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Volo's Guide to Monsters
prefer to keep a low profile. An aasimar inevitably draws the attention of evil cultists, fiends, and other enemies of good, all of whom would be eager to strike down a celestial champion if they had
, and feelings.
The angelic being is far from omniscient. Its guidance is based on its understanding of the tenets of law and good, and it might have insight into combating especially powerful evils
Backgrounds
Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
: In recent years, the Zhentarim have become more visible in the world at large, as the group works to improve its reputation among the common people. The faction draws employees and associates
object that is important to your faction. The ideal you strive for is probably in keeping with the tenets and principles of your faction, but might be more personal in nature.
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Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
with the Giant type, or you could write enmity toward giants into the tenets of your paladin’s Sacred Oath. Giant Lore You might have learned magic, martial techniques, or other secrets from studying
motivation, but it also might explain some of your class features or magic. A bard of the College of Lore might focus on the study of giants, a Rune Knight fighter (from Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
Tarokka Readings Tarokka decks aid fortune tellers in revealing information about specific individuals. The focus of a tarokka reading might be the individual having their fortune told or someone
else. A fortune teller randomly selects or invites another to choose what tarokka card best represents the focus of the reading. To begin the tarokka reading, this card is laid face up in position 1 in
classes
Basic Rules (2014)
of steel, cutting down one enemy after another.
After tumbling away from a cone of freezing air, an elf finds her feet and draws back her bow to loose an arrow at the white dragon. Shrugging off the
hiding themselves in brush and rubble. Rangers focus their combat training on techniques that are particularly useful against their specific favored foes.
Thanks to their familiarity with the wilds
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
list. Spellcasting Ability Wisdom is your spellcasting ability for your druid spells, since your magic draws upon your devotion and attunement to nature. You use your Wisdom whenever a spell refers
you have the spell prepared. Spellcasting Focus You can use a druidic focus (see chapter 5, “Equipment”) as a spellcasting focus for your druid spells. SACRED PLANTS AND WOOD
A druid holds certain
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
on your list. Spellcasting Ability Wisdom is your spellcasting ability for your druid spells, since your magic draws upon your devotion and attunement to nature. You use your Wisdom whenever a spell
tag and you have the spell prepared. Spellcasting Focus You can use a druidic focus (see chapter 5, “Equipment”) as a spellcasting focus for your druid spells. SACRED PLANTS AND WOOD
A druid holds
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
this role, as are paladins—as long as they aren’t asked to do things that violate the tenets of their oaths. Marshal. Combat is the specialty of the Marshal, who focuses on enforcing the law of the
Intelligence scores or proficiency in Investigation. Warden. The Warden’s focus isn’t so much on the people of the nation, but on the land encompassed within its borders, both cultivated and wild. Sometimes
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
patrons and staffers flee or take cover at the sight of the troll. The stirges attack the nearest characters as Durnan (see appendix B) draws his greatsword, springs over the bar, and confronts the monster
himself. As he attacks, he calls on the characters to focus on slaying the stirges and then douse the troll with lamp oil and set it on fire when it falls. Yagra joins the fight if she’s conscious
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
, shifting the campaign’s focus to its defense and maintenance; a character could become separated from the rest of the party, trapped in an undetectable and unreachable prison; or characters could instantly
character who draws the Throne card. The three powerful fiends found in chapter 20 make ideal enemies for those who draw the Flames card. Chapter 18 includes a full map of the Void’s prison, as well
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
, return home to free their village from an evil hobgoblin warlord. The rakshasa master of a nearby monastery performs rituals to raise troubled ghosts from their rest. A campaign that draws on elements of
Devotion (bushido) that includes fealty to a lord (daimyo) among its tenets. A ninja is a monk who pursues the Way of Shadow. Whether called a wu jen, a tsukai, or a swami, a wizard, sorcerer, or warlock
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
standards.
Many who swear this oath are devoted to gods of law and good and use their gods’ tenets as the measure of personal devotion. Others hold angels as their ideals and incorporate images of angelic
wings into their helmets or coats of arms.
These paladins share the following tenets:
Let your word be your promise. Protect the weak and never fear to act. Let your honorable deeds be an example
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
wildhunt. Choose a subrace for your shifter. Beasthide Stoic and solid, a beasthide shifter draws strength and stability from the beast within. Beasthide shifters are typically tied to the bear or the
doesn’t provoke opportunity attacks. Wildhunt Wildhunt shifters are sharp and insightful. Many are constantly alert, ever wary for possible threats. Others focus on their intuition, searching within
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
splendid and anticipated is the Night of the Remembered, a celebration that evolved from ancient funerary rites and draws on the magic of the city. During this night, people can be visited by deceased
more than fifty years, was the congregation’s founder and is credited with San Citlán’s economic rise. However, her focus on progress and city aesthetics has drawn heavy criticism, as the majority of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
against the Abyss and end its threat forever. Instead, as long as the demons focus most of their efforts on the doorstep of the Nine Hells, realms such as the Seven Heavens and Bytopia are loath to commit
in Gehenna can’t be restored to life except through an exceptional ritual, so the sums required to entice one to fight on its home plane are astronomical … and making such a bargain always draws the attention of the ultroloths.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
hostile mercenary guards, each mounted on a warhorse, appear on the road at the southwest edge of the battlefield and focus their attacks on the characters. If Darrett or another well-liked NPC accompanied
battlefield encounters in this adventure. These are events that take place on active battlefields. During these scenes, the wider battle is abstracted, allowing the characters focus on specific, tide
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
is in store, encourage the players to embrace it and make sure their survivors meet unforgettable ends. What’s Old Is New For survivors, any foe might become the
focus of its own horror
be easy-to-use characters with a hint of talent but little that makes them remarkable: Apprentices have a minor talent for magic and tend to be well-read. Disciples faithfully adhere to the tenets of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
comfortable for you, keep these things in mind:
Describe your character’s emotions and attitude.
Focus on your character’s intent and how others might perceive it.
Provide as much embellishment as
you feel comfortable with. Don’t worry about getting things exactly right. Focus on what your character would do, and describe what you see in your mind.
Maeve: “Then he’s the one who summoned us
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
suit the campaign. Who’s Watching? An easy way to focus on complications and rivals in a campaign is to think about who might be paying attention to a franchise’s activities. For example, a successful
excellent adventure seeds. Whenever a complication or rival draws the interest of the players, the DM can make a note of that for future development. As the campaign progresses, the agendas of rivals
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
enhance the exquisite architecture. This is the seat of the University of Wynarn, a prestigious institution that draws students from across Khorvaire. As a noble, entertainer, or sage, you might have
, but some worry about the long-term impact of the loss of the Eldeen farmlands and the Crying Fields. Now, Aundairians debate over differing views of their nation’s future. Some believe the first focus
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
Neo-Noir Intrigue While Eberron embraces the swashbuckling action of pulp adventure, it also draws inspiration from neo-noir and hardboiled fiction. It’s a world where stories don’t always end well
. The most interesting path often lies between the two extremes, but don’t be afraid to focus on one end of the spectrum if that’s what suits your story. Regrets Table 1d10 Regret
1 While
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragons of Stormwreck Isle
Meeting the Inhabitants Read this text when the characters first climb the path to Dragon’s Rest: Your arrival quickly draws the attention of the entire population of the place—which consists mostly
robe. She smiles as she draws near and extends her arms in greeting.
“Welcome to Dragon’s Rest,” she says. “May Bahamut’s guidance lead you to whatever you seek.”
This is Elder Runara, the leader
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
everything started. An imperious drow archwizard in spider-silk robes casts a mighty conjuration spell. As the ritual draws toward its conclusion, a web of faerzress energy expands outward. The wizard seems
demonic face looking back at her. Thoughts of murder and carnage fill her thoughts as she hides the gemstone on her person, draws her shortsword, and coats the blade with poison.
Cyrog Lives! Hail
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
maintains its temperature and doesn’t melt. An object carved from it can function as a spellcasting focus for spells dealing with water or ice. 3 Abominable yetis lair in a network of bitterly cold
draws merchants and travelers from across reality. Syrania is home to a host of angels that devote their immortal lives to serene contemplation. Each angel seeks to achieve mastery of one pure concept
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
. If a character opens this door, read: As the portal opens, a pulse of magic draws you forward. The door vanishes and you stand within an impossible scene. The deck of a ship opens up around you, but
door, the unstable magic of this portal draws the characters back to the portal nexus, giving them no time to explore the ship. However, a successful DC 12 Intelligence (Arcana) check identifies the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
and her thugs escort them wherever they ask to go. If it becomes clear that the characters don’t belong in the towers, Sidra and her thugs attack. Combat in this area draws the attention of Manafret
Master’s Guide) into the stew before asking them to taste it and give him an honest critique. He then cries out to the guards in area K2 and attacks. Combat in this area draws the attention of the Zhents
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
developed for the villain (see “Darklord Goals” earlier in this chapter). Take inspiration for additional goals for the characters from the suggestions here: Destruction. Destroy what the Darklord draws
to defeat the Darklord once and for all. The Darklord’s Shadows. The Darklord might be temporarily gone, but their evil isn’t. During the Darklord’s absence, consider ways the domain might focus more
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
Geographic Features The lands around Saltmarsh are filled with peril, since much of the region is untamed wilderness. Even though the Kingdom of Keoland has grand ambitions, its focus in the south
of shriekers. Their keening wail draws monsters to the area. Forest Oddities. The Abyssal influence on this region is responsible for a variety of strange effects and weird events. You can use the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Cult of the Dragon has been sharply divided. Some of its members pursue Severin’s new vision for the cult, keeping their focus on his reinterpretation of the prophecy. Others still support the
endangers countless innocents.
5 A group of cultists searches for all the Orbs of Dragonkind, planning to use them to bend dragons to their will.
6 A fringe group of cultists decides to focus on
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
existence through the lens of three tenets: laws are representations of power, knowledge is power, and knowledge of law is the ultimate power. By understanding those laws, individuals can exploit them—or
that ever mattered, drinking it in to know another sliver of reality. Many Sensates, particularly new members, focus only on experiences that delight the senses, but as Sensates grow, they aim to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
facility that draws water from the natural spring beneath the keep. On the other side of the baths is the Hearth, a great eating-place and social hall for seekers, which has shrines to Deneir, Gond
the First Reader. Where the First Reader’s focus is maintaining the integrity of Candlekeep’s scholarship, and ever expanding its literary resources and base of knowledge, the Keeper governs the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
artistry. Tradition and honor demand that it be crushed into gravel and a new speaking stone begun. Gentle Giants? Newcomers who know only about the stone giants’ focus on artistry might think them to be a
invariably draws their attention is an elemental crossing — where the Material Plane and the Elemental Planes intersect and interact. Elemental influence pervades the architecture of storm giants and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
that victory remains strong in Cormyr’s collective consciousness, even as Queen Raedra draws back from plans to permanently welcome into the realm towns that lie beyond Cormyr’s traditional borders
enacted by regional tharchions and bureaucrats, leaving the ruling Red Wizards to focus on magical study and more important arcane matters. For a time, living mages couldn’t hope to advance to
compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Legends of Greyhawk: Secrets of the Free City
-shaped symbols during the Battle of Emridy Meadows. They represent a perversion of order and serve as a focus for chaotic elemental forces. They also state they fear what the party seeks may be tied to the
back thicker overnight.” “There are sewer tunnels that run right to the Selintan River. Crooked things happen there all the time, you know.” “There is a beggar girl who draws chalk symbols on the street
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
staff from doing the same. He carries a key for the storage closets in the cellar (area P18) but doesn’t recall anything important being stored in them. P4: Ballroom A jaunty waltz draws you into this
shift, polymorph, remove curse, scrying, sending, stoneskin, teleport, time stop, true seeing, and wall of force. The crystal ball on the desk is nonmagical but worth 1,000 gp. It can be used as a focus