more share with only artisan from for latent

Selesnya Initiate

Backgrounds Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica

;Selesnya. As a member of the Selesnya Conclave, you are surrounded by people and other creatures who share your worldview and your longing for deeper spiritual communion with the world, and you have a

fervent desire to share the joy you have experienced with Ravnica. Along with the rest of the conclave, you are committed to resisting the ambitions of the other guilds — with military force if

Backgrounds

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)

knight or a grizzled soldier. Your wizard could have been a sage or an artisan. Your rogue might have gotten by as a guild thief or commanded audiences as a jester. Choosing a background provides you

sets you apart from ordinary people who share your background? The sample background in this chapter provides both concrete benefits (features, proficiencies, and languages) and roleplaying suggestions.

Backgrounds

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)

knight or a grizzled soldier. Your wizard could have been a sage or an artisan. Your rogue might have gotten by as a guild thief or commanded audiences as a jester. Choosing a background provides you

sets you apart from ordinary people who share your background? The sample backgrounds in this chapter provide both concrete benefits (features, proficiencies, and languages) and roleplaying suggestions.

A Note about Size

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

magic traditions of the giants, so a rod of rulership created by a giant artisan might be inscribed with the king rune, while a giant-crafted periapt of wound closure might bear the life rune. Also

, a magic item might absorb some of the latent elemental power of its giant users or creators. A +1 longsword forged by a fire giant, for example, could glow faintly like embers in the dark, while the

Artificer Legacy

Classes Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything

to keep airships and other wondrous devices operational. Artificers in the City of Sigil share discoveries from throughout the multiverse, and from there, the gnome artificer Vi runs a cosmos-spanning

artificer quickly by following these suggestions. First, put your highest ability score in Intelligence, followed by Constitution or Dexterity. Second, choose the guild artisan background. The

Creating an Artificer

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron

Creating an Artificer When creating an artificer, think about your character’s relationship with the artisan who taught them their craft. Does the character have a rival? Talk to your DM about the

and other wondrous devices operational. In the City of Sigil, artificers share discoveries from throughout the cosmos, and one in particular—the gnome inventor Vi—has run a multiverse-spanning business

Creating an Artificer

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War

Creating an Artificer When creating an artificer, think about your character’s relationship with the artisan who taught them their craft. Does the character have a rival? Talk to your DM about the

and other wondrous devices operational. In the City of Sigil, artificers share discoveries from throughout the cosmos, and one in particular — the gnome inventor Vi — has run a multiverse-spanning

Divine Rank

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide

described in myth as the creations, children, or servitors of the greater deities. They govern narrower provinces, such as the activities of mortal life or limited aspects of the natural world. They share

Monster Manual. Vestiges are deities who have lost nearly all their worshipers and are considered dead from a mortal perspective. Esoteric rituals can sometimes contact vestiges and draw on their latent power.

Boreal Ridge

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lorwyn: First Light

solitude, artisans of Ice Forge share their knowledge and work together to hone their skills. The forge’s creations are each as unique as their creators, often letting the smiths express something new

about themselves. When it’s in Lorwyn, Boreal Ridge is known by the same name. Reasons to Visit Adventurers might visit Boreal Ridge for one of the following reasons: Creating a Masterpiece. An artisan at

Guild

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything

experts share contacts, exchange resources such as materials or tools, and leverage their collective influence to affect politics for their benefit. Alternatively, merchants and other business owners

might also organize into guilds. Merchant barons who effectively rule a city or nation through iron-clad control of the economy or a network of innkeepers who share news and supply routes could both

Arvandor

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes

, rage, contentment, jealousy, and love in all their extremes are on spectacular display there. Lifelong friends might share a laugh over food and wine, cross blades over a mutual lover, and write songs

latent memories of a previous life spent on Arvandor. Because of the deep feelings associated with those memories, they are often among the first previous-life recollections to resurface at the

Xia's Cult

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves

cult. If willing to talk, cultists share the information below. Speaking Statue Xia thinks Orcus speaks to her through the statue in the main temple (area T13). Xia obeys the statue’s orders without

latent power. Orcus’s Orders The cultists are perplexed by the orders issuing from the demon lord’s statue, which include the following: Topple and destroy all the ghoul statues in the temple, and

Chapter 3: Classes

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)

among various deities. While the fighter has contacts in a mercenary company or army, the cleric might know a number of priests, paladins, and devotees who share his faith. Your class gives you a

sometimes advance in more than one class. A rogue might switch direction in life and swear the oath of a paladin. A barbarian might discover latent magical ability and dabble in the sorcerer class while

Character Backgrounds

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk

details about the Sword Coast region, share the suggestions from the Character Hooks Tied to Backgrounds table with them. Character Hooks Tied to Backgrounds Background Character Acolyte The

Artisan You learned a useful trade in Neverwinter, but the city is home to too many artisans with that skill. Now, you’re heading to Phandalin, where you hope to start a lucrative business. Hermit You’ve

Worshiping Kruphix

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros

seldom share these tales with others. The First Nyxborn. According to one tale, it was Kruphix, not Purphoros, who was the first to fashion living Nyxborn creatures from the fabric of Nyx. Kruphix

created the divine artisan Nykthos and ordered him to build altars to the gods. Nykthos’s story isn’t widely known among mortals, but the Shrine to Nyx is still called Nykthos in his honor. Kruphix’s

The Ordning

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

, no giant can transcend the ordning of the six giant kinds; the most accomplished fire giant artisan ranks below the poorest cloud giant, for example. For any given giant (except a storm giant), you

Cloud Giant Wealth d6 Adventure Hook 1 A cloud giant seeks to gain wealth by investing in an adventuring party (perhaps giving the characters magic items or other valuables) in exchange for a share

Character Backgrounds

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

details about Icewind Dale, share the suggestions from the Character Hooks Tied to Backgrounds table with them. Character Hooks Tied to Backgrounds Background Character Hook Acolyte Auril

beat a drunk goliath at arm wrestling? Guild Artisan You came to Icewind Dale to start a business. Your shop was doing well until Auril the Frostmaiden cast her evil spell to banish the sun. Now

All for One: The Clan

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes

would term it, but it is just as intense. Dwarves are creatures of stone, and like stone they change only in response to extremes. The dwarves of the many worlds share much in common, but never

, many dwarves support the clan by working at an occupation that sustains the community — brewing ale, tending crops, and preparing food, for instance. Not everyone can be a master artisan or a

Karametra's Champions

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros

, guild artisan, soldier, urchin Most champions of Karametra are advocates of community and family. They typically form tight-knit squads or surrogate families and take care of their people. Karametra’s

myself to ensuring that the vulnerable and the innocent can live in safety. (Good) 5 Bounty. I am generous and share what I have, hoping to improve the well-being of all around me. (Good) 6

Academy

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything

, an academy unites a network of learned individuals, allowing them to share their knowledge, further their research, and support common goals. Passing on wisdom to the next generation is part of an

Acolyte, Guild Artisan, Noble, Outlander, Sage, Urchin Groundskeeper Charlatan, Hermit, Outlander, Soldier, Urchin Professor Acolyte, Entertainer, Folk Hero, Noble, Sage Researcher Acolyte, Charlatan

The Infernal Machine of Lum the Mad

Magic Items Infernal Machine Rebuild

learn your alignment by magical means, and you have advantage on Charisma checks involving creatures that also share your alignment. You have disadvantage on Charisma checks involving creatures that

do not share your alignment. 64 As a bonus action, you cause yourself and a willing ally you can see to swap positions by teleportation. Whenever you roll a 1 on a d20 roll, you and an ally

Criminal Syndicate

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything

a heist), you have the privilege of keeping 85 percent of what you steal. Other syndicates take more or less than a 15 percent share, at the DM’s discretion. Contraband. You have access to your

Acolyte, Charlatan, Guild Artisan, Noble, Soldier Mastermind Acolyte, Criminal, Folk Hero, Noble, Sage Mole Any Criminal Syndicate Quests Your work as a syndicate member involves more than simple street

Life Span

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

might range over a region that includes the territories of up to six or eight young dragons (which might include the adult’s offspring), but adults typically share territory with other adults only as

, manuscripts for a famed author’s entire body of writings, or every piece of jewelry made by a master artisan 5 Transform an entire world into an extreme environment suitable as a lair—a volcanic

Other Religious Systems

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)

footsteps in order to share the god’s ultimate fate. In the case of dying and rising gods, the symbolic death of the initiate represents the idea of death to the old life and rebirth into a transformed

substance. Vestiges are deities who have lost nearly all their worshipers and are considered dead, from a mortal perspective. Esoteric rituals can sometimes contact these beings and draw on their latent

High Fae

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monstrous Compendium Volume Four

gains access to a small portion of that creature’s mind—any information that the creature might share with a casual acquaintance. Though not comprehensive, this information helps high fae impostors

, magically negotiating themselves advantages in battle. Like many high fae, these mages draw power from the latent energy found throughout the wilds of Eldraine. However, high fae mages also form strong bonds

Dragon Organizations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

dragons share a common territory and hoard, live under a strict code of discipline, and devote themselves to a common goal. Their most notable feature, though, is their practice of carving arcane sigils of

dragon centuries ago Diverse Dragons. The hidecarved dragons of a lauth share a goal but often have little else in common. By design, each member of a lauth is usually a different kind of dragon

Neverdeath Catacomb Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin

characters a gold-colored flywheel from the disassembled clock. The marid is chatty and can share the following pieces of information: Clock Assembly. Shanzezim decided to reassemble a mechanical clock

think he’s in league with the cult. To keep his mind off of the nightmare of his capture and imprisonment, Umberto focuses on complaining about the poor cuisine. If the characters free Umberto and share

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