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The Book of Many Things
This bow has multiple strings and resembles a lyre or small harp. By strumming the strings while setting an arrow to the bow, you imbue the arrow with magic.
You can play one of the following
melodies when you use the bow to make a ranged weapon attack. You must choose to do so before you make the attack roll, and you can play only one melody per attack.
Melody of Precision. If you’re
Magic Items
Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
harp that you are worthy, attuning to the harp on a success. If you fail, you can’t attempt to attune to the harp again until the next dawn. Once you have successfully attuned to the harp, the
harp resizes to suit you.
Stalwart Song. Whenever you make a Charisma check while attuned to the harp, you can treat a roll of 9 or lower on the die as a 10.
Feast of Plenty. If you spend 10 minutes
Backgrounds
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
. You can choose your secondary guild or roll to determine it randomly. This secondary guild membership determines a portion of your starting equipment and is also where most of your contacts come from
have documentation, established acquaintances, and disguises that allow you to assume that persona and fit into the secondary guild.
Whenever you choose, you can drop this identity and blend into the
Backgrounds
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
Senate is a sprawling bureaucracy, and people in a variety of positions throughout the guild can pull strings to make things happen. Because of the guild’s role in making and enforcing laws for
(though it might cause more problems than it solves when you’re dealing with incorrigible lawbreakers). If you abuse this privilege, though, you can get in serious trouble with your superiors and
spells
One creature that you can see within range must succeed on a Wisdom saving throw or have the Charmed condition for the duration.
Magical marionette strings attach to the Charmed creature’s
limbs or body, and it must use its action on its turn to make a melee attack against a creature other than itself that you mentally choose, moving to reach the target if necessary. The target can act
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
has magic strings that whisper secrets to her as she plucks them. These strings guided the gnome bard to the carnival and revealed to Tumblestrum that the characters’ fates are intertwined with the fate
of Prismeer. She has bought a ticket for each character who isn’t a carnival employee. (The tickets are waiting at the ticket booth by the entrance.) Tumblestrum can be found in the Feasting Orchard (described later in the chapter) and serves as a helpful guide if the characters need direction.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
has magic strings that whisper secrets to her as she plucks them. These strings guided the gnome bard to the carnival and revealed to Tumblestrum that the characters’ fates are intertwined with the fate
of Prismeer. She has bought a ticket for each character who isn’t a carnival employee. (The tickets are waiting at the ticket booth by the entrance.) Tumblestrum can be found in the Feasting Orchard (described later in the chapter) and serves as a helpful guide if the characters need direction.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
restrained and can’t use its Grabby Hands action or take reactions. A character who spends 1 minute trying to untangle its strings can make a DC 14 Dexterity (Sleight of Hand) check, freeing the
the cracks, and you hear the sounds of shouting and hammering coming from somewhere beyond the wall.
The stones blocking the end of the tunnel can be easily moved to create a 3-foot-square opening
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
restrained and can’t use its Grabby Hands action or take reactions. A character who spends 1 minute trying to untangle its strings can make a DC 14 Dexterity (Sleight of Hand) check, freeing the
the cracks, and you hear the sounds of shouting and hammering coming from somewhere beyond the wall.
The stones blocking the end of the tunnel can be easily moved to create a 3-foot-square opening
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
bubbling stew pot and shanks of venison suspended above it. Strings of onions and herbs crisscross the ceiling like webs above cluttered tables. Preparing meals are four humans: two men and two women. All
are within arm’s reach of boiling water, cleavers, and knives, and their stares make it quite clear they don’t like company. These four cultists are Talis’s servants. They know how to cook, and they can
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
bubbling stew pot and shanks of venison suspended above it. Strings of onions and herbs crisscross the ceiling like webs above cluttered tables. Preparing meals are four humans: two men and two women. All
they can put up a fight. If attacked, one cultist runs to the drake kennels (area 2) to fetch Trepsin and his drakes. Those reinforcements arrive 3 rounds later.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
bubbling stew pot and shanks of venison suspended above it. Strings of onions and herbs crisscross the ceiling like webs above cluttered tables. Preparing meals are four humans: two men and two women. All
are within arm’s reach of boiling water, cleavers, and knives, and their stares make it quite clear they don’t like company. These four cultists are Talis’s servants. They know how to cook, and they can
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
bubbling stew pot and shanks of venison suspended above it. Strings of onions and herbs crisscross the ceiling like webs above cluttered tables. Preparing meals are four humans: two men and two women. All
they can put up a fight. If attacked, one cultist runs to the drake kennels (area 2) to fetch Trepsin and his drakes. Those reinforcements arrive 3 rounds later.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
fast-paced, glass-sharp tune they’ve never heard before. If the character fails, they play the song brilliantly, but cut themselves messily on the harp strings, taking 1d2 slashing damage at the start
of each of their turns for 1 minute. The character can’t stop playing, but another creature can yank them away from the harp by succeeding on a DC 12 Strength check. After this, the harp ceases to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
Buried Again If Golden Axe is returned to Frody Dartwild, read: Froderic Dartwild plucks the strings of the mandolin and plays a happy tune. Meanwhile, the news of your return spreads through Toadhop
characters, Frody suggests they perform together as a duet. If the character agrees, award them inspiration. Everyone in Toadhop attends Frody’s second funeral, which you can summarize as follows: After
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
Returning to Vizeran When the characters have discovered all they are looking to find out, they can go to Vizeran. If they don’t, he seeks them out, having finished his own research. “That fool
Gromph brought the demon lords down upon us, with his demon queen pulling his strings all the while. He has given Lolth free reign in the Abyss. My own research leads me to believe Gromph used faerzress to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
Returning to Vizeran When the characters have discovered all they are looking to find out, they can go to Vizeran. If they don’t, he seeks them out, having finished his own research. “That fool
Gromph brought the demon lords down upon us, with his demon queen pulling his strings all the while. He has given Lolth free reign in the Abyss. My own research leads me to believe Gromph used faerzress to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
fast-paced, glass-sharp tune they’ve never heard before. If the character fails, they play the song brilliantly, but cut themselves messily on the harp strings, taking 1d2 slashing damage at the start
of each of their turns for 1 minute. The character can’t stop playing, but another creature can yank them away from the harp by succeeding on a DC 12 Strength check. After this, the harp ceases to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
Buried Again If Golden Axe is returned to Frody Dartwild, read: Froderic Dartwild plucks the strings of the mandolin and plays a happy tune. Meanwhile, the news of your return spreads through Toadhop
characters, Frody suggests they perform together as a duet. If the character agrees, award them inspiration. Everyone in Toadhop attends Frody’s second funeral, which you can summarize as follows: After
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
Event 5: Puppets This event can occur in any area except Crinkle’s room (area F11). The air around you feels thick. It presses in on you from all sides, prickling your nerves. Your muscles twitch, as
though something is yanking on them with invisible strings.
Crinkle and Gailby flee to Crinkle’s room (area F11) when this event begins. Choose half of the remaining characters, including NPCs
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
Event 5: Puppets This event can occur in any area except Crinkle’s room (area F11). The air around you feels thick. It presses in on you from all sides, prickling your nerves. Your muscles twitch, as
though something is yanking on them with invisible strings.
Crinkle and Gailby flee to Crinkle’s room (area F11) when this event begins. Choose half of the remaining characters, including NPCs
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
paranoia, an actual conspiracy, or both? Who or what could pull the strings of such a plot? How can the environment change to undermine characters’ sense of reality? The Mists already play into this, as could structures with no doors or stairs with no end, but what else might?
monster is a stand-in for something people fear, what do your favorite monsters embody? Can your adventures accentuate that? Why might a character think everyone around them is lying to them? Might this be
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
paranoia, an actual conspiracy, or both? Who or what could pull the strings of such a plot? How can the environment change to undermine characters’ sense of reality? The Mists already play into this, as could structures with no doors or stairs with no end, but what else might?
monster is a stand-in for something people fear, what do your favorite monsters embody? Can your adventures accentuate that? Why might a character think everyone around them is lying to them? Might this be
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
Rod of Seven Parts, Kas mocks them for those specific failures, saying they can’t even dance on puppet strings properly. Kas doesn’t think he has anything to fear from the Chime of Exile, and he’s
initially correct. The characters must reduce Kas to 50 hit points or fewer before they can banish him to Tovag, his Domain of Dread. If the characters banish Kas back to Tovag, a fissure opens in the air
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
Rod of Seven Parts, Kas mocks them for those specific failures, saying they can’t even dance on puppet strings properly. Kas doesn’t think he has anything to fear from the Chime of Exile, and he’s
initially correct. The characters must reduce Kas to 50 hit points or fewer before they can banish him to Tovag, his Domain of Dread. If the characters banish Kas back to Tovag, a fissure opens in the air
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
determined by rolling 3d6 for each ability. The orb speaks, reads, and understands four languages, and can see and hear normally out to a range of 60 feet. Unlike most sentient items, the orb has no will
lore from any of its areas of expertise, the orb has a +9 bonus to its roll (including its Intelligence modifier). In addition to the knowledge it possesses, a professor orb can cast the mage hand
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
determined by rolling 3d6 for each ability. The orb speaks, reads, and understands four languages, and can see and hear normally out to a range of 60 feet. Unlike most sentient items, the orb has no will
lore from any of its areas of expertise, the orb has a +9 bonus to its roll (including its Intelligence modifier). In addition to the knowledge it possesses, a professor orb can cast the mage hand
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
the dozens of permanent shops and smithies, the streets of the bazaar are an ever-changing tapestry of stalls and tents. It’s said that you can find anything here, if you’re not too worried about
table; roll a d10, or choose a location of interest. Bazaar Merchants d10 Merchant 1 Secondhand Strings. A must-stop shop for the bard on a budget, with a variety of gently used instruments. 2
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
the dozens of permanent shops and smithies, the streets of the bazaar are an ever-changing tapestry of stalls and tents. It’s said that you can find anything here, if you’re not too worried about
table; roll a d10, or choose a location of interest. Bazaar Merchants d10 Merchant 1 Secondhand Strings. A must-stop shop for the bard on a budget, with a variety of gently used instruments. 2
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
contest table is piled high with small, glazed cupcakes, each filled with a dollop of berry custard. The goal is simple: eat as many cupcakes as you can within 60 seconds. A contestant can swallow a
first arrive. She sits on a swing that hangs from the branch of a pear tree, plucking the strings on her lute while eyeing the characters. If the characters happen to mention their free tickets, she
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
watch. 2 A satisfied former client with a minor position in local government can pull strings for you. 3 A lieutenant in a crime gang knows the underworld and will help you so long as you don’t
Patron Benefits With an inquisitive agency as your group’s patron, you gain the following benefits: Compensation. You can collect fees from your clients when you undertake investigations on their
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
dead trickster god Nangnang. If the characters enter into negotiations with Yorb, he can recount the full legend of Omu’s nine trickster gods (see “Legend of the Nine Gods”). Shrine Doors. The doors
to the shrine stand ajar. If the tide of battle turns against Chief Yorb, he retreats into the shrine with his elite guards and bars the doors. A character can force open the barred doors with a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
watch. 2 A satisfied former client with a minor position in local government can pull strings for you. 3 A lieutenant in a crime gang knows the underworld and will help you so long as you don’t
Patron Benefits With an inquisitive agency as your group’s patron, you gain the following benefits: Compensation. You can collect fees from your clients when you undertake investigations on their
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
contest table is piled high with small, glazed cupcakes, each filled with a dollop of berry custard. The goal is simple: eat as many cupcakes as you can within 60 seconds. A contestant can swallow a
first arrive. She sits on a swing that hangs from the branch of a pear tree, plucking the strings on her lute while eyeing the characters. If the characters happen to mention their free tickets, she
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Korranberg Chronicle Exposed!
Who really pulls the strings behind the ostensibly unbiased news coverage of the Korranberg Chronicle? The Chronicle’s publisher, a wily Zil gnome named Cassia Lorridan
’ wealth and influence. Whose interest, then, does the Chronicle serve?
All the more reason, loyal readers, to rely on the Voice of Breland for unbiased news you can use.
Civilian. Some groups include