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Vecna: Eve of Ruin
’d never see her again—then, to our horror, we did.”
—Hopewell Lightfinger, Sword Coast Adventurer
When the spirit of a malevolent trickster or callous rogue refuses to
enter the afterlife, the spirit sometimes becomes a mirror shade instead. Mirror shades are incorporeal Undead that, in their true forms, look like person-shaped blobs of shining light. More often
Backgrounds
Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
Almost all of the common people and other folk that one might encounter along the Sword Coast or in the North have one thing in common: they live out their lives without ever traveling more than a
discussed here are all sufficiently distant from the North and the Sword Coast to justify the use of this background.
Evermeet. The fabled elven islands far to the west are home to elves who have never
Elf
Legacy
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Species
Basic Rules (2014)
high cliff over the fabled city of Qualinost.
Four slender spires rose from the city’s corners like glistening spindles, their brilliant white stone marbled with shining silver. Graceful
skill with sword, bow, and strategy.
Hidden Woodland Realms
Most elves dwell in small forest villages hidden among the trees. Elves hunt game, gather food, and grow vegetables, and their skill and
Backgrounds
Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
Faerûn for being eccentric, spoiled, venal, and, above all else, rich.
Whether you are a shining example of the reason for this reputation or one who proves the rule by being an exception, people
filthy dungeons to sipping zzar at a ball? Or have you taken up sword or spell on your family’s behalf, ensuring that they have someone of renown to see to their legacy?
Work with your DM to come
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
large alabaster chamber brightly lit by magically created sunlight shining through windows. The sword atop the dais is the Sword of Zariel (see Appendix C). The carvings on the dais read, in Celestial
Entering the Citadel The characters should be 12th level by the time they enter the Bleeding Citadel. The citadel has one purpose: to keep the Sword of Zariel out of evil hands. Read or paraphrase
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
Paladin Clad in plate armor that gleams in the sunlight despite the dust and grime of long travel, a human lays down her sword and shield and places her hands on a mortally wounded man. Divine
watches an orc war band celebrating its recent victory. Silently, he stalks into their midst and whispers an oath, and two orcs are dead before they even realize he is there. Silver hair shining in a shaft
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
reputation across Faerûn for being eccentric, spoiled, venal, and, above all else, rich. Whether you are a shining example of the reason for this reputation or one who proves the rule by being an
delving in filthy dungeons to sipping zzar at a ball? Or have you taken up sword or spell on your family’s behalf, ensuring that they have someone of renown to see to their legacy? Work with your DM to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes’ Feast: Saving the Children’s Menu
Overview The River Shining Tavern is located in the town of Daggerford, in the Sword Coast region of the Forgotten Realms. The tavern’s menu is legendary, but shipments from Holrow Homestead, the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
Paladin Clad in plate armor that gleams in the sunlight despite the dust and grime of long travel, a human lays down her sword and shield and places her hands on a mortally wounded man. Divine
watches an orc war band celebrating its recent victory. Silently, he stalks into their midst and whispers an oath, and two orcs are dead before they even realize he is there. Silver hair shining in a shaft
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
Rock Gnomes When most folk on the Sword Coast and in the North talk about gnomes, they mean rock gnomes. Unlike their shy forest cousins, the inquisitive and irrepressible rock gnomes interact
occasional adventuresome rock gnome takes up residence in a human or dwarven city. Rock gnome communities are most common in the Western Heartlands and along the coast of the Shining Sea, but gnome
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
, in their true forms, look like person-shaped blobs of shining light. More often, though, mirror shades are encountered on reflective surfaces such as mirrors or panes of glass. There, they blend in
great at picking locks but had a terrible cruel streak. When the cloaker got her, we were glad we’d never see her again—then, to our horror, we did.”
—Hopewell Lightfinger,
Sword Coast adventurer
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
Where Are You From? The most important decision in creating a far traveler background is determining your homeland. The places discussed here are all sufficiently distant from the North and the Sword
committing some infraction of elven law, or emissaries who come to Faerûn for a purpose that benefits elven culture or society. Halruaa. Located on the southern edges of the Shining South, and hemmed in by
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes’ Feast: Saving the Children’s Menu
Chef in a Pickle Robin Olausson As the characters walk through the streets of Daggerford, they find themselves drawn to the delicious aroma emanating from the River Shining Tavern. When they enter
those who eat them. These special ingredients have helped make Kaga’s dishes famous all over the Sword Coast—particularly Kaga’s Stumblenoodles, which are the hallmark of the tavern’s children’s menu
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
Evermeet, Lantan, and Nimbral — nations thought vanished or destroyed — sailed into ports on the Sword Coast and in the Shining South. Tales spread of the legendary skyships of Halruaa being spotted in
The Present Age The four and a half centuries since the establishment of the Lords of Waterdeep have been tumultuous times for the Sword Coast and the world. Throughout this period, civilization
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
, Red Larch offers many fine amenities, including the Allfaiths Shrine, a place of worship that caters to multiple faiths; the Swinging Sword, a respectable three-story stone inn with a high-pitched
trace, speak with animals
1/day each: commune with nature (cast as 1 action), conjure woodland beings, hallucinatory terrain (cast as 1 action)
Shining Falls Traffic on the Delimbiyr River comes
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
Lulu’s Dream Quest Before they can retrieve the Sword of Zariel, the characters must learn the location of the Bleeding Citadel, which is trapped in Lulu’s hidden memories. When Mad Maggie becomes
rests on a black cushion at the center of an inky void. She is unconscious and alone, a beam of brilliant white light shining down upon her. Next to Lulu, a large gleaming brass spyglass rests atop an
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
successful check, the character recognizes that the statue is a guardian common to Silvanesti burial sites and that the silver coins represent souls shining as stars in the night sky. The character also knows
repeatedly tries to pick up a sword from the remains on the floor, failing every time. She doesn’t notice the characters until she’s addressed directly, at which point she shares the following information
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
stationed at each gate make note of new faces, but don’t take action against those they don’t recognize unless they are given reason to do so. The largest of the town’s inns, the River Shining Tavern
Daggerford’s most unusual businesses is the Sword Coast Traders’ Bank, which accepts deposits from traveling merchants and enables them to receive these funds at a similar location in either Waterdeep or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
throughout the North, as far west as the Sword Coast and as far east as the Delimbiyr Vale. Adventurers from Neverwinter recently slew the last great chief of the Gray Wolves, Syken Nightblaze. Envir
welcoming trading post it once was. The tribe’s spirit mound, Shining White, is northeast of the settlement, near an artery of the Surbrin River. Some of the more jaded tribesfolk believe that the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
unfulfilled, so I intend to finish that work. 3 The world is a dark and terrible place. I decided to serve as a beacon of light shining out against the gathering shadows. 4 I served as a paladin’s squire
consequence of my unwavering faith. In taking my vows, I became the holy sword of my religion. Ranger d6 I became a ranger because … 1 I found purpose while I honed my hunting skills by bringing down
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
those to the south and those to the east, becoming more foreign to the folk of the Sword Coast and the North the farther away they are. Lands to the South To the south of the Sword Coast lie ancient
connections, as well as to learn what has changed of the world in their century of absence. The Lake of Steam. Far to the south and east of the Sword Coast, the Lake of Steam is more accurately an
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
jagged rocks amid a sea of gravel. Anauroch’s most southerly part is the Sword — a hot, sandy desert. Use the Desert Monsters table in appendix B of the Dungeon Master’s Guide to inspire encounter ideas
-eyed “Senior Sword” and master of the militia. The largest inn, the Old Bargewright, was recently rebuilt as a substantial stone structure with thick walls and private chambers hidden behind secret
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
successful DC 16 Wisdom (Perception) check also finds the door. False Treasure. The shining contents of the treasure chests and urns are deceptive. They consist of nothing more than gold-painted wooden
fighting machines. Their heads are smooth, featureless iron balls. Their torsos are short and broad, and their legs are thick and stumpy. The right forearm of each one is a razor-sharp sword blade
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
before entering it. A bronze torch glowing with a magical light lies next to the corpse of a bare-chested man with a shield in the shape of a crab shell and a broken shark-toothed sword. Several
shield and broken sword), two lizardfolk, an ogre, and a male halfling in the robes of a cleric of Sune, and a female half-elf fighter in battered plate armor. Treasure The harpies have collected loot
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
protect their investment?
Authorities across the Sword Coast might also want to arrest the crew for Captain Athgar’s misdeeds. If any crew members are caught, the authorities might learn about the
skull pierced by a sword thrust upward through it. The maps and parchments tacked up along the walls include the following: A number of maps show trade routes in the area around the lighthouse, running
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
skull with a rock. Julkoun A motte-and-bailey village called Julkoun marks the west end of the old Delimbiyr Road and rests on the north shore of the Delimbiyr River (which locals call “the River Shining
Horns, crossing over the Dessarin River at a place known as Dead Horse Ford. Kheldell Kheldell is a fortified logging village on the north edge of Westwood, in the shadow of the Sword Mountains. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
with a river
Tethrin Veraldé NG Battle, sword fighting War Crossed swords beneath a quarter moon and above a full moon
Vandria Gilmadrith LN War, grief, justice, vigilance Grave,* War
Weeping eye
Ye’Cind CG Music, enchantment Life, Trickery Recorder
Zandilar CN Romance, lust, dance Life Lips
*Appears in Xanathar’s Guide to Everything
**Appears in Sword Coast
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
three feet. A ball of viscera two feet across is pinned to a wide, flat wall with a large sword. A puddle of slime has leaked down the wall and onto the floor beneath the entrails.
The viscera here
splat. The hole left by the greatsword closes as the Briny Maze swiftly heals. Varakkta is keen to have her sword back, as described in area B7. Slime. A character who succeeds on a DC 14 Wisdom
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
operatives in Yartar dispatched mercenaries to the village, offering protection. The mercenaries rode into town on warhorses, acting like shining knights. The villagers welcomed them at first, but the
their acolytes and squires. For a map of Neverwinter and more information about it, see the Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide. Neverwinter Wood The forest east of Neverwinter seems to have a magical