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Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
into the eyes of the stunned onlookers. She smiled behind her spirit veil, counting the blades arrayed against her.
“But forty will.”
Elven culture began on the distant continent of Xen
particular rival who channels the same ancestor, or one who channels a rival of your ancestor?
It’s also important to think about why you are traveling with a group of player characters
Species
Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
into the eyes of the stunned onlookers. She smiled behind her spirit veil, counting the blades arrayed against her.
“But forty will.”
Elven culture began on the distant continent of Xen
particular rival who channels the same ancestor, or one who channels a rival of your ancestor?
It’s also important to think about why you are traveling with a group of player characters
Backgrounds
Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
abandoned the soft ways of civilization.
BARBARIAN TRIBES OF FAERÛN
Though this section details the Uthgardt specifically, either it or the outlander background from the Player
culture (perhaps even Uthgar himself). Your ideal is a personal choice that probably hews closely to the ethos of your people and certainly doesn’t contradict or compromise what being an
Species
Acquisitions Incorporated
steeped in a culture, the verdan remain on the lookout for oppression and curtailment of freedoms. They understand the need for laws that protect, but they rail against laws that restrict and oppress
When a verdan character gains an ability score improvement at certain levels, that increase can be tied to a physical mutation at the player’s determination. A boost to Strength might be
races
, halflings lack the ambition for nation building. Their humble shires easily adapted to becoming breadbaskets for human-made empires and kingdoms. Halflings also fit into human culture perfectly by
acquiring useful positions such as merchants, advisors, teachers, or scholars. Even though the halflings did not agree with the violent ways of humans, they kept their silence and ensured their survival
races
culture and are often entirely unique unto themselves. One player might create an accursed character taking the form of a halfling-sized talking raven who hatched from a petrified basilisk egg during a
full moon. In all the world, there is no one else quite like them, and the combination of heritage traits chosen by the player of that accursed character reflects as such. Another player might choose
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
Legends of Yongjing Countless stories recount the country’s illustrious beginnings, when a great dragon, one of three majestic siblings, descended from the heavens to establish the culture that would
the story goes, three of her advisors came forward with three different plans for war, but the exiled dwarf empress instead called for a sumptuous bed to be made for her. She then took a nap until
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Aftermath of the Last War There’s a popular saying in Taer Valaestas: “The shadow of war hangs long over Valenar.” War defines Valenar culture. The Treaty of Thronehold recognized Valenar as a
Valenar are rarely cruel overlords. As long as a village can meet its quotas, the elves leave it alone, though villages that fall below expectations are more likely to receive assistance from druidic advisors than punishment.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
Legends of Yongjing Countless stories recount the country’s illustrious beginnings, when a great dragon, one of three majestic siblings, descended from the heavens to establish the culture that would
the story goes, three of her advisors came forward with three different plans for war, but the exiled dwarf empress instead called for a sumptuous bed to be made for her. She then took a nap until
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Aftermath of the Last War There’s a popular saying in Taer Valaestas: “The shadow of war hangs long over Valenar.” War defines Valenar culture. The Treaty of Thronehold recognized Valenar as a
Valenar are rarely cruel overlords. As long as a village can meet its quotas, the elves leave it alone, though villages that fall below expectations are more likely to receive assistance from druidic advisors than punishment.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
and loss, or as an antihero, a monstrous character gives a player a chance to take on an unusual challenge in the campaign. Before allowing monstrous characters in your campaign, consider the following
challenge of taking on an outcast, but don’t set up one expectation and deliver another. You can establish a monstrous creature as just another culture in your campaign, one that has alliances and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
and loss, or as an antihero, a monstrous character gives a player a chance to take on an unusual challenge in the campaign. Before allowing monstrous characters in your campaign, consider the following
challenge of taking on an outcast, but don’t set up one expectation and deliver another. You can establish a monstrous creature as just another culture in your campaign, one that has alliances and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
to make life easier for both kinds of people, whether you’re naming a player character, a nonplayer character, a monster, or even a place. Each table contains names that are associated with a nonhuman
have a dwarven name. Or, as DM, you might decide that dragonborn in your campaign have a culture reminiscent of ancient Rome and therefore use Roman names, rather than the dragonborn names suggested here.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
own personalized base of operations, and a way to introduce Acquisitions Incorporated’s specific sense of farcical corporate culture, questionable morality, and unfolding narrative to your own game
. Within the world of Acquisitions Incorporated, the franchise is the center of brand expansion throughout the world of Faerûn and beyond, even as it provides a new set of tools for player expression and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
to make life easier for both kinds of people, whether you’re naming a player character, a nonplayer character, a monster, or even a place. Each table contains names that are associated with a nonhuman
have a dwarven name. Or, as DM, you might decide that dragonborn in your campaign have a culture reminiscent of ancient Rome and therefore use Roman names, rather than the dragonborn names suggested here.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
own personalized base of operations, and a way to introduce Acquisitions Incorporated’s specific sense of farcical corporate culture, questionable morality, and unfolding narrative to your own game
. Within the world of Acquisitions Incorporated, the franchise is the center of brand expansion throughout the world of Faerûn and beyond, even as it provides a new set of tools for player expression and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
1. Choose a Race Every character belongs to a race, one of the many intelligent humanoid species in the D&D world. The most common player character races are dwarves, elves, halflings, and humans
important way, by establishing a general appearance and the natural talents gained from culture and ancestry. Your character’s race grants particular racial traits, such as special senses, proficiency
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
1. Choose a Race Every character belongs to a race, one of the many intelligent humanoid species in the D&D world. The most common player character races are dwarves, elves, halflings, and humans
important way, by establishing a general appearance and the natural talents gained from culture and ancestry. Your character’s race grants particular racial traits, such as special senses, proficiency
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
1. Choose a Race Every character belongs to a race, one of the many intelligent humanoid species in the D&D world. The most common player character races are dwarves, elves, halflings, and humans
about these races. The race you choose contributes to your character’s identity in an important way, by establishing a general appearance and the natural talents gained from culture and ancestry. Your
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
1. Choose a Race Every character belongs to a race, one of the many intelligent humanoid species in the D&D world. The most common player character races are dwarves, elves, halflings, and humans
about these races. The race you choose contributes to your character’s identity in an important way, by establishing a general appearance and the natural talents gained from culture and ancestry. Your
compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Grim Hollow: Player’s Guide
Chapter 2: Classes & Subclasses Anastasia Fedorova Adventurers specialize in their abilities and outlooks based on the culture in which they train and advance. Characters in the world of Etharis are
adventurers can be varied; however, one cannot deny that delving into the darkness to find strength often comes at a steep and sometimes fatal cost. As you play with these new player options, reflect on
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
place. Relate to the players any information appropriate to the polis and its culture from chapter 3. Additionally, while they make preparations, the characters hear one of the tales from the Polis
encounters occur along the way—probably on the first and second days of the trip. The journey should also provide the characters with ample time to get to know one another. Encourage each player to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
place. Relate to the players any information appropriate to the polis and its culture from chapter 3. Additionally, while they make preparations, the characters hear one of the tales from the Polis
encounters occur along the way—probably on the first and second days of the trip. The journey should also provide the characters with ample time to get to know one another. Encourage each player to
compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Grim Hollow: Player’s Guide
feeling different than the Dwarves known to most characters in the world.
However, when a player builds an Accursed character, there is no norm for that character to relate to. Accursed characters are
wholly unique and alone, disconnected from any of the culture or history that gives even the rare heritages and the other eldritch heritages a common baseline defining their place in the world
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
personalities, shape-shifted dragons can easily end up in positions of leadership—either overtly as mayors, high priests, the heads of knightly orders, or crime bosses or behind the scenes as advisors
questions about Humanoid art, culture, history, and politics.
Of course, years of careful scheming can be quickly unraveled if a shape-shifted dragon’s true nature is discovered. As a result, such
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
personalities, shape-shifted dragons can easily end up in positions of leadership—either overtly as mayors, high priests, the heads of knightly orders, or crime bosses or behind the scenes as advisors
questions about Humanoid art, culture, history, and politics.
Of course, years of careful scheming can be quickly unraveled if a shape-shifted dragon’s true nature is discovered. As a result, such
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
firmly in the world by associating the class with a particular race or culture. For example, you might decide that bards, sorcerers, warlocks, and wizards represent the magical traditions of four
associated with different races or cultures. You decide how flexible you want to be in allowing a player character to break these restrictions. Can a half-elf live among the elves and study their bardic
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
everything a player needs to create Eberron characters in the fourth edition of the Dungeons & Dragons Roleplaying Game. Explorer’s Handbook (3.5E): This book gives players everything they need to
important locations, events, organizations, races, and features of the Eberron campaign setting, this gives a sense of what a player character might know about the world, while providing additional character
compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Grim Hollow: Player’s Guide
own unique kingdom or culture. The natural resources of Abendland’s fertile woods made them a mercantile kingdom of great wealth and influence. Magic and philosophy defined the complex cultures of
the empire’s many troubles. Once the young Emperor Odalric I grew into his station, the Säullan Council began serving as close advisors and soon superseded the Hearthkeepers as the emperor’s most
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
firmly in the world by associating the class with a particular race or culture. For example, you might decide that bards, sorcerers, warlocks, and wizards represent the magical traditions of four
associated with different races or cultures. You decide how flexible you want to be in allowing a player character to break these restrictions. Can a half-elf live among the elves and study their bardic
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
everything a player needs to create Eberron characters in the fourth edition of the Dungeons & Dragons Roleplaying Game. Explorer’s Handbook (3.5E): This book gives players everything they need to
important locations, events, organizations, races, and features of the Eberron campaign setting, this gives a sense of what a player character might know about the world, while providing additional character
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
gold or other valuables, and the priests could act as financial advisors and executors of estates, since wealth and death go hand in hand in Theros. At night, the restless dead might walk through the
valuable treasures entrusted to the temple’s care are buried in this spot. Map 4.3: Graveyard View Player Version Graveyard Temple Villains Graveyard temple villains include those seeking to control
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
gold or other valuables, and the priests could act as financial advisors and executors of estates, since wealth and death go hand in hand in Theros. At night, the restless dead might walk through the
valuable treasures entrusted to the temple’s care are buried in this spot. Map 4.3: Graveyard View Player Version Graveyard Temple Villains Graveyard temple villains include those seeking to control
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
characters in fiction or film. Treat characters as real people with real motivations. Put yourself in their shoes. What would you do? Show how multiple people from the same culture are different. Feature
chapter 1 during play. If there’s an opportunity for a character to gain one of these options, ask that character’s player if they’d be comfortable with such an adjustment before imposing it. If the player
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
characters in fiction or film. Treat characters as real people with real motivations. Put yourself in their shoes. What would you do? Show how multiple people from the same culture are different. Feature
chapter 1 during play. If there’s an opportunity for a character to gain one of these options, ask that character’s player if they’d be comfortable with such an adjustment before imposing it. If the player