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New Race: Verdan

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated

New Race: Verdan The verdan owe their existence to chaos. Descended and transformed from a large clan of goblins and hobgoblins, those who became the verdan were simply living their lives, doing

goblinoid things. But then passing through the shadow of That-Which-Endures changed them forever. Now the newest race to call Faerûn home, the verdan do their best to find their way in an unfamiliar world

Verdan

Species Acquisitions Incorporated

then passing through the shadow of That-Which-Endures changed them forever. Now the newest race to call Faerûn home, the verdan do their best to find their way in an unfamiliar world

, particularly those based on physical characteristics such as gender, race, or appearance. Wide-Eyed and Curious Verdan are hungry to undertake new challenges and absorb new experiences. When they meet

Oath of the Ancients Legacy

Classes Player’s Handbook (2014)

The Oath of the Ancients is as old as the race of elves and the rituals of the druids. Sometimes called fey knights, green knights, or horned knights, paladins who swear this oath cast their lot with

the side of the light in the cosmic struggle against darkness because they love the beautiful and life-giving things of the world, not necessarily because they believe in principles of honor, courage

King Hekaton

Monsters Storm King's Thunder

action on his turn, Hekaton can shift his weight and cause any ship upon which he stands to heave to one side or the other. All other creatures standing on the ship must succeed on a DC 10 Dexterity

presided over a court that included representatives of every race of giant, from mighty storm giants to lowly hill giants. He used the power of the Wyrmskull Throne — a gift given to him by his wife

Half-Elf Legacy

Species Basic Rules (2014)

the dwarf could see of the man’s face beneath a green hood was tan skin and a brownish-red beard. A longbow was slung over one shoulder and a sword hung at his left side. He was dressed in soft

coloration and features lie somewhere between their human and elf parents, and thus show a variety even more pronounced than that found among either race. They tend to have the eyes of their elven

Gith Legacy

Species Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes

The story of the gith is rooted in a cruel twist of cosmic fate. Inspired by the great leader for whom the race is named, the gith rose up to overthrow the mind flayers that held them in

distanced themselves from one another to pursue their separate agendas. They remain bitter enemies today, each side willing to fight to the death whenever they cross paths. The githyanki were motivated

Cultural Chameleons

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated

Cultural Chameleons The clan homes of the Underdark goblinoids who became the verdan covered an enormous area. As the verdan fled to the surface world, they emerged in culturally diverse locations

. Some found themselves near dwarven strongholds, others near elven enclaves, and others near the widespread human settlements of Faerûn. Without a cultural identity or memory of their own, the verdan

Franchise Downtime

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated

Waterdeep can undertake research to study its mysterious runes, which can lead to information regarding That-Which-Endures (see the sidebar in the “New Race: Verdan” section in chapter 3.) Gorkoh the

Yuan-ti Pureblood Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

body, thought, and emotion. Freed from the limitations of their human bodies, the yuan-ti used their new abilities to conquer new lands and expand their borders. One Race, Many Forms The bodies of all

implement better tactics. Any enemy who chases a group of fleeing yuan-ti might be on the victorious side of a rout or could be heading into a trap; if the enemy has been encountered before, it is likely

Goblin Trail

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk

Goblin Trail After the characters defeat the goblins, any inspection of the area reveals that the creatures have been using this place to stage ambushes for some time. On the north side of the road

the trail; the character also sees signs of two human-sized bodies being hauled from the ambush site. The drivers can easily steer the wagon off the road and tie off the oxen before the characters

Starting the Adventure

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

sounds of crying children, barking vendors, cursing skycoach drivers, and braying hippogriffs rise up to become a unique din that can only be heard in the City of Towers. Each of you carries a letter

same birthplace, fighting for the same side in the Last War, or having common backgrounds or interests. Once the characters’ relationships to one another have been established, read or paraphrase the

Diplomats or Wanderers

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

get along with everyone, defusing hostility and finding common ground. As a race, they have elven grace without elven aloofness and human energy without human boorishness. They often make excellent

ambassadors and go-betweens (except between elves and humans, since each side suspects the half-elf of favoring the other).

Diplomats or Wanderers

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

get along with everyone, defusing hostility and finding common ground. As a race, they have elven grace without elven aloofness and human energy without human boorishness. They often make excellent

ambassadors and go-betweens (except between elves and humans, since each side suspects the half-elf of favoring the other).

Aasimar

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

Aasimar In Eberron, aasimar aren’t a race as such. Rather, each aasimar is a unique individual touched by a celestial power. An aasimar bound to the Silver Flame has a couatl as an angelic guide

encourage its aasimar to seek out knowledge and uphold the law as a servant of Aureon. On the other side of things, a fallen aasimar could have a bond to a spirit of Mabar or a cruel fiend from Shavarath

Goblin Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

. Beast Masters and Slave Drivers Goblins know they are a weak, unsophisticated race that can be easily dominated by bigger, smarter, more organized, more ferocious, or more magical creatures. Their god

Bring It to an End

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

. 3 The actions of the adventurers or a villain result in a cataclysmic event that the adventurers must escape. 4 The adventurers race to the site where a villain is bringing a master plan to its

betrays the adventurers as they’re about to achieve their goal. (Use this climax carefully, and don’t overuse it.) 7 A portal opens to another plane of existence. Creatures on the other side spill out

Chapter 4: Gith and Their Endless War

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

Chapter 4: Gith and Their Endless War The story of the gith is rooted in a cruel twist of cosmic fate. Inspired by the great leader for whom the race is named, the gith rose up to overthrow the mind

hostility, and the two groups distanced themselves from one another to pursue their separate agendas. They remain bitter enemies today, each side willing to fight to the death whenever they cross

The Wards of Waterdeep

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist

bounded by rivers or walls. But in Waterdeep, one can traverse from ward to ward by crossing a street — a fact that offers the drivers of hire-coaches some amusement when an ignorant tourist requests a

wealth. Yet nothing drives residents to identify with their wards as much as festivals and sport. Nearly every race and parade in the city features a competition between wards as part of the festivities

Kobold Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

crawl to make progress. In places where a tunnel opens into a chasm and continues on the other side, the kobolds might connect the two passages with a rope bridge or some other rickety structure

at the actions or deeds of other races. They aren’t forgiving of other races, and they enjoy nursing their hatred until they get a chance to wreak revenge on a creature or a race that has wronged

The Dual Role of Abbathor

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

where Abbathor comes in. The dwarves’ attachment to their creations has a dark side: many of them fall victim to feelings of selfishness and greed. The culprit is Abbathor, the black sheep of the

experience — for all their long-winded rambling about lineage and tradition — dwarves are greedy and devious folk. I write this not to insult them in any way. I have found greed to be a useful motivator both for myself and my underlings, and I prize the trickery that some members of that race demonstrate.

Entering the Sanctum

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk

cascade down either side of the sanctum’s entrance, casting eerie light on the vaulted ceiling. At the opposite end of the sanctum looms a towering statue of a dwarven woman. Cracks race along her arms

Puzzle Cubes

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation

Ras Nsi does what he must to prevent the Red Wizards or the characters from obtaining all of them. A puzzle cube is a stone cube 3 inches on a side and engraved with images of a specific trickster

). Characters can also discover the shrines on their own or learn about them from Orvex Ocrammas (area 2). Race for the Puzzle Cubes The characters need not explore all nine shrines. The Red Wizards find at

World-Shaking Events

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)

. The lost resource might be a precious metal, a species of plant or animal that held an important place in the local ecology, or an entire race or culture of people. Its absence causes a chain

mineral resource (gems, metals, ores) 5 A type of monster (unicorn, manticore, dragon) 6 A people (family line, clan, culture, race) 7 A kind of plant (crop, tree, herb, forest) 8 A waterway (river

Oath of the Ancients

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

Oath of the Ancients The Oath of the Ancients is as old as the race of elves and the rituals of the druids. Sometimes called fey knights, green knights, or horned knights, paladins who swear this

oath cast their lot with the side of the light in the cosmic struggle against darkness because they love the beautiful and life-giving things of the world, not necessarily because they believe in

Emotionless Evil

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters

opportunity to study their opponents and implement better tactics. Any enemy who chases a group of fleeing yuan-ti might be on the victorious side of a rout or could be heading into a trap; if the enemy has

been encountered before, it is likely that the yuan-ti have prepared a special ambush at the end of the pursuit. Capture, Not Kill The objective of the yuan-ti as a race is to conquer and enslave

11. Eye of Annam

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder

from this side. Characters who study the arch and succeed on a DC 17 Intelligence (Arcana) check can sense that the archway will remain open for a short time only, perhaps as long as an hour. The statues

glory to their race. The oracle told Blagothkus outright that he could never impress the gods enough to earn their favor, then urged Eigeron to step out from beneath his father’s “dark shadow.” Blagothkus

Infiltrating Dran Enterprises

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated

called “failure points,” which are used to represent the race against the Six and determine which side finds the headquarters first. The resolution of that search is described in the “On Board The

Sanctuary

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons

minutes (two minutes per side). Group C consists of four cultists and four kobolds clustered tightly around the temple’s back door. Their meager fire produces little flame, instead creating prodigious

citizens of Greenest slip out the back and race for the keep or for the old tunnel—if characters have opened it already. That’s only one possibility; clever players can come up with different solutions

Sharn Watch NPCs

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

feelings interfere with his duties. Sharn Watch Races d20 Race 1 Changeling 2–4 Dwarf 5–6 Elf 7 Gnome 8–9 Half-elf 10–11 Half-orc 12–13 Halfling 14–16 Human 17 Kalashtar 18 Shifter 19–20 Warforged

Layabout who tries to do as little work as possible 4 Eternal optimist who encourages victims of crime to have hope and look on the bright side 5 Investigator who loves to get to the bottom of a

Sanctuary

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen

minutes (two minutes per side). Group C consists of four cultists and four kobolds clustered tightly around the temple’s back door. Their meager fire produces little flame, instead creating prodigious

citizens of Greenest slip out the back and race for the keep or for the old tunnel — if characters have opened it already. That’s only one possibility; clever players can come up with different solutions

Getting About

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist

, which it passes hard by). In the middle of the city, six boulevards run north from Waterdeep Way, where they meet the road that encircles the Market. On the other side of the Market, five boulevards

provides additional open-air bench seating on its roof. The driver sits at the level of the roof seating, providing a vantage point to see over other traffic and make eye contact with other dray drivers

Orc Lairs

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters

and one that is wholly or partly underground, an orc chieftain typically opts for the latter. If the surface location happens to be a ruin left behind by another race, orcs are more likely to use it

their elders by guarding the stronghold’s vulnerable spot. Off to one side of the chamber, away from where the warriors are quartered, is the fighting pit, a sunken and fenced-off area where orcs settle

Clerks' Ward

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands

through the streets, eliciting nervous whispers from a crowd of onlookers. 6 A Society of Sensation Muse (see Morte’s Planar Parade) dazzles the characters with a street-side performance. 7 Olga, a

atop a street-side soapbox. They attempt to goad a character into a cynical debate about the future of Sigil. Terraform Studios Creatures from every plane converge in Sigil, the crossroads of the

The Fissure

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated

tunnels beneath the warehouse were dug as smugglers’ byways. Later, worshipers of That-Which-Endures (see the sidebar in the “New Race: Verdan” section in chapter 3) excavated chambers beneath the ground

system’s side passages have been blocked by rubble. The limited zone that is still traversable leads the characters from the fissure to the lost shrine of destruction — and through a number of dangerous

People of Phandalin

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated

dungeons (see “Tresendar Manor” below). If effective roleplaying or ability checks get the characters on Brawn’s good side, he can be convinced to provide further details of the layout of dungeon areas

to partner up on business deals, sharing the profits of the mines if the characters invest their time or money in such operations. If the characters end up on the wrong side of Harbin Wester, she sides

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