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Volo's Guide to Monsters
their ingenuity and skill had turned toward scheming against their patron, the spark of creativity was torn from their souls. Finally, to ensure that the kenku could never divulge any secrets, their
. Others strike out on their own in search of the secrets of flight, to master magic, or to uncover the secret of their curse and find a method to break it.
Kenku adventurers, despite their relative
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
recruited me into the Azorius left and joined the Boros.
3
I have a friendship with a Dimir agent who sometimes funnels me secrets about Azorius activities.
4
A Golgari spore druid would love to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
is a fictional persona created by the Tyrants, played by a variety of changelings at different times. The Spider is a changeling information broker who owns a cosmetics store called Honest Faces in
the Dragoneyes district. This location is a common destination for people who want to purchase secrets from the Tyrants. Though the Spider often sells secrets for gold, sometimes it will trade its knowledge only for services or other secrets.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
Position Proficiencies Accepting a company position with Acquisitions Incorporated means more than just a title and hopes of a paycheck. With it comes access to trade secrets, best practices, and
. Such proficiency also extends to a variety of business practices, day-to-day tasks, and hazard mitigations that are all part of the job. Professional functions that characters can add their proficiency
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
the clandestine variety. I would be interested to learn your secrets.”
Landro wishes to learn secrets from the characters through a type of osmosis. Landro tells the characters that this process is
Mount Ironrot, the graymatter engine fell into a despondent torpor that lasted until the arrival of its recent visitors. Brian Valeza Landro Sharing Secrets Landro understands the world by peering into
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
despair. Predators of all sorts flourish in this land of consuming passions and vicious secrets. With each full moon, the truth of Kartakass is exposed, and lycanthropes reveal their hunger for dominance
and for blood. KARTAKAN CHARACTERS
Characters from Kartakass are quick to smile—and quicker to be suspicious of others’ smiling faces. The domain’s population is comprised of a variety of peoples
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
harmed. Thassa’s followers might become villains for a vast range of reasons. Some become obsessed with recovering or keeping hidden the secrets of the deep. Others come to worship the ocean itself, with
suggests a variety of foes that might arise from among the god’s followers. Thassa’s Villains d6 Villain
1 A triton master of waves (see chapter 6) demands ever greater sacrifices to Thassa from
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
faiths or groups, to stir up as much conflict and confusion as possible. The Phenax’s Villains table suggests a variety of foes that might arise from among the god’s followers. Phenax’s Villains d8
sectarian civil war in Meletis.
5 An information broker (spy) holds damaging secrets about important folk and is blackmailing them.
6 A group of vocal iconoclasts (nobles) are fomenting social
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
insight into the setting. The other books are largely tied to specific subjects. If you want to run a campaign in the mysterious lands of Xen’drik, Secrets of Xen’drik and City of Stormreach have a
explore a variety of sites across Eberron, including modes of travel, exploring tips, and rules for joining organizations such as the prestigious Wayfinder Foundation. For DMs, the book describes several
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
creature fails a saving throw, the creature suffers a harmful effect. When an ability check equals or exceeds the DC, the check succeeds. As a DM, you have a variety of flourishes and approaches you
fireball but ends up prone. A character fails to intimidate a kobold prisoner, but the kobold reveals its secrets anyway while shrieking at the top of its lungs, alerting other nearby monsters. A
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Consequences As a DM, you can use a variety of approaches when adjudicating success and failure to tailor the game to your liking. Success at a Cost When a character fails a D20 Test by only 1 or 2
prisoner, but the kobold reveals its secrets anyway while shrieking at the top of its lungs, alerting other nearby monsters. By putting the choice of success at a cost in the players’ hands, and even
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Notable Locations Like Khorvaire, Sarlona primarily occupies the northern hemisphere of Eberron, and it has all the climatic and topographic variety one would expect given its immensity. A few places
region, haunted and cursed. Dark secrets and great treasures remain in the vast war labyrinths of Ohr Kaluun, but fiends, wards, and far deadlier threats linger in this fallen kingdom.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
later in this chapter). Nikki Dawes Orc Rune Carver Building a Rune Carver Character Scholarly pursuits, ancient mysteries, or a fateful encounter might inspire a character to pursue the secrets of a
rune carver. Suggested Characteristics. The Rune Carver Personality Traits table suggests a variety of traits you might adopt for your character. Rune Carver Personality Traits d6 Personality Trait 1
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
undertake a variety of activities to better themselves or their franchise. By later episodes, choices of downtime activities might alter the flow and challenge of the story. After all, there’s no rest
campaign, and in life. Maybe you having a bit of an inside track is just what this adventure needs to make it really pop, and to keep the DM from getting all, “Ooh, look at me! I’m the one with the secrets!” I mean, can you believe how smug they are? It’s like they’re just begging you to turn the page …
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
innumerable, but you pursue them with vigor. As operatives for an academy, you seek to unravel the secrets of existence and the deeper riddles beyond. In your work, you brush shoulders with the wisest in
together by cutting-edge magical scholarship, the enclave’s residents are hungry for secrets, reagents, and subjects. 3 Secret Monastery. Ageless secrets remain the focus of contemplation and rigorous
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
, the dwarves see their gods as exemplars who blaze a path for their lives to follow. Dwarven deities exist in a wide variety, with a few common across many worlds. They are collectively known as the
secrets Grave,* Knowledge Gemstone in a mountain
Gorm Gulthyn LG Vigilance War Bronze half-mask
Haela Brightaxe CG Combat prowess, luck in battle War Upright sword with blade sheathed
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
they need to confront, defeat, and subjugate their enemies. Every colony investigates a wide variety of topics and phenomena. A few members might focus on straightforward projects such as developing new
wizardry to attract intelligent minds for the colony to feed upon Rediscovering the secrets of nautiloid manufacture to take to the sky Drawing a surface city into the Underdark so as to have a population of ready victims
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
they hope to weather the challenges to their home. They’re very careful to avoid being caught alone, fearing kidnap or torture at the hands of hired agents of the Margasters eager to learn the secrets
and are interested in the full variety of clothing and fashions, music, jokes and current news and rumors, and household goods and tools that Waterdeep offers. They tend to favor maces and morningstars
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
. Subsistence Duergar clans use caverns under Gracklstugh and choice outlying caves to farm a variety of plants and fungi. These crops are complemented by meat from Underdark beasts and fish from the
derro betrayed his twin brother Diinkarazan to escape with the secrets of magic. He embodies cruelty, insanity, and cleverness. His clerics have access to the Trickery domain. Skoraeus Stonebones. Stone
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
investigators, focused on tracking people down or gathering information. More likely, you’re a diverse team with a range of skills that allow you undertake a variety of different missions on your
the Last War, stands accused of stealing state secrets, sabotage, and one count of murder—though an anonymous source suggests that he is guilty of many more killings.
A spokesperson for the King’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica
means of transformation. Learning the secrets of the universe lets you shape the world as you desire. The Upwelling encourages every creature to discover its full potential. WILLIAN MURAI The Holdfast
crabs, fish, jellyfish, and a variety of other creatures to give them natural armor and weapons, gills, venomous stings, and other combat-focused adaptations.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
, depicted in a variety of ways in myths told across countless worlds of the Material Plane. These stories have been altered in the telling over the course of thousands of years. In some myths, he is
her father of her clever deeds rather than her feats of strength: she solved a sphinx’s riddles, plumbed the secrets of the ocean, and stole a string of pearls from a god of the kuo-toa. Through these
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
scroll. Research. Relying on an ancient being’s network of contacts, the being’s vast collection of lore, or perhaps the being’s direct teaching helps you unearth hidden secrets. If you can contact
unwittingly fell into the patron’s service. The Ancient Being Operative Roles table suggests a variety of parts you can play within an ancient being’s schemes and the backgrounds frequently associated with
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
where taxes and tariffs provide them a steady stream of income. Still others set themselves up as warlords, emperors, or gods. The sections that follow present a variety of relationships dragons could
have to their followers (whether the followers are aware their leader is a dragon or not). Each style of relationship suggests a variety of adventure possibilities, as shown on the Relationships and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
!” Can I see anything in the room beyond?
4 Finding Hidden Objects. Adventure environments are full of secrets: traps, concealed doors, loose floorboards, and hidden treasures. Characters often
Spells. Many characters have the ability to cast spells, which have a huge variety of effects. Some spells are mostly useful in combat, by dealing damage or imposing conditions. Other spells have
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
make a foray into the Abyss are customarily guided by such a mercenary. The Search for Secrets The Blood War has all the characteristics of an eternal stalemate, in part because the two sides are so
familiar with each other. Every time the Abyss belches forth some new variety of horror, the disciplined and well-trained legions of the Nine Hells reorganize, rally, and counterattack. The devils
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Vistani travelers have a holistic perspective on the Domains of Dread and know the following secrets: The Mists are more than weather and are manipulated by forces that seem fickle and often cruel
? Or do you know little about it, having left navigation to others?
How do you feel about being away from your people? Do you enjoy socializing with a variety of people? Did you seek a settled life
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
protection 6 Gloves of thievery 7 Wand of secrets 8 Tiny hourglass that functions like an elemental gem of the blue sapphire (air elemental) variety Nib’s Haunts As Nib works, characters who have a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
rare set of priceless treasures.
10 I won’t rest until I retrieve an item stolen from my hoard.
Dragon Flaws and Secrets d10 Flaw or Secret
1 I find adventurers fearsome, and I’m
proficiencies, particularly if the dragon spends time in Humanoid form. Spells. The Monster Manual’s variant rule about making dragons innate spellcasters is an easy way to add variety to dragons
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
. Footwear holds a surprising number of secrets. You can learn where someone has recently visited by examining the wear and the dirt that has accumulated on their shoes. Your experience in repairing
make it easier to copy a person’s seal or signature. Components. A forgery kit includes several different types of ink, a variety of parchments and papers, several quills, seals and sealing wax, gold
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
retired sailors, the bar’s regulars are in fact contacts for a variety of unsavory organizations, from smugglers and bandits to fences, drug dealers, and panderers. Some work for the Guild, others
by city stipends and tips from grieving loved ones. In secret, the Candulhallows have grown quietly rich off a variety of death-related scams. Chief among these is a secret smuggling arrangement with
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer
retired sailors, the bar’s regulars are in fact contacts for a variety of unsavory organizations, from smugglers and bandits to fences and drug dealers. Some work for the Guild, others for operations
stipends and tips from grieving loved ones. In secret, the Candulhallows have grown quietly rich off a variety of death-related scams. Chief among these is a secret smuggling arrangement with Nine-Fingers
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
. Thin wisps of beard float from its bony jaw. It raises a finger, tracing arcane symbols in the air. In a hoarse voice, it speaks: “Secrets found and lost then found again. Your paltry minds cannot
variety of other items that, even in the dim light, shine with the warmth of pure gold. One of these objects looks like a human skull.
Book. Before the alchemist died, he was reading the book that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
Tablets of Fate from the overgod Ao and use them to rule over Faerûn and its gods. They failed and were slain during the Time of Troubles. Since then, a variety of contingency plans they had in place
. They seek out arcane secrets in ancient ruins, and attempt to steal spellbooks and other tomes from wizards outside of the cult. Cult Ranks. A follower of Myrkul wields a flail that has a skull
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
Upper City Gazetteer Despite its well-policed streets and decorous homes, the Upper City harbors secrets both marvelous and scandalous. Some of its most notable locales are described below in
personal library holds many rarities from far-off lands. Should Lutecia be cheated out of finding a proper heir, it is likely that both her family’s legacy and the secrets hidden in her late husband’s