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Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
the creation of an allip. Secrets protected in this manner range in scope from a demon lord’s true name to the hidden truths of the cosmic order. The creature acquires the secret, but the curse
remains hidden, its victim is gradually overcome by frantic energy. A scholar, driven by sudden insights to work night and day, produces reams of text with little memory of exactly what the documents
Tabaxi
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
, wandering tabaxi are catlike humanoids driven by curiosity to collect interesting artifacts, gather tales and stories, and lay eyes on all the world’s wonders. Ultimate travelers, the inquisitive
tabaxi rarely stay in one place for long. Their innate nature pushes them to leave no secrets uncovered, no treasures or legends lost.
Wandering Outcasts
Most tabaxi remain in their distant
Urchin
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Player’s Handbook (2014)
, and a pouch containing 10 gp
FEATURE: CITY SECRETS
You know the secret patterns and flow to cities and can find passages through the urban sprawl that others would miss. When you
shaped by lives of desperate poverty, for good and for ill. They tend to be driven either by a commitment to the people with whom they shared life on the street or by a burning desire to find a better
Satyr
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Mythic Odysseys of Theros
Satyrs have a well-earned reputation for their good spirits, gregarious personalities, and love of revels. Most satyrs are driven by simple desires, to see the world and to sample its every pleasure
importantly—it feels really good. Driven by instinct and intuition, most satyrs prove unpredictable, following their sense of wonder wherever it leads.
Very Odd Indeed
Satyrs are known for their
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Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
For longer than you can remember, you have traversed the Astral Sea. There, you experienced firsthand the wonders of the Silver Void: you stopped aging and no longer felt hunger or thirst. Driven by
of wisdom
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Arawn, god of life and death
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Hecate, god of magic and moons
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Celestian, god of stars and wanderers
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Ptah, god of knowledge and secrets
Monsters
The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
reflects the present, and the third reflects the future. These hags are utter wickedness distilled into corporeal forms, driven by a lust for secrets that can be used to manipulate their prey.
Skabatha
Monsters
The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
the past, another reflects the present, and the third reflects the future. These hags are utter wickedness distilled into corporeal forms, driven by a lust for secrets that can be used to manipulate
monsters
Piercing damage is driven into Strahd’s heart while Strahd has the Incapacitated condition in his resting place, Strahd has the Paralyzed condition until the weapon is removed.
Sunlight. Strahd
. During his unnaturally long existence, he has learned many occult secrets and mysteries of the Domains of Dread. Strahd’s dignified bearing crumbles when someone breaks his laws or denies him what
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Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
could have witnessed something remarkable or terrible, and now you must know more about this hidden truth. Or maybe you’re a detective for hire, uncovering secrets for well-paying clients. Whether
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
Monsters
The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
time: one reflects the past, another reflects the present, and the third reflects the future. These hags are utter wickedness distilled into corporeal forms, driven by a lust for secrets that can be
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Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
Guild took over your family business, ran it into the ground, and burned the building for insurance money. You were driven into crime yourself, but you’ll never work for the Guild. You take
; but what you learn you pass on to the Guild.
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The inequality of Baldur’s Gate has driven you to take matters into your own hands. You steal from patriars and rich Lower City residents
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Tomb of Annihilation
survive—or why they did not. Some anthropologists are driven by intellectual curiosity, while others want the fame and recognition that comes with being the first to discover a new people, a
desensitized to violence.
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I would risk life and limb to discover a new culture or unravel the secrets of a dead one.
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When I arrive at a new settlement for the first time, I must learn all its
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Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
in, a pet mouse, a token to remember your parents by, a set of common clothes, and a pouch containing 10 gp
FEATURE: CITY SECRETS
You know the secret patterns and flow to cities and
of desperate poverty, for good and for ill. They tend to be driven either by a commitment to the people with whom they shared life on the street or by a burning desire to find a better life &mdash
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
sudden thought when they enter this area: “Some secrets are not meant for mortal minds to know. Look away from the darkness in which such knowledge hides.” Statue Trap When the first adventurer
the character is held by the dark gaze within the stony cowl for 1 round. During this time, the statue whispers impossible secrets to the character, which carry both benefit and burden. A character who
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
, fearing freak blizzards and starving beasts. Mutated Creatures. Creatures warped by alchemy roam Lamordia. The most infamous are the monstrous “whales” of the Sea of Secrets—violent, unnatural leviathans
frigid starvation. Magic is acknowledged but widely considered backward. Steam Technology. Steam power driven by boiling sewers fuels clockwork inventions and massive cranes in the city of Ludendorf.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
hire, uncovering secrets for well-paying clients. Whether 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
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
, wandering tabaxi are catlike humanoids driven by curiosity to collect interesting artifacts, gather tales and stories, and lay eyes on all the world’s wonders. Ultimate travelers, the inquisitive tabaxi
rarely stay in one place for long. Their innate nature pushes them to leave no secrets uncovered, no treasures or legends lost.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
sudden thought when they enter this area: “Some secrets are not meant for mortal minds to know. Look away from the darkness in which such knowledge hides.” Statue Trap When the first adventurer
the character is held by the dark gaze within the stony cowl for 1 round. During this time, the statue whispers impossible secrets to the character, which carry both benefit and burden. The character
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
. People worship Shar as the goddess of night, secrets, loss, and forgetfulness. She represents pains hidden but not forgotten, and vengeances carefully nurtured away from the light. She is said to
drawn to serve Shar often nurture their own deep wounds or dark secrets, which in their minds makes them best suited to console those who suffer from a similar ill. Throughout the world’s history, many
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
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
classes
Basic Rules (2014)
are comfortable in light armor and know how to use simple weapons.
Delvers into Secrets
Warlocks are driven by an insatiable need for knowledge and power, which compels them into their pacts and
, hags, and alien entities of the Far Realm, warlocks piece together arcane secrets to bolster their own power.
Sworn and Beholden
A warlock is defined by a pact with an otherworldly being. Sometimes the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Forge of the Artificer
Rival Explorers Morgrave University teems with unscrupulous adventurers and researchers driven by avarice. Additionally, the university itself has academic rivals—the University of Wynarn in Aundair
Morgrave’s bad reputation. They seek fame, wealth, and power by plundering the secrets of ancient civilizations and claiming the magic and money they find for themselves. On the other hand, if the
Yuan-ti Pureblood
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
keen intellect and magic to discover the secrets of making steel. Its military shattered rival tribes and developed advanced tactics for fighting in forests and open plains.
The civilization grew into a
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
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
Kas and Vecna Lily Abdullina A young Kas and Vecna muse about the destruction of Oerth Hundreds of years ago, Vecna and Kas were close associates. They were driven men who shared similar evil
had risen again, becoming an evil god of secrets and magic on Oerth. Vecna’s defeat of Kas grates on the warlord’s ego. Kas aches to annihilate Vecna. Meanwhile, Vecna has been building his power, though the lich yearns to finally destroy his former lieutenant.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
benevolent aspects of nature, bringing good harvest and gentle rain. Aureon is the Sovereign of Law and Lore. He is considered the first wizard, who shared the secrets of wizardry with the world. Balinor
is suggested for his clerics, Kol Korran guides fair negotiation; those driven solely by greed prefer the Keeper of the Dark Six. Olladra is the Sovereign of Feast and Fortune. She is the giver of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
existence is a chrysalis state, preparing us for transcendent immortality within the bowels of the Gibbering Mouther. The Lord of Eyes sees all secrets. His gaze elevates the worthy and slays the unbeliever
flayers and beholders. Others are simply driven by deep convictions that others see as madness. Outsiders use the term “Cult of the Dragon Below” as a blanket term to describe all of these things, but
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
of the Shadow.
The Dark Six inspire worship in different ways among diverse cultures. Temples to the Dark Six appear in Droaam, along with wild revels driven by the Fury. The Dark Six aren’t
them along with his vast wealth. Those driven by greed call him their patron, and his priests often act as criminal fixers. The Fury governs both passion and revenge, rage and despair. She offers
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
spread fear, suspicion, and deceit better than doppelgangers. Found in every land and culture, they can take on the guise of any individual of any race. Stealing Secrets. A doppelganger’s adopted
intend to impersonate, studying them and probing their minds for secrets. A doppelganger can read a creature’s surface thoughts, allowing it to glean that creature’s name, desires, and fears, along with a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Astral Adventurer’s Guide
longer felt hunger or thirst. Driven by wanderlust, you drifted from one part of the Astral Sea to another, like a mote of dust on the wind. You have lost count of the decades that have passed since
Hecate, god of magic and moons 9 Celestian, god of stars and wanderers 10 Ptah, god of knowledge and secrets
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
away, a gazing character is driven temporarily insane for 1 minute (see area 3). A character pulled away from the pool does not suffer insanity but is stunned for 1 minute. Using the Pool. The
divination pool has always required that a user make a personal sacrifice to gain its secrets. However, the pool’s magic has grown considerably hungrier over the long years of its isolation. In response to the cruelty of the yuan-ti, using the pool requires the sacrifice of a sentient creature.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
Allip When a mind uncovers a secret that a powerful being has protected with a mighty curse, the result is often the emergence of an allip. Secrets protected in this manner range in scope from a
victim’s psyche and overwhelming psychic agony. Blasphemous Secrets. Every allip is wracked with a horrifying insight that torments what remains of its mind. In the presence of other creatures, an allip
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
. As a campaign villain, Phenax might be driven by a desire to incite conflict against his fellow gods, usually to serve his own ends. Although Phenax doesn’t desire rulership over Nyx, he does love to
hoard damaging secrets and powerful magic. Acquiring these coveted items always involves duplicity and theft, and sometimes murder. To Phenax, the ends justify the means. Upsetting the order of things
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
, preparing us for transcendent immortality within the bowels of the gibbering mouther. The Lord of Eyes sees all secrets. Its gaze elevates the worthy and slays the unbeliever. Drive doubt from your heart
serve the demon overlord Sul Khatesh in exchange for secrets of magic. In the Mror Holds, dwarf clans bargain with Dyrrn the Corruptor to gain symbionts and sinister gifts. The Shadow Marches contain
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
are utter wickedness distilled into corporeal forms, driven by a lust for secrets that can be used to manipulate their prey. Skabatha Nightshade, Bavlorna Blightstraw, and Endelyn Moongrave are