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Thayan Spell Tattoo

Magic Items Forgotten Realms: Heroes of Faerûn

, Thayan Spell Tattoos can’t be crafted like other magic items. To learn how to ink Thayan Spell Tattoos, you must have a Renown Score of 50+ with the Red Wizards. To ink a Thayan Spell Tattoo, you

Guild Signet

Magic Items Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica

awarded to a guild member whose renown score in that guild is 5 or higher, as a reward for performing special services for the guild. Aside from its magical properties, the ring is also an indicator of the

Variant Feral Tiefling

Species Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide

Since not all tieflings are of the blood of Asmodeus, some have traits that differ from those in the Player’s Handbook. The Dungeon Master may permit the following variants for your

tiefling character, although Devil’s Tongue, Hellfire, and Winged are mutually exclusive. Feral. Your Intelligence score increases by 1, and your Dexterity score increases by 2. This trait

Gaining Renown

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

Gaining Renown At your discretion, a character or party can increase their renown in the following ways: Completing Missions. Advancing a group’s interests increases a character’s Renown Score within

that group by 1. Completing a mission specifically assigned by that group or that directly benefits the group increases the character’s Renown Score by 2. Hugely significant quests might grant Renown

Level-Based Renown

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

Level-Based Renown If you want to use the benefits of renown without tracking Renown Scores, you can use a character’s level as a shorthand for the character’s Renown Score with a group, assuming the

character has worked with or for that group for most of the character’s career. The Level-Based Renown table shows equivalencies between Renown Score and character level. Level-Based Renown Renown Score Character Level 1 1 3 3 10 5 25 11 50 17

Benefits of Renown

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

Benefits of Renown Use these guidelines when determining the benefits of increasing renown. Recognition A character who has a Renown Score of 3+ with a group is a respected member of that group

as they improve their Renown Scores. Other groups have positions of honor that characters can apply for if their Renown Score is high enough. Characters can earn promotions as their Renown Scores

Renown

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

or party’s Renown Score starts at 0, then increases as characters earn favor and reputation with respect to the group. You can tie benefits to a character’s renown, including ranks, titles, and access

to resources. Players track renown separately for each group their characters are associated with. For example, an adventurer might have a Renown Score of 5 with one faction and a Renown Score of 20

Bard

classes Basic Rules (2014)

experience earns renown among other bards. Indeed, after telling so many stories about heroes accomplishing mighty deeds, many bards take these themes to heart and assume heroic roles themselves

highest ability score, followed by Dexterity. Second, choose the entertainer background. Third, choose the dancing lights and vicious mockery cantrips, along with the following 1st-level spells: charm

Renown in Kalakeri

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ravenloft: The Horrors Within

Score with that group increases by 1, but their Renown Score with the other group decreases by 1 (to a minimum of 0). After the first time characters gain renown with either faction, any faction the

characters have a Renown Score of 0 with treat the characters as follows: Loyalist Faction. Members of this faction are Hostile toward the characters. The faction sends troops of Wights or other Undead

Losing Renown

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

loss of renown and rank within the organization. The extent of the loss depends on the infraction and is left to your discretion. A character’s Renown Score with a group can never drop below 0.

Losing Renown Disagreements with members of a group aren’t enough to cause a loss of renown within that group. However, serious offenses committed against the group or its members can result in a

Dragonmarked House Renown

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Forge of the Artificer

houses and the characters join one, track each character’s Renown Score with their house. A character’s background and feats can increase their Renown Scores: House Agent. The House Agent background grants

a starting Renown Score of 3 with a character’s house. House Heir. A house heir background (such as House Cannith Heir) grants a starting Renown Score of 5 with a character’s house. Dragonmark

Dragonmark Outpost

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Forge of the Artificer

of your dragonmarked house. The hireling is a house agent and serves as a liaison between you and your superiors in the house. When you add this facility to your Bastion, your Renown Score with your

dragonmarked house. You can use any benefit of your house that your Renown Score affords you (as described in chapter 5), and this favor doesn’t count against the total number of favors available to you. Once you use this feature, you can’t use it again until your Renown Score with your house increases.

Renown in Kalakeri

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

Kalakeri’s two factions. Every character begins with 0 renown score with each faction. Characters gain or lose points as they act against or in the service of either faction. As they do so, their standing

with the factions changes, granting them access to favors or provoking reprisals. Characters adjust their renown score once per adventure, and rarely by more than 5 points. The Renown in Kalakeri table

Guild Membership

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica

right hand of the guildmaster — or even becoming the master yourself! Your status in your guild is measured by your renown score. As you increase that score, you gain the opportunity to advance in the

ranks of the guild. When you join a guild as a starting character, your renown score with that guild is 1. Your renown score increases by 1 when you do something to advance the guild’s interests

Loyalists of Kalakeri

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

threshold at which they’ll be entertained are detailed on the Loyalist Benefits table—along with how the request adjusts the character’s renown score with the faction, if applicable. Ramya treats those with

a renown score of 25 or higher as trusted advisors and reveals her undead nature to them. Loyalist Benefits Renown Threshold Request Renown Adjustment 1 Moving unimpeded through loyalist

Cult Rites

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ravenloft: The Horrors Within

this deed can be gained only once per week. Cult Dark Gifts Characters who have a Renown Score of 10+ with an Innsmouth cult are honored as the chosen of the cult’s patron. They are urged to take part

Cult Rites The cults of Innsmouth seek initiates to aid in their unfathomable works. Those who prove themselves reliable devotees gain access to the transformative power of strange gods. Cult Renown

Guild Keyrune

Magic Items Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica

access to privileged places in its guild’s headquarters and outposts. At the DM’s discretion, a character might be given a keyrune upon attaining a renown score of 25 in their guild

Lone Faithful

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

lady of fortune” (Tymora) — an indication, tieflings say, that one’s outward appearance and bloodline are less important to the gods than the heart and soul within. TIEFLING VARIANTS Since not all

tieflings are of the blood of Asmodeus, some have traits that differ from those in the Player’s Handbook. The Dungeon Master may permit the following variants for your tiefling character, although

Vampire Familiar

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual

Vampire Familiar Vampire familiars are living people who serve vampires, either willingly or due to coercion by their deathless masters. They channel deathly energy through their weapons

AC 15 Initiative +5 (15) HP 65 (10d8 + 20) Speed 30 ft., Climb 30 ft. Ability Score Mod Save Str 17 +3 +3 Dex 16 +3 +5 Con 15 +2 +2 Ability Score Mod Save

Orcus

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

Orcus Ability Score Adjustment: Up to a +4 bonus to Intelligence, Wisdom, or both Signature Spells: False life (1st level), ray of enfeeblement (2nd level), animate dead (3rd level) In most cases

immediately makes a DC 10 Constitution saving throw. If it succeeds, it is instead reduced to 1 hit point. Aura of Death. This creature emanates a deathly aura that extends 30 feet in every direction from

Banshee

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual

Banshee Medium Undead, Chaotic Evil AC 12 Initiative +2 (12) HP 54 (12d8) Speed 5 ft., Fly 40 ft. (hover) Ability Score Mod Save Str 1 −5 −5 Dex 14 +2 +2 Con 10

+0 +0 Ability Score Mod Save Int 12 +1 +1 Wis 11 +0 +2 Cha 17 +3 +3 Resistances Acid, Bludgeoning, Fire, Lightning, Piercing, Slashing, Thunder Immunities Cold

Types of Cultists

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual

or Small Humanoid, Neutral Evil AC 14 Initiative +7 (17) HP 137 (25d8 + 25) Speed 30 ft. Ability Score Mod Save Str 10 +0 +0 Dex 19 +4 +4 Con 12 +1 +1 Ability

Score Mod Save Int 16 +3 +6 Wis 18 +4 +7 Cha 15 +2 +2 Skills Arcana +6, Perception +7, Religion +6 Senses Darkvision 90 ft.; Passive Perception 17 Languages Common

Harpers

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

find Maxeene, a draft horse with an Intelligence score of 10, with a successful DC 13 Intelligence (Investigation) check. Maxeene speaks Common, and characters must try to convince her that they’re

the appearances of Davil Starsong and Yagra Stonefist. Reward: Each Harper character gains 1 renown. 3rd “Uza Solizeph is an old woman who sells books out of a narrow three-story building on Sorn

Bregan D'aerthe

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

. Characters who have a passive Wisdom (Perception) score of 18 or higher see fleeting glimpses of the drow spies over a period of several days and can, with a successful DC 15 Wisdom (Insight) check

characters for the hanky. Reward: Each Bregan D’aerthe character gains 1 renown. 3rd “This mission is so easy, a gang of street urchins could pull it off. I want you to deliver an exposé to Gaxly

Monsters (L)

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules

Monsters (L) Lamia Large Fiend, Chaotic Evil AC 13 Initiative +1 (11) HP 97 (13d10 + 26) Speed 40 ft. Ability Score Mod Save Str 16 +3 +3 Dex 13 +1 +1 Con 15 +2 +2

Ability Score Mod Save Int 14 +2 +2 Wis 15 +2 +2 Cha 16 +3 +3 Skills Deception +7, Insight +4, Stealth +5 Senses Darkvision 60 ft.; Passive Perception 12

Getting to the Lair

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

includes at least one Bregan D’aerthe member with renown of 4 or more in the faction, four male drow are waiting for the party at the top of the staircase. Their names are Arannis Nur’zekk, Beldar

adventurers, but he knows a secret that could be helpful: Thorvin Twinbeard, Xanathar’s chief engineer, is a Harper informant. Mirt shares this secret with any character who has renown of 4 or higher in the

Lich Lairs

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual

gains a new body (see its Spirit Jar trait). Lich Medium Undead (Wizard), Neutral Evil AC 20 Initiative +17 (27) HP 315 (42d8 + 126) Speed 30 ft. Ability Score Mod Save Str 11 +0

+0 Dex 16 +3 +10 Con 16 +3 +10 Ability Score Mod Save Int 21 +5 +12 Wis 14 +2 +9 Cha 16 +3 +3 Skills Arcana +19, History +12, Insight +9, Perception

Initiative Variants

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)

Initiative Variants This section offers different ways to handle initiative. Initiative Score With this optional rule, creature don’t roll initiative at the start of combat. Instead, each creature

has an initiative score, which is a passive Dexterity check: 10 + Dexterity modifier. By cutting down on die rolls, math done on the fly, and the process of asking for and recording totals, you can

Mummy Lord

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual

of ancient palaces or temples where they once held sway. Their age-old faith and ties to deathly forces grant them fearful magic, which they use to sow ruin and animate undead servants. A mummy lord’s

body (see its Undead Restoration trait). Mummy Lord Medium or Small Undead (Cleric), Lawful Evil AC 17 Initiative +10 (20) HP 187 (25d8 + 75) Speed 30 ft. Ability Score Mod Save Str 18 +4

Old Owl Well

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver

Wisdom (Perception) score of 10 or higher smells a deathly odor wafting from the tower’s direction. When characters approach the tower or the tent, the zombies shamble out of the tower. If a battle

Random Encounters (A-C)

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd

, one of the claws tries to crawl into the character’s backpack and hide there. It makes a Dexterity (Stealth) check contested by the character’s passive Wisdom (Perception) score. If the claw loses the

deathly groans of something vile. The groans are coming from a Strahd zombie that is missing both of its legs, so that only its head, torso, and arms remain. It uses its arms to drag itself across

Crystal Caves Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel

. Tainted by foul Far Realm energies, the coiled, 40-foot-long anaconda is unconscious. A character who has a passive Wisdom (Perception) score of 14 or higher sees that Chimagua is incorporeal, fading in and

magical device Chimagua once used to influence the dreams of Atagua’s people. The power of the Drought Elder has corrupted the stone, forcing Chimagua into a deathly slumber and accelerating the planar

Murder Among Thieves

compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Legends of Greyhawk: Secrets of the Free City

begin with a little kindness. Michael Sexton Miklos Dare (Medium, Chaotic Good Warrior Veteran), the inn’s proprietor and a retired adventurer of some renown, is affable and quick to share tales of

as much as protection. Quick to pick a fight when cornered, he’s fiercely loyal to Caset and to anyone who shows them both even a shred of decency. What They Want. Chase hopes to score enough coin to

Tomb Locations

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

necromancy magic. Necklace Trap. The first time a creature touches the necklace, it releases a burst of deathly energy in a 5-foot-radius sphere. Each creature in that area must make a DC 22

with a passive Wisdom (Perception) score of 17 or higher discerns the spirit lights whispering and overhears one of the following remarks: Dawn Carlos +3 Wand of the War Mage “The next challenge is

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