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Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
clothes, and a pouch containing 15 gp
Factions of the Sword Coast
The lack of large, centralized governments in the North and along the Sword Coast is likely directly responsible for the
: In recent years, the Zhentarim have become more visible in the world at large, as the group works to improve its reputation among the common people. The faction draws employees and associates
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Basic Rules (2014)
, magistrates, merchants, and functionaries of all kinds.
Dwarves. “They’re stout folk, stalwart friends, and true to their word. Their greed for gold is their downfall, though.&rdquo
xenophobic, in general their societies are inclusive. Human lands welcome large numbers of nonhumans compared to the proportion of humans who live in nonhuman lands.
Exemplars of Ambition
Humans who
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
merchants carry armor, martial weapons, and more specialized gear. Most villages have inns that cater to travelers, where adventurers can find a hot meal and a bed, even if the quality leaves much to be
desired. Villages rely heavily on trade with other settlements, including larger towns and cities. Merchants pass through regularly, selling necessities and luxuries to the villagers, and any successful
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Trade Bars Because large numbers of coins can be difficult to transport and account for, many merchants prefer to use trade bars—ingots of precious metals and alloys (usually silver). These bars are
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
Strange Housekeeping The perfumer Loquid (N male human commoner) supplies Dory with large quantities of perfume from his shop in the Merchants’ Quarter. He loves to talk about himself and his well
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
Almiraj An almiraj (pronounced AWL-meer-ahj) is a large, timid rabbit with a 1-foot-long spiral horn emerging from its forehead, not unlike the horn of a unicorn. If driven to attack, it tries to
Chult long ago by merchants of the distant land of Zakhara. Skilled at evading predators, these creatures have flourished throughout the tropical peninsula. They live in earthen burrows and can be captured and domesticated. With the DM’s permission, the find familiar spell can summon an almiraj.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal
A Typical Evening On quiet nights, guests in the Yawning Portal gather around a large fireplace in the taproom and swap tales of distant places, strange monsters, and valuable treasures. On busier
nights, the place is loud and crowded. The balconies overflow with merchants and nobles, while the tables on the ground floor are filled with adventurers and their associates. Invariably, the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
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Government: Absolute monarchy
Defense: Large standing army with specialized corps; every duergar is trained for battle, and the citizens of the city create a formidable militia
Commerce: Weapons and
. The north half comprises Northfurrow District, where common workers and the clans devoted to minor crafts make their home, and Darklake District, open to foreigners and where the city’s merchants
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
. Some merchants have termed Waterdeep “the best supply center in the world,” with the largest collection of superb craft workers, experts, useful contacts, and potential hirelings to be found anywhere
chaos is “business as usual” for most city residents. Reason to Visit. Characters who need rare items, sage advice, or other services found only in large cities might say “we’re going to Waterdeep.”
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
or other settlement, provided that you can find buyers and merchants interested in your loot. Arms, Armor, and Other Equipment. As a general rule, undamaged weapons, armor, and other equipment fetch
trade them in for coin or use them as currency for other transactions. For exceptionally valuable treasures, the DM might require you to find a buyer in a large town or larger community first. Trade
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
and solid waste are dumped into the water around the quarter. A large part of this area has become so clogged and befouled with refuse that the water now moves only along shallow, sluggish channels
nobles, bureaucrats, and powerful merchants, and extorting protection money from everyone else. Merchants’ Quarter The southwest section of the Styes hosts most of the district’s industry and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
diverted, leaving a large portion of the district’s boardwalks suspended over a wallow of rancid mud. Merchandise Most items for sale in the Styes can be had for standard prices, but they are of
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
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
from a displacer beast sewn into the hat’s crown. A large satchel hangs from his shoulder, and he’s always muttering to himself. Duergar merchants glare scornfully at this derro, and none will discuss
Blade Bazaar This marketplace is named after the most abundant goods the duergar offer, but the shops here sell almost everything available in the city, along with stalls set up by visiting merchants
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
Elturel Elturel, a large, orderly city overlooking the River Chionthar, is filled with merchants, river traders, and farmers’ markets. Its most distinguishing feature is a brilliant magical light
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
as a commercial hub. Craftspeople, merchants, traders, and smugglers all make a brisk living in the city, and many immigrants are drawn by the dream that anyone willing to work hard can be successful
in Baldur’s Gate. Baldur’s Gate has plenty of exports, notably fish, fish glue, and sea salt, but its main economic force is trade itself. The city boasts multiple large and well-connected trade
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Currency Merchants and nobles use letters of credit to handle large transactions, drawing on the reserves of the dwarven banks of the Mror Holds. But most day-to-day transactions use coins of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
The Currency of Galifar Merchants and nobles often use letters of credit to handle large transactions, drawing on the reserves of the dwarvish banks of the Mror Holds. But most day-to-day
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
Elturel Elturel, a large, orderly city overlooking the River Chionthar, is filled with merchants, river traders, and farmers’ markets. Its most distinguishing feature is a brilliant magical light
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
large, linked metal medallions and enormous sun hats. A traveling priest of Gond offers services to distant villages as a tinker, a carpenter, and a civil engineer rolled into one, ready to help build
in their travels, and take great delight in meeting fellow priests and sharing their finds. In large cities, the Gondar construct temples that serve as great workshops and inventors’ labs. Wandering
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer
as a commercial hub. Craftspeople, merchants, traders, and smugglers all make a brisk living in the city, and many immigrants are drawn by the dream that anyone willing to work hard can be successful
in Baldur’s Gate. Baldur’s Gate has plenty of exports, notably fish, fish glue, and sea salt, but its main economic force is trade itself. The city boasts multiple large and well-connected trade
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
allegedly collected from “those who were there”: survivors, traveling merchants, and (in secondhand accounts) residents of nearby settlements. It is unclear whether it is a fictional tale, folklore, or
the raw ore and the refined metal for around a decade. Due to the rough terrain and the harshness of the climate, the village never grew large. It intermittently hosted a succession of traveling
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
slaughterhouses in the Outer City.
Durinbold is related to Waterdeep nobility and owns large sheep herds.
Eltan has an ancestral link to the grand duke who formed the Flaming Fist, but sold its
Hullhollyn family, and has membership in the Merchants’ League.
Jannath owns tin and copper mines.
Jhasso is part owner of the struggling Seven Suns Trading Coster, a long-standing trade organization
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
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
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
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
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
upper-class section of the city. The majority of the city’s merchants and traders actually live and work in the Market Ward. 4. Goldenthrone This palace serves as the meeting place for the merchant
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
that, her priests foster beauty in the world. They do so by creating art, by acting as patrons for promising talents, and by investing in merchants who bring luxuries to far-off places that have never
exist, or in a large city where the nearest temple might be too far to walk to, a small shrine to Sune often stands near a street corner. These sites consist of a mirror hung beneath a small roof
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
No Room at the Inn After a miserably wet, cold day that promises to become an even wetter, freezing night, the caravan arrives at a large inn. Upon entering the warm, comfortable common room to make
enormously amusing and seem pleased by the prospect of the merchants and their animals suffering in the freezing rain all night. They needle and goad the characters and their fellow travelers at every
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
promise of earned prosperity is important to the townsfolk, and they see newcomers as a threat to it. Trading The wealthiest families in town own large trading vessels that they use to ship goods across
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
groups like the folklore-sharing Dancers of Smoke. Becoming a vendor at the Dyn Singh Night Market involves gaining the favor of the five oldest families of Siabsungkoh, then paying a large fee to
. Many of the scattered communities here and across the valley reject the bureaucracy and crowds of the market district, braving the dangers of the nearby wilderness to stay self-sufficient. Merchants
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes of the Borderlands
2: Barn This barn shelters the keep’s livestock. It also serves merchants and travelers who need a place to stable their mounts while visiting the keep. Animals housed at the barn receive a box
spiders.” (True)
Barn Features The barn has the following features:
Box Stalls. The barn has roomy stalls for up to six Large mounts.
Livestock Pens. Cows, chickens, pigs, and other barn animals
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes of the Borderlands
8: Traveler’s Inn This inn caters to weary travelers, merchants, and adventurers. It offers a range of accommodations depending on a customer’s budget. When the characters arrive at the inn, read
the keep can stay overnight.” (False)
Inn Features The inn has the following features:
Common Room. The common sleeping area is a large, open room with a handful of stiff cots and a crackling
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
These two stone buildings on a small island in the Merchants’ Quarter are the base of operations for Harbor Master Tak Merakin (NE female half-orc bandit captain) and her constables (twelve NE human
thugs). Tak is profoundly lazy, and as long as merchants and fishers pay their dues without complaining, she doesn’t interfere with business on the water. She reacts only to obvious threats such as
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer
slaughterhouses in the Outer City.
Durinbold is related to Waterdeep nobility and owns large sheep herds.
Eltan has an ancestral link to the grand duke who formed the Flaming Fist, but sold its
Hullhollyn family, and has membership in the Merchants’ League.
Jannath owns tin and copper mines.
Jhasso is part owner of the struggling Seven Suns Trading Coster, a long-standing trade organization
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
the Wormwrithings from Mantol-Derith. Zilch doesn’t know what caused the duergar to attack the svirfneblin, but he knows the drow merchants have withdrawn to the warehouse and that the drow are
emotions spell allows Flink to speak coherently, whereupon he reveals the following information: A duergar ale merchant named Krimgol Muzgardt asked Flink’s mistress, Yantha Coaxrock, to appraise a large
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
Factions of the Sword Coast The lack of large, centralized governments in the North and along the Sword Coast is likely directly responsible for the proliferation of secret societies and conspiracies
Alliance, plus other leaders and groups who uphold the Alliance’s ideals. The Zhentarim. In recent years, the Zhentarim have become more visible in the world at large, as the group works to improve its
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
Yuan-ti Cities Most yuan-ti cities were built during the height of their empire centuries ago. Since they no longer have the vast number of expendable slaves necessary for large work projects, the
or Large snake could pass through, allowing the yuan-ti’s serpentine pets, as well as abominations and malisons in snake form, to bypass human-style doors for convenience or in order to respond






