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Guild Artisan / Guild Merchant Legacy

Backgrounds Player’s Handbook (2014)

wealth from the constraints of a feudal social order. You learned your skills as an apprentice to a master artisan, under the sponsorship of your guild, until you became a master in your own right

practicing the same trade. However, your guild might instead be a loose network of artisans who each work in a different village within a larger realm. Work with your DM to determine the nature of your

Noble Legacy

Backgrounds Basic Rules (2014)

effort to accommodate you and avoid your displeasure, and other people of high birth treat you as a member of the same social sphere. You can secure an audience with a local noble if you need to

) instead of the Position of Privilege feature. One of your commoner retainers is replaced by a noble who serves as your squire, aiding you in exchange for training on his or her own path to knighthood

Saidra d'Honaire

monsters

fails a saving throw, she can choose to succeed instead. Sunlight Sensitivity. While in sunlight, Saidra has Disadvantage on ability checks and attack rollsMultiattack. Saidra makes three Necrotic Burst

’t one of the living. Nevertheless, servants and sycophants flatter her poise, beauty, and array of lavish masquerade costumes. When not hosting decadent social events, Saidra removes her mask and

Guild Artisan - Baldur's Gate

Backgrounds Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus

social order. You learned your skills as an apprentice to a master artisan, under the sponsorship of your guild, until you became a master in your own right. Skill Proficiencies: Insight, Persuasion

might instead be a loose network of artisans who each work in a different village within a larger realm. Work with your DM to determine the nature of your guild. You can select your guild business

Factol Skall

Monsters Adventure Atlas: The Mortuary

resurrection or wish spell. Legendary Resistance (4/Day). If Skall fails a saving throw, he can choose to succeed instead. Rejuvenation. If Skall dies, he turns to dust. If his orrery of souls hasn’t

flesh, Skall often delegates his bureaucratic responsibilities to Undead proxies or—on rare occasions—appears as an illusory duplicate. Subtle social cues are lost on the factol, whose

Hulgaz

Monsters The Book of Many Things

Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If Hulgaz fails a saving throw, she can choose to succeed instead. Magic Resistance. Hulgaz has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical

claws, glossy black eyes, and a snakelike tail tipped with a poisonous spike. On the rare occasion when her social graces fail to achieve the desired result, Hulgaz turns her natural weapons on her

Noble - Baldur's Gate

Backgrounds Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus

effort to accommodate you and avoid your displeasure, and other people of high birth treat you as a member of the same social sphere. You can secure an audience with a local noble if you need to. Baldur

knighthood is among the lowest noble titles in most societies, but it can be a path to higher status. If you wish to be a knight, choose the Retainers feature (see the sidebar) instead of the

Young Deep Dragon Legacy

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

. Deep dragons often hoard secrets, delighting in knowledge of far-off lands. Many seek out new insights and tricks that they can use against other denizens of the Underdark, preferring social

1 A young deep dragon has captured a number of kuo-toa and has decided to try them out as servants instead of eating them. 2 A young deep dragon maintains the guise of a handsome Humanoid

Graz'zt Legacy

Monsters Out of the Abyss

, telekinesis, teleport 1/day each: dominate monster, greater invisibility Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If Graz’zt fails a saving throw, he can choose to succeed instead. Magic Resistance. Graz&rsquo

of others.” 81–90 “My own pleasure is of paramount importance. Everything else, including social graces, is a triviality.” 91–00 “Anything that can

Cloistered Scholar

Backgrounds Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide

world. Perhaps instead you were taken in by the scholars of the Vault of the Sages or the Map House in Silverymoon, and now you have struck out to increase your knowledge and to make yourself available

. . . everyone . . . is . . . compared . . . to me. 7 I am horribly, horribly awkward in social situations. 8 I’m convinced that people are always trying to steal my secrets

Half-Elf Legacy

Species Basic Rules (2014)

contrast, throw themselves into the thick of society, putting their charisma and social skills to great use in diplomatic roles or as swindlers. Half-Elf Names Half-elves use either human or elven

-Elf Variants Some half-elves in Faerûn have a racial trait in place of the Skill Versatility trait. If your DM allows it, your half-elf character can forgo Skill Versatility and instead take the elf trait Keen Senses or a trait based on your elf parentage:

Rogue

classes Basic Rules (2014)

Investigation or plan to take up the Arcane Trickster archetype. Choose Charisma instead if you plan to emphasize deception and social interaction. Second, choose the charlatan background. The Rogue Table

Adult Deep Dragon Legacy

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

of far-off lands. Many seek out new insights and tricks that they can use against other denizens of the Underdark, preferring social manipulation and crafty dealmaking to exerting themselves in combat

A deep dragon lair might share the same basic structure as the sapphire dragon lair shown on map 5.12, but instead of being formed from stone, it might consist of chambers hollowed out within a fungus

Ancient Deep Dragon Legacy

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

far-off lands. Many seek out new insights and tricks that they can use against other denizens of the Underdark, preferring social manipulation and crafty dealmaking to exerting themselves in combat

share the same basic structure as the sapphire dragon lair shown on map 5.12, but instead of being formed from stone, it might consist of chambers hollowed out within a fungus network growing near an

Life in Umizu

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel

from dark brown to black. Social Mores Umizu is a matrilineal culture with a preference for succession by women. Most families live in multigenerational homes, and the wealthiest favor polyamorous

gender. Titles such as “daimyo” are gender-neutral, as are most names. Clothing varies by class status rather than gender—instead, people express their gender through perfumes. Bright citrus scents

Character Advancement

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight

Character Advancement The adventure assumes that the characters start at 1st level. If your players are more interested in exploration and social interaction than combat, or if you want to make the

characters’ Feywild excursion less dangerous, have them start at 3rd level instead. Advancement is handled the same way regardless. In this adventure, the characters receive experience points for

Chapter 8: Adventuring

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

complexities of social interaction. The rules for resting are also in this chapter, along with a discussion of the activities your character might pursue between adventures. Whether adventurers are

wilderness regions. The DM’s notes, including a key to the map, describe what the adventurers find as they enter each new area. Sometimes, the passage of time and the adventurers’ actions determine what happens, so the DM might use a timeline or a flowchart to track their progress instead of a map.

A Sinister Shadow

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

for their final year at Strixhaven, the mood is muted. Social spaces are sparsely populated, students chat in whispered tones, and the campus’s energy is tense. Read or paraphrase the following when

clear that something is very wrong. Instead of the usual cheerful bustle, students mill about campus nervously. Here and there, you hear frightened whispers: “I heard his name is Murgaxor. I heard he

Quick Build

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

Investigation or plan to take up the Arcane Trickster archetype. Choose Charisma instead if you plan to emphasize deception and social interaction. Second, choose the charlatan background. The Rogue Level

Chapter 8: Adventuring

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

complexities of social interaction. The rules for resting are also in this section, along with a discussion of the activities your character might pursue between adventures. Whether adventurers are

wilderness regions. The DM’s notes, including a key to the map, describe what the adventurers find as they enter each new area. Sometimes, the passage of time and the adventurers’ actions determine what happens, so the DM might use a timeline or a flowchart to track their progress instead of a map.

Goblin Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

traps, snares, and nets to catch the unwary, and when their hunting patrols encounter other beings, they always look for ways to capture their foes instead of killing them. Goblins that run up against

;t understand the goblins’ social system are sometimes surprised by how different castes interact with them. A single human warrior might frighten away a dozen gatherers, only to be shocked when

The Athasian Cult

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse

The Athasian Cult Elemental cults are widespread in Athas. In a world without gods, people instead worship the powers they see in the world around them: air, earth, fire, and water. Elemental priests

hold a social position similar to that of religious hermits or tribal shamans of other worlds. Common Athasians, especially those who live outside the walls of the city-states, revere elemental

Orc Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

, injury, or age) often join these cults instead of facing daily humiliation, exile, or death. Serving as the bridge between the two parts of the tribe are the priestesses of Luthic, the orc goddess who

react to them. As a race, orcs have no noteworthy universal social traits, but some commonality does exist in the crude written communication that all orcs employ and in the way that they use

Rogues of a Different Feather

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

attack: it’s like the rogue mastermind was specifically built for an Acquisitions Incorporated campaign. Your formidable social skills translate perfectly well from the street to the boardroom, and your

situations, from infiltration, to theft, to fleeing the city guards when the infiltration and theft goes bad. Moreover, your social skills make you equally effective in and out of combat. However

New Ability Scores: Honor and Sanity

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

reputation that others know about, especially those who have high Honor scores themselves. Unlike other abilities, Honor can’t be raised with normal ability score increases. Instead, you can award

social situations, much as Charisma would, when a character’s understanding of a code of conduct is the most defining factor in the way a social interaction will play out. You might also call for an

Modifying a Class

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

, paladins might not swear their oaths to ideals, but instead swear fealty to powerful sorcerers. To capture this story concept, you could build a new paladin spell list with spells meant to protect

removing, and that the substitute class features contribute to the class’s effectiveness at social interaction, exploration, or combat just as well as those being replaced. Ultimately, a class exists

Creating a Blue Dragon

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

to help select spells for a spellcasting dragon. Blue Dragon Personality Traits d8 Trait 1 I enforce order and social hierarchies because I believe this is how strong societies are built

. 2 Why waste time and energy murdering weaker creatures when I can make them entertain me instead? 3 My children, whether born to me or chosen by me, are treasures. 4 Nothing is

Phenax's Villains

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros

, cunning, and planning instead of brute force. Phenax and his champions move with purpose, don’t draw attention to themselves, and use misdirection to keep foes guessing about when and where their

sectarian civil war in Meletis. 5 An information broker (spy) holds damaging secrets about important folk and is blackmailing them. 6 A group of vocal iconoclasts (nobles) are fomenting social

Large Groups

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

individual players are having trouble getting a chance to do things during exploration or social interaction, have the characters roll Initiative and act in Initiative order, just as you do in combat

Information. If you tell the players what the Armor Class of their opponents is, you reduce the steps of interaction needed to resolve an attack. Instead of telling you a number and asking if it hits

Creating a Rogue

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

Arcane Trickster archetype. Choose Charisma instead if you plan to emphasize deception and social interaction. Second, choose the charlatan background. Level Proficiency Bonus Sneak Attack

Encounter Pace and Tension

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

limited resources. Variety also contributes to a sense of escalating tension. Build variety into your encounters in three ways: Vary Encounter Type. Use a mix of social interaction, exploration, and

, environmental dangers, and traps in exploration encounters, and use NPCs with different personalities and different goals in social interaction encounters. Urgency and Rests While successive

Childhood

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

. Because of the rarity of elf births, siblings might be separated in age by decades, or even a century or more. Thus, few elves grow up playing with brothers or sisters of similar age and instead

rely on friends for the development of their social skills. In exceedingly rare cases, a birth might produce twins or — scarcer yet — triplets. These offspring, which the elves refer to as soul siblings

Samurai

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

you finish a long rest. Elegant Courtier Starting at 7th level, your discipline and attention to detail allow you to excel in social situations. Whenever you make a Charisma (Persuasion) check, you

gain a bonus to the check equal to your Wisdom modifier. Your self-control also causes you to gain proficiency in Wisdom saving throws. If you already have this proficiency, you instead gain proficiency

Madness of Graz'zt

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

have made someone else mine, and doing so is more important to me than my own life — or the lives of others.” 81–90 “My own pleasure is of paramount importance. Everything else, including social graces

, teleport 1/day each: dominate monster, greater invisibility Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If Graz’zt fails a saving throw, he can choose to succeed instead. Magic Resistance. Graz’zt has

Elemental Cults

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse

Elemental Cults Elemental Evil perverts the natural elements, limiting them to aspects of destruction. This force wants to gain the power to tear down everything — morals, social structures

destruction for its own sake. Instead, the servants of Elemental Evil seek power through the destructive might of one of the elements of air, earth, fire, or water. This is the origin of the four elemental

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