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Acquisitions Incorporated
physical labor, Flabbergast is a bit of a bridge builder in his own way, always striving to bring people together and flexing his diplomatic muscles. A pacifist bureaucrat, he abhors violence, and rarely
Office certainly trusts him, others might wonder where his true loyalties lie.
Flabbergast's familiar, Mister Snibbly, uses the cat stat block.
Dwarf
Legacy
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Species
Basic Rules (2014)
industrious labor, skill in battle, and devotion to the forge.
Individual dwarves are determined and loyal, true to their word and decisive in action, sometimes to the point of stubbornness. Many dwarves
up the adventuring life might be motivated by a desire for treasure—for its own sake, for a specific purpose, or even out of an altruistic desire to help others. Other dwarves are driven by the
Backgrounds
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
, working for someone who has more than they deserve. But the Guild offered you a way to fix that. You keep doing what you’ve always done — guard work, dock labor, business accounting &mdash
different context: as an espionage agent. You might have been an officially sanctioned agent of the crown, or perhaps you sold the secrets you uncovered to the highest bidder.
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Goblin
Legacy
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
occasionally abused) pets.
Virtually any kind of creature that can be browbeaten into service might be found with a goblin tribe, but rats and wolves are nearly always present. Both have lived in concert
;t understand the goblins’ social system are sometimes surprised by how different castes interact with them. A single human warrior might frighten away a dozen gatherers, only to be shocked when
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
fruits of all his labor, his connection to Gaernoo remains strong, and he starts work immediately to regain what he has lost. Whether he returns to Waterdeep or emerges in some other location, his plots might spawn new adventures for the party.
who might have escaped have no connection to Gaernoo or the entity’s power. If the characters keep Lord Viallis alive, they can deliver him to Waterdeep for justice. The cult leader freely admits his
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Law and Order Whether a settlement has a police force depends on its size and nature. A lawful, orderly city might have a city watch to maintain order and a trained militia to defend its walls, and a
frontier town might rely on adventurers or its citizenry to apprehend criminals and fend off attackers. Trials In most settlements, trials are overseen by magistrates or local lords. Some trials are
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
Hard Labor The drow divide their prisoners into three roughly equal-sized groups and put them to work for a third of the day, supervised by the quaggoths. Their menial tasks include filling and
forced to redo work that doesn’t meet the drow’s arbitrary standards. Characters might or might not work together, depending on how the drow split them up. Prisoners known to be friendly to each other
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
judged. Advocates might intercede on behalf of the characters if they have allied themselves with influential NPCs and factions. For example, characters who become agents of the Lords’ Alliance are more
could end with one or more of the characters being exiled, sentenced to several years of hard labor, imprisoned, or put to death. If that’s how their adventure ends, so be it. Hopefully, your next group will fare better.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
DM might call for a Constitution check when you try to accomplish tasks like the following: Hold your breath March or labor for hours without rest Go without sleep Survive without food or water Quaff
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
DM might call for a Constitution check when you try to accomplish tasks like the following: Hold your breath March or labor for hours without rest Go without sleep Survive without food or water Quaff
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer Academy
personal retinue; only the mercane’s most trusted operatives earn it. Miken’s Fate If he survives the attack, Miken is sentenced to five years of hard labor, to be served at a penal colony on a small
ship might reappear in some later adventure, with Mustaf Shultz in command and the githyanki Nalvoor at the helm.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm Lord’s Wrath
2. Unhappy Cultists If the characters are able to approach without tripping the alarm, they might hear some disgruntled cultists talking while they work. If the alarm was tripped, the cultists wait
against a ledge. Atop the ledge, a handful of workers offload crates, boxes, and barrels from the ship. They grumble and grouse about this menial labor, agreeing that they did not seek the power of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
2. Umber Hulk Pen Before its eventual conversion into a false tomb entrance, this tunnel is being used to house a mated pair of umber hulks used as labor for the tomb’s construction. During the day
enough, they might witness the umber hulks carving out new areas of the dungeon in the blank part of the map. Manipulating Time Having a mechanical guide spend 1 charge in this area causes the umber hulks
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica
labor. Some argue that any effort to give a demonic cult a respectable role in society was doomed to failure, but the cult remains part of Ravnica’s social fabric nevertheless. The Guildpact prohibits
socialites who come to the Rakdos for illicit amusements, most of Ravnica’s people don’t really want the Rakdos to go away, as much as they might publicly protest otherwise.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Giants of the Star Forge
kidnapped by a fire giant named Brimskarda. In the course of their conversation, Evin conveys the following points to the characters: Forced Labor. A week ago, Brimskarda and her nephews visited the
ancient monastery partway up the mountain. “The students there have a long tradition of fighting giants,” he says. “They might know more about Brimskarda and the Star Forge.” If prompted for a reward
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
Law and Order Saltmarsh is a bastion of civilization in the midst of an untamed region. Without its stout defenders, it might have long ago fallen to the depredations of outsiders. Militia and
cause up to 50 gp in property damages are classified as petty crimes. The accused pays a fine of 2d6 gp, or one day of hard labor per gold piece owed. Minor Crime. Armed assault, defined as any
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
role takes years to master it. A weaponsmith starts work in the forge, providing manual labor to haul ore from the mines and learning how to repair tools. The dwarf might then work in the mines, pushing
collaborators and co-creators, their elders as respected experts to be obeyed, and their children as their most treasured creations. The emotion that underlies all those feelings might not be love, as others
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
, providing not only labor but story potential. Each franchise rank grants a number of new staff members who live in the franchise headquarters or within its geographic scope. The cost of maintaining
staff is included in a franchise’s costs. Each staff member has a proficiency bonus equal to 2 + the franchise’s rank. For skilled hirelings or crew, the DM might substitute NPC statistics when that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
wealthy family helped erect and carve the famous Dolphin Bridge in that city. Although he detests physical labor, Flabbergast is a bit of a bridge builder in his own way, always striving to bring people
Acquisitions Incorporated on the side even before taking up an official role with the company. Though Head Office certainly trusts him, others might wonder where his true loyalties lie. Flabbergast’s familiar
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
pantheon of strict gods (see “Gods of Har’Akir” later in this section). The priests of these gods oversee all aspects of labor, agriculture, trade, justice, and religion in the pharaoh’s name. The
for removing the heart, draining the body of blood, and wrapping the remains in linen. These methods preserve the body so the pharaoh might call it to service. It is a crime to burn the dead. Akirrans
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
under their iron hooves, gorgons exhale gouts of noxious gas. Gorgons are created by magic-users to serve as guardians. The process for creating a gorgon is labor intensive and dangerous, with one
purposefully obscure command keys. Hints at command keys might be found among the records of a gorgon’s creator or in the area the gorgon protects—perhaps scrawled as a petrified trespasser’s final act. Roll
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
dies, one or more eggs form in the dragon’s decomposing body. These eggs might grow like fungus as the body rots away, they could appear among the ashes after the body is consumed by fire, or they might
acts of Bahamut and Tiamat, dragons craft their eggs through painstaking labor, then breathe the gift of life into them.
5 Draconic Transformation. Enlightened non-dragons (most often Humanoids
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
soldiers of Falkovnia force every commoner into grueling labor, rushing them to raise fortifications and scrape scrawny roots from the dirt. Every lash strike, every day of meager rations is necessary—or so
of an attack, the Falkovnians burn their dead, repair what they can, and whisper that now might be the time to flee. Invariably, though, someone speaks too loudly and a so-called traitor is impaled
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
“frame” the identity of the dead for Athreos, and with at least one coin, so a soul might pay Athreos to ferry them to the Underworld. Some people are laid to rest with large amounts of grave goods
silently spend the day reading ancient memoirs or writing messages for their own descendants. (RYAN BARGER) MYTHS OF ATHREOS
Athreos eternally performs a remarkable labor, ferrying mortal souls to the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
through its rocky mass suggests that some spark of life might still linger deep within. Anyone who visits the city does so either at the behest of the githyanki or in stealth. Fortunately for those who
equivalent of a labor camp. The glathk district, named after the Gith word for “farmer” — a term of derision — is where githyanki are taken when they violate society’s rules. Punishments are nonlethal
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
by a diviner. Roll twice on the Life Events table, but don’t apply the results. Instead, the DM picks one event as a portent of your future (which might or might not come true). Boons d10 Boon 1 A
, chained to an oar, or performing hard labor. You served a sentence of 1d4 years or succeeded in escaping after that much time. Supernatural Events d100 Event 01–05 You were ensorcelled by a fey
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
cloaked man take something from the body of a dead gnome, then start limping away. He was badly burned and casting glances over his shoulder, like he was afraid someone might be following him. He was
. Characters who withhold the necklace, and knowledge of it, from the City Watch are guilty of a crime in Waterdeep. Hampering justice by concealing evidence can result in a fine of up to 200 gp and hard labor for up to a tenday.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes of the Borderlands
Kalista with it, the characters must succeed on the following ability checks in this order: DC 13 Strength (Athletics). The character piles the weapons in the forge and undertakes the tough labor needed
The Provisioner Handout lists items available for sale. Give this handout to the players whenever they visit this location. Ruckus might point proudly at some of the illustrations to invite comment
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
was the closest target to the camp, the biggest of all the towns they’ve attacked, and the most profitable—praise Tiamat’s glory! Prisoners are used for manual labor. In the past, a few have “converted
into a work detail. Characters might be selected by an officer to spend a few hours helping with food preparation, standing guard in a tower, practicing weapon drill, or even cleaning up after animals (a job usually reserved for prisoners, but currently the number of prisoners in the camp is low).
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
through passion and labor into something usable. Purphoros is primarily associated with forging, metallurgy, and related activities. It was his followers who first brought bronze to Theros, and a few
in a particularly destructive battle with Heliod. The forge god spent years addled and incomplete. He has since recovered his faculties, but he mourns the things he might have made during that lost
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
they comported themselves in previous encounters, the characters might be charged with additional crimes against the city or its citizens, possibly including brandishing weapons without due cause
won’t pay the fine are sentenced to hard labor for a year in Amendsfarm, a City Guard-run labor camp among the farms of Undercliff. If the characters committed one or more crimes, they are judged guilty
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
to the characters, asking that the gold be returned to Waterdeep. If the characters refuse to give it up, they are stripped of any memberships they might hold in these factions and quickly find
themselves in political hot water. The Lords of Waterdeep charge them with the crime of robbery against the citizens of the city. The characters face up to 1 month of hard labor plus damages equal to the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
was the closest target to the camp, the biggest of all the towns they’ve attacked, and the most profitable — praise Tiamat’s glory! Prisoners are used for manual labor. In the past, a few have
getting roped into a work detail. Characters might be selected by an officer to spend a few hours helping with food preparation, standing guard in a tower, practicing weapon drill, or even cleaning up
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
absolute, in part because she suffers no competition or divergent viewpoints. And her regime is in no danger, yet to an outsider in Tu’narath it might seem as though the place is in decline. Indeed, in a
might be compromised. So she addresses the problem by not dealing with it directly, but by trying to encourage her indolent followers to find purpose in meaningful activities that don’t involve plundering
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
satyrs. Fiends are creatures of wickedness that are native to the Lower Planes. A few are the servants of deities, but many more labor under the leadership of archdevils and demon princes. Evil priests
magic or some unholy curse. Undead include walking corpses, such as vampires and zombies, as well as bodiless spirits, such as ghosts and specters. Tags A monster might have one or more tags appended