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Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
expect things of you when they know your surname and what it means. Your reasons for taking up adventuring likely involve your family in some way: Are you the family rebel, who prefers delving in
filthy dungeons to sipping zzar at a ball? Or have you taken up sword or spell on your family’s behalf, ensuring that they have someone of renown to see to their legacy?
Work with your DM to come
Folk Hero
Legacy
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Basic Rules (2014)
to sound smarter.
8
I get bored easily. When am I going to get on with my destiny?
d6
Ideal
1
Respect. People deserve to be treated with dignity and respect. (Good
no one can steer me away from my higher calling. (Any)
d6
Bond
1
I have a family, but I have no idea where they are. One day, I hope to see them again.
2
I worked the land
Backgrounds
Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
member of your family, by right of birth, or it could have been left to you by a friend, a mentor, a teacher, or someone else important in your life. The revelation of your inheritance changed your life
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I misuse long words in an attempt to sound smarter.
8
I get bored easily. When am I going to get on with my destiny?
d6
Ideal
1
Respect. People deserve to be treated
Goliath
Legacy
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Elemental Evil Player's Companion
little chance of survival, especially an older or weaker one. Goliaths have little pity for adults who can’t take care of themselves, though a sick or injured individual is treated, as a result of
assigned by the tribal chief, and a family or clan name. A birth name is up to three syllables long. Clan names are five syllables or more and end in a vowel.
Birth names are rarely linked to gender
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
childhood on the streets of a crowded city with only your fellow runaways and orphans to keep you company. Use the Family table to determine who raised you. If you know who your parents are but you
Goblin
Legacy
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
out while still getting decent performance out of the slaves. But humanoids and monsters that are especially capable or that provide unusual services find themselves treated like favored (though
with goblins for at least as long as humans have worked with dogs and horses, and in goblin society those two animals serve similar purposes.
Family Matters
A goblin tribe is organized in a four
Backgrounds
Tomb of Annihilation
exhilarating than a narrow escape from the jaws of death. (Chaotic)
4
Dignity. The dead and their belongings deserve to be treated with respect. (Lawful)
5
Immortality. All my
searching it for secret doors.
3
When I’m not exploring dungeons or ruins, I get jittery and impatient.
4
I have no time for friends or family. I spend every waking moment thinking about
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
great blessing by those around you, and you are expected to use them in service to your community. 2 Your powers caused destruction and even a death when they became evident, and you were treated as a
your powers are a curse levied on your family for a past transgression. 6 Your powers are believed to be tied to an ancient line of mad kings that supposedly ended in a bloody revolt over a century ago.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
Noble You understand wealth, power, and privilege. You carry a noble title, and your family owns land, collects taxes, and wields significant political influence. You might be a pampered aristocrat
authority that title carries. A noble title doesn’t stand on its own — it’s connected to an entire family, and whatever title you hold, you will pass it down to your own children. Not only do you need to
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Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
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8
I get bored easily. When am I going to get on with my destiny?
d6
Ideal
1
Respect. People deserve to be treated with dignity and respect. (Good)
2
Fairness. No
me away from my higher calling. (Any)
d6
Bond
1
I have a family, but I have no idea where they are. One day, I hope to see them again.
2
I worked the land, I love the land
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
Noble You understand wealth, power, and privilege. You carry a noble title, and your family owns land, collects taxes, and wields significant political influence. You might be a pampered aristocrat
authority that title carries. A noble title doesn’t stand on its own — it’s connected to an entire family, and whatever title you hold, you will pass it down to your own children. Not only do you need to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
, Queen Young-Soo. He did this not out of malice, but out of devotion to his family and the crown, believing any individual who the people place above the ruling class must be treated as a threat. He
also haughty. As he ages, however, he remembers the few true friends he once had and regrets how he treated Dae Won-Ha. The elderly dragonborn’s red scales aren’t as lustrous as they once were, and he
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
part of an organization, a family, or an itinerant community with experience traveling the Mists. They taught you how to do the same.
4 The Mists stole you from your home and fractured your
, you can cast this spell with them. Mist Traveler. When you enter the Mists intent on reaching a specific domain, you are treated as if you possess a Mist talisman keyed to that domain. To use this
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
at once without swallowing. GROLANTOR: ALWAYS HUNGRY, NEVER FULL
The deity most revered by hill giants is Grolantor, the least of Annam’s six sons, the black sheep of the family who was scorned by
of his older, smarter, stronger siblings, and insisted on being treated as their equal. He complained constantly of his endless hunger, but rather than hunt for himself, he snatched food from the
Kobold
Legacy
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
sewer tunnels, paying them with food and tools the kobolds wouldn’t have access to on their own. If they are treated well and left alone to do the job, the kobolds work industriously and build a
lack of emotional bonding means they have no concept of marriage or permanent family relationships. Their eggs are placed in a common tribal hatchery with no effort to keep track of who each one
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
)
4 Justice. I can’t stand people being treated unjustly. I do whatever it takes to stop injustice and those who flout the law. (Lawful)
5 Pleasure. What’s the use of working hard and
making money if you can’t enjoy the finer things in life? (Any)
6 Power. Money is fine, but real power means never having to say you’re sorry. (Evil)
d6 Bond
1 I have a family member
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
, which deals 42 (12d6) fire damage. The sun and its chain are treated as a single Small object with AC 15; 22 hit points; and immunity to fire, poison, and psychic damage. The sun loses its magical
trickster gods and enslaving the Omuans, but she knows nothing about the Tomb of the Nine Gods, which was built after her death. She knows that a few members of the royal family fled Omu, but she is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
smarter. 8 I get bored easily. When am I going to get on with my destiny? d6 Ideal 1 Respect. People deserve to be treated with dignity and respect. (Good) 2 Fairness. No one should get
family, but I have no idea where they are. One day, I hope to see them again. 2 I worked the land, I love the land, and I will protect the land. 3 A proud noble once gave me a horrible beating, and I will
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
smarter. 8 I get bored easily. When am I going to get on with my destiny? d6 Ideal 1 Respect. People deserve to be treated with dignity and respect. (Good) 2 Fairness. No one should get
family, but I have no idea where they are. One day, I hope to see them again. 2 I worked the land, I love the land, and I will protect the land. 3 A proud noble once gave me a horrible beating, and I will
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
, while picking the lock requires a successful DC 20 Dexterity check using thieves’ tools. The spell doesn’t bar members of the Gralhund family, their staff, their guards, or Lady Gralhund’s
. A fireplace with a black marble mantelpiece has a framed family portrait mounted above it. (The portrait depicts Lord and Lady Gralhund, their three young children, and a family dog that died three
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
the slaves. But humanoids and monsters that are especially capable or that provide unusual services find themselves treated like favored (though occasionally abused) pets. Virtually any kind of
such a whip is enough to elevate a goblin to the master caste of lashers. Often the secret is guarded by one family in a tribe, which enjoys prestige and influence because it controls the supply of whips
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
watching clouds drift past their mountaintop homes instead of living atop those clouds as in days of yore. Family First Most types of giants live communally in large groups of clan mates, but the central
unit of cloud giant life is the family — a mated pair, their offspring (if any), and perhaps a couple of close relatives. Cloud giants prefer not to congregate in great numbers in any one place, to avoid
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Khorvaire; some are treated with pity, others with suspicion or anger. And fear of the Mourning hangs like a shadow across Khorvaire. Could it happen again? Is this how the world ends? The Mournland A
family and friends? Are there heirlooms lost in the mists that you’re determined to regain, or loved ones you hope to someday see again? Do you feel loyalty to your nation and hope to see it restored, or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
their weakness relative to the dragon or treated fairly because of the dragon’s kindness. Employees who don’t perform up to the dragon’s standards are released from service—whether that means being
more likely that these minions are a family the dragon has adopted out of generosity, compassion, or manipulation. Unlike most other relationships between dragons and followers, this one is primarily
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer
family of refugees he’s helping. 12 A merchant and gate guard argue over how to accurately measure and compare the sizes of an unusually small donkey and an exceptionally large peacock. They ask for a
dead within the city, interring them in catacombs beneath the city’s temples or in family crypts on their own grounds. For everyone else, there’s the ignoble Shrine of the Suffering or the scattering
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
asks them to create a distraction so some Flaming Fist soldiers stop harassing a newly arrived family of refugees he’s helping.
12 A merchant and gate guard argue over how to accurately measure
the city’s temples or in family crypts on their own grounds. For everyone else, there’s the ignoble Shrine of the Suffering or the scattering of cemeteries outside the city. The largest of the latter
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
Moonsea region. Secret Door. The Cassalanter family portrait hides a secret door. Tilting the painting causes the door to swing outward on hidden hinges, revealing the pantry (area C11) beyond. A
one hundred guests. C8. Covered Porch This covered porch is the entryway typically used by the Cassalanters’ servants. Ten servants (human commoners) eat here at mealtimes. C9. Family Dining Room This
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
, runs the operation from a surprisingly modest converted warehouse in Heapside. The son of an established Lower City tailor, he had always rankled at the way Lower City residents were treated by haughty
Arrangements For as long as anyone can remember, the moon elves of the Candulhallow family have managed the city’s small fleet of corpse carts. Though family members rarely push carts themselves
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer
, runs the operation from a surprisingly modest converted warehouse in Heapside. The son of an established Lower City tailor, he had always rankled at the way Lower City residents were treated by haughty
For as long as anyone can remember, the moon elves of the Candulhallow family have managed the city’s small fleet of corpse carts. Though family members rarely push carts themselves anymore, their
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
weaponless. He speaks Common and Elvish, but has no useful information to share. Klim guarantees that his family will pay a generous reward for his safe return to their estate in the Upper City — but the
the family part-owns is struggling and can’t afford to pay any large reward or ransom. Klim’s shackles have AC 19, 10 hit points, and immunity to poison and psychic damage. The suit of armor is welded
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
. Nothing is more important to him than protecting Icewind Dale. He judges others by their actions, not their words.
Ideal: “All people deserve to be treated with dignity.”
Bond: “Duvessa is a natural
: “Tyr is my lord; the order, my family. Through my actions, I shall honor both.”
Flaw: “I’m not afraid to die. When Tyr finally calls me, I’ll go to him happily.”
Shalvus Martholio Medium Humanoid
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
dealings aboveboard and “legal” so that no one can claim to have been treated unfairly. Development. Even after pointing the characters out as “murderous vagrants” during the debate, Wester tries to be
the employ of the Rockseeker family, who had hoped to reopen mines in the hills and mountains surrounding Phandalin. After nearly being killed in a goblin ambush while traveling to Phandalin for the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
and treated. Characters disguised as guards can volunteer for or be assigned that duty. R5: Stables Visitors who bring mounts, sled dogs, pack animals, or pets to Revel’s End can keep their animals
murder members of a noble family, has served 1d20 years of a life sentence. 6 Grix (neutral goblin), convicted of espionage, has served 1d6 years of a 10-year sentence. An adventurer makes contact with
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Prisoner 13
and treated. Characters disguised as guards can volunteer for or be assigned that duty. R5: Stables Visitors who bring mounts, sled dogs, pack animals, or pets to Revel’s End can keep their animals
murder members of a noble family, has served 1d20 years of a life sentence. 6 Grix (neutral goblin), convicted of espionage, has served 1d6 years of a 10-year sentence. An adventurer makes contact with
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
peaceful and reasonable people. Among their own kind, they tend to be so. But outsiders, particularly non-giants of any sort, are unwelcome in the stone giants’ caverns, and trespassers aren’t treated
the rows of dead already there. The body gradually calcifies over many decades, until it becomes indistinguishable from an enormous stalagmite. Family members visit this tomb-chamber often to pay