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Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
determine your role:
d8
Specialty
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Officer
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Scout
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Infantry
4
Cavalry
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Healer
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Quartermaster
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Standard bearer
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Support staff (cook
instinct proves a useful starting point when determining who might take a bribe, who might turn a blind eye to a crime, or who might have criminal connections. You can also use this sense to get a
classes
Player’s Handbook
, History, Insight, Investigation, Medicine, Nature, or Religion
Weapon Proficiencies
Simple weapons
Armor Training
None
Starting Equipment
Choose A or B: (A) 2 Dagger;Daggers, Staff
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
staff, as well as several homemade constructs called skitterwidgets (described at the end of the adventure). As soon as he learned about the theft of Kandlekeep Dekonstruktion, Stonky test-fired the
ship’s rockets, which triggered the earthquake. Following the test, Stonky set the Barn Door on an automatic countdown to launch. The characters have 1 hour (starting from when the earthquake ends) to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
Starting Points Sharn holds the potential for endless adventures. The City of Towers can serve as the foundation of a single adventure or an entire campaign. Defining a starting point is a way to
performs twice a week and the barbarian has a huge bar tab to resolve. This section explores three different starting points. Callestan is in Lower Dura. It’s a dangerous district riddled with crime and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
option. Hiring Staff At rank 2, the franchise gains four additional untrained hirelings and one skilled hireling, allowing the characters to hire new staff to meet their needs. Such hires can be done in
NPCs during preceding episodes, those NPCs might be taken on as official staff members at this time. This is also an excellent time to bring in an NPC the characters enjoyed interacting with, making
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
give. They have the skills to negotiate with subemployees, temporary hirelings, seasonal staff, and other humanoid (usually) resources. When staff members have problems, the secretarian is the one
. You help advance your franchise by keeping staff happy (enough), hiring competent (enough) workers, coming up with slogans and catchphrases, launching marketing schemes, and getting jingles and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
choice.
Artillerist Spells Starting at 3rd level, you always have certain spells prepared after you reach particular levels in this class, as shown in the Artillerist Spells table. These spells count
of +1). Arcane Firearm At 5th level, you know how to turn a wand, staff, or rod into an arcane firearm, a conduit for your destructive spells. When you finish a long rest, you can use woodcarver’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
starting space, the mood becomes darker: the calliope music plays discordantly, the staff is tense, and stormy weather looms in the sky above the carnival. The carnival’s mood is used to trigger an
in the Witchlight Carnival can affect the overall mood at the carnival. When the characters arrive at the carnival, place a token in the starting space of the track in the lower right corner of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice Compendium
Monk If a monk uses a staff or another versatile weapon two-handed, does it still count as a monk weapon? Yes. A monk weapon must lack the two-handed property, but nothing prevents a monk from
wielding such a weapon with two hands. Fundamentally, a monk weapon counts as such no matter how a monk uses it. The dart is not classified as a monk weapon, yet a monk gets 10 darts as starting equipment
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
Accessories You might use a giant-crafted item—probably something inscribed with one or more Giant runes—as a spellcasting focus. For example, the staff you wield as an arcane focus might have been a giant’s
or your class or provided you with your starting equipment. If you have a continuing obligation to this giant, see “Giant Patrons” in chapter 3 for additional inspiration. Primeval Animals You could
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
a small kingdom — typically up to 50 miles across, with your starting settlement somewhere within. (For mapping purposes, this area is roughly the same scale as a province-scale map. See “Mapping Your
theoretically working with (and perhaps overseeing) smaller franchises rather than working against them. You can ship your goods to any destination, and can assign staff to a city to which you ship goods
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
place, and gives it an iron token that it can use to confide in her. Over time, “Granny” convinces the child that it’s okay to have bad thoughts and do bad deeds — starting with breaking things or
flesh. A bheur carries a twisted gray wooden staff, which she can ride like a flying broom and augments her magical powers. Cold Hearts. Bheur hags are attracted to selfish actions justified by deadly
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
10 gp
2 lb.
Staff
5 gp
4 lb.
Wand
10 gp
1 lb.
Druidic focus
Sprig of mistletoe
1 gp
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Totem
1 gp
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Wooden staff
5 gp
4 lb.
Yew wand
10 gp
1 lb.
Holy symbol
specially constructed staff, a wand-like length of wood, or some similar item — designed to channel the power of arcane spells. A sorcerer, warlock, or wizard can use such an item as a spellcasting focus, as
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
are taxable in this realm. A warlock can be an authoritative asset to an Acquisitions Incorporated franchise, as their known association with powerful otherworldly forces makes for a great starting
for is making sure your work-life balance is in order. You want to be seen by your staff as the suave, fashionable master of your franchise’s occult services, not the creepy weirdo with the glowing eyes
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
customers, and so on. This is a way to make this location truly feel like home, and to give each player a personal investment in it. This location becomes an automatic starting point for adventures, the
. Once it supported a troop of templars, but it was largely abandoned during the war and now maintains a minimal staff. The priest, Mazin Tana, is a faithful servant of the Silver Flame and will provide
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
to chronomancy, the art of magically manipulating time. Activating the Obelisk. If the characters retrieved Iriolarthas’s staff of power and Veneranda is with them, she insists that the staff be used
staff’s charges to accomplish. If a creature attuned to the staff uses an action to expend 10 or more of its charges while touching the staff to the obelisk, power surges from the staff and triggers
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
equipment it is wearing or carrying, and any creature it is grappling teleport to an unoccupied space within 500 feet of it, provided that the starting space and the destination are in dim light or darkness
person, dream, geas
6th level (1 slot): circle of death, disintegrate
7th level (1 slot): etherealness, prismatic spray
8th level (1 slot): feeblemind
Actions
Staff. Melee Weapon Attack: +8 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 9 (2d6 + 2) bludgeoning damage.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
master bard attended each of the elder colleges, seeking to learn its musical and magical secrets. Traditionally, the colleges were attended in the order given above, starting with Fochlucan. That
Staff (1366 DR) by wealthy Waterdhavian patrons and named for the old College of Ollamh. Students of the college undergo training in their chosen instruments, along with rigorous practice in
compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Legends of Greyhawk
very insistent when she wants something or thinks she’s right, which is most of the time.
The coach remains in Hommlet long enough for the staff to get something to eat and change the horses. In
upon completion. Development If they accept, Burne asks Zerah to show them to the Inn of the Paladin Prince and recommends starting their investigation there. They can confide in Ostler Gundigoot, the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
The Streets of Sharn The Street Events tables starting with "Lower Sharn Street Events" are filled with random events the characters can witness while they wander around Sharn. You can expand on an
to the household staff. 43–44 A magewright offers to shine your shoes instantly with magic for 2 gold galifars, saying, "You can't be seen with those dirty things up here." 45–46 A human wearing the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
, a crystal, a rod, a specially constructed staff, a wand-like length of wood, or some similar item--designed to channel the power of arcane spells. A sorcerer, warlock, or wizard can use such an item
. Druidic Focus. A druidic focus might be a sprig of mistletoe or holly, a wand or scepter made of yew or another special wood, a staff drawn whole out of a living tree, or a totem object
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
City Locations The locations detailed here can serve as a good starting point for your campaign. Use them as examples when fleshing out new locations for your game. Black Dragon Inn This three-story
they wait for priests to attend to their needs.
Situated in the Garden Quarter, this temple is dedicated to Fharlanghn, a god favored by travelers and mercenaries. The Priests who staff the temple
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
into each other’s eyes. Treasure. Once the undead behirs are dealt with, characters who search the cave thoroughly find Xanthoria’s staff of the woodlands leaning against a wall in the eastern alcove
. The staff is fully charged. L10. Charnel Pit The stench of death is thick in this yawning cavern. The floor slopes toward a hole rimmed with corpses and oozing fungi. Amputated pieces from a variety of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
their agents to sell them algae. As the characters start to hire franchise staff at the end of this episode, this is a perfect opportunity to set up how staff members can conduct franchise business with
breathing. After earning the tribe’s trust, Rasqel altered the terms of the deal in stages, starting by offering less money in a “slow market,” then taking the algae with a promise to pay later, saying his
compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Legends of Greyhawk
runs the kitchen at the inn and is renowned for her cooking and skillful staff management. Passing merchants make a point of stopping to taste her latest creations.
Ruler of the Kitchen. Greta is a
parts scattered everywhere. Turuko (Medium, Lawful Neutral Priest Acolyte) is sitting quietly at a table, while Kobort (Medium Warrior Veteran) is next to him, eating a plate of sausages. Their starting
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
is starting to fear (rightfully) that Caerhan is dead, however, and if the characters treat him kindly, he might be convinced to join them. Gorkoh carries standard goblin weapons, plus three potions
record them on your balance sheet at the original cost minus depreciation due to the minor dismemberment or occasional consumption of staff.
— Môrgæn
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