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Cultural Chameleon
Before becoming an adventurer, you spent much of your adult life away from your homeland, living among people different from your kin. You came to understand these foreign cultures
lost tribe, or the truth about an ancient empire’s downfall.
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Personality Trait
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I prefer the company of those who aren’t like me, including people of other races
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
take 3 legendary actions, choosing from the options below. Only one legendary action option can be used at a time and only at the end of another creature’s turn. The dragon regains spent legendary
emerald dragon.
3
An adult emerald dragon unwillingly serves a fire giant tribe holding the dragon’s egg hostage.
4
An adult emerald dragon is fascinated by the intrigues of a rakshasa
Firbolg
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
We spent three months tracking the green dragon before locating the forest in which it sought refuge. On our second day in that place, we woke to find the dragon’s head placed in the center
formidable skills with weapons and druidic magic.
Humble Guardians
Firbolgs love nothing more than a peaceful day spent among the trees of an old forest. They see forests as sacred places, representing the
Kobold
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strong social structure that stresses devotion to the tribe, are clever with their hands, and viciously work together in order to overcome their physical limitations.
In the kobolds’ version of
where the townsfolk would try to hunt down all kobolds and put the tribe’s survival at risk.
Some aggressive individual kobolds and tribes do exist, but in general kobolds don’t purposely
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver
Elven Wizard You have spent your life dedicated to Oghma, all-seeing god of knowledge, and spent years learning the lore of the multiverse. Personal Goal: Reconsecrate the Defiled Altar. Through
visions delivered in your trances, your god has called you to a new mission. A goblin tribe has made its lair in an ancient ruin now called Cragmaw Castle, where they have defiled a shrine once sacred to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver
Elven Wizard You have spent your life dedicated to Oghma, all-seeing god of knowledge, and spent years learning the lore of the multiverse. Personal Goal: Reconsecrate the Defiled Altar. Through
visions delivered in your trances, your god has called you to a new mission. A goblin tribe has made its lair in an ancient ruin now called Cragmaw Castle, where they have defiled a shrine once sacred 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->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->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
that comprise Ten-Towns. Characters from Icewind Dale know the following additional information, depending on where they grew up: Ten-Towners. Characters who have spent some time in Ten-Towns know
four tribes of Reghed nomads described in appendix C. Reghed Nomads. Any characters raised among the Reghed nomads recognize members of their own tribe, as well as the names and reputations of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
Characters from the Wastes If you’re from the Demon Wastes, you likely fall into one of two categories. Ghaash’kala. You’ve been raised in one of the harshest lands in Eberron and spent your entire
life battling fiends. Why have you left your post? Have you had a vision from Kalok Shash? Are you pursuing a rogue demon? Have you been given a quest by the leader of your tribe? Most of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
below provides some ideas for how your character came to town. d6 Origin 1–2 You spent years shipwrecked on a deserted isle. Finally, you were recently picked up by a passing ship on its way to
ready to leap into action. 5–6 You were part of a tribe in a distant land, when one day red-sailed ships appeared off shore. The sailors were friendly at first and shared their food and drink. You woke
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
below provides some ideas for how your character came to town. d6 Origin 1–2 You spent years shipwrecked on a deserted isle. Finally, you were recently picked up by a passing ship on its way to
ready to leap into action. 5–6 You were part of a tribe in a distant land, when one day red-sailed ships appeared off shore. The sailors were friendly at first and shared their food and drink. You woke
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
that comprise Ten-Towns. Characters from Icewind Dale know the following additional information, depending on where they grew up: Ten-Towners. Characters who have spent some time in Ten-Towns know
four tribes of Reghed nomads described in appendix C. Reghed Nomads. Any characters raised among the Reghed nomads recognize members of their own tribe, as well as the names and reputations of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
Characters from the Wastes If you’re from the Demon Wastes, you likely fall into one of two categories. Ghaash’kala. You’ve been raised in one of the harshest lands in Eberron and spent your entire
life battling fiends. Why have you left your post? Have you had a vision from Kalok Shash? Are you pursuing a rogue demon? Have you been given a quest by the leader of your tribe? Most of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
Family and Friends Who raised you, and what was life like for you when you were growing up? You might have been raised by your parents, by relatives, or in an orphanage. Or you could have spent your
you where you spent your early years. Wrap up this section by using the Childhood Memories table, which tells you how you were treated by other youngsters as you were growing up. Supplemental Tables
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
Family and Friends Who raised you, and what was life like for you when you were growing up? You might have been raised by your parents, by relatives, or in an orphanage. Or you could have spent your
you where you spent your early years. Wrap up this section by using the Childhood Memories table, which tells you how you were treated by other youngsters as you were growing up. Supplemental Tables
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
holding fast against a raging blizzard.
The blizzard rages for the duration of the test and is inescapable. This camp is home to the King of the Bear Tribe, Gunvald Halraggson (see appendix C). If
Gunvald died earlier in the adventure, replace him with another Bear Tribe chieftain named Svilbrekhild Forennal (a female human gladiator in hide armor who speaks Common and has Survival +5). See “Reghed
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
holding fast against a raging blizzard.
The blizzard rages for the duration of the test and is inescapable. This camp is home to the King of the Bear Tribe, Gunvald Halraggson (see appendix C). If
Gunvald died earlier in the adventure, replace him with another Bear Tribe chieftain named Svilbrekhild Forennal (a female human gladiator in hide armor who speaks Common and has Survival +5). See “Reghed
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
about 3 feet tall. Xvarts live in remote hills, forests, and caves. Each tribe is led by a speaker, who is usually the brightest one among them. The speaker serves as the tribe’s ambassador, and often
dons short wooden stilts and heavy robes to look taller and more imperious. The rest of the tribe hunts for food, plundering crops and livestock from nearby farms if the hunt goes poorly. Xvarts
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
about 3 feet tall. Xvarts live in remote hills, forests, and caves. Each tribe is led by a speaker, who is usually the brightest one among them. The speaker serves as the tribe’s ambassador, and often
dons short wooden stilts and heavy robes to look taller and more imperious. The rest of the tribe hunts for food, plundering crops and livestock from nearby farms if the hunt goes poorly. Xvarts
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
adopted the name given to him by the goblins and spent the next several months engineering ways to improve their standard of living. Long after the other members of the caravan had been eaten, Yarb-Gnock
the tribe was becoming increasingly frustrated. The goblins felt like they were working harder for less, and a few are beginning to suspect that Chief Yarb-Gnock is a fraud. Cooped up in the cold with
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver
Road to the Triboar Trail, which heads east (as shown on the overland map). When they’re a half-day’s march from Phandalin, they run into trouble with goblin raiders from the Cragmaw tribe. Read the
arrive early to “take care of business.”
You’ve spent the last few days following the High Road south from Neverwinter, and you’ve just recently veered east along the Triboar Trail. You’ve
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
adopted the name given to him by the goblins and spent the next several months engineering ways to improve their standard of living. Long after the other members of the caravan had been eaten, Yarb-Gnock
the tribe was becoming increasingly frustrated. The goblins felt like they were working harder for less, and a few are beginning to suspect that Chief Yarb-Gnock is a fraud. Cooped up in the cold with
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver
Road to the Triboar Trail, which heads east (as shown on the overland map). When they’re a half-day’s march from Phandalin, they run into trouble with goblin raiders from the Cragmaw tribe. Read the
arrive early to “take care of business.”
You’ve spent the last few days following the High Road south from Neverwinter, and you’ve just recently veered east along the Triboar Trail. You’ve
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
shield made out of cast-off dragon scales. Uncommon Courage. A dragonshield knows that it has a place of honor in the tribe, but — being kobolds at heart — most of them feel unworthy of their status
tribe for several reasons. Because the kobolds’ deity remains imprisoned, most tribes lack individuals that can use divine magic, and so the scale sorcerers fill the roles of advisor and historian. In
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
shield made out of cast-off dragon scales. Uncommon Courage. A dragonshield knows that it has a place of honor in the tribe, but — being kobolds at heart — most of them feel unworthy of their status
tribe for several reasons. Because the kobolds’ deity remains imprisoned, most tribes lack individuals that can use divine magic, and so the scale sorcerers fill the roles of advisor and historian. In
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
, congregating in steadings built of rough timber or in clusters of well-defended mud-and-wattle huts. Their skins are tan from lives spent lumbering up and down the hilly slopes and dozing beneath the
wolf companion, so as to not have to share with other tribe members. The giant eats anything that isn’t obviously deadly, such as creatures known to be poisonous. Rotten meat is fair game, though, as
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
giant tribe holding the dragon’s egg hostage.
4 An adult emerald dragon is fascinated by the intrigues of a rakshasa disguised as a human merchant prince.
5 An adult emerald dragon shows an
has spent the past century collecting magic items that he hopes will enable him to survive the coming conflict.
Raulothim’s drive to amass magic and his innate mistrust of anyone powerful enough to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
giant tribe holding the dragon’s egg hostage.
4 An adult emerald dragon is fascinated by the intrigues of a rakshasa disguised as a human merchant prince.
5 An adult emerald dragon shows an
has spent the past century collecting magic items that he hopes will enable him to survive the coming conflict.
Raulothim’s drive to amass magic and his innate mistrust of anyone powerful enough to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
, congregating in steadings built of rough timber or in clusters of well-defended mud-and-wattle huts. Their skins are tan from lives spent lumbering up and down the hilly slopes and dozing beneath the
wolf companion, so as to not have to share with other tribe members. The giant eats anything that isn’t obviously deadly, such as creatures known to be poisonous. Rotten meat is fair game, though, as
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
spent. Blue Dragons. Blue dragons are the least likely of their kind to tangle with dwarves, since their lairs are always far from where dwarves typically settle, and a blue dragon almost never gives
the underground passages of a fortress, potentially turning any such assault into a suicide mission. Orcs Every orc tribe dreams of overrunning a dwarven stronghold and returning to the caves with a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
spent. Blue Dragons. Blue dragons are the least likely of their kind to tangle with dwarves, since their lairs are always far from where dwarves typically settle, and a blue dragon almost never gives
the underground passages of a fortress, potentially turning any such assault into a suicide mission. Orcs Every orc tribe dreams of overrunning a dwarven stronghold and returning to the caves with a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
Master’s Guide. Flint Rock The spirit mound of the Elk tribe (see the “Uthgardt” section earlier in this chapter) is situated in the midst of the Evermoors atop a gnarly knob of flinty stone that’s
who founded the Elk tribe buried a relic of giantkind under the altar to empower it: a 5-foot-long mithral spear tip weighing 75 pounds. The spear tip is the source of the faint aura of divination
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
Master’s Guide. Flint Rock The spirit mound of the Elk tribe (see the “Uthgardt” section earlier in this chapter) is situated in the midst of the Evermoors atop a gnarly knob of flinty stone that’s
who founded the Elk tribe buried a relic of giantkind under the altar to empower it: a 5-foot-long mithral spear tip weighing 75 pounds. The spear tip is the source of the faint aura of divination
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
merfolk named Talnad and Valas were kicked out of their tribe for stealing. Together with their pet giant octopus Allero, the merfolk plan to set a trap in the cove to attract adventurers and steal
in the guise of three merfolk named Ranna, Caulau, and Vira, who claim that the rest of their tribe was killed by the minions of Granny Nightshade. They try to convince the characters to attack the