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Sage Legacy

Backgrounds Basic Rules (2014)

colleague posing a question you have not yet been able to answer, a set of common clothes, and a pouch containing 10 gp Specialty To determine the nature of your scholarly training, roll a d8 or

Characteristics Sages are defined by their extensive studies, and their characteristics reflect this life of study. Devoted to scholarly pursuits, a sage values knowledge highly—sometimes in its own right

Sage - Baldur's Gate

Backgrounds Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus

answer, a set of common clothes, and a pouch containing 10 gp Specialty To determine the nature of your scholarly training, roll a d8 or choose from the options in the table below. d8

scholarly pursuits, a sage values knowledge highly—sometimes in its own right, sometimes as a means toward other ideals. d8 Personality Trait 1 I use polysyllabic words that

Grung

Species One Grung Above

THIS IS NONCORE D&D MATERIAL These game mechanics are usable in your campaign if your DM allows them but not refined by final game design and editing. Grungs are aggressive froglike

lookout for creatures they can capture and enslave. Grungs use slaves for all manner of menial tasks, but mostly they just like bossing them around. Slaves are fed mildly poisoned food to keep them

Character Hooks

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel

factions. Midnight Sun. An ally of the characters has received permission to visit Akharin Sangar and witness a periodic event in which the moon shines like the sun. This ally asks the characters to escort them on a scholarly or religious expedition.

Sage

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

question you have not yet been able to answer, a set of common clothes, and a pouch containing 10 gp Specialty To determine the nature of your scholarly training, roll a d8 or choose from the options

, and their characteristics reflect this life of study. Devoted to scholarly pursuits, a sage values knowledge highly — sometimes in its own right, sometimes as a means toward other ideals. d8

Hill Giant Bags

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

, while others collect artistic or scholarly materials that defy stereotypes attached to their kind. Hill giant bags are made from simple materials like burlap or linen. Most have a distinctive “snack

Sage

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

question you have not yet been able to answer, a set of common clothes, and a pouch containing 10 gp Specialty To determine the nature of your scholarly training, roll a d8 or choose from the options

. Devoted to scholarly pursuits, a sage values knowledge highly — sometimes in its own right, sometimes as a means toward other ideals. d8 Personality Trait 1 I use polysyllabic words that convey the

Academy

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything

affiliation with the academy. This association carries clout in scholarly or artistic circles. The academy also secures documentation, letters of introduction, and traveling papers if your work requires them

magic items, spellbooks, gear, and the like. Additionally, you can consult with the faculty of your academy as the experts in various fields. Training. Because you’re associated with the academy, you

Never Alone

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild

patrolling the laboratory section (areas 1 to 23). On a 3–4, it patrols the temple section (areas 24 to 39). There are no fixed mechanics for encounters with the thessalhydra, but feel free to have

thessalheart construct is a strange magical-mechanical device that struts about like a chicken, and which features a human heart beating madly behind its glass front. The construct always wanders the zone

Build Your Group

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

immortal’s grand plans, but is ready to make sure those with such roles play them. This is often a character with no magical ability or sometimes from a scholarly background, such as a sage or hermit

key part of a prophecy, or made what seemed like an innocent bargain with a harmless old hermit, or found an artifact with mysterious powers. The folk hero background is ideal for the Innocent

Noteworthy Sites

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel

groups like the folklore-sharing Dancers of Smoke. Becoming a vendor at the Dyn Singh Night Market involves gaining the favor of the five oldest families of Siabsungkoh, then paying a large fee to

scholarly Preed family, whose members believe the land has grown angry and will soon swallow Siabsungkoh whole. Avyrn Mountain Centuries ago, a young sorcerer named Phi Maymoon scaled Avyrn Mountain and

Studies and Philosophy

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos

, Octavia (a water elemental that looks like an enormous octopus) took up residence on campus and never left. After all, in its humble opinion, every student deserves the chance to see true art in

the table to randomly determine the scholarly focus of a Prismari student or faculty member. The Principle column notes which side of the perfection-expression conflict a scholar more likely aligns

Ice Gate Level

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

bits of metal, is a half-finished exoskeletal construct like the ones you encountered in the room you came from. This room contains two duergar mechanics (one male, one female), both of whom turn

Weird Magic

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters

and with various means of activation. Even those who have read scholarly books about hag lore can’t predict what a particular hag might have up her sleeve. A grandmother or some other hag of great

ornate hand mirror, producing a cloud of glass shards that damages creatures like cloud of daggers (a 2nd-level spell). She might instead uncork a bottle of wasps that surround her and stitch up her

The Big Picture

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

techniques to share lore with your players: Echoes of the Past. Features like a crater in the side of a mountain, a defaced statue in the town square, or a holiday celebrating a local hero provide concrete

. Summarize what lengthy works say, and focus on the most plot-worthy parts. Scholarly Expertise. Characters who have proficiency in the Arcana, History, or Religion skill can be fonts of useful

Modifying a Class

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

faith, making them proficient with the quarterstaff and nothing else. You could give them a benefit to make up for the loss of proficiencies—something like the monk’s Unarmored Defense class feature, but

their masters, drawn from the sorcerer or wizard lists. Suddenly, the paladin feels like a different class. Be cautious when changing the warlock spell list. Since warlocks regain their spell slots

Quandrix Student

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos

student magically gazes into the intricate patterns of nature Building a Quandrix Character Any spellcasting class or subclass can work well for a Quandrix character. Both the scholarly focus of wizards

table in the Player’s Handbook, for your starting trinket. Quandrix Trinkets d6 Trinket 1 A small succulent in a dodecahedral clay pot 2 A blue knit hat that looks a bit like a bottle folding in on

Dimensional Caverns

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated

while the characters traverse the tunnel. The tunnel continues for what feels like forever before the ceiling suddenly begins to rise. The walls frame an impossibly tall canyon that slowly widens, the

air becoming hot and heavy with the scent of sulfur. Glowing vents of magma fill a huge cavern with a dull red glow. From somewhere ahead, you hear a deep, echoing caw, sounding like the call of some

Lost Spire Locations (P9-P16)

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

forthcoming. It is self-aware enough to know what it is, but it can’t grow or learn in its current form. It asks the characters to help it become a flesh-and-blood creature like the wizard who created

. Written in Elvish, this scholarly tome copies and analyzes fragments of eight ancient scrolls left behind by a sun elf wizard who taught magic to the cloud giants of Ostoria, a bygone empire that

Candlekeep

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide

out on the peninsula where Candlekeep stands. The Great Library Candlekeep is the largest repository of lore and writings in all the Realms (although my scholarly kin in Evereska don’t like being

these same towers rise. Those who have seen this vista from above have said that it looks like nothing so much as a cake decorated with too many candles. The mist of sea-spray fills the air nearest the

Court of Air

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries

in a corner of the Hearth’s taproom, reading a book. A few years ago, the ogre was like many others of his kind—brutish and cruel. He met a halfling adventurer wearing the shiny gold headband and

is performed by scribes in the House of the Binder. The entire text must be replicated, since the Avowed insist on maintaining the scholarly intent and integrity of the original author. Nonmagical

Area Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Nest of the Eldritch Eye

tomb. Bookshelves carrying various tomes and scholarly implements stand against the walls. At the center is a stone, gold-painted sarcophagus, the sides of which bear a beautiful relief carving of two

eyeball (like the one obtained from Delvin) tucked in one pocket. Being Sneaky. To move through these rooms without waking the cultists, a creature must succeed on a DC 14 Dexterity (Stealth) check. On a

Locations V - Z

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder

scholarly and cautious cloud giant named Count Nimbolo. His wife, Countess Mulara, is distrusting of “small folk” and doesn’t allow the characters to move about her home unescorted. Although these giants

retreats to the hearth if he sees any magic. Like most Uthgardt, he is fearful of magic and distrustful of spellcasters. Orok is drawn to rough-looking wilderness types, such as barbarians and rangers. If

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