gifts clutching learning

Tabaxi Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

figure responsible for the creation of the tabaxi, gifts each of his children with one specific feline trait. Those tabaxi gifted with curiosity are compelled to wander far and wide. They seek out

learning their way in the world. They travel in small, colorful wagons, moving from settlement to settlement. When they arrive, they set up a small stage in a public square where they sing, play

Tortle Legacy

Species The Tortle Package

and its siblings inherit whatever tools, weapons, and gifts their parents left behind. Each young tortle is expected to fend for itself. It leaves the place of its birth and finds its own corner of the

fortifications. They marvel at the works of other civilized creatures, humans in particular, and can lose themselves for years in a city, studying its architectural wonders and learning skills they can

Noble Genie

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase

him from freely conferring such gifts to deserving recipients outside the staircase. Moved by the whims of yearning creatures on other planes but trapped within the Infinite Staircase, Nafas relies

that Nafas can wish away: Destroying or unmaking a magic item Learning the true name of a powerful enemy, such as an angel, an archfey, a demon, or a devil Restoring a creature to life Undoing a debilitating effect, like being transformed into a tree by a barkburr (see appendix B)

32. Umbraxakar's Lair

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage

as a cloaked woman wielding a dagger in each hand and the other showing Halaster Blackcloak clutching a staff. The statues glare at one another like mortal enemies. Shadow Dragon Umbraxakar is a Huge

shadow dragon with items he cherishes and succeed on three separate ability checks to lift his spirits (see below). If they fail more than one such check, they won’t have enough gifts left to turn the

Droaam

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War

Droaam are learning to work together and finding ways to use their supernatural gifts to help build and sustain society. A medusa might use its petrifying gaze to preserve the life of an injured ally

Chapter 13: The Amber Temple

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd

hidden from the rest of the world until the end of time. Unfortunately for the wizards, even the will of a god couldn’t prevent other evil creatures from learning the temple’s location. The wizards

dark vestiges imprisoned within the temple will try to corrupt them, offering them secrets and gifts in exchange for a taste of the evil that lurks within their true hearts. I would not be called ‘death’ so soon. I made a pact with death, a pact of blood. —The Tome of Strahd

Mages of High Sorcery

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen

the greater good. Order of the Red Robes Inspired by the neutral god Lunitari, the Red Robes help others when it suits them and use their gifts for their own enrichment as they desire. Mages of the

five Towers of High Sorcery, centers of learning to advance the craft of magic and the interests of the orders. Three of the towers were destroyed during the Cataclysm, and a fourth—the once unsurpassed

Plague-Mort

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands

awaiting the chance to plunge their daggers into each other’s backs. They vie against each other to supplant the archlector, a position prized for its access to demon lords and their dark gifts. The

cursed blight goads farmers to wade into the stalks and reap what they sow. Razed Altar Believed to have once been a temple to a god of learning, Plague-Mort’s abandoned cathedral has become a monument

The Ordning

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

giant captures a renowned Humanoid smith in the hope of learning a new technique, and the smith’s spouse begs the adventurers to help. 6 A fire giant offers adventurers an extravagant sum for metal

ore retrieved from another plane of existence. Brian Valeza On some worlds, the ordning is reinforced by gifts of tribute Frost Giant Might d6 Adventure Hook 1 Planning to claim all the credit, a

Idyllglen Events

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus

, and pigs scamper through the town, chased by a demon with the lower body of a great serpent and the upper body of a six-armed gnoll clutching a wicked sword in each of its clawed hands. The terrified

stop the demon lords each gain a charm of restoration. (See “Charms” in chapter 7 of the Dungeon Master’s Guide for the benefits of these supernatural gifts.) Characters who can’t or won’t answer the

6. Wyllow's Tower

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage

table is a silvered quarterstaff. 6c. Stairs Up Frescoes. The walls are carved with frescoes depicting exchanges of gifts between dwarves and elves. Staircase. A stone spiral staircase in the

clutching shields and spears. The shield of the northern statue features a pine tree, while an oak tree is emblazoned on the shield of the statue to the south. Frescoes. The walls are carved with

Upper Level B1-B9

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries

bodies are draped over an altar in front of the statue, and standing over them is a tall, bald man clutching a bloody knife. He is flanked by two robed cultists, and floating nearby is a hideous

. Personality Trait. “I am superior. Those lesser than I do not deserve my attention.” Ideal. “Gaernoo gifts us with insight. The knowledge from beyond the veil will open our eyes.” Bond. “My

Lair Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves

neat piles labeled in Draconic: “keep,” “trade,” and “dump.” Many of these items were gifts from travelers or admirers; the remaining items the dragon acquired during her efforts to better understand

Several boulders are scattered about this dark, sunken cave. Slumped in a niche in the southwest corner is a dead gnome clutching a well-made pick. This cave appears to hold nine boulders, but three

Villa Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus

-footed iron bathtub, and a fireplace. Standing in the middle of the room is Thurstwell Vanthampur, a frail and hateful forty-two-year-old man clutching an infernal puzzle box (see “Treasure” below). If

beyond the ability of any of the characters. Falaster Fisk, a spy imprisoned in the dungeon (area V29), can advise the characters that taking the box to Candlekeep is their best bet for learning what

Guildhouse Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault

couch, and several upholstered chairs, one of which is bright blue. Playing cards and coins lie scattered across a table. Slumped around the table are four drunken guild members clutching empty mugs

learning its secrets, she hopes to become as notorious and wealthy as the late Daiyani Grysthorn, the crime lord who commissioned the painting in the first place. Trap. Canisters of poisonous gas are

Vault Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin

. Kneeling on the floor of the chamber is a werewolf. It howls terribly, clutching and clawing at its body in fury. At the sight of the cell door opening, the werewolf leaps up and sprints toward you

fault, and he’s glad that no one else was captured in the assault. Regardless of the characters’ reaction to this revelation, learning it counts as a secret for the purposes of the Power of Secrets

Spaceship Locations, Level 1

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase

pistol with 4 charges remaining. One Pixel Brush A worker robot roams the wreckage of an abandoned dining room S8: Lounges This messy lounge is in ruins. Skeletons rest in its torn recliners, clutching

repair the radiation leak. One carries a violet key card. 4 The skeleton of a crew member leans against the wall on the far side of this room, clutching a fully loaded laser pistol. Aphelion’s

K84. Catacombs

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd

help destroy Strahd (a lie). If the characters oblige, she repays their kindness by learning as much about them as possible before pursuing her own goals. Crypt 22 Sir Erik Vonderbucks A gilded man lies

—Chef Deluxe A skeleton draped in white linen lies atop a marble slab in the center of the crypt, clutching a bell to its sunken chest. Fitted over its skull is a tall chef’s hat. If the bell is rung

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