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Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
more dart.Dzaan was a Red Wizard of Thay who studied the arcane tradition of illusion. The leaders of the Arcane Brotherhood welcomed him with open arms, eager to count a Red Wizard among their ranks
tower contains a special room that can transform the simulacrum into a real person—or any magical illusion into the real thing, for that matter. If this change occurs, the simulacrum
Backgrounds
Forgotten Realms: Heroes of Faerûn
Kit, Fine Clothes, Hooded Lantern, Oil (3 flasks), 2 Pouch;Pouches, String, Tinderbox, 11 GP; or (B) 50 GP
Maybe you needed the money. Maybe you longed for a family, no matter how dubious. Or maybe
;s leaders insist the organization is more like a family than a shadowy syndicate, few families exhibit as much dishonesty, nepotism, and corruption as this one. You’ve honed your cunning, reflexes, and blade to climb the guild’s ranks.
Monsters
Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
form is that of a tall, gaunt, male human, but he uses magic to take on many other visages and shapes. No matter what form he wears, the Mad Mage giggles and mutters incessantly. Contrary to appearances
Half-Orc
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Species
Basic Rules (2014)
orc comrades didn’t last long among the Bloody Skulls or any other orc tribe for that matter. But it was often true that a bit of human blood gave a warrior just the right mix of cunning
marriages, half-orcs are born. Some half-orcs rise to become proud leaders of orc communities. Some venture into the world to prove their worth. Many of these become adventurers, achieving greatness for
Firbolg
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Species
Volo's Guide to Monsters
, typically those used to mask their presence, and many go on to master nature magic.
Firbolgs who become druids serve as stronghold leaders. With every action the tribe takes, the druids weigh not only
destroyed, might not have a choice in the matter. Most adventuring firbolgs fall into this latter category.
Outcast firbolgs can never return home. They committed some unforgivable deed, usually
Yuan-ti Pureblood
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
with that of snakes, producing a caste-based society of hybrids in which the most snakelike are the leaders and the most humanlike are spies and agents in foreign lands.
Humans Transformed
The
cluster of allied city-states. Conquered neighbors were allowed to keep their leaders and culture so long as they paid tribute, swore allegiance to the victors, and incorporated their conquerors
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
Leading Delegates Most factions have sent a delegation to the Council of Waterdeep consisting of several important persons and their aides. In general, only the leaders of each delegation are present
at the council meetings attended by the adventurers. However, no matter how individual delegates might react to the characters’ deeds, they also heed the words of their fellow councilors not present
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
Leading Delegates Most factions have sent a delegation to the Council of Waterdeep consisting of several important persons and their aides. In general, only the leaders of each delegation are present
at the council meetings attended by the adventurers. However, no matter how individual delegates might react to the characters’ deeds, they also heed the words of their fellow councilors not present
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
onto another plane, matter is warped into alien shapes that defy understandable geometry and biology. Aberrations such as mind flayers and beholders are either from this plane or shaped by its strange
awful truths to those who dare listen. For mortals, knowledge of the Far Realm is a struggle of the mind to overcome the boundaries of matter, space, and sanity. Some warlocks embrace this struggle by
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
Factions of Sigil On the Outer Planes, belief shapes reality. Cosmic concepts such as law and chaos can imbue true believers with newfound power, and when enough creatures unite under one ideology
individuals known as factols. These leaders embody their groups’ philosophies and serve different roles depending on their factions’ needs. Factols and their delegates also represent their factions
Backgrounds
Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
company, including the names and reputations of its commanders and leaders, and who has hired them recently. You can find the taverns and festhalls where mercenaries abide in any area, as long as you speak
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
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rrakkma
from the Far Realm leak onto another plane, matter is warped into alien shapes that defy understandable geometry and biology. Aberrations such as mind flayers and beholders are either from this plane
unspeakable things whisper awful truths to those who dare listen. For mortals, knowledge of the Far Realm is a struggle of the mind to overcome the boundaries of matter, space, and sanity. Some
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
entirely separate universe with its own physical and magical laws. Where stray energies from the Far Realm leak onto another plane, matter is warped into alien shapes that defy understandable geometry
the mind to overcome the boundaries of matter, space, and rational thought. Some Warlocks embrace this struggle by forming pacts with entities there. Anyone who has seen the Far Realm mutters about eyes
Backgrounds
Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
to be knowledgeable in History, and can always rely on the aid of the governments that are part of the Alliance, plus other leaders and groups who uphold the Alliance’s ideals.
The Zhentarim
try to help those in need, no matter what the personal cost. (Good)
3
Change. We must help bring about the changes the gods are constantly working in the world. (Chaotic)
4
Power. I hope
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
their orc comrades didn’t last long among the Bloody Skulls or any other orc tribe for that matter. But it was often true that a bit of human blood gave a warrior just the right mix of cunning
, half-orcs are born. Some half-orcs rise to become proud leaders of orc communities. Some venture into the world to prove their worth. Many of these become adventurers, achieving greatness for their mighty deeds.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
not have a choice in the matter. Most adventuring firbolgs fall into this latter category. Outcast firbolgs can never return home. They committed some unforgivable deed, usually something that put
Outcast for murder 2 Outcast for severely damaging home territory 3 Clan slain by invading humanoids 4 Clan slain by a dragon or demon 5 Separated from the tribe and lost 6 Homeland destroyed by natural disaster 7 Personal quest ordained by omens 8 Dispatched on a quest by tribe leaders
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
when confronted with the miraculous. The patronage of a religious order isn’t simply a matter of each member of your group belonging to the same faith. An actual organization—with its own resources, goals, and leaders—sponsors and directs your adventures.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
their orc comrades didn’t last long among the Bloody Skulls or any other orc tribe for that matter. But it was often true that a bit of human blood gave a warrior just the right mix of cunning
, half-orcs are born. Some half-orcs rise to become proud leaders of orc communities. Some venture into the world to prove their worth. Many of these become adventurers, achieving greatness for their mighty deeds.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
. Conquered neighbors were allowed to keep their leaders and culture so long as they paid tribute, swore allegiance to the victors, and incorporated their conquerors’ serpent gods into their religions. These
the first yuan-ti, and once the news of how to perform these rituals spread to other leaders, the call for slaves to fuel the process increased. As the serpent gods began to demand more and more
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
reaches of the Elemental Chaos, where unshaped elements form a tumult of matter and energy, she claims a mote of raw chaos and brings it to her father. Annam quickly shapes it, but he is unsatisfied
with the result; he shapes it again and again, but—as Diancastra points out—each of his efforts to craft something from the chaos ends up reducing its raw potential into mere actuality. The saga makes
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
, read or paraphrase the following: Thunderous footsteps shake the ground as you approach a horned, red-furred demon over twenty feet tall. Two winged shapes flank its towering form. On its back is a
with powerful infernal war leaders. The unicorn desperately wishes to be freed and says as much in Celestial and Elvish. Characters who try to convince the erinyes to release the unicorn must make a DC
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
warriors of Dhakaan are preparing to reclaim their stolen lands, and the nations of Khorvaire have no idea what’s coming. During the struggle with the daelkyr, some Dhakaani leaders saw the madness
dispatch small squads to carry out missions on the surface. Humans usually don’t know enough about goblins to tell the difference between the Dhakaani and the people of Darguun. The truth of the matter is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
Oreskos, a meeting place for the tribes, and the home of leonin leaders. Stone buildings and slender windmills jut above the plain, their pale colors and metal decorations shimmering in the light and
into conflict with wary leonin hunting nearby. Sun’s Mirror This vast, placid lake sits at the center of Oreskos. No matter the weather around it, the lake’s surface remains undisturbed, and often
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
diameter. Mist clings to the looming stone tentacles and swirls around in the pit. Familiar shapes appear and recede in the pit’s mists. In a flash, you realize the mists mimic the town of Phandalin in
miniature.
Characters who fly through the Endless Void to this nodule find themselves steered toward the arrival platform in area A1, no matter which part of the nodule they try to reach. All three of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
a ship make them generally reliable as well. Life aboard a ship shapes their outlook and forms their most important attachments. d8 Personality Trait 1 My friends know they can rely on me, no
matter what. 2 I work hard so that I can play hard when the work is done. 3 I enjoy sailing into new ports and making new friends over a flagon of ale. 4 I stretch the truth for the sake of a good story
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
giants, either ancient or living. Your character might strive to unearth and record more of the ancient history of giants or to learn more of their present ways. This could be a matter of personal
have a connection with giant-sized or prehistoric animals. You might call on the spirits of cave bears, dire wolves, or eagle-eyed pteranodons, or you might use your magic to take the shapes of such creatures. Or you could have a dinosaur companion. Nikki Dawes A druid summons a primeval beast
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
. Languages. You can speak, read, and write Common. Subrace. The beast within shapes each shifter physically and mentally. The four major subraces of shifter include: beasthide, longtooth, swiftstride, and
. Wildhunt shifters are excellent hunters, and they also tend to become the spiritual leaders of shifter communities. Ability Score Increase. Your Wisdom score increases by 2, and your Dexterity increases
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
threats in the prophet’s name, they gain advantage on ability checks they make to bluff or intimidate their way into a temple. Fooled cultists insist on leading the party to one of the cult’s leaders
simple matter to order one such group to attack the characters at one of the Haunted Keeps. (See the “Random Encounters” section in chapter 2.) To rest in safety, the characters must either hide their camp or return to a nearby settlement.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
explain why the conflict erupted in the first place. The devils fight as a matter of pride mixed with burning resentment for a cosmic order that refuses to acknowledge their role as overseers of the
infernal leaders and their armies. If necessary, a general must not hesitate to sacrifice entire legions to stall an enemy advance or punch a hole through an enemy phalanx. Iron discipline combined with a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
House Agent You have sworn fealty to a dragonmarked house, one of the mighty mercantile guilds that shapes Khorvaire. If you possess a dragonmark, you’re likely a member of one of the influential
a whole, but I would do anything for my old mentor.
5 I believe my house needs to evolve to survive, and I need to lead that change.
6 I am determined to impress the leaders of my house
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
Terror from the Sky We praised Pelor when we realized the shapes above us were not dragons. We cursed him when we saw they were the airships of the githyanki.
— Lord Kedrek Thoroden,
Marshal of
carrying troops and the spoils of their raids. Their wizards’ divination magic seeks out great treasures. Under the guidance of Vlaakith, the supreme leaders organize raiding parties and dispatch them to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
of Mistshore, and Waterdeep again has its own navy. The city’s Guard (its army), Watch (police force), Navy, and it famous Griffon Cavalry are all being reformed, but all of that might be a matter of
are the source of much gossip and intrigue as the nobles of Waterdeep always try to maintain at least a veneer of civility in their squabbles. Although they seldom agree on much, one matter that all
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
giants strive to draw shapes out of raw stone, which they believe reveal meaning inspired by their god, Skoraeus Stonebones. The giants appoint the tribe’s best carvers as their leaders, shamans, and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
. Weaker citizens are expected to lay down their lives to protect their betters. Leaders rely on this zealotry in their plans, and although they don’t needlessly waste the lives of purebloods on futile
to murder them in their sleep, the yuan-ti will do so — and they actually prefer these tactics to open warfare. Because abominations and malisons can change into the shapes of snakes, they can keep
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
abandoned. In their windows flickered occasional eldritch lights, and on their sides we could see indistinct shapes scampering across the surface. These buildings were crafted to appear as though clad in
these creatures kept from being caught in these traps, or if they had simply dwelt here long enough to know how to avoid them. Before I could give the matter any thought, I was forced to flee, and I don’t intend to ever return.