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Gruul Anarch

Backgrounds Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica

The entire world of Ravnica is a sprawling metropolis, but you are a native of the wild areas that still exist — the abandoned districts, the rubblebelts, the overgrown parks, and the crumbling

. 2 A Boros soldier gives me gifts in exchange for information about other clans’ movements. 3 I once caught and released a Dimir spy. 4 I consult with a Golgari shaman for

Hobgoblin

Species Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

hobgoblin legions have emerged, with ranks of devoted soldiers famed for their unity. Hobgoblins are generally taller than their goblin cousins but not quite as big as bugbears. They have curved

the same ranges of height and weight that humans have in our world. If you’d like to determine your character’s height or weight randomly, consult the Random Height and Weight table in

Using This Book

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands

of the Outer Planes. Consult the Dungeon Master’s Guide for general details about the planes and their organization. DMs can determine how much of this book they want to share with their players

. Characters native to a Material Plane world might know nothing of the details herein, while experienced planar explorers could know everything in this book. This introduction presents an overview of

Military

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer

to hire independent agents when its ranks are spread thin. Thousands of soldiers currently serve in the Flaming Fist: in Baldur’s Gate proper, at the fortress of Wyrm’s Rock on the Chionthar River

, and at remote outposts such as Fort Beluarian in Chult. The Flaming Fist offers employment and a sense of belonging to any who can lift a sword and follow orders. Native Baldurians, immigrants, former

Military

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus

hire independent agents when its ranks are spread thin. Thousands of soldiers currently serve in the Flaming Fist: in Baldur’s Gate proper, at the fortress of Wyrm’s Rock on the Chionthar River, and at

remote outposts such as Fort Beluarian in Chult. The Flaming Fist offers employment and a sense of belonging to any who can lift a sword and follow orders. Native Baldurians, immigrants, former

Siege of Lekar

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

involved. The following examples are just a few of the possibilities: Forced Conscripts. The characters run into an overwhelming force of Talons and are absorbed into its ranks. When zombies appear at the

, or unprepared peasants preparing for the siege. Consult the “Survivors” section of chapter 4 for suggestions on how to represent soldiers bound to face the horde.

Newspaper Contacts

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War

. Consult the Newspaper Contact table to learn about the editor or other newspaper figure you’re responsible to. Newspaper Contact d8 Primary Contact 1 A tough-as-nails senior editor who holds you to

your work will help them rise through the ranks 4 A senior reporter obsessed with their own supposedly groundbreaking work, making you run down the day-to-day stories they don’t consider “real

Life in Umizu

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel

dress based on class. Ancestor Spirits Respect for the spirits infuses daily life. Native residents keep shrines to their ancestors in their homes and leave out offerings at dawn and dusk. They

consult ancestral spirits before making life-changing decisions, but the perspectives of the dead can be just as flawed as those of the living. Disagreements in large family clans sometimes result in

Part 1: Tyrant Trap!

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer Academy

academy occasionally recruits from outside Realmspace (the Wildspace system that is home to the planet Toril) to bring individuals with unique talents into their ranks. Giff, githyanki, hadozee

, plasmoids, and myriad other peoples can join the cadets alongside folk native to Toril. The academy was founded by Mirt as part of a joint investment with the retired elf adventurer Elmandar, who

Part 1: Preflight Meal

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer Academy

from Toril, the academy occasionally recruits from outside Realmspace (the Wildspace system that is home to the planet Toril) to bring individuals with unique talents into their ranks. Giff, githyanki

, hadozee, plasmoids, and myriad other peoples can join the cadets alongside folk native to Toril. The academy was founded by Mirt as part of a joint investment with the retired elf adventurer

Exploring Phandalin

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon of Icespire Peak

male human named Toblen Stonehill. Toblen is a native of the town of Triboar to the east. He came to Phandalin to prospect, but soon realized that he knew a lot more about running an inn than he did

about mining. If the characters talk to Toblen, he shares a brief tale told to him by one of his regular patrons. Roll a d6 and consult the Phandalin Tales table to determine which tale Toblen knows, or

Debriefing

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer Academy

individuals with unique talents into their ranks. Giff, githyanki, hadozee, plasmoids, and myriad other peoples can join the cadets alongside folk native to Toril. The academy was founded by Mirt as part of

ship. Everyone else must join the ranks of the Spelljammer Corps. Tarto informs the cadets that they must complete several orientation tasks before the day is out (see “Orientation Tasks” below). The

Chase Complications

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide

participant in the chase rolls 1d12 at the end of its turn. Consult the appropriate table to determine whether a complication occurs. If it does, it affects the next chase participant in the Initiative

1d10 Slashing damage. 6 A creature native to the area notices you. (The DM chooses a creature appropriate for the terrain.) Make a DC 10 Wisdom or Charisma saving throw (your choice). On a failed save, the creature joins the chase, with you as its quarry. 7–12 There is no complication.

Random Encounters

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss

17–20, an encounter takes place. Roll another d20 and consult the Random Encounters in Gracklstugh table; if the characters are outside the Darklake District, treat any entry marked with an asterisk

merchant and shouting accusations of heresy. Any Underdark native accompanying the party urges the characters not to intervene on the merchant’s behalf, telling them this isn’t their business and

Demons

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

ranks of the demon lords that threaten to tear the Abyss apart with their endless warring. By expending considerable magical power, demon lords can raise lesser demons into greater forms, though such

marching against a rival lord. Demon lords only rarely elevate demons to the highest ranks, fearful of inadvertently creating rivals to their own power. Abyssal Invasions. Wherever they wander across the

Elder Evil Blessings

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

martial weapon or a natural weapon, if it has one. The next creature hit by the touched weapon must succeed on a DC 15 Wisdom saving throw or experience short-term madness for 10 minutes. Consult the

, Tyranthraxus the Flamed One, the unnamed Queen of Chaos, and Father Llymic, the Alien Thought Given Flesh. The extent to which these beings have power beyond their native environments varies, as do notions of

Planar Portals

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)

, such as a genie, sphinx, titan, or native of the portal’s destination plane. Finally, most portals don’t stand open all the time, but open only in particular situations or when a certain requirement

overwhelming number of such item-keyed portals. Learning and meeting a portal’s requirements can draw characters into further adventures as they chase down a key item, scour old libraries for command words, or consult sages to find the right time to visit the portal.

Trek To H'Catha

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer Academy

are from Toril, the academy occasionally recruits from outside Realmspace (the Wildspace system that is home to the planet Toril) to bring individuals with unique talents into their ranks. Giff

, githyanki, hadozee, plasmoids, and myriad other peoples can join the cadets alongside folk native to Toril. The academy was founded by Mirt as part of a joint investment with the retired elf adventurer

Undersigil

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands

can join the ranks of another faction, abandon the city entirely—or flee to Nowhere. The huddled welter of ramshackle tenements lies deep in the bowels of Undersigil, a doleful refuge for criminals and

. This mishmash of misfits and outcasts vows to dismantle society. The Undivided (Deniers) is a faction composed wholly of creatures native to Sigil. They believe those who pass through planar portals are

Elturgard

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide

that surround the small nation. Additionally, the High Observer is known to employ groups of adventurers in matters of importance to the nation. Though it has many paladins and clerics in its ranks

note are located within the borders of Elturgard. I describe three of them briefly here. Berdusk. A large population of artisans drives the activity in the city of Berdusk. Its native nobility, the so

Island Theme

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh

Island Theme Each island encountered has a theme chosen or rolled on the Island Theme table. This theme defines the island’s story in one broad stroke. Once you have a theme, consult its section

to the Far Realm. 3 The island’s leader knows how to end a planar disease infecting a humanoid settlement. 4 A mage with information the characters need hides among the ranks of the inhabitants

Werewolves in the Mist

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd

. Emerald Enclave You don’t need to consult with others in the Emerald Enclave to know that the werewolves are upsetting the natural order. For balance to be restored, they must be eradicated. It seems the

to close ranks, their needle-covered arms interlocking to blot out the sun. The shroud of mist that covers the ground turns into creeping walls of gray fog that silently envelop you until you can’t

Candlekeep

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide

part ranks to allow the seeker inside to the Court of Air. Visitors are instructed to cross that area and stand before the Emerald Door, where another monk receives them, offers them food, bath, and

and small gathering chambers, where monks may bring individual tomes to seekers to be read, and where seekers may consult with monks on further materials to enable their research. Despite being

Locations in Saltmarsh

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh

audience with Manistrad can find her here when she’s not working at the mine. She sometimes has need for adventurers to help keep the mining operation secure. Roll a d6 and consult the table below to

his time here in his duties as commander of the guard. He sometimes has need for adventurers, and at such times he posts jobs on a board hanging by the tower’s entrance. Roll a d6 and consult the

Encounters (A-C)

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

her meal. As long as the characters keep their distance, the White Wyrm ignores them. Awakened Beast The frost druids of Icewind Dale use awaken spells to imbue native beasts with an Intelligence

score of 10 and the ability to speak Common or Druidic. The druids use these awakened beasts as spies and messengers. Roll a d8 and consult the Awakened Beast Encounter table to determine what kind of

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