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Forgotten Realms: Heroes of Faerûn
Clothes, Manacles, Portable Ram, 4 GP; or (B) 50 GP
The chief law enforcement branch of Baldur’s Gate is the Flaming Fist, a brawny mercenary guild led by the city’s grand duke. You once
Monsters
The Book of Many Things
but otherwise uses the wererat stat block, excluding actions that require equipment the target doesn’t have. During any night when there’s a full moon in the sky, the target becomes an NPC
of law enforcement or adventurous do-gooders. The sting of the guild’s flight from its first home is still fresh in Delour’s mind.
Indeed, Delour never forgets a slight. He is obsessed
Backgrounds
Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
City of Skilled Hands.
Even if you’re not city-born or city-bred, this background can describe your early years as a member of law enforcement. Most settlements of any size have their own
choiceEquipment: A uniform in the style of your unit and indicative of your rank, a horn with which to summon help, a set of manacles, and a pouch containing 10 gp
FEATURE: WATCHER'S EYE
Your
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
the City of Skilled Hands. Even if you’re not city-born or city-bred, this background can describe your early years as a member of law enforcement. Most settlements of any size have their own
: A uniform in the style of your unit and indicative of your rank, a horn with which to summon help, a set of manacles, and a pouch containing 10 gp
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
stat block is the default. Feel free to depart from it and change a monster’s alignment to suit the needs of your campaign. If you want a good-aligned green dragon or an evil storm giant, there’s
nothing stopping you. Some creatures can have any alignment. In other words, you choose the monster’s alignment. Some monster’s alignment entry indicates a tendency or aversion toward law, chaos, good
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
might attack characters on sight, whereas a neutral monster might be willing to negotiate. The alignment specified in a monster's stat block is the default. Feel free to depart from it and change a
, you choose the monster's alignment. Some monster's alignment entry indicates a tendency or aversion toward law, chaos, good, or evil. For example, a berserker can be any chaotic alignment (chaotic
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica
advokists who find loopholes in the law to exploit, knights who enforce the guild’s will, and indentured spirits. The Orzhov NPCs table summarizes key roles within the guild. Statistics for these
NPCs are found in the Monster Manual unless the table states otherwise. Orzhov NPCs Role Appropriate Stat Block Advokist Mage Indentured spirit Indentured spirit* Knight Knight Oligarch Noble Pontiff or ministrant Priest or acolyte *Appears in this chapter
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
noted in the text. Prison Guards. The prison has a garrison of 75 guards (use the veteran stat block) who work eight-hour shifts. Two-thirds of the garrison is off duty and resting in area R19 at any
present—are stored in area R22. Each inmate wears a uniform that consists of a hoodless robe without pockets, leather slippers without laces, and cloth undergarments. While outside their cells, they wear manacles on their wrists and ankles.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Morte’s Planar Parade
circumstances. Reader beware. Using a Stat Block This book is a companion to the Monster Manual and uses a similar presentation. If you are unfamiliar with the monster stat block format, read the introduction
of the Monster Manual before proceeding. That book explains stat block terminology and gives rules for various monster traits—information that isn’t repeated here.
The Stat Blocks by Challenge Rating
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
. Prison Guards. The prison has a garrison of 75 guards (use the veteran stat block) who work eight-hour shifts. Two-thirds of the garrison is off duty and resting in area R19 at any given time. While on
hoodless robe without pockets, leather slippers without laces, and cloth undergarments. While outside their cells, prisoners wear manacles on their wrists and ankles. While manacled, a prisoner’s walking speed can’t exceed 10 feet.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Prisoner 13
. Prison Guards. The prison has a garrison of 75 guards (use the veteran stat block) who work eight-hour shifts. Two-thirds of the garrison is off duty and resting in area R19 at any given time. While on
hoodless robe without pockets, leather slippers without laces, and cloth undergarments. While outside their cells, prisoners wear manacles on their wrists and ankles. While manacled, a prisoner’s walking speed can’t exceed 10 feet.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Astarion's Book of Hungers
Gate. The characters might be mercenaries, bodyguards, fixers, or other agents for hire. The characters needn’t be wicked, but law-abiding citizens might find their ethics challenged by these adventures
on Map: Rat's Run, found later in this chapter. Monster stat blocks referenced appear in chapter 2 of the Monster Manual. If you’d rather create your own adventures involving Astarion at Rat’s Run
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
, though, they’re fighting a losing battle against foes whose numbers only grow. And every time a Talon falls, Lekar’s final defeat grows closer. Talon soldiers use the guard stat block, while commanders
are veterans. Martial Law. Lekar—and, to an extent, all of Falkovnia—is a martial dictatorship. Drakov’s troops carry out example-setting impalings as punishment for even the slightest crimes. These
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica
Felidar A felidar is a celestial creature whose nature reflects an inherent devotion to law and order. It resembles an enormous cat with two pairs of downward-sloping horns and prominent teeth. Its
, aiding them in enforcing the law and tracking down criminals. Some Azorius felidars form bonds with important prisoners in Azorius custody, ensuring that the felidars can track down the felons if they
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
manacles on the elf.
If the characters inquire about the woman’s detainment, Artavazda explains that she’s an infamous agitator who’s worth questioning about her involvement in today’s incident. The pari
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
in the region, they’re not unheard of, and the skeleton is a well-liked member of the community. Rufina is neutral good and uses the commoner stat block, but is Undead and doesn’t require air, food
ran afoul of the law years ago when she was falsely accused of a crime. Paloma and her band were recently attacked by someone or something on the road. Most of the band were killed, but Paloma’s body wasn’t found.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Charisma saving throw or shape-shift into the type of Beast that was slain. The creature’s game statistics are replaced by the Beast’s stat block, but the creature retains its alignment, personality
favor of abstract concepts of law and ethics. Characters might end up in conflict with those who dismiss animals as inferior and irrelevant forms of life.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
Cabal void soother, and an uplifting Mind’s Eye matter smith (see Morte’s Planar Parade for these stat blocks). Their dispute concerns the legitimacy of gods in the grand scheme of the multiverse. Their
. Capture. If the characters are bested, Harmonium officers detain them with manacles that function as dimensional shackles. The manacles’ magic fades if they are opened or destroyed. As the characters
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
villain and improve its challenge rating to make it relevant to the higher-level characters. NPC Stat Blocks. Some of the stat blocks in the Monster Manual can reflect the same character at different
stages of advancement. For example, the adventurers might confront a villain who uses the stat block of a mage (9th-level wizard) and then returns later as an archmage (18th-level wizard). You could
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes of the Borderlands
Stat Block: Guard Captain
This captain is strong, stern, and just.
Perfect Posture. Andrella is as strict with her posture as she is with the law.
Role Model. Many of the keep’s young people
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Forge of the Artificer
the description in Eberron: Rising from the Last War, the Dream Dark has three objectives in the City of Towers: To cause chaos and strife by undermining what little faith in law enforcement exists in
Sharn—turning the forces of law and order against one another, fueling the feuds between criminal organizations, and spreading fear among the populace. To promote their chosen champions, which in Sharn
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
power does—the power to influence, administer, and evade the rule of law. Despite its luxuries and breathtaking vistas, the Lady’s Ward is quieter than other wards, its solemn streets frequented by
to reveal a slew of finely crafted weapons available for purchase. 6 Three Harmonium peacekeepers escort a manacled githzerai uniter to the Prison (both stat blocks are in Morte’s Planar Parade). As
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
polished boulevards in neat rows, and each uniformly trimmed blade of grass in its public parks glistens with a single drop of morning dew. Fastened to Arcadia, a plane of law and virtue, Fortitude combines
marches, defending their seats from challengers advocating similar platforms of goodliness and law. Nevertheless, even exemplars of decency have sinister secrets, and the Spotless Seven aren’t as clean
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
Prisoners table or choose entries that interest you. If a prisoner’s game statistics become necessary, choose an appropriate stat block from appendix B of the Monster Manual and remove armor, weapons
observe through 4-foot-tall, 1-foot-wide arrow slits in the walls. Hanging on the walls between the arrow slits are fifty sets of iron manacles that guards use to bind prisoners’ wrists and ankles. Console
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
, the target retains its alignment, languages, and equipment but otherwise uses the werewolf stat block, excluding actions that require equipment the target doesn’t have. During any night when there’s
the Moonstalkers become, the more likely they are to attract the attention of law enforcement or adventurous do-gooders. The sting of the guild’s flight from its first home is still fresh in Delour’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
Properties Beyond unusual physical compositions and strange inhabitants, mystical islands might have magical properties. Effects include persistent weather, a unique law of physics, a curse that affects
Swine. At the end of each long rest it takes on this island, a visitor must succeed on a DC 10 Wisdom saving throw or be affected by the polymorph spell and transformed into a pig (use the boar stat
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
unlocks the outside door in area N3g, and two keys for the door and the manacles in area N3m. Treasure. The Vallakovich book collection contains old, leather-bound tomes on virtually every subject. Use
Vallakovich has the key to Udo’s manacles. The manacles break if they take 10 damage or more from a single weapon attack. If the characters release Udo, his first desire is to return to his home. Later
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica
additional direction for roleplaying these individuals.
Several other named guild members are highlighted in sidebars.
Soldier Soldiers are found in many of Ravnica’s guilds. The soldier stat block
.
Azorius NPCs
Role Appropriate Stat Block
Arrester Knight or veteran
Azorius soldier Soldier*
Hussar (cavalry) Soldier* mounted on a warhorse or a griffon
Magical
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
Xalith and warns her that the characters are in Gracklstugh. ROLEPLAYING THE DUERGAR AND DERRO
The gray dwarves are dour, joyless, and all business. They live by a simple but exacting code of law
combat starts. Slave Caravan The characters come across a group of 1d4 + 1 duergar slavers herding unarmed slaves (roll a d12 and consult the Slaves table). The slaves wear iron collars and manacles
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
didn’t harm them—it seemed curious about them, not hostile. The warriors use the stat blocks of scouts, but their weapons have been destroyed and they each have 1 hit point remaining. Their manacles have
carved of obsidian. Nearby, four humans are slumped against the west wall, their arms dangling from rusty manacles. Beyond, sooty rock juts into the molten lake. Something moves amid the lava.
The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
don’t comment on the mysterious body their city is sealing back into the Spire. Feel free to develop or ignore this mystery as you please. CoupleOfKooks “Rilmani abet good, evil, law, and chaos to
doing so takes 1d4 hours. Plumachs avoid conflict; they use the same stat block as ferrumach rilmani (see Morte’s Planar Parade). Steps along the Spire Characters who spend a day searching the region
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Forge of the Artificer
criminal gang engaged in a battle for territory and power against the Boromar Clan and the forces of law and order—but the truth is more complicated. In fact, the members of Daask take their orders from
. Droaam’s gnolls are untainted by the demonic influence of Yeenoghu; many such enforcers use the stat blocks presented here. Daask Bruiser. Intimidating and powerful, bruisers lead Daask operations when
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
existence through the lens of three tenets: laws are representations of power, knowledge is power, and knowledge of law is the ultimate power. By understanding those laws, individuals can exploit them—or
Axioms but know few of them. A being who masters all Axioms can rule the multiverse. Factol Hashkar (lawful neutral, dwarf Fraternity of Order law bender; see Morte’s Planar Parade) is the highest
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
of manacles, and a blue pearl worth 150 gp. D3: Lower Chambers The stairs descend into an space surrounded by a series of halls and cramped rooms. A thick, rotten smell permeates the air. Digging
mouths. These creatures use the kapak draconian stat block (see appendix B), but replace their Dagger attack with the following attack: Claw. Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
(2d8) poison damage and have the poisoned condition for 1 minute. Immediately after a cocoon bursts, a mass of squirming, barbed tentacles (use the swarm of poisonous snakes stat block) emerges in
mind flayer stat block, though he can also speak Common. Four of the tentacles under the high priest’s mask are alive, writhing subtly as he speaks. Zekrikitch telepathically probes the minds of any