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Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
I saved the life of an orc, who gave me a stone with the symbol of the Many-Arrows tribe (a humanoid skull pierced by three arrows) carved into it. The stone is an uncommon magic item that requires
Monsters
Acquisitions Incorporated
Auspicia Dran had her life torn apart as a child when she was seized by a mysterious creature called the Wandering Crypt. Having spent long years in a kind of dark dream within the crypt, she was
saved in the end by her brother Omin's tireless efforts and the valor of his handpicked “C” Team. Now returned safely to the world — and with the false Auspicia of the crypt's creation slain — she
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
, regardless of distance, so long as it and its master are in the same body of water.Deep scions began life as people who were stolen from shore or saved from sinking ships and offered a terrible bargain
deep scion’s duty to infiltrate the air-breathing world and report back to their master. When set to this task, a deep scion worms their way into the life of an unsuspecting enemy as a new friend
Equipment
Combining the worst parts of a rotting corpse with reagents most people consider unholy, Necrotic Bombs create a miasma of life-sucking substance when exposed to the air. When you take the Attack
, 1d4 for a Moderate, 1d6 for a Greater, or 1d8 for a Major. In addition, each creature within 5 feet of the target takes damage as if it had successfully saved against the bomb. Constructs take no damage from a Necrotic Bomb.
Equipment
Combining the worst parts of a rotting corpse with reagents most people consider unholy, Necrotic Bombs create a miasma of life-sucking substance when exposed to the air. When you take the Attack
, 1d4 for a Moderate, 1d6 for a Greater, or 1d8 for a Major. In addition, each creature within 5 feet of the target takes damage as if it had successfully saved against the bomb. Constructs take no damage from a Necrotic Bomb.
Equipment
Combining the worst parts of a rotting corpse with reagents most people consider unholy, Necrotic Bombs create a miasma of life-sucking substance when exposed to the air. When you take the Attack
a Basic Necrotic Bomb, 1d4 for a Moderate, 1d6 for a Greater, or 1d8 for a Major. In addition, each creature within 5 feet of the target takes damage as if it had successfully saved against the bomb
Equipment
Combining the worst parts of a rotting corpse with reagents most people consider unholy, Necrotic Bombs create a miasma of life-sucking substance when exposed to the air. When you take the Attack
, 1d4 for a Moderate, 1d6 for a Greater, or 1d8 for a Major. In addition, each creature within 5 feet of the target takes damage as if it had successfully saved against the bomb. Constructs take no damage from a Necrotic Bomb.
Equipment
Combining the worst parts of a rotting corpse with reagents most people consider unholy, Necrotic Bombs create a miasma of life-sucking substance when exposed to the air. When you take the Attack
, 1d4 for a Moderate, 1d6 for a Greater, or 1d8 for a Major. In addition, each creature within 5 feet of the target takes damage as if it had successfully saved against the bomb. Constructs take no damage from a Necrotic Bomb.
Soldier
Legacy
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Basic Rules (2014)
lay down my life for the people I served with.
2
Someone saved my life on the battlefield. To this day, I will never leave a friend behind.
3
My honor is my life.
4
I’ll never
War has been your life for as long as you care to remember. You trained as a youth, studied the use of weapons and armor, learned basic survival techniques, including how to stay alive on the
Folk Hero
Legacy
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Basic Rules (2014)
randomly determine a defining event that marked you as a hero of the people.
d10
Defining Event
1
I stood up to a tyrant’s agents.
2
I saved people during a natural
, I love the land, and I will protect the land.
3
A proud noble once gave me a horrible beating, and I will take my revenge on any bully I encounter.
4
My tools are symbols of my past life
Backgrounds
Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
people I served with.
2
Someone saved my life on the battlefield. To this day, I will never leave a friend behind.
3
My honor is my life.
4
I’ll never forget the crushing
)
3
Independence. When people follow orders blindly, they embrace a kind of tyranny. (Chaotic)
4
Might. In life as in war, the stronger force wins. (Evil)
5
Live and Let Live. Ideals aren
Backgrounds
Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
people are all that matter. (Any)
d6
Bond
1
I would still lay down my life for the people I served with.
2
Someone saved my life on the battlefield. To this day, I will
As a sell-sword who fought battles for coin, you’re well acquainted with risking life and limb for a chance at a share of treasure. Now, you look forward to fighting foes and reaping even
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
since at least one of you was a child. 3 Germaine saved your life. 4 You saved Germaine’s life. 5 You had several friendly conversations with Germaine during a long airship or lightning rail journey. 6 Germaine helped you while you were living in or visiting Sharn.
Backgrounds
Ghosts of Saltmarsh
You have spent your life aboard fishing vessels or combing the shallows for the bounty of the ocean. Perhaps you were born into a family of fisher folk, working with your kin to feed your village
. Maybe the job was a means to an end — a way out of an undesirable circumstance that forced you to take up life aboard a ship. Regardless of how you began, you soon fell in love with the sea, the
Backgrounds
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
. (Neutral)
6
Nation. My city, nation, or people are all that matter. (Any)
d6
Bond
1
I would still lay down my life for the people I served with.
2
Someone saved my
Mercenaries, private guards, Watch soldiers, and members of the Flaming Fist number among just a few of the many soldiers on the streets of Baldur’s Gate.
War has been your life for as long as
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
Kolyan Indirovich’s Letter (version 1) Hail to thee of might and valor.
I, a lowly servant of Barovia, send honor to thee. We plead for thy so desperately needed assistance.
The love of my life
, Ireena Kolyana, has been afflicted by an evil so deadly that even the good people of our village cannot protect her. She languishes from her wound, and I would have her saved from this menace
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
Life in Waterdeep City-based adventures can be challenging to run, especially if your player characters are inclined to wander. Keeping the characters in Waterdeep, where the action is, requires that
hold adventurers in high regard, given that many of the city’s most esteemed citizens are former adventurers and that the city has been saved countless times by adventurers over the years. Adventurers
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
Orc Stone I saved the life of an orc, who gave me a stone with the symbol of the Many-Arrows tribe (a humanoid skull pierced by three arrows) carved into it. The stone is an uncommon magic item that
Backgrounds
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
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1
An Azorius arrester is always snooping into my family’s business transactions.
2
A Boros paladin saved my life, to my everlasting shame.
3
I know a shopkeeper who is
to obey the dictates of an ancestor on the Ghost Council.
3
I value my worldly goods more highly than my mortal life.
4
An oligarch publicly humiliated me, and I will exact revenge on
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
Paladin The true worth of a paladin is measured not in foes defeated or dungeons plundered. It is measured in lives saved and hearts turned to the causes of mercy and justice.
— Isteval
A
who take up the adventuring life, however, rarely remain so rigid in their attitudes — if only to keep from alienating their companions. You can flesh out your paladin character by using the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
-inch-wide window slits. By peering through the slits, one can see the starry void of space beyond.
Jerath lost his eyes in a battle against the ulitharid on display in area 9. He saved
Ashtyrranthor’s life when she was a wyrmling, and she has cared for him since his injury. Characters who speak Gith and succeed on a DC 12 Charisma (Deception) check can convince Jerath that they are githyanki
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
village bootmaker, kidnapped and forced into service by Strahd. She pleads, on her hands and knees if necessary, to be saved from this awful place. Helga will join the party if the characters ask her
plays the part of the innocent damsel in distress to the last, revealing her ferocity only when she attacks. She is, in fact, the bootmaker’s daughter she claims to be, but she chose a life of evil with
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
academy, learning strategy, tactics, and military history. Or you might be self-taught — unpolished but well tested. Did you take up the sword as a way to escape the limits of life on a farm, or are
you following a proud family tradition? Where did you acquire your weapons and armor? They might have been military issue or family heirlooms, or perhaps you scrimped and saved for years to buy them
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
Zhentarim named Ziraj, who saved Fala’s life. He visits Fala from time to time, and Fala has set aside a room for him on the second floor. Fala is a druid, with these changes: Fala is chaotic good. Fala has
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
taking them to a new home. Those the gods saved named their new land Godsbreath, in honor of the deities who brought them across a vast sea to a new life. These inhabitants banded together to build strong
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
choice. Flames A powerful figure opposed to your beliefs vexes your life; even your triumphs seem to serve this being’s ends. Fool What could have been one of the happiest moments in your life turned
whispers advice to you in dreams or visitations, taking on different guises and speaking through others. Skull You were returned to life through resurrection magic, divine intervention, or a mysterious
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
Deep Scion Deep scions began life as people who were stolen from shore or saved from sinking ships and offered a terrible bargain by an undersea power: surrender, body and soul, or drown. Those who
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
fighting made her slither up to the surface, and when day dawned over her shell, the light blinded Ubtao and made his eyes water. Life returned to Omu, and the people built shrines to honor the animals who’d saved them.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
Bond 1 Leosin Erlanthar, a wandering monk, once saved your life. He’s sent urgent word for you to meet him in a small town called Greenest. Looks like it’s time to pay off that debt. 2 When an orc
last week a gang of ruffians attacked you. You barely escaped with your life, but as you fled, the ruffians told you that the Cult of the Dragon never forgets and always avenges. You’re hoping to lie
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
Bond 1 Leosin Erlanthar, a wandering monk, once saved your life. He’s sent urgent word for you to meet him in a small town called Greenest. Looks like it’s time to pay off that debt. 2 When an orc
last week a gang of ruffians attacked you. You barely escaped with your life, but as you fled, the ruffians told you that the Cult of the Dragon never forgets and always avenges. You’re hoping to lie
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
1 Leosin Erlanthar, a wandering monk, once saved your life. He’s sent urgent word for you to meet him in a small town called Greenest. Looks like it’s time to pay off that debt. 2 When an orc raid
week a gang of ruffians attack you. You barely escaped with your life, but as you fled, the ruffians told you that the Cult of the Dragon never forgets and always avenges. You’re hoping to lie low in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
each day. Skull You seek a way to cheat death. Star Your spells and magical abilities take on the appearance of playing cards. Sun Agents of the Solar Bastion (see chapter 10) once saved your life
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
academy, learning strategy, tactics, and military history. Or you might be self-taught — unpolished but well tested. Did you take up the sword as a way to escape the limits of life on a farm, or are
you following a proud family tradition? Where did you acquire your weapons and armor? They might have been military issue or family heirlooms, or perhaps you scrimped and saved for years to buy them
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
Auspicia Dran The youngest sister of Omin Dran, the half-elf Auspicia Dran had her life torn apart as a child when she was seized by a mysterious creature called the Wandering Crypt. Having spent
long years in a kind of dark dream within the crypt, she was saved in the end by her brother Omin’s tireless efforts and the valor of his handpicked “C” Team. Now returned safely to the world — and with
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
Shipwright You have sailed into war on the decks of great ships, patching their hulls with soup bowls and prayers. You once helped build a fishing vessel that single-handedly saved a town from
fully repaired. Life at Sea Your life at sea and in port has shaped you; you can roll on the following table to determine its impact or choose an element that best fits your character. d6 Sea’s