manner strong with only advanced for for loyal

Fist of Bane

Monsters Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus

who seek to rule through martial strength and intimidation, cruel tyrants who use threats and gifts as needed to ensure loyalty. They enslave those too weak to resist them and shower the strong with

gifts and promises of power to turn them into loyal vassals. Cruel Tyrants. Whenever Bane’s followers gain power, they institute draconian measures to ensure that their rule is unquestioned. They

Iron Consul

Monsters Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus

needed to ensure loyalty. They enslave those too weak to resist them and shower the strong with gifts and promises of power to turn them into loyal vassals. Cruel Tyrants. Whenever Bane’s

Stone Cursed

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

, animating the statue and turning it into a useful guardian. Stone cursed possess a malevolent drive to slay the living, yet they are utterly loyal to whoever performed the ritual to animate them, and

skull by the character. Once this check is made, whether it succeeds or fails, the skull can’t be used in this manner again.PoisonBludgeoning

Zodar

Monsters Spelljammer: Adventures in Space

. Underneath its armored exterior, a zodar’s body is composed of tightly knit muscle fibers that make it incredibly strong and heavy. A zodar weighs 1,500 pounds. No one knows how many zodars

exist or where they came from, but the most popular hypothesis is that they are the creations of some long-forgotten god. Zodars interact with other sapient creatures in a manner that goes beyond mere

Cloud Giant Destiny Gambler

Monsters Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

area is heavily obscured. The cloud lingers until the start of the giant’s next turn or until a strong wind disperses it.Negate Spell (Requires Cloud Rune). When the giant sees a creature within 60

treasures—often by gambling. While many cloud giants are content with risking their wealth in games with each other, those who aim for the top of their ordning challenge all manner of beings in

Composite Longbow

Equipment

Mastery of Advanced Weapons requires military training and skill. To use any of the special properties or the Weapon Mastery properties of the Composite Longbow, you must take the Advanced Weapon

Proficiency feat. This weapon has the following mastery property. To use this property, you must have a feature that lets you use it. Strong-Draw. A weapon with the Strong-Draw quality requires great

Arbalest

Equipment

Mastery of Advanced Weapons requires military training and skill. To use any of the special properties or the Weapon Mastery properties of the Arbalest, you must take the Advanced Weapon Proficiency

feat. This weapon has the following mastery property. To use this property, you must have a feature that lets you use it. Strong-Draw. A weapon with the Strong-Draw quality requires great strength

Composite Shortbow

Equipment

Mastery of Advanced Weapons requires military training and skill. To use any of the special properties or the Weapon Mastery properties of the Composite Shortbow, you must take the Advanced Weapon

Proficiency feat. This weapon has the following mastery property. To use this property, you must have a feature that lets you use it. Strong-Draw. A weapon with the Strong-Draw quality requires

Find Steed Legacy

Spells Basic Rules (2014)

You summon a spirit that assumes the form of an unusually intelligent, strong, and loyal steed, creating a long-lasting bond with it. Appearing in an unoccupied space within range, the steed takes on

Criminal / Spy Legacy

Backgrounds Basic Rules (2014)

. Even criminals who operate outside of such organizations have strong preferences for certain kinds of crimes over others. Choose the role you played in your criminal life, or roll on the table below

. (Evil) 5 People. I’m loyal to my friends, not to any ideals, and everyone else can take a trip down the Styx for all I care. (Neutral) 6 Redemption. There’s a spark of good in

Soldier Legacy

Backgrounds Basic Rules (2014)

bearer 8 Support staff (cook, blacksmith, or the like) FEATURE: MILITARY RANK You have a military rank from your career as a soldier. Soldiers loyal to your former military

combined with the rigid discipline of military service leave their mark on all soldiers, shaping their ideals, creating strong bonds, and often leaving them scarred and vulnerable to fear, shame, and

Dhampir

Species Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

or raw meat 3 Cerebral spinal fluid 4 Psychic energy 5 Dreams 6 Life energy Dhampir Origins Dhampirs often arise from encounters with vampires, but all manner of

joined and advanced through their lesser ranks, known as the Kargatane, and were rewarded by being transformed into a dhampir. I’Cath. At night, the starving city of I’Cath is overrun by

Centaur Legacy

Species Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica

, they celebrate family and community as microcosms of that greater connection. Among the Gruul, they have a strong clan identity, and Selesnya centaurs are fiercely loyal to their individual communities

Dwarf Legacy

Species Basic Rules (2014)

industrious labor, skill in battle, and devotion to the forge. Individual dwarves are determined and loyal, true to their word and decisive in action, sometimes to the point of stubbornness. Many dwarves

have a strong sense of justice, and they are slow to forget wrongs they have suffered. A wrong done to one dwarf is a wrong done to the dwarf’s entire clan, so what begins as one dwarf’s

Soldier - Baldur's Gate

Backgrounds Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus

, blacksmith, or the like) FEATURE: MILITARY RANK You have a military rank from your career as a soldier. Soldiers loyal to your former military organization still recognize your authority and

soldiers, shaping their ideals, creating strong bonds, and often leaving them scarred and vulnerable to fear, shame, and hatred. d8 Personality Trait 1 I’m always polite and

Why Use Riddles?

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things

can challenge all manner of adventurers—novice or veteran, weak or strong—and can make the reward at the end of the adventure feel well earned. Riddles can be used to do any of the following: Provide

an opportunity for the characters to engage with a creature that’s too strong to defeat in combat Reward clever characters who overcome a challenge with brains instead of brawn Make a villain, an

Chapter 3: Dwarves and Duergar

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes

as their father and creator — and those who have sworn to topple him from his divine throne. While the dwarves loyal to Moradin take joy in the art of crafting and form strong family bonds, the

Conclusion

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse

the evidence mounts. As the Senior Sword, she takes a gamble, influencing some loyal Swords to help her. The renegades bar themselves in the strong room. A thorough search might turn up the chest in

Conclusion At this point, the clues all point at Chalaska. The strong room has her buttons. Her room contains the keys and some stolen gold, as well as her damaged shirt. She grows more agitated as

Optional Rule: Loyalty

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)

the NPC’s loyalty score accordingly. Tracking Loyalty Keep track of an NPC’s loyalty score in secret so that the players won’t know for sure whether an NPC party member is loyal or disloyal (even if

party members act in a manner that runs counter to the NPC’s alignment or bond, reduce the NPC’s loyalty score by 1d4. Reduce the NPC’s loyalty score by 2d4 if the character is abused, misled, or

Long Memory, Long Grudges

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)

. Individual dwarves are determined and loyal, true to their word and decisive in action, sometimes to the point of stubbornness. Many dwarves have a strong sense of justice, and they are slow to forget

Long Memory, Long Grudges

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)

. Individual dwarves are determined and loyal, true to their word and decisive in action, sometimes to the point of stubbornness. Many dwarves have a strong sense of justice, and they are slow to forget

Time in the Campaign

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide

werewolves with a particularly strong bloodlust. The appearance of a comet in the sky might portend all manner of significant events. The festivals of the gods can serve as opportunities to launch adventures, especially if the gods themselves are involved.

Modrons

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)

than one rank away are either too advanced or too simple to understand. Cogs of the Great Machine. If a modron is destroyed, its remains disintegrate. A replacement from the next lowest rank then

transforms in a flash of light, gaining the physical form of its new rank. The promoted modron is replaced by one of its underlings in the same manner, all the way to the lowest levels of the hierarchy

Find Steed

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)

Find Steed 2nd-level conjuration Casting Time: 10 minutes Range: 30 feet Components: V, S Duration: Instantaneous You summon a spirit that assumes the form of an unusually intelligent, strong, and

loyal steed, creating a long-lasting bond with it. Appearing in an unoccupied space within range, the steed takes on a form that you choose: a warhorse, a pony, a camel, an elk, or a mastiff. (Your DM

Planes of Eberron

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War

away — though this manner of expression is merely a metaphor for their shifting influence. When another plane’s influence on the Material Plane is especially strong, the plane is said to be

An Unexpected Message

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat

An Unexpected Message Iskander’s message to the party can arrive in any manner you see fit, including through contacts in the Zhentarim. Whether it comes directly to the characters or to an NPC on

motivated by concern for his own survival than by concern for the world. If divination spells are used to assess the situation, give the characters a strong sense that Iskander is on the level, and that

Chapter 15: Xonthal's Tower

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons

Chapter 15: Xonthal’s Tower Though Severin’s hold on the Cult of the Dragon is strong, there remain traditionalist elements within the cult that long for the old ways of reverence for the

vocal in their objections. As the time of the summoning ritual approaches, Severin understands that he can’t risk losing loyal troops to infighting and insurrection. He has thus agreed to give Jorgen

Marcher Characters

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War

chose to join this house. As a half-orc with the Mark of Finding, you could be a child of the Marches with a strong tie to the house, or you could be a scion of a small tribe of hunters, proud of your

nations are blinded by their civilized ways. You have heard the truth in the voices of croaking frogs and seen it in the shadows shifting on the water. Whether you’re loyal to the Gatekeepers, the

Chapter 15: Xonthal's Tower

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat

Chapter 15: Xonthal's Tower Though Severin’s hold on the Cult of the Dragon is strong, there remain traditionalist elements within the cult that long for the old ways of reverence for the

most vocal in their objections. As the time of the summoning ritual approaches, Severin understands that he can’t risk losing loyal troops to infighting and insurrection. He has thus agreed to give

Find Steed

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)

Find Steed 2nd-level conjuration Casting Time: 10 minutes Range: 30 feet Components: V, S Duration: Instantaneous You summon a spirit that assumes the form of an unusually intelligent, strong, and

loyal steed, creating a long-lasting bond with it. Appearing in an unoccupied space within range, the steed takes on a form that you choose: a warhorse, a pony, a camel, an elk, or a mastiff. (Your DM

An Unexpected Message

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons

An Unexpected Message Iskander’s message to the party can arrive in any manner you see fit, including through contacts in the Zhentarim. Whether it comes directly to the characters or to an NPC on

motivated by concern for his own survival, or that he’s luring them into a trap. If divination spells are used to assess the situation, give the characters a strong sense that Iskander is on the level

Creating a Paladin

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)

, plan ahead for that choice by reading the oath descriptions at the end of the class. Are you a devoted servant of good, loyal to the gods of justice and honor, a holy knight in shining armor venturing

pursue your holy quest and the manner in which you conduct yourself before gods and mortals. Your oath and alignment might be in harmony, or your oath might represent standards of behavior that you have not yet attained.

Remallia Haventree

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist

Serenore, who lives on the Moonshae island of Alaron with her husband and daughter). Lady Haventree retains a handful of loyal servants and spies. Remi holds secret Harper meetings in her villa

, which is warded by all manner of spells. She uses a silver raven figurine of wondrous power to deliver messages to Harper spies scattered throughout the city. Remallia Haventree Medium humanoid (elf

Troglodyte Lair

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss

wield the blade. The disagreement blossomed into a full-fledged conflict, and the other troglodytes quickly chose sides. On one side of the stream, troglodytes loyal to H’slaat seized S’slaar’s mate

and are threatening her, hoping to force the chieftain to back down. On his side of the stream, S’slaar is wildly swinging the magic sword and screaming, as the troglodytes loyal to him shout insults

Bruenor's Plan

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss

king of Gauntlgrym awaits them. His previously friendly manner has turned grave. “I’ve told the allies ye met tonight what ye told me,” he says. “I invited them here to learn what is happening, to share

. Such mercenary negotiation lowers Bruenor’s opinion of the adventurers a bit, but he never loses his genial manner. If the characters are agreeable, the king tells them the next step is to bring the

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