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Hellwasp

Monsters Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus

","rollAction":"Nests"} hellwasps, with each hellwasp having an equal voice and role in the society. Hellwasp Telepathy. Hellwasps communicate with one another via a form of telepathy perceptible only to their kind.FireCold

Worker Robot

Monsters Quests from the Infinite Staircase

, which double as weapons if the robots are threatened or drafted for security purposes. A worker robot’s voice is often utilitarian, programmed to use simple phrases without embellishment. Worker

specialized for its role. Robots are programmed with intelligence, understanding, and usually loyalty to their creators. Despite that, long-operating robots sometimes develop their own personalities and ideas

Zodar

Monsters Spelljammer: Adventures in Space

Disembodied Voice. Up to three times in its life, the zodar can cause a message of up to twenty-five words to issue from the air around it. It speaks only when it has something profoundly important

struggling to find their new role. A zodar can cause speech to issue from the air around it on three occasions in its lifetime. When it feels compelled to speak, it chooses its words wisely. It can

Prisoner 13

Monsters Keys from the Golden Vault

her role as an agent, so she devised a plan to take power for herself. Over five years she took careful stock of Clan Axebreaker’s wealth and, in one fell swoop, used her network of lieutenants to

Criminal / Spy Legacy

Backgrounds Basic Rules (2014)

. Even criminals who operate outside of such organizations have strong preferences for certain kinds of crimes over others. Choose the role you played in your criminal life, or roll on the table below

always have a plan for what to do when things go wrong. 2 I am always calm, no matter what the situation. I never raise my voice or let my emotions control me. 3 The first thing I do in a

Kenku Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

sound they hear, from a halfling’s voice to the noise of rocks clattering down a hillside. However, kenku cannot create new sounds and can communicate only by using sounds they have heard

a talent for learning and memorizing details. Thus, ambitious kenku can excel as superb spies and scouts. A kenku who learns of clever schemes and plans devised by other creatures can put them to use

Adventure Background

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Prisoner 13

triumph onto her skin. Using ancient rituals, Korda infused many of these artful etchings with the magic of Gauntlgrym’s forges, granting her wondrous gifts. Korda grew too ambitious for her role as an

agent, so she devised a plan to take power for herself. Over five years she took careful stock of Clan Axebreaker’s wealth and, in one fell swoop, used her network of lieutenants to steal away most of the

Adventure Background

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault

triumph onto her skin. Using ancient rituals, Korda infused many of these artful etchings with the magic of Gauntlgrym’s forges, granting her wondrous gifts. Korda grew too ambitious for her role as an

agent, so she devised a plan to take power for herself. Over five years she took careful stock of Clan Axebreaker’s wealth and, in one fell swoop, used her network of lieutenants to steal away most of the

Build Your Group

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War

Build Your Group Newspapers employ a wide range of adventurers to bring news back to the home office. Consider some or all of these roles for the characters in your party: Voice of BRELAND

does not. No, that honor goes to the shadowy board of the Chronicle’s owners. Voice reporters have uncovered the names and positions of several members of this board, and the results are nothing less

Noteworthy Features

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

physical difference? Do you carry a curse or blessing? How do you feel about your differences? Do you perform? Have you devised a way to profit from your circumstances? Are you proud of your performances

? Do you have a show mentor or partner? Or do you earn your way in the Carnival as a laborer, as a vendor, or in another role? How did you join the Carnival? Did you run away to join? Were you an outcast who found a home with the Carnival? Did Isolde or a trouper save you from danger?

Adventures in Hazlan

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

the shape-shifter disappears, slipping in among its would-be captors. 6 An apprentice of Hazlik yearns to explore the bottomless pit known as Gluttonkettle. He needs a test crew for a vehicle

he’s devised to traverse impossible distances. 7 A magically talented commoner is kidnapped and forced to become a wizard’s apprentice. Their family hires the characters to retrieve them, but the

Kollema's Wisdom

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos

Magister Kollema. After a moment’s stillness, the statue speaks. “Students of Strixhaven,” Wise Kollema says in a voice that booms through the hall, yet echoes as if coming from afar. “Always

between the past and the future. This night, we are one community, knowing no boundaries of role, college, or time.” The hall bursts into applause. “But be warned!” the statue of Kollema

Roleplaying

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)

voice, like an actor taking on a role. You might even echo your character’s movements and body language. This approach is more immersive than descriptive roleplaying, though you still need to describe

Roleplaying Roleplaying is, literally, the act of playing out a role. In this case, it’s you as a player determining how your character thinks, acts, and talks. Roleplaying is a part of every aspect

Roleplaying

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)

voice, like an actor taking on a role. You might even echo your character’s movements and body language. This approach is more immersive than descriptive roleplaying, though you still need to describe

Roleplaying Roleplaying is, literally, the act of playing out a role. In this case, it’s you as a player determining how your character thinks, acts, and talks. Roleplaying is a part of every aspect

Bard

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything

along as oral history, to survive even when no written record remains. It is also the bard’s role to chronicle smaller and more contemporary events — the stories of today’s heroes, including their

tongue and a melodious voice. Yet what truly sets bards apart from others — and from one another — are the style and substance of their performances. To grab and hold the attention of an audience

Character Creation

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

. This chapter offers you, the player, the following tools and choices: Haunted Heroes. Explore your role in creating a tale of terror and how you might design a character that contributes to frightful

Undead patron warlock subclasses to give voice to ageless forces. Backgrounds. Choose a fateful cast to your origins with optional features for any background. The haunted one and investigator backgrounds

Administration

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos

counselors to students, view it as their role to disagree with each other and guide the college by way of their arguments. Furthermore, rivalries among the deans only exacerbate this combative attitude

. When the argumentative deans fail to chart a coherent course for Strixhaven, the Founder Dragons are occasionally forced to intervene. They don’t step in directly, but a director known as the Voice of the Founders—currently an imposing man named Taiva—speaks on the dragons’ behalf.

Changeling

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Forge of the Artificer

of your choice: Deception, Insight, Intimidation, Performance, or Persuasion. Shape-Shifter. As an action, you can shape-shift to change your appearance and your voice. You determine the specifics of

Build Your Group

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War

from an immortal patron, but puts faith in the dreams and inspiration of others, following such omens with an eager heart. This character is under no illusions of having a special role to play in the

, combining humble origins with a sense of destiny. Any class or proficiencies are suited for this role. Visionary. At least one character in the party should have a particular connection to your immortal

Learning by Observing

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

Learning by Observing One of the best ways to learn how to run a D&D game is to observe other DMs in action. Another DM can give you a solid foundation for understanding the role—as well as inspire

Language. What gestures did the DM use when describing a scene? How did the DM’s body language change when playing different NPCs? DM Voice. Did the DM use different voices or mannerisms for NPCs? Did

Learning by Observing

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules

Learning by Observing One of the best ways to learn how to run a D&D game is to observe other DMs in action. Another DM can give you a solid foundation for understanding the role—as well as inspire

Language. What gestures did the DM use when describing a scene? How did the DM’s body language change when playing different NPCs? DM Voice. Did the DM use different voices or mannerisms for NPCs? Did

Campaign Events

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

prominent role in your campaign is to apply a draconic twist to any of these events. A half-dragon conqueror acquiring an Orb of Dragonkind can throw a world into chaos Rise or Fall of a Leader or an Era. A

have a dragon at its head—a shape-shifter dragon leading a thieves’ guild, perhaps, or a devout dragon stirring up zealots in Bahamut’s name. Discovery, Expansion, Invention. The discovery in question

Conspiracy in Baldur's Gate

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

on the Conspiracy: Character Roles table or choosing an appropriate entry. Conspiracy: Character Roles d6 Character’s Role 1 Leader. Yours was the voice the others followed, the call they

dukes nor the patriars can envision. Someone clearly had enough of your art and shouted slogans, though. Roles in the Conspiracy Each character plays a role in the conspiracy, determined by rolling

Build Your Group

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War

. Regardless of your origins, consider the following roles for the characters in your party: The Voice of THRANE Silver Flame’s Crisis of Faith! The Templars of the Silver Flame are supposed to represent

demons they are hunting. Characters with access to divination magic (including clerics with the Knowledge domains as well as wizards) might excel at this role. Many Scholars come from the sage background

Conspiracy in Baldur's Gate

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

Roles table or choosing an appropriate entry. Conspiracy: Character Roles d6 Character’s Role 1 Leader. Yours was the voice the others followed, the call they heeded, following you to their end. 2

envision. Someone clearly had enough of your art and shouted slogans, though. Roles in the Conspiracy Each character plays a role in the conspiracy, determined by rolling on the Conspiracy: Character

Hellwasp

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

storage. A typical nest is large enough to support a commune of 1d10 + 10 hellwasps, with each hellwasp having an equal voice and role in the society. Hellwasp Telepathy. Hellwasps communicate with one

Areas of Terminus

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War

–6 No current occupants 7–9 A family of 1d4 commoners 10 A shifter (see chapter 6) 11 A warforged soldier (see chapter 6) 12 A changeling (see chapter 6) T6. Skybridge This stone skybridge connects

notices the peephole and the outline of the door. A Daask shifter operative in area T8 watches the hall through the peephole. If the shifter notices the characters, the creatures in area T8 open the

Fierna and Belial

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes

admire one another in equal measure and are in constant competition. Every time Belial outthinks Fierna, she talks her way out of whatever trap he has devised. Fierna stages insurrections against

. Her prodigious intellect allows her to glean the best information from the mountains of reports generated by her agents on the Material Plane. Fierna sometimes personally takes a role in bending a

Holidays

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War

exposing lycanthropes in Sharn. The day’s activities often cause tension with the shifter community. Boldrei’s Feast (9 Rhaan) Gatherings across the city mark this celebration of community. The wealthy

life to serve as the Voice of the Silver Flame, is honored on this day. The holiday is marked by services at all Silver Flame churches and shrines, and the faithful are encouraged to find some way to

Regaining Control of the Helm

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fated Flight of the Recluse

by 5 or more. CAPTAIN VALTHAN D’LYRANDAR The Recluse is an old ship by most standards, having served during the Last War. The airship’s old captain, a shifter named Valthan d’Lyrandar, was a

skilled airship pilot, but he was cautious to a fault—a trait that played a large role in his demise. Instead of dying a noble death in battle, he fell overboard during a skirmish and into the ship’s

Daughters of Sora Kell

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War

possess powers far beyond what’s usual for their kind. They are creatures of legend, beings who have defeated many of the greatest heroes of Galifar. Sora Katra is the voice of the Daughters

— that it is important to them to unite the monsters of Droaam and to give their charges a voice in the world. In this case, the Daughters can be ultimately sympathetic figures. They are fighting

Deep Scion

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

into a shape-shifter that can take on an aquatic form. A deep scion emerges from the depths in service to their underwater master, which is likely a kraken or some other ancient being of the deep

master. When set to this task, a deep scion worms their way into the life of an unsuspecting enemy as a new friend, a lover, the perfect candidate for a job, or some other role that enables the minion to

Celebrate

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron

celebration of the sacrifice of Tira Miron, who gave her life to serve as the Voice of the Silver Flame. There are services at all Silver Flame churches and shrines, and the faithful are encouraged to

martyred while exposing hidden lycanthropes in Sharn. It is a time when followers of the Flame come together, but often causes tensions with the shifter community. The Hunt (4 Barrakas). In honor of the

Possible Visions

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss

as they kneel in worship, you know they are doomed. A voice sounds out within clouds of spores that fall like snow. The voice tells the myconids to prepare for a gift unlike any they have ever known

Orcus! Although Orcus doesn’t have a significant role in this adventure, players might wonder what the Demon Lord of Undeath is up to. In the heart of a alien cavern glistening with slime, scores of mind

Spaceship Locations, Level 4

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase

throughout this cold, spacious chamber. Soft blue lights blink across their upright faces, and wires snake from the towers along the floor and ceiling. “You shouldn’t be here,” echoes a familiar voice in

artificial eyes that glare menacingly down at you. The voice belongs to Aphelion, whose consciousness resides on the servers in this dimly lit room. The supercomputer’s usually blithe demeanor has turned

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