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thrust into power. Unable to find her father and fearing that he might be dead, Serissa can imagine her political influence evaporating quickly. Several giant lords previously under her fatherâs
despite their size, they are capable of great feats of heroism. But Iymrith and Uthor have advised Serissa to steer clear of them. Uthor believes (incorrectly) that an alliance with the small folk
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
its master.A curious impulse drives the gray render. Despite its hulking form and terrible appetite, it wants most of all to bond with an intelligent creature and, once bonded, to give its life to
reaching maturity, break off to begin life as young gray renders. They feel no obligation to their young and have no inclination to gather with others of their kind. Instead, each has an overpowering need
Monsters
Monstrous Compendium Vol. 4: Eldraine Creatures
prowess, moving with a speed and grace others can only imagine. Their tall stature, large wings, elaborate horns, and massive weapons give them a truly intimidating silhouette.
The most trusted high
, the Kindly Lord. Talion is as strange, ancient, and fickle as the wilds of Eldraine, and the Kindly Lord demands fealty and respect from their followers. But despite their austere demeanor, the Kindly
Urchin
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Playerâs Handbook (2014)
recuperate. Youâve survived despite all odds, and did so through cunning, strength, speed, or some combination of each.
You begin your adventuring career with enough money to live modestly but
securely for at least ten days. How did you come by that money? What allowed you to break free of your desperate circumstances and embark on a better life?
Skill Proficiencies: Sleight of
Backgrounds
Baldurâs Gate: Descent into Avernus
elements, and endured sickness without the advantage of medicine or a place to recuperate. Youâve survived despite all odds, and did so through cunning, strength, speed, or some combination of each
.
You begin your adventuring career with enough money to live modestly but securely for at least ten days. How did you come by that money? What allowed you to break free of your desperate
Kenku
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
. Others strike out on their own in search of the secrets of flight, to master magic, or to uncover the secret of their curse and find a method to break it.
Kenku adventurers, despite their relative
capable of flight, and similar objects provoke a great desire for the kenku to acquire the items for themselves.
Despite their lack of wings, kenku love dwelling in towers and other tall structures
Species
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
lurking just out of sight, and many of them have sneaked away from that godâs influence.
They are long of limb and covered in coarse hair, with wedge-shaped ears and pointed teeth. Despite their
randomly, consult the Random Height and Weight table in the Playerâs Handbook, and choose the row in the table that best represents the build you imagine for your character.
Triton
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
Ah, the tritons. Imagine if the elves spent a few centuries far beneath the sea, where their arrogance and pretension could grow undisturbed. At least the tritons spent that time fighting sahuagin
extended their stewardship over the sea floor from their initial settlements and built outposts to create trade with other races. Despite this expansion, few folk know of them. Their settlements are so
Species
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
The saurian lizardfolk are thought by some sages to be distant cousins of dragonborn and kobolds. Despite their resemblance to those other scaled folk, however, lizardfolk are their own people and
characterâs height or weight randomly, consult the Random Height and Weight table in the Playerâs Handbook, and choose the row in the table that best represents the build you imagine for your character.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Flee, Mortals! Rule Primer
Optional Rule: Tough Minions Minions of a higher challenge rating, such as fire giants, make for powerful foes. Consequently, it could break the gameâs verisimilitude for an NPC commoner to kill such
player charactersâtheyâre heroes who can always kill a minion in one hit. Overkill Damage Illustrated
Imagine a fighter is making a melee attack with a shortsword against a lackey, and two more
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
of the unique magic bound into a book of tips for channeling self-love and inner beauty, and they break up the sinister plots of a coven of hags. Despite its ordinary contents, The Price of Beauty
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
daring than their fellows. Others strike out on their own in search of the secrets of flight, to master magic, or to uncover the secret of their curse and find a method to break it. Kenku adventurers
, despite their relative independence, still have a tendency to seek out a companion to emulate and follow. A kenku loves to mimic the voice and words of its chosen companion. ROLEPLAYING A KENKU
If
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
titans or the other gods, and Klothys at least has existed for unknown ages despite being all but forgotten among mortal folk. Once mortals could imagine a world beyond the horizon and a course of
development. The time of the first generation precedes the presence of what are commonly understood to be âgods.â Before mortals dreamed the gods into being, before they could even imagine beings as
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
Gray Render A curious impulse drives the gray render. Despite its hulking form and terrible appetite, it wants most of all to bond with an intelligent creature and, once bonded, to give its life to
reaching maturity, break off to begin life as young gray renders. They feel no obligation to their young and have no inclination to gather with others of their kind. Instead, each has an overpowering
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
Leosin Erlanthar
Leosin Erlanthar
The monk is tied to a stake at the back of the camp (area 3). He has been severely beaten, and he has been denied food and water in an effort to break his
more brutal than he expected, and although his mind and will are still strong, heâs in a very poor physical state. Despite the danger, Leosin isnât entirely happy about being rescued if characters come
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice Compendium
controlling its spectral weapon as a bonus action. That bonus action does not involve casting a spell, despite the fact that itâs granted by a spell, so you can control the weapon and cast whatever spell
counterspell on him. Cornelius also has counterspell prepared, so he uses his reaction to cast it and break his foeâs counterspell before it can stop fireball. Does casting a spell as a ritual require
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
Kreegâ). If Thavius dies in the Nine Hells as a devil, he is permanently dead â but this does not break the full terms of Zarielâs contract. Even with the primary signatory dead, the people of Elturel
remain bound to Zariel by the Creed Resolute. Killing Thavius. Characters hoping for a climactic battle against a worthy adversary wonât find one by fighting Thavius Kreeg. Despite the power he now
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
Leosin Erlanthar The monk is tied to a stake at the back of the camp (area 3). He has been severely beaten, and he has been denied food and water in an effort to break his spirit. Rezmir knows from
brutal than he expected, and although his mind and will are still strong, heâs in a very poor physical state. Despite the danger, Leosin isnât entirely happy about being rescued if characters come to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
Gray Render A curious impulse drives the gray render. Despite its hulking form and terrible appetite, it wants most of all to bond with an intelligent creature and, once bonded, give its life to
on their bodies that, upon reaching maturity, break off to begin life as young gray renders. These monstrosities feel no obligation to their young, and they have no inclination to gather with others of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
to betray him willingly. Despite Ras Nsiâs efforts to hide the effects of the death curse, the concubines know that he is sick and dying. Ras Nsiâs yuan-ti champion, Sekelok (area 11), is fascinated
can be reached via the faneâs teleporters, though it doesnât know how to activate them. It advises the characters to break into the lair when Sekelok next visits the harem. Ishmakahl is secretly
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Masterâs Guide (2014)
character manages to finish an arduous climb to the top of a cliff despite slipping, only to realize that the rope on which his companions dangle below him is close to breaking. When you introduce costs such
increase the impact of the success or failure. For example, rolling a 1 on a failed attempt to pick a lock might break the thievesâ tools being used, and rolling a 20 on a successful Intelligence (Investigation) check might reveal an extra clue.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
â tools and a successful DC 15 Dexterity check. The Banitesâ ritual is designed to break Shanâs will, making him subservient to Bane. Amath has been using this ritual to âturnâ broadsheet publishers as
Manshoon or his simulacrum to arrive and retrieve it shortly. Outer Scaffolding The tower is encircled by wooden scaffolding covered with ice and snow. Despite its precarious appearance, the scaffolding is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
Life in Akharin Sangar Despite the rumors outside its borders, Akharin Sangar is markedly hospitable. By long-standing custom, every Sangarian is a potential host and must be prepared to entertain
, they act as government officials and judges, employing divination magic in audits and trials. Those who break the law answer to the Brightguard. The religious order enforces the law without prejudice
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
formations similar to bunches of grapes. Despite the solidity of the formations, much of it is still hot.
Floors. Floors can be smooth and rounded or flat. In some places, the floor is a crust with lava
roll. Use a d6 instead of a d4 in the high intensity zone. d20 Encounter 1â2 1 fire elemental 3 1d8 magmin 4 1d3 salamanders (see area W7) 5 Crust break 6 Flame gout 7 Lava rain 8 Smoke cloud 9
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
centuries, but the Netherese who mastered the power of the Nether Scrolls became a ruling class, living on great flying cities or taking refuge in remote, subterranean lairs.
Despite their great
fell into ruin. If youâve ever played a science fiction game that includes the concept of a lost, highly advanced civilization, then you can begin to imagine what ancient Netheril must have been like
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragons of Stormwreck Isle
ways. Let the players try whatever they can imagine, using these ideas as examples: Manipulate the Effigies. A character might use an action to lift an effigy closer to the central sculpture, breathe a
prayer to the dragon it represents, or otherwise coax magic from it. Doing so immediately triggers the corresponding effect from the Dragon Spirits Table. Destroy the Effigies. A character might break
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
remove the demonic essence from the gear. Spells such as dispel magic or protection from evil or good, or other methods that the characters might imagine, could make the part usable. If the characters
Maggie treats them with such kindness that the imps canât imagine wanting to work for anyone else. In Mad Maggieâs presence, the imps usually assume the forms of ravens that nest in her hair or perch on
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurerâs Guide
break through into the world. A settlement of thousands was reduced to fewer than three hundred â all of them too young, too old, too weak, or too ill to fight â who fled to Settlestone. There, they
mines (where guests arenât permitted) or the undercity (where non-dwarf visitors are prohibited). Despite its recent reputation and the growing legend surrounding its most famous king, Mithral Hall is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
that trolls were born similarly when Vaprakâs blood was spilled. Whatever the truth of their origin, trolls embody lifeâs steadfast determination to grow and thrive despite all obstacles. Trolls
just keep reminding myself that the gods delight in the variety of their creations, new wonders are revealed every day, and the multiverse is much larger than I can imagine. And thatâs a good thing!
âBigby
Excellent. But these trolls are loathsome.
âDiancastra
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
for the dragon. If they need a distraction to facilitate their escape, Meltharondâs corpse could fall out of its saddle. This causes the dragon to break off her attack at once and check to make sure
armor bounds across the ice with surprising speed and grace despite her gangly, misshapen limbs. Although her narrow face is hard to see under the fur-lined hood of her frost-covered cloak, itâs clear
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
legacy will be difficult, but Iâm going to do it.
4 Iâm used to the very best in life, and thatâs a hard habit to break.
5 My parent taught me a sense of duty. I strive to uphold it, even when
family.
3 Despite their absences, my famous parent was kind and generous. I love them and want to make them proud.
4 My parent once brought a cursed magic item home. It is my obsession
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
. Despite locals not recollecting the attacks in the area, the people know many have been harmed on the streets and fear that some gang or murderer is at large. The tea shop the characters are looking for is
nobles to take a break from their game to talk. Alternatively, a character who watches their game and succeeds on a DC 16 Wisdom (Insight) check can point out strategic opportunities in the game to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Masterâs Guide
â section earlier in this chapter can help you describe your game to others.) Telling players what to expect prepares them as they imagine what sorts of characters they could create and launches
, they can step away from the game or call for a break to talk to you privately. Players may also give a friend permission to use the signal on their behalf. As the DM, lead by example. Take your
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
â section earlier in this chapter can help you describe your game to others.) Telling players what to expect prepares them as they imagine what sorts of characters they could create and launches
comfortable using the signal, they can step away from the game or call for a break to talk to you privately. Players may also give a friend permission to use the signal on their behalf. As the DM
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Masterâs Guide (2014)
in the death, defeat, or loss, or was the opportunity serendipitous? Despite the leaderâs virtues, one flaw in particular outrages a certain segment of the populace. What is that flaw? What person or
its repercussions change the charactersâ world, and its effects echo long after the initial attack or takeover. Imagine that part of your campaign world is attacked or invaded. Depending on the current