merchant spring with only arrived from for like

Vegepygmy Thorny Hunter

Monsters Quests from the Infinite Staircase

saving throw or have the prone condition.Thorny hunters are bestial vegepygmies derived from the corpses of bears, dogs, and other quadrupedal Beasts. Thorny hunters act like bloodhounds, following

their master’s orders to hunt prey with deadly ferocity. Vegepygmies Also called mold folk, vegepygmies are fungal creatures that spring forth from the body of a Humanoid or Giant killed by

K'Tulah

Monsters Candlekeep Mysteries

","rollDamageType":"slashing"} slashing damage.K’Tulah is a gregarious tabaxi, a catlike humanoid. She arrived at Candlekeep six days ago and received permission to use the library to conduct her

collected painstakingly over the past decade is my pride and joy.” Flaw. “I don’t like feeling trapped.”

Hag of the Fetid Gaze

Monsters Candlekeep Mysteries

like another creature of her general size and humanoid shape. The illusion ends if the hag takes a bonus action to end it or if she dies. The changes wrought by this effect fail to hold up to physical

decade ago, during a time when the boundaries between the planes thinned, the hags became aware of the magic spring controlled by Sylvarie—and decided to control and corrupt it for their own purposes

Bheur Hag

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

Ezmerelda d'Avenir

Monsters Curse of Strahd

. When she arrived there, she found some of van Richten’s belongings, but of the vampire hunter there was no sign. Although she is anxious to learn the whereabouts of her mentor, she is also eager

characters (see chapter 1), like the one that can be performed by Madam Eva. Ezmerelda d’Avenir’s Traits Ideal. “Evil that feeds on the innocent is the worst of all evils and must be

Yarnspinner

Monsters Domains of Delight: A Feywild Accessory

and is obsessed with stories. In fact, he has amassed quite a collection of storybooks, which he keeps in silk sacks for easy transport. When Yarnspinner dreams, he projects a harmless, ghost-like

Delight called Prismeer. Yarnspinner only recently arrived in Thither and is unaware that he is intruding upon another archfey’s territory (see The Wild Beyond the Witchlight for more information about Prismeer and its archfey ruler).

Astral Drifter

Backgrounds Spelljammer: Adventures in Space

wanderlust, you drifted from one part of the Astral Sea to another, like a mote of dust on the wind. You have lost count of the decades that have passed since you arrived here. In your travels, you

Mark of Shadow Elf

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 Legacy

Backgrounds 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

Verdan

Species Acquisitions Incorporated

of the goblins were places of terror to the new creatures those goblins became, and the verdan quickly fled to the surface and into the sunlight. When they arrived in the new lands of the surface

spontaneous alterations over their lifetime, from the typical range of point and peak seen among the elves, to huge ears that sweep back from the head like wings, and which are often pierced behind

Eladrin

Species Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

forever. Choose your season or roll on the Eladrin Seasons table. Your Trance trait lets you change your season. Like other elves, eladrin can live to be over 750 years old. Eladrin Seasons d4

Season 1 Autumn: peace and goodwill, when summer’s harvest is shared with all 2 Winter: contemplation and dolor, when the vibrant energy of the world slumbers 3 Spring

Harengon

Species Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

and powerful legs of leporine creatures and are full of energy, like a wound-up spring. Harengons are blessed with a little fey luck, and they often find themselves a few fortunate feet away from

that humans have in our world. If you’d like to determine your character’s height or weight randomly, consult the Random Height and Weight table in the Player’s Handbook, and choose the row in the table that best represents the build you imagine for your character.

Rumors in Red Larch

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

Setting

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse

, and Silver Spring works well in the role of Bargewright Inn and Womford. You can invent another small village or two — perhaps a merchant house outpost — to serve as Westbridge, and provide a location that can be threatened or destroyed by cult reprisals as the adventure unfolds.

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

Sapphire Dragon Wyrmling

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

Sapphire dragons’ scales and wing membranes show varied shades of blue, ranging from the light tones of a spring sky to the rich, crystalline azure of sapphire gems and compressed glacial ice. In the

light, the scales glitter and shine like luminous starbursts. The dragons’ psionic nature is evident in the horn and bone structures of their bodies. Their tail barbs and horn tips are all

Sorcerer Legacy

Classes Basic Rules (2014)

birth, or a taste of the water from a mysterious spring might spark the gift of sorcery. So too might the gift of a deity of magic, exposure to the elemental forces of the Inner Planes or the maddening

like to stay quiet. A sorcerer’s magic wants to be wielded, and it has a tendency to spill out in unpredictable ways if it isn’t called on. Sorcerers often have obscure or quixotic

Young Sapphire Dragon

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

blue, ranging from the light tones of a spring sky to the rich, crystalline azure of sapphire gems and compressed glacial ice. In the light, the scales glitter and shine like luminous starbursts. The

Uthgardt Tribe Member

Backgrounds Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide

Though you might have only recently arrived in civilized lands, you are no stranger to the values of cooperation and group effort when striving for supremacy. You learned these principles, and much

Change. Life is like the seasons, in constant change, and we must change with it. (Chaotic) 2 Greater Good. It is each person’s responsibility to make the most happiness for the whole tribe

Selesnya Initiate

Backgrounds Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica

silver light dance in the air around you, and phantasmal green leaves might waft through the air. A sensation of gentle warmth and the smell of spring flowers or autumn leaves might accompany your

voices and actions aligned in common purpose. (Good) 3 Order. Like a well-pruned tree, society thrives when everything is kept in good order. (Lawful) 4 Life. Preserving life and

Lionshield Coster

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver

Lionshield Coster Hanging above the front door of this modest trading post is a sign shaped like a wooden shield with a blue lion painted on it. This 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 hard hit by

Lionshield Coster

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

Adult Emerald Dragon

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

Warlock Legacy

Classes Basic Rules (2014)

With a pseudodragon curled on his shoulder, a young elf in golden robes smiles warmly, weaving a magical charm into his honeyed words and bending the palace sentinel to his will. As flames spring to

relationship between warlock and patron is like that of a cleric and a deity, though the beings that serve as patrons for warlocks are not gods. A warlock might lead a cult dedicated to a demon

Zodiac Associations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things

Watcher Midwinter Onyx Imp Black, white Constitution Balance The Merchant Late winter Quartz Fish Orange Intelligence Sage The Wise One Early spring Garnet Sphinx Purple

Intelligence Throne The Everlasting Midspring Ruby Dragon Gold Charisma Key The Child Late spring Opal Cat Silver Wisdom Flames The Lovers Early summer Moonstone Unicorn

Soldier - Baldur's Gate

Backgrounds 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

Chapter 8: Arena of Blood

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Light of Xaryxis

Chapter 8: Arena of Blood Eager to join a coalition against the Xaryxian Empire, the characters arrived in Doomspace to find the system on the verge of collapse. Commodore Krux led his crew to Aruun

coalition to defeat the Xaryxian Empire doesn’t exist—but that a mercane arms merchant named Vocath might be the key to creating one. If the characters want to form a coalition, they must first persuade

Adventure Hooks

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation Supplement

payment for its services, requests their help in ridding the palace of monsters. The merchant princes of Port Nyanzaru are worried about the growing number of yuan-ti spies in their city and fear that

the serpent folk are planning to assassinate them. A map of the Snout of Omgar was found on the body of a slain yuan-ti pureblood spy who tried to infiltrate Merchant Prince Zhanthi’s household

Mistshore: Spring

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist

Mistshore: Spring Xanathar has sent forces to collect the Stone of Golorr from Grinda Garloth, known up and down the wharf as an eccentric wizard who owns a submersible contraption that she uses to

Stone? Grinda admits that she has done business with the Xanathar Guild in the past. Her orders were to protect the stone until Noska arrived to claim it, but she changed her mind and decided to keep

Sage

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh

both experts in local history. You might have arrived in town to conduct research and have made their acquaintance. Eliander grants you access to his personal library and uses his considerable

from his service. Keledek was always cool toward you, but he had some business dealings with the charismatic merchant Gellan Primewater. You have dined in Gellan’s mansion a few times, and he has mentioned that he sometimes needs help identifying some of the odds and ends his crews bring back to port.

Lathander

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

Lathander The Morninglord, Inspiration’s Dawn, the Rose-and-Gold God Lathander is the god of the spring, birth, and renewal, a deity of conception, vitality, youth, renewal, and self-perfection. He

journey or endeavor. Lathander’s name is invoked to seal alliances and christen new ventures or companies. As a result, the god is very popular among the merchant classes, and the church has benefited

Darklake Docks

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss

arrived through a gate and successfully bribed Gorglak, they might come here looking for his contact, Werz Saltbaron. Assassins Interrupted The characters spot a male duergar merchant at the end of a

duergar soulblades (see appendix C) before they finish off the merchant. The merchant is Werz Saltbaron. If the characters save him, he is grudgingly grateful and says he has no idea why the assassins

Rumors on the Road

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Stranger Things

distractions. But make sure the scenes are fun, or the group might ignore them (especially Lucas — he’ll want to be all business). A merchant offers them one apple each. He says that local apples

tasted better before the thessalhydra arrived. That’s why he’s sure the monster’s lair is in the apple orchards to the north. A traveling priest says that often lesser monsters worship bigger ones. There

Noble - Baldur's Gate

Backgrounds 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

Factions and Their Representatives

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

4. Fresh Water Fountain

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage

4. Fresh Water Fountain Fountain. Fresh water from a natural spring pours out of the mouth of a bas-relief carved to look like Halaster’s overjoyed visage, whereupon it spills into a semicircular

stone basin enclosed by a 2-foot-high retaining wall before draining out through tiny holes. Guards. Flanking the fountain are two mezzoloths. Braziers. Two unlit stone braziers shaped like clawed

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