to find a new divine patron to protect them. Myth of Halma, Nylea’s Emissary
One day, Nylea came upon an enormous lynx lounging in the shade of an olive grove, blood on its maw, the






