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Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
who died a century ago, after a long and nefarious career. Esvele Rosznar, a brash young noble, has recently adopted the Black Viper's persona to lead a secret life of crime. Like many other nobles
years ago, but has since returned. The Rosznars' inability to regain the respect they feel they deserve rankles them. The slave trade has continued in Amn and elsewhere, and it's not like other noble
Changeling
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Eberron: Rising from the Last War
in stable communities where changelings are true to their nature and deal openly with the people around them. Some are orphans, raised by other races, who find their way in the world without ever
knowing another like themselves. Others are part of nomadic changeling clans spread across the Five Nations, families who keep their true nature hidden from the single-skins. Some clans maintain safe
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
staff that can be ridden like a flying broom and that augments the hag’s magic.
Bheur hags are attracted to selfish actions inspired by deadly cold, such as murdering a traveler for a winter coat
or chopping down a dryad;dryad's grove for firewood. These actions are especially sweet to a bheur if they are unwarranted, such as a greedy merchant hoarding excess food for the winter while others
Species
Eberron: Rising from the Last War
assassins within House Phiarlan. Only special clients—nobles, merchant lords, and the like—have access to these spies.
Toward the end of the Last War, a bitter feud broke out between the
Soldier
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Basic Rules (2014)
standing army, a town guard, or a village militia? Or it might have been a noble’s or merchant’s private army, or a mercenary company.
Skill Proficiencies: Athletics
bearer
8
Support staff (cook, blacksmith, or the like)
FEATURE: MILITARY RANK
You have a military rank from your career as a soldier. Soldiers loyal to your former military
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
what others have said back to them to make sure I have remembered it correctly.
2
I might not like you, but I will endeavor to treat you with respect, if not kindness.
3
I like to impress
visitors by reciting epic poetry.
4
The only people I’m interested in are those who know history and those who make history.
5
I like to adopt the personas of characters from legend
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Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
militia? Or it might have been a noble’s or merchant’s private army, or a mercenary company.
Skill Proficiencies: Athletics, Intimidation
Tool Proficiencies: One type of
, blacksmith, or the like)
FEATURE: MILITARY RANK
You have a military rank from your career as a soldier. Soldiers loyal to your former military organization still recognize your authority and
Bugbear
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
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Gang Mentality
Since bugbears aren’t a particularly fecund race, their overall population is small and spread over a wide area. Bugbears live in family groups that operate much like gangs. The
natural state. Thanks to Grankhul, they can use their size and strength to work as stealthy assassins rather than blundering around like ogres.
Bullying, murder, and engaging in battle are all holy
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
Baldur’s Gate is arduous, so merchants travel together for safety. Each merchant hires guards independently, but the common belief is that if everyone hires two or three and enough wagons travel together
camp on the plateau. Rezmir, being a half-dragon, can’t travel openly in Baldur’s Gate; she’d be attacked by a mob. The city’s wealthy elite, however, often travel the streets in screened or curtained
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Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
unfamiliar with work or discomfort, a former merchant just elevated to the nobility, or a disinherited scoundrel with a disproportionate sense of entitlement. Or you could be an honest, hard-working
nuances of royal courts half a continent away and shockingly ignorant of what life is like for the poor outside their own doorsteps.
This combination of worldly savvy and local blindness characterizes
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
privately hired security agents patrolling it openly (guards) and undercover (spies). All of them work for the merchant prince Zhanthi, who has a monopoly on the jewelry trade in Port Nyanzaru.
Merchants’ Ward The western half of the city is called the Merchants’ Ward because it’s the site of the Grand Souk and because many of the merchant princes’ villas are there. In general, this is the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
Baldur’s Gate is arduous, so merchants travel together for safety. Each merchant hires guards independently, but the common belief is that if everyone hires two or three and enough wagons travel together
camp on the plateau. Rezmir, being a half-dragon, can’t travel openly in Baldur’s Gate; she’d be attacked by a mob. The city’s wealthy elite, however, often travel the streets in screened or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
unload some of the treasures they might be carrying. Nonmagical weapons, armor, and shields can be purchased in the Blade Bazaar. Merchant Madness Characters who look around the bazaar notice a number of
odd things: A duergar merchant can’t stop insulting customers when they are trying to sell something, but becomes a picture of politeness when they want to buy. A number of duergar merchants give
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
Factions and Their Representatives Port Nyanzaru is the lone civilized hub on a vast peninsula of great wealth. Many factions would like to tap into that wealth, and they all have agents vying for
influence in the city or scouting the jungle for opportunities. Some of these can aid the characters, and others will try to hinder them. Laws and Punishments
The merchant princes can create or alter
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
from Endrith Vallivoe, a local shopkeeper drinking in the Swinging Sword, who bought one of the books from a merchant recently arrived from Womford. Four new graves — simple rock cairns, really — have
. Larmon hangs around Gaelkur’s. He can guide the characters to the site where he found the graves, but he insists on waiting until morning. An Amnian merchant heading north on the Long Road stopped
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
where changelings are true to their nature and deal openly with the people around them. Some are orphans, raised by other races, who find their way in the world without ever knowing another like
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
where changelings are true to their nature and deal openly with the people around them. Some are orphans, raised by other races, who find their way in the world without ever knowing another like
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Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
they use for everyone who shares your origin.
The folk of Kara-Tur occasionally travel to Faerûn as diplomats or to forge trade relations with prosperous merchant cartels. You might have come
of them stray as far from home as you have.
You might be traveling to discover what wonders are to be found outside the deserts and sword-like mountains of your homeland, or perhaps you are on a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
man’s glassy eyes and puppet-like movement suggest he has been drugged in some way. A protection from poison spell or similar magic ends the effect on the merchant. Victim. The man the merchant is
make an innocent merchant attack the local lordling. Kala Mabarin Kala Mabarin (neutral evil, human druid) is a skilled herbalist and datura, a protector of the spirits of the land. After years in the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
business as a front to deal in illegal exports, like tut-krogh caterpillar eggs or wynling wings. The Dyn Singh Merchant Collective hires the characters to pose as buyers. 2 A revenant appears at the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
spice up the journey, to help bring the trip to life, and to give characters people to like and protect, or dislike and quarrel with, along the way. Achreny Ulyeltin (Male Human Merchant). Ulyeltin is
. He is suspicious of everyone and makes outrageous accusations at the drop of a hat. Beyd Sechepol (Male Half-Elf Merchant). Ale and beer are so common that not much money can be made hauling them long
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
Nyanzaru Encounters table to determine what the characters encounter, or simply choose an encounter you like. Port Nyanzaru Encounters d20 Encounter 1 A parrot poops on a random character’s head
. 2 Near the harbor, an ankylosaurus that tows boats through the warehouse canals goes on a rampage and must be calmed, restrained, or killed. 3 A merchant shouts, “Stop! Thief!” as a furtive youngster
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
spice up the journey, to help bring the trip to life, and to give characters people to like and protect, or dislike and quarrel with, along the way. Achreny Ulyeltin (Male Human Merchant). Ulyeltin is
. He is suspicious of everyone and makes outrageous accusations at the drop of a hat. Beyd Sechepol (Male Half-Elf Merchant). Ale and beer are so common that not much money can be made hauling them
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
using knowledge to win the day over brute force. However, as the Cult of the Dragon grows more brazen and destructive, the Harpers are forced to act more openly in their opposition. If the characters
effectively alone or in small groups, much like adventurers. When on a mission, they are independent and self-reliant. The ideal Harper is a keen observer, persuasive, and able to go almost anywhere
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
black markets; fair and equitable trades Four of coins Merchant A rare commodity or business opportunity; deceitful or dangerous business transactions Five of coins Guild Member Like-minded individuals
Card Name Represents Master of coins Rogue Anyone for whom money is important; those who believe money is the key to their success One of coins Swashbuckler Those who like money yet give it up
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
using knowledge to win the day over brute force. However, as the Cult of the Dragon grows more brazen and destructive, the Harpers are forced to act more openly in their opposition. If the characters
effectively alone or in small groups, much like adventurers. When on a mission, they are independent and self-reliant. The ideal Harper is a keen observer, persuasive, and able to go almost anywhere
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
using knowledge to win the day over brute force. However, as the Cult of the Dragon grows more brazen and destructive, the Harpers are forced to act more openly in their opposition. If the characters
effectively alone or in small groups, much like adventurers. When on a mission, they are independent and self-reliant. The ideal Harper is a keen observer, persuasive, and able to go almost anywhere
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Warriors (Neutral) who demand that the merchant surrender his goods. In combat, the kobolds shout things like “For the Winged God!” and “Fight to reclaim our home!” If four of them fall in battle, the
are causing trouble in the Cairn Hills. They’re raiding merchants, hoping the dragon will allow them to return home as its loyal servants. Hook. A merchant named Nondy Barducks (a Lawful Neutral, gnome
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
Fane of the Eye beneath the Sumber Hills. Each prophet began to gather like-minded followers. Strangers trickled into the Dessarin Valley in ones or twos. Some were already cultists of Elemental Evil
, eager to build a place where they could openly practice their vile rites. Others were brutal thugs, power-hungry dabblers in forbidden magic, or fanatics lured by the call of evil. At first the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
Setting A fertile agricultural region like the Dessarin Valley does not exist in Athas, but there are several frontier areas containing small, out-of-the-way villages separated by several days
Athas would have looked much like the Forgotten Realms. The four Haunted Keeps described in chapter 3 of this adventure are lonely outposts or ruins scattered throughout the badlands under which Tyar
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
Lionshield Coster Robson Michel Linene Graywind A wooden sign shaped like a shield and painted with a blue lion hangs above the door of this trading post. The building is owned by the Lionshields, a
merchant company based in the city of Yartar, over a hundred miles to the east. They ship finished goods to Phandalin and other small settlements throughout the region, but this outpost has been hit
, but by the heir of a dragonmarked house. Run a dragonmarked intrigue campaign if you want to emulate the schemes and power struggles of the Renaissance—merchant dynasties growing to rival royal families in influence—or stories of family power dynamics like The Sopranos or Succession.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
, which holds the first clues in the mystery. Like all other books in Candlekeep, Sarah of Yellowcrest Manor cannot be removed from the library, so make it clear to the characters that Sarah’s ghost
determine otherwise. The easiest way for characters without access to teleportation magic to travel from Candlekeep to the City of Splendors is to sail up the Sword Coast. Many merchant ship captains
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
clouds release heavy rain until the road runs thick with mud, yet you trudge on, passing by friendly merchant caravans heading north.
On the morning of the fifth day, the rain subsides but the dark
clouds remain. Ahead, you see a path branch from the wider road, heading to the sea. A raven perches solemnly on a leaning post bearing two signs that point like arms toward the west. One says “The Way
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
killed and a second is reduced to fewer than half its hit points, whereupon the surviving hounds flee. A mysterious bowl-like symbol (the symbol of the fire cult) marks the iron collars of the hell
hounds. Thorsk Thelorn in Red Larch can connect the symbol to a mysterious gathering of druids in the Sumber Hills he heard about from a passing merchant and provide directions to Scarlet Moon Hall.