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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
Backgrounds
Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
You are the heir to something of great value — not mere coin or wealth, but an object that has been entrusted to you and you alone. Your inheritance might have come directly to you from a
, and might have set you on the path to adventure, but it could also come with many dangers, including those who covet your gift and want to take it from you — by force, if need be.
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Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
Created by Chaos When the power of That-Which-Endures mutated the verdan, their skin was turned the color of jade and their blood began to flow black. Their ears grew pointed, and they gained a
limited form of telepathy — but at the cost of forgetting their history. The underground homes of the goblins were places of terror to the new creatures those goblins became, and the verdan quickly fled to
Backgrounds
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
and companions you lead can travel between any two locations in the city twice as fast as your speed would normally allow. The paths of the undercity are haunted by dangers that rarely brave the
the moss-covered building where I took part in my first reclamation mission.
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I found something in the sewer that must never come to light.
6
I am forever grateful to the reclaimer who
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
assume leadership roles as they deal with allies who might not entirely trust or respect them — or each other. Add in the dangers of the Underdark, along with the unpredictable influence of demonic madness, and the characters have several new challenges that must be faced.
Kobold
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
roles that protect and sustain the tribe. The strongest kobolds are trained to be hunters and warriors, the most clever are crafters and strategists, the toughest are miners and beast-wranglers, and so
on. Even a stupid or physically weak kobold is given a role in the tribe, whether something as simple as picking mushrooms for food or watching over hatchlings, and they all understand that their
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica
something useful. These creations become thrulls, obedient slaves that serve in a variety of menial roles: laborers, messengers, beasts of burden, and even fashion accessories for the elite. Whatever
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
Quentillius Antiphiun Melentor III Neutral Human First Year (Prismari)
Quentillius approaches all his endeavors with the utmost seriousness. He believes one should either do something correctly or
presence on stage—especially in romantic roles—critics have called his performances histrionic. To better perform his future roles in ancient plays, Quentillius has joined the Dead Languages Society. He
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
goblin in a jester’s costume taps his clownish scepter on the floor to get your attention and says, “To impress the Dame of Unhappy Endings, you will need to perform a tragedy—something gruesome
once on the Performers’ Roles table to determine what role Stagefright assigns to that player’s character. If two players get the same result, Stagefright lets them decide which one of them takes that
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Exploration Encounters An encounter centered on exploration might involve the characters trying to disarm a trap, find a secret door, or discover something about the adventure location. An
well as run them. Various sections in chapter 3 can also help you detail obstacles and dangers in an exploration encounter: see “Chases,” “Curses and Magical Contagions,” “Doors,” “Environmental Effects,” “Hazards,” “Poison,” and “Traps” in particular.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
Inheritor You are the heir to something of great value—not mere coin or wealth, but an object that has been entrusted to you and you alone. Your inheritance might have come directly to you from a
, and might have set you on the path to adventure, but it could also come with many dangers, including those who covet your gift and want to take it from you—by force, if need be. Skill Proficiencies
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer
Theft in Baldur’s Gate The characters broke the law by stealing something valuable. The question is, did the characters perpetrate the theft because they needed or wanted something, or because they
bring yourself to open it. Roles in the Theft Each character plays a role in the theft, determined by rolling on the Theft: Character Roles table or choosing an appropriate entry. Theft: Character
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
Theft in Baldur’s Gate The characters broke the law by stealing something valuable. The question is, did the characters perpetrate the theft because they needed or wanted something, or because they
free. But now that it is, you can’t bring yourself to open it.
Roles in the Theft Each character plays a role in the theft, determined by rolling on the Theft: Character Roles table or choosing
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
the cyclopes from cautious to hostile. They are experts at surviving the dangers of Snapping Turtle Bay, which makes them valuable allies if characters offer them something they want. The cyclopes
colorful wildlife make this a restful retreat from the horrors of Chult. The shore is not without its dangers, but even they are inviting and wondrous to behold. Tri-flower fronds, mantraps, and jaculis
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
helps the other players visualize what’s happening around them, improvising when the adventurers do something or go somewhere unexpected. As an actor, the DM plays the roles of the monsters and
, refereeing — every DM handles these roles differently, and you’ll probably enjoy some more than others. It helps to remember that Dungeons & Dragons is a hobby, and being the DM should be fun. Focus
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
to realize just how little separated commoners from patriars. Slowly you worked to upend the old families’ control over the city — but then someone noticed.
2 You knew something powerful lurked
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
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer
realize just how little separated commoners from patriars. Slowly you worked to upend the old families’ control over the city — but then someone noticed. 2 You knew something powerful lurked within
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
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
, demon, yugoloth, or something else — could be spawned by Khyber if it suits your story. Such fiends might be bound to an overlord, or they might be independent incarnations of evil unleashed on the world
. Two other races of fiends, though, play important roles in its history. Night Hags Night hags have been around since the Age of Demons, when they often served as ambassadors and carried messages
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
purchase the oft-ruined Tresendar Manor, a small estate on the outskirts of town. However, something catastrophic occurred at the manor recently, and no one in town has seen any of the occupants since
into operatives from Dran Enterprises who have been sent to take control of the site. With the imminent dangers in and around Phandalin neutralized, the characters are rewarded by Head Office with the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
Infiltrating Web’s Edge Irina Nordsol Heroes who stumble into Web’s Edge unaware of its dangers usually meet a gruesome end Web’s Edge is a dangerous place. If the characters burst into the complex
devotees. Any creature in Web’s Edge who sees a character wearing something spider-shaped or hears the character speak this greeting has disadvantage on ability checks to see through the characters’ disguises. Devotees in Web’s Edge who identify the characters as impostors scream for help and attack.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
something else entirely: a circle of twenty-two doorways, or a die with twenty-two sides, each roll of which had the power to change an individual’s destiny. Soon those inspired by the deck sought to
quest to find and destroy every manifestation of the deck so they can end their doomed existence (see chapter 19 for more on these beings). To combat these dangers, an angel founded the Solar Bastion
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
Evocation 6 Illusion 7 Necromancy 8 Transmutation Abjuration A storm infused with abjuration magic repels ships, as if protecting something in the sea. Right before the storm ends, a ship within it is
, exploding meteors, and other dangers. After each day of the storm, every component aboard the ship takes 1d10 fire, 1d10 acid, and 1d10 lightning damage. In addition, roll a d20 and add the crew’s
Orc
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
relieved of their other roles and taken to the lair’s whelping pens, where they are tended to by Luthic’s followers.
Orcs don’t take mates, and no pair-bonding occurs in a tribe
subsist on this sort of prey and booty for quite some time.
War Wagons
Orcs pillage and scavenge wherever they go — everything is loot, and loot is always something to be proud of. In order to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
Life and Outlook Kobolds have a tribal society in which they all take on specialized roles that protect and sustain the tribe. The strongest kobolds are trained to be hunters and warriors, the most
clever are crafters and strategists, the toughest are miners and beast-wranglers, and so on. Even a stupid or physically weak kobold is given a role in the tribe, whether something as simple as picking
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
remained was a blasted moor. It is a rocky wilderness infested with trolls and goblinoids and all manner of other dangers for anyone who treks across it instead of going around. As the name suggests
threats sometimes seed the High Moor with traps, but are normally occupied with fighting and killing their prey and each other. There is something of a cycle to the hunts of the High Moor: wolves are killed
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
Phandalin, more murderous vagrants show up. They probably have something to do with what’s happened to Tresendar Manor, and with the livestock that have started going missing! And it’s only a matter of
refuting Wester’s “unsubstantiated claims.” The retired warrior also points out that Phandalin needs a leader who knows the dangers of the wilderness, even as its people need a mayor unburdened by scandal
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
—and if the latter, what happens if your work is exposed. The Sovereign Proxy Roles table suggests ways you might serve a sovereign and the backgrounds frequently associated with each role. Sovereign
Proxy Roles Role Backgrounds Advisor Acolyte, Folk Hero, Noble, Sage, Soldier Ambassador Charlatan, Folk Hero, Guild Artisan, Noble, Sailor Secret Agent Charlatan, Criminal, Entertainer, Soldier
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
and is universally viewed with suspicion. War Wizards The potential for wizards to influence the outcome of battle is something no ruler in Faerûn can afford to ignore, and most great armies seek to
permission. Powerful mages tend to punish such activity themselves to discourage further use.
Apprentice wizards in Faerûn are reminded of the dangers of misusing another spellcaster’s sigil by a rhyme: “Whenever magic one doth weave / ‘Tis never, ever, wise to deceive.”
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
drawn lurking dangers from more remote parts of the bayou. As he grows more proficient in his ability to siphon creatures’ energy to power his magic, Murgaxor is practicing lesser forms of the magic that
reveals that a sinister magical signature is drawing the mascots here—the sensation is something like a rotten-smelling tingle in the back of one’s nostrils. The exact nature of the unsettling latent magic
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
fearsome foes such as dragons, and build friendships forged amid fantastical dangers. Fueled by imagination and rules, D&D invites you to adopt a fantasy persona—a mighty Fighter, a cunning Rogue, a faithful
Cleric, a magical Wizard, or something else—and then solve problems, fight monsters, and visit wondrous places. There’s no winning and losing in D&D, at least not the way those terms are usually
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
left their young world vulnerable to dangers from both inside and out. Putting their rivalry aside, the pair agreed it was better to share and have something than let their struggles destroy all creation
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Madness In many campaigns, little focus is placed on the mental and emotional impact of the dangers characters face day after day, but sometimes the stress of being an adventurer can be too much to
ability checks. 71–75 The character does whatever anyone tells him or her to do that isn’t obviously self-destructive. 76–80 The character experiences an overpowering urge to eat something strange such as
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
something of sentimental value to you during your adventure. Remove one trinket from your possessions. 61–70 You were terribly frightened by something you encountered and ran away, abandoning your companions
riding horse. 4 You found some money. You have 1d20 gp in addition to your regular starting funds. 5 A relative bequeathed you a simple weapon of your choice. 6 You found something interesting. You gain
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Detailed NPCs For NPCs who play larger roles in your adventures, allow more time to flesh out their histories and personalities. As you’ll see, ten sentences can sum up the main elements of a
— clumsy, fumbling 3 Constitution — sickly, pale 4 Intelligence — incurious, slow 5 Wisdom — oblivious, absentminded 6 Charisma — dull, boring Talent In one sentence, describe something that your NPC can
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
-scarred officer who experienced horrors in combat. They rely on something to dull the pain of their memories or wounds, from a favorite writer’s prose to a distracting vice. 2 Taskmaster. This angry
whether you believe you’re suited to such a life. The Military Force Envoy Roles table suggests a variety of military roles you could fill and the backgrounds frequently associated with each role