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Stranger Things: Welcome to the Hellfire Club
roll. Response: Flizzlebin adds 2 to his AC against that attack, possibly causing it to miss.Whimsical, Quest-Giving Tease
A trickster with a penchant for games, Flizzlebin tempts novice adventurers
into dungeons to test their skills. The so-called “Vanishing Gnome’s” favorite game involves hiding within dangerous dungeons and rewarding those who find him with priceless treasures.
train from a young age to master weapons and battle tactics. They act to maintain order in their communities and stamp out dangers that threaten those settlements.
Tradvakt who become adventurers do so
for a wide variety of reasons. Some seek a more proactive way to combat evil before it can threaten the World Tree. Others simply wish to prove their martial skills. No matter the reason, tradvakt will rise to any challenge and be victorious.
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
thoughts, fear
1/day each: confusion, dominate person, mass suggestionGreen abishais are adept at discovering secrets and other sensitive information, while their diplomatic skills and their magic
responsibilities, such as leading large groups, assassinating targets, and serving in armies. In all cases, abishais are fanatically loyal to Tiamat, ready to lay down their lives if needed.
Abishais stand
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Player’s Handbook (2014)
Some rogues enhance their fine-honed skills of stealth and agility with magic, learning tricks of enchantment and illusion. These rogues include pickpockets and burglars, but also pranksters, mischief-makers, and a significant number of adventurers.
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military forces, serving as artillery to blast enemy armies from afar. Others use their spectacular power to protect the weak, while some seek their own gain as bandits, adventurers, or aspiring tyrants.
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Forgotten Realms: Heroes of Faerûn
Rally Fellow Heroes with Inspiring Leadership
Bannerets are paragons of valor and leadership who protect the innocent and rally fellow adventurers to the causes of justice and freedom. Many are
knights serving in Cormyr, the Silver Marches, Damara, Chessenta, or other lands across Faerûn. They wander the realms as knights errant, taking the fight against evil beyond their kingdom’s
Monsters
Mordenkainen's Fiendish Folio Volume 1
commoners. Instead, they target young but promising adventurers, those whose natural talent and aptitude point to a bright future but whose skills have not yet grown sharp enough to repel a dedicated assault.
Monsters
Mythic Odysseys of Theros
easily manipulated into serving their more forceful brethren. Having purpose forced upon them, these Returned perform simple, artless tasks with middling efficiency. Their one virtue is their
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Returned Masks. Adventurers who defeat Returned foes might marvel at their fortune in claiming such rich spoils after a battle. The mask of a Returned is worth approximately 100 gp, based on its
Tortle
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The Tortle Package
born near sandy coastlines, but as soon as they’re able to walk on two legs, they become nomad survivalists eager to explore the wilderness, experience its many wonders, put their skills to the
wilderness in which to hunt, catch fish, and get by. With each passing year, a tortle hones its survival skills. It forms friendships with its neighbors while also respecting their privacy. At some
Firbolg
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
formidable skills with weapons and druidic magic.
Humble Guardians
Firbolgs love nothing more than a peaceful day spent among the trees of an old forest. They see forests as sacred places, representing the
overwhelming attack.
Outcast Adventurers
As guardians of the wood, few firbolgs would dream of leaving their homes or attempting to fit into human society. An exiled firbolg, or one whose clan has been
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Xanathar's Guide to Everything
weapon skills and magic, these blades either take up work as enforcers for thieves’ guilds or strike out on their own as adventurers.
College of Swords Features
Bard Level
Feature
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Xanathar's Guide to Everything
weapon skills and magic, these blades either take up work as enforcers for thieves’ guilds or strike out on their own as adventurers.
College of Swords Features
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Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
by amassing powerful arms and armor.
3
I secretly look forward to adventurers trying to infiltrate my lair. How else could I try out new defenses?
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Give me a storied helmet or scimitar
measures.
3
A sapphire dragon seeks adventurers to lead into battle against the mind flayer;mind flayers that usurped the dragon’s lair.
4
Powerful infernal creatures have opened a
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
to get what he wanted. Charming and pleasant, he is a master at negotiation, able to twist words so as to leave his victims confused and believing he’s on their side. Through these skills
devils, to insulate him against criticism, and, above all, to create complications that he can solve so as to reinforce his value in the eyes of his master. Titivilus finds adventurers well suited
Goliath
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Elemental Evil Player's Companion
skills.
This dedication to competition has a dark side. Goliaths are ferocious competitors, but above all else they are driven to outdo their past efforts. If a goliath slays a dragon, he or she might
seek out a larger, more powerful wyrm to battle. Few goliath adventurers reach old age, as most die attempting to surpass their past accomplishments.
Fair Play
For goliaths, competition exists only
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Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
one of the Dark Powers, and he and the other Dark Powers had conjured up a misty prison to contain the newly immortal Strahd, thereby preventing the count from serving as the conquering force that the
priests sought to loose upon the world; thus they were denied their reward of immortality.
To this day, the priests of Osybus seek to unleash Strahd from the mists, often using adventurers as their
Monsters
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
from serving as the conquering force that the priests sought to loose upon the world; thus they were denied their reward of immortality.
To this day, the priests of Osybus seek to unleash Strahd from
the mists, often using adventurers as their pawns. They also ironically bear their hated founder’s name, for they know it is his original deathly gift that gives them their horrific powers
Monsters
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
other Dark Powers had conjured up a misty prison to contain the newly immortal Strahd, thereby preventing the count from serving as the conquering force that the priests sought to loose upon the world
; thus they were denied their reward of immortality.
To this day, the priests of Osybus seek to unleash Strahd from the mists, often using adventurers as their pawns. They also ironically bear their
Monsters
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
conjured up a misty prison to contain the newly immortal Strahd, thereby preventing the count from serving as the conquering force that the priests sought to loose upon the world; thus they were denied
their reward of immortality.
To this day, the priests of Osybus seek to unleash Strahd from the mists, often using adventurers as their pawns. They also ironically bear their hated founder’s
Monsters
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
, thereby preventing the count from serving as the conquering force that the priests sought to loose upon the world; thus they were denied their reward of immortality.
To this day, the priests of Osybus
seek to unleash Strahd from the mists, often using adventurers as their pawns. They also ironically bear their hated founder’s name, for they know it is his original deathly gift that gives them
Monsters
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
a misty prison to contain the newly immortal Strahd, thereby preventing the count from serving as the conquering force that the priests sought to loose upon the world; thus they were denied their
reward of immortality.
To this day, the priests of Osybus seek to unleash Strahd from the mists, often using adventurers as their pawns. They also ironically bear their hated founder’s name, for
Monsters
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
preventing the count from serving as the conquering force that the priests sought to loose upon the world; thus they were denied their reward of immortality.
To this day, the priests of Osybus seek to
unleash Strahd from the mists, often using adventurers as their pawns. They also ironically bear their hated founder’s name, for they know it is his original deathly gift that gives them their
Backgrounds
Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
traveled in Waterdeep’s baroque and sometimes cutthroat conglomeration of guilds, nobles, adventurers, and secret societies. You might have been one of the behind-the-scenes law-keepers or
organization that gave you your start in life. In any event, the abilities that you honed while serving as a courtier will stand you in good stead as an adventurer.
Skill Proficiencies:
Half-Elf
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, wandering the wilds as trappers, foresters, hunters, or adventurers and visiting civilization only rarely. Like elves, they are driven by the wanderlust that comes of their longevity. Others, in
contrast, throw themselves into the thick of society, putting their charisma and social skills to great use in diplomatic roles or as swindlers.
Half-Elf Names
Half-elves use either human or elven
Kenku
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
kenku make an easy living serving as messengers, spies, and lookouts for thieves’ guilds, bandits, and other criminal cartels. A network of kenku can relay a bird call or similar noise across the
degradation or shifts in meaning. Human messengers might switch words or phrases and garble a message inadvertently, but the kenku produce perfect copies of whatever they hear.
Kenku Adventurers
Kenku
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mastery with weapons and armor, and a thorough knowledge of the skills of combat. And they are well acquainted with death, both meting it out and staring it defiantly in the face.
Well-Rounded
, some on fighting with two weapons at once, and some on augmenting their martial skills with magic. This combination of broad general ability and extensive specialization makes fighters superior
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talents and abilities are honed with deadly focus on the grim task of protecting the borderlands.
Independent Adventurers
Though a ranger might make a living as a hunter, a guide, or a tracker, a
defense.
This fierce independence makes rangers well suited to adventuring, since they are accustomed to life far from the comforts of a dry bed and a hot bath. Faced with city-bred adventurers who
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variety of skills as they do to perfecting their combat abilities, giving them a broad expertise that few other characters can match. Many rogues focus on stealth and deception, while others refine the
skills that help them in a dungeon environment, such as climbing, finding and disarming traps, and opening locks.
When it comes to combat, rogues prioritize cunning over brute strength. A rogue
Goblin
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higher-ranking castes keep their status by not sharing their knowledge and skills with other families, while those in the lower castes have little hope of escaping their plight.
Outsiders who don&rsquo
goblin tribe has to nobility is the caste of lashers — families of goblins trained in the ways of battle, and also possessed of key skills such as strategy, trap-building, beast taming, mining
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
Adventures Giants often appear in adventures that aren’t about giants, serving as powerful enemies or allies to adventurers. This section offers inspiration if you want to make giants or the realms
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
Serving Zariel The characters might decide after meeting Zariel that they wish to serve her, joining her army and smiting demons in the Blood War. They also might wind up serving her if they fail to
the Material Plane to do her bidding. Zariel has numerous schemes spinning at any given time, but the adventurers are particularly well suited to preparing Baldur’s Gate to meet the same fate as
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes of the Borderlands
face of threats. Cultists perform much of a cult’s mundane work, which might include evangelism, criminal acts, or serving as sacrifices. Cultist Medium or Small Humanoid, Neutral
AC 12 Initiative
Cha 10 +0 +0
Skills Deception +2, Religion +2
Gear Leather Armor, Sickle
Senses Passive Perception 10
Languages Common
CR 1/8 (XP 25; PB +2)
Actions
Ritual Sickle. Melee Attack Roll: +3, reach 5 ft. Hit: 3 (1d4 + 1) Slashing damage plus 1 Necrotic damage.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
Exploring This Level All location descriptions for this level are keyed to map 10. Adventurers most likely enter Muiral’s Gauntlet by using the stairs from level 9 (near area 1) or by descending a
latticework arches serving as buttresses and rafters. Many of these “web arches” are cracked and broken. Shattered pieces of these arches lie scattered across the floor, as well as the remains of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
Performing a psychic song or “smell poem.” 3 Recovering and nursing fallen adventurers. 4 Revealing the location of helpful magic items. 5 Serving as a guide to a foe’s hidden lair. 6 Sharing excessive encouragement and praise.
often encounter dangerous beings such as aboleths and mind flayers. While flumphs generally avoid combat, they often help adventurers in peril. Such help might be of doubtful use, but flumphs mean well
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
Adventure Summary “The Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth” begins with a meeting between the characters and an agent serving the margrave of a nation whose rivals surround the Yatil Mountains, where the Lost
Caverns are believed to be hidden. Whether the margrave covets one of Iggwilv’s treasures for himself, seeks to sponsor the adventurers, or wants the characters to prevent his rivals from claiming the