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The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
You grew up in the Feywild after disappearing from your home plane as a child. Perhaps you were spirited away by kindly Fey who thought you were destined for great things. Perhaps you stumbled
traveler’s clothes, three trinkets (each determined by rolling on the Feywild Trinkets table), and a pouch containing 8 gp
Fey Mark
You were transformed in some small way by your stay in the Feywild
Folk Hero
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Basic Rules (2014)
You come from a humble social rank, but you are destined for so much more. Already the people of your home village regard you as their champion, and your destiny calls you to stand against the
lend help.
3
When I set my mind to something, I follow through no matter what gets in my way.
4
I have a strong sense of fair play and always try to find the most equitable solution to
Backgrounds
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
imagination can turn on such champions almost as quickly as it anoints them.
You come from a humble social rank, but you are destined for so much more. Already the people of your home village regard you as
find a way to salvation.
2
You helped break a Guild protection racket afflicting a community of immigrants in the Outer City. Now, you can’t travel through that part of the city without your
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
, an interplanar train destined for Mechanus, where the outlaw is set to stand trial. In this heist, the characters must obtain a list of names the Stranger has committed to memory. The names in
question are the true names of several powerful demons, devils, and yugoloths. The Concordant Express rockets through the Outlands on its way to Mechanus
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
spared these yugoloths and destroyed the others is uncertain, but one could speculate that the planetar didn’t want to seem entirely ungrateful. The survivors wormed their way into Fazrian’s evil
graces, coming to believe that the fallen angel is destined for glory. In Fazrian they see the potential for great rewards — or, at least, compensation beyond the modest sum the Mad Mage promised them. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
Balance You were once a member of an order dedicated to keeping magical artifacts out of the hands of those who would abuse their power. Comet A seer predicted you’re destined for immense power. Do you
a hag, in disguise. Ruin A fortune teller warned that you’re destined to cause great destruction, which you’re trying to avoid. Sage You use a divinatory card spread to decide which spells to prepare
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
are actually ancient gold dragons in disguise—the companions of the dragon god Bahamut, which is the patron’s true identity. Perhaps foreseeing that they are destined to become mighty heroes, Bahamut
, the patron could let the characters in on the secret early on, telling them that dragons will be a particular focus of their adventures and altering some of the adventure hooks along the way.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
born under the Sage are destined to solve a particularly obstinate problem or unravel a confounding mystery. This leads many Sages to an adventuring life, but they also find plenty of puzzles to
commonly associated with honor, goodwill, and righteous feelings. The Everlasting’s stars lead the way, heralding the life and energy usually associated with warmer months. Omen of Promise. Powerful rulers
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
13. Prison In the area north of the pigpen, rivulets of water trickle down the north wall and carve shallow ruts in the floor as they snake their way across the room and through openings in the
knock off a rock or open a cage door that has a rock pressing down on it. The sound of a rock hitting the cave floor alerts the guards in this area. Three of the five cages contain prisoners destined
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
Coerce a night hag into granting a morbid prophecy by stealing its eye.
14 Learn a secret way to escape the Underworld from one of the titans.
15 Find the lost secret of a long-dead
their release.
20 Seek out Klothys’s domain and learn from her oracles how you’re destined to escape the Underworld.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Giants. They live in a handful of obsidian cities across Xen’drik, and believe that they are destined to cleanse the world in a fiery apocalypse. Finally, the Umbragen are descended from drow who fled
a drow character, think about how you came to Khorvaire. Are you a Vulkoori hunter who accompanied an expedition home to Khorvaire, now seeking your way in this strange new world? Are you an Umbragen
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
encounters occur along the way—probably on the first and second days of the trip. The journey should also provide the characters with ample time to get to know one another. Encourage each player to
share why their character is remarkable or is destined for greatness. If the group comes to believe that fate has brought a band of extraordinary individuals together, feel free to encourage that thinking with signs or omens like those from earlier in the chapter.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
, near the end of training, a drill of the same sort might be a fight to the death — the ultimate way of weeding out all those who don’t meet Vlaakith’s standards. To the githyanki, it’s better for a
immortal warriors dwelling in the silvery void. The young are told they are on the verge of entering the queen’s realm, each one of them destined to take a special place in the society. Their skills
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
Feylost You grew up in the Feywild after disappearing from your home plane as a child. Perhaps you were spirited away by kindly Fey who thought you were destined for great things. Perhaps you
trinkets (each determined by rolling on the Feywild Trinkets table), and a pouch containing 8 gp Fey Mark You were transformed in some small way by your stay in the Feywild and gained a fey mark, determined
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
under an ill omen, you were victimized by your neighbors’ superstitions before realizing that you were destined to serve Klothys.
4 You lost a loved one to the upheaval that followed Klothys from
menaces that must be stopped. (Neutral)
5 Fury. The world must be cleansed to make way for a new start. (Chaotic)
6 Protection. When gods or mortals go mad with power, it’s the powerless
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
for help, which comes forth in 1d4 days. If it occurs to none of the characters, an NPC suggests that the party visit the House of Inspired Hands to see whether the priests of Gond know a way to find it
shop and residence.) OBTAINING THE STONE OF GOLORR
The Stone of Golorr possesses an intelligent, alien intellect and has enough prescience to realize that the characters are destined to find it. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
stolen jewels to a distant port. You attained a minor rank before disappearing from the navy and making your way here. 4 River of Shadows. Your riverboat accidentally slipped through the veil into the
crossbow bolts and bundles of arrows, each destined for an opposing side in a regional war, at the same time. The buyers arrived within moments of each other but did not discover your trickery
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
Folk Hero You come from a humble social rank, but you are destined for so much more. Already the people of your home village regard you as their champion, and your destiny calls you to stand against
trouble, I’m always ready to lend help. 3 When I set my mind to something, I follow through no matter what gets in my way. 4 I have a strong sense of fair play and always try to find the most equitable
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
. The character gains the following flaw: “I enjoy killing for its own sake, and once I start, it’s hard to stop.” 8–9 Overwhelming Ambition. The character gains the following flaw: “I am destined to
is topped with an enormous fanged skull. The spires constitute the fortress of Abysm, where few creatures can venture without their minds being crushed. Thanatos. If Orcus had his way, all planes would
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
for social interaction, material support, and the fulfillment of spiritual needs. The core tenet held by initiates—that they alone are destined to survive the apocalyptic end of all things and populate
personal issues, but the readings all point to the same conclusion: the world is dying, and the Heralds of the Comet offers the only way to endure its destruction. Aspirants are sometimes called Jesters
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
Folk Hero You come from a humble social rank, but you are destined for so much more. Already the people of your home village regard you as their champion, and your destiny calls you to stand against
trouble, I’m always ready to lend help. 3 When I set my mind to something, I follow through no matter what gets in my way. 4 I have a strong sense of fair play and always try to find the most equitable
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
are no great castles to covet here, nor ruins to pillage. All told, the place seems dull and unremarkable. That, of course, is just the way its residents like it. They enjoy their solitude, which is
-seekers come pouring in by the dozens. Trieltan folk tend to see these occasional influxes of gold-hungry seekers the way other settlements look upon periodic plagues of locusts: aggravating, inevitable
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
destined to play a key role in future events. 6 Religious. This item was used in religious ceremonies dedicated to a particular deity. It has religious symbols worked into it. 7 Sinister. This item is
Dim Light for an additional 10 feet, or to extinguish the light. 3 Compass. You can take a Magic action to learn which way is magnetic north. Nothing happens if this property is used in a location that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
Entrepreneur. The sole heir of a vast fortune, this entrepreneur seeks allies to expand their wealth in a new business on the international, global, or planar stage. 6 Future Ruler. This young noble is destined
unrelated or unnecessary for the assigned work—is a sure way to fall out of your patron’s good graces, however. Luxury. Your patron deigns to host you at their home or in other luxurious
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Special Features You can add distinctiveness to a magic item by thinking about its backstory, in much the same way you would for a location. Who made the item? Is anything unusual about its
inlays, and gold or silver filigree adorn its surface. 5 Prophecy. The item features in a prophecy: its bearer is destined to play a key role in future events. Someone else who wants to play that role
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
exiles. They are the destined rulers of the darkness, and when Lolth commands them to rise up and destroy their surface-dwelling kin, they will.
Creatures of Darkness. The drow have lived underground
while poisoned in this way. The target wakes up if it takes damage or if another creature takes an action to shake it awake.
“Such depravity. Such terrifying cruelty. They are the vile poison that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
the floor, as well as stairs that descend to the east. A stone slab blocks the way to the north.
The mosaics here once depicted the feats of Orestes, a scoundrel-hero who devoted his life to Phenax
black were destined to one day follow the Path of Phenax, coming back from death as Returned. After Orestes’s death, his tomb was consecrated as a holy site by Phenax’s followers, in part due to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
) Lampad Lampads guard the shadowed paths of the world, depths typically trod by souls destined for the Underworld. These rarely seen nymphs assist Athreos in guiding the dead, moving among the spirits that
encourage. As a result, part of what makes an alseid’s field or a dryad’s grove seem so blessed is that oreads go out of their way to leave such sites alone. Tales of Fire. The followers of Purphoros
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
treatment, and as a result they occupy most of the leadership positions in hobgoblin society. The noses of all hobgoblins become more colorful when they are enraged or excited, much the way that humans
potential new devastator, destined to be forged into a weapon of war. Hobgoblin devastators have little knowledge of or use for spells that have no use on the battlefield. They are taught potent
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
inside but were too terrified of their father to do anything, until a recent arrival to Maelstrom named Iymrith wormed her way into Hekaton’s court and goaded them into action. The elder sisters, acting
it rightfully belongs to her. She is angry with her parents for placing Serissa next in the line of succession, and she has made her feelings plain. Mirran believes she is destined to rule and has seen
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
. With a successful DC 10 Wisdom (Survival) check, the characters can follow these four sets of human tracks as far as area U7, where they disappear. The fishers made it all the way to area U9, where
meat is destined for her stew. Heaped around this block are rusty hatchets and the flayed corpses of the four fishers from Easthaven. The will-o’-wisp is normally invisible when its light is extinguished
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
. On the smallest scale, these are local gang bosses, pirate captains, and brigands. A leader in art or culture is a virtuoso whose work reflects the spirit of the age and changes the way people think
old order after its fall from power. Does anyone from the former power group remain in power during the next regime? If the old order remains in power, describe one way that its leaders punish the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
make my way among the lesser creatures of the world. 6 Humans have proven their worth in the world and earned a measure of respect from giantkind. Giant Flaws d6 Flaw 1 The ordning is too restrictive
of crystal with silver lids, or a scene in the sky depicted in a tapestry composed entirely of pearls. Another way for a family to demonstrate its wealth is by bestowing lavish gifts on other families
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a6
guardroom are as follows. Cell 1C. The female elf in this cell is destined for sacrifice in the Temple. She is a noble, and she promises that if she is rescued, she will send her rescuers a reward of
-foot radius (simulate this by making players uneasy in whatever way you find best). The wall to the west is a mural showing giants bowing before a black cairn, offering sacrifices and giving gifts. The