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Monstrous Compendium Vol. 4: Eldraine Creatures
been given dominion over a small aspect of the natural world; there are dukes and duchesses for each of the seasons, and noble archivists track every promise made and broken within the borders of
untamed wilderness. High fae have no regard for mortal values of honor and law, but they nonetheless operate under inviolable rules of their own: gifts must always be repaid, promises must be honored
Backgrounds
Acquisitions Incorporated
of your choice
Equipment: One set of artisan’s tools, fine clothes, 20 gp
Feature: Legalese
Your experience with your local legal system has given you a firm knowledge of the ins and outs
of that system. Even when the law is not on your side, you can use complex terms like ex injuria jus non oritur and cogitationis poenam nemo patitur to frighten people into thinking you know what you
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Species
Basic Rules (2014)
sang from every page. Long into the night Liriel read, lighting candle after precious candle.
She’d never given much thought to humans, but these stories fascinated her. In these yellowed
shorter lives that they strive to achieve as much as they can in the years they are given. Or maybe they feel they have something to prove to the elder races, and that’s why they build their mighty
Backgrounds
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
given to me so that I could use them to benefit the world. (Good)
3
Freedom. Everyone should be free to pursue his or her own livelihood. (Chaotic)
4
Greed. I’m only in it for the
Backgrounds
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
ruins. You are part of a savage society that clings desperately to the Old Ways — attuned to nature, full of primal rage, and given short shrift by a world consumed with continuing civilization
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Ideals
d6
Ideal
1
Clan. My clan is all that really matters. (Any)
2
Anarchy. No person or law or custom can tell another what to do. (Chaotic)
3
Nature.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer
Law and Order Everyone in Baldur’s Gate is expected to hew to common law. Murder, theft, assault, blackmail, and fraud all carry severe penalties. Patriars, the wealthy, and the well-connected are
given much more leniency than commoners. A noble heir who steals from a shop might get away with a fine paid by a parent, whereas a commoner committing the same crime may be jailed or publicly flogged
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
Law and Order Everyone in Baldur’s Gate is expected to hew to common law. Murder, theft, assault, blackmail, and fraud all carry severe penalties. Patriars, the wealthy, and the well-connected are
given much more leniency than commoners. A noble heir who steals from a shop might get away with a fine paid by a parent, whereas a commoner committing the same crime may be jailed or publicly flogged
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
buys and sells rare magic items, though it only has a handful of such items at any given time. Transmutation is a renowned beauty salon providing both mundane and arcane services. House Deneith
district. Another law requires inhabitants to dress “in a manner that upholds the solemn dignity of this proud ward.” Blademarks and officers of the watch can choose how they interpret this
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
Breaking the Law Waterdeep is a city of firm laws and swift justice. Adventurers hell-bent on slaughter and plunder won’t fare well in the City of Splendors. The punishments for assault, arson, theft
likely to be excused for crimes if Laeral Silverhand, the Open Lord of Waterdeep, has cause to let them off the hook. Given how strictly laws are enforced in Waterdeep, it’s possible that the adventure
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica
given in the form of debt and obligation. Orzhov attorneys and advokists maintain offices near New Prahv and other Azorius courts. Despite their proximity to law enforcement, these offices are centers of
operation for Orzhov protection rackets and other criminal activities. Goals of the Orzhov The Orzhov Syndicate is dedicated to the quest for power. It sees the value in an organized, structured, law
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
the nation’s curfew is not enforced. Free thinkers gather at aged teahouses, discussing philosophy as they sip from steaming cups, and acting as secret missionaries who dare to defy angelic law. The
can do nothing but admire her own reflection in a mirrored cell that neutralizes her power. Given Atash’s intolerance for misconduct, the prison’s population continues to grow, but now it fills with more ordinary folk guilty of lesser crimes.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
Arresting Characters When the authorities show up to arrest one or more player characters for breaking the law, you can handle the arrest in one of two ways. The first approach is to roleplay the
. NAMING NPCS
Important NPCs in the adventure are given names, but many of the secondary NPCs aren’t named. Xanathar’s Guide to Everything contains an appendix of tables you can use to randomly generate names for human and nonhuman NPCs if you have trouble coming up with names on your own.
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->Player's Handbook (2014)
this soft heart behind a gruff, snarling demeanor. He chooses the ideal of fairness from the list in his background, noting that Bruenor believes that no one is above the law.
Given his history
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
the darkness that shrouds it.” Ideal. “Good and evil are as plain as day and night.” Bond. “It is my duty to protect Akharin Sangar according to Atash’s law.” Flaw. “I am incapable of telling a lie
. The angel believes adventurers can be more creative—and more liberal with the truth—than the Brightguard, enabling such characters to learn more about rebels and prevent dangerous situations in ways
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
is considered inappropriate unless you’re tied to House Deneith, the Sharn Watch, or you’ve served with the Brelish military. Anyone held to be in contempt of this law is escorted out. Any sort of
many fine features. Wyredd’s Spirits is the best source for wine in Sharn. The Crystals of Denion buys and sell rare magic items, though it only has a handful of such items at any given time; it also
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
of artisan’s tools, fine clothes, 20 gp Feature: Legalese Your experience with your local legal system has given you a firm knowledge of the ins and outs of that system. Even when the law is not on
bad situation.
4 The law doesn’t protect the honest and the hard working. I’m going to do whatever needs to be done to make things right.
5 I’m always in the wrong place at the wrong time
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
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
legion’s status or battle-worthiness, such as the ones given below.
Dreg Legions. Bugs in the System, Momentary Lapse of Progress, Casualties Imminent, Last in Line for Healing, Not Worth the Effort
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
they’re given food or a few coins, any of the beggars can answer basic questions about the Styes and specific locations in the district. 3 A group of 2d6 pickpockets (spies) gathers around the characters
. Attacking or killing an unarmed pickpocket gets the characters in trouble with the law. It also guarantees that they are bedeviled by vengeful pickpockets everywhere they go in the Styes. 4 A pair
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
of the sea, and Purphoros, god of the forge. Others describe the generations in metaphorical terms, suggesting that Keranos represents the combination of Purphoros’s creative energy and Thassa’s deep
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->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
, but given the extent of the losses against the orcs, it would be little surprise if their newer recruits were more smiths than warriors, serving their realm out of a sense of duty rather than a desire
mining efforts inside the mountain. Below them lie the great ore mines of today, constantly being worked by crews of engineers and laborers. By law, the mines are forbidden to visitors — even non
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
patrolling guard’s location, this adventure represents the guards moving about the vault by having you roll to determine whether a guard is present in any given room. In areas specified as part of the guard
, characters can resolve encounters without resorting to combat. Some examples are listed below, though the characters may come up with creative alternatives: Bluffing. A character can lie their way
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
with his fellow lords. Thus far, Selin Raurym has proved far more capable than his predecessors at making beneficial decisions for the city, and the council has given him great leeway to speak for
and prevent sabotage of the mines, without which Mirabar would collapse. The guard also provides swift and capable defense and law enforcement within the city. The wealth of Mirabar is so great that it
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
season changes, with a new constellation rising to prominence. One or more planets align inside a given constellation. Darkness falls on a moonless night. The characters take a long rest. A character
creatures in the region. 4 Throne. The resolve of the law-abiding is bolstered, while rebels are emboldened to passionately pursue their causes. Creatures in the region are immune to the frightened
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
out and about. Reroll the result if it doesn’t make sense given the time of day. Random Urban Encounters d12 + d8 Encounter 2 Animals on the loose 3 Announcement 4 Brawl 5 Bullies 6 Companion 7
adventurers encounter a group of citizens either parading in celebration or forming a funeral procession. Protest. The adventurers see a group of citizens peacefully protesting a new law or decree. A
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
gender, as well as one or two key personality traits. Although they resemble humanoid beings, genies are elemental spirits given physical form. They don’t mate with other genies or produce genie
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->Out of the Abyss
Donigarten Donigarten is the name given a large lake and the surrounding farmland that dominates the eastern part of the cavern. Herds of rothé cattle graze the island at the center of the lake
“watch orcs till our waste.” If the orcs come under attack, the drow rush in to protect them. The Way of Lolth Menzoberranzan’s principle law is the Way of Lolth. Its tenets are as follows:
There
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
neighborhood affiliations, doing their best to protect their territories. While this has given some of the city’s people a way of feeling more in control of their lives, it’s also increased the number of
other law-abiding faith, cults of the Dead Three
The Baldur’s Gate coat of arms represents the city’s role as a hub for river and ocean trade as well as nodding toward its namesake, the explorer
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
a fast ship. Living the Good Life Characters not wanting to flout the law (or at least not to do so outside their own territory) could instead clear out smugglers and other riffraff along the coast
authorities in Luskan and Neverwinter struggled to entice anyone to live at the remote lighthouse, given the amount of dangerous bandit and pirate activity in the area. If the characters take over the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
, snarling demeanor. He chooses the ideal of fairness from the list in his background, noting that Bruenor believes that no one is above the law.
Given his history, Bruenor’s bond is obvious: he
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
laws of Karrnath are harsher than those in other treaty nations, approaching a state of martial law. Karrnathi Characters Karrns are somber folk and disapprove of extravagance or excessive shows of
laws that bears his name.
Given the circumstances of Kaius III’s ascension, it’s hardly surprising that the new king would face challenges from the proud warlords of Karrnath. Some questioned his
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
Religious Institutions Those who serve as priests of a god aren’t necessarily clerics. Indeed, the power invested in clerics and other divine spellcasters by the gods is given out only rarely (see
priesthood depends on the tenets of that god: the cunning rogues who venerate Mask have little in common with the upright law-keepers of Tyr, and the delightful revelers who revere Lliira are different from
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer
neighborhood affiliations, doing their best to protect their territories. While this has given some of the city’s people a way of feeling more in control of their lives, it’s also increased the number of
, Umberlee, any other law-abiding faith, cults of the Dead Three
The Baldur’s Gate coat of arms represents the city’s role as a hub for river and ocean trade as well as nodding toward its namesake
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Government A settlement rarely stands alone. A given town or city might be a theocratic city-state or a prosperous free city governed by a merchant council. More likely, it’s part of a feudal kingdom, a
Realms, scholarly monks preside over the fortress-library of Candlekeep, overseen by a master of lore called the Keeper. Militocracy. Military leaders run the nation under martial law, using the army
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
the rarest of items can be procured, given sufficient coin and patience. Adventurers lacking one or the other can very easily find all manner of employment, from simple escorting of caravans, to
they’re in or what a ward’s name signifies. The names of the wards suggest the contents of the buildings and the character of the activity in each one, but no laws exist that restrict a given activity or