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Xanathar's Guide to Everything
, members of this college rarely reveal their true nature. They typically claim to follow some other college, or they keep their actual calling secret in order to infiltrate and exploit royal courts and
other settings of power.
College of Whispers Features
Bard Level
Feature
3rd
Psychic Blades, Words of Terror
6th
Mantle of Whispers
14th
Shadow Lore
classes
Xanathar's Guide to Everything
, members of this college rarely reveal their true nature. They typically claim to follow some other college, or they keep their actual calling secret in order to infiltrate and exploit royal courts and
other settings of power.
College of Whispers Features
Bard Level
Feature
3rd
Psychic Blades, Words of Terror
6th
Mantle of Whispers
14th
Shadow Lore
monsters
of himself as a true knight—he might assist those who present themselves as honorable warriors or show knowledge of his home.
Lord Soth’s Tale
Lord Soth was given a quest to save the
Dragonlance and Ravenloft campaign settings. If you want to give Soth a unique relationship to the Domains of Dread, consider these possibilities:
The nature of Soth’s curse creates aspects of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
reserved or unassuming until they reveal their true nature. Any intriguing figure with a dark secret can serve as a gothic horror villain. Villain Identities Gothic villains are most effective when
dilapidated mansion; those who visit are never seen again. 10 As the result of abhorrent experiments, blood-drained creatures roam the streets. Adventure Settings Gothic horror settings have an
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
whether they know characters who practice magic. Citizens of an isolated hamlet might not have seen true magic used for generations and speak in whispers of the strange powers of the old hermit living
so the order’s members can profit from selling their services. Some D&D settings have more magic in them than others. On Athas, the harsh world of the Dark Sun setting, arcane magic is a hated
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
dramatically use outsiders or purge nonbelievers. Relative Truth. Beliefs highlighted in folk horror stories might not be true. Secret Traditions. Community members typically hide their beliefs, perhaps
loses their shadow to the looming woods. Adventure Settings Folk horror stories often take place in isolated or rural areas, but they could be set anywhere insular communities thrive or traditions
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
It’s Just Business With its roots set firmly in heroic fantasy, D&D might feel out of sync with modern-day business dealings. But the game and its settings are actually a perfect fit for such tropes
villain is the head of Evil Incorporated, just begging for some market volatility. Money, as they say, makes the world go around. And as is true in real life, so it goes in the fantasy realm. The far
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
aesthetics unbound from those of mortal worlds. Just as other D&D settings highlight certain concepts but can host any genre of adventure or style of play, the same is true of Planescape. Adventures
commonplace, and true marvels are often wild in the extreme. No Single Truth. The multiverse makes room for everything, and beliefs manifest as fantastic creatures. Planescape adventures often pit
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
characters are thorough in their exploration. Ned reveals his true colors at an opportune moment. The caverns and contraband below the house wait to be discovered. Access to the sea suggests the use
from two larger towns: Burle, to the northwest, and Seaton, along the coast to the east.
Here are suggestions for where you can place this adventure in other campaign settings.
Eberron. Even to the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
spend combat actions doing things that are fundamentally creepy, like chanting to sinister gods or regurgitating their last meal. Use another creature as the opening act for the true threat. A
notorious monster is all the scarier when it emerges and rips apart something the characters assumed was their true antagonist. Have foes play dead, only to “return to life” after characters think things are
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
rouse him to activity or invade Nedragaard Keep might convince him to let them escape. This risks provoking the mighty death knight’s wrath, but Soth still thinks of himself as a true knight—he might
action again until the start of his next turn.
Villain of Two Worlds
Lord Soth features in adventures in both the Dragonlance and Ravenloft campaign settings. If you want to give Soth a unique
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
broadly accepted reality? Stories and Secrets. Are tales of other domains or settings treated as facts, lore known only to a few, legends, or nonsense? Is that true for all places beyond a domain’s borders
they all call home—or do they have firsthand experience with multiple domains or other settings? Characters’ Significance. Why are the characters special? Why did the Dark Powers, a Darklord, or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
this reason, members of this college rarely reveal their true nature. They typically claim to follow some other college, or they keep their actual calling secret in order to infiltrate and exploit royal
courts and other settings of power. Speak up! It’s really hard to hear you over the screaming. Nope. It’s no use. I’ll have to stop the screaming. Disintegrations all around, then.
College of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
featuring familiar horror settings with a twist to make them more appropriate to D&D or to enhance their terror. For example, characters escaping an alien laboratory in Bluetspur might be stalked by an
regarding the natural world within a domain, the scariest answer is likely true. Use details of a domain to create a beat of small, unsettling moments to support the percussion of unignorable terrors
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
symbolize the decadence and corruption of civilization, and mages are the classic villains of these settings. Magic items are therefore rare and often dangerous. Consider conflicts like these to drive the
. After a monarch takes an interest in the characters, they become targets of the monarch’s most trusted adviser, who is scheming to become the true power in the realm. Mystery A mystery-themed campaign
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
, mage armor, planar binding, polymorph, programmed illusion, protection from evil and good, scrying, see invisibility, sending, shield, telekinesis, and true seeing. Trobriand’s Machinations, Vol. X. This
Stonky’s spellbook is covered with the notes he made while studying the possible settings for the steering wheel in the observatory (see area B4). A character who examines the notes and succeeds on a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
Magical Phenomena Magic has the ability to make even the most serene natural settings unpredictable. Whether the result of magical calamities, otherworldly influences, or nexuses of inexplicable
5 ft., one target. Hit: 1 piercing damage plus 2 (1d4) acid damage.
Shape-Shift. The mimic polymorphs into an object or back into its true, amorphous form. Its statistics are the same in each form
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
face ornate place settings: fine goblets, plates, silverware, and a half-empty bottle of wine.
The goblets still have trace amounts of wine in them, and a few breadcrumbs and greasy streaks dirty
to Ghalasine’s demise.’” If King Jhaeros’s heart is taken from the city of Ghalasine or if Charmayne is killed, Jalynvyr reverts to his true form (that of a lawful neutral, drow mage) and is no
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
subterranean settings. Fear Incarnate. Meenlocks are spawned by fear. Whenever fear overwhelms a creature in the Feywild, or in any other location where the Feywild’s influence is strong, one or more meenlocks
pinpricks of light like other liches.
Precarious Immortality. Unlike with true lichdom, the periapt of mind trapping doesn’t restore the alhoons to undeath if they are destroyed. Instead, a destroyed
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica
guildmasters of Ravnica. Without exception, these are powerful creatures. In most campaigns, the guildmasters will come into play more often in negotiations and other social settings than in combat. Thus, each
, she has shown a strong appreciation for the ordinary citizens who are often caught in the middle of interguild violence.
True justice, Aurelia argues, isn’t merely the enforcement of the letter of