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                                                    Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     the mysteries you’re embroiled in are local crimes or realm-spanning conspiracies, you’re driven by a personal need to hunt down even the most elusive clues and reveal what others would
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     influenced the types of mysteries you’re interested in. Why was this case so impactful, personal, or traumatic? Whom did it affect besides you? Why and how did you get involved? Was it solved? How
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Compendium
                                                    
                                                    
                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    What Do You Want? As a Clifftop adventurer, you’re regularly putting your life on the line. What is it that brought you to this risky line of work? Is it just about the gold? Are you driven by
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     academic curiosity? Are you seeking the answer to a particular mystery, or searching for clues about an ancient threat? Are you primarily interested in your reputation—perhaps hoping to gain entry to the legendary Wayfinder’s Foundation, or to prove yourself to your family or your true love?
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    Volo's Guide to Monsters
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     numbers. Theirs is a life that has no place for weakness, and every warrior must be strong enough to take what is needed by force. Orcs aren’t interested in treaties, trade negotiations or
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     they are more interested in grabbing plunder and food rather than in wanton slaughter. The elderly, children, and any who seem weak or meek enough might escape death. If they leave the population more
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     come to Sharn to investigate corruption in your church. Have you been sent by authorities in your faith, or are you driven by a divine vision? 
   2  You’re tied to a small temple in one of the lower
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                    , graft, and politics. You’re playing the game, working with a patron within the church. Do you hope you can improve things once you rise up in hierarchy? Or are you only interested in power and influence?
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Compendium
                                                    
                                                    
                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     take part. In order to be successful, a shared campaign needs a champion — someone who takes on the responsibility of organizing and maintaining the group. If you’re interested in learning more about
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     conduct. Because people who don’t normally play together might end up at the same table in a shared campaign, it can be helpful to establish some ground rules for behavior. On the broadest level, everyone
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Compendium
                                                    
                                                    
                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     with the Aurum is through these collectors. Members of the Aurum often fund expeditions to exotic lands or newly discovered ruins, interested in expanding their private hoards. Occasionally a
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     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
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                    Yuan-ti Pureblood
                                                    
    
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                                                    Volo's Guide to Monsters
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     rather than among other creatures, including my own kind.
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I sometimes become consumed by philosophy.
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I believe I am superior to others of my caste.
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I am driven by wanderlust
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     and want to explore lands far from our cities.
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I am interested in modern human culture, even as primitive as it is.
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I await the day when we again conquer lands by force, as we did in the
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Compendium
                                                    
                                                    
                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    The Job at Hand The posted contract explains that any interested parties are to meet with Guildmaster Tabeth at the local guild house. When the characters follow up, Tabeth provides them with the
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     two factions weakened them both. The mariners’ guild then sent a force ashore, and the remaining pirates were killed or driven off by the guild’ soldiers. The island, though now apparently abandoned
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     than among other creatures, including my own kind. 4 I sometimes become consumed by philosophy. 5 I believe I am superior to others of my caste. 6 I am driven by wanderlust and want to explore lands
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     far from our cities. 7 I am interested in modern human culture, even as primitive as it is. 8 I await the day when we again conquer lands by force, as we did in the old times.  Yuan-ti Ideals  d6 Ideal
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    , 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
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     his honor. The campaign might end with the adventurers winning Iroas’s respect in some way, convincing the other gods (including Heliod if the party is interested in honor and justice, or Mogis if not
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     too lazy or self-interested to raise their young. They assume attractive male forms and seduce women, leaving them to raise their progeny. A doppelganger child appears to be a normal member of its
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     mother’s species until it reaches adolescence, at which point it discovers its true nature and is driven to seek out its kind to join them. Doppelganger
 Medium monstrosity (shapechanger), neutral
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     rank-and-file foot soldiers, to the goblins that find themselves driven into the front lines at spear point. A legion is headed by a warlord with several captains serving under its command. A hobgoblin
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     warlord is a ruthless tyrant more interested in strategy, victory, glory, reputation, and dominion than leading troops into battle.
 As loyal and disciplined as hobgoblins are in their own legion
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Compendium
                                                    
                                                    
                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     versatility. Others adopt a more personal approach to their art, driven by their attachment to a muse — a particular concept that inspires much of what those bards do in front of an audience. A bard who
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     every moment is what you are interested in. Love of this sort takes on many forms, and you can see its presence everywhere — from the sparkling of a beautiful gem to the song of a simple fisher thanking
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Compendium
                                                    
                                                    
                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     be driven to murder by passion. A refugee could become a cutpurse out of desperation. The rowdy Brelish veterans who call themselves the Brokenbridge Brawlers don’t think of themselves as criminals
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     Tarkanan Enemies of the dragonmarked houses dedicated to protecting and training individuals with aberrant dragonmarks The Tyrants Evil-minded changelings interested in gathering secrets and using them
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Compendium
                                                    
                                                    
                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     outside world. In this city driven by commerce, almost all the dragonmarked houses have outposts here, and it includes vast markets, warehouses, and lumber yards.
 Shae Cairdal This city is the
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     offering rare magic items. Few Aereni elves are interested in the world beyond their island. The Aereni see Khorvaire as a primitive backwater, and humans as dangerously impulsive. Aereni who travel
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Compendium
                                                    
                                                    
                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     Waterdeep — extend their influence into nearby regions, often creating or accepting vassal settlements, but in the end, these realms are cities, driven to consider their own protection and future
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     the individual members of the alliance. As a group, the agents of the members are interested in the preservation of civilization in the North, and they share what information they can — and oppose what
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Compendium
                                                    
                                                    
                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     and champions. She speaks for Droaam, and is always interested in intrigues and plots. Sora Maenya is the commander of Droaam’s armies. It’s said that she can crush a giant with her bare hands, then eat
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     in the vaults of the Great Crag. If you’d rather use the Daughters as straightforward villains, they could be driven by a thirst for power or a desire to end humanity’s dominance over Khorvaire. Sora
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Compendium
                                                    
                                                    
                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     aren’t interested in treaties, trade negotiations or diplomacy. They care only for satisfying their insatiable desire for battle, to smash their foes and appease their gods. Booming Birth Rate In order
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     that the lair is protected from intruders. Special Enemies When orcs attack a settlement of humans or halflings, they will kill anyone who presents a threat, but they are more interested in grabbing
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Compendium
                                                    
                                                    
                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     becoming a brain in a jar (see appendix C). The three wizards have been driven mad by their undead existence. Dispelling the illusion drives them into a furious rage. Visitors who ruin the ball in any
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     dance, or even sample the canapes. All the illusory figments know nothing of Ythryn’s fate and are interested only in revelry and gossip. Characters who spend at least 5 minutes talking to the illusory
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Compendium
                                                    
                                                    
                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     satisfying to create, with some favoring practicality and others more interested in artistic expression. In each group, there are those who prefer to practice the alchemical arts and those whose talents
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     inventions include the following:
  A chain-driven tomato smasher that is also able to fly A lightning-powered portable rat-zapper — good for keeping out the vermin A floating metal facsimile of a beholder
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Compendium
                                                    
                                                    
                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     necromancy, and he has all the hallmarks of a Red Wizard of Thay — namely, the red robes, the bald head, and the evil bent. He treats others as soon-to-be corpses and is more interested in their anatomy than
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     prepared. Elan Tanor’thal Elan is a drow mage from a house that ran a lucrative slave trade operation in Skullport until it was driven out by the Xanathar Guild. He hopes to learn enough magic to one day
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Compendium
                                                    
                                                    
                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     slimy skin. The timing must be perfect, because he fears Rezmir more than he fears the characters. If, however, the characters have won the lizardfolk over to their side, slaughtered or driven off most
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     retribution from the bullywugs, but he has spoken to a few fellow tribesfolk he trusts. Their response was interested but noncommittal; they intend to take revenge on the bullywugs, but not until the
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Compendium
                                                    
                                                    
                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    , the order is a dedicated group of like-minded individuals driven by religious zeal or a finely honed sense of justice and honor. The order is ready to lash out the moment evil acts, and not a moment
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     truth the organization is more interested in spreading its own propaganda and influence than investing in the improvement of its members. Welcome to Barovia Strahd is using the werewolves to lure
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Compendium
                                                    
                                                    
                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     must be perfect, because he fears Rezmir more than he fears the characters. If, however, the characters have won the lizardfolk over to their side, slaughtered or driven off most of the bullywugs
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     bullywugs, but he has spoken to a few fellow tribesfolk he trusts. Their response was interested but noncommittal; they intend to take revenge on the bullywugs, but not until the omens are right. Meanwhile
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Compendium
                                                    
                                                    
                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     octopuses are driven away, or the characters convince the sailors to flee to safety. Development. The three sailors are from a caravel called the Tortured Tortle, presently anchored a mile off shore. Belle
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     their own. Treasure. The smugglers came ashore to retrieve several bolts of rare Calimshan silk to take to an interested buyer in the Moonshae Isles. The five bolts are worth 100 gp each. The
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Compendium
                                                    
                                                    
                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     archetypal giant seer is a storm giant driven by the search for signs of Annam’s activity. The seer might seek out omens written in natural phenomena, manipulate world events to bring about the fulfillment
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     choice among smaller folk and sharing the ancient wisdom of giants with them. Often, these giants are interested in pursuing esoteric studies of their own even as they share what they have learned
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Compendium
                                                    
                                                    
                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     include the heads of local militias, gangs, and other martial organizations. At the broadest scale, a criminal or underworld leader wields power through a network of spies, bribes, and black-market trade
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     necessarily interested in occupation or taking power. On the other hand, an assault might be the first step of an invasion. Regardless of the scale, a world-shaking assault or invasion stands out because
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Compendium
                                                    
                                                    
                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     designs. Xendros sometimes has need for adventurers. She is particularly interested in tracking down an apparatus of Kwalish. If news of one reaches her, she offers magic items to those willing to
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     spirit it back to Iuz’s realm. 8. Empty Net Partially supported by stilts driven into the harbor waters, this rickety tavern is purportedly a haven for smugglers, mercenaries, assassins and even
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Compendium
                                                    
                                                    
                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     throughout the forge comes from this machine-driven hammer. When characters arrive, four firenewt warriors are in the northern chamber, and six firenewt warriors are working in the southern chamber under
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     interested in attacking adventurers directly, but they’ll gleefully loot the bodies of anyone who collapses in the smoke. If cornered, they beg for mercy. They offer to trade information for their
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Compendium
                                                    
                                                    
                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     folk sip warmed ciders and broths (often laced with herbs for health and to bring on visions) and stay inside. They tell tales of what interested them or was important in the year just done, and discuss
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     depiction, for it represents one of a handful of dragons the city has faced in its history. After being paraded to a square near where the dragon was defeated or driven off, the enormous effigy is burned
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Compendium
                                                    
                                                    
                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     are members of the town militia. T5. Wainwright’s Wagons A longtime fixture in Triboar, Wainwright’s Wagons has its own horse-driven sawmill and large buildings for lumber storage. The establishment
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     originally catered to the wealthy elite by crafting the finest, most expensive wagons in the Dessarin Valley. The current owner, Tosker Wainwright (N male Illuskan human commoner), is more interested
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Compendium
                                                    
                                                    
                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     reclusive and secretive, yet they are interested to hear what’s afoot in Waterdeep, for they suspect the Margaster family is plotting to attack the fortress and reclaim its ancestral holding. Travelers are
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     Giant’s Bag table in the introduction. Once the monsters are driven out, the characters can travel north to the edge of the High Forest and let the villagers know that it’s safe to return. If they do
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Compendium
                                                    
                                                    
                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     mercenaries are proving to be more trouble than they’re worth. They seem more interested in finding the lost tomb of Mornbryn than in guarding the village. The mercenary leader, Oboth Thornsteel (NE male
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     Grayflow rivers and attracts only those with an adventurous spirit. The place is all but abandoned now, its few remaining shepherds driven off by the stone giants of Deadstone Cleft (see chapter 6
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Compendium
                                                    
                                                    
                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     by all creatures — including each other. Driven by Greed. Chromatic dragons lust after treasure, and this greed colors their every scheme and plot. They believe that the world’s wealth belongs to them
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     creatures as informants, messengers, and spies. They are most interested in news about other red dragons, with which they compete constantly for status. When it requires servants, a red dragon demands
                                                
                                            
                                        





