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Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
of her station.
In her younger days, Esvele openly rebelled, but that behavior led to locked doors at night and house guards watching her every move during the day. So she taught herself how to pick
hood and mask, exchanging her fine clothes for the kind of practical clothing her parents would never let her wear.
One of the things Esvele has learned is to embrace the legend of the Black Viper
Monsters
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
turn. The juggernaut regains spent legendary actions at the start of its turn.
Implacable Advance. The juggernaut moves up to its speed, ignoring difficult terrain. Any object in its path takes 55
(10d10);{"diceNotation":"10d10","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Implacable Advance","rollDamageType":"bludgeoning"} bludgeoning damage if it isn’t being worn or carried.
Rapid Shaping (Costs 3
Changeling
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Eberron: Rising from the Last War
in stable communities where changelings are true to their nature and deal openly with the people around them. Some are orphans, raised by other races, who find their way in the world without ever
others might change clothes. A casual shape — one created on the spur of the moment, with no depth or history — is called a mask. A mask can be used to express a mood or to serve a
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
hour, as its head takes on fiendish aspects. The curse doesn’t advance while the target is in sunlight or the area of a daylight spell; don’t count that time. When the cursed target’s
fiendish aspects, such as fangs, tentacles, and horns. At the same time, the person’s ears grow larger, expanding into wing-like appendages. In the final moments, the victim’s head tears
Backgrounds
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
; literally or otherwise — as they adventure. This persona might be dramatic or subtle. In a way, though, many characters have such larger than life personalities. Therefore, this background largely
focuses on detailing the hero behind the mask.
Skill Proficiencies: Deception, IntimidationTool Proficiencies: Disguise kitEquipment: Disguise kit, a Clothes, Costume;costume, a pouch
Backgrounds
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
It’s said that every faith in the world has a believer in Baldur’s Gate. Not only are most established faiths tolerated — even if some of them, including most of the openly evil
. You know if a deity has a following in the city and any places that faith openly congregates and the neighborhoods those faithful typically inhabit. While this isn’t remarkable for most of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
related to one of the houses by blood, you act on behalf of a house to advance its interests. You might function openly as representatives of the house, wearing its badge and exerting its authority, or you
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
following in the city and any places that faith openly congregates and the neighborhoods those faithful typically inhabit. While this isn’t remarkable for most of the city’s larger faiths, keeping track of the hundreds of religions newcomers bring with them is no mean feat.
Acolyte It’s said that every faith in the world has a believer in Baldur’s Gate. Not only are most established faiths tolerated — even if some of them, including most of the openly evil faiths, are
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer
following in the city and any places that faith openly congregates and the neighborhoods those faithful typically inhabit. While this isn’t remarkable for most of the city’s larger faiths, keeping track of the hundreds of religions newcomers bring with them is no mean feat.
Acolyte It’s said that every faith in the world has a believer in Baldur’s Gate. Not only are most established faiths tolerated — even if some of them, including most of the openly evil faiths, are
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
Character Advancement The characters should be 5th level when this chapter begins. In this chapter, characters can advance to 7th level and no further. Advancement is handled as follows: The
characters gain a level when they discover the location of Zorzula’s Rest and determine that they must confront Ruxithid the Chosen and the Sawplee goblins there. The characters gain a level when they defeat Ruxithid and learn of a larger, more sinister plan.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon of Icespire Peak
face becomes a mask of rage as it screams, “Get out of my house!”
If the characters flee the banshee’s presence of their own accord, it lets them go. If they advance toward the undead, attack it, or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
learn new magic. No matter how much he studies or researches new magical lore or spells, he cannot master them. He can use and prepare any spell he already knows but can no longer advance the magical
others learning of his limitations. This leads him to berate and betray other wizards, claim magical discoveries as his own, and endlessly spy on both rivals and visitors to his realm. Hazlik openly
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
terms of strategy and maneuvering, and see herself as just a pawn in a much larger game. A cleric, by contrast, might see himself as a willing servant in a god’s unfolding plan or a conflict brewing
variety of special features, such as a fighter’s mastery of weapons and armor, and a wizard’s spells. At low levels, your class gives you only two or three features, but as you advance in level you gain
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Joint DMs Two or more DMs can share the creation of a single campaign, working together to maintain continuity from session to session and making sure that each DM’s adventures advance the larger
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
it for? Does tradition color how you adventure? Are you familiar with the ways of an adventuring caporal or lifestyles that give you a close connection to your steed and the open road? Do you have experience as a larger-than-life luchador wrestler—maybe even wearing a signature mask?
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
character who succeeds on a DC 14 Intelligence (Arcana or Religion) check recognizes the shard as an ostraka, a shard from a clay funerary mask, which is used as currency in the Underworld. On it is
scratched a brief order from the assassins’ commander: “Silence the heretic Varyas. His secrets must remain dead.” This leader’s identity and agenda speak toward a larger threat beyond this adventure (see “Myths to Be Told” at the end of this adventure for a few possibilities).
Orc
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
laden wagon or after heroically defending it from thieves gain great respect and advance higher in the tribe’s pecking order.
All Are Fighters
Most of the orcs that stay behind when the
more than a few hundred members, because a larger group would need a prohibitive amount of resources to remain strong. As a rule, a tribe is violently hostile toward any other tribe it meets, seeing the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Hook 1 Daask forces capture Boromar family members who are visiting Sharn from the Talenta Plains. The Boromars offer a reward for the safe return of their family and a larger reward for the
kidnappers’ heads, leading to gang violence in the streets. 2 A beloved Sharn Watch captain who openly spoke out against the Boromar Clan disappears. The Boromars claim they had nothing to do with it, but
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
, searching for and finding all five masks. The task took years to complete, and it led directly to the crisis that Faerûn now faces. Severin kept the red mask for himself. As other masks were found, he
superiors. Only initiates that prove their worth are allowed to advance. A Wearer of Purple can promote an initiate along the track of dragonclaw (first rank), dragonwing (second rank), dragonfang
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
, searching for and finding all five masks. The task took years to complete, and it led directly to the crisis that Faerûn now faces. Severin kept the red mask for himself. As other masks were found, he
superiors. Only initiates that prove their worth are allowed to advance. A Wearer of Purple can promote an initiate along the track of dragonclaw (first rank), dragonwing (second rank), dragonfang
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
for and finding all five masks. The task took years to complete, and it led directly to the crisis that Faerûn now faces. Severin kept the red mask for himself. As other masks were found, he presented
superiors. Only initiates that prove their worth are allowed to advance. A Wearer of Purple can promote an initiate along the track of dragonclaw (first rank), dragonwing (second rank), dragonfang
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
worshiped locally, by individual tribes, small cults, or certain sects of larger religious temples. Deities of the Forgotten Realms Deity
Alignment
Suggested Domains
Symbol
Auril, goddess
Death Nine-tailed barbed scourge Malar, god of the hunt CE Nature Clawed paw Mask, god of thieves CN Trickery Black mask Mielikki, goddess of forests NG Nature Unicorn’s head Milil, god of poetry and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
examines the rock formation quickly realizes it’s a door. Opening or otherwise investigating the door knocks free the dirt encrusting it, revealing an ancient etching of a phoenix wearing a mask rising from
wears a piscine, gold funerary mask (see chapter 6). The bodies here bear no grave goods and deteriorate if disturbed. 5. Crypts of the Deathless Stairs ascend to a hall lined with door frames barred
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
proper noble possible, partaking in lessons of etiquette, dance, and poise as befits someone of her station. In her younger days, Esvele openly rebelled, but that behavior led to locked doors at night
daughter by day while cutting loose at night. To hide her identity from those she met, she wore a hood and mask, exchanging her fine clothes for the kind of practical clothing her parents would never let
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Faerie Dragon Treasures Faerie dragons covet treasure as much as their larger draconic kin, but they are significantly less discerning. Faerie dragons’ hoards are thus often a mix of genuine wealth
likes to wear as a mask while pretending to be a different dragon called “Regnus the Unspeakable”
6 A cask of wine stamped with the seal of a noble’s private collection
7 A framed painting
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
opportunities? Benefits of Renown. Whether the characters back Ramya or Arijani and Reeva, or seek to play both sides, those who advance in their standing with a faction advance in that side’s esteem, gaining
Either
–2 Being caught aiding a rival faction’s agenda Either
–2 Failing at an assignment Either
–2 Offending Arijani’s ego Rebels
–3 Discovering a faction leader’s true form Either
–5 Openly betraying the faction Either
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Nine Dread Princes reside, with each of these dungeons stocked with enough monsters and hazards to advance the adventurers two or three levels. The adventurers spend their whole careers fighting the
and using it to defeat a cosmic threat. Example 2: Agents of X You can also build a campaign around the idea that the adventurers are agents of something larger than themselves — a kingdom or secret
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
collapse, disrupting trade and imperiling vendors. Each anarchist wears an intimidating mask sculpted to look like an efreeti and carries a device called a boomhailer. These sound-amplifying, clockwork
some onlookers may agree, no one is fool enough to draw attention to themself by openly supporting either side. While the speaker shouts, five members of the Brightguard (use the guard stat block) move
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
deep gnome. If the characters approach him openly and present the sack to him, he muffles a gasp as he looks around, then quickly ushers the characters into the stall, admonishing them to talk
gelatinous cubes seep through a collapsed tunnel between the Traders’ Grotto and area 24 of the Goldwhisker Warrens. Both cubes advance, attempting to engulf and consume any other creatures in their
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice Compendium
lightfoot halfling and wood elf traits—Naturally Stealthy and Mask of the Wild—do allow members of those subraces to try to hide in their special circumstances even when observers are nearby. Normally
, you can’t hide from someone if you’re in full view. A lightfoot halfling, though, can try to vanish behind a creature that is at least one size larger, and a wood elf can try to hide simply by being
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
characters enter, read or paraphrase the following text: A shriveled humanoid corpse in blue robes and a brass mask lies in the center of this stale-smelling room. The corpse’s stiff, wrinkled hand
mask, which depicts the bearded face of Gorm, is made of brass and worth 10 gp. B4: Abandoned Priest’s Quarters CoupleofKooks A Mask of Gorm This room is sparsely furnished with decrepit furniture caked
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
Infiltrating Dran Enterprises Dangerous Business is a small sailboat with a single cabin rising from the center of its deck. It is docked alongside two larger sailing ships (named The Ghost and The
Rogue). All three ships are owned by Dran Enterprises, with the two larger ships housing fishers, pirates, and others in the company’s employ. Map 4.1 shows the layout of the docks where the characters
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
— literally or otherwise — as they adventure. This persona might be dramatic or subtle. In a way, though, many characters have such larger than life personalities. Therefore, this background largely focuses
on detailing the hero behind the mask. Skill Proficiencies: Deception, Intimidation Tool Proficiencies: Disguise kit Languages: One of your choice Equipment: A disguise kit, a costume, a pouch
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
campaign, but a few select gods, goddesses, and otherworldly powers might play a larger role. Abbathor This dwarven deity of greed gets a bad rap. Because seriously, greed is just another form of the
sustains the soul just as food sustains the body, then there’s nothing wrong with making a bit of profit from happiness. Mask The Master of All Thieves is an important deity for Acquisitions
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
offerings for years to come. On the following pages, you’ll find a number of images designed to serve as story beats in the larger Tyranny of Dragons campaign. These images were created to define impactful
exploration, like the garb of the Red Wizards, the iconography of the Cult of the Dragon, and—of course—the multiple deadly aspects of one of the campaign’s central magic items, the Mask of the Dragon






