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Acquisitions Incorporated
dragons. Plated in brass, bronze, copper, or faux gold and silver, they are often taken for fine draconic statues at first glance. A clockwork dragon makes a formidable guardian or defender, with its
advanced intellect allowing it to be programmed with a wide range of orders, as well as being capable of wholly independent reactions to potential threats.
Though most clockwork dragons have a breath weapon
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
kill.
In some regions, dragonnels are raised from eggs to be used as aerial mounts. These domesticated dragonnels are loyal to the point of being overly protective of their riders. However, efforts to
break wild dragonnels to the saddle are perilous, as these creatures often feign compliance before throwing their would-be riders from great heights.
A dragonnel is an agile mount and naturally
Monsters
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
. The living spell can grapple only one creature at a time and can't use Force Fist until the grapple ends.A living Bigby's hand is a Large, hovering hand of shimmering, translucent force. It often
serves as a guardian, attacking creatures that cross its path while remaining loyal to its caster.
Areas of wild magic and sites that have been ravaged by powerful eldritch forces can give rise to spell
Monsters
Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
damage.Skeletal knights are powerful Undead that arise to serve even more wicked beings—often death knight;death knights. Those who become skeletal knights were typically virtuous in life but betrayed
their oaths and died in disgrace. Unable to rest, they are now unswervingly loyal to the villains they serve. Should a skeletal knight’s master be destroyed, the knight regains its will and is
Halfling
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Basic Rules (2014)
brown or hazel eyes. Halfling men often sport long sideburns, but beards are rare among them and mustaches even more so. They like to wear simple, comfortable, and practical clothes, favoring bright
avoid unwanted attention.
Halflings work readily with others, and they are loyal to their friends, whether halfling or otherwise. They can display remarkable ferocity when their friends, families, or
Monsters
Curse of Strahd
took him into his home. Izek has been loyal to the burgomaster ever since, enjoying the power of his position and the comforts of his master’s mansion. When he isn’t enforcing the
bedroom in the burgomaster’s mansion. Izek often has dreams of a beautiful young woman, and for years he has forced a local toymaker named Gadof Blinsky to craft dolls in her likeness. The woman is
Monsters
Vecna: Eve of Ruin
corpse’s eye sockets; the gems allow the false lich to trap creatures’ souls and transfer the souls to its creator.
A false lich often gradually gains a sense of self-identity. While many
false liches remain steadfastly loyal to their creators, others resent their creators for imprisoning and abandoning them.Necrotic, Poison, Psychic; Bludgeoning, Piercing, and Slashing from Nonmagical
Monsters
Adventure Atlas: The Mortuary
: The Mortuary).
After eons of existence, Skall is in an advanced state of deterioration. Once a spry lich with a wrinkled frame, he now drifts listlessly through the Mortuary’s forlorn halls
flesh, Skall often delegates his bureaucratic responsibilities to Undead proxies or—on rare occasions—appears as an illusory duplicate. Subtle social cues are lost on the factol, whose
Species
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
structures.
Relentlessly Loyal
Loxodons believe in the value of community and life, and thus are most often found in the Selesnya Conclave. Some find fulfillment in the cause of order by joining
The humanoid elephants called loxodons are often oases of calm in the busy streets of Ravnica. They hum or chant in sonorous tones and move slowly or sit in perfect stillness. If provoked to action
Dwarf
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Basic Rules (2014)
friend. In spite of the added discomfort, the dwarf’s long, pointed, often-broken nose and gray-streaked though still-fiery red beard came as a welcome sight to Drizzt. “Knew I’d find
common shades are light brown or deep tan, like certain tones of earth. Their hair, worn long but in simple styles, is usually black, gray, or brown, though paler dwarves often have red hair. Male
Criminal / Spy
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Basic Rules (2014)
who seem the fairest often have the most to hide.
6
I don’t pay attention to the risks in a situation. Never tell me the odds.
7
The best way to get me to do something is to tell me
. (Evil)
5
People. I’m loyal to my friends, not to any ideals, and everyone else can take a trip down the Styx for all I care. (Neutral)
6
Redemption. There’s a spark of good in
Species
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
. Their reasons are often deeply personal. Some seek danger, imagining monsters as personifications of their own hungers. Others pursue revenge against whatever turned them into a dhampir. And still
or raw meat
3
Cerebral spinal fluid
4
Psychic energy
5
Dreams
6
Life energy
Dhampir Origins
Dhampirs often arise from encounters with vampires, but all manner of
Soldier
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bearer
8
Support staff (cook, blacksmith, or the like)
FEATURE: MILITARY RANK
You have a military rank from your career as a soldier. Soldiers loyal to your former military
combined with the rigid discipline of military service leave their mark on all soldiers, shaping their ideals, creating strong bonds, and often leaving them scarred and vulnerable to fear, shame, and
Young Deep Dragon
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Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
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Deep dragons often hoard secrets, delighting in knowledge of far-off lands. Many seek out new insights and tricks that they can use against other denizens of the Underdark, preferring social
artist so as to maintain an adoring cult of drow and duergar admirers.
3
A rather snooty bone naga serves as a young deep dragon;young deep dragon's loyal butler, as it did for the dragon’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
on the Fourth-Year Courses table. Inform them that the characters are also enrolled in a required course, Arcane Herbology. Fourth-Year Courses d6 Course Offered By 1 Advanced Applied Magic General
Studies 2 Advanced Lumimancy Silverquill 3 Applied Illusory Arts Quandrix 4 Arcane Macroeconomics Lorehold 5 Eldritch and Arcane Performances Prismari 6 Extraplanar Cryptozoology Witherbloom Fourth
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Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
.
4
I would rather make a new friend than a new enemy.
5
I am incredibly slow to trust. Those who seem the fairest often have the most to hide.
6
I don’t pay attention to the risks
that I can help people in need. (Good)
4
Greed. I will do whatever it takes to become wealthy. (Evil)
5
People. I’m loyal to my friends, not to any ideals, and everyone else can
Backgrounds
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
could be hidden.
4
I would rather make a new friend than a new enemy.
5
I am incredibly slow to trust. Those who seem the fairest often have the most to hide.
6
I don’t pay
from the wealthy so that I can help people in need. (Good)
4
Greed. I will do whatever it takes to become wealthy. (Evil)
5
People. I’m loyal to my friends, not to any ideals, and
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Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
, blacksmith, or the like)
FEATURE: MILITARY RANK
You have a military rank from your career as a soldier. Soldiers loyal to your former military organization still recognize your authority and
soldiers, shaping their ideals, creating strong bonds, and often leaving them scarred and vulnerable to fear, shame, and hatred.
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Personality Trait
1
I’m always polite and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
shifts them when students approach, creating space to stand single-file between them. These books are mostly introductory texts, and first-year students are often directed here by their instructors. In
the gallery or studying the techniques used in the displayed pieces. A storage area at the back holds supplies and artwork waiting to go on display. The Distinguished Society of Fine Artists often meets
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
The Relic Lecture During an early Advanced Arcane History course that all the characters are attending, Dean Tullus displays a relic she discovered during a recent expedition. Read or paraphrase the
enchantment. The class ends with a reminder that the first Exam is only a few days away and that it will test students on their knowledge of historical relics and the relics’ use in magic. Lorehold professors often use relics they’ve unearthed in their lectures about magical objects
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
, DMs have used this infamous deck in their games, often with explosive results. Characters have been whisked off to extradimensional prisons, slain by death itself, lost levels, and earned the enmity
of powerful fiends. But they’ve also gained vast wealth or a stronghold of their own, rewound time to reverse disaster, or suddenly advanced in level far beyond the other characters in the group. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
sentient beings of great intelligence and wisdom, possessing advanced knowledge of religion, philosophy, mathematics, and countless other subjects. Flumphs are sensitive to the emotional states of nearby
, flumphs are often subjected to thoughts, emotions, and hungers that sicken their pure nature. When flumphs encounter good-hearted adventurers, they eagerly share the dark secrets they have learned in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
Long Memory, Long Grudges Dwarves can live to be more than 400 years old, so the oldest living dwarves often remember a very different world. For example, some of the oldest dwarves living in Citadel
. Individual dwarves are determined and loyal, true to their word and decisive in action, sometimes to the point of stubbornness. Many dwarves have a strong sense of justice, and they are slow to forget
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
Long Memory, Long Grudges Dwarves can live to be more than 400 years old, so the oldest living dwarves often remember a very different world. For example, some of the oldest dwarves living in Citadel
. Individual dwarves are determined and loyal, true to their word and decisive in action, sometimes to the point of stubbornness. Many dwarves have a strong sense of justice, and they are slow to forget
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Hells that has opened in the remote wilderness. A close-knit band of loyal friends strives to overcome the forces of a tyrannical overlord. An epic-fantasy campaign emphasizes the conflict between good
world. And the stories of these campaigns often include an element of romance: tragic affairs between star-crossed lovers, passion that transcends even death, and chaste adoration between devout knights
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
.
Halflings’ skin ranges from tan to pale with a ruddy cast, and their hair is usually brown or sandy brown and wavy. They have brown or hazel eyes. Halfling men often sport long sideburns, but beards are
themselves valuable and welcome. The combination of their inherent stealth and their unassuming nature helps halflings to avoid unwanted attention. Halflings work readily with others, and they are loyal
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
Merregon The souls of fallen soldiers, mercenaries, and bodyguards who served evil without reservation often find everlasting servitude in the Nine Hells as lesser devils called merregons. Every
: 9 (1d10 + 4) slashing damage.
Heavy Crossbow. Ranged Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, range 100/400 ft., one target. Hit: 7 (1d10 + 2) piercing damage.
Reactions
Loyal Bodyguard. When another fiend within 5 feet of the merregon is hit by an attack, the merregon causes itself to be hit instead.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
, dragonnels are raised from eggs to be used as aerial mounts. These domesticated dragonnels are loyal to the point of being overly protective of their riders. However, efforts to break wild dragonnels
to the saddle are perilous, as these creatures often feign compliance before throwing their would-be riders from great heights. A dragonnel is an agile mount and naturally inclined to flyby tactics
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica
for the citizens of the Tenth District, but not without attracting the attention of the guilds. A cunning opportunist, Krenko has spent years consolidating goblin street rabble into his fiercely loyal
, a rival goblin gang that often deals in illicit arms. Rumors swirled that Krenko killed Dargig, the youngest of the three brothers, after a weapons drop went bad. The remaining two brothers, Rikkig
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
Merregon The souls of fallen soldiers, mercenaries, and bodyguards who served evil without reservation often find everlasting servitude in the Nine Hells as merregons. These faceless foot soldiers
hit, range 100/400 ft., one target. Hit: 7 (1d10 + 2) piercing damage.
Reactions
Loyal Bodyguard. When another Fiend within 5 feet of the merregon is hit by an attack roll, the merregon causes itself to be hit instead.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
brought to the burgomaster. Instead of punishing the boy for his crimes, Baron Vallakovich pardoned Izek and took him into his home. Izek has been loyal to the burgomaster ever since, enjoying the power
murderous nature is Izek’s collection of dolls, which he keeps in his bedroom in the burgomaster’s mansion. Izek often has dreams of a beautiful young woman, and for years he has forced a local
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
Merregon The souls of fallen soldiers, mercenaries, and bodyguards who served evil without reservation often find everlasting servitude in the Nine Hells as merregons. These faceless foot soldiers
. Ranged Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, range 100/400 ft., one target. Hit: 7 (1d10 + 2) piercing damage.
Reactions
Loyal Bodyguard. When another fiend within 5 feet of the merregon is hit by an attack, the merregon causes itself to be hit instead.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Astarion's Book of Hungers
and is loyal to its mysterious owner. Reigra Clawcroft For the past two hundred years, a Rakshasa named Reigra Clawcroft has owned Rat’s Run. Reigra was once a fearsome pirate captain who took the
often lurk in the tavern’s snug booths, the camaraderie is tight knit at Rat’s Run. For some wayward sailors, the regulars and staff at the establishment are the closest thing they have had to a family.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Astral Adventurer’s Guide
the throne is secure for now, Prince Andru is merely one player in a maze of political intrigue. He has a host of agents and forces loyal to him, but he must act with consideration, since he has
opponents who would rather see Bral ruled by a more ineffectual leader or by a council that could more easily be influenced. Andru maintains his strong base of support because he is a serious and intelligent person—often likened to his grandfather, Prince Cozar, in this regard—and he isn’t easily intimidated.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
. Black dragons versed in magic often record notes and rituals on bones, shells, and metal plates instead of paper or parchment. These unusual works are art in their own right, each featuring rows of
loyal cultists
10 A beautifully enameled urn holding the desiccated heart of the dragon’s former green dragon rival