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Dungeon Master’s Guide
Aquan.
Personality. Wave zealously encourages mortals to worship sea gods and has a habit of humming sea chanteys. Conflict arises if the wielder fails to further the weapon’s objectives in the
Monsters
Storm King's Thunder
thumb have abandoned her court and set out to impress the gods in ways that could all but destroy the civilizations of the small folk. Serissa fears warfare among the six giant races as they strive to
outdo one another, perhaps in the process reigniting the ancient conflict between giants and dragons. The princess-regent knows that her older sisters envy and despise her, but it has never occurred to
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
suggest that when the gods came to the First World and tried to populate it with their Humanoid followers, a clever dragon fled to the Feywild to hide a clutch of eggs. The magic of that faerie
volunteered to be a spy in a conflict between a group of pixie;pixies and a group of quickling;quicklings. Both sides believe the wyrmling is working exclusively for them.
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
volcanic lairs often puts them in conflict with fire giant;fire giants. Despite their reluctance to reveal themselves to strangers, emerald dragons might approach experienced adventurers in the hopes
for a history of the gods the dragon is compiling.
Emerald Dragon Lairs
Emerald dragons make their lairs in caves and subterranean ruins, favoring locations that have been abandoned&mdash
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Spellcasting.Ancient legends suggest that when the gods came to the First World and tried to populate it with their Humanoid followers, a clever dragon fled to the Feywild to hide a clutch of eggs. The magic
centuries-old conflict between fey courts.
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An ancient moonstone dragon;ancient moonstone dragon's sibling, imprisoned for centuries in the Shadowfell, has finally returned home as a shadow
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
; preference for volcanic lairs often puts them in conflict with fire giant;fire giants. Despite their reluctance to reveal themselves to strangers, emerald dragons might approach experienced
to which lies 40 feet below the surface of the subterranean pool.
Hatchery. The dragon has lovingly arranged the three small chambers in the top left of the map, farthest from the pools, as a
Wave
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Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
from sea chanteys to sacred hymns of the sea gods.
Wave zealously desires to convert mortals to the worship of one or more sea gods, or else to consign the faithless to death. Conflict arises if the
its devotion to the sea gods, Wave fears that it was intended to bring about a particular sea god’s demise. This destiny is something Wave might not be able to avert.
Species
Mythic Odysseys of Theros
The leonin guard the shining lands of Oreskos, a golden plain where even the gods rarely trespass.
Prides of these nomadic, lion-like humanoids rarely interact with other peoples, having all they
need in their shimmering homeland and knowing the treachery of strangers.
Still, some leonin wonder what lies beyond Oreskos’s border mountains and seek to test themselves in a wider world
Hobgoblin
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
hobgoblins associate only with images of conflict and warfare.
The iron grip their philosophy holds on their hearts blinds hobgoblins to the accomplishments of other peoples. Hobgoblins have little
appreciation or patience for art. They leave little space for joy or leisure in their lives, and thus have no reserves of faith to call upon when in dire straits.
Implacable Gods
Hobgoblins revere two
Yuan-ti Pureblood
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
; Elminster
The serpent creatures known as yuan-ti are all that remains of an ancient, decadent human empire. Ages ago their dark gods taught them profane, cannibalistic rituals to mix their flesh
advancement and expanding their territory. They believed themselves to be the most enlightened mortals in the world, and in their hubris they sought to become ever greater.
The serpent gods of the
Moonblade
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Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
, the sword lies dormant. It functions like a normal longsword until a worthy soul finds it and lays claim to its power.
A moonblade serves only one master at a time. The attunement process requires a
special ritual in the throne room of an elven regent or in a temple dedicated to the elven gods.
A moonblade won’t serve anyone it regards as craven, erratic, corrupt, or at odds with
Backgrounds
Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
’s Handbook can be used for a character whose origin lies with one of the other barbarian tribes in Faerûn. You might be a fair-haired barbarian of the Reghed, dwelling in the shadow of the
nomadic elves, the Harpers, and the priesthoods devoted to the gods of the First Circle.
Suggested Characteristics
Use the tables for the outlander background below as the basis for your
Orc
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
Lord Dagult Neverember once told me, during a drunken tirade, that orcs are fearful of their gods, and, if one plays one’s cards right, they can be controlled through that fear and made to
the plane of Acheron. It is there in the afterlife where the chosen ones will join Gruumsh and his armies in their endless extraplanar battle for supremacy.
Gods of the Orcs
Orcs believe their gods
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Core Assumptions The rules of the game are based on the following core assumptions about the game world. Gods Oversee the World. The gods are real and embody a variety of beliefs, with each god
claiming dominion over an aspect of the world, such as war, forests, or the sea. Gods exert influence over the world by granting divine magic to their followers and sending signs and portents to guide them
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
decides to end their conflict by banishing Mogis. To his surprise, both gods turn against him. The resulting conflict causes the sun to rain divine blood, producing bizarre effects.
3 Angry at the
peevishness brings the worst of the sun god’s qualities into focus. As a campaign villain, Heliod is most likely driven by his desire to assert his rulership over the other gods of the pantheon and his
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
Nylea as Campaign Villain As a villain, Nylea is most likely driven by transgressions against her realm, whether by mortals or by other gods. She might begin her retaliation by barring all sapient
creatures from the Nessian Wood, or by visiting punishment on an entire polis for the actions of a few citizens. From there, she could easily end up in an escalating conflict against mortals across
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
Gods and Devotion The central conflict in Theros is among gods, striving against each other over the devotion of mortals. Mortal devotion equates to divine power: when people fervently pray to a god
a zero-sum game. The people of Theros don’t believe in one particular god to the exclusion of others, and the most pious people pray to all the gods with equal fervor. But a deity’s goal is to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
Chapter 3: Dwellers of the Forbidden City Omu lies in a basin hidden in the depths of the rain forest, surrounded on all sides by sheer cliffs. The city is notoriously hard to find. Those who try
enter the Tomb of the Nine Gods, adventurers must tread cautiously, contend with the dwellers of the ruined city, and learn all they can about the nine trickster gods of Omu and their ancient rivalries.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
, reveal a vital secret, or end a destructive conflict. When the other gods send their champions to circumvent divine agreements, Kruphix often calls upon his champions to set things right. The Kruphix’s
the agents sent to stop you.
5 Investigate rumors of an unearthed divine relic and decide whether it’s safe to be in the mortal realm.
6 End a conflict between the followers of two other
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
Heliod calling on Iroas to battle his brother, perpetuating the endless cycle of conflict between the twins. Of all his fellow gods, Mogis holds the most respect for Phenax. Mogis can’t help but smile at
time should be now. Only the most brutal and savage among the mortals should survive— his chosen few. Once the world lies in ruin with his brother dead at his feet, Mogis’s goals will be achieved
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Plane, those who know of the conflict refer to it as the Blood War—a conflict that has raged for millennia, ravaging the Lower Planes. The battlefields of the Blood War are concentrated in the Nine
of the conflict waxes and wanes, and the front lines of the war can shift drastically, a moment never goes by when demons and devils aren’t battling each other somewhere in the multiverse. Many demons
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
. Iroas might be titled the god of victory in all respects, but he cares less about victory in competitions than he does about victory in war. In war, both mortals and gods could be blinded by the rush to
victory or by cleaving to stubbornly held ideas. Although a campaign against Iroas might be straightforward in how the action plays out, the underlying causes of conflict could be quite complex
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
which it lies might give some hint—caverns burrowed deep into a mountain of petrified bodies, the twisted obsidian corpses of humanoids and animals alike.
Twins at War. The newly formed gods
Worshiping Klothys Klothys doesn’t trace her origins to mortal devotion, and she has languished in obscurity for almost the whole of human history. Unlike the other gods (except Kruphix), she doesn’t
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
Dragonlance The gods of the world of Krynn are three families: seven gods of good headed by Paladine and Mishakal, seven of neutrality headed by Gilean, and seven of evil headed by Takhisis and
Sargonnas. These deities have been called by many different names and held in varying levels of esteem by different peoples and cultures through the world’s history, but they are the only gods of this
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
The Tyrants No criminal guild in Sharn is more shrouded in mystery than the Tyrants. This organization of changelings deals in secrets and lies, selling forgeries, running long cons, and treating
Tyrants have a long-standing truce with the Boromar Clan and don’t take a side in the halfling family’s conflict with Daask.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
in amassing soldiers for their ages-old conflict. Still, some dragonborn do hear the call of the gods of Faerûn and choose to serve them, and are as loyal in this faith as they are to any other cause
that no matter how their original god, Io, brought them into being, that ancient deity is either long dead or uncaring about their fate, and the dragon gods that supplanted Io seem primarily interested
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
of “anything that someone else could exploit to bring you to ruin or cause you to act against your best interests.” For a hero in Theros, a tragic flaw is something that the gods themselves might
exploit or punish, with hubris being the classic example. The gods of Theros aren’t so concerned about “ordinary” flaws like addiction or laziness. Rather, consider a tragic flaw involving something you
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Greater Vochalam. People of all social classes flock to the market, moving past the flower-petaled kolam that ward the entrances of the high temple of Kalakeri’s gods. Jadurai retains its splendor
, but the conflict between Ramya and her siblings takes an enormous toll. Sections of the city lie in ruins, and the slums encroach farther every day as misery and squalor consume Jadurai from the inside.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
Baldur’s Gate The city of Baldur’s Gate lies some 150 miles north of Candlekeep. Overlooking the River Chionthar, it is one of the dominant trading hubs on the Sword Coast and home to much wealth
river, holds the middle classes and is the site of much of Baldur’s Gate’s long-simmering class conflict. The city’s poorest folk live in the Outer City, a series of squalid neighborhoods located outside the city walls.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
Silence. Just as Kruphix reins in the worst excesses of the other gods, the best chance of foiling Kruphix as a villain lies in the nature of Kruphix himself. A campaign in which Kruphix is a villain
Kruphix as Campaign Villain As a campaign villain, Kruphix is most likely trying to maintain or restore the balance of power among the gods. He doesn’t know the future, and his actions sometimes have
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
Drow When the primal elves chose to take the forms of mortals, they were one people split by conflicting loyalty to gods who reviled each other. The schism led to a conflict that ended with Lolth
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
Iroas stands for, so is Skophos the reflection of Akros. And Phoberos is the bloodstained battleground where the eternal conflict between the gods and their poleis is waged.
difficult to distinguish the mortal history of the two poleis from tales of the twin gods, Iroas and Mogis. The gods warred with each other, their followers and champions vied for control of scarce
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
Multiple gods seek to use me to their ends, so I try to avoid all divine entanglements.
3 It’s obvious the gods are fickle and unworthy of worship.
4 I know the world’s future lies with mortals
Iconoclast No one can deny the reality of the gods of Theros, whose presence and deeds are visible in the night sky and sometimes directly in the mortal realm. But some people refute the idea that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
, but Meletis refuses to give up its navy. How can Thassa be appeased?
2 During a divine conflict, one of the gods’ weapons tumbles into the sea. Thassa refuses to return the godly weapon, claiming
Thassa as Campaign Villain Many of Thassa’s schemes begin with some perceived slight, or even a genuine threat, perpetrated by one of the other gods. But Thassa’s acts of intervention are seldom
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
Religion and the Gods The gods of Krynn are said to have abandoned the world, and in the great cities of Ansalon, temples and centers of faith are few. Nevertheless, small miracles occur across the
world. Druids and hidden communities offer prayers in the old ways and employ mysterious magic. Long-lived peoples remember the worship of the gods and see their shapes in nature and the constellations