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Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
archfey named Zybilna, who had forged secret pacts with some of the fiends Isolde and her companions had slain. Rather than be angry at Isolde, Zybilna was impressed by her. She enlisted a powerful fiend
do not carry the burden do not eat.”
Ideal. “Those most deserving of aid are those who never ask for it.”
Bond. “You share a bond with those you travel with, a bond closer
Monsters
Mordenkainen's Fiendish Folio Volume 1
bound to their fey lord and unable to bargain away their souls. So rather than claim them, Fierna warped and twisted them before returning them to the Feywild, content that the corruption of the satyrs
, chaotic, and temperamental nature they all share. When its diabolical aspect shines through, a forlarren is a cunning, calculating, and brutal enemy. It might use its natural charm to worm its way
Giff
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Monsters
Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes
refuse to fight other giff, and will never agree to a contract unless it stipulates that they can sit out a battle rather than wage war against their kin. A giff prizes the reputation of its unit above its
military training to the exclusion of all other areas of study can make them seem dull-witted to those who have more varied interests.
GUNPOWDER BY THE KEG
Aside from their personal gunpowder weapons
Backgrounds
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
d6
Flaw
1
I like secrets so much that I’m reluctant to share details of a plan even with those who need to know.
2
I would let my friends die rather than reveal my true
) into a thought strand that others can potentially read, share, or steal. These thought strands are treated as valuable currency among the Dimir.
Suggested Characteristics
Skilled at infiltration
classes
Basic Rules (2014)
following the tenets of a deity. A noble who keeps such a bard as a herald or advisor knows that the bard would rather be honest than politic.
The college’s members gather in libraries and
sometimes in actual colleges, complete with classrooms and dormitories, to share their lore with one another. They also meet at festivals or affairs of state, where they can expose corruption, unravel lies, and poke fun at self-important figures of authority.
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
… oh my goodness, is that circlet made of silver?
7
I find the waking world tedious and mundane and would much rather spend my time asleep, in the realm of dreams.
8
I find the
to temper the dragon’s mischievous spirit.
2
A young moonstone dragon fell victim to a fomorian;fomorian's curse and has elected to stay with the Giant rather than reveal this magical
Backgrounds
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
;Selesnya. As a member of the Selesnya Conclave, you are surrounded by people and other creatures who share your worldview and your longing for deeper spiritual communion with the world, and you have a
fervent desire to share the joy you have experienced with Ravnica. Along with the rest of the conclave, you are committed to resisting the ambitions of the other guilds — with military force if
Adult Deep Dragon
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Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
rather enjoy the company of people—as long as they remain unaware of my true nature.
Deep Dragon Ideals
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Ideal
of my power. (Evil)
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Patience. All creatures might teach me something, and I’m willing to wait and find out what that might be rather than acting in haste. (Good)
Deep Dragon
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
The Hauntings of Halvhrest House The House of Lament is a catastrophically haunted structure. It doesn’t rush to reveal its terrors, though. Rather, its history, threats, and phantasmal inhabitants
reveal themselves gradually and in a variety of ways. Before leading your adventurers into the house, familiarize yourself with the varied ways the house’s hauntings manifest.
Ancient Deep Dragon
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Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
rather enjoy the company of people—as long as they remain unaware of my true nature.
Deep Dragon Ideals
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Ideal
of my power. (Evil)
6
Patience. All creatures might teach me something, and I’m willing to wait and find out what that might be rather than acting in haste. (Good)
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Lizardfolk
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Species
Volo's Guide to Monsters
pleasurable creatures and things are ones that allow lizardfolk to assess more situations as benign rather than fearsome.
Cold and Calculating
Most humanoids describe cold-blooded people as lacking in
lizardfolk doesn’t share those feelings, but instead assesses them in the same clinical manner. Yes, the fallen dwarf might be most useful as a meal, but hacking the body into steaks provokes aggression
Tabaxi
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
stories, artifacts, and lore. Those who survive this period of wanderlust return home in their elder years to share news of the outside world. In this manner, the tabaxi remain isolated but never ignorant
of the world beyond their home.
Barterers of Lore
Tabaxi treasure knowledge rather than material things. A chest filled with gold coins might be useful to buy food or a coil of rope, but it’s
Backgrounds
Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
As a sell-sword who fought battles for coin, you’re well acquainted with risking life and limb for a chance at a share of treasure. Now, you look forward to fighting foes and reaping even
enemies is blind and unreasoning.
5
I obey the law, even if the law causes misery.
6
I’d rather eat my armor than admit when I’m wrong.
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Basic Rules (2014)
would rather make one precise strike, placing it exactly where the attack will hurt the target most, than wear an opponent down with a barrage of attacks. Rogues have an almost supernatural knack for
avoiding danger, and a few learn magical tricks to supplement their other abilities.
A Shady Living
Every town and city has its share of rogues. Most of them live up to the worst stereotypes of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
General Concessions The party can make general concessions to the dragons to appease them as a group, rather than make personal concessions to individual dragons. A general concession improves the
attitude of a single dragon of your choice by one step. Wealth Even good dragons love treasure, and bestowing a share of the hoard the cult has collected for Tiamat goes a long way toward improving the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
General Concessions The party can make general concessions to the dragons to appease them as a group, rather than make personal concessions to individual dragons. A general concession improves the
attitude of a single dragon of your choice by one step. Wealth Even good dragons love treasure, and bestowing a share of the hoard the cult has collected goes a long way toward improving the attitudes
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
Sigil Gazetteer The City of Doors is divided into wards that are as varied as their inhabitants, from the polished heights of the bureaucratic Clerks’ Ward to the musty anarchy of Undersigil, the
“Undersigil” section later in this chapter for these factions) The sections that follow present each of the wards in greater detail. They share the following format: Ward Encounters. A table after the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
. Even in a dungeon setting, you can present NPCs that aren’t meant to be fought but rather helped out, negotiated with, or just talked to. Think about your preferred style of play by considering these
action key, or do the players need to be thoughtful and cautious? Do you like to plan thoroughly in advance, or do you prefer improvising on the spot? Is the game full of varied D&D elements, or does it
Backgrounds
Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
you might or might not choose to share.
Although you will undoubtedly find some of this land’s ways to be strange and discomfiting, you can also be sure that some things its people take for
foreign land.
2
I pretend not to understand the local language in order to avoid interactions I would rather not have.
3
I have a weakness for the new intoxicants and other pleasures of this
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
gaunt, humanlike beings, physically identical to githyanki. They share a history with githyanki as creatures physically and psychically transformed by mind flayers (see the “Githyanki” section). Githzerai
know that in body and mind, their species was manipulated by their former illithid oppressors. Rather than giving in to this programming, githzerai follow the teachings of their first leader
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
Inhabitants Sigil is the backstage of the multiverse. Celestials and Fiends share drinks in genie-owned taverns, agents of evil gods trot through the streets astride nightmares, and hags stable
City of Doors. Some sages track the existence and spread of humans back to Sigil itself, rather than to a deity or its creations. Various factions handle the day-to-day governance of Sigil, enforcement
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
monsters, and more than its share of otherworldly phenomena. Traveling across the desert by day is not recommended. Use the extreme heat rules in the Dungeon Master’s Guide for daytime travel in Anauroch
, scouts looking for food, or bandits hoping to raid merchant caravans that try to shortcut their way across the desert rather than circumnavigate it. The Bedine nomads can act as guides for lost characters, offer clues for stuck players, and provide food and water for adventurers in desperate need.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
might be anyone in a domain, from a national leader to an unassuming resident. Darklords share these qualities: Darklords Are Evil. Each Darklord is the ultimate villain of a domain and the root of its
brood over their failures, but their attempts to achieve their depraved goals fuel their conflicts with characters. Liberally use Darklords in your adventures rather than saving them for climactic
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
Skyreach Castle (see chapter 8)—but negotiations are fairly hazardous and might easily result in combat rather than a deal. If the players don’t realize that the cult hopes to bring Tiamat to the
Realms, this chapter is the best time for that information to be revealed or confirmed. Although Talis won’t mention any details such as masks or summonings, the cultists share a general belief that the time is right for Tiamat’s arrival. The characters can find several clues that encourage this belief.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
character’s beliefs aren’t what they profess. Alignment doesn’t limit the actions characters can take; rather, the actions they take indicate what their alignment is. It’s OK to stray from the tenets of one’s
can share common goals, though they’ll likely use different tactics to pursue those goals. Imagine two characters—one Lawful Good, the other Lawful Evil—who are both dedicated to stopping monsters
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
Skyreach Castle (see chapter 8)—but negotiations are fairly hazardous and might easily result in combat rather than a deal. If the players don’t realize that the cult hopes to bring Tiamat to the
Realms, this chapter is the best time for that information to be revealed or confirmed. Although Talis won’t mention any details such as masks or summonings, the cultists share a general belief that the time is right for Tiamat’s arrival. The characters can find several clues that encourage this belief.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
Door. A secret door in the south wall is carved to resemble natural stone.
The flumphs telepathically share the following information with friendly visitors: Mind flayers have established a
rely on the illithid colony for sustenance. The flumphs would rather feed on the psionic energy of the mind flayers, who couldn’t care less, than the energy of the githyanki, who abhor the flumphs and attack them on sight.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
thwarted his criminal ventures by capturing him. Rather than put Gant to death for his crimes in Icewind Dale, the Council of Speakers in Ten-Towns made a deal with representatives of the Lords’ Alliance
Brotherhood but rather hatched by Gant himself, who intended to impress his superiors by pulling it off. For a long time, Gant held out hope that the Arcane Brotherhood would apply pressure to secure
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
to Nidalia, even though she has been dead for months. Rather than corrupting and tormenting others, Nidalia preferred to collect books and scrolls. Though she was peaceful and compassionate, she was
spent to help them survive in a city with more than its fair share of bribery and corruption. They’ve pinned their hopes on raising enough money to resurrect Nidalia before someone discovers their ruse, but they didn’t account for the possibility that some of their gingwatzims would end up in Candlekeep.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
they had longed to share with someone for so long.
Tinnel Lovitt
Asteria stayed until her wounds were healed. But rather than return to a father who was always disappointed in her, she
across the planes, manifesting in varied forms throughout the cosmos. Katerina Ladon Euryale and Asteria have had many adventures across the multiverse
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
town is accessed by a single gate. Within, a maze of corridors and ramps connects scattered dormitories, communal work halls, and chambers where varied scrying methods are used to monitor the planes
to let non-rilmani enter without a rilmani escort. They turn hostile should anyone try to infiltrate the town. The ferrumachs share the name of the town, but they know nothing of R04M. The rilmani
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
the priests of Osybus, often target these ancient vaults, seeking powers few can hope to control. The Guardians might share goals with characters trying to prevent supernatural dangers, but they just
Ulmist Inquisition trace their origins to Malitain, a mysterious, cult-infested city from the same world as Barovia. These inquisitors employ varied psionic powers to stamp out evil, but their zeal and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
influence of the deities who founded Godsbreath is captured in the Covenant tales—verses of the Awakening Song that tell stories of the gods’ past exploits and share signs of their current influence
’ example. The Covenant is a pantheon of deities with a particular interest in Godsbreath. They have varied alignments and interests. This local pantheon is for you to define and might include gods
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
, and most are stout or have a medium build rather than being thin or emaciated. Night hags enjoy corrupting the dreams of good people, compromising the ideals of their victims to get them to
to the environment of her current home. She might accomplish this transformation through force of will over time, or faster with the help of a ritual or assistance from her coven. The reasons for making such a change are as varied as the personalities and goals of hags.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
have varied ways of naming and visualizing this interface. By any name, without the Weave, raw magic is locked away and inaccessible; the most powerful archmage can’t light a candle with magic in an
such as detect magic or identify, they glimpse the Weave. A spell such as dispel magic smooths the Weave. Spells such as antimagic field rearrange the Weave so that magic flows around, rather than