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The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
coming for you.”
Flaw. “My friends would say I’m inflexible. The truth is, I like things done a certain way.”
Combat Notes
Mercion counts on her armor to protect her as she
.
Valor's Call
The noble adventuring party known as Valor’s Call was founded by Strongheart, a resolute human paladin committed to destroying evil wherever it rears its ugly head. Strongheart
Monsters
The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
good.”
Combat Notes
Strongheart prefers to fight with Steel, his trusty sword. His favorite use of the command spell is to compel a foe to “Yield!” (which has the same effect as
commanding it to halt). He tries to capture and imprison evildoers, slaying them only if they cannot be apprehended.
Valor's Call
The noble adventuring party known as Valor’s Call was founded
Monsters
The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
demands that I strike out on my own while my comrades-in-arms waste time deliberating.”
Combat Notes
Molliver likes to get up close and personal in fights. If they’re caught in a tight spot
, they try to use their boots of levitation to escape.
Valor's Call
The noble adventuring party known as Valor’s Call was founded by Strongheart, a resolute human paladin committed to
Monsters
The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
noble ends.”
Bond. “My staff of power dramatically enhances my magical abilities. I shudder to think how its power could be abused in the wrong hands.”
Flaw. “I get prickly
when people who are clearly less intelligent want to tell me what to do.”
Combat Notes
Ringlerun can fend off melee attackers with wild swings of his staff, but he prefers to fly out of reach and
Monsters
The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
dead.”
Combat Notes
Elkhorn’s challenge rating is based on him using Feint to improve his rather weak sword attack. Having been trained in his youth to fight ogres and trolls, he&rsquo
;s much more dangerous against creatures that are significantly bigger than he is.
Valor's Call
The noble adventuring party known as Valor’s Call was founded by Strongheart, a resolute human
Monsters
Curse of Strahd
Ambusher. During the first round of combat, Pidlwick II has advantage on attack rolls against any creature that hasn't had a turn yet.Club. Melee Weapon Attack: +2;{"diceNotation":"1d20+2","rollType
, instead assuming that the guests had died in their sleep.
But Strahd was not fooled. He came to realize fairly quickly that the clockwork effigy had begun to display a murderous nature. Rather than have
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
beauty of the ocean. (Good)
6
Code of Combat. I despise most other dragons, but I meet them face to face without resorting to the base trickery I use on lesser creatures. (Lawful)
Topaz
realize they enjoy hunting together.
5
A tempestuous marid continually floods the carefully dried-out lair of a topaz dragon.
6
A sahuagin baron attempts to gain the support of other sahuagin
Entertainer
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Player’s Handbook (2014)
but possibly with a circus, at a theater, or even in a noble’s court. At such a place, you receive free lodging and food of a modest or comfortable standard (depending on the quality of the
liking to you.
Variant Entertainer: Gladiator
A gladiator is as much an entertainer as any minstrel or circus performer, trained to make the arts of combat into a spectacle the crowd can
Gladiator
Legacy
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Player’s Handbook (2014)
A gladiator is as much an entertainer as any minstrel or circus performer, trained to make the arts of combat into a spectacle the crowd can enjoy. This kind of flashy combat is your entertainer
;
FEATURE: BY POPULAR DEMAND
You can always find a place to perform in any place that features combat for entertainment — perhaps a gladiatorial arena or secret pit fighting club. At such
Backgrounds
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
often as you wish, using one to hide the other or serve as convenient camouflage. However, should someone realize the connection between your persona and your true self, your deception might lose its
part of them expressed to an extreme. To define a persona, feel free to choose characteristics from other backgrounds, particularly folk hero, hermit, or noble. For the person behind the persona, the
Backgrounds
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
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FEATURE: BY POPULAR DEMAND
You can always find a place to perform, usually in an inn or tavern but possibly with a circus, at a theater, or even in a noble’s
entertainer as any minstrel or circus performer, trained to make the arts of combat into a spectacle the crowd can enjoy. This kind of flashy combat is your entertainer routine, though you might also have some
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Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
of mounted, heavily armored warriors of noble blood, most knightly orders in Faerûn don’t restrict their membership to such individuals. The goals and philosophies of the order are more
again in ruins, Dove Falconhand decided to reform the group with the primary goal of building alliances and friendship between the civilized races of the world and goodly people in order to combat evil
Soldier
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standing army, a town guard, or a village militia? Or it might have been a noble’s or merchant’s private army, or a mercenary company.
Skill Proficiencies: Athletics
’ve lost too many friends, and I’m slow to make new ones.
4
I’m full of inspiring and cautionary tales from my military experience relevant to almost every combat situation.
5
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Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
intend to do with your gift once you realize what it is capable of.
Folk Hero
d8
Personality Trait
1
I judge people by their actions, not their words.
2
If someone is in
them again.
2
I worked the land, I love the land, and I will protect the land.
3
A proud noble once gave me a horrible beating, and I will take my revenge on any bully I encounter.
4
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Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
militia? Or it might have been a noble’s or merchant’s private army, or a mercenary company.
Skill Proficiencies: Athletics, Intimidation
Tool Proficiencies: One type of
I’m full of inspiring and cautionary tales from my military experience relevant to almost every combat situation.
5
I can stare down a hell hound without flinching.
6
I enjoy being
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
has a broader reach and represents a greater threat. The threshold of a new tier can also be an opportunity for characters to realize the scale of a conflict they’ve been dealing with—to realize, for
example, that the bandits they fought throughout their first four levels are merely puppets of an enemy nation they must confront in the second tier. The “Greyhawk” section in this chapter has examples of conflict arcs. Downloadable PDF
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Adjusting Difficulty Many of the same techniques that help keep combat moving can also be useful in situations where a combat encounter is either harder or easier than you anticipated and you want to
defeat its kin (for noble or selfish reasons). A change of terrain can provide characters a chance to escape or give overmatched monsters an edge.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes of the Borderlands
Combat Chris Rallis Combat is prohibited in the keep. If you need game statistics for an NPC, reference the recommended stat block listed on their NPC Card. At your discretion, characters who
detained for a few days, fined up to 50 GP, or ousted from the keep until they can behave. The following stat blocks are used in this section: Commoner Curate Gray Ooze Glob Guard Guard Captain Knight Noble
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes of the Borderlands
Combat Some encounters pit the characters against foes that mean them harm, such as wild animals or greedy bandits. See the D&D Beyond Basic Rules for how to run a combat encounter. The following
Lizardfolk Warden Mimic Noble Ogre Ogre Zombie Owlbear Pral Red Dragon Wyrmling Skeleton Sprite Skirmisher Steam Mephit Stirge Zombie
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
.
2 Conceal evidence of a vast conspiracy.
3 Control a community through fear by posing as a legendary bogeyman.
4 Replace a noble to enjoy a decadent lifestyle.
5 Spy on wizards to
the first round of each combat), reach 5 ft. Hit: 11 (2d6 + 4) Bludgeoning damage.
Read Thoughts. The doppelganger casts Detect Thoughts, requiring no spell components and using Charisma as the
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Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
few miles from where they were born.
You aren’t one of those folk.
You are from a distant place, one so remote that few of the common folk in the North realize that it exists, and chances are
otherwise have, for you and your traveling companions. Noble lords, scholars, and merchant princes, to name a few, might be interested in hearing about your distant homeland and people.
Suggested
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
the statistics of a human noble. His menace manifests in the form of psychological manipulation, making others doubt reality, and causing victims to overestimate his control. Cursed Correspondence. Ivan
deception so they don’t realize the discordance between his childlike affectations and his appearance. If forced to reveal his aged form, he pretends to be confused and employs elaborate clockwork toys
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Scions of Elemental Evil
cultists in and around the temple are Chaotic Evil and fight to the death. The cultists attack if they realize the characters are enemies. The temple’s large size and tall piles of rubble mean the sounds
of combat in one area don’t alert cultists in other areas. Doors. The interior doors are made of wood and are unlocked. Light. During the day, the interior spaces are illuminated with Bright Light
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
, consideration, and attempts to engage in actions that don’t involve combat. The lizardfolk’s greatest fear is the sahuagin, and the sooner the characters realize this fact, the better. The lizardfolk population
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
Rhythm of Play The three main pillars of D&D play are social interaction, exploration, and combat. Whichever one you’re experiencing, the game unfolds according to this basic pattern: The Dungeon
treasure chest while a second examines a mysterious symbol engraved on a wall and a third keeps watch for monsters. Outside combat, the DM ensures that every character has a chance to act and decides how to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
, soon after they’re in position or their plan is in motion, they realize they’re no longer alone. Read or paraphrase the following text: Twilight covers the land as the moon fills the sky. The
, as detailed in “Fighting the Brightguard” and “Fighting the Silent Roar” below. Whichever enemies the characters face here, the stakes are too high for their foes to surrender or flee. Aerial Combat
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
Rhythm of Play The three main pillars of D&D play are social interaction, exploration, and combat. Whichever one you’re experiencing, the game unfolds according to this basic pattern: The Dungeon
treasure chest while a second examines a mysterious symbol engraved on a wall and a third keeps watch for monsters. Outside combat, the DM ensures that every character has a chance to act and decides how to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
behalf of the group. When creatures that are already engaged in battle realize they’re likely to lose, they usually try to exit that battle. A monster is likely to flee if either of the following is true
combat offers to surrender or proposes some sort of exchange. If one side wants to parley in the middle of combat and the other side agrees, you can suspend the Initiative order for some interaction. If the two sides don’t come to an agreement, pick up the Initiative order where it left off.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
Skyreach Castle (see chapter 8)—but negotiations are fairly hazardous and might easily result in combat rather than a deal. If the players don’t realize that the cult hopes to bring Tiamat to the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
) transform into specters under Olanthius’s command and join him on his hunt. Olanthius is an extraordinarily powerful foe for 9th-level characters. Fortunately, the characters can avoid combat with the death
knight once they realize he’s willing to help them. Development Characters who parley with Olanthius can gain a valuable ally in the fight against Zariel. To stand any chance of swaying the death
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
Skyreach Castle (see chapter 8)—but negotiations are fairly hazardous and might easily result in combat rather than a deal. If the players don’t realize that the cult hopes to bring Tiamat to the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
not working as the lodge’s waiters and greeters. They were hired by the lodge’s prior owner, one Lord Marsten, a noble slain by the cult. They are confined to this chamber when not serving Talis. These
servants avoid combat, but they spy on every visitor. Arlaenga is trying to ingratiate herself, and she reports back to Talis if she sees anything suspicious. The servants are willing to tell the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
goodness still burns within the planetar. If the characters can make Fazrian realize that it has become what it sought to destroy, the planetar will end itself and, with its self-sacrifice, earn
no apparent reason. (The blood might attract ravenous, blood-drinking creatures such as stirges or vampire spawn.) The song of an unholy choir echoes through an area whenever a fight breaks out, then fades away when combat ends.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
not working as the lodge’s waiters and greeters. They were hired by the lodge’s prior owner, one Lord Marsten, a noble slain by the cult. They are confined to this chamber when not serving Talis
servants avoid combat, but they spy on every visitor. Arlaenga is trying to ingratiate herself, and she reports back to Talis if she sees anything suspicious. The servants are willing to tell the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Light of Xaryxis
Trial by Combat Xedalli asks the characters to serve as her champions. If the characters accept, read: Xeleth sneers. “Very well, sister, since you won’t face me yourself, I, too, name a champion
. Bring forth the zodar!”
The crowd gives out a collective gasp as the guards part ranks to make way for a creature clad head to toe in a suit of obsidian armor. As it floats toward you, you realize the