nobles clients receive pdf

Mark of Shadow Elf

Species Eberron: Rising from the Last War

assassins within House Phiarlan. Only special clients—nobles, merchant lords, and the like—have access to these spies. Toward the end of the Last War, a bitter feud broke out between the

Courtier

Backgrounds Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide

traveled in Waterdeep’s baroque and sometimes cutthroat conglomeration of guilds, nobles, adventurers, and secret societies. You might have been one of the behind-the-scenes law-keepers or

1 The workshop where I learned my trade is the most important place in the world to me. 2 I created a great work for someone, and then found them unworthy to receive it. I’m still

The Houses of Shadow

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron

an elite force of spies and assassins within the house. Common folk know nothing of this. Only special clients — powerful nobles, merchant lords, and the like — have access to these shadow-marked

Chapter 1 Summary

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin

Chapter 1 Summary Chapter 1 takes place in Neverwinter, a city on the Sword Coast on the world of Toril. The characters are investigating the disappearance of high-ranking nobles in Neverwinter when

they stumble upon a cult of Vecna. The characters stop the cult from performing a ritual to steal a kidnap victim’s secrets. In so doing, they are shunted to Evernight, a gloomy version of Neverwinter in the Shadowfell, and receive Vecna’s Link, which ties their fate to that of the lich-god.

Dreaming Dark NPCs

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

Dreaming Dark NPCs Agents of the Dreaming Dark are insidious villains that can appear anywhere, in almost any context. They receive orders from a cabal of powerful quori. The leader of the

dragonmarked houses, noble families, and other driving forces. Because Dreaming Dark agents can communicate and coordinate with one another in dreams, they never have to risk losing their cover to receive

The Houses of Shadow

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

special clients—nobles, merchant lords, and the like—have access to these spies. Toward the end of the Last War, a bitter feud broke out between the major families of the house. Known as the Shadow

Zhentarim

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist

receive aid from the Zhents who are opposed to him. The leaders of this branch of the Black Network are retired adventurers who have become business entrepreneurs. Their adventuring party was called

alliances with local guilds and nobles. Manshoon’s war against the Xanathar Guild has thrown their plans into upheaval. The Doom Raiders (described in appendix B) consider themselves the true Zhentarim

4. Elf Quarters

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons

its northeast edges looking out over area 2. Neronvain and Chuth brought a dozen elves back from their raids in the Misty Forest as prisoners—8 commoners, 3 nobles with whom Neronvain converses on

shrine. Characters who pray for her assistance in fighting the dragon can receive a boon at your discretion, including water breathing, bless, or other useful spells.

4. Elf Quarters

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat

its northeast edges looking out over area 2. Neronvain and Chuth brought a dozen elves back from their raids in the Misty Forest as prisoners — 8 commoners, 3 nobles with whom Neronvain converses on

shrine. Characters who pray for her assistance in fighting the dragon can receive a boon at your discretion, including water breathing, bless, or other useful spells.

Gnomes of Zilargo

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron

. 2 You have a mysterious contact who sends you missions via sending; when you follow their instructions, you invariably receive a reward. 3 You’ve acquired a plot of land in Xen’drik. You’ve

. 10 You’re peddling a life extension scheme where clients are petrified by a medusa and then restored after a predetermined amount of time.

Tavick's Landing

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

. Copper Arch, Upper Tavick’s Landing The Bloody Mug A comfortable tavern catering to Sharn’s Karrnathi immigrants. Travelers from Karrnath always receive a warm welcome and a tankard of nightwood ale

fantasies; both the staff and the rooms can be adapted to fit any scenario. Though some clients have romance in mind, others come to Velvet’s to relive triumphs, to prepare for debates or trials, or for help in developing a new identity. Dragoneyes, Lower Tavick’s Landing

Gnomes of Zilargo

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

asked, you receive handsome rewards. 3 You’ve inherited a plot of land in Q’barra. If you don’t visit within a year, you’ll lose the claim. 4 Due to an unusual twist of Triumvirate law, you share the

out more dangerous adventures. 10 You’re peddling a life-extension scheme where clients are petrified by a medusa and then restored later. Zil Gnome Additionally, consider your relationship to

Oracular Conflux

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros

make predictions based on rainfall, wind, thunder, and other weather measurements. In some communities, oracles actively strive to be struck by lightning, risking their lives to receive mighty messages

from their god. Oracular Conflux Adventures The player characters could come to an oracular shrine for the same reason that most other people do: to receive a prediction about the future. They also

Corlie's Briefing

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hold Back The Dead

arranged for the characters to receive hazard pay of 1,000 GP each from the city they choose. All characters must agree on the same city patron. Show the players Map 1.1 and point out which defense zones

correspond with which city. Corlie describes the cities and their defense zones as follows: Baldur’s Gate is a rough-and-tumble port city replete with decadent nobles, gangs, and priests like

Criminal Syndicate

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything

that you receive your fee for contract work from outside clients. The contact is your first point of communication if you need to reach out to highly ranked members of the syndicate’s hierarchy. Roll or

syndicate as your group’s patron, you gain the following perks. Assignments. The syndicate doesn’t pay you directly, but it assigns you to particular tasks on behalf of its clients or the organization

Campaign Characters

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

this goal? What is a reward the character will be excited to receive that also moves them closer to their ambition? Use the answers to these questions to develop new character goals and to inspire

characters’ tavern out of business. Another might use the tavern as the setting for a murder mystery. Downloadable PDF

Neverwinter

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

be brought into line with his goals, Neverember hopes to use that achievement as a draw for wealthy Waterdhavian nobles — who have been reluctant to link their fortunes to a failed Open Lord who was

no nobles to be petitioned or placated. Those seeking to create a home or start a business can simply do so, and even those without skills or money can use their hands and backs to provide until they

Alterations to Magic

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage

. While they are in Undermountain, characters who receive spells from deities or otherworldly patrons continue to do so. In addition, spells that allow contact with beings from other planes function

others from descending into Undermountain. Goal 4: Become Waterdeep’s Shadow Lord. The Shadowdusks were Waterdavian nobles who descended into madness, taking refuge in Undermountain. Halaster wants

Using Survivors

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

bored nobles, constables or babysitters. Adventures employing survivors are meant to be asides within broader campaigns or otherwise short experiences. Cut Scenes, Dreams, and Memories Use survivors to

their chosen religions and receive spells from the deities they worship. Sneaks survive by their wits and are often charlatans or petty thieves. Squires possess a modicum of martial training and are

Eastmyr

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

its zenith” to receive their “reward.” If the characters visit the noble’s estate in Narbondellyn at the appointed time, they are set upon by the house guards, who have orders to eliminate them and

drow nobles. If the characters look like they could use his help, Dalfred does whatever he can to assist them. The orphaned daughter of a drow merchant and a human slave, Shinzi was adopted by

Life in the Domains of Dread

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

gp. These letters must include a destination where another Keeper can receive them, then either hold or deliver the correspondence—with delivery costs an additional 1 gp. Letters take at least one day

Keepers provide to select clients, such as delivery to individuals whose whereabouts are unknown or verbal messages relayed by talking ravens.

Aristocrat

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything

the locale if necessary, but you’re largely afforded time to relax as you please. However, poor (or outright destructive) guests rarely receive invitations to stay again. Salary. Your employment

certain individuals were elevated to noble status and how they will soon fulfill their purpose. 6 The New Nobility. You recreate the remarkable event that granted today’s noble families their special standing, enabling the rise of new nobles.

Lower City Gazetteer

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

for the city’s would-be warriors and a central hangout for the Bannerless Legion crew. Garmult assists crew leader Dezri “Guts” Lamouer in matching clients with mercenaries. They also hire members to

private meeting place. Its longtime proprietor, a neutral female moon elf spy named Merilyn Allaryr, ensures that clients enter the baths bearing nothing but the thin robes she provides, leaving all

Lower City Gazetteer

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

” Lamouer in matching clients with mercenaries. They also hire members to teach classes in the building’s open-air atrium while other members lounge on the overlooking balconies. At any given time

special niche in Baldurian politics due to its status as a neutral, safe, and private meeting place. Its longtime proprietor, a neutral female moon elf spy named Merilyn Allaryr, ensures that clients

Goldenfields Quests

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder

something to turn the Black Network against them, the characters receive an anonymous bundle from the Zhentarim the next time they visit Bargewright Inn, Everlund, Mirabar, Silverymoon, Neverwinter

attract new clients, and while the Happy Cow breaks even, it’s not a big moneymaker, and right now the Hardcheese moneylending business is on the ropes. The Black Network has agents in Daggerford handing

The Dark Seldarine

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

. Malyk is associated with rebellion because when a wild mage’s true nature is revealed, the individual often has no recourse but to openly attack others and create chaos. Most other drow vie to receive

number of her followers among the commoners who work as servants and staff. Only the most capricious of nobles would enter her priesthood, though some have done so. Inevitably, when such traitors are

Lyn Armaal, Level 3

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder

attack rolls and dealing 4 (1d4 + 2) bludgeoning damage on a hit. Their uncle, Thullen (see area 28), checks on them occasionally, but they receive little attention from their mother, since they are too

easily moved to violence. Only those who harm his plants or his sister’s children stir the deep-seated rage inside him. Unlike other cloud giant nobles, Thullen doesn’t wear a mask to illustrate his

Faerûn

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

island redoubts. Tethyr. Tethyr is a feudal realm ruled by Queen Anais from its capital of Darromar. The queen commands her dukes, who in turn receive homage from the counts and countesses of the realm

the largest library in Chessenta, a center of learning where all nobles aspire to send their children for tutoring. That city is looked on with disdain by the people of Akanax, whose militant contempt

Upper City Gazetteer

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

clients’ social circles. Anyone seeking society gossip is well advised to begin at the Harbreeze Bakery. Helm and Cloak The Helm and Cloak draws an unusual mixture of well-heeled but unpretentious

patriars, traveling nobles, famed bards, and socially ambitious Lower City residents hoping to rub shoulders with the elite. The inn is unfussy, but conducts its service with flawless technique and the

Upper City Gazetteer

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

clients’ social circles. Anyone seeking society gossip is well advised to begin at the Harbreeze Bakery. Helm and Cloak The Helm and Cloak draws an unusual mixture of well-heeled but unpretentious

patriars, traveling nobles, famed bards, and socially ambitious Lower City residents hoping to rub shoulders with the elite. The inn is unfussy, but conducts its service with flawless technique and the

Lower Ward

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

the skulls in his collection and draw on their shared knowledge. For a fee, Lothar can cast the speak with dead spell on any of his skulls, asking questions on the clients’ behalf. He also trades and

staunch souls are nowhere to be seen for fear of the Ditch Beast, a vicious monster that supposedly stalks the area. Seat of the Rat King. Wererats frequent the Ditch, where they receive the orders from

Locations in Triboar

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder

elaborate designs pressed into the leather, and his work is popular among Waterdhavian nobles who enjoy horseback riding. Although he hails from a prominent Waterdeep family (the Margasters), Othovir never

and female human commoners of various ethnicities) employed by the inn’s proprietor to enhance the mood. They are coached to speak and parade about like nobles, but they are nothing more than low-paid

Roleplaying a Giant

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters

. (A gift from one family member to another doesn’t prove anything about the family’s largesse.) No cloud giant truly believes that it’s better to give than to receive; a family does so only with an

smiling ones appear in chapter 3 of this book. Masks of Nobility Ancient depictions of Memnor often showed him wearing a two-faced mask. Because of this, cloud giant nobles seldom show their faces, but

Delphi Mansion Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault

correspondence between Markos and other nobles. You can decide if these letters are addressed to or written by anyone of significance to the characters. Desk. The desk contains a complete set of

divination magic around the circle on the floor. A creature standing fully inside the circle feels the unsettling presence of a Far Realm entity and can choose to receive an omen from that entity, as

Locations A - D

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder

nobles, Amphail is a member of the Lords’ Alliance and enjoys the protection of Waterdeep’s city guard. The lord warder also hires adventurers from time to time to take care of pesky bandits and monsters

). Accustomed to doing business with shady traders and contraband, he doesn’t trouble his clients with too many questions. He simply takes their money while assuring them that the gates and walls of the

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