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                                                    Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     command. The effect ends early if the target takes damage or if it successfully completes the command. A target automatically succeeds on its saving throw if the command is directly harmful to itself
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     patrols throughout Sigil. They bolster their subordinates in battle and bring the authority of the Harmonium crashing down on suspects with their commands.
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     creature that is Medium or smaller, it must succeed on a DC 12 Strength saving throw or be moved up to 30 feet directly away from the gazer. If the target is an object weighing 10 pounds or less that
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     kill.
Gazer (Familiar Variant);Variant: Gazer Familiar
Spellcasters who are interested in unusual familiars find that gazers are eager to serve someone who has magical power. Unless its master is
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    ;shators. They are squat, and their skin drips with a foul-smelling, acidic slime. Kelubars revel in the subservience of others, and they prefer to do battle with words—or at least to send in their
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     farastu minions—rather than fight directly.
Demodands
Demodands, also called gehreleths, are Fiends from the Tarterian Depths of Carceri. Cast into the prison plane long ago for forgotten
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Monsters
                                                    Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     target is a creature that is Medium or smaller, it must succeed on a DC 12 Strength saving throw or be moved up to 30 feet directly away from the gazer. If the target is an object weighing 10 pounds or
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                    ’t kill.
Variant: Gazer Familiar
Spellcasters who are interested in unusual familiars find that gazers are eager to serve someone who has magical power. Unless its master is strict, a gazer
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    ’s not particularly interested in Humanoids or other little creatures—either in conversing with them or in protecting them from harm it might cause.
If the scion is threatened, it unleashes
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     cloud up to 30 feet and cause one of the following effects in a 30-foot-radius, 120-foot-high cylinder directly below it; the scion can’t choose the same effect two rounds in a row:
Acid Rain
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     to impress visitors by reciting epic poetry.
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The only people I’m interested in are those who know history and those who make history.
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I like to adopt the personas of characters
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     witness to a murder but doesn’t want to be found or identified.
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An emerald dragon seeks heroes to participate in a dramatic reenactment of a legendary battle involving dragon riders
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     like to impress visitors by reciting epic poetry.
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The only people I’m interested in are those who know history and those who make history.
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I like to adopt the personas of
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     the only witness to a murder but doesn’t want to be found or identified.
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An emerald dragon seeks heroes to participate in a dramatic reenactment of a legendary battle involving dragon
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     visitors by reciting epic poetry.
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The only people I’m interested in are those who know history and those who make history.
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I like to adopt the personas of characters from legend
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     a murder but doesn’t want to be found or identified.
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An emerald dragon seeks heroes to participate in a dramatic reenactment of a legendary battle involving dragon riders.
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An
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     seeks adventurers to lead into battle against the mind flayer;mind flayers that usurped the dragon’s lair.
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Powerful infernal creatures have opened a portal in the middle of a city square
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     their army in battle centuries ago.
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An ancient sapphire dragon guards the phylactery of a lich who helped the dragon establish a lair centuries before becoming Undead.
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Lolth the Spider
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     reciting epic poetry.
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The only people I’m interested in are those who know history and those who make history.
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I like to adopt the personas of characters from legend.
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I
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     doesn’t want to be found or identified.
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An emerald dragon seeks heroes to participate in a dramatic reenactment of a legendary battle involving dragon riders.
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An emerald dragon
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Monsters
                                                    Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     ancient pact to advise a monarchy on matters of defense—until someone bests the dragon’s security measures.
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A sapphire dragon seeks adventurers to lead into battle against the mind
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     issues that isn’t directly harmful to the creature.
Stone Passage. The dragon touches a section of stone up to 30 feet in any dimension. The dragon can shape the stone to open or close a passage
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    , whether to raise Undead servants, terrorize the living, or extract secrets known only to the deceased. Most are more interested in amassing knowledge than power or wealth. Many cultists of Myrkul are
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     wicked cults that follow their paths of tyranny, murder, and necromancy.
More than any other gods, the Dead Three directly influence Faerûn—and particularly the city of Baldur’s Gate
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Backgrounds
                                                    Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     behind the life of a soldier for hire, but your skills are undeniably suited for battle, so now you fight on in a different way.
 
MERCENARIES OF THE NORTH
Countless mercenary companies
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                    -states in the North are willing to field an army alongside the Chill, but several are happy to quietly pay the Chill to battle the Uthgardt, orcs, trolls of the Evermoors, and other threats to
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    Volo's Guide to Monsters
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     the plane of Acheron. It is there in the afterlife where the chosen ones will join Gruumsh and his armies in their endless extraplanar battle for supremacy.
Gods of the Orcs
Orcs believe their gods
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     gather and celebrate, dwell the followers of Yurtrus, the god of disease and death, and Shargaas, the god of darkness and the unknown. Orcs too weak for battle (because of bodily weakness, malformation
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                     retaliation usually prevents them from trying to directly harm the gnomes, but they might spit in the milk, balance dishes on tables so they’re easily knocked over and broken, or scatter sewing
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     were in their presence. Kobolds fall all over themselves to obey orders from a dragon, even if they are dangerous orders. Although kobolds usually don’t worship Tiamat directly, they recognize her
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     without wading through an active battlefield. However, no options are free of danger. Teleportation The characters can teleport directly to the redoubt’s upper or lower entrances. The characters can’t
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     teleport into the redoubt directly, since it’s warded with a Forbiddance spell. Flight Camlash’s citadel spiders (see appendix A) function as artillery, but the skies are predominantly under Miska’s
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     devastating cataclysm as the world resets this balance. They battle undead, but they also engage in actions that cull the weak. Extremists have been known to spread plagues in cities. The Children of Winter
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     are particularly interested in unraveling the mystery of the Mourning, as some of them believe it is a sign of the apocalypse they fear.
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    Battle of Elturel Legions of devils camped on the shores of the River Styx below Elturel are the biggest threats for characters attempting to flee the city. Characters who fly, glide, or balloon over
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     the blasted landscape and flows directly beneath the city. Floating on the river are demonic barges being assailed by squadrons of winged devils under the command of a terrifying pit fiend wearing an
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    Iroas as Campaign Villain Characters are likely to raise the ire of Iroas because they oppose his followers in battle or defy his ideals. His anger is direct and unsubtle, much like Iroas himself
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                    , involving attacks on people who may seem unrelated to the initial conflict. As a campaign villain, Iroas is most likely driven by his desire to win in battle, to confront Mogis, or to avenge an insult to
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     the basis for an adventure when they intersect with the characters’ lives. Most directly, the characters might be asked to aid the dragon’s schemes or to oppose them. The Cross Purposes table
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     provides inspiration to help you turn dragon-related adventure hooks into adventures that impact the characters in your game. Cross-Purposes    d6 The Dragon’s Schemes… 
     1  …directly target one or more
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     + 2 drow elite warriors wearing the insignia of House Auvryndar. The leader of such a patrol is always a female drow who reports directly to Zress Orlezziir. Most drow patrols are spoiling for a fight; if a battle turns against them, however, they withdraw to a more defensible location.
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    Facing Tiamat When the forces of good have been deployed and the battle begun, the characters will take on the most important goal of assaulting the Temple of Tiamat. Making their way through the
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     caverns beneath the caldera provides a number of options for reaching the temple. Whether the characters fight Tiamat directly or prevent the summoning ritual from being completed depends on their
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     is random in his favors, meaning that his chaotic nature favors all sides equally. Lord Tempus might be an army’s ally one day, and its enemy the next. He might seem to manifest before a battle
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     with one foot in each mount’s stirrup, signifying the unpredictable nature of battle. In such visions, Tempus is always a powerfully built warrior dressed for battle in the style of those who
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    Facing Tiamat When the forces of good have been deployed and the battle begun, the characters will take on the most important goal of assaulting the Temple of Tiamat. Making their way through the
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     caverns beneath the caldera provides a number of options for reaching the temple. Whether the characters fight Tiamat directly or prevent the summoning ritual from being completed depends on their
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Compendium
                                                    
                                                    
                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Locathah Rising
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    4. Tortle in Torpor As the characters approach this ship, read or paraphrase the following boxed text: The coral creates a passageway here that leads directly to another sunken ship which is nearly
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     underwater plants grow in abundance, all lit by the soft green glow.
 If any character peers directly into the hole, read or paraphrase the following boxed text: The source of the green light quickly
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     of his most favored have begun working with a new metal—iron—said to come directly from their god’s forge-fires. Though Purphoros is largely interested in physical craft, he has influence over all
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     in a particularly destructive battle with Heliod. The forge god spent years addled and incomplete. He has since recovered his faculties, but he mourns the things he might have made during that lost
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     apply that goal to their actions when upholding their oaths. If your paladin character has a personal goal, it might be drawn from some life event and thus not directly tied to the oath. Personal Goals
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     sworn to do, or die trying. 4 Leadership. You will win a great battle that bards will sing about, and in so doing, you will become an example to inspire others. 5 Faith. You know your path is righteous
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Compendium
                                                    
                                                    
                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    Aerenal In Aerenal, you might… Consult an elven archmage who’s been dead for twenty thousand years. Battle sinister forces that have crawled into Eberron from a realm of eternal night. Learn secrets
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     elves, the honored dead walk among the living. Heroes who died in glorious battle return to serve the Sibling Kings. And in the depths of Shae Mordai, the deathless lords of the Undying Court study
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Compendium
                                                    
                                                    
                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    Aerenal In Aerenal, you might… Consult an elven archmage who’s been dead for twenty thousand years. Battle sinister forces that have crawled into Eberron from a realm of eternal night. Learn secrets
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     Aereni elves, the honored dead walk among the living. Heroes who died in glorious battle return to serve the Sibling Kings. And in the depths of Shae Mordai, the deathless lords of the Undying Court
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Compendium
                                                    
                                                    
                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     wizards fought alongside their dwarf and gnome allies to defend the Forge of Spells, and the ensuing spell battle destroyed much of the cavern. Few survived the cave-ins and tremors, and the location of
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     Cave, and they intend to reopen the mines. Unfortunately for the Rockseekers, they are not the only ones interested in Wave Echo Cave. A mysterious villain known as the Black Spider controls a
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Compendium
                                                    
                                                    
                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     through one such wooded region, three ettercaps and two giant spiders attack it. They are chiefly interested in taking horses, not merchandise, but they won’t balk at taking people if they can’t get
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     the spiders return to the sound of battle. The characters can’t delay for long, however, because the ettercaps won’t waste much time before killing and tucking into the horses.
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     their dwarf and gnome allies to defend the Forge of Spells, and the ensuing spell battle destroyed much of the cavern. Few survived the cave-ins and tremors, and knowledge of the location of Wave Echo
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                    . Unfortunately for the Rockseekers, they aren’t the only ones interested in Wave Echo Cave. A mysterious villain known as the Spider controls a network of bandit gangs and goblin bands in the area, and
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Compendium
                                                    
                                                    
                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     through one such wooded region, three ettercaps and two giant spiders attack it. They are chiefly interested in taking horses, not merchandise, but they won’t balk at taking people if they can’t get
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     the spiders return to the sound of battle. The characters can’t delay for long, however, because the ettercaps won’t waste much time before killing and tucking into the horses.
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     (fearing that an all-out battle would likely destroy the village too), they’re interested in talking of little else besides who could be inside. The most popular theories are that Xonthal has returned or has
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     (fearing that an all-out battle would likely destroy the village too), they’re interested in talking of little else besides who could be inside. The most popular theories are that Xonthal has returned or has
                                                
                                            
                                        






