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Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
, Titivilus has manipulated everyone along his path to power, either to win them over to his cause or to remove them as a threat.
Since gaining his position, Titivilus has convinced Dispater that countless
Monsters
Curse of Strahd
threatened to spill her blood. Ezmerelda convinced him that she genuinely wanted to help him find his missing son, whereupon van Richten told her the saddest of tales. He had found his son, who had been
to earn his trust and respect. To that end, she has been poring over van Richten’s research and learning about Strahd and Castle Ravenloft, with every intention of dispatching the vampire
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
. (Neutral)
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Determinism. Our destinies may already be written, but the way we achieve them still matters. (Any)
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Fun and Games. Play is learning, but without the boredom. (Chaotic
decades unexpectedly retires to the Elemental Plane of Air. Monstrous forces immediately move into the area—and might take control of the pass unless the dragon can be convinced to return.
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Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
lives with others. (Neutral)
4
Determinism. Our destinies may already be written, but the way we achieve them still matters. (Any)
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Fun and Games. Play is learning, but without the boredom
mountain pass for decades unexpectedly retires to the Elemental Plane of Air. Monstrous forces immediately move into the area—and might take control of the pass unless the dragon can be convinced to
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
shame not to share our lives with others. (Neutral)
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Determinism. Our destinies may already be written, but the way we achieve them still matters. (Any)
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Fun and Games. Play is learning, but
can be convinced to return.
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A royal heir goes missing while secretly visiting a crystal dragon. The heir’s family, the heir’s friends, and the dragon all want to find the heir, but
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
is learning, but without the boredom. (Chaotic)
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Control. Everyone is welcome, as long as they follow my rules. (Lawful)
Crystal Dragon Adventures
The Crystal Dragon Adventure Hooks
unless the dragon can be convinced to return.
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A royal heir goes missing while secretly visiting a crystal dragon. The heir’s family, the heir’s friends, and the dragon all want to
Elf
Legacy
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Species
Basic Rules (2014)
learning a new skill or art, elves can be focused and relentless. They are slow to make friends and enemies, and even slower to forget them. They reply to petty insults with disdain and to serious
they find careers that let them travel freely and set their own pace. Elves also enjoy exercising their martial prowess or gaining greater magical power, and adventuring allows them to do so. Some
Sage
Legacy
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Backgrounds
Basic Rules (2014)
You spent years learning the lore of the multiverse. You scoured manuscripts, studied scrolls, and listened to the greatest experts on the subjects that interest you. Your efforts have made you a
situations.
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I’m convinced that people are always trying to steal my secrets.
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Ideal
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Knowledge. The path to power and self-improvement is through knowledge. (Neutral
Backgrounds
Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
As a child, you were inquisitive when your playmates were possessive or raucous. In your formative years, you found your way to one of Faerûn’s great institutes of learning , where you
. . . everyone . . . is . . . compared . . . to me.
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I am horribly, horribly awkward in social situations.
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I’m convinced that people are always trying to steal my secrets
Backgrounds
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
Baldur’s Gate has a modest academic community centered around the libraries of the High Hall and the various temples dedicated to gods of learning and innovation. Lecturers, researchers, and
with opportunities for arcane study, although its masters are dispersed across individual wizards’ abodes and lack concentrated communities.
You spent years learning the lore of the multiverse
Backgrounds
Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
hook, sending you on quests to learn more about its history or true nature, or confronting you with foes who want to claim it for themselves or prevent you from learning what you seek. The DM also
with me to pursue my destiny.
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Flaw
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The tyrant who rules my land will stop at nothing to see me killed.
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I’m convinced of the significance of my destiny, and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
-controlled territory —
1 Learning the location of the bulk of Ramya’s armies —
3 Learning where a particular skull is in the Tower of Traitors –1
3 Learning where a specific
soldier in Ramya’s army is stationed —
5 Gaining an audience with Maharani Ramya —
10 Pardoning someone accused of being a traitor –2
10 Gaining command of a contingent of Undead
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Ghost Story Plots Ghost story adventures deal with learning the story behind a haunting and ultimately resolving it. They benefit from preserving the mystery behind a spirit’s motivations until the
heroes discover a hidden truth. Ghost Story Plots d8 Plot
1 Investigate the bloody graffiti being left on the village’s ancient walls and stop the vandal.
2 A dying hero is convinced
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
Learning More If the characters ask either Kusa or Lamai why their fellow vendors are loath to get involved in their investigations, the shop owner explains other vendors view the characters as
” section for more details. Gaining Renown Characters who participate in Market Games increase their renown among the Dyn Singh Night Market’s vendors. Renown is a numerical value that starts at 0. Each
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
respective shops, but neither is much help to the characters’ investigations. Each is convinced her rival is to blame for a string of thefts and accidents, despite having no proof. If the characters
. Characters can learn more once they’ve made names for themselves in the market (see “Learning More” and “What Vendors Know”). If the characters guard or stake out either Tyenmo Noodle Bowl or Xungoon Family
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
earliest years as street urchins. Tika’s later career as a barmaid didn’t really change her, so she might choose the urchin background, gaining proficiency in the Sleight of Hand and Stealth skills, and
learning the tools of the thieving trade. Artemis is more defined by his criminal background, giving him skills in Deception and Stealth, as well as proficiency with the tools of thievery and poison.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
as street urchins. Tika’s later career as a barmaid didn’t really change her, so she might choose the urchin background, gaining proficiency in the Sleight of Hand and Stealth skills, and learning the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
Adventure Background Dr. Cassee Dannell, a brilliant academic, long ago learned to hide her interest in the occult. She instead built a career gaining expertise in the peoples and cultures of the
composition. The more Dr. Dannell studied it, the more she became convinced this object, which the archaeologists dubbed the Murkmire Stone, was not created by any known civilization—and might be dangerous
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
Sage You spent years learning the lore of the multiverse. You scoured manuscripts, studied scrolls, and listened to the greatest experts on the subjects that interest you. Your efforts have made you
. . . to me.
7 I am horribly, horribly awkward in social situations.
8 I’m convinced that people are always trying to steal my secrets.
d6 Ideal
1 Knowledge. The path to power
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
Zariel’s War By bringing Elturel to Avernus and potentially gaining a choke hold on Baldur’s Gate, Zariel aims to capture as many evil mortals as she can, turn them into devils, and swell the ranks
— to fight face-to-face against the demon hordes in the Blood War. But the burden is a heavy one, and if given the chance, Zariel could be convinced to set it aside, release Elturel, and return to the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
the newly dead, learning an incredible amount about the mortal world in the process. The only thing she’s less impressed with than the state of the modern world is Athreos, whom she curses like a
make another exception. He might be convinced to do otherwise were someone to bring one of the eight lost souls—such as Biaas the Poison Drinker, Dianyan Half-Heart, or Hundred-Damned Thasmudyan—before him for punishment.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
Sage You spent years learning the lore of the multiverse. You scoured manuscripts, studied scrolls, and listened to the greatest experts on the subjects that interest you. Your efforts have made you
talking...to idiots,...which...almost...everyone...is...compared...to me. 7 I am horribly, horribly awkward in social situations. 8 I’m convinced that people are always trying to steal my secrets
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
, learning, and enlightenment. Peace. We foster peace among all peoples. All who desire to live peaceably together are welcome among us. Knights of the Stewards of the Eternal Throne are mostly giants
the giant is a dangerous marauder. 4 A giant knight is convinced the adventurers pose a threat and must be eliminated. 5 Following rumors of a “dangerous giants’ hideout” in the mountains, the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
threat. Since gaining his position, Titivilus has convinced Dispater that countless plots are being hatched against him and that Asmodeus himself seeks to remove Dispater from power. In response, Dispater
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
infiltrated the organization’s headquarters, and the angel managed to learn some of what Asteria knows about the deck’s origins. Convinced that she is key to learning the truth about the deck, the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
hatching effective plans and tactics, anticipating problems, and learning about your foes — ideally before they can treat you as an obstacle to their own success. Noteworthy Obviators: Lok Essential
finish a long rest. Where You First Dabbled in Alchemy d8 Learning Experience
1 You traveled with a charlatan alchemist for years, until they were arrested for selling fake healing potions
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
, learning all I needed to swear my own sacred oath. 5 Evil must be opposed on all fronts. I feel compelled to seek out wickedness and purge it from the world. 6 Becoming a paladin was a natural
beyond civilization’s borders. 5 I met a grizzled ranger who taught me woodcraft and the secrets of the wild lands. 6 I served in an army, learning the precepts of my profession while blazing trails
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
for the Night Revelers and is pleased if they are. He tries to get the characters to admit they’re seeking the outdated lore of a foreign land. He claims his faction has ways of learning everything
Sides. The easiest route to gaining the information the characters need is to declare support for one High Court member’s philosophy. This earns the chosen person’s favor, but the other leaves
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
. Through these skills, Titivilus has manipulated everyone along his path to power, either to win them over to his cause or to remove them as a threat. Since gaining his position, Titivilus has convinced
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
uncle’s possessions in return for an equal share of the wealth they might earn as a result of information found in his old notes. Characters who want to take a stealthier approach to gaining
or Persuasion) check, Taresson can be convinced to grant the characters access to Machil’s possessions. Machil’s Remaining Possessions The office that Machil once kept in the east wing of Rillyn House
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
blood. Ezmerelda convinced him that she genuinely wanted to help him find his missing son, whereupon van Richten told her the saddest of tales. He had found his son, who had been transformed into a
been poring over van Richten’s research and learning about Strahd and Castle Ravenloft, with every intention of dispatching the vampire herself. Tarokka Deck. Ezmerelda keeps a deck of tarokka cards in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
small office near the edge of town. Manistrad is a competent leader, as well as a savvy miner with a knack for pulling off impossible jobs. She’s convinced that the veins of silver found in the cliffs
Manistrad does. Once she is interested in a topic, she is relentless in learning about it. Obstacles don’t slow her down. Bond. Manistrad is intensely loyal to her kinfolk and the mining operation her
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
describe Annam as a sleeping god whose dreams formed the substance of reality and allowed other gods to create within it. Annam is often described as an all-knowing god whose deep learning, profound
different giant kinds. Even on worlds where Annam’s priests are important, many giants (sometimes including his priests) are convinced Annam no longer hears the prayers of his people. Brian Valeza The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
bargain with the witch Proud Edun to magically cultivate the jeli flower, Nargis convinced the other Kings of Coin they could save their firstborn children by murdering the witch. For five years
Proud Edun to break the bargain. After calling the witch to a secret meeting, they murdered her. Learning about Kala Mabarin When the effects of the poison end, Diva Luma and her fellow entertainers
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
help. 5 The inhabitants see the characters as no more than insects and refuse to interact with them unless forced. 6 The inhabitants see the characters as gods and can be convinced to worship them
, learning their ways. Cursed Cursed islands are steeped in dark magic from a ritual cast by necromancers, hag covens, evil spellcasters, foul deities, or worse. The island might still hold some hint as to