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Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
(roll a d6): (1–2) detect evil and good or (3–6) detect magic. The docent decides when to cast the spell.
Personality. A docent is designed to advise and assist the warforged it’s
attached to. One of the simple functions of a docent is to serve as a translator. The docent’s properties are under its control, and if you have a bad relationship with your docent, it might refuse to assist you.
Monsters
Eberron: Rising from the Last War
, while a blacksmith uses mending to perform minor repairs and guidance to help inspire their work. Those who work minor magic into their labors are called magewrights.
Far more limited in magical power
type of artisan's tools
2
Entertainer
Minor illusion, thaumaturgy. Ritual only: disguise self.
Performance (+3)
3
Healer
Resistance, spare the dying. Ritual only: detect poison and disease
Monsters
The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
will: detect magic, druidcraft, speak with animals
2/day each: polymorph, remove curse, speak with plants
1/day: awaken (as an action), plane shift (self only)Skabatha is the oldest member of the
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Personality Trait. “When dealing with outsiders, I present myself as a kindly old grandmother.”
Ideal. “Children are better off working for me than picking up lots of bad habits
Demogorgon
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Monsters
Out of the Abyss
Innate Spellcasting. Demogorgon’s spellcasting ability is Charisma (spell save DC 23). Demogorgon can innately cast the following spells, requiring no material components:
At will: detect
Demogorgon’s cult can inspire madness in those who contemplate it for too long. All the followers of the Prince of Demons go mad, sooner or later.Demogorgon’s Lair
Demogorgon makes his lair
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
hand is invisible), minor illusion
1/day each: detect thoughts, invisibility, silent imageEmerald dragons are the most curious, cunning, and manipulative of the gem dragons, wielding psionic power to
Ideals tables to inspire your portrayal of distinctive emerald dragon characters.
Emerald Dragon Personality Traits
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Trait
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Intelligence as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 17):
At will: mage hand (the hand is invisible), minor illusion
1/day each: detect thoughts, dispel magic, invisibility, major imageThe dragon can
inspire your portrayal of distinctive emerald dragon characters.
Emerald Dragon Personality Traits
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Trait
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I repeat
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
ability (spell save DC 20):
At will: mage hand (the hand is invisible), minor illusion
1/day each: detect thoughts, dispel magic, etherealness, major image, misleadThe dragon can take 3 legendary
, allowing them to better conceal their treasures from prying eyes and divinations.
Creating an Emerald Dragon
Use the Emerald Dragon Personality Traits and Emerald Dragon Ideals tables to inspire your
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
everywhere in the world around them, and the priests of a tribe are entrusted with the responsibility of identifying these signs and omens — both good and bad — and deciding how the tribe should
ward off diseases if they are worn.
Don’t stand inside a ring of stones, mushrooms, or any other kind of circle.
Seeing a shooting star before a battle is bad luck. To ward it off, you must
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
and can cast it at will, requiring no components (roll a d6): (1–2) detect evil and good or (3–6) detect magic. The docent decides when to cast the spell. Personality. A docent is designed to advise and
assist the warforged it’s attached to. One of the simple functions of a docent is to serve as a translator. The docent’s properties are under its control, and if you have a bad relationship with your docent, it might refuse to assist you.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
and can cast it at will, requiring no components (roll a d6): (1–2) detect evil and good or (3–6) detect magic. The docent decides when to cast the spell. Personality. A docent is designed to advise
and assist the warforged it’s attached to. One of the simple functions of a docent is to serve as a translator. The docent’s properties are under its control, and if you have a bad relationship with your docent, it might refuse to assist you.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
this matter, simpler is better!
-Fizban
Use the Bronze Dragon Personality Traits and Bronze Dragon Ideals tables to inspire your portrayal of distinctive bronze dragon characters, and use the Bronze
underling to be punished or an enemy to be vanquished. (Evil)
Bronze Dragon Spellcasting Age Spell Save DC Spells Known
Young 14 beast sense, detect thoughts, speak with animals
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
necessary. Roll on or choose a result from the Planetar Quests table to inspire what evil a planetar might recruit heroes to thwart.
Planetar Quests 1d6 The Planetar Entreats a Mortal Hero To
...
1 Convince a villain to meet with the angel.
2 Find a loved one a villain believes is dead.
3 Heal the loved one of an evil ruler.
4 Inspire the defenders of a besieged holy site
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
Docent knows one of the following spells and can cast it at will, requiring no spell components (roll a d6): (1–2) Detect Evil and Good or (3–6) Detect Magic. The Docent decides when to cast the spell
. Personality. A Docent is designed to advise and assist the warforged it’s attached to, including acting as a translator. The Docent’s properties are under its control, and if you have a bad relationship with your Docent, it might refuse to assist you.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
of diabolical knowledge and evil inspiration. Other villains often seek out spirit nagas as advisers and allies. Roll on or choose a result from the Spirit Naga Grievances table to inspire what
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Spellcasting. The naga casts one of the following spells, requiring no Somatic or Material components and using Intelligence as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 14):
At Will: Detect Magic, Mage Hand
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
120 ft.; Passive Perception 22
Languages Celestial, Common
CR 17 (XP 18,000, or 20,000 in lair; PB +6)
Traits
Inscrutable. No magic can observe the sphinx remotely or detect its thoughts without
):
At Will: Detect Evil and Good, Thaumaturgy
1/Day Each: Detect Magic, Dispel Magic, Greater Restoration, Heroes’ Feast, Zone of Truth
Legendary Actions
Legendary Action Uses: 3 (4 in Lair
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
to inspire a doppelganger’s plot.
Doppelganger Deceptions 1d6 The Doppelganger Schemes To...
1 Cause chaos within the temple of a deity that cursed it to live without a true form
the first round of each combat), reach 5 ft. Hit: 11 (2d6 + 4) Bludgeoning damage.
Read Thoughts. The doppelganger casts Detect Thoughts, requiring no spell components and using Charisma as the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
inspire their work. Those who work minor magic into their labors are called magewrights. Far more limited in magical power than a typical spellcaster, a magewright is dedicated to learning a handful of
Healer Resistance, spare the dying. Ritual only: detect poison and disease, lesser restoration (1 hour). Medicine (+4), herbalism kit 4 Lamplighter Light. Ritual only: continual flame (1 hour). Tinker’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
beauty—natural or otherwise—risk returning as a banshee.
All manner of torments might give rise to a banshee. Roll on or choose a result from the Banshee Sorrows table to inspire how a banshee’s
1,100; PB +2)
Traits
Detect Life. The banshee magically senses the direction of creatures up to 1 mile away that aren’t Constructs or Undead.
Incorporeal Movement. The banshee can move through
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
Peace Domain Have these peaceful clerics even considered that they’re subverting a most holy system, one where bad decisions coincide with the teaching power of pain?
Tasha
The balm of peace
thrives at the heart of healthy communities, between friendly nations, and in the souls of the kindhearted. The gods of peace inspire people of all sorts to resolve conflict and to stand up against those
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
seems like a transparently bad idea. What were those giants thinking?
—Bigby
And yet, can we fairly say that the existence of fensirs is “transparently bad”? Some might argue they are a
significant improvement over trolls. At the very least, the diversity of life in the multiverse increased, and new wonders were revealed. That’s only bad if you think a small universe that fits within your
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
the brewing of potions. A wooden ladder on rollers is attached to a rail mounted above the shelves.
This demilich is all that remains of Branta Myntion, a wizard who fell in with a bad crowd. Her
Futuristic Frogmash, a foul-tasting homebrewed wine. Each label bears Halaster’s rune and the date 1531 DR. A detect magic spell reveals an aura of abjuration magic around one of the bottles. Uncorking this
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
) and a humanoid (usually a human). Cambions inherit aspects of both parents, but their horns, leathery wings, and sinewy tails are hallmarks of their otherworldly parentage. Born to Be Bad. Cambions
following spells, requiring no material components:
3/day each: alter self, command, detect magic
1/day: plane shift (self only)
Actions
Multiattack. The cambion makes two melee attacks or uses its
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
picking up lots of bad habits.” Bond. “I hate my sisters, but together we are strong.” Flaw. “I forget the first creature I see each day when I awaken.” Skabatha’s Appearance Skabatha appears as a short
save DC 14):
At will: detect magic, druidcraft, speak with animals
2/day each: polymorph, remove curse, speak with plants
1/day each: awaken (as an action), plane shift (self only)
Bonus
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
percent chance that a potion has “gone bad,” in which case it’s actually a potion of poison. Not visible from the entrance is a small table behind the cauldron on which sits an opened spellbook
following spells: 1st level: burning hands, charm person, detect magic, find familiar, fog cloud, mage armor, protection from evil and good, ray of sickness, sleep, Tasha’s hideous laughter, unseen servant
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
inspire such villainy. Lars Grant-West Ultroloth Conspiracies 1d6 The Ultroloth Schemes To... 1 Convince cultists their god has forsaken them. 2 Destabilize a nation and rule the chaos. 3 Incite
save DC 17):
At Will: Alter Self, Clairvoyance, Detect Magic
1/Day Each: Dimension Door, Fireball (level 5 version), Wall of Fire
Bonus Actions
Fiendish Guile (Recharge 4–6). The ultroloth casts
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
sown with too many traps, and if the characters are victimized over and over again as a result, they are likely to take steps to prevent further bad things from happening. Because of their recent
for using a simple trap in play, start by making note of the characters’ passive Wisdom (Perception) scores. Most traps allow Wisdom (Perception) checks to detect their triggers or other elements
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
paraphrase the following: “Not bad. You are clever—I acknowledge that much. But I wonder how you would fare against the master of this chamber. I hereby challenge you to a dragonchess match: winner takes
. A character that casts Detect Magic or similar magic notices the aura of illusion magic concealing Nyssa and the medallion. If a character accuses Nyssa of cheating, she asks the character for proof
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
inquisitors’ zealous and sometimes brutal methods inspire terror in many communities throughout the multiverse. Each Ulmist inquisitor belongs to one of three orders that harness the power of psionics
(spell save DC 15):
At will: Detect Magic, Dispel Magic, Levitate, Mage Armor, Mage Hand, Sending
1/day each: Otiluke’s Resilient Sphere, Telekinesis
Reactions
Telekinetic Deflection. In response
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
. Roll on or choose a result from the Ankheg Tunnel Discoveries table to inspire what might be found in an ankheg’s tunnel. Though they feed on things under the soil, ankhegs prefer live meat—your cattle
the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 17):
At Will: Alter Self, Detect Magic, Identify, Mage Hand, Prestidigitation
1/Day Each: Contact Other Plane, Detect Thoughts, Dimension Door, Mind Blank
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
background. They might inspire you to heights of heroism, or lead you to act against your own best interests if they are threatened. They can work very much like ideals, driving a character’s
bad fall during her career as a thief. Artemis Entreri is always prepared for the worst and moves with a quick, precise confidence.
Consider their ideals. Tika Waylan is innocent, almost childlike
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
describing the present situation, what the bad guys are up to, and how the adventurers become involved in the story. Heroes Who Matter An adventure should allow the adventurers’ actions and decisions to
that have been made freely available for use, as well as floor plans of real-world buildings and images that can inspire your mapmaking. You can also use software to help put your maps together.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
or to inspire those of your own design. Horror Character Personality Traits d12 Personality Trait
1 I had an encounter that I believe gives me a special affinity with a supernatural
face a tragic end.
2 I’m convinced something is after me, appearing in mirrors, dreams, and places where no one could.
3 I’m especially superstitious and live life seeking to avoid bad luck
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
detect magic spell. Appendix D has additional roleplaying notes for Nib. If the characters inquire about Nib’s predicament, he recounts his sorry tale: “I’ve led a cruel and heartless existence. I earned
these riches by exploiting my tenants’ misery, buying up condemned property and renting it out for an exorbitant fee. Granny Nightshade is helping me to make amends. I told her I wanted to put my bad
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
Aberrant Mind Tentacles, psychic powers, beings from beyond the stars—one person’s bad dream is another person’s good time.
Tasha
An alien influence has wrapped its tendrils around your mind
wizard spell list. Psionic Spells Sorcerer Level Spells 1st arms of Hadar, dissonant whispers, mind sliver 3rd calm emotions, detect thoughts 5th hunger of Hadar, sending 7th Evard’s black
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
from the Deva Messages table to inspire a deva’s charge.
Deva Messages 1d6 The Deva Tasks a Mortal with Delivering...
1 The corpse of a hero in need of redemption.
2 The cure
(spell save DC 17):
At Will: Detect Evil and Good, Shapechange (Beast or Humanoid form only, no Temporary Hit Points gained from the spell, and no Concentration or Temporary Hit Points required to