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Shifter Legacy

Species Eberron: Rising from the Last War

animal’s tough hide. A sense of invincibility spread through him. For the moment at least, he felt unstoppable! — Don Bassingthwaite, The Binding Stone Shifters are sometimes called the

personality: a feline shifter may be cool and distant, driven by predatory instincts, while a shifter with a lupine spirit might be drawn to find and protect a pack. When a shifter fully embraces this beast

Orcs

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

depths of the Ironroot Mountains. The orcs of Eberron weren’t formed by Gruumsh, and they aren’t inherently driven to evil. However, they are an extremely passionate and primal race, given to powerful

Marches were the first druids on Khorvaire. The Gatekeepers played a crucial role in defeating the alien daelkyr and binding this evil in Khyber, and their descendants continue to maintain the ancient

Delvers into Secrets

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)

Delvers into Secrets Warlocks are driven by an insatiable need for knowledge and power, which compels them into their pacts and shapes their lives. This thirst drives warlocks into their pacts and

shapes their later careers as well. Stories of warlocks binding themselves to fiends are widely known. But many warlocks serve patrons that are not fiendish. Sometimes a traveler in the wilds comes to a

Delvers into Secrets

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)

Delvers into Secrets Warlocks are driven by an insatiable need for knowledge and power, which compels them into their pacts and shapes their lives. This thirst drives warlocks into their pacts and

shapes their later careers as well. Stories of warlocks binding themselves to fiends are widely known. But many warlocks serve patrons that are not fiendish. Sometimes a traveler in the wilds comes to a

The Aurum

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War

by binding the current barons and monarchs to their will or by tearing down the current systems and creating something new. In stories driven by action, the Aurum can fund expeditions to exotic lands

and use magical doomsday devices to hold cities for ransom. In adventures driven by intrigue, the Aurum provides an opportunity to explore the lure of gold, and how far the characters might go in the service of an amoral patron.

Kobold Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

network of passages beneath the streets, connecting them to a nearby waterway and greatly improving the town’s sanitation. If the kobolds like the area and aren’t mistreated by the humans

; animosity, gnomes tend to avoid or abandon settlements that have a severe infestation of kobolds, and conversely kobolds are usually driven out of communities that have a large gnome population

Class Training

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything

. 4 I decided to turn my natural lucky streak into the basis of a career, though I still realize that improving my skills is essential. 5 I took up with a group of ruffians who showed me how to get what

was smart enough to learn the craft. 5 While exploring an old tomb, library, or temple, I found a spellbook. I was immediately driven to learn all I could about becoming a wizard. 6 I was a prodigy

Recurring Villains

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War

discover later that the villain survived and is hungry for revenge. Improving Villains Adventurers get more powerful over time, so if a villain is going to remain a relevant threat, the villain needs to get

and evil. Even adventure villains are more often driven by human motives than by cosmic concepts of good and evil. People sometimes do evil things for good reasons. Exercise some caution when

Predator Pools

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a5

, characters approaching can hear the rattle and clank of immense chains. Gigantic steel bolts have been driven into the stone floor of this immense area, attached to heavy chains. These trail down into

moves, any creature within 10 feet of its path must succeed on a DC 12 Dexterity saving throw or be knocked prone. The dragon turtle can’t harm or break the binding chains. The characters can open

Areas of Kolat Towers

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist

lever is an action that causes both clamps to release the floor, which is then magically driven upward into the ceiling. Creatures standing on the floor are knocked prone and must make a DC 20

character can detect the shelf and discern how to open it with a successful DC 15 Wisdom (Perception) check. Tugging on the book causes the compartment to pop open, revealing Duhlark’s wand of binding hidden

Creating Adventures

compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica

organized crime, banking, and religion, Orzhov properties are ornate basilicas as grand as any cathedral, though the business conducted within them is driven by greed and lust for power rather than

binding contracts), murder, politics, theft, torture, and vice. DAVID PALUMBO You could build a campaign around the Orzhov Syndicate’s efforts to gain control of the adventurers. Recognizing the

Wedding Itinerary

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated

ally and resource. TWO DRY CLOAKS Two Dry Cloaks’s wands pulse with magical light, though only two of them have actual useful properties. The first is a wand of binding that glows purple. The second

Horn eventually order the warring Dhargun and Thunderwind families to leave the enclave and sort out their problems on their own. Guests are led — or driven at spear point — through the Hall of War and

Locations on the Fortress Level

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a1

attacks it, Jot laughs and says, “You broke the binding. My watch over the dragonpriest is over!” It uses its next action to become invisible. It then turns into a bat and flies along the 10-foot-high

who succeeds on a DC 15 Dexterity check using thieves’ tools. Squalor reigns in this low-ceilinged room. A large iron spike is driven into the floor near the door, and a small iron cage is set farther

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