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Monsters
Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
Barovia to seek her insights. She often hints at knowledge of the Mists’ secrets and the tales (and weaknesses) of Darklords, and she’s not above revealing them for a price. Madam Eva holds
grudges and usually shares her secrets only with those who do her a favor first. Whatever she discovers might soon also be known by Barovia’s Darklord, with whom she shares age-old ties.Evil Eye (2/Day). Madam Eva casts Hold Person, using the same spellcasting ability as Spellcasting.
Legend Lore
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Spells
Basic Rules (2014)
Name or describe a person, place, or object. The spell brings to your mind a brief summary of the significant lore about the thing you named. The lore might consist of current tales, forgotten
Gladiator
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Backgrounds
Player’s Handbook (2014)
I love.
2
Someone stole my precious instrument, and someday I’ll get it back.
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I want to be famous, whatever it takes.
4
I idolize a hero of the old tales and measure my deeds
against that person’s.
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I will do anything to prove myself superior to my hated rival.
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I would do anything for the other members of my old troupe.
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Ezmerelda d'Avenir
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Monsters
Curse of Strahd
following spells on the target (save DC 14), requiring neither somatic nor material components to do so: animal friendship, charm person, or hold person. If the target succeeds on the initial saving throw
threatened to spill her blood. Ezmerelda convinced him that she genuinely wanted to help him find his missing son, whereupon van Richten told her the saddest of tales. He had found his son, who had been
Entertainer
Legacy
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Backgrounds
Player’s Handbook (2014)
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3
I want to be famous, whatever it takes.
4
I idolize a hero of the old tales and measure my deeds against that person’s.
5
I will do anything to prove myself superior to my
Yuan-ti Pureblood
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Species
Volo's Guide to Monsters
caste system based on how complete a person’s transformation was. The vast majority of yuan-ti fall into three categories — abominations, malisons, and purebloods — while the mutated
serpent gods taught the humans how to take on aspects of the snake, but the cost of the change was high, requiring many sacrifices for each person to be transformed. Entire households of slaves in
Backgrounds
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
me of someone I love.
2
Someone stole my precious instrument, and someday I’ll get it back.
3
I want to be famous, whatever it takes.
4
I idolize a hero of the old tales and
measure my deeds against that person’s.
5
I will do anything to prove myself superior to my hated rival.
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I would do anything for the other members of my old troupe.
d6
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
exists, and thus it remains an enigma. Rare are the tavern tales that lure adventurers to its gates, and its horrors remain undocumented in the libraries of Candlekeep. The reason for this is simple: not one person who has entered the tomb has lived to tell the tale.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
and can help conduct research. His expert command of local history makes him a useful contact. He has no shortage of semi-interesting tales about notorious fish and monstrous pirates. Wages and
learn one piece of lore regarding the region around Saltmarsh. That lore is the equivalent of one true statement about a person, place, or thing found within 25 miles of town. The DM is the final
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
Undead knights keep their own council and have their own agendas. The only person whose lead Soth follows is Kansaldi Fire-Eyes, and that is only because she speaks on behalf of the Dragon Queen herself
. While Lord Soth is well known in tales of the Dragonlance setting, this adventure doesn’t assume the characters, or most of Kalaman’s people, know the death knight’s legend or expect him to be at work
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
) Duration: Instantaneous Name or describe a person, place, or object. The spell brings to your mind a brief summary of the significant lore about the thing you named. The lore might consist of current
tales, forgotten stories, or even secret lore that has never been widely known. If the thing you named isn’t of legendary importance, you gain no information. The more information you already have about
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
) Duration: Instantaneous Name or describe a person, place, or object. The spell brings to your mind a brief summary of the significant lore about the thing you named. The lore might consist of current
tales, forgotten stories, or even secret lore that has never been widely known. If the thing you named isn’t of legendary importance, you gain no information. The more information you already have about
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Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
granted will be to you new wonders that you’ve never laid eyes on before. By the same token, you’re a person of interest, for good or ill, to those around you almost anywhere you go.
have heard of the strange skyships the Halruaans sail, and a few know of the tales that even the least of their people can work magic.
Halruaans usually make their journeys into Faerûn for
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
flooded, drowning the house in brackish muck. Tales say the house’s residents struggled to escape the pit, but the farm’s owner—desperate to keep her family with her—dragged them back into the sinking
seed of its being. It also remembered the last living person Culley ever saw, his dear friend Kianna. Driven by instinct, shattered memories, and the discordant urges of dozens of tiny Undead, the soul shaker grew in power, then sought out its old friend.
classes
Basic Rules (2014)
set bards apart from their fellows.
Only rarely do bards settle in one place for long, and their natural desire to travel—to find new tales to tell, new skills to learn, and new discoveries
person, detect magic, healing word, and thunderwave.
The Bard Table
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Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
Ward introduces them to the five other group members and provides basic details about each person, described below. Each of these five individuals is initially Indifferent toward the characters. A
or an Intelligence (Nature) check to impress Zakia with knowledge about rare herbs or monsters. A person who is Friendly toward a character helps decipher clues in the song lyrics and imparts the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
What locations and circumstances shaped the Darklord’s adolescence? 5 What pushed the Darklord to continue committing heinous acts? 6 What person, place, or object does the Darklord desire most? 7 What
loved one. 6 Searches for an object or artifact. 7 Seeks vengeance against a person or ideal. 8 Struggles to cheat death. 9 Wants to be a hero—but one who is twisted to the extreme. 10 Wishes to be
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
warrior also has great devotion to a particular deity, that god can reward the faithful with a measure of divine power, making that person a paladin. Different paladin orders in the Forgotten Realms
Silverbeard, Arvoreen, and Mystra. Their devotion to a higher ideal makes paladins popular folk heroes in the Realms. Many tales are woven about noble knights and oath-sworn champions, although
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragons of Stormwreck Isle
sinister for the light of day. The roads and rivers of the Realms carry minstrels and peddlers, merchants and guards, soldiers and sailors. Bold adventurers follow tales of strange, glorious, faraway places
Hotenow. NUMBER OF PLAYERS
You can run Dragons of Stormwreck Isle for one to five players. If you have four or five friends ready to play with you, each person can take one of the characters provided
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
the Ghost Orchid Tepui. He can reveal any information from the “Legends of Atagua” section, but he insists that whistlers are folk tales to frighten children. He shares the following as he sets out an
offer for the characters: This Yarana person seems to think the macaw can lead the characters to the legendary Ghost Orchid Tepui. The Sugar Man wants the characters to undertake a mission for him if
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
Sea Spawn Many of the stories sung as sea shanties and passed on as tales in dockside taverns tell of people lost to the sea — but not merely drowned and gone. These unfortunates are taken by the
breathe in water as well. Tales provide myriad reasons for these strange transformations. “Be wary of falling in love with a sea elf or a merfolk,” some say. “Return to port before a storm, no matter how
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Horror Gameplay Just as you consider how you’ll tell your tales of terror, keep in mind what you can do to make the experience of playing the game more suspenseful. Horror Threats While horror
the affected players—before introducing this content. Without any explanation or debate, if a single person gives a thumbs down or doesn’t respond, this action shouldn’t be performed. Players may
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
person who misuses a wizard’s sigil — preposterous tales that were most likely started by wizards themselves. There is no set penalty for violating another mage’s signature sigil or using it without
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver
cities, and the vast wild places of the world. On the roads and rivers of the Realms travel minstrels and peddlers, merchants and guards, soldiers, sailors, and steel-hearted adventurers carrying tales
for above all else. A character’s bond represents a connection to a person, place, or event in the world — someone the character cares about, a place that holds a special connection, or a treasured
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
. Still, for the next few decades, the cult of Asmodeus struggled for acceptance. In the beliefs of the people of the North — which coincide with many tales told by dwarves, elves, and others — Asmodeus is
against a god in some way, a person prays to Asmodeus for something to provide respite during the long wait. Asmodeus is known to grant people what they wish, and thus people pray for all the delights
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
wounds, charm person, sleep
1/day each: calm emotions, lesser restoration, plant growth
Magic Resistance. The alseid has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects
. Yet, if tales of naiad-led galleys appearing amid the headwaters of mountain rivers are true, only the nymphs know for sure. Naiad
Medium fey
Armor Class 15 (natural armor)
Hit Points 31 (7d8
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
songs, and telling tales to the audiences they gather. In truth, the College of Whispers teaches its students that they are wolves among sheep. These bards use their knowledge and magic to uncover
shadow as an action. When you do so, it vanishes, magically transforming into a disguise that appears on you. You now look like the dead person, but healthy and alive. This disguise lasts for 1 hour
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
that takes on the appearance of the last person it fed on. 5 A wicker giant that animates during the new moon, punishing the unwary. 6 A mayor who behaves in archaic ways so villagers don’t enrage an
deity, driving them to ever bloodier sacrifices. Folk Horror Adventures In folk horror tales, characters often discover that their beliefs aren’t as universally held as they assumed—and provide no
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
’ secrets and the tales (and weaknesses) of Darklords, and she’s not above revealing them for a price. Madam Eva holds grudges and usually shares her secrets only with those who do her a favor first
, Remove Curse
1/Day Each: Greater Restoration, Raise Dead, Scrying, Spirit Guardians (level 8 version)
Bonus Actions
Evil Eye (2/Day). Madam Eva casts Hold Person, using the same spellcasting ability as Spellcasting.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
broadly accepted reality? Stories and Secrets. Are tales of other domains or settings treated as facts, lore known only to a few, legends, or nonsense? Is that true for all places beyond a domain’s borders
? The answers to these questions are the ones that inspire you and your players. Darklord Conflicts Each Domain of Dread is a reflection of and a prison for a Darklord. The tales and torments of those
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
described as “roiling heaps of tentacles,” Marthungrim returned here. His last entry describes his wounds getting worse. If the characters share the journal’s information with Gwyn, she recalls heroic tales
miners recently scouted the Sword Mountains about 15 miles southwest of Phandalin. One of the miners, a human named Verno Tharbun, returned with tales of a “walking shrub with strange powers” that lured
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
blood. Ezmerelda convinced him that she genuinely wanted to help him find his missing son, whereupon van Richten told her the saddest of tales. He had found his son, who had been transformed into a
, charm person, or hold person. If the target succeeds on the initial saving throw, Ezmerelda is blinded until the end of her next turn. Once a target succeeds on a saving throw against this effect, it is immune to the Evil Eye power of all Vistani for 24 hours.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
“Divine Magic” below). The work of a priest is to serve one’s deity and that deity’s faithful, a task that doesn’t necessarily require the use of magic. The kind of person attracted to a deity’s
prominent wall with a space nearby to burn a candle or some incense. Communing with the Gods Though many tales are told of times past when the gods appeared in physical form and walked the land
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
-adventurer parent, and when they were around, it was all about them and tales of slaying this demon or vanquishing that dragon. All too often, you’d be woken out of a sound sleep by someone standing
Bond
1 While my parent was out adventuring, a servant raised me, and I care about that person more than anyone.
2 I consider every member of my parent’s former adventuring party to be
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
injustice, defend innocents, and inspire hope. She believes everyone deserves a chance to write their own story on their own terms, and her deeds have inspired countless heroic tales. Even after so
their power doesn’t fall into corrupt hands; however, she’s only one person, and things slip her notice. Asteria might task the characters with locating a wayward deck and—if it’s in the hands of someone