Story Awards
* Faction Favor - You have won the favor of two of the great factions: The Emerald Enclave, the Lords’ Alliance, the Zhentarim, the Order of the Gauntlet, the Harpers, or Force Grey (circle which factions apply when you receive this award). As the bearer of this award, you may at any time replace your own background feature with the Safe Haven background feature (Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide).
In addition, you may call upon these factions to cast raise dead on your character if your remains are taken to Waterdeep. Doing so removes this story award from your record. You can use this favor even if you don’t have the Faction Agent background.

Plate Armor of Etherealness

Unlock: Potion of Fire Giant Strength

Sword of Sharpness (Greatsword)

Onyx Dog

Dwarven Thrower

Grum’shar's Spellbook
* Burning hands
* Disguise self
* False life
* Shield
* Unseen servant
* Witch bolt

Dagger of Venom

Dread Helm

Sold Spellbook

Trollskull Manor Profit - 27gp.

Gauntlets of Ogre Power.

Unlock: Boots of Striding and Springing. Wondrous, Uncommon, Minor. Requires Attunement. While you wear these boots, your walking speed becomes 30 feet, unless your walking speed is higher, and your speed isn't reduced if you are encumbered or wearing heavy armor. In addition, you can jump three times the normal distance, though you can't jump farther than your remaining movement would allow.

Unlock: Armor of Vulnerability (Slashing). Heavy Armor (Plate Armor), Major, Rare. Requires Attunement. While wearing this armor, you have resistance to slashing damage. Curse. This armor is cursed, a fact that is revealed only when an identify spell is cast on the armor or you attune to it. Attuning to the armor curses you until you are targeted by the remove curse spell or similar magic; removing the armor fails to end the curse. While cursed you have vulnerability to bludgeoning and piercing damage. The wearer has disadvantage on Stealth (Dexterity) checks. If the wearer has a Strength score lower than 15, their speed is reduced by 10 feet.

Unlock: Ring of Spell Storing. Ring, Rare, Major. Requires Attunement. This ring stores spells cast into it, holding them until the attuned wearer uses them. The ring can store up to 5 levels worth of spells at a time. When found, it contains two mirror image spells in it. Any creature can cast a spell of 1st through 5th level into the ring by touching the ring as the spell is cast. The spell has no effect, other than to be stored in the ring. If the ring can't hold the spell, the spell is expended without effect. The level of the slot used to cast the spell determines how much space it uses. While wearing this ring, you can cast any spell stored in it. The spell uses the slot level, spell save DC, spell attack bonus, and spellcasting ability of the original caster, but is otherwise treated as if you cast the spell. The spell cast from the ring is no longer stored in it, freeing up space.

Unlock: Goggles of Night. Wondrous Item, Uncommon, Minor. While wearing these dark lenses, you have darkvision out to a range of 60 feet. If you already have darkvision. wearing the goggles increases its range by 60 feet.

Unlock: Stone of Good Luck. Wondrous Item, Uncommon, Major, Attunement. While this polished agate is on your person, you gain a +1 bonus to ability checks and saving throws.

Unlock: Ring of Protection. Ring, Uncommon, Major. Requires Attunement. You gain a +1 bonus to AC and saving throws while wearing this ring.

Story Award: Free use of the raise dead or greater restoration spell.

Story Award: Unlock one item from magic item tables F or G.

Unlock: Ring of Fire Resistance

Unlock: Wand of Lightning Bolts (Table G, 20 TP). This black wand is decorated with an intricate symbol of the dark goddess Shar. Each time this wand is used, the wielder forgets all their bonds for 10 minutes.

This wand has 7 Charges. While holding it, you can use an action to expend 1 or more of its Charges to cast the Lightning Bolt spell (save DC 15) from it. For 1 charge, you cast the 3rd-level version of the spell. You can increase the spell slot level by one for each additional charge you expend. The wand regains 1d6 + 1 expended Charges daily at dawn. If you expend the wand's last charge, roll a d20. On a 1, the wand crumbles into ashes and is destroyed.

Unlock: Potion of Heroism.

Unlock: Mace of Smiting. This head of the mace of smiting features an angry dwarven face. The specter of Reizzlerum Caskview still maintains a connection to the weapon, causing the owner to gain an unending thirst for ale. Weapon (mace), rare You gain a +1 bonus to attack and damage rolls made with this magic weapon. The bonus increases to +3 when you use the mace to attack a construct. When you roll a 20 on an attack roll made with this weapon, the target takes an extra 7 bludgeoning damage, or an extra 14 bludgeoning damage if it's a construct. If a construct has 25 hit points or fewer after taking this damage, it is destroyed.

Story Award: Endless Bluetooth Ale. If a way was discovered to set up a supply of the blue lichen to the Yawning Portal, Durnan provides all the Bluetooth Ale the characters can drink whenever they visit. Brewed from the blue lichen grown on the skeletons of dwarves left for dead in the Stonebone Mines, bluetooth ale is a truly unique beverage. The strong dwarven-style ale is a rich sapphire color, and has a faint earthy taste. While the ale lacks most of the special properties of the blue lichen, it still can turn the imbibers teeth (and bones) temporarily blue. The ale functions as an ingested poison. The drinker must succeed on a DC 12 Constitution saving throw or find that their bones and teeth turn a dark shade of blue for 24 hours.

Level 2

Ring of Shooting Stars

Chime of Opening

Mantle of Spell Resistance

Ring of Water Walking

Periapt of Wound Closure

Staff of Withering

Unlock: Tome of Leadership and Influence. The red leather that covers this tome is embossed with a smiling man with a third eye. This book contains guidelines for influencing and charming others, and its words are charged with magic. If you spend 48 hours over a period of 6 days or fewer studying the book’s contents and practicing its guidelines, your Charisma score increases by 2, as does your maximum for that score. The manual then loses its magic, but regains it in a century. A description of this item can be found in the Dungeon Master’s Guide (pg. 208).

Story Reward: Nature of the Weave. You have uncovered a series of tomes written by the archmage, Manshoon. By spending 50 downtime days, you gain proficiency in the Arcana skill. If you are already proficient in Arcana, you double your proficiency when making checks with the skill.

Ring of Spell Storing: 1x Haste

Unlock: Belt of Fire Giant Strength. Wondrous Item, very rare (requires attunement). This belt is made from plates of steel embossed with golden filigree connected by metal pins. A fire giants face adorns the buckle. The giant appears to be having a hearty laugh as she wears an enormous smile on her face. While wearing this belt, your Strength score changes to 25. The item has no effect on you if your Strength without the belt is equal to or greater than 25. Price: 20 tier 3 TCP

Item: Potion of Greater Healing

Unlock: Staff of Thunder and Lightning. This staff can be wielded as a magic quarterstaff that grants a +2 bonus to attack and damage rolls made with it.

Story Award: Vergadain’s Firespirits. Vergadain, a dwarven deity of wealth and trickery, was known for his favored drink; as clear as water and smelled of honey and cane sugar, but was in truth an incredibly potent liquor that put standard dwarven spirits to shame. He would sometimes challenge unknowing humans and elves to drinking contents, where he would slyly swap in sweetened water while his opponent would down drink after drink of this highly-flammable liquid. It rarely ended well for them. And now you have the recipe! You may spend 60 downtime days to craft one barrel of firespirits. Each batch requires special sweet herbs from Bitter-root’s copse near Durlag’s Tower and 100 gp worth of other materials, including aged dwarven spirits blessed by a dwarven priest. If you find yourself in possession of campaign documentation that bestows ownership of a distillery, this time and gold cost is reduced by half. Each barrel contains approximately 30 gallons of firespirits, and can be sold for 1,000 gp. Alternately, as this is a rare elixir; it may be worth a significant amount to Fai Chen, certain high-ranking lords, or other purveyors of such fineries. Additionally, if you give a nip of firespirits (just a wee one) to a dwarf, all Charisma (Persuasion) checks made with them are made with advantage for the next hour.

Item: Potion of Superior Healing

Unlock: Belt of Storm Giant Strength.

Story Award: Hall of Mirth. Characters can spend time in the Hall of Mirth learning about giant kind and ancient Ostoria and the giant language. At the conclusion of this adventure a character may choose to learn the giant language for 50 downtime days. In addition at the conclusion of this adventure a character may choose to learn about Ostoria, by spending 50 downtime days the character will have advantage on any future rolls regarding giants or Ostoria.

Story Award: Hall of Omens. Characters can spend time in the Hall of Omens learning about signs and portents. A wizard of the school of divination may spend 200 downtime days to gain 1 additional portent dice. Any other character may spend 50 downtime days to gain 3 Luck Points and may use them as the Lucky feat. Once the 3 Luck Points are spent they are not regained.

Story Award: Hall of Honor. Characters can spend time in the hall of honor learning about the deeds of the ancient Ostorian Honor Guard. A character who spends 25 downtime days will gain advantage in dealings with true giants (Cloud, Hill, Fire, Stone, or Storm) when the subject of the Ostorian Honor Guard can be included in the conversation.

Story Awards
* Faction Favor - You have won the favor of two of the great factions: The Emerald Enclave, the Lords’ Alliance, the Zhentarim, the Order of the Gauntlet, the Harpers, or Force Grey (circle which factions apply when you receive this award). As the bearer of this award, you may at any time replace your own background feature with the Safe Haven background feature (Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide).
In addition, you may call upon these factions to cast raise dead on your character if your remains are taken to Waterdeep. Doing so removes this story award from your record. You can use this favor even if you don’t have the Faction Agent background.

Plate Armor of Etherealness

Unlock: Potion of Fire Giant Strength

Sword of Sharpness (Greatsword)

Onyx Dog

Dwarven Thrower

Grum’shar's Spellbook
* Burning hands
* Disguise self
* False life
* Shield
* Unseen servant
* Witch bolt

Dagger of Venom

Dread Helm

Sold Spellbook

Trollskull Manor Profit - 27gp.

Gauntlets of Ogre Power.

Unlock: Boots of Striding and Springing. Wondrous, Uncommon, Minor. Requires Attunement. While you wear these boots, your walking speed becomes 30 feet, unless your walking speed is higher, and your speed isn't reduced if you are encumbered or wearing heavy armor. In addition, you can jump three times the normal distance, though you can't jump farther than your remaining movement would allow.

Unlock: Armor of Vulnerability (Slashing). Heavy Armor (Plate Armor), Major, Rare. Requires Attunement. While wearing this armor, you have resistance to slashing damage. Curse. This armor is cursed, a fact that is revealed only when an identify spell is cast on the armor or you attune to it. Attuning to the armor curses you until you are targeted by the remove curse spell or similar magic; removing the armor fails to end the curse. While cursed you have vulnerability to bludgeoning and piercing damage. The wearer has disadvantage on Stealth (Dexterity) checks. If the wearer has a Strength score lower than 15, their speed is reduced by 10 feet.

Unlock: Ring of Spell Storing. Ring, Rare, Major. Requires Attunement. This ring stores spells cast into it, holding them until the attuned wearer uses them. The ring can store up to 5 levels worth of spells at a time. When found, it contains two mirror image spells in it. Any creature can cast a spell of 1st through 5th level into the ring by touching the ring as the spell is cast. The spell has no effect, other than to be stored in the ring. If the ring can't hold the spell, the spell is expended without effect. The level of the slot used to cast the spell determines how much space it uses. While wearing this ring, you can cast any spell stored in it. The spell uses the slot level, spell save DC, spell attack bonus, and spellcasting ability of the original caster, but is otherwise treated as if you cast the spell. The spell cast from the ring is no longer stored in it, freeing up space.

Unlock: Goggles of Night. Wondrous Item, Uncommon, Minor. While wearing these dark lenses, you have darkvision out to a range of 60 feet. If you already have darkvision. wearing the goggles increases its range by 60 feet.

Unlock: Stone of Good Luck. Wondrous Item, Uncommon, Major, Attunement. While this polished agate is on your person, you gain a +1 bonus to ability checks and saving throws.

Unlock: Ring of Protection. Ring, Uncommon, Major. Requires Attunement. You gain a +1 bonus to AC and saving throws while wearing this ring.

Story Award: Free use of the raise dead or greater restoration spell.

Story Award: Unlock one item from magic item tables F or G.

Unlock: Ring of Fire Resistance

Unlock: Wand of Lightning Bolts (Table G, 20 TP). This black wand is decorated with an intricate symbol of the dark goddess Shar. Each time this wand is used, the wielder forgets all their bonds for 10 minutes.

This wand has 7 Charges. While holding it, you can use an action to expend 1 or more of its Charges to cast the Lightning Bolt spell (save DC 15) from it. For 1 charge, you cast the 3rd-level version of the spell. You can increase the spell slot level by one for each additional charge you expend. The wand regains 1d6 + 1 expended Charges daily at dawn. If you expend the wand's last charge, roll a d20. On a 1, the wand crumbles into ashes and is destroyed.

Unlock: Potion of Heroism.

Unlock: Mace of Smiting. This head of the mace of smiting features an angry dwarven face. The specter of Reizzlerum Caskview still maintains a connection to the weapon, causing the owner to gain an unending thirst for ale. Weapon (mace), rare You gain a +1 bonus to attack and damage rolls made with this magic weapon. The bonus increases to +3 when you use the mace to attack a construct. When you roll a 20 on an attack roll made with this weapon, the target takes an extra 7 bludgeoning damage, or an extra 14 bludgeoning damage if it's a construct. If a construct has 25 hit points or fewer after taking this damage, it is destroyed.

Story Award: Endless Bluetooth Ale. If a way was discovered to set up a supply of the blue lichen to the Yawning Portal, Durnan provides all the Bluetooth Ale the characters can drink whenever they visit. Brewed from the blue lichen grown on the skeletons of dwarves left for dead in the Stonebone Mines, bluetooth ale is a truly unique beverage. The strong dwarven-style ale is a rich sapphire color, and has a faint earthy taste. While the ale lacks most of the special properties of the blue lichen, it still can turn the imbibers teeth (and bones) temporarily blue. The ale functions as an ingested poison. The drinker must succeed on a DC 12 Constitution saving throw or find that their bones and teeth turn a dark shade of blue for 24 hours.

Level 2

Ring of Shooting Stars

Chime of Opening

Mantle of Spell Resistance

Ring of Water Walking

Periapt of Wound Closure

Staff of Withering

Unlock: Tome of Leadership and Influence. The red leather that covers this tome is embossed with a smiling man with a third eye. This book contains guidelines for influencing and charming others, and its words are charged with magic. If you spend 48 hours over a period of 6 days or fewer studying the book’s contents and practicing its guidelines, your Charisma score increases by 2, as does your maximum for that score. The manual then loses its magic, but regains it in a century. A description of this item can be found in the Dungeon Master’s Guide (pg. 208).

Story Reward: Nature of the Weave. You have uncovered a series of tomes written by the archmage, Manshoon. By spending 50 downtime days, you gain proficiency in the Arcana skill. If you are already proficient in Arcana, you double your proficiency when making checks with the skill.

Ring of Spell Storing: 1x Haste

Unlock: Belt of Fire Giant Strength. Wondrous Item, very rare (requires attunement). This belt is made from plates of steel embossed with golden filigree connected by metal pins. A fire giants face adorns the buckle. The giant appears to be having a hearty laugh as she wears an enormous smile on her face. While wearing this belt, your Strength score changes to 25. The item has no effect on you if your Strength without the belt is equal to or greater than 25. Price: 20 tier 3 TCP

Item: Potion of Greater Healing

Unlock: Staff of Thunder and Lightning. This staff can be wielded as a magic quarterstaff that grants a +2 bonus to attack and damage rolls made with it.

Story Award: Vergadain’s Firespirits. Vergadain, a dwarven deity of wealth and trickery, was known for his favored drink; as clear as water and smelled of honey and cane sugar, but was in truth an incredibly potent liquor that put standard dwarven spirits to shame. He would sometimes challenge unknowing humans and elves to drinking contents, where he would slyly swap in sweetened water while his opponent would down drink after drink of this highly-flammable liquid. It rarely ended well for them. And now you have the recipe! You may spend 60 downtime days to craft one barrel of firespirits. Each batch requires special sweet herbs from Bitter-root’s copse near Durlag’s Tower and 100 gp worth of other materials, including aged dwarven spirits blessed by a dwarven priest. If you find yourself in possession of campaign documentation that bestows ownership of a distillery, this time and gold cost is reduced by half. Each barrel contains approximately 30 gallons of firespirits, and can be sold for 1,000 gp. Alternately, as this is a rare elixir; it may be worth a significant amount to Fai Chen, certain high-ranking lords, or other purveyors of such fineries. Additionally, if you give a nip of firespirits (just a wee one) to a dwarf, all Charisma (Persuasion) checks made with them are made with advantage for the next hour.

Item: Potion of Superior Healing

Unlock: Belt of Storm Giant Strength.

Story Award: Hall of Mirth. Characters can spend time in the Hall of Mirth learning about giant kind and ancient Ostoria and the giant language. At the conclusion of this adventure a character may choose to learn the giant language for 50 downtime days. In addition at the conclusion of this adventure a character may choose to learn about Ostoria, by spending 50 downtime days the character will have advantage on any future rolls regarding giants or Ostoria.

Story Award: Hall of Omens. Characters can spend time in the Hall of Omens learning about signs and portents. A wizard of the school of divination may spend 200 downtime days to gain 1 additional portent dice. Any other character may spend 50 downtime days to gain 3 Luck Points and may use them as the Lucky feat. Once the 3 Luck Points are spent they are not regained.

Story Award: Hall of Honor. Characters can spend time in the hall of honor learning about the deeds of the ancient Ostorian Honor Guard. A character who spends 25 downtime days will gain advantage in dealings with true giants (Cloud, Hill, Fire, Stone, or Storm) when the subject of the Ostorian Honor Guard can be included in the conversation.