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                                                     child—helps them pass through crowds unnoticed and slip through tight spaces.
Anyone who has spent time around halflings, particularly halfling adventurers, has likely witnessed the storied &ldquo
                                                
                                            
                                                
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Halfling communities come in all varieties. For every sequestered shire tucked away in an unspoiled part of the world, there’s a crime syndicate like the Boromar Clan in the Eberron setting or a
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    Long ago, in the Dragonlance setting, elves and humans waged a terrible war against chromatic dragons. When the world seemed doomed, the wizards of the Towers of High Sorcery came together and forged
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                    , freedom from the orb, to spread suffering in the world, to advance the worship of Tiamat, or something else the DM decides.
Random Properties. An Orb of Dragonkind has the following random properties
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    ","rollAction":"Hand Crossbow","rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage. Narth carries twenty crossbow bolts.
Roleplaying Information
Narth sells gear to adventurers, and he also has an
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     ran off and never returned.
Ideal: “The bigger the risk, the greater the reward.”
Bond: “I adore my colleague Alaestra, and I’d like to do something to impress her.”
Flaw: “I’ll risk life and limb to become a legend.”
                                                
                                            
                                        
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Ideal
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Exploration. Yesterday is already known. Today is for something new. (Chaotic)
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Empathy. It’s a
                                                
                                            
                                                
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A crystal dragon seeks bold adventurers to steal an egg from an ancient white dragon who is infamous for abject cruelty and utter remorselessness.
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A crystal dragon has ripped open holes to
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                     insignificant they are.
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I attack anyone I notice taking from the sea’s bounty without offering something in return.
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I think of sailors’ songs as their “water speech&rdquo
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     fascinated by the politics of surface realms and talk endlessly with sailors and adventurers to stay current on the latest happenings on land.
Dragon Turtle Ideals
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                                                     visitors the vastness of my domain, so they appreciate how insignificant they are.
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I attack anyone I notice taking from the sea’s bounty without offering something in return.
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I think
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     out of arrow range, so they know I am watching.
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I am fascinated by the politics of surface realms and talk endlessly with sailors and adventurers to stay current on the latest happenings on
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                     Dragon Ideals
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Ideal
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Exploration. Yesterday is already known. Today is for something new. (Chaotic)
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Empathy
                                                
                                            
                                                
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A crystal dragon seeks bold adventurers to steal an egg from an ancient white dragon who is infamous for abject cruelty and utter remorselessness.
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A crystal dragon has
                                                
                                            
                                        
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Crystal Dragon Ideals
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Ideal
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Exploration. Yesterday is already known. Today is for something new
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     no faction trusts the others.
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A crystal dragon seeks bold adventurers to steal an egg from an ancient white dragon who is infamous for abject cruelty and utter remorselessness.
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A
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                     something new. (Chaotic)
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Empathy. It’s a gift to share in another’s joy, even if sometimes you must bear their pain, too. (Good)
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Hospitality. We all live beautiful lives—it
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     find the heir, but no faction trusts the others.
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A crystal dragon seeks bold adventurers to steal an egg from an ancient white dragon who is infamous for abject cruelty and utter remorselessness
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                     notice taking from the sea’s bounty without offering something in return.
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I think of sailors’ songs as their “water speech” and try to converse with them by humming
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     and talk endlessly with sailors and adventurers to stay current on the latest happenings on land.
Dragon Turtle Ideals
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                                                     that wrap around existing passages and chambers. They use these hiding spots to watch the comings and goings of monsters and adventurers, setting traps to vex and annoy whenever possible. A trip wire
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                    , making even the coolest, most experienced adventurers prone to outbursts of destructive frustration. When mites are about, even the simplest task can turn into a disaster, and a mild disagreement can
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                     merchants, or bold adventurers, all travelers have something interesting to offer a killmoulis.
Hungry Helpers. Despite their odd appearance and origins, killmoulis crave the same creature comforts as
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     expedition into a draining ordeal that leaves adventurers tired, dispirited, and sullen.
Traveling Fey. A killmoulis arises spontaneously in the Feywild whenever someone commits an act of charity to
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                     with the ability to cast sorcerer spells. The drug’s effects are potentially dangerous and always unpredictable. This isn’t something a player character should want to use; adventurers
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                     servants of my power. (Evil)
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Patience. All creatures might teach me something, and I’m willing to wait and find out what that might be rather than acting in haste. (Good)
Deep
                                                
                                            
                                                
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Adventure Hook
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                                                    Axe of the Dwarvish Lords
                                                    
    
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                                                    Seeing the peril his people faced, a young dwarf prince came to believe that his people needed something to unite them. Thus, he set out to forge a weapon that would be such a symbol.
Venturing deep
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     adventurers have made careers of chasing after rumors and plundering old vaults to find it.
Magic Weapon
The Axe of the Dwarvish Lords is a magic weapon that grants a +3 bonus to attack and damage
                                                
                                            
                                        
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Flint squinted into the setting sun. He thought he saw the figure of a man striding up the path. Standing, Flint drew back into the shadow of a tall pine to see better. The man’s walk was
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                    , wandering the wilds as trappers, foresters, hunters, or adventurers and visiting civilization only rarely. Like elves, they are driven by the wanderlust that comes of their longevity. Others, in
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                    Firbolg
                                                    
    
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                                                     overwhelming attack.
Outcast Adventurers
As guardians of the wood, few firbolgs would dream of leaving their homes or attempting to fit into human society. An exiled firbolg, or one whose clan has been
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     something that put their homeland at risk, such as starting a forest fire or killing a rare or beautiful wild creature. These firbolgs are loners who wander the world in hope of finding a new place to
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                    Tortle
                                                    
    
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                                                     related to a god and choose to worship that deity. In the Forgotten Realms, tortles are especially fond of Eldath, Gond, Lathander, Savras, Selûne, and Tymora. In the Greyhawk setting, they
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                    . Tortles often choose such days to leave their homes and begin a wilderness expedition, or perform some other task they know to be dangerous.
Adventurers at Heart
Tortles have a saying: “We wear
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                     evolution. The lich Acererak — a powerful wizard and demonologist and the infamous master of the Tomb of Horrors — anticipated his own transformation, preparing for it by setting enchanted
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     their quest for power beyond the mortal world. As their patron did, they secure their remains within well-guarded vaults, using soul gems to maintain their phylacteries and destroy the adventurers who
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                     creatures cannot be trusted, so I constantly remind my servants of my power. (Evil)
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Patience. All creatures might teach me something, and I’m willing to wait and find out what that might be
                                                
                                            
                                                
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Adventure Hook
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                                                     give up on something. A dragonborn holds mastery of a particular skill as a lifetime goal. Members of other races who share the same commitment find it easy to earn the respect of a dragonborn.
Though
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                    
DRACONIANS
In the Dragonlance setting, the followers of the evil goddess Takhisis learned a vile ritual that let them corrupt the eggs of metallic dragons, producing evil dragonborn called draconians
                                                
                                            
                                        
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Genasi inherit something from both sides of their dual nature. They resemble humans but have unusual skin color (red, green, blue, or gray), and there is something odd about them. The elemental blood
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     accustomed to a variety of different people.
GENASI ON ATHAS
Although any world that includes one or more elemental planes can feature genasi, on Athas, the world of the Dark Sun campaign setting
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                    Tabaxi
                                                    
    
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                                                     its secrets and nature have been laid bare.
Tinkers and Minstrels
Curiosity drives most of the tabaxi found outside their homeland, but not all of them become adventurers. Tabaxi who seek a safer
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     hand, which you constantly fidget with.
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You are always in debt, since you spend your gold on lavish parties and gifts for friends.
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When talking about something you’re obsessed
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                    Adult Deep Dragon
                                                    
    
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                                                     of my power. (Evil)
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Patience. All creatures might teach me something, and I’m willing to wait and find out what that might be rather than acting in haste. (Good)
Deep Dragon
                                                
                                            
                                                
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Adventure Hook
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Unfamiliar drow adventurers have been prowling a city’s streets at night and have been overheard talking about the dragon they serve.
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Svirfneblin hire the
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Backgrounds
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                                                    Being who you are, you could never be a hero. Whether due to your class, your people, your family, or your sins, something about you prevents you from effectively pursuing the path you’ve
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     chosen. Even so, that doesn’t stop you. You’ve left your old face behind, taking on a new persona, becoming something more.
Characters with the faceless background don a disguise &mdash
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    ’s legendary powered armor.
Automatic Defenses. Unless Kwalish deactivates the suit’s automatic defenses, no one can approach the armor without setting those defenses off. Treat the
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     magic that generates a conduit something like an astral silver cord. While so connected, a willing ally can give up hit points as a reaction to fuel the armor’s abilities.
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                    Ancient Deep Dragon
                                                    
    
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                                                     of my power. (Evil)
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Patience. All creatures might teach me something, and I’m willing to wait and find out what that might be rather than acting in haste. (Good)
Deep Dragon
                                                
                                            
                                                
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Adventure Hook
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                                                     wandering children unless they clearly have something to gain by doing so. From the viewpoint of the rest of the world, their aggression and savagery are thankfully offset by their rarity and lethargy
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     instead of killing them, he showed mercy and even honored them in a way by setting them free — under his control — so that bugbears could continue to employ their talents against his enemies
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    -designed and well-run world seems to flow around the adventurers, so that they feel part of something, instead of apart from it. Consistency is a key to a believable fictional world. When the adventurers
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                    Part 1: Master of Worlds Every DM is the creator of his or her own campaign world. Whether you invent a world, adapt a world from a favorite movie or novel, or use a published setting for the D&D
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                     traveled in Waterdeep’s baroque and sometimes cutthroat conglomeration of guilds, nobles, adventurers, and secret societies. You might have been one of the behind-the-scenes law-keepers or
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                    
I’ll do anything to get my hands on something rare or priceless.
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I’m quick to assume that someone is trying to cheat me.
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No one must ever learn that I once stole money
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     to another creature (or even a magical object) with a goal in mind. And often, the adventurers spend time trying to solve a puzzle, bypass an obstacle, find something hidden, or unravel the current
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     adventurers is one in which the characters complement each other and cover the weaknesses of their companions. The adventurers must cooperate to successfully complete the adventure. The adventure is the
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Compendium
                                                    
                                                    
                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     Ravnica and serves as an introductory adventure to the setting. A balance of character classes is helpful, since the adventurers will face a variety of challenges. Adventurers can be affiliated with any of the guilds.  KARL KOPINSKI
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                    Krenko’s Way “Krenko’s Way” is a short adventure for a party of four to six 1st-level adventurers, who might advance to 2nd level by the adventure’s conclusion. It is set in the Tenth District of
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     setting. This approach allows the same group of adventurers to sink their teeth into all three overarching conflicts while ensuring that each storyline feels distinct.
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                    Shared World Some groups take a large, established campaign setting and divide it up geographically so different DMs can run separate campaigns in the same setting. In theory, characters can travel
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Compendium
                                                    
                                                    
                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    Company of Seven, The The Company of Seven was a group of adventurers active hundreds of years ago in the Greyhawk setting. Its members included Heward, Keoghtom, Murlynd, Nolzur, Quaal, Tasha (see
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     Iggwilv), and Zagig (see Zagyg). Some of these adventurers achieved near-divine status, and most of them are remembered for magic items that carry their names. The group inspired the formation of the Circle of Eight (described in chapter 5).
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    Yawning Portal, The The Yawning Portal is a tavern in Waterdeep, built around an entrance to the infamous dungeon of Undermountain. Adventurers throughout the Forgotten Realms setting and elsewhere
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     in the multiverse visit the Yawning Portal to exchange knowledge about Undermountain and other dungeons. Most visitors are content to swap stories by the hearth, but some adventurers pay the toll for entry into Undermountain (collected by the mysterious owner and bartender, Durnan).
                                                
                                            
                                        






