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Sing the Deeds of Ancient Heroes
Bards of the College of Valor are daring storytellers whose tales preserve the memory of the great heroes of the past. These Bards sing the deeds of the mighty in
vaulted halls or to crowds gathered around great bonfires. They travel to witness great events firsthand and to ensure that the memory of these events doesn’t pass away. With their songs, they inspire new generations to reach the same heights of accomplishment as the heroes of old.
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Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
natural enemies of civilization in the North. They seek to preserve the arctic wilderness by destroying outsiders who cross their path. Each patrols its territory in the guise of an arctic fox, a mountain
Sickle. A frost druid can carve a sickle out of ice, requiring a total of 24 hours for the work. Bitter cold courses through this weapon while it’s in the druid’s hands. If the druid dies, the ice sickle melts away. The weapon is otherwise identical to a normal sickle.Cold
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Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
10 feet away.
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corrupted the world and to ensure that those powers never rose again. Strahd, Ulmed, and their companions hunted Fiends, Undead, Aberrations, and other supernatural threats and were tireless foes of cults
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
force of nature, dragging ships down to the ocean’s depths and washing away coastal settlements. When called forth, a leviathan arises from a large body of water and takes on the form of a
. Nihilistic cults have also been known to perform arduous rituals to summon a leviathan to a world, with the aim of using the creature to destroy coastal communities. Those cultists often consider it
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Curse of Strahd
all of his master's affairs and began searching for a woman who could tear Strahd away from Patrina Velikovna. In this task, he failed. His goal was fulfilled, however, when Sergei, Strahd's brother
von Zarovich, and I will serve his son—my brother and lord—forever.”
Flaw. “I have slain thousands of men. I will slaughter thousands more to preserve the von Zarovich legacy.”
Aarakocra
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Elemental Evil Player's Companion
away.
Once airborne, an aarakocra leaves the sky with reluctance. On their native plane, they can fly for days or months, landing only to lay their eggs and feed their young before launching themselves
ordinary birds. They are fastidious about their plumage, frequently tending their feathers, cleaning and scratching away any tiny passengers they might have picked up. When they deign to descend from the
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Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
that feeds on the blood of the living. It cackles maniacally when it catches the scent of its prey and quickly moves in for the kill, tearing away flesh with its claws, gorging on meat and blood, and
abate. Auril came upon the starving, half-frozen creature and flung Tekeli-li into an icy tomb deep within the glacier. In doing so, the Frostmaiden sought to preserve what the gnoll had become—the
Backgrounds
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
to draw your anger or ridicule. You can get away with minor criminal offenses, such as refusing to pay for food at a restaurant or breaking down a door at a local shop, if no legal authorities witness
Characteristics
Members of demonic cults aren’t generally known as the kindest or most mentally stable individuals, so you’re likely to have something in your nature that distinguishes you from the
Baphomet
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Out of the Abyss
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natures, for Baphomet envisions a world without restraint, where creatures live out their most savage desires.
Cults devoted to Baphomet use mazes and complex knots as their emblems, creating secret
Genasi
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of savage humanoids and weird cults in untamed lands. Others gain positions of great influence, especially where elemental beings are revered. A few genasi leave the Material Plane to find refuge in
chip away at even a genasi’s sense of self, so they constantly push themselves to improve, honing their talents and perfecting their craft.
Genasi Lands
As rare beings, genasi might go their
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Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
library, scriptorium, university, or a sage or other learned person or creature. Your DM might rule that the knowledge you seek is secreted away in an almost inaccessible place, or that it simply cannot
ancient text that holds terrible secrets that must not fall into the wrong hands.
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I work to preserve a library, university, scriptorium, or monastery.
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My life’s work is a series of
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Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
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want to break the confines of civility and unleash their bestial natures, for Baphomet envisions a world without restraint, where creatures live out their most bloodthirsty desires.
Cults devoted to
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Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
one that you’re perfectly willing to use for your advantage.
You know what people want and you deliver, or rather, you promise to deliver. Common sense should steer people away from things that
resist taking a risk if there’s money involved.
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I can’t resist swindling people who are more powerful than me.
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I hate to admit it and will hate myself for it, but I’ll run and preserve my own hide if the going gets tough.
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Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
remnant of celestial matter imbued with life-giving magic. The collision released a storm of chaotic energy and sent countless islands spinning away into the void. Within some of them, bits of the god&rsquo
fragments that make up the island’s core are also located. Sections of the lair and its center might be kept dry to better protect and preserve collected objects and creatures, but most of the lair
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at the head of the cults established among human villages by the deep ones. Careful to avoid calling too much attention to their true aims, these cults ultimately serve Cthulhu but few in their ranks
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humanoids into such cults to
better control them.
Strange Scientists. The mi-go are inquisitive and intelligent, leading them to approach the world with a scientific mindset. They dispatch their
;The mi-go confers with a human brain it has sealed away in a jar. The specimen is specifically chosen for the knowledge it can provide to the mi-go, allowing it to adapt to a variety of situations. The
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great numbers, tapping into the magic of this Mythos entity to multiply and thrive.
Twisted Promises. Cults of Shub-Niggurath begin innocently enough. A village deep in a primal forest, or a group
rely on culling the weak among their own numbers. The community seeks outsiders. Brutal and vicious cults rely on raids, but more cunning ones lure strangers to their lands with promises of food and
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cosmos. In this bizarre time, they existed in an uneasy truce with other, strange creatures of the Cthulhu Mythos. Eventually, they were among the creatures swept away by the arrival of the dreaded flying
.
Insidious Infiltration. Yithian cults provide advice and guidance to their masters, helping them determine the best folk to replace with migrating Yithians. By displacing nobles, religious leaders
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cults that summoned them have vanished while others slumber in sealed vaults or ceremonial chambers waiting patiently for curious or ambitious fools to free them.
Dangerous Allies. Shoggoths grow more
this knowledge and become as cunning as they are strong. In time, a shoggoth may overthrow its master and become the new leader of a cult. A shoggoth locked away on its own slowly loses its intelligence
Sage
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can obtain it. Usually, this information comes from a library, scriptorium, university, or a sage or other learned person or creature. Your DM might rule that the knowledge you seek is secreted away in
work to preserve a library, university, scriptorium, or monastery.
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My life’s work is a series of tomes related to a specific field of lore.
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I’ve been searching my whole
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armies beneath their shifting, iridescent mass. Shoggoths are effectively immortal. Some continue their labors in ruins or dungeons long after the cults that summoned them have vanished while others
. In time, a shoggoth may overthrow its master and become the new leader of a cult. A shoggoth locked away on its own slowly loses its intelligence, but it regains it over the course of 1d6 days once
Charlatan
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, you promise to deliver. Common sense should steer people away from things that sound too good to be true, but common sense seems to be in short supply when you’re around. The bottle of pink
there’s money involved.
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I can’t resist swindling people who are more powerful than me.
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I hate to admit it and will hate myself for it, but I’ll run and preserve my own hide if the going gets tough.
Yuan-ti Pureblood
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
common apes. Although some purebloods are able to reproduce with humans, most are disgusted by the idea and would do so only if seduction is necessary for a pureblood to preserve a role as a confidant or
territory to their former minions. The yuan-ti crawled away and hid in a matter of weeks, all but disappearing from the world. Yuan-ti structures throughout the land were torn down to celebrate liberation
Compendium
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, 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
Silmerhelves for generations. Reason to Visit. Helvenblade House offers a respite from the machinations of the elemental cults, and the “family ghost” could prove an unusual but potent ally.
Druid
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point where they prefer animal form to their natural form.
Preserve the Balance
For druids, nature exists in a precarious balance. The four elements that make up a world—air, earth, fire, and
elements. Thus, druids oppose cults of Elemental Evil and others who promote one element to the exclusion of others.
Druids are also concerned with the delicate ecological balance that sustains plant
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, 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
Silmerhelves for generations. Reason to Visit. Helvenblade House offers a respite from the machinations of the elemental cults, and the “family ghost” could prove an unusual but potent ally.
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Preserve the Balance For druids, nature exists in a precarious balance. The four elements that make up a world — air, earth, fire, and water — must remain in equilibrium. If one element were to gain
power over the others, the world could be destroyed, drawn into one of the elemental planes and broken apart into its component elements. Thus, druids oppose cults of Elemental Evil and others who
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
Preserve the Balance For druids, nature exists in a precarious balance. The four elements that make up a world — air, earth, fire, and water — must remain in equilibrium. If one element were to gain
power over the others, the world could be destroyed, drawn into one of the elemental planes and broken apart into its component elements. Thus, druids oppose cults of Elemental Evil and others who
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
Preserve the Balance For druids, nature exists in a precarious balance. The four elements that make up a world — air, earth, fire, and water — must remain in equilibrium. If one element were to gain
power over the others, the world could be destroyed, drawn into one of the elemental planes and broken apart into its component elements. Thus, druids oppose cults of Elemental Evil and others who
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
Preserve the Balance For druids, nature exists in a precarious balance. The four elements that make up a world — air, earth, fire, and water — must remain in equilibrium. If one element were to gain
power over the others, the world could be destroyed, drawn into one of the elemental planes and broken apart into its component elements. Thus, druids oppose cults of Elemental Evil and others who
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Dungeons Some dungeons are old strongholds abandoned by the folk who built them. Others are natural caves or weird lairs carved out by foul monsters. They attract evil cults, monster tribes, and
reclusive creatures. Dungeons are also home to ancient treasures: coins, gems, magic items, and other valuables hidden away in the darkness, often guarded by traps or jealously kept by the monsters that have collected them.
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Dungeons Some dungeons are old strongholds abandoned by the folk who built them. Others are natural caves or weird lairs carved out by foul monsters. They attract evil cults, monster tribes, and
reclusive creatures. Dungeons are also home to ancient treasures: coins, gems, magic items, and other valuables hidden away in the darkness, often guarded by traps or jealously kept by the monsters that have collected them.
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good until the elemental prophets and their cults are defeated, but that doesn’t mean these secondary events can be allowed to fester. Characters might conclude that some of these problems are so dire
that they must be dealt with immediately, even if that means diverting attention away from their campaign against Elemental Evil.
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good until the elemental prophets and their cults are defeated, but that doesn’t mean these secondary events can be allowed to fester. Characters might conclude that some of these problems are so dire
that they must be dealt with immediately, even if that means diverting attention away from their campaign against Elemental Evil.
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her. She says, “Those I allowed to went away disappointed. Well, disappointed once the terror wore off, I imagine.” The cults are led by self-styled prophets and are using the Haunted Keeps as their
adventurers any lore you wish. She knows only the basics of what the elemental cults are planning, but she’d like to know more. She’s willing to trade information to get it. The exchange of information can