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Changeling
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Eberron: Rising from the Last War
others might change clothes. A casual shape — one created on the spur of the moment, with no depth or history — is called a mask. A mask can be used to express a mood or to serve a
a family, allowing a younger changeling to take advantage of contacts established by the persona’s previous users.
Changeling Names
A changeling might use a different name for each mask and
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
or Kezef—usually a warlock or other spellcaster—contacts the comet-borne emissary of an Elder Evil, the emissary can merge with a mortal consciousness to create a larva mage. None of the
Blessings
Disciples of certain Elder Evils can bestow supernatural gifts on those who serve that cult, including star spawn. The following powers are unique to specific cults; typically a creature has
Changeling
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on the spur of the moment, with no depth or history—is called a mask. A mask can be used to express a mood or to serve a specific purpose and then might never be used again. However, many
physician. Personas can even be passed down through a family, allowing a younger changeling to take advantage of contacts established by the persona’s previous users.
Creating Your Character
At 1st
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
compensation, equipment, privileges, and proficiencies A list of potential contacts who can serve as your personal connection to your patron
Backgrounds
Ghosts of Saltmarsh
tavern, since shipwrights are invaluable to coastal communities. Some travel with naval fleets and might serve as officers if their temperament suits it. Shipwrights have an affinity for working with
don’t belong to me, especially if they are very well made.
Saltmarsh Ties
Ships make Saltmarsh’s economy run. You have contacts with one of the following leaders in town. Choose
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
, with no depth or history—is called a mask. A mask can be used to express a mood or to serve a specific purpose and then never used again. However, many changelings develop identities that have more depth
adopt the persona of Tek, the kindly old medic. Personas can even be passed down through a family, allowing a younger changeling to take advantage of contacts established by previous users of the persona.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
way others might change clothes. A casual shape — one created on the spur of the moment, with no depth or history — is called a mask. A mask can be used to express a mood or to serve a specific purpose
shared by multiple changelings; there might be three healers in a community, but whoever is on duty will adopt the persona of Tek, the kindly old medic. Personas can even be passed down through a family, allowing a younger changeling to take advantage of contacts established by the persona’s previous users.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
on the spur of the moment, with no depth or history—is called a mask. A mask can be used to express a mood or to serve a specific purpose and then might never be used again. However, many changelings
. Personas can even be passed down through a family, allowing a younger changeling to take advantage of contacts established by the persona’s previous users.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
agents of the King’s Citadel serve crown and country as the ultimate agency for dispensing the king’s justice in Breland. Local watches and constabularies can call on its agents when a crime or situation
your own office. You can collect the same fees as if you worked for another agency, and you have access to the same range of contacts. You can also use the Running a Business downtime activity to direct the activities of your agency, as described at the start of this section.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
’ wealth and influence. Whose interest, then, does the Chronicle serve?
All the more reason, loyal readers, to rely on the Voice of Breland for unbiased news you can use.
Civilian. Some groups include
soldiers or more-or-less reformed criminals. Networker. The Networker knows exactly who can get the party what they need. This character makes extensive use of contacts and friends to facilitate the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
navigate the anxious social scene of Port-a-Lucine, they play out echoes of familiar tales. The green hags who live in the Three Odd Gables serve as “fairy godmothers” to any character who wants to
figure out what magic she used to bewitch her way into a role.
2 A Phlegethan Hospital patient contacts the party, claiming to be the rightful Duke d’Honaire. He has a preternatural ability to bend
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
the family at the expense of the other two 2 Deneith Act as bodyguards for a prominent or wealthy person Serve as mercenaries in a lingering border conflict Enforce the law across national borders as
Sentinel Marshals 3 Ghallanda Establish useful diplomatic contacts Acquire rare ingredients or recipes Defend a Golden Dragon Inn that is under attack 4 Jorasco Provide healing for a caravan or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Arcana Unleashed
items to feel special, treat them like antiquities or fine art. A magic item shop in such a setting could be owned and operated by a single person who has deep knowledge of magical lore and contacts all
guildhall that includes a library of magical tomes and spellbooks as well as dining facilities, sleeping areas, and more. A guildhall could serve as an excellent base of operations for a group of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
the navy. You easily recognize and determine the quality of such items. 5 Low Places. You have contacts in the smuggling outfits along the coast; you occasionally repair the criminals’ ships in exchange
invaluable to coastal communities. Some travel with naval fleets and might serve as officers if their temperament suits it. Shipwrights have an affinity for working with their hands and often perform feats of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Forge of the Artificer
calls on these agencies to consult in difficult cases, members of the Watch tend to find Medani mind games infuriating and their idealism naive. Medani inquisitives also serve as bodyguards and
flesh out more details about their agency, including allies, enemies, contacts, roles for each character in the agency, type of work, a signature case, and clientele.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
serve the guild’s interests well, it promises to take care of you. Guilds hate to waste valuable assets, after all—that’s just bad business. Types of Guild The guild structure covers a swath of business
experts share contacts, exchange resources such as materials or tools, and leverage their collective influence to affect politics for their benefit. Alternatively, merchants and other business owners
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Arcana Unleashed
Patrons Loïc Canavaggia Bahamut, a patron of good dragons, enlists heroes to fight against terrible evils. The following beings from the D&D multiverse could serve as magical entity patrons: Baba
could make a great ongoing patron for amoral adventurers. Creating Your Own Magical Entity Instead of using one of the magical entities described above, you can create an entity to serve as a group
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
.
Tasha
Your group is bound to the designs of an ancient being of tremendous power and influence. You might serve as the creature’s eyes and ears in the world, carrying information back to it. Or
perhaps you work as its direct agents, enacting its will. Whether you chose this arrangement or were tricked into it, you can count on the strange resources of your benefactor as long as you serve its
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
entering the temple (“I serve the Black Earth”). Although they know of the prophet, neither halfling has met Marlos Urnrayle. The corrupted Nettlebees’ main contacts are Hellenrae in the Sacred Stone
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
fill. If you want to use a giant as a patron for a group of adventurers, you can use the perks, contacts, and roles described in the “Group Patrons” chapter of Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything alongside
adventurers refuses to serve the boss anymore. Find them and convince them to return, or join forces with them to topple the giant. Financier Armed with tremendous wealth, a giant financier pursues personal
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
shield with Sylvira, Gargauth telepathically contacts the character with the most influence in the party and suggests an alternative course of action: “Take me to the Nine Hells, and I’ll swear to serve
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Arcana Unleashed
multiverse could serve as esoteric institution group patrons: Order of the Guardians. The Order of the Guardians is a group of ascetics who gather, sequester, and protect dangerous magic in the
disaster and tragedy, only one remains. There, spellcasters study magic in traditions tied to the world of Krynn’s three moons. Characters in this setting serve the mages of the tower as teachers
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Arcana Unleashed
following characters from the D&D multiverse could serve as archmage group patrons: Liliia Abdullina Lady Alustriel Silverhand is a
powerful archmage who patronizes groups
in the Forgotten Realms and
Feywild and the Material Plane. Creating Your Own Archmage Instead of using one of the archmages described above, you can create an archmage to serve as a group patron for your characters. You might start
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Arcana Unleashed
serve as political faction group patrons: Red Wizards. The Red Wizards rule Thay, a land on the eastern edge of Faerûn in the Forgotten Realms. Thay is expansionist, and its rulers are mostly cruel
serve as a group patron for your characters. Political factions have a long history in the realms where they appear, and they’re distinguished by symbols, mottoes, and pass phrases. They require an oath
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Arcana Unleashed
D&D multiverse, all briefly described in the Dungeon Master’s Guide, could serve as trickster patrons: Queen of Air and Darkness. The Queen of Air and Darkness is a foreboding and mysterious archfey
goals could lead the characters anywhere in the multiverse. Creating Your Own Trickster Instead of using one of the tricksters described above, you can create a trickster to serve as a group patron
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
, who steal goods, sell wares in the street (sometimes those they have just stolen), meet unscrupulous contacts to hand off coin, information, or purloined items, and engage in the occasional spell
creatively call the Three Rivers), Yartar is a fishing town, and its tables have fish as fare at every meal. Fresh crabs, eels, and other river life are available both to eat and to purchase, and serve as a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
Disciples of certain Elder Evils can bestow supernatural gifts on those who serve that cult, including star spawn. The following powers are unique to specific cults; typically a creature has only one. Cult
mortal body and otherworldly substance. When a powerful cultist of a wormlike entity such as Kyuss or Kezef—usually a warlock or other spellcaster—contacts the comet-borne emissary of an Elder Evil
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica
NPCs by Guild This section describes various nonplayer characters that belong to each guild. These characters can serve as enemies, rivals, allies, or contacts. In addition to the NPCs presented here
Firefist Boros firefists combine potent magic with peerless fighting ability, inspiring all who serve alongside them. They often act as the point of contact between the Boros Legion and the angelic
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
the Nine Hells adorn the walls.
The spined fiend is a barbed devil named Odious. Sent by Zariel to serve Duke Vanthampur, the devil answers only to those two. The chanting figures are four lawful
it needs the characters’ help to get there. Gargauth senses the presence of the characters when they enter the room and telepathically contacts one of them at random. Referring to itself as the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
, useful contacts, and potential hirelings to be found anywhere. Others caution that the city houses a veritable army of potential enemies for those who aren’t careful — and everyone agrees that its wide
to a neutral good clan made up of four adult cloud giants, three young cloud giants, four pet griffons, and eight stone giants that serve as guards. The young cloud giants use the hill giant
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
, and though they outwardly serve the Solmors, their loyalty is to the Scarlet Brotherhood. Despite the Brotherhood’s infiltration of this place, Skerrin takes pains to avoid leaving any incriminating
keeps an eye out for rumors of aberrations in the wild. He also has contacts with the elves of the Dreadwood, and they send word to him if a monster escapes that forest and heads in the direction of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
Cragmaw Castle, but again, they won’t share this information willingly. The bugbears avoid the human members of the Redbrands. If the characters are wearing scarlet cloaks, the bugbears assume they serve
ruffians to secure his own position in town. Glasstaff knew of the Spider through his contacts in the Lords’ Alliance and brokered a meeting. The Spider promised to share the secrets and wealth of the Forge
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
characters decide to call in the favor, Dral contacts his employers, and High Captain Horix Zoar does everything in his power to give the characters what they want, provided it’s within his power and isn’t
. Triumvirate members serve for life or until they resign, and they are known to take bribes, rewarding families who pay them in coin or precious ore with supplies of higher quality or in greater quantity