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Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
’drik. Tens of thousands of years ago, the elves rose up against the giants who ruled that land. Ultimately, the elves fled from Xen’drik and settled the island nation of Aerenal. There
’re a wizard, your ancestor was likely a legendary archmage. If you’re a ranger, was your ancestor a famous blademaster, or a stealthy hunter? Was your ancestor chivalrous or merciless? Bold
Species
Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
’drik. Tens of thousands of years ago, the elves rose up against the giants who ruled that land. Ultimately, the elves fled from Xen’drik and settled the island nation of Aerenal. There
’re a wizard, your ancestor was likely a legendary archmage. If you’re a ranger, was your ancestor a famous blademaster, or a stealthy hunter? Was your ancestor chivalrous or merciless? Bold
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
Legends of Tletepec Long ago, two lovers led their people away from war and conflict, looking for a new place to settle. They and their people were starving by the time they arrived at a peaceful but
infertile land. The lovers offered themselves to the land, fusing their souls to create the two oldest volcanoes in what is now Tletepec, but the land remained barren. Desperate, the people offered
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
Legends of Shankhabhumi The ancestors of the people of Shankhabhumi migrated here from other lands about a thousand years ago. They arrived to find swamp forests infested with monsters and other
dangers—a land shaped by hundreds of riverines who were indifferent to the newcomers and their fates. Then the elven leader Kubjhatika killed a giant mollusk that attacked her people. After the battle
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
bright clothes and laughing often. As much as they feel at home in Strahd’s dreary land, they know they can leave it whenever they please and aren’t damned to spend eternity there. Vistani are
are closely knit. They resolve disagreements through contests that end with reconciliatory singing, dancing, and storytelling. The Vistani are quick to act when their lives or traditions are threatened and are merciless when they believe they must be.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
the Exile, its founding leader. He was a refugee of war in the land of San Citlán, and he selected one of the most beautiful complexes in the Citadel to house the needy as they arrived. He swore that
new land. The Palace’s staff coordinate with the House of Convalescence to provide the best possible aid to the sick and wounded. The Shieldbearers, the Radiant Citadel’s dedicated search-and-rescue force, are headquartered at the Palace of Exile. Where there is a need, the Shieldbearers help.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Radiant Citadel
the Exile, its founding leader. He was a refugee of war in the land of San Citlán, and he selected one of the most beautiful complexes in the Citadel to house the needy as they arrived. He swore that
new land. The Palace’s staff coordinate with the House of Convalescence to provide the best possible aid to the sick and wounded. The Shieldbearers, the Radiant Citadel’s dedicated search-and-rescue force, are headquartered at the Palace of Exile. Where there is a need, the Shieldbearers help.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
through the dangerous rocks, because the granite cliffs beyond them rise directly out of the water, offering no place to land or come ashore. Only the sandy area at the southernmost tip of the island
offers a safe place to land a boat (see “The Skull Dunes”). The island has little wildlife but is covered in grass, small flowering plants, and a few gnarled, stunted trees and shrubs. What few animals
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
-be vandals and plunderers. Hired adventurers patrol the walls and the land immediately around them, watching for anyone approaching. More than five thousand people live and work in Goldenfields year
“food for a tenday or more on the road, and seeds for the future beyond that.” Reason to Visit. Darovik is a useful contact for characters with a connection to the Emerald Enclave. Goldenfields is also an intended destination of the missing delegation, though they obviously never arrived.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
ancestors, he spilled his blood into the earth, sealing a pact between himself and the land. In honor of his parents, King Barov and Queen Ravenovia, he named the valley Barovia and constructed his
invited his kin to live with him at Castle Ravenloft, and was eventually joined by his younger brother, Sergei. Sergei was everything Strahd wasn’t—youthful, empathic, and warm. Soon after he arrived
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
other nations, and goblin foundations still stand underneath many human cities. This empire collapsed into savagery, and when humans arrived from Sarlona, they drove the goblins from their ancestral
lands. Thus, goblins have long been a disenfranchised people, living in the shadows of newer nations or in wild lands shunned by humans. The land now called Darguun was once part of Cyre. The hobgoblin
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
closely tied to the distant land of Xen’drik. The following optional rules are a way to explore this aspect of the setting. Optional Rule: Common Languages
Common is the language of the Five Nations
dominated the continent before humanity arrived. Orcish is a dead language; it may be encountered in ancient inscriptions, but modern orcs speak Goblin.
Infernal is spoken by spirits that embody evil
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
the soldiers claim—because time is short and the dead are coming. Falkovnia is a land besieged. Empty countryside surrounds ruined or crumbling cities. A few desperate pockets of civilization survive
, carrying on not out of hope, but out of fear of the land’s merciless soldiers. Led by General Vladeska Drakov, Falkovnia’s military organizes a desperate and occasionally effective defense against
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
many human cities are built on goblin foundations. This empire collapsed into savagery, and when humanity arrived, goblins were driven from their ancestral lands or enslaved. Galifar ended the
practice of slavery. But goblins have long been a disenfranchised people, living in the shadows of the Five Nations or in wild lands shunned by humans. The land that’s now Darguun was once part of Cyre. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
Traxigor’s Tower Once the griffons land, characters are free to dismount and descend the stairs into Traxigor’s tower. After delivering the party safely to the tower, the griffons take a short rest
tuning fork. Suddenly, it takes notice of you and stands upright. “Lulu! Wake up! Our guests have arrived!”
At the sound of her name, a small elephant with golden fur appears from under a pile of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
when Renier arrived, she found a throng of filthy commoners, not the dramatic masterminds she’d expected. As she cursed them and set off to fetch the guards, the council members revealed their true
in the land, and the nation’s de facto leader. The people begged Renier for help. Disgusted by the masses, she deemed them unworthy merely for the circumstance of their birth and the scarcity of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
and her own traitorous followers. Soon after, local nobles received invitations to come to Castle Laventz and celebrate Mara’s victory. When each aristocrat arrived, though, they discovered they were
Loren Halvhrest purchased the land. By then, only one of Castle Laventz’s towers remained. The frugal Halvhrest incorporated the tower into the construction of a lavish manor for his family. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
Entering Waterdeep Likely you have already arrived in Waterdeep and borne witness to some of its many wonders. But in case this pamphlet has found its way beneath your worthy eyes in anticipation of
the Long Road, you’ll have passed under their watchful eyes at the town of Rassalantar. And whether by land or sea, you’ll likely also have been spotted by the Griffon Cavalry — even if you have not
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
look ungainly, but each can carry tons of trade goods. The characters land at the easternmost inlet if they arrive at Gracklstugh by way of the Darklake, near the Ghohlbrorn’s Lair inn. If they instead
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
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
did this not from malice, nor even from fear that I would be ridiculed, but rather because I could not bear to revisit the horrors I had seen beneath the merciless Menechtarun sands. I force myself
. Its inhabitants include wizards, monks, and mystics; if you want to play a monk from an exotic land, you could have learned your art in Kasshta Keep. Ohr Kaluun Riedra built its empire on the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
, warmongering fire giants and the merciless, predatory frost giants. Fire giants rank themselves by their forging skill, whereas frost giants rank themselves by their martial prowess. Near the bottom of the
what is now called the Savage Frontier. The civilizations of small folk have taken over the land once ruled by giants. Although evil giants make occasional forays into territory settled by small folk
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
and perfection even as they abhor waste and carelessness. They are merciless masters to the derro and slaves who toil and suffer under them. Strict Hierarchy By appearance and bearing, all duergar know
. The derro cultists plan to offer the entire city to their newly arrived master.
Many duergar NPCs the characters interact with are showing the first signs of infection. Though their madness has not
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
against one another. The wizards were dead and gone by the time an evil archmage named Exethanter arrived at the temple. He breached the temple’s wards, spoke to a vestige trapped in amber, and
with them. When Strahd later murdered his brother Sergei, that pact was sealed with blood. Strahd transformed into a vampire, and the Dark Powers turned his land into a prison. Strahd has returned to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
By Land The overland journey is longer because of the difficult terrain. Dozens of trails follow a route roughly parallel to the coast and 100 to 400 yards away from it. Because of the terrain, it
bullywugs dared make no move regarding the items they have found until he gives his decision on the matter. Bullywug King. The king, Gulpa’Gor, arrived the night before the party struck out into the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer Academy
Debriefing When you’re ready to start, read or paraphrase the following: You arrived this morning on Belligerence, a chartered galley out of Waterdeep, which picked up passengers and crew in the
: both branches of a magical navy sworn to protect Toril and to explore other worlds beyond. Few people know of the academy’s existence, and its leaders try to keep it that way.
Mirt the Merciless
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
was born in a distant land but has been traveling abroad for nearly twenty years. He arrived in Oztocan a few months ago and is working on a play inspired by the town’s local legends. As a playwright
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
: A mighty wizard came to this land over a year ago. I remember him like it was yesterday. He stood exactly where you’re standing. A very charismatic man, he was. He thought he could rally the people of
crackles like dry weeds. “At last you have arrived!” Cackling laughter bursts like mad lightning from her withered lips. Madam Eva (see appendix D) speaks the name of each party member and makes some
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
can be intimidating. But just remember, under all that armor is a merciless psychopath infused with the power of a god.
— Jim Darkmagic
For a nervously long length of time, the characters are
secret personal mission on his own behalf. Or he might have accidentally set them on fire when they arrived at Acquisitions Incorporated Head Office. Whatever the case, he needs the players’ group to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a4
Adventure Start The party has arrived at White Plume Mountain, which stands alone in a vast area of dismal moors and tangled thickets. They will probably arrange to leave their horses and possessions
the surrounding land. The white plume that gives the mountain its name and fame is a continuous geyser that spouts from the very summit of the mountain another 300 feet into the air, trailing off to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
farther east would eventually lead you to Elturel, capital of the holy land of Elturgard — or at least that was the case until a few days ago. The flood of refugees from Elturel has gotten worse
since news first arrived that the city has fallen. Everyone is saying Baldur’s Gate is next, but no one truly knows who or what has claimed Elturel.
The patriars pay a mercenary army called the Flaming
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
the dwarves. The Chasm that rent the land has been sealed by powerful magic. The High Road has been cleared and rebuilt, and trade has resumed with Waterdeep and realms to the south. What was the
plans to reclaim and rebuild it as a symbol of the city’s rejuvenation. The faithful of Oghma have arrived in Neverwinter to restore the House of Knowledge to its former glory, but beyond that, shrines
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a6
The party might have arrived before the huge obsidian valves that bar entrance to the hall by means of the transporter found in the lair of the frost giant jarl. In this case, they will have to search
slag indicated on the characters’ map as the site of the hall. A wide, well-trod path winds its way across the barren land up to two great slabs of black stone—the obsidian portals that give access to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
their land, and they aren’t willing to let a bunch of orcs drive them off. They’ve heard the stories of the rampaging orc war bands and seen the scouts nearby. When the attacks began on the smaller
defending the weak and meting out justice to the Iceshield tribe. He has been trying to bring retribution to the orcs for their depredations, and he just arrived with news that a large orc war band
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
uprising, Markovia and her most loyal followers stormed Castle Ravenloft, only to be destroyed. The abbey was once a hospital and a convent, but it fell on hard times after the land was swallowed up
by the mists. Some of the clergy fell prey to Strahd, while others went mad and either starved themselves to death or turned to cannibalism. The head of the abbey, called simply the Abbot, arrived over
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
, eladrin tend to be haughty around other elves. They’re proud of their heritage and equally proud of their ability to thrive in the Feywild, a land full of threats that would overwhelm and destroy
ancient shrines and other glories created by the primal elves who first arrived in Faerie. These kinder eladrin take a special pleasure in introducing their realm to others. Eladrin cities represent