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Backgrounds
Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
with interests and concerns that transcend local politics and geography, the Alliance has its own cadre of individuals who work on behalf of the organizations, wider agenda. Alliance agents are required
frequently proficient in Deception. They seek aid from the wizards, mercenaries, merchants and priesthoods allied with the Zhentarim.
FEATURE: SAFE HAVEN
As a faction agent, you have
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
Gnomes of the Five Nations Gnomes are found across the Five Nations, and most are well-integrated into the local cultures. Gnomes are often encountered as merchants, magewrights, chroniclers
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
entrusted with more important tasks than simply roughing up local merchants or breaking into empty apartments. If you’re anything like a typical adventuring party, you bring a combination of powerful
Khorvaire. As a result, most settlements have some organized criminal element, ranging from small local thieves’ guilds to international organizations with dozens of interconnected branches.
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Species
Volo's Guide to Monsters
drugs and spell scrolls, blackmail merchants, and influence kings. But lacking any proof, I can’t believe such tales.
— Volo
Ye should.
— Elminster
Roleplaying a Yuan-ti
When
itself by its birth name, by its adopted name, or (especially among purebloods) by a name it borrows from the local populace.
The Yuan-ti Names table provides yuan-ti birth names suitable for any
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
Sailor Sharn is one of the most important ports in Eberron. It’s the gate to the Thunder Sea, and ships come in from across Eberron. Are you a local, or did you come to Sharn on a Lhazaar vessel or
an Aereni galleon? 1d4 Sailor
1 You’ve got deep ties in Sharn. Your family owns a ship, and you’ve spent as much time on the water as you have on land. Are your people merchants? Explorers
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
gnomes find new homes and integrate easily into local cultures. Gnomes can be found in any walk of life, whether they be as merchants, magewrights, scholars, or scoundrels. While the gnomes of the Five
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
party finds a map in an old bottle that leads to a buried treasure chest filled with ancient coins. 5 The local merchants’ guild, enamored with the party’s exploits, offers to sponsor the characters. 6
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
excellent wine she makes. Darathra enacts and modifies local laws (known as “The Lord’s Decree”), which are then enforced by “The Twelve,” a dozen mounted veterans drawn from the militia to serve in a tenday
. In addition, a number of guides operate from Triboar. They take merchants and other travelers all over the Sword Coast North (typically for stiff fees). Many of these guides are retired adventurers who
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sleeping Dragon’s Wake
few local merchants claim to have been attacked on the road by a band of brigands calling themselves the Chimera Crew! Bandits sure have gotten more colorful these days.” (If the characters investigate
characters visit Leilon Point, see “Leilon Point” for more information.)
2 “Merchants from Neverwinter claim to have passed something massive out at sea near an old lighthouse on their way into town
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
of four quarters. Travel from one to the other is either by foot over rickety walkways or by skiff. Local fishers often supplement their income by renting their skiffs as crude water taxis. Most
tossed out with the trash. High Quarter The seat of local government in better days, this quarter is the southeast section of the Styes. Most of the buildings here were once municipal offices, but only
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
the gate’s profiteering intermediaries work hard to maintain. Most merchants find it easier to sell their loads to those intermediaries and consignment dealers when they reach Baldur’s Gate, buy a new
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
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
local leaders, they’re quickly directed to Catacus (see “Nature Lovers”), Javek and Vara Horn (see “Traditionalists”), or Ginder Nanik (see “Merchants”). If the characters are more interested in talking
to people on the street, they encounter merchants and traditionalists, but they might also find members of the Burning Circle (see “Nature Lovers” below). Each group’s general opinions align with its
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
and modifies local laws (known as “the Lord’s Decree”), which are then enforced by the Twelve — a squad of a dozen mounted warriors drawn from the militia. Triboar is a market for the horses raised by
nearby ranches. Blacksmiths, harness-makers, and wagonworks also flourish in town. In addition, a number of guides operate out of Triboar. They take merchants and other travelers all over the Sword Coast, typically for stiff fees.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
the pier ring with the merry laughter and the songs of laborers. Year round, Zinda’s plazas and parlors are full of academics, merchants, and pilgrims. But for ten days in the summer, the March of
Vice draws even larger crowds as the city celebrates the local wine trade—specifically, the jeli wine that has made Zinda the wealthiest city in the land. Zindanese citizens garb themselves in brightly
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
Tavern Patrons The Low Lantern attracts the city’s least affluent residents, as well as foreign merchants and sailors with coin to lose. Patrons who are present during the characters’ initial visit
include the following: Grimboot (lawful evil duergar), a gruff, cross-eyed leg breaker who collects debts for the local thieves’ guild Hitoshi Jade (neutral human commoner), a drunken sailor from a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
from thieves, opportunistic merchants, and any local willing to commit a crime of opportunity (which is to say most of them). Bartering is common in the district, and characters will find it difficult
if not impossible to sell anything with a value over 75 gp for cash. Local merchants don’t have that much coinage on hand, or won’t admit it if they do. Taverns and Inns Taverns are everywhere in the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Divine Contention
Fishery The fishery building serves as the town hall. During the day the warehouse hosts several fishing-folk selling their daily catches at stalls and merchants who sell and repair fishing equipment
local priest of Lanthander, god of light. Merrygold helped found the town following its reconstruction and is loved by its people. Valdi Estapaar. Lord Neverember gave this half-elf female the job of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
the gate’s profiteering intermediaries work hard to maintain. Most merchants find it easier to sell their loads to those intermediaries and consignment dealers when they reach Baldur’s Gate, buy a
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
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
J: Travelers around Baldur’s Gate d12 Travelers
1 3d4 local farmers or ranchers (commoners)
2 1d4 foreign merchants (commoners) and 3d6 guards traveling in a caravan
3 1d6
1d4 jackalweres disguised as human beggars, entertainers, or merchants
10 1 hobgoblin captain and 3d6 hobgoblins
11 1 gnoll pack lord and 3d6 gnolls
12 1 wyvern
Wyvern
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer
Baldur’s Gate d12 Travelers 1 3d4 local farmers or ranchers (commoners) 2 1d4 foreign merchants (commoners) and 3d6 guards traveling in a caravan 3 1d6 scholars (commoners) 4 3d6 migrants or
disguised as human beggars, entertainers, or merchants 10 1 hobgoblin captain and 3d6 hobgoblins 11 1 gnoll pack lord and 3d6 gnolls 12 1 wyvern Brynn Metheney Wyvern
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
notes on new places you invent. Local Color A settlement might serve as a place where the characters stop to rest and to buy supplies. A settlement of this sort needs no more than a brief description
. Include the settlement’s name, decide how big it is, add a dash of flavor (“The smell of the local tanneries never lifts from this town”), and let the adventurers get on with their business. The history
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
seek out the room, the sound of something shattering inside reveals the room before they leave. Two of the Ashen Heir mages who shook down local merchants earlier in the day have returned. When the
the voices of merchants proclaiming the wonders of heady spices, fresh produce, and sun-themed Shabe Taabaan souvenirs.
Anything made or grown in Akharin Sangar eventually finds its way to the Ruz
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
and without local ties to avenge them. Heapside. A solidly middle-class neighborhood, Heapside has its share of shops but tends to be more residential, catering to the city’s workforce with ancient
wealthy travelers, and many of the city’s most successful merchants maintain lucrative storefronts along its dramatically steep thoroughfares. This also makes it the Lower City neighborhood most
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
who you ask. The merchants look forward to more business, but the fishers don’t see how the mines will do anything to enrich their coffers. If anything, they fear that competition for fish will become
have all helped fuel a bustling local black market. Some fishing boats meet ships at sea to load and unload illegal goods, while other cartels conduct business at isolated points along the shore near
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer
unfamiliar with the city and without local ties to avenge them. Heapside. A solidly middle-class neighborhood, Heapside has its share of shops but tends to be more residential, catering to the city’s
securing business from wealthy travelers, and many of the city’s most successful merchants maintain lucrative storefronts along its dramatically steep thoroughfares. This also makes it the Lower City
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
in a fight. Able-bodied folk in many parts of the Sword Coast and the North learn at least the rudiments of combat as part of a local militia, serving in times of need, while a few go on to become
employers include adventuring companies, which are almost always in need of a reliable fighter. Merchants and guilds hire guards to protect caravans, ships, and their warehouses and guildhalls. Such
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
people cherished her, but the attitude of others was not so kind. In time, merchants seeking to line their pockets began to embezzle government funds. City planners accelerated expansion into the
forest without care for sustainability, and the local nobility began to monopolize the benefits of the booming economy. Whenever Won-Ha protested, royal advisor Young-Gi—the brother of Queen Young-Soo
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
Market Ward The Market Ward is where most of Port Nyanzaru’s regular shops are located and where most of its tradesfolk, merchants, and other middle-class residents live and work. 18. Red Bazaar No
by the priesthood of Sune (see area 9). It’s both egalitarian and elegant: wealthy merchants and dock laborers rub elbows in the tiled baths and marble-floored changing rooms. There is no charge, but
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
The Aurum On the surface, the Aurum appears to be an exclusive society for the richest and most influential people of Khorvaire. Merchants, priests, military officers, and other luminaries gather for
celebrated by their local communities. When members gather, they discuss shared interests, especially in history and archaeology. Aurum members often take an interest in a particular civilization or era
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
pose as merchants and rely on their local contacts to move goods through the region without interference from the town guard or royal agents. Smuggling has long been an easy way to make money in
Traditionalists The traditionalist faction is an alliance of the prominent fishing families and merchants in town, along with the workers who rely on those industries for a living. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
Daggerford Built against the side of a low hill on the floodplains of the Delimbiyr, this small, walled town is dominated by the keep of the local duchess, Lady Morwen Daggerford. Counting the town
local militia, or accompanying the town guard on its patrols. Daily rulership is in the hands of the Council of Guilds, composed of the heads of the town’s informal trade groups. These guildmasters
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
opposed to tapered or pointed) beards and tight braids of hair growing elsewhere than on the chin, a fashion copied by some local humans. They love polished, everbright-treated sheets of metal
maintain their luster without needing to be polished, and are resistant to natural (and, in some cases, magical) pitting, rusting, and tarnishing.
To other dwarves, Mierren are translators and local
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
crown and value the good of the kingdom before the good of the region. The town guard, the dwarves, and the local farmers are generally loyalists. The loyalists care about security. They want to keep
Keoland’s enemies at bay while ensuring law and order. They see smuggling as a key problem, as it enriches the Sea Princes at the cost of the royal treasury and the efforts of honest merchants. Above
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver
cities, and the vast wild places of the world. On the roads and rivers of the Realms travel minstrels and peddlers, merchants and guards, soldiers, sailors, and steel-hearted adventurers carrying tales
magic, deadly monsters, and cruel local rulers are all perils that you face when you travel in the Forgotten Realms. Even farms and freeholds within a day’s walk of a city can fall prey to monsters, and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
. Rumors When the characters interact with NPCs anywhere in Redwood Watch, villagers voice their concerns about recent local events. Roll on the Village Green Rumors table to determine which rumor an
to patrons. She was once a merchant in a nearby city, but her soft spot for those in need meant she couldn’t compete with more cutthroat merchants. As an Influence action, a character can ask Sunny