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Curse of Strahd
, and van Richten has lived with the horror of his family’s destruction ever since. After destroying Baron Metus in turn, van Richten sought revenge against the Vistani and took up a life of
;while trying not to expose the secret society to their mutual enemy. He thinks the wereravens might prove helpful when the time comes. Van Richten also wants to take out as many of Strahd’s spies
Elf
Legacy
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Basic Rules (2014)
. Males and females are about the same height, and males are only marginally heavier than females.
Elves’ coloration encompasses the normal human range and also includes skin in shades of copper
enjoy simple yet lovely jewelry.
A Timeless Perspective
Elves can live well over 700 years, giving them a broad perspective on events that might trouble the shorter-lived races more deeply. They are
Satyr
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Mythic Odysseys of Theros
Xenagos as a satyr who lived life to the fullest and who played tricks that stirred up even the gods. Yet, he’s also an example of how bitterness can turn a great trick nasty and how schemes that
discourse. Satyrs feel that life is to be lived and experienced with all the senses. Satyrs see the world and everything in it as a book of delights, and they want to explore every page. See chapter 3
Dwarf
Legacy
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Basic Rules (2014)
human standing nearly two feet taller. Their courage and endurance are also easily a match for any of the larger folk.
Dwarven skin ranges from deep brown to a paler hue tinged with red, but the most
them into an exile that lasted over 250 years. This longevity grants them a perspective on the world that shorter-lived races such as humans and halflings lack.
Dwarves are solid and enduring like the
Species
Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
the patron ancestors formed a bond with you. Now it is your duty to follow in the footsteps of your patron, living your life as they lived theirs, allowing this champion to live on through you. This
particular rival who channels the same ancestor, or one who channels a rival of your ancestor?
It’s also important to think about why you are traveling with a group of player characters
Species
Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
the patron ancestors formed a bond with you. Now it is your duty to follow in the footsteps of your patron, living your life as they lived theirs, allowing this champion to live on through you. This
particular rival who channels the same ancestor, or one who channels a rival of your ancestor?
It’s also important to think about why you are traveling with a group of player characters
Human
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Basic Rules (2014)
reckonings of most worlds, humans are the youngest of the common races, late to arrive on the world scene and short-lived in comparison to dwarves, elves, and dragons. Perhaps it is because of their
traditions with origins far beyond the reach of any single human’s memory. They live fully in the present—making them well suited to the adventuring life—but also plan for the future
Backgrounds
Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
Reghed Glacier in the far North near Icewind Dale. You might also be of the nomadic Rashemi, noted for their savage berserkers and their masked witches. Perhaps you hail from one of the wood elf tribes
only your tribe’s territory, but also the terrain and natural resources of the rest of the North. You are familiar enough with any wilderness area that you find twice as much food and water as
Backgrounds
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
souls who manage to find isolation amid its tumult.
You lived in seclusion — either in a sheltered community such as a monastery, or entirely alone—for a formative part of your life. In your
homeless and unfortunate. You know where to go in the Lower City and Outer City for anonymity. In these slums and alley camps, you can get a damp bed and a bad meal, but also a degree of privacy and no
Backgrounds
Tomb of Annihilation
books and scrolls, but also through first-hand observation—by visiting far-flung settlements and exploring local histories and customs.
Skill Proficiencies: Insight, ReligionLanguages
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Having lived among the people of a primeval tribe or clan, I long to return and see how they are faring.
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Years ago, tragedy struck the members of an isolated society I befriended, and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
Chapter 5: Tomb of the Nine Gods Acererak built the Tomb of the Nine Gods not only to house the remains of Omu’s trickster gods, but also to slay interlopers. However, few today even know the tomb
exists, and thus it remains an enigma. Rare are the tavern tales that lure adventurers to its gates, and its horrors remain undocumented in the libraries of Candlekeep. The reason for this is simple: not one person who has entered the tomb has lived to tell the tale.
Goblin
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
occasionally abused) pets.
Virtually any kind of creature that can be browbeaten into service might be found with a goblin tribe, but rats and wolves are nearly always present. Both have lived in concert
goblin tribe has to nobility is the caste of lashers — families of goblins trained in the ways of battle, and also possessed of key skills such as strategy, trap-building, beast taming, mining
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
Erebos God of the Dead Erebos is the god of death and the Underworld, lord of all that has ever lived. He presides over the bitterness, envy, and eventual acceptance of those who suffer misfortune
black whip. He also appears in the form of a black asp, a cloud of choking smoke, or an animated golden idol.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
one has known vast prosperity within its walls—followed by a spectacular fall. The magic of the hall invokes Hiatea’s aspect as a tender of the hearth, but it also carries a curse laid by her brother
Karontor. Whoever sits upon the throne brings fortune and glory to their people, but this prosperity is short-lived, lasting only until another supplants them.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
accompanied a thicker tome titled Alkazaar’s Thrilling Tales, in which Alkazaar chronicled his numerous heroic exploits. He bequeathed these books to Candlekeep and also gifted the Avowed with a series of
live storytelling sessions. The longer-lived Avowed remember these performances with fondness and have passed the stories on to the adjutants over the years. One story stands out from all the others
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
flayers who also once lived there. Only recently have the goblins ventured beyond the outpost and ransacked nearby areas. This effort is helmed by a goblin named Ruxithid the Chosen, who receives orders
mind flayer colony also abandoned the outpost when their underground empire fell, but echoes of their presence still cling there. Zorzula’s Rest is still the home of an enclave of secretive goblins
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
Radiant Citadel is a hub for those seeking adventure, but it’s also home to thousands. Either the characters have lived in the city all their lives, or they’re stationed there by a world-hopping
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
coin on gear as described in the Equipment section. (If you spend coin, you can’t also take the equipment package suggested for your class.) Finally, choose two personality traits, one ideal, one
bond, and one flaw. If you can’t find a feature that matches your desired background, work with your DM to create one. TIKA AND ARTEMIS: BACKGROUNDS
Tika Waylan and Artemis Entreri both lived their
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
coin on gear as described in chapter 5. (If you spend coin, you can’t also take the equipment package suggested for your class.) Finally, choose two personality traits, one ideal, one bond, and one
flaw. If you can’t find a feature that matches your desired background, work with your DM to create one. TIKA AND ARTEMIS: BACKGROUNDS
Tika Waylan and Artemis Entreri both lived their earliest years
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
known as Constantori’s Portrait, a work reputed to depict one of the most beautiful men who ever lived. The group spent a small fortune acquiring the painting and prepared to host a debate over its
cultural significance, the aesthetics of masculine beauty, and its influence on society. They also planned to research the portrait’s magical properties (see the end of this adventure for a description
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Echoing Soul Your soul isn’t your own or, at least, it wasn’t always yours. Whether you’ve lived past lives, your soul was swapped into a different body, or you have a link connecting you to another
being, you experience echoes from another life. These echoes grant you knowledge, talents, or even languages you can’t always explain, but they also intrude on your perceptions and beliefs
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
War in the Streets Beneath the city streets lurks a criminal underworld, its leader a beholder called Xanathar. Hoping to gain a political foothold in Waterdeep, agents of the Zhentarim (also known
Dalakhar. After Lord Neverember used magic to discern the gemstone’s location, he sent forth a succession of spies to infiltrate Xanathar’s lair and obtain it. Dalakhar succeeded where many others before him had failed, but his success turns out to be short-lived.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
Exploration and Adventure Elves take up adventuring out of wanderlust. Since they are so long-lived, they can enjoy centuries of exploration and discovery. They dislike the pace of human society
, which is regimented from day to day but constantly changing over decades, so they find careers that let them travel freely and set their own pace. Elves also enjoy exercising their martial prowess or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
enemies. The monks offered to shelter him and his bodyguards as long as they needed it. Ronnom was delighted to learn that Skalanthas, his mother’s long-lost dragon companion, also lived on the island. It didn’t take long for Ronnom to become the dragon’s friend and confidant.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
against the mind flayers on level 17. The githyanki also transformed Stardock into a crèche: a fortress dedicated to raising and training young warriors. Because creatures do not age on the Astral
LABYRINTH
Undermountain: Stardock, written by Steven E. Schend and published in 1997, was the third of three modules in the short-lived “Dungeon Crawl” series of adventures designed for the second edition D
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
Exploration and Adventure Elves take up adventuring out of wanderlust. Since they are so long-lived, they can enjoy centuries of exploration and discovery. They dislike the pace of human society
, which is regimented from day to day but constantly changing over decades, so they find careers that let them travel freely and set their own pace. Elves also enjoy exercising their martial prowess or
compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Netheril’s Fall: Tales of Terror, Treasure, and Time Travel
stretches today, lived magic-obsessed creatures called phaerimm. The Netherese’s weakening of the Weave also weakened the phaerimm, even limiting their lifespans, and the phaerimm hated the empire as a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Radiant Citadel
Radiant Citadel is a hub for those seeking adventure, but it’s also home to thousands. Either the characters have lived in the city all their lives, or they’re stationed there by a world-hopping
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
shorter-lived races. You might not be as concerned with history and tradition as the Aereni and Tairnadal; you could even live your life entirely in the moment, with no care for your family or your
legacy. Or you could be fascinated by the history and traditions of your ancestors and try to relearn the ways your family has forgotten. Consider also whether you’ve outlived human friends and how
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
pieces as it embedded itself in the earth, upside down. There it has remained for centuries, buried under snow and ice. The Netherese wizard who lived inside the spire did not survive the crash. The
wizard’s shield guardian not only survived but also dug its way out, creating a tunnel that others can use to reach the spire’s interior. Until recently, the mouth of this tunnel was buried under ice
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
a loose vest. When Friendly, Hurch shares the following: “Father sold a few pigs to a copper-haired witch named Nakari. She said she lived four miles inside the Rattle, but Father thought she was
, Irvin, was a copper miner in the Rattle. He claimed a dragon lived under a hill not far from the mine. Poor Irvin—flattened by a hill giant!” Taelyn Taelyn (Medium, Neutral Good Warrior Veteran) is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
vault of the plane’s sky hung over a landscape of gray and black, where lived the dark simulacra of actual things. Shadows and wraiths and specters and ghosts and other undead hung in the air around
himself, and the feeling made him too big by half.
— Paul S. Kemp, The Godborn
The Shadowfell, also called the Plane of Shadow, is a dimension of black, gray, and white where most other color has
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
fairly bleak view of existence is undermined by the heroic ideal exemplified in myths, legends, and the lived experience of Theros’s people. Heroes, by definition, are people who defy the predetermined
the struggle of their lives. In many cases, their works also live on, both in the stories of future generations and repeating in the night sky among the stars of Nyx. Destiny is different. The strands
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
than being exhaustive descriptions, what follows are snippets of information drawn from the experience of five individuals who have traversed, lived in, and explored these areas. Like any other narrators
to visit these places and experience them firsthand. Be aware, also, that there is a great deal more to the North than what is presented here. There are ruins without names, and settlements so small as
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
Haevault, Lorekeeper of House Haevault
A memory is a curious thing. One can come into consciousness unbidden, evoked by an unexpected scent or the words spoken by a friend. A memory can also be
enter a trance when they need to rest. In this state, elves remain aware of their surroundings while immersing themselves in memories. What an elf remembers during this reverie depends largely on how long the elf has lived, and the events of the lives that the elf’s soul has experienced before.