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Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
known within the city’s immigrant communities. Should you ever need to learn about a foreign land, people, tradition, or history, you know where to find someone with firsthand experience—likely somewhere in the Outer City.
features around you. In addition, you can find food and fresh water for yourself and up to five other people each day, provided that the land offers berries, small game, water, and so forth.
Baldur’s
Backgrounds
Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
foreign land.
2
I pretend not to understand the local language in order to avoid interactions I would rather not have.
3
I have a weakness for the new intoxicants and other pleasures of this
you might or might not choose to share.
Although you will undoubtedly find some of this land’s ways to be strange and discomfiting, you can also be sure that some things its people take for
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
flowers to honor this living spirit of the sea. 3 Ki-rin. Your monastery sees its main purpose as watching over and protecting the land in the manner of the ki-rin. 4 Owlbear. The monks of your
certain creatures with special regard, either because the creature is tied to the order’s history or because it serves as an example of a quality the monks seek to emulate. If your character’s monastery
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
so secretly) convinced of the superiority of my own culture over that of this foreign land. 2 I pretend not to understand the local language in order to avoid interactions I would rather not have. 3 I
code of honor or sense of propriety that others don’t comprehend. 4 I express affection or contempt in ways that are unfamiliar to others. 5 I honor my deities through practices that are foreign to this
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
. 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
travelers remain confined in the foreign quarter. Merchants from across Khorvaire trade for exotic Riedran goods, while envoys from many nations negotiate with the emissaries of the Inspired. To enter
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Species
Volo's Guide to Monsters
with that of snakes, producing a caste-based society of hybrids in which the most snakelike are the leaders and the most humanlike are spies and agents in foreign lands.
Humans Transformed
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territory to their former minions. The yuan-ti crawled away and hid in a matter of weeks, all but disappearing from the world. Yuan-ti structures throughout the land were torn down to celebrate liberation
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
Life in Dayawlongon Several truths shape life on the Dayawlongon archipelago; some are deeply rooted traditions, and others have been molded by foreign influences. Ancestral Strength Reverence toward
ninunos, spirits of the dead who have taken on new, dryad-like forms and serve as intercessors between mortals, the gods, and the land. Ninunos watch over their bloodlines, bestowing good fortune on
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
foreign rule constructed alongside newer structures built by traders and immigrants looking for security. Kalapang is welcoming toward foreigners and encourages visitors. Powerful clans and the
where islanders’ souls went after death. Some of these souls transcended into ninunos—dryad-like spirits of the land who serve as stewards to the gods and resided in the surrounding lands. Colonizing
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Boranel. As the secret servants of the crown, members of the organization are granted the authority to conduct intelligence operations on foreign soil, execute covert missions across the globe, and
other divisions of the Citadel. Sometimes they recruit local talent, often under false pretenses, to help them accomplish their missions in foreign lands. Allies. By their nature, espionage agencies
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
rusted talwar, shield emblazoned with a wyvern-and-lotus emblem, a well-polished skull For untold generations, the Vasavadan dynasty has ruled over the Great Kingdom of Kalakeri. This land was one of
and hatred. Kalakeri is a deceptively beautiful land of verdant rain forests and an idyllic web of rivers and lakes known as the Backwaters. Rare creatures and extraordinary magical plants are found
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
lost decades earlier to Darguun and Valenar. Cyrans who survived the war must now carve out a new destiny in the lands of their enemies or in foreign nations beyond what was once the Kingdom of Galifar
or friends in refugee camps, or are you a lone survivor? Other Cyrans sought opportunities on the frontiers, settling in the jungles of Q’barra or seeking a new life in the distant land of Xen’drik
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
than strain the land during a famine. FIRBOLG CLASSES
Most firbolgs are druids, rangers, or fighters. Among their kind, these vocations are passed down from one generation to the next. The firbolgs
enforcers of that god’s will.
Firbolg warlocks are rare, but some clans forge alliances and arcane pacts with powerful fey beings.
Firbolg monks are almost entirely unheard of, though a monastery might take in the young survivors of a devastated firbolg clan.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
Story Overview Adventurers from a foreign land find themselves in Barovia, a mysterious realm surrounded by deadly fog and ruled by Strahd von Zarovich, a vampire and wizard. Using a deck of tarokka
people are called the Vistani. They travel in covered wagons from world to world, luring strangers into Strahd’s domain. Barovia is a land of ghosts, werewolves, and other fell creatures. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
mingle together as they do in the Material Plane, forming land, sea, and sky. But the dominant element exerts a strong influence on the environment, reflecting its fundamental qualities. The
elements exist in their purest form: great expanses of solid earth, blazing fire, crystal-clear water, and unsullied air. Any foreign substance is extremely rare; little air can be found in the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
leaves. A character who succeeds on a DC 14 Intelligence (History) or Intelligence (Religion) check knows that a ninuno is a spirit of the land, similar to a dryad, who serves as an intermediary
that many come to her for guidance and for stewarding their own stories. Personality Trait. “I seek to honor the gods with every song I sing and every word I speak.” Ideal. “The history of our land is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
Flaming Fist patrols. You are known within the city’s immigrant communities. Should you ever need to learn about a foreign land, people, tradition, or history, you know where to find someone with
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
, forming land, sea, and sky. But the dominant element strongly influences the environment, altering those locations’ fundamental qualities. The inhabitants of this inner ring include aarakocra, azers
: great expanses of solid earth, blazing fire, crystal-clear water, and unsullied air. Any foreign substance is extremely rare; little air can be found in the outer reaches of the Plane of Earth, and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
monstrous creatures. Until recently, Port Nyanzaru was under the firm control of Amn, a foreign nation. Nine years ago, Amn was forced to relinquish the city to a wealthy and powerful consortium of Chultan
grown into influential merchant princes, enticing folk from up and down the Sword Coast with their wares. Port Nyanzaru is a bastion of civilization and commerce in a terrifying land. The amount of
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
destination by sea
7 make money to travel elsewhere by land
8 start an innovative business venture
9 buy a rare text then travel on to Candlekeep
10 undertake a criminal venture
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
illegal in other communities 6 resupply then head to a distant destination by sea 7 make money to travel elsewhere by land 8 start an innovative business venture 9 buy a rare text then travel on to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
to their new homes. This jewelry is now common throughout the land, and many pieces are fantastically valuable. Power and Politics Aside from their cultural rivalries, Sagorpur, Tippurika and
Ashwadhatu rarely engage in major conflicts—living in a land that constantly changes with the caprices of the riverines is precarious enough. The shadow of the lost city of Manivarsha hangs over the remaining
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer
Flaming Fist patrols. You are known within the city’s immigrant communities. Should you ever need to learn about a foreign land, people, tradition, or history, you know where to find someone with
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
former minions. The yuan-ti crawled away and hid in a matter of weeks, all but disappearing from the world. Yuan-ti structures throughout the land were torn down to celebrate liberation from the snake
can’t resort to direct attacks in order to reclaim their rightful place in the world. Operating out of the subterranean ruins of their buildings in foreign lands, yuan-ti agents infiltrate enemy
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
the sort one commonly sees in the wake of trebuchet blows that miss their mark. Farther in from the perimeter of this blasted land lies a scattered mess of buildings, some relatively intact, others
hired by Daerismun Aerath, one of the Avowed — the esteemed scholar-monks of Candlekeep — to guide him there. He was writing a treatise on the place and desired firsthand experience of the locale
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
Faerûn The vast central continent of Toril, Faerûn is a land mass divided by a great sea known as the Inner Sea, or the Sea of Fallen Stars. The lands beyond the North can be roughly divided into
those to the south and those to the east, becoming more foreign to the folk of the Sword Coast and the North the farther away they are. Lands to the South To the south of the Sword Coast lie ancient
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
above the ground. The main building has a circular mazelike symbol carved into its crumbling facade.
Every few minutes, bird folk either land at the monastery or launch themselves from its balconies and
Version 1. Monastery Six aarakocra inhabit the monastery, living as monks. While in the monastery, they wear prayer bead necklaces and paint labyrinthine patterns on their beaks, hands, and feet. A large
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
the exclusive use of the merchant princes and those diplomats, dignitaries, and influential foreign merchants whom the merchant princes want to flatter with privilege or impress with magnificence. 12
mythic king it portrays. It was erected just five years ago, at a time when Port Nyanzaru was flexing its new mercantile muscle, to impress on foreigners that Chult is an independent land with a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
speaker, he is broadminded, humble, and determined, with a deep connection to the land. He is quick to seek opinions from the matriarchs of the leonin prides, and often defers to their wisdom. While his
during the harshest winters, many will spend years on the open plains. Many druids, monks, rangers, and sorcerers hail from Sun Guide prides. Swiftclaws Among the greatest hunters of Oreskos, the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
, a half-demon named Iuz is the dictator of a conquered land that bears his name. Feudalism. The typical government of Europe in the Middle Ages, a feudalistic society consists of layers of lords and
some cases, long-lived races such as elves or dragons are entrusted with the leadership of the land. Hierarchy. A feudal or bureaucratic government where every member, except one, is subordinate to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
for the Night Revelers and is pleased if they are. He tries to get the characters to admit they’re seeking the outdated lore of a foreign land. He claims his faction has ways of learning everything
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
stave off otherworldly invasions, to protect the powerless from oppression, or to spread the teachings of your religion in a hostile land. Or perhaps you serve a corrupt hierarchy by making its
prophets. 3 Relic Collectors. This order of archaeologist-monks seeks to fill their museum-like temple with storied holy relics. 4 Charitable Missionaries. Adhering to the belief that religion
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
themselves worthy of speaking with its occupant. Many who seek a ki-rin’s guidance end up pledging service to the creature. They study as monks under its tutelage and serve as its agents in the world. The
followers of a ki-rin might travel incognito across the land, seeking news of growing evil and working behind the scenes, or might be champions of their master’s cause, out to defeat villainy wherever it
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
” in chapter 2.) Such contacts can’t promise the characters specific resources or reinforcements, but they’re friendly faces who know the lay of the land and can offer guidance. They can pass messages
of paladins, clerics, and monks. Members of the order are faithful and vigilant seekers of justice who protect others from the depredations of evildoers. They exact swift retribution against those who
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
land around Mirabar is littered with mine heads, open quarries, and heaps of slag and rubble. The mines of Mirabar yield up vast quantities of most known metals and gemstones. Working mines of any
ensure that Mirabar’s interests aren’t ignored. While the marchion handles foreign policy, true power within the city rests with the Council of Sparkling Stones, a group of dwarf elders that manages the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
allows any character to mentally adjust the roc’s course and observe the terrain below, but the great bird does not land or cease flying. 5 The head of a mace held by a gladiator in an arena A fog
in a children’s playground The characters enter an illusory version of the treasury seen in the Monastery of the Distressed Body, but filled with countless magic items. A group of twenty-five monks