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Returning 28 results for 'schools of rather disaster verdan'.
Species
Acquisitions Incorporated
The verdan owe their existence to chaos. Descended and transformed from a large clan of goblins and hobgoblins, those who became the verdan were simply living their lives, doing goblinoid things. But
then passing through the shadow of That-Which-Endures changed them forever. Now the newest race to call Faerûn home, the verdan do their best to find their way in an unfamiliar world
classes
Xanathar's Guide to Everything
A variety of arcane colleges specialize in training wizards for war. The tradition of War Magic blends principles of evocation and abjuration, rather than specializing in either of those schools. It
classes
Xanathar's Guide to Everything
A variety of arcane colleges specialize in training wizards for war. The tradition of War Magic blends principles of evocation and abjuration, rather than specializing in either of those schools. It
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
. Reality is a descent into chaos punctuated by brief flashes of order, whence we arose and so imagine it to be the norm rather than a distant outlier. That-Which-Endures held entropy back for a mere instant, and the Verdan emerged. I’m sorry, was that the question?
— K’thriss Drow’b
New Race: Verdan The verdan owe their existence to chaos. Descended and transformed from a large clan of goblins and hobgoblins, those who became the verdan were simply living their lives, doing
Firbolg
Legacy
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Species
Volo's Guide to Monsters
the group’s needs, but the effect each action will have on the forest and the rest of the natural world. Firbolg tribes would rather go hungry than strain the land during a famine.
Hidden
Shepherds
As caretakers of the land, firbolgs prefer to remain out of sight and out of mind. They don’t try to dominate nature, but rather seek to ensure that it prospers and survives according to its
Goliath
Legacy
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Species
Elemental Evil Player's Companion
much on them can grow complacent, a recipe for disaster in the mountains.
This trait manifests most strongly when goliaths interact with other folk. The relationship between peasants and nobles puzzles
away in the night to seek the cold will of fate.
In some ways, the goliath drive to outdo themselves feeds into the grim inevitability of their decline and death. A goliath would much rather die in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
the spell’s power; rather, the particular combination of sounds, with specific pitch and resonance, sets the threads of magic in motion. Thus, a character who is gagged or in an area of silence, such
perform somatic components. THE SCHOOLS OF MAGIC
Academies of magic group spells into eight categories called schools of magic. Scholars, particularly wizards, apply these categories to all spells
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation Supplement
; consequently, he knows nothing about its current inhabitants. Mudgraw’s only visit to Omu, three years ago, ended in disaster. He and a company of human treasure-hunters from the city of Athkatla were
and prefers not to speak of it. One of his favorite new sayings is, “Life is a maze.” Mudgraw uses it whenever he’s vexed or when he has information he’d rather not divulge. Mudgraw is 44 years old
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
. Holy sites dedicated to Milil are often found in performance venues and schools of music. Whether the site is a vast concert hall or a small choral chamber, it must have excellent acoustic qualities
hand (Deneir); rather, it stems from the fact that left-handedness is more often associated with great artistic ability and the belief that the greatest art comes from the acceptance of truth.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
don’t reveal themselves to those not of their kind. Rather, they infiltrate Keeper societies as reclusive members, traveling experts, or foreign scholars. Some Keepers also tell of sightings or
visitations involving giant raven-like beings that appear, speak some prophecy or deliver some message, then vanish, often presaging either wonder or disaster. The wereravens take little issue with these
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
High Deck The cards that compose the high deck aren’t considered to be one suit, although they are often denoted with a crown icon to mark their importance. Rather, each card is an important power in
Horseman Death; disaster in the form of the loss of wealth or property, a horrible defeat, or the end of a bloodline Innocent A being of great importance whose life is in danger (who might be helpless or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
campaigns to overturn it. Rather, her champions’ work often serves her immediate interests or embodies her ire about some recent slight. The Thassa’s Quests table suggests a few adventures the god’s
discovering ancient knowledge. The campaign might begin with Thassa warning the characters about an impending attack or disaster involving a seaside community, leaving them to convince others and organize a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
or roll on the World-Shaking Events table. World-Shaking Events d10 Event 1 Rise of a leader or an era 2 Fall of a leader or an era 3 Cataclysmic disaster 4 Assault or invasion 5 Rebellion
leader’s shoes in the resulting power vacuum. Name one person or group that plotted against this leader. Name three things for which this leader will be remembered. 3. Cataclysmic Disaster Earthquake
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Forge of the Artificer
The Draconic Prophecy The language of the Draconic Prophecy is richly symbolic and largely conditional. Rather than laying out a predetermined series of events, it explores causation and consequences
heart) being turned to creative pursuits after years of violence in the Last War. “When towers rise from rubble.” These words could be a general reference to buildings rebuilt after a disaster, or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
the city a green cast. Despite its arboreal architecture, Silverymoon is very much civilized, boasting schools of music and magic, a great library, bardic instruction, and temples or shrines to
thing to come to Silverymoon seeking knowledge of one subject, and find oneself so enraptured by the study that it takes a lifetime to accomplish — or to realize that it was the study, rather than
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
Strength check. A living blade of disaster is a powerful, annihilating spell given a will of its own. Y19k. Dome The following boxed text assumes that the characters arrive by moving up the shaft from
is glowing, the wall of force can’t be dispelled. Two living blades of disaster (see appendix C) guard the double door that blocks the way to area Y19l. The blades attack intruders that move in range
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
chamber that holds worn picks, rusty shovels, and two hand carts filled with debris and rags.
The tools were left behind by the workers in the wake of the disaster. Characters who look up see scores of
spontaneously manifested rather than being dug out, there are no scratch marks or signs of excavation on the walls, floor, or ceiling here. The moss muffles all sound, causing a lack of echoes and creating a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
closer to their goal. Rangers who have encountered halflings or lived among them know of this effect, and they learn to trust their other senses and their instincts rather than relying on sight. A typical
its community behind for a number of reasons. A clan that is forced to relocate (perhaps because of invading creatures or a natural disaster) might decide to seek refuge or opportunity in a city or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
in the “Silent Sound Lighthouse” section below. But before the characters have a chance to explore, they find themselves distracted by disaster on the approach to the lighthouse. Like all living
some sort of magic is in play, because it isn’t just the case that the light is out. Rather, it appears to radiate some kind of dark energy. Moreover, she’s heard that sightings of spectral figures
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
potential defeat of a Darklord? Or would you rather keep a Darklord in the background and focus on other stories? Darklord Downfalls. Can a Darklord be defeated, or are they an enduring and recurring threat
the following questions: Collective Misfortune. Do the characters gather to mourn the death of a loved one? Does fate bring them together as the survivors of a disaster, such as a shipwreck or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
lieutenants—which might include younger dragons or half-dragons related to the boss—might hold responsibility over particular segments of the criminal enterprise. Emperor Rather than existing on the
passing their knowledge on to other creatures. Such dragons might establish schools or monasteries, take on individual students or groups of disciples, or pose as Humanoid scholars to teach in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
control of schools, priests give worship to their god’s foes, and any who wish to may participate in a guild’s trade. Pranks are played by and on many, from simple tricks to those requiring elaborate
inspires misfortune rather than avoiding it. For fear of catching the bad luck of cynics, citizens do their best to avoid talking to anyone known to not have played along, or dealing with them in any way
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
visitors might bring with them. Few seek the church’s services on their own. Rather, most who come to dwell at the church either have a room rented for them by concerned family or receive a somewhat
the south came sailing into Gray Harbor. Rather than opening their doors to the foreigners, the people of Baldur’s Gate quickly hustled them out of the city, forcing them out the Basilisk Gate in the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer
extol the virtues of meditation and whatever calm faiths visitors might bring with them. Few seek the church’s services on their own. Rather, most who come to dwell at the church either have a room
Generations ago, a fleet of Calishite refugees fleeing war in the south came sailing into Gray Harbor. Rather than opening their doors to the foreigners, the people of Baldur’s Gate quickly hustled them
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
north and east of the North Wall mountains bordering Halruaa, Elfharrow isn’t a name bestowed by its residents, but rather the sobriquet that travelers use for this violent region. The tribes of
Spellplague to a great inundation of the sea. In the century since that great disaster, the waters receded, and now stories told by travelers from the south tell of halfling communities that survived as
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
townsfolk consider him a magnet for disaster. He lives surrounded by trophies of his past adventures, and rarely emerges from his estate. He never condescends to protect the town or use his wealth to aid
as Gwaeron Windstrom. The oni cleans up after itself, leaving little evidence of its victims behind. This “tidiness” has led others to believe that sometimes Gwaeron, rather than sending prophetic
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
tunnels beneath the warehouse were dug as smugglers’ byways. Later, worshipers of That-Which-Endures (see the sidebar in the “New Race: Verdan” section in chapter 3) excavated chambers beneath the ground
. The traps were set up to scare people away rather than kill them. Mostly. When the characters enter this area, read: As the passage runs east, it widens to thirty feet for the next ninety feet. At the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
Wedding Itinerary The Wedding Itinerary table provides an overview of the day’s events, which are part of your recipe for hilarity and disaster. At the appointed times, guests move from one location
, several NPCs have secrets triggered by events rather than a specific time. For example, you would provide Tannus’s player with the groom’s secret if at any time Tannus is about to swing a weapon to