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The Book of Many Things
, Prestidigitation
2/day each: Bestow Curse, Dispel Magic
1/day: SlowYears ago, a wizard named Gremorly drew the Throne card from a Deck of Many Things, gaining ownership of a small castle called Sovereign
’s Keep. Gremorly was a necromancer and misanthrope who had little patience for the living; he resolved to use the keep to create and house a ghostly army he would use to seize power. Gremorly
Monsters
Curse of Strahd
desired above all. She told him of a vault of forbidden lore called the Amber Temple, where the secret of gaining immortality was hidden. While Strahd was off exploring the temple, Rahadin handled
these women were lavished with jewels and fine clothes, and made comfortable during their stay in Ravenloft.
Executioner. Patrina Velikovna and her people were living among the Vistani when they heard of
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
to inspire and strengthen the side of good or to rescue heroes from certain death.
Ki-rins are attracted to the worship of deities of courage, loyalty, selflessness, and truth, as well as to the
are commanded; a ki-rin from an Upper Plane might venture to the Material Plane on a mission, usually as a scout, a messenger, or a spy. A ki-rin living on the Material Plane claims a territory to watch
Monsters
Mordenkainen's Fiendish Folio Volume 1
when their folk dwelled upon the surface. According to their tales, their ancestors stole a piece of the sun, then fled to the Underdark before devouring it and gaining the ability to project radiant
of the surface rouses their anger.
Pitiable Slaves. Some Underdark creatures, particularly the drow and kuo-toa, raid blindheim settlements in search of slaves. Although the light from these creatures' eyes is a formidable threat to these raiders, a captured blindheim is a useful living weapon.
Elf
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— Margaret Weis & Tracy Hickman, Dragons of Autumn Twilight
Elves are a magical people of otherworldly grace, living in the world but not entirely part of it. They live in places of
usually limited, though a few elves make a good living by trading crafted items for metals (which they have no interest in mining).
Elves encountered outside their own lands are commonly traveling
Dwarf
Legacy
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human standing nearly two feet taller. Their courage and endurance are also easily a match for any of the larger folk.
Dwarven skin ranges from deep brown to a paler hue tinged with red, but the most
dwarves value their beards highly and groom them carefully.
Long Memory, Long Grudges
Dwarves can live to be more than 400 years old, so the oldest living dwarves often remember a very different world
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
, soldier Many champions of Iroas are warriors for honor and justice. They often seek to embody martial courage and are motivated by strong personal codes of honor. Iroas’s Favor Iroas has a soft spot in
justice. What’s more, the victory of the strong gives them glory, but the victory of the weak gives glory to Iroas. Why did Iroas seek you out as a champion? Perhaps you proved your courage even when
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
subjects for spying on one another and uncovering plots against him. The duergar closest to him are aware of the changes in his demeanor, but they lack the courage to stand up to him. A few have learned
to capitalize on his paranoia, gaining Xardorok’s favor by fabricating evidence of coups orchestrated by their rivals. The Muzgardt Conspiracy Grandolpha Muzgardt, the grand dame of the Muzgardt
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
Harrowhall’s Story Years ago, a wizard named Gremorly drew the Throne card from a Deck of Many Things, gaining ownership of a small castle called Sovereign’s Keep. Gremorly was a necromancer and
misanthrope who had little patience for the living; he resolved to use the keep to create and house a ghostly army he would use to seize power. Gremorly performed a ritual that turned Sovereign Keep into
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
celebrating each other’s courage and integrity, all in a single evening. Elves who live on Arvandor are no different from elves living anywhere else, except for the intensity of their passion. All
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
known by glorious deeds, not words. Challenges Are but Tests. Face hardships with courage, and encourage your allies to face them with you. Hone the Body. Like raw stone, your body must be worked so its
equal to your Charisma modifier (minimum of once), and you regain all expended uses when you finish a long rest. Living Legend 20th-level Oath of Glory feature You can empower yourself with the legends
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
Tests. Face hardships with courage, and encourage your allies to face them with you.
Hone the Body. Like raw stone, your body must be worked so its potential can be realized.
Discipline the Soul
when you finish a long rest. Living Legend 20th-level Oath of Glory feature You can empower yourself with the legends—whether true or exaggerated—of your great deeds. As a bonus action, you gain the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
reconquest by the dwarves. Living in a near-constant state of war for generations, shield dwarves are a hardy people, slow to trust, with long memories and often an equally long list of grievances against
by their gold dwarf cousins. Shield dwarf crafters build to last, and each one’s signature mark placed upon an enduring masterpiece serves as a way of gaining immortality. DWARF CLANS OF THE NORTH
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
a spice that makes life worth living. 4 Old age is a concept that I find fascinating. Maybe someday I too will be aged. Githyanki Ideals d4 Trait 1 Fidelity. Warriors are only as good as the vows
. Zerthimon shall return, and I will be worthy to walk beside him. 2 Courage. The mind can master anything if it is unfettered by fear. 3 Duty. My people survive only because those like me place their
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
form window panes of varying clearness. It can also be heated and spun into glass objects of other sorts. Some humanoids make a living from trailing flail snails to collect this glass. USING THE SHELL
remains, the snail regrows all dead ones within 1d4 days. If all its tentacles die, the snail retracts into its shell, gaining total cover, and it begins wailing, a sound that can be heard for 600 feet
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
infiltrates different species of wasps, taking over their motor functions, while essentially wearing their still-living bodies as a disguise so the parasites can infect other wasps. Ultimately
gaining insight into their actions and ascertaining where they could be coming from. The writing gradually turns into almost incomprehensible fragments, many alluding to the author's desire to combine
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
Rewarded You were living a difficult life before your destiny suddenly changed through a miraculous turn of good fortune. Perhaps a benevolent deity gave you precisely what you most desired. You
attain, and I won’t waste my fortune. (Star, Sun) 3 I try to be a source of inspiration and joy to others. Life is never as bad as you think! (Euryale, Jester) 4 Courage and boldness can carry the day
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
between the living and the gods. Nimuel or Lungtian shares these details if asked, along with any specifics from the “Life in Dayawlongon” section later in this adventure. Nimuel Nimuel (neutral good
ng Buwan once made its home in Bathalang Puno, a massive holy tree killed long ago. The island is largely deserted, but at the end of Flames Everlasting is a camp called the Final Steps of Courage, home to soldiers and scholars seeking to fight back the dangers infesting the island.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
an army of assassins and Undead shadows.
8 Night after night, innocent folk are drained of their life’s energy and rise as shadows. A shadow dragon living in the area is suspected of the foul
indistinguishable from the dragon’s other grim baubles.
4 An ancient shadow dragon courts Tiamat, enacting the Dragon Queen’s every demand in hopes of gaining her affection—and becoming her first shadow dragon consort.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Fiendish Folio Volume 1
blindheims speak of an ancient era when their folk dwelled upon the surface. According to their tales, their ancestors stole a piece of the sun, then fled to the Underdark before devouring it and gaining
the light from these creatures’ eyes is a formidable threat to these raiders, a captured blindheim is a useful living weapon. When venturing into the Underdark, I always take care to pack a holy symbol
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
Strahd with the prospect of immortality—something Strahd desired above all. She told him of a vault of forbidden lore called the Amber Temple, where the secret of gaining immortality was hidden
her people were living among the Vistani when they heard of Tatyana’s death and Strahd’s curse. The ageless Patrina returned to Ravenloft in the hope of winning Strahd’s love. This time, it was clear
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
. The undead horde, no longer under his control, spread throughout the jungles of Chult. Withdrawing to Omu, Nsi clung to his noble title, joined forces with the yuan-ti living there, and underwent a
horrible ritual to become a powerful yuan-ti malison — retaining his human head and torso and gaining a serpentine lower body. With Ubtao gone from the world, Ras Nsi and his new yuan-ti followers began
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
clues leading to the location or nature of the ritual site, or to find instructions for crafting a portalometer. Gaining lore or befriending the monks of the library could reveal that someone else
city of Mantol-Derith deep in the Underdark. A deep gnome sage named Lunicifer dwells in the city, living in a crumbling home on the shores of the Darklake. A half-mad servant of a forgotten deity named
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
and the central market. It honors the three gods known as the Triad: Tyr, the god of justice; Torm, the god of courage and self-sacrifice; and Ilmater, the god of endurance in the face of suffering
parents gave him up as a baby; he was raised in an orphanage and learned his survival skills as a teenager living on the streets of Suzail. He traveled west with a caravan to Baldur’s Gate, then sailed up
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
from a questionable individual and advising others to do the same. This aspect of the halfling mind-set accounts for what members of other races often characterize as courage. A halfling about to enter
future doesn’t yet exist, so it can’t be experienced. Only by living in the moment can one appreciate the wonder of being alive. I don’t believe in luck. None of the ridiculous superstitions halflings put their faith in has any value whatsoever.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
. Treasure. In the northwest alcove are the elves’ stinking bedrolls and meager food supplies. Hidden in Jherris’s bedroll is a vial of Acid. He had been working up the courage to throw the Acid at the
strangely furnished living quarters include a bed, a chair, and a table. Sitting on the chair is a woman with a snake’s head and a human’s body. She strokes a snake coiled on her lap and grins at you
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
following tenets:
Endeavor to be known by your deeds. Face hardships with courage. Inspire others to strive for glory. Level 3: Inspiring Smite Immediately after you cast Divine Smite, you can expend one
feature a number of times equal to your Charisma modifier (minimum of once), and you regain all expended uses when you finish a Long Rest. Level 20: Living Legend You can empower yourself with the
Equipment
feet animate as hostile haze husk;Haze Husks. The shrieking undead beg frantically for forgiveness as they rip apart the living.
23–24
The Shadow;Shadows of 1d6 random creatures in the
reflection, and the feeling gnaws at the back of their minds forevermore.
45–46
The skin, flesh, and hair sloughs off all living humanoid creatures within a 30-foot-radius in a horrific
Equipment
with 120 feet animate as hostile haze husk;Haze Husks. The shrieking undead beg frantically for forgiveness as they rip apart the living.
23–24
The Shadow;Shadows of 1d6 random creatures in
simply a reflection, and the feeling gnaws at the back of their minds forevermore.
45–46
The skin, flesh, and hair sloughs off all living humanoid creatures within a 30-foot-radius in a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
step up and do the right thing, I took my chance. 4 A parent or one of my relatives was an adventurer, and I was inspired by that person’s courage. 5 A mad old hermit spoke a prophecy when I was born
found me, I was forced to work for my passage. 5 Reavers attacked my community, so I found refuge on a ship until I could seek vengeance. 6 I had few prospects where I was living, so I left to find my
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
been known to appear at the sites of great battles to inspire and strengthen the side of good or to rescue heroes from certain death. Ki-rins are attracted to the worship of deities of courage, loyalty
-rins that serve good deities go wherever they are commanded; a ki-rin from an Upper Plane might venture to the Material Plane on a mission, usually as a scout, a messenger, or a spy. A ki-rin living
Equipment
with 120 feet animate as hostile haze husk;Haze Husks. The shrieking undead beg frantically for forgiveness as they rip apart the living.
23–24
The Shadow;Shadows of 1d6 random creatures in
a reflection, and the feeling gnaws at the back of their minds forevermore.
45–46
The skin, flesh, and hair sloughs off all living humanoid creatures within a 30-foot-radius in a horrific
Equipment
120 feet animate as hostile haze husk;Haze Husks. The shrieking undead beg frantically for forgiveness as they rip apart the living.
23–24
The Shadow;Shadows of 1d6 random creatures in the
reflection, and the feeling gnaws at the back of their minds forevermore.
45–46
The skin, flesh, and hair sloughs off all living humanoid creatures within a 30-foot-radius in a horrific
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
attractive lampads (see chapter 6) named Antiophes and Callisos recently happened upon Orestes’s tomb, gaining access through the collapsed eastern wall. They discovered the magical sarcophagus here and
hoped to use it in service to the god Athreos, helping to predict which souls would eventually try to escape the Underworld and reenter the living realm as Returned. Soon after they arrived, though
Equipment
120 feet animate as hostile haze husk;Haze Husks. The shrieking undead beg frantically for forgiveness as they rip apart the living.
23–24
The Shadow;Shadows of 1d6 random creatures in the
reflection, and the feeling gnaws at the back of their minds forevermore.
45–46
The skin, flesh, and hair sloughs off all living humanoid creatures within a 30-foot-radius in a horrific