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Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
indicate the only elements of the wearer’s identity that matter: the commander it serves and the layer of the Nine Hells it protects.
Because of their unshakable loyalty, merregons form the
backbone of many devils’ protective retinues. They shrink from no task, no matter how dangerous. Unless ordered to fall back, they never retreat from a fight.Fire, PoisonCold; Bludgeoning, Piercing, and Slashing from Nonmagical Attacks that aren't Silvered
Monsters
Quests from the Infinite Staircase
specialized for its role. Robots are programmed with intelligence, understanding, and usually loyalty to their creators. Despite that, long-operating robots sometimes develop their own personalities and ideas
. Robots that endure long stretches of isolation, mistreatment, or neglect are prone to malfunctions. Some robots become despondent or cruel, while others obsessively repeat their last directive or adopt new, peculiar purposes of their own.Cold, PoisonAcid, Fire
Monsters
Quests from the Infinite Staircase
are programmed with intelligence, understanding, and usually loyalty to their creators. Despite that, long-operating robots sometimes develop their own personalities and ideas. Robots that endure long
stretches of isolation, mistreatment, or neglect are prone to malfunctions. Some robots become despondent or cruel, while others obsessively repeat their last directive or adopt new, peculiar purposes
Monsters
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
its remaining spell slots sparingly.
The sunken Netherese 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 effectively becomes a clone of Dzaan, authentic in every way.
Companion. Because they're so despised throughout Faerûn, Red Wizards often adopt disguises and
Monsters
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
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
effectively becomes a clone of Dzaan, authentic in every way.
Companion. Because they’re so despised throughout Faerûn, Red Wizards often adopt disguises and rarely travel abroad without an escort
Half-Orc
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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
name for a human name. Some half-orcs with human names decide to adopt a guttural orc name because they think it makes them more intimidating.
Male Orc Names: Dench, Feng, Gell, Henk, Holg, Imsh, Keth
Firbolg
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
whatever name the surrounding folk use, as a matter of tact and hospitality, but among their own kind they simply call it “home.”
Sometimes firbolgs adopt the nicknames or titles outsiders give them under the assumption that those who need names can call them whatever they wish.
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
Tiefling
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him or her, the tiefling learns to extend the same trust to them. And once a tiefling gives someone loyalty, the tiefling is a firm friend or ally for life.
Tiefling Names
Tiefling names fall into
reflect their fiendish heritage. And some younger tieflings, striving to find a place in the world, adopt a name that signifies a virtue or other concept and then try to embody that concept. For some
Species
Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
him or her, the tiefling learns to extend the same trust to them. And once a tiefling gives someone loyalty, the tiefling is a firm friend or ally for life.
Tiefling Names
Tiefling names fall into
reflect their fiendish heritage. And some younger tieflings, striving to find a place in the world, adopt a name that signifies a virtue or other concept and then try to embody that concept. For some
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
, understanding, and usually loyalty to their creators. Despite that, long-operating robots sometimes develop their own personalities and ideas. Robots that endure long stretches of isolation, mistreatment, or
neglect are prone to malfunctions. Some robots become despondent or cruel, while others obsessively repeat their last directive or adopt new, peculiar purposes of their own.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
to their lands by whatever name the surrounding folk use, as a matter of tact and hospitality, but among their own kind they simply call it “home.” Sometimes firbolgs adopt the nicknames or titles outsiders give them under the assumption that those who need names can call them whatever they wish.
Firbolg Names Firbolg adopt elven names when they must deal with outsiders, although the concept of names strikes them as strange. They know the animals and plants of the forest without formal names
Backgrounds
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
regard you with suspicion, and you generally get a chilly reception while in uniform.
BALDUR’S GATE FEATURE: LOYALTY TEST
You’ve had enough dealings with crooked soldiers that you can spot
. (Neutral)
6
Nation. My city, nation, or 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
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
your game, including the gods of established D&D worlds and fantasy-historical pantheons. You can adopt one of these pantheons for your campaign, or pick and choose deities and ideas from them as you
please. See “A Sample Pantheon” in this section for an example. As far as the game’s rules are concerned, it doesn’t matter if your world has hundreds of deities or a church devoted to a single god. In
Paladin
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their oaths lead them into the service of the crown as leaders of elite groups of knights, but even then their loyalty is first to the cause of righteousness, not to crown and country.
Adventuring
, an impenitent paladin might be forced to abandon this class and adopt another, or perhaps to take the Oathbreaker paladin option that appears in the Dungeon Master’s Guide.
Class Features
As a paladin, you gain the following class features.
Orc
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
the world. For no matter how thick its walls, skilled its archers, or brave its knights, few settlements have ever withstood a full-scale onslaught of orcs.
Every soldier who lives through a fight
; their loyalty by turning them into slaves.
If a tribe is defeated and driven from its lair, the survivors might come under the sway of a strong but dimwitted creature, such as a hill giant or an ogre
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
their unshakable loyalty, merregons form the backbone of many devils’ protective retinues. They shrink from no task, no matter how dangerous. Unless ordered to fall back, they never retreat from a fight
metal mask bolted to its head. Markings on the mask indicate the only elements of the wearer’s identity that matter: the commander it serves and the layer of the Nine Hells it protects. Because of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
Philosophy and Religion Their code of honorable behavior and unswerving loyalty serves the dragonborn as a kind of faith, and, according to the traditionalists among them, that outlook is all the
that no matter how their original god, Io, brought them into being, that ancient deity is either long dead or uncaring about their fate, and the dragon gods that supplanted Io seem primarily interested
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Uni and the Hunt for the Lost Horn
. Venger planted the tome to tempt Kelek and test the spellcaster’s loyalty. The demiplane is inside Venger’s Crystal Ball. No wish awaits Kelek at the end of his ritual, only his master’s scorn. No
matter what happens to Kelek, Venger is certain to destroy Uni’s horn and use it for his own nefarious ends. The characters must free Uni from Kelek’s minions and stop Kelek and Venger from misusing Uni’s magic and destroying her horn.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
Obedience. Because of their unshakable loyalty, merregons form the backbone of many devils’ protective retinues. They shrink from no task, no matter how dangerous. Unless ordered to fall back, they retreat
legionnaire has a metal mask bolted to its head. Markings on the mask indicate the only elements of the wearer’s identity that matter: its commander and the layer of the Nine Hells it serves. Fearless
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
When someone loves me, I will do anything for them, no matter whom they hurt.
5 I’ve given up resisting my habits and indulge myself whenever possible.
6 I would rather be righteously angry
at problems than solve them.
7 I assume everyone is lying to me, even my most trusted allies, and constantly test their loyalty.
8 I don’t know love, only domineering obsession, and I
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
absolute evil, demons have no concept of empathy. Each demon believes that only its needs and desires matter. This self-centeredness applies even with regard to other demons. These fiends have no
demon sees itself as the rightful inheritor of the cosmos. It is driven to destroy all other living creatures, or at least command their absolute loyalty. In due time, the laws of the universe will
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
nupperibos. These pitiful creatures shuffle mindlessly across the landscape: blind, bloated from unquenchable hunger, and groping for whatever scraps of fetid matter or swarming vermin they can scoop
receives telepathically from another devil. This blind loyalty makes them the easiest of infernal troops to lead into battle, but their presence in a legion does nothing to elevate its general’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
fearsome foes such as dragons, and build friendships forged amid fantastical dangers. Fueled by imagination and rules, D&D invites you to adopt a fantasy persona—a mighty Fighter, a cunning Rogue, a faithful
magic to revive their fallen comrade, or the character’s player might create a new character to carry on. No matter what happens, if everyone has a good time and creates a memorable story, they all win.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
victories.
7 It doesn’t matter if the whole world’s against me. I’ll always do what I think is right.
8 I have morbid interests and a macabre aesthetic.
9 I have a personal ritual
.
6 The world has been convinced of a terrible lie. It’s up to me to reveal the truth.
7 I deeply miss someone and am quick to adopt people who remind me of them.
8 A great evil dwells
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
life has changed thanks to their new destiny. The Rewarded Personality Traits table suggests traits you might adopt for your character and cards from the Deck of Many Things that might have prompted
when all else fails. (Comet, Knight) 5 My good fortune means I can lift others up as well. (Gem, Moon) 6 Having the right answers is the first step to solving any problem, no matter how dire. (Fates
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Outer Planes If the Inner Planes are the raw matter and energy that make up the multiverse, the Outer Planes provide the direction, thought, and purpose for its construction. These are realms of
other lawful planes might feel their ties of loyalty to each other growing stronger, while those who visit Limbo and other chaotic planes might become temporarily more independent or self-absorbed. These
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
charitable actions such as burial of the unknown dead. Their motives are manifold, but their actions — no matter the reason — earn them loyalty and high regard from those who benefit from their largesse
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
dagger belongs to the company, but I’m sure they won’t miss it. Or this flask. Or this armor.
8 It’s only a matter of time before I’ll be upper management. I just have to kiss up to my superiors and
current path. If I succeed, I want to repay that mentor in some way.
5 I value an oath of loyalty I took to a group of friends over everything else in my life.
6 Although I don’t get along well
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
, making it no small matter. Although it takes only one mind flayer to perform the process, any illithid not directly involved in the process is required to donate its psionic power to the effort while
persona intact while infusing it with a fanatical loyalty to the colony’s elder brain as well as telepathic power that allows the victim to communicate with its new masters as if it were a mind flayer
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
, matter and spirit, body and mind, health and illness, purity and defilement, positive energy and negative energy — the D&D universe is full of polar opposites that could serve as the foundation for a
explicitly evil. If the fundamental conflict in a religion is expressed as the opposition between matter and spirit, the followers of that religion believe that one of the two (usually matter) is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
common threats, every lord in it places the fate and fortune of his or her settlement above all others. Agents of the alliance are chosen primarily for their loyalty, and are trained in observation
see more than a few feet in any direction. Soon, even the werewolf tracks disappear. No matter which direction they go, the characters come to a lonely dirt road that cuts through the woods, leading to area A (see chapter 2). As an alternative, you can have them enter Barovia near Krezk (see chapter 8).
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
matter of time until someone is seriously hurt. While Nysene’s siblings — Dolandre, Rusorra, and Trenteller — view this behavior as embarrassing and unworthy of her station, they also don’t care enough
appointed by one of the four dukes, and most are resolved as a simple administrative matter that proceeds from arraignment to sentencing within minutes. Unless an impartial witness or evidence of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
represents the richest interests and the most powerful armies on the Sword Coast. The order controls wealth that can hire mercenaries, ensure the loyalty of wavering princes, and possibly even bribe a few
trust no matter what my personal desires.”) Interaction Traits: Honest Pledged Resources: Flaming Fist warriors and expert advisers to train conscript troops Ulder Ravengard is the leader of the Flaming
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
represents the richest interests and the most powerful armies on the Sword Coast. The order controls wealth that can hire mercenaries, ensure the loyalty of wavering princes, and possibly even bribe a few
no matter what my personal desires.”) Interaction Traits: Honest Pledged Resources: Flaming Fist warriors and expert advisers to train conscript troops Ulder Ravengard is the leader of the Flaming
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer
matter of time until someone is seriously hurt. While Nysene’s siblings — Dolandre, Rusorra, and Trenteller — view this behavior as embarrassing and unworthy of her station, they also don’t care enough
appointed by one of the four dukes, and most are resolved as a simple administrative matter that proceeds from arraignment to sentencing within minutes. Unless an impartial witness or evidence of






