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Basic Rules (2014)
seek adventure are the most daring and ambitious members of a daring and ambitious race. They seek to earn glory in the eyes of their fellows by amassing power, wealth, and fame. More than other people
, humans champion causes rather than territories or groups.
Human Names and Ethnicities
Having so much more variety than other cultures, humans as a whole have no typical names. Some human parents
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
Background For about one week every three years, a mysterious lunar phenomenon bathes Akharin Sangar with light in the dead of night. Ancient magic causes the moon to blaze like the sun for a short
detains suspected resistance members and issues citations. This makes hiding in plain sight difficult for members of a more peaceable resistance group, the Silent Roar, that hopes to restore Sangarian society to its former glory.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
following: The Brazen Egg shatters! Amber light pours from the broken shell and washes over everyone and everything nearby. The burning light sears Anthradusk’s scales and causes the dragon to howl in agony
magic weakens Anthradusk and empowers the characters. This has the following effects: Supernatural Charm. Each character who helped bring the Brazen Egg to Haskasori gains the Charm of Cozmioko’s Glory
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
became more withdrawn and secretive, closing Ghalasine to trade and failing to honor his alliances. A powerful spellcaster, Charmayne had become jealous of the king’s passion and warmth. Longing to
, restoring Ghalasine and its king to their former glory. If they fail, the city will be destroyed, and Charmayne’s treason will be complete. ASHEN CREATURES
Many of the creatures that haunt Ghalasine
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
Exemplars of Ambition Humans who seek adventure are the most daring and ambitious members of a daring and ambitious race. They seek to earn glory in the eyes of their fellows by amassing power
, wealth, and fame. More than other people, humans champion causes rather than territories or groups. EVERYONE'S SECOND-BEST FRIENDS
Just as readily as they mix with each other, humans mingle with members
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
Exemplars of Ambition Humans who seek adventure are the most daring and ambitious members of a daring and ambitious race. They seek to earn glory in the eyes of their fellows by amassing power
, wealth, and fame. More than other people, humans champion causes rather than territories or groups. EVERYONE’S SECOND-BEST FRIENDS
Just as readily as they mix with each other, humans mingle with members
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
choose the entries that speak to you or randomly pull cards from The Deck of Many Things card set. One of the most important steps of a warrior’s journey is discovering the reason why you fight. Glory
and fame are good motives, but they’re often hiding something deeper—perhaps a longing to be accepted, or a burning desire to prove your naysayers wrong.
Me? I fight to protect others and to kindle
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
Elturel for it. From within the shield, the pit fiend Gargauth begs and sobs and promises the world to the characters if they spare its life and find a way to restore the devil to its former glory. These
are empty promises, though Gargauth’s fear is real. If the characters give her the shield, Zariel casts dispel evil and good on it. Her spell causes Gargauth to manifest as a miserable, malformed pit
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
Hellriders on the players’ map. Ubbalux says that the death knight Olanthius, guardian of the tomb, knows the secret location of the Bleeding Citadel. The demon also reveals that “For Glory” is the pass phrase
around the standing stones and causes them all to crack at once. Ubbalux is able to leave the ring of standing stones at that point, crying “Finally! I am free!” into the howling wind.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
Paladin Subclasses A Paladin subclass is a specialization that grants you features at certain Paladin levels, as specified in the subclass. This section presents the Oath of Devotion, Oath of Glory
. The aura is filled with Bright Light that is sunlight. Oath of Glory Strive for the Heights of Heroism Paladins who take the Oath of Glory believe they and their companions are destined to achieve
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
beings who cavorted on various planes of existence, changing their physical forms at will. Outside the glory of Arvandor, their favorite place was the Feywild—a realm of unbridled passion. It was to
nothing of its source. That blood is what causes them to evolve after spending centuries connected to a particular environment, so it is only a matter of time before other kinds of elves emerge.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
pedigree. Many work in the service of their parents or support those gods’ causes and champions. Fiendish empyreans are usually dreadful, self-serving villains who seek to claim their parents’ power. Some
of Glory. Constitution Saving Throw: DC 23, each creature in a 30-foot Emanation originating from the empyrean. Failure: 27 (6d8) Force damage, and the target has the Prone condition. Success: Half
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
host, and they receive obedience and deference from many quarters. Their ability to lay waste to entire formations with a single use of magic allows them to gain far more glory in battle than a single
warrior. Other cultures might view the use of such abilities as a short cut to glory, but to hobgoblins a gift for magic is as valued and useful as a strong sword arm or brilliance in tactics. They are
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
gives expends 1 charge and causes one of the six lanterns in the room to go out. The oracle regains all expended charges at dawn, whereupon the lanterns relight. If a question is asked and the oracle
giant, it gives a special quest (see “Quest for the Giant Relics”).
What do the evil giants want? “Power, glory, and the favor of their gods, so that when the ordning is remade, they are elevated to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
blade. Presenting the Sword To redeem Zariel, the characters must possess the Sword of Zariel. Bringing the sword within 10 feet of Zariel causes the weapon to glow brighter, then levitate to hover
wisps of the same light that transformed her, and are infused with a blessing of health (see “Other Rewards” in chapter 7 of the Dungeon Master’s Guide). Returned to her full celestial glory, Zariel
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Borderlands Quest: Goblin Trouble
, the chamber’s shaking causes the secret door to open a bit, allowing the characters to notice it without needing to make any checks. The secret door is neither trapped nor locked and is easily opened
. On the other side of the door is the lair of the goblins, where they bask in the glory of their newly purchased prize: the Bowl of Plenty.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
in their mind’s eye of a female half-elf in a gossamer cape made of mycelial threads. This brief vision is accompanied by a momentary feeling of intense longing and hunger. This event occurs only once
bugs. Drinking the water or bathing in it causes no ill effects. A character who succeeds on a DC 16 Wisdom (Perception) check finds the image of an oak leaf—the symbol of Silvanus—etched on one of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
votes in the fourth council. Marshall Ulder Ravengard Lawful neutral male human fighter Ideals: Responsibility, glory (“I am trusted with protecting thousands of lives, and I will not betray that
Flaming Fist take a leading role in the fight against the Cult of the Dragon, if only to give the defenders of Baldur’s Gate a stature befitting the greatest city in Faerûn. This opportunity for glory
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
votes in the fourth council. Marshall Ulder Ravengard Lawful neutral male human fighter Ideals: Responsibility, glory (“I am trusted with protecting thousands of lives, and I will not betray that
Flaming Fist take a leading role in the fight against the Cult of the Dragon, if only to give the defenders of Baldur’s Gate a stature befitting the greatest city in Faerûn. This opportunity for glory
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
votes in the fourth council. Marshal Ulder Ravengard Lawful neutral male human fighter Ideals: Responsibility, glory (“I am trusted with protecting thousands of lives, and I will not betray that trust
Flaming Fist take a leading role in the fight against the Cult of the Dragon, if only to give the defenders of Baldur’s Gate a stature befitting the greatest city in Faerûn. This opportunity for glory
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
express interest in restoring Ythryn to its former glory, he laments, “Many powerful minds have tried.” If the characters mention Veneranda’s plan to use Iriolarthas’s staff of power and the obelisk
causes it to swing open, revealing a 5-foot-diameter vertical shaft that ascends 50 feet to area Y19k. A character can use an action to pull open the hatch by force, doing so with a successful DC 20
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
to make the ultimate sacrifice and die in a blaze of glory. Kind Moa wants to free the souls trapped inside the Soulmonger. Greedy Nangnang urges her host to search the balconies and bone-filled
, piercing, and slashing damage from nonmagical attacks; and immunity to fire, poison, and psychic damage. When a strut drops to 0 hit points, it breaks and causes the other two struts to snap as the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
fireplace, forcing it to heat both this room and the kitchen (area C5). Dealing damage to the fire elemental frees it and causes it to go berserk. C5. Kitchen This kitchen contains a large stove
restore the cloud giants’ keep to its original glory, turning it into a flying fortress that he can ride into battle. If a character is carrying Zikran’s Zephyrean Tome openly, Zikran offers the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
trust any of them, but the Zargonites are especially ruthless. Dungeon Tip. The lower levels of the ziggurat are haunted by Undead. Glory of Cynidicea. Kanadius believes only the Guardians of Gorm can
restore Cynidicea’s lost glory. Joining the Guardians. If a character was honest with Kanadius, he asks them to join the Guardians of Gorm. Kanadius rewards the first three characters who accept with
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
centuries, as the scion’s magic causes crops to flourish and livestock to thrive in the surrounding region. An ancient tree towers from the crest of the hill. When roused, a cradle of the hill scion
saving throw. On a failed save, a creature takes 33 (6d10) thunder damage and has the incapacitated condition until the end of its next turn.
Bonus Actions
Crystal Flare. The cradle causes the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
to Vaprak, a rapacious god of strength and hunger worshiped by ogres and trolls, out of desperation. Vaprak likes to tempt frost giants with dreams of glory followed by nightmares of bloody cannibalism
light a fire unless the location where the fire is lit is protected from the wind. Rain, snow, or blowing dust or sand (whichever is most appropriate) is constant within 1 mile of the lair. Rain causes
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
† (attitude: 1d6 + 2) lumbering through the area, heedless of damage it causes
†Monsters marked with a dagger (†) appear in Monsters of the Multiverse. Roll a d10 if you don’t have that book. *See
people is death and decay. Too many of us brood on the past or haunt our dusty ruins. Can we not focus on the glories that lie ahead, instead of dwelling on the glory we have lost?
—Diancastra
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
, even if their glory is dimmed by time and decay.
A character can climb the outside of the dome with a successful DC 10 Strength (Athletics) and peer inside through any one of a number of holes. The
impact causes a portion of the ceiling to collapse. Whoever forced the doors open must make a DC 15 Dexterity saving throw, taking 9 (2d8) bludgeoning damage on a failed save, or half as much damage
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
can be spotted with a successful DC 15 Wisdom (Perception) check. A pedal hidden in the floor, when stepped on, causes the door to swing inward. X17. Promenade Pillars carved with eyes follow the
. Secret Door. The northernmost end of this hallway displays a fresco of a leafless tree that has lidless eyes embedded in its branches. Pressing a specific eye causes a door-shaped section of the wall to






