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                                                     Monsters
                                                    Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     least get close without arousing suspicion. Once in a position to observe, the dragon studies the day-to-day life of local folk, with a keen interest in any magical phenomena.
Emerald dragons&rsquo
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     be the center of attention.
Emerald Dragon Ideals
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Seclusion. Itâs safer if others don&rsquo
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Monsters
                                                    Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    , or at least get close without arousing suspicion. Once in a position to observe, the dragon studies the day-to-day life of local folk, with a keen interest in any magical phenomena.
Emerald dragons
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     like to be the center of attention.
Emerald Dragon Ideals
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Seclusion. Itâs safer if others don
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Monsters
                                                    Eberron: Rising from the Last War
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     Emerald Claw, but her motives for founding the order are buried in her past. Lady Illmarrow has no interest in ruling the living. Rather, she seeks to become Queen of the Dead.
The Mark of Death
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     Lady Illmarrow believe that sheâs a champion of their faith, but they donât worship or serve her. And the powers of priests of the Blood of Vol donât come from Lady Illmarrow.
Necrotic, Poison; Bludgeoning, Piercing, and Slashing from Nonmagical AttacksCold, Lightning
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Monsters
                                                    Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     their coastal territories overlap, and they can nurture an inexplicably intense hatred of these metallic dragons. They can also draw the ire of druids and other nature protectors who donât
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     forfeited its right to be upset by anything I do to it. (Evil)
5
Wonder. Though I donât wish to spend time in it, my soul sings at the sight of the vast beauty of the ocean. (Good)
6
Code of
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Monsters
                                                    Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     close without arousing suspicion. Once in a position to observe, the dragon studies the day-to-day life of local folk, with a keen interest in any magical phenomena.
Emerald dragons&rsquo
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     center of attention.
Emerald Dragon Ideals
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Seclusion. Itâs safer if others donât know I
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Monsters
                                                    Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     arousing suspicion. Once in a position to observe, the dragon studies the day-to-day life of local folk, with a keen interest in any magical phenomena.
Emerald dragonsâ attentiveness to unusual
                                                
                                            
                                                
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Emerald Dragon Ideals
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Seclusion. Itâs safer if others donât know Iâm here
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Monsters
                                                    Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    . The stories surrounding every piece in my collection are as important as the treasures themselves. (Any)
4
Order. An organized hoard makes me happyâand you donât want to see me
                                                
                                            
                                                
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Connected Creatures
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After being robbed by gnomes who had pledged to protect the hoard, a sapphire dragon wyrmling installs new guardians that have no interest in material riches: gelatinous cube
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Backgrounds
                                                    Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     granted will be to you new wonders that youâve never laid eyes on before. By the same token, youâre a person of interest, for good or ill, to those around you almost anywhere you go.
 
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                    ;t a native, your reason for leaving âhomeâ probably has something to do with getting away from a bad situation.
 
Feature: All Eyes on You
Your accent, mannerisms, figures of
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                    Criminal / Spy
                                                    
    
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                                                    Basic Rules (2014)
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     who seem the fairest often have the most to hide.
6
I donât pay attention to the risks in a situation. Never tell me the odds.
7
The best way to get me to do something is to tell me
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     I canât do it.
8
I blow up at the slightest insult.
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Ideal
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Honor. I donât steal from others in the trade. (Lawful)
2
Freedom. Chains are meant to
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                    Urchin
                                                    
    
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                                                    Playerâs Handbook (2014)
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    
I eat like a pig and have bad manners.
6
I think anyone whoâs nice to me is hiding evil intent.
7
I donât like to bathe.
8
I bluntly say what other people are hinting at
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Backgrounds
                                                    Guildmastersâ Guide to Ravnica
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     conclave has a deeper connection to the Worldsoul than I do.
6
Iâm trying to atone for the life of crime I led before I joined the Selesnya, but I find it hard to give up my bad habits
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     my former guild and joined the Selesnya along with a close friend.
4
The dryad at the head of my enclave has taken an interest in my activities.
5
A sibling is an instructor at the guild
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Backgrounds
                                                    Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     life, your relationships with your former fellows can be an advantage for you and your adventuring comrades. You might undertake missions with your new companions that further the interest of the
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     intrigues of interest in the group are.
 
Suggested Characteristics
Use the tables for the guild artisan background in the Playerâs Handbook as the basis for your traits and motivations
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Species
                                                    Mythic Odysseys of Theros
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     adversariesâincredibly clever and well-prepared to play a long game but ultimately doomed to lose their games.
4
Iâm certain every bad thing that happens can ultimately be blamed on the
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                    . I miss that kind of innocence.
6
I donât talk about it among other leonin, but I actually revere the gods and try to please them by my actions.
Leonin Names
Along with their
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Backgrounds
                                                    Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
                                                    
                                                
                                            
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4
I would rather make a new friend than a new enemy.
5
I am incredibly slow to trust. Those who seem the fairest often have the most to hide.
6
I donât pay attention to the risks
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                    
Honor. I donât steal from others in the trade. (Lawful)
2
Freedom. Chains are meant to be broken, as are those who would forge them. (Chaotic)
3
Charity. I steal from the wealthy so
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                    Aarakocra
                                                    
    
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                                                    Elemental Evil Player's Companion
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     changes in the prevailing winds that they regarded as a bad omen.
Unlike the aarakocra of other worlds on the Material Plane, the aarakocra of the Realms rarely travel to the Elemental Plane of Air
                                                
                                            
                                                
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Great Purpose
Aarakocra enjoy peace and solitude. Most of them have little interest in dealing with other peoples and less interest in spending time on the ground. For this reason, it takes an
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Backgrounds
                                                    Guildmastersâ Guide to Ravnica
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     scientific fact, if you donât know that information, you know where and from whom you can obtain it. Usually, this information comes from a Simic laboratory, or sometimes from an Izzet facility, a
                                                
                                            
                                                
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Iâm eager to explain every detail of my most intricate experiments and theories to anyone who shows the least bit of interest.
4
I assume that everyone needs even the most basic
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                    Orc
                                                    
    
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                                                    Volo's Guide to Monsters
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     ward off diseases if they are worn.
Donât 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
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     infirm. Orcs donât revere their gods as much as they fear them; every tribe has superstitions about how to avert their wrath or bring their favor. This deep-seated uncertainty and fear comes forth
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                    Gnome
                                                    
    
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                                                    Basic Rules (2014)
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     excitement. Their fair hair has a tendency to stick out in every direction, as if expressing the gnomeâs insatiable interest in everything around.
A gnomeâs personality is writ large in
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     know that most races donât share their sense of humor, but they enjoy anyoneâs company just as they enjoy everything else they set out to do.
Subrace
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                                                     Backgrounds
                                                    Guildmastersâ Guide to Ravnica
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     approaching or talking to me.
5
I have accepted my death. Hence, I donât fear it.
6
Like roots growing through stone, I am relentless and determined in my action.
7
I put my
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     fight it off.
2
I assume that anyone outside the Golgari looks down on me.
3
I feel a need for revenge against those who enjoy the privilege of living above ground.
4
I donât
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Backgrounds
                                                    Baldurâs Gate: Descent into Avernus
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     could be hidden.
4
I would rather make a new friend than a new enemy.
5
I am incredibly slow to trust. Those who seem the fairest often have the most to hide.
6
I donât pay
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                    
Ideal
1
Honor. I donât steal from others in the trade. (Lawful)
2
Freedom. Chains are meant to be broken, as are those who would forge them. (Chaotic)
3
Charity. I steal
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Species
                                                    Eberron: Rising from the Last War
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     delight in exploring their feelings, their freedom, and their relationships with others. Most warforged have no interest in religion, but some embrace faith and mysticism, seeking higher purpose and
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     every creature you meet.
2
You often misread emotional cues.
3
You are fiercely protective of your friends.
4
You try to apply wartime discipline to every situation.
5
You don
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Backgrounds
                                                    Guildmastersâ Guide to Ravnica
                                                    
                                                
                                            
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Flaws
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Flaw
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My family is prominent in another guild. I enjoy my wild life, but I donât want to embarrass them.
2
I couldnât hide my emotions and opinions
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     Orzhov oligarch has taken an interest in my career, like a patron of the arts.
8
Roll an additional Rakdos contact; you can decide if the contact is an ally or a rival.
9
A Selesnya healer
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Backgrounds
                                                    Baldurâs Gate: Descent into Avernus
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     a pig and have bad manners.
6
I think anyone whoâs nice to me is hiding evil intent.
7
I donât like to bathe.
8
I bluntly say what other people are hinting at or hiding
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Compendium
                                                    
                                                    
                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm Lordâs Wrath
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    Bad News As the partyâs ship sails north toward the Thunder Cliffs, a southward-sailing vessel approaches them. The ships drop anchor and the captain of the other vessel, called the Uneasy Alliance
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                    , comes aboard the ship. This captain, a human named Captain Starling Winchet, trades stories and ale with the captain and crew of the charactersâ ship. She tells a tale that is of particular interest
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                    Genasi
                                                    
    
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                                                    Elemental Evil Player's Companion
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    : crushing earth, searing flames, boundless skies, and endless seas make visiting these places dangerous for even a short time. The powerful genies, however, donât face such troubles when venturing
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     hands and feet from a halfling, exceedingly large eyes from a gnome, and so on).
Genasi almost never have contact with their elemental parents. Genies seldom have interest in their mortal offspring
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                    Lizardfolk
                                                    
    
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                                                    Volo's Guide to Monsters
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     emotion and empathy. The same label serves as an apt depiction of lizardfolk.
Lacking any internal emotional reactions, lizardfolk behave in a distant manner. They donât mourn fallen comrades or
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     into the future. This approach allows them to maintain their current level of influence in the world, but it limits their growth. Lizardfolk have no interest in developing writing, making long-term
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                    Yuan-ti Pureblood
                                                    
    
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                                                    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
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     betters. Leaders rely on this zealotry in their plans, and although they donât needlessly waste the lives of purebloods on futile actions, most strategies include a fallback option in which mobs
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Compendium
                                                    
                                                    
                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tashaâs Cauldron of Everything
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     player any or all of the following questions: Which of the three pillars of adventuring (combat, exploration, roleplaying) interest you the most? How much humor do you like in the game? What level of
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     zero that turns out to have an adverse effect on peopleâs enjoyment of the game, you may jettison or revise the house rule to create a better gaming experience for everyone. Donât feel bad if a house
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Compendium
                                                    
                                                    
                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     âCoverâ in the Basic Rules). DISGUISED CHARACTERS
 Rather than storm Cragmaw Castle with weapons in hand, clever characters might try to talk their way inside. For example, they might don the scarlet
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     arenât likely to attack the party if they claim to be working in the Black Spiderâs interest.
 If the characters try to perpetrate a deception as a group, have them each make a Charisma (Deception
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Compendium
                                                    
                                                    
                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurerâs Guide
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     cruel and capricious goddess who must be propitiated to avoid attracting her attention and interest in a negative way. Beshabaâs name is invoked when someone is beset by bad luck â which could be as
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     which good luck wouldnât play a part but bad luck might. For example, someone rolling dice would invoke Tymora because they want random chance to fall in their favor, but someone about to cross a
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Compendium
                                                    
                                                    
                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     does producing something that would pique the Black Earth cultistsâ interest. If admitted, the characters are escorted to Qarbo so that he can decide what to do with them (see âAudience with Qarboâ in
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     area M9). Disguises The Sacred Stone monks normally wear hooded robes and gargoyle masks made of gilded tin that cover their faces. If the characters acquire these articles, they can don the monks
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Compendium
                                                    
                                                    
                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     Hold, but doesnât know where.) If the characters have no interest in conversing with Melissara, she uses dimension door to get to area 11 and sends her lunatic husband to eliminate them. Treasure. The
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     Deep Speech. Derrion stores his weapons and plate armor on the equipment racks. If he doesnât have time to don his plate armor, he makes do with a chain shirt (AC 15). Derrion accompanies Melissara
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Compendium
                                                    
                                                    
                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     Naerytar. Rezmir allowed us to keep some pearls, a ring, and a handful of small stones.â Other papers are of less interest; most of them have bad poetry about dragons. The smaller chamber off the main one
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Compendium
                                                    
                                                    
                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     fidgeting with her clutch all night. Has she gotten some sort of bad news? Maybe sheâs about to fire someone! 2 Sometimes the museum keeps displays hidden in the basement at night. The curator must think
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     with Dr. Dannell. She deeply dislikes the anthropologist due to Dr. Dannellâs interest in the occult. If the characters mention Dr. Dannellâs fears about the Murkmire Stone, Alda snorts, dismisses their
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Compendium
                                                    
                                                    
                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    . Rezmir allowed us to keep some pearls, a ring, and a handful of small stones.â Other papers are of less interest; most of them have bad poetry about dragons.
 The smaller chamber off the main one contains
                                                
                                            
                                        






