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The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
his home in the Misty Forest and deal with the threat of an evil green dragon that nests there.
Alignment. Chaotic good.
Personality Trait. “I am an elf, and time is on my side. I refuse to
. “To relent is to show weakness, and I shall not be seen as weak. It is my destiny to be king.”
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Acquisitions Incorporated
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
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
. Reality is a descent into chaos punctuated by brief flashes of order, whence we arose and so imagine it to be the norm rather than a distant outlier. That-Which-Endures held entropy back for a mere instant, and the Verdan emerged. I’m sorry, was that the question?
— K’thriss Drow’b
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
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Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
your adventuring career, you can decide whether to tell your companions about your inheritance right away. Rather than attracting attention to yourself, you might want to keep your inheritance a secret
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I misuse long words in an attempt to sound smarter.
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I get bored easily. When am I going to get on with my destiny?
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Respect. People deserve to be treated
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Curse of Strahd
that Strahd would never accept her as his true mother, nor could she bear his rejection. As a result, she has never confronted him. She would rather exist in perpetual denial, whiling away the days
Strahd, whom the druids consider a god. With the druids on her side, she expects to rid Barovia of its wereraven menace.
Gifts of Mother Night. The goddess Mother Night has bestowed magical gifts on Baba
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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
hero achieves some great deed only to see their sinister, diabolical side surface. Deceiving their companions during their most daunting trials, the forlarren then betrays those companions at the worst moment possible.
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
Outer Planes, ki-rins in service to benevolent deities take a direct role in the eternal struggle between good and evil. In the mortal world, ki-rins are celebrated far and wide as harbingers of destiny
to inspire and strengthen the side of good or to rescue heroes from certain death.
Ki-rins are attracted to the worship of deities of courage, loyalty, selflessness, and truth, as well as to the
Goliath
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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
away in the night to seek the cold will of fate.
In some ways, the goliath drive to outdo themselves feeds into the grim inevitability of their decline and death. A goliath would much rather die in
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Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
the same performance troupe for years, and these people mean everything to me.
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A blood witch told me I have a special destiny to fulfill, and I’m trying to figure out what it is.
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very amusing dark side.
2
A Boros captain really wants to “redeem” me.
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I think a member of my troupe is a Dimir agent.
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I once convinced a Golgari medusa to participate
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Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
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I never raise my voice or lose my temper.
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I feel the pains and joys of everyone around me, friend or foe.
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I would rather make a friend than thwart an enemy.
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I’m
of them.
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I’m terrified of getting into a fight where my side is outnumbered.
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I assume that people mean well until they prove otherwise
Yuan-ti Pureblood
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
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
of evil that calls for them to butcher or eradicate all who oppose them. In keeping with their goal of domination, the yuan-ti would rather capture potentially useful opponents than kill them. They use
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
you were destined to serve an evil purpose—perhaps even serving as an avatar for an imprisoned demon Overlord—and you are fleeing from that destiny. Other tieflings are shaped not by demonic powers
necessarily evil. There is one tiefling nation in Khorvaire: The Venomous Demesne, a city-state hidden on the far side of Droaam. The tieflings of the Venomous Demesne are descended from Sarlonan mages who
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- 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
Asteria’s destiny to be a dutiful daughter and princess, and it was Euryale’s fate to be remembered forever as a tragic villain. Asteria wasn’t sure which part of this destiny she resented more. “We
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
avatar for an imprisoned Overlord — and you are fleeing that destiny. Other tieflings are shaped not by fiendish powers, but by the influence of the fiend-tainted planes. Such tieflings might be born in
far side of Droaam — is populated by tieflings. These tieflings descend from Sarlonan mages who bargained with dark powers, with the Demesne’s lords being powerful warlocks and wizards. The Venomous
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Forge of the Artificer
direction of destiny to one side or another. The verse of the Prophecy that begins this introduction is typical, in that each line is open to multiple interpretations. Consider these possibilities
The Draconic Prophecy The language of the Draconic Prophecy is richly symbolic and largely conditional. Rather than laying out a predetermined series of events, it explores causation and consequences
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
Deciphering the Mask Characters curious about the nature of Phenax’s Silence find no grand prize in the Court of Orestes. Rather than great wealth, the seer Orestes vaguely predicted the events that
Titans from the Underworld. Mortals killed him to save themselves. The gods let him escape the Underworld to save themselves. What will Phenax do if he learns of his true destiny?
2 A secret
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Astral Adventurer’s Guide
ship touches down on a planet (or some other enormous body), the ship’s gravity plane is suppressed. If a ship has one or more decks on the ventral side of the ship’s gravity plane (rather than its
dorsal side), precautions must be taken before the ship lands to secure anyone and anything that might fall when the ship’s gravity plane is suppressed.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a7
wall of solid stone behind the false door hides a secret door, which can be found with a successful DC 15 Wisdom (Perception) check. Secret Trapdoor. On the other side of the secret door is a secret
the north wall. When the doors to the north are opened, sleep gas billows forth from the other side. Each creature in the east-west passage must succeed on a DC 15 Constitution saving throw or fall
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a4
2. Riddling Guardian A rather mangy, bedraggled gynosphinx squats in the space where the three corridors converge. A wall of force along the south side separates the gynosphinx from those who
Kobold
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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
other useful items, but if they are at risk of discovery, they run away rather than attack anyone in the house. By fleeing before they can be seen or identified, they avoid getting into a situation
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
15. Outer Door and Foyer The tower entrance is on the eastern side of the stalagmite and offers the only access to Ezzat’s lair. Outer Door Bas-Relief. The outward-facing side of the door bears a bas
is his residence. Far removed from their resting places, they have nowhere to go if their physical forms are destroyed. A drow vampire reduced to 72 hit points or fewer attempts to flee rather than
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
Customizing the Puzzle “Chimera” might not be the password but rather a reference to something or someone else in the tavern. Characters who solve the puzzle and succeed on a DC 15 Wisdom (Perception
patron or seeing what’s on the other side of the secret door do the characters obtain the actual password, which can be anything you want. You can easily change “chimera” to something else by swapping out
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
regardless of their approach. Bloodbath It’s possible to kill or defeat the Amberdune Pack without ever hearing their side of the story. With no one to stop them, characters in this situation can
Digressions and see the book safely back to Candlekeep, if they so desire. NIDALIA
The true leader of the Amberdune Pack, Nidalia is a lamia who delights in hoarding books rather than in corruption and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
arch are two statues of dwarves offering a greeting. Beyond the archway is an open courtyard with a statue on a raised platform in the center. All these features have been chiseled out of the side of
the mountain rather than built from fitted stonework.
Two dwarf guards stand watch atop this stony shelf. Instead of spears and shields, they carry warhammers that they wield with two hands (1d10 + 1
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
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
and Haruman, refused to leave Zariel’s side. All three were captured and sent to Nessus, the lowest of the Nine Hells. There, Zariel was brought before Asmodeus, who welcomed her with open arms. The
grace. Haruman followed his master into damnation willingly and was transformed into a narzugon devil, while Olanthius, who took his own life rather than bow before Asmodeus, was brought back to serve as a death knight under Zariel’s burning gaze.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
behind observers, as if they stood in a bowl or valley, stretching upward and disappearing into an industrial haze. On a clear day, a creature that looks upward sees the other side of the city
edge are ever heard from again. Those who pass over the edge don’t end up in the Outlands; rather, they are flung to random corners of the planes.
Orc
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created the orcs and continues to direct their destiny. He is aided and abetted by the other warrior deities, Bahgtru and Ilneval, who bring strength and cunning to the battlefield. The followers of all
they are more interested in grabbing plunder and food rather than in wanton slaughter. The elderly, children, and any who seem weak or meek enough might escape death. If they leave the population more
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
strategy. A quick death in combat is its own kind of courtesy.
6 I trust my gut. I’d rather act on incomplete information than be hamstrung by indecision.
7 I’m fascinated by other species
guarantee success. (Any)
2 Analysis. When possible, dig into the root of a conflict before committing to end it, to ensure you aren’t fighting for the wrong side. (Any)
3 Honor. I never
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver
outside ground level, 4 feet above the interior floor level, 8 inches wide, and 4 feet high. A creature on one side of an arrow slit gains three-quarters cover against attacks from the other side (see
“Cover” in the Basic Rules). DISGUISED CHARACTERS
Rather than storm Cragmaw Castle with weapons in hand, clever characters might try to talk their way inside. For example, they might don the scarlet
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
Underworld Crossing The Tartyx River is dotted with ruined temples of Athreos on either side of its banks that serve as crossing points between the mortal world and the Underworld. Souls of the dead
wait on the riverbank at these desolate places for the River Guide to appear and grant them passage to the Underworld side. The ruined temple buildings are as enigmatic as their patron. No priests
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
to do, do poorly, or do wrongly can be just as important as what they accomplish. Don’t let failure and setbacks derail an adventure or a campaign. Rather, look for ways that failure or partial
adventure’s many suggestions for side treks and additional encounters. That’ll keep these so-called heroes in line.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Astral Adventurer’s Guide
smaller objects, such as spacecraft, gravity doesn’t radiate from a point but rather from a plane that cuts horizontally through the object and extends out as far as its air envelope. An object’s gravity
gravity plane is that an object that falls off the side of a ship can end up oscillating back and forth across the gravity plane. It drops in one direction until it crosses the plane, then reverses direction back toward the plane again, continuing until something causes it to stop.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
in a vicious assault that leaves few survivors. If robbery rather than murder is the goal, a duergar war party might surreptitiously dig for weeks to penetrate a dwarf treasure vault, hoping to seize
activity or to recover stolen treasures if they can do so without attracting too much attention. This eternal enmity between duergar and dwarves doesn’t consume either side; both have other concerns
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
your wheelhouse. Being able to make friends and influence people is the bread and butter of your profession. Rather than ply this trade in public squares and seedy alehouses, however, you have trained
yourself to deliver your speeches in boardrooms and guildhalls. It’s all about convincing people to see your side of an issue — then motivating them to do exactly what you want. College of Lore Some