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Entertainer
Legacy
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Backgrounds
Player’s Handbook (2014)
liking to you.
Variant Entertainer: Gladiator
A gladiator is as much an entertainer as any minstrel or circus performer, trained to make the arts of combat into a spectacle the crowd can
hated rival.
6
I would do anything for the other members of my old troupe.
d6
Flaw
1
I’ll do anything to win fame and renown.
2
I’m a sucker for a pretty
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
. Sages who study the Nine Hells believe the battle for control of Stygia is a test staged by Asmodeus in hopes of purging the worst impulses from both Geryon and Levistus—or discovering a competent
–6). As a reaction when this creature takes damage, it can roll a d10 and subtract the number rolled from the damage.
Geryon (Variant);VARIANT: SOUND THE HORN
Geryon can have an action that
Backgrounds
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
occupation or social class that frequents the establishment. This contact is delighted to talk with you, and to listen.
Variant Entertainer: Gladiator
A gladiator is as much an
Flaw
1
I’ll do anything to win fame and renown.
2
I’m a sucker for a pretty face.
3
A scandal prevents me from ever going home again. That kind of trouble seems to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Forge of the Artificer
messaging services of House Sivis at no charge. Recognized in House (Renown 10+). When you take a Bastion turn, you can issue the Craft order to House Sivis as if it were an Arcane Study facility in
Nations.
House Sivis Renown Perks When you request a favor from your house, it can take one of these special forms.
CLAUDIO POZAS
Favored in House (Renown 3+). You can obtain the translation or
Yuan-ti Pureblood
Legacy
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Species
Volo's Guide to Monsters
odds aren’t in their favor. A short retreat might be just the thing to reach a better tactical position, find allies, or to allow the yuan-ti the opportunity to study their opponents and
can more easily pronounce the name in this altered form. An adopted name of this sort is recognized as a variant of the birth name, rather than a unique name unto itself. A yuan-ti might refer to
compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Legends of Greyhawk: Secrets of the Free City
odds with her peers. She knows that at times, protecting Greyhawk and washing its streets clean doesn’t always entail keeping things on the up-and-up.
Conversing With Vera Renown Conditions: Vera
Discover evidence of the heist +2 Renown Behave appropriately while on duty +1 Renown Get caught snooping -1 Renown per incident Act in a manner unfit for a night guard -1 Renown per incident Vera is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
hard study and some measure of natural talent that most troubadours and jongleurs lack. It can be hard to spot the difference between these performers and true bards, though. A bard’s life is spent
experience earns renown among other bards. Indeed, after telling so many stories about heroes accomplishing mighty deeds, many bards take these themes to heart and assume heroic roles themselves.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
hard study and some measure of natural talent that most troubadours and jongleurs lack. It can be hard to spot the difference between these performers and true bards, though. A bard’s life is spent
experience earns renown among other bards. Indeed, after telling so many stories about heroes accomplishing mighty deeds, many bards take these themes to heart and assume heroic roles themselves.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
chapter is for any D&D character who hopes or fears that they might one day face a dragon. But this chapter is also for the bard who has made a lifelong study of dragonsong, the cleric devoted to
can dramatically shape adventurers’ lives. The following sections present a variety of options for creating characters with a tie to dragons: “Draconic Races” presents variant dragonborn race options to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
Mage Mages spend their lives in the study and practice of magic. Good-aligned mages offer counsel to nobles and others in power, while evil mages dwell in isolated sites to perform unspeakable
to hit, reach 5 ft. or range 20/60 ft., one target. Hit: 4 (1d4 + 2) piercing damage.
VARIANT: FAMILIARS
Any spellcaster that can cast the find familiar spell (such as an archmage or mage) is
compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Legends of Greyhawk: Secrets of the Free City
with their questions but stares at them awkwardly before answering, especially when asked about Saren, because their questions do not align with their stated purpose. On a failure, they lose 1 Renown
them to harm the library’s collections. Her domain is more than a job; it’s her life’s work.
Conversing With Abra Renown Conditions: Abra Provide credible evidence that the Great Library is in
classes
Basic Rules (2014)
from Experience
True bards are not common in the world. Not every minstrel singing in a tavern or jester cavorting in a royal court is a bard. Discovering the magic hidden in music requires hard study
experience earns renown among other bards. Indeed, after telling so many stories about heroes accomplishing mighty deeds, many bards take these themes to heart and assume heroic roles themselves
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
, yet no one can be sure exactly what the illithids are and are not capable of. VARIANT: MIND FLAYER PSION
Mind flayers sometimes devote themselves to deeper study of psionic power, and many excel at
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
comfortable lifestyle at half the normal cost (see chapter 5, “Equipment,” in the Player’s Handbook). Gaining Renown A character can spend downtime improving his or her renown within a particular
organization (see “Renown” in chapter 1). Between adventures, a character undertakes minor tasks for the organization and socializes with its members. After pursuing these activities for a combined number of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
anything to prove myself superior to my hated rival. 6 I would do anything for the other members of my old troupe. d6 Flaw 1 I’ll do anything to win fame and renown. 2 I’m a sucker for a pretty
I have trouble keeping my true feelings hidden. My sharp tongue lands me in trouble. 6 Despite my best efforts, I am unreliable to my friends. Variant Entertainer: Gladiator A gladiator is as much
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
associated with different races or cultures. You decide how flexible you want to be in allowing a player character to break these restrictions. Can a half-elf live among the elves and study their bardic
an existing feature that can be used as a model? How does the new class feature compare to other features of the same level? Variant: Spell Points One way to modify how a class feels is to change how
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
expertise will prove invaluable, and you’ve wanted to study the cultures there. Archaeologist Appendix A You have learned that a wizard-merchant is planning an important expedition to Chult—a place full of
Syndra Silvane. A terrible curse has befallen her, and she needs your help to end it. The quest will take you to Chult, a distant land where you can win fame and renown. Faction Agent Sword Coast
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
use of that facility. For example, a knight might want your Smithy to replace a horseshoe or repair a damaged weapon or suit of armor, or sages might need your Arcane Study to help them settle a
with your DM to flesh out the details. 1d4 Guest 1 The guest is an individual of great renown who stays for 7 days. At the end of their stay, the guest gives you a letter of recommendation (see
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
. His ferocity serves him well in Stygia’s frozen waste, but it has also limited his ability to collect souls and forge an effective hierarchy. Sages who study the Nine Hells believe that the battle
this area must succeed on a DC 21 Wisdom saving throw or derive no benefit from the rest. If Geryon dies, these effects fade over the course of 1d10 days. VARIANT: SOUND THE HORN
Geryon can have an
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
beneath his claws and to taste his foes’ blood. Yet Geryon’s ferocity has also limited his ability to collect souls and forge an effective hierarchy. Sages who study the Nine Hells believe the battle for
rolled from the damage.
Variant: Sound the Horn Geryon can have an action that allows him to summon minotaurs. Sound the Horn (1/Day). Geryon blows his horn, which causes 5d4 minotaurs (see the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
drawer in area M4. M3: Possessions Room This storage room houses objects confiscated from the dead. Two poltergeists (variant specters) put on a macabre puppet show for an audience of three slack-jawed
, read, and write Common. Once a tabaxi bard of great renown, Thaeziagnuz has a case of writer’s block. Piles of crinkled obituaries surround the skull’s desk. The cranky demilich is initially
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
an organization might come with concrete benefits such as access to an organization’s information, equipment, magic, and other resources. See “Renown” in chapter 3 for rules you can use to track
, those touched by the gods, creatures born with supernatural power, and individuals who study the secrets of the multiverse. Histories and fireside tales are filled with the exploits of those who
compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Legends of Greyhawk: Secrets of the Free City
begin with a little kindness.
Michael Sexton Miklos Dare (Medium, Chaotic Good Warrior Veteran), the inn’s proprietor and a retired adventurer of some renown, is affable and quick to share tales of
light fawn forearms hint at close scrapes from escapades gone wrong.
What They Want. Caset dreams of leaving petty crime behind to study magic or pursue anything else that broadens their horizons
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
beanstalk in here is one result of this study; Zybilna’s quasit, Iggrik, pilfered and used a more potent variant of this potion to create the enormous beanstalk in area P17. Treasure. Characters who
, hobgoblin
When the decapitated heads speak the syllables of “Baba Yaga” in their proper order, all creatures in the hall are teleported to unoccupied spaces in the study (area P47). P35. Flooded Hall
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
Cards.
The starlight glow is a conduit to a living star (see the “Variant: Servants of Living Stars” sidebar in chapter 21 for examples). A creature that spends 10 minutes concentrating on the glow
: Flames This lavishly appointed study smells of subtly sweet incense, and soft music plays from no obvious source. A large Flames card on the south wall is framed like a fireplace. The illustrated fire
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
everything from petty disputes in other wards to groundbreaking cases in the High Courts. They adjudicate, review, and study the rules of Sigil, maintaining order according to the law as they interpret
multiversal renown. Rarely spotted in the common areas of the gambling hall, the arcanaloth is the picture of wealth, power, and influence, always dressed to the nines and crowned with a spidery razorvine
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
Investigation) or Wisdom (Perception) check to study the walls and assess the duodrones’ activities can fill in the details. When the characters complete the circuit and insert charged disks into the four slots
pentadrone, known as 57EV1E (or “Stevie” to its friends), has been disconnected from the axiomatic mind of Primus, making it a rogue modron. (See the “Variant: Rogue Modrons” sidebar in the modron section
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer
of the early knights achieved renown for their heroics. Today, the Knights of the Unicorn continue to call the Helm and Cloak their informal headquarters. The establishment is even run by two retired
popular place for weddings, dedication ceremonies, and other oaths. Legend holds that bards and artists who study their own reflections in the basin for half a day, opening their minds to Oghma’s will
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
of the early knights achieved renown for their heroics. Today, the Knights of the Unicorn continue to call the Helm and Cloak their informal headquarters. The establishment is even run by two retired
shrine a popular place for weddings, dedication ceremonies, and other oaths. Legend holds that bards and artists who study their own reflections in the basin for half a day, opening their minds to Oghma’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
indifference, but for some a spellbook is a gateway to a new way of thinking.
For a time, the study of such forbidden texts can be hidden from other illithids and even from an elder brain. Understanding of
target can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success.
VARIANT: MIND FLAYER LICH (ILLITHILICH)
The path to true lichdom is something only