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Player’s Handbook (2014)
you need to determine your noble title, but you should also work with the DM to describe your family and their influence on you.
Is your family old and established, or was your title only recently
gaming set
Languages: One of your choice
Equipment: A set of fine clothes, a signet ring, a scroll of pedigree, and a purse containing 25 gp
Feature: Retainers
You have the service of three
Backgrounds
Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
service to a deity, such as Kelemvor’s Eternal Order or Mystra’s Knights of the Mystic Fire. Other knightly orders serve a government, royal family, or are the elite military of a feudal state
. The reality of the dangers they faced eventually sank in, as did Lurue’s tenets. Over time the small group grew and spread, gaining a following in places as far as Cormyr. The Knights of the
classes
Basic Rules (2014)
a simple life of temple service, carrying out their gods’ will through prayer and sacrifice, not by magic and strength of arms. In some cities, priesthood amounts to a political office, viewed
because his or her god demands it. Pursuing the goals of the gods often involves braving dangers in unsettled lands, smiting evil, or seeking holy relics in ancient tombs. Many clerics are also
Noble
Legacy
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Basic Rules (2014)
you need to determine your noble title, but you should also work with the DM to describe your family and their influence on you.
Is your family old and established, or was your title only recently
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Variant Feature: Retainers
If your character has a noble background, you may select this background feature instead of Position of Privilege.
You have the service of three retainers loyal to your
Backgrounds
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
you need to determine your noble title, but you should also work with the DM to describe your family and their influence on you.
Is your family old and established, or was your title only recently
: Retainers
If your character has a noble background, you may select this background feature instead of Position of Privilege.
You have the service of three retainers loyal to your family. These retainers
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
for travelers. The Order of the Gilded Eye safeguards the hold and serves the surrounding community, but their mission has a much broader focus: to guard the world from dangers originating on other
Oath of Devotion, although a few zealots are followers of the Oath of Vengeance. Order of Samular The Holy Order of Samular, also known as the Knights of Samular, is made up of warriors in the service of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
through the area, as cave-ins and flooding have made it inconvenient as a thoroughfare. A group of thieves who recently obtained an obelisk fragment came to plunder an abandoned vault in Gibbet Crossing
. The obelisk’s magic activated a nearby forgotten magic item, trapping the thieves. They died with their treasures. Recently, the mind flayer fanatics sent one of their most powerful agents, a mind
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
Group Patrons Each adventuring group is bound together by the quests it embarks on and by the dangers its members face together. This chapter offers another way to bind your party together: a group
patron. These patrons provide a strong binding element: an individual or an organization that unites a party as a team in service to a greater purpose. A group patron can help set the tone of your
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
ancestral quests, shifty rogues prowling urban streets, clerics wielding maces and spells in the service of their gods, and wizards plundering the ruins of the fallen Netherese empire. Heroes are scarce
, and dangers—be they a dragon’s breath or a lich’s spell—are plentiful. This adventure takes place in a region called the Sword Coast, where daring souls delve into the wreckage of fallen strongholds
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes of the Borderlands
H: Bugbear Lair This cave recently came under the control of three belligerent bugbears and the goblin stooges they’ve cowed into their service. The bugbears are plotting an assault on the Keep on
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
Adventure Summary The adventure begins with the characters discovering the recently murdered Returned, Varyas, and confronting his killers. Varyas’s gold mask bears a code on it, one that points
lies the key to deciphering the mask, along with its own treasures. With the information provided by Khea, the adventurers set forth into the wilds, where they’ll face multiple storied dangers before
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
disrepair when all but a few weakened mind flayers abandoned it. The mind flayers that remained continued their service to Illithinoch’s elder brain, but the elder brain became obsessed with recovering their
lost grandeur, and many mind flayers transformed themselves into tormented monsters called nothics. The few mind flayers able to maintain their wits and their focus have lacked the ability to seize the might of the old mind flayer empire—until recently.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
opened there a few months earlier but has recently gone dark. After overcoming hazards on the road, the characters enter the town. There, they learn that the franchise had signed an agreement to
purchase the oft-ruined Tresendar Manor, a small estate on the outskirts of town. However, something catastrophic occurred at the manor recently, and no one in town has seen any of the occupants since
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
) check. The leaders of the gang, Uktarl Krannoc and Harria Valashtar, were lovers once, but their relationship soured recently. They’re fed up with each other, and each is plotting to eliminate the
other and take control of the gang. Harria is the likely winner of this conflict, because she recently acquired a flesh golem that wandered up from level 2. Struck by Harria’s resemblance to its creator
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
Divine Agents Not every acolyte or officiant at a temple or shrine is a cleric. Some priests are called to a simple life of temple service, carrying out their gods’ will through prayer and sacrifice
. True clerics are rare in most hierarchies. When a cleric takes up an adventuring life, it is usually because his or her god demands it. Pursuing the goals of the gods often involves braving dangers
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hold Back The Dead
Background Ironspine Keep has stood abandoned for many years. Representatives of the Lord’s Alliance, an organization of the strongest cities on the Sword Coast, recently funded an expedition to
reclaim the fortress. The fortress would allow the Lord’s Alliance to keep a closer watch over dangers in the region. The characters are initially hired to help guard Ironspine Keep, which is expected to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
Knight card gain the service of an ally; this chapter describes a new creature that answers that call. DMs can also find advice on integrating allies into an adventuring party. In addition, the chapter
includes character creation advice and new magic items for barbarians, fighters, monks, and other combat specialists. Claudio Pozas Jared warns Basil of the deck’s many dangers
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
Divine Agents Not every acolyte or officiant at a temple or shrine is a cleric. Some priests are called to a simple life of temple service, carrying out their gods’ will through prayer and sacrifice
. True clerics are rare in most hierarchies. When a cleric takes up an adventuring life, it is usually because his or her god demands it. Pursuing the goals of the gods often involves braving dangers
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Shadows of Sithicus
Cultist) is worried about the aftereffects of the violent upheaval in Sithicus, and she speaks truthfully about the dangers plaguing the realm. The Event Coordinator or DM can use the following points
to guide the conversation between Inza and the characters: Sithicus and Soth’s Rage. This land, Sithicus, is ruled by a dread figure called Lord Soth. Soth’s rage, recently unchecked, lead to a near
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
counterattack. A character who pokes around the tower and succeeds on a DC 15 Wisdom (Perception) check notes signs that other humanoid creatures were recently present in Araj, including discarded clothing
Vizeran once kept bound minor demons and humanoid slaves in his service. Vizeran banished the demons with the arrival of the demon lords in the Underdark, fearing some hidden connection between the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver
area 4) visits Thundertree from time to time, keeping a wary eye on its dangers. Cultists have also arrived recently (see area 13) to treat with a dragon that claims Thundertree as its domain (see
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
to time, keeping a wary eye on its dangers. Some cultists also arrived recently (see area U13) to treat with a dragon that claims Thundertree as its domain (see area U7). As the party approaches the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
paradise created by two lovers ages ago. Legend states the entrance to the garden lies deep within a crystal cave that whispers secrets of the future to those brave or foolish enough to enter. More recently
real. Past the dangers of the cave, the garden is tucked away in the Feywild, far from the pressures of the world. Whimsical Fey, talking animals, and a benevolent archfey ruler await visitors to the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
that the telling of his tale, in ever more lurid detail, was an easy means of obtaining free ale foisted on him by appreciative listeners. Recently, however, none have asked him to tell the tale, so
once his tongue is loosened, he is eager to restore some of his lost prestige. Apart from alerting adventurers to sinister and grave dangers of his own invention and telling them a little about the layout of the house, he provides no accurate or useful information.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes of the Borderlands
air. Rows of benches face an altar at the end of a spacious worship hall. Above the altar is an enormous stained-glass window of a sunrise.
Until recently, the temple’s head priest was a human woman
named Ivlis, but she recently departed the keep on a long-anticipated pilgrimage.
Hazem Ameen Fazzir
Human Priest
Stat Block: Curate
This spiritual leader offers counsel and healing
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
” earlier in this chapter), the Kargat enforces the will of fractious, power-hungry leaders. The organization is in turn served by the Kargatane, a cultish lower echelon of mortals drawn to service with
monastic caretakers hunts down and puts an end to dangerous supernatural objects, cursed items, and stranger anomalies. In the case of dangers they can’t destroy, the Guardians hope to prevent
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
one end of the village, near the shattered main gate, stand the ruins of a keep. The village isn’t empty, however. Two dozen minotaur archaeologists (their stat block appears in this chapter) recently
obvious of many dangers. They might hire the characters as scouts or guards. While they won’t fight on the characters’ behalf, they might loan the use of their gorgons or help characters who’ve earned
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
into a ticking time bomb. The following are examples of ways the hunt might come for characters: Countdown. Laurel, a young woman who recently inherited her father’s merchant wagon, finds a Deck of
Many Things among the wagon’s contents. She travels the roads trying to sell her father’s goods, ignorant of the dangers the deck attracts. Jared, a knight of the Solar Bastion (see chapter 10), enlists
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragons of Stormwreck Isle
island’s shore. Fortunately, wrecks are rare—or they were, until recently. Not long ago, a harpy settled into the wreck of Compass Rose. With its magically entrancing voice, the harpy has been luring
stat block from appendix B), ghouls, or other dangers aboard. These adventures are yours to create, but only the wreck of Compass Rose holds the secret to freeing Dragon’s Rest from the zombie attacks.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
both clear and present dangers to Avernus. Although Zariel would relish slaying either of them personally, she gladly draws up a contract agreeing to trade Elturel and the souls within the city for
that both demon lords have recently converged around Elturel. You can add either demon lord to the battle in “Endgame in Elturel” later in this chapter. If the characters freed the demon lord
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
summon and control a goristro demon. By passing the goristro off as Baphomet, the demon lord of minotaurs, he hopes to win the minotaurs’ obedience. But Drivvin has recently realized that his arcane
apprenticeship under the Mad Mage. They have secretly informed him of Halaster’s interest and of Halaster’s offer to help him perfect the ritual that will bind a goristro to House Freth’s service. They
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
cambion, Gauller welcomes the characters’ help but has no idea why foes from Acheron are attacking so aggressively. Gauller is wary of being targeted by the enemy and has a spellcaster in his service
by the god Maglubiyet. Recently, an ettin servant of Thalir with heads named Zot and Sotu came into possession of a gray slaad’s control gem (see the Monster Manual). The gray slaad uses its
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes of the Borderlands
Quest: Bank Job At the service counter, Quink asks the characters if they’re adventurers looking for work. If they say yes, she leans in close and speaks to them in hushed tones. Read the following
boxed text aloud: “Yvette here is a lousy guard. There was a break-in recently on her watch, and the burglar got away. I fear the culprit might attempt another break-in, and I’d like you to prevent the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
Thessalar As an artificer, Thessalar is vainglorious, egotistical, and utterly ruthless in furthering his research. His career began as a priest in the service of Moloch, where he rose through the
his tomb. More recently, Moghadam ordered a group of thieves to assault the temple and steal the gemstone eyes from its great statue of Moloch. Thessalar captured the thieves and put the gemsmith
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
magic oath of service to the Crown. In this role, War Wizards serve as bodyguards, advisors, and even spies. Members of the royal family, Purple Dragon Knights, and officers of the Purple Dragons
permission. Powerful mages tend to punish such activity themselves to discourage further use.
Apprentice wizards in Faerûn are reminded of the dangers of misusing another spellcaster’s sigil by a rhyme: “Whenever magic one doth weave / ‘Tis never, ever, wise to deceive.”