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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
to strict military hierarchies. The lowest rank consists of the fist of Bane;fists of Bane, foot soldiers who obey all orders without hesitation. They are led by iron consul;iron consuls, cunning
Monsters
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
immediately use its reaction to make one melee attack.Bane’s devoted followers are warriors who seek to rule through martial strength and intimidation, cruel tyrants who use threats and gifts as
soldiers who obey all orders without hesitation. They are led by iron consul;iron consuls, cunning field officers who excel at coordinating the fists in combat. The black gauntlet of bane;black gauntlets are the priests who command the consuls.
Monsters
Tales from the Yawning Portal
Martial Advantage. Once per turn, the hobgoblin can deal an extra 7 (2d6);{"diceNotation":"2d6","rollType":"roll","rollAction":"Martial Advantage"} damage to a creature it hits with a weapon attack
avoid death. But he must still look strong while negotiating, so he's unwilling to capitulate in an arrangement that makes him look weak.
Hobgoblin
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Species
Volo's Guide to Monsters
to keep the knowledge fresh for new generations. When hobgoblins aren’t waging war, they farm, they build, and they practice both martial and arcane arts.
These trappings of civil society do
longsword and a handaxe. They are responsible for martial training as well as instruction in strategy and battlefield tactics. Bargrivyek’s priests wield his symbol, a flail with a head dipped in
Monsters
Mythic Odysseys of Theros
belief, and certainly numerous reports tell of charmed nymphs leading lost seafarers home. Yet, if tales of naiad-led galleys appearing amid the headwaters of mountain rivers are true, only the nymphs
and aid those who live off the land, while others embody violent aspects of nature. In either case, nymphs generally avoid other sapient creatures, preferring to mind the cycles of nature, the daily
Monsters
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
their descendants and the communities they knew in life, sowing terror and taking retribution for the slights or neglected burial rites that led to their cursed resurrections. Rigor mortis notoriously
within their tombs and hidden ruins to avoid the attention of the living. At night, they emerge to drain life from other creatures, these vital energies sustaining their unnatural existences and granting
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Player’s Handbook
to shape-shift at will, the elves retreated to the Feywild, where their sorrow was deepened by that plane’s influence. Over time, curiosity led many of them to explore other planes of existence
shaped by it. Some drow individuals and societies avoid the Underdark altogether yet carry its magic. In the Eberron setting, for example, drow dwell in rainforests and cyclopean ruins on the continent of
Firbolg
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own laws.
Firbolgs use their magic to keep their presence in a forest secret. This approach allows them to avoid the politics and struggles of elves, humans, and orcs. Such events concern the
’ presence is marked by an absence of animals and a strange quiet, as if the forest wishes to avoid attracting attention to itself. The faster travelers decide to move on, the better.
If these
Backgrounds
Ghosts of Saltmarsh
your character.
D6
HARDSHIP
1
Nearly Drowned. You hid underwater to avoid detection by enemies and held your breath for an extremely long time. Just before you would have
how you survived a particular battle. Every arrow and bolt missed you. You slew scores of enemies single-handedly and led your comrades to victory.
5
Stowaway. For days, you hid in the bilge
Backgrounds
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
.
3
I enjoy comfort and quiet, and prefer to avoid extra effort.
4
I have a fierce temper that doesn’t reflect the inner calm I seek.
5
I’m convinced that everyone else in the
conclave has a deeper connection to the Worldsoul than I do.
6
I’m trying to atone for the life of crime I led before I joined the Selesnya, but I find it hard to give up my bad habits
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
to help protect the territory surrounding their lairs.
Martial Hoards
Sapphire dragons’ favorite prizes are weapons and armor, records of military history and tactics, and magic items that
discuss how they might reunite and restore Sardior, the Ruby Dragon.
2
A horde of revenant;revenants led by a death knight has one goal—destroying the ancient sapphire dragon who defeated
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Vladeska’s Powers and Dominion Vladeska Drakov is an experienced military commander with statistics similar to those of a knight. While her martial skill is considerable, her true might comes in the
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->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Social Interaction During a social interaction, the adventurers usually have a goal. They want to extract information, secure aid, win someone’s trust, escape punishment, avoid combat, negotiate a
treaty, or achieve whatever other objective led to the interaction in the first place. The creatures they interact with also have agendas. Some DMs prefer to run a social interaction as a free-form
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
Shown the Door When the characters are ready to enter Little Lockford, they’re led to the town’s fortified entrance by Sergeant Yombad Cragknuckle (neutral good deep gnome), the highest ranked of the
move quickly and quietly through the town, doing their best to avoid Tockworth’s automatons. Avoid Cavemouth. The sergeant suggests the characters avoid the Cavemouth district due to the likely
Backgrounds
Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
;n. Recent events in your homeland have led to the abolition of slavery, and a corresponding increase in the traffic between Mulhorand and the distant parts of Faerûn.
Those who leave behind
foreign land.
2
I pretend not to understand the local language in order to avoid interactions I would rather not have.
3
I have a weakness for the new intoxicants and other pleasures of this
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
. In this chapter, the characters become involved in three powerful wizards’ desperate bid to stop the remaking of existence at the hands of the lich-god Vecna. The characters are soon led to believe
that retrieving and reconstructing a legendary artifact is the only way to avoid a bleak future for the entire multiverse.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
according to its own laws. Firbolgs use their magic to keep their presence in a forest secret. This approach allows them to avoid the politics and struggles of elves, humans, and orcs. Such events concern the
firbolgs’ presence is marked by an absence of animals and a strange quiet, as if the forest wishes to avoid attracting attention to itself. The faster travelers decide to move on, the better. If these
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
state, a magic item of such power will never be created. The Avowed acolyte accompanies the characters to the Great Library to view where the attack and subsequent theft took place: You are led to a
Avowed acolytes slain during the attack were killed using martial arts. Their bruises and broken bones are evidence of powerful unarmed strikes. Speak with dead spells cast on the slain acolytes yield
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica
Boros Legion AARON MILLER A brown-bearded, broad-chested man clad in massive-shouldered plate armor led a battalion of soldiers, the symbol of the Boros Legion emblazoned on white cloth draped over
guild. Aurelia, the current angelic guildmaster, is the third to hold that title. A PROUD MARTIAL TRADITION
Minotaurs have a reputation for being both fierce warriors and clever strategists. Thick of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
, volunteers the following useful information: Argynvost was a silver dragon that liked to assume human forms. Argynvostholt was the dragon’s home. In human guise, the noble dragon led a group of knights
. Vistani and dusk elves avoid the mansion, believing that the dragon’s ghost haunts it. The wine in the barrels turned to vinegar and evaporated long ago. Emblazoned on the barrels’ sides are the name of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
or creature in the jungles of Valachan might turn hostile toward explorers. Packs of displacer beasts roam the jungle, led by Yana, a preternaturally cunning displacer beast that serves Chakuna
names take inspiration from Mesoamerican languages. When players create characters from Valachan, consider asking them the following questions:
How did you avoid or survive participating in the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
Tribe Cannibals”), or they might be led to a camp by Reghed scouts roaming the tundra (see “Wilderness Encounters”). The characters might also visit Reghed camps in chapter 5, as they face tests set
the same tribe to commingle and build their camps close to one another, the four tribes avoid contact with one another. Members of one tribe are rarely found in another tribe’s camp unless some sort of diplomacy is taking place.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Aftermath of the Last War Karrnath has always been a martial nation, and its people remain vigilant. Early in the war, King Kaius I instituted the Code of Kaius, a strict set of laws and limits
. Karrnath weathered a number of famines during the war, and this privation led to an ongoing program of rationing to ensure that the nation is prepared for whatever lies ahead. The war is over, but the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Casques Silencieux, enacts martial law and quarantines whole cities. The government organizes no food or medical aid for quarantined communities, leaving residents to contend as best they can. Richemulot’s
whom bear the marks of childhood diseases or medical treatments. When players create characters from Richemulot, consider asking them the following questions.
How do you avoid the Gnawing Plague? The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
laws of Karrnath are harsher than those in other treaty nations, approaching a state of martial law. Karrnathi Characters Karrns are somber folk and disapprove of extravagance or excessive shows of
for any character. Criminals and charlatans have a difficult time evading the harsh laws of Karrnath. The Martial Adept feat can give a character a strong sense of military experience.
Martial
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
angel, but her impetuous nature and love of battle led to her fall. In her previous life, she was charged with observing the battles on Avernus and tracking their progress. From this exposure, she
, with flights of dragons wheeling through the skies to discourage any demonic incursions. For their part, the demons avoid this place. The hordes of the Abyss have learned the hard way that Tiamat
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
. Despite their influence within the city, factions have been erased from the city in the past, and current factions tread carefully to avoid that fate for themselves. They actively recruit new members
from citizenry, travelers, and even the ranks of other factions. In the meantime, they vie for power in the Cage in a way that doesn’t upset Sigil’s order or provoke the Lady of Pain. Factions are led by
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
Shieldbearers Since their founding, the Shieldbearers have led the Radiant Citadel’s rescue and relocation missions. Typically organized in cohorts of four to six members, they are deployed to lands
hundreds of deployments to the most dangerous situations across the founding civilizations and beyond. He is a master of the Dayawlongon martial art of eskrima and favors a pair of shortswords in combat
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
Surprise! Dragon Cultists! If the characters rid the dungeon of the worshipers of Bane, Bhaal, and Myrkul, any remaining followers of the Dead Three avoid the dungeon and the bathhouse once they
of Tiamat led by a male human cult fanatic named Ultiss. These chaotic evil worshipers of Tiamat have been sent by Arkhan the Cruel (see chapter 3) to retrieve the treasure stolen from the dragon
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Scions of Elemental Evil
Infiltrating the Cult The characters aren’t required to pose as cult initiates to complete this adventure, but they may wish to do so to avoid battling numerous cultists at once. Characters posing as
share the following information: The Primordial Alliance is a union of elemental cults, as described in the “Primordial Alliance” section. The alliance is led by a woman named Ulsedra Vox, a human
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
inheritance if you can make a name for yourself as a hero. Donjon You’re stranded far from home and intend to fight your way back. Euryale A year of solitude gave you clarity and led you down the
their toes. Rogue Tales of your past heroic deeds might be somewhat exaggerated. Ruin When you lost everything, you realized the only thing you could rely on was your martial skill. Sage Descended
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
drow gunslingers (see appendix B), and six drow. Manshoon sends four Zhent martial arts adepts (see appendix B). There’s a 50 percent chance that these Zhents are led by one of Manshoon’s lieutenants
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Radiant Citadel
Shieldbearers Since their founding, the Shieldbearers have led the Radiant Citadel’s rescue and relocation missions. Typically organized in cohorts of four to six members, they are deployed to lands
hundreds of deployments to the most dangerous situations across the founding civilizations and beyond. He is a master of the Dayawlongon martial art of eskrima and favors a pair of shortswords in combat
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
spreading among their people and knew it would destroy their civilization. They led their forces into deep subterranean chambers and severed all contact with the outside world. In recent years these
elves in their devotion to the martial arts. Their weaponsmiths and armorers know techniques that even the artificers of House Cannith cannot duplicate. Throughout the Last War, no nation faced any
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
wild mages, even if your own powers are different. Key Your spellbook manifests as a deck of cards. Knight Your family of renowned warriors judges you on your martial talents (or lack thereof). Moon
a hag, in disguise. Ruin A fortune teller warned that you’re destined to cause great destruction, which you’re trying to avoid. Sage You use a divinatory card spread to decide which spells to prepare