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Hopeless Plagiarists

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters

effective planning or crafting long-term schemes. Although unable to speak in their own voices, kenku can perfectly mimic any sound they hear, from a halfling’s voice to the noise of rocks clattering

scribes. They can copy books, make replicas of objects, and otherwise thrive in situations where they can produce large numbers of identical items. Few kenku find this work satisfying, since their quest for the freedom of flight makes them ill-suited to settle into a routine.

Kenku Legacy

races Volo's Guide to Monsters

. Flock leaders enforce discipline and minimize conflicts, but they fail at effective planning or crafting long-term schemes. Although unable to speak in their own voices, kenku can perfectly mimic any

copy existing items with exceptional skill, allowing them to become excellent artisans and scribes. They can copy books, make replicas of objects, and otherwise thrive in situations where they can

The Returned

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros

. Anographers Anographers are the scribes of the Returned. On long scrolls of bleached white parchment, they write half-remembered names, images from dreams, and descriptions of places and people that

. There’s no rhyme or reason to what the Gray Merchants seek, and the merchants themselves never speak. They conduct business through gestures, making their unusual trades and plodding off into the shadows

Eldritch Eddy

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Netheril’s Fall: Tales of Terror, Treasure, and Time Travel

churns out magic items, or a library where undertrained scribes work with Spell Scrolls. Eldritch eddies are common in ancient Netheril near the homes and workplaces of famous mages. Eldritch eddies

, Poisoned Senses Blindsight 60 ft.; Passive Perception 9 Languages Understands Common plus one other language but can’t speak CR 6 (XP 2,300; PB +3) Traits Magic Resistance. The eddy has

Book Description

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries

transplanted into living humanoids. The transplant recipients come under the control of the mummy lord, either as living supplicants or golems through which the mummy lord can see and speak. The book also hints

by becoming a mummy lord, using the rituals described in the book. The list of names in the back of the book is written by many scribes, since it includes creatures bonded to other mummy lords before

City Locations

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

be drawn to the Grand Citadel for one of the following reasons: Appointment. The adventurers have an appointment to speak with Sental Nurev, perhaps because they need help freeing a companion who was

are shelved, free for visitors to peruse (but not remove from the library). The library has several sages and scribes under contract to write books, mostly detailing current affairs in the city. An

Candlekeep

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

have no magical power to speak of (though many of them are trained to know about such things); a notable handful, though, are spellcasters — either clerics of gods that represent the pursuit of

rank-and-file of the Avowed are divided into acolytes, who are newcomers to the order, and scribes, who tend to the majority of the work in the keep. Acolytes provide labor, doing the cleaning, lifting

Lower City Gazetteer

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus

— teaching many of them to read in the process — and then selling the notes directly. Today, Needle prints his broadsheets by the cartload, aided by mechanical scribes purchased from the Hall of Wonders and

also speak of the Fist’s treasury, kept in a lead-lined vault somewhere beneath the Officers’ Tower and surrounded by yards of solid stone, the secret doors leading to its vaults hidden by clever

Lower City Gazetteer

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer

— teaching many of them to read in the process — and then selling the notes directly. Today, Needle prints his broadsheets by the cartload, aided by mechanical scribes purchased from the Hall of Wonders and

priceless library of war-related texts, and more. Rumors also speak of the Fist’s treasury, kept in a lead-lined vault somewhere beneath the Officers’ Tower and surrounded by yards of solid stone, the

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