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Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
themselves like brigands, robbing people they come across in the wild. If food is scarce, they kill those same people and eat them. They prefer to dwell in forlorn places, often sharing territory with
hill giants and ogres. It's not unusual to find a gang of hill giants and ogres led by a verbeeg, since verbeeg are much smarter than their brutish cousins. Verbeeg also enjoy the company of
Monsters
Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
instead of the restrained condition.Stone giants believe the god Skoraeus Stonebones inspires artists to create their finest stone carvings. Sometimes a giant pursues this divine inspiration to the
while creating art might rise as a cairnwight and continue the work. Once the artwork is completed, the cairnwight remains as its undying guardian.
A cairnwight looks much like an emaciated stone
Elf
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high cliff over the fabled city of Qualinost.
Four slender spires rose from the city’s corners like glistening spindles, their brilliant white stone marbled with shining silver. Graceful
, bronze, and almost bluish-white, hair of green or blue, and eyes like pools of liquid gold or silver. Elves have no facial and little body hair. They favor elegant clothing in bright colors, and they
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
sky, anchored in ends so distant she couldn’t perceive them, their middle parts revolving angrily like pieces of string rolled between a child’s fingertips. She glanced down, wondering what supported
great silvery sea, the same above and below, with swirling wisps of white and gray streaking among motes of light like distant stars. Most of the Astral Sea is a vast, empty expanse. Visitors occasionally
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
deal that sounds too good to be true or is confusing, they’re likely to pause negotiations while they ask smarter devils for their opinions on the deal. The following ability checks can be made
character’s check result is higher than the devil’s, the character sees through the devil’s deception. Devils like to slip extra clauses into the fine print of a contract. When this happens, a character who can
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
track of your rations, that’s really a personal failing.
3 I’m much smarter than I look, and if you can’t say the same, this is going to be a short conversation.
4 Elf, dwarf, horse—you
just means they need more of it!
8 I like to earn people’s trust, then lead them into dangerous situations and make off with their treasure while they’re distracted.
Faerie Dragon Ideals
Goblin
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Beast Masters and Slave Drivers
Goblins know they are a weak, unsophisticated race that can be easily dominated by bigger, smarter, more organized, more ferocious, or more magical creatures. Their god
out while still getting decent performance out of the slaves. But humanoids and monsters that are especially capable or that provide unusual services find themselves treated like favored (though
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
Orog Orogs are orcs blessed with a surprisingly keen intellect that ordinary orcs believe is a gift from the orc goddess Luthic. Like Luthic, orogs prefer to live underground, although the scarcity
of food often brings them to the surface to hunt. Orcs respect an orog’s strength and cunning, and a lone orog might command an orc war band. Stronger and Smarter. An orog uses its strength to bully
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
. It’s common practice for someone who writes a letter or records information to say a prayer to Deneir to avoid mistakes. Similarly, artists acknowledge Deneir before beginning and upon completing
saved for later use is information lost. They consider literacy an important gift of the gods, one that should be spread and taught. His followers are scribes and scholars devoted, like their patron
Kenku
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might sound like fun, but it can prove distracting and could slow down the game.
Kenku Names
Given that kenku can duplicate any sound, their names are drawn from a staggering variety of
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Kenku thieves, con artists, and burglars adopt animal noises, typically those common in urban settings. In this manner, kenku can call out to each other while those who overhear them mistake them for
Yuan-ti Pureblood
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cannibalizing their victims, and then performed a sorcerous ritual while writhing in pools filled with living snakes that enabled them to mix their flesh with that of serpents, becoming like the gods in
agents infiltrate enemy governments to discover weaknesses that their leaders can exploit. The yuan-ti look forward to the day when their empire rises again and spreads across the world like venom through
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
fabulous “treasure” taken from their victims. This might include a collection of battered helmets, a moldy wheel of cheese, a rough patch of animal fur fastened like a cloak, or a squealing, mud
-spattered pig. Ogres also delight in the gleam of gold and silver, and they will fight one another over small handfuls of coins. Smarter creatures can earn an ogre’s trust by offering it gold or a weapon
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
Selling a Magic Item Selling a magic item is by no means an easy task. Con artists and thieves are always looking out for an easy score, and there’s no guarantee that a character will receive a good
Base Price* Common 100 gp Uncommon 400 gp Rare 4,000 gp Very rare 40,000 gp Legendary 200,000 gp *Halved for a consumable item like a potion or scroll Magic Item Offer Check Total Offer 1–10 50% of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
Cairnwight Stone giants believe the god Skoraeus Stonebones inspires artists to create their finest stone carvings. Sometimes a giant pursues this divine inspiration to the exclusion of all other
rise as a cairnwight and continue the work. Once the artwork is completed, the cairnwight remains as its undying guardian. A cairnwight looks much like an emaciated stone giant. Its form is caked with
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
. They prefer thrown spears above all other weapons, and a verbeeg usually has several spears for that purpose. Marauders. Verbeeg conduct themselves like brigands, robbing people they come across in
giants and ogres led by a verbeeg, since verbeeg are much smarter than their brutish cousins. Verbeeg also enjoy the company of mammalian beasts and allow bears, wolves, worgs, and other predators to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
. There’d never been anything like it: a game in which each player made their own fantasy character and teamed up with their friends to go on quests. One person served as the narrator and referee—the
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Over the decades, millions of people have played D&D, and scores of writers, game designers, and artists have made their mark on it through its various editions. When our team released the current
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
Agora (JAMES RYMAN) Many settlements in Theros have a centrally located agora, or public forum, where artists perform, politicians give speeches, philosophers debate, vendors hawk their wares, and
and learning the latest news and gossip. The crowds attract less savory folk, like spies and thieves. Priests of Ephara often bless agoras because they are so central to civilized life in Theros, but
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
lives, like busybodies with cruel intentions. Any time a hag agrees to help someone, the bargain includes a price to be paid, plus a hidden plan by which she sets the mortal up to fail, or a way that
offering so she can examine it more closely, even if this makes it obvious she is interested. If she doesn’t have anything else like it, or can think of a use for it, or if having it means a rival
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
churning with rough waters. In the surrounding fields, warriors and martial artists hone their skills. As you near, your mimir chimes as its eyes brim with a swirling, blue-green light.
The people of
Performance) Gate to Ysgard The gate to Ysgard is a maelstrom a mile offshore. Characters directed to the gate can see it in the distance from Glorium’s docks. Spells like fly or water walk can help
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
.
6 My superiors are smarter and wiser than I am. I do what I’m told.
7 Never pass up the opportunity to make an easy bit of coin. That’s my motto.
8 I’m beginning to feel like the
your side, you can use complex terms like ex injuria jus non oritur and cogitationis poenam nemo patitur to frighten people into thinking you know what you’re talking about. With common folks who don’t
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
family, run a professional guild, or rise to prominence in a temple. Key The Child; Prominent in Late Spring Many artists’ interpretations of this constellation show a child holding a silver Key in one
artists, counselors, and religious figures. Knight The Dragon Slayer; Most Prominent in Midsummer The Knight soars overhead during high summer—the final month of the Righteous Quartet. The prominence
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
. Some of the god’s most devout followers work as architects, artists, or philosophers, all striving to serve the public good. Ephara’s Favor Ephara seeks champions who will defend her cities fiercely
likely involved the polis you call home. The Ephara’s Favor table provides just a few possibilities. Ephara’s Favor d6 Circumstance
1 You grew up in a polis like Meletis and never feel safe
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
numerous. As clever as it is cruel, a leucrotta loves to deceive, torture, and kill. Because leucrottas are smarter and tougher than most gnolls, one could occupy an elevated position within a gnoll
into better and longer sport. Gnolls enjoy watching a leucrotta work almost as much as they like doing their own killing. Foulness Embodied. The leucrotta is so loathsome that only gnolls and others
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
. A marid doesn’t expect much from its servants, simply wanting to have them for the prestige. Marids go out of their way to obtain skilled servants, and aren’t above kidnapping mortal artists
it a crime for a lesser being to interrupt one of their tales, and offending a marid is a sure way to invoke its wrath. “The marid poured out of the flask like water and said, ‘Your wish is my
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
feet that resound like smiths’ hammers throughout their smoky halls.
Just as fire giants pass down their knowledge of crafting from generation to generation, their renowned fighting prowess comes not
the giants, fire giants produce the greatest crafters and artists. They excel at smelting and smith work, as they do at the engineering of metal and stone, and the quality of their artistry shows even
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
might range from theft and racketeering to smuggling and illegal gambling. Like any other gang leader, the dragon has little tolerance for rivals and none at all for disloyalty among minions. Various
to the dragon’s every whim. Parental Figure Some dragons treat their followers and minions like their children. These followers might be a dragon’s devoted dragon or half-dragon offspring, but it’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
rare (1d4 + 1) × 10,000 gp Legendary 2d6 × 25,000 gp *Halved for a consumable item like a potion or scroll Complications. The magic item trade is fraught with peril. The large sums of money
involved and the power offered by magic items attract thieves, con artists, and other villains. If you want to make things more interesting for the characters, roll on the Magic Item Purchase
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
a member of the Gold Concord of the Aurum (described in chapter 4). As much as some members of the Sharn Council and the Watch would like to see the Boromars disbanded, the syndicate is unlikely to
burglars, con artists, smugglers, and other criminals. When a situation calls for physical violence, the Boromars usually hire freelancers—members of the Sharn Guard or agents of House Tarkanan. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
flutters atop a cupola on the Town Hall’s steeply pitched rooftop. All above-ground levels have wooden floors, with framed oil paintings by local artists mounted above the wainscoting. The doors on these
. Prolonged contact with the figurehead might have other ill effects, at your discretion. White Lady of Lac Dinneshere. What looks like a woman tied to the figurehead is actually the White Lady of Lac
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
at rank 1, you are given use of an Acquisitions Incorporated sending stone, an uncommon magic item that resembles a gemstone in a bold setting. It functions like a normal sending stone, except that
DC 15). The spell ends prematurely if the character loses the business card. Why Be a Secretarian? d8 Reason
1 You believe that people shouldn’t work harder; they should work smarter. And
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
toward truth like a friendly guide—a guardian and shepherd of priests who fall from their previous devotions. Terrance reveres an entity known as the Greater Unknown, which he believes is the source of
citizens can get a free hot meal. However, some factions don’t view this expansion as benevolent. Lhar moves carefully, always looking for like-minded individuals to further his cause. Faction Attire
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
know they are a weak, unsophisticated race that can be easily dominated by bigger, smarter, more organized, more ferocious, or more magical creatures. Their god was conquered by Maglubiyet, after all
the slaves. But humanoids and monsters that are especially capable or that provide unusual services find themselves treated like favored (though occasionally abused) pets. Virtually any kind of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
provocative ailments. Hhune House The power of the Hhunes waxes and wanes like the moon, but other patriar families maintain a healthy fear of them because the Hhunes have powerful connections up and
artists have stolen enough money to threaten the Three Old Kegs with bankruptcy, and the brothers have been forced to find outside help to recover their lost funds and keep the tavern solvent. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer
the most novel wounds and provocative ailments. Hhune House The power of the Hhunes waxes and wanes like the moon, but other patriar families maintain a healthy fear of them because the Hhunes have
. Several times, these con artists have stolen enough money to threaten the Three Old Kegs with bankruptcy, and the brothers have been forced to find outside help to recover their lost funds and keep
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
reciting the rhyme, “Neither gleaming sword nor magic tome can soothe the soul like hearth and home.” This rhyme is known to Zorhanna, Eliphas, the winter wolves, and Paliset Hall’s staff. The fey
palatial ballroom. Above the dancing crowd spins a glittering chandelier that appears crafted from equal parts silver and frost. Icicles hang from the vaulted ceiling, sparkling in the light like