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Monsters
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
surreptitiously poisoned his wives. In time, Ulkora hopes Gunvald will turn his loving eye toward her and allow her to bear his true heir. If Gunvald were to learn the truth, he would put Ulkora to death.
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
magic items and artworks that highlight the unique nature of different worlds. Magic items that allow teleportation or travel between planes, spellbooks filled with similar magic, and treatises examining
… or than any of your selves do, really.
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It is not my place to interfere. I merely seek to observe, learn, and understand.
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With a true understanding of metaphysics, anything is
Monsters
Mordenkainen's Fiendish Folio Volume 1
, their lack of cunning foiled her plans. Many tumbled into the sea and drowned, too simpleminded and impatient to learn how to swim. Others smashed caravans and crushed their defenders most effectively
deeply embedded magical compulsion to obedience.
Treasure Hungry. The hag had a particular love of silver, and was loath to allow even the smallest bit of that metal to slip through her grasp. Her
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
. Magic items that allow teleportation or travel between planes, spellbooks filled with similar magic, and treatises examining the nature of the multiverse form the centerpiece of an amethyst dragon
to interfere. I merely seek to observe, learn, and understand.
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With a true understanding of metaphysics, anything is possible—including the creation of a more orderly and perfect cosmos
Elf
Legacy
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Species
Basic Rules (2014)
magic allow them to support themselves without the need for clearing and plowing land. They are talented artisans, crafting finely worked clothes and art objects. Their contact with outsiders is
accomplished, and you have to appreciate their achievements. If only they could slow down and learn some refinement.”
Elf Names
Elves are considered children until they declare themselves adults, some
Cleric
Legacy
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Classes
Basic Rules (2014)
to those chosen to fulfill a high calling.
Harnessing divine magic doesn’t rely on study or training. A cleric might learn formulaic prayers and ancient rites, but the ability to cast cleric
expected to protect their deities’ worshipers, which can mean fighting enemy raiders, negotiating peace between warring nations, or sealing a portal that would allow a demon prince to enter the world
Kenku
Legacy
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Species
Volo's Guide to Monsters
. Every kenku is born with a desire to take to the air, and those who learn spellcasting do so in hope of mastering spells that will allow them to fly. Rumors of magic items such as flying carpets, brooms
. They seek out ruins that reach to the sky, though they lack the motivation and creativity to make repairs or fortify such places. Even so, their light weight and size allow them to dwell in rickety
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
that highlight the unique nature of different worlds. Magic items that allow teleportation or travel between planes, spellbooks filled with similar magic, and treatises examining the nature of the
your selves do, really.
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It is not my place to interfere. I merely seek to observe, learn, and understand.
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With a true understanding of metaphysics, anything is possible—including
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
, especially magic items and artworks that highlight the unique nature of different worlds. Magic items that allow teleportation or travel between planes, spellbooks filled with similar magic, and treatises
you do … or than any of your selves do, really.
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It is not my place to interfere. I merely seek to observe, learn, and understand.
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With a true understanding of metaphysics
Backgrounds
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
. You infiltrate your secondary guild to learn its secrets, keep tabs on its activities, or perhaps undermine it from within.
Skill Proficiencies: Deception, Stealth
Tool Proficiencies:
have documentation, established acquaintances, and disguises that allow you to assume that persona and fit into the secondary guild.
Whenever you choose, you can drop this identity and blend into the
Lizardfolk
Legacy
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Species
Volo's Guide to Monsters
pleasurable creatures and things are ones that allow lizardfolk to assess more situations as benign rather than fearsome.
Cold and Calculating
Most humanoids describe cold-blooded people as lacking in
once been a warrior or hunter, but now the body is just freshly killed meat.
A lizardfolk who lives among other humanoids can, over time, learn to respect other creatures’ emotions. The
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
. Even the smallest village contains myriad stories of love, loss, triumph, and betrayal. There is always more to learn about people. (Any)
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Espionage. Once I get paid for the information I glean
pit fiend to buy back the soul of a legendary hero.
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A group of adult red dragon;adult red and adult silver dragon;silver dragons set aside their differences to learn wisdom from an ancient
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
Exploring Automata CoupleOfKooks “You think Automata’s straight streets and ticks and tocks are order?! Wake up! The powers of Mechanus don’t want what’s best for you. They want you predicable
. Don’t feed yourself to their machine!”
–Legis, former Council of Anarchy member before being imprisoned in Mechanus
As the characters approach Automata, read the following description: Rigid beings
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
Additional Languages Some backgrounds also allow characters to learn additional languages beyond those given by race. See “Languages” earlier in this chapter.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
Additional Languages Some backgrounds also allow characters to learn additional languages beyond those given by race. See “Languages” earlier in this section.
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Inquisitiveness. Even the smallest village contains myriad stories of love, loss, triumph, and betrayal. There is always more to learn about people. (Any)
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Espionage. Once I get paid for the
, or crumbling ruins designed to disorient intruders. Circuitous routes within the lair provide the dragon with numerous ways to evade pursuit, while strategically designed choke points allow them to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
Planning the Heist How the characters execute the heist is up to them. Allow your players to flex their creativity. The characters would be smart to scout the casino and learn as much as they can
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
unmasked. Characters might try to learn the basic dances as they prepare for the Grand Masquerade, but no outsider can hope to learn every step in as little as a week. Like navigating the social niceties of
the gathering, fumbling through a dance involves careful observation and skilled fakery, plus the added ingredients of natural grace and agility. Allow characters to make Dexterity (Acrobatics) or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Morte’s Planar Parade
Hexton Modron When the armies of Mechanus mobilize against the forces of chaos, hextons are the field generals who command modron troops. These hulking hierarchs lead groups of modrons in endeavors
outside Mechanus, with the most notable example being the Great Modron March. Hextons have solid frames that bristle with six shining flanges. They boast a pair of arms and tentacles, both of which end
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
Dreams of Flight Above all else, kenku wish to regain their ability to fly. Every kenku is born with a desire to take to the air, and those who learn spellcasting do so in hope of mastering spells
that will allow them to fly. Rumors of magic items such as flying carpets, brooms capable of flight, and similar objects provoke a great desire for the kenku to acquire the items for themselves. Despite
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hold Back The Dead
reclaim the fortress. The fortress would allow the Lord’s Alliance to keep a closer watch over dangers in the region. The characters are initially hired to help guard Ironspine Keep, which is expected to
sequester his forces, and Szass Tam can’t allow the powerful Sword Coast cities to control the stronghold. He quickly dispatched a legion commanded by a spectral warlord to discourage the recovery effort
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Forge of the Artificer
do in combat, while others prefer to stick with the familiar options their characters bring to any fight. As DM, learn your players’ preferences and try to build encounters that allow players to do
spells at an enemy airship. Dragonmarked characters might particularly enjoy crew stations that allow their dragonmarks to shine. Vehicle Statistics
The descriptions of airships in this chapter present
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
Job might encounter an NPC associated with that endeavor. You may also allow your players to browse the “Fellow Students” section to learn more about the NPCs.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
What the Prisoners Know Allow the characters to freely mingle and interact with their fellow prisoners or even the drow guards, although the guards rarely talk to the “surface-dweller scum.” Of all
establish telepathic communication to allow everyone to speak freely. The guards aren’t observant enough to notice. You might wish to consult the social interaction rules in the Dungeon Master’s Guide
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
for the duration. Spells and other effects that allow planar travel or open portals, such as gate or plane shift, fail if used to enter or leave the area. The cube is stationary. At Higher Levels. When
action to study it. Make a DC 15 ability check using your spellcasting ability. On a successful check, you learn the destination plane of the portal and what portal key it requires, then the spell ends
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
Beyond Death When a character dies, the Underworld serves as an opportunity to allow a dead character to experience their own story while their companions (hopefully) try to get the body resurrected
long-dead foe and learn how they’re keeping you from being magically resurrected.
8 Discover a secret from an infamous member of your family who became a typhon (see chapter 6).
9 Save a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
Font of Magic At 2nd level, you tap into a deep wellspring of magic within yourself. This wellspring is represented by sorcery points, which allow you to create a variety of magical effects. Sorcery
additional sorcery points. You learn other ways to use your sorcery points as you reach higher levels. Creating Spell Slots. You can transform unexpended sorcery points into one spell slot as a bonus
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
language of humans, so they speak in Primordial. (Mitor Jans has some fluency in Primordial and offers to be an intermediary if needed.) As long as the characters are nonhostile, the grippli will allow
them to disembark. Mitor Jans and his ship remain at the dock while the characters go ashore. He suggests that they seek an audience with the grippli’s leader, Pond Mother, to learn firsthand about what has happened. (Fortunately for the characters, she’s not hard to find.)
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
activities. (Other guilds typically charge dues somewhere between 10 and 15 gp per year.) Information. An adventurers’ guild headquarters makes a good place to learn about topics relevant to adventurers
an account with House Kundarak banks that allow its members to store valuables in secure vaults. Some guilds have access to items such as a bag of holding or a safe that opens into a similar extradimensional space. In the worst case, an item can be hidden in a guildhall’s basement for a time.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
Font of Magic At 2nd level, you tap into a deep wellspring of magic within yourself. This wellspring is represented by sorcery points, which allow you to create a variety of magical effects. Sorcery
additional sorcery points. You learn other ways to use your sorcery points as you reach higher levels. Creating Spell Slots. You can transform unexpended sorcery points into one spell slot as a bonus
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
. Speed. Your base walking speed is 30 feet. Languages. You can speak, read, and write Common and one extra language of your choice. Humans typically learn the languages of other peoples they deal
HUMAN TRAITS
If your campaign uses the optional feat rules from chapter 6, your Dungeon Master might allow these variant traits, all of which replace the human’s Ability Score Increase trait
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
they’re going to return as a spirit. Prevent this from happening.
3 Discover why members of a prominent family never allow anyone to enter their guest house.
4 Solve the murder of a phantom
visit his haunted family home and put his deathless family to rest.
7 Discreetly follow a phantom vagabond to find out where she disappears to and with whom.
8 Learn why a mob of spirits besieges the local temple on the winter solstice each year.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
members are horrified to learn that their chieftain is dead. Until a new great chief is chosen, they either flee from the characters or allow them to pass through their territory unmolested. They will
even allow the characters to take the giant relic from their spirit mound. Killing Wormblod also allows the characters to gain a supernatural gift from the couatl in Great Worm Cavern (see the “Great Worm Cavern” section in chapter 3 for details).
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
tier 1, characters are apprentice adventurers, though they are already set apart from the broader populace by virtue of their extraordinary abilities. They learn their starting class features and
. Tier 3 (Levels 11–16) In tier 3, characters have reached a level of power that makes them special among adventurers. At level 11, many spellcasters learn reality-altering spells. Other characters gain
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
. The Great Old One might be unaware of your existence or entirely indifferent to you, but the secrets you have learned allow you to draw your magic from it. Entities of this type include Ghaunadar
from an expanded list of spells when you learn a warlock spell. The following spells are added to the warlock spell list for you. Great Old One Expanded Spells Spell Level
Spells
1st dissonant