detached interested are barely

Yuan-ti Pureblood Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

interest of maintaining the strength of their personal bloodline. The yuan-ti have abandoned their humanity and consider non-serpentine humanoids to be lesser creatures, barely more civilized than

their human emotions. Now they view the world from a pragmatic and dispassionate perspective. They understand emotional connections in a detached, intellectual way, and recognize that these feelings in

Lizardfolk Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

other humanoids. Like most reptiles, their feelings largely revolve around fear, aggression, and pleasure. Lizardfolk experience most feelings as detached descriptions of creatures and situations

pity. Born into the world lacking stout scales and sharp teeth, it’s a wonder they have managed to survive for so long. The typical human would barely make it through a day in the swamps. Still

The Mark of Warding

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron

The Mark of Warding “My family has the finest vaults you can imagine. They forge the locks that secure the jewels of kings and queens. And I learned to pick those locks when I was barely out of the

provides its bearer with an intuitive understanding of locks and mechanisms used to protect and seal. The decision each heir has to make is whether they’ll use this power to keep things safe, or whether they’re more interested in opening locks and taking what’s inside.

Dealing with Uldrak

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus

Dealing with Uldrak Uldrak is a bitter creature who barely remembers his past. Long ago, he learned how to remove his curse, but the solution was so beyond him that he consigned himself to failure

. Now, he’s more interested in scrabbling to survive than trying to escape the Nine Hells. Uldrak’s empyrean heritage still lingers in his voice. He understands all languages, and when he speaks, he

The Role of Rules

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice Compendium

things they don’t. In a typical D&D session, a DM makes numerous rules decisions—some barely noticeable and others quite obvious. Players also interpret the rules, and the whole group keeps the game

. RAI. Some of you are especially interested in knowing the intent behind a rule. That’s where RAI comes in: “rules as intended.” This approach is all about what the designers meant when they wrote

The Role of Rules

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice & Errata

typical D&D session, a DM makes numerous rules decisions—some barely noticeable and others quite obvious. Players also interpret the rules, and the whole group keeps the game running. There are times

you are especially interested in knowing the intent behind a rule. That’s where RAI comes in: “rules as intended.” This approach is all about what the designers meant when they wrote something. In a

Meeting Kwalish

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish

additional boon to any interested character, granting the use of his laboratory to craft or summon any item or creature they desire (within any limits you set). However, the price for this service is one

piece of the character’s soul, as above. Roleplaying Kwalish However he is met, Kwalish presents himself as a detached, single-minded researcher. In his mind, his work is more important than any other

Starting the Adventure

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros

mask. The rider barely manages to stay in the saddle, his body bristling with cruel black arrows. Blind with panic, the horse plows on, threatening to trample travelers in its path. Before it can

the horse’s bridle reveals the horse’s name: Photina. Characters more interested in the rider find that he’s dead. In fact, he’s been dead for some time. The figure’s skin is gray, and his wounds weep

Dolindar Tomb Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin

. She’s not interested in fighting, since fights make messes. Nikki Dawes Newmy Talking with Newmy. Newmy would rather talk than fight. She shares the following points: Crypt Cleaner. The Dolindars

is illegible due to advanced age, but the carved phrase “Home Again, To Rest Forever” is barely legible above the tomb’s doorway.

Areas of the Cauldron Caves

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

cloudy, bright blue. Entombed in the ice are the remains of four frost giants, the faint outlines of their forms barely visible. U9. Ossuary This cave is higher in elevation than the tunnels leading to

known, the characters won’t have trouble finding an interested buyer for it (see “Concluding the Quest” and “Town Hall Capers” below). The chest that Maud pulls from the depths of Lac Dinneshere

Journey Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk

behir’s nest includes seven gold feathers worth 100 gp each, 1,520 gp in scattered coins, and a jar containing 4 doses of Keoghtom’s ointment. J7: Scavengers’ Nook This wide cave is barely five feet

; he’s interested only in hunting safely. The grells respect their behir neighbor, which they refer to as a Great Eater. The grells don’t involve themselves in a fight between the characters and the behir

Hrakhamar

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation

second fragment of gold, so thoroughly hammered that it’s barely recognizable. These keys once unlocked the door to the treasury (area 6) and are beyond repair; so little of them remains that not

you breathe. You can, however, barely make out what looks like a lantern farther back in the smoke. These linked caverns are the lair of two smoke mephits. What the characters perceive as a dim

Ruins Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk

of lightning bolt. Venomfang spends hours each day greedily admiring the loot. The dragon has barely noticed the most interesting item in its hoard. Lying beneath the coins is a rusty old battleaxe

-gold color. Each is about half the size of a human hand, light in weight, and as tough as iron. The plates are brass dragon scales, which can be sold to an armorer or another interested buyer for 75 gp

Locations in Triboar

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder

. T4. Happy Horse Ranch The Karnveller family raises, trains, sells, and stables horses. Three large buildings stand on their property: a two-story log house with a detached outhouse (the family

originally catered to the wealthy elite by crafting the finest, most expensive wagons in the Dessarin Valley. The current owner, Tosker Wainwright (N male Illuskan human commoner), is more interested

Red Larch Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse

), a follower of Tempus, and Lymmura Auldarhk (female Tethyrian human acolyte), a devotee of Sune, are serving at the shrine. Imdarr is a stern man who is keenly interested in news and rumors and

workers here have to toil flat-out to keep up Thelorn’s long-decreed “dozen spare wagons in stock, ready to go.” No one here is interested in gossiping during shift time. There is a no-nonsense, pride

Briny Maze Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk

Jomlus on subtle shifts in pronunciation for many weeks, believing his understanding to be just barely out of reach. Klaudel eventually died and was absorbed into the walls of the Briny Maze. Jomlus

characters are interested in helping Jomlus with his task, the spectator believes it is close to properly pronouncing an entire page. Jomlus needs active listeners to correct its speech. The words are

Thundertree Areas

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver

lightning bolt. Venomfang spends much of his time greedily admiring the loot. The dragon has barely noticed the most interesting item in its hoard. Beneath the coins is a rusty old battleaxe of dwarven

dusty and strung with cobwebs. The only furnishings are a small stove, a table, two chairs, and a bunk (which the cultists share). Roleplaying the Cultists The cultists are not interested in

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