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Xanathar's Guide to Everything
troupes are happy to accept a blade’s talent for the excitement it adds to a performance, but few entertainers fully trust a blade in their ranks.
Blades who abandon their lives as entertainers
combats. Though they use their weapons to entertain, they are also highly trained and skilled warriors in their own right.
Their talent with weapons inspires many blades to lead double lives. One blade
Classes
Xanathar's Guide to Everything
troupes are happy to accept a blade’s talent for the excitement it adds to a performance, but few entertainers fully trust a blade in their ranks.
Blades who abandon their lives as entertainers
combats. Though they use their weapons to entertain, they are also highly trained and skilled warriors in their own right.
Their talent with weapons inspires many blades to lead double lives. One blade
Monsters
Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
): destructive wave (necrotic)Multiattack. The death knight makes three longsword attacks.
Longsword (Nine Lives Stealer Longsword). Melee Weapon Attack: +13;{"diceNotation":"1d20+13","rollType":"to hit
failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one.Parry. The death knight adds 6 to its AC against one melee attack that would hit it. To do so, the death knight must see the attacker and be wielding a melee weapon.Necrotic, Poison
Monsters
Monstrous Compendium Vol. 4: Eldraine Creatures
of itself. The target must succeed on a DC 18 Dexterity saving throw or have the prone condition.Parry and Riposte. The high fae adds 4 to its AC against one melee attack roll that would hit it
amuse themselves over the long centuries of their lives, high fae frequently engage in deceptions and other complex games of wits against one another.
Most high fae remain secluded deep within the wilds
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Eberron: Rising from the Last War
me in dreams, and at times her voice whispers in the silence of my mind. As long as at least one of my sisters is alive, Kashtai will survive — and as long as she lives, she will fight il
kalashtar name adds a personal prefix to the name of the quori spirit within the kalashtar. Such names have no relation to the kalashtar’s gender.
Kalashtar orphans are unlikely to know the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
Pirate Captain Pirate captains spend their lives at sea, earning and keeping command through blood and daring. A captain’s impressive sword work and biting words inspire both confidence and fear in a
Athletics +5, Intimidation +4
Senses passive Perception 10
Languages any one language (usually Common)
Challenge 2 (450 XP)
Flourish. The captain adds its Charisma modifier to the damage roll for its
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes of the Borderlands
this matter resolved without violence.”
Quink believes the culprit lives in the keep. Thief in the Night That night, a masked thief stealthily approaches the bank’s door and attempts to pick its
, Quink is flabbergasted but adds a 10 GP bonus for the characters’ exceptional work. Soon after, two guards arrive and arrest Yvette. After the arrest, Yvette no longer appears at this location.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
their characters’ lives. Feel free to add to and modify what they give you, but you’ll start with a solid foundation of the nonplayer characters (NPCs) who are important to the characters. Let the
. Think about the people who run the adventurers’ favorite tavern. And then add a handful of wild cards: a shady dealer, a mad prophet, a retired mercenary, a drunken rake, or anyone else who adds a dash
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
lives. Such undead are often found as champions of the Blood of Vol or agents of the Order of the Emerald Claw. Undead Nature. A Karrnathi undead soldier doesn’t require air, food, drink, or sleep
/600 ft., one target. Hit: 6 (1d8 + 2) piercing damage.
Reactions
Parry. The soldier adds 3 to its AC against one melee attack that would hit it. To do so, the soldier must see the attacker and be wielding a melee weapon.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
Hrigg Roundrook Hrigg is a gregarious dwarf who laughs heartily and lives to feast on the finest food and fight the vilest evil. He is one of five siblings, each of whom were chosen by Kiri-Jolith
.
6th 38 (7d8 + 7) Potent Cantrips. Hrigg adds his Wisdom modifier to the damage he deals with any cantrip. 7th 44 (8d8 + 8) Spellcasting. Hrigg gains one 2nd-level spell slot. He also learns
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
complication, an NPC under the party’s protection might be cursed, panicked, unable to fight, or apt to risk the lives of the adventurers through dubious decisions. The object the adventurers have sworn to
the area. A time limit adds a complication, as does a decision point that might lead characters astray. This might be an exploration encounter, with traps and hazards as complications, or a combat
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
protection might be cursed, diseased, prone to panic attacks, too young or too old to fight, or apt to risk the lives of the adventurers through dubious decisions. The object the adventurers have
. This objective is similar to retrieving an object insofar as reaching the exit is a higher priority than killing opponents in the area. A time limit adds a complication, as does a decision point that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
powerful. Most troupes are happy to accept a blade’s talent for the excitement it adds to a performance, but few entertainers fully trust a blade in their ranks. Blades who abandon their lives as
lives. One blade might use a circus troupe as cover for nefarious deeds such as assassination, robbery, and blackmail. Other blades strike at the wicked, bringing justice to bear against the cruel and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
shoreline writhe with scuttling, slithering fauna. A thick blanket of fog—part of the dragon’s corrupting influence—adds a claustrophobic feel to the lair. Chapel Floor. Columns of clammy stone jut like
to claim the dragon’s real treasures. RHASHAAK
Guardian of the cursed city of Haka’torvhak, the black greatwyrm Rhashaak lives deep in the jungles of Q’barra on the world of Eberron, where he is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
, congregating in steadings built of rough timber or in clusters of well-defended mud-and-wattle huts. Their skins are tan from lives spent lumbering up and down the hilly slopes and dozing beneath the
sun. Their weapons are uprooted trees and rocks pulled from the earth. The sweat of their bodies adds to the reek of the crude animal skins they wear, poorly stitched together with hair and leather
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer Academy
intelligence to be of assistance. The cyclopean ogre is a simple-minded brute who found the meteorite and brought it here. The ogre serves a powerful beholder named Kurrzot who, fortunately, lives
strange meteorite, but only one of us may do so.”
A similar yet different telepathic voice adds, “We call upon you to mediate our dispute at once!”
By asking appropriate questions, characters can
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
things calm down in Three Sun Square, the Brightguard places any remaining Ashen Heirs under arrest. The Ashen Heirs are belligerent as they’re arrested, proclaiming, “A few lost lives are nothing if it
adds that she will be released in time—if she’s innocent. If a character attempts to intervene, Afsoun (chaotic good, elf archmage) tells the guards she doesn’t know the character while discreetly
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
equal to the number rolled on the Bardic Inspiration die. Saving Throw. Immediately after the creature rolls the Bardic Inspiration die and adds it to a saving throw, the mote vanishes with the sound of
item is friendly to you and your companions and obeys your commands. It lives for 1 hour, until it is reduced to 0 hit points, or until you die. In combat, the item shares your initiative count, but it
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monstrous Compendium Volume Four
be repaid, promises must be honored, and outright lies must never be spoken (though misdirection and riddles are always welcome). To amuse themselves over the long centuries of their lives, high fae
.
Reactions
Parry and Riposte. The high fae adds 4 to its AC against one melee attack roll that would hit it, provided it can see the attacker. After the attack hits or misses, the high fae then makes one
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
sits in the middle of a ruined and abandoned village. Anyone who looks into the water sees brief reflections of the long-dead villagers going about their lives in harmony and joy. 2 In the middle of the
Multiattack as an action to make two bite attacks. (If it already has Multiattack, it adds a bite attack to its attack routine.) It also gains the Two Heads trait: it has advantage on Wisdom (Perception
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
their old lives and embrace a “higher purpose.” Once the new recruits are thus purified, the priests decide whether they are worthy for indoctrination as initiates or would better serve the Howling
.
Reactions
Parry. Thurl adds 2 to his AC against one melee attack that would hit him. To do so, Thurl must see the attacker and be wielding a melee weapon.
Windharrow An opportunistic half-moon elf
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
. This version of Phandalin is set five years or so after that adventure, making use of many of the original Phandalin locations and NPCs even as it adds new places and new characters to the mix. If
over him. POLITICS AND ADVENTURING
An Acquisitions Incorporated campaign works best when it’s running on many levels at once. One of those levels is the business aspects of the characters’ lives, with
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
Lookout. The captain needs a sharp eye to call out when waves are about to strike the ship. An intern named Heian (LN female half-elf commoner wearing a shirt emblazoned with “Aeofel Lives”) is currently
zombies surrounds a dozen Dran Enterprises pirates, who are fighting for their lives. The ship is moored at an old and decaying dock, with a single building visible against a forest of thick trees. In
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
demeanor belies a suspicious and cold attitude. If asked about Figaro, Ilren breezily explains that Figaro is recovering from an illness but doesn’t elaborate. Ilren adds that he is happy to serve as
characters to clear out the nest, allowing the characters to proceed further only if they agree. Wade Acuff A treant named Redbud lives in a lifeboat that crashed into the Lambent Zenith Z11: Grell Nest
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
that leaves them open to attack. The lowly chasmes serve more powerful masters as interrogators or taskmasters. A chasme lives to dole out torture as punishment, and has a knack for spotting demons
other targets.
Teleport. The marilith magically teleports, along with any equipment it is wearing or carrying, up to 120 feet to an unoccupied space it can see.
Reactions
Parry. The marilith adds
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
acid, leaving thin layers of hide that enhance its skeletal appearance. A black dragon’s head is marked by spikes and horns. Its tongue is flat with a forked tip, drooling slime whose acidic scent adds
chromatic dragons are evil, but black dragons stand apart for their sadistic nature. A black dragon lives to watch its prey beg for mercy, and will often offer the illusion of respite or escape before