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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
The Rogue’s Motivation Why does this new villain oppose the character who drew the Rogue card? This question is just as important as who the villain is. The Villainous Motivations table offers sample
goals for your new villain. Villainous Motivations d6 Motivation 1 Eliminate the character and take their place. 2 Use the character as the key to unlocking immense power, perhaps as a ritual
Monsters
Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
locations on the Material Plane, in the Elemental Planes of Air and Fire, and especially in the Great Conflagration, the border region between those two planes. They retain none of the skills and motivation
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over time.
A spirit dragon’s primary motivation is to unearth and study the ruins of the ancient realm from which it arose. Spirit dragons share an innate intellectual curiosity, and many have
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a bygone age, and so as they grow and mature, they develop an erratic control over time.
A spirit dragon’s primary motivation is to unearth and study the ruins of the ancient realm from which
Membership in the Ebon Syndicate provides perks—one of which is the motivation that comes with the understanding that the Syndicate kills those who fail too often. You gain the following
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spirit dragon’s primary motivation is to unearth and study the ruins of the ancient realm from which it arose. Spirit dragons share an innate intellectual curiosity, and many have a deep
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primary motivation is to unearth and study the ruins of the ancient realm from which it arose. Spirit dragons share an innate intellectual curiosity, and many have a deep appreciation for the culture and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
The Role of Dice Dice are neutral arbiters. They can determine the outcome of an action without assigning any motivation to the DM and without playing favorites. The extent to which you use them is entirely up to you.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
adventurers. Characters might be able to appease a hungry beast by offering it food, and smarter creatures have complex motivations. The Monster Motivation table lets you use a monster’s goals to define its
presence in the dungeon. For large groups of monsters encountered across multiple chambers, motivation could apply to the entire group, or each subgroup could have conflicting goals. Monster Motivation
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
pirates’ recent success, all of the guild’s attempts to evict the clerics from the island had failed. Use either of the following additional hooks to strengthen the characters’ motivation to succeed.
Backgrounds
Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
largely depends on your worldview and your motivation for fighting.
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d8
Personality Trait
1
I’m always polite and respectful.
2
I’m haunted by
Backgrounds
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
motivation behind another strike performed in a different part of the city, or simply to spread fear.
As part of your covert work for House Dimir, you maintain a false identity as a member of another guild
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
Mad Mage’s dungeon, but the adventure hooks described in this section can be used as further motivation. These hooks are divided into two categories: starting quests and future quests. Adventurers are
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
they’re working for the dwarf Gundren Rockseeker (see the “Meet Me in Phandalin” adventure hook above) or they have another reason to go to the frontier town. No matter the characters’ motivation, allow
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Scions of Elemental Evil
Adventure Hooks At the start of the adventure, the characters are summoned before Queen Yolande, ruler of the nation Celene. If answering the queen’s call isn’t sufficient motivation, you can further
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a6
homes lay in the devastated land probably need little more motivation to face their oppressors. The first stage of the characters’ mission is an infiltration and assault of the Steading of the Hill
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
Iron Shadow darkens the doors of the staircase, sapping inspiration, novelty, and motivation from the planes and their inhabitants. It snuffs the spark of innovation and leaves its victims apathetic and dull. Wherever the shadow falls, creativity dies.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
their lack of wings, kenku love dwelling in towers and other tall structures. They seek out ruins that reach to the sky, though they lack the motivation and creativity to make repairs or fortify such
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
internal motivation that might sometimes be at odds with the principles of their oaths. Living up to an oath? That sounds ridiculous. Why would anyone ever do that? There’s nothing wrong with making promises, but only suckers keep them.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
in flames—even though it happily hunts prey fleeing the fires. Its primary motivation is finding food; it is unlikely to fight to the death. Its nest lies near the top of Paradise Peak to the east. It
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
dragon’s hoard to perform some great ritual. The Hoard Magic table suggests some possibilities. Hoard Magic d6 Magical Motivation
1 Create a permanent protective ward covering a city-state or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
Firejolt Café. If a player or character expresses reluctance, mention as motivation that other students the characters have interacted with during this adventure are already there.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
Vault’s motto reflects its primary motivation: “Do good, no matter the cost.” Missions from the Golden Vault are often illegal, but they always support a just, moral cause. The Golden Vault’s undercover
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Draw In the Players If an adventure situation directly affects the characters or the people and places they care about, that is often enough motivation for the characters to get involved. (However
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
the heart of every fighter’s motivation lies the same basic truth: it is better to wound than to be wounded. Although some adventuring fighters risk their lives fighting for glory or treasure, others
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
. They seek out ruins that reach to the sky, though they lack the motivation and creativity to make repairs or fortify such places. Even so, their light weight and size allow them to dwell in rickety
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
bugbear lair. Don’t track money or time spent in town. Once they’ve completed a task, send the adventurers back into the action as quickly as possible. Character motivation need be no more developed than a desire to kill monsters and acquire treasure.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
Kidnapped Townspeople If stopping the threat against Phandalin isn’t enough motivation for the characters, concern about the still-missing townspeople should prompt them to follow the previous
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
adventurers have never met enters the story as an antagonist, with a motivation that sets them against the character who drew the card. This villain is new to the characters and might even have been
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
heat wave has weakened the dragon enough that they can slay her and recover their honored ancestor’s corpse to lay it to rest respectfully. The temptation of Challidax’s hoard is further motivation
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
the motivation to overcome my barriers, then their matter is unworthy of my attention.
8 On a long enough timescale, all actions are meaningless. So why should I deny myself anything?
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Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
, although the focus lies on motivation and personality, not game statistics. Expect long digressions from each player about what his or her character does, and why. Going to a temple to ask a priest for
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Giants of the Star Forge
Conflagration, the border region between those two planes. They retain none of the skills and motivation of their giant ancestors; they simply want to burn as much as they can until their own flames are
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
account for when considering encounter difficulty in the adventure. Such characters also have no existing motivation to pursue the cults of Elemental Evil. As experienced adventurers, though, they
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
the most violent manner possible. A summoned skulk can’t return to the Shadowfell until it dies, so it has every motivation to throw itself into creating bloodshed and mayhem. Hollow Lives. After