most some with only abide for for look

Mercenary Veteran

Backgrounds Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide

As a sell-sword who fought battles for coin, you’re well acquainted with risking life and limb for a chance at a share of treasure. Now, you look forward to fighting foes and reaping even

company, including the names and reputations of its commanders and leaders, and who has hired them recently. You can find the taverns and festhalls where mercenaries abide in any area, as long as you speak

Goblin Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

traps, snares, and nets to catch the unwary, and when their hunting patrols encounter other beings, they always look for ways to capture their foes instead of killing them. Goblins that run up against

new leader can act as the real boss. If the creature brushes aside such manipulation, the tribe falls into line behind the new tyrant—better to abide the new rule than conspire against it and be

Creating a Faerie Dragon

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

non-dragons all look the same to me. No offense. 5 When I narrate what I’m doing in song, it makes everything feel more epic, don’t you think? 6 The world is a product of my imagination. The

The Rank and File

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

ranks. A devil of a higher rank can potentially compel those beneath it to obey its orders, but it must still abide by the law when exercising its authority. In most cases, a devil can demand the

and specific circumstances. A clever upstart that wants to annihilate its superior could manipulate events to bring about one such circumstance, then look on as the commander succumbs while it cites the

Roleplaying a Hag

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters

, uncomfortable, and risky; at any point the hag might lose her temper and decide to pull out someone’s fingernails with her iron teeth. Hags look upon younger creatures from the perspective of a

with a rival of similar power and status. 3 My house holds everything that I hold dear. I can’t abide visitors who threaten my hearth and home. 4 I owe a great favor to a hag grandmother. 5 I traded

Conclusion

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse

them or punish them for the failure. The Barbarians. Javor makes sure the other Uthgardt abide by any agreement. Fennor willingly follows “the ancient’s” wishes. If Wiggan and Bertram are slain

Javor’s ornate greatsword of ancient Besilmer make. The sword’s grip is bound in worn leather that doesn’t look original, and is marked with sequential notches. Bear claws are tied to the pommel. The

Background

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything

… 1 I spent a lot of time in the wilderness as a youngster, and I came to love that way of life. 2 From a young age, I couldn’t abide the stink of the cities and preferred to spend my time in nature

caused me to leave my family to see the world. I look after myself. 2 I ran away from a bad situation at home and made my own way in the world. 3 Monsters wiped out my village, and I was the sole

Colossus Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse

the wall. A character with a passive Wisdom (Perception) score of 15 or higher notices it. Otherwise, the characters have to look in the right place. Crude holds are cut into the pillar and the wall

if the characters look into the shaft: Intense heat and light radiate up from the bottom of this smooth-sided shaft, and the crackle of flames is easily discernible from below. A chain ladder is coiled

Goblins

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters

when their hunting patrols encounter other beings, they always look for ways to capture their foes instead of killing them. Goblins that run up against the fringes of a society first test its defenses

new leader can act as the real boss. If the creature brushes aside such manipulation, the tribe falls into line behind the new tyrant — better to abide the new rule than conspire against it and be

Cottage Locations

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

dragon’s eyes look cloudy and white. The hag senses your intrusion, whips around, and says, “Hey! Who let you in here?” Uncle Nibblecheek, an irritable Green Hag, works in this busy kitchen. The hag

is initially Indifferent toward the characters but can’t abide guests in his kitchen; the longer they linger here, the more irritable he becomes until his attitude shifts to Hostile. If the characters

Chromatic Dragons

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)

heights of the world are the throne from which it can look out to survey all it controls — and the wider world it seeks to control. Throughout the lair complex, servants erect monuments to the dragon’s

where it can look upon them and gloat. The remains of giants, remorhazes, and other dragons are often positioned prominently within a white dragon’s lair as warnings to intruders. Though only moderately

D&D Beyond

Search Results