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Player’s Handbook (2014)
significance.
Feature: Discovery
The quiet seclusion of your extended hermitage gave you access to a unique and powerful discovery. The exact nature of this revelation depends on the nature of your
seclusion. It might be a great truth about the cosmos, the deities, the powerful beings of the outer planes, or the forces of nature. It could be a site that no one else has ever seen. You might have
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after I led a symbolic act of protest against it.
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A celestial, fey, or similar creature gave me a blessing or revealed my secret origin.
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Recruited into a lord’s army, I rose to
, or recuperate among other commoners, unless you have shown yourself to be a danger to them. They will shield you from the law or anyone else searching for you, though they will not risk their lives for
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Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
traveled in Waterdeep’s baroque and sometimes cutthroat conglomeration of guilds, nobles, adventurers, and secret societies. You might have been one of the behind-the-scenes law-keepers or
functionaries in Baldur’s Gate or Neverwinter, or you might have grown up in and around the castle of Daggerford.
Even if you are no longer a full-fledged member of the group that gave you your start in
Backgrounds
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
hermitage gave you access to a unique and powerful discovery. The exact nature of this revelation depends on the nature of your seclusion. It might be a great truth about the cosmos, the deities, the
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Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
with dignity and respect. (Good)
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Fairness. No one should get preferential treatment before the law, and no one is above the law. (Lawful)
3
Freedom. Tyrants must not be allowed to
them again.
2
I worked the land, I love the land, and I will protect the land.
3
A proud noble once gave me a horrible beating, and I will take my revenge on any bully I encounter.
4
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Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
, unless you have shown yourself to be a danger to them. They will shield you from the law or anyone else searching for you, though they will not risk their lives for you.
BALDUR’S GATE FEATURE
one should get preferential treatment before the law, and no one is above the law. (Lawful)
3
Freedom. Tyrants must not be allowed to oppress the people. (Chaotic)
4
Might. If I become
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
scrutinizing the terms — agreed to the trial. When he testified before Primus, Asmodeus attributed his actions to the dictates of law and the survival of the cosmos. He admitted that he swayed
Asmodeus I literally sit beneath eight tiers of scheming, ambitious entities that represent primal law suffused with evil. The path from this realm leads to an infinite pit of chaos and evil. Now
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Mechanus Mechanus is where perfectly regimented order reigns supreme. It consists of equal measures of light and dark, and equal proportions of heat and cold. On Mechanus, law is reflected in a realm
they are the clockwork of time throughout the cosmos—that time itself would stop if the gears ceased their turning. Other theories propose that the cogs uphold the basic rules and order of the cosmos
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
The Egyptian Pantheon These gods are a young dynasty of an ancient divine family, heirs to the rulership of the cosmos and the maintenance of the divine principle of Ma’at—the fundamental order of
truth, justice, law, and order that puts gods, mortal pharaohs, and ordinary men and women in their logical and rightful place in the universe. The Egyptian pantheon is unusual in having three gods with
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
Creating a Rogue As you create your rogue character, consider the character’s relationship to the law. Do you have a criminal past — or present? Are you on the run from the law or from an angry
you away from your previous life? Did a great con or heist gone terribly wrong cause you to reevaluate your career? Maybe you were lucky and a successful robbery gave you the coin you needed to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
you traveled in Waterdeep’s baroque and sometimes cutthroat conglomeration of guilds, nobles, adventurers, and secret societies. You might have been one of the behind-the-scenes law-keepers or
functionaries in Baldur’s Gate or Neverwinter, or you might have grown up in and around the castle of Daggerford. Even if you are no longer a full-fledged member of the group that gave you your start in life
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice & Errata
people can choose whether to follow the paths of good or evil, law or chaos. According to myth, the gods who created these folk gave them free will to choose their moral paths.
Alignment is an essential
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
. Bards say that the multiverse was spoken into existence, that the words of the gods gave it shape, and that echoes of these primordial Words of Creation still resound throughout the cosmos. The music of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
fathom their simplest motivations. To see them is to become lost in their magnitude and the evidence that we have never, will never, and could never matter to the cosmos at large. The genre deals with how
insignificance within an indifferent universe. In addition, consider the following genre tropes when creating your cosmic horror domain: There is no good or evil, no law or chaos. Be vague. Cosmic horror
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
. Bards say that the multiverse was spoken into existence, that the words of the gods gave it shape, and that echoes of these primordial Words of Creation still resound throughout the cosmos. The music of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
The Egyptian Pantheon These gods are a young dynasty of an ancient divine family, heirs to the rulership of the cosmos and the maintenance of the divine principle of Ma’at—the fundamental order of
truth, justice, law, and order that puts gods, mortal pharaohs, and ordinary men and women in their logical and rightful place in the universe. The Egyptian pantheon is unusual in having three gods with
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
the cosmos,
The teeming worlds, full of wonders.
“Six sons, goddess-born, you sanctioned as rulers
To govern the mortal multitudes.
Boorish and bumbling, they bungled the task!
Surely I am
granted Diancastra’s demand,
Kindling the god-spark he gave her.
“Too bitterly I judged the bungling of my sons,
In haste I quickly condemned them.
I will watch them and see whether perhaps
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
Sovereigns represent values tied to civilization: Law, community, trade, industry, agriculture, honor in war. The Dark Six embody dangerous concepts: Death, chaos and change, the destructive powers
Dark Six. Humanity sees the Shadow as a villain who gave the harpy her voice and the medusa her gaze; to the harpy and the medusa, this makes the Shadow a hero.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
Creating a Rogue As you create your rogue character, consider the character’s relationship to the law. Do you have a criminal past — or present? Are you on the run from the law or from an angry
led you away from your previous life? Did a great con or heist gone terribly wrong cause you to reevaluate your career? Maybe you were lucky and a successful robbery gave you the coin you needed to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
implements as weapons against a tyrant’s soldiers. 8 A lord rescinded an unpopular decree after I led a symbolic act of protest against it. 9 A celestial, fey, or similar creature gave me a blessing
fit in among them with ease. You can find a place to hide, rest, or recuperate among other commoners, unless you have shown yourself to be a danger to them. They will shield you from the law or anyone
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
implements as weapons against a tyrant’s soldiers. 8 A lord rescinded an unpopular decree after I led a symbolic act of protest against it. 9 A celestial, fey, or similar creature gave me a blessing
fit in among them with ease. You can find a place to hide, rest, or recuperate among other commoners, unless you have shown yourself to be a danger to them. They will shield you from the law or anyone
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
multiverse. To the devils’ way of thinking, the Nine Hells are the front line in the demons’ war against all of creation, and the fate of the cosmos depends on the devils’ ability to blunt the invasion and
send the demons back to the Abyss. In fact, devils believe that the demons would have long ago swept across the multiverse but for the unflinching rule of law that underlies the actions of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
. Fate gave you the opportunity. You’re a hero, but no one cheered.
Roles in the Murder Each character plays a role in the murder, determined by rolling on the Murder: Character Roles table or
Consequences
1 You’re not sure who, but someone saw the murder and has turned your names over to the law. Now you’re wanted fugitives, your faces and names plastered on posters throughout the city
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer
ghoul. 6 They should call it justice. Jedren Hiller, Bailiff of the Wide, had preyed on desperate business owners for years, growing fatter and richer every day. Fate gave you the opportunity. You’re
and has turned your names over to the law. Now you’re wanted fugitives, your faces and names plastered on posters throughout the city. 2 Someone associated with your victim wants revenge — the sort the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
or evil, law or chaos. According to myth, the gods who created these folk gave them free will to choose their moral paths. Alignment is an essential part of the nature of celestials and fiends. Both
expect. Copper dragons and unicorns are typically chaotic good. Lawful neutral (LN) individuals act in accordance with law, tradition, or personal codes. Modrons and many wizards and monks are lawful
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
gave you access to a unique and powerful discovery. The exact nature of this revelation depends on the nature of your seclusion. It might be a great truth about the cosmos, the deities, the powerful
I could not have. 5 Should my discovery come to light, it could bring ruin to the world. 6 My isolation gave me great insight into a great evil that only I can destroy. d6 Flaw 1 Now that I’ve
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
clashes with them result from their encroachment on her territory. The most frequent targets of her irritation are the gods who encourage the spread of civilization. Heliod and Ephara brought law and
Nylea’s realm flourish, but he also gave mortals the gift of bronze, enabling them to make axes and spears. In both his destructive and creative guises, Purphoros might threaten what Nylea holds dear
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
of good or evil, law or chaos. According to myth, the gods who created these folk gave them free will to choose their moral paths.
Alignment is an essential part of the nature of celestials and
expect. Copper dragons and unicorns are typically chaotic good. Lawful Neutral. (LN) individuals act in accordance with law, tradition, or personal codes. Modrons and many wizards and monks are lawful
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
, for Asteria’s father never gave up hope his daughter still lived. After a decade of searching, he found her new home and ordered his soldiers to retrieve her through any means necessary. The idyllic
across the planes, manifesting in varied forms throughout the cosmos. Katerina Ladon Euryale and Asteria have had many adventures across the multiverse
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
the three planes and the relative importance they give to law and good. Sages have constructed a few such theoretical models to make sense of the jumble of planes, particularly the Outer Planes. The
World Axis In this view of the cosmos, the Material Plane and its echoes stand between two opposing realms. The Astral Plane (or Astral Sea) floats above them, holding any number of divine domains (the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
noble as the gods, the malleable dream-substance of Nyx gave shape to their fears in the form of the titans. The titans were beings of utter chaos, representing everything that stands against order in
destiny that left behind the trials of life, they could formulate the notions of principles, order, and natural law. Out of those ideas, the third generation of deities was born: sun-crowned Heliod, deep
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
background in this chapter includes six suggested ideals. Five of them are linked to aspects of alignment: law, chaos, good, evil, and neutrality. The last one has more to do with the particular background
inn’s proprietor gave her a new chance at life, and her friendship with her adventuring companions was forged during her time working there. Its destruction by the marauding dragonarmies gives Tika a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
coalesce into a manifest form and create a genie. A genie usually retains no connection to the soul that gave it form. That life force is a building block that determines the genie’s form and apparent
one to three wishes to a creature that isn’t a genie. Once a genie has granted its limit of wishes, it can’t grant wishes again for some amount of time (usually 1 year), and cosmic law dictates that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
magic, and most people see evidence of it at some point in their lives. Magic permeates the cosmos and moves through the ancient possessions of legendary heroes, the mysterious ruins of fallen empires
that the Guild of Wizardry teaches magic and sells spellcasting services. Extensive codes of law govern the use and abuse of magic. The law treats magical coercion as a major crime, and punishes the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
Cleverthrush LN Law, thought Knowledge Interlocking gears
Segojan Earthcaller NG Earth, the dead Grave,* Light Glowing gemstone
Sheyanna Flaxenstrand CG Love, beauty, passion Light Two
to evil, but it gave Callarduran the power to control earth elementals — which, it is said, he can confer to deep gnomes by rubbing the stone and saying their names. Flandal Steelskin The stories that