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                                                    Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
                                                    
                                                
                                            
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A Fey noble has sent an archmage advisor to parley with an adult moonstone dragon whose lair is in the noble’s territory, and it isn’t
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     find a way back home to the Feywild.
Connected Creatures
In the Feywild, moonstone dragons interact mostly with pixie;pixies, sprite;sprites, and other Fey creatures who revere and serve the
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Monsters
                                                    Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    . Having knowledge and power gives one a responsibility to those who have less of either. (Lawful)
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Noble Obligation. My superior experience, intellect, and insight give me a duty to mediate
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     hope to ascend to godhood, perhaps recreating or replacing Sardior.
Connected Creatures
Amethyst dragons are generally aloof creatures, dwelling in isolation for long periods of time and
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Monsters
                                                    Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     of either. (Lawful)
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Noble Obligation. My superior experience, intellect, and insight give me a duty to mediate disputes when I can. (Good)
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Power. Knowledge is power, power must be
                                                
                                            
                                                
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Connected Creatures
Amethyst dragons are generally aloof creatures, dwelling in isolation for long periods of time and rarely cultivating connections with other creatures. When they do connect
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Monsters
                                                    Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     power gives one a responsibility to those who have less of either. (Lawful)
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Noble Obligation. My superior experience, intellect, and insight give me a duty to mediate disputes when I can. (Good
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     godhood, perhaps recreating or replacing Sardior.
Connected Creatures
Amethyst dragons are generally aloof creatures, dwelling in isolation for long periods of time and rarely cultivating
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    
Responsibility. Having knowledge and power gives one a responsibility to those who have less of either. (Lawful)
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Noble Obligation. My superior experience, intellect, and insight give me a duty to
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                    . They all hope to ascend to godhood, perhaps recreating or replacing Sardior.
Connected Creatures
Amethyst dragons are generally aloof creatures, dwelling in isolation for long periods of time
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    Player’s Handbook (2014)
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     authority that title carries. A noble title doesn’t stand on its own—it’s connected to an entire family, and whatever title you hold, you will pass it down to your own children. Not only do
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                    You understand wealth, power, and privilege. You carry a noble title, and your family owns land, collects taxes, and wields significant political influence. You might be a pampered aristocrat
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                     authority that title carries. A noble title doesn’t stand on its own—it’s connected to an entire family, and whatever title you hold, you will pass it down to your own children. Not only do
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                    You understand wealth, power, and privilege. You carry a noble title, and your family owns land, collects taxes, and wields significant political influence. You might be a pampered aristocrat
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     authority that title carries. A noble title doesn’t stand on its own—it’s connected to an entire family, and whatever title you hold, you will pass it down to your own children. Not only do
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                    You understand wealth, power, and privilege. You carry a noble title, and your family owns land, collects taxes, and wields significant political influence. You might be a pampered aristocrat
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                     three broad categories. Tieflings born into another culture typically have names reflective of that culture. Some have names derived from the Infernal language, passed down through generations, that
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                    , the chosen name is a noble quest. For others, it’s a grim destiny.
Male Infernal Names: Akmenos, Amnon, Barakas, Damakos, Ekemon, Iados, Kairon, Leucis, Melech, Mordai, Morthos, Pelaios, Skamos
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     three broad categories. Tieflings born into another culture typically have names reflective of that culture. Some have names derived from the Infernal language, passed down through generations, that
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                    , the chosen name is a noble quest. For others, it’s a grim destiny.
Male Infernal Names: Akmenos, Amnon, Barakas, Damakos, Ekemon, Iados, Kairon, Leucis, Melech, Mordai, Morthos, Pelaios, Skamos
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    Tiefling Names Tiefling names fall into three broad categories. Tieflings born into another culture typically have names reflective of that culture. Some have names derived from the Infernal language
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     then try to embody that concept. For some, the chosen name is a noble quest. For others, it’s a grim destiny. Male Infernal Names: Akmenos, Amnon, Barakas, Damakos, Ekemon, Iados, Kairon, Leucis, Melech
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    Tiefling Names     
  Tiefling names fall into three broad categories. Tieflings born into another culture typically have names reflective of that culture. Some have names derived from the Infernal
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     concept and then try to embody that concept. For some, the chosen name is a noble quest. For others, it’s a grim destiny.
 
 Male Infernal Names: Akmenos, Amnon, Barakas, Damakos, Ekemon, Iados, Kairon
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    Helvenblade House Northwest of Westbridge, on the forest’s edge, stands Helvenblade House, the principal country estate of the Silmerhelve noble house of Waterdeep. It consists of a fortified manor
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                    , stables, a guest lodge, and two outlying hunting lodges connected by grass paths that enclose a food and herb garden and a small lawn. A large, lightly wooded hunting preserve extends for several
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    Dragonmarked Characters Some characters with the Mark of Handling: Noble Druid. Your family is one of the most powerful in the house. You’re a druid, but you don’t hold any druidic beliefs; rather
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     your house is doing with this power — turning this gift into a business, exploiting the creatures you’re connected to.
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     creatures for food; poisons, potions, oils, and elixirs; jewelry, perfume, and silk
 Organizations: The Ruling Council (comprised of the matron mothers of the eight most powerful drow noble houses in the
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     drow call Araurilcaurak, its vault soaring a thousand feet above the stone floor. Drow dwellings and strongholds are carved from massive stalagmites and stalactites, connected with delicate-looking bridges of hardened spider silk and lit with coldly glowing eldritch fires. 
 Map 15.1: Menzoberranzan
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     tyrant. The Heliod’s Villains table suggests a variety of foes that might arise from among the god’s followers. Heliod’s Villains    d6 Villain 
     1  A local noble imposes overwhelming
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     punishments for even minor infractions of law. 
   2  A leader persecutes an entire population of people because of a crime committed by a single member. 
   3  An assassin starts killing everyone connected
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     buried in a rock slide, badly injured and unable to recall what happened—or the location of the dragon’s lair. 
   4  A reclusive, eccentric noble who sometimes employs adventurers turns out to be a
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     slay the dragon and plunder the dragon’s hoard. 
   Connected Creatures Copper dragons are most interested in creatures they find entertaining or amusing, whether for their artistic abilities or
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     authority that title carries. A noble title doesn’t stand on its own — it’s connected to an entire family, and whatever title you hold, you will pass it down to your own children. Not only do you need to
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                    Noble You understand wealth, power, and privilege. You carry a noble title, and your family owns land, collects taxes, and wields significant political influence. You might be a pampered aristocrat
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     authority that title carries. A noble title doesn’t stand on its own — it’s connected to an entire family, and whatever title you hold, you will pass it down to your own children. Not only do you need to
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                    Noble You understand wealth, power, and privilege. You carry a noble title, and your family owns land, collects taxes, and wields significant political influence. You might be a pampered aristocrat
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    . The nightclub has three entrances. Two are connected to the outside: a main entrance guarded by a bouncer and a back door that is locked from inside. Another locked entrance is connected to a stair
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                    -roller games (and more criminal meetings and illegal activities) are accessible from the casino floor. Boromar’s security and management offices are connected by a hallway to the casino floor, the secret
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    Law and Order Everyone in Baldur’s Gate is expected to hew to common law. Murder, theft, assault, blackmail, and fraud all carry severe penalties. Patriars, the wealthy, and the well-connected are
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     given much more leniency than commoners. A noble heir who steals from a shop might get away with a fine paid by a parent, whereas a commoner committing the same crime may be jailed or publicly flogged
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     connected to one of the gangs and you appreciate the opportunity to ply your trade. As a sage you could be engaging in research that your compatriots feel is dangerous. As an acolyte you might harbor
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                    , you may have seen something in the upper wards that has driven you into the darkness. Any character could have run afoul of the Sharn Watch, a powerful noble, or a sinister conspiracy; if you leave
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    Law and Order Everyone in Baldur’s Gate is expected to hew to common law. Murder, theft, assault, blackmail, and fraud all carry severe penalties. Patriars, the wealthy, and the well-connected are
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     given much more leniency than commoners. A noble heir who steals from a shop might get away with a fine paid by a parent, whereas a commoner committing the same crime may be jailed or publicly flogged
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     encounter each other in the dream realm, but they have never met in the flesh. 
   Adult Moonstone Dragon Connections    d8 Connected Creatures 
     1  A Fey noble has sent an archmage advisor to
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     spellcaster’s nefarious schemes. 
   8  A moonstone dragon that accidentally stumbled through a portal to the Material Plane can’t find a way back home to the Feywild. 
   Connected Creatures In the
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     suggest the enchantment is beginning to fail. 
   8  A region has survived for generations by annually tithing victims and treasures to a red dragon. 
   Connected Creatures Red dragons treat other
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     build up shadowy networks of manipulation and control, so many of their servants have no idea who the true ruler is. Red Dragon Wyrmling Connections    d6 Connected Creatures 
     1  A fire giant
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     kidnapping children from a village, and no one knows why. 
   Connected Creatures Silver dragons enjoy the companionship of intelligent people, particularly when those folk have no idea as to the
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     Dragon Wyrmling Connections    d6 Connected Creatures 
     1  A silver dragon wyrmling is raised by giant eagles who have lost their own clutch of eggs. 
   2  A silver dragon wyrmling becomes the
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     murders, but the real culprit is something else. 
   Connected Creatures Shadow dragons often attempt to blunt their despair by dragging others into their gloomy lives with them. These are generally
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     short-lived relationships, though, as most shadow dragons can scarcely bear the bleakness of their own existence. Shadow Dragon Wyrmling Connections    d6 Connected Creatures 
     1  A bard befriends
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     options: Agent. You have a close, ongoing relationship with your house. The house agent background is a good choice if you are actively working for the house. Alternately, you could take the noble
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     criminal? A charlatan? Or perhaps a sage who engaged in forbidden research? Foundling. Your ancestors left the house long ago. You have no ties to the house and may not have known you were connected by
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    -Mi, and brother of the previous queen, Young-Soo, Young-Gi (neutral, dragonborn noble) is accustomed to wealth and privilege. A life spent enjoying his status has made him charming and personable but
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     they mention Dae Won-Ha, he’s surprised and grows reflective. He shares his memories only if the characters present him with the lantern from Dae Won-Ha’s forgotten memorial or her teacup, or if a
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     ability scores. Look for your class’s primary ability there.  Ability Scores and Backgrounds   Ability Backgrounds   Strength Artisan, Entertainer, Farmer, Guard, Noble, Sailor, Soldier Dexterity Artisan
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                    , Guard, Merchant, Noble, Sage, Scribe Wisdom Acolyte, Farmer, Guard, Guide, Hermit, Sage, Sailor, Scribe, Wayfarer Charisma Acolyte, Charlatan, Entertainer, Hermit, Merchant, Noble, Wayfarer  Record
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    , you could take the noble background to reflect a blood tie to the leaders of the house. Independent Scion. You were raised or trained by the house, but you’ve kept your independence. This means you
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     you were connected by blood before you manifested your dragonmark. As an outlander or an urchin you might know nothing about the houses. As an acolyte or hermit, you could have put your faith ahead of
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     Mirabar named Rhundorth, and a human noble from Waterdeep named Deseyna Majarra. The diplomats are important, but each also carries one part of a secret, coded document that must be recovered at all costs
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     motivated by their personal calls to action. The mystery of a missing delegation might not seem to be directly connected to whatever personal goal the character brings to the adventure, but then again
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     female shifter; see chapter 6) and Vonnie ir’Cardwan (neutral female Brelish human noble) are having a secret date on the lift. This is where they first met, so it’s a frequent rendezvous. They are
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     a secret panel. A tool or weapon can be used to pry open the panel, behind which are several wires connecting the lift car to a small Eberron dragonshard. Each wire is connected to an individual pin
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    . Each capsule is tilted at a 45-degree angle, connected to metal floor panels with thick copper wires, and coated in a thin, slimy residue.
 Illithids. Four mind flayers carrying dark sheets of metal
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     remember that dwarves, elves, and tieflings have darkvision. The ninth humanoid is Selphorn Amcathra (NE male Tethyrian human noble). A resident of the town of Amphail, he was abducted after attending
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     of coins for the major contemporary and historical realms of your world adds an additional layer of texture. The golden lions of Cormyr convey the noble nature of that kingdom. If a nation mints gold
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     coins stamped with leering demonic faces and called torments, that currency expresses a distinct flavor. Creating new coins connected to specific locations, like the toals of Waterdeep or the eclipsed
                                                
                                            
                                        






