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Dragonborn
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Basic Rules (2014)
calling in life.
Proud Dragon Kin
Dragonborn look very much like dragons standing erect in humanoid form, though they lack wings or a tail. The first dragonborn had scales of vibrant hues matching the
to another dragonborn clan before seeking aid from other races—or even from the gods.
Dragonborn Names
Dragonborn have personal names given at birth, but they put their clan names first as a
Aarakocra
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Elemental Evil Player's Companion
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Beak and Feather
From below, aarakocra look much like large birds. Only when they descend to roost on a branch or walk across the ground does their humanoid appearance reveal itself. Standing
on that plane might leave their colonies to lend aid to other humanoids committed to fighting earth cults and thwarting their efforts.
Aarakocra Names
As with much of their speech, aarakocra names
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
characters travel to the Dellmon Ranch, where they can aid in its defense until help from High Forest elves arrives. Alternatively, use one of the following options to draw the characters into this
Gauntlet, perhaps in Summit Hall, look for other faction members to find Erned Stoutblade, because he hasn’t been heard from in several days (see the “Dellmon Ranch” section). Members of the Emerald
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
can’t do both at the same time. And when you’re exploring a dungeon, you can’t simultaneously use the Search action to look for traps and use the Help action to aid another character who’s trying to open a stuck door (with the Utilize action).
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
can’t do both at the same time. And when you’re exploring a dungeon, you can’t simultaneously use the Search action to look for traps and use the Help action to aid another character who’s trying to open a stuck door (with the Utilize action).
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Divine Contention
characters to disciplinegroup of deserters hiding out in a nearby barn.
6 Townsfolk call for the characters’ aid as the shrine of Tymora goes up in flames.
7 A cart carrying medical supplies
sinks into the mud, dragging its oxen down with it.
8 Lightning ignites the roof of a nearby house. Locals are hiding out in the cellar but going to their aid could betray their position.
9 A
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
the Demon Wastes. Demon Ruin Features Map 4.7 what a demon ruin might look like. A demon ruin is an echo of grandeur swathed in flame and ravaged by time. Despite the rich appointments and impeccable
Ruin Adventures table offers some reasons why characters might risk death in the Demon Wastes. Demon Ruin Adventures d4 Adventure Goal 1 Make a desperate request for aid from a Lord of Dust who
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
that only some members actually write stories while the rest aid the reporters. Choose an option or roll on the Journalistic Focus table to determine what sort of reporting you specialize in
. Journalistic Focus d10 Reporting 1 Investigation. Your job is to uncover the secrets that governments, dragonmarked houses, and other powerful people don’t want the public to know. 2 Muckraking. You look
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
her superiors but making it look like they died in the line of duty. 5 An elf in the lower wards comes to the aid of only those who pay a monthly protection fee. 6 A Blackened Book mage confiscates magic items from others to auction off to criminals.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
characters have no connection to the Zhentarim, someone they’ve befriended or owe a favor to agrees to run the inn. That person then begs the characters for aid. Alternatively, the characters are merely
present as events unfold. Since the Zhentarim controls the Bargewright Inn, any number of scouts, spies, and thugs might be present in the inn complex. These agents could be at rest or on special missions. In any case, all of them look out for Zhentarim interests.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
challenges to their power even as they make concessions to their rivals. A civil war between the drow isn’t likely to remain contained within Menzoberranzan — or even the Underdark — as different sides look
for resources and advantages. The adventurers could get involved on either side of the conflict, or might aid surface-world factions intent on containing the war in the Underdark until it eventually winds down.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
followers of Purphoros, and regular people in need might also approach the champions requesting aid. Purphoros never rebuffs followers of other gods if their need is genuine. The Purphoros’s Quests
for a master smith.
2 Protect a traveling theater troupe as they perform a new play that glorifies Purphoros and makes another god look foolish.
3 Retrieve a sacred weapon of Purphoros that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
mayor of New Cyre is Prince Oargev ir’Wynarn, the last son of Cyre’s ruling family. He was serving as an ambassador to Breland at the time of the Mourning, and Cyran refugees across Khorvaire now look to
the meantime, they are a friendly force in the east, willing to offer shelter and aid to agents of Prince Oargev who find themselves among the settlements of Q’barra. Refugees. Cyrans live across
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
Getting Around Knowing where to look for something one needs is made challenging by Sigil’s prodigious sprawl. Without the aid of magic or in-depth knowledge of portals within the city and their
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
, they learn the general exterior layout, including the locations of the main door, balcony door, and windows. They also get a good look at the guard uniforms—dark blue with gold stitching—which can
aid in creating disguises. If the characters venture within 30 feet of the south side of the building, they hear animal noises coming from the zoo (area T8), and a character who succeeds on a DC 15
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
prisoners (commoners) escaping from the monastery look to the characters for aid. They are pursued by monks (five cultists led by a cult fanatic). If the prisoners are aided, they can supply some
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
Eldritch Master At 20th level, you can draw on your inner reserve of mystical power while entreating your patron to regain expended spell slots. You can spend 1 minute entreating your patron for aid
decorative flames. If your patron is the Great Old One, your weapon might be an ancient-looking spear, with a gemstone embedded in its head, carved to look like a terrible unblinking eye.
Pact of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
Eldritch Master At 20th level, you can draw on your inner reserve of mystical power while entreating your patron to regain expended spell slots. You can spend 1 minute entreating your patron for aid
decorative flames. If your patron is the Great Old One, your weapon might be an ancient-looking spear, with a gemstone embedded in its head, carved to look like a terrible unblinking eye.
Pact of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm Lord’s Wrath
any of the other quests, except for the final quest. These quests are provided by various members of the Leilon community. These can be completed in any order. Aid from Phandalin Quest The town council
asks the characters to accompany a gnome goatherd to Phandalin to sell her goats, as well pick up supplies needed by the town. If the characters undertake this quest, see “Aid from Phandalin.” Foul
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
but ignoring your arrival, they look on the returned chieftain with awe. One of the riders, her forehead marked with a tattoo of elk horns, dismounts.
She says, “My daughter’s vision was true. This
he sees them. The returned chief shows no concern for the other Nettlebees. Fennor plans to “aid” the chief’s justice, destroying and looting the ranch in the process. The strong implication is that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
fey who live in the Three Odd Gables at the north edge of town sometimes aid people in perpetrating their deceptions; maybe they helped you. Did you look for them, or did one of them come to you? What
aid did they offer? What seemingly reasonable price did they ask in return? How is it proving difficult to repay? Are you now a hexblood (see chapter 1) because of this?
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
and for the people of Greenest, I hate to ask anything more from you. But the need is great, and I dare to hope that you can aid me one time more. I need you to return to the cultists’ camp. You know
you have a chance to get into the camp and look around again, that would be the ideal way to spot anything that’s changed.
“I don’t recommend letting yourselves get captured,” he adds with a wry smile
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
, stops to ask the characters if they’ve seen a particular door on the staircase. 29–35 1d4 + 1 bearded devils look for a door that leads behind enemy lines of the Blood War, the eternal conflict
in dusk to confront the characters. 57–63 Inky tendrils writhe from a fleshy door to the Far Realm. Two githyanki warriors struggle to hold the door shut. They call out to the party for aid. 64–70 A
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
Tyar-Besil, the elemental prophets look for ways to hit back hard, using their devastation orbs. The timing of these retaliatory encounters coincides with the party’s progress in overcoming the four
witnessed the devastation but were too far away to lend any aid. If the characters visit the wrecked town, they can confirm the scope of the damage. They learn from survivors that the cultists marched
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
and for the people of Greenest, I hate to ask anything more from you. But the need is great, and I dare to hope that you can aid me one time more. I need you to return to the cultists’ camp. You know
you have a chance to get into the camp and look around again, that would be the ideal way to spot anything that’s changed.
“I don’t recommend letting yourselves get captured,” he adds with a wry smile
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
protective of their forest homes. If roused to anger, treants can animate trees to aid them. Treants defend and are shaped by secrets of the forest. Roll on or choose a result from the Treant Secrets
. 3 Home to a community of pixies or sprites. 4 The last lore keeper of lost druidic knowledge. 5 Rooted on a hero’s burial mound and animates trees that look like questing knights. 6 Scarred by a fire
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
Reporting for Duty Once the characters are ready to begin work with Kalaman’s military, they can report to Castle Kalaman. If they look for Darrett among the other Vogler survivors, he’s nowhere to
they please from the armory on the castle’s first floor. Several people from Vogler have offered to lend Vendri their aid. She’s currently determining how best to use these enthusiastic conscripts
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
repelled the attack. Each naga quickly comes to the aid of the other if more intruders arrive. If the nagas are killed, they re-form 1d6 days later, potentially leading to another encounter with the
the nodule as a significant clue. If the characters attack before Valsyx can relay his message, he shrieks for aid. Regardless of how Valsyx shouts his warning, Charnyz takes 1 round to understand
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
represents the essence of the divine relationship with mortals: fertility and protection are the nucleus of the aid mortals have always sought from gods, and Karametra doesn’t complicate these basic needs by
disputes and honest about her motivations, and they look to her for wisdom and even sometimes comfort. Karametra’s closest relationship is with Heliod. He respects her civilized demeanor, and she
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
and slavering of approaching ghouls, and you can further ramp up the tension by concealing the total number of ghouls until a character emerges from the pit to look around. The coffin-filled bottom
Imprisonment. In addition to the open coffins for each character, the grave pit contains another coffin wedged into the dirt and nailed shut. Eldon Keyward is confined within it. Eldon grunts for aid and pounds
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes of the Borderlands
Smelting Kalista recently received a cartload of battered and rusted weapons seized by the keep’s defenders. She asks the characters to help melt them down. The disarmament process takes 1 hour. To aid
about how nice they look.
Items for Sale Item Cost
Acid 25 GP
Antitoxin 50 GP
Ball Bearings 1 GP
Potion of Healing 50 GP
Healer’s Kit 5 GP
Hooded Lantern 5
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
approach the fortress on foot, or they might row around the island to look for clues about what lies inside. When the characters come close enough to the island to see details of the exterior or the
, that leads to area 60. Deeper than 20 feet below the surface, the water is heavily obscured without the aid of a light source. Rocky Exterior The island fortress’s rocky exterior features many
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Intro to Stormwreck Isle
figures are shambling up from the water’s edge, about thirty feet away. They’re dressed as sailors, but their skin is gray and they look drowned. Sea water drools from their slack mouths as they lurch
. Those who succeed might recall that a particularly powerful blow (a critical hit) or radiant damage can help finish off a zombie. Runara’s Aid. In the unlikely event that the zombies defeat the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica
glistens red in the torchlight. The spectacle is gruesome but captivating; the crowd hates to watch but can’t look away. Soon madness takes them, and they — devils and ogres, acrobats and spectators — are
the midst of a revel, the carnival is one more foe arrayed against them. When at least six Rakdos performers perform together in public, they can call on the carnival to aid them. When determining
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragons of Stormwreck Isle
figures are shambling up from the water’s edge, about thirty feet away. They’re dressed as sailors, but their skin is gray and they look drowned. Sea water drools from their slack mouths as they lurch
damage can help finish off a zombie. Runara’s Aid. In the unlikely event that the zombies defeat the adventurers, Runara comes to their rescue. The characters wake up in the temple (area A5 in Dragon’s