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Acquisitions Incorporated
can call on her spells and abilities in times of need, and remains in constant practice with Confessor, her maul. At her core, she believes that the gods help those who help themselves, and that
Monsters
Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
is destroyed, the scion of Memnor emerges from the dissipating cloud, often laughing as if it just heard a great joke. Incredibly tall and lanky, the scion towers 75 feet tall and wields a morningstar
effects end immediately.
Scions of Giants’ Gods
Giants are descended from the All-Father, Annam, and his children. But scions of giants’ gods boast a greater claim: they are Annam
Monsters
Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
enemies from the sky.
If the cradle is destroyed, the scion of Memnor emerges from the dissipating cloud, often laughing as if it just heard a great joke. Incredibly tall and lanky, the scion towers 75
others.
If the scion dies, these effects end immediately.
Scions of Giants’ Gods
Giants are descended from the All-Father, Annam, and his children. But scions of giants’ gods boast a
Backgrounds
Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
use by the faction’s operatives), haven keepers, and message drop minders, to name a few. At the core of every faction are those who don’t merely fulfill a small function for that
innkeepers, rangers, and the clergy of gods that are aligned with the Harpers’ ideals.
The Order of the Gauntlet: One of the newest power groups in Faerûn, the Order of the Gauntlet has an
Bugbear
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indolence offers no clue to how vicious the creatures are. Bugbears are capable of bouts of incredible ferocity, using their muscular bodies to exact swift and ruthless violence. At their core
crafting simple tools and hunting and gathering food, and gangs sometimes come together peacefully to exchange members and goods between them.
Malevolent Worship of Malign Gods
Bugbears worship two
Orc
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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->Player’s Handbook
Cleric MICHAEL BROUSSARD A Miraculous Priest of Divine Power Core Cleric Traits Primary Ability Wisdom Hit Point Die D8 per Cleric level Saving Throw Proficiencies Wisdom and Charisma Skill
Shirt, Shield, Mace, Holy Symbol, Priest’s Pack, and 7 GP; or (B) 110 GP Clerics draw power from the realms of the gods and harness it to work miracles. Blessed by a deity, a pantheon, or another
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
mortals claim to speak for the gods, but few can marshal the power of those gods the way a Cleric can. Becoming a Cleric... As a Level 1 Cleric Gain all the traits in the Core Cleric Traits table. Gain
Cleric Core Cleric Traits Primary Ability Wisdom Hit Point Die D8 per Cleric level Saving Throw Proficiencies Wisdom and Charisma Skill Proficiencies Choose 2: History, Insight, Medicine
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
abilities on a par with those of a raging barbarian or a superbly trained fighter. Monks embrace this seeming contradiction, for it speaks to the core of all monastic study. By coming to know oneself
character offers many intriguing opportunities to try something different. To distinguish your monk character even further, consider the options in the sections that follow. I bet I could be a monk if I wanted.
What? Why are you laughing?
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
It’s Your World In creating your campaign world, it helps to start with the core assumptions and consider how your setting might change them. The subsequent sections of this chapter address each
element and give details on how to flesh out your world with gods, factions, and so forth. The assumptions sketched out above aren’t carved in stone. They inspire exciting D&D worlds full of adventure
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->Player's Handbook (2014)
Greyhawk The gods of Greyhawk come from at least four different pantheons, representing the faiths of the various ethnic groups that populated the continent of Oerik over the ages. As a result
Olidammara, god of revelry CN Trickery Laughing mask Pelor, god of the sun and healing NG Life, Light Sun Pholtus, god of light and law LG Light Silver sun or full moon partially eclipsed by a smaller
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
If It Exists In D&D, There’s A Place for It in Eberron … But It May Not Be the Place You’re Used To. Eberron draws on the core elements of D&D. It’s a world of wizards and rogues, a setting with
evil, depending on their personal history. A gold dragon, a beholder, a halfling; you can’t make automatic assumptions about any of them. In part this is because of Eberron’s distant gods. Orcs aren’t
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Light of Xaryxis
Doomspace in a Nutshell Thousands of years ago, a war between gods and primordials ended with all gods being banished from Doomspace. After the war, the primordials encased the system in a crystal
sphere that kept the gods at bay. After being kept out for eons, the gods finally found a way to shatter the crystal sphere, but no one knows exactly how. The destruction of the sphere filled the
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
both. Temples and Shrines The core religious institutions of Faerûn are temples and shrines. Whether a small, out-of-the-way building, or a complex made up of multiple structures and tracts of land
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
vicious the creatures are. Bugbears are capable of bouts of incredible ferocity, using their muscular bodies to exact swift and ruthless violence. At their core, bugbears are ambush predators
gathering food, and gangs sometimes come together peacefully to exchange members and goods between them. Malevolent Worship of Malign Gods Bugbears worship two deities who are brothers, Hruggek and Grankhul
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
temples of its many gods, several organizations operate across national borders in pursuit of their goals. Some of these organizations could serve as patrons or allies of adventurers in a Greyhawk
, those touched by the gods, creatures born with supernatural power, and individuals who study the secrets of the multiverse. Histories and fireside tales are filled with the exploits of those who
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
struggles against the savage forces of chaos, and life attempts to persevere against the agents of death and strife, sometimes in places where even the gods themselves have not been exempt from
destruction. The last one hundred fifty years have comprised one of the most cataclysmic periods in Faerûn’s history. On no fewer than three occasions, Toril has been shaken to its core by forces that have
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
over the heads of a crowd. It is a sight you shouldn’t miss. You should also visit the House of Wonder. This is surely the most splendid temple dedicated to the gods of magic — with Mystra foremost
. Beneath the roof, a bronze sculpture of a diminutive Tymora, depicted as a laughing young girl, appears to be leaping from the very top of an astounding fountain. To pay your respects and make a wish
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
punctuated by occasional skirmishes. Alternatively, giants and dragons might have worked together to quash any opposition to their dominance over the world. What’s the role of the giants’ gods? With the
and service. Or perhaps the giants rebuilt their ancient empire with the help of other powers, such as Elemental Evils, demon lords, or the dragon gods. Shaped by Giants You can also build a campaign
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
aren’t interested in treaties, trade negotiations or diplomacy. They care only for satisfying their insatiable desire for battle, to smash their foes and appease their gods. Booming Birth Rate In order
learning to fight, to survive in the wild, and to fear the gods. The children that can’t endure the rigors of a life of combat are culled from the main body of the tribe, taken into the depths of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
include the following details:
A core philosophy centered on an assumption or fundamental truth about the multiverse or its workings
A building that serves as the faction’s headquarters in the
traits you might adopt for your character. Planar Philosopher Personality Traits d6 Personality Trait 1 I don’t venerate any gods. With time, we can be as powerful as them or greater. 2 Experience
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
a fight among the gods, Tyche kissed the Morninglord with misfortune and wandered off to explore the world.
During her travels, Lady Luck discovered a budding rose of unequaled beauty. Delighted
out with a bolt of purifying light. Tyche’s rotted core split down the middle and a smaller, brighter version of the goddess of luck stepped out, allowing the goddess of the moon to save that which was
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
on Greek myth or the Epic of Gilgamesh, and so on. Heroic Fantasy Heroic fantasy features adventurers bringing magic to bear against monstrous threats—the default subgenre presented in the core D&D
, from Gilgamesh to Cú Chulainn. Adventurers attempt mighty feats of legend, aided or hindered by the gods or their agents—and the characters might have divine ancestry themselves. The monsters and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
carved with unerring precision, their ceilings soaring scores of feet overhead. Towering statues of dwarven gods and heroes stood vigil over chambers and thoroughfares, the least of which was wide
still bound within its core. The drow House Xorlarrin eventually took Gauntlgrym, establishing a new city they called Q’Xorlarrin, producing weapons at the forge that they traded and used to pay
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
transcend their potential and attain the power of gods. Even still, Seekers suspect that divinity isn’t the ultimate expression of their core beliefs, but rather a stepping stone to an unknowable
(detailed later in this chapter), planes on which they operate, common members, common nicknames, and their roles in the City of Doors. Athar Who Claim the Gods Are Frauds Factol: Terrance Headquarters
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
encompass everything from your life goals to your core belief system.
Ideals might answer any of these questions: What are the principles that you will never betray? What would prompt you to make
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
away laughing. 05–08 A thin human child has been following you, but never gets too close. She keeps coughing, and you can see red marks on her neck that might be an aberrant dragonmark. 09–10 A human
your gods." 10–12 An elf riding a pegasus with bulging saddlebags asks you for directions to the Aurora Gallery. 13–15 Two drunk dwarves pass a bottle of spirits back and forth and sing a bawdy song
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
The Seldarine The pantheon of elven deities, called the Seldarine, includes Corellon and the group of primal elves whom he graced with divinity. These gods were the ones who brought word to Corellon
core of divine entities remained loyal. Because they rejected Lolth’s treacherous ways, they retained their primal power and their immortality. Surface elves, and other elves who dwell in the light
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
rainfall eighteen inches per annum. Take that, Mrs. Brinbury! Give me a C+ in geography. Ha.
What? Oh, yeah, yeah. Phandalin. Quaint place. Full of rustic charm. Primary industries include … gods, I
the first person to talk to them in private. Laughing off his claims as “political rhetoric,” he offers to buy drinks and asks to hear the group’s stories. Harbin Wester is intended to be a political
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
, Rizwin calls it the slaughterstone eviscerator, and explains that it’s there to protect Horn Enclave. “Moradin help anyone who crosses us,” she says, laughing. The construct can be activated by
a solid background in company history might recall that this is the same vault that the core members of Acquisitions Incorporated once robbed.) Vault Doors and Keys. Each vault door is covered in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a5
will be taken to the Phylactery Vault. The Chosen In each area of the Temples of Extraction, one of the Chosen of the gods is being drained to grant power to Szass Tam. Some of these Chosen would be
Nature The power of nature is stripped down to its most destructive core in this zone. 105. Temple of Plague A glowing green mist drifts around a shrine of binding in this white marble chamber. To the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
Scions of Giants’ Gods Giants are descended from the All-Father, Annam, and his children. But scions of giants’ gods boast a greater claim: they are Annam’s grandchildren, and they occupy a
elemental magic) or hold the substance of the world together. (See “Giants of Myth” in chapter 3 for additional inspiration.) Scions of giants’ gods are enormously powerful beings who infuse the world