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Curse of Strahd
thought it was an accident. In the days that followed, Pidlwick II tried its best to fill its namesake's shoes, but the effigy's mere presence was upsetting to Tatyana, and it was never called on to perform
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Pidlwick II is basically an oversized toy—a 4-foot-tall mechanism stuffed with gears, springs, and other components expertly fitted together to impart a semblance of life to it. Its skin is made of stitched
Species
One Grung Above
caste for life. On rare occasions, an individual that distinguishes itself with great deeds can earn an invitation to join a higher caste. Through a combination of herbal tonics and ritual magic, an
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Naturally Toxic. All grungs secrete a substance that is harmless to them but poisonous to other creatures. A grung also uses venom to poison its weapons.
Slavers. Grungs are always on the
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Acquisitions Incorporated
sometimes one casualty is left a little less than dead, just waiting to discover what a lucky break that accident actually was.
You were a victim of a legal incident that was ostensibly the fault of
and realms of magic and mystery just a dungeon away, you left your old life behind. Now a world of adventure is yours. Just initial here and sign here and here. Absolve Acq Inc of all former claims, and
Species
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
lost hag.
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You were cursed as a child. A deal with the spirits of the forest transformed you into a hexblood, now free of the curse.
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You began life as a fey creature, but an accident
and avoid the same.
While many hexbloods gain their lineage after making a deal with a hag, others reveal their nature as they age—particularly if a hag influenced them early in life or even
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
. This is no accident, for the locals purposefully deafen themselves so they won’t hear the shrieking of the banshee Tristessa, a mournful spirit who roams Mount Lament and whose wail carries through
the night. In life, Tristessa dwelled under Mount Arak in Tepest (detailed earlier in this chapter), but she was exiled for crimes against her people. In death, she endlessly seeks to be reunited with the family slain by her misdeeds.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
into a hexblood, now free of the curse.
5 You began life as a fey creature, but an accident changed you and forced you from your home.
6 A slighted druid transformed you and bound you to live only so long as a sacred tree bears fruit.
Species
Eberron: Rising from the Last War
“Pierce was built by design, while you were built by accident,” Lakashtai said. “The soul is what matters, not the shape of the vessel.”
“What makes you think he has
chosen new names as a way to express their path in life. A few take on human names, often the name of a fallen friend or mentor.
Warforged Names: Anchor, Banner, Bastion, Blade, Blue, Bow, Cart
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
Supplemental Tables The supplemental tables below give you a way to randomly determine characteristics and other facts about individuals who are part of your character’s life. Use these tables when
Cause of Death 1 Unknown 2 Murdered 3 Killed in battle 4 Accident related to class or occupation 5 Accident unrelated to class or occupation 6–7 Natural causes, such as disease or old age 8 Apparent
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Villain
1 A medium who feeds victims to spirits in exchange for power over them
2 The spirit of a long-dead murderer who stalks the same types of victims in death as in life
3 The
accident victim who torments victims for fun
8 The spirit of a former tyrant who demands sacrifices from the village she once ruled
9 A ghost hunter who inflicts hauntings on unwitting
Aarakocra
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Species
Elemental Evil Player's Companion
pursue enemies or thwart their foes’ designs there. Accident might also send a nest of aarakocra tumbling into a world on that plane. A few find their way to such a world through portals on
exceptional circumstance for an aarakocra to leave his or her tribe and undertake the adventurer’s life. Neither treasure nor glory is enough to lure them from their tribes; a dire threat to their people
Genasi
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Elemental Evil Player's Companion
Those who think of other planes at all consider them remote, distant realms, but planar influence can be felt throughout the world. It sometimes manifests in beings who, through an accident of birth
violence from people who mistake them for fiends.
Facing a hard life, these genasi seek isolation in the wilds, making their homes in mountains or forests, near lakes, or underground.
Most air and fire
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
fey dwell. The people of Viktal fear the fey and blame them for every accident and ill. Few children are born in Tepest. Determined would-be parents must bargain with Mother or the fey to bring them a
with ties to the fey might also hail from the domain. When players create characters from Tepest, consider asking them the following questions.
What do you love about Tepest? Is it the peaceful life
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
on the brink of death. A mysterious voice offers to save the character’s life, but only if they accept its Dark Gift. An experiment or magical accident goes wrong. The DM allows a character to accept
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
behind. But sometimes one casualty is left a little less than dead, just waiting to discover what a lucky break that accident actually was. You were a victim of a legal incident that was ostensibly the
magic and mystery just a dungeon away, you left your old life behind. Now a world of adventure is yours. Just initial here and sign here and here. Absolve Acq Inc of all former claims, and acknowledge you
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
death as a wraith, served by specters who were once her loyal retainers. Brysis yearns to accumulate enough life force to leave the confines of her tomb, to which her spirit is bound. The adventurers
might discover the tomb by accident or with the aid of Fargas Rumblefoot, the halfling from the Silken Paths encounter. Either way, when they’re nearby, read the following to the players: A soft
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Dragon as Schemer Most of the adventure hooks in this book involve the schemes a dragon might put into motion over the course of a long life, potentially using followers as agents in the world. In
…create an opportunity for a character to pursue a personal goal.
6 …cause an accident or catastrophe that threatens the characters.
An adventure featuring a dragon’s schemes often works best as
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
the stuff Nyx is made of, and a Nyxborn is shaped from that raw material. You might have been specifically crafted by one of the gods to serve a certain purpose. Or your existence could be an accident
I am.
5 I was rescued from the Underworld and took on supernatural characteristics when I returned to life.
6 I’m a song or other work of art brought to life.
Nyxborn Quirks d6
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
their small stature to their easy demeanor, makes them unlikely candidates for taking up a life of adventure away from home. Yet every generation produces a handful of exceptional individuals who defy
stop for many of these plucky souls is a faraway city where they hope to find some like-minded companions. Fancy Feet A halfling’s potential for adventuring usually manifests early in life. When a child
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
Beshaba The Maid of Misfortune, Lady Doom, Black Bess Beshaba is the counterpoint to Tymora and is just as frequently acknowledged in daily life as is her more benevolent “sister.” She is seen as a
are virtually unknown. It’s common, however, for rural folk to erect a post and mount antlers on it at the site of some roadside accident or murder. In cities, where antlers are hard to come by and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
charnel concoctions. These origins don’t affect a boneless’s statistics but lend it distinct forms. Whether through accident or depraved genius, some villains use one corpse to create two separate undead
understands the languages it knew in life but can’t speak
Challenge 1 (200 XP) Proficiency Bonus +2
Compression. The boneless can move through any opening at least 1 inch wide without squeezing. It
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
the older man, though his skin is partially transparent.
“Time to go already, father?” the young man asks.
Fellik died in an accident in Sigil several years ago. When he manifested as a petitioner
, he took the form he had in life. However, his body, while still corporeal, is semitransparent like a ghost. Fellik and Valder have spent several weeks reconciling, but they’ve agreed it’s time for
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
throughout the shrine. These plants can come to life as guardians if the shrine’s protectors call upon them. An old, twisted lemon tree grows near the hunters’ quarters. Bows, spears, and other hunting
the path of a hydra on a destructive rampage.
4 A druid who lost her spouse in a hunting accident attacks any hunters who come to the shrine.
5 A giant boar affected by the awaken spell
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
it. A creature imprisoned in the phylactery for 24 hours is consumed and destroyed utterly, whereupon nothing short of divine intervention can restore it to life. A lich that fails or forgets to
maintain its body with sacrificed souls begins to physically fall apart, and might eventually become a demilich. Death and Restoration. When a lich’s body is broken by accident or assault, the will and mind
compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
outweigh his villainy? Do you think him capable of saving a soul? Does he seem like someone who’d even care?
Perhaps it’s no accident that this book contains Mordenkainen’s first expression of the
and other planes of existence, he has made many friends, and has risked his life an equal number of times, to amass the knowledge contained herein.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
shared sense of purpose. Happenstance. Someone puts out a call for adventurers to complete a quest, and the characters answer the call. Alternatively, all the characters could meet by accident, only to
years. Despite their different backgrounds and training, they’re already good friends. Tavern Gathering. The characters meet in a tavern over mugs of ale and decide to embark on a life of adventure
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
knew that it had no purpose as long as Pidlwick remained in Castle Ravenloft, so it pushed Pidlwick down a long flight of stairs, killing him. Everyone else thought it was an accident. In the days that
4-foot-tall mechanism stuffed with gears, springs, and other components expertly fitted together to impart a semblance of life to it. Its skin is made of stitched leather pulled taut over an
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
(neutral good wight) and his modest staff of neutral skeletons. A Sensate in life, Roric perished in Hopeless while touring the planes, killed by a beholder’s death ray for delighting townsfolk with his
and grisly accident claimed both of their lives in one fell swoop, the twins awoke as wraiths. They quickly preyed on their household staff, condemning them to serve the manor beyond death as specters
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
devil, gender is insignificant. Devils can’t create new life through physical means; a new devil comes into being only when a soul is corrupted or claimed in a bargain, and the gender of the mortal
entitled by law to inherit his parents’ wealth but doesn’t want to murder them might ask for help, and Glasya’s agents provide it by arranging for them to die in an accident. A notable portion of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
is always a gold grung. (Use the grung elite warrior stat block to represent members of the orange and gold castes.) A grung normally remains in its caste for life. On rare occasions, an individual
its new caste in the same way that a juvenile of the caste would be. From then on, the grung and its progeny are members of the higher caste. Naturally Toxic. All grungs secrete a substance that is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Important NPCs Use the Adventure Villains, Adventure Allies, and Adventure Patrons tables to help you identify these NPCs. Chapter 4 can help you bring these NPCs to life. Adventure Villains d20
the adventurers find out what they must do and why. It can start with a surprise attack, or with the adventurers coming across information by accident. The best introductions arise naturally from the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
youngsters quickly learn to recognize that their favorite character, the god of the gnomes, is about to steal the show. A joker and a prankster, Garl Glittergold reminds gnomes that life is to be
invention and discovery, even those whose livelihoods have nothing to do with the construction of odd devices. Any accident that fortuitously results in a new discovery might be credited to Nebelun’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
checks made to influence the tower’s guards. The draconians ignore sounds inside the tower. T2: Entry Murals of idyllic life in the flying city adorn this grand foyer’s gray stone walls. One on the west
Intelligence (Arcana) check determines the consoles are broken beyond their ability to repair. Flameskulls. Since whatever accident befell this room, Lohezet doesn’t allow Dragon Army soldiers higher than
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
watch when the characters camp. If you prefer to emphasize the dangerous nature of the adventuring life for lower-level characters, random encounters can be used to create additional tension along the
-elf commoner) and Grovet (human commoner) are traveling from Phandalin to Waterdeep to start a life together. See Edermath Orchard in “Locations in Phandalin” later in this episode.
13 Two giant
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
inspire life to propagate along alien paths. Consider rolling on the Far Realm Effects table when the following circumstances occur in a region touched by the Far Realm: A warlock whose Otherworldly
nonviolent but unsettling ghost—perhaps a pet, an accident-prone child, or a dismembered big toe—appears and follows one random creature for 24 hours before vanishing. The ghost vanishes if reduced to 0
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
or by accident), where magic runes have gone horribly awry and unleashed fiendish corruption into the world, or where fiends seek powerful allies to aid their schemes among mortals. Listen. I have
domestic animals to plant life—is vastly oversized (see “Into the Giant Realms” in the “Adventure Models” section later in this chapter). As with the dinosaurs on the Dinosaur World Encounters table